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Sept. 2010
FCC NOTICE (Class B)
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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NOTE- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
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- Store the batteries in a cool dry place.
- Do not dispose of used batteries in domestic waste. Dispose of batteries at special collection points or return to point of sale if applies.
- Remove the batteries during long periods of non-use.
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Do not mix old and new batteries.
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Do not mix different types of batteries: alkaline, standard (carbon -zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium).
- Do not dispose of batteries in a fire. The batteries may explode or leak.
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Never short circuit the battery terminals.
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TO AVOID THE LIGHTNING STRIKE, STRONGLY SUGGEST INSTALLING
THE LIGHTNING ROD AT LIGHTNING FREQUENTLY AREA.
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LIGHTNING STORM. THIS MAY PREVENT TO DAMAGE THE DVR UNIT
DUE TO THE LIGHTNING.
Table of Contents
Audio, Sensor, Relay and RS485 pinhole allocation ............................................ 6
Chapter 2 Using the DVR Software ........................................................... 8
Familiarizing the Functions in Preview Mode ..................................................... 13
Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Control Panel .............................................. 15
Familiarizing the Functions in Playback Mode .................................................... 16
Familiarizing the Functions in Playback Menu ............................................... 17
Select Playback File from Calendar ......................................................... 17
Using the Event Log Viewer..................................................................... 18
To Search Using the Visual Search ......................................................... 19
To Set a Video Segment and Save .......................................................... 20
To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video .................. 23
Chapter 3 Customizing the DVR System................................................ 24
Chapter 4 Using the USB Playback Console ......................................... 47
Recommended system requirements ................................................................. 47
To Cut and Save the Portion of the Recorded Video ...................................... 50
Playback DVR Recorded File from Hard Disk ................................................ 51
To Search Using the Event Search ................................................................ 54
To Search Using the Intelligent Search .......................................................... 55
Chapter 6 Using the Remote Programs ................................................. 58
To Setup Remote System Setting .................................................................. 62
Familiarizing the WebViewer PTZ Buttons ......................................................... 71
To Setup Remote Console Setting ................................................................. 73
Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller ...................................... 74
Familiarizing the Local Playback Buttons ....................................................... 77
To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video .................. 79
To Search Using the Visual Search ......................................................... 80
To Search Using the Intelligent Search .................................................... 81
Familiarizing the Download and Playback Buttons ........................................ 82
Familiarizing the RealTime Playback Buttons ................................................ 84
Chapter 7 Using HandyViewer and JavaViewer ..................................... 86
Using PDAViewer to Access DVR Server ........................................................... 86
To install PDAViewer thru ActiveSync ............................................................ 86
Using JavaViewer to Access DVR Server .......................................................... 91
To install JavaViewer from the DVR Server ................................................... 91
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Package Content
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(1) SEB3104H unit
(2) Quick Installation Guide
(3) Software CD (User Manual included)
(4) AVerMedia USB optical mouse
(5) Power adaptor
(6) Power Cord
* The power cord varies depending on the standard power outlet of the country where it is sold.
(7) Internal HDD holder (8 screws are included)
If there is any damage, shortage or inappropriate item in the package contents, please contact with local dealer
1.2 Front Panel
Name
(1) System Power indicator
(2) HDD indicator When DVR system is recording, the light will keep flashing.
Function
System power status indicators. Indicate running state of system. Lights when the system is running.
(3) USB 1.1 port
(4) USB 2.0 port
For connecting USB mouse.
F or connecting USB device, ex: USB pen drive, external hard disk…and so on. i
The USB storage device must be in FAT32 format.
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1.3 Back Panel
Name
(1) LAN Port
(2) CH1~ 4
(3) Spot Monitor
(4) Video Out
Function
For Ethernet connection
Input the video camera signal and display it on channel 1~ 4
Display video cycle on the Spot monitor when receive a alarm video
Output the video signal to TV
(5) Audio In Input the audio signal to audio input device such as microphone
(6) Audio Out Output the audio signal to audio output device such as speaker i
The audio input and output device has its own power supply is necessary.
(7) Sensor In Support up to 4 sensor devices
(8) Relay Out
(9) RS485
Support 2 relay devices (Relay: 1A @ 125V AC/30V DC)
For PTZ camera connection (also see 1.5.4
(10) eSATA interface For connecting with eSATA storage device
(11) RS232 port For future function using
(12) VGA Out Output the video signal to a CRT or LCD monitor
(13) Power Plug Connect the power cord into this port (12V DC)
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1.3.1 Setting Up the DVR Unit
1.3.2 Installing the Hard Disk
The DVR unit allows user to install 1 SATA hard disks inside the DVR unit. i
For hard disk spec, please referring to http://www.avermedia.com/AVerDiGi/Product/ →
Embedded Analog DVR → AVerDiGi SEB3104H → Hardware Recommendations
The “compatible hard disks” indicated in the above recommendation list only means that these commercially available hard disks were tested with AVerMedia
®
products and functioned well under normal operation conditions. AVerMedia
®
does not guarantee or provide warranties, explicitly, implied or statutory with respect to the reliability of the hard disk function or its compatibility. In no event AVerMedia
®
shall be liable for damages, with respect to any business interruption of clients, lost profits, loss of programs or other data on your information handling system or otherwise. This includes direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, resulting from the incompatibility caused by the usage of these hard disks, even if
AVerMedia
®
has expressly advised about the risk of such damages. The entire risk arising out of the use of any information attached here with is borne by the recipient.
Follow the illustrated instructions below to install the hard disk:
1. Loosen all screws 2. Push the cover backward and lift
3. Secure the HDD holder on the hard disk. The position to screw the HDD holder on hard disk must same as figure shown. Otherwise, the hard disk won
’t be able to fit into inside the DVR unit.
4. Connect the end of the SATA cable and the power connector to the hard disk
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5. Secure the hard disk inside the unit then place unit cover
6. Push the cover forward and secure the cover
7. You may now connect all the cables. When the power is connected, the Power LED light turns on
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1.3.3 Connecting Devices
The back panel of the DVR unit, user can connect up to 4 cameras of analog camera and 4 audio in device (ex: microphone) and 2 audio out device (ex: speaker). The DVR unit also can connect 4 sensor devices, 2 alarm devices, PTZ camera, and output video to a TV and CRT/LCD monitor at the same time. The video of the alarm can be display on the spot monitor.
The USB port of the front panel can connect with USB mouse to operate the DVR system.
For backup recorded video, plugging the pen drive or external hard disk through USB port, and then, use the bundled software enables user to transfer, playback and segment the video. Follow the illustration below to make the connection: i
Pen drive and external hard disk must be FAT32 format.
All connected devices have their own power supply are necessary.
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1.4 Audio, Sensor, Relay and RS485 pinhole allocation
The Sensor and Alarm enable you to connect 4 sensor inputs, 2 relay outputs and 1 PTZ camera.
Just connect the external sensor, relay, and PTZ camera pin directly to the pinhole. Check the table below and locate which pinhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output.
1.4.1 Audio In/Out Pin Definition
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1.4.2 Sensor Pin Definition
Pin
1
2
3
4
G
1
2
G
Number
9
10
11
12
13
14
1.4.3 Relay Pin Definition
Number
15
16
17
18
19
20
Pin
C1
NO
NC
C2
NO
NC
Pin
1
2
G
3
4
G
Definition
Audio in signal
Audio in signal
Audio in signal
Audio in signal
Audio ground single
Audio out signal
Audio out signal
Audio ground single
Definition
Sensor 1 signal
Sensor 2 signal
Sensor ground
Sensor 3 signal
Sensor 4 signal
Sensor ground
Definition
Relay Common 1
Relay Normal Open
Relay Normal Close
Relay Common 2
Relay Normal Open
Relay Normal Close
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1.4.4 RS485 Pin Definition
When connect PTZ camera through RS485 interface, please refer to the following pin definition to connect the DVR and PTZ.
Number
21
22
23
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Pin DVR site
TX+
RS485 TX+ signal
TX-
RS485 TX- signal
RX+
RS485 RX+ signal
RX-
RS485 RX- signal
PTZ site
RS485 RX+ signal
RS485 RX- signal
RS485 TX+ signal
RS485 TX- signal
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Chapter 2 Using the DVR Software
Please use the mouse with virtual keyboard to configure DVR setting.
2.1 First Time Using the DVR Unit
Step 1. Login to the DVR System
1. Connect the cameras
2. Connect the mouse to DVR unit(through USB port on front panel)
3. Power on the DVR unit.
4. The preset screen (color bar) will show up and wait for preview screen to display (about 60 seconds).
5. When preview screen show up, please wait for the authorization dialog pop-up. For security purpose, enter the User ID (default is Admin; fist letter is capital) and Password (default is
111111) to login the DVR system.
