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1. PECL Sees BBE ES Dongle connected as a transitory element to the LPT port 2 3 Connection of cameras switches and alarm inputs Connect the cameras plugging the BNC plugs from the cameras into the BNC sockets on the video cards in the computer Ensure that the cameras are powered on Connector offalarm inputs Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 and relay outouts The connection of a suitable cable to the 15 pin connector of a given video card accommodates connection of switch outputs and additional sensor inputs Using this connector you can connect 4 additional alarm sensors and 3 switch outputs to each card Two relays are SPST type and one is SPDT type A pin layout of the connector is presented below VideoDR S User s Manual 10 Alarm inputs IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 de de de de O Oz O O41 O Os O O O O ELNO S9 B 5 0M c nding Q1 Cha G3 Qiu es SE 0 o Mi OUT OUT 1 Outputs 1 8 2 one state 2 4 Installation of the software At the startup the Windows operating system should recognize a new device in the computer the installed video capture cards Newherdeere toured The system will ask if you want to install drivers for the new Video Capture device in the system Leave this window open do not click any of the buttons and begin the installation of the VideoDR S software Al Pee Hoe eee eel Waolcome to tho Addl omot
2. 45 4 2 2 Input Operation Schedule 00000000n00n000nn00enannnannounnonerannrnnenennsnennnennnenna 47 3 ALNET SYSTEMS INC A OVS len AICI E 48 4 3 SELECTING AND ADDING NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES naaansunnnnunnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnrrnnrrnnnns 49 4 4 CREATING A BACKUP COPY OF THE VIDEO IMAGE ARCHIVE ssiasssssusnnsnnnrnenrnnrrnnn 50 45 UPDATING THE PROGRAM a 51 4 6 ABOUT WINDOW E 52 4 7 EXITING THE PROGRAM 53 4 8 LOGIN AND LOGOUT OPTIONS seaaannnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunrnnnnrnnnunrrnnurrnnnnrnnnnrnnnnne 53 5 DOME CONTRO Ee 54 5 1 DOME CONTROL SETTINGS nunne 54 5 2 DOME CONTROL DANEL rran nnrnn uurnan nner n nenne 56 6 DONGLE VALIDATION a EE e EE 57 7 UNINSTALLATION OF THE VIDEODR S SYSTEM SOFTWARE 60 8 FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS see RAN ENKEN ENK ENEE ENNEN ENN 61 Q ADVANCED SETTINGS ENNEN ENNEN ENNEN ENNEN EN ENNEN EEN ENNEN EN ENNEN NV 63 9 1 TAIT Gyr EEN 63 9 2 a erates ctor sce NE NE EN A NE A NE RE NE NINE NIANSE NA Eo 63 10 CONTAC ANEN 65 VideoDR S User s Manual 4 1 Introduction The digital technology successfully conquers many fields of life where it has been used only marginally until now This is happening thanks to continuous technological progress and development of new algorithms Employment of new technologies and methods for digital image recording and compression decreasing prices of mass memory units and faster processors contribu
3. VideoDR S User s Manual 52 that can replace older versions in the installation folder default C Program Files VideoDR S VideoDR S VDR S4PRO EXE b The second kind is a file of several megabytes VideoDR S4PRO update exe necessary for update if the previous version of the software being used is based on older drivers If this method is used you have to uninstall the old drivers first using the Device Manager Right click on the My Computer icon select the Properties then the Hardware tag and the Device Manager button A new window will appear where you should expand the Sound video and game controllers item and select the following drivers to be uninstalled ALNET VideoDR S WDM Video Audio Capture Once the uninstallation process is completed the VideoDR S System update application can be executed Then you can start the application that updates the VideoDR S system 2 Use the Program update function available in the menu of the VideoDR S 4 6 program This function is described below NOTE This function is not implemented in the current version of the program You can update the program selecting the Program update submenu from the Tools toolbar menu at the top of the screen NOTE To use this method an internet connection is required Press the Download information about updates button The program will connect to the update server and download the information about current versions In addition the informat
4. Using the icons to the left side of the window in Normal view you can change the split screen mode Following modes are available 2x2 344 2 8 1412 1 7 4x4 3 4 4 Bookmarks Particular frames could be bookmarked then the archives could be browsed by using special buttons This option could save your time to find the event again in the archives This can be used if you find the event interesting then you just right click the mouse button on camera view and seleci Add bookmark from context menu Archives could be also bookmarked automatically by appropriate settings in Scheduler 3 5 Configuration of camera settings The system allows setting and saving numerous options for each of the cameras To call up camera settings select the menu item Cameras submenu Configuration menu on the toolbar at the top of the screen or press the icon in the left hand icon bar The camera settings window will be displayed In the upper part of the window the icons of Successive cameras are displayed you can then click them in order to switch between settings for different cameras The icon U means that the settings of this camera are currently displayed while the icon ESEI means that this camera is not present in the system because there is no card to operate it 1 card has inputs for 4 cameras The illustration below presents a system with one card therefore cameras 5 to 16 are not active Below the camera selection bar the screen is divided
5. D 1 m ij 5 This time select the Process number answer 6 Enter the received code in the window and received from software vendor option press the Next button A window will appear with a message about the update of the user s validity of the dongle VideoDR S User s Manual 60 7 Uninstallation of the VideoDR S system software In order to uninstall the software go to Start Settings Control Panel In the control panel select the Add Remove Programs icon Find the VideoDR S item and press the Change Remove buiton An InstallShield Wizard window will appear Select the Remove option and click the Next button ee 9 Aa PI Bi raie Li h ab G ibaj me ee Ee Cae Kg ki va d fu ono iure Had EN Fimi rg Lem ere creeper p ko gid m edini peda red ied fe et ta et r Bee ij Pentel d pega cope v ied ba Ha pee ea D ra emp A meanest The InstallShield Wizard will ask if you are sure that you want to remove the software from the Windows system Click the OK button to confirm wd ba Te ae x LK KOL Aen ba capi remont He aea sppkosbon bei ad of ite conpeorents mam en The installation program will ask if you want to remove the files of installed libraries Checking the Don t display this message again option will prevent this message to appear again XI a ke Re CAPT el etched eae ra kret be eed ko mg Eien Toure dig fe e fi Aen em premi ELi pem bore s pravni ocr Lekt te ba rieki
6. More information on managing the accounts you can find in Chapter 3 10 If for some reasons you have to leave the room where some people not authorized to use the server are you have two possibilities Select menu Program then Login the Login window appears and camera views disappear but system is still working you can leave it as it is or login as less privileged user VideoDR S User s Manual 54 5 Dome control Note Dome control is only implemented in a Professional and Real Time version of the VideoDR S program It is not implemented in Home Edition version 5 1 Dome control settings icon in the icon bar The dome control settings window is called up by clicking the KI on the left hand side Drame spFttini KR s lt After the window is opened select the USB joystick at present only one joystick is supported and select the protocol according to the type of dome to be controlled Lilin Sensormatic Pelco Telecom If you do not have the joystick connected the message Error initializing the joystick will appear Select the serial port to which the RS 485 converter is connected COM1 or COM2 and click Set protocol button 55 ALNET SYSTEMS INC KELLS Parameters LILIN 717 S enzormatic ALI JEDO n H Pelco D Frotocal Telecom JEDO E 5 1 None DE Cancel Select the protocol from the list in the window above that will be assigned to the specific serial port The keyboard the joysti
7. Position what is the position in the company of this person lf you agree to let people to have access to your server for demo purposes you can select the Publish demo server domain in the Demo server frame This demo server will be published on our website You are also required to create user demo with password demo Please enter also the port on which the server works in Demo port field To start using this service fill out the form and click Register button If you have unauthorized access error as a return message contact us 39 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 4 Using the VideoDR S system 4 1 Browsing the video image archive To go to the archive view press the CT icon in the icon bar on the left side of the main view of the VideoDR S system or select the Archive submenu from the Tools menu on the toolbar at the top of the screen The archive view called up then replaces the main view Hi i US Hu OY III II IMA TICE HIT 0 Ae i A ia mi IH NIH HEH A a NI K MI ME The upper part of the archive window displays a time chart of the recordings the log The green bars represent recorded camera images Use the mouse pointer to select a particular position in the log to display the image recorded at that moment The camera image currenily selected with the mouse pointer is marked with a red border The bar of the currently selected camera is highlighted In the upper left corner below the time log there is an indicator of the time
8. Pe ide PoP Dis ipie Ee ea ge ts Yu He Larc SA 61 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 8 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 1 3 Question can t start the program get the following error message No dongle detected Answer The dongle obtained with the kit must be connected to the computer printer port LPT or USB port Details on the installation of the dongle may be found in Chapter 2 2 Installation of the dongle on page 8 Check also of the LPT port operation mode bi directional ECP communications should be configured In order to check the currently configured mode right click the My Computer icon select the Properties then the Hardware tag and the Device Manager button expand the COM and LPT Ports device group and there should be an EPC Printer Port LPT1 item If there is no such item or different mode is selected e g SPP you would need to change the port mode in the computer BIOS settings Consult the motherboard manual or contact the PC vendor for details lf the above does not solve the problem check the connection and if you still get the error message try to connect a printer and print the test page lf you cannot print your LPT port or cables might be faulty Contact the vendor manufacturer of your PC Question can t install the video card drivers The system tries to install some drivers with names different from those given in this manual Answer Different video capture card might have be
