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1. 01 Front Stairs Alarm 4000024 Monday August 16 2004 9 35 17 160 2004 16 35 08 160 2004 16 35 35 E Figure 39 Media Control Panel Camera ID Displays the camera ID Camera Name Displays the camera name or camera description Date Stamp Displays the date stamp Time Stamp Displays the time stamp Play Status Indicator Indicates current play indicator NOTE By clicking on the play status bar you may reset the position to the point you click 6 7 8 Media Start Time Stamp Displays the starting time stamp of the media Media End Time Stamp Displays the ending time stamp of the media Play frame by frame in backward direction Play previous frame r Play frame by frame in forward direction Play next frame NOTE If you want to play frame by frame you must pause the file first 43 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Fast forward Fast forward C3 available speed are 1X 2X 4X 8X 16X 32X Go to End of File Click the button to jump to end of file and click the button to jump to begin of file Export Video If you select multiple files then you may click the button to merge multiple files into one AVI file Open File Button Click the button to open a media file Play Click the button to play a media file Stop Click the button to stop playing a media file Play Backward Click the button to play a media file in backward direction Pause
2. NOTE System will try to check video each 20 sec 7OOO0 O00 06 OOOO OD Q Figure 13 Message Indicates Video Lose 1 Title bar displays Video Loss Detect 2 The Video Loss event is triggered and logged Configure camera This section shows you how to configure the camera information Click Configure Camera Button SBXPIZREC Figure 14 Click Configure Camera Button 1 Activate a preview window by click on the preview window 2 Click on the camera number to activate the preview window When the preview window is activated the toolbar will be displayed in blue color TIPS Active preview window 4 Non active preview window REC 4 Click on the Configure Camera button to configure the camera information 16 i TIPS If no camera is selected then a pop up window will displayed and ask user to load Setup Page Microsoft Internet Explorer Figure 15 Please Setup Camera Information First Microsoft Internet Explorer Figure 16 Ask User to Load Setup 17 Camera Configuration This chapter describes how to operate in a setup dialog box Camera Modet Video Serves gt Server IP Address 36153 r Configuration Channel 1 Figure 17 Camera Setup Dialog Box 1 Camera Input a camera name or description to describe the NOTE The content of the camera name will be displayed on top of the preview media wind
3. Getting Started 1 Recommended System Requirements Minimum recommended system requirement for ACTi Streaming Activator include CPU Pentinum 4 2 4GHz and above Hard Disk 40 GB or above Memory 256 MB or above Operating System Windows XP Windows 2000 with 5 4 or above Required Utilities FFDShow DirectX 9 0b or later hardware acceleration Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution 32 bit color security updates Refer to http Awww microsoft com security for latest security IMPORTANT For security reason the operating system has to be patched with latest updates AN NOTE Required utilities can be accessed in the bundled CD Start Streaming Activator To start Streaming Activator double click the Activator icon on the desktop d eo IMPORTANT To avoid problems and conflicts in the video subsystem run only one instance of Streaming Activator at one time After double click activator icon on the desktop you will see a message please input User ID and Password to login E Activator Login Web Page Dialog Activator Login User ID Admin Password Login Figure 1 Input User ID and Password Please input the User ID and Password to login Default User ID is Admin password is 123456 Exit Streaming Activator To exit ACTi Streaming Activator click the button or hit ESC key pue EIS EZ E ES ET ll Recording Set
4. Figure 8 Enlarge Window 2 Click on the stretch button to stretch the video size to fit the window size Figure 9 Enlarge and Stretched Window 10 IMPORTANT When the preview window is stretched and enlarged the CPU loading will be increased to decode the MPEG 4 stream 3 Jump Start Streaming Activator Before using Activator the user has to configure the necessary configuration in Activator This section starts with adding a camera Assign a camera to a preview window one C Figure 10 Select Previe 1 Clicka preview window 2 Click on the camera number 12 Camera Connection Status To check if a preview is connected with a camera one may check the camera connection status Figure 11 Camera Connection Status E indicates that the preview window is connected to a window indicates that the preview window is not connected to a window indicates that preview window is connected to window Q indicates that the preview window is not connected to a window 13 Camera Disconnection Status If network lose the preview window will show the message to indicate disconnection 7 NOTE System will try to reconnect to Video Server each 20 sec EJ XIP TZIRECIIBI Figure 12 Message Indicates Disconnection Status 14 Camera Video Loss Status If Video lose the preview window will show the message to indicate video lose
5. eene 62 Enable Indoor Full Screen Motion Detection Function 63 Enable Indoor Regional Motion Detection Function 64 Full Screen Regional Motion Detection Function Running 64 Enable Outdoor Motion Detection Function esee 65 Regional Motion Detection Function Running eene 66 Enable Regional Motion Detection I and 67 Enable Regional Motion Detection III eene 68 Setup Streaming Activator Parameters eese 69 Setup Category ee de QU Rte rper Eripe Poe Eee ge Dre eee 70 Setup Dialog Box Operation eseessseseeeeeeeeeeen eene eee 71 Camera Setup Dialog neas ned 72 Camera Setup on Video Server Dialog 74 PTZ Setup Dialog BOX ires euis eite ite etam eite dere dra fedt ed dere sate 76 Recording Setup Dialog TI Digital VO Dialog Box eee ree temen teeth 80 Motion Detection Setup Dialog Box eee 82 Full Screen Motion Detection Setup eee 84 Notification Setup Dialog 85 vi Figure 74 User Account Dialog Figure 75 Default Permission Control sess Figure 76 System Dialog sees Bookmark not defined
6. End X Y indicates ending X Y position of the region selected Sensitivity sets sensitivity on the motion detection algorithm 100 is very sensitive Trigger 001 triggers Digital Output 1 relay when an motion detection event occurs Trigger DO2 triggers Digital Output 2 relay when an motion detection event occurs Thumbnail capture image and resize to a thumbnail the size of 82 the thumbnail is defined in the Thumbnail Size in Output Information section Recording record video clips the pre event and post event recording buffer is defined in Recordi ng Tab Send Mail send mail with thumbnail image attached the SMTP setup is specified in Notification Tab Send FTP FTP the thumbnail image to a FTP server the FTP setup is specified in Notification Tab Full Screen When you enable the Region Motion Detection I and click on this button then the motion detection I applies to the whole image screen And you can not enable Region Motion Detection II III Sensitivity sets sensitivity on the motion detection algorithm 100 is very sensitive Trigger 001 triggers Digital Output 1 relay when an motion detection event occurs Trigger 002 triggers Digital Output 2 relay when an motion detection event occurs Thumbnail capture image and resize to a thumbnail the size of the thumbnail is defined in the Thumbnail Size in Output Information section Recording record video clips the pre event and post event recordi
