TruVision Recorder Operator Guide
Live view
In the viewer you can see displayed on the live image the current date and time, camera name, and whether a recording is in progress.
Information on the system and camera status is displayed as icons on the main and event monitors. The camera status icons are shown for each camera. Each icon represents information on a specific item. These icons include:
Icon Description
A sensor alarm.
Recording is in progress (such as constant recording, motion detection, or alarm-triggered recording).
A motion detection event.
Blank screen
A video loss event.
Alarm and system notifications. Click the icon to open a screen with a list of the notifications.
Manual recording.
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9. Output Mode
10. Close Timebar
Description
“Searching recorded video” on page 3 for more information.
Select Standard, Bright, Soft, or Vivid mode to display.
Open/close the time bar.
Login screen
For most recorder functions (such as playback, menu access, taking snapshots, etc), you need to log in with a valid user account and password.
Default user: admin
Default password: 1234
Quick Access toolbar
Use the quick access toolbar in live view to quickly access regularly used commands. Position the cursor over a live image and left-click the mouse. The toolbar appears:
Note: Not all commands listed below are available on all recorders.
Controlling live view mode
Right-click the mouse on a live image to display the mouse menu:
Icon Description
Freeze: Freeze the live image of the selected camera. Although the image pauses, time and date information does not.
Manual Recording: Start/stop manual recording. The icon is red when manual recording is enabled.
Instant Playback: Playback the recorded video from the last five minutes (default time). If no recording is found, then there was no recording made. Click the icon and select the desired camera. Click OK.
Audio: Enable/Disable audio output. The audio option must already have been setup in the Display menu.
Capture: Capture a snapshot of a video image. The image is saved on the unit.
PTZ Control: Enter PTZ control mode.
Name
1. Menu
2. Single Camera
3. Multi Camera
4. Previous Screen
5. Next Screen
6. Start Sequence
7. 24-hour Playback
Description
Enter the Main menu.
Switch to a full-screen view for the selected camera from the dropdown list.
Switch between the different multiview options from the dropdown list.
Displays the previous camera screen.
Displays the next camera screen.
Turn on sequence mode. The screen automatically sequences between cameras.
Go to Menu > Display Mode Settings > Layout >
Dwell Time to set up.
Playback the recorded video of the current day from the selected camera.
In some recorders this function is called ”All-day playback”.
Enter the advanced video search menu. See
Digital Zoom: Enter digital zoom.
Image Settings: Enter the Image Settings menu to modify the image lighting levels. There are two options:
Customize: Modify brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue values.
Default: Restore image settings to previous values.
These settings can also be modified from the Camera > Image menu.
Auxiliary Focus: Automatically focus the camera lens for the sharpest picture.
Note: Not available on all recorders.
Lens Initialization: Initialize the lens of a camera with a motorized lens, such as PTZ or IP cameras. This function helps to maintain lens focus accuracy over prolong periods of time.
Note: Not available on all recorders.
Close Toolbar: Close the shortcut toolbar.
8. Advanced Search
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Some of the functions can only be accessed after entering a valid user name and password.
Controlling a PTZ camera
Left-click the mouse on the desired camera image to call-up the Quick Access toolbar. Click the PTZ control icon in the toolbar to enter the PTZ mode.
If the display is in multiview format, it changes to full screen format for the selected camera.
PTZ control panel
Playback window (24-hour/All-day playback shown)
Description
Controls the movements and directions of the PTZ.
Center button is used to start auto-pan by the PTZ dome camera.
Adjusts zoom, focus, and iris.
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1. Directional pad/auto-scan buttons
2. Zoom, focus, and iris
3. PTZ movement
4. Toolbar
Adjusts the speed of PTZ movement.
Turns on/off camera light. This command is not supported on all PTZ cameras.
Turns on/off camera wiper. This command is not supported on all PTZ cameras.
Zoom area
Centers the PTZ dome camera image. This command is not supported on all PTZ cameras.
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Select PTZ command
Exit
Jumps to the home position.
Displays the desired function from the scroll bar: camera, preset, preset tour or shadow tour.
Exits the PTZ control panel.
