AVerMedia® NX8000/NXU8000 series User Manual April 2009
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 Introduction ..................................................................................................1 Package Contents...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 NX8000 Series ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 NXU8000 series ...............................................................
4.6 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller ............................................................... 32 4.7 Setting Up and Using the Emap .............................................................................................. 33 4.7.1 To Set Up the Emap ....................................................................................................... 33 4.7.2 To Use the Emap ..................................................................................................
5.9.9 To Setup Alarm SOP: ..................................................................................................... 99 5.9.10 To Setup CMS Setting .................................................................................................... 99 5.9.11 To Setup POS Keyword Setting ................................................................................... 100 5.9.12 Missing, Suspicious Object, and Scene Change Detected .......................................... 101 5.
11.1 Dispatch Server ..................................................................................................................... 154 11.2 Remote Setup ........................................................................................................................ 155 11.2.1 To Add DVR server ....................................................................................................... 155 11.2.2 To Setup Remote DVR Server ........................................................
Manual Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual. Caution symbol is intended to alert the user of the important installation and operating instructions. Fail to comply may damage the system. i Information symbol is intended to provide additional information for the purpose of clarification. NOTICE: - INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT - THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NOTICE. REFERENCT ONLY.
Chapter 1 Introduction AVerMedia AVerDiGi NX8000 series is a 32-bit PCI-E video capture card that works as a digital video surveillance system. It enables you to capture true color images and real-time videos up to 32 IP camera inputs simultaneously. With the latest Motion Detection technology, you no longer need to monitor every single moment of the day; the system automatically records and triggers an alarm when any movement is detected.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Minimum System Requirements First, must verify if the computer meets the minimum system requirements. CPU Pentium® 4 2.
NX8000 Card 2.3 Connecting the Watchdog line on NX8000 series Connecting the NX8000 to the motherboard reset switch panel, enables the unit to restart automatically and reset the system when an error has been detected. 1. 2. 3. Look for the labeled RESET SW switch lead and connect it to the NX8000 card reset pin. Connect the supplied Watchdog line to the NX8000 card watchdog pin and the other end to the motherboard RESET SW panel. If you are not sure, please refer to the motherboard user manual.
2.4 Connecting the a TV, Audio device, Sensor and Relay device on NX8000 series 1. Connect one end of the RCA video cable (not supplied) to the TV OUT port and the other end to the TV video input port. If you are not sure, please refer to the TV user manual. Connect the audio devices to the Audio input port. Connect the sensor and relay device to the sensor/relay interface. 2. 3.
2.5 Dual Monitors Setup The DVR system Supports Single and Dual monitor displays. When using dual monitors, the E-map and Playback function will be display on the second monitor. The Video configuration is different for each different VGA chipsets. Please follow the steps below to setup the dual monitors display. 2.5.1 Graphic card with ATi chipset 1. Enter the ATI Catalyst Control Center, user can click the short-cut or right click on the screen. 2. There are two modes to select ─ Basic and Advanced.
5. If user selected the Advanced mode, click the View button. 6. In Display Manager, right click on the second Display on the right side and select Extend Main onto monitor. 7. Adjust each monitor resolution to 1024x768.
2.5.2 Graphic card with NVIDIA chipset 1. Click the NVIDIA nView, and select the Dualview mode. 2. Adjust each monitor resolution to 1024x768. 3. To review if the display mode is correct, you can check the task bar. The task bar will show on the first monitor only.
2.6 Sensor and Relay pinhole allocation on NX8000 series i NXU8000 series needs to purchase the E-I/O box for I/O connection. The signal from the sensor (i.e., infrared sensors, smoke detectors, proximity sensors, door sensors, etc.) is being transmitted to the I/O card, and this triggers the system to respond and send signal to relay device (i.e., alarm, telephone etc).
2.6.1 Connecting the Sensor/Relay device to I/O card on NX8000 series The I/O Audio card enables you to connect (4) sensor inputs and (4) relay outputs. Just connect the external sensor and relay pin directly to the pinhole on the NX8000 card. Check the table below and locate which pinhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2.6.2 I/O Card Sensor and Relay pinhole allocation: The signal from the sensor (i.e.
2.7 The Sensor input and Relay output Specifications You may use the sensor input and relay output specifications table below for your reference. A. Sensor Input Specification (Ta=25°C) Absolute Maximum Ratings Parameter Input Symbol Rating Unit Forward Current IF 50 mA Reverse Voltage VR 6 V Power Dissipation P 70 mW (Ta=25°C) Electrical/Optical Characteristics Parameter Symbol Min Typ. Max. Unit VF - 1.2 1.
2.8 Connecting POS (Point of Sales) ® AVerMedia AVerDVR can be integrated with POS system equipment. Connecting the POS equipment ® to AVerMedia AVerDVR system thru RS232 connection, enables you to view, record and keep track of the items that were sold. You may also select the camera on where to display all the data. To connect, locate the RS232 port of the POS equipment and PC. Use an RS232 cable (not supplied) to make the connection.
Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter describes how to install the DVR software. The CD-Key is permitted for use on a single computer. It is prohibited to use the CD-key on more than one computer. Once detected, this would cause a system conflict and some of the features might fail to work on both PC. Before installing the software, make sure that the Windows OS patches and the video graphic card driver are UPDATED.
3.1 NX8000 series 3.1.1 Installing DVR Software in Windows XP/2000 Upon turning the computer on, the system automatically detects the newly installed hardware. When the Found New Hardware dialog box appears, IGNORE it. Remember : It is important to install the DVR software first, before installing the drivers. 1. Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Surveillance System. And follow the on-screen instructions. 2.
3.2 NXU8000 series 3.2.1 For New Installation If the system hasn’t installed any DVR software and NV/NX card, please follow the below steps to install: 1. 2. 3. Plug USB Dongle into your PC. Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Surveillance System. And follow the on-screen instructions. You may now run the application program. To run the application, click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > DSS > NV DVR.
Chapter 4 Using the DVR Software 4.1 Running the DVR Software To run the application, double-click on your PC desktop or click Start>Programs >DSS>NV DVR. For security purpose, some of the features would require you to enter User ID and Password before it can be accessed. When the Authorization dialog box appears, key in your User ID and Password. (If this is the first time, enter the one you have registered when installing the software.) 4.
4.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in Preview/Advanced Mode Name Function (1) Exit Call up the Logout dialog box. In the logout dialog box, you may do the following: - Click Exit to close the DVR program. - Click Reboot to restart DVR system. - Click Login to sign-in in different account. - Click Minimize to reduce the DVR to taskbar button. - Click Compact to switch to compact mode (see Chapter 4.4). - Click Guest to switch to the guest mode.
Name Function (1) Exit - Click About to update patch or find about the software info. To update the patch file, Click Update and select the patch file location – Local Machine or Server Download. (2) Volume (3) Split Screen Mode i Adjust the sound volume. Select from 7 different split screen types to view all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen. It also allows you to switch and view different camera number.
Name Function (12) Camera Group Tree To view the user defined channel group tree (see also Chapter 5.2.2). Click + of group to extend group and drag the camera to surveillance screen to view. Click + of camera to view the camera information. (13) Camera ID Show the number of cameras that are being viewed. When you are in single screen mode, click the camera ID number to switch and view other camera.
Name (14) iPOS Live Function To view the real time iPOS data of channels. Click the iPOSLive to call out the real time iPOS data windows. User can move the each channel of iPOS windows apart to proper position. If user didn’t enable the multi-channel of iPOSLive( see aslo POS Adavanced Setting in 3.1.1), and then, user only can view one channel each time. (15) Snapshot (16) Event log (17) AutoScan To switch to different channel, click Select Camera drop down list to select the channel.
