User Manual CamView Seeing the video from anywhere
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1. 41 gA t id 42 Figure 10 7 Layout or GamPlay sida eti tide uiti 43 FOUE FC TCC use petente nra ren 44 PIQUE NE TOF OD oco teca euis tu oe qun ode oed 45 Figure TO DIFSCIOFV best Debate dn 45 Figure 10 5 Remove recording folder 47 Figure 10 6 Remove recorded 47 FIQUIe TIT Uninstall Gam VIOW caute 48 Figure 11 2 CameraList settings 49 Figure 11 3 Recording and snapshot 5 49 Figure 11 4 REMOVING CamView 00 0 00000000000000000000 50 Figure 11 5 Uninstallation successful cesses eee nnns 50 Figure 12 1 Microsoft NET Framework detected 51 Figure 13 1 Selected vs Non selected video 54 Chapter 1 Introduction CamView is a video management software which comes and works with the IC202 w series IP Cameras It is designed with the idea of truly user friendly With CamView it is just a mouse click away to see the video of your IP Camera and surprisingly neither technical knowled2. 25 Figure 5 5 Name the 0 2 0 00000 0000000 seen nana nnn nnns 25 DO zi D TAO Ioco 26 Figure 5 7 Get video 85 2 000 0 0020000000 0 27 Figure 5 8 Settings of the IP 0 6 0 000000000000 27 Figure 5 9 Authentication esses esee 27 Figure 5 10 Gel 3GPP 56 ios iia doe 28 28 Figure 5 12 Night mode 29 Figure 5 13 Auto detect mode 2 0 0 200 0000000 sees esee nnne nnne narrar na 29 Figure 5 14 SCHCOUIC t uta Ma du au dM ME 30 5 15 Manual err 30 Figure 5 16 ID Password settings oce 31 FIQUIe S 17 Rename a TOIOGF oi yis a tata ws 31 Figure 5 10 Delete an Gal iui SEE eim 32 Fig re 9 19 Delete a c der olea bd 32 Figure 7 1 Scheduling settings 36 IQUE TNE CON 38 39 Figure 9 1T FirmwarS upgrade ce 40 Figure 9 2 Fimware upgrade 0 41 Figure 9 3 Firmware upgrade default values
3. 21 48 SWAP FUNCTION 21 ZO NIB d e EE 22 CHAPTER 5 MANAGE IP CAMS CAM IDS 24 5 1 CAM IBID ic 24 5 2 ADD AN IP CAM ID TO CAMERALIST 24 5 3 ADD A FOLDER TO CAMERALIST 1 25 5 4 PLAY AN IP CAM ESTABLISH THE VIDEO 5510 25 5 5 GET SET THE SETTINGS OF THE CAM CAM 10 26 5 6 GET SET THE 6 65 2 100 000 28 5 7 NIGHT MODE CONTROL IC212 1C212wW ONLY 29 5 8 CHANGE THE CAMERA OR PASSWORD OR THE NAME OF A FOLDER 30 5 9 DELETE AN IP CAM CAM ID ORA FOLDER eee 31 5 10 PLAY GROUP OF IP 5 32 CHAPTER 6 OPERATIONS FOR THE ACTIVE VIDEO SESSION 34 6 1 PLAY THE VIDEO ESTABLISH THE VIDEO 5510 34 6 2 ATOR THE VIDEO axe qu ed 34 6 3 PAUSE AND RESUME THE VIDEO SESSION eren nna 34 6 4 MOTION RECORDING 34 6 5 MUTE AND UN MUTE THE 34 6 5 VIDEO INF
4. for renaming the folder and change it as shown in Figure 5 16 and Figure 5 17 30 am amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help OPREDE Cam list CameraList ENS ampi BUM CamlDz2 Play on selected window 8 CamID3 2 Auto Searc Video settings BH 0010102 settings IE 0010107 Firmware upgrade 0010034 Figure 5 16 ID Password settings Ad amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help Cam list 7 ist fl CamID1 8 op CamlID3 Mew Camera New Folder Rename oT Auto Sez Figure 5 17 Rename a folder 5 9 Delete an IP Cam Cam ID or a folder simply right click on the Cam ID or the folder you want to delete and select Delete to remove it as shown in Figure 5 18 and Figure 5 19 3l amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help E3EH 4 T Cam list 2 CameraList B WEM _ CCamID2 Play on selected window il 03 ID Password settings Cy Test Video settings Ir Cam 3GPP settings LJ Auto Searc Firmware upgrade 0010102 Figure 5 18 Delete g amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help OR GREE lt Cam list CameraList B CamID1 B CamID2 B CamID3 Mew Camera Mew Folder Rename Figure 5 19 Delete a folder 5 10 Play a
5. gt CamView 3 Uninstall CamView 2 Uninstall from the control panel Start gt Settings gt Control Panel Add or Remove Programs select CamView program and click Change Remove Follow uninstaller to remove the CamView Step 1 Once the CamView uninstaller has been invoked the uninstall screen as shown in Figure 11 1 will show up Press Next button to move on 8 CamView 1 02 12 Uninstaller Welcome Welcome to the uninstaller for Cam view 1 02 12 Uninstall CamView This program will uninstall 1 02 72 If Cam view is currently running please close it before proceeding with the uninstallatian Otherwise click Next ta continue Cancel Figure 11 1 Uninstall CamView step 2 Uninstaller asks you to choose whether to keep the current settings of CameraList or not as shown in Figure 11 2 Press Next to continue Note If you are updating CamView program please select Yes Keep it Otherwise the settings will be cleaned up 48 CamView Setup Camera List settings Do vou wantto keep the Camera List settings for further use gt Yes Keep it Remove it Figure 11 2 CameraList settings Step 3 Uninstaller asks you if you want to remove the recorded files and Snapshots or not as shown in Figure 11 3 CamView Setup Recording Folder and Snapshot Folder settings Do vou want to remove the Recording folder and Snapshot folder if any O want to REMO
6. B CamID2 CamID3 Test E Cam 3GPP settings 8 Test Firmware upgrade 0 a Auto Searc Figure 9 1 Firmware upgrade Play an selected window ID Password settings settings 40 Firmware upgrade CamID1 001001003 FIP server Iffn starvedia cam FTF username upgrade Password Plain text REOS Upgrade Cancel Figure 9 2 Fimware upgrade form To save your time to enter those values again and again you can save those values as default values for firmware upgrade if you want to upgrade many IP Cams To save the default values go menu bar Settings gt Firmware upgrade and enter the value for each field respectively as Figure 9 3 By doing so the firmware upgrade form will be filled in the default values every time when it pops up Firmware upgrade FIP server fip starvedia com FTP username upgrade FIP Password Upgrade Firmware fle name c202wegen 020104 n4 Figure 9 3 Firmware upgrade default values 9 2 Startup options Startup options is where you configure CamView what to do when it starts up Go menu bar Settings gt Startup options As Figure 9 4 shown there are two options Do nothing and Restore the last time playing running state you can choose from 4 Startup options Do nothing Q Restore the last time playina runnina state Save Cancel Figure 9 4 Startup option
