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TRENDnet User’s Guide Contents Contents ............................................................................................ i Chapter 1 .......................................................................................... 2 Network IP Cameras ...................................................................................................... 2 PTZ Cameras .................................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2 .........
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Chapter 1 Network IP Cameras What is a network (IP) camera? Network camera, IP addressable camera, IP Camera, all referring to the same type of cameras, is a digital camera that can be directly connected to the Internet through a network cable or Wireless connection. Network cameras send already digitized and compressed video streams. Network Cameras are the fastest growing trend in the Surveillance industry.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Through the software, 32 cameras can be managed, configured, and adjusted, without the need to be at the server site. Right mouse click on any camera to show a list of various options like camera setup, recording settings, user management, and etc. Use the wizards for easy navigation and step‐by‐step setup. Right mouse click on any camera to access archive playback, freeze function, digital PTZ, screen arrangement, video transfer options and more.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Chapter 2 TRENDnetVIEW Pro Installation 5. “Select Start Menu Folder” window appears. Click Next. Changing the location is Begin the installation process by double clicking the TRENDnetVIEW Pro setup file. 1. “Welcome to the TRENDnetVIEW Pro Setup Wizard” window appears. Click Next. 2. Please read and accept the Software License Agreement. Then click Next. 3. Select the installation destinalation and then click Next.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnetVIEW Pro Server Setup Wizard 1. The “TRENDnetVIEW Pro Server Setup Wizard” appears. Click Next. When the “Server Properties” window appears, enter your machines unique Identifying name and server title. It is recommended that you check “Compact the configuration database” (checking this option will help optimize your configuration database in the future). Click Next 3. The “Server Network Settings and Port settings” window appears. Click Next.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 5. Click Start Server Application and then click Next. 4. Select Application Mode and then click Next. Application Mode. The following “Startup” option can be selected: Manual: That means you will physically have to double click the program to get it started. Automatically with any user logon: The software will open up when any user logs into Windows on that machine.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Terminology Panel – Panel, window Toggle‐ To alternate between two or more electronic, mechanical, or computer‐related options, usually by the operation of a single switch or keystroke Toolbar‐ The toolbar that you see at the top of your screen gives you various options such as open, save and various screen manipulations, at the click of a button. TRENDnetVIEW Pro Events ‐ This button toggles the events window.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Wizards‐ The wizard’s icon on the toolbar gives you a shortcut to various server, and camera options and configurations. You can also access these features through the right click menus in the software. Structure Pane The structure pane is the control center. This is where you will setup all of your cameras as well as your server. Views‐ These buttons on the toolbar allow you to manipulate your views and camera layouts to your own preference.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Broadcast Server Connections TRENDnetVIEW Pro Broadcast Server ‐ is a separate product to broadcast video streams to multiple web‐browsing platforms (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome) as well as for iPhone, Android, etc. TRENDnetVIEW Pro Broadcast Server will resample and recompress video stream for web or mobile client depending on connection speed and viewing capabilities. 1.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide When logged into the server via the browser on a PC or Mac, you can click on any cameras to the left in structure pane. The IP cameras will be displayed in main screen as separate windows that can be resized and moved anywhere within the window. Chapter 3 Server Recording Properties 1. Right click on your server 2. Click Tasks. 3. Click Recording Properties. Directories o Priority‐ Choose which of your drives records first.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide o Duration Quota o Storage Duration ‐ Chose the numbers of days you would like to store. Statistics ‐ Check on used spaced and available space left on the hard drives being used by TRENDnetVIEW Pro. Add ‐ Add external storage address for recording such as sharing on a remote computer or NAS drive. 4. Click Apply to save settings. o Remove‐ This button removes currently selected network storage path. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Server Communication Properties 1. Right click on your server 2. Click Tasks. 