9. corresponding to the current position of the cursor in the time log The yellow vertical bars indicate the time when the system was switched on or off NOTE The video archive of the server may also be browsed remotely using the client type application VideoDR C VideoDR S User s Manual 40 4 1 1 Control panel of the archive On the left side of the screen there is a control panel of the archive The following is a description of the image control playback buttons The I icon plays the recording in real time forward The 2x icon plays at twice real time speed The MAX icon plays the recording at the maximum speed possible considering the processor ability The li icon stops playback The si icon plays the recording at real time speed in reverse The and icons allows playing one frame forward and backward respectively The a icon allows selection of the motion searching areas on one or more cameras The ES icon starts the motion detection process in the previously selected fragment of the image Detailed T is available in Chapter 4 1 2 The archive selecting the IS icon allows saving a frame from the currently selected camera The currently selected camera is indicated by a red border The icon displays a window with options for correction of the played image for individual windows You can also specify the sensitivity of motion searching in the archive The icon allows recording selected camera specified period of
10. dri Iech SUT EME ENE Install the driver for the audio capture device If you have more than one card you will have to repeat the above steps for each one In order to ensure that the video card drivers have been installed correctly you can check if they appear without error or warning note in the Device Manager listing You should find drivers installed as per the following screenshot 15 ALNET SYSTEMS INC ALNET VideoDR S WDM Video Capture and ALNET VideoDR S WDM Audio Capture Z Device Manager MAE File Action View Help a Sound video and game controllers ve V si NET VideoDR 5 WOM Audio Capture ve V si NET VideoDR 5 WOM Video Capture vee V Audio Codecs z A shortcut to the program will be created by default on the Windows desktop Start the VideoDR S system by clicking the Start DR S shortcut on the desktop or by selecting it from the Start menu The VideoDR S program is now ready for contiguration VideoDR S User s Manual 16 3 Startup and configuration of the VideoDR S system To start the program click the Start DR S icon on the Windows desktop or select the program from the Start menu Start Applications ALNET or the alternative location chosen during installation By default the VideoDR S starts automatically with Windows A program monitoring agent detects any operating system failure or other problem and will require the digital video recorder to be restarted 3 1 Running the pro
11. into 12 sections where the central section is occupied by the view from the selected camera VideoDR S User s Manual 24 F LAFA SsETEENA e Picture quality determines the quality of archived images Picture quality Frames o Frames quality of the key frame Increasing this value increases the image quality but decreases compression The key frame is used as a background for picture fragments delta In the Program Settings Chapter 3 7 window you can set up the rate the key frame will be recorded Default 55 o Deltas determine the quality of the replaced part of the image increasing this value increases the image quality but decreases compression Default 55 Sercsitryity BU e Enabled 25 ALNET SYSTEMS INC o Sensitivity recommended setting for optimal quality 63 65 for optimal record time set this up below 30 This parameter is used to scale the program response to the changes of the image When the Show delta areas button is pressed dots appear on the camera image representing the replaced areas deltas Set this parameter in a way that the dots appear in a situation when actual motion is detected only Not weather or effects of wind for example NOTE The sensitivity set too low may prevent replacement of deltas areas in color similar to the background color will not be replaced e g a person in a gray jacket walking on a gray street or to small areas O
12. move very slowly the human icon causes the dome to move at medium speed and pressing the hare icon results in very fast movement of the dome The icons with numbers emulate pressing a joystick button and the last icon at the bottom turns on the stepping mode 57 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 6 Dongle Validation The VideoDR S system is protected by a hardware dongle connected to the PC s printer port LPT or USB port Taking customer needs into consideration the manufacturer introduced an evaluation period of several weeks After that period the user will prompted to extend the validity of the dongle Dongle must be validated in order for the program to operate Contact the vendor and provide the serial number obtained with the program and the special code generated by the Dongle update program Below you can find instructions on how to obtain the code to be submitted to the vendor NOTE Alnet products that are prepaid prior to shipment will have unlimited authorization In the case of invoiced or products billed by the manufacture the program has a preset time limit of 45 days of authorization by default Continuation procedure usually takes only a few minutes to get the answer But to get a new authorization number to restart the system you might have to wait for a maximum of 3 day period To update the key you need to select the folder from the Windows Start menu specified during installation by default it is Start Applications ALNET and
13. onydaht 2200 All Rights Reserved VideoDR S User s Manual User s Manual version 1 12 May 2003 This manual applies to the program version 1 0 0 249 2003 ALNET SYSTEMS INC The information in this manual is up to date at the moment of this publication ALNET SYSTEMS INC has all rights to modify the program without earlier notification This manual applies only to the VideoDR S server application VideoDR S User s Manual 2 Table of contents t INTRODUCTION Ee 4 1 1 DY STEM DESCRIP TION E 4 12 VDEOCAPTURE CARD Societe eee ee crate she eee eee 4 1 3 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE BEOUIDEMENTS ene 5 1 3 1 Minimum reguirementS nana 5 1 3 2 Recommended coniiguraion AR EAA 6 133 0 What haraware 10 avoi EEN 6 2 INSTALLATION OF THE VIDEODR S SYSTEM ON A PC uw cece ceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 2 1 INSTALLATION OF VIDEO CAPTURE CARDS ee 8 2 2 INSTALLATION OF THE DONGLE dia ae AA ek 8 2 3 CONNECTION OF CAMERAS SWITCHES AND ALARM INPUTS sasasensosennnnnernnnnnnrnnn 9 2 4 INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE 10 3 STARTUP AND CONFIGURATION OF THE VIDEODR S SYSTEM 16 3 1 RUNNING THE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME 16 3 2 FIRST CONFIGURATION STEP BY STEP 17 3 3 MAIN PROGRAM VIEW 18 3 4 SCREEN DISPLAY MODES BOOKMARKS SAVING A FRAME FEATURES 22 3 4 1 Sequence of displaying camera images and saving a frame 22 3 4 2 Window display modes full screen window po
14. the DNS registration box Every time you start up your server it will automatically register update its dynamic IP address with our vdr s com domain name server This will enable your clients to access your server at any time by simply entering your servername vdr s com in the address box Regardless of any change to your assigned IP address This process only involves your initial input the first time you register your dynamic IP with us The rest is done automatically by Alnet VDRS and our dedicated VDR S com server To register your subdomain select Tools from main menu and then select Register domain You can also do it going to Start menu Programs AL NET Register VideoDR S User s Manual 38 Dynamic D N S It will open new registering window where you can enter all required parameters Register domain for dynamic IP address Domain name vdi corm Interface Your data Name Address Ferson Postion Demo server Wf Publish demo server domain Demo port l Register l Close You have to fill out this form and following fields Domain name enter the subdomain you would like to have Interface select the network adapter that is connected to Internet there could be more than one network adapter so you will have to select the right one Name name of the company that is registering the subdomain Address address of the company Person person responsible for this system in the company
15. the drivers for the video image capture cards have not been installed correctly It may be displayed if the system has not been rebooted after software installation If this message occurs after rebooting of the system check in the Device Manager if there is any unrecognized device and try to update the drivers VideoDR S User s Manual 62 5 Question One or more cameras are not displaying any image Answer Check if the camera is operational e g connect it to another input on the card Ensure that the selected camera is active in the Camera settings the Connect camera button in the Global frame under the camera image preview is highlighted If those settings are correct and you do not see any picture from any camera blue screen neither the possible cause could be that your graphic card does not support some graphic hardware based functions the program uses In that case you should turn off the option Use DirectX in Program settings window Chapter 3 7 63 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 9 Advanced settings 9 1 Tunneling The system is adapted for running in local networks with a connection to the Internet and equipped with a proxy server firewall with one external routable IP address In order to tunnel the VideoDR S signal making it available under the external address of the main network server you need to configure two tunnel lines for the dedicated TCP IP port of the VideoDR S service and the successive port EXAMPLE It
16. time the selected event occurs in the system the action selected in the Notifications will be executed i e sending an email message with fixed contents Clicking the Send email button displays a window with a list of email addresses and the address book see Chapter 4 3 4 3 Selecting and adding new email addresses The program allows sending information together with attached images from selected cameras by electronic means It is possible to define a whole list of email addresses and to select them from the address book Selecting Send email option in a camera operation schedule input operation schedule or system alerts will cause a window to be displayed with a list of email addresses notification is to be sent to If you want to assign an address to a specific event mark it on the left side by the address In the Address book tab you can define different addresses and add them to the list of addresses notification is to be sent to haose address Address book Address Anuluj Address book enter new and edit existing addresses Description this is a meaningful name given to the email account E mail address electronic mail address Subject subject of the email message to be sent Do not send more often than time in seconds specifying the frequency of sending an email during the period triggered by an alarm event Attach screenshots select the cameras to attach screenshots from Get screenshot
