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COMELIT RAS SOLUTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Please read this manual thoroughly before use, and keep it handy for future reference.

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COMELIT RAS SOLUTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE Please read this manual thoroughly before use, and keep it handy for future reference.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Features .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 System Requirements.............................................................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2 — Installation .......
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Chapter 10 – Live View ....................................................................................... 48 10.1 Live View.............................................................................................................................................................. 48 10.2 PTZ Control......................................................................................................................................................... 50 10.3 Live Toolbar ...............................
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APPENDIX C-DIRECTORIES ................................................................................ 96 Appendix D-Keys ................................................................................................. 97 Appendix E-Messages and Logs ..........................................................................
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List of Figures FIGURE 1 LOGIN .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 FIGURE 2 ADD/MODIFY/REMOVE COMPUTER......................................................................................................... 4 FIGURE 3 SYSTEM SETUP MENU .................................................................................................................................
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FIGURE 62 INSERT FAVORITE .................................................................................................................................... 60 FIGURE 63 PLAY SPEED CONTROL ........................................................................................................................... 61 FIGURE 64 TIME OVERLAPPED PLAYING................................................................................................................ 62 FIGURE 65 EVENT SEARCH ......................
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List of Tables TABLE 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................. 2 TABLE 2 DEVICE TREE BUTTONS ............................................................................................................................. 11 TABLE 3 DISCOVERY LIST ITEM ICON .................................................................................................................... 12 TABLE 4 DISCOVERY TOOLS ........
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Chapter 1 — Introduction 1.1 Features This is extremely powerful and intelligent surveillance software. This guide explains how to install the software as well as how to configure and use.
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Chapter 2 — Installation 2.1 Installation Before installation, shut down and remove any previous installed versions. Do not install this on a network drives, otherwise the software MAY not work properly. Procedure 1. Insert the software CD/DVD; then click the installation link. Alternatively, if you are installing the file version, run the installation file from the location. Depending on your security settings, you MAY get one or more security warnings. If that is the case, click the Run button. 2.
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Chapter 3 – System Setup After installation, access the software by double-clicking the Comelit RAS Solution desktop shortcut. Alternatively, use Window’s start menu: Start > All Programs > Comelit RAS Solution > Comelit RAS Solution. Figure 1 Login Enter the User ID and Password when prompted by the Login dialog. The default User ID and Password are “admin” and “admin”. Local computer is the default computer, and user can add/modify/remove computer by clicking button if needed.
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3.1 System Setup After logging into the software, click the main menu in the title bar and select the System Setup menu. Figure 3 System Setup Menu Figure 4 Setup Login The System Setup requires administrator level authority. Enter the default User ID and Password in the Setup Login dialog after the first installation.
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Figure 5 System Setup There are 5 categories: ① main setup menu (SYSTEM, MODULE, EVENT, USER, and OPTION). The ② device tree is to manage the device group, the device and layout, and the channel and layout sequence. The ③ configuration property tabs contain menus and configurations for the main setup menu. 3.2 System Setup – Device/Layout/Sequence The System Setup is to configure devices, layouts, channel and layout sequences and recording schedule and policy.
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④ Enter the new group name. * Press the F2 key to rename the tree item 3) Remove device group ① Select the device group item(s) to remove from the tree. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Remove Group menu from the popup menu. ④ Confirm removing group from the message. * When a group is removed, all devices in the group will also be removed. It affects the layout, channel and layout sequence. * The recording data will remain even if the device is removed from the configuration.
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3.2.2 Layout 1) Add layout ① Select the Layout root item from the tree. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Add Layout menu from the popup menu. ④ Enter the layout name and description and select the layout mode in the Add Layout dialog. Figure 7 Add Layout 2) Rename layout ① Select the layout item to rename from the tree. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Rename Layout menu from the popup menu. ④ Enter the new layout name. * Press the F2 key to rename the tree item.
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4) Design layout ① Select the Layout tab and select a layout name in the combo-box. Figure 8 Layout ② Select a group/(a) device(s) from the tree and drag it into the layout position to set up the device name. ③ If you want to delete a device from the layout, select the device from the layout and click the right mouse button. ④ Select the Remove option from the popup menu. * Press the Delete key to remove the device from the layout in the tree or Layout tab. 3.2.
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3) Remove channel/layout sequence ① Select the sequence item(s) to remove from the tree. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Remove Channel Sequence / Remove Layout Sequence menu from the popup menu. ④ Confirm removing sequence from the message. * Press the Delete key to remove the tree item(s). 4) Design channel / layout sequence ① Select the Sequence tab and select a channel / layout sequence name in the combo-box.
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Figure 10 Device Searching It searches and selects the matching device by item name, IP address, MAC address, firmware version, URL, model name, profile name. If a layout item has a description or image path that matches with any searching text, it will automatically be selected. Device Tree Buttons Table 2 Device Tree Buttons Operations Searching device Clear searching text Add user dynamic layout Remove user dynamic layout 3.
