Operation Manual

C3674M-L (6/15) 3
Contents
Description...........................................................................................................8
Installing the Software .................................................................................................9
DS ControlPoint Overview ..............................................................................................10
Operation ...........................................................................................................11
Setup..........................................................................................................11
Locking Shared Setup Options..................................................................................11
Application Settings .........................................................................................12
Manage Systems ................................................................................................16
System List.................................................................................................18
Connecting to a System ...........................................................................................19
Adding Custom Fields .............................................................................................20
Updating Your Password ..........................................................................................21
Filtering the Systems .............................................................................................21
Hiding the System List........................................................................................21
Showing the System List ......................................................................................22
Troubleshooting the Systems .......................................................................................22
Working with Tours ..............................................................................................23
Create a New Tour...........................................................................................23
Run and Pause a Tour ........................................................................................24
Alarm Popup ....................................................................................................25
Playing Back Current Alarms ...................................................................................25
Configuring the Alarm Page Settings ............................................................................26
Enabling Beep On Alarm ......................................................................................27
Exporting Pop-Up Alarms......................................................................................28
Digital Sentry Reports.............................................................................................29
Updating DS ControlPoint Software..................................................................................30
Configuring Analog Outputs ........................................................................................31
Live................................................................................................................32
Full Screen .....................................................................................................33
Quick Review ...................................................................................................34
Manual Record ..................................................................................................34
Snapshot .......................................................................................................35
Camera Groups ..................................................................................................35
Printing Images from Video Panes ...................................................................................35
Entering a Motion Mask for Sarix Cameras ............................................................................35
Video Pane Borders...............................................................................................36
Removing Video from a Window ....................................................................................36
Manage OSD Settings ............................................................................................36
Image Adjustments...............................................................................................37
Enable On-Screen Pan/Tilt/Zoom ....................................................................................37
Enable Digital Zoom ..............................................................................................37
PTZ Controls ....................................................................................................37
Alarm Page .....................................................................................................37
Pause Notification ...............................................................................................37
Search .............................................................................................................38
Live and Playback Video Search .....................................................................................38
Non-DS Camera Search.......................................................................................38
DS Camera Search...........................................................................................40
DS Servers and DX8100 Series Systems Scan .....................................................................42
Authenticate Samples ........................................................................................42
Filter Samples
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Alarm Search ...................................................................................................43
Acknowledging Serial Alarms ..................................................................................43
Installing the AlarmClear Service to Monitor COM1 Port.............................................................44