6. Click to call out virtual keyboard to enter the ID and password.
7. After login, the preview screen will show up.
Preview Mode
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Step 2. Formatting the Hard Disk
The hard disk must be formatted before user can use it with DVR unit. Following the below steps to format the hard disk.
1. Click to call out SETTING MENU.
2. Click System → System and click Next.
3. Click Refresh button to detect the installed hard disk.
4. Select the detected hard disk, and then, click Format to start formatting.
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Step 3. Adjust the Date and Time
Setup the Date and Time in order to have correct system time and date. Following the below steps to setup date and time:
1. Click and select System → System tab and click Next.
2. In Time section, click Setting button of the System Time.
3. Click on Year and Month can bring up the spin control window for selecting year and month.
4. In the Time box, click on hour, minute, second, or AM/PM to adjust the time.
5. Click OK to save the setting.
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Step 4. Setup Record Schedule
Setup the Schedule to record.
The DVR system wouldn
’t start to record until the record schedule has been set.
1. Click
→ Setting → Schedule → System
2. Select the date and type of record (Weekly, One Time, or None).
3. And then, select the week day (Sun. ~ Sat.) and hours (00 ~ 23) by click the week day and hours table.
4. Click Save.
5. Click Record tab.
6. Select the record mode (Always, Motion, Sensor, Smart, or None).
7. And then, select the week day (Sun. ~ Sat.) and hours (00 ~ 23) by click the week day and hours table.
8. Click Save and OK to complete the record schedule setting.
9. To start recording, click (record) button.
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2.1.1 Using the Virtual Keyboard
Use the Virtual Keyboard and mouse to configure the DVR system. Just click or select the column and right-click to call out the virtual keyboard. For uppercase, click Caps button. To exit, click left-click anywhere on screen.
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2.2 Familiarizing the Functions in Preview Mode
(8)
(1)
Name
(1) Logout
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Function
- Login: Using different user account to login the DVR system. The display
User ID is the account in use now.
- Reboot: To restart the DVR system.
(2) Status
Display recording date and time
(3) Hard disk capacity
Display the hard disk usage of capacity in percentage.
(4) Record
Start/stop video recording. i
Recording schedule must be setup in order to record. Please refer to Chapter 3.4.2
recoding schedule.
(5) Split screen mode
Select from 2 different split screen types to view all the camera or one camera on a single screen. i
Click on channel can switch to full screen mode of the channel. Click again will switch back to previous screen mode.
(6) Setup menu To call out system setup menu
(7) Playback
Switch to Playback mode. This allows you to view the recorded video file. (see
(8) Channel preview
To display live video of all channels
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2.2.1 Using the PTZ Control Panel
User can use PTZ control panel to operate the PTZ camera in preview mode. Before to use it,
please enable the PTZ camera first (see also Chapter 3.2.3
When PTZ camera is enabled and set, the PTZ control icon will show on the channel screen.
Click on the PTZ control icon to call out PTZ control panel.
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2.2.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Control Panel
(6) (5) (4) (3) (2)
(1)
(10)
(9)
(7) (8)
Name
(1) Close
Function
Exit PTZ camera controller.
(2) Setup
(3) Auto Pan
Configure PTZ camera (see also Chapter 3.2.3
Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number.
Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image. (4) Focus +/-
(5) Zoom +/- Zoom in and out the image.
(6) Direction buttons Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera.
(7) Camera lens speed controller
(8) Camera preset position number
Adjust the moving speed of the PTZ camera lens.
Move the PTZ camera to the preset point.
(9) Save Camera preset position
Save the PTZ camera preset position number. Select the camera and click the preset position number and save it.
(10) Group Auto Pan Select to automatically operate PTZ camera in group.
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2.3 Familiarizing the Functions in Playback Mode
Click (playback) button at the lower right corner of Preview mode user interface to switch to
Playback mode.
Name
The maximum decoding fps in D1 resolution is 60 fps. The playback speed is default in 1/2x when display in QUAD mode. In one channel display mode, the playback speed is in 1x (normal speed).
Function
(1) Playback
Control Buttons
ı: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file.
ı: Go back to the previous frame.
: To reduce the playback speed. When each time press, the speed will reduce
1/2 from original speed (16X, 8X, 4X, 2X, 1X, 1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X, 1/16X).
: Wind back the recorded video file.
: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file.
: Play the recorded video file. Back to 1X playback speed when playback speed at faster or slower speed
: To faster playback speed. When each time press , the speed will double the playback speed (1/16X,1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X).
ı: Go to the next frame.
ı
: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
(2) Split Screen
Mode
(3) De-interlace
Select from 2 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.
To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement. To disable the de-interlace function, select off.
(4) Playback menu
To call out playback menu(see also Chapter 2.3.1
(5) Preview Switch to Preview mode.
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2.3.1 Familiarizing the Functions in Playback Menu
Click to call out the playback menu.
2.3.1.1 Select Playback File from Calendar
Select recorded file by date and time. Select the Calendar from Playback menu and calendar windows will show up. User can select the date, hour, and minute and click OK to playback. i
The purple color blocks mean the block is selected. The blue color blocks mean that hour or minute has recorded file.
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2.3.1.2 Using the Event Log Viewer
Show the record of activities that take place in the system.
1. Click the Event Log from playback menu. The Event log viewer window will show up.
2. Click Setting to select the Date.
3. To filter the records, select and click the select button to display Event, System, Operation,
Network or All.
4. Click Next, Previous, First, and Last button to go next, previous, first, or last page of event list.
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2.3.1.3 To Search Using the Visual Search
Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, and Second.
1. Click the Visual Search from playback menu. The Visual Search Setting window will show up.
2. In Visual Search Setting windows, select the date and camera and click OK.
3. When a series of frames appear by date, click on the frame to display another series of frames and search by every Hour of that date, every Minute of that hour, every Second of that minute.
To go back to previous time section, click icon. Click to go to next or go back previous page in Hour, minute, and second select screen. To exit from the selected frame, click Cancel.
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2.3.1.4 To Set a Video Segment and Save
Keep a portion of the recorded video. Following the below steps to Set and Save the Wanted
Portion of the Recorded Video
1. While playback, right-click on playback screen and the A point of video segment is set.
2. Right-click on playback screen again to set B point of video segment.
3. The DVR system will start repeat playback the video segment that user has set until user cancel the video segment. Right-click on playback screen will cancel the video segment.
4. To save the video segment, left-click on playback screen to switch to single screen mode.
5. Plug in the USB storage device.
6. Click and select Segment from playback menu.
7. Click Save to output the video segment to USB storage device.
8. Qplayer application will be included in output video segment folder for playback(see also
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2.4 Playback Backup Video
You can playback the backup files and output video segment by using QPlayer applications on the
PC. When you back up the recorded file, QPlayer applications are automatically included in the backup folder. 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. The only difference is that there are no Preview and Playback buttons.
To run the application, go to backup folder and double-click QPlayer. i
The QPlayer only support the *.dvr format.
Name Function
(1) Split Screen
Mode
Select from 1 and 4-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. i
(2) Exit
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If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 8, 9, 13, and 16 split screen mode.
- To zoom in an area on the screen, Right click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Close the application.
(3) Progress bar 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. (4) Hour Buttons i
The Hour buttons represent the time in 24-hour clock. The blue bar on top of the hour button indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red bar indicates that you are currently viewing the recorded video file.
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Name
(5) Playback Control
Buttons
(6) Archive
Function
From left to right order:
Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file.
Previous: Go back to the previous frame.
Slower: To reduce the playback speed. When each time press slower button, the speed will reduce 1/2 from original speed (32X, 16X, 8X, 4X, 2X, 1X, 1/2X, 1/4X,
1/8X, 1/16X, 1/32X).
Rewind: Wind back the recorded video file.
Pause: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file.
Play: To start playback the video.
Faster: To faster playback speed. When each time press faster button, the speed will double the playback speed (1/32X, 1/16X,1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 1X, 2X, 4X,
8X, 16X, 32X).
Next: Go to the next frame.
End: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
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. i
The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. The blue colored column indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red colored column indicates on where to start playing the recorded video file.
(7) Status bar Display the recorded date, time and play speed.
(8) Language Switch to different UI tool tip
’s language
(9) Export Export includes Snapshot, Print, and Output function.
Snapshot: Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg format.
Print: Print the screen shot.