7. Standard Each time you Streaming Activator it will auto login as a standard user Refer to the table below for what administrator can do Administrator Can Preview PlayBack Setup Standard User Preview and PlayBack not Setup Only Preview 3 Customization Specifies the Customization information Language Change the default language Style Change the Application s UI Logo Location Change the logo file The logo file should be built with transparent gif About Us Location Change the About Us file This file About Us ht mis compiled in HTML format Application Title Change the content on the title bar The specification of the title bar text file is located at C Title txt 90 10 Technical Support If you have any problem on Activator Software you can go to our technical support web http www acti com support support package as Or mail to our customer service mail box Customer service acti com 91 Appendix A PTZ protocol This sections tells you how to write a PTZ protocol Please read the instruction below to procedure writing protocol using Pelco P protocol sample Pelco P message structure STX start transmission 00 to 1F Address Data byte 1 see below Data byte 2 see below Byte 1 is always A0 Byte 2 is the receiver address set by DIP switch in the receiver Byte 3 6 see below Byte 7 is always AF Byte 8 is an XOR sum of Bytes 1 7 T
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9. Camera Information Camera 177 161 64 Camera Model Video Server IP Address 17216144 iP Address 7 Control 2001 Register 200 c Streaming 6002 b 7 E gk Multicast Port 5500 Connection Information User ouest Password Open Web Configurators Provi Close Synchu onize with Video Server Setting Adjustment Frame Information 9 Constant Variable FPS 15 Frame Figure 67 Camera Setup on Video Server Dialog 1 Open Web Configurator button Click this button to open browser and connects to the video server via Web Configurator directly IMPORTANT The updated settings only effective while the video server is on If the video server is rebooting then the settings will be gone and original settings on wv the video server will be set To make the changes permanent one has to open Web Configurator on the video server change the settings and click on Save and Reboot link to make it effective permanently 2 Synchronize with Video Server Setting button Click this button to synchronize and retrieve related frame rate and video adjustment settings from video server Frame Rate Mode Indicates Constant frame rate or Vari abl e frame rate this 18 the setting from video server 74 NOTE Constant frame rate indicates all connections accept the same fram
10. Cancel Figure 53 Motion Detection Setting is saved to Firmware 1 The Motion Detection setting is saved to the firmware 60 1 2 3 Tapti Figure 54 Motion Detection Preview Go to preview Click on the camera You can see the blue icon on the bar 61 When the Motion Detection function runs you can see a red frame on video screen and the little icon will be change to red LEAL E Figure 55 Motion Detection Function Running 62 Examples A Motion Detection Setup Correctly Here are some examples on how we set Motion Detection Indoor TCP Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 50 or higher Indoor Multicast Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 70 or higher Indoor Region Motion Detection Sensitivity v fea scceen Set Trigger 001 7 Trigger 002 Tamboa Recording Send Mat Region Motion Detection ft gt an Trigger 000 Trigger 602 Recording swux Sewmey Trigger 00 Thumboai Recording Sena Mak Figure 56 Enable Indoor Full Screen Motion Detection Function Enable Region Motion Detection I Press Full Screen button Then click Apply button to save 63 Configuration Channel 7 gt Region Motion Detection Stanga Endpyx 229 fiss Seeman oe v Trigger 001
11. Software ACTi Streaming Activator v1 30 06 User s Manual 4 www acti com 2100 This document is copyrighted 2003 2005 by ACTi Corporation rights are reserved Corporation reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners v1 30 06 Edition Oct 2005 Table of Contents Getting Started 88000000 Recommended System Requirements 1 Start ACTi Streaming Activator 2 Exit ACTi Streaming Activator 3 Check ACTi Streaming Activator Version 4 Activator User Interface 00000000 5 Understating the Preview Screen 5 Understating the Playback Screen 7 Operate on Preview Playback Window with Mouse 8 Jump Start Streaming Activator__ gt S 12 Assign a camera to a preview window 12 Camera Connection Status 13 Camera Disconnection Status 14 Camera Video Loss Status 15 Configure a camera 16 Camer
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14. Event List Event list will display the screen capture event as Manual Thumbnail event m o IMPORTANT If you want to capture the original size click button or click button or double click on left mouse key to enlarge the video size before capture the screen shot 30 Advanced Preview Uses the Auto Frame function to Preview 16 channels z Configuration Channel 1 Camera Information Camera Hame Camera Model Video Server Server IP Address 2161913 Multicast IP Addres Control Port 6001 Register Port 6000 Streaming Port 5002 80 Multicast 5000 Connection Information User Password Open Web Configurator Preview Close Synchronize with Video Server Setting Frame Information Frame Rate Mode Constant Variable Resolution Auto Frame Bit Rate 7 777 Adjustment Brightness ET 100 5 0 50 T 50 100 Hue 0 sour io 50 100 Figure 29 Camera Setup 1 Click on Camera Setting 2 Input camera name camera model server IP address user name password and then click on Preview button 3 the FPS column choose Auto Frame You can choose Auto Frame on Constant and Variable frame rate mode Click on Apply button 5 Choose other camera number set it as same a
15. digital in event 8 Post event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer in number of seconds to keep after a certain event occurs 9 Maximum event time Seconds This value specifies that within this period of time all events generated will be ignored NOTE For example if an event occurs repeatedly in a short period of time this value is to prevent the system from recording a new event recording file every second 10 Frequency of flush record file seconds This value specifies that a new file will be generated after the amount of time set in this value 11 Delete File Path Delete File Path is the path that Activator will start to delete files NOTE All sub directories under this directory will be enlisted and older files will be deleted 12 Minimum Disk Space the minimum disk space to be kept in the hard disk 13 Delete Action when the Minimum Disk Space is reached it will delete an amount size of older files according to your selection here NOTE Repeat Recording works with Manual Record Mode Background Record Mode and Schedule Recording 78 Schedule recording This section describes how to setup schedule recording 7 Figure 70 Schedule recording Dialog Box Schedule ID This is the schedule ID given by the Streaming Activator this number will show up once you input other columns This ID is not changeable Schedule Name You can input any words for you to easy memorize this sched
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17. post event recording buffer is defined in Recording Tab Send Mail send mail with thumbnail image attached the SMTP setup is specified in Notification Tab Send FTP FIP the thumbnail image to a FTP server the FTP setup is specified in Notification Tab 80 10 012 Information Specifies digital IN 1 related information refer to DII information for the related options 8 Motion Detection Dialog Box This section describes how to setup motion detection and related notification mechanism rt Configuration Channel 1 iv Region Motion Detection 3 Suwxye pP n n L Sensitivity 50 v Full Screen Pet T Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Send FTP Region Motion Detection Il Sensitivity set Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Send FTP Region Motion Detection 2 sal Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Recording Send Cancel T Figure 72 Motion Detection Setup Dialog Box 1 Image Preview Displays current image preview with regional motion detection block 2 Get Server Motion Setting get the motion detection setting from video server 3 Regional Motion Detection If this option is enabled then this regional motion detection applies to the whole image screen Start X Y indicates starting X Y position of the region selected