Name Function (18) Full screen Use the entire area of the screen to only display the video. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard or click the arrow icon. Click to exit from full screen mode When you switch to full screen in multiple-screen mode, Left click to toggle to only display one of the video in the multiple-screen mode or all. (19) Alarm Button Click to trigger defined alarm. The alarm buttons have been defined will show on the DVR application UI.
4.3.1 Using Event Log Viewer Show the record of activities that take place in the system. 1. Click the Event Log button on DVR application main interface. The Event log viewer window will show up. 2. Select the Date to view or search certain event log by key word. Enter the key word in Find Text column and click Search button. 3. To filter the records, select and click the select button to display Event, System, Operation, Network or All. 4.
Using POS Viewer (7) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) : (6) Name Function (1) POSDB Path The storage path for POS event log. Click (2) Before/After (3) Channel (4) Search String Set a time period before and after of POS event log. Select the POS event log of channel Enter specific key word or word string to search the POS event log. Mark the Match whole word exactly box if wants to find exactly key word or word string of POS event log.
Using Counting Log Viewer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select the Date and set a time period between After and Before for object counts searching. Select the search Event – In, Out or All. Select the Camera or All cameras to search. Click Search to start searching. The result will be list out in Result tablet. 6. To save the search result, click 7. Click . to print out the object counts log. 8. To view the analysis of object counts, click Statistic Report tab.
9. User can select the Date, Camera, and Cycle to view the report of object counts (In/Out).
4.4 Familiarizing the Buttons in Compact Mode To view in Compact mode, click Exit button. In the logout dialog box, click Compact. (1) Name (1) Split Screen Mode i (2) (3) (4) (5) Function Select from 7 different split screen type to view all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen. - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 9, 16, 13, and 32 split screen mode.
4.5 Familiarizing the Buttons in Playback Mode To switch in Playback mode, click Playback button at the lower right corner of Advanced/Preview mode user interface. Name (1) Split Screen Mode i - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 9, 16, and 13 split screen mode. - To zoom in an area on the screen, Right-click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Name (5) Playback Control Buttons Function Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X, 1/16X, or 1/32X. Rewind: Wind back the recorded video file. Pause: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file. Play: Play the recorded video file. Faster: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x or 32x. Next: Go to the next frame.
Name (9) Export (10) Segment (11) Full screen Function Export includes Snapshot, Print, Output Video Clip, and Backup function. Snapshot: Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg or *.bmp format. Print: Print the screen shot. Output Video Clip: Save the segmented file in *.mpg, *.avi, or *.dvr format (see also Chapter 4.8). Backup: Save the playback file to USB device or DVD-ROM disk(see also Chapter 5.6 Backup Setting) Keep a portion of the recorded video (see also Chapter 4.8).
4.5.1 Watermark Verification Now, DVR supports watermark-checking to identify the authenticity of playback video. DVR program can only verify one channel at a time in playback mode. To verify the playback video doesn’t been modified. Click to check the video. Watermark verification windows will show up as following: i Watermark verification doesn’t support on hardware compression products and video that is recorded from IP camera.
4.6 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (5) (4) (3)(2) (1) (6) (11) (7) (8) (9) (10) Name Function (1) Close (2) Setup (3) AutoPan Exit PTZ camera controller. Configure PTZ cameras.(also see Chapter 4.13) Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number. Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image. Zoom in and out the image. Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera.
4.7 Setting Up and Using the Emap E-Map can hold up to 8 maps in *.bmp/*.jpg format. You may locate the camera, sensor and relay on the map. 4.7.1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. To Set Up the Emap Click Emap. When the Emap screen appears, click the area number (1 to 8 buttons) on where you want to insert the map. Click Load Map to insert the map. When the open dialog box appears, locate and select the map and click Open. When the inserted map appears on the Emap screen, click Edit.
4.7.2 To Use the Emap To use the Emap: 1. 2. Click E-map. In the Emap screen, click the camera icon to switch on the area where the camera is located on the map and to display the video at the upper right corner of the Emap screen. At the lower right corner of the Emap screen, it lists all the warning message. 3. 4. 5. To control relay, right-click relay icon and select status (on, off, or trigger) of relay. To view different Emap, click Emap number button (1 ~ 8). Click X to close Emap screen.
4.8 To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video 1. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation or set the segment marks from the start, click Segment button again. 3. 4.
4.9 To Bookmark a Section of the Video 1. Click Bookmark. The video playback stops when the bookmark button is executed. 2. In the Bookmark dialog box, you may do the following: Add to include the new reference mark in the bookmark list. You may select to enable/disable file protection. Edit to change the mark description or enable/disable file protection. Delete to remove the selected reference mark in the list. Delete All to remove all the reference marks in the list. Exit to close Bookmark dialog box.
4.11 To Search Using the Event Search 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. Click Event Search. The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. If you select POS, in the Find Text box, type the word. Then, click OK to start searching. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click .
4.12 To Search Using the Intelligent Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Intelligent Search. The Intelligent Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. When the Intelligent Search Setting dialog box and motion detector frame appear, you may adjust the sensitivity bar and the motion detector frame size and location. To set motion detector frame size and location, left click and drag on the screen. Then, click OK to start searching.
4.13 To Setup the IP PTZ Camera 4.13.1 Setup the PTZ Camera 1. 2. In the PTZ control panel, click Setup. When the PTZ Setup dialog box appears, select the camera number and check the Use PTZ box. 3. In the Connection Settings section, select the COMPort where the PTZ camera is connected, PTZ ID number and PTZ camera protocol. Then, click Save to keep the settings. Use the PTZ control panel and adjust the position of the PTZ camera.
Single Screen mode with PTZ control icon 16-split screen mode with PTZ control icon 14. When PTZ control icon has been click on, it will turn to red, the mouse course will become a red cross, and PTZ control bar will show up on the screen. i - User can move the on screen PTZ controller to any position of screen The on screen PTZ controller only display on a channel screen at a time. 15. Using the red cross mouse course to zoom in/out the camera view by drag on the screen directly. 16.
4.13.2 Setup the IP PTZ Camera 1. In the PTZ control panel, click Setup. 2. When the PTZ Setup dialog box appears, click IP PTZ tab. 3. Select the camera number and mark the Use PTZ check box. 4. In the Connection Settings section, select the Protocol where the PTZ camera is connected and IP Camera Site that IP or URL of IP camera. Then, click Save to keep the settings. 5. Use the IP PTZ control panel and adjust the position of the IP PTZ camera. 6.
8. Restore AutoPan Time: set a time period for restoring auto path function after the IP PTZ camera has been moved. Mark the check box and set the time period in second. 9. Others: Enable/disable Using Joystick such as USB joystick device. 10. Iris: To adjust the iris of IP PTZ camera. It may not support that depends on brand of the PTZ camera. 11. OSD: To allow call out IP PTZ camera factory’s OSD setup menu. The OSD setup menu may vary that depends on the brand of IP PTZ camera. 12.
15. When PTZ control icon has been click on, it will turn to red, the mouse course will become a red cross, and PTZ control bar will show up on the screen. i - User can move the on screen PTZ controller to any position of screen The on screen PTZ controller only display on a channel screen at a time. 16. Using the red cross mouse course to zoom in/out the camera view by drag on the screen directly. 17. To focus in/out, click the button on PTZ control bar.
Chapter 5 Customizing the DVR System In the Preview/Advanced screen mode, click button to customize your DVR. When the DVR configuration setup selection appears, select and click the buttons you want to change the setting. 5.1 System Setting In the System Setting dialog box, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting.