Output Video Clip: Save the segmented file in *.mpg, *.avi, *.dvr format(see
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Name
(10) Segment
(11) Full screen
Function
Keep a portion of the recorded video (see also Chapter 2.4.1.1
View in full screen 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
(12) Event Log
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.
Show the record of activities that take place in the system.
(13) Visual Search Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and Second.
(14) Camera ID
(15) Find Next
(16) Event Search
(17) Audio
(18) De-interlace
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.
Search for the next event or changes in the motion detector frame. You can use this when you are using Intelligent Search or Event Search function.
Search from the recorded activities that take place in the system (i.e., Sensor,
Motion, Video Loss, POS)
Enable/disable audio sound.
To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
2.4.1.1 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. Click Export >> Output button to save the wanted clip.
4. In the Save As dialog box, locate on where you want to save the file, type the filename, and select the video format.
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Chapter 3 Customizing the DVR System
In the Preview screen mode, click button to customize your DVR system. When the DVR setting menu appears, click the selection button that you want to configure.
3.1 System Setup
In the System Setting dialog box, there are 3 tabs
– System, Network, and User. Click the tab to configure it.
3.1.1 System Setup
Part I
Click Next to go to next setup page, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without save. Click or right-click on selected column to call out virtual keyboard for entering value in necessary columns.
(1)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(3)
(8)
(1) Server Name
Assign a name for the DVR unit. Alphabet letters and numbers only.
(2) Miscellaneous
- Video Format: display the video system according to your camera video system. If the
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video system setting is wrong, the video would appear abnormal.
- Date Format: Select the date format which wants to display in preview and playback mode
- AutoScan Period: Set the time gap of the Auto Scan function from 3 to 10 seconds. This automatically switches to the next video in cycle depending on the set time gap.
- Lanaguage: Customize the system to display the tool tips and dialogs based on the selected language. Default language is in English.
- Control Bar Position: Set the position of UI control bar. The higher value the control bar will move upper.
(3) Login
Enable the conditions in Login section you want the system to automatically carry out.
- Auto login when OS start: Automatically login to DVR system when DVR system is executed.
- Auto record when login: Automatically start video recording when the DVR system is executed.
(4) Audio Setup
- Audio Mute: Enable/disable audio output at preview mode.
(5) 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.
(6) Firmware
Display the current firmware version.
(7) Playback mode: Select the mode of playback the video.
- Select date and time: Select the date and time which user wants to playback.
- Play the last file: Automatically playback the video from the last hour
- Instant Playback: Automatically playback the video which has just recorded
(8) Touch Panel Calibration: Adjust the touching accuracy of the touch monitor.
Click Start to enter the adjusting interface. Follow the on screen direction and using the mouse to click the calibrate point to adjust. To stop the calibrate, click Stop.
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Part II
Click Next to go to next setup page, click Back can go back previous setup page. Click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) Storage
Display the recorded video save path. User can format the hard disk and calculate the approximately capacity of hard disk for recording.
- Format: To format the hard disk.
1. Click Refresh to get the current storage path list.
2. Select the storage path and click Format button.
- Calculate: To calculate the capacity of hard disk for recording, click Calculate. And then, fill in the hard disk capacity in Expected HD Size (GB) or enter the expected record days in
Expected Recording time (Days), and then, click Calculate to start calculation. To reset the entered value, click Clear. The result will be shown in Total Record Time (Days) column. To exit, click OK.
- Overwrite Enable: When there is not enough free space to record one hour data, the system automatically replaces the oldest data.
- Record Limit Days: If you want the system to automatically erase the data after a certain days, enable the Record Limit check box and enter the numbers of days in Days text box.
(2) Daylight
Mark Day Light Saving check box to enable daylight saving. And then, select the Start and End
Time by click Setting.
- Time Offset: Assign a time that it is for daylight saving time offset in your time zone. For example: if the time zone is in U.S. Eastern, the time offset is 1 hour.
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(3) Time
Adjust the DVR system time and date. Click Setting to select the month, date, hour, and minute.
When it is done, click OK to save.
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3.1.2 Network Setup
Setup system network parameters. Click OK to save the configuration, click Cancel to exit without save. Click to call out virtual keyboard for entering value in necessary columns.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(4)
(1) Transmitting Cameras
Mark the camera number check box that user wants to make it accessible via internet using
WebViewer, Remote Console, PDA Viewer and HandyViewer (still image).
(2) Network Type
Select the type of network that user wants to use.
- Static IP: Assigns a fixed IP address for the DVR system.
- DHCP: Assign an IP address to DVR system by local DHCP server.
- PPPOE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP i frames in Ethernet frames. It is used mainly with ADSL services. If your network is using
ADSL service connecting to internet, and then, select PPPOE mode. If user selects to use
PPPOE mode, please go to PPPOE ID and PPPOE Password column to enter related information in order to get an IP address.
To check the IP address, please go to Menu Setting and click Status. In Status window, find the IP address in Network section.
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(3) Network
When user selects Static IP as a network type, please fill in the following information to make network works.
- IP: Assign a constant IP address which a real IP address gives from ISP to DVR system.
- Mask: It is a bitmask used to identify the sub network and how many bits provide room for host addresses. Enter the subnet mask of the IP address which user has assigned to DVR system.
- Gateway: A network device acts as a passageway to internet. Enter the network gateway IP address.
- DNS: Domain Name Server translates domain names (such as www.abb.com.tw) to IP addresses. Enter the IP address of DNS if it is available.
- Server Port: Fill in the port number that is using for WebViewer connection. Default is 80.
- ISP Port: Fill in the port number that is using for remote updating firmware. Default is 5005.
(4) Other
- Dynamic DNS: Dynamic Domain Name Service is a data query service mainly used on the
Internet for translating domain names into Internet addresses. Users can register their own domain name on
http://ddns.avers.com.tw
(See Appendix A ). Click Detail to configure the
DDNS function.
DDNS Server Name: Select your DDNS server. The default only has one DDNS server now. It may provide more DDNS in future.
DDNS Domain Name: Enter the domain name that user has registered.
Password: A password use to access DDNS that user has setup when register the domain name
- Network Time Synchronization: Adjust the DVR system time according to network time server. Click Detail to configure the NTP function. In NTP window, fill in the IP address or domain name in Time Server column and select the Time Zone. And then, clicks SYNC. button to start adjust system time from network server.
(5)PPPOE ID and PPPOE Password
Fill the PPPOE ID and PPPOE Password that provides from your ISP for PPPOE connection authentication. After entered ID and password, click OK and go to Status window to find out the IP
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address.
(6) Enable UPNP & UPNP port
Enable UPnP function to automatically configure the port setting of DVR to the router on the local network. This function is available when the router has enabled the UPNP function. The DVR port information will automatically write into the router or other network device. Enter a UPNP port for the DVR server.
(7) Handy View
Select the video quality of handy view.
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3.1.3 User Setup
User can create user accounts in different authority. Click Add to create a new user account. Click
Cancel to exit without save. To modify the user account, select the account and click Edit. If user wants to remove the user account, select the account and click Delete.
To create a account:
Click User tab from System setting interface. User should see the following setup windows. Refer the following description to create a user account. Click or right-click on the column to call out virtual keyboard for entering value in necessary columns. Click OK to save and exit the setup windows, click Cancel to exit without save.
(4) (1)
(2)
(3)
(1) Authorization Level
Select the account level that user wants to create
– User or Administrator
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(2) User & Password
- Name: Enter a name for the account.
- Description: Enter a short description for the account.
- Password: Assign a password for login authentication.
- Password Confirm: Re-enter the password again for confirmation.
(3) WebViewer
Select the control right of remote accessing. In default, the administrator account is all selected.
- Remote Console: Allow user to using remote access DVR system via Remote Console application.
- Remote Record: Allow user to operate recording from remote site.
- Remote LogViewer: Allow user to view event logs from remote site.
- Remote Setup: Allow user to configure DVR system from remote site.
(4) Control Right
Select the control rights on the DVR system that allow user to execute selected operations on DVR system. In default, the administrator account is all selected.
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3.2 Camera Setup
User can configure camera, motion mask, and PTZ camera parameters in this section.
3.2.1 Camera Setting
Click to call out virtual keyboard for entering value in necessary columns. Click OK to save and exit the setup windows, click Cancel to exit without save.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) Select Camera
Select the camera number you want to configure. To select all cameras, mark Select All check box.
- Preview display: Enable/disable the previewing of selected camera on surveillance screen.
When there is no video source on the camera, we suggest disabling it so that the system won’t detect it as video loss error.
(2) Video Adjust
Adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, and color of the camera.