18. Channel 1 FTP Server Information 79 FIP Server Notification T DI2 Notification Toj Subject Full Screen Motion Detection Notification 4 2 cc Region Motion Detection Notification Region Motion Detection II Notification oj _ ed Region Motion Detection 5 Notification C Subject m Apply to All Channel Figure 74 Notification Setup Dialog Box 1 Mail Server Information Specifies the SMTP server information SMTP Server Sets to the outgoing mail server address UserName the account to login to the SMTP server Password the password to login to the SMTP server Email Address the E Mail address of the sender Full Name the name of the sender Test button click on the button to test if the account password is authorized correctly 2 FTP Server Information Specifies the FTP server information FTP Server sets to the FTP server address UserName the account to login to the FTP server Password the password to login to the FTP server 3 011 012 Notification Specifies related information when digital input is 85 triggered To the receiver s E Mail address CC the cc copy E Mail address Subject the subject of the E Mail sent Full screen regional motion detection 1 11 Notification Specifies related information when motion detection event occurs To thereceiver s E Mail addre
19. Setup Dialog Box Recording Dialog Box 77 Schedule recording 79 Digital I O Dialog Box 80 Motion Detection Dialog Box 82 Notification Dialog Box 85 User Account Dialog Box 87 System Dialog Box 89 91 92 Table of Figures Figure 1 Input User ID and Password eene eere 2 Figure 2 Exit ACTi Streaming eene 3 Figure 3 Check ACTi Activator 4 Figure 4 Streaming Activator Preview Window eee 5 Figure 5 Streaming Activator Playback Window eese 7 Figure 6 Enable Disable the Toolbar eene 8 Figure 7 Double Click on the Video Screen to Enlarge Window 9 Figure 8 Enlarge 1 en nennen 10 Figure 9 Enlarge and Stretched Window essere 10 Figure 10 Select Preview Window and Camera eee 12 Figure 11 Camera Connection Status 13 Figure 12 Message Indicates Disconnection Status seeeeee 14 Figure 13 Message Indicates Video Lose ccceeccceesseeeecesececeeeeeeceeceeseneeesneeesaes 15 Figure 14 Click Configure Camera 16 Figure 15 Please Setup Camera Information First eee 17 Figure 16
20. and Schedule Recording 4 Click on Apply button to save 40 Playback Mode This chapter describes the operations over playback panel Playback panels operate with search function closely as well Playback Panel Ig Activator V1 4 a SIT ES eee ee ee A Qucm Terrina o BENI mm oo os Z Cameti 6 1 Memud 10034712 112505 9401 1 11 25 10 1200908 1123 99 1201265 11258 Figure 37 Playback Panel Playback Tab Click on the playback tab to invoke the playback mode 2 Open File Button Click on the button to open a dialog box to open a recoded file 3 Thumbnail Click on the button to display Event Search window 4 Bookmark Click on the button to display Event Search window 5 Active Playback window This window displays the playback video files 6 Media Playback Panel Operates playback modes on the active playback window 41 Open Video File The fastest way to start playback a media file is to use open file function By clicking the button a Open File Dialog Box will pop up p Actiwater V1 1 Figure 38 Open Media File 1 OpenFile Click on the button to open a pop up file browse window 2 BrowseFile Button Click on the Browse File button to browse and select the media file to be played 42 Media Control Panel Operations 2 3 4 5
21. detection function This value is setup in the camera name in camera configuration by clicking PTZ Indicator PTZ icon indicates that this camera is setup with PTZ control PTZ Icon indicates that this camera is not setup with PTZ control This value is setup in the camera name in camera configuration by clicking Recording Indicator REC icon indicates that this camera is recording REC icon indicates that this camera is not recording Connection Status Button icon indicates that this preview window is connected icon indicates that this preview window is not connected AN NOTE When click on this button the connection to the camera will be closed Stretch Video Size to Fit Preview Window Following methods may let users to enlarge the preview window Click on the button to enlarge preview window Double click on the left mouse key Figure 27 Stretch Video Window to Fit Preview Window eo IMPORTANT When the preview window is stretched and enlarged the CPU loading will be increased to decode the MPEG 4 stream Following methods may let users to restore the preview window to its original size Click on the button to enlarge preview window Double click on the left mouse key 20 Capture Screenshot Following method may let users to capture screenshots Bea SE ee Figure 28 Capture Screenshot 1 Capture Screen Button Click on the button to capture active preview window into an image file 2
22. files will be saved in the same directory NOTE The directory can be a local hard disk RAID storage NAS storage or mounted storage linked with NetBEUI Following command is a sample to link a virtual drive with NetBEUI gt use 11 0 Recording 2 File Type Supported file type are AVI now NOTE The content of the AVI format is standard 4 raw data In order to view this AVI file on the local machine user has to install FFDSHOW 4 5 Codec for DirectX platform which can be downloaded from ACTi web site or retrieved from the bundled CD TI 3 Save Recordings for Days The aged recording files will be removed after the number of days specified in this field If this field is left as blank then the aged files will not be removed 4 Save Screen Capture To The directory to save the screen capture image files Refer to Save Recordi ngs To notice for advanced configuration 5 File Type Specifies the image file type for the screen capture file supported formats are J PG GI F and BMP 6 Save Screen Capture for Days The aged screen capture image files will be removed after the number of days specified in this field If this field is left as blank then the aged files will not be removed 7 Pre event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer in number of seconds to keep before a certain event occurs A NOTE This value works with motion detection event
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25. on preview mode buttons Pescamar WISE 1700500 Typeqursc Tesque Figure 23 Preview Window Operation 1 When a channel is activated the preview window will be displayed with blue title bar 2 The camera ID will be a in green color 3 Click on I channel preview Activator will enlarge the active window to maximum size limi 4 Click on 4 channel preview Activator will display 4 channel at the same time 24 Activate the Media Window To operate over a media window you have to activate the media window first The operations can be applied in the media window are Media Setup Create Snapshot Zoom Media Window Send DOI 1 channel Recording and multi channels Recording gt T Yom TX Ds NagnattCOMPOSITI 1 5 OO OO Figure 24 Activate a Preview Window There are two ways to activate a media window 1 Click on the media window in the video panel When a media window is activated the media window will be displayed with blue title bar 2 Click on the channel number in the Media Quick Launch Button click the one with green light will bring up the video stream from connected camera 3 Camera Information Window This window displays current camera configuration including camera ID camera name video resolution FPS etc 25 Operations over preview window Active Media Manager performs functions o