In the Map Network Drive windows, select the Drive and fill in the network drive direction in Folder column if you know. Or click Browse to find the folder direction. Click Finish to complete the network drive mapping. After the network drive has been added, user needs to create a folder for network storage. In Browse For Folder windows, select the network drive and right click mouse button to add a new folder. And then, click OK. User should see a new storage folder display in Storage path list.
(3)Language Customize the system to display the tool tips and dialogs based on the selected language. By default the language is in English. (4) Video Standard Change and select the proper video system according to your camera video system. If the video system setting is wrong, the video would appear abnormal. (5) Attention Please Check the attentiveness of the person who is monitoring the system. You may set the number of times the Attention dialog box to appear in a day in Times per day text box.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) ~ Fixed Layout i The Advance tab will be available when the Display 21 card is installed. (1) Select the video card channel from drop down list. If user only installs one NX card on the computer, then, there is only one video card channel for selection. (2) Select the display mode as FixedLayout. (3) Preview screen: the selected camera video will preview in here. (4) Video Mode: Select the split mode of TV out display.
(7) Configuration Backup a copy of all the settings and allows you to regain the same settings back. To save the current settings, click Export. To replace the settings with the one you have saved, click Import. The export and import file will include Emap configuration. (8) Login Enable the conditions in Login section you want the system to automatically carry out. - Auto Login when OS start Execute the DVR when the operating system is started.
- Beep if no signal Make sound when the video signal is lost. - Shutdown OS when exit Turn off the PC when the DVR application is being closed. - Mandatory Record Always record video when software is running - Enable Overlay To enhance video signal for better video quality. - Screen Saver Set a period time to enter screen saver mode when system idle. - Auto Scan Period Set the time gap of the Auto Scan function from 3 to 10 seconds.
i The UPS application must meet Windows XP or Windows Vista system requirements.
(13) System Configuration To configure the DVR system date, time and IP address. Date/Time Setting 1. Select the Time Zone of DVR server located 2. Select the Month and Date. Click arrow button can switch to different month. 3. Adjust the Time by click spin box arrow button. 4. Click OK to save the configuration. Display Setting To adjust resolution of display.
HDD Management To manage and format the hard disk drive. The DVR system can format the HDD that is the first time install on DVR system. i - Please stop recoding before formatting HDD. The hard disk has been added into storage path that is not able to re-format and partition. To format and partition hard disk: 1. Click + button to add the selected hard disk into Partition Table section. 2. User can adjust the capacity of partition by clicking Capacity column and enter the capacity.
Network Setting To configure the network setting (IP address, subnet, DNS, and son on…) of the system. Obtain an IP automatically (DHCP): To use DHCP server assigning DVR server a IP address. Using the following IP address: Assign a fixed IP address for DVR server IP ADDRESS: Assign a constant IP address which a real IP addresses give from ISP to DVR system. Do Not assign the DVR to 1.0.0.0 network segment. It will cause the DVR cannot access to Internet due to the un-recognize to 1.0.0.0 IP segment.
Audio Setting To adjust audio volume of system. Others Reboot: To restart the DVR unit. Shutdown: To power off the DVR unit.
Printer Setting Click Add Printer and following the wizard to install a printer. Regional/Language Setting When DVR application is using different language of UI besides English, user can select the corresponding region and language in order to make UI display correctly.
Power Management To configure UPS. Click Select… to select the UPS that has connected with DVR system. (14) System Controller Setup To configure the parameters that is for communicating with the System Controller (an optional accessory). Also please refer to user manual of the System Controller. Enable – Mark the check box to enable the System Controller function. Model – Select model of the System Controller. Port – Select the com port that is connected with the System Controller.
5.1.1 To Set the POS Setting: General Setting 1. In the System Setting dialog box, POS section, click Setting. 2. In the POS Console Setting dialog box, click Add to set a new POS setting, Modify to change the POS setting, and Delete to remove the selected POS setting. Click OK to save and close POS Console Setting. 3. In the POS Mapping dialog box, click OK to accept the settings and Cancel to exit without saving the new setting.
POS Mapping window. Test result display (5) Setup… : Set the COM Properties. If you are not sure, please contact your POS service provider. (6) Port Setting : Select the Local or Remote port to where it is connected. Local - select the COM port number which is connected. Remote – Use the UDP protocol for remote connection if POS system can broadcast to Internet. Enter the IP address of the remote station. : Select to which camera number to display the transaction text.
Setup POS Device There are 4 default POS devices. If user uses the POS device beside defaults, user can add new POS device and rules. The POS device can be added up to 50 include defaults. Setup Standard POS Device • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. • Add New POS Device Click Add Enter the POS device name in Name column Select the Type as Standard Click OK to save To modify existing device, double click it. Click Default can be reset back to original setting. Add Rules 1. Select the POS device form device list 2.
• Character Replacement Set a rule to replace a character or word in POS data. The maximum replacement is 8. 1. Select a POS device from device list 2. Click Add in Replace section 3. Old Data: select the Type(Ascii or Hex) and enter word or character that wants to be replaced 4. New Data: select the Type (Ascii or Hex) and enter the word or character that will replace it in Old Data. 5. Click OK 6. Click Save. The configuration will be lost without saving. 7.
Setup XML POS Device XML can only work with the POS data is transmitting in XML format. 9 Device: select or add a new device. Only device that supports XML can be configured in here. Click Add to add a device. Enter device name and select Type as XML. The POS device can be added up to 50 include defaults. Page Start: Beginning of data for transaction Page End: End of data for transaction Tag: select a root tag and sub tag as a range for data transaction to DVR server. Click Add to set a tag. Click Save.
Advanced Setting To setup POS text display position, text font and color. 1. In the System Setting dialog box, POS section, click Setting >> Advanced Setting 2. Mark Show POS Text to allow POS data to be display on surveillance screen. 3. If user doesn’t want POS data to be scroll up, mark Stop scroll POS Text and enter the time to delete POS text at Erase POS text after column. 4. Select the POS data display position on surveillance screen – Left-Top, Left-Bottom, Right-Top, or Right-Bottom. 5.
5.2 Camera Setting In the Camera Setting dialog box, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving, and click Default1/ Default2 to revert back to original factory setting. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to adjust the video setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon. To select one camera only, Left click on the camera icon. The camera icon turns red when it is selected.
Model: After selected the protocol of camera, the available model will be list in drag down list. If user is not sure the camera is which model, click Detect Model to find the correct model of camera. Choosing the wrong model, user is not able to continue the camera setup. Video Format: select format of IP camera video, if not sure, select Auto. Channel: assign a channel for this IP camera. IP Camera Site: Enter the IP address and connecting port of the camera.
General Setting Adjust the video setting of the selected camera. Click Video Setting to enter video adjustment interface. - Video Setting Adjust the Video Size, Frame Rate, Video Quality Mode, Quality, Bright, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Sharpness. - Recording Setting 9 Save Original Format: Save the video that is compressed by IP camera’s compress mode. 9 Transcode by MPEG4 Encoder: Decoding the video and compress video again by using MPEG4 encoder.
- I/O Control To setup the sensor and relay devices that is installed on IP camera. 9 Sensor Setting To setup sensor that is embedded on the camera. 1. Click the drop-down list and select the sensor ID number. 2. Enter sensor name in Name column 3. The system automatically detects the camera and input relates information. In the Content section, enter sensor description. 4. In the test section, click Test to check the sensor status. Red is high and Green is low. 5.
Direct Link by IE Using IE browser to connect to camera and view the real time video. Click Direct Link by IE，the IE browser will pop up and connect to camera. The video viewing interface will be varied by different brand of camera. (7) Camera List all available cameras for grouping. User can drag the camera to video screen in Camera Setting window to view camera live video. - (8) Group User can create several camera groups for managing purpose.