7. Failed The IP Cam you are trying to connect is not registered to our GSS server or not responding User full The IP Cam you are trying to connect is full The maximum users of an IP Cam can serve simultaneously are up to 20 However it depends on the video resolution setting of the IP Cam Please refer to the user manual of the IP Cam for detailed information Password error It means the password for playing video you entered is incorrect Connecting It means CamView is now connecting to the IP Cam Reconnecting It means CamView is now reconnecting to the IP Cam Disconnected It means the video session is disconnected 6 7 Video session properties Currently this shows almost the same information with the one on video information bar The only difference in between is that video information bar shows failed reason if the video session is failed to be established 35 Chapter 7 Scheduling function There are 3 modes of scheduling function that CamView provides They are Play only Continuous recording and Periodic recording As Figure 7 1 shown left side is a CameraList and right side is the scheduling settings for each of 16 windows For example to set a schedule recording rule for window number 1 select the window number 1 and click Enable There are 2 modes for recording continuous recording and periodic recording Either drags the CamlD from the left side CameraList Auto Search to the Camera informati
8. LAN Local Area Network At the very beginning of CamView startups CamView automatically does the auto search To do auto search manually you can either double click on the Auto Search folder or right click on the Auto Search folder and select Auto search as shown in Figure 4 1 besides select it menu bar Camera 3 Auto search as shown in Figure 4 2 to have it search the IP Cameras The results Cam IDs will be listed under Auto search folder With auto search you can right click on the found Cam ID and select Web configure as shown in Figure 4 3 to access to its web page for further configuration If you have the mouse cursor stop on a Cam ID in the Auto Search list the IP address of that Cam ID will be shown up as shown in Figure 4 4 Note1 The result of auto search is not saved to the computer If you want to save it please refer to Chapter 5 2 Add an IP Cam Cam ID to CameraList folder Note2 The browser that CamView invokes while you click the Web configure is Microsoft Internet Explorer Note 3 If your computer is in the different LAN with the IP Cam auto search will not be able to find that IP Cam amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Cam list Cameral ist 8 CamlD1 8 8 CamID3 Test Search 0010061 Auto search 001004248 Figure 4 1 Auto search 1 15 amp CamView View Se
9. Video settings E Cam 3GPP settings aL Auto Searc Firmware upgrade B 0010102 Delete Figure 5 6 Play the video 5 5 Get Set the settings of the IP Cam Cam ID Right click on the Cam ID select Video settings as shown in Figure 5 7 and the current settings of that IP Cam will be retrieved from the IP Cam and displayed as Figure 5 8 If you want to change the settings choose new value for the item you want to change and press Update button To change settings the authentication admin account and admin password is required as shown in Figure 5 9 All the settings of course can be changed through the web page of the IP Cam For the access to the web page please refer to Chapter 4 1 Auto Search web configure Note1 Admin account and admin password are the same with the ones you used to login into the web page of the IP Cam The default admin account is admin and the admin password is empty no password It is highly recommended to create the password right away Note2 If you want to know more detail of the settings please refer to the user manual of the IP Cam 26 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Cam list 001014171 211 a CameraList Lll CamID 1 CamIDe ID Password settings sud Auto searc 3GPP settings B 0010102 A 0010102 inno Figure 5 7 Get video settings Camera name Cam ID Play on selected window Firmware upgrade Ba
10. date of the recording files or snapshots The third tier is the file and it was named to the time of the video file been recorded or the snapshot been taken See Figure 10 2 as the example The file tree can be refreshed by either right click on the Record Files and click Refresh or from the menu bar CamPlay gt Refresh file tree 2 CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Help EB Recorded Files Camera Name Home E 001 00501 3 001005019 i 400801 2 064956 065846 Ur 41 071636 Howard 001005018 W Howard 001006067 E Snapshot Files Camplay 25 9 001005018 B 20080103 114519 1 Date yyyy MM dd Figure 10 2 File tree 10 4 Files information When you have your mouse cursor stop on the file CamPlay shows the complete path of the file and the file size of it as shown in Figure 10 3 44 2 CamPlay Settings Language Help B Recorded Files B Home 001005019 20060121 064956 020741 071636 C Program Files CamViewSRecording Home 001 00501 9420090121 065846 crf 100 67 MB Howard 0071 005018 H Howard 001 006067 E Snapshot Files E Lamplav 5 25 001005018 20060103 114519 1 Figure 10 3 File information 10 5 Directory settings Similar to CamView you can configure the directory from the menu bar gt Settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 10 4 Directory settings Snapshot folder Program Files tC
11. from top to bottom once vertically 8 5 Patrol settings Click to configure the patrol preset locations as Figure 8 2 You can move the camera with the navigation panel and click Set to save the current location There are total 5 locations available to configure Once you have done the locations tick the checkboxes that you want the camera stops by while patrolling Also Stay time is the period of time that the camera stays on one location before moving to next location Patrol settings 2 1 Stay time sec 6 12 2 Moving speed 24 5 48 4 30 4 Las avigation Panel Save patrol points Figure 8 2 Patrol settings 39 Chapter 9 Miscellaneous functions This chapter describes some miscellaneous functions that CamView supports 9 1 Firmware upgrade CamView provides a way to upgrade the firmware of the IP Cam remotely and easily Simply right click on the CamID of the IP Cam you want to upgrade click Firmware upgrade as Figure 9 1 shown The firmware upgrade form see Figure 9 2 will be popped up Correctly filling in the ftp server address the username and the password for the login and the file name of the firmware then click the upgrade button to go The authentication is required like changing the settings cw 5 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help Source list g E2 CameraList B I 212w Ll
