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GANZ ZNS-MRS16V User's Manual

1. O The Playback program will close as you click on the Exit button If the AVI exporting procedure is running this procedure will be stopped first 5 89
2. InstallShield Cancel Figure 1 10 Destination Location for Installation STEP 7 Select a program folder to install the application software into and then click on Next as shown in Fig 1 11 Installshield Wizard Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icone to the Frogram Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Mest to continue Program Folders CBC Co Ltd N5 MASTBY Existing Folders Paint Shop Pro 5 ScanModule 5 0 wWwinA A InstallShield Back Cancel Figure 1 11 Select Program Folder STEP 8 After checking all the set up information shown in Fig 1 12 click on Next to start file movement and registries update Intels held Wizard Start Copying Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files Ff you want to review or change any settings click Back Ifyou are satished withthe settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Setup Type Complete Target Folder C Program Files GAh 7NS MAS7By User Information Mame abc Company CBC r Cancel Installs Hield Figure 1 12 Check Setup Information STEP 9 Click on Finish as shown in Fig 1 13 to finish installation This completes the program installation Ins
3. Refer to Section 3 5 for more detailed information After all of the above are set you can click on Configuration Menu Scheduler to invoke the Scheduling tool 4 2 The Layout and Functionalities In this section the layout and the functionalities of the Scheduling tool are depicted in detail 4 2 1 Introduction Fig 4 2 shows the layout of the Scheduling tool s components Location BB Gigital neue E rici H ere j E lotion detection BB Cigital input E vindovw B idoa E indo Bitignt low BB ising Bl Falling een a a Figure 4 2 Overview of the Scheduling Tool The layout is roughly divided into 4 parts Channel Selection Area It provides the IP addresses and location information of the connected channel You can select one channel in this area and start to edit a dedicated schedule scheme for it Primary Sschedule It consists of day time line week time line begin time selector end time selector and event mode settings Secondary Schedule It consists of event mode settings Operation Buttons It contains operation buttons for the user to fine tune the edited schedule scheme of the selected channel and close the Scheduling tool window 4 61 These four parts will later be described in detail 4 2 2 The Functionalities of Configuration Components IP address Location Figure 4 3 Channel Selector The channel selector shown in Fig 4 3 is typ
4. The Frame Selection Indicator only appears when you change the display mode to event preview mode as shown in Fig 5 4 It is a red rectangle surrounding to one of the nine event preview frames Once a frame has been selected you can control the playing status using the jog dial in the control area 5 3 3 Pull Bar The Pull Bar is a fast flexible control for seeking specific data in the selected time period In the total length of time in that period you can click or pull on the indicator on the Pull Bar to pin point a start time you wish to see The video display will start playing the video sequence from that point on If the replay is paused the display area will show the point you have selected Note that Pull Bar will only function under normal display mode 5 4 Settings Click on the Settings button shown in Fig 5 5 in the system control tool and the setting dialog will appear on the screen as shown in Fig 5 6 Figure 5 5 System Control Tool Database location The most important item in the settings dialog is the database path setting You must set it to the directory that contains the surveillance database to make the program to work properly AVI files location This sets the storing directory when you export AVI files The exported AVI files GANZ will be stored in a sub directory under the directory you have chosen here Snapshot files location It sets the directory when you use the snapshot to
5. This button is used for saving the current edited schedule scheme to another file name instead of the default name Close This button is used for closing the scheduling Any unsaved setting will be lost 4 3 Primary Schedule 4 3 1 Schedule with Time Lines There are two time lines of different scales hour unit time line and week unit time line You can make your own schedule scheme by plotting markers in all time lines These two time lines are associated with each other That is if you make changes in one time line the corresponding changes will be applied in scale to the other time lines in the same schedule scheme 4 3 1 1 Week Time Line Fig 4 5 shows the Week time line It includes the time line scheduling information and the selected day of the week 4 63 Selected day Figure 4 5 Week Time line 4 3 1 2 Marking Unmarking the Recoding Time Result in hour time line OO o1 O02 03 O4 O05 O06 OF 08 O89 i0 11 12 13 yp ef ss os eh pea es adc Figure 4 6 One click on Week Time line The corresponding changes for the markers on the week time line will be automatically added to the hour time line as shown in Fig 4 6 You can also mark and unmark the plotted bar by using the left and right mouse buttons NOTE Time hint will be popped up when mouse cursor enters the hour time line 4 3 1 3 Hour Time Line Fig 4 7 shows Hour time line It includes the time line scheduling information Figu
6. This is the directory for storing the default and user customized plots for the recording schedule of each channel Record Diskspace Usage Settings v Cycle Recording When this setting is turned on the media database system will overwrite the oldest data if the usage of the current database has reached its storage limitation In other words it will record media data circularly If this setting is not selected i e unchecked a warning message will pop up when it is approaching the limitation After that 1t stops recording when the limitation of the hard disk usage is reached v Reserved space This indicates the size of the hard disk to be reserved on the recording disk If the recording data exceeds this limitation the new in coming media data will replace the oldest data if Cycle Recording was selected Pre buffer mechanism will take some space if some channel is already configured but not recording Internet Settings You can set the proxy server and the IP filter by clicking on the Internet Settings button This setting is helpful for connecting IP Camera series product in the Intranet while the proxy server is in use at the same time You can enable or disable the usage of the proxy server by the check box shown in Fig 3 12 If you enable both the proxy server and IP restriction the listed IP addresses will not be applied to the proxy server Often the listed IP address will be the one assigned to the
7. button a volume control dialog Fig 5 18 will appear After you have made your selection it will change the volume to the value you have selected You can also check the mute checkbox to silent the system Volume Figure 5 18 Volume Control Dialog 5 7 6 System Control Toolbox The System Control Toolbox provides you some basic operations for the Playback program Fig 5 19 shows the elements of the System Control Toolbox 1 e Lock Program Settings Minimize and Exit Figure 5 19 System Control Toolbox 5 7 6 1 Lock Program If you are to be away from your computer for security concerns we suggest you lock the Playback program You can simply click on the Lock Window button to lock the main window Once this is invoked the main window will be hidden and the login dialog will appear as shown in Fig 2 2 To return to the main window 5 88 GANZ you need to re enter the root s password or the password of the user who locked the application 5 7 6 2 Settings The Settings dialog pops up when you click on the Settings button For more information about setting this program please refer to Section 5 4 Settings 5 7 6 3 Minimize ae The Playback program will be minimized as you click on the Minimize button You can invoke Playback again by clicking on the playback window on the task bar or choose Playback from the Launcher 5 7 6 4 Exit
8. shown in Fig 4 9 and set the type of time interval that associates with the beginning and end time After having the settings in Begin Time End Time and Period Picker done click on the Apply button to confirm the settings Click on the Erase button to clear all scheduling information just entered All newly entered scheduling time interval information will take effect only after the Apply button has been clicked Period picker Figure 4 9 Period Picker Apply button and Erase button 4 65 GANZ 4 3 3 Schedule in event mode You can select to record in Event mode or Continuous mode by the Schedule mode selector as shown in Fig 4 10 There are two types of event recording please refer to Section 4 3 3 1 and Section 4 3 3 2 for more information Figure 4 10 Schedule Mode Selector 4 3 3 1 Motion detection lv Ti w W Figure 4 11 Motion Detection Selector Fig 4 11 shows the window selection you want to record when motion detection is triggered 4 3 3 2 Digital input E Digital input Ee le l Cerea EET Figure 4 12 Digital Input Selector Fig 4 12 shows the four digital input conditions Select the triggering condition that you would like to start recording high Event will be triggered when the digital input is high low Event will be triggered when the digital input is low rising Event will be triggered if the digital input changes from low to hig
9. Camera series product from the camera list You should select a camera as shown in Fig 3 6 to remove BB enable dicted iment ri a lo WB erable video joss BB erable remota alert lt Defaulk gt sl The selected camera will be deleted Figure 3 6 Delete a camera to the list History Clicking on the History button pops up a camera history list that shows the latest cameras that has been inserted into the camera list The list could contain 3 27 up to 16 entries When you click on one of the cameras in the history list the camera will be inserted into the camera list The history list is shown in Fig 3 7 Tp Historical camera list Cam 1902 168 5 89 80 1 L Host name E Car BB enable digital inet HOME la System rl Lo Figure 3 7 Popup historical camera list 3 4 3 Alert Settings and Recording Settings pable digital iriure rable video loss naole rernobe alert Figure 3 8 Alert Settings and Recording Settings Alert Settings These settings guide this program how to handle motion detection digital input alerts video loss and remote alert V Enable motion detect With this checkbox checked the program will trigger the alert sound specified in 3 5 Global Settings Alert Sound if motion is detected for the specified channel v Enable digital input 3 28 This function is similar with that of Enable Motion Detect Selectin