5.2.1 Setup the Object Counting 1. Click Detail to enter the object counting setup window. 2. Enable Detected Regions in Display section. This enables the object counting information show on the screen. Moving Object will enable the object size frame to show on the screen. Click Region1 and press left button of mouse and drag the area that user wants the object to be counted. And then, click Region2 and drag another area that user wants the object to be counted, too.
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5.2.2 Create a Camera Group Follow the below steps to create a camera group. The maximum of group number is 64. The default group can be deleted and modified. to add a new group. 1. Click 2. Right-click on group to rename the group name. 3. Drag the camera from Camera list section to the group.
Select and drag the camera to the group 4. Right-click the camera can rename, delete, display/no display video of camera, and enable/disable camera. To add another group, do the step 1 to 4 again. To delete the group, click or right-click the group and select delete. 5. 6. 7. 8. Mark sort by camera name to display group by name order. Click + of the group to extend the group. Click + of the camera to view all devices that is connected with camera. 9.
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5.3 Recording Setting In the Recording dialog box, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. i The gray selections are not support for IP camera. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon. To select one camera only, Left click on the camera icon.
When the system starts recording a red triangle mark would appear at the upper left corner of the screen. The recording modes are listed below: - Always Recording Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage path (see also - Chapter 5#1). Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement.
(5) Video Screen Display the video of the selected camera. (6) Group Click to view the camera group that user has been setup in Camera setup (see also Chapter 5.2.2). (7) Camera Click to view the camera live video on (5) Video Screen.
5.4 Network Setting In the Network Setting dialog box, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. For the network service ports that use by DVR server, please see Appendix C. (1) (7) (2) (8) (3) (9) (4) (10) (5) (11) (6) (1) Server Name Assign a name for the DVR unit. Alphabet letters and numbers only.
Set up the video quality and frame rate for viewing and transmitting to the remote program. Scrolling adjust bar to set the Quality level and FrameRate level. (7) WebViewer Configuration Activate Enable Anonymous Login to remotely access the DVR server without the need of password (8) Voice Phone The Talk to Web-Client is to use the 2-Way Talk feature that allows the client and server to talk via internet using microphone. Make sure both microphone and speakers work before using this feature.
- Enable HandyViewer Enable remote users to use a PDA or a mobile phone to access DVR server and select the video size and quality. (See also Chapter 8.5 and Chapter 8.6) - Network Bandwidth Limit By Channel: Set the network bandwidth by each channel. All: Set the total network bandwidth consumption limit.
5.5 Schedule Setting Schedule to record, backup, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. To Set the Schedule Setting: and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. 1. Select the date in the calendar. Use 2. Select the condition you want to schedule in the drop down list.
i - - i 9 Mirror Backup: Save a copy of all the data at the set time and specified backup path. 9 Incremental Backup: Only backup the data that are not yet included in the archive from last time. Make sure the backup folder and storage folder are not on the same drive. Enable Network Activate DVR remote system to access at the set time. After the appointed time, the Network function will be disabled.
5.6 Backup Setting In the Backup Setting dialog box, the number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera number. When you back up the file, you may find Qplayer application included in the backup folder (see also Chapter 6). To Backup file: and buttons 1. Select the date of the recorded file in the calendar you want to backup. Use to shift the calendar to the left or right. 2.
8. Click to set the path on where to store the backup file. 9. Click to start archiving the selected file. 10. In the Processing… dialog box, to stop archiving press Abort. When done, in the Backup Path list, shows the archived item. To burn the file in CD, you need to have NERO 6 or above installed in your PC then select the item in the list and click Burn. Click Exit to end this procedure and burn it later. 11.
5.6.1 1. 2. 3. 4. Setup Quick Backup Click Quick Backup In Quick Backup Setting window, mark Enable to select the save path. And then, select the channels that want to backup and click Backup Last: Set the backup time period. For example: time before 60 minutes means backup the recorded file from now backward 60 minutes.
5.7 Sensor Setting The I/O device must be installed to use this function. The DVR system also support external I/O box and user can install external sensors. For external sensor setting, please referring to the sensor vendor user’s manual. To Set the Sensor Setting: 1. Click the drop-down list and select the sensor ID number. 2. Enter sensor name. 3. Click External IO to configure external I/O device if it is available(see also Chapter 5.8.1) 4.
5.8.1 i To Setup External I/O Box NXU8000 series needs to purchase the E-I/O box in order to have the sensor and relay connection. The DVR system can connect the external I/O box for extra of I/O devices installation. 1. Click Add. 2. Mark Enable box to enable this external I/O box. 3. Select the Brand of external I/O box from drag down list. 4. Select the connection type – Ethernet or RS-232. 5.
9. In External I/O box setup dialog, user will see all added External I/O. Click added External I/O box and click Add to scan the connected relays and sensors. 10. In Add Module windows, click Scan to scan the connected relays and sensors on the External I/O box. 11. All connected relays and sensors will be listed. User can click radio button to control relays’ status. And then, click OK to save the setting and click Cancel to exit and without saving. 12.
13. To view the all I/O devices information, click I/O Map.
5.9 Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, click Add to insert and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, click OK to exit and save the setting, Cancel to exit without saving, and Default to revert back to original factory setting. (1) (2) (3) (7) (4) (5) (6) To set the Alarm Setting: Click Add to insert and set a new alarm setting. Click the items in the (7) Alarm Setting List, if you want to modify the alarm setting.
- Motion Detected: select and click on the camera number (01 to 16) to set the condition for the system to alarm. Right click on the camera number to setup the Continuous trigger duration of Motion detected. Enter the time period for system to send out the alarm when motion has continuous detected for a period. - In Video Loss, click the camera number (01 to 16) to set the alarm condition when video is lost.
• System Reboot: when the DVR system reboot without abnormal condition, the system will send out the alarm message. • Abnormal Reboot: when the DVR system reboot in irregular condition, the system will send out the alarm message. • Recording is switched off: when the recording has been stopped, the system will send out the alarm message. • Network is switched off: when the network connection of DVR system is lost, the system will send out the alarm message.
In (5) Alarm Reset, click the camera number (use W and X to select the alarm) to set the reset condition of alarm. Once alarm is reset, all alarm action will stop at the moment. If the sensor normal status is high, set the sensor condition to low. To set sensor status of IP camera, click IP Camera Sensor. In IP Camera Alarm Setting windows, click High/Low to set sensor status. - Alarm Reset Time: Set a time for the alarm auto reset.
Camera #(1~32): select the camera channel video that wants to be displayed on TV when an alarm is activated. b. Retrieve time: set the waiting duration before system switching back to original display mode on TV automatically. If the retrieve time is un-mark, the alarm video will keep displaying until user switch back to normal display mode manually. The retrieve time range is 3~ 600 seconds. ~ - Enlarge Camera View Switch to only display video in Preview/Advanced mode from where the alarm is activated.
- - - - - - Start Recording Record the video from the selected camera. To setup click Detail (see also Chapter 5.9.6). SMS (Short Message Service)/MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) SMS transmits only text messages to mobile phone. MMS transmits text messages and images over wireless networks using the wireless application protocol (WAP). Make sure your mobile phone support this feature and your PC is connected to GSM/GPRS modem. To setup click Detail (see also Chapter 5.9.7).
5.9.1 To Setup Alarm Relay: 1. Beside the Relay Output check box, click Detail. 2. In the Alarm Relay dialog box, select from the available relay list and in the ON column, set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated. In the Retrieve time check box, you may enable/disable to extend the relay operation time and set the duration in second. 3. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. 5.9.2 To Setup the Alarm Sound Setting: 1.