12. group of IP Cams If you have setup a folder say Home and there are 6 IP Cams in it To play all the IP Cams in Home folder simply double click on the Home folder To be noticed video window layout matters here The maximum count of how many IP Cams in a folder could be played depends on how many video windows you have in current layout For instance if the current layout is 4 window then only 4 Cams will be played which means the last 2 IP Cams will not be played 32 What if you want to play all 6 IP Cams in Home folder simply change your video window layout to 6 or more 33 Chapter 6 Operations for the active video session There are some operations available to control the video session such as stop pause resume mute un mute and so on We will describe those operations in this chapter 6 1 Play the video establish the video session Please refer to Chapter 5 4 6 2 Stop the video To stop a video session right click on that display area and select Stop If there are for example three video sessions and you want to stop all of them either stop each of them one by one or select Disconnect all from menu bar Camera Disconnect all to disconnect all the active video sessions 6 3 Pause and Resume the video session To pause a video session right click on that display area and select Pause If you want to resume a paused video session simply click Pause again to resume it To pause all th
13. way is to drag the Cam ID from the Auto Search list to CameraList folder directly and then right click on the Cam ID and select ID Password settings to edit the camera name and the password information as shown in Figure 5 2 Note For default password used for play video please refer to the accompanied ID 24 Password Card as shown in Figure 5 3 Qe T P Camera 10 Password D Password C did 2 IP Camera Figure 5 3 IP Cam account card 5 3 Add a folder to CameraList folder Adding a folder to CameraList folder is pretty simple all you need to do is right click on the CameraList folder select New folder and then fill in the folder name as shown in Figure 5 4 and Figure 5 5 Camera View Help Cam list rp list Source Renane Delete Create New Folder Folder Figure 5 5 Name the folder Note If you want to put Cam ID into the folder you created just drag the Cam ID to that folder 5 4 Play an IP Cam establish the video session To play an IP Cam Cam ID you can do it by either double click on the Cam ID or right click on the Cam ID and select Play on selected window as shown in Figure 5 6 25 F ae CamView Camera View Settings Language Help Source Cam list g E2 CameraList B NAI B CamID 2 B CamID3 Play on selected window ID Password settings LA Test
14. Framework 2 0 or later version installed Camview 1 02 12 can MOT run as expected Miscrasoft MET Framework 2 0 ar later version is REQUIRED by CamView 1 02 12 Due to the lack af it CamView 1 02 12 can NOT run as expected Please either install it manually ar execute Installer again and install MET Framework Figure 2 8 no NET framework 13 Cam Status MyAuto Search Indicator 001005018 Auto Search List Chapter 3 Startup and the layout of CamView 3 1 Startup CamView You can startup CamView from either Start gt Programs gt CamView or the shortcut of CamView on the windows desktop 3 2 Layout of CamView Figure 3 1 is the layout of CamView Video Information Bar Different Layouts Speaker ada CameraList CamIDi 8 CamID 8 CamID3 Display Area 1 Display Area 2 001004254 Display Area 3 Display Area 4 Drive C 14 50 GB 49 available Figure 3 1 Layout of CamView Disk space information for recording One of the 3 non selected Current selected windows window 3 3 Video window layout CamView supports 6 different video window layouts see Figure 3 2 Click on the one you want to switch to E LAE Fiqure 3 2 Video window layout 14 Chapter 4 CamView functions 4 1 Auto Search Auto search is a function that searches all the IC202 w series IP Cameras on your
15. LAYING THE VIDEO 45 10 8 PAUSE OR RESUME THE VIDEO PLAYBACK 45 TAKE A SNAPSHO T E ea ada be 46 TO TO MUTE ANDUN MUTE semen Gods 46 10 11 FAST FORWARD AND SLOW FORWARD 1 nennen 46 10 12 AND ZOOM OT 46 10 13 OPEN SNAPSHOT FILE usi aveva Plc bn PN pda EN SRM GR Nt 46 10 14 REMOVE FOLDER OR RECORDED 9 47 CHAPTER 11 UNINSTALL CAMVIEW PROGRAM 48 Tct DNINSPADIEATION STE PG vtta A 48 CHAPTER 12 UPGRADE CAMVIEW PROGRAM 51 12 1 UPGRABE CAMVIE Wiss exstet de tu 51 CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING eee nnne 52 13 1 COMMON ISSUES AND eese nnne 52 19 2 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS nen dea 53 List of Figures Figure 2 1 10 Figure 2 2 Install select package escis eese eene nnns 10 Figure 2 3 Install installation folder cessere 11 Figure 2 4 Install shortcut folder
16. ORMATION BAR 35 6 7 VIDEO SESSION 35 CHAPTER 7 SCHEDULING FUNCTION 36 Pile PAY ONEY MODE siis perm DUREE ER HE HE E n E Ub E 36 7 2 CONTINUOUS RECORDING MODE AND PERIODIC RECORDING 36 CHAPTER 8 PAN TILT CONTROL IC502W 38 8 PATROL T 38 38 GO SG GAIN EUR A 38 gA MIT OAN RR DE 39 GD PAEFROESETTINGS ONA 39 CHAPTER 9 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS 40 OS FIRMWARE UPGRADE 40 O27 STARTUP dM ED wd EU 41 CHAPTER 10 CAMPLEAY aAudcciintuteciaictadccusbudscuauinduckusdudeonudindecnucgudwosavtudechuceve 43 STARTUP OR 43 OE SANI AY 43 TREE EN 43 10 4 FIRES INFORMATION V EY URP EHE UE ES d 44 10 5 DIRECTORY SETTINGS accetta vr aut a n Y a a aa ra en sa 45 10 6 PLAYBACK THE RECORDED 45 STOP P
17. User Manual CamView Seeing the video from anywhere Version 1 2 Date Oct 1 2008 For CamView v1 04 03 Table of Contents 5 CHAPTER 1 5 1 1 WHAT IS IN THIS USER 2 7 CHAPTER 2 INSTALL CAMVIEW 9 2 1 SYSTEM 9 22 ING TALIS STEP S anaa o OPI DIE RN 9 CHAPTER STARTUP AND THE LAYOUT OF CAMVIEW 14 CN EI iride ii 14 3 2 LAYOUT OF 14 3 3 VIDEO WINDOW 1 14 CHAPTER 4 CAMVIEW 5 4 15 4 1 000000 0800000 15 4 2 IP CAM ONLINE STATUS 17 4 3 18 4 4 FULL SCREEN ee en ee 19 FUE VVINDONU suse unes veta Mete ER LUE 19 ZO SNAPSHOT uestem 20 MEG go DN CN re tae non E 20 aT NIV CHG T ERE 21 1
