Client Software User Manual (v4.01)
Client Software User Manual (v4.01)
Index
Version description............................................................................................................................4 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................8 2 Software Install, Uninstall and use.................................................................................................9 2.1 Install remote client software ver4.0.1 ................................................................................9 2.2 Uninstall remote client software .......................................................................................12 2.3 Login and Exit...................................................................................................................14 2.4 Preview image...................................................................................................................16 2.4.1 Preview according to the group mode....................................................................18 2.4.2 Self definition preview...........................................................................................18 2.4.3 Change preview window mode ..............................................................................18 2.4.4 Enlarge one camera preview window ....................................................................19 2.4.5 Multi-window in full screen...................................................................................19 2.4.6 Front page/Next page .............................................................................................19 2.4.7 Start cycle the channel of one device or one group................................................19 2.4.8 Image capture .........................................................................................................20 2.4.9 Setup video parameters ..........................................................................................20 2.4.10 Remote PTZ control.............................................................................................20 2.4.10.1 Control PTZ: .....................................................................................................20 2.4.10.2 Adjust PTZ preset......................................................................................20 2.4.10.3 Set preset ...................................................................................................21 2.4.10.4 Setup sequence ..........................................................................................21 2.5 Configure ..........................................................................................................................22 2.5.1 Device configure ....................................................................................................22 2.5.1.1 Add areas.....................................................................................................22 2.5.1.2 Delete areas .................................................................................................23 2.5.1.3 Add stream media server .............................................................................23 2.5.1.4 Add DVR.....................................................................................................24 2.5.1.5 Define network preview channel sequence .................................................26 2.5.1.6 Define group network preview channel sequence.......................................27 2.5.1.7 Delete server................................................................................................28 2.5.1.8 Modify DVR parameters.............................................................................28 2.5.1.9 Modify channel properties and network preview protocol..........................28 2.5.1.10 View DVR local log ..................................................................................28 2.5.2 Client software local setup .............................................................................29 2.5.2.1 Play mode....................................................................................................30 2.5.2.2 Client record mode ......................................................................................30 2.5.2.3 Log ..............................................................................................................32 2.5.2.4 Others ..........................................................................................................33 2.5.3 Remote configure ...................................................................................................33 2.5.3.1 Remote configure interface of HC series ....................................................33 2.5.3.1.1 Server configuration setup................................................................33 2.5.3.1.2 Channel configuration ......................................................................35
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2.5.3.1.3 COM configuration ..........................................................................39 2.5.3.2.4 Alarm configuration .........................................................................40 2.5.3.1.5 User configuration............................................................................43 2.5.3.1.6 Transaction configuration.................................................................44 2.5.3.1.7 Others ...............................................................................................44 2.5.3.2 Remote configure interface of ME series....................................................45 2.5.3.2.1 Server parameters configuration ......................................................45 2.5.3.2.2 Channel configuration ......................................................................46 2.5.3.1.3 COM configuration ..........................................................................49 2.5.3.2.4 Alarm configuration .........................................................................49 2.5.3.2.5 Other functions.................................................................................50 2.5.4 Alarm configure .....................................................................................................51 2.5.5 Local log ................................................................................................................55 2.5.6 Card configure........................................................................................................55 2.6 Play back...........................................................................................................................61 2.6.1 Local playback .......................................................................................................61 2.6.2 Remote playback....................................................................................................62 2.6.2.1 Playback by file type ...................................................................................62 2.6.2.2 Playback by time .........................................................................................63 2.6.3 Playback picture .....................................................................................................64 2.7 User right management .....................................................................................................65 2.7.1 Add and Del Users .................................................................................................65 2.7.2 Modify Users and select right level........................................................................66 2.8 Electronic Map..................................................................................................................67 2.9 Change User......................................................................................................................70 2.10 Voice Talk........................................................................................................................70 2.11 Server status ....................................................................................................................71 2.12 Lock function ..................................................................................................................71 2.13 Hide function...................................................................................................................72
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Version description
The new version client software has the following new features: 1. Control the alarm output function In the preview interface, select a device and right click it, then you can select the Alarm output option and a dialog will popup, show as below. Here you can trigger the alarm output device or close the alarm output device.
2. Fortify or disarm all In the preview interface, select a area and right click the icon. Then you can select the Fortify all to fortify all the device under this area or select Disarm all to disarm all the device under this icon. Show as below.
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3. Output the alarm sound from the sound card Add the option of output alarm sound from the sound card in the local configuration. It will be effective after you select it. Show as below.
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4. Alarm monitor Add the option of alarm monitor configuration, the default port is 7200. Show as below.
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5. Real preview the image while configure the hardware decode In the mode of not preview but TV wall, you can preview the output image in the configure interface. 6. In-phase playback function First, select the In-phase option in the local playback interface, then click search icon and all the channels that have record file in this period will be listed in the right. Select a channel and draw to the play area, it will start the In-phase playback. While it is In-phase playback the multi-file in the same channel will play continuous and the play speed will as slow as the most slow window. 7. Use the new version of the IP server 8. Improve the LOG function Add the check time and user information options. Here the user information includes user login, user exit and logout. When the option find log by user is not selected, you can search the log by the device in the right. After the option is selected, you can search the log by the user that be selected. 9. Drag play In the shortcut mode: select the device and drag it to one window. All the channels of this device will start play in this window. In the group mode: select one group and drag it to one window. All the channels in this group will start play in this window. 10. Record mode Add the record mode up to 10 types and add a all day record mode (this mode can not be modified) 12. Add the speed option while PTZ control Add the scroll bar in the main interface (speed: 1~7) 13. Cancel the preset limitation Support preset number up to 128 and just double click the preset in the preset configuration interface to adjust the preset. 14. Add the function start all the sequence function, add this option in the popup menu when you right click the window. In the list mode: start all the DVR to sequence, if some channels of one DVR are previewing, cycle all the channels according to the first channel that being previewed, the other channels that being previewed will not sequence. In the group mode: start all the group to sequence, if some channels of one group are previewing, cycle all the channels according to the first channel of this group that being previewed, the other channels that being previewed will not sequence.