5.9.3 To Setup Call Out List: 1. Beside the Make Phone Calls check box, click Detail. 2. In the Call Out List, click Add to insert a new contact number, Modify to edit the selected item, Remove to delete the selected item, Test to check if it is working. 3. In the Call Out Setting, enter the phone number to select existing sound and description. Click recorded massager and Record to make a new voice message. 4.
To and CC: Enter the recipient email address and separate it with comma or a semicolon (;). Subject: Enter the message title. Message: Type the message. (3) Email Notice Setting Notice Interval: Set the period of time before it sends another e-mail notice. Embedded image : Select the image size and set the number of frames. Attach image when sensor is triggered: When the sensor is triggered, the system will capture the image and send the image to the certain e-mail address with the alarm message.
5.9.7 To Setup SMS/MMS Setting: To use this feature, GSM/GPRS modem is required. Connect the GSM/GPRS modem to the serial COMM port of PC. Beside the SMS/MMS check box, click Detail. i 1. MMS module is developed by ActiveXperts Software B.V. Select the COM port number from ComPort drop down list which the GSM/GPRS modem is connected. If your ISP requires the PIN code authorization, click Enter Pincode to enter the PIN code which your ISP provided. In Phone Num text box, enter the contact number.
5.9.8 To Setup PTZ Preset Point: Beside the PTZ preset point check box, click Detail. In the Trigger PTZ Preset Setting dialog box, select the PTZ camera number then select the Enable check box. Select the position of the PTZ camera when the alarm is activated and ended. For the PTZ camera ended point, user also can select one preset position or Auto Path between preset position group. 5.9.9 To Setup Alarm SOP: Beside the Alarm SOP check box, click Detail.
5.9.11 To Setup POS Keyword Setting 1. Beside the Send to POS Keyword check box, click Detail. 2. In the POS Keyword Setting, select the camera to enable/disable scanning the keyword. Enable All to select all cameras. 3. Enter the text below keyword text box. Click Add to include the keyword in the list. To remove, select the word in the list and click Delete. You may only add 8 keywords. User can define the color for each keyword.
5.9.12 Missing, Suspicious Object, and Scene Change Detected ~ Missing Object Select the certain object on the screen for the system to detect; when the object is disappear or move and the system will alarm. Click OK to exit and save the configuration. To exam the setup condition, click Start Test. 1. Select the camera number (0-16) and press RIGHT button on the mouse to call up the setup windows. 2. Click Save to capture the image for comparing reference first.
~ Scene Change When the camera has been moved, the system will alarm. 1. Select the camera number (0-16) and press right button on the mouse to call up the setup windows. And then, click the Scene Change Tab. 2. Click Save to capture the image for comparing reference. To view the captured image, enable the Show Reference Image check box. The captured image will display on screen. The reference image is sharing with the Missing Object and Suspicious Object function. 3.
5.10 User Setting Only administrator can access User Setting. The maximum user accounts are 256. In the User Setting dialog box, click Add to insert a new user, Delete to remove the selected user, Edit to modify the user control right, OK to exit and accept the setting, and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. After clicking Add or Edit, you may customize the user control setting.
Remote Access Time Enable Infinite check box to access DVR without time limit. If you want to set time limit, enter the number of minutes in Minute text box. (4) Visible Camera Select the camera number that would allow the user to access or view. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. (5) Time Span Set the user account a specific time period that user only can use given account to login DVR program in that specific period. Mark Enable check box and select the Activation Date and Expiry Date.
Chapter 6 Backup Video Players You can playback the backup files using QPlayer applications. When you back up the recorded file, QPlayer applications are automatically included in the backup folder. Qplayer also can be installed when install Web Tool from installation CD-ROM. With QPlayer, it is the same as in Playback mode and supports 6 different split screen types to view all the video at the same time. User even can select the different language of display UI.
Name Function (5) Playback Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 1/2X, 1/4X, or 1/8X. Rewind: Wind back the recorded video file. Pause: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file. Play: Play the recorded video file. Faster: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x or 32x. Next: Go to the next frame. Control Buttons End: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
Name (12) Full screen Function View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard or click the arrow icon. Click to exit from full screen mode When you switch to full screen in multiple-screen mode, Left click to toggle to only display one of the video in the multiple-screen mode or all. i When there are dual monitors with 32 channels, the full screen mode will split into 16 channels on each monitor.
Chapter 7 7.1 Functional Keys and Debug Tool Using Functional Keys The DVR system provides shortcut keys. The table shows the function keys and descriptions.
7.2 Using Debug Tool Debug Tool helps user to save a system log report or record all operate processing in order to debug when DVR system has abnormal status occurred. Debug Tool will be install when DVR system is installed. Please go to start > program > DVR > DVR server > Debug Tool. To save a debug log, click to change the save path and click Report button to export a debug log file in *.txt format. Debug Tool can record all operate processing by clicking Record.
Chapter 8 Using the Remote Programs You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access DVR server by entering the IP address or domain name. To use this feature, make sure that you are connected to the internet and the Network feature is enabled. i The DVR site needs to enable Network. To enable DVR network, please refer to Chapter 4.3#(6). Accessing this feature for the first time you will be prompted by your browser to install WebCamX.
i If you are not in a LAN network environment, remote playback video may be un-smooth due to network speed limitation. Slow network transmission speed may possibly cause system performance drop as well.
8.1 Familiarizing the DVR WebViewer Buttons Right-clicking on the webcam video screen, enables you to Start Recoding, Video Quality, Select Camera, Enable DirectDraw, and view Server Information. (15) (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) (9) (8) (1) Name (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Function (1) DirectDraw i (2) Enhance the video quality. Not all graphic cards can support this function. (2) Received file size (3) Camera frames (4) Split display mode Indicate the size of the data being sent per second.
Name camera (13) Snapshot (14) Full screen (15) Select cameras to view Function Capture and save the screen shot in *.bmp format. Use the entire area of the screen to only display the video. To return, Right click the mouse or press ESC on the keyboard. Select to the view camera from different server. In Select Camera dialog box, Display column, click to enable/disable viewing the camera. In Video Quality column, click to select between High, Normal or Low.
8.1.1 To Setup Remote System Setting There are two type of remote setup mode – Basic Setting and Advance Setting. Select the setup mode and click OK to enter setup window. Basic Setting Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. The setting here applies to Remote DVR only. (1) (2) (3) (5) (4) (6) (1) Camera Name Select the camera you want to adjust the settings. (2) Enable Set to enable/disable the selected camera.
- Description Add a short comment. (4) Enable Deinterlace Enable to enhance the video quality. Set the Enable Deinterlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement. (5) Quality Adjust the video quality. The higher the value, the lower the compression level and uses more hard disk space. (6) Frame Rate Set the number of images per second of the video to be recorded. The frame rate ranges from 1 to 30 for NTSC and 1 to 25 for PAL.
Advance Setting In Advance setting, user can configure remote DVR in more detail. System Setting In the System Setting windows, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting.
(5) TV Out Set the display time gap from 3 to 10 sec. before it switches to the next camera. i The TV Out function doesn’t support on NXU8000 series. (6) Miscellaneous Enable the conditions in Miscellaneous section you want the system to perform. - Desktop Lock 9 Block window OS hotkey: Deactivate the [Ctrl-Alt-Del] and [Windows] keyboard key functions. 9 Block windows OS pop-up window: To block any pop-up window from windows system. - Beep if no signal Make sound when the video signal is lost.
setup. (9) UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) Protect the system from damaging, such as power surges or brownouts. Mark Enable and setup the Shutdown when capacity below percentage level for DVR to showdown properly when the battery backup power has reached the setting. Mark Enable and click Setting to setup the Shutdown when capacity below percentage level for DVR to showdown properly when the battery backup power has reached the setting.