18. VE it gt No l do nat want to remove it Keep it Cancel Figure 11 3 Recording and snapshot settings step 4 Figure 11 4 shows the progress of the uninstallation 49 e CamView Uninstaller Removing CamView Please wait Removing Files FilesiCamvViewilpluginsilipmpeg audio_plugin dll Figure 11 4 Removing CamView step 5 Once the CamView has been uninstalled successfully the uninstallation finished screen as shown in Figure 11 5 will show up t CamView Uninstaller Uninstallation Finished The uninstallation has completed successfully Uninstallation Successful 1 02 12 has been uninstalled Please click Finish to exit Figure 11 5 Uninstallation successful 50 Chapter 12 Upgrade CamView program 12 1 Upgrade CamView Before upgrading newer CamView program please remove previous version of CamView if any Get the new CamView program and refer to Chapter 2 Install CamView for detail Due to you have installed CamView before which also means you have installed Microsoft NET framework as well Therefore please uncheck the NET Framework 2 0 while selecting packages during the installation If you don t installer will detect that you already have it installed SO no need to install it again The message as shown in Figure 12 1 will show up to inform you that you are not going to install the NET Framework again Anyway as long as the final screen of
19. amview Snapshot Browse Recorded files folder C Program Files Carnview A ecordina Figure 10 4 Directory settings Note To correctly find the video files and snapshots which were recorded and taken by CamView we strongly suggest configuring the directories of the recorded files and snapshot files of CamPlay to what you have configured in CamView 10 6 Playback the recorded file To playback the recorded file simply double click on the file and the recorded file will be played on the display area 10 7 Stop playing the video As you might know just click on the stop button 10 8 Pause or resume the video playback 45 The pause button and resume button are the same one Click it to pause or resume the video playback 10 9 Take a snapshot To take a snapshot during the video playback simply click the snapshot button j The snapshots you taken within CamPlay are stored to snapshot directory CamPlayMateX Snapshot directory is the director you configured to store the snapshots 10 10 Mute and un mute Mute button and un mute button are the same one Click it to mute and un mute 10 11 Fast forward and slow forward There are two forward modes fast forward and slow forward supported by CamPlay With fast forward up to 8 times faster than the normal speed With slow forward up to 8 times slower than the normal speed The button for fast forward is and the button for slow forward is EN Cl
20. b configure item will not be available for CameraList Q If there are 12 active video sessions the audio heard is from which video session A The audio you heard is from the current selected window See Figure 13 1 E La E a 2 See WE 4 poaa Bem Current selected window MR One of the 12 non selected Fiqure 13 1 Selected vs Non selected video window windows 54
21. count is admin and default admin password is empty no password 13 2 Frequently Asked Questions Q Can the password for playing video be null A No For security issue we do not allow users to make their passwords for playing video empty Q Can change the settings of the IP Cam through CamView A Yes partially You can change the resolution frame rate bandwidth microphone auto select indoor outdoor mode light frequency LED mode and brightness settings of the IP Cam through CamView The rest of the settings can only be configured via the web page of the IP Cam Q Sometimes failed to connect to the IP Cam Cam ID after changing the settings of the IP Cam Cam needs some time around 5 seconds to re initialize the system Therefore please wait 5 seconds and try to connect it again for playing the video or getting the settings If the auto reconnection is enabled then CamView will connect it for you 5 seconds Q Web configure is available for the Cam ID under the Auto Search List However once drag the Cam ID from Auto Search List to CameraList the Web configure item is not available anymore Why A The IP Cams Cam IDs under the Auto Search List are located in the same Local Area Network with the CamView Hence the web page is accessible for 53 sure Regarding the Cam ID located in CameraList there is no way to access to its web page if it is behind a router NAT Therefore We
22. e active video sessions select Pause all from menu bar Camera Pause all Likewise click Pause all again to resume all the paused video sessions 6 4 Motion recording Motion recording can be enabled only with the active video session To enable it right click on the display area select Motion recording and you will see it s been checked and the icon of the recording button on video the information bar changes to 1 which means motion recording has been enabled Once the trigger message is received from the IP Cam the icon of the recording button changes to and starts recording To disable it simply uncheck the Motion recording item just like what you did to enable it 6 5 Mute and Un Mute the audio Click on the speaker button 4 to mute the audio Click on button e to un mute This speaker controls all the audio come from each video session If itis muted you will not hear the audio from any active video session even the microphone of the IP Cam is enabled Note Make sure you enable the audio microphone option in the settings of the IP Cam if you 34 want to hear the voice 6 5 Video information bar There are some information displayed on the video information bar for each video session such as Camera Name and the duration of the video session If the video session is failed to establish the failed reason will be displayed on the bar for user s diagnosis We briefly explain the failed reasons below