17. 1 1 2 Deactivate Allow the caller to determine its own IP address and click OK Click Next Enter a correct connection name and click Finish Run the VideoDR S run the Server from the Setup and save the system settings Connecting the Client PC to the Server Configure a standard PC connection to the Internet Establish a connection with the master computer using a dial up connection VideoDR S User s Manual 64 e Enter the name of the master computer user name and password e Send the command ping 1 1 1 1 in case of success run the VideoDR C client application and connect to 1 1 1 1 65 10 Contact info Alnet Systems ul 3 Maja 54 81 850 Sopot POLAND tel 48 58 555 73 82 tel 48 58 555 73 83 tel 48 58 345 05 38 tel 48 58 345 05 39 fax 48 58 550 20 49 alnet alnetsystems com http www alnetsystems com ALNET SYSTEMS INC
18. 256 kB Cache one card e Intel Celeron 1 3 1 4 GHz 256 kB Cache two cards VideoDR S User s Manual 6 e Intel Celeron 1 3 1 4 GHz 256 kB Cache three cards e Pentium IV 1 8 MHz and better four cards We recommend the Intel chipset of the motherboard to fully utilize the PCI bus speed For 1 to 3 card systems 1815 for 3 to 4 cards i845 or i850 1 3 2 Recommended configuration e Pentium 4 class processor for optimal operation of the entire system e 512 MB of RAM Motherboards based on Intel chipsets 815E 815EP PIII 845 P4 845D P4 845E P4 845G P4 Recommended motherboards e ASUS P4B ASUS P4B266 ASUS P4B533 ASUS P4B533 V GIGABYTE 8IRX GIGABYTE 8lEX GIGABYTE 8IEXP GIGABYTE 8IGX MSI 845E Max2 MSI 845G Max MSI MS 6337 ABIT SA6R ICP Rocky 4784EVG ASUS TUSL2 C PIII Celeron e AXIOM SBC8168VE Motherboards based on VIA SiS Ali chipset are not recommended PCI slot expansions 1 2 3 4 x 32 bit PCI 2 1 RAM e Transcend DDR 256MB DDR 266 e KingSton DDR 256MB DDR 266 e KingMax SDRAM 256MB PC 133 e KingMax DDR 256MB DDR 333 Graphic cards 16 bit color with DirectDraw support Recommended graphic cards e Leadtek WinFast GeForce2 MX400 Leadtek WinFast A170 DDR TDH Leadtek WinFast 3D S325 32MB Leadtek WinFast A250 TD 128MB ATI RADEON 8500 64MB 128MB ELSA GLADIAC 525 128MB ELSA GLADIAC 517 VIVO 64MB 1 3 3 What hardware to avoid e Motherboards wit
19. 59 PM 11 59 59 PM 17 59 59 FM Click the camera icons in order to specify which cameras the user will have access to The cameras accessible to the user are highlighted a white camera with an orange border Available cameras e Visible inputs Click the appropriate alarm input icon in order to specify which alarm input settings the user will have access to The inputs accessible to the user are highlighted in orange with an orange border 37 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Available inputs Clear all e Visible outputs Click the appropriate switch output icon in order to specify switch settings the user will have access to The switches available to the user are highlighted in red and the handle is pointed downwards Available outputs Ki Ki Ki Ki Ki Ki e e Ki Ki Ki Ki Clear all 3 10 2 Adding a new account To add a new user press the Add user button and edit the account settings in the newly opened window Editing the new user details is similar to editing an existing user described in the previous section 3 10 3 Deleting an account To delete an account select it and press the Delete user button 3 11 Configuring DNS service Dynamic Domain Name Service D N S the VDRS does not require you to have a static IP address which can add to the cost of your internet connection If your ISP offers dynamic IPs only you can register for free your own subdomain by entering your desired server name in
20. Hardware Wiari ie iLi ee Gesi iia gei bub la ee ch He 11 ALNET SYSTEMS INC After the startup the installation program will display a welcome screen prompting you to install the software for the VideoDR S system Press the Next button pre Pid orcad oi kt e Ihe ndal heed sori Im Naksc ib 5 te ratal inakiE ver ral cial ideo OS onim Cre To cae ar cht Hee The next screen will display information concerning the license to be accepted by the user Clicking the Yes button confirms the acceptance of license and conditions offered by the software manufacturer Inatalfitas Lorena Alpi Piese resi thes kee krut ageet Cast ri Wir are Der the PAGE DON tes lo pee Che wer of the ster d Vekolbk potert Cut prh ry zamah ajalna e gl s pisie be agi bes Wide A ME LN conira ki cem be 4 Vidali E por ele hava cman egies to ura ha 5 cA aller ap ecap of r Lo ka eed dd ee kent di Te Lert spewed Baa hee Ao Ve gekap val Cap opges VeieciiH 4 s li o oprani EE The next window displayed will ask for the user name and company name to whom the product will be registered The First name and surname of the user as well as the Company name must be entered in respective fields in order to proceed with the software installation VideoDR S User s Manual 12 nat ahisi liga The program will ask you to choose a target location You can accept the default settings or chose an
21. Port on which the server will operate o Quality the quality of the pictures sent to remote client o The button is used to switch the web server on or off 3 9 Configuration of archive files A critical part of the VideoDR S system configuration is to specify a physical data location i e hard disk space where the program will save the video image archives The file size settings are available after pressing the Le icon in the icon bar on the left side of the main application screen 33 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Archive spills Aecneve kasie e Archive files location Specifies the location of the saved video images Double click the number in the Size or File size column in order to edit this field You can specify the maximum size of the archive in this location The File size specifies the size of files in this folder and after you press the Rebuild archive files button the program will create as many files as necessary to fill the location up to the selected Size When all space is used the oldest recordings are over written therefore allowing infinite recording NOTE If you check the Fast formatting option then the recommended File size is 100MB Fast formatting option just creates the files and before the system starts recording the file must be formatted So if this is 100MB file it takes about 3 seconds to format this and during the format operation there will not be any recording If you do not want to stop the rec
22. Regular user Incoming external connections E Check IF address IP address Ooo Ahes oOo Dome control Automatic logor Time restrictions Visible cameras Visible inputs Visible outputs In the User details panel you can change the User password In the Incoming external connections panel you can specify unique IP addresses of the Internet network the user can remotely log into the system from using the 35 ALNET SYSTEMS INC client application VideoDR C This additional security feature prevents access from unauthorized computers In the Rights panel you can specify the rights granted to the user If the Administrator button is pressed the user has the administrator rights and will have full administrative control of the VideoDR S program In addition the Automatic logon button will be available Pressing this button will automatically log this user into the system after program startup skipping password authentication This option relates only to the first administrator account created in the system Pressing the Regular user button assigns no access rights to change the settings by default only logon rights and select view or access to archives Individual rights are set by clicking the following buttons Archives Dome control Time restrictions Visible cameras Visible inputs Visible outputs Each time you press any of the listed buttons a window appears where you can grant or deny access by selecting the desir
23. Start backup process e Backup settings in this window you specify o Destination folder it is possible to select an already existing folder on the disk using the Browse button o Single file size in MB the size selected from the drop down menu corresponds to popular capacities of CD R and CD RW disks If it is exceeded a sequential number is added to the name You can also enter another value manually e g 2000 MB o Always ask before creating a new file selecting this option will prompt for confirmation each time a new backup file is to be created e Source specify the time period for which the backup is to be created and the cameras from which the image is to be recorded e Start amp backup process executes archiving according to the configured settings Depending on the processor speed this may take a long time It is recommended to create backup copies when traffic is minimal or with the recording function turned off when using slower processors e Break stops the archiving process e Close closes the backup window 4 5 Updating the program There are two ways of updating the program 1 Download the current version from the Internet page link located in the About window There are two kinds of updates a The first is a small file of several hundred kilobytes named VDR S4PRO EXE VDR S8PRO EXE VDR S12PRO EXE or VDR S16PRO EXE the digit determines the number of operated cameras
24. ain screen or selecting the Video cards submenu from the Configuration menu on the top toolbar In the upper part of this dialog window there is a list of icons representing the video cards installed on the system Below there are four blocks containing individual options of settings for the video capture cards Click on an icon representing a particular card in order to display the current settings for that card Settings can then be customized as necessary VideoDR S User s Manual 30 Capture card settings Format Capt ye r Viden sistem Card serial numbers 30 frames per second Frames per second l 3206240 40w40 lan 1 left l 640x480 Skipped frames I Cancel e Format determine the size of the captured frames Depending on the selected television system PAL NTSC you can select the size using one of the three buttons The TV system selection is made in the Video system block described below e Skipped frames determine the number of skipped frames Low resolution cameras may generate unstable images so in order to achieve better synchronization you can use frame skipping The recommended setting is 1 on 1 left Increasing this value results in an increased processor load This option may also be used to save hard disk space but note that the number of captured frames will decrease The range of frames to be skipped from 0 to 5 If the processor cannot handle this load the