- Display Enable/disable to show the video. Even if the video of the selected camera is hidden you can still record the video and preview it in playback mode. Name Change the camera name. Description Add a short comment. (4) Enable Deinterlace To enhance the video quality. Set the deinterlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
When the system starts recording a red triangle mark would appear at the upper left corner of the screen. The recording modes are listed below: - Always Recording - Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage path Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement. Once a motion is detected, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based - on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings.
Network Setting In the Network Setting dialog box, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. For the network service ports that use by DVR server, please see Appendix C. (1) (7) (2) (8) (3) (4) (9) (5) (10) (6) (1) Server Name Assign a name for the DVR unit. Letters of the alphabet and numbers only.
Activate Enable Anonymous Login to remotely access the DVR server without the need of password. The default of WebCam port is 80. (8) Voice Phone Voice Phone is a 2-Way Talk feature that allows the client and server to talk via internet using microphone. Make sure both microphone and speakers work before using this feature. If the Talk to Web-Client is disabled, the person in the DVR server side can only hear the voice from the client side that is when the WebCam 2-Way Talk button is activated.
- Enable HandyViewer Enable remote users to use a PDA or a mobile phone to access DVR server and select the video size and quality. (See also Chapter 8.5 and 8.6) - Network Bandwidth Limit By Channel: Set the network bandwidth by each channel. All: Set the total network bandwidth consumption limit.
Schedule Setting Schedule to record, backup, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. To Set the Schedule Setting: and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. 1. Select the date in the calendar. Use 2. Select the condition you want to schedule in the drop down list.
5. To end Schedule Setting, click Update to exit and accept the setting and Exit to exit without saving the setting. Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, click Add to insert and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, click OK to exit and save the setting, Cancel to exit without saving, and Default to revert back to original factory setting. (1) (8) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) To set the Alarm Setting: 1. Click Add to insert and set a new alarm setting.
- low. Enable/disable the Abnormal Event check box, to set the condition of the event for system to alarm. • Normal Reboot: when the DVR system reboot without abnormal condition, the system will send out the alarm message. • Abnormal Reboot: when the DVR system reboot in irregular condition, the system will send out the alarm message. • Recording is switched off: when the recording has been stopped, the system will send out the alarm message.
- List the instructions to inform the person of what to do when the alarm is activated. To setup click Detail (see also To Setup Alarm SOP). Send to CMS (Central Management System) Enable/disable the selected camera to send video to CMS when the alarm is activated (see also To Setup CMS Setting) To Setup Send E-mail Setting: Beside the Send Email check box, click Detail. In the E-mail Setting dialog box, click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
To Setup FTP Setting: 1. 2. 3. Beside the File Transmission via FTP check box, click Detail. In the FTP Setting dialog box, enter the FTP IP, port, user ID and password. Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. To Setup Alarm Recording Setting: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Beside the Start Recording check box, click Detail. In the Alarm Recording Setting dialog box, select the camera to enable/disable video recording. Enable All to select all cameras.
8.2 Familiarizing the WebViewer PTZ Buttons (1) (2) (5) (6) (3) (4) Name Function (1) Direction buttons Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera. Click the center to pan automatically. Choose to enable/disable the PTZ camera. In the Select PTZ dialog box, Select column, click to enable/disable viewing and controlling the PTZ camera. Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
8.3 Familiarizing the Remote Console Buttons (18) (17) (16) (15) (14) (13) (12) (1) (11) (2)(3) (4) (5) Name Function (1) DirectDraw Enhance the video quality. i (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Not all graphic cards can support this function. (2) Exit (3) Volume (4) Split Screen Mode i - Close the Remote Console. Enable/disable the sound. Select from 6 different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen.
Name Function (14)Snapshot (15) Event log Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg or *.bmp format. Show the record of activities that take place in the system. To filter the records, select and click the option button to only display Event, System, Operation, Network or POS. Start/Stop video screen cycle switch Use the entire area of the screen to only display the video. To return, Right click the mouse or press ESC on the keyboard. Alert and display warning info.
In the Map Network Drive windows, select the Drive and fill in the network drive direction in Folder column if you know. Or click Browse to find the folder direction. Click Finish to complete the network drive mapping. After the network drive has been added, user needs to create a folder for network storage. In Browse For Folder windows, select the network drive and right click mouse button to add a new folder. And then, click OK. User should see a new storage folder display in Storage path list.
8.4 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (5) (4) (3)(2) (1) (6) (11) (7) (8) (9) (10) Name Function (1) Close (2) Setup (3) Auto Pan Exit PTZ camera controller. Configure PTZ cameras.(also see Chapter 4.13) Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number. Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image. Zoom in and out the image. Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera.
8.5 Using the Remote Playback To use this feature, first you need to select the source of the file. In the Select Playback Mode dialog box, choose Local Playback to open the file that is recorded in the Remote Console, and Remote Playback to open the file that is recorded in the DVR server. When you choose Remote Playback, select RealTime Playback if your internet bandwidth is fast and big enough, otherwise choose Download and Playback. Click OK to proceed and Cancel to void this operation.
To Make a Selection: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the date in the calendar. Use and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. In the table below, click on the blue block to select and open the recorded file. The blue block turns red when it is selected. The block that appears in white doesn’t have data. You can only select one block when you choose Download and Playback. Click OK to proceed and Cancel to void this operation.
8.5.1 Familiarizing the Local Playback Buttons (16) (15) (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) (9) (17) (8) (1) (2) (7) (3) Name (1) Split Screen Mode i (6) - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 9, 16, and 13 split screen mode. - To zoom in an area on the screen, Right click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Name i Function playing the recorded video file. – Also, user can open the recorded file from certain location by click OPEN FILE button – Click Channel 01~ 16 and Channel 17 ~ 32 button to switch to different channel group of playback calendar. – Mark Day Light Saving, the playback calendar will show the available playback records during day light saving period. The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID.
Name (12) Full screen Function View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard or click the arrow icon. Click to exit from full screen mode When you switch to full screen in multiple-screen mode, Left click to toggle to only display one of the video in the multiple-screen mode or all. i When there are dual monitors with 32 channels, the full screen mode will split into 16 channels on each monitor.
8.5.2 Familiarizing the RealTime Playback Buttons (12) (11) (10) (9) (13) (8) (7) (1) (2) Name (1) Split Screen Mode i (4) (5) (6) Function Select from two (2) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera. - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 9, 16, and 13 split screen mode. - To zoom in an area on the screen, Right click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Name (5) Archive i Function – Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. – Also, user can open the recorded file from certain location by click OPEN FILE button – Click Channel 01~ 16 and Channel 17 ~ 32 button to switch to different channel group of playback calendar. – Mark Day Light Saving, the playback calendar will show the available playback records during day light saving period.
8.5.3 Familiarizing the Download and Playback Buttons (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) (9) (8) (7) (6) (15) (5) (1) (2) (3) (4) Name Function (1) Exit (2) Progress bar To exit application Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. Select and click to playback the recorded video file on the specific time frame. (3) Hour Buttons i The Hour buttons represent the time in 24-hour clock.
Name Function 1. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation or set the segment marks from the start, click Segment button again. 3. 4.
8.6 Using HandyViewer to Access DVR server Users can use a mobile phone to access the DVR through Internet. Make sure your mobile phone support IE browser and is connected to the internet. To access the DVR server, open IE browser and enter http://enter server IP or domain name here/mobile. You can see the latest screen shot. Click << >> to change the channel or camera and Refresh to reload new screen shot. 8.