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1) Connection status The Discovery tab shows the devices which are connected to the network by model name, device name, MAC address, IP address and firmware version. Each icon on the item list displays the results of its connection test. Connection Test Results Table 3 Discovery List Item Icon Results Key It’s not available to connect It’s connected It’s locked and needs ID and password 2) Discovery tools The device discovering process is able to be controlled by the below buttons.
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Figure 13 IP Filtered Device Discovery 3.3.2 Device setup There are some useful tools to setup the devices. ① Select the device item(s) from the list. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Remote Setup menu. ④ Setup the device configurations. The remote setup dialogs are different depending on the device model. * Please refer to the device manual in the setup menu.
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3.3.3 Quick view This is to see the video/image stream from the device instantly. ① Select the device item(s) from the list. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Quick View menu. ④ Select the video/image stream profile and connection type from the combo-boxes. ⑤ The Stop/Play button is to stop and resume the video/image stream. 3.3.4 Assign IP This is to assign the IP address for the selected device. ① Select the device item(s) from the list. ② Click the right mouse button.
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④ Select the firmware file from the file open dialog. ⑤ The upgrading progress will be shown and it MAY take time to be updated and restarting the system. * Please check the image file for the device before upgrading. Upgrading the wrong image file MAY cause the device to malfunction. 3.3.7 Login This is to set the device login ID and password. ① Select the device item(s) from the list. ② Click the right mouse button. ③ Select the Login menu. ④ Enter the login ID and password.
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3.4.1 Weekly recording schedule This is to set up weekly-hour based recording schedule. Figure 16 System Setup - Weekly Schedule ① Select the Schedule tab. ② Select a device to set up recording schedule. ③ Click the Weekly button. ④ Select the time table by dragging. ⑤ Click the right mouse button. ⑥ Select the New Time Schedule or New Event Schedule menu. ⑦ If you want to clear the schedule then select the Clear menu Color of the table Table 6 Color vs.
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* If the streams are from the same device then the recording properties are applied to all streams. * If the Audio is enabled, the audio stream from the device will be recorded with video. 3.4.2 Special day recording schedule This is to set up special day hour based recording schedule. Figure 17 System Setup - Special Day Schedule ① Click the Special Day button. ② Click the Add button to add the special day recording schedule. ③ Double-click the date from the calendar.
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Figure 18 Disk 1) Disk assignment ① Select the Disk tab. ② Select the device(s) from the tree and drag into the disk tree to assign recordings. ③ Set up the recording disk properties. * The streams which are from the same devices will be assigned automatically to the same disk drives. * To utilize the disk performance, the streams are assigned to the separate disk drives. * The Retention Time is to preserve the time of the recording data if the disks are available.
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Figure 19 Emap 3.7.1 Load background image ① Click the Emap tab. ② Select the Layout item from the combo-box to design Emap. ③ Click the Load Emap Background Image button ( are JPG, PNG and BMP. ) and select the image. Available image formats * The recommended Emap background image size is 800 x 600. If the image size is too big, it MAY take a little time to operate with it. If the image size is too small, E-map design and operation MAY not run optimally.
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Figure 20 User Image Size ⑦ Select user device image from the Change User Image menu. 3.7.3 Sensor/Link design ① Click right mouse button on the back ground image. ② Select the Insert Sensor/Insert Link menu. ③ Select the device group > device > sensor or manual trigger item. ④ If you want to rename it, click right mouse button and select Rename. ⑤ If you want to the change image, click right mouse button and select Change Image.
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Freeze Manual Record Off/On Speaker Mute On/Off Microphone Mute On/Off Emap Scale Up Emap Scale Dawn Emap Set picture Previous Emap next Emap Emap Close Previous Split Group Next Split Group Disconnect All Devices Set/Reset Event Channel Sequence Mode Status/Off Sequence Timer On/Off Previous Sequence View Point Next Sequence View Point Sequence View Point List 3.8 System Setup – Sequence This is to set up the channel/layout sequence. Please refer the ‘3.2.
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Chapter 4 – Event Setup This is to set up event operations. The device events are dependant on the device model. For example, some devices MAY support only motion and alarm event. And others MAY support manual trigger, on boot, video loss, network loss as well as motion and alarm. Please check the device model and setup before configuring this. Select the EVENT menu. Figure 21 Event Setup 4.1 Event Setup – Device This is to set up the event operation.
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4.1.1 Event operations ① Select the Device tab. ② Select a device from the device tree. ③ Select an event type to set up from the combo-box. ④ Enable/Disable the selected event operation from the list. ⑤ Set up the event operations. ⑥ If you want to apply the same operations to other devices, select the Apply to button and select device(s)/group(s).
