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1. 3 5 2 Using NETmc Marine Viewer Alternatively the video can be viewed in our free client viewer lf the 3head option if selected during install the player will open in a mode optimised for pipeline video Simply use the folder icon to browse for pkt file select the one you want to open and the click play to run the video The nav data is display in the window above the centre picture and can be seen to update as the video runs mediaNET DYR media Reviewer 3ChannelPlayer SDK 2 01 Gay File Help TELEMETRY DATA SYSTIME 994587684 GPSTIME Lepen 114734 4 Mia kp Sha 00 Dec MEDIS SUMMARY DATA START GPS 994597692 END GPS 994507698 EASTINGS SRE Pie aielkieemmss 2489 5 KP BIR MEDIS CONTROLS SNAP snap gt SNAPS WEE e a ETETE MARK CLIP IN POINT SAVE CLIP oo 00 00 00 MARK CLIP OUT POINT E Wwideounpegi seh pkt E Wwideoimpegi 3eh pkt posn 1 1291436 pktno 1 lastpktnos NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 18 of 23 4 FAQs Q My unit has a broken link between one of the encoders and says CFG ERR under an encoder don t know what it means or how to remove it A CFG ERR is drawing your attention to the fact that the setting which have been applied arent right for proper operation admin NETmc Marine DYRi PRO DB D RPRO_SA MNSDK 5 0 5 GSDK 1 00 icil x File ScandDevices Users amp2. the encoders are setup and configured the final user options are controlled via the setup pages accessed by clicking the large setup button beneath the record stop buttons on the main screen amp INSPECTOR PRO SETUP APPLICATIGN r LEVICE 2 OUOU UUU E reser e The screen is split into various sections some for information some for user changes The device section top right is for information only It shows confirms the current configuration of encoders and server lists their network names and IP addresses The lower half of the screen is interactive users can click on parameters here to change what is recorded what quality format what the files are called how big they are and where they are saved NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 11 of 23 Format If you have mpeg 2 encoders you will be offered a choice of mpeg 1 or mpeg2 If not only mpeg1 will be an option Source Each encoder should use the same video input connection and format This will be dependant in the camera source but in the UK the source will be PAL Most ROV system will use a regular BNC co ax for the connection Quality This is where the bitrate of the video is selected lf mpeg 2 encoders are available the choice if bitrate will be higher Video Storage Format Material from the Pro Server has to be pkt as this identifies to enabled player that the files contain multiple
3. the server boots up it should auto start the DVR Pro application If it does not autostart the application can be launched by double clicking the desktop icon Once started the DVR Pro application will look like 6 admin NETmc Marine DYRi PRO DE LDYRPRO SA MNSDK 5 0 5 GSDK 1 00 File ScandDevices Users amp Groups Shutdown Help L E F T 070770 00 00 00 ENC CLOSED yf a UDP FOR WAS TOPS MARINE CONTROLS C E N T R z 01 07770 00 00 00 EMM CLOSED UDP FOR NAVE TOPS R I G H T 07 0770 00 00 00 EMC CLOSED UDP FOR HAVE TCP 77 AAA dd ds UHO MOG 14 58 01 A7 Unless the server has been pre configured with the particular encoders there will be no smiling faces beside each encoder and the links between the encoder and the server will be broken The next step is to identify to the software which encoders are available and which one is being used for which channel First step is to see which encoders are available and correctly configured on the network From the toolbar on the main screen click Scan4Devices NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 6 of 23 This will guery the network that the Pro Server is attached to see if there are any mediaNET compliant encoders powered up and configured correcily The screen will look something like Scan network for medn devices OO O EDI et P PORT If you cant see all your devices in this list