26. Camera PYZ Setup 2 Trigger Trigger BOR Recording Send Mak 9 Region Motion Detection 3 Trigger OO Trigger Recording Send Mat Send Region Motion Detection E sataye 65 fT Semi ie gt saj Trigger 006 Trigger DO Thumboait Recording Sendiak Send FP Figure 62 Enable Regional Motion Detection Click on Get Server Motion Setting Button to check MDI and MDII 2 Enable Region Motion Detection III click on Set button and then you will see the third red frame 3 Click on Apply button to save If you can see Save Successfully message your setting is successful And it is done 68 Setup Streaming Activator This chapter describes the setup procedures in Streaming Activator Setup Dialog To setup the parameters in Streaming Activator click on the Setup tab Figure 63 Setup Streaming Activator Parameters 69 Setup Category ACTi Streaming Activator setup parameters are categorized into following categories Notification Fe User Account System Setup 21 4 L7 0 Figure 64 Setup Category Camera Setup Click on this button to setup camera information PTZ Setup Click on this button to configure connected PTZ devices Recording Setup Click on this button to setup recording parameters Schedule Setup Click on this button to setup Schedule recording parame
27. Click the button to pause playing a media file 44 Media Playback Window Media playback window displays current media files This window also can be operated and controlled by Media Control Panel as well Figure 40 Media Playback Window 1 Media File Name Indicates the media file name to be played 2 Enlarge Shrink Window Button Click this button to enlarge and stretch the video size to fit the playback window size Click this button again to reset the enlarged video size to its original size 45 Capture Playback Screenshot Following method may let users to capture screenshots when playing file umm Acineta AR Ls 16 EZ Saturday 2 1970 Figure 41 Capture Playback Screenshot 18 1 Capture Screen Button Click on the button to capture active preview window into an image file 2 Event List Event list will display the screen capture event as Manual Thumbnail event 1 IMPORTANT If you want to capture the original size click button or click button or double click on left mouse key to enlarge the video size before capture the screen shot IMPORTANT You may only capture the screen from specific files that is the files must be recorded in the database If you want to upgrade your software please don t forget to backup your database file 46 Search Playback Files by Events Users may find a recorded file by date time and event lists Figure 42 Se
28. Trigger DOR Thumbnaik M Recording Send Region Motion Detection Trigger 001 Trigger DOR M Recording Send Sena FTP Region Motion Detection Statws Trigger DOT Trigger 002 M Recording Send Sena rP Cancet Figure 57 Enable Indoor Regional Motion Detection Function 4 sets the regional motion detection on the entrance Figure 58 Full Screen Regional Motion Detection Function Running Outdoor Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 60 or higher Outdoor Multicast Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 70 or higher Outdoor 5 00 000 Configuration Channet 1 Ow A 23179412402420 0 Image Preview iv Region Motion Detection Str xyk 779 075 firs 50 asas su Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Maik Send FIP Region Motion Detection 11 1006 Trigger 004 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Maik SendfTP Region Motion Detection Satxye Trigger 004 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Mai Send Cancet Figure 59 Enable Outdoor Motion Detection Function Enable Region Motion Detection I Press Set button Sets the reg
29. a Configuration 18 Motion Detection Setting 20 PTZ Control Setting 22 Disconnect the camera 23 Preview Mode ex a 24 Preview Window 24 Activate the Media Window 25 Operations over preview window 26 Preview Window 27 Media Indicator 27 Stretch Video Size to Fit Preview Window 29 Capture Screenshot 30 Advanced Preview 31 Arrange preview window with cameras 33 View Manager Panel 34 Record Mode _________________________________________ 35 Record Mode 35 Manual Record Operation 36 Background Record Operation 37 Schedule Record Operation 39 Repeat Recording Operation 40 Playback 41 Playback Panel 41 Open Video File 42 Media Control Panel Operations 43 Media Playback Window 45 Capture Playback Screenshot 46 Search Playback Files by Events 47 Event Search List 48 PTZ Control o o 49 Pan Tilt Zoom Operation 49 PTZ Preset Position Operation 51 PTZ Speed Fast Setup 53 Add New PTZ Protocol 54 Motion Detection 000 57 Montion Detection Setup step by step 57 Examples A Motion Detection Setup Correctly 63 Indoor 63 Outdoor 65 Examples B Motion Detection Setup Correctly 67 Setup Streaming Activator 69 Setup Dialog 69 iii Technical Support Appendix A PTZ protocol Setup Category 70 Setup Category Dialog Box 71 Camera Setup Dialog Box 72 Camera Setup Dialog Box in Video Server 74 76 PTZ
30. a window 2 Camera Model Choose the camera model within a selection list including n Video Server n Camera n IP Speed Dome n AXIS 3 Server IP Address Connect to the video server with unicast TCP connection 72 NOTE You may enter host name address in this field as well Make sure the host name can be resolved by DNS Domain Name Server in your network environment This operation can also be verified by using ping command C gt ping hostname acti com 4 Multicast IP Address Subscribe to a multicast network to retrieve video packets NOTE If Multicast IP address is entered without Server IP address then the preview window can only perform preview function If Multicast IP address and Server IP address are keyed in then the preview window can perform preview and Digital I O and PTZ operations The limit of concurrent connection is 15 5 Setup the port number to be authorized by the video server 6 User the account to be authorized by the video server 7 Password the password to be authorized by the video server 8 Open Web Configurator button click this button to open video server s Web Configurator directly 9 Preview button click this button to see the preview window and adjust frame rate and video quality Camera Setup Dialog Box Video Server This section describes the detail operations on Frame information and Video adjustment Configuration Channel 1
31. ain to stop patrol preview function 1 2 1 window preview Mode Click on this button to set the whole window with 1 preview window Taal 3 4 window preview Mode Click on this button to set the whole window with 4 preview window 4 Jump to Camera 1 Click on this button jump to camera that is connected already Camera 1 will be displayed in the active preview window with 1 window preview mode 5 Jump to Camera 4 Click on this button jump to a camera that is connected already Camera 4 is not connected yet a Camera Configuration setup dialog box will be displayed Camera 4 will be displayed in the active preview window with 1 window preview mode 5 This chapter describes the operations over playback panel Playback panel operates with search function closely as well Record Mode In this release there are four recording modes including Manual Recording Background Recording Schedule Recording and Repeat Recording Manual recording is the mode that user may click to start and stop manually Background recording is the mode that let user to record channels without preview them This recording will save a lot of CPU loading comparing with manual recording Schedule recording is the mode that user may setup several independent schedules and when the scheduled time reached background recording will start recording and stop recording according to the schedule setup Repeat recordi