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4.2 Event Setup – System This is to set up the system event operations as like Disk Fault, Disk Full and System Update events. Figure 23 Event Setup - System 4.2.1 System event operations ① Select the System tab. ② Select a system event type to setup from the combo-box. ③ Enable/Disable the selected event operation from the list. ④ Check the SMTP receiver to send the event information mail. ⑤ Enable/Disable the Sound. ⑥ Select the sound file. * The mail receivers are able to be configured in the SMTP tab.
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Figure 24 Event Setup - SMTP 4.3.1 SMTP setting ① Select the SMTP tab. ② Check/Uncheck the Enable SMTP. ③ The Sender is the email address of the system administrator. ④ The Interval is the mailing interval. The range is from 1 min to 24 hours. ⑤ The Aggregate Events is the count of the events to send. * If the Interval is 1 minute, this would check event to send every minute. If the Interval is 24 hours, this would check event to send in a day and send it.
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4.4 Event Setup – Relay Out This is to set up event relay out. After setting this, each relay out item is selectable in the Device tab. Please refer the ‘4.1 Event Setup – Device’ to assign the event relay out to the device event. Figure 25 Event Setup - Relay Out 4.4.1 Event relay out ① Select the Relay Out tab. ② Click the Add button and enter the relay out name. ③ Select the device from the device tree and drag it into the below of the list. ④ Set up the Record, Manual Trigger and Preset.
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Chapter 5 – User Setup This supports multi-users. Each user is able to be assigned the device, layout and sequences. This describes how to configure users and authorities. The default administrator user ID is “admin” and the password is “admin”. After installation, please change the password of the “admin” for safety. The “admin” is not able to be removed. Figure 26 User Setup Save the configuration otherwise the changes will not be applied. The old configuration would be saved in the specific directory.
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Figure 27 Setup User ③ Select the Group. A member of the Administrator group is capable to setup the system and access all devices, layouts and sequences. A member of the User group is not able to enter the system setup. ④ If you want to add one user, check/uncheck the Assign All Devices, Layouts, Sequences. If it is not checked, an administrator SHOULD reassign devices, layouts and sequences. ⑤ Enter the Password and Confirm password fields. And Click the Ok button. 5.1.
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5.2.1 Set up authorities ① Select a user from the combo-box. ② Select a device(s) from the device tree and drag it (them) into the Device list. ③ Select a layout(s) from the device tree and drag it (them) into the Layout list. ④ Select a sequence(s) from the device tree and drag it (them) into the Sequence lists. * If a layout is assigned to a user, all devices which belong to that layout are assigned automatically.
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Chapter 6 – Option Setup This is to set up various options of system, video and OSD (On Screen Display). Select the OPTION menu. Figure 28 Option Setup 6.1 Option Setup – System This is to configure language, automatic login/logout mode and system live update checking and logs. Select the System tab. Figure 29 Option Setup - System 6.1.1 Language This software supports multi-language functions and the language preference is user-configurable.
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1) User configurable language You can export the language items from the software in run-time. After editing the exported language file and place it under the specific directory. Then the language is ready to be used. The procedures are below. ① Select the System tab. ② Click the Export button in the Language. ③ Select the file to export. ④ Open the exported file (.ini) with text editor. (ex, Notepad) ⑤ Edit the right side strings of the equal mark. * Do not change the number.
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2) Automatic logout To logout automatically without asking for user confirmation, check the Enable automatic logout without checking user information. Otherwise, uncheck it. 6.1.3 Abnormal termination There is a possibility that if the software client is terminated without the correct procedure, the next time you start the client, you MAY receive a message of abnormal termination.
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2) Import This option recalls setup information from an exported file. This operation will delete current setting and replace with information in the file, so a warning window shows up and if you click Yes, the Import operation continues. At Open dialog box, select appropriate file and click Open button, then Import operation will start. 6.2 Option Setup – Video This is to configure video displaying mode and snapshot. Select the Video tab. Figure 30 Option Setup - Video 6.2.
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6.3 Option Setup – OSD This is to configure date and time format and screen title text and color. Select the OSD tab. Figure 31 Option Setup - OSD 6.3.1 Date & time format Select the Date and time format from the combo-boxes. 6.3.2 OSD Select the Item and the Font option. The screen example shows the selected options at the same time.
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Chapter 7 – Main/Sub Menu After installation, access the software by double-clicking the Comelit RAS Solution desktop shortcut. Alternatively, use Window’s start menu: Start > All Programs > Comelit RAS Solution > Comelit RAS Solution. There is a main menu, sub menu and tray menu. 7.1 Main Menu The main menu is for login/logout, system setup and others. And the button color shows the service status. Click the Main menu button ( , ) Figure 32 Main Menu/Sub Menu 7.1.
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Figure 33 Login dialog - option * If you want to configure automatic login/logout, please refer the ‘5.2 Authority’. Figure 34 Main menu If the user login is successful, the Main menu will display a connected status icon ( ). 7.1.2 Logout When you want to log out from the program not closing it, you can select the Logout from the main menu. If the automatic logout is not set, the Logout dialog would be popped up. Enter the user ID and password to logout.