25. apturing up to 25 frames per second Connecting 4 signals to one converter a card with one converter gives a computing power resulting in 7 frames per second for each of the four active video inputs of a single card When only one video signal input of a one processor card is active it is possible to convert this signal with the speed guaranteed by the BI878 which is equal to 30 frames per second 25 for PAL system We have another video capture card that is used for Professional Real Time version It has four BT878 processors You can connect 4 or 8 cameras to this video capture card and have up to two cards in one device If you use one capture card you could have captured 30 fps per each camera 1 3 Hardware and software requirements For failure free operation of our systems we recommend using processors and motherboards based on the Intel chipset The VideoDR S has been designed for continuous operation under Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP operating systems VideoDR S will not work with other operating systems e g Windows 95 98 Me BeOS Linux 1 3 1 Minimum requirements The recommended minimum is a computer with e 256 MB of RAM e large capacity hard drive 20Gig e graphics card with 32 MB of RAM e g based on the GeForce2 graphics processor e monitor supporting 1024x768 resolution Depending on the number of cards installed the following processors are recommended e Intel Celeron 1 0 1 2 GHz
26. be displayed dates in bold indicate recordings made on that day To view the archives select the date and click OK 45 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Calendar Al Sun Man Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 S 4 5 b Fi oo 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 RAJO dio Zo Ee EPO em Today 2 25 2003 Select all Cancel 4 2 Scheduler The VideoDR S system allows creating a schedule for camera operation Depending on the occurrence of an event connected with a particular camera an input or the system at a particular moment in time you can program a desired system response The scheduler window is called up by clicking the icon in the icon bar on the left side of the main view or selecting the Scheduler submenu from the Tools Toolbar at the top of the screen You can access a desired schedule for cameras alarm inputs system alerts using the tabs in the upper part of the window 4 2 1 Camera Operation Schedule motion detection alarm You can define a whole list of tasks for one or more cameras during different periods of time Each of those tasks is executed independently of the other tasks When defining a task you can specify when the motion detection should cause the predefined response In the upper part of the window there is a list of defined tasks Initially there are no tasks listed Added tasks will appear in this list In order to edit a task select it on the list modify the desired parameters and press the Change button In orde
27. ck and the mouse icons are used to detine program behavior depending on pressing of a particular key or joystick movement When you select the keyboard different keys can be bound do different functions double click an item or press the Add new button if there are no items Press a key on the keyboard and select a function for this key on the right e g Set position Turn left Turn right You can assign unlimited number of commands Set the speed of rotation in range from 1 to 1 There are default keys defined for saving of the camera position SHIFT F2 SHIFT F11 and for setting of the dome to the saved position F2 F11 settings for the mouse are not working in the current version of the program They will be defined and used in a similar way as the keyboard and the joystick VideoDR S User s Manual 56 5 2 Dome control panel Select the Meal icon from the icon bar on the left hand side to open the window of the screen joystick This is useful if the analogue USB joystick is not present D SE ia e oooO k a h a i a k a EI ES ES gogo k The arrows indicate directions zoom in and zoom out options are located underneath The turtle man and rabbit icons determine the speed of the camera movement after an arrow is pressed More precisely that means that when you press an arrow the dome will be moved by a specified interval If the turtle icon is selected the dome will
28. cted It is not recommended to leave this option activated because it decreases the system efficiency It should only be used during configuration of the motion detection sensitivity settings o Detection sensitivity used to set the detection threshold for a single block The block is an 8x8 pixel rectangle The program analyses the current information about changes in a particular block and you can use this slide to determine the sensitivity Where the motion level is determined by this slide is exceeded dots are displayed Ve s Ce St Al i o Alarm threshold it is used to determine when the system is to respond to the changes of the observed image The Motion detected VideoDR S User s Manual 28 sensor placed above allows adjustment of the Alarm threshold setting The threshold should be adjusted when the image is still The purpose of this option is to eliminate recording of noises such as leaves in the wind It is necessary to press the Show motion detection areas button on the required frame This will allow observation of dots appearing on the camera image preview The dots represent motion exceeding the detection sensitivity level detected by the program and the number of dots displayed on the camera image decides about the level of deflection of the Motion detected sensor e Picture settings standard parameters determining basic properties of the displayed image contrast brightness saturation sharpness Pictu
29. cts all the days of week Event for inputs select the inputs for which the alarm state should activate the task After input activation select a form of notification about the alarm event in the period of duration of the task You can program the system to notify you by sending an email message Send email to specified addresses with attached images from the selected cameras clicking displays a window with a list of email addresses and an address book see Chapter 4 3 switching on selected outputs Set outputs e g an alarm buzzer connected to the relay output or a buzzer in the guard room marking the time chart with a bookmark Add bookmark or generating a Sound previously assigned to a particular camera in the Camera settings Chapter 3 5 using speakers connected to the computer 4 2 3 System alerts You can define which events should trigger sending an email message or an SMS message SCheduler 49 ALNET SYSTEMS INC In the upper part of the window there is a list of defined tasks Initially there are no tasks listed Tasks added will appear in this list In order to edit a task select it from this list modify the desired parameters and press the Change button the Add button changes its name to the Change button In order to add a new task to the list set the parameters accordingly and press the Add button In order to remove a task select it on the list and press the Remove button System alerts each
30. cts or disconnects the camera video signal source Disconnecting a camera results in an increase in the frames per second rate for all remaining cameras connected to the same video capture card Therefore by disconnecting three of the four connected cameras you can achieve a real time image from the remaining connected camera When all the cameras are connected the frame rate is shared The capture speed is also dependent on the processor speed For example with a Pentium 4 1 8 GHz processor this is 4 6 frames per second for one camera with all sources 27 ALNET SYSTEMS INC connected and 4 cards in the computer In high motion area the frame per second rate decreases due to high processor load o Oscillation stabilizer this function stabilizes vertical oscillations of the camera o Compression preview button turns on the preview of quality of the recorded image When it is activated no additional information number of frames time and camera name is displayed in the preview window It is not recommended to leave this option activated because you will see the image in compressed form o Camera Name use this field to set up the camera name e Motion detection sensitivit Motion detecting Motion detected Bo e Detector sensitivity z a4 larm threshold TT 15 Show detected motion areas o Show detected motion areas button toggles on off marking with dots the areas where motion has been dete
31. ding on off Camera Settings Browse the video archives Settings of the video cards Settings of remote access to the server through a computer network e g the Internet settings of access to the mass storage of the computer Specification of the archive locations settings of the server parameters Configuration of user accounts for remote access scheduler controlling the program behavior depending on activation of alarm inputs of the system detection of motion by the cameras or system events NOTE Option not available in the Home Edition version Dome control NOTE Option not available in the Home Edition version Allows setting the joystick and the keyboard for controlling the camera domes Detailed description in Chapter 5 Dome control panel NOTE Option not available in the Home Edition version Virtual joystick if no joystick has been connected then you can control dome movements using this panel Detailed description in Chapter5 Options to change the camera view Divide the screen in a layout as shown on the icon ao EE HHILI ii The right side of the screen contains icons representing switches and sensor inputs of the video cards Clicking a particular icon causes activation of that switch and a change in the icon appearance SE Switch icons Every video card has 3 built in switches therefore the system can e operate a maximum of 12 switches Click a switch with the mouse pointer to same
32. e Gg krommen sie mend o eni 7i dava 18 1 After starting the dongle update application 2 Select the Generate a number guestion to select the Continuation of the license term of start a new update session and press the Next the protected program option and press the button Next button Ltr Lt tal rrra r pipa ip re Toni Hrva rege gada che rale pake teg A iz be Sa Keep Gel Ki odredni d eng DR A eta Tat LE bo gue gei ci ger sori dila Ha a Pepe ENE Ee he angar are cororam ee pedals remm fr age aired boa ba oof ae ver spolna et ese al k Jare IT k ng ited a LY pri i Men Pa ens Dol pravdna ie inne oranje paper sag ara Lee sd Fa Pa mee wien e maral uzela A dongle rezent contend Ir Pigeon dd te bares ine cd Ba previsi r m Shas koma Tea athe mend open H dava 18 Bah pesa e s 3 A 12 digit code will appear in the window which 4 Start the application again select the should be submitted to the software vendor On Continuation of the license term of the this basis a code prolonging validity of the dongle protected program option as before and press will be generated If the procedure is processed the Next button on line press the Next button and proceed to point 6 If the code will be supplied later you can finish the application and start it again in order to enter the received code 59 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Lani tr Barske rrra r gajete ami m a H x Bam
