REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Overview ............................................................................................ 1 1.1 In This Manual ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 REVO Remote Pro Features ....................................................................... 1 1.3 Product Information .....................................................................................
User’s Manual ii
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Chapter 1 — Overview 1.1 IN THIS MANUAL This manual describes installation and operation of REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) software, which is designed to be used with remote digital video recorders (DVRs). 1.2 REVO REMOTE PRO FEATURES REVO Remote Pro program is an integrated software program that controls system management, video monitoring, video recording and image playback of multiple remote sites.
User’s Manual 2
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Chapter 2 — Installation CAUTION: If an older version of REVO Remote Pro software is installed in your computer, you should uninstall the older version first. NOTE: In the Windows Start menu, go to Control Panel. Double click the Power Options to open the Management Properties dialog box. Under the Power Schemes tab, set both Turn off monitor and Turn off hard disks to Never. 1. Insert the installation CD. 2. Run the Setup.exe file.
User’s Manual 5. When the following dialog box appears, click Next. 6. Select whether or not to run REVO Remote Pro automatically when logging onto Windows, and then click Next. 7. Set the language option by selecting either Select language when starting REVO Remote Pro or Always start REVO Remote Pro using the language below. If you select Always start REVO Remote Pro using the language below, select the desired startup language from the list of available languages and then click OK.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) 8. When the following dialog box appears after finishing the REVO Remote Pro installation, select Install MSXML application and click Finish. Installing the MSXML is required for REVO Remote Pro to initiate. 9. Click Next. 10. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and click Next.
User’s Manual 11. Enter User Name and Organization, and click Next. 12. Select Install Now. 13. Click Finish to complete the MSXML installation.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Chapter 3 — Configuration After installing the REVO Remote Pro software, you will find the REVO Remote Pro shortcut icon on the desktop. Run the REVO Remote Pro program by double clicking the icon. The REVO Remote Pro program consists of the screen, 12 docking panels, menu and toolbar. NOTE: Some panels will not be displayed on the screen in the default frame layout.
User’s Manual NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using Microsoft Windows Vista or later operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions (Go to the Start Menu → Accessories → Command Prompt → Click the right mouse button and select the Run as administrator option).
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Remote Sites Panel The Remote Sites Panel displays a list of remote sites registered during REVO Remote Pro System setup and a list of installed cameras at the remote sites. : Entering the site name in the query box and clicking the icon allows you to find the remote site easily in the Remote Sites list. : Clicking the icon allows you to register a remote site. : Clicking the icon removes the selected remote site from the list.
User’s Manual x0.25 to x2: Sets the desired size of the Map popup screen. Full Screen: Enters the full-screen mode of the Map popup screen. Transparency…: Adjusts the transparency of the popup screen. PTZ Set…: Controls pan, tilt and zoom of the selected PTZ camera. Disable Time Out: Continues displaying the popup screen when events are detected by disabling the dwell time out. Original Ratio: Displays the Map popup screen by matching its original aspect ratio.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) The panels allow you to control color and alarm out while live monitoring a remote site, or to enhance images while playing back video. NOTE: Refer to 4.1 Live Monitoring and 4.2 Playback and Search for more details. Watch Event View Panel The Watch Event View panel displays events detected at individual remote sites while REVO Remote Pro is in the live monitoring mode.
User’s Manual Search View Panel The Search View panel allows time-lapse or event searching of recoded data on the remote DVR. NOTE: Refer to 4.2 Playback and Search for more details. Report View Panel The Report View panel displays the system status information of remote sites. REVO Remote Pro checks the remote site and reports system status. Clicking the icon on the panel reloads the data and clicking the icon prints the report out.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Status View Panel REVO Remote Pro provides a status display, remote setup, system log and event log view of the connected remote site in real-time. To display the status of the remote site, select a camera or a site from the Remote Site list and drag it to the Status View panel. You can also select Connect Status from the popup menu displayed by clicking the right mouse button after selecting the site from the Remote Site list. NOTE: Refer to 4.
User’s Manual System Menu Setup The Setup screen allows setting up the system operation and remote site configuration. System 1: Set up the date/time format for REVO Remote Pro, display option, and panic recording function. Date/Time Format: Set the date/time format. Display Option: Set up the screen display, drag & drop popup option, display acceleration and OSD.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) – Drag & Drop Popup Option: Select which mouse button will be used when displaying popup menu screens from Use Left Mouse Button, Use Right Mouse Button or both (Watch and Search Screen mode only). – Drawing Mode Setup…: Set up the display options for the screen. Normal Drawing: Depends on your PC’s CPU performance and displays images in low speed (DIB Draw Mode). Fast Drawing (Default): Displays image in normal speed (Direct Draw Mode).