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1 Introduction
This software is the network client software version 4.0.1 used for network stand alone DVR and DVS. Support 3 different resolution of 1024*768, 1152*864 and 1280*1024. If the PC is not worked in those resolution .it will display with the resolution of 1024*768. The contents of this manual are subject to be changed without notice.
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Fig 2.1.2 Step2: Enable the option I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next button to enter into next step.
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Fig 2.1.3 Customer information Step3: Input customer information and click Next to enter into next step.
Fig 2.1.4 Destination folder Step4: Select destination folder and click Next to enter into next step.
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Fig 2.1.5 Ready to install Step5: Click Install to start installation shown as Fig 2.1.6.
Fig 2.1.6 Install process Step6: After finish installation, installation completed dialog box will be popup.
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Fig 2.1.7 Installation complete Click Finish button to close the dialog box. After client software installed, in PC Start -> Program, you can find the remote client software.
Fig 2.2.1 Remove client software Step2: Select Remove option and click Next to start removing remote client software.
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Step 3: click Yes and the client software will uninstall by itself.
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Fig 2.2.2 Remove complete Step3: After client software is removed completely, click Finish button to close the dialog box.
Fig 2.3.1 Input user name and password, click register, show as Fig 2.3.2 if succeed.
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Fig 2.3.2 register succeed Click OK to enter into login interface, show as Fig 2.3.3
Fig 2.3.3 Login Input administrators username and password, click login, enter into main interface. Show as Fig 2.3.4.
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Fig 2.3.4 Client software main interface After the user input username, the corresponding password can be modified, modify succeed after referring. Show as Fig 2.3.5
Fig 2.3.5 Modify password interface Click the exit button on the right above corner in the main interface, an exit dialog will be popup as following (Fig 2.3.6). Click OK to exit the client software.
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Fig 2.4.1 main interface If client software administrator has setup surveillance spot, camera preview sequence, when come back to the main interface, it will display according to the list mode. play mode, first, in client software main interface, select preview windows number, click Play button, client software will connect with corresponding DVR camera and display the live video stream. Play button will be changed into Stop and camera icon on the left will change from as shown in Fig 2.4.2. Press Stop to stop live preview. into
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Fig 2.4.3
Fig 2.4.3.1
Fig 2.4.3.2
Fig 2.4.3
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Fig 2.4.5
Fig 2.4.6
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Fig 2.4.10
2.5 Configure
2.5.1 Device configure
Before access DVR or DVS, you must setup surveillance objects in remote client software. After administrator login remote client software and enter into main interface, click Configure icon to enter interface show as Fig 2.5.1.
click create root node; otherwise, the menu (Fig 2.5.3) will popup, click add area and the interface show as Fig 2.5.4 will popup.
Fig 2.5.2
Fig 2.5.3
Fig 2.5.4 Input the name of area and click OK to finish. (Notice: cant add more than 50 areas )
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Fig 2.5.5 Input the IP and port NO of stream media server, click OK to finish. (Notice: if you setup stream media server, the child stream will disabled)
Fig 2.5.6
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2.Use DNS , show as Fig 2.5.7 If the DNS server IP is setup in the server and the IPSERVER is run in the DNS server. After that you can connect through the DNS server. The client software will find the dynamic IP of server through the server name or the server serial. Input server name and DNS address (it does not needed to input IP), select private domain register mode. Show as Fig 2.5.7. While the server use the DNS function, if the server dynamic IP is changed, the client software will find the new IP by itself when you operate the next step. 3.Use normal domain server, show as Fig 2.5.8. In this way the server IP is not needed, just input the domain, the client software will connect the corresponding server.
Fig 2.5.7
Fig 2.5.8 After configuration click OK. You can find the added server in Fig 2.5.9.
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Fig 2.5.10
Fig 2.5.11 Fig 2.5.12 Select create group, an interface will popup show as Fig 2.5.13, input group name and click OK.
Fig 2.5.13 Add channel into the group, please select some channel of some server and the group or the channel in the group, click >> button and the channel will be added into the group in the right column.
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Select one channel in the right column, if click << button the channel will be delete; if click up or down button, the sequence of the channel will be adjusted, and the channel play sequence in the group network preview will also be adjusted.
Fig 2.5.14 Notice: channel name, server name and server address cant be modified.
popup menu, select a device in the popup window and select server, type, start date and end date, click Search Log, client software will list the DVR local matched log information via network. Fig 2.5.15 is the example. Click Exit to exit view log dialog box.
Fig 2.5.15
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Fig 2.5.16
start overwrite the earliest recorded files. Record mode includes: Manual recording, no cycle mode (default mode). Manual recording and cycle mode (select cycle record). Auto recording and no cycle mode (select auto record). Auto recording and cycle mode (select auto record and cycle record). Recording file size: it means how long one recorded file will be. If you select 64M, then every 64M, client software will make a record file. If you select auto recording mode, you must setup recording schedule. Press Schedule button to enter into recording schedule setup dialog box. The detail parameter configuration you can refer to client software record menu. Notice: after the auto record parameters are changed, it will enable after reboot