3. Click TCP Communication Properties. Connections‐ Here you can see at all times who is connected to your server. The IP address, user name and connection time can all be seen. Click refresh at any time for an updated list. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Server Watchdog State Your Server Watchdog performs an important operation, protecting your software from improperly working due to system problems. Configuring your watchdog is not necessary, if you chose to enable it during installation. The default settings will work well, however if you are having frequent restarts, adjusting it may become vital. 1. Right click on your server Properties > State State‐ Start or Stop running Watchdog.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Maintenance Properties > Maintenance Restart Intervals‐ Days or Hours. Enable Periodic Restart‐ Enabling this feature will restart the Server Application at times specified. It is recommended to restart the Server Application to Refresh system resources. The Watchdog Server‐Restart will go virtually unnoticed by the user. Enable Periodic Restart Hours‐ Enabling this feature allows the user to define a range in hours during which maintenance restarts are allowed (e.g.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Server User Management System/User Permissions As you see TRENDnetVIEW Pro system permissions provides Global Scope permissions for better user management. To start the “Server Security Wizard”, right‐click on the server within the Structure pane, click Tasks and then click Server Security Wizard. Create users or modify existing users rights This wizard guides you step by step to add, remove, or modify user permissions. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Chapter 4 Setting up an IP Camera There are two ways of setting up an IP camera to work with TRENDnetVIEW Pro: 1. 2. Let the software find the cameras automatically Manually input all of the camera’s IP information 6. TRENDnetVIEW Pro will now begin scanning your network and specified ports for any IP cameras. Once it is finished it will give you a list of the cameras that it found and give you an option to add them to TRENDnetVIEW Pro.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Add a Network Cameras manually 1. Right click on your server name 2. Click Tasks 3. Choose “Camera setup Wizard”. 4. Select “Network Devices (IP Camera, Video Server)”. Note: The tabs under properties are described below Model Tab Properties > Model Select TRENDnet and then select the IP camera model. Then click Apply. 5. Click Next. 6. For “Device title”, type in a name for the IP Camera. 7. Click Properties. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Access Tab Properties > Access Input the IP address of the IP Camera, Port Number, User Name and Password. Then click Apply. Video Configuration Tab Properties > Video Configuration Color Mode‐ Color or black and white Resolution: Quality of the picture. The higher quality you choose the more space it will take. Options include 704 x 450, 352 x 240 and 176 x 112. Encoding: Choose the encoding type that is supported by your camera.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Frame Adjustment Tab Properties > Frame Adjustment Brightness, Contrast, etc… Change the appearance of your video quality. Audio Tab Properties > Audio Audio Input. Audio input can be the audio in of the pc main‐board or additional USB audios. Options for Internal Audio Source from an IP camera can be found under the camera properties. From the Audio Tab the internal Audio source can be selected and activated.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Events Properties > Events For more information regarding Events, see Digital Input Configuration and Events sections on page External PTZ Control Tab Properties > External PTZ Control Click Properties. Audio to the camera can be sent via Client application Audio Pane by selecting a camera from the list and pressing the microphone icon.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Communication Settings. o Serial Port – The communication port has to match the communication port that the RS232/485 controller is connected. o Port Speed (Baud Rate) – Baud rate has to match the baud rate of your PTZ camera. o Device Identifier – Device Identifier, is a unique ID that has to be set on PTZ cameras. Having multiple PTZ cameras requires a unique id to be set on every individual PTZ camera.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide The sensitivity should be adjusted to a point where motion is only seen by people and not by blinking lights, reflections, or shadows, otherwise you will get “false motion” and TRENDnetVIEW Pro will be recording based on motion that does not exist.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Source Tab Properties > Source Here you can specify whether or not you would like motion information and video recording to be written to the hard drive. It is recommended that you write both to the hard drive, because it will make it much easier to review your recordings with motion information. Without motion being recorded to the hard drive you will not be able to search by general motion or defined motion regions (Smart Search, see Page 36).