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This is to enter the system setup menu. Entering the system setup menu is available only to the Administrator level users. Click the System Setup menu and enter the user ID and password in the Setup Login dialog. * Please refer the ‘3.1 System Setup’. 7.1.4 Lock/Unlock The Lock is to lock all user access except main/sub menu. To unlock, click the Main menu and select the Unlock and enter the locked user’s password in the Unlock dialog. 7.1.
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Click the Open snapshot directory from the Sub menu, windows explorer would open the configured snapshot saving directory. 7.2.2 Open Video Directory Click the Open video directory from the Sub menu, windows explorer would open the configured clip video saving directory. 7.2.3 Start recording/stop recording The Start Recording and the Stop Recording are visible only the current user is an administrator level user. The recording service is started or stopped by manually with this.
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Chapter 8 - Joystick This chapter explains the setup and usage of Comelit USB keyboard. When user connects Comelit USB Keyboard to PC for the first time, the Windows Update automatically installs the necessary drivers. [Automatic installation is for Windows 7 and later versions.] When user connects the Comelit keyboard for the first time, user needs to input password [Default password: 1111]. * User needs to install manually for Windows XP and earlier versions.
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(3) Channel Scale Up Press GROUP button then the selected channel scales up to fit in window. If user presses GROUP button in scale up state, the channel scale up is released. (4) Up/Down/Left/Right/Diagonal Movement Move joystick in desired direction. (5) Magnify/Shrink Press Magnify/Shrink button. (6) Iris Control Press Iris Open/Close button. (7) Focus Control Press Focus Near/Far button. (8) Preset Press preset number while pressing PRST button. (9) Scan Press Scan number while pressing SCAN button.
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Chapter 9 – Device Tree This chapter describes the device tree. The root items of the device tree are the Device, Layout, Channel Sequence and Layout Sequence. The Device has groups and devices. The Layout has layouts and devices. The Channel Sequence has sequences and devices. The Layout Sequence has sequences and layouts. Figure 38 Device Tree 9.1 Device The Device item shows the number of device items. It has device groups and devices. 9.1.
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Table 10 Device Status Tree Icon Device Status The network between device and the recording service is disconnected. The network between device and the recording service is connected. Recording. An event is happened. Recording and an event is happened. 9.1.2 Device menu Select a device under the device group. Click the right mouse button. Figure 39 Device Menu 1) Remote setup Select the Remote Setup menu. Then the remote setup menu window would be popped. It is the same with the ‘3.3.2 Device Setup’.
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Figure 40 Device Properties It shows the device information (Group Name, Device Type, Name, Address, Port, and User ID/Password) and connection information (Type, RTSP configuration and others). Click the Live button and then you can control PTZ, Menu and OSD control. * If there is limitation of the connections in the device, it MAY not be connected. 3) Recording property Select the Recording property menu. Then the recording property window would be popped up. You can check the recording schedule.
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9.1.3 Multi-select devices The device tree supports multi-select with Ctrl and Shift keys. The multi-selection supports only the same level items, for example devices in the same group. 9.1.4 NVR Device menu Select a NVR device under the device group. Click the right mouse button. Figure 42 NVR Device Menu Remote Setup Select the ‘Remote Setup’ menu. Then the NVR remote setup window would be popped. Please refer to the NVR manual. Setup Wizard Select the ‘Setup Wizard’ menu.
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The Layout item has device items and each item shows the screen id. 9.3 Channel Sequence The channel sequence item has device items. And the order of the devices is the sequence order. Figure 44 Channel Sequence Item 9.4 Layout Sequence The layout sequence item has layout items. And the order of the layouts is the sequence order.
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9.5 Favorite Favorite item contains Layout items. Each layout item saves and restores user defined window layout. * Support Multi-Monitor Window Layout / Camera Assignment Save and Restore FishEye Position Layout is NOT supported * Version Comelit RAS Solution, 1.2.0.8 or later Figure 46 Favorite (1) Add Favorite ① User makes window layout first. ② Select Favorite item and click the right mouse button. ③ Select Add User Layout menu.
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(4) Modify Window Layout Select the layout user wants to modify, click right mouse button, and select Modify in the pop-up menu. Type the layout name and press Add. Add Cancel Figure 48 Modify User Layout (5) Default Setting When user starts Comelit RAS Solution and log-in, the program restores default window layout. To setup default window layout, select desired layout and click right mouse button. Select default setting in the pop-up menu.
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Chapter 10 – Live View This chapter describes how to operate the live view mode. There are 4 live view modes (Live1, Live2, Emap and Event). The main user interface consists of ① Device tree panel, ② PTZ and Event control panel and ③ View tabs (Live1, Live2, Playback, Emap, Event and Status) If you click the left mouse button on the screen tab and drag it into the other monitor, the screen view would be shown as full screen mode. Figure 50 Main 10.