4. there is a network problem Check all cables connections and TCP IP settings on each unit As you can see in the above example there are 3 encoders type E called dvri79 dvri80 and dvri81 There is one server called DVRs whose external IP address is 192 168 1 149 itis a collator filer and server type CFS this is what is required to gather save and control the slave encoders lf all encoders are listed this window can be closed and the encoders associated with each channel NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 7 of 23 To assign an encoder to a particular channel right click on the white area to the left of the encoder summary window in the example below it s the left port encoder which is about to be configured 6 admin NETmc Marine DYRi PRO DB DYRPRO SA MNSDK 5 0 5 GSDK 1 00 File Scandlevices Users amp Groups Shutdown Help LEFT 04 0170 00 00 00 SS rich ENC CLOSED N ET i B DP 77 oo a T AW rv E MARINE OHTROL S C E N T R E 0170170 00 00 00 ict ENC CLOSED UDP FDB 77 NAW n GHT 04401770 00 00 00 cf ENC CLOSED UDP FDB NAV M Y Y Y z NET MARINE CONTROLS Live Stream Restart Reboot Switch OFF Shutdown RIGHT O4 07 106 12 55 49 ENC 00 05 59 ENC MPEG1 2000Kbps UDP CL FDE lt CL N amp W PA TCP OP et acl a AHAHHH z HEAHEA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAA AAAA y mi Y Yii ri Ms NETmc M
5. Groups Shutdown Help 040706 20 36 44 ki Y Ti Y CENTRE o 0407106 20 36 11 EN 06 36 21 CLOSED UDP CL FOBR CL HAWzPA TCP OP i i i Pr COHTROLS RIGHT O4 07 06 20 36 41 ENC 06 36 12 CLOSED freee UOP CL FOB CL NAY PA TCP OP H ii kaj oft fo fa ft of fa otf ff ft Ff fc ff fff fo ft ek sf fff ff ff fff fff ff ff fo ff os fff fo fst Oe OF OG 20 31 24 ama S VR OP dia OnLine 3 sera cote Let e WDP CL FOR CL NASA TEPAT mM Ti Ln y ii OZ MOT RECORDING This is most likely due to there not being a unique channel associated to each recorder e g you have used the same encoder for more than one channel In the above example by right clicking next to the encoder with the CFG ERR and selecting ASSIGN TO MEDIAVT we can see that the problem here is that we have 2 units trying to use channel 1 E MNETSDK PROBE DE ICE bs Sees ESTEE ae aT TG aaa a NEM REMI pe 1 1 ohvrici 192 165 1 51 DEVICE MAME IF ADDR LAST BOOTED AT CH ID Pf or Pt Trans omre 5 Tt testne oanimetacoor 5 o ooo omic 1 Hmmm 4g APPLY ASSIGNMENT RESET TO ORIGINAL CENTRE 192168180 mi CANCEL NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 19 of 23 The fix here is to re apply the settings to dvri81 to confirm that it is channel 3 It may be necessary to apply a different channel assignment to device first and then go back in to confirm the correct setting
6. Manual rev1 03 4 of 23 2 System Description 2 2 Network configuration DVR interface To make use of the Pro Server it should be connected to 1 or more NETmc video recorders either DVR Inspector Pelicase or mediaVT units The video recorders and the Pro Server should all the on the same network connected via a switch 100 mbps minimum All the network IP addresses of the units should be of the same range by default encoders and servers will ship as 192 168 1 xxx where xxx Is the last 3 digitals of the serial number The Pro server has a small amount of internal storage but it is typical to target any recorded video at a network attached server NAS or some other network resource with sufficient free disk space USB storage devices can also be plugged directly into the back of the server To view and edit settings a keyboard monitor and mouse should be connected to the server A typical hardware configuration would be DVR Server DVR Inspector a aa Network Switch PORT Video d imi Inspector It is good practise to start encoders and NAS units before the Pro Server so that as the server starts it scans for devices it can use If not started first it will still find the other devices but there will be a short delay as it polls in a timed sequence NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 5 of 23 3 Operating Instructions 3 1 Software Setup When
7. QUESTION 2 would vou like me to automatically update the mediawT configuration onLine TF you do not then you must manually configure the mediawT channel data Auto Configure b Yes Bla This should almost always be answered YES unless you are an expert user or have encoders which are permanently assigned to a set task Most operators use their encoders for different tasks e g structural inspection etc which makes it essential that the pipeline system is allowed to tweak the configuration to suit thus pressing YES This assignment procedure should be repeated for each channel centre and right port after which the main display should have smiling faces next to each channel admin NETmc Marine DYRi PRO DE DYRPRO SA MANSDK 5 0 5 G5DK 1 00 File ScandDevices Users amp Groups Shutdown Help LEFT O47 6 12 53 57 EMC 00 04 28 ENC MPEG1 2000K bps UDP CL FDB CL NAW P4 TCP OP i x x x K CENTRE O4M0T MG 12 53 27 EN 00 04 15 ENC MFEG1 W 2000Kbps derit WDP CL FOB lt L NAPA TEPZCIP i Y Y Pe CONTROLS RIGHT D407 06 12 53 57 ENC 00 04 UM EMC MPEG1 feet UDP CL FDB cL NAV IPA TEP OP y ed md dd ddd dd dd dd a ff ff fF fF fk ff ff ff ff ff fff fof ff fo fF O4s0F 06 17 45 Y T fe UDP CL FOB CL NAMA TCPSVVT NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 10 of 23 3 Operating Instructions 3 2 The Setup Page Once