(3) Camera Name
Enter the name of camera. Maximum is 10 characters.
(4) Preview screen
The selected camera video will be display in here.
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3.2.2 Motion and Mask Setting
Click Default will back to the factory default value.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) Select Camera
Select the camera number you want to configure. To select all cameras, mark Select All check box.
(2) Motion Area
Enable/disable the motion detection and motion area setup.
- Enable: Enable/disable motion detection.
- Sensitivity: Set the sensitivity level of motion detector. The higher the value, the finer the sensitivity is detected.
- Motion Area: Mark an area on the screen to regard the motion detects in the marked area.
Use the mouse drag from up to down to select a motion mask area. To un-select the mask area, click Clear button.
(3) Video Shield
Video shield covers an area on the screen and the covered area would not be visible on the screen and recorded.
- Video Shield Enable: Enable/disable video shield function.
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- Video Shield: To select an area for video shield. Use the mouse drag from up to down to select a video cover area. To un-select the mask area, click Clear button.
(4) Video Mask
Mark an area on the screen to disregards the monitor in the marked area and to only monitor outside the marked area.
- Video Mask Enable: Enable/disable video shield function.
- Video Mask: To select an area for video mask. Use the mouse drag from up to down to select a video cover area. To un-select the mask area, click Clear button.
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3.2.3 PTZ Camera Setting
Configure PTZ camera parameters and preset position. Click OK to save the setting, click Cancel to exit without save. When PTZ camera is set, user can control PTZ camera through PTZ control panel
on preview and playback mode (see also Chapter 2.3.2
(1)
(2)
(4)
(3)
(5)
(1) Select Camera
Select the camera number that is a PTZ camera to configure.
(2) Connection Setting
- Use PTZ: Enable/disable the PTZ camera function.
- Com Port: display the com port that is connecting with DVR system.
- ID: select the ID number for the camera.
- Baud Rate: Select the baud rate of com port which is connect with DVR system.
- Protocol: Select the protocol of PTZ camera. Please refer to your PTZ camera user
’s manual.
(3) Preset Setting
- Preset Number: Set a camera lens to a position that user is defined. Select the Preset number and using (5) PTZ control panel to adjust the camera lens to the wanted position.
Repeat to set reset of preset position.
- Dwell Time: Set a time for how long the PTZ camera stays in that position before it moves to the next one.
- Restore AutoPan Time: Set a time period for restoring auto path function after the PTZ camera has been moved. Mark the Restore AutoPan Time check box and select the time period in second.
(4) Preview Screen
Display the video of selected PTZ camera.
(5) PTZ Control Panel
To control PTZ camera lens to move up, down, left, right, zoom in/out, focus in/out, and speed up/down when setup up preset position.
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3.3 Recording Setup
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) Select Camera
Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting. To select all the cameras, mark the
Select 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 orange when it is selected.
- Audio Record: Enable/disable to record audio while recording.
(2) Total Frame Rate
Total Frame Rate value is depending on the video system that is using.
(3) Parameter
- Resolution: click the radio button () button to select the record mode
– D1, CIF, or HD1.
Under D1 mode, the video recording is in full screen resolution. Each channel is recorded only at a maximum frame rate. Whereas in CIF mode, video recording is at a lower resolution.
- Max Frame Rate: Set the maximum number of frames to be recorded in Smart recording mode. The higher the frame rate, it uses more hard disk space.
- Min Frame Rate: Set the minimum number of frames to be recorded during motion and motionless state. The higher the frame rate, it uses more hard disk space.
- Video Quality: Adjust the video quality. The higher the value, the lower the compression level and uses more hard disk space.
- Sensor Trigger: Customize the initial state of the attached sensor.
Condition Description
NOT INSTALLED
Indicates that there is no sensor connected
NORMAL OPEN
NORMAL CLOSE
Indicates that the initial state of the sensor is normal open. Video recording initiates when there is a changes in the sensor state
Indicates that the initial state of the sensor is normal close. Video recording initiates when there is a changes in the sensor state
- Pre Record Time: set the time in second for the DVR system to pre-recording before the alarm happen.
- After Record Time: set the time in second for the DVR system to continue recording after the alarm has ended.
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3.4 Schedule Setting
Setup system schedule, record schedule, and holiday schedule for DVR system.
3.4.1 Setup System Schedule
Schedule to record, disable 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. Green color represent weekly schedule, orange color is one time schedule, and white color is no schedule at all.
To Set the System Schedule:
1.
Click > Schedule > System tab.
2. Select the date in the calendar. Use arrow button to shift the calendar to the left or right.
3. Select the condition you want to schedule in the drop down list.
- Record
Activate all the cameras to start video recording at the set time based on the Recording schedule.
- Reboot
Restart the PC at the appointed time.
- Disable Network
- Allow remote system to access DVR system at the set time. After the appointed time, the
Network function will be disabled. If the Network function is already enabled, the Network function will not be disabled when the appointed time has ended.
- Disable Alarm
Deactivate the alarm at the set time temporarily.
4. Set the schedule it as weekly or one time. Click to make a selection.
- Weekly: To record at selected date and hours in every week.
- One Time: To record at selected date and hours only one time.
- None: No any recording at all.
5. Click on the blocks to set the schedule or click All to select all. To un-select the specific schedule blocks, click the None and click blocks to un-select. Click Clear will un-select all schedule block.
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6. To store the setting, click Save.
7. To end Schedule Setting, click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit.
3.4.2 Setup Recording Schedule
To setup recording schedule based on date, time, and record modes. i
Recording schedule must be set in order to record.
To Set the Recording Schedule:
1. Click > Schedule > Record tab.
2. Select the camera or mark Select All to select all cameras.
3. Select the record mode. Click to make a selection.
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Always Record
Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage path.
-
Motion Record
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 Pre Record Time and After Record Time settings.
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Sensor Record
Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the sensor has been triggered.
Once a sensor is triggered, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based on the Pre Record Time and After Record Time settings.
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Smart Record
Automatically switch to recorded at the maximum frame rate setting once a motion is detected and if there is no motion, it records at the minimum frame rate setting. Set the
maximum frame rate setting in Chapter 3.3 Recording Setup .
-
None
The system won’t do any recording.
4. After select the record mode, click the specific schedule block or click All to select all. To un-select the specific schedule blocks, select None and click blocks to un-select. Click Clear will
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un-select all schedule block.
5. To store the setting, click Save.
6. To end setting, click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
3.4.3 Setup Holiday Schedule
To setup record status for the specific holiday.
To Set the Recording Schedule:
1. Click > Schedule > Holiday tab.
2. Select the Priority of holiday schedule. If the schedule has a conflict, system will follow the priority that user has choice.
-
Date: the specific date that user has setup will be the first priority if the schedule has a conflict.
-
Weekly: the selected week time will be the first priority if the schedule has a conflict.
3. To set a specific date, mark the check box and click the year, month or date column to select the date and select the Record Status (ON/OFF). ON means the DVR system will record on the holiday that has been set. OFF means the DVR system will not record on the holiday that has been set.
4. To select a week for recording schedule, mark the check box and select the month, date, and week. And then, select the Record Status (ON/OFF). ON means the DVR system will record on the holiday that has been set. OFF means the DVR system will not record on the holiday that has been set.
5. To end setting, click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
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3.5 Backup Setup
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. User need to install the Qplayer on PC to
playback. (See also Chapter 3.5.1
1. Click > Backup.
2. Select the date of the recorded file you want to backup in the calendar. Use arrow buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right.
3. In the table below, click on the green block to select the recorded file. The green block turns red when it is selected. The block that appears in white doesn’t have data.
4. Select the Save Path
– external USB storage device or DVD-ROM device. Click Rescan
Device if system didn
’t detect any storage device.
5. Check the space needed for backup under the calendar. If the backup file is excess the free space, the Require Space will be in red text. Click Rescan Device to calculate the space for backup.
– Free Space: the available storage space
– Require Space: the total size of the backup file.
6. DVR system will give Folder Name automatically. If user wants to change, click to call out virtual keyboard to re-name the folder name.
7. Click Backup Now to start archiving the selected file.
8. When backup is 100% completed, click OK to end.
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3.6 Alarm Setting
In the Alarm Setting windows, click Add to create and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, Edit to modify exist alarm setting, click OK to exit and save the setting,
Cancel to exit without saving.
To set the Alarm Setting:
1. Click > Alarm.
2. Click Add to create new alarm setting.
3. In Enable Time, the number from 01 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. Click the time that user want to activate or deactivate the alarm function.