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10.1.2 Channel/Layout sequence view ① Select a Live view tab ② Select a channel/layout sequence item in the device tree. ③ Drag it into the view screen. ④ The remaining dwell time of view will be displayed in the title bar. And the sequence tools are enabled in the toolbar of the view. Table 11 Sequence Control Tools and Operations Sequence Control Tools Operations Enable/Disable sequence mode status. Click it, disable sequence mode. Continuous sequence timer status.
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Figure 51 Set Event Channel 10.2 PTZ Control This supports 3-ways PTZ control, by the PTZ panel, PTZ in Screen and Joystick. The PTZ control is only for the live views. 10.2.1 PTZ control with PTZ panel Figure 52 PTZ Control Panel ① Select a Live view tab. ② Select a screen to control PTZ in the view. ③ Click the PTZ panel and click the operation button.
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10.2.2 PTZ in screen The PTZ in screen supports simple operations, panning, tilting and zoom. ① Select a Live view tab. ② Select a screen to control PTZ. ③ Click in the screen and drag to move. ④ Zoom is controlled by the mouse wheel operation. * The length of the dragging line is the control speed. Figure 53 PTZ in Screen Figure 54 Zoom Control of PTZ in Screen 10.2.3 PTZ control with joysticks * Connect the PC-compatible USB Joystick to the system.
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① Select a Live view tab. ② Select a screen to control PTZ. ③ Move the stick. ④ There are predefined function buttons for control zoom, focus, iris and others. Buttons Table 12 Joystick Buttons and PTZ Operations Operations 1 Zoom Out (Wide) 2 Zoom In (Tele) 3 Focus Out (Far) 4 Focus In (Near) 5 Iris Out (Close) 6 Iris In (Open) 10.3 Live Toolbar Each view has view toolbar. Figure 55 Live View Toolbar 10.3.
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Current view mode Table 13 View Toolbar Keys, Button Transition mode Normal(Initial) view mode Left Ctrl+Enter, Full view mode Full view mode Left Ctrl+Enter, Full view without toolbar Full view mode Left Alt+F4, Normal view mode Full view without toolbar ESC Full view mode Full view without toolbar Left Alt+F4, Normal view mode 10.3.2 Position The toolbar is movable (top, left, right, bottom). Left click on the moving handle and dragging it.
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Figure 56 Live Screen Title and Toolbal 1) Show and hide screen toolbar Click the Show toolbar button ( ) in the screen title. Then it would be changed to extended mode ( and screen toolbar would be appeared. ) If it is clicked with Left Shift Key pressing, all screen toolbars would be shown and hidden together. 2) Digital zoom control ( ) Select the region to zoom by left mouse button clicking and dragging. The original screen would be shown in the right-bottom with PIP mode.
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7) Microphone on/off ( ) This is to transmit the audio stream to the device. * Please refer the device settings of audio. It is available only the case of that the device supports bidirectional audio stream (audio-back channel). 8) Manual recording on/off ( ) This is to start and stop recording manually. When a channel is not recording and the schedule for the device is not configured as recording time, if this is clicked, the video/audio streams would be recorded.
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Double-click the event item in the list or click the right mouse button and select the Open Live View from the menu. Then a window would be popped up and show the live video stream. * The information in the Event list is not permanent. * If the configuration is changed, the event information will be cleared. * If the user logged out, the event list will be cleared. * If the recording service is disconnected, the event list will be cleared.
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Chapter 11 – Local Playback This describes how to search and replay the recorded data. It supports various searching and replaying functions. 11.1 Date and Time Search The playback view supports a maximum of 16 channels. Figure 58 Playback View 11.1.1 Date and time search ① Select the Playback tab and select the ‘Time lapse’ tab from the playback control tab. ② Select a device/group/layout item from the device tree. ③ Drag it into the view screen.
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If multiple devices are dragged into a screen in playback view, then the screens would be set with the devices. 11.1.3 Layout If a layout is dragged into a screen in the playback view then the screens would be set as the order of the devices in that layout. And the view would be changed as that layout. 11.2 Playback Controls There are playback controls in the Timelaps tab. 11.2.1 Calendar and time combo-box 1) Calendar control The calendar button ( ) is to select the date.
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Figure 60 Time Combo-box 11.2.2 Export clip Click the Export button ( ) which is to save the footage as self-executable file. Select the date and time to be exported and format. Figure 61 Remote Export If you want to play clip-exe file before use password, check the “Use Password’ and input the password. ① Click Export clip button ( ② Select backup period using Date and time of Start and End. ③ Select directory for backup. ).
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④ Select backup type. [ Normal( Exe file ) or AVI ] ⑤ If user wants to backup with audio, click Audio check button ( ⑥ Select camera channel for backup. [ All channel : click ALL CH check button( ⑦ If user click Estimate button, backup size is displayed. [ Normal type backup displays size include viewer file ] ⑧ To setup password for backup data, click Use Password check button ( ⑨ When the password window is activated, type in password.