8. TART button select RUN and enter dxdiag and click run When the window opens pick display or display1 and ensure the DirectX Features are all disabled DirectX Diagnostic Tool l IOl x System Directs Files Ds Media Files Direct Drivers Display Sound Music Input Network More Help Drivers Main Driver SiSY56 dll Version 4 717 017 7300 English Certified Yes Min VOD SiS sys VDD Device Name 515 5595 6326 Manufacturer 515 Chip Type 515 6326 AGF DAC Type 515 Approx Total Memorn 4 0 ME Curent Display Mode 1024 x 768 24 bit EOHz Monitor Default Monitor Directs Features DirectDraw Acceleration Disabled Enable Test DirectDraw Direct3D Acceleration Mot Available Disable AGP Support Disabled Enable Tesh EU Ha probleme found To test DirectDraw functionality click the Test DirectDraw button above To test DirectsD functionality click the Test Directs0 button above Help Save All Information E xit NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 21 of 23 Appendix Technical Specifications Power Requirements 100 260 Vac 50 60 Hz Power Consumption 180w Operating Temperature 10 35 Degrees Non operating Temperature 10 60 Degrees Operating Humidity 5 95 RH non condensing Non operating Humidity 5 95 RH non condensing Operating Shock read 65G 2ms Non operating Shock 250G 2ms Operating Altitude 305m 3 050m 305m 12 200m Lin
9. USER GUIDE FOR NETmc MARINE DVR Pro Server NE Tvc MARINE Rev 1 03 May 2006 Contents Page 1 Introduction S 4 FAQS 4 FAQS S O 5 Appendices _ ed r 1 2 1 2 3 4 ke 5 Appendix i Technical specifications Appendix ii Definitions amp Abbreviations NETmc Marine Dunann Cottage Turfhill Cuminestown Road New Deer Aberdeenshire AB53 6TL TEL 441771644001 Fax 441771644005 NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 2 of 23 1 Introduction NETmc Marine specialises in the design and manufacture of Digital Video Solutions for the Offshore market and have produced a range of digital video acguisition systems ranging from single channel digital video recorders to bespoke multi channel systems for online data management and retrieval When inspecting pipelines with 3 camera views being recorded the DVR Pro server is reguired The server is a network attached device which has to be used in conjunction with 3 NETmc Marine video recording units DVR Inspector Peli or mediaVT spec units The server takes control over the 3 encoder units their local control interfaces are no longer required synchronising their outputs and combining them into one single mpeg compliant media file pkt The Pro Server can also be fed with a serial string from an online NAV package This string is then saved as a flat data file along with the video files ssn file and is also woven into the mpeg compli
10. ant video where is always associated with the video and can be striped out by any enabled player or GIS system This manual details how to interface the Server to 3 DVR Inspector units and how to setup the inbound nav string NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 3 of 23 2 System Description 2 1 Hardware Description and Connections The Pro Server is a rack mountable unit running on a Windows 2000 platform It is housed in 2U high casing and encompasses All connections are on the rear panel as shown below as is the on off button for the internal power supply unit and the cooling fan outlet The power supply switch must be in the on 1 position for the recorder to function it is good practice but not essential to switch the internal power supply off when the recorder is not in use On the front panel of the recorder is found the main ON button the receptacle where fitted for the removable drive and a small screen beside which there are 4 black buttons these buttons are for the control of the menus that are displayed on the screen These screens are primarily displaying status indicators and so under normal circumstances the operator need not concern themselves with them USB Socket Mains Input Keyboard Mouse Cooling Fan Socket sockets Network Connection Do not cover Socket VA Serial Input ie db on ie A to S L T d ila N F gt m PSU On Off Switch NETmc Marine Pro Server