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24. ecording when the available disk space reaches the settings you configured The default reserved disk space is zero which means all the available disk space might be eaten up by the recording Therefore a change 20 is recommended To playback the recorded files refer to Chapter 10 CamPlay Note1 The recorded file will be split every 100 Megabytes Note2 It is highly recommended to change the directory to other hard drive instead of drive C because the drive C is the system drive mainly for the operating system 4 7 1 Cyclic recording What cyclic recording does is removing the oldest recorded files no matter what CamlD it is in the recording directory 4 7 2 Stop recording When available disk space reaches the setting you configured it just stops recording but keeps playing the video Whenever you want to stop recording during the active video session but still play the video press the recording button again and the recording function will be turned off 4 8 Swap function swap function is available for the layouts which have one video window bigger than others see Figure 4 10 Click the swap button el to swap the current video window with the biggest video window The biggest video window of the layout is the one to be swapped out so there is no swap button with it Note The swap button will disappear when the sizes of all video windows of the layout are equal 21 2008 09 25 18 07 24 The biggest window of thi
25. ew User untitled Paint Program File Camiview Figure 4 8 Full window mode 19 4 6 Snapshot To take a snapshot simply click on the snapshot button on the video information bar The directory to store the taken snapshot can be configured through menu bar Settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 4 9 Click the Browse button next to snapshot path to change the directory DirectorySettings Drive C 10 73 GB available Available disk space for recording Browse Recording FilesilamViewlRecording Recording Options If disk space smaller than GB Cyclic Recording Select a different folder for storing the Stoo Recordin Stop 0 recorded files Snapshot FilesilamView Snapshot Select a different folder for storing the Figure 4 9 Directory settings taken snapshots 4 7 Recording To enable or start recording simply click on the record button on the video information bar If the recording is enabled the icon of the record button will become this You can enable the recording function before playing the video or during the active video session Similar to snapshot the directory to store the recorded files can be changed through menu bar Settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 4 9 Click the Browse button next to recording path to change the directory Moreover you can choose to stop recording or do the cyclic r
26. falder Please click Next ta proceed with the installation Figure 2 5 Install ready to install step 7 Click Next and a progress screen will show up as Figure 2 6 CamView Setup Installing CamView Please wait Installing Files C aPragram FilesucamviewipluginsWibffmpeg plugin dll Cancel Figure 2 6 Install installing otep 8 If you checked Microsoft Net Framework package earlier in Select Package screen and it is not installed yet the installer of Microsoft Net Framework will be executed and please press Next till the end of the installation of Microsoft Net Framework It will take you several minutes otep 9 The installation successful screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 7 12 CamView 1 02 12 Setup Installation Finished The installation has completed successtully Installation Successful The CamView 1 02 12 installation is complete Thank you for choosing Camwiewl Please click Finish to exit this installer Finish Figure 2 7 Install finished Step 10 If you have not installed Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 or later version before and did not select it to install the last screen you see will be No NET Framework 2 0 or later version installed instead of Installation Successfully as shown in Figure 2 8 In this situation we recommend you to reinstall the CamView and do install the NET Framework 2 0 package b CamView 1 02 12 Setup No NEI
27. ge nor complex settings is required Each IC202 w series IP Camera has a unique Camera ID Cam ID 9 digits long and a password for login to see the video Therefore the only thing you need to remember for seeing the video is the Cam ID and the password The following chapters will walk you through the process of installing and using CamView step by step 1 1 What is in this user manual Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter briefly describes what CamView is Chapter 2 Install CamView Program This chapter guides you how to install CamView program step by step Chapter 3 Startup and the layout of CamView This chapter shows you where to launch the CamView and the layout of it Chapter 4 CamView functions This chapter describes some functionalities of CamView Chapter 5 Manage IP Cams Cam IDs This chapter teaches you how to manage your IP Cams Chapter 6 Operations for the active video session This chapter explains the basic operations of CamView Chapter 7 Scheduling function This chapter describes how to configure schedule recording playing Chapter 8 Pan Tilt control IC502w only This chapter guides you the way to control the Pan Tilt and patrol function of IC502w Chapter 9 Miscellaneous functions This chapter introduces some useful functions i e firmware upgrade and how to use Chapter 10 CamPlay This chapter guides you how to use CamPlay to playback the recorded files Chapter 11 Uninstall CamV
28. ick play button to change back to the normal speed 10 12 Zoom in and zoom out The maximum resolution you can zoom in to is 640x480 and the minimum resolution you can zoom out to is the original resolution of the video file To zoom in click aj Click to zoom out and click to change back to the original resolution of the video file 10 13 Open snapshot file Double click on the snapshot file and the default image viewer will be invoked automatically by the Microsoft Windows Unlike playing the recorded file the snapshot is not displayed in the display area This gives you the ability to playback the recorded video file and view the snapshot at the same time 46 10 14 Remove folder or recorded files To remove the folder or the recorded file simply right click on it and click Delete folder or Delete See Figure 10 5 and Figure 10 6 2 CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Help Recorded Files 00707 0230 007 010230 E 20080926 Delete Folder 15083 Figure 10 5 Remove recording folder CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Help B Recorded Files B 00101 0230 007 010230 20090926 150831 161254 B Snapshot Files 001005019 001 Open Folder Figure 10 6 Remove recorded file 47 Chapter 11 Uninstall CamView Program 11 1 Uninstallation steps There are two ways to invoke the CamView uninstaller 1 Uninstall from the start menu Start