Playback
There are four ways to play back video:
Instant playback of the most recently recorded video
24-hour playback of the day’s recorded video (This function is called “Allday Playback” on some recorders)
Search the video archives by specific time, date, bookmark, snapshot, or event
Search the system log
1. Camera panel: Select the cameras for playback. Move the mouse over the area to display the list of cameras available.
2. Calendar panel: Blue: Current date. Green/Yellow/Red: Recordings available on the recorder.
3. Zoom control: Zoom in and out of the timeline to show the progress bar in greater or lesser detail.
4. Time line: Time of actual playback. This is only displayed in 24-hour/All-day playback.
5. Playback progress bar: This bar displays how much of the 24-hour period has been recorded. Its color depends on the recording type.
6. Playback control toolbar (See below for more information).
7. Playback viewer.
8. Recording type: Description of the color coding of the recording types that appear in the playback progress bar.
Playback control toolbar
See Figure 1 below.
Description
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Audio and video toolbar:
Audio on/off.
Start/stop a video clip during playback. Sections of a recording can be saved to an external storage device.
Add default bookmark.
Add customized bookmark.
Bookmark management. Click to see the list of bookmarks and their times.
Note: Not available on all recorders.
Digital zoom. Zoom in to a selected part of the video image.
This option may not be available on all recorders.
Archive files.
Timeline: Allows you to jump forwards or backwards in time. The timeline moves left (oldest video) to right (newest video). Click a location on it for where you want playback to start.
In 24-hour/All-day playback the cursor shows the actual time. In search playback, the cursor is a ball.
Playback control toolbar.
Reverse play the recording. Click again to pause.
Figure 1: Playback control toolbar
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Description
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Stop playback. Timeline jumps back to 00:00 time (midnight).
Play or pause recording.
Reverse playback by the configured skip time (default is 30 seconds)
Fast forward playback by the configured skip time (default is
30 seconds).
Decrease playback speed. Options available are: ½ speed,
¼ speed, 1/8 speed, single frame.
Increase playback speed. Options available are: 2X speed,
4X speed, 8X speed, 32X speed.
Previous file/day/event recording.
Play next file/day/event recording in the search result.
Playback progress bar: This bar displays how far playback of the recording has progressed. It also indicates the type of recording.
Recording type: Description of the color coding of recording types that appear in the playback progress bar.
Green indicates continuous recording. Red indicates alarm recording.
Yellow indicates motion recording. Pale green indicates manual recording. Pale blue indicates TextIn recording (depends on recorder model).
Call up the Search window to search for recorded video files.
Hide the playback control toolbar.
For 24-hour/All-day playback mode, quit playback and return to live view.
For playback from search mode, quit playback and return to the search screen.
Right-click the mouse and click Exit in the mouse menu to return to the previous screen.
Searching recorded video
1. In live view, right-click the mouse and select Advanced Search from the menu.
2. In the Search menu, select one of the following search types:
Normal: Search all recorded video by selected cameras, recording type, type of file protection (locked or unlocked), and time period.
Event:
Bookmark:
Snapshot:
Search only event recorded video. Files can be searched by alarm inputs or motion detection.
Note: Only motion detection that has been recorded as events will be listed in this search. Motion that has been recorded as a non-event can be searched under the Normal menu.
Search selected cameras only for recorded video with bookmarks.
Note : In some recorders this functions is called “Disk
Analysis”.
Search selected cameras only for recorded video with snapshots.
Search results
A search will usually produce a list of files. The files are listed by camera, and then for each camera by date and time. The most recent file is listed first. Only one file can be played at a time. Click of a selected file to play it back.
Instant playback
Use the quick access toolbar to quickly replay recorded video from the last five minutes (or preprogrammed period depending on the recorder). Only one camera at a time can be selected. Depending on the recorder, the instant playback period can be changed under Display Settings > Monitor > More Settings.
To instantly replay recorded video:
1. In live view, left-click the mouse on the desired camera image. The quick access toolbar appears. Click Instant Playback .
2. Select the desired camera from the drop-down list and click OK .
Playback starts immediately. The Instant Playback scroll bar appears under the selected camera.
3. Click Pause on the toolbar to pause playback.
Click Play to restart playback.