10. Fig 3 19 cee CAE tato Fall Figure 3 19 The Hhint of Authentication Fail As shown in Fig 3 20 within such case user can invoke authentication window by clicking corresponding channel number and re input correct password to reconnect to server Fig 3 21 shows the authentication window Click to invoke authentication window Figure 3 20 Invoke Authentication Window 3 4 Authentication Re input correct password to reconnect Press button to reconnect W Save Password Cancel Please enter the pas at 192 166 1 190 Password Figure 3 21 Authentication Window NOTE The hint will also be popped up when user changes login password in IE Incorrect Settings If the option of Apply to new device doesn t be enabled the hint of Incorrect Settings will be popped up when the settings model A that were configured in Camera Configuration window section 3 4 are different with the connecting server model B The following Fig 3 22 shows the hint of Incorrect Settings J eee VHC TET Se thg Figure 3 22 The Hint of Incorrect Settings In this case user can enable the option of Apply to new device and the application will reconnect to server automatically Unknown Type If the connecting device is not supported IP series product Such as PC or another network device the hint of Unknown Type will be popped up Please check what device is
11. IP Camera series product in the Intranet Check here to enable proxy server IP address list Figure 3 12 Internet Proxy Settings Backup Settings In this setting you can select the directory maybe a remote hard disk for the media database backup as well as the backup size of your backup media Backup Location Select This window provides the settings for backup and the deletion of media datamedia database You can select the check box to direct which channels need to be backed up You can also click the Delete button on the right to delete the media datamedia database corresponding to the selected channel Several kinds of backup status information will be shown for each channel Normally the status shows the time of the last backup which indicates the time you last backed up to the dedicated media No Data means that there is no media data recorded for this channel All Backup means all the data in this location have been backed up First Backup means there are media data recorded for this location and there has not been any backup operation prior Please refer to Section 3 7 3 for the activation of backup operations Network Account As shown in Fig 3 13 if you want to set the record path to the network drives you should enable the option Account to Access Network Drive and give the local 3 34 user s name password and network domain or Host Name IP To backup data to network
12. Micro PC cillin Settings Settings Virus Scan Real time Scan Manual Scan Enable Real time Scan Real time Scan Scan file types Email Scan All file types Scan Tasks Recommender Select File Types Selected files ayers E x Exception files Scan action Action when virus found Clean Action on uncleanable files Quarantine M Clean viruses in compressed files teg ZIP files Back up files before cleaning Program Update Internet Security gt 1 Apply Reset Help 1 7 Figure 1 4 The File List in PC cillin NOTE If the above settings cannot help you to improve performance try to use disk defragmenter Start All Programs Accessories System Tools Disk Defragmenter to reconfigure your hard disk may help your computer more efficient 1 2 Software Installation The following are steps for the software installation STEP 1 Put the Installation disk into the CD ROM drive and installation should start automatically If installation does not start click on Start on the lower left corner of your screen and open My Computer and double click on the CD ROM icon The Monitoring amp Recording System Window will appear as Fig 1 5 in below Installation Wizard e Users Manual Install ZNS MRS16V Quick Guide see TE fee ar ae ELIE sO 0 Users Manual Release ZNS MRS16V
13. The user can lock the Launcher as a security measure When the Launcher is locked it turns back to the Start up state The user needs to pass identification and authentication again to get to the popup menu ATTENTION Only the login user or users of root group can unlock the program when the program is locked Refer to section 2 2 to obtain more detail about the privilege of user s group Below is the login window Authentication Figure 2 1 Login Dialog When the Launcher is locked the unlock window is as follows rook Figure 2 2 Unlock Dialog The input area of the dialog will be grayed disabled for 60 seconds after three failure attempts 2 2 User Interface This is the user interface for Launcher Lock Monitor Start up Mode Tools d Monitor Playback Logout Exit Figure 2 3 Popup Menu 2 16 GANZ The main user interface for Launcher is an icon on the system tray The popup menu is displayed by clicking on the right or left buttons on the mouse The menu items are listed below 1 Lock Launcher When this item is selected Launcher will enter Lock mode In Lock mode whenever the user wants to invoke the menu a dialog asking for username and password appears The interface for this dialog 1s covered in the previous section 2 Tools This contains utilities currently only change password and user management are implemented I Change password The tool can be used to
14. User can adjust the volume of talk by using this tool Click the button and the Volume window will be invoked NOTE Remote alert will also occupy talk channel Only one talk channel can be established at the same time for a server You can establish maximum 16 talk channels with different servers simultaneously If the talk channel has benn established with specified server a warning message will be pop up and the talk channel can t be established success 3 7 3 Backup Camera Confisuratio s Global Settings Global settings Display amp UI Settings Display amp UI Settings Scheduler Beakup About Scheduler Cancel Backup 4 bont Figure 3 37 the Process of Backup Operation Backup allow you to copy the recorded media data to another media according to the location and the size you have selected You can refer to Section 3 5 Configuration Menu Global Settings Backup Settings for more details on backup settings From the backed up media data in the media you can duplicate the backup data to any removable device such as CD ROM ZIP disk DVD RAM or tape manually After backup settings have been configured you can activate the backup operation by clicking on Configuration Menu Backup as shown in Fig 3 37 Once the backup process is started and while in progress you are prohibited to configure the remote Visual IP Camera series product or change any local set
15. assigned the specified IP address and change to supported IP Camera series product The hint is shown in Fig 3 23 3 42 Figure 3 23 The Hint of Unknown Type ATTENTION The above three cases will occur if those two models A and B are set as the same IP address Otherwise the hint of Disconnect will be displayed v Blink If the motion detection mechanism is set in the remote IP Camera series product the light corresponding to the channel will blink if a motion event is detected If you do not want to monitor one video you can click drag and drop the video in the video area to the trashcan in the common control area of the Monitor tool The following shows the step by step procedure of drag and drop 3 7 1 1 Show the video of the specific channel This section depicts the method of showing the video of a specific channel in the dedicated displaying frame in the video area Step 1 Move the mouse cursor to the channel number as shown in Fig 3 24 2000 01 09 11 55 07 PM ad 152 168 329 Corl Fl 7 Display frame Figure 3 24 Mouse Cursor on the Channel Number 3 43 GANZ Step 2 Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse cursor to the displaying frame in the video area as shown in Fig 3 25 Note that the cursor will be changed according to the area indicating whether the selection can be dropped there as Droppable area E Figure 3 25 Drag the Chan
16. change the password of the login user Below is the change password screen Change local roots password Figure 2 4 Change Password Dialog II User management Fig 2 5 shows the tool of user management The tool can be used to add modify or delete user The maximum available user is 30 and the number of available user will be shown in Resource field As shown in Fig 2 6 when you want to add a new user you should specify user name password and user s group for the user You can modify user s status in Modify Status window ATTENTION The tool can only be invoked by users of root group The default root root admin cannot be removed and the user could remove the other users of root group User Management Fook Figure 2 5 User Management Window Add User Modify Status UserMame root pot a OK cancel Figure 2 6 Add and Modify User Windows Functionalities may be disabled according to the login user s group The following table 1 1 represents the privilege of each group in Lanuncher 2 18 TUserManagement d SSS Playback S S S Table 1 1 The Privilege in Launcher 3 Monitor start up mode The option decides the program type of Monitor that is described in section 3 after Window boot up There are three kinds of types Service Do not Autorun The Monitor will be run as a service but it will not be invoked automatically after Window boot up Manual startup i
17. counted Fig 2 8 and Fig 2 9 show Launcher icon when the number is equal to zero and not 0 Figure 2 8 Launcher Icon with Zero Monitoring Channel respectively Figure 2 9 Launcher Icon with Non Zero Monitoring Channel Recording The number of the channel that is recording now The following Fig 2 10 shows Launcher icon when recording procedure is running Figure 2 10 Launcher Icon with Recording Monitor This starts up the Monitor If the Monitor is already running move the focus to it Playback This starts up Playback If Playback is already running move the focus to It Exit This ends Launcher If the user chooses this option a message box will pop up to confirm whether the user really wants to exit It warns the user that exiting Launcher will also close Monitor and Playback 2 20 Chapter 3 Monitor 3 1 Features of Monitor Tool In this section we will depict all features of the Monitor tool in this software 3 1 1 Traditional Surveillance Features The traditional surveillance features include the following v Real time monitor v PTZ control v Recording 3 1 2 Special Features In our digital surveillance system we support not only the features listed above but also the following features making the system more powerful and convenient to use v Simultaneous real time monitoring and audio and video recording v High quality video up to full screen display v High compression