11. arine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 8 of 23 The assignment menu will then open MNETSDK PROBE DEVICE ASSIGN CHANNEL ASSIGN MED T RACK YT CHANNEL MEDIAT YT IF ADDRESS cberir9 192 168 79 CHAN CHANNEL MAME Channel Pid m a a EEN CENTRE 192468480 LEFT E LEFT 1 MEN EH RIGHT 192 1681 81 CENTRE CENTRE CENTRE 2 RESET TO ORIGINAL CANCEL The channel you are about to assign an encoder to should be highlighted in blue by default left port channel in this example With the appropriate channel selected click on the ASSIGN MEDIAVT tab MNETSDK PROBE DEVIJE ASSIGN CHANNEL ASSIGN MEDIA ST RACK YT CHANNEL MEDIAT VT IP ADDRESS dvrivd 197 1661 93 EE oe EEEE e dvri i OE dvried RESET TO ORIGINAL CANCEL click on the line which contains the encoder information you wish to associate with that channel in this example we are going to allocate dvri79 to the left port channel When the line is selected it is highlighted in blue MNETSDK PROBE DEVICE i ASSIGN CHANNEL ASSIGN MEDIAVT RACK VT CHANNEL MEDIAYT VTIP ADDRESS dvri g 192 168 1779 EE dentov EEEE poden dyris 192 16641 51 O4UZOBE 12 25 26 dvri g dvrisli APPLY Oo ko RESET TO ORIGINAL Then click APPLY ASSIGMENT CANCEL NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 9 of 23 A box will pop up asking you if you want the server to automatically setup the encoder
12. camera views and navigation data Maximum Segment Size No one want huge video files They are difficult to edit store and distribute Most users select 300 seconds as the max duration so that their files are never more than 5 minutes long Video File location Share and Templates Store Path is where the files will be stored This can be a local drive network UNC path or mapped drive Videofile Prefix allows the use to insert a job or component specific prefix to the video file which is created Add SEQNO Once record has been pressed the file name will have a number added to it During the course of that recording session until stop is pressed the numbers will increment Add DATE Will add current date to the file name Add Time Will add current time to the file name RESET SSN xx shows current sequence number in xx Clicking will reset to 0 APPLY Re APPLY After making a change RE APPLY will ensure that all encoders have their settings refreshed This is most valid for a video quality or source change etc It is also worth doing prior to starting recording if there is a suspicion that the encoder may have been altered since last used e g used for structural inspection Apply does not address encoders so is useful if its just the file name or path that has been changed NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 12 of 23 3 Operating Instructions 3 3 Injecting NAV Data lf available it is goo
13. d practise to inject the Pro Server with a real time navigation string from the survey NAV computer This has 2 effects Firstly the string is converted into a flat file and related to the video filenames stored in a ssn file which will be found in amongst the video files lt also embeds the navigation information directly into the mpeg headers This allows enabled players to read and display those navigation records during the replay of the video It also allows enabled GIS packages to strip the information out of the video files and reconstruct a relational database of navigation positions Vs video file and position within that file The server requires a bespoke string to be setup as an output on the Survey computer It should be set to 9600 8 N 1 with an update rate of around 1Hz and plugged into the 9way serial connector on the rear of the Pro Server in NULL modem configuration pin 2 gt 3 pin 3 gt 2 pin 5 gt 5 normally the position being output is the reference point of the camera on the vehicle which is being recorded The data string should be configured as 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456 7890123456 7890123456 7890123456 78901 23456 7890123456 7890 dd mm yy tt tt tt tt eeeeee eennnnnnn nnkkk pppdddd cc DATE TIME EASTING NORTHING KP DCC EXAMPLE 28 03 00 15 58 28 22 556492 196342211 19 9 336 720 54 DECODE 28 3 00 15 58 28 22 Easting 556494 19 Northing 6342211 19 KP 9 336 DCC 720 54 NETmc Marine P
14. ear 20 300Hz 0 75G 0 to peak Random 10 300 Hz 0 004g2 Hz Low freguency 5 20 Hz 0 195 inches double amplitude High frequency 10 300Hz 5 0G 0 to peak Dimensions 482 W x 88 5 H x 455 D 2U case Non operating Altitude Operating Vibration Non operating Vibration Weight 15kg Network Support 10 100 Base T amp 10 100 1000 Serial Ports 9 Way D Type for serial navigation Storage and shipping After overnight road freight the units should be left at room temperature for 24 hours before powering on After air freighting the units should be left at room temperature for 48 hours before powering on NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 22 of 23 Appendix ii Definitions amp Abbreviations Definitions DVRI DVR Inspector Single Channel Digital Video Recorder Abbreviations ASCII DB DLT DRS DVR HTML MPG MPEG1 PKT PAL NTSC JPEG Mbps QC USB Store path SVHS TIFF NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 American Standard Code International Interchange Database Digital Linear Tape Digital Review Suite Digital Video Recorder Hyper Text Mark up Language Moving Pictures Expert Group File extension for a video file Industrial recording format controlled by the Moving pictures expert group Payable on all Windows operating systems win95 gt Packet File Extension Phase Alternation by Line the European video format National Television Standards Committee American Asian video fo