33. ed options with the mouse e Archives Available cameras k hi F not oF T k ON I SE 10 SE 11 ae 12 Se 13 CEEE OEE A Clear all Click the camera icons in order to specify to which camera recordings the user will have access The cameras accessible to the user are highlighted in white with an orange border The user should always have access to at least one camera to avoid a situation where only empty frames are visible in the client application e Dome control Dome settings Cancel Clear all Click the camera icons in order to specify which camera dome control the user will have access to The domes that can be controlled by the user are highlighted with an orange border VideoDR S User s Manual e Time restrictions 36 The window is divided into three columns The first column specifies whether the user will have access to the application on a particular day of the week the next column specifies times of the day access are available to this user In order to activate user logging into the system on a given day of the week press the corresponding button which will become highlighted All the changes are then confirmed with the OK button Time restrictions Working hours From From From From e Visible cameras 12 00 00 AM 12 00 00 AM 12 00 00 AM 12 00 00 Ai 12 00 00 AM 1200 00 AN T 120000 AM 11 59 59 PM 11 59 59 PM 11 53 59 PM 11 59 59 PM E 11 53
34. en installed previously on that computer and its drivers are still in the system You would have to change the video capture card driver manually Right click the My Computer icon and select the Properties item from the context menu then the Hardware tag and the Device Manager button in the System Properties window Check if there are any incorrect drivers in the Sound video and game controllers section Right click the driver and select the Properties item the Driver tag and the Driver update button In the Device Driver Update Wizard window select the Display a list of known drivers item and press the Next button Some matching drivers might be displayed Select ALNET VideoDR S WDM Video Capture or ALNET VideoDR S WDM Audio Capture from the list and press the Next button to update the driver Reboot the computer when update is completed Question m trying to start the program and get the following message Windows NT driver must be loaded Answer This message means that the dongle driver has not been installed correctly Make sure that the dongle is plugged into the printer LPT port and run the program to install the dongle driver Start Applications ALNET dongle installation Restart the VideoDR S system 4 Question When start the program the following message appears An error occurred when trying to open the videodrs dil library Image recording will not be possible Answer The above message means that
35. ess book see Chapter 4 3 sending an SMS message Send SMS switching 47 ALNET SYSTEMS INC on selected outputs Set outputs e g an alarm buzzer connected to the relay output or a buzzer in the guard room or generating a sound previously assigned to a particular camera in the camera settings using speakers connected to the computer 4 2 2 Input Operation Schedule You can define a whole list of tasks for one or more alarm inputs at different times Each task is executed independently When defining a task you can specify conditions that cause a programmed response In the upper part of the window there is a list of defined tasks Initially there are no tasks listed When a task is added it will appear in this list To edit a task simply select it from the list modify the desired parameters and press the Change button the Add button changes to the Change button In order to add a new task to the list set the parameters accordingly and press the Add button In order to remove a task select it on the list and press the Remove bution dur ILATEELILINE Event name the name of the programmed task e g night guard Date this button activates the options below Start End where you can where you can specity time parameters for the task to be executed VideoDR S User s Manual 48 Time specify the days of week and the time of day when the task should be executed The Everyday button sele
36. eter relates to the sensitivity of motion search in a given archive for a specified camera Move the indicator to the right in order to increase the sensitivity Slide bar settings Sharpness Brightness Contrast Saturation are used to adjust the played image depending on the position of the indicator Move the indicator to the left to decrease the value and to the right to increase the value 4 1 7 Scaling the time charts The icon scales the time chart by zooming into it making it appear closer while the icon scales the chart by zooming out of it making it appear farther Pressing the Show a whole day button scales the log in so that the beginning will be set to 00 00 hours on a given day and the end will be set to 00 00 hours on the following day Zooming into the time charts is also possible using the mouse place the mouse pointer on the time chart left click and hold the mouse button moving the pointer to the end of the desired fragment Release the mouse button just as you select text in a text editor This will result in zooming into the selected fragment so that the selected beginning will become the beginning of the chart and the selected end will become the end of the displayed chart 4 1 8 Browsing recordings from a given day using the calendar The VideoDR S system allows browsing the archives using a handy calendar It is called up by clicking the Calendar button in the archive control panel A calendar window will
37. gram for the first time The program started for the first time displays a window asking for selection of the user interface language and cameras TV system NTSC or PAL Select the language from the drop down list and press OK In next step you will be prompted for entering the program license number that could be found in the supplied package Enter license number Type the program licence number in the text box below The serial number label iz located on the dongle supplied with your copy of YOR 5 as l Cancel l Help Enter the number and press OK If you cannot find the number you should contact the distributor or manufacturer but for the time being you can click Cancel and program will run An hour later after you clicked the Cancel you will be prompted again for entering the license number You can always do it by selecting menu About and then click Enter license number The next window is the warning message Warning No archive recordings found Recording Playing will not be possible This is a reminder to configure the database for recording description in Chapter 3 9 The program will now ask for a new user name and password This new user ID will have administrator status and rights Enter login and password Marella Password Password repeat OK Cancel NOTE Remember the user name and the password of the administrator as it is necessary to use this login until other users with administrati
38. h an onboard integrated graphics card ALNET SYSTEMS INC e Motherboards not based on the Intel chips VideoDR S User s Manual 8 2 Installation of the VideoDR S system on a PC The following paragraphs outline step by step instructions for installation of the hardware dongle video capture cards and VideoDR S system software 2 1 Installation of video capture cards Depending on the selected kit one to four video capture cards are delivered together with the hardware dongle and the software operating with the specified number of cards In the first step of the installation process ensure that the computer is switched off then remove the screws and remove the left side panel of the PC case looking from the front and insert all video capture cards into available PCI slots PCI slots aah ee Pre el L P ei fa Placing the case horizontally will allow easy access to the motherboard Insert video capture cards into successive available slots After inserting all the video capture cards replace the side panel and fasten the screws 2 2 Installation of the dongle For the software to operate correctly the hardware dongle must be installed D EI Vre Spe ky i F ged EME ol mamo o UL LPT dongle Guardant and HASP USB dongles Plug the dongle into the printer parallel port LPT or USB port at the back of the computer The computer can now be switched on and the software installed 9 ALNET SYSTEMS INC
39. he archive The VideoDR S system will rewind the archive to the point where a motion was detected in any of the selected areas The VideoDR S User s Manual 42 video Paro will be stopped and you will hear sound signal where available Click the icon again in order to continue motion searching Below you can see an example of motion searching in the selected areas WI A DA D IIDN Ea Ib IME Oil HMH ERT AE Ai E IE EN NISSEN CO Te You can specify the motion searching sensitivity in the archive for each of the cameras NM This option is available in the image parameters window called up by the icon 4 1 3 Exporting archive to AVI file You can export any part of the recorded video as AVI file a computer movie like format Any of the installed codes may be used DIV X MPEG 2 MPEG 4 43 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Export video sequence to AYI file Camera name 1 Camera z Tirne span 12 00 00 AM 22 02 2003 11 59 59 PM gt 22 02 2003 Frames per second in AYl De File name l Browse OK Cancel First select the camera to export video from time span fps rate and the file name After clicking OK button you have to select the codec to encode the file 4 1 4 Inserting the bookmark into the video archive Using the bookmarks you can quickly browse the archive to the previous set up positions Inserting the bookmark is possible while watching live picture as well as browsing the archive by cl
40. hod o Exclusion of a masking area on the area which is already masked is achieved by pressing the third icon and moving the mouse pointer on the screen with the left mouse button pressed as in the case above VideoDR S User s Manual 26 O O The last icon inverts the mask selection i e the areas that have been selected as the mask will be unselected and the areas that have not been covered by the mask will be masked Enabled button turns on the selected mask Clear button immediately clears the mask from the whole image e Recording O O O O O Disabled Turns camera recording off Motion only only motion is recorded Always recording is turned on all the time After input signal recording is triggered after activation of selected alarm inputs only After pressing this button a window will appear and it is possible to make a selection by marking the particular alarm inputs to trigger recording The image will be recorded for the period specified below in the Recording time option This may be configured together with the Motion only option recording will start after motion detection or alarm signal Recording time Recording time specifies the number of frames to be recorded by the program after the motion stops e General settings O General settings Mame ath St vy Connect camera Compression preview Oscillation stabilizer Connect camera button conne