32. arch Event 47 Event Search List 3 Event Search dialo box looks like following Web Page Dialog IV camera 1 Event boosts ew v 0521 ew Seas ch 4 r Time Peri gt Camera i gt Manual Record od od Time 20050212 121000 29950212 121600 20050212 120947 20050212 120947 20050212 120935 20050212 120935 Recordings Channel 6 2095021212505 Channeli 20050212 11250 Figure 43 Event Search List Camera Lists the camera listing connected Click on Camera check box to select or de select all cameras Event Lists the Event list for search Available events are DI Manual Record Motion Detection and Background Record Click on Event check box to select or de select all events Time Period Select a start and end time period Search Button Click this button to start search events Event Search List This list displays the recorded files that match the criteria Event Detail Click on the event detail to start playing video 48 7 PTZ Control Panel This chapter describes the operations over PTZ Control panel and how to add new PTZ Protocol Pan Tilt Zoom Operation Streaming Activator s PTZ control follows Pelco P protocol User may operate PTZ Control panel to operate the PTZ devices with Pelco P protocol Figure 44 PTZ Control Panel 1 Zoomfunction click amp to zoom in the view click to zoom out the view 2 Fo
33. ction describes the steps to customize ACTi Streaming Activator so that it may become customer s own interface tf Camera Quad OSD PTZ Setup Record Schedule Motion Defect Notification Account LINE Figure 77 System Dialog Box You may customize ACTi Streaming Activator in following ways 1 System Information Specifies the System information Load Last Connection Load the last status when start up not include recording status Load Last Recording Load the last recording status when start up View Channel Specifies the number of channels when start up Patrol Delay Ti me For IP quad this parameter affects the patrol delay time of each channel For other products this parameter affects the patrol delay time of this channel during patrol display function Ex When you choose Patrol display on the Main window the specific delay time of each channel 89 2 Auto Logon Specifies the Logon procedure This setup will effect each time you login Logon manually Each time you start Streaming Activator you have to manually enter the User ID and Password before you can use it Admin Each time you Streaming Activator it will auto login as an administrator user Refer to the table below for what administrator can do Guest Each time you Streaming Activator it will auto login as a guest user Refer to the table below for what administrator can do Specifies the number of channels when start up
34. cus function click 59 to sharpen the focus on the view click to loosen the focus on the view 3 IRIS function click to open the IRIS click to close the IRIS 4 PAN Speed function click to increase the speed of pan operation click to decrease the speed of pan operation 49 TILT Speed function click to increase the speed of tilt operation click to decrease the speed of tilt operation Tilt operation function click to tilt up click v to tilt down Pan operation function click gt to pan right click lt to pan left Camera indicator indicates current active camera ID 50 PTZ Preset Position Operation ACTi Streaming Activators PTZ control has following functions on preset position operation QN SU m 058 Save position Clear position Go to position Patrol on preset position Mouse PTZ function Figure 45 PTZ Preset Panel Position Indicator indicates current position Key Pad click on the number key pad to set the position indicator Position indicator is formed in 3 digit number SET m TCR CEN button save the position to the position indicator CIR 26 button clear the position set in current position indicator Gus button go to the position set in current position indicator MA button toggles mouse PTZ mode With mouse PTZ mode user may click on the screen to do pan and tilt operation 51 d ete button toggles patrol mode clicking this butt
35. e 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47 Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52 Figure 53 Figure 54 Figure 55 Figure 56 Figure 57 Figure 58 Figure 59 Figure 60 Figure 61 Figure 62 Figure 63 Figure 64 Figure 65 Figure 66 Figure 67 Figure 68 Figure 69 Figure 70 Figure 71 Figure 72 Figure 73 Repeat Recording Operation essen een 40 Playback Panels To erento 41 Open Media File 42 Media Control Panel ue eee ee 43 Media Playback Window eese 45 Capture Playback Screenshot 46 Search Event Rose 47 Event Se archi etie dete reet 48 PTZ Control Panel diete etn eri e eni rte decet 49 PTZ Control Panel csi einen Rep punch Pee 51 PTZ Speed Fast e n e deed 53 Add New PTZ Protocol Setup seen 54 Input New PTZ Protocol eee 54 Choose the New PTZ Protocol eese eren 55 Go to Preview Mode and Test New PTZ Protocol 56 Motion Detection Setup 57 Save Successfully 2 eite inde e e Re apt epe dest 59 Motion Detection Setting is saved to Firmware 60 Motion Detection Preview essere nennen nennt 61 Motion Detection Function Running
36. e rate specified by Video Server Variable frame rate indicates that each connection may have different frame rate 4 FPS You may set the number of frame per second displayed This will update the setting in Video Server directly Available FPS for constant frame rate NTSC 30 15 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Available FPS for constant frame rate PAL 25 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Available FPS for variable frame rate NTSC 30 6 3 1 Available FPS for variable frame rate PAL 25 5 3 1 TIPS By adopting variable frame rate the connections to the same video 4 server may have different frame rate Resolution Displays the resolution set on the video server Bit Rate Displays the bit rate set on the video server 5 6 7 Brightness Sets the brightness value 8 Contrast Sets the contrast value 9 Hue Sets the Hue value 10 Saturation Sets the saturation value CA 2 Setup Dialog Box This section describes how to setup PTZ configuration Web Page Dialog ee 10 11 1 16 6 2 7 3 v Add Protocat Delete Protocal Baud Rate 5660 4 hex Pan Speed Maximum s v Pan Speed 5 v 5 122 Titt Speed Maximum 5 gt Tat Speed Defaut 5 Apply to Channel Cancel Figure 68 Setup Dialog 1 PTZ Information about PTZ information 2 Enable PTZ Enable or disable PTZ control function on this camera 3 Protocol Supported PTZ pr
37. he protocol is zero indexed so that the hexadecimal address sent in the protocol for the first receiver is 00 which corresponds to address 1 92 For Pelco P protocol the extended command set will have bit 0 of data byte 2 set and will follow the format in the following table Data byte 1 Data byte 2 Data byte 3 Data byte 4 Set Preset XX 01 to FF Clear Preset XX to FF Go To Preset XX Flip rotate 1809 Zero Pan Position Auto scan Zone IZoneEnd to 08 Clear Screen Screen fzonesconon m m fo e memewm m m Pattern Start Pattern DU MM Run Pattern Pattern Zoom Lens 00 to 03 Speed Focus Lens 00 to 03 Speed Our protocol ptz format is Function X Y B yte1 Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5 Byte 6 Byte 7 Byte 8 PANTILT 0 0 0x AO 0x00 0x00 0x00 Ox3F Ox3F Ox AF OxOF Example Zoom IN 0 0xA0 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 OXAF 0x2F 1 ZOOM Zoom Out 0 0xA0 0x00 0x00 0x40 0x00 0x00 OXAF 0x4F ME ZOOM Zoom Stop 0 0x00 0x00 0 00 0 00 0x00 OXAF OxOF Pan and Titl Move left slowest Speed 0 ZOOM 0 0xA0 0x00 0x00 0x04 0 0 Ox3F OXAF 0x38 Pan and Titl Move left fastest Speed s PANTI LT 0 0xA0 0x00 0x00 0x04 Ox3F 0x3F OxAF 0x0OB Pan and Titl Move right slowest Speed 5 PANTI LT
38. he recording setup User may specify the lowest hard disk space threshold if the threshold is reached then some older files will be deleted according to your choice Please refer to Page 77 for setup detailes Configuration Channel 1 Save Recordings To C Recordings Channel File Type mi z Save Recordings for Days 5 Doy Save Screen Capture 5 Channel SS File Type 9 71 Save Screen Capture for Days 15 Buffer and Duration Pre event recording buffer 10 30j Seconds Post event recording buffer fo 10 300 Seconds Maximum eventtime 10 0 300ySeconds Frequency of flush record file fos 6 3600 Seconds Must reserve 100 MB disk space for this channel Record Repeat Recording File Path Ci Recordings Minimum Disk Space 100 Action 600 Files Apply Apply to All Channel Cancel i Figure 36 Repeat Recording Operation 1 Delete File Path The Activator will start to delete files in this folder and the subfolders of this folder NOTE All sub directories under this directory will be enlisted and older files will be deleted 2 Minimum Disk Space the minimum disk space threshold 3 Delete Action when the Minimum Disk Space is reached it will start to delete according to your setup here the action will be taken NOTE Repeat Recording works with Manual Record Mode Background Record Mode
