Client Application User Manual
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1. E A 10 BL System Setti Gs cereocceewesctededen O 10 8 2 History Lori i 11 8 37 Search T00l ari id 12 9 Further Notifications ccceesscccceeceeecesessccecceccecsesscnececeeceeseseeaececececseseneauaeceecesceesenenaness 12 1 Introduction BSView is centralization management software provided by the manufacturer It provides the central control of monitoring video capture alarm testing etc for multiple IP cameras on LAN or WAN Before using this software please ensure the devices can be access by web browsers from LAN or WAN please consult the user manual of the IP Camera This article provides a how to on viewing the IP Camera s video by using this dedicated client application 2 Computer Requirement Using BSView your computer should meet the following configuration gt CPU Dual core CPU RAM 1GB or above Hard disk 160GB or above OS Windows XP or higher V VV WV Resolution of display 21024 768 3 Installation Insert the bundled CD to the drive double click BSView_en install exe a pop up window will be shown please follow the instruction on the window to finish the software installation After a successful installation run the application and the user interface will be shown as Figure 1 Multi screen settings Max channels 25 E E gt FRE Xp Mm List opt All Y E devicechannel Device control Current user none Local IP 192 168 0 199 Login date 2009 12 212. Setting and Record Scheduling Pop up windows as Figure 4 and 5 will be shown Icons B and B will appear once alarm and video recording schedule are set Settings can be copied to other devices Click on the Copy button and enter the related information in the pop up window A sample is shown in Figure 6 Search add devices Found devices A y device namek domain IP port viewin viewin alarm setting record scheduling v ET 192 168 0 161 980 admin 123456 SE Copy Defined E Copy Defined 2 M test2 192 168 0 162 980 admin 123456 SE Copy Defined E Copy Defined 3 IM test3 192 168 0 158 1025 admin 123456 S E Copy Defined E Copy Defined Figure 6 Add Multiple Devices NOTICE In case a firewall is running on the computer by the time adding multiple devices a window would pop up asking whether block or unblock the application please click unblock 4 3 Modifying Devices Modify the setting of a device by selecting the device and click E i button The modifying window is same as Adding A Device window When modifying a device name click the down arrow and select Modify device name from the drop list As of Figure 7 Modify selected device Modify device name Figure 7 drop list 4 4 Deleting Device x devices click the down arrow on the right side and select delete multiple devices from the drop list then select the devices want delete Delete a device by select
3. this field blank the default location is the application installation directory Pictures and videos will be stored in snap and record directory System settings _ Suthorization verify required to use this system Auto lock after login over 30 minutes Reconnect settings Reconnect after connection disconnected Retry to connect in every 4 seconds Disconnect after failing in 5 times Alarm action settings Siren sound file Siren duration 20 snapshot num a Record duration 10 Picture and video files storage location LJ O Delete the oldest files When the disk space is insufficient O Stretch video from all channels O Hide status bar O Prompt before shutting down this system Figure 10 System Settings 8 2 History Log By clicking on the History Log the picture and video storage directories set in System Settings will be opened Enter the snap and record directories user can check the snapshot picture and captured videos sorted by device name Double clicking on these files will load related player to playback 8 3 Search Tool Click on Search Tool will pop up a search dialogue box Click the search button will perform a search within the LAN then IP address and port setting can be performed to the found devices NOTICE In case a firewall is running on the computer by the time adding multiple devices a window would pop up asking whether block or unblock the application plea
4. 13 31 32 Caps Figure 1 Application User Interface 4 Device Management The following steps are required before using this application 1 Plan and install the IP Camera s which intend to be monitored 2 Login to the IP Camera s by web explorer and set the IP address port username amp password alarm setting outer input or motion detective system time 3 DDNS setting is a plus whenever you intent to visit the devices by WAN In this application Device Management tab is shown as Figure 2 Devices management PAEA X Pe List opt All v Figure 2 Devices Management 4 1 Adding A Device 1 Basic configuration Click the P button shown on Figure 2 information of the device will be prompted to input As of Figure 3 device name is unique operation will be denied in case name conflicts in Device Management and once set it is recommended not to be changed The fields Domain IP Port Viewing Username and Viewing Password are required Test the connection from web browser Since the device is connected to WAN IP address can be instead by a domain name Add device info Device name test General info Alarm setting Record scheduling DomaindP 192 168 0158 Port 80 Viewing username admin ERRRLEL Viewing password Figure 3 Adding A Device tab 2 Alarm Setting Alarm mode can be set by clicking on the Alarm Setting tab as of Figure 4 Enabl
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6. User can perform the following option to the video by ticking related checkbox display device name display time and show IP address 7 Channel Management For the purpose of better video viewing multiple channel switches are provided There are switch buttons above the device and channel management panel shown as Figure 9 Multi screen settings Max channels 25 BB gt Figure 9 Channel Switch Buttons The application can provide up to 16 channel videos it can manage up to 25 devices simultaneously Whenever want to start the 26 device select any started device and it will be replaced by the latest one 8 System Menu The System Menu can be found by clicking the Menu button on the upper right corner pop up windows will be shown when sub menus are clicked 8 1 System Setting System Setting window is shown as Figure 10 Following are some notifications for this window 1 To tick the checkbox of Authorization verify required to use this system will pop up a dialogue box asking for the username and password The default username is admin default password is 123456 and user should change the password immediately and remember it Password will be prompted each time starts in the future 2 Inthe Alarm action settings section user can select other sound file wav as siren sound The default sound will be used in case this field is blank 3 User can define the picture and video files storage location leaving