41. icking right mouse button on picture and selecting add bookmark from the context menu You can add the bookmark by clicking the icon in Archive view mode set up marking the video if motion detection happens or if alarm input is activated or if any other event support by schedule happens The bookmark is presented as vertical red bar in the archive time log Browsing the bookmarks is easy by using the special bookmark buttons in the Archive view as described in Chapter 4 1 1 4 1 5 Zooming into fragments of the image The ESS icon is used to enter the mode of selecting areas for zooming in In this mode selecting a fragment of the image i e dragging the mouse cursor with the left mouse button held and releasing the button at the end of selection causes the selected fragment to be enlarged to the whole window of image display To exit the zooming mode enter the mode of selecting areas for detection the icon or press the zooming icon again You can play the zoomed image and you can set a different zooming area for each camera VideoDR S User s Manual 44 4 1 6 Setting the archive image parameters and motion detection sensitivity While the video image is being viewed you can adjust its parameters in real time Those parameters are adjusted for each of the cameras separately The window is called up by the icon Sharpness ve es Erightness ms ontrast Saturation S Defaults The Detection sensitivity param
42. ion about currently installed program components will be displayed Next unselect the components that you do not wish to update and press the Update the selected components button The program will indicate the download progress and when completed the VideoDR S system must be restarted About window This window displays the information about the current version of the program and the address of the homepage containing program updates The files to be downloaded will reside in the download folder Information about the expiration of the program is displayed If you have the unlimited time version the message No time limit dongle and the license number is displayed below the ALNET SYSTEMS logo 53 ALNET SYSTEMS INC About YideoDR 5 VDR S4PA0 1 0 0 225 Mo time limit dongle GC OR S V i d ec Li H 5 Copyright C 2001 AL HET 4 7 Exiting the program When you exit the program for the first time you will be asked for the location and name for the server configuration file In the future each time you exit the program this question is changed to the confirmation of saving of the new configuration If the No button is pressed all the changes in configuration introduced since the last program execution will be lost 4 8 Login and logout options System provides you with the possibility of creating the user s accounts In fact you could create the account for any person that might have the access to your computer
43. is assumed that The VideoDR S is running in an internal network under the private IP address 192 168 1 2 The VideoDR S service is running on this computer at the address 44 The network server has the external IP 212 244 103 44 and the internal IP 192 168 1 1 From the Internet level the VideoDR S is to be available under the public IP address of our network server at the address 555 The tunnel should have the following form 212 244 103 44 555 gt to the local network as 192 168 1 1 to gt 192 168 1 2 44 9 2 Dial up The VideoDR S system supports direct modem modem connection It is necessary to equip the computer running the VideoDR S system with a dial up modem The presented method is based on the connection sharing of the TCP IP protocol Setting up a direct modem to modem connection on the server under Windows 2000 Professional operating system e Click Start gt Settings gt Network and Dial up connection gt Create a new connection in order to run the Network Connection Wizard Click Next select Accept incoming connections and click Next Select an appropriate device for the connection a modem and click Next Select Do not accept unauthorized connections and click Next Add if necessary and select a valid user and click Next select Internet protocol and click Properties Deactivate Allow the caller to access my local network select Determine TCP IP address Enter an address range for example from 1 1 1 1 to 1
44. log file e Language selection of the interface language After a change you need to restart the VideoDR S application e Recording Options allows you to adjust the rate the key frame is recorded In other words the option means that the entire frame is recorded every XX delta frames where XX is adjusted number e Use DirectX if your graphic video board supports DirectX hardware acceleration then you can enable this option It will result in better performance and better picture quality Program settings E mail server settings SMTP sere Language Cemer address mall servername com Sender address videodrs maill sermemame com ENGLISH x E verit diar ie HO Folder Lvwideol1H logs l Browse Kep frame every 100 frames Max size of an event diary ME 10 SSS Displaying Cancel 3 8 Configuration of Network Settings video server Go to the network settings press the B icon in the icon bar on the left side of the application screen VideoDR S User s Manual 32 Network settings Server Server name Alnet Systems Inc Forts 9000 Por 80 MM Cusiu H Cancel In the new window you can select the following options e Server o Server name e g Company name as seen by the client application o Ports on which the server will operate e g 5555 by default 9000 o The button is used to switch the server on or off e Web server o
45. ly to all cameras button if it is selected then the color of text displayed on the image is changed for all the cameras if not then it is changed for the currently connected camera only Camera settings In the program versions which operate domes not in the Home Edition you can specify Dome addresses and press the Dome button notifying the program that a video camera with a dome is connected to the video input You have to select appropriate protocol for the dome Of course the protocol must be assigned to the serial port COM in the Dome settings window Chapter 5 1 before you can use these settings here Dome settings Address Prata col UM Pelco D Protoc fag O Alarm after motion detection determines the system behavior in the event of motion detection on the observed image Alarm after a motion detection l Sound signal Browse o Sound signal the system generates an audible signal which you can configure by selection of a sound file The sound will be generated after motion detection if configured in the scheduler of camera operation Standard settings button at the bottom of the window restores default settings in the whole window except for the Parameters frame Close button confirms the introduced changes 3 6 Configuration of the video capture card You can start configuring the video image capture cards by clicking the icon in the icon bar on the left side of the m
46. n moving the mouse pointer to the end of the desired fragment then release the mouse button just as you select text in a text editor MN The Calendar button allows selection of the archive from a eee Particular day and displays it in the form of a time chart Backup IM The Backup button displays a dialog window for creating a eae backup copy of the video archive from a selected time period The Exit button closes the archive window Image division These icons divide the screen into frames in the layout indicated by the icons similar to the main view of the VideoDR S system lf you right click a camera image a window will appear allowing selection of the particular camera You can freely change the sequence of camera images using the drag and drop method i e left clicking an image to place them in a particular order lt lt K Calendar E mit EH fd A HE HHLIJ 4 1 2 Searching for motion in image archives The VideoDR S system allows motion searching in the video archives This function is useful if you want to see what has caused motion in a particular area but you do not want to browse through the archive frame by frame To do this press the icon to select the motion searching areas The program will enter the mode of selecting areas for motion detection Select an area on the image from one camera or several cameras using the mouse cursor Next press the icon to begin the process of motion searching in t
47. n the other hand the level set too high will cause unnecessary replacement of fragments where no motion has in fact been detected e g caused by camera noise Default 22 o Enabled button turns on delta settings for the camera switching this button off cause s full frames to be replaced o Show delta areas button turns on display of deltas in the form of red crosses Le areas replaced by the program after detecting some motion e Edit mask Putting a mask on the camera image allows determination of areas which should be excluded from motion detection This may be used in a case where a fragment of the camera image contains a busy area out of your interest An example may be a tree excepted from the observed image using a mask in order to ignore leaves moving in the wind Edit mask Eeer ra SP D Color Li ram a m EE dw WW NN ES e ste Enabled Mask edit buttons ER Ce A A SN vi Ben A Ke SE E jw e e h z SR ze ko e zool nr o o a Ca J a en e Se ee ee ee e MO we sani e Tia Een o e ee Mask setting example On the right side of the above illustration you can see an example of utilizing image masking The system will not analyze motion in the areas covered by the mask a busy street in this case o Click the first icon to change the mask color o Adding a masking area is possible after pressing the second icon using the drag and drop met
48. name of an alarm input To set the program se behavior in response to the activation of a particular alarm input use the Scheduler window opened via the upper menu Tools or pressing the Hl icon in the left menu Right click an icon to call up the settings window VideoDR S User s Manual 2 Input settings Settings Name Active state MHC D Wear file path Browse After activation Send Email Set outputs Sound 4dd bookmark OK Cancel In the input settings you can specify the Name of the input and which state is the Active state i e alarm activation lt is also possible to associate a WAV sound file with a particular input a suitable computer soundcard must be installed You can then specify what will happen After activation of the alarm input e Send Email Enter valid email addresses to receive customized email messages Message contents can include images from selected cameras Click to call up a window enabling entry of email addresses and displaying an address book see Chapter 4 3 e Add bookmark mark the time chart with the event using the bookmarks e Set outputs select which outputs are to be triggered by a specified input e Sound select this option to activate an audible alarm triggered by a specified input 3 4 Screen display modes bookmarks saving a frame features 3 4 1 Sequence of displaying camera images and saving a frame Images f