39. ional motion detection on the entrance amp then click Apply button to save Figure 60 Regional Motion Detection Function Running 66 Examples B Motion Detection Setup Correctly Indoor TCP Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 50 or higher Indoor Multicast Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 70 or higher Outdoor TCP Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 60 or higher Outdoor Multicast Connect Full Screen Sensitivity 70 or higher sanoyi 7 5 fier semar s Trigger Trigger box Thombnat Record Send Maik Send 9 Region Motion Detection 1 3 satay fe 7 Sensitive 0 Saj Trigger DOT Trigger Thomboat Recording SendMait Send FT Region Motion Detection saaw 1 SewawRy Trigger 001 Trigger Recording Send Ma Send FTP 7 Camel Figure 61 Enable Regional Motion Detection and 11 Select the Motion Detection Setup Click on Get Server Motion Setting button to Image Preview Enable Region Motion Detection I click on Set button and then you will see the first red frame 4 Enable Region Motion Detection II click on Set button and then you will see the second red frame 5 Click on Apply button to save If you can see Save Successfully message your setting is successful 67 m p Configu ation Channet 1
40. is the essential to Activator system Media window can be the live video stream from video server or the media file from the storage Media Indicator Figure 26 Preview Window Indicators 1 Camera ID Indicates current camera ID 2 Digital Time Code Display the timestamp from the video server This format is digital time code embedded in video stream NOTE Digital time code is embedded in the video stream and can be applied as watermark of the video stream 3 Camera Name Indicates current camera name This value is setup in the camera name in camera configuration by clicking 4 Create Snapshot Button Click this icon to create snapshot immediately The time code will also be print in the saved picture NOTE The snapshot image is stored in JPG and GIF format 5 Enlarge Screen Button Click this icon to stretch and enlarge current window After the window is enlarged click this icon to restore to its original size 27 NOTE You may also double click on the left mouse key to enlarge the preview window Another double click on the left mouse key may restore the enlarged preview window to its original size IMPORTANT When the preview window is stretched and enlarged the CPU loading will be increased to decode the MPEG 4 stream 6 Motion Detection Indicator icon indicates that this camera is setup with motion detection function Icon indicates that this camera is not setup with motion
41. n the active media window i TIPS Click on the media window to activate that media source 111112 Figure 25 Active Media Manager 1 Camera Setup Ei address FPS Bit Rate recording settings etc Setup the camera related information including IP 2 Create Snapshot Activator creates snapshot image on the fly This will also creates a Manual Thumbnail event to the system NOTE Current snapshot images support JPG and GIF file format The file location is configured in Recording Setup button 3 Toggle Full screen Mode The active media window will be stretched up to the full window when clicked a second time the active media window will be reset to normal proportion of the video window NOTE The stretched up video will be distorted it may not comply with correct proportion of original video setting 4 Send 001 2o Use this button to trigger DOI manually 5 Toggle 1 channel Recording Starts or stops NC manually When the active window is recording this button will become 6 Toggle Multi channels Recording Starts or stops recording manually When the active window is recording this button will become NOTE When user clicks Multi channels Record button the channels in the setup window will be recorded For example if user setup channel 1 channel 3 channel 5 in the camera setup then these three channels will be recorded 26 Preview Window Media window
42. ng buffer is defined in Recordi ng Tab Send Mail send mail with thumbnail image attached the SMTP setup is specified in Notification Tab Send FTP FTP the thumbnail image to a FTP server the FTP setup is specified in Notification Tab Region Motion Detection 3 snop pP an Sensitivity 50 Full Screen Pet Trigger DOT Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Mait Send Region Motion Detection Il W ggerDOt Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Send FTP Region Motion Detection Seems ET Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Cancel T Figure 73 Full Screen Motion Detection Setup NOTE To enable the motion detection function you have to check the checkbox You may also test the function by clicking the se each block button in NOTE Please follow following suggestions on the sensitivity level settings 1 Indoor TCP Connection Sensitivity set to 50 or higher 2 Indoor Multicast Connection Sensitivity set to 70 or higher 3 Outdoor TCP Connection Sensitivity set to 60 or higher 4 Outdoor Multicast Connection Sensitivity set to 70 or higher 84 Notification Dialog Box This section describes how to setup motion detection and related notification mechanism T Configuration
43. ng is the mode that user may specify a threshold so that when the hard disk space is not enough older files will be deleted Oo CA Manual Record Operation Figure 33 Manual Recording Operation 1 Click recording toggle button Ej to start or stop manual recording Indicates that the specified camera is manual recording at this moment 2 When REC indicator is displayed in red color it indicates that this preview window is manual recording REC Indicates that current window is not manual recording 3 When the preview window is manual recording the channel indicator will be displayed in red color 4 Recording event list In the event list there will have a new record for this manual recording event 36 Background Record Operation Pb 1 Click record all toggle button to start or stop background recording indicates that the specified cameras are background recording at this moment NOTE When user clicks Record button the channels successfully set in the setup window please refer to page 74 for camera setup will be recorded For example if you have successfully setup channel 1 channel 3 and channel 5 in the camera setup then these three channels will be recorded during background recording NOTE to the CPU performance and network connection time there will have 5 seconds initialization time before all channels start recording NOTE The files recorded by background recording l
44. ocate at the same directory as the file path recorded by manual recording 2 The REC indicator is displayed and it is not in red color during background recording mode 3 When the preview window is background recording the channel indicator Q 37 will be displayed in green color it will not change into red color 4 Recording event list In the event list there will be all background recording channels for recording event Schedule Record Operation User may specify several schedules independently on each channel Streaming activator will perform background recordings according to the schedules Please refer to page 77 for recording setup details 1 fx O QOQ O an D 1 mL E Schedule 9 Schedule Enable Truc Period 1 Daity Schedule 0 00 v 000 New Schedule _ Save Delete 3 Schedule List 25 1 cm statomo start time End Time 4 Figure 35 Schedule Recording Operation 1 Click on the camera number Input the schedule Click on Save button to save and click New schedule to input new 4 schedules are listed here NOTE Schedule recording function will only work when the Streaming activator is on If the Streaming activator is not on nothing will be recorded even it is in the recording schedule 39 Repeat Recording Operation In this release there is a new option in t