29. iew Program This chapter guides you how to uninstall CamView program step by step Chapter 12 Update CamView Program This chapter guides you how to update CamView program Chapter 13 Troubleshooting This chapter describes some common issues and solutions as well as frequently asked questions Chapter 2 Install CamView Program 2 1 System requirements e CPU Intel 2 GHz or better Operating system Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later e Memory 1GB of memory or greater Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 x or later e VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit x64 platform are both supported For Vista operating system some specifications of the system requirements are higher as listed below e CPU Intel core 2 Duo 2 GHz or better e Memory 1 5 GB of memory or greater Note Extra HDD space is required for recording video on this PC Also we highly suggest you changing the recording path to other hard drive rather than C which is mainly for the operating system 2 2 Installation steps To install CamView on the Microsoft Windows follow the steps below otep 1 Please close other windows applications to prevent the installation from any possible conflict otep 2 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive and find the CamViewlnstaller Vxxx exe Double click it to start the installation process and you Will see the Welcome screen as shown in Figure 2 1 Note xxx
30. in the Vista otep 4 Click Next and the Installation Folder screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 3 10 E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Installation Folder Where would you like Camvievy to be installed The software will be installed in the folder listed below To select a different location either type in a new path click Change ta browse for an existing folder Install Cam Vview to C Program Files Cam view Space required 29 6 Space available on selected drive 14 54 GB Figure 2 3 Install installation folder otep 5 Click Next and the Shortcut Folder screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 4 CamView 1 02 12 Setup Shortcut Folder Where would you like the shortcuts ta be installed The will be created in the folder indicated below Ifyou dont want to Use default folder you can either type new ar select an existing folder from the list Shortcut Folder 9 Install shortcuts for current user only Make shortcuts available to all users Cancel Figure 2 4 Install shortcut folder step 6 Click Next and a summary screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 5 11 CamView 1 02 12 Setup Ready to Install You are now ready to install 1 02 12 The installer now has enough information to install an your computer The following settings will be used Install folder CaPragram Shortcut
31. l is on the video stream might be blocked by the firewall Q The IP Cam status indicator shows green icon but can not view the video or change the settings A As mentioned in Chapter 6 5 Video information bar the green icon only denotes that the IP Cam is online and responding not guarantees that the video session can be established one hundred percent The reason is due to the firewall or the strict access rules of the router Q The video quality is not that good when view it remotely via the Internet A The video quality is greatly affected by your Internet connection speed Therefore we recommend you to change the bandwidth settings of the IP Cam to a value which is smaller than the one that your ISP provides you 32 Q The video quality is not good when the status indicator of the IP Cam shows yellow Why is that A If it is yellow it means the connection between CamView and the IP Cam is not good There might be a firewall in between or the routers that IP Cam or CamView are behind have strict rules for the access Q The status indicator of the IP Cam shows green icon however can not set the settings of the IP Cam A The cause might be that the admin account and admin password you entered were incorrect To be noticed the admin password is not the same one with the password for playing video The admin password is the same one with the one you used to login into the web page of the IP Cam The default admin ac
32. nd the current night mode settings will be retrieved and displayed There are 3 different modes available to choose from See Figure 5 13 for Auto detect mode Figure 5 14 for Schedule mode and Figure 5 15 for Manual mode If you want to change the settings choose new value for the item you want to change and press Update button To change settings the authentication admin account and admin password is required like changing the video settings above 5 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help DEBESERESER E Cam list CameraList 2 il DW B CamID1 B CamID2 8 CamID3 Mad a settings Auto S Firmware upgrade B 0010030 Figure 5 12 Night mode control Play on selected window ID Password settings Video settings Delete Night Mode Control Current night mode Day Control Figure 5 13 Auto detect mode 29 Might Mode Control Current night made Day Control Schedule time Figure 5 14 Schedule mode Might Mode Control Current night made Day Control Manual Figure 5 15 Manual mode 5 8 Change the Camera Name or password or the name of a folder If you want to rename the camera name or change the password for play video not admin password or rename a folder right click on the Cam ID or the folder select ID Password settings for changing camera name or password