49. number of captured frames is very small it is necessary to increase the number of skipped frames to 2 on 1 This option is configured for each of the cards separately In order to apply these settings you must restart the program e Video system allows selection of the television system for the captured image The buttons PAL and NTSC specifying the selected system format cause change of the size of captured images e Card serial number numbers of the video cards installed in the system This is used for checking the authenticity of the cards Press the OK button at the bottom of the window in order to confirm the entered changes The new settings will apply after the VideoDR S system is restarted 3 7 Configuration of program settings In order to configure the program settings press the icon in the icon bar on the left side of the application screen e E mail server settings SMTP server these settings are required if you use the notification option In the Server address field enter the name of the mail 31 ALNET SYSTEMS INC server from which the email messages will be sent and the port number if necessary default port value is 25 In the Sender address field enter the name of the email message sender e Event diary in the Folder field you can select the folder in which the system log file will be kept for events alarms etc The Max size of an event diary field specifies how much space may occupy the
50. ording for those moments you have to uncheck the option then the approximate time of formatting 80GB video base is about 2 hours Add a new location you can create a new location for the files Delete selected location removes the selected location for the files Change path allows selection of another path for the archive Rebuild archive files it is necessary to rebuild the archive files after every setting change Press this button to rebuild the archive bases according to the selected options and for the changes to take effect 3 10 Configuration of server access accounts P Open the access configuration window by clicking the icon in the icon bar on the left side of the main application view The window below is used to configure access to the VideoDR S system It allows creation of accounts for users with different access rights In the upper part of the window a list of user accounts is displayed below there are the Add user Edit user and Delete user buttons VideoDR S User s Manual 34 User account settings Administrator zer Add user Edit user 3 10 1 Editing an account When you select an account from the list and press the Edit user button a new window will be displayed where you can freely change User details and rights The OK button confirms changes User accout User details Rights Login Administrator Password x Pazazword repeat
51. other location by clicking the browse button Press the Next button to proceed Get Hodder heca a up rali metal Per In the next step you will be asked for a target folder in the Start menu of Windows system The default folder is VideoDR S You may accept the default or specify another location 13 ALNET SYSTEMS INC feet slo hek EEN Selnct Droge Felde Plage sesh s DN sr oka are x t ore kon Pe sestre kia kt Dok Neal In criti A message stating Dongle driver installed will confirm successful installation of the software Information i Dongle driver installed The last window will remind you that it is necessary to install the video capture card drivers providing the cards are already installed in the computer Cire Sheetal eae Int lS kani Wierd Complete kee rasel Hiri wi ae bilu lo bari ol ena Cpi aed will capiat At Hou hare sbtati global gat ra Gach you chou ces ratal Ha darski m we Start the Microsoft Windows Add Remove Hardware Wizard Press the Next button in this window and the system will automatically find drivers for the installed video capture cards Windows XP will display a message warning about missing Microsoft digital certificate signatures for the drivers Select the Continue anyway option VideoDR S User s Manual 14 An alternative method to open the Add Remove Hardware Wizard is via Device Manager in the Control Panel Right mouse click Sound
52. r to add a new task to the list set the parameters accordingly and press the Add button In order to remove a task select it on the list and press the Remove button VideoDR S User s Manual 46 I s i CNelhe LO ni JA a i a x m 2388 Event name the name of the programmed task e g night guard Date pressing this button activates the options below Start End where you can specify time parameters for the task to be executed Time specify the days of week and the time of day when the task should be executed The Everyday button selects all the days of week Event for cameras select the cameras for which the motion detection should activate the task Recording one of the three recording options is possible Disabled Always or Motion only The selected option will be carried out after activation of the motion detection event The After input signal option allows the task to be activated also after detection of the alarm state at an input Settings you can specify in seconds the time of recording following detection of the event After motion detection notification selection about the alarm event in the period of duration of the task You can program the system to notify you about this via an email message Send email to specified addresses with images from the selected cameras attached clicking displays a window with a list of email addresses and an addr
53. ration window Capture cards configuration of the image capture cards 19 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Network settings of remote access to the server through a computer network e g the Internet Archive go to the archive of video recordings User accounts go to user accounts settings Domes settings of the domes controlling methods o Program settings go to program settings e Bookmarks o Add bookmark in archives this option lets you add a bookmark in the archives e About o About VideoDR S displays information about the manufacturer and program version o Enter license data appears only if you haven t registered your copy yet It will open the window where you can enter the license number O O O O The following screenshot shows some of the most important elements of the system i e views from cameras information about the name of the camera the date and the number of captured frames per second Camera 2 Current time and name i date sie MATSON j TE mra KA CR Number of H captured frames 4 k Y per second 7 ES The user name the time and the number of days recorded in the archive as well as the number of remote users connected are displayed in the upper right corner of the window VideoDR S User s Manual 20 On the left side there are icons allowing direct access to desired configuration functions of the program and to switch the camera views Turn the recor
54. re settings Contrast Brightness Saturation Sharpness o o Color button switches between color and grayscale image If the connected camera is black and white deactivate this button o Defaults button restores default settings of the slides in this frame only e Capture settings Capture settings Min refresh d Dps l Set to mas while recording o Set to max while recording if the option has enabled the system it will try to allocate the available captured frames to this camera if the motion is detected by this camera In other words the system is doing the relocation of available captured frames from other cameras to this one but only if other cameras do not detect the motion Besides captured frames cannot be relocated from the camera below its minimum refresh rate o Min refresh you can set minimum guaranteed frame per second rate for this camera System cannot relocate captured frames for this camera below the settings e On picture display allows selection of displaying additional information on the camera images On picture display Camera name EPS Apply to all cameras 29 ALNET SYSTEMS INC o Camera name button displays camera name on the image o Frames per second button displays current number of frames captured per second o Current time button displays current time and date Text color button changes the color of texts displayed on the screen o App
55. record time as the AVI file You can select any code installed on your computer Those icons are used as following to insert a bookmark where the cursor is set 2 to browse bookmarks backward 3 to browse bookmarks forward icon allows you to zoom in on the image from the 15 41 ALNET SYSTEMS INC The first field displays the time from the video archive corresponding to the position of the mouse pointer The second field displays the time at the beginning of the chart displayed at the top The third field displays the time at the end of the chart The buttons below are used to move the zoom in and zoom out of the images of time charts of the recordings The icons move the time chart forward the first one by several frames the second by the whole range setting the end of the chart at the beginning keeping the scale After you zoom the camera image to the whole screen the S and IH icons move the image forward and backward respectively at one second steps E The EI icons move the time chart backward similar to the icons Show awhole day moving the chart forward The icon scales the time chart by zooming in while the icon scales the chart by zooming out The icon scales the image to the whole selected day from 00 00 hours to 00 00 hours of the next day NOTE Zooming into the time charts is also possible using the mouse place the mouse pointer on the time chart click and hold the left mouse butto
56. rmall 23 3 4 3 Split screen modes screen J kvoufl 23 344 HOO a S A O O O TE eee 23 3 5 CONFIGURATION OF CAMERA SETTINGS ee 23 3 6 CONFIGURATION OF THE VIDEO CAPTURE CARD 29 3 7 CONFIGURATION OF PROGRAM SETTINGS nnanannnnununnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnonnrnnnrrnrnrnrrnrenn 30 3 8 CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK SETTINGS VIDEO SERVER 31 3 9 CONFIGURATION OF ARCHIVE FILES cceccecececcececeecececeeeeceeeeaeceseeaeeesueneseeeeaes 32 3 10 CONFIGURATION OF SERVER ACCESS ACCOUNTS ee 33 S107 EE 34 3102 Adang A NEW ACCOUN ie rne EE an ee ee oaze te 37 3 10 3 Deleting AN ACCOUNT iivesiversieusvoisienivatsiansvedsussouseraueralenseausluruersiaveraveisess 37 Sel CONFGURINGDONS Se Le 37 4 USING THE VIDEODR S SYSTEM Le ana ananasa nn nana nan nnnnnnnna 39 4 1 BROWSING THE VIDEO IMAGE ARCHIWE 39 4 1 1 Control panel of the archive 40 4 1 2 Searching for motion in image archives ccsccccsecccsesccsnsecsusessusessneesaneeses 41 4 1 3 Exporting archive to AVI ie 42 4 1 4 Inserting the bookmark into the video archive 43 4 1 5 Zooming into fragments of the iMage an0aaaaannannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 43 4 1 6 Setting the archive image parameters and motion detection sensitivity 44 4 7 OCAUNO TIC TING CNGITS tee 44 4 1 8 Browsing recordings from a given day using Uiecalendar 44 AZ CME De EN 45 4 2 1 Camera Operation Schedule motion detection alarm