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19. latest alert messages received from the remote IP Camera series product associated with the selected channel 3 23 v Talk If the connected IP Camera series product supports two way audio feature the tool can be used to talk with remote side by using additional device such as mircophone 3 3 Logging In The authentication mechanism is implemented in Launcher If user has already passed the authentication in Launcher Monitor can be invoked without further authentication If not the Authentication of Launcher will be popped up and user must pass it to get Monitor shows up There are three privileges in the user protection system the root the power user and the general user 3 3 1 The Privilege of Each Group In the Monitor tool system root privilege includes the right to access P Camera series products as well as changing local settings However this root privilege is not the same as that of the root privilege of the IP Camera series product You can change the settings of each selected IP Camera in the remote site only if you have the root privilege of the remote IP Camera series product The following table 3 1 shows the privilege and limitation of each group in Monitor COs o General User ae re re S ee oe ee GANZ Table 3 1 The Privilege of Each Group in Monitor Again if you need to change the settings of remote IP Camera series products you must have the root user password for each of the
20. on the alert event s history The message format is described as follows time gt alert type channel number winl win2 win3 3 52 GANZ The message 02 41 00 gt MO 1 0 1 1 means that this was a motion detection alert occurred at 02 41 00 AM in Motion Window 2 and Motion Window 3 The message 14 41 56 gt DI 1 means there was an alert triggered by the first DI at 02 41 56 PM The message format of video loss is as follows time gt video loss channel number For example 07 20 03 gt Video Loss 5 means that a video loss alert occurred at 07 20 03 AM in channel 5 3 7 2 4 Talk Control Talk Control is shown as follows No connection Talk available Talk unavailable Talk volume setting Figure 3 36 Talk Control v Talk Available When the connected IP Camera series product supports the feature of 2 way audio talk with remote side is available User can click the button to establish talk channel When the channel is established the state will enter to talking and user can talk with remote side by microphone v Talk Unavailable Talk may be unavailable if the connected IP Camera series product doesn t support 2 way audio feature v Talking The state means that the channel is talking with remote side now You can adjust volume by using Volume Setting tool or stop talk by click the button v Talk Volume Setting
21. one layout the automation for that layout would be disabled There is no way to re enable the automation 2000 01 10 12 10 46 AM n Figure 3 26 Showing Video on the Displaying Frame 3 7 1 2 Close the channel in displaying frame This section discusses how to close the video change in the display frame Step 1 Move the mouse cursor to the display frame associated with the channel you want to close Step 2 The cursor will turn into a hand shaped icon when it is moved to the display frame Press and hold with the left mouse button 3 45 Step 3 Move the cursor and drag it to the trashcan in the common control panel of the Monitor tool Step 4 The cursor shape will change to an arrow shape icon over the trashcan Release the left mouse button The video in the corresponding display frame will disappear These operations are shown in Fig 3 27 Bi z 3 f 2000 01 10 12 12 13 AM a a Move mouse cursor here and then release mouse button here Figure 3 27 Close the Channel NOTE Even the channel is closed for current layout The network connection is still connected The reason to keep the connection is that if the connection is closed it is not possible for Monitor to judge if any event 1s triggered 3 46 3 2 The Layout There are six kinds of layouts shown in Fig 3 28 for displaying frames in the Monitor tool You can select one of them by clicking on the left mouse button over th
22. page Each of the nine frames on each page displays a different video sequence event Each event displayed will be of at least 10 seconds in length You can use the Page Up and Page Down button in Page Control to browse the events in the selected period up to nine events per page There is also page status informing you the current page number and the total page count as shown in Fig 5 9 5 78 w Page Status 4 Displayed Event Number E ae z a y Total Event Count Figure 5 9 Preview Mode 5 6 1 Histogram Area The Histogram Area in the event Preview mode shows the event occuring time and the percentage of the detected motion with red bars It also indicates the current displayed events with green bars and the selected event with blue bars If you want to access the Histogram Area you must change the area selection indicator to the Histogram Area You can then mark a color inverted region over it by holding down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to the desired area as shown in Fig 5 10 E G Displaying events Inverted Region Dark Region Figure 5 10 Histogram Area in Preview Mode 5 79 As you release the left mouse button the color inverted region will be enlarged to fill the entire histogram area This color inverted region will become the new period the program is going to display If you click on the left mouse button without holding down and dragging it the display ar
23. system has the following recommended minimum hardware requirements 1 1 1 Recommended minimum system hardware requirements The system requirement recommended for this application is as follows MS Windows 2000 XP 98SE Me Intel 2 0 GHz Pentium IV or above and AMD Athlon or above SDRAM 512 MB SDRAM or above for 16 channels MB SDRAM for 9 channels 40 GB Display Chip nVidia GeForce series with 32 MB Display memory ATI Radeon series with 32 MB Display memory Table 1 1 Recommended System Hardware Requirements The following notes should help you with the proper installation of the software on to the recommended hardware system This application software only supports Intel Pentium IV series or above and AMD Athlon or above CPUs It is also recommended to run this application software on Win2000 OS to avoid any functional limitation Make sure all Power Management and Screen Saver functions are turned off to avoid system hang ups 1 3 1 1 2 Suggestions The following suggestions will help you to run our software faster and smooth All suggestions are optional l Maximum supported hard disk space 200GB is the maximum tested supported hard disk space Performance can t be guaranteed if the recording hard disk space is greater than 200GB In Window XP system close system restore In Window XP system restore will help you to back to the previous restore point that recorded a snapshot
24. the display frame is the same as the one camera layout As shown in Fig 3 31 clicking on the Back button in the upper left corner of the video area will switch to the previous selected multi camera layout The position for each channel in any layout will be kept for the next time when the layout is selected again for monitoring 3 48 GANZ OU Channel 7 i 2000 01 10 12 17 05 AM Figure 3 30 Double clicking on the Displaying frame OFE pune meam md a 3 4 a ca s i a m j a a g l A 7 B 7 F ai fa iz q i ao ee a mane y i te S oe oe 7 F m r 1 34 G 4B i fo a a a O rodney POD PIL FAO PH Sms eH Figure 3 31 Single View Mode When in Multi camera Layout 3 49 GANZ Input Output Control Tools Digital Input Digital Output le s a a iy Pa steady rain ae i gt La aid TIOOM oh a elie Satie pi Select One T Figure 3 32 Input Output Control Tool This application software provides another three tools shown in Fig 3 32 in the bottom left corner for controlling the remote IP Camera series product of the associated channel You can click on the dedicated buttons to switch to different control tools that include PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom control DI DO Digital Input Digital Output
25. time or end time exceeds the location time boundary The scale of the Pull Bars and Histogram Area will also be changed The Period Selector will show the new start and end time And the Display Area will restart to display the new period from the newly defined start time 5 7 4 3 Full Range Clicking on the Full Range button would yield the same effect as you would in the Playback Method 5 7 5 Toolbox In our playback program you can check the database and you can export the database to other media Using the toolbox you can export the database into other more portable formats such as AVI file bitmap file or paper hard copy You can also use Windows media player or other programs to browse the exporting data Under Normal display mode you can use all the exporting tools Under Preview mode only snapshot and print can be used Fig 5 17 shows the elements of the toolbox Figure 5 17 Toolbox 5 7 5 1 Transducer Using the Transducer tool you can transpose the displaying video sequence to AVI file Click on the Transducer button and the conversion procedure will start The speed of exporting data depends on the speed of the computer s processor During any time of the exporting interval you can click on the Transducer button again to stop the procedure in process You will get an AVI file from the start time to the time you click on the Transducer button The exported AVI filename will be g
26. 5 Figure 1 5 Monitoring amp Recording System Window STEP 2 There are links on this page including Quick Guide User s Manual 1 8 GANZ Release Note and Install ZNS MRS16V Click on Install ZNS MRS16V to launch the intallation shield The InstallShield Wizard will come on and Fig 1 6 will appear InstallShield Wizard Xi Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NS MASITBY The InstallShield Wizard will install NS MASTBY on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Figure 1 6 Welcome page for the ZNS MRS16V STEP 3 _ If you click on Next and Fig 1 7 appears it means you have installed a previous version of the recording software the previous version is the video only version which means it would not get the audio stream from servers If you want to keep the previous version choose the second option If you are new to the Monitoring amp Recording System software this window will not appear skip on over to Step 4 InstallShield Wizard Video Only Version Detected Choose the setup type that best suits your needs InstallShield detected that the old version ST3201 is installed in your system Please specify the way to cope with this old version in following Uninstall the old version Continue without remove old version Installshield Figure 1 7 Video only version detected 1 9 GANZ STEP 4 Click on Next and the User information
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28. able Enable O Prompt Tr Run components signed with amp uthenticode PTU LI Actives controls and plug ins l Download signed Actives controls Disable O Enable Fa Pee ee ek se ill Reset custom settings Internet Figure 1 1 Enable Submitting Non encrypted Form Data Upon completion of the settings you can start to invoke the Monitor program 1 14 Chapter 2 Launcher Launcher is a controller program that allows starting the recording procedure before the user logs in and the program will run as a service procedure after Window starts up automatically LauncherUI is the program that provides a uer interface to allow the user to invoke Monitor or Playback quickly In the following we refer to Launcher for both Launcher and LauncherUI 2 1 Security for Launcher Starting Launcher does not require passing the username password check Once invoked Launcher can run automatically However if the user clicks on the Launcher icon in the system tray the program will pop up a username password dialog This happens if this is a first ttme menu pop up or when LauncherUI was locked If the user fails to pass the authentication check no menu will appear There are three kinds of group root power user and general user After passing identification and authentication functions will be enabled according to the login user s group For more detail about user s group please refer to section 2 2 User Inferface