33. ndwidth 25B Placa Auto Select Light Freq Resolution 320x240 Led Mode Frame Rate 15 Brightness Preference Matian Detection sensitivity Time an viden i Video reversal Microphane Low light sensitivity Video color Cancel Figure 5 8 Settings of the IP Cam Note Please refer to the user manual of the IP Cam for the meanings of the settings amp Authentication Admin Account Admin Password Cancel Figure 5 9 Authentication 27 5 6 Get Set the 3GPP settings Right click on the Cam ID select SGPP settings as shown in Figure 5 10 and the current 3GPP settings of that IP Cam will be retrieved from the IP Cam and displayed as Figure 5 11 If you want to change the settings choose new value for the item you want to change and press Update button To change settings the authentication admin account and admin password is required like changing the video settings above amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help D EBEBESESEB 4 Cam list LA C ameraList SIE Play on selected window ID Passweard settings Video settings Firmware Upgrade Delete i SGPPIRTSP Bancwicth Auto Select Resolution Frame Rate Figure 5 11 3GPP settings 28 5 7 Night mode control I1C212 10212w only Right click on the Cam ID select Night Mode Control as shown in Figure 5 12 a
34. of CamViewilnstallerV xxx exe is the version number for example 1 02 12 Note If you have installed CamView program in your computer earlier then you have to uninstall it before installing a new one The uninstaller will be invoked automatically Please refer to Chapter 11 Uninstall CamView Program and make sure you select Yes Keep it to keep the settings of CameraList during the uninstallation CamView 1 02 12 Setup Seeing the video from anywhere Welcome Welcome ta the installer for 1 02 12 Itis strongly recommended that vou exit all Windows programs before continuing with this installatian If vau have any other programs running please click Cancel close the programs and run this setup again Otherwise click Mext to continue Figure 2 1 Install welcome otep 3 Click Next and the Select Package screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 2 If you do not know whether Microsoft Net Framework existed or not just leave it as it is CamView 1 02 12 Setup Select Packages Please select the program features that you want to install Program Features This is the main program of Cam iew Framework 2 0 It has to be installed 7 14 Total space required 28 5 MB j Cancel Figure 2 2 Install select package Note If you are installing CamView on Microsoft Vista operating system then you do not need to install the NET Framework 2 0 because it is natively built in with
35. on or manually enters the camera name and password Then choose the recording mode and set the start recording time and stop recording time Moreover if the window number 1 is playing recording another IP Cam CamlD different from the one you just configured when the start recording time is matched the value of Recording Playing Conflict option tells CamView what to do in that situation E Scheduling 8 7 CameraList 2 B ic212w Window 1 v Disable Enable CamlD1 Camera 2 Marne Password LJ Auto Search Mode 001003054 001010231 001011201 001010233 Play only Continuous recording 001010234 E 001001010 001010232 001006068 001002130 001005019 001010230 001002224 1 001010247 2 Play only Continuous Recording Periodic Recording Start hour min 1970001101 22 20 Stop 1970 01 02 22 20 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Recording Playing Conflict Record as scheduled Give up that scheduled recording Save Cancel Figure 7 1 Scheduling settings 7 1 Play only mode When the start playing time is matched CamView connects to the assigned CamlD without recording 7 2 Continuous recording mode and periodic recording mode 36 When the start recording time is matched CamView connects to the assigned with recording For continuous recording mode the recording time is continuous period of time F
36. or periodic recording mode besides the start stop recording time you can choose to record everyday or the days you selected Keys Ctrl and Shift can be used for the selection of multiple days For instance to select Monday to Friday firstly click the Monday and then press the Shift key hold it and click the Friday If you want to select Monday Wednesday and Saturday firstly click the Monday and then press the Ctrl key hold it and click the Wednesday and Saturday 57 Chapter 8 Pan Tilt control IC502w only With model IC502w you can pan or tilt remotely through CamView Once you ve connected to 502 the pan tilt control panel will be shown up as Figure 8 1 Cam list SL CameraList 212 CamID1 8 CamID2 B CamID3 eL Test LJ 8 CamTest B Test el Auto Search 001002130 001010234 8 001003054 Patrol controls Moving speed Patrol Stop Figure 8 1 Pan Tilt control Pan scan Tilt Scan Patrol settings 8 1 Patrol Click Patrol to start patrolling the preset locations To set the locations please refer to Patrol settings During the patrol any command will not be executed except for the stop patrolling command 8 2 Stop This is to stop patrolling 8 3 Pan scan Click to run the pan scan The camera moves from the left side to the right side 38 once horizontally 8 4 Tilt scan Click to run the tilt scan The camera moves
37. rict rules for the access Note The IP Cam online status will be refreshed every 30 seconds automatically Therefore if you power off an IP Cam the status might still be online within 30 seconds either green or yellow Please wait for 30 seconds to make sure if an IP Cam is online or not 17 AAG NE Camera Wiew Settings Language OR GREE lt list Green icon means this IP Cam is online or registered a Camera Red icon means this IP Cam is offline 8001006073 Yellow icon means this IP Cam is online 5 67 Testi However the connection between IP Cam and Cam View is bad due to the strict rules TEE of the router or firewall Figure 4 5 IP Cam online status Note The green icon indicates the IP Cam is online and responding but not guarantees that the video session can be established one hundred percent 4 3 Auto Reconnect Auto Reconnect is a function that reconnects the video session automatically once the session is closed by the IP Camera for example the settings of the IP Cam has been changed or the Internet connection of the IP Cam has lost To be noticed if you stop playing proactively the auto reconnect mechanism will not be activated During reconnecting the video session you can stop reconnecting it by right click on the display area and select Stop The default value of auto reconnect is enabled You can disable it manually by right click on the displa