57. rom the cameras are displayed on the screen in sequence You can switch the views using the screen division icons located in the lower left part of the main view You can change the sequence of images on the screen by dragging and dropping the images You can accomplish the same thing by clicking a camera view with the right mouse button and selecting a camera view from the drop down Visible camera context menu 23 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Visible camera d Display mode d vw Normal Layout h d Fullscreen Preview Hdd bookmark in archives go fo Foy Stay on top yf STOM Menu Snapshot Use Save frame to save the currently captured frame to JPG file format on disk 3 4 2 Window display modes full screen window normal There is a variety of different window display modes available Program starts in a Normal mode by default You can select Display mode from context menu and then following options are available Normal mode default setting program window covers all screen area menu and all icons are visible Full screen only the cameras views are visible no icons and menu Preview works as the standard window you can drag and drop or scale you can also turn on the option Stay on top that does not allow other windows to hide this program window In Full screen and Preview modes you can also select the Show menu option to enable the menu display at the top of the screen 3 4 3 Split screen modes screen layout
58. s after a delay for capturing the images to be attached to the email Use the Add new buiton to insert an address with a configuration of frequency and camera images Use Remove button to remove the selected address Change button allows address editing VideoDR S User s Manual 50 Choose address 4ddress book Description New item E mail address subject VideoLiH 5 notiticaton Do not send more often than s Su Attach screenshots Se Se Dm Anuj Sending SMS messages to mobile phones PDA will work in a similar manner SMS features depends on your local cellular phone company 4 4 Creating a backup copy of the video image archive To create a backup copy of the archive select the Backup submenu from the upper Tools menu A new window will be displayed and you can configure the recording settings for the archives This may take a while because this option checks the database integrity what is recorded on the disk and at what location The delay depends on the number of cameras and the time of recording 51 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Backup Source ct Eackup settings Destination folder rom 2003 03 27 10 54 20 Ls Browse r s z ER L A A 0033 03 27 10 54 20 ee Sia ste i 650 Fal Always ask before creating a new file zl 1 Gi 2 Gel 2 Gei 4 S H r RI m a we wm B wd m B ei D B ei LTT L L F E UE UE L oe Ca gt LM ER
59. select the Dongle update item from the drop down menu ep Guardant dongle remote update x Guardant dongles remote programming This utility allows you to update dongle s memory contents in whole or in part as well as to prolong license term of the protected program Select the required operation and press Nevtz to start update ZESELOH C Whole or partial update of dongle s memory contents fe Prolongation of the license term of the protected program Software license tem atthe moment is equal days 18 Hours 50 minutes lt Back Close Select the first option Whole or partial update of dongle s memory contents to update the dongle memory e g after purchasing more cards If you wish to extend the validity of the user s key select the second option Continuation of the license term of the protected program Then follow the instructions of the dongle update program VideoDR S User s Manual 58 NOTE Usually the update is processed within a few minutes but in particular cases it may take up to 3 days Therefore it is advisable to obtain an extension of validity well in advance of the expiry of the hardware dongle The procedure of Continuation of yalay time mi kl no dongle TS ile Sack pere L r ja ale Guardani Gongleg remote Si prograrniniij Thai eee eegen proiacimi popa RIEF DO Cad owe E ued ura od hess peep conten Ir Pokrgevs cd te karas tem al be priecisi pr
60. t to create an additional user in the system especially for the remote connection due to security considerations such as insecure connections Remember to assign access rights for cameras the archive time domes etc More details are in Chapter 3 10 Below you can find a description appearance and functions of individual elements in the view of main window of the VideoDR S system VideoDR S User s Manual 18 3 3 Main program view The toolbar at the top of the screen contains a drop down menus giving access to the most important options of the system e Program menu O O O Minimize minimize the window to an icon in the taskbar Login switch to another user without needing to restart the program Exit exits the program While closing the application prompts you to save any configuration changes to the configuration file If you close the application for the first time you have to specify the configuration file location e Tools menu O O O O O Browse archives go to the archive of video recordings Schedule run program tasks at scheduled time Backup archive the folders with video recordings Register domain a utility to register for the dynamic DNS service Configuration tools Program update see the newest versions of the program on the Internet download and install a new version of the program e Configuration menu O O Cameras go to a camera configu
61. ted to development of modern closed circuit television systems the best of which is currently the VideoDR S system 1 1 System description The VideoDR S is a digital video recorder designated for operation with closed circuit television cameras The system runs on IBM compatible computers with Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP operating system It can record the image from a maximum of 16 Cameras supports up to 12 remote switches and 16 inputs for additional alarm inputs It allows inspection and control through a computer network e g the Internet Pro version and above allows for PTZ domes control The program permits setting of motion detection in arbitrary areas of the screen as well as motion searching in archives The differential image compression method while preserving excellent image quality allows image recording longer than in other systems of this type at the same file size The differential image recording algorithm used does not replace the entire new frame but only its part that has changed The replaced image fragments are called deltas in the system Home Edition version is designed for households and is limited in comparison with Professional edition The limitations are as follows alarm inputs and remote switches not supported there might be only one administrator and regular user in the system 3 fps per camera limited frame rate capture remote access only to current day archives no sched
62. toggle on or off On the image to the left the switch 1 is on and the other two A Switches are off A switch may for example turn on the light in a room Right click on a switch icon to call up the Output parameters window NOTE Option not available in the Home Edition version 21 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Output settings settings Name Active state HC D Switched by events Triggered hold for BE Pulsate Manual switching Auto switch off After JU ZEC OK Cancel Settings e Name of the output e Active state determines which output state will be the active state upon switch activation NC Normal Closed NO Normal Open Event switching e Triggered the switch will be activated for the duration of the input signal associated with this switch as configured in the Scheduler The hold for setting will hold the switch state for the specified number of seconds independent of the input state setting e Pulsate Selecting this option will cause the output to be activated every second causing pulsation of the signal Manual switching e Auto switch off the switch signal will be switched off automatically after the specified number of seconds i Alarm input icons NOTE Option not available in the Home Edition version 4 Every card has 4 built in alarm inputs which gives a maximum of 16 SR independent additional sensors operated by the system f Left Click an icon to change the
63. uling feature Real Time version supports video capture in real time Maximum 30fps per each camera for NISC TV system and 25fps for PAL TV system The software used for operation of the VideoDR S comprises two independent programs The first of them is a server application operating the video capture card and related processes The second is a client application used for connecting to the server through local networks or the Internet The server includes all the client options and tools for the computer on which it is installed and running The installation version is comprised of two separate executable files for the client and the server The optional client application is free of charge and it allows remote management and browsing of data made available by the server The video archive of the server may also be browsed remotely by the client application 1 2 Video capture cards The video capture cards are extensions of the motherboard placed inside the computer case plugged into PCI slots of the motherboard A single card includes four BNC standard terminals used for input of video signal from cameras and a serial 5 ALNET SYSTEMS INC interface used for connecting up to four alarm signals as well as 3 devices to be controlled by the card 3 relays The system can operate up to 4 cards The basic element of a single card is the BT878 processor used for conversion of video input signal into digital form This processor is capable of c
64. ve rights 17 ALNET SYSTEMS INC are created Creating other user accounts and editing existing accounts is described in Chapter 3 10 When running the program in the future it is necessary to enter a valid user name and password Enter login and password Login Password OK Cancel Initial configuration is required the first time the program is started 3 2 First configuration step by step 1 Camera Settings Set the quality of the recorded image and the sensitivity of the changed fragments replacement You can mask an area decide when the image should be recorded and set the motion detection threshold Additionally you can select the color of displayed texts and set other personal preferences More functions of individual elements of the window are described in Chapter 3 5 You can also select the required resolution of image recording as necessary The higher the resolution the better the image quality but it results in a reduced frame per second rate and also larger files For settings see Chapter 3 6 Before starting the recording you have to create video archive databases Here you select archive files size and disk space thresholds and locations Description in Chapter 3 9 lf you want to configure the VideoDR S as a video server in order for the client application to connect to it through a network you have to activate the video server See Chapter 3 8 It is good practice at this poin
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