29. ame which associates with a PTZ enabled IP Camera series product as shown in Fig 3 17 You can move camera to any point you want by clicking on displaying frame Figure 3 17 Cursor change to click on image mode V Enable PTZ hot key When the option is enabled user can control PTZ camera by using keyboard The following table represents functionality of each hot key v Table 3 2 PTZ Hot Key v Apply to new device After reconnected to IP camera if Monitor found that the server type changes for example the original camera is with a built in PT len but the connected device is a video server This setting tells the Monitor to accept the new device and use the previous setting values such as schedule and recording media type ect For more detail please refer to section 3 7 1 3 38 3 Using Monitor Tool This section depicts methods of manipulating the Monitor tool 3 1 Connection of the IP Camera Series Channel Once you have connected a IP Camera series product you can drag and drop the camera to the video area As for the channel area shown in Fig 3 18 if you have not set up the camera for the channel the color of the channel number will be gray Once you have set up the camera in the channel the color of the channel number will be blue This also means that this channel is associated with the remote IP Camera series product You can then click drag and drop the camera to the video area to m
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31. control Alert Message receiver and Talk control 3 7 2 1 PTZ Control The PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom tool is shown in Fig 3 33 If the remote IP Camera series product associated with the selected channel is connected with a PTZ enabled camera this PTZ control tool will be activated You can do PTZ operations as well as going to the preset location set by the previously user defined position Auto pan and auto patrol are enabled when the selected channel is associated with PT IP Camera series product You can also apply PTZ control to several cameras simultaneously See Section 3 7 7 Return to Home Stop Pass Select One Stop Auto pan or Auto patrol Go to the preset location Figure 3 33 PTZ Control 3 7 2 2 DI DO Control After clicking on the DI DO button shown in Fig 3 34 the control page will be switched to the DI DO control tool Only users of root group and power user group can access the DI DO control of the remote IP Camera series product In this application software the color of the channel number indicates the status of the DI Digital Input of the channel You can click on the Switch button to change the HI LOW state of the DO Digital Output These features allow you to monitor the remote sensor input from DI and also trigger the remote by the DO switch A Digital input is high Digital input is low Set digital output to LOW No Connection Set
32. cted channels in the current layout and save the pictures as bitmap files to the hard disk You can pre set the directory in which these bitmap files are stored in Configuration menu Global Settings Please refer to Section 3 5 for details Ea Trashcan You can drap and drop the channel to the Trashcan This does not close the video connection with the remote IP Camera series product But the display for the channel in current layout will be removed GANZ You can apply Volume Record Stop record Printer and Snapshot to several cameras simultaneously See Section 3 7 7 3 7 7 Multiple Focus Some functions can be applied to more than one camera simultaneously These functions include PTZ controls Volume control Record Stop Record Printer and Snapshot First set multiple focuses to the cameras you want to control and then do operations such as PTZ controls Record etc The way to focus more than one camera at a time is to press CTRL and click on display frames in the view window You can only set multiple focuses to the cameras on the same layout page and only select them from the view window not from the channel panel 3 8 Status Bar Status message bar Software version Current login user Login time Figure 3 41 Status Bar Local time shows the current time of the local site Current login user shows the current login user s name Login time shows the time when user logg
33. digital output to HIGH T Ta ai be Ooo o u Figure 3 34 DI DO Control 3 51 V 3 7 2 3 Alert Message 17 10 10 dev 1 closed GANZ The color of the DI status is depicted as follows Reconnecting 17 10 34 dey 1 closed jReconnecting 17 14 57 dey 1 closed Reconnecting 7 15 22 dey 1 closed Reconnecting 117 18 24 dey 1 closed Reconnecting 1 19 10 dey 1 closed Reconnecting 17 20 06 dev 1 closed jReconnecting Wee de dey 1 closed Reconnecting Figure 3 35 Alert Message When the color of the channel number is gray that means this channel is not connected to any remote IP Camera series product The channel number turns red indicating the DI of the remote IP Camera series product associated with the selected channel is in high level The channel number turns blue if the DI of the remote IP Camera series product associated with the selected channel is in low level If you select the check box for Enable Motion Detect Enable Digital Input or Enable Video loss in the path Configuration Menu Camera Configurations Alert Settings the alert message will show in the window as shown in refer to Alert Settings in Section 3 4 3 An alert message appears in this window when an alert is triggered by user defined motion detection or a digital input level change You can also use the scroll bar of this box to check
34. driver you also need to setup the account abec abr Figure 3 13 Network Account Drive settings NOTE The network account must be able to login the machine that runs the application ZNS MRS16V and also the machine that provides the network drive You can also specify the Host Name or IP to enable network account settings 3 6 Display amp Ul Settings Options of video display and alert settings can be modify in Display amp UI Settings dialog Recording and monitoring can be continued when you open this dialog You can activate the Display amp UI setting dialog from Configuration Menu Display amp UI Settings as shown in Fig 3 14 Camera Configuration Global Settings Display amp OT Settings Figure 3 14 Display amp UI Settings Figure 3 15 Display amp UI Settings Window Local Alert Settings You can load custom wav file for the sound of alert triggering You can also listen to the sample of the chosen sound file by clicking on the Play button the button with black right arrow Remote Alert Settings As local alert settings you can load wav file for the sound of alert triggering and the sound will be played on the remote side NOTE If user doesn t enable alert settings that described in section 3 4 3 alert sound can t be play when proper event occurs Remember to enable alert settings which you like to Snapshot Format There are two kinds of snaps
35. e 5 13 Time Interval Selection Dialog 5 7 1 2 Period Selector Period Selector provides you a precise way to choose the start time and the end time of a new period The end time should be larger than the start time After you have given the correct start and end times clicking on the Play button in the Jog Dial The system will display the new period in the display area and change the period start and the end time labels The Pull Bar and Histogram Area will be changed too If the selected period is not present in the database the data in the period selector will be changed back to the previously correct start and end times and a warning message will be shown 5 7 1 3 Playback Method Selector Full Range If you select this method the database will be displayed from the beginning to the end of this location Any change in the period selector will have no effect unless you change this selector to Time Period Time Period If you change the playback method to Time Period you can modify the start and end times in the period selector When you click on the Play button in the Jog Dial the period you have selected will be displayed Events Preview This method changes the display mode from the Normal display mode to the Event Preview mode or vice versa The program will save the previous start and end time settings in Time Period mode Therefore if you want to change the Period Selector to see in ano
36. e layout icon you want In each layout you can select drag and drop the channel number to any display frame in the video area The video from the remote site will be shown Following the procedures described in Section 3 7 1 1 you can add the video of the channel to the display frame of the selected layout in the video area one by one After that you can also exchange video between different display frames by the same select drag and drop method A 16 cameras layout 9 cameras layout 13 cameras layout 1 camera layout 6 cameras layout Figure 3 28 Layout of the Monitor tool Whether you choose the one camera layout or the four camera layout the Page up and Page down buttons will be shown in the bottom left corner of the video area You can use these two buttons to switch the pages as shown in Fig 3 29 Use the Page Up and Page Down key in keyboard could also swith the page Page can be switched automatically 1f Auto switch channel is enabled You can specify interval time and page will be swiched based upon the time 3 47 Auto Switch interval sec Figure 3 29 Four camera Layout NOTE Auto switch function will skip the page that doesn t contain any channel When you want to view one individual camera from the multi camera layout shown in Fig 3 30 double click on the display frame associated with the dedicated channel in the video area You will see the size of
37. ea will show the event page closest to the point you have selected The dark regions means there is no video sequence existed in these intervals If you click on these regions a warning dialog will pop up 5 6 2 Histogram Legend Histo cram Lerend Figure 5 11 Legend of the Histogram Fig 5 11 shows the legends corresponding to the colors represented in the histogram You can call up this diagram by clicking on the Legend button 5 7 Using Tools This section discusses the method of how to use the tools in the control area as shown in Fig 5 1 5 7 1 Selector Tools Fig 5 12 shows the Selector tools These are Location Selector Period Start Time Selector for the selection of the beginning time Period End Time Selector for the GANZ selection of the ending time Playback Method Selector and Alert Area Selector 11 05 26 11 05 27 a Figure 5 12 Selector Tools 5 7 1 1 Location Selector The Location Selector lets you select the camera you want to view from refer to Fig 5 12 The location information is the same as the location name associated with the dedicated channel in the Monitor program If there are more than one time segments in the same location another dialog will appear as shown in Fig 5 13 You must select an interval in that dialog If your selection is correct the Playback program will automatically switch to that location and start to display select an interval to play Figur