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11.2.6 Playback controls 1) Play speed control This is to control the replaying speed. This speed control is applied only the Playing state. The range is from x0.5 to x5.0. The speed is dependant on the system performance and load. The speed value x5.0 is not the meaning of accurate 5 times high-speed replaying. Figure 63 Play Speed Control 2) Play controls These are to control the playing mode. The backward playing controls show only key frames. The video encoding formats (MPEG4 and H.
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Table 17 Time Jump Controls Buttons Jump backward as the specified time Jump forward as the specified time 11.2.7 Time-overlapped playing When the system time is changed, the recording system date and time MAY be overlapped. The time table shows which time is overlapped or not. And you can select the time overlapped recorded data. The overlapped time period would be highlighted. Click the time, you can select the time id from the combo-box. Figure 64 Time Overlapped Playing 11.
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Figure 65 Event Search 11.3.1 Event search ① Click the event search button from the playback control window. ② Select a device/group/layout item in the device tree. ③ Drag it into the view screen. If you drag a layout, then split mode will revert automatically as it is configured. ④ Select the search range using the start, end, date and time. ⑤ Select the event type to search from the event list. (If it isn’t selected anything, all events are searched.
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11.4 Favorite Search (Bookmark) This is to search user favorite data. Click the Event search button ( ). You can see the favorite search window. Figure 66 Favorite Search 11.4.1 Favorite search When you replay the recorded data in the Timelaps tab, you can add favorite by clicking the Add favorite button ( ). Click the favorite button from the playback control window. Select the search range using the start, end, date and time. Enter the favorite text and click the search button.
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11.4.3 Export favorites This is to export favorite search result as CSV file format. The CSV file format is able to be opened with Microsoft Excel. 11.5 Event Report This is to make the event report. Click the Event Report button ( ). You can see the event search window. Figure 67 Event Report 11.5.1 Make event report ① Click the event report button. ② Select the search range using the start, end, date and time. ③ Check the devices to make report from the Device combo-box.
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11.6 Local File Playback This is to replay the HRA and REC file which are stored in the local HDD. Click the Local tab. Figure 68 Local File Playback 11.6.1 Local file open Click the File open button ( ). This is to open HRA or REC file format. If there is any problem while opening the file, the message would be shown. While opening that file, it checks which has any file error or not. The REC file is exported file from the network camera or device. 11.6.
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Figure 69 Local Export (1) Time Bar Time Bar shows time and date of Start and End for the video as well as the current position in the video. Drag or click Thumb( ) to move desired position in time line. Figure 70 Time Bar 11.6.3 Play controls Please refer the ’11.2.6 Play controls’. 11.6.4 Event search ① Click local file open button( ② Select search range using date and time of start and end. ③ Select event type in the event list and click Search button.
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* Search time depends on the number of selected items. ④ User can find event search result in result page number and list. ⑤ Select event item in the list and double click. ⑥ The image moves to the start of the event. 11.7 Playback Toolbar The Playback view has view toolbar. It’s similar with the ‘10.3 Live Toolbar’. Figure 71 Local Playback Toolbar 11.7.1 View toolbar The functions of each button in the toolbar are explained in ‘Appendix B - Toolbars’. And the full screen mode is the same with ‘10.
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Figure 73 Playback Screen Title and Toolbar 1) Show and hide screen toolbar Click the Show toolbar button ( ) in the screen title. Then it would be changed to extended mode ( and screen toolbar would be appeared. ) If it is clicked with Left Shift Key pressing, all screen toolbars would be shown and hidden together. 2) Digital zoom control ( ) Select the region to zoom by left mouse button clicking and dragging. The original screen would be shown in the right-bottom with PIP mode.
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Chapter 12 – Device Playback This describes how to search and replay the recorded data from External NVR/DVR devices. 12.1 Date and Time Figure 74 Device Playback The Device Playback view support a maximum of 16 channels. Device Playback support external NVR/DVR devices only. 12.1.1 Date and time search. Device Search date and time search is same to ‘Playback View’ date and time search. Please refer the ‘11.1.1 – Date and time search’. 12.
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12.3 Event Search Currently not supported. 12.4 Text-In Search Click the Show Text-In button ( ). You can see the Text-In search window. The NVR maintains a log of each time the text-in data is detected. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. You can select the event for which you would like to see video. Figure 75 Text-In Search You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates.
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Inactivating the First and Last box will allow the user to manually change the time to be searched. Once you set your desired search conditions, click the results. ( ) button to display the search Clicking an event list for which you would like to see video. The NVR will extract the event video and button will start playing the “text-in” video display the first image of the event. Pressing the PLAY, segment. You can see the detail text-in data by clicking ( ) button to show pop-up window.
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Figure 77 Text-In Filter 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Price Qty amount ---------------------------------------------------------------------Gillette Foamy | $ 10.1 | 1 | $ 10.1 CD-RW | $ 5.1 | 1 | $ 5.1 Coke | $ 2.2 | 2 | $ 4.4 In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 21th (Price), 33th(Qty), and 45th(amount) characters (including spaces) from the left. In this case, you can enter “21”, “33” and “45” in each column box.