User’s Manual NOTE: When selecting the User Assignment Setup mode, the user can assign camera channels to record manually on the Watch screen. Select a camera on the Watch screen and click the right mouse button then select Set Record Camera in the text menu screen. The gray icon displays on the selected camera screen. System 2: Set up the modem connection information for remote access, system password, network option, report function, and DVRNS server.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Report Setup: Set up the Use (On or Off) and check intervals (from 1 to 24 hours) of the report function. When using the report function, REVO Remote Pro checks on the remote site based on the user-defined interval and reports system status. DVR Name Service: Set up the IP address and port number of the DVRNS (DVR Name Service) server.
User’s Manual – Reference Group: The site should be assigned to a Reference Group for effective management of multiple remote sites. Click the Add button to create a new reference group. – Device Setup: Select the system of the remote site to register. When registering an IP camera, select IP Camera. – Remote Site Setup: Select PC Based DVR when registering a DVR at the remote site that is PC based.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Favorite Site: The Favorite Site is a user-defined connection list that combines more than one remote site, so multiple sites can be monitored at the same time with a single connection. Add a new Favorite Site and define it by dragging and dropping sites and/or cameras to the Favorites map. Up to 64 cameras can be monitored at a time when each camera is assigned to its own position on the Favorites map.
User’s Manual button on the toolbar will save the current screen layout of the Watch screen or Search NOTE: Clicking the screen directly to the Favorite site. NOTE: The Favorite Site list does not work with modem connections. Sequence Site: Configure the sequence site. REVO Remote Pro connects to the registered sites sequentially allowing connection to more than one remote site. Register an Auto Sequencing group and add desired sites in the Group List to the Auto Sequencing group.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Load Setup File Allows applying the settings of the System – Setup menu saved as a .xml file format to the REVO Remote Pro system. Loading the setup file can also be performed by clicking the button on the toolbar. Save Setup File Allows saving the current settings of the System – Setup menu as a .xml file format. Saving the setup file can also be performed by clicking the button on the toolbar.
User’s Manual Setup: Sets up the remote setup job for remote sites. First, select the remote sites to set up from the Group List, and add them to the Setup Sites list by clicking the Add button. Then, click the Setup Now button to initiate the remote setup job for Setup Sites. Add: Select the site to add from the Group List and click the Add button. Remove All: Removes all the sites in the Setup Sites list. Setup Now: Performs the setup on the Setup Sites.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) View Log: Displays the type of log and the number of log entries of REVO Remote Pro. Selecting a log type from the list displays all entries of the selected log type, and you can search for the desired log by setting up a search filter. Filter: Set up the search condition. – Search Time: Set up the time range to search within. Selecting Current Time and the desired period searches for logs from the current time and as far back as the selected time span.
User’s Manual View Menu Displays or closes the toolbar and panels. Remote Menu NOTE: The Remote menu can also be activated by clicking the right mouse button after selecting the remote site on the Remote Sites panel. Remote Setup Remote Setup can be used to change the setup of a remote DVR. Select the remote site on the Remote Sites panel, initiate the Remote Setup menu, and the setup screen displays. NOTE: Refer to the user manual for the remote DVR for more details on system setup.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Favorite Menu NOTE: The Favorite menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls. Saves the current screen layout directly to the Favorite site. Sequence Menu NOTE: The Sequence menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls. Starts or ends auto sequencing (Watch Screen Only). Clicking Auto Sequencing On allows you to select a desired Auto Sequencing group. Record Menu NOTE: The Record menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls.
User’s Manual Layout Menu NOTE: The Layout menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls. Screen Layout Select the desired screen layout using the layout toolbar. When changing the screen layout, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout. When in one of the multi-view formats, selecting Previous Cameras or Next Cameras will move to the previous or next page.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Layout Setup Always Load Layout at REVO Remote Pro Startup: Select whether or not the selected frame layout loads automatically when REVO Remote Pro starts. Save: Enter a layout name and click the Save button to save the current frame layout as a new user-defined layout. Rename: Select the layout to change from the Layout List and click the Rename button. Then change the layout name.
User’s Manual 28
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Chapter 4 — Operation 4.1 LIVE MONITORING REVO Remote Pro provides remote monitoring functions for viewing video images in real time from either a single site or multiple sites. In addition, when events are detected at a remote site while in the live monitoring mode, REVO Remote Pro displays the event information on the Watch Event View panel.
