Mirasys V/N series 4.8 Quick User's Guide
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1. The horizontal axis shows the time and the vertical axis shows the quantity of recorded video or audio By looking at the height of the bars you can immediately see if there has been activity in the camera scene This requires that recording is based on motion detection If video is recorded continuously the bars are all of the same height To find events from continuous recordings try using Motion Search To use Activity Search 1 Click the Months tab and then click the month vertical bar that you want to examine Then click the Days tab to choose the day and then the Hours and Minutes tabs if necessary to select the hour and the minute 2 The selected bar is shown in blue orange and the first image of the bar is shown in the video view 3 To play the video use the playback controls below the video view NOTE To find the right image you can move from image to image using the Next and Previous buttons You can display as many as eight video views in Activity Search at the same time For more information about using multiview search see the V N series User s Guide Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 7 Time Search Use Time Search to find the nearest recorded image from the specified time point Y Activity Searct ba Ei 40 00 29 5 2007 R Months Days Hours minutes annad O a Kamera 1 To use Time Search 1 In Act2. D Click one of these buttons to change how many video views are shown E Available cameras F Control panel G Image area To change how many video views are shown e Click one of the screen format buttons D Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 4 To select cameras Drag the camera from the camera list on the right to the image area To change the order of cameras e Drag a camera to a new position in the image area To maximize the camera display size do one of the following e Double click on the local view title bar e Click on Maximize button on the upper right corner of the local view title bar To maximize the view from a single camera e When viewing multiple local cameras you can double click on a single camera view to display the view from that camera in the device window You can restore the original layout by double clicking on the camera view Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 5 Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users Playback To play back video from one camera e Right click the camera on the Navigator or right click on the real time view from the camera and choose Show Playback View FR Kame Show Real Time View 7 S amp S Kame Show Playback EN li te ye Kame Show on Map i Kame Activity Search Cs Motion Search amp Kami Description Reference Image e Right click the group on the Navigator and choose Show Playback View Sh
3. MIRASYS V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users Before you begin This guide is an abbreviated version of the V N series User s Guide It includes the following topics e Logging on on page 1 e User interface on page 2 e Real time monitoring on page 3 e Playback on page 6 e Search on page 7 e Export on page 9 MORE INFORMATION For more information about installing configuring and using the system please refer to the following guides e Installation guide How to install the system and other devices for example dome cameras e Administrator s guide How to use the System Manager program for configuring the system settings e User s guide How to use the Workstation program for video and audio surveillance The guides are on the DVMS Installation CD in PDF format You can also access the Administrator s Guide by clicking Help in System Manager You can access the User s Guide by clicking Help in Workstation Logging on To log on to Workstation 1 Do one of the following e Double click the shortcut icon DVMS Workstation on the desktop e Click Start start point to Programs and then to DVMS Click DVMS Workstation 2 The address selection screen is displayed Click OK or wait for 10 seconds after which the logon screen is automatically displayed NOTE The address selection step may be disabled in specific installations Instructions for selecting a diffe
4. ange media clip settings 1 Onthe menu bar click User and choose Media Clip Settings 2 Type or select the necessary settings Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 10 Playing exported video clips Video clips are exported as Windows Media files WMV They can be played using Mirasys Media Player or Windows Media Player 10 Mirasys Media Player Use the controls at the bottom of the window to control playback To play a media clip from a CD or DVD using Mirasys Media Player e Put the CD or DVD into the CD DVD drive Mirasys Media Player starts automatically and starts to play the clip e Alternatively double click the file MediaPlayer exe to start Mirasys Media Player and then on the menu bar of the Mirasys Media Player click File and then Open Select the WMV file that you want to play back and click Open The media clip starts to play To play a media clip using Windows Media Player 10 e Right click the media clip file WMV file choose Open With and then Windows Media Player The clip starts to play automatically Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 11