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(3) Screen Title and Toolbar Each view window has screen title on top which shows the channel name and current time. If event occurs, the background of the title blinks (this works in forward play at x0.5, x1.0, x2.0 only). The functions of each button in the screen toolbar are explained in ‘Appendix B - Toolbars’. Figure 79 Screen Title and Toolbar 1) Screen Toolbar Show/Hide Click the Show toolbar button ( ) in the screen title.
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Chapter 13 – Emap View This describes how to operate the Emap view and functions. It supports multi-layered Emap view. 36 maps are able to be loaded in the Emap View at the same time. Each map MAY have link(s) of other map(s) and sensor(s). Figure 80 Emap View 13.1 Emap View To design Emap, please refer the ‘3.7 System Setup – Emap’. Click the Emap tab. The Emap view has all functions of Live1 except layout view. The layout view shows the Emap. 13.1.
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② Click left mouse button and drag it into a screen in the Live1, Live2 and Emap view. ③ The screen would be set with the device and live stream would be shown. ④ You can select multiple devices by Left shift pressing and clicking the devices or dragging area in the map. The selected item would be highlighted. 13.1.2 Popup view ① Select a device or sensor from the map. ② Click right mouse button, select the Open Live View from the menu. ③ A window would be popped up and shows the live stream. 13.1.
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Figure 81 Emap Toolbar 13.2.1 View toolbar The functions of each button in the toolbar are explained in ‘Appendix B - Toolbars’. And the full screen mode is the same with ‘10.3.1 View toolbar’. 13.2.2 Position Please refer the ‘10.3.2 Position’. 13.2.3 Map controls Map controls are available in the popup menu of a map. Click right mouse button on the background of a map. You can select menu from the popup menu. 1) Zoom The background image would be zoomed in and out with these controls.
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Previous map Next map 3) Close Select a map to close from the Emap view. Click the Close Emap button ( Ctrl key pressing, then all maps would be closed. ). If you click this with Left 4) Mouse move mode Click right mouse button on the background of a map. Select the Mouse Move Mode from the popup menu. This is to select mouse operation. If it is checked, mouse dragging is to move the map. Otherwise, it is to select the devices in the map.
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Chapter 14 – Event View This describes the Event view. The Event view has similar functions of the Live view. The different thing is that the event layout would be popped up automatically if the event is set. Please refer the ‘4.1 Event Setup – Device’. Click the Event tab. Figure 82 Event View 14.1 Event View The Event view has the event screens and the event list. The event screens have similar functions of the Live except sequence controls, split controls and event channel setting.
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14.2 Event Toolbar There is no split mode and sequence controls in the Event view toolbar. The other functions are same with the Live view toolbar. Please refer the ‘10.3 Live toolbar’. 14.3 Event List Please refer the ‘10.4 Event List’. This is the same with the Event list beside of the PTZ tab’. It shows event date and time, device and description.
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Chapter 15 – Status View The Status tab is to show device and system status and to get system/event log of devices. Click the Status tab. Figure 83 Status View 15.1 Status Toolbar The status toolbar is to select status view mode. Figure 84 Status Toolbar There are view selection buttons and a full screen mode button. This view doesn’t support the full screen mode without toolbar.
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15.2 Device Status The device status is to show the device connection, video and audio information and recording status. The Live1 and Live2 is to show what device is located in the view. 15.2.1 Device status table Click the Device Status button ( ) in the toolbar. The Device status table shows the device status information. The device status would be updated in a few seconds. The updating period is dependant on the system performance. Thus it MAY be not correct in some time.
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Figure 85 Device Status Table 15.2.2 Live1, Live2 split modes The Device status view shows the split modes of Live1 and Live2 with assigned device name. If you click the channel in the Live1 and Live2, the selected channel would be marked in split mode of the device status view. If you click the channel in the split mode of the device status view, the channel would be selected in Live1 and Live2. And the channel would be highlighted in the status table.
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Double click the channel in the split status, then a window would be popped up and shows a live stream. 15.3 System Status Click the System Status button ( ) in the status toolbar. It shows usages of the system resources and system logs. Figure 87 System Status 15.3.1 Usages The CPU, Network and Disk usages show the total CPU usages of the system which monitoring and recording services are running. 15.3.
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Select the Show Current Log from the combo-box. It would clear the search results and shows system logs. 2) Log search Select the searching range with start and end. Select the Log type from the combo-box. Click the Search button. The logs would be searched and displayed. If the logs are more than 500, a page combo-box would be displayed to select. The color of the log shows the log level, Operation, Critical, Warning and Error.
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Figure 90 Device System/Event Log Select a device from the device tree which MUST be connected. Click the System Log button or Event Log button. The log from the device would be displayed in the viewer. Click the Export button, it would be saved as TXT file format.