User’s Manual Sequence Monitoring Clicking the button on the toolbar and selecting a desired Auto Sequencing group connects to the registered sites sequentially allowing connection to more than one remote site and displays images from selected cameras. Clicking the button during sequence monitoring releases sequence monitoring and maintains the current connection. For sequence monitoring to function, the sequence sites should be registered during System setup. Refer to 3.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) 4.2 PLAYBACK AND SEARCH REVO Remote Pro allows you to play back and search recorded images on remote DVRs. It also provides additional functions including zoom, various image enhancements, image saving and image printing. To use remote playback and search functions, the display option must be set to of Search Screen or Watch and Search Screen during System setup.
User’s Manual NOTE: Zoom in/out and brightness control work only while in the pause mode. Search Mode REVO Remote Pro supports two search modes: time-lapse mode and event mode. The time-lapse search mode searches for recorded data by time and then plays back images found within the time parameters. The event search mode searches for event log entries using specific conditions and plays back the images associated with those event entries.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) NOTE: The Event Search dialog box will differ depending on the specifications of the remote DVR. NOTE: The Text-In (Event Search – Text-In tab) search may not be supported, depending on the specifications and version of the remote DVR. Refer to the user manual of the remote DVR for details on the search criteria for the text-in search. Set up the search criteria for the event search in the Event Search dialog box, and click the Find button.
User’s Manual Screen Layout and Frame Layout REVO Remote Pro provides multiple screen layout for playback. The available formats are single-screen, quad, 1+7, or 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 1+32, 6x6, 7x7 and 8x8 and full-screen. When in one of the multi-view formats, clicking the button will move to the previous or next page. To view a specific image in the single-screen mode, move the cursor to that image and double click the left mouse button.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Save As Self-Player can be performed by using the button on the Search View panel. Selecting the desired time on the timetable and clicking the button sets the starting date (From), and selecting another time and clicking the button again sets the ending time (To). Save As Video…: Saves any video clip of recorded data in an AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) file format. Set up the save parameters in the following dialog box.
User’s Manual – Motion Search: Searches for images with changes in the Detection Area between two consecutive images (for example, when there was movement). – Museum Search: Searches for images with changes which last for the Activation Time in the Detection Area when compared to the image displayed currently on the Search Screen (for example, when an object disappeared). Sensitivity: Sets the sensitivity of the change detection. The higher the number is, the more sensitive it is. Num of diff.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) NOTE: When using a low-end computer, image drawing speed might decrease while using a deinterlace filter depending on the type of deinterlace filter. NOTE: When using a low-end computer, image drawing speed might decrease when the Anti-Aliasing Screen option is selected. 4.4 PANIC RECORDING Clicking the button on the toolbar starts panic recording of cameras currently displayed on the Watch screen. Clicking the button again stops panic recording.
User’s Manual Function Buttons Disconnect: Disconnects the current connection on the Status View panel. NOTE: If you want to connect to another site, disconnect from the currently connected system on the Status View button. panel first by clicking the Remote Setup: Allows changing the setup of the remote DVR connected to the Status View panel. NOTE: Refer to the manual for each applicable remote DVR for more details on system setup.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Appendix REVIEWING VIDEO CLIPS You do not need to install any special software on you personal computer to review video saved as Self-Player files. The file contains a REVO Backup program. Double-clicking the target file starts the REVO Backup program. NOTE: It is suggested that the computer used for the REVO Backup program has at least an 800MHz Pentium III (Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.2GHz recommended).
User’s Manual Click to go back one frame of the video clip. Click to play the video clip. Click to go forward one frame of the video clip. Click to play the video clip in fast forward. Click to go to the end of the video clip. Click mode. to show the previous camera group if there is recorded video in the previous camera group in the current screen Click to cycle through the screen layouts. It cycles through 2x2, 1+7, 3x3, 4x4, 4x5, 5x5 and 1+32.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) DVR NAME SERVICE (DVRNS) Overview Using Static IP addresses in LAN/WAN networks requires high management overhead and increases the cost burden to users. Therefore, it has become essential for DVRs to support Dynamic IP addresses in ADSL/VDSL networks using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). This reduces cost burdens and increases cost effectiveness for system users. Use the following steps to set up a system using DVRNS.
User’s Manual Background Image Setting First, prepare the image in a bitmap or JPEG file format. Click the the background image of the map. (Background) button on the toolbar and select Go to the Property [Canvas] tab and set the background image information. Name: Enter a name of the background image. Horizontal/Vertical: Adjust the background image size by clicking each field and changing the numbers. Position: Adjust the position of the background image on the screen.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Click the Add button, and the following Site Item box appears. Remote Site Setup: Enter the site name and IP address of the DVR connected to the devices you want to include on the map. Click the Port… button and enter the network IP port number (8000 to 12000) that matches the value set during the LAN setup on the DVR. Check the box beside Use DVRNS to use the DVR name service.