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Time Lapse Tab Advanced Properties > Time Lapse Time Lapse recording: The number of frames to be record camera by camera. It gives you the opportunity to use hard drive space more efficiently. Less important cameras can be set to record less frames than others. This does not apply for MPEG‐4 and H.264 compressions.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Storage Quota Tab Advanced Properties > Storage Quota Enable Individual limit on amount of stored data ‐ Enable Individual limit amount for data for the current camera. Some cameras are more important than others and some are less important. The user can define the limit for every individual camera. Enable Individual limit on duration of stored data ‐ Enable Individual duration limit for the current camera.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 2. When you change the camera settings, you must remember that the camera may already have some of the settings. Scheduled Recording Configuration Scheduled recording requires device configuration administration permissions through the “Camera Setup Wizard”. As soon as scheduled recording is selected, cameras will be recorded in accordance with the schedule. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Click on Configure schedule to bring up the “Manage Schedule” window. You can create, edit and delete profiles of the schedule by clicking on the top toolbar. By Selecting a profile from the list and "drawing" on the schedule you can specify the time for the selected profile. Profile Configuration Profiles > Create New Profile Video tab ‐ Allows managing of the video recording settings. Enable video recording ‐ enable/disable video recording.
TRENDnetVIEW Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Video Motion Tab – Enable video motion recording. Digital Input Configurations and Events To activate the dry contacts (digital or dry inputs) on the camera you need run Camera Setup Wizard, open the camera settings and select the tab Events. Next, you need to include the generation of events (Enable event generation), also select the State in which the alert generated by the event ‐ this can be done by clicking the mouse on the link in the column State.
TRENDnet User’s Guide TRENDnetVIEW Pro Recording For the recording of events, select the corresponding check‐box on the page, Data recording, in the Camera Setup Wizard. You can also set up to activate record video after an alarm event. To do this, click Advanced Properties, select the “Motion and Events tab”, and select “Enable alert event controlled recording.” © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnet User’s Guide Archive TRENDnetVIEW Pro Specify search criteria and click Search. Double click on the event of interest to establish the position of the archive at the time of the event 1. Click Archive in the structure pane on the left. 2. Click Video. 3. Double click the desired camera. At the Time Line bar, events are displayed in the lower part, and are marked with yellow or red (alarm events) Labeled. Search for Events To search for events, choose Navigation ‐> Events in the archive window..
TRENDnet User’s Guide Live view pop up by motion and events 1. Cameras will be placed on a client screen as soon as Motion/Event triggered on the camera TRENDnetView Pro 3. On an event, camera placed on the screen by pop up will be marked in red blinking frame. 2. Each camera has the option in a footer "lock" and "unlock". When a camera is unlocked it will be changed on the screen if you have enabled Pop up features. If a camera is locked then it will always stay on the screen. © Copyright 2014 TRENDnet.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Chapter 5 Digital PAN‐Tilt‐Zoom on Playback Digital PAN‐TILT‐ZOOM on live view To Activate the Digital Pan‐Tilt and zoom function on already recorded video just activating the PTZ control pane from the archive window. It can be controlled only via PTZ control pane. 1. Right‐Click on any camera to activate the Digital Pan‐Tilt and Zoom function. PTZ Control Panel for optical zoom Click on this icon on the main toollbar to get to the PTZ control panel.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Save Presets and Tours for PTZ Cameras Presets and Tours can be configured from the PTZ control window. PTZ control – Point to click PTZ Point to click works on PTZ cameras that support point to click. To enable point to click, right‐click the live video stream and click Point to Pan‐Tilt‐ Zoom. Manage PTZ tours camera by camera by selecting the presets of your choice and time between them. © Copyright 2014 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide PTZ control – Shortcut Keys PTZ cameras can be controlled with the +‐ and arrow keys form pc keyboard. Video Adjustments Video adjustment panel, adjust the video settings for the desired IP camera. Video Frame Export Video Frame Export Setup Wizard allows you to configure continuous saving of video frames on network, fixed storage or FTP. Frame export can be configured for multiple devices. Also you can use fps limit (time lapse) and motion controlled export.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide If you want to enable export, press properties button to configure it. Review the settings: Profile: Select already created profile or create at least one to start using video frame export. There are two types of profiles: file export profile and FTP export profile. Use manage button to create edit or delete those profiles File Name Template: Each frame will be saved into file, this template string will be used for formatting filename.