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4. Select Trigger Any to activate if it falls to one of the conditions or Trigger All to activate if it falls to all conditions.
5. Set condition of Camera.
- Motion: click on the camera number (01 to 04) to set the condition for the system to alarm.
- In Video Loss, click the camera number (01 to 04) to set the alarm condition when video is lost.
6. Set condition of Sensor. Click on the sensor number to set the condition for the system to alarm.
If the sensor normal status is high, set the sensor condition to low.
7. Set condition of Alarm reset. Click the camera number to set the reset condition of alarm. Once alarm is reset, all alarm action will stop at the moment.
8. Click Next to setup actions of alarm.
- Enlarge Camera View
Switch to only display video in preview mode from where the alarm is activated. a. Select the camera from drop down list to specify which camera video to be enlarged on screen when the alarm is triggered.
Alarm Camera: when a channel has an alarm occurred, and then, the channel video that has an alarm occurred will be enlarged on screen.
Camera # (1~4): the selected channel video that will be enlarged on screen when an alarm is activated. b. Retrieve time: set the waiting duration before system switching back to original Preview mode. If the retrieve time is un-mark, the alarm video will keep enlarging until user switch back to Preview mode manually.
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- Relay Output
Set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated and to extend additional time in second before it stops the relay operation. In the Alarm Relay dialog box, mark from the available relay list; set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated.
Set the Retrieve time, you may to extend the relay operation time and set the duration in second. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
- Send E-mail
Send an electronic text message.
Mail Server
Enter the SMTP Server and port. If your e-mail system requires user identification, enable
Authentication check box and enter ID and Password.
To check if it is working, click Test button.
- From: Enter the sender e-mail address.
- 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. Maximum is 4 lines.
Email Notice Setting
Notice Interval: Set the period of time before it sends another e-mail notice.
- Start Recording
Record the video from the selected camera.
1. Select the camera to enable/disable video recording. Enable All to select all cameras.
2. In the Frame Rate selection, select As Setting to record the number of frames based on
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the Recording Setting or Max to record the maximum of frames based on the available speed.
3. In the Start Recording prior text box, mark and set the number in second for the DVR system to pre-recording before the alarm happen.
4. In the Stop Recording after text box, mark and set the number in second for the DVR system to continue recording after the alarm has ended. If user doesn
’t mark and set the time, the alarm recording will continue recording until alarm is reset.
- PTZ Preset Point
Position the PTZ camera based on the preset point setting.
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 groups.
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3.7 Viewing System Status
To view the status of DVR system and channels. Click Detail button can view the remote accessing information.
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Chapter 4 Using the USB Playback Console
4.1 Recommended system requirements
Pentium® 4 2.4GHZ or above
Windows® 2000/ Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7
DDR 256 MB
Graphic function must support DirectDraw
Audio card or built-in
Speaker
1 available USB2.0 port
4.2 Installing the USB Playback Console
To install the USB Playback Console:
1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. When the installation main screen appears, click
Install USB Playback Console and then follow the on screen instructions
2. Select the language you prefer
3. Click OK to install the application
4. Click Exit to close the installation main screen.
5. You may now connect the external USB storage device that has saved recorded files to PC.
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4.3 Running the USB Playback Console
To run the application, click the icon on the PC desktop
Name
(1) Split Screen Mode
(2) Exit
(3) Progress bar
Function
Select from different screen view to playback the recorded video file of the entire camera or one camera on screen.
Close the application.
Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track.
(4) Hour button Select and click to playback the recorded video file on the specific time frame.
(5) Playback Controller From left to right order:
Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file.
Previous: Go back to the previous frame by frame.
Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, or 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 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/16x, or
1/32x.
Next: Go to the next frame by frame.
End: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
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Name
(6) Archive
Function
To select the video file source for playing.
(7) Status bar
(8) Language
(9) Adv. Function
(10) Export
(11) Segment
(12) Full screen
(13) Camera ID
(14) Visual Search
– DVR Recorded File (HD): To playback the recorded video from the hard
disk which was recording video on the DVR system. (see also Chapter
– Backup File(.dvr): The file is backup and save in *.dvr file format. (see also
– Backup File (.avf): The file is backup and save to external USB storage device in *.avf format. Select the file source folder and click OK to playback
(SEB3104H doesn
’t support *.avf file format).
Display the recorded date, time and play speed.
To switch DVR application UI language.
Advanced function is including :
HDD Backup: to call out HDD Backup application. (see also Chapter 4.3.4
iEnhance: to call out iEnhance application. ( see also Chapter 6 )
AVF to AVI:
save *.avf file format as *.avi file format.
Export includes Snapshot, Print, and Output Video Clip 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 *.avi format
Keep a portion of the recorded video (see also Chapter 4.3.1
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.
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.
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.
Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and
(15) Find Next
(16) Event Search
Search for the next event or changes in the motion detector frame. You can use this when you are using Intelligent Search or Event Search function.
Search from the recorded activities that take place in the system (i.e., Sensor,
Motion, Video Loss, POS)(see also Chapter 4.3.6
(17) Intelligent Search
Search the changes in the motion detector frame (See also Chapter 4.3.7
(18) Sound /Sound bar
- Turn on and off the sound
- Increase and decrease the volume
(19) De-interlace
To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and select #2, if it captures lots of movement.
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4.3.1 To Cut and Save the 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, click Segment button again.
3. Click Output button to save the wanted portion.
4. In the Save As dialog box, locate on where user wants to save the file, type the filename, and select the video format.
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4.3.2 Playback DVR Recorded File from Hard Disk
1. Please have the hard disk which containing of recorded video data install on your PC or using external USB enclosure to connect to your PC.
2. Click Archive button
3. Select DVR Recorded File(HD) and click OK.
4. Select the hard disk drive from Select Disk window and click OK
.
5. And then, Playback Date/Time Selection window appears. Select the date and time and click
OK
.
i
00~23 is hours and 01~16 is channel
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4.3.3 Playback Backup File(*.dvr)
1. Click Archive button.
2. Select Backup File(*.dvr) and click OK.
3. The Select File Type window will show up. Select the way to open the backup file.
- Open Date: Open backup file by date. Located the backup file and select the date on calendar to playback.
Change Folder: To select different playback file form other folder location.
Channel 01~ 16&Channel 17 ~ 32: Switch to different channel group of playback calendar if the camera channel is more than 16 channels. i
- Open File: Locate the backup file folder and click OK.
When open the backup video file, just locate the where backup file folder is.
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4.3.4 To Backup Recorded File
HDD backup function allows user to backup recorded file from hard disk.
1.
Click Adv. Function → HDD Backup on USB Playback Console UI.
2.
Select the source hard disk.
3.
In Backup date/time selection windows, select the date and time. 00-24 represents hours and
01-16 represents channels. Blue block means there has recorded file. Red block means the block has been selected. User can click-and-drag the select multiple block at once.
4.
Click Backup to start backup file.
5.
When backup complete, the complete information windows will display.
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4.3.5 To Search Using the Visual Search
1. Click Visual Search.
2. In the Visual Search Setting dialog box, select the Camera number and the date. Then click OK.
3.
When a series of frames appear by date, click on the frame to display another series of frames and search by every Hour of that date, every 3Minutes of that hour, every 10 Seconds of that minute, every Second of that 10 seconds. To go back, click frame and close event search, click .
. To view from the selected
4.3.6 To Search Using the Event Search
1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search.
2. Click Event Search. The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen.
3. 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. You may also set to search and list all the result. Just check the Output Event List box. In the
Search Duration section, set the Begin Time and End Time. Set Searching Interval for a time period won
’t list the same events. Then, click OK to start searching.
5. When the Event list appear, click and select the item you want to view
.
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4.3.7 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. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click
.
4.
You may also set to search and list all the result. Just check the List box. In the Search Duration section, set the Begin Time and End Time. Set Searching Interval for a time period won
’t list the same events. Then, click OK to start searching
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Chapter 5 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 selected 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.
To run iEnhance application, click iEnhance button on USB Playback Console interface.
(16)
(15)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
Name
(1) Open File
(2) Save Image
(3) Playback Control
Buttons
(4) Save Video
(5) Print
(6) Segment
(7) Zoom Buttons
(8) Full Screen
(9) Default
(14)
(13)
(12)
(11)
(10)
(9)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Function
Access *.dvr and *.avf video file.
(6) (7) (8)
Capture and save the screen shot in *.bmp format.
Begin: Move at the beginning of the video file.
Previous: Go back to previous frame.
Pause: Briefly stop playing the video file.
Play: Play the video file.
Next: Go to the next frame.