5. evice in If the Windows dialog box Blank disk is shown select No action The program will write the clip to the disc automatically 2 Find the alarm from which you want to export data in the New or Search tabs 3 Click the Export button in the lower right corner of the Alarms window If default media clip export settings are not used the Media Clip Settings dialog box is shown Do the following and then click OK Select where you want to save the clip To save the clip on the local hard disk select My documents Clips To save the clip on CD R RW or CD R RW See CD DVD Drive To save on a removable device select Removable rive In File Name type a file name for the clip You can set the maximum video size from the Max video size drop down menu In Start select the start time of the clip by clicking the button In End select the end time of the clip by clicking the button Use the duration slider to define the length of the media clip If you are saving the file to a CD or DVD mark Format the CD DVD before writing files on it if you want to format the disc before saving the clip If you want to use the same CD DVD disc to save media clips at a later ear the Allow files to be added later multisession disc checkbox NOTE If you have cleared the option Always show this dialog box before saving a media clip in Media Clip Settings the program will export all clips automatically with the given settings To ch
6. hronized clip from more than one camera the playback views must be in the same device window 3 Find the image that you want to start the clip from Click the Export button in the playback panel and choose Save Clip The Media Clip Settings dialog box is shown Do the following and then click OK e Select where you want to save the clip To save the clip on the local hard disk select My documents Clips To save the clip on CD R RW or CD R RW eee CD DVD Drive To save on a removable device select Removable rive e In File Name type a file name for the clip e In Start select the start time of the clip by clicking the button In End select the end time of the clip by clicking the Co button or use the duration slider to define the length of the clip Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 9 If you are saving the media clip to a CD or DVD select Format CD DVD peters writing files on it if you want to format the disc before saving the clip If you want to use the same CD DVD disc to save media clips at a later Leas the Allow files to be added later multisession disc checkbox NOTE If you have cleared the option Always show this dialog box before saving a media clip in Media Clip Settings the program will export all clips automatically with the given settings To export an alarm specific clip 1 To save ona CD or DVD put the CD or DVD into the CD DVD RW drive To save on a removable device plug the d
7. iew to play back video For more information about the drawing tools and about setting the sensitivity of motion detection the required quantity as well as other search conditions see the V Nseries User s Guide Searching for recorded data Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 8 Export You can save video clips and print and save individual images from the playback window Use one of the search tools to find the images first For information about using the search tools see Search on page 7 aN Save Clip Save Image Print Image To print an image e Inthe playback window click Export and then Print Image The image is sent to the default printer To export an image 1 Inthe playback window click Export and then Save Image The Save Image dialog box is shown 2 First select the target disk and then the target folder To create a new folder in a currently open folder click the New Folder button To move up to a higher level folder click the Up button 3 Type a name for the image choose the image format and then click OK To export a media clip 1 To save ona CD or DVD put the disc into the CD DVD RW drive To save on a removable device plug the device in If the Windows dialog box Blank disk is shown select No action The program will write the clip to the disc automatically 2 Opena playback view from the cameras that you want to export a clip from If you want to export a sync
8. ivity Search click the Time Search button Time Search is shown 2 Select the year and month from the menus Then select the date from the calendar by clicking on a date Select the time from the menus 3 Click OK The program finds the nearest recorded image from the selected time forward or back The image is shown in the video view and the graph is also updated Motion Search Use Motion Search to find images with movement in a specified area of the camera scene To show Motion Search e Right click the camera on the Navigator or click the Search button on the playback window and choose Motion Search To use Motion Search 1 Inthe Motion Search window paint the area of interest by using the pen tool or the other drawing tools The selected area is shown in red 2 Set the sensitivity of the motion detection and the required quantity of motion 3 Set the start and end time of the search and the other search options Click the Search button A progress bar is shown together with the Bookmarks list Images that match the search conditions are added to the list 5 You can stop the search by clicking the Stop Search button in the progress bar Otherwise the system searches to the end of the recordings or to the specified end point 6 The search results are listed in the Bookmarks list To play back an event select the bookmark from the list and click the Go to Bookmark button Then use the playback controls below the video v