38. s 42 Chapter 10 CamPlay CamPlay is a management software for the recorded files and snapshots which were recorded or taken by the CamView earlier You do not have to install it It comes with the CamView The main function of CamPlay is the playback function 10 1 Startup of CamPlay There are three ways to start CamPlay First one is from the Start Programs CamView 3 CamPlay Second one is from the menu bar of CamView View CamPlay Last one is from the shortcut of CamPlay on the windows desktop 10 2 Layout of CamPlay Figure 10 1 is the layout of CamPlay List all the found recorded files DEK 7 CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Hele ZEE Recorded Files Home DO1005013 Howard 001005018 Howard 001 006067 napshot Files Camplay 2 001005018 1 e List all the found Display area Playing time Current playing B snapshots Slider bar file information Figure 10 1 Layout of CamPlay Basic functions 10 3 File tree As you can from the Figure 10 1 the file tree has two lists One is the 43 Recorded Files list which lists all the recorded files found in the directory of recording Another one is the Snapshot Files list which lists all the snapshots found in the directory of snapshot Both of recording files list and snapshot files list are 3 tier lists The first tier is the CameraName CamID i e Home 001001001 The second tier is the
39. s layout To be swapped Caml est 00 01 13 97267 1670517105 Click to swap the current window with the biggest video window Figure 4 10 Swap video window 4 9 Language CamView supports multi language user interface Currently English traditional Chinese simplified Chinese Italian Japanese Turkish Czech Hebrew French Thai and Spanish are supported Go menu bar Language and choose the one you want see Figure 4 11 22 ke CamVview Camera View Settings Help 2 Camera ist CamID1 CamID2 E CamID3 LI Auto Search 2 T Espanol Figure 4 11 Multi Language 23 Chapter 5 Manage IP Cams Cam IDs 5 1 Cam list tab CameraList is a list for storing individual Cam ID Moreover you can create folders to categorize the Cam IDs 5 2 Add an IP Cam Cam ID to CameraList folder There are two ways to add a Cam ID IP Cam to the CameraList One is to right click on the CameraList folder select New camera as shown in Figure 5 1 and fill in the camera name Cam ID and password to corresponding fields as shown in Figure 5 2 d a CamView Camera View Settings Language Help B B CamID Mew Folder B CamID3 Rename ew Test Fol Delete Figure 5 1 New camera Add Camera T Camp us 75 Password Save password Add Cancel Figure 5 2 Add new camera Another
40. the installation you see is the Installation successfully CamView should work fine Microsoft HET Framework Detected 41 Microsoft Framework 2 0 or later version is detected Therefore no need to install it again Figure 12 1 Microsoft NET Framework detected 51 Chapter 13 Troubleshooting This chapter consists of two parts Common Issues and Solutions and Frequently Asked Questions If you come across any problem please look it up to see if it answers your questions or dispels your doubts 13 1 Common Issues and Solutions Q My computer is in the same LAN with the IP Cam however no IP Cam or Cam ID was found and listed in the auto search folder A There are many possible causes for this problem as followings 1 IP Cam problem 1 1 Make sure the IP Cam is alive by checking the power LED red one It should be on steadily 1 2 Make sure the network connection of the IP Cam is configured correctly and workable 2 CamView problem 2 1 If you start the CamView before your computer gets the IP address then it will be unavailable Please restart CamView after your network connection is available Q can not view the IP Cam s video My computer is in different LAN with the IP Cam A Normally in the middle of the video information bar will display the brief reason for failing to play the video Please refer to Chapter 6 5 Video information bar for detail In some special cases if the firewal
41. ttings Language Help Pause all Disconnect all Enable Auto search Exit ow M Lam Le CamID3 Test Auto Search 001006123 f 001004248 Figure 4 2 Auto search 2 F NE CamView Camera View Settings Language O ES E Auto Search List List all the found Cam IDs Cam list within this LAN aL CameraList fl CamID1 B CamID2 N IS Web configure Click to a och open I E browser for 5 8 Auto Search further configuring this 001006123 IP Cam 001004248 Web configure Figure 4 3 Web configure 16 5 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Cam list CameraList CamIDd 2 Have your mouse B CamID3 moved over Cam ID Test 001006123 to see its et Auto Search IP address 00100612 B 001004248192 168 2 Figure 4 4 IP address of CamlD 001006123 4 2 IP Cam online status indicator There is an IP Cam icon right in front of the Camera Name which indicates the online status of that IP Camera as shown in Figure 4 5 If the color of the IP Camera icon is red it means that IP Camera somehow is offline and not responding If the color is green then the IP Cam is either in LAN or registered If it is yellow it denotes that the IP Cam is online but the connection between the IP Cam and CamView is not that good because one might be behind a router which has st
42. y area and select Auto Reconnect to uncheck it as shown in Figure 4 6 Auto Reconnect Click here to enable or disable it Fiqure 4 6 Auto reconnect 18 4 4 Full Screen To watch the video in full screen mode simply double click on the display area as shown in Figure 4 7 In the full screen mode you can double click on the screen to change back to the normal window mode 00 00 12 m 2008 09 25 18 02 43 Double click on this video information bar to switch to back the full window normal window mode Double click on display area to switch to back the full screen normal Figure 4 7 Full screen and full window window mode 4 5 Full Window To watch the video in the full window mode simply double click on the video information bar of that display area as shown in Figure 4 7 Similarly double click on it again to change back to the normal window mode Figure 4 8 is the example of full window mode amView IGI list CameraList CamID1 B CamID2 E CamID3 C Test CamTest 2 Auto Search 001003054 001001011 001001010 001010234 001002130 001010231 001002224 P 001010247 001010230 001010232 001010233 001005019 Drive C 10 73 GB 36 available 3 n gt i A gt P 2 C UltraEdit E V Microsoft Vi 04 Camvi
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