4. When you are prompted, click Yes to install the application using the default directory. 5. When done, click OK. 8.7.2 To install PDAViewer from the Internet Make sure you are connected to the internet. 1. Open the web browser and enter the server IP. Then click the hyperlink Download PDAViewer. 2. When the Download dialog box appears, enable Open file after download and click Yes. 3. After the installation, the PDA-Viewer 5.5 icon will appear in the Programs list.
8.7.3 To Use the PDAViewer 1. Run the PDAViewer 5.5 in the Programs. 2. Familiarizing the PDAViewer buttons. (2) (1) (3) (4) (5) (10) (9) (8) (6) (7) Name Function (1) Connect Hook up to the DVR server. Make sure you are connected to internet. When the iView screen appears, click Add to add DVR server. Enter the server IP, port, user ID, password and select the connection type. Then, click OK.
Name Function (6) Focus (7) Full Screen (8) Snapshot (9) Zoom (10) Direction buttons Adjust the focus of PTZ camera to produce clear image. Use the entire screen to only display the video. Capture and save the screen shot in *.bmp format. Zoom in and out the PTZ camera image. Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera. 3. To change the video quality, enable/disable audio, and select to display different camera, tap on the video screen longer the pop up menu will appear. 8.7.
10. The sensor and relay devices will list as below: 11. User can change the relay status. Select the relay and tap on video screen longer the pop up menu will appear, and then, select the status (ON, OFF, Tigger) 8.8 Using JavaViewer to Access DVR Server Using the mobile phone within Symbian Smart Phone OS to access the DVR through Internet. Make sure your mobile phone supports Symbian Smart Phone OS and can be connected to the internet.
8.8.2 1. 2. To Use the JAVAViewer Run the JAVAViewer program. Enter the DVR IP address, port number, user ID, and password. Please refer to your DVR server setting for that information. 3. And then, select the Connect to connect to DVR server. 4. Click Yes to accept the data from DVR server. 5. When connection is success, you will see the camera video on the screen.
6. To switch to different camera view, select menu and select the channel. 7. The JAVA-Viewer support PTZ control function, you can refer to Help file for detail function control key. Select menu and go the way down to select the Help file.
Chapter 9 Image Verification ImageVerification is a watermark-checking program to identify the authenticity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). This program can only verify uncompressed bmp image files. 9.1 1. 2. 3. 4. To Run the ImageVerification program Click Start>Programs>DSS>ImageVerification. In the ImageVerification screen, click Load Source Image and locate the image source. Click Verify Image to begin the process. Check the result in the Processed Image screen.
Chapter 10 iEnhance The bundled iEnhance is a video editing tool and can only be used with *.dvr video file. It allows you to adjust the video picture quality, segment and save the wanted portion of the video, zoom in and out the image, and print or save the screen shot. You can also save the setting and apply it on other files.
Name (14) Effects (15) Picture Adjustment (16) Original Screen (17) Temporary Setting Block (18) Status Bar (19) Progress Bar Function - Gray Scale: convert the image into black and white (monochrome). Normalize: adjust the brightness intensity. Equalize: automatically adjust the images that are too dark. De-interlace: smooth out the overlying frames. 9 Static: de-interlace for motionless scene. 9 Dynamic: de-interlace for moving scene. Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Gamma.
7. While the video is playing, user can select a portion of video to play and save. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. And, Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation or set the segment marks from the start, click Segment button again.
Chapter 11 Web Tools The bundled Web Tools includes Dispatch Server and Remote Backup program. To install Web Tools, place the CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Web Tools. 11.1 Dispatch Server Dispatch is designed to reduce the network traffic of the DVR server. Instead of connecting directly to the DVR server, the client can connect to the computer that is connected to the DVR server using the Dispatch program. To Run Dispatch program: 1. Make sure you are connected to the internet. 2.
11.2 Remote Setup Remote Setup is a tool for configuring DVR server from remote site. To install Remote Setup application, insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM drive and click Web Tools. After installation, click to start the Remote Setup application. 11.2.1 To Add DVR server User need to add a DVR server and make connection in order to setup remote DVR server. 1. Click Add 2.
11.2.2 To Setup Remote DVR Server Select the DVR server from listing and click Setup to configure remote DVR server. System Setting In the System Setting windows, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting.
(5) TV Out Set the display time gap from 3 to 10 sec. before it switches to the next camera. (6) Miscellaneous Enable the conditions in Miscellaneous section you want the system to perform. - Beep if no signal Make sound when the video signal is lost. - Mandatory Record Always record video when software is running - Playback Mode Select the mode of playback the video. Select date and time: Select the date and time which user wants to playback.
Camera Setting Select the camera from remote DVR servers to modify settings. In the Camera Setting windows, click Update to save and apply the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default1/ Default2 to revert back to original factory setting. (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to adjust the video setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon.
Record Setting In the Recording setup windows, click OK to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. (1) (2) (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon. To select one camera only, Left click on the camera icon. The camera icon turns red when it is selected.
When the system starts recording a red triangle mark would appear at the upper left corner of the screen. The recording modes are listed below: - Always Recording - Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage path Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement. Once a motion is detected, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based - on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings.
Network Setting In the Network Setting dialog box, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. For the network service ports that use by DVR server, please see Appendix C. (1) (7) (2) (8) (3) (4) (9) (5) (10) (6) (1) Server Name Assign a name for the DVR unit. Letters of the alphabet and numbers only.
(8) Voice Phone Voice Phone is a 2-Way Talk feature that allows the client and server to talk via internet using microphone. Make sure both microphone and speakers work before using this feature. If the Talk to Web-Client is disabled, the person in the DVR server side can only hear the voice from the client side that is when the WebCam 2-Way Talk button is activated. (See also Chapter 7.1 #6). The default port of voice phone is 9999.
Schedule Setting Schedule to record, backup, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. To Set the Schedule Setting: and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. 1. Select the date in the calendar. Use 2. Select the condition you want to schedule in the drop down list.
Restart the PC at the appointed time. i Make sure the Windows operating system is set NOT to require you to login user name and password. This way the system will be able to run DVR program. - Disable Alarm Deactivate the alarm at the set time temporarily. 3. Specify to either schedule it weekly or one time. Click ~ to make a selection. 4. Click on the blocks to set the schedule (see also Chapter 5.5.1). Or click All to select all. To store the setting, click Save. To remove the settings, click Clear.
- 5. In Camera section, select and click on the camera number (01 to 16) in Motion Detected and Video Loss to set the condition for the system to alarm. - In Missing and Suspicious Object Detected, click the camera number (01 to 16) and select the certain object on the screen (right click on camera number for detailed setting)), and when the certain object is missing or doubtful, the system will alarm. (see also Chapter 5.9.12) In Scene Change, when the camera has been moved, the system will alarm, too.
- Enlarge Camera View Switch to only display video in Preview/Advanced mode from where the alarm is activated. Send E-mail Send an electronic text message. To setup click Detail (see also To Setup Send E-mail). File Transmission via FTP Upload file to remote computer thru FTP (File Transfer Protocol). To setup click Detail (see also To Setup FTP). Start Recording Record the video from the selected camera. To setup click Detail (see also To Setup Alarm Recording).
To Setup Send E-mail Setting: Beside the Send Email check box, click Detail. In the E-mail Setting dialog box, click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. (1) Mail Server Enter the SMTP Server and port. If your e-mail system requires user identification, enable Authentication check box and enter User ID and Password. (2) Mail To check if it is working, click Test Account button. From: Enter the sender e-mail address.