45. on 2 Sensitivity Setthe sensitivity level for the motion detection event The level can be set from 10 to 100 NOTE When the motion detection function is enabled the media window s MD indicator will display in blue color Figure 19 Motion Detection Indicator Enabled 20 NOTE When the motion detection function is active the media window s MD indicator will display in Red color Figure 20 Motion Detection Indicator Enabled 21 PTZ Control Setting 1 Enable PTZ Enable or disable PTZ function NOTE When the PTZ function is enabled the media window s PTZ indicator PTZ will display in blue color PTZ 2 Baud Rate Select the baud rate to communicate with PTZ devices The default value is set to 9600 bps 3 Protocol Pelco P protocol is supported NOTE For advanced PTZ control please refer to 49 For advanced PTZ setup please refer to 76 NOTE Now we support the user defines PTZ Protocol Figure 21 PTZ Indicator On 22 Disconnect the camera To disconnect the connection to the camera click on the connection status button on the active preview window Figure 22 Disconnect the Camera Il Clickon the connection status button Click on the connection status button to disconnect the camera The preview will be terminated as well and the connection status button will become 23 Preview Mode Preview Window User may switch different preview mode by clicking
46. on Activator will starts patrol with preset positions NOTE Number of preset position is depending on the speed dome s specification NOTE setup the position for Pelco_P or Pelco D as follow Move to the point Key in the NOTE To setup the position for Linlin as follow Key in the NO Move to the point t PTZ Speed Fast Setup Figure 46 PTZ Speed Fast Setup 1 Speed Label click on the speed label to popup setup window 2 Popup Window used to setup new speed for pan or tile 53 Add New PTZ Protocol ACTi Streaming Activator s PTZ control supports user defines PTZ Protocol CQ 30 9 SENE Sh 10 19 1 d Q PTZ Information Enable PTZ Address ID Protocal Y Add Protocal Delete Protocal Baud Rate Y Pan Speed Minimum Pan Speed Maximum Pan Speed Default Tilt Speed Minimum Tilt Speed Maximum Tilt Speed Default Apply Apply to All Channel Cancel Figure 47 Add New PTZ Protocol Setup 1 First add a protocol ptz file ex samsung ptz 2 Click on PTZ Setting 3 Click on Add Protocol button About the protocol ptz file you can see the Appendix A at page 92 for detailes Explorer User Prompt Script Prompt Add New Protocall Cancel samsung Figure 48 Input New PTZ Protocol Name 1 You can see this message 2 Input the new protocol name ex samsung 54 3 Click on YES 1 4 A 2 O
47. otocols are Pel co P typel Pelco P type2 Pelco 6100 Pelco P CAM 6200 Pelco P CAM 6300 Pelco P CAM 6400 Pelco D CAM 6100 Pel D CAM 6200 Pelco D CAM 6300 Pelco D CAM 6400 Videotrec Samsung Eyeview VCL Eyeview andDynacolor 4 Pan Operation Settings Select your pan speed from 1 minimum 5 maximum 5 Tilt Operation Settings Select your tilt speed from 1 minimum 5 maximum 6 Address ID Setup Speed Dome Address ID The Address ID just supports 001 7 Delete Protocol Supports Customer s defining PTZ Protocol 8 Baud Rate Supports different baud rate 76 Recording Dialog Box This section describes recording related setup Save To Hard Disk Save Recordings To Recordings Channelt File vi v Save Recordings for Days s Day x Save Screen Capture To sereencapture Channel File Type Save Screen Capture for Days 15 Day _ Buffer and Duration Pre event recording buffer qo soySecondo Post event recording buffer 10 0 300ySeconds Maximum event time 0 300 Seconds equency of flush record file 800 o 3 amp 00j Seconds Repeat Recording File Path C Recor dings Minimum Disk Space io eAdin 600 me v Figure 69 Recording Setup Dialog Box 1 Save Recordings To directory to save the recorded files NOTE If you choosing Apply to Channel all the recording
48. ow camera 2 Camera Model Choose the camera model within a selection list including n n n n Video Server IP Camera IP Speed Dome AXIS 3 Server IP Address Connect to the video server with unicast TCP connection 18 NOTE You may enter host name address in this field as well Make sure the host name can be resolved by DNS Domain Name Server in your network environment This operation can also be verified by using ping command C gt ping hostname acti 4 Multicast IP Address Subscribe to a multicast network to retrieve video packets NOTE If Multicast IP address is entered without Server IP address then the preview window can only perform preview function If Multicast IP address and Server IP address are keyed in then the preview window can perform preview and Digital and PTZ operations The limit of concurrent connection is 15 5 Port Setup the port number to be authorized by the video server 6 User the account to be authorized by the video server 7 Password the password to be authorized by the video server 8 Open Web Configurator button click this button to open video server s Web Configurator directly 9 Preview button click this button to see the preview window and adjust frame rate and video quality Figure 18 Preview Window Toolbar 19 Motion Detection Setting Enable Motion Detection Enable or disable the motion detection functi
49. s this 3l Actmiter V1 3 15 Typediutsc Figure 30 Advanced Preview Window 1 to Preview Mode and then click on the camera number to preview 2 Choose the video screen it has the active mode and has 30 FPS to preview The unselect video screen is 1 FPS to preview 32 Arrange preview window with cameras Sy eene Activaton 41 Recchsior TSC 17844801 Sigeat COMPOSITE aane ttt Figure 31 Assign a Camera to a Preview Window 1 Selecta preview window Use mouse to select a preview window 2 Select the camera Then select the camera to be assigned to the preview window NOTE If user assigns a camera to a preview window that is already connected with a camera then that preview window will be re connected to the new camera ID assigned The previous camera will still be connected without preview NOTE If the camera has not been connected yet e g configuration page will be displayed for user to setup the camera configuration 93 View Manager Panel This section describes the preview mode available in preview functions 2 0 0 C 32 Preview Mode Patrol Preview Toggle Button To enable or disable patrol preview function Click on this button start patrol preview function and the Y button will becomes Click on this button ag
50. ss the cc copy E Mail address Subject the subject of the E Mail sent 86 User Account Dialog This section describes how to setup user account and the permission Configuration Channel 1 Figure 75 User Account Dialog Box 1 Account Information about User Account information User 10 input new User ID When you login you need use the ID to login User Name input new user name This name will be show on the preview window Password input the password Description simple description about new account Active Date the user s active date The format is year mouth day ExpireDate the user s expire date The format is year mouth day User Role appoint account different group 2 function button Search Button input you want to search user ID then click on to search New Account Button Clean all information on the column Save Button save the information about new user account 87 Delete Button delete you want to delete account Description simple description about new account Active Date the user s active date Expire Date the user s expire date 3 All account and Group Listing show listing about all account and Group NOTE There are three groups on system default you can not add or delete one Administrator Can Preview PlayBack Setup Standard User Preview and PlayBack not Setup Figure 76 Default Permission Control System Dialog This se