15. er computer is to install our client viewer which freely available from our website 3 5 1 Using Mediaplayer If you navigate to the folder which contains the pkt files using windows explorer you can double click a pkt which will automatically open windows media player to open the file lf the pkt has multiple video channels 2 slave windows will automatically open which in conjunction with the main mediaplayer console will show all 3 images perfectly synchronised you will have to arrange the windows manually on your desktop to get the layout that suits your environment fj mpegl 3ch pkt Windows Media Player File view Play Favorites Go Help apeli gal 00 00 00 07 P4 Using the scroll bar on windows mediaplayer will skip through all 3 video channel with the same ease as navigating 1 lf the pkt file has nav data embedded in it an error may be observed this is because media player has no window to render the NAV data into NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 16 of 23 Windows Media Player Error Some of the streams in this movie are in an Unsupported format Advanced gt gt Click on More Help to launch pour browser and get help on this problem trom the More Help Microsoft web site To prevent this message appearing you need to use a viewer which has a facility to replay the nav data as well as the video NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 17 of 23
16. rmat Joint Photographic Experts Group Mega bits per seconds rate of video encoding Quality Control Universal Serial Bus Local on hard disk where the video will be placed Super Video Home System Tagged Image File Format End of Document 23 of 23
17. ro Server Manual rev1 03 13 of 23 3 Operating Instructions 3 4 Making a recording With everything configured the path for the video and the file naming conventions set actually making a recording is very simple Simply click the record button on the main control panel COHTROL S If the unit successfully starts recording the button will indent and the counter will start to increment lf the button refuses to indent it is because it cannot start recording for some reason Typically this will be because the path name for the video doesn t exist or the drive is full or something along those lines NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 14 of 23 On clicking record you may have a pop up message appear SSS Sti t Mot all encoders are connected and encoding E Start Recording Anyway e oe E You may have intentially decided to start recording without all encoders being active this maybe perfectly valid as you only have 2 encoders for example If its not your intention you need to go back through the assignments to see if you have any configuration errors NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 15 of 23 3 Operating Instructions 3 5 Playing a file Playing a multichannel pkt file with NAV data can only be done properly once the NE Tmc filters have been installed The Pro Server will have these installed by default but the easiest way to install these filters on anoth
18. s This is because the GUI may think there is no need to change anything because the change was done via remote control or a different console etc so wont re apply the settings if it believes them to be the same E MNETSDK PROBE DEVICE a ASSIGN CHANNEL ASSIGN MEDIAYT CHANNEL MEDIAVT TIP ADDRESS 1 dvriz9 192168179 CHAN CHANNEL NAME Channel w Li uri umi ENE NE NM pri am RESET TO ORIGINAL CANCEL O When double click the pkt file it only opens one window and the video appears gerky It should have been triple channel pipeline footage A you either have no filters installed or they have been optimised for structural survey applications Re install the free client viewer and check the 3head install option O have already interfaced to the DVRI units to start and stop recording name files etc Can control the Pro system in a similar way A Yes in fact the same commands are valid with some additional ones to enquire as to the position in the file at any one time Ask your sales support contact for more details NETmc Marine Pro Server Manual rev1 03 20 of 23 O Some times when first play my multi channel video one of the windows is blank I ve noticed that if move the window a picture appears in it Why is this A Your computer has hardware acceleration on the VGA card it is trying to grab the handle from that video window and assist in its render From the S
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