38. ed in Ss A NN AN Status message bar shows messages on some background operations such as repairing database or locations S Software name shows the software name of this application Software version shows the software version of this application 3 58 Chapter 4 Scheduling The Scheduling tool helps the user to schedule the time to record the media stream of the selected channels from the remote IP Camera series product With both the graphic user interface and time period selection options you can easily schedule each channel The main features of the Scheduling tool are depicted as follows User friendly graphic interface for schedule editing Flexible schedule scheme suitable for most applications need Individual schedule for each channel Automatic period recording 4 59 GANZ 4 1 Invoke Scheduling Tool This section describes how to invoke the Scheduling tool 4 1 1 Starting the Scheduling tool Camera Configuration Global Settings Display amp UI Settings Scheduler Figure 4 1 Open Scheduler Tool Before starting the Scheduling tool click on the Configuration Menu Scheduler as shown in Fig 4 1 there must be at least one camera on the camera list Otherwise the Scheduling tool cannot be invoked You will need to specify the database directory of the schedule schemes and the video stream in the path Configuration Menu Global Settings Directory Settings
39. enerated automatically and listed in the fourth column of the status area If you want to change the AVI file output directory you can go to the Settings window as we have described in Section 5 4 To get a better quality of exporting AVI file it is suggested to set the video format to normal size please refer to Section 3 4 Camera Configurations 5 7 5 2 Snapshot a Each time you click on the Snapshot button you can make the program export a bitmap file In the Normal display mode the exporting bitmap is the image shown in the display area In the Preview mode it is the image that you selected through the frame selection indicator The size of the bitmap will be the same as the source image you have selected The exported bitmap filename will be generated automatically and be listed in the fourth column of the status area If you want to change the bitmap file output directory you can go to the Settings window as we have described in Section 5 4 under Settings 5 7 5 3 Print B When you click on the Print button a printing dialog will appear After you have made your selection and send it to the printer the images in the display area GANZ will be printed out The printing functionality is designed based on the idea what you see is what you get Therefore the output data will be the same as whatever you see in the display area 5 7 5 4 Volume When you click on the Volume
40. ents in event preview mode 5 7 3 Display Adjustment Toolbox When you move the mouse cursor over to the displaying area the display adjustment toolbox will appear Using the display adjustment toolbox you can change the displaying video sequence to the size you want to see in the Normal display mode Move the area selection indicator to the display area Fig 5 15 shows the display adjustment toolbox and its own three elements 1 e Zoom In Zoom Out and Full Screen Figure 5 15 Display Adjustment Toolbox 5 7 3 1 Zoom In Each time you click on the Zoom In button the image size in the display GANZ area will be magnified 12 5 percent of the original size Due to the limitation of the display area size the maximum zoom in size we support here is 792 x 540 for NTSC modulation mode 660 x 540 for PAL modulation mode and 720 x 540 for CMOS modulation If you want to see the image in more details you can use the Full Screen function we support in the same toolbox 5 7 3 2 Zoom Out Q Each time you click on the Zoom Out button the image size in the display area will be minified 12 5 percent to the original size In order to completely show the location and time the minimum zoom out ratio is limited to 0 5 1 5 7 3 3 Full Screen When you click on the Full Screen button the video sequence will be enlarged to fill up the entire screen instantly You can double click on the mou
41. estarts the selected displaying frame If the data of the period selector has been changed clicking on the Play button restarts all frames to display the first nine events in the new period Stop When you want to stop displaying the video sequence you can click on the Stop button Note that once you had pressed the Stop button the start point will be reset to the beginning of the present period Pause Resume The Pause button provides you a way to pause video sequence display When the displaying video is paused clicking on the Pause button again will resume video display GANZ Step Forward This button is valid only when the displaying video sequence is paused Each time the Step Forward button is clicked it will display the next frame in that period Fast Play and Slow Play We support up to a maximum of x16 fast forward play and a minimum of 1 16 slow forward play This function provides you with more flexibility in browsing through the surveillance database If you want to change the playing speed you only need to move the speed indicator To increase playing speed move the indicator in the clockwise direction To decrease playing speed move it in the counterclockwise direction Current speed you are set at will be shown in the second column of the Status area NOTE You can press Ctrl key and the corresponding button introduced above simultaneously to stop pause resume play all ev
42. export bitmap files These exported bitmap files will be stored in a sub directory under the directory you have chosen here Setings O x Database location C WrmssDB_GANZ Record Aw Files lacation WinssDB Ganz ay E Snapshot files location C WrmssDB_GANZ Snapshot ANI Compressor AVI Frame rate 13 Change Video compression Mode Change Audio compression Mode Modulation Mode PAL e NTSC 0 CMOS Control Panel Position p Left Right Time Format Snapshot Format 24 hour Format ie BMP JPEG x Cancel Figure 5 6 Settings Dialog AVI Compression Mode We use only 24 bits color depth to export the AVI file in this mode In the AVI compression mode selection you can select one of the compression methods both video and audio that your computer supports to export the AVI file The compression methods may be different from computer to computer due to different 5 75 compression methods in different computer installations Modulation Mode The modulation mode decides the on screen video size It depends on how the video sequence was recorded in the monitor program If you have selected the wrong modulation mode the displayed video will be distorted To correct this open the Settings dialog and change into the correct mode Control Panel Position This provides a convenient way to change the position of the control area either to to the left or right side of the main window according to your
43. g this option will activate the alert sound when the digital input of the remote IP Camera series product is triggered Digital input alert This option allows for defining the triggering criterion of the digital input of the remote IP Camera series product It can either be high level triggered or low level triggered Enable remote alert Alert sound will be played on remote side if the option is enabled alert sound has been configured and the one of the above three alerts motion digital video loss triggered NOTE Above items may be disabled when the connected server doesn t support the features Recording Settings v Name If you want to specify your own location name specify it in this field Otherwise leave this field with the default value lt Default gt You will get a default location name which concatenates the string in the server s Text on video field with an underline and the channel index Record secs before event Once the event recording 1s activated using Scheduling for channels you can use this setting to regulate the time for the recording of the triggered event The recording will start at the set time before the alert event starts Record secs after event This set how long the recording will last after the alert event triggered Media Type You can use this to specify which media type you want to record Video Audio or both In some case that the co
44. h falling Event will be triggered if the digital input changes from high to low 4 3 4 Schedule in Continuous mode Fig 4 10 shows that if you have selected the Continuous mode then it will record continuously according to the schedule set up by the user 4 4 Secondary Schedule Secondary schedule is the time that is outside the Primary schedule 4 4 1 Schedule modes Figure 4 13 Secondary Schedule Mode Selector As shown in Fig 4 13 there are three selections in the Secondary schedule mode selector Disable Event mode and Continuous mode You can disable the Secondary schedule choose the Event mode or choose the Continuous mode The two modes are the same as those in the Primary schedule Please refer to Section 4 3 3 and Section 4 3 4 Chapter 5 Playback 5 1 Features of Playback The Playback program of this application software is a very powerful yet convenient and user friendly tool the user can use in browsing the recorded media datamedia database It has two display modes normal display mode and event preview mode and three playback methods full range time period and events preview There are several main tools consisting of special features in this Playback tool These tools are depicted as follow Powerful play control tools Play Stop Pause Step forward Fast play from x1 to x16 Slow play from 1 to 16 Convenient display adjustment tools Zoom in from 1 1 to 2 25 1 Zoom out from 1 1
45. hot format jpg and bmp that can be selected by user Modulation Mode You must select the input signal format NTSC PAL or CMOS to display the original resolution of video stream from the remote IP Camera series product NOTE You must select the input signal format according to the camera type or CCD module type that is connected to the remote IP Camera series product regardless of the power line connected is 50 or 60 Hz Display Options In the video displaying frame of each channel there are two status bars associated with it On the upper side the status contains Camera location and the time of the remote site On the lower side the status includes Connection time and Recording time As shown in Fig 3 16 all can be enabled or disabled individually The Apply to full screen mode can also be turned on Once it has been selected the status bar in each channel will show the date location connection and recording time in both displaying frame mode and full screen mode 01 Video 2005 10 19 10 30 20 AM Remote Time according to time format Connection Time Day Hour Min F Recording Time Day Hour Min Da oN Figure 3 16 Status on the Displaying Frame Miscellaneous v Click on image to enable PTZ Enable this option can let you control PTZ by clicking on displaying frame If this option is enabled the cursor icon will be changed when cursor moving into a displaying fr