Faster: Play the video file at the faster speed.
End: Go to the end of the video file.
Save the edited or segmented video in *.avi format.
Print the screen shot.
Mark the beginning and the end of the selected portion of the video. Two triangle marks will appear on the slider. To cancel video segmentation, click this button again.
Enlarge, reduce, and set the image back to normal size.
Use the entire screen to only display the video.
Set the video back to original state and delete all the changes in the history
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Name
(10) History Box
(11) Undo
(12) Noise Reduce
(13) Sharpness
(14) Effects
Function
box.
List all the actions.
Delete the last action.
Adjust the softness and repair the damaged colors.
Improve the overall image by enhancing edges. This gives the image more depth.
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.
Static: de-interlace for motionless scene.
Dynamic: de-interlace for moving scene.
Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Gamma. (15) Picture
Adjustment
(16) Original Screen
(17) Temporary
Setting Block
(18) Status Bar
(19) Progress Bar
(20) iStable
(21) Add Setting
(22) Rename
(23) Delete
(24) Load Setting
(25) Save Setting
Display the original state of the image.
Display the sample settings. Click the sample to apply the setting on the current video.
Display the date, and time of the video.
Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track.
To reduce the jolt in the recorded video.(also see Chapter 5.1
Include the new setting to the temporary setting block.
Change the name of the selected setting in the temporary setting block.
Permanently remove the selected setting in the temporary setting block.
Call the saved settings.
Store the settings in the temporary setting block.
5.1 To Use iStable
The iStable function can reduce the jolt in the recorded video.
1. Click Open File button and select the recorded video.
2. And then, click iStable button.
3. iStable windows will show up.
4. Select the smoothness level
– 1(Low),
2, 3, 4, and 5(High). The default value is 3.
5. Click Play button, and then iStable function will start to initial the recorded video.
6. When the initialize is done, user will see the original and stabilized recorded video play in two windows.
The original video on the right side of window and the stabilized video on the left side of window.
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Chapter 6 Using the Remote Programs
User can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access DVR system by entering the IP address. To use this feature, make sure that your PC and DVR server both are connected to the internet and the
Network feature is enabled.
Accessing this feature for the first time you will be prompted by your browser to install
WebCamX.cab, allow the installation and you should be able to connect and login afterwards.
Click to install ActiveX if your PC required to be installed.
And then, Click Install when the Internet Explorer - Security Warning dialog box appears.
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After installing the WebCamX.cab and when connecting to the DVR system, you are required to enter default account ID (Admin; capital in first letter) and password (111111) and select the type of network. i
Changing account password is strongly recommended.
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6.1 Familiarizing the WebViewer Buttons
Right-clicking on the WebViewer video screen, enables you to start video recording, change video quality, switch camera and enable/disable DirectDraw.
Name
(1) DirectDraw
Function
Enhance the video quality. i
Not all graphic cards can support this function. If you cannot see the screen display correctly or screen is messed, please check with VGA card vendor.
(2) Received file size Indicate the size of the data being sent per second.
(3) Camera frames
(4) Split screen view
(5) Audio
(6) 2-way Audio
(7) Record
(8) Event Log Viewer
(9) Remote Console
Indicate the number of frames per second.
Select from 4 different split screen type to view the video from remote DVR server. If only have 4 cameras, it unable switch to 9 and 16-split screen mode.
Enable/disable remote sound.
Enable/disable 2-way audio function. This function allows the client and server to talk via internet using MIC.
Make sure your microphone and speakers work before using this function. If the DVR server Talk to webclient setting is disabled, you won’t be able to hear from the other side.
Start to record the video of the selected camera in AVI format. Directly click screen to select the channel that user wants to record and press Record button.
Display the Event logs, Operation logs, POS logs, System logs, and Network logs.
Initiate Remote Console. It allows you to view video from remote DVR server
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Name
(10) Remote setup
Function
Change the DVR server settings (see also Chapter 6.1.1
(11) PTZ Control
(12) Snapshot
(13) Full screen
(14) Select cameras to view
Initiate PTZ camera controller(see also Chapter 6.2
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 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.
Click Add Server and select the server type between DVR and IP Cam to add.
Click Delete Server to delete the selected item.
Click Import to load the previous saved list.
Click Export to save the list.
Click Apply All to change all the camera video quality based on the selected setting.
Click OK to exit.
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6.1.1 To Setup Remote System Setting
Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. The setting here applies to Remote DVR system only. i
After changed the DVR system setting, refresh your web browser in order to apply the new setting to the DVR system.
6.1.1.1 System Setup
(7)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(1) Server Name
Give the name for DVR server.
(2) Audio Mute
Enable/disable to hear audio sound of local DVR. To hear sound, make sure the unit is connected to an audio output device (ex: speaker). If user recorded video in audio mute status, there is no sound when playback
(3) Over Write Enable
Enable/disable replacing the earliest record when the hard disk space runs out. By default, the
HDD overwrite setting is enabled
(4) Record Limit
If you want the system to automatically erase the data after a certain days, enable the Record
Limit check box and enter the numbers of days in Days text box.
(5) Date Format
Select the display format of the date (yyyy/mm/dd, mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy)
(6) Auto Scan Period
Enable/disable auto cycle switch to display the next channel when in full screen preview.
(7) Login
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Auto Login when OS start
Automatically login when the DVR system is started.
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Auto record when login
Automatically start video recording when the DVR system is executed.
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6.1.1.2 Camera Setup
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) Camera icon
Select the camera that user wants to set up. To select all cameras, mark All.
(2) Camera Name
Enter a name for the camera
(3) Preview display
Enable/disable the previewing of selected camera on surveillance screen. When there is no video source on the camera, we suggest disabling it so that the system won’t detect it as video loss error.
(4) Video Adjust
Select the camera and adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation of the selected camera. Click Default Value to set all video setting back to the default.
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6.1.1.3 Record Setup
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) Camera icon
Select the camera that user wants to set up. To select channel 01~ 04, mark All.
(2) Frame Rate Info Display
Display the total frame rate and the available frame rate info that deepens on the Max Frame
Rate and Min Frame Rate setting of every camera.
(3) Record Mode
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Resolution
Select D1/CIF/HD1 recording mode. Under D1 mode, the video recording is in full screen resolution and takes turns from one channel to the next one when Auto Scan enables. Each channel is recorded up to a maximum frame rate of 30/25fps(NTSC/PAL). User can switch to view the video in full screen or QUAD screen. Whereas in CIF mode, video recording is at a lower resolution, but each video is recorded in 30fps/25fps (NTSC/PAL). User can switch to view the video in full screen or QUAD screen. In HD1 mode, each channel is recorded up to a maximum frame rate of 30/25fps (NTSC/PAL). User can switch to view the video in full screen or QUAD screen.
- Max Frame Rate: Set the maximum number of frames to be recorded during motion and motionless state. The higher the frame rate, it uses more hard disk space.
- Min Frame Rate: Set the minimum number of frames to be recorded during motion and motionless state. The higher the frame rate, it uses more hard disk space.
- Video Quality: Adjust the video quality. The higher the value, the lower the compression level and uses more hard disk space.
- Sensor Trigger: Customize the initial state of the attached sensor.
Condition Description
NOT INSTALLED
Indicates that there is no sensor connected
NORMAL OPEN
Indicates that the initial state of the sensor is normal open. Video recording initiates when there is a changes in the sensor state
NORMAL CLOSE
Indicates that the initial state of the sensor is normal close. Video recording initiates when there is a changes in the sensor state
- Pre Record Time: set the time in second for the DVR system to pre-recording before the alarm happen.
After Record Time: set the time in second for the DVR system to continue recording after the alarm has ended.
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(4) Record Schedule
By default, in 24 hours, the recording schedule is set to always record every hour. Refer to the table below to customize the recoding condition.
Condition Description
None Disable video recording
Always Record
Motion Record
Smart Record
Record non-stop
Start recording when any movement is detected
Automatically switch to recorded at the maximum frame rate setting once a motion is detected and if there is no motion, it records at the minimum frame rate setting.
Sensor Record Start recording when the sensor has triggered
Click Schedule to setup record schedule. Click the type of schedule and select hour (00~23) and click OK to complete the schedule setting.
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6.1.1.4 Alarm Setup
(1)
(2)
(3)
(6)
(4)
(5)
1. Select the alarm from (6) alarm list table.
2. In (1) user can change alarm Name and Description.
3. In (2) Enable Time, the number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. Click the time that user want to activate or deactivate the alarm function.
4. Select the (3) Condition:
- Select Trigger Any to activate if it falls to one of the conditions or Trigger All to activate if it falls to all conditions.
