PVRS User Manual V2
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1. werView Soft POWERVIEW SOFT PVRS IP Surveillance Software User s Manual Eleventh Edition February 2008 Version 1 0 This User s Guide contains the basic procedures required to install and operate PVRS IP Surveillance Software Refer to the PVRS IP Surveillance Software User s Manual which can be downloaded from PowerView Soft website for more details POWERVIEW SOFT IP Surveillance Software User s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PowerView Soft PowerView Soft provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to its particular purpose PowerView Soft reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However PowerView Soft Networking assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This document might include unintentional technical or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein to correct such errors and these2. can configure the PVRS server s host name the start up status storage disk locations camera caption camera display email addresses to send alarms to and camera scanning intervals 3 Recording There are 2 major settings on the Recording page One is the recording setting for each camera and the other is Video Motion Detection settings 4 Scheduling Administrators can set up the time period weekday tasks and camera enabling on this page 5 User Management The administrator s password and user list can be set up on this page Up to 32 users can be listed Administrators can also configure camera operation and remote service for each user on this page 6 Adding Camera Now we support Shinsoft Vivotek AXIS MOXA PANASONIC series IP camera in our searching lists By clicking the button Administrators can easily and those IP cameras to your recording systems To activate this function click on the Camera Map button Administrators can use this function to manage the cameras Camera Map Refer to the PVRS IP Surveillance User s Manual for more details about Application Settings 15 16 Service Information A Frequently Asked Questions Q1 Software PVR Player Advanced Search function Search is very limited you can only view or search 48 hours The event search supports searching in more than 48 hrs instead A1 Because the size limitation of screen 16 cameras and 48hrs will be full of screen So if you
3. changes are incorporated into new editions of the document 1 Product Information Overview POWERVIEW SOFT PVRS IP Surveillance Software is designed for IP Surveillance systems that use IP Cameras as the Distributed Video Networking solution With the help of POWERVIEW SOFT PVRS system integrators can seamlessly integrate other applications such as I O sensors and alarms with CCTV systems over an IP based network Two models of POWERVIEW SOFT PVRS IP Surveillance Software are available PVRS e Up to 16 channel IP Surveillance Software with video viewing recording camera control video motion detection scheduling and user authorization management e Bundled in the Software CD free of charge with PVRS for MJPEG and MPEG4 Series Video Server IP Cameras Features Administration Management and Video Server IP Camera Control Supports IP Cameras Separately configurable camera names video quality and video resolution Import export configuration from to IP Cameras Can add up to 32 users per system User authorization level protection by password Supports PTZ camera controls Automatically resumes viewing and recording after the system reboots Easy camera management with your own e map Viewing Remote Access from client web browser Supports 1 4 6 8 9 10 13 16 camera viewing formats Zoom in Zoom out functions for individual cameras when playing back images Viewing and recording by schedule or even
4. the PVRS series Software CD Starting the Installation Step 1 The Installation Wizard will start Click on Next to continue Power iew Soft P RS InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Power View Soft PYRS The InstallShield Wizard will install Powerview Soft PYAS on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Step 2 The License Agreement window will open next Click Yes to continue Power iew Soft P RS InstallShield Wizard Customer Information Please enter your information Please enter your name and the name of the company for which you work User Name Company Name Powerview Soft Cancel Step 3 The Choose Destination Location window will open next Select the folder you wish to intall PVRS to and then click on Next to continue Power iew Soft P RS InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install Powerview Soft PYAS in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files Powerview Soft PVRS Cancel Service Information Step 4 The Select Program Folder window will open next Select the program folder that you wish the wizard to create an icon for and then click on Next to continue Power iew Soft P RS InstallShield Wizard Sele
5. want to search more than 48 hrs you could shift the starting day and stop day simultaneous in range of 48hrs Q2 Why can this window only be moved by holding down right mouse button and not the left button A2 The button key is defined as below The right button change the size of video on PVRS The left button inside the video window pan tilt the camera 17
6. ct Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folder HPowerview Soft P RS Existing Folders Installation Wizard 7 K Lite Codec Pack McAfee Mozilla Firefox PTCam Software QuickTime Real SolidDocuments istallShield Step 5 The wizard will start the installation process A digital signature request window will appear during the installation process Click on Continue Anyway to continue the installation Bower View Salt VES Iiia kial Wiid Hardware Installation Selup Sbabea The software you are installing for this hardware Poweriee Soll PRG i configuing aut new palaasa realan Sound video and game controllers has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility Initiating with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important C Pogsan Fler Pesaiview Sot PVAS uhinuenbap Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing CLUCULEECCCCTCTCT CT a Continue Anyway STOP Installation Step 6 The InstallShield Wizard Complete window will open next Cl