9. ow Real Time View Show Playback View R Show on Map Activity Search Camera Tour Description Note that you can also drag additional cameras from the workspace to the playback window or remove cameras from the window For more information see the V N series User s Guide Playback controls Playback starts automatically when you open a playback window Use the buttons below the video view s to control the playback A Click to save an image or a media clip or to print an image B Shows the previous image C Shows the next image D Starts or pauses play E Drag the slider to change playback direction or speed F Shows the current playback speed G Click to access one of the search tools to find recorded data Search When you want to find recorded video there are three search methods to choose from e Activity Search quickly find recorded video and audio using a bar graph e Time Search find the nearest recorded image from the specified time point e Motion Search find images with movement in a specified area of the camera scene Activity Search To show Activity Search e Right click the camera on the Navigator or click the Search button on the playback window and choose Activity Search The Activity Search window shows recorded video or audio as a bar graph F A Activity Searct od 5700 285 2007 9 cD Months I Days Hours Minutes Kamera 1
10. rent address are provided in the Administrator s Guide 3 The logon screen is shown Type the user name in the User name box and the password in the Password box NOTE The password is case sensitive 4 If the End User License Agreement is shown you can accept it by clicking Accept Terms Clear the check box Do not show this dialog box again if you do not want the agreement to show up again 5 Click Logon A progress bar is shown on the screen while the program starts To log off from Workstation 1 On the menu bar click File and then Exit 2 Inthe Logoff dialog box click Exit Workstation 3 Click OK Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 1 User Interface B C D E 11 1207 22 5 2007 02 s 3111148 22 5 2007 09 8 41 1050 22 5 2007 07 s 44 1040 225 2007 00 a 11 10 38 22 5 2007 06 s 11 10 14 22 5 2007 02 8 11 0848 22 5 2007 25 a The user interface contains these elements A Menu bar The menu bar gives access to for example user settings B Navigator The Navigator contains profiles and devices A profile specifies the devices that you have access to Select the profile that you want to use from the drop down menu After selecting the profile you can access the devices for example cameras shown in the profile tree C Toolbar Click the buttons on the toolbar to show or hide user interface windows D Device Window Shows video and audio views and other device view
11. rom the Navigator to the work space View mode You can use automatic view layouts to quickly organise the contents of the device window To use automatic layouts 1 Right click on the device window and select View Mode 2 Select the layout from the layout list or select Dynamic to disable automatic layouts NOTE If you use automatic layouts you cannot change the shape or dimensions of the device window To change the shape or dimensions of the device window select Dynamic from the layout list Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 3 Monitoring local video Local monitoring means that video is streamed directly from the capture card to the display adapter It is available only when the Workstation program and the recorder are on the same computer In addition the cameras must be in your profile and you must have the right to monitor local video from them Local monitoring is not available on Mirasys N series NVRs Unlike standard real time viewing local monitoring does not cause processor load for the recorder Thus when applicable local monitoring should be used instead of real time viewing To monitor video from local cameras do one of the following e Onthe menu bar click Windows and choose Local Cameras e Onthe tool bar click the Local Cameras button 4 Diii RE I ii LT Local monitoring A Minimize Maximize and Close buttons B Shows the alarm list C Click to hide the control panel
12. s E Map Tool Shows a map or floor plan of the selected target site By clicking the device icons you can access the devices For example you can open video views directly from the map by double clicking the camera icons F Show Help Topics Click this button to access the complete online help G Alarm list Shows active alarms On the Search tab you can also search past alarms Mirasys V N series 4 8 Quick Guide for Users 2 Real time monitoring To monitor real time video from one camera 1 Select the profile that you want to use from the Navigator Navigator amp EF N Kamerat Q Kamera 1 CB Kamera 2 Q Kamera 3 2 Right click the camera and choose Show Real Time View from the menu Ca Kamera 1 II Show Real Time View SS Kam how Playback viel ley Kam Show on Map amp Kam Activity Search amp S Kam Motion Search To monitor real time video from multiple cameras e Right click a group on the Navigator and choose Show Real Time View This opens a window that contains a real time video view from all the cameras in that group Navigator Show Real Time View Show Playback View Show on Map Activity Search Camera Tour Description Q Kamera 6 Ca Kamera 7 GB Kamera 8 amp Kamera 9 Kamera 10 amp Kamera 11 amp Kamera 12 amp Kamera 13 amp Kamera 14 amp Kamera 15 gt Kamera 16 NOTE You can also drag and drop cameras and camera groups f
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