User’s Manual Click the Display Name field of each IP address and enter the name of the DVR to display on the popup screen. Device Setting Selecting the , , or buttons on the toolbar displays the Camera, AlarmOut and AlarmIn tabs under the Image Bar. Select the icons, and drag and drop them at the desired locations on the background image. Go to the Property [Camera/AlarmOut/AlarmIn] tab and set the device information. General Name: Enter a device name. Description: Enter description of the device.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Event [AlarmOut]: Checking the Switch on/off box controls the alarm-out remotely by clicking the alarm-out icon on Map panel. Event [AlarmIn]: Selecting Alarm-in Event from a drop-down list and checking the Watch View Popup box sets the Map panel to pop up another screen when an alarm-in event occurs.
User’s Manual REVO MOBILE REVO Mobile for PDA REVO Mobile allows you to access remote sites and monitor live video using the Windows Mobile based PDA anytime from virtually anywhere. PDA system requirements for using the REVO Mobile program are: Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Mobile 5 or above Processor: ARMv4 Core compatible processor Display: 240x240 pixel, 320x240 pixel or 640x480 pixel Memory: 4MB of storage memory / 96MB or more of RAM Wireless LAN: Support IEEE 802.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) 5. When the following dialog box appears, select OK to complete the installation. 6. After installing the REVO Mobile software, the program will be installed on the My Device\Program Files\REVO Mobile 3.1.1 folder, and you will find the REVO Mobile icon on the desktop. Double click the icon or run the My Device\Program Files\REVO Mobile 3.1.1\REVO Mobile.exe file. NOTE: To remove the program, select Start on the Task Bar on the PDA.
User’s Manual NOTE: The REVO Mobile program might not work properly when connecting to the remote site via Microsoft ActiveSync. Camera: Displays the camera buttons. Click the desired camera button to select the camera to be viewed. Live video Images from the selected camera and the OSD information including camera name and date/time will be displayed on the Monitoring Screen. No Video will be displayed when there is no video signal from the selected camera.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) REVO Mobile for iPod Touch or iPhone REVO Mobile allows you to access remote sites and monitor live video via network connection using the Apple based iPod Touch or iPhone (iPhone OS 3.0 or later version) anytime from virtually anywhere. System Diagram Installation 1. Connect your iPod Touch or iPhone to your PC. Run the iTunes program on your PC and connect to iTunes Store. 2.
User’s Manual Operation 1. Touch the Settings button to register DVRs. Select Site List, and then enter the DVR’s information. General: Enter the site name. Connection: Enter the IP address and port number of the DVR. If the DVR uses the DVRNS function, enable the Use DVRNS option and enter the name registered on the DVRNS server instead of the IP address of the DVR. Login: Enter the user ID and password set on the DVR. 2.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) or Monitoring Touch the Connect button to connect to a DVR for monitoring. Selecting the DVR from the site list displays the video from the DVR on the screen. Disconnect: Touch to release the connection to the DVR. Camera: Touch to select the camera to monitor. The list of cameras supported by the DVR is displayed. Selecting a desired camera from the list and touching the Apply button displays video from the selected camera.
User’s Manual 1. Connect to App Store. 2. Enter REVORemoteMac in the search field at the top-right corner of the App Store screen. 3. Install the REVORemoteMac program on your PC and run the program. Operation ① Menu: See the Menu section. ② Toolbar: See the Toolbar section. ③ Screen: The Screen displays the video from the DVR. ④ Watch Event View: Displays events detected at the connected DVR. Menu REVORemoteMac About REVORemoteMac: Displays the software version. Preference: See the Toolbar section.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) System Connect: See the Toolbar section. View Layout: See the Toolbar section. Color Control: See the Toolbar section. PTZ Control: See the Toolbar section. Toolbar ① Connect/Disconnect ② Preference ③ Color Control ④ PTZ Control ⑤ Layout Connect/Disconnect: Enter the information about the DVR and click the Connect button to connect to the DVR, or release the connection. Pressing the Esc key on the keyboard closes the screen.
User’s Manual PTZ Control: Control the PTZ for each camera by clicking the icons on the panel. ① Move buttons ④ Iris Open/Close ② Zoom In/Out ⑤ View Preset/Set Preset ③ Focus Near/Far Only the users authorized for PTZ control can control PTZ remotely. The on each camera screen when PTZ can be controlled remotely. icon will display NOTE: Not all DVRs support the remote PTZ control. Refer to the user manual of the DVR. Layout: Select the desired screen layout.
REVO Remote Pro (Remote Administration System) Index A R Alarm Out Control Panel ................................ 10 Audio Communication .................................... 29 Recording Setup ............................................15 Remote Event Log .........................................24 Remote Menu.................................................24 Remote Site ...................................................17 Remote Sites Panel .........................................