7. ick on Finish to complete the installation Power iew Soft P RS InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Powerview Soft PYRS on your computer Service Information Accessing PVRS for the First Time 3 To launch the PVRS program click on Start gt Program gt Files gt PowerView Soft gt PVRS The main page will open next The resolution is 1024 x 768 without any video image Click on PVRS the Application Settings button to set up the PVRS and cameras SG ener Operation fe 2008 04 28 TIFA F SE y when accessing PVRS For administrators enter the user name as admin or administrator and then enter the password that you set up For other users type the given user name and password Authentication sa m m L PE 1 ie i a es af If administrator or users management has been configured to Eil ed a eee bes Wo I User Management mode an authentication request will appear z E ay tgs Service Information Administrators and users can directly use the Logout Login Function Buttons function via the Exit Minimize button located in the bottom right corner of the the main page to exit access PVRS Recording Exit Minimize a a Log in Out ot Scheduling Playback Application Settings Camera Map Viewing PVRS has 2 viewing formats 1 channel on the screen or 4 channels on the screen You can easily change the viewing f
8. ormat by using Viewing Formats Selection And you can also select the camera you wish to view control by clicking on one of Exit Minimize Log in out System time amp S S A s oao the buttons in the Camera List Function Operation Main Vi i a Screen Recording To activate the recording function click on the reording button from the Function Buttons There are 3 kinds of recording which can be activate with each camera separately When recording users can set up the other camera status in the meanwhile 1 Monitor only no recording no recording at any time 2 Round the clock recording all the time 3 Motion detect recording only when Video Motion Detection is triggered PTZ Camera Control Camera list 11 12 scheduling ns Note Note Service Information To activate the scheduling function click on the Scheduling button from the Function Buttons The 5 features for scheduling are as follows 1 Setup the time period by time and weekday 2 Action items only include recording No Remote Access function for PVRS version 3 Camera selectable 4 Details of scheduling tasks are described in the task remarks 5 The editable scheduling task list is provided Administrators can set up scheduling tasks on the Application Setting Scheduling page The time period setting for Scheduling jobs is based on 24 hour time If you wish to set an 8 hour time task which will run overnight yo
9. t triggering for each camera Historic playbacks by time or events Snapshots taken in playback mode to get JPEG images for printing or saving as evidences Adjustable contrast brightness sharpness blurriness and grayscale of the snapshot images Product Information Recording e Use advanced MPEG4 compression technology to reduce the storage space required for video recording e Images recorded in AVI format compatible with popular media players e Adjustable recording frame rate over the LAN Internet to match the real frame transmit speed and to keep the video synchronized with the actual time e Overridable HD space in FIFO First In First Out sequence Recorded video files can be stored on a local PC Alarm e Video Motion Detection function for each camera e Supports full image Video Motion Detection e Supports Video Motion Detection Video Fail alarm System Requirements PVRS OS Windows 2000 XP CPU P4 2 4G Hz or above 3 4GHz recommend lite Memory 512MB or above 1G recommend VGA AGP 4X VGA card with 32MB of display memory or above Since a video surveillance system requires a lot of system Note resources we strongly recommend that the server you use for running PVRS is used solely for video surveillance 2 PVRS Installation Before Installing the Software 1 Make sure your PC has DirectX 8 1 or above installed 2 Use the the enclosed software CD 3 Run PVRS exe which is included on
10. u can set up 2 different scheduling jobs such as 20 00 23 59 and 00 00 04 00 A Scheduling job also includes recording For this reason the Recording button from the Function Buttons on the main page will turn dark to disable the recording function when the Scheduling function is active This is to avoid conflicts caused by the scheduling task and the manual operation of recording and remote service 13 p Play back Administrators and users with authorization can view the playback of historic recorded files via the Playback function To activate the Playback function click on the Playback button from the Function Buttons A Security Playback window will open to play back the recorded file Close the window System Time Zoom in out Even List Advanced Search Speed Up Speed Down Image Processing Play Session Tuning Control Panel 14 Service Information Application Settings Camera Map PVRS provides a graphic E map function for camera There are 6 major setting categones for PVRS management Administrators can import a layout image and 1 Video Server IP Camera Configure Administrators must place the cameras on the image for easy management of the configure IP Cameras and cameras to acquire video images number of cameras before using the functions provided by POWERVIEW SOFT PVRS P Cameras supported Auto Detection Function 2 General Setting From the General Setting page administrators
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