- Set condition of Camera.
Motion Detected: click on the camera number (01 to 04) to set the condition for the system to alarm.
In Video Loss, click the camera number (01 to 04) to set the alarm condition when video is lost.
Set condition of Sensor. Click on the sensor number to set the condition for the system to alarm. If the sensor normal status is high, set the sensor condition to low.
5. Set condition of (4) Reset Alarm. Click the camera number to set the reset condition of alarm.
Once alarm is reset, all alarm action will stop at the moment.
6. Setup (5) actions of alarm.
- Enlarge Camera View
Switch to only display video in Preview/Advanced mode from where the alarm is activated. a. Select the camera from drop down list to specify which camera video to be enlarged on screen when the alarm is triggered.
Alarm Camera: when a channel has an alarm occurred, and then, the channel video that has an alarm occurred will be enlarged on screen.
Camera # (1~04): the selected channel video that will be enlarged on screen when an alarm is activated. b. Retrieve time: set the waiting duration before system switching back to original Preview
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mode. If the retrieve time is un-mark, the alarm video will keep enlarging until user switch back to Preview mode manually.
- Relay Output
Set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated and to extend additional time in second before it stops the relay operation. In the Relay Setup dialog box, mark from the available relay list; set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated.
Set the Retrieve time, you may to extend the relay operation time and set the duration in second. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
- Send E-mail
Send an electronic text message.
Mail Server
Enter the SMTP Server and port. If your e-mail system requires user identification, enable
Authentication check box and enter ID and Password.
To check if it is working, click Test button.
From: Enter the sender e-mail address.
To and CC: Enter the recipient email address and separate it with comma or a semicolon
(;).
Subject: Enter the message title.
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Message: Type the message.
Email Notice Setting
Notice Interval: Set the period of time before it sends another e-mail notice.
- Start Recording
Record the video from the selected camera.
1. Select the camera to enable/disable video recording. Mark All to select all cameras.
2. 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.
3. In the Start Recording prior text box, mark and set the number in second for the DVR system to pre-recording before the alarm happen.
4. In the Stop Recording after text box, mark and set the number in second for the DVR system to continue recording after the alarm has ended. If user doesn
’t mark and set the time, the alarm recording will continue recording until alarm is reset.
5. Click OK to complete the setting.
- PTZ Preset Point
Position the PTZ camera based on the preset point setting. Beside the PTZ preset point check box, click
Detail. In the PTZ Setup dialog box, select the PTZ camera number then mark the Enable check box.
Select the Alarm Trigger and Alarm Close of the PTZ camera when the alarm is activated and ended. User also can select Auto Pan group as alarm is activated and ended.
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6.1.1.5 Network Setup
(1)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(3)
(1) Transmitting Cameras
Select the camera to disable/enable camera can be view from remote site.
(2) Network Type
Select the IP Mode
– Static IP, DHCP, or PPPOE
- Static IP: Assign a fixed and global IP address for the DVR system
IP: Assign a constant IP address which real IP addresses from ISP.
Mask: Enter the subnet mask of the IP address which user has assigned to DVR system. i
It is a bitmask used to tell how many bits in an octet(s) identify the sub network, and how many bits provide room for host addresses.
Gateway: Enter the network gateway IP address
DNS: Domain Name Server translates domain names (such as www.abb.com.tw) to IP addresses. It will translate the domain name into IP address when DVR system request.
- PPPOE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames in
Ethernet frames. It is used mainly with ADSL services.
User ID & Password: fill in the user account and password that user applied from your
ISP for PPPOE connection.
- DHCP: Assign the IP address by local DHCP server to DVR system. i
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a set of rules used by a communications device (such as a computer, router or networking adaptor) to allow the device to request and get an Internet address from a server which has a list of addresses available for assignment.
(3) DDNS
DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) is a data query service mainly used on the Internet for
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translating domain names into Internet addresses. Users can register their own domain name on
http://ddns.avers.com.tw
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Domain Name
Enter the domain name that user wanted.
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Passowrd
A password use to access DDNS to register the domain name.
(4) Options
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Remote Audio Recording
Enable/disable audio recording when recording at remote site.
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WebViewer Port
A port is using for the remote connection. Any port can be assigned as a server port, except the ports already used by the network services.
(5) NTP Setting
Adjust the DVR system time same as network time server. Fill in the Time Server IP address or domain name and select the Time Zone that DVR is located.
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6.2 Familiarizing the WebViewer PTZ Buttons
Name Function
(1) Direction buttons Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera. Click the center to pan automatically.
(2) Zoom +/- Zoom in and out the image.
(3) Select PTZ
(4) Focus +/-
(5) Auto Pan Groups
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.
Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image.
(6) Camera preset position number
Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number.
Move the PTZ camera to the preset point. The reset point (1~9) is based on the user has setup at local site.
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6.3 Familiarizing the Remote Console Buttons
Name
(1) Exit
(2) Split Screen Mode Select from 3 different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera or one camera on a single screen. i
If only have 4 cameras enabled, it unable switch to 9, 13, 16, and 32-split screen mode
(3) Record Start/stop video recording.
(4) Network
(5) Setup
Enable/disable remote system access. This feature allows you to access
DVR server from a remote location via internet connection.
Configure the Remote Console setting. (see also Chapter 7.2.1
(6) PTZ To call out PTZ control panel for controlling PTZ camera.
(7) Preview
Function
Close/minimize remote console application
(8) Playback
(9) Status Bar
(10) Camera ID
(11) Snapshot
Switch to Preview/Playback mode. This allows you to view live camera display.
Switch to Playback mode. This allows you to view the recorded video file.
Display the current date, time and hard disk free space.
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.
Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg or *.bmp format.
(12) Event Log
(13) Auto Scan
(14) Full screen
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.
Enable/disable channel auto 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.
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Name
(15) Alarm
(16) Audio
(17) DirectDraw
Function
Alert and display warning info. Only Administrator-level can reset and turn on, off and trigger the Sensor and Relay by right-clicking the item in the Sensor and Relay list.
Enable/disable the sound display
Enhance the video quality. i
Direct Draw function supports for certain VGA card. For more information, please contact your
VGA card vendor.
6.3.1 To Setup Remote Console Setting
Click Setup button to call out the System Setting windows. Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) Storage Path
Set the directory on where to save the data. When there is not enough free space to record one hour data, the system automatically replaces the oldest data. In case you have more than one storage path, the system automatically saves the data to the next storage path. By default the data is stored in C:\RemoteData, to insert another storage path, click Add. To remove the selected path, click Delete.
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Enable network storage
Select the Enable network storage check box to send the recorded video in network attached i storage.
To add network storage, the Internet storage drive/folder must be mapped as Network Driver in
DVR server. To know how to assign or connect to a network drive, please refer to your Windows help file and search “Map Network drive”.
(2) Language
Customize the system to display the tool tips and dialogs based on the selected language. By default the language is in English.
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(3) Remote Server
Enter the DVR Server IP and Server Port number that user wants to remote connect it.
(4) Channel Settings
The numbers from 1 to 04 represent the camera ID. In Transmitting Channels section, enable the camera number to receive the camera signal from the server. In Visible Channels section, enable the camera number to view the camera signal on Remote Console screen. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box.
6.3.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller
(5) (4) (3) (2)
(6) (1)
(7)
(11)
(8) (9) (10)
Name
(1) Close
Function
Exit PTZ camera controller.
(2) Setup
(3) AutoPan
Configure PTZ cameras.(also see Chapter 3.2.3
Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number.
Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image. (4) Focus +/-
(5) Zoom +/- Zoom in and out the image.
(6) Direction buttons Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera.
(7) Camera ID pane Display the PTZ camera number that is being operated.
(8) Save Camera preset position
(9) Camera lens speed controller
Save the PTZ camera preset position number. Select the camera and click the preset position number and save it.
Adjust the moving speed of the PTZ camera lens.
(10) Camera preset position number
Move the PTZ camera to the preset point.
(11) Group AutoPan Select to automatically operate PTZ camera in group.
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6.4 Using the Remote Playback
To use this feature, first switch to playback mode by clicking the Playback icon, and then, 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 on the DVR server.
Click OK to proceed and Cancel to void this operation.
In the Remote Playback Date/Time Selection, the number from 00 to 23 represent the time in
24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 04 represent the camera number.
To Make a Selection:
1. Select the date in the calendar. Use and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right.
2. 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.