46. ical for a dedicated channel When you click on the row to select the channel the scheduling tool will load the dedicated schedule scheme associated with the selected channel automatically If the remote IP Camera series product has been properly configured the IP address and location of the selected channel will be shown Please note that when you switch between channels in this selector any editing and changes in the schedule scheme will be saved temporarily in system memory To save the settings permanenty please click on the Save button 4 2 3 The Schedule Scheme operations There are six related buttons Load Undo Clear Save Save as and Close for handling the scheduling schemes These are shown in Fig 4 4 esu O we ewe Lge Severs se Figure 4 4 Operations for the Schedule Scheme Manipulation Load This button is used for loading other pre edited schedule schemes from the specified directory Note that you will need to save the current edited settings before applying this function Otherwise any editing changes will be lost Undo This button is used for undoing all plotting markers for this schedule scheme from the last save Clear This button is used for clearing all plotting markers in the current editing schedule scheme of the selected channel Save This button is used for saving the editing changes for the current schedule scheme Save as
47. nel to the Displaying Frame Step 3 Move the mouse cursor to the area in which the selection can be dropped in this case it should be the video area and then release the mouse button In each layout each channel is corresponding to one and only one displaying frame in the video area as shown in Fig 3 26 Therefore the drag and drop from the channel number to the displaying frame can be treated as exchange of channels in the displaying frames That means whatever video is on the newly selected channel will replace the one on the current display frame You can apply this criterion to exchange the channels in different displaying frames Let us assume the video of Channel 1 is shown at display Frame X and the video of Channel 2 is shown at display Frame Y The channels associated with the dedicated display frames will be switched when you drag and drop the video from display Frame X to display Frame Y and vice versa Also you can move the channel from its original display frame to a vacant display frame All these functions can be performed by a single mouse operation drag and drop This makes it very convenient to customize the video display layout for monitoring 3 44 GANZ NOTE Monitor will automatically associate newly added channel to empty frame of each layout So you will find that the channel is automaticaly shown in layout after closing Camera Configuration dialog But if you have manually changed the association in
48. ng selection and alert event triggered v Video area In this area you can see the video of the selected channel in the display frame The number of display frames in the video area depends on the layout chosen by the user You can also do some convenient controls for the video display in it v Layout area You can change different monitoring layouts in this area There are six kinds of layouts the user can choose from 1 4 6 9 13 or 16 video display frames in the video area v Hard disk status In this area you can get the status of the hard disk that the media datamedia database resides in This reminds you to arrange for available storage size of the recorded media database If the path set for recording is no longer valid or does not exist any more the free space will show Invalid Path to remind you to update the setting v Common control area This area includes volume controller manual recording video printing and snapshot as well as a trash can to remove any video from display frames v PTZ control In this area you can do PTZ control auto pan auto patrol and preset location control of the selected channel The camera must be a remote IP Camera Series product that supports PTZ functions Y DI DO control This tool receives digital input signal and sends digital output signal to the remote IP Camera series product associated with the dedicated channel v Alert Message This tool allows the display of the
49. nnection contains only media data the recorded data will contains only media data though the choosen recording media type is both Similarly if the choosen type is audio and the connection has not audio 3 29 GANZ data nothing will be recorded 3 4 4 Changing the Camera Order in the List You can use drag and drop in the grid area of the camera list to change the sequence of the connected IP Cameras as shown in Fig 3 9 This is helpful when you want to rearrange the cameras order Step 1 Step 2 Information Fe ioiai aes Oe Slop bay 197 166 3 89 30 i 197 166 5 89 80 2 Moving channel 1 B2 168 3 89 80 2 192 168 3 89 80 x 32 168 3 89 50 E 192 168 3 89 80 4 MOME J MOME 6 MOME Press left mouse button at the gray 7MONE index field a NONE eT a NONE 10 NONE 10 NONE 11 NOME WOME ee 12 NONE Moving channel 1 to 11 13 NONE il a NONE ia NONE 15 NONE 16 NONME Move mouse to where you want to move and then release the mouse button Then Video 1 will be moved to the 10th row Figure 3 9 Change the Sequence of the Connected Camera 3 4 5 Saving the Changes Once you have clicked on the Save button in the bottom left corner of this window the changes for all camera configurations will be saved and validated immediately in this IP surveillance system NOTE If you try to change the rem
50. o Protect Scan files using SmartScan Customize and 1 5 GANZ ensure above files don t exist on the list The following Fig 1 2 shows the location of the list Qe Norton Ant ims Options How to stay protected W Enable Auto Protect recommended W Start Auto Protect when Windows starts up recom W Show the Auto Protect ican in the tray ee ee ee re E Te Protection How to respond when a virus is found Automatically repair the infected file recommend LiveUpdate Thr to repair then quarantine if unsuccessful C Deny access to the infected file Other eee ee eer Ter Terre b Threat Categories Which file types to scan for viruses Miscellaneous C Comprehensive file scanning recommended Figure 1 2 The File List in Anti Virus Defaut Sill Method Two Find Option Auto Protect Exclusions and ensure all above specified files are added on the list The following Fig 1 3 shows the list A Norton Anti ime Options System Auto Protect Fi uu ci f Fat d T ai What tems to exchide Remove Internet wiarmi Protection Livellpdate Other H Threat Categories Miscellaneous Figure 1 3 Auto Protect Exclusion List 4 Exclude file protectation for specified files in PC cillin As shown in Fig 1 4 find Settings Real time scan Selected files Select File Types and ensure the files described in table 1 1 do not exist in the list D Trend
51. ock mode the main window will be hidden and the lock dialog will appear To return to the main window you need to re enter the root s password or the password of the user who locked application Stop Alert Sound Whenever an alert is triggered an alarm will sound if it was set up You can click this button to stop the alarm It will also switch the I O Control Tool to the Alert Message Tool as depicted in Section 3 7 2 3 and automatically shows the alert messages Configuration Menu This menu includes Camera Configuration Global Settings Scheduler Backup and About options 3 6 Common Control Functions 3 56 Figure 3 40 Common Control Functions This section describes other Common control functions respresented by small icons as shown in Fig 3 40 These functions can only be applied to the focused channels These functions are each described below Volume Clicking on this button to adjust the audio volume when monitoring provided the camera supports audio Record By clicking on this button you can manually activate video recording on the selected channel Stop record This allows you to manually stop the video recording on the selected channel whether the recording was event driven or by scheduled triggering or manually activated Printer You can print all views currently shown in the view window Snapshot This function is to take a snapshot of the sele
52. of your computer But when system restore is turned on the disk I O would be much worse This means the recording of our application would be affected dramatically So we recommend turning off the system restore for the application s recording disk You can disable system restore in System Properties page Start Control Panel System System Restore 1 4 System Properties e General Computer Mame Hardware Advanced system Restore Automatic Updates Remote System Restore can track and reverse harmful changes to pour Computer Drive settings To change the status of System Restore or the masimum amount of disk space available to System Restore on a drive select the dive and then click Settings Available drives Drive Status L Settings E C Monitoring Ea imwa P A D Monitoring Ea Data Storage E Monitoring Disable system restore of specify disk Figure 1 1 System Restore As shown in Fig 1 1 you can disable system restore of all disk or specified disk Exclude file protectation for specified files in AntiVirus The following table 1 2 represents the specified files that should be excluded in AntiVirus to accelerate our application Suggest to Exclude DBS DES DIA DSK DSS HGD WAP BCK Table 1 2 Specified Files to Exclude There are two ways to exclude file protection of above files from Anti Virus Method One Find Option Aut
53. om the Histogram Area 5 3 1 3 Control Area The Control Area contains most of the control selections and toolboxes you need to browse the database except Page Control The Page Control Tool is located on the bottom right corner of the Display Area when the program is operating in the event preview mode as shown in Fig 5 4 The control tools include Location Selector Period Selector Playback Method Selector Jog Dial Display adjustment Searching Range Adjustment Exporting and System Control Details are discussed in Section 5 7 Using Tools Figure 5 4 Display By Events Event Display Mode 5 3 1 4 Status Area The Status Area is located at the bottom of the main window It shows all program status information including display mode display size display speed exporting file format and exporting file name 5 3 2 Indicators 5 3 2 1 Area Selection Indicator As shown in Fig 5 1 the Display Area is surrounded by a blue rectangle This is the Area Selection Indicator This can be set to indicate either the Display Area or the Histogram Area Move your mouse cursor to the area you want to select When you have selected the Display Area the Display Adjustment Tool will appear in the control area If you have selected the Histogram Area the Display Adjustment Tool will disappear and the Searching Range Adjustment Tool will be shown in the same place of the control area GANZ 5 3 2 2 Frame Selection Indicator