Click Stop to stop playback and return to live view.
24-hour playback
Use this option to play back recorded video from the last day. Playback starts at midnight and runs for the 24-hour period. 24-hour playback is shown in full screen view.
Note: This option is called “All-day Playback” on some recorders.
To play back video from the 24 hours:
1. In live view mode right-click the mouse on the desired camera image. Click
24-hour Playback in the mouse menu.
The playback window appears. By default, the camera is in full-screen mode.
2. To select more than one camera for multiview playback or to select playback from a different day, move the mouse to the right edge of the screen. The camera/calendar panel appears. Check the desired cameras and/or another day.
Playback starts immediately.
Note: A message appears if there are no recordings found during this period.
3. Use the playback control toolbar to manually control playback.
4. Click Exit to return to live view.
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Archiving recorded files
There are two ways to archive files:
Quick Archive: Press the Archive button on the front panel to archive recorded files quickly. The recorder downloads all the recorded files on the unit to fill the available memory space on the media. This option is not available via the mouse.
Advanced Search: You can specify archiving settings such as a specific time and date period, recording type, start and end times, as well as cameras.
Quick Archive
To archive recorded video using Quick Archive:
1. Insert the backup device into the recorder.
If using a USB memory drive, insert the device into the USB port on the front panel.
Depending on the recorder model, if using a digital video disk (DVD) or eSATA drive, insert the disc into the DVD drive. If more than one media type is found in the recorder, the USB device takes precedence over the others.
2. Press Archive on the front panel or remote control to open the quick archive screen.
3. Click Start or press the Archive button on the front panel. The unit starts to download all the files listed.
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Note: If there is a capacity limitation on the backup device, only the most recent files will be backed up.
A message will appear to confirm when the download is complete.
Archiving via Advanced Search
To archive recorded video using Advanced Search:
1. Connect the backup device to the recorder.
If using a USB memory drive, insert the device into the USB port on the front panel. If using a digital video disk (DVD) or eSATA drive, insert the disc into the DVD drive. If both media are found in the TVN 21, the USB device takes precedence over the DVD.
2. In live view mode, press the Search button on the front panel or remote control.
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Right-click the mouse and select Advanced Search .
The Advanced Search screen appears.
3. Select the cameras and search parameters required.
Record type: All, constant, motion, text insertion, or alarm.
File type: All, locked, or unlocked.
4. Select the desired start and end times and dates for the recordings.
5. Click Search . The list of results appears.
6. Select the files to export.
Note: You can click the Play button to verify that the selected files are the files to export.
7. Click Archive . The Archive screen appears.
8. Select the storage medium to export to from the drop-down list.
9. Click Archive to begin the backup process.
10. Click OK when archiving is completed. Click Cancel until you return to live view.
Using the web browser
To access the recorder, open a web browser and enter the IP address assigned to the recorder as a web address. On the logon screen, enter the default user ID and password.
Note: Only one recorder can be viewed per browser.
User ID: admin
Password: 1234
The default values for the recorder network settings are:
IP address - 192.168.1.82
Subnet mask - 255.255.255.0
Gateway address - 192.168.1.1
Ports:
When using the browser:
RTSP port: 554
HTTP port: 80
When using TruNav:
RTSP port: 554
Server/Client software port: 8000
Web browser overview
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Camera
Menu toolbar
Viewer
Display format
Video function toolbar
PTZ panel
Description
View Video and record video from the selected camera.
Lets you do the following:
• View live video
• Play back video
• Search for event logs
• Configure settings
• Log out of the interface
View live or playback video.
Define how you want video to be displayed in the viewer: Multiview or full screen.
Lets you do the following in live view:
Switch between mainstream and substream.
Start/stop all streaming from selected cameras.
Start/stop recording from selected cameras.
Zoom in/out.
Take a video snapshot.
/ View previous and next camera respectively.
If viewing in multiview format, live view moves to the next group of cameras for the selected number of video tiles.
Turn audio on/off.
Turn microphone on/off.
Hide/display the PTZ panel.
Contact information
For contact information, see www.interlogix.com or www.utcfssecurityproducts.eu.
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