To Setup Alarm Recording Setting: 6. 7. Beside the Start Recording check box, click Detail. In the Alarm Recording Setting dialog box, select the camera to enable/disable video recording. Enable All to select all cameras. 8. In the Frame Rate selection, select As Setting to record the number of frames based on the Recording Setting or Max to record the maximum of frames based on the available speed. 9.
11.3 Remote Backup Remote Backup is purely for backing up the *.dvr file from the DVR sever. You can select between Auto Backup and Manual Backup. Auto Backup continuously archives one hour of the recorded data at a time, starting from the specified date. As for Manual Backup, it only archives the recorded data of selected date. i To back up the data, you must have at least 2G hard disk space. To back up the recoded data from the DVR server: 1. Make sure you are connected to the internet. 2.
- Click Schedule to select/unselect the time you want to backup. The red block turns white when it is unselected. - Enable/disable Disk Recycle check box, to automatically overwrite the oldest file when there is not enough free space to backup the file. Manual Backup mode: the backup progress will start when user press the backup button - Click File Select to choose the date, time and camera you want to back up. - Click Browse to set the storage path. 6. Click OK to complete the adding DVR server.
11.4 iMatrix Application ® The AVerMedia iMatrix is a monitoring system that enables user to monitor DVR servers through an internet connection. iMatrix can monitor and playback the video of remote DVR servers. The iMatrix program supports Single, Dual, Triple and Four monitor displays. Please refer to Chapter 2.5 for dual monitor setting.
11.4.1 Software Installation This chapter describes how to install the iMatrix software. Before installing the software, make sure the Windows OS patches are up to date and the video graphic card driver is up to date. Minimum System Requirements First, must verify if the computer meets the minimum system requirements. F CPU F OS : Pentium® 4 3.
5. User may now run the iMatrix program.
11.4.2 Using the iMatrix Running the iMatrix Software To run the application, double-click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > iMatrix > iMatrix. For security purposes, iMatrix requires user to enter a User ID and Password before they can be accessed. When the Authorization dialog box appears, key in your User ID and Password. (If this is the first time, enter the one you have registered when installing the software.
Name (1) Exit Function Call up the Logout dialog box. In the logout dialog box, you may do the following: - Click Exit to close the iMatrix program. Only the administrator is authorized to access this command. - Click Login to sign-in as a different user. - Click Minimize to reduce the iMatrix to taskbar button. - Click Cancel to close the Logout dialog box. (2) Setup Configure the iMatrix settings.
Using Monitor Controller User can use Monitor Controller to switch different monitor set for monitoring and add/delete the channel in monitor set. i User needs to create monitor set in order to using Monitor Controller. To create monitor set, please go to Setup > 1. Click 2.
9. Click arrow button to close the sub window. [Step2] Click to expand the cameras [Step1] Select the montior [Step3] Drag the camera to the blank block [Step4] Click to refresh monitor set i [Step5] Click to close the sub window Right-click on channel block and select Recover to delete the channel form monitor set.
Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (5) (4) (3)(2) (1) (6) (11) (7) (8) Name (1) Close (2) Setup (3) AutoPan (4) Focus +/(5) Zoom +/(6) Direction buttons (7) Camera ID pane (8) Save Camera preset position (9) Camera lens speed controller (10) Camera preset position number (11) Group AutoPan (9) (10) Function Exit PTZ camera controller. Select PTZ cameras. Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number.
11.4.3 Customizing the iMatrix System button to customize the iMatrix system. In the In the iMatrix application, click the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password. When the iMatrix configuration setup selection appears, select and click the buttons you want to change the setting. System Setting In the System Setting dialog box, click OK to accept and start to reload the new setting, and Cancel to exit without saving.
available for enable/disable. Configuration Import / Export the iMatrix system configuration Monitor Text Setting Enable/disable the camera information display and display position on the monitor screen. Show Information Text First: Enable/disable the DVR information display on monitor screen. Click Font to select the text font and colour. (4) (5) DVR Setup Add the DVR servers for monitoring. i iMatrix only supports 16 DVR servers To Add and Remove DVR Server 8. 9. 10. 11. Click Setup.
15. And then, the iMatrix system will try to connect with DVR server. If the connecting time takes too long, user can click Disconnect button to cancel the connect action.
Camera Setup Select the camera from different DVR servers in order to monitor in one group. The selected cameras will be played on Monitor screen (see Using the iMatrix Application). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Click Setup. In the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password. Click Camera. Click Add to create a monitor set. The monitor set can be added up to 1000 monitor set. Click OK to save the setting. Name: Enter a name for the monitor set (12 characters only).
To delete all cameras, click Clear All button. User can enter a description for a channel. Click a camera in Monitor Layout window and enter the description in Camera Description. The camera description will display on the channel of the monitor screen. i 8. User can drag the camera channel to Monitor Layout window without using Add button. In Monitor Layout window, user also can set the channel to receive the alarm events from DVR server.
i - - Click right mouse button and drag on screen can enlarge viewing. Click right mouse button again to back to normal view. Press F1 will display DVR information on upper right corner of channel screen. Press F1 again to hide. Click on channel to view in full screen. Press Esc to back to multiple channel screens. icon indicates the channel is in preview status. The - The - icon indicates the channel is in playback status.
User Setting iMatrix supports 256 user account that includes operator and administrator account. 14. Click Setup. 15. In the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password. 1. Click User 2. Select the Authorization Level – Operator or Administrator. User can define each operator/administrator account’s authority of DVR server and Monitor set. Only the administrator is authorized to close and customize the iMatrix system. 3.
11.4.4 Using the Playback Function User can playback recorded video from the remote side of the DVR server. - Playback function must be enabled. Please go to Setup > Camera and select the monitor set and enable the playback function ( see also Camera setup) i - iMatrix playback doesn’t support on EB series. 1. Double-click the preview icon of channel and the channel will start playback. i 2. The icon indicates the channel is in playback status.
Button Function Select recorded vide to playback from remote DVR server hard disk. Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. Display playback speed and recoding time.
Chapter 12 Using the Remote Control Server The bundled Remote Control Server enables the PC with Central Management System program (CM3000) installed in it remotely access the DVR server. You may need to manually run this program for CMS access the DVR server. To run, click Start > Programs > DSS > DVR > Remote Control remote control server icon appears on the taskbar when the remote control server is Server. The enabled.
Appendix A Registering Domain Names DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) is a data query service mainly used on the Internet for translating domain names into Internet addresses. It allows remote clients to intelligently search dynamic servers without any previous enquiring for servers’ Internet addresses. In order to take advantage of this intelligent service, first register your domain name on the following Web site http://ddns.avers.com.tw 1. 2. User Login Browse the website ddns.avers.com.
Appendix B Configure UPnP DVR application support UPnP function that can automatically configure the port setting to the local router. Please make sure the following items are true for the UPnP to work able: - Window XP service Pack 2 is require - Window XP must be configured to use UPnP - UPnP must be enabled on your router (Please contact your local router dealer or refer to the router user manual for the UPnP configuration on router) Enabling UPnP in Window XP 1. 2.
4. Mark the UPnP Framework check box and click OK.
Appendix C Network Service Port The following table shows the ports that DVR server uses for certain network service.
LIMITED WARRANTY AVerMedia INFORMATION, Inc. warrants that this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacturing or components under the following terms: WARRANTY LENGTH Labor is warranted for 15 months from the date of purchase. Replacement products will be warranted for the remainder of the 15-month warranty period or 30 days, whichever is longer. WHO IS PROTECTED This warranty is enforceable only by the first consumer purchaser.
