User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Copyrights and Trademarks
- Disclaimer
- Welcome to NetVision
- Common / Daily Tasks- 5 Starting your Software and Logging In
- 6 Alarm / Reporting Features and 'Chatting'
- 7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings- 7.1 Overview--Types of Playback
- 7.2 Playback--Technical Details
- 7.3 Synchronized Playback (v2.3 SP2)
- 7.4 Video Search (v2.3 SP2)
- 7.5 Searching for Motion
- 7.6 Working with the Playback Screen
- 7.7 Viewing and Printing 'Snapshots'
- 7.8 Working with the File List
- 7.9 Quad Playback
- 7.10 Server Management--Identifying Remote Servers for Playback
 
- 8 Viewing Live Cameras
- 9 Recording Camera-Views
 
- System Administration and Maintenance- 10 Tasks Applicable to Remote Stations and the Video Server- 10.1 PC Date and Time
- 10.2 Checking your Software Version
- 10.3 Introduction to Video File Management (Filekeeping and Housekeeping)
- 10.4 To Allow Using a Blank CD (Roxio - Easy CD Creator 5 basic with DirectCD)
- 10.5 Filekeeping (v2.3 SP2)
- 10.6 Housekeeping
- 10.7 Automatic Video File Management (Self Housekeeping)
 
- 11 Tasks Performed at the Video Server Only
 
- 10 Tasks Applicable to Remote Stations and the Video Server
- System Configuration
- Software Installation and Network Set Up- 19 PC Requirements
- 20 Software Installation or Upgrade
- 21 Network and Connectivity Issues- 21.1 General Network Requirements
- 21.2 IP Addressing on the Network
- 21.3 Network Services
- 21.4 Network Ports
- 21.5 To Connect via the Internet
- 21.6 Remote User Permissions
- 21.7 For Remote Viewing, Recording, Playback, and/or Audio Monitoring
- 21.8 For Alarm Alerts
- 21.9 For E-Mail Alerts
- 21.10 Windows Dial-Up Networking Connection (i.e., not via the Internet)
- 21.11 Network Usage
 
 
- Reference Topics- 22 Using the Small Remote Module
- 23 Remote Configuration
- 24 The WatchDog Feature
- 25 Hardware Reference
- 26 Troubleshooting
- 27 Using the ATM Interface Option
- 28 Working with the Older Playback Engines- 28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR)
- 28.2 Step 1: Open the Video Player
- 28.3 Step 2: Local / Remote, and Connection Screen
- 28.4 Step 3: Searching for Video/Alarm Files
- 28.5 Smart Motion Search (Micro DVR)
- 28.6 Step 4: Playing a Video
- 28.7 Window Options and File Properties (Micro DVR, Quad Player)
- 28.8 Viewing and Printing 'Snapshots' (Micro DVR)
 
- 29 Viewing Cameras through a Web Browser
- 30 Setting up an IP Camera or Video Server module (v2.3 SP2)
- 31 Panoramic Video Surveillance--PVS (v2.3 SP2)
 

8  NetVision Plus/Elite and Micro DVR v2.3 SP2 User's Guide  21-0400E v2.3.3 
4.3 
Communications / Server 
Modules (Video Server) 
You'll notice some items on the task bar at 
a Video Server when the NetVision 
software is running. 
•
   Alarm Alert Caller: Manages the 
sending of alarms to a remote surveillance 
workstation; 
Related Topics: 
15.2 Set Up the Alarm Alert Caller; 
6.2 Responding to Alarm Alerts (Remote Station) 
•   Alarm Alert Email Sender: 
Manages the sending of alarm notifications 
to e-mail recipients; 
Related Topics: 
6.3 Responding to Alarm-Alert Email 
15.1 Enable/Disable Alarm Alerts or E-Mail 
•  Playback Server: Allows remote 
surveillance stations to playback previously 
recorded video sequences; 
Related Topics: 
7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings 
28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR) 
•  PTZ Server: Allows remote surveillance 
stations to remotely control camera-views 
(Pan/Tilt/Zoom); 
Related Topics: 
8.3 Changing a Camera's View (Pan/Tilt/Zoom); 
16.3 Pan/Tilt/Zoom Activation and Set Up 
•   Chat Server: Allows remote 
NetVision users to chat with Video Server 
operators; 
Related Topic: 
6.5 Chatting On-line with a Video Server 
•  Video Server: Allows remote surveillance 
stations to view cameras connected to a 
Video Server; 
Related Topics: 8 Viewing Live Cameras 
WebView
: The ‘WebView’ feature also uses the 
video server. Related
: 29 Viewing Cameras 
through a Web Browser 
• Search Engine Server: Allows efficient 
local and remote searching of video files; 
Related Topic:  
7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings 
28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR) 
•  Watchdog: This causes the Video Server to 
restart automatically if the NetVision 
software stops responding for a pre-set 
duration (60-250 sec.); 
Tip: A hardware watchdog option is available as 
well (for protection against MS Windows crashing 
or 'hanging'). 
Related Topics: 24 The Watchdog Feature 
•   Audio Server: Allows remote 
stations to monitor audio from Video Servers 
equipped with a microphone (associated 
with a camera); 
Related Topics: 16.7 Remote Audio Monitoring 
•  DSR_Relay Server: Allows remote users 
with access to the Internet to perform many 
configuration tasks using their Web browser; 
Related Topics: 23 Remote Configuration 
•  Webcam Server (hidden): This allows 
using the WebCam feature to view camera 
images through a web browser. 
Related: 29 Viewing Cameras through a Web 
Browser 
•  USB Alarm IO Server: Future use; 
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Remote_Users: The remote users who will be 
able to access specific features can be set up 
as desired. 
Related Topics: 11.2 Remote Users and Permissions 
(+ HTTP server port) 