54. onitor the remote video and apply other features if your privileges allow 3 39 Connected and monitoring Configured channel jE Not connected no video Selected channel e Not configured channel Figure 3 18 Channel Area There is a unique light signal associated with each channel number It indicates the status of the dedicated channel as listed below v Off Black The channel is not connected with any remote IP Camera series product v Green The green light means the IP Camera series product associated with this channel number is connected and the video is being monitored in the video area v Orange The orange light indicates the video from this channel is recording into the media database In this mode you do not need to click drag and drop the channel to the video area This means the application software supports real time recording 3 40 GANZ with and without real time monitoring for the dedicated channel v Red The red light indicates the connection to server has been unexpectedly disconnected and Monitor is trying to reconnect to the server There are several cases that will cause server is disconnected Authentication Fail Suppose user changes server from model A to model B by himself without using Camera Configuration tool which described in section 3 4 If the login passwords are different between those two models the hint of Authentication Fail will be popped up as shown in
55. ote settings of any IP Cameras in the web page right part of this window you will need to apply the SAVE button in each corresponding page in order to save the settings to the remote servers There are different SAVE buttons for changing the settings of the local Monitoring amp Recording system and that of the remote IP Cameras 3 30 3 5 Global Settings After completing the connection for each remote IP Camera series product you will need to configure the global settings for all the connected servers These include the media datamedia database directory the usage of the hard disk Internet settings and backup status information Camera Lonfiguration Global sethngs Display 42 MI settings Scheduler Backup Abort Figure 3 10 Global Settings You can activate the global setting window from Configuration Menu Global Settings as shown in Fig 3 10 ATTENTION A warning window will pop up to alert you that all recording processes will be stopped when activating the global setting window GANZ i lobal Settings flo Data Backup status information Figure 3 11 Global Settings Window Directory Settings Y Snapshot directory This is the directory for storing the snapshots in bmp format from channels as shown in Fig 3 11 Y Recording directory This is the directory for storing the recorded media data from remote channels Y Scheduler directory
56. preference Time Format There are two kinds of time format 12 hour 24 hour that can be selected by user to determine the time format in the upper status bar of display area Snapshot Format Two formats jpg and bmp can be selected by user to determine the file format of snapshot 5 5 Normal Single Frame Mode There are several methods you can enter into the normal display mode with only one displaying frame 1 Change the database path from one to another in the settings dialog of System Control tool 2 Change the location from one to another by using the selector location in the control area 3 Change the playback method selector to Full Range 4 Change the playback method selector to Time Period Figure 5 7 Normal Display Mode Under the Normal display single frame mode you can use all the tools the Playback program provides except the Page control In this mode the two labels under the Pull Bar show the individual starting and ending time of the interval as shown in Fig 5 7 5 5 1 Histogram Area Wi Figure 5 8 Histogram Area in Normal Display Mode The Histogram Area in the Normal display single frame mode only indicates the events occurred time and the percentage of motion detection as red bars If you 5 77 want to access the histogram area you must change the Area Selection Indicator to
57. products 3 4 Camera Configurations When you log in for the first time you need to configure this application software to connect to the remote IP Camera series products in Configuration Menu Camera Configuration as shown in Fig 3 2 You must have the root administrator privilege in order to run the configuration Camera Configuration Global Settings Display amp UI Settings BCHeOUeET Backup Abort Figure 3 2 Camera Configuration ATTENTION Once you click on Configuration Menu Camera Configuration for setting each camera a warning window will pop up to warn you that all recording processes will be stopped 3 4 1 The Layout of the Configuration In this section we discuss the local settings of the connection and the functional configurations of each camera If you are interested in the remote settings for each camera you can refer to each IP Camera series product s user s manual that was shipped with the hardware The following Fig 3 3 shows layout of Camera Configuration window NOTE As for the location of the selected camera you need to make sure the location string does not include prohibited characters such as lt gt Otherwise the 3 25 GANZ wrong location string will cause the application program to malfunction You can change the location string in Video gt Text on Video of the remote setting webpage Canfhiquration a BB ers
58. ratio v Maximum support of 16 cameras with different monitor layouts vV Smart playback v Triggered event browsing with 9 preview video windows v Fast database searching v Auto alarm in different ways v __ Account password protection vV Different recording modes Event driven Scheduled and Manual recording for each camera v Intelligent database index modes indexing by sharp time tag time interval motion detected events and digital input events v Just in time snapshot v AVI export v Motion detection with 3 alert windows for each camera 3 21 3 2 Application Layout and Functionalities This section demonstrates a global view of the Monitor tool as shown in Fig 3 1 Components of the Monitor tool in details are shown in the following sections Video area Layout area Display frame Hard disk status Figure 3 1 Overview of the Monitor Tool There are several parts in the monitor tool v Miscellaneous functions These include application exit minimization full screen display lock stop alert and configuration menu for camera configurations global settings display and UI settings scheduler settings video audio database backup and the user information of this application software The operation tips are provided on line when you move the mouse cursor over each item v Channel area This area displays the status of each channel The information indicates the status 3 22 of connection recordi
59. re 4 7 Hour time line NOTE If you want to inquire about the scheduling information on Hour time line you can double click the marked rectangle Start time and end time will be displayed on the time picker that will be described in section 4 3 2 automatically 4 3 1 4 Marking Unmarking the Recording Time You only need one click on the left mouse button to mark the time on this time line The operating method for the hour time line is the same as that of the week time lines Please refer to Section 4 3 1 1 for details 4 64 GANZ 4 3 2 Schedule with Time Picker esse E E ae See Day picker Figure 4 8 Begin Time and End Time Selectors There are three controlling units in both Begin Time and End Time selectors as 4 3 2 1 Begin and End Time shown in Fig 4 8 The first part of each of these two selectors is the Day Picker You can select the day of the week with it and set the beginning time and the ending time for the recording interval The second and third units are the Hour Picker and the Minute Picker You can change the hour and minute settings for the beginning and ending time with them NOTE Normally the time set in Begin time must be earlier than that in End tme But if this is not the case it means the time is over two days 4 3 2 2 Add and Erase Buttons After you have selected the time period with the Begin time and End time pickers you can apply the period picker
60. s needed Service Autorun The Monitor will be run as a service procedure and it will be invoked after Window boot up automatically without login Recording procedure will be also invoked if proper schedule is configured More detail about scheduler in Monitor refer section 4 Non Service The Monitor will be run as a normal procedure non service User can invoke Monitor by using the interface provided by Launcher perice Do not Auton Monitor Startup Mode perice Autoni Won Service ZNS MRS Figure 2 6 Monitor Start Up Mode NOTE When Monitor runs as service procedure it will work in background after closing click on the close button in Monitor It means that the recording procedure will be continued and user does not need to worry about missing media data that you like to record 2 19 As the following Fig 2 7 a useful hint can help user to monitor the state of running channel monitoring channel and recording channel Move cursor on Launcher icon on system tray and the hint will pop up automatically ZWe MRe lov J Rummme O channels Monitorme 0 channels 4 Recording 0 channels Figure 2 7 The Hint of State Running The number of current running channel s in Monitor Regardless of schedule all connected channel will be counted Monitoring The number of the channel that is running with schedule If the connected channel without schedule the channel will not be
61. se button in any area on the screen or press the ESC key to return to the original State 5 7 4 Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox When you move the mouse cursor over to the Histogram Area the Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox will appear in the same position as that of the Display Adjustment Toolbox The Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox provides you a faster way to change the range of the displayed time period By using this toolbox you can browse the database of one location from any 10 second interval of the entire range Fig 5 16 shows the searching range adjustment toolbox composed of its own three elements 1 e Zoom In Zoom Out and Full Range Figure 5 16 Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox GANZ 5 7 4 1 Zoom In a Each time you click on the Zoom In button in the Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox the displayed time period will be half of the original time period until the period is equal to 10 seconds the minimum You can see the new interval in more details The scale of Pull Bar and Histogram Area will change as well as that of the period start and end time The Period Selector will show the new start and end time The Display Area will restart to display the new period from the newly defined start time 5 7 4 2 Zoom Out Each time you click on the Zoom Out button in the Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox the displayed time period will be doubled unless the start