3. Click OK to proceed and Cancel to void this operation.
4. The system divides the selected hour into 16 video thumbnails. In the Time Selection screen,
click on the video thumbnail you want to download (see also Chapter 6.4.3
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6.4.1 Familiarizing the Local Playback Buttons
Name Function
(1) Split Screen Mode
Select from 3 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. i
(2) Exit
- If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 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. To back to normal view, right click the channel screen again.
Click to exit or minimize the application. The password is required for exit or minimize.
(3) Progress bar
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.
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The Hour buttons represent the time in 24-hour clock. The blue bar on top of the hour button indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. If there is no recorded data within the hour, there will be no color bar on top of the hour button. While the red bar indicates that you are currently viewing the recorded video file.
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Name
(5) Playback Control
Buttons
(6) Archive
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 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.
End: Go to the end of the video file.
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
– Mark Day Light Saving, the playback calendar will show the available playback records during day light saving period.
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The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. While the red colored column indicates on where to start playing the recorded video file. If there is no any video data, it will be no color bar on top of the date button.
(7) Preview Switch to Preview mode.
(8) Playback
(9) Status bar
(10) Camera ID
(11) Export
(12) Segment
(13) Full screen
(14) Event Log
Switch to Playback mode. This allows you to view the recorded video file.
Display the record date, time, HDD capacity in preview mode and play speed in playback mode.
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.
Export includes Snapshot, Print, and Output function.
Snapshot: Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg or *.bmp format.
Print: Print the screen shot.
Output: Save the segmented file in *.avi format
Keep a portion of the recorded video you want (see also Chapter 6.4.1.1
View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard.
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.
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Name
(15) Visual Search
(16) Find Next
Function
Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and Second.
Search for the next event or changes in the motion detector frame. You can use this when you are using Intelligent Search or Event Search function.
(17) Intelligent Search
Search the changes in the motion detector frame (See also Chapter 6.4.1.3
(18) Audio Enable/disable audio play
(19) De-interlace To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
6.4.1.1 To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Click Export >> Output button to save the wanted clip.
8. In the Save As dialog box, locate on where you want to save the file, type the filename, and select the video format.
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6.4.1.2 To Search Using the Visual Search
4. Click Visual Search.
5. In the Visual Search Setting dialog box, select the Camera number and the date. Then click OK.
6.
When a series of frames appear by date, click on the frame to display another series of frames and search by every Hour of that date, every 3Minutes of that hour, every 10 Seconds of that minute, every Second of that 10 seconds. To go back, click frame and close event search, click .
. To view from the selected
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6.4.1.3 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. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click
.
4. You may also set to search and list all the result. Just check the List box. In the Search Duration section, set the Begin Time, End Time and Searching Interval. Then, click OK to start searching. The search result will show as below figure:
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6.4.2 Familiarizing the Download and Playback Buttons
Name
(1) Exit
(2) Progress bar
(3) Playback
Control Buttons
(4) Status bar
(5) Language
(6) Export
(7) Segment
(8) Full screen
(9) Event Log
Function
Click to close the application.
Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track.
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, or 8x, 16x or 32x.
Next: Go to the next frame.
End: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
Display the recorded date, time and play speed.
Switch the language of function/button tips
Export includes Snapshot, Print, and Output function.
Snapshot: Capture and save the screen shot either in *.jpg or *.bmp format.
Print: Print the screen shot.
Output: Save the segmented file in *.mpg, *.avi, or *.dvr format(see also Chapter
Keep a portion of the recorded video. Follow the below steps to output a video clip
View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or
ESC on the keyboard.
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.
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.
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Name Function
(10) Visual Search
Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and Second.
(11) Audio
(12) De-interlace
Enable/disable volume
To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
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6.4.3 Familiarizing the RealTime Playback Buttons
Name Function
(1) Split Screen
Mode
Select from 3 different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera. i
(2) Exit
-
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.
Click to close the application.
(3) Progress bar
(4) Hour Buttons
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. i
The Hour buttons represent the time in 24-hour clock. The blue bar on top of the hour button indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red bar indicates that you are currently viewing the recorded video file.
(5) Playback Control Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file.
Buttons
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, or 8x, 16x or 32x.
Next: Go to the next frame.
End: Go to the end of the recorded video file.
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Name
(6) Archive
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. i
The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. The blue colored column indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red colored column indicates on where to start playing the recorded video file.
(7) Preview Switch to Preview mode.
(8) Playback
(9) Status bar
(10) Camera ID
(11) Export
(12) Full screen
(13) Event log
(14) Audio
(15) De-interlace
Switch to Playback mode. This allows you to view the recorded video file.
Display the recorded date, time and play speed.
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.
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
View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or
ESC on the keyboard.
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.
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.
Enable/disable audio play
To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
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Chapter 7 Using HandyViewer and JavaViewer
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://DVR IP/mobile. You can see the latest screen shot. Click << >> to change the channel or camera and Refresh to reload new screen shot.
7.1 Using PDAViewer to Access DVR Server
Users can also use a PDA to access the DVR through Internet. Make sure your PDA support IE browser and is connected to the internet. To use this feature, you need to install the PDA Viewer software either thru ActiveSync connection or download it from the internet. Please check if your
PDA meets the 2 requirements below.
OS: MS Windows CE 4.0, PocketPC 2002/2003, Mobile 5 PDA version
CPU: ARM architecture
7.1.1 To install PDAViewer thru ActiveSync
1. Connect your PDA to your PC. Place the CD into the
CD-ROM drive then click Utilities > PDAViewer >
Setup.exe. And follow the on screen instructions.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept all the terms. The system will then automatically install the application.
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7.1.2 To install PDAViewer from the Internet
1. Make sure you are connected to the internet.
2. Open the web browser and enter the server IP. Then click the hyperlink Download PDAViewer.
3. When the Download dialog box appears, enable Open
file after download and click Yes.
4. After the installation, the PDAViewer icon will appear in the Programs list.
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7.1.3 To Use the PDAViewer
1. Run the PDAViewer in the Programs.
2. Familiarizing the PDAViewer buttons.
(2)
(1)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Name
(1) Connect
(10)
(9)
(8)
(6)
(7)
Function
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.
User can playback the recorded video from remote DVR server in
(2) Split Screen Mode Select between 2 screen display types. It also allows you to switch and view different camera number or channels.
(3) About
(4) Minimize
(5) Exit
(6) Focus
(7) Full Screen
(8) Snapshot
Display the PDAViewer software version.
Reduce the size to taskbar.
Close the PDAViewer.
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.
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Name Function
(9) Zoom Zoom in and out the PTZ camera image.
(10) Direction buttons 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 popup menu will appear.
7.1.4 To Playback in PDAViewer
1. Run the PDAViewer in the Programs.
2. Hook up to the DVR server.
3. Click Connect icon and select the DVR server
4. Click Playback to enter playback option screen
5. Select the camera, data, and time
6. Click Playback to start playing the recorded video
7. While playback, user can view and change status of I/O devices
8. On the playback screen, tap on video screen longer the popup menu will appear
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9. Select the Remote IO
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 popup menu will appear, and then, select the status (ON, OFF, Tigger)
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7.2 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. To use this feature, you need to install the JAVA Viewer program that it can be downloading it from the DVR server through the internet.
7.2.1 To install JavaViewer from the DVR Server
1. Open the web browser and enter the DVR server IP (http://DVR server IP: port/JAVA-Viewer.html). Then click Connect.
2. When the Download screen appears, select JAVA-Viewer.jad and download it to your mobile phone.
3. After the installation, the JavaViewer will be in your mobile phone system. To find the
JavaViewer program where is located, please refer to your mobile phone user
’s manual.
7.2.2 To Use the JavaViewer
1. Run the JavaViewer program.
2. 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.
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6. To switch to different camera view, select menu and select the channel.
7. The JavaViewer 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.
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Appendix A Registering Domain Name
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 withou t 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.
User Login
Browse the website ddns.avers.com.tw with Microsoft IE or Netscape Navigator to access the following dialog.
2.
First input the MAC address in CD-Key No. column and select the product name. Then click OK to login or Reset to clear the previous input. i
To find the MAC address of the DVR, please go to Preview UI, click button and
select Status. User should see the MAC address in System section(see also Chapter
3.
User Information
Please provide the following user information, Host Name (user can choose any name he/she likes except the one violence with other users), Password, E-mail, Company, and Country.
And then, click OK to complete the domain name registration.
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Appendix B Network Service Port
The following table shows the ports that DVR server uses for certain network service.
Port# Variable
Remote Console
WebViewer
CM3000
5550
80
80
Y
Y
Y
Firmware Update
DVR DDNS (Upload / Download)
5005
53/1053
Y
N
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