TRENDnet User’s Guide o TRENDnetView Pro File Export Profile Directory: Specify frame export directory. If you are connected remotely please note that this is server side directory. You can specify network storage or share path. Then click Apply. Exclusivity Mode (Windows lock out feature) Tools > Options > Exclusivity Exclusivity Mode feature ensures that the operator cannot get access to Windows operating system. The operator can have access to TRENDnetVIEW Pro software only.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Enable Video Transfer Properties Video Transfer feature is made for network traffic reduction between DVR Server and DVR Client (if remotely connected) and/or CPU load decreasing on the Client side. Video Transfer reduces amounts of data transferred from server to client by skipping some frames, transferring only motion detected frames, re‐compressing or down sampling them without reducing recorded data quantity and quality.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Video Transfer Defaults Layouts You can specify default values of the video transfer for newly added devices. All options are identical to the Video Transfer properties. Those defaults can be accessed by clicking on server and choosing menu item Properties. Create custom Layouts by grouping cameras from different DVR Servers/Locations into groups for more efficient monitoring, and better management.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Layout Sequence When Layouts are created, they can be used for sequencing. To create sequences: 1. Right click on Layouts and click Manage Layout Sequences. 3. Review the settings: Add/Remove/Move Up/Move Down: Manage priority or remove layouts of your choice. Layout: Choose given Layouts for adding them in a sequence. Pause: Set time interval between layouts (in seconds) 2. Click New. © Copyright 2014 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Map Module TRENDnetVIEW Pro Maps allows you to quickly and conveniently locate cameras for viewing placed on Google Map and/or on your own floor plans added in JPEG format. 3. Review the settings: 1. To start this module, click this button on the toolbar: 2. Right click the map and use context menu commands to configure and control map features. Add New Camera Marker – this item will add camera marker in place where menu has been called.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Archive Backup Wizard Archive Backup Wizard purpose is to backup specific part of archive or burn CD/DVD with archive and Archive Viewer on it. This can be useful to create backup copies of your archive with lower fps, or writing specific part of the archive on the CD for other machines without TRENDnetVIEW Pro being installed on them. Please note that this wizard works only on the same machine where DVR Server is installed. 1.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 6. The ”Backup Destination” window appears. Select type of backup (“Burn archive on CD or DVD disc” or “Copy archive to hard drive or network drive” ). Then click Next. Chapter 6 How to playback video 1. Right click on your server name 2. Choose tasks 3. Click Open archive. Note: You can also right click on any camera view and choose open archive. 7. If you select “Burn archive on CD or DVD disc”, the “CD/DVD Device Settings” window appears. Click Next. 4.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Fast forward & Rewind Define motion of interest There is a dial on the bottom of the screen, which you can drag in either direction to browse through your video in high speeds. Another way to fast forward is to use the arrow controls on top of the screen in which you can define how many increments of time you would like to move through the video. 1. Click on Navigation at the top of the archive window. 2. Click on “Define region of motion interest”.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide Export Video To export video, you first have to select the section of recordings that you want to export to a different location (This will also prevent it from getting overwritten). To select video: 3. The Export Type window appears. Click Next. Note: Video + Audio export available only for ASF and WMV formats. 1. Click on Edit at the top of the playback screen. 2. Click on Export Wizard. 3. Select Simple Mode or Advanced Mode and then click Next. 4.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 5. The “Audio Stream” window appears. Choose which Audio stream you want to export along with video. Then click Next. 6. The “Export Options” window appears. Select the start and finish times of the video clip that you want to export. Click Next. 7. The Wizard will guide you to the next step for you do designate to which drive or folder to save the export video.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 9. The “Content CD/DVD Disc” window appears. Click Next. Quick snapshot save and current visible frame save The Quick save feature provides you the option to quick save video snapshot to a pre‐ define location with a single keyboard shortcut. 1. Prior to using the “quick save current frame” the Quick save properties must be configured to pre‐define the save location 2. Setup preferred directory for saving the snapshots. 10. Archive Export wizard is now complete.
TRENDnetView Pro TRENDnet User’s Guide 3. Press Ctrl + Alt +S on your keyboard or click Video and select Quick Save Current Frame. Chapter 7 Upgrading TRENDnetVIEW Pro software to a newer version To check for upgrades and new free versions you can always visit www.trendnet.com Updating the software requires all DVR services to stop before Installation. During the installation of the new version you will encounter the following message. Yes: Recommended. Keep all current configurations of your server.