7. a channel will stretch the video to full screen By double clicking it again the video will shrink back to its original size N Click and hold a channel can drag and drop it to another channel in case the target channel is utilized the two video channels will swap do By right clicking on a channel user can perform some operations like stop video stretch etc from the pop up menu S By clicking on the icons in the status bar for each channel talkback sound intercepting snapshot and manual video recording can be performed accordingly Status bar also displays current frame rate and bit rate A window will pop up after a snapshot take more snapshot or delete snapshot can be performing within the window The file name for manual snapshot will start with M time stamp as the rest then JPG as ending 6 2 PTZ Control 1 The Pan Tilt can turn up down left right and perform horizontal cruise vertical cruise centralize and stop by clicking on the arrows accordingly in the control panel 2 Select a channel playing the video use hot key to control Pan Tilt gt Left right lup down gt f J gt Horizontal cruise Ctrl lt or Ctrl gt gt vertical cruise Ctrl t or Ctrl 4 gt Centralize Home gt Stop End 6 3 Video Setting User can adjust the brightness contrast resolution invert and mirror from the device control panel s video setting section 6 4 Other Control
8. anual recording has top priority scheduled recording takes second then alarm recording Example gt Ifa manual recording is initialed by the time an alarm is activated the application will stop the alarm recording first then start the manual recording gt When performing a scheduled video recording an alarm is activated the application will not response to the alarm recording request Prefix of A M and S will be set to the file name according to alarm recording manual recording and scheduled recording time stamp will fill up the other part and ends up with avi Whenever the recording time is longer than one hour for manual recording or scheduled recording a new file will be created for each hour 5 4 Stop the Video A video can be stopped by the following two methods can be stopped by clicking on the down arrow and select the related option from the drop list 1 Select a started device and click the i button can stop its video Multiple devices 2 Right click on a channel and select stop video from the pop up menu to stop it 6 Device Control Select a video channel from the display area directly and you can control the device of this channel Device control panel can be accessed by clicking on device control at the lower right corner or pressing space Clicking on device and channel management or pressing space again can shift to device and channel control panel 6 1 Base Operation 1 Double click on
9. be pop up 5 2 Alarm Trigger 1 After started a video the application will detect the device to determine if there s any 1 alarm occurred Whenever an alarm is detected the application will check the armed time once the alarm is within an armed time alarm action will be taken When a icon twinkling on the device field means an alarm action is being taken click on the S icon can stop the siren When a S appears but not twinkling means there was an alarm double click on the S icon will pop up a recent alarm list The S icon will disappear by closing the alarm list The alarm list window is as Figure 8 Device alarm log Refresh today 2009 8 13 o0000 A 235959 E poa b o no time trigger sn rec 2 2009 08 13 10 40 18 motion detective Y Y 1 2009 08 13 10 40 06 motion detective Y bd Figure 8 Alarm List window Even the video recording trigger is set it will not take any effect in case it is taking a scheduled recording job or capturing a video manually by the time an alarm activated In case snapshot trigger is set the file name will be started with an A prefix following by the time stamp as the other part the suffix is JPG Please refer to chapter 8 1 for the option of alarm action 5 3 Video Recording Trigger The application can perform 3 types of video recording the alarm video recording set in Figure 4 scheduled recording set in Figure 5 and manual recording The m
10. ing it and click the button When deleting multiple 4 5 Further Notifications for Device List Window 1 After adding a device right click on the device and select open browser a browser window will be opened and auto login to the device In case the login fails the device may be offline or the device info is incorrect 2 A icon will be shown on the right side of a device in case alarm is enabled 3 A con will be shown on the right side of a device in case video recording is scheduled 5 Start Working After adding devices BSView doesn t work until the related devices are started BSView provides the following operation functions display the devices video arm the devices and decide when to start a scheduled video recording response to user s command 5 1 Start the Video Video can be start by the following three methods gt Select and double click on a device needed to be started a free channel will be taken to show up the video gt Select a device and click the gt 7 button will start it as well By clicking on the down arrow start multiple devices command can be found on the drop list gt Select a device drag and drop it to a channel it will show up the video in this channel Device name will be shown in green on the status bar when it s started In case the device is offline or IP address port viewing username or password is wrong the connection could not be established and related information will
11. ing the alarm check the Enabled alarm first then set the alarm time trigger and action NOTICE Before setting up the alarm please access the device by web browser and set the alarm detection from Alarmin and MotionDetection tabs During the armed period alarm action like siren snapshot or video recording will be taken once the trigger meets Add device info Device name test1 TEA General info Alarm setting Record scheduling Enabled alarm All time Trigger motion detective C outer input Action siren M record O Schedule armed day startTime endTime trigger action Figure 4 Alarm Setting 3 Record Scheduling Video recording can be scheduled by clicking on the Record Scheduling tab The device will perform video recording automatically according to the schedule as of Figure 5 Add device info Device name test General info Alarm setting Record scheduling Enabled schedule Schedule E x no startTime endTime 1 17 11 00 18 11 00 2 20 11 00 22 11 00 Figure 5 Record Scheduling 4 2 Adding Multiple Devices in LAN Multiple devices can be added by clicking the a button Within the pop up window all found devices within the LAN will be shown the added devices cannot be added again Tick the checkbox on the device which going to be added assign a name and set the viewing username and password Click on the buttons accordingly in order to set up the Alarm
12. se click unblock 9 Further Notifications 1 Before running this application on Windows Vista please disable User Account Control function from the User Account section in Control Panel 2 When performing centralization monitoring please open Windows Task Manager and check the percentage of CPU usage If it takes more than 80 of CPU usage the CPU s performance may not be good enough please change the resolution to 320 240 or close some videos 3 Please check the manufacturer s website constantly to see if any latest version for download
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