62. tallshield Mizan InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing MW5 MASTEY on Your computer RE Cancel Back Figure 1 13 Finish the Installation 1 3 First Start up After installation one of the IE settings needs to be changed before you can start running the Monitor program Enable the mechanism for submitting non encrypted data in the path Start gt Settings gt control Panel gt Internet Options gt Security gt Custom Level Setting You can also find the path from the IE browser as it is depicted in the following You can follow the instructions to complete this setting as shown in Figure 1 1 wtank Mic soft Op Explorer jif YEI Fairy Heir lt ee Optone Restricted sites nternet Local imtranet Trusted sites Internet r This zone contains all web sites WOU haven t placed in other zones Security level for this zone Move the slider to set the security level for this zone Medium Sate browsing and still functional Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe conte Unsigned Actives controls will not be downloaded Appropriate for most Internet sites QS Cox tare Default Les 2 x B Gener Security Pi Scout iv rit Connections I Programs I Security Settings Select a content zone to specify its security setti O d snas serge Framework reliant components Tr Run components not signed with Authenticode O Dis
63. te dioeol viens Host name IP Camera with Pan Tit J a aja j iiem C Tum off the LED inditaver Dayight Sammg Tent Time zone GMT 09 00 Osaka Sapporo Tokyo Seoul Yakutsk E Audio and viten Camera wriral Keep current datr and tinie Email arid FTP C gyne with computer time Setup page Motion drbectian PE date 2006 11 14 fewvw sound Applicaton FPE ume f1 Bret hhmm 33 n Sebem log C anaal yite parameters Bate PIANOA fancy niad T Mantenan Mie 18 9810 Ahamia C Automatt HTF server Gig te riebe default serrar Update Tne hour ntareal One hour Save Figure 3 3 Layouts of Camera Configurations 3 4 2 Local Settings In the local settings as shown in Fig 3 4 there are three main functions Insert camera Delete camera Figure 3 4 Local Settings Insert This allows the user to insert a remote IP Camera series product to the camera list Click on the Insert button an Insert New Channel dialog will pop up as shown in Fig 3 5 Specify the IP address port and root password of the 3 26 remote IP Camera series product and click on the Ok button to close the dialog The system will try to connect to the selected camera If the connection is successful the camera will be inserted to the list Insert New Channel 197 168 3 89 e 4 u Ten e Figure 3 5 Insert New Channel Dialog IP address and port Delete This removes the selected IP
64. the Histogram Area You can mark one time interval you want to see with a color inverted region by dragging your mouse cursor as you hold down the left mouse button as shown in Fig 5 8 As you release the left button the color inverted region will replace the original time range as the new period the program displays If you click on the left button without holding down and dragging it the command will be the same as clicking on the Pull Bar in the same x axis position That means the Playback system will be shifted to the appointed time and shows the video in the displaying frame The dark regions in the histogram area means there is no media data existed in these intervals If you click on these regions a warning message will pop up 5 6 Preview Multiple Frame Mode You can enter the event Preview mode only if you have changed the playback method selector to Events Preview This can help you to identify the objects that triggered the events not only by the time information and the alert percentage in the histogram area but also by playing the real video preview This allows you to easily distinguish between different alert situations Under the Event Preview mode the Pull Bar Transducer button in the exporting toolbox and the Display Adjustment Toolbox are disabled The two labels under the Pull Bar show both the number of displayed events and the total event count There are nine frames in the display area that we call one
65. ther period you must first use the Playback Method Selector to change to the mode you want to use Otherwise the Period Selector will revert back to the previous period when you last changed the playback method 5 7 1 4 Alert Area Selector In the Preview mode the Playback program only shows one type of the alert events each time If you want to see the other type of events you must use the Alert Area Selector to change to other event type In the Normal display mode the alert type that the Alert Area Selector indicates will be highlighted with a red rectangle The Alert Area Selector will be changed to alert window 1 by default settings when you 5 82 GANZ change the location selector 5 7 2 Play Control For Play Control we used a jog dial as shown in Fig 5 14 to make it easier to control video sequence display Except for the Play button all other buttons can control the displaying frame in the Normal display mode and the selected displaying frame in the event Preview mode Speed Indicator Play from beginning ne Figure 5 14 Jog Dial Play from Beginning The Play button we support here is an intelligent user interface The functionality of this button can vary to fit different circumstances In the Normal display mode click on the Play button restarts the displaying video sequence In the Preview mode if you do not change the data of the period selector clicking on this button r
66. tings You can cancel the backup process by simply clicking on the Configuration Menu Cancel 3 54 GANZ Backup option and choose the status of the progress A message box pops up to indicate backup is complete 3 7 4 About Clicking on the menu Configuration Menu About as shown in Fig 3 38 pops up a dialog box with information including product name version user information and serial number Tr Camera Configuration Global ettings Display amp UI Settings scheduler Backup About oe a ri Figure 3 38 About 3 7 5 Miscellaneous Functions Configuration Menu Stop Alert Sound Figure 3 39 Miscellaneous functions This section describes other miscellaneous functions represented by small icons in this application software as shown in Fig 3 39 These functions can be applied regardless of which is the currently focused channel These functions are each described below Quit Clicking on this button closes this application software with the latest saved settings Minimization Clicking on this button minimizes the Monitor application EJ Full Screen Clicking on this button enlarges the selected channel to a full screen display To switch back to the original layout press on the ESC key at the top left corner of the keyboard or double click on the mouse cursor on screen Lock Click on this button to lock this program When in l
67. to 1 2 Full screen Flexible searching range adjustment tools User input from full range to second Zoom in from full range to 10 seconds Zoom out up to full range Page searching Full range Various tools AVI file transducer BMP file snapshot Output to printer directly Volume control System control tools Lock Program System settings Minimize Miscellaneous tools Location selector Alert window selector 5 2 Logging In The authentication mechanism is implemented in Launcher If the user has passed authentication in Launcher Playback can be invoked without further authentication Otherwise Authentication diglog of Launcher will pop up and the user must pass authentication in order to use Playback NOTE Playback can be invoked by user of root group or power user group More detail about user s group please refer to section 2 2 5 3 Layout Area Selection Indicator Display Area Histogram Area Status Area Figure 5 1 Playback Main Window Once you have successfully logged in to the Playback system the main window appears at the top of the screen and the display resolution will be changed to 1024x768 automatically if the current resolution is less As shown in Fig 5 1 there are four main areas in this window Display area Histogram area Control area and Status area There are also three visual indicators of the controls Area Selection Indictor Frame Selection Indictor and P
68. ull Bar These features provide for powerful search for specific video recorded in the surveillance database 5 3 1 Main Areas 5 3 1 1 Display Area As shown in Fig 5 2 the Display Area can show the surveillance database of each 5 70 camera in three ways by events triggered by alert or by time You can change video size by using the Display Adjustment Tool and choose playback method by using the Play Control Tool ry ee a Playback method les Display adjustment tool Figure 5 2 Display By Time Normal Display Mode As shown in Fig 5 3 there are three kinds of information loaction name remote time and original recording size that are displayed on the upper and lower bars respectively When the display size is equal to the original recording size the color of the original recording size will be changed to green otherwise red User can modify the display size in Display Adjustment section 5 7 3 and System Control section 5 4 5 71 O1 vide 2010 04 16 09 45 01 PM O1 Video 2010 04 16 09 45 05 PM TEM pg m1 q Remote time i Green when display size is equal to the original size MIERE a O E e p i Original recording size r Figure 5 3 Video Information 5 3 1 2 Histogram Area The Histogram is an interactive control In the control you can display events time domain location and the percentage of motion You can also select a group of events or a specific period fr
69. window will appear as in Fig 1 8 This window prompts you to enter a username company name Click on Next to continue Installshield Wizard Customer Information Please enter your information User Name abe Company Mame CEC Install this application for Anyone who uses this computer all users Only for me Joanne InstallShield Back Cancel Figure 1 8 User information for Monitoring amp Recording System STEP 5 Set up the administrator s password by entering a password and confirm the password as shown in Fig 1 9 Click on Next to continue Lnastallthield Wizard Root Password Setup Tou must set root password before you could use this program Please type the password in the following Password EE Confirm p InstallShield lt Back Cancel Figure 1 9 Confirm Password 1 10 STEP 6 Select the installation directory for this application software and click on Next as shown in Fig 1 10 You can also change the installation directory from the Default directory by clicking on Browse Installshield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install NS MAS TY in the following folder To install to this folder click Nest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files GAh2N5 MAS TE Browse

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