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Chapter 16 – Clip Viewer The Status tab is to show device and system status and to get system/event log of devices. Click the Status tab. Figure 911 Clip Viewer 16.1 Export Footage You can save a part of original video clip. If you click Export Footage ( ) button, you can save a part of the video clip in avi format by selecting date, time, file path, and channel.
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16.2 Open Local File This button ( ) retrieves recorded HRA or REC files. If you click this button, an Open dialog box appears. Choose a file to play(REC or HRA format). File path for the recorded video has following type (Drive_name)\NCRecording\MacAddress\YYYYMMDDTTMMSS.hra. 16.3 Playback Control 1) Play Speed ( ) This function controls playback speed and applies only for playback. Playback speed can vary from x0.5 to x5.0 and actual speed depends on the system, so x5.
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① Select a file you want to play at Open Local File ( ② Click Event View button ( ③ Choose search range by selecting date and time of Start and End. ④ Select event types from the event list and click Search button. (at least one event type should be selected) ⑤ You can find the event you want to play on the event search result. ⑥ Double click the event you want to play on the event search list. ⑦ The channel for the event moves to the start moment of the event. ) dialog box. ). 16.
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APPENDIX A-SPECIFICATION Application/Version Recording Number of Channels Total Recording Bitrate Resolution Modes Special Day Pre/Post-Recording Retention Time HDD Overwriting Video/Audio Live View View Modes Split Modes Digital Zoom PTZ Audio Channel/Layout Sequence Event View Screen Exchange Snapshot Mode Snapshot Format Aspect Ratio Event Notification Playback View Channel Date Time Search Comelit RAS Solution/from 1.2.0.
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Popup Live View Status View Status Modes Device Status Channel/Layout with Dwell Time ( 5 sec ~ Unlimited) Device Status/System Status/Device Log Live1/Live2 Layout mapped Status, Recording/Connection/Event Status CPU/Network/Disk Usage, Real-time System Log, Log Search Monitoring Service/Recording Service Log Yes Excel (csv), Text (txt) System Status System Log Search Device Log Log Export Format Functions Live Update Yes System Lock/Unlock Yes Automatic Login Yes Restoration Yes OSD Control Yes User Man
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APPENDIX B-TOOLBARS Application/Version Comelit RAS Solution/from 1.2.0.
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Snapshot Freeze Manual Record Off/On Speaker Mute On/Off Microphone Mute On/Off Disconnect All Devices Previous Split Group Next Split Group Text Message Input Emap Zoom In Emap Zoom Out Emap Fit Screen Previous Emap in History Next Emap in History Close Emap Set/Reset Event Channel Sequence Mode Status/Off Sequence Timer On/Off Previous Sequence View Point Next Sequence View Point Sequence View Point List Event View Full Screen Snapshot Freeze Manual Record Off/On Speaker Mute On/Off Microphone Mute On/Off
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Full Screen Device Status System Status Device System/Event Log Screen Toolbar Show/Hide Screen Toolbar Move Left/Right Screen Toolbar Digital Zoom Screen Snapshot Disconnect Channel Freeze On/Off Audio On/Off Speaker On/Off Manual Recording On/Off Show/Hide Screen Text 95
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APPENDIX C-DIRECTORIES C:\Program Data\Comelit RAS Solution (Windows 7) MonitoringService Emap Service configurations Emap images and samples Languages Logs Language ini files Monitoring service logs and old configurations Recording Service Logs Service configurations Recording service logs RecordingIndex Recording data index Users Shared Comelit RAS Solution User configurations Common information C:\Users\{User Name}\My Pictures Default snapshot directory 96
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Appendix D-Keys Live1, Live2, Event, Playback, Emap Page Up Page Down Home End Left Ctrl + Enter ESC Left Alt + F4 Print Screen Left Shift + Print Screen Left Ctrl + Emap Close Button Split Mode Changing (Decreasing Mode) Split Mode Changing (Increasing Mode) Split Group Changing (Circular Decreasing Mode) Split Group Changing (Circular Increasing Mode) Full Screen/Full Screen Without Toolbar Full Screen Without Toolbar -> Full Screen with Toolbar Close Full Screen Mode Select Screen Snapshot All Screens S
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Appendix E-Messages and Logs Messages How to do OLE initialization failed. Make sure that the OLE libraries are the correct version. Windows sockets initialization failure. Install Microsoft .Net framework Check and reinstall network device driver Increase disk size in the system setup. Please refer the ‘3.4 System Setup – Disk’ - Overwriting failure or disk full. The setup may be changed by the other system, it would be tried to reconnect automatically. Please check the service status in the system.
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device(s). Please set the correct searching time. The searching end time must be later than the start time. There is no selected event. Please select (an) event(s) from the list. An error was occurred while reading the Emap user image file. Please check the file and size. The image width must be multiply of 28 and the height must be 84. Check the event type from the combo-box. The CPU usage is more than 95%. The system may not work properly. The CPU usage of monitoring system is more than 95%.