51. t setup 4 3 Account System Configuration Channel 2 samsung Sedes qve Figure 49 Choose the New PTZ Protocol Copy the Samsung ptz file to C Program Files ACTi S treamingActivator Run Activator software and Go to PTZ Setting Enable PTZ then you can see Samsung protocol Setup the PTZ information Pan speed minimum maximum default Tilt Speed minimum maximum default address ID Baud Rate After input Click on apply button 55 SU eermng Actvetor V1 3 Ba ries 55 7 Carrera ni m menan Q 23 3 50 Go to Preview Mode and Test New PTZ Protocol Figure 1 Goto Preview mode 2 Click on the camera number and then you can use new PTZ function 56 Motion Detection This chapter describes the operations over Motion Detection Setup Montion Detection Setup step by step P NAAR WN Configuration Channel 1 Region Motion Detection satay fF 9 z Trigger 006 Trigger 002 Thombeait Recording Send Mat Send FTP Region Motion Detection II saww aj Trigger 001 T Trigger 002 Thumboait _ Recording Send Mait F _ Send FTP r Region Motion Detection Ill saw mw sal Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Recording Send Maik Send FTP Figure 51 Motion Detection Setup Box Before
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53. ters DI DO Setup Click on this button to configure digital input and digital output devices Motion Detection Setup Click on this button to setup motion detection information Notification Setup Click on this button to setup event notification mechanism User Account Click on this button to setup User Account permission System Setup Click on this button to setup system overall parameters 70 Setup Category Dialog Box This chapter describes how to operate in a setup dialog box Enable Protocal Add Protocal Delete Protocal Pan Speed Minimum fi Pan Speed a Tit Speed Minimum f Tilt Speed Maximum m emo Figure 65 Setup Dialog Box Operation Function Category Tab Click on tab to choose the category of function for setup 2 Channel Selection Click on channel number to switch to any channels directly 3 Apply to Channel button Click on Apply to All Channel button to apply this settings to all channels at the same time 71 Camera Setup Dialog This chapter describes how to operate in a setup dialog box Configuration Channel 1 Image Preview Camera Mame 172 161 64 Camera Modet Video Server Figure 66 Camera Setup Dialog Box 1 Camera Input a camera name or description to describe the camera NOTE The content of the camera name will be displayed on top of the preview medi
54. ts the information about the camera Selected PTZ Control Panel Sends PTZ command to connected device 6 Understating the Playback Screen Streaming Activator playback screen is consisting of several parts 1 2 7 thaws Mem Wednesday July 27 3 10 43 32 5 Streaming Activator Playback Window 1 Thumbnail The window lists the thumbnail files user captured 2 Bookmark This window lists the bookmark files user defined i TIPS Alarm Event includes Motion Detection Event X Digital I O Event 1 0 Alarm 8 and Bookmark Event E 3 Media Playback Panel Media playback panel contains normal and advanced operation over media file including play forward rewind play speed frame by frame play forward and rewind Operate on Preview Playback Window with Mouse Click Left Mouse Key Activate Window This action will activate the preview or playback window Click Right Mouse Key Enable Disable Toolbar This action will enable or disable the preview window toolbar Figure 6 Enable Disable the Toolbar Enable the Toolbar 2 Disable the Toolbar Double Click Left Mouse Key Enlarge Window This action will enlarge the window or restore the enlarged window to its original size 9 Figure 7 Double Click the Video Screen to Enlarge Window Click on the video screen to enlarge window
55. ule Enable Click to select True enable or False disable Period Click to select the start date and the end date of this schedule recording Daily schudule Click to select the start time and the end time of this schedule recording in a day New schedule Click to to start a new schedule Save Click to save this schedule Delete Click to delete this schedule Schedule List Show all schedule listing NOTE Be sure to save your desired schedule Your schedule will works only after you saved it 79 Digital I O Dialog This section describes how to setup digital I O and related notification mechanism Configuration Channel 1 Output Information Enable 001 DH Information Enable Dt Recording DI2 Information Enable 012 Trigger 004 Trigger 002 Thumbnail Recording Send Send FTP Apply to Channel Cancel Figure 71 Digital Dialog Box 8 Output Information Enable or disable DOI and DO2 9 DH Information Specifies digital IN 1 related information including options to Trigger 001 triggers Digital Output 1 relay when a digital input event occurs Trigger DO2 triggers Digital Output 2 relay when a digital input event occurs Create Thumbnail capture image and resize to a thumbnail the size of the thumbnail is the same as the resolution of the streaming Create Recordings record video clips the pre event and
56. up Schedule Setup 11 DIDO Setup d Motion Detection 2231 Notification ay User Account TE System Setup For Help Ck Help Topics on the Menu Figure 2 Exit ACTi Streaming Activator Check Streaming Activator Version Coury ight C 2083 2884 ACTI Con ent ation A LE Figure 3 Check Activator Version d Click on the Logo to check version About US Dialog Box Version Number Released Date gt cbe p 2 Activator User Interface ACTi Streaming Activator is designed with a user friendly interface and deployed with minimal training Understating the Preview Screen ACTi Streaming Activator preview screen is consisting of several parts Figure 4 ACTi Streaming Activator Preview Window 1 ACTi Streaming Activator version This panel displays related information on the ACTi Streaming Activator version number 2 Active Media Manager This panel operates on the active media window 3 Media Window This window links to the media source including a live video stream from network or video stream from file 4 Media Quick launch Button Indicates the listing of connected media owe nu source by clicking the button the selected media source will be activated View Manager Change different view template Preview Panel Change to preview mode Playback Panel Change to playback mode Setup Panel System configuration and setups Camera Information Lis
57. you start the setup Please disconnect all preview channels Select Motion Detection do Setup Press Get Server Motion Setting button to image preview Enable the Regional Motion Detection I Then Click Full Screen button Auto Enter the sensitivity numbers Change sensitivity setting Default is 50 After you set it success you will see the video screen and a red frame 57 IMPORTANT Ifthe video image does not show up it means that this video server cannot be connected correctly or the account password to access this video server is not correct Configuration Channel 1 Image Preview 9 Region Motion Detection tA Sensitivity 9 v full Screen se Trigger 001 T Trigger 002 Thumboait Recording Send Maik Send FIP Trigger 001 Trigger Recording Send Mai Cancel gt Figure 52 Save Successfully Click on the Apply button 2 You will see Save successfully message 59 Image Preview 9 Region Motion Detection I Sensitivity 52 se Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumboait Recording Send Mai Send FTP Region Motion Detection II LU Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnait Recording Send Mait Send Region Motion Detection seve Sewawty 2 sal Trigger 001 Trigger 002 Thumbnait Recording 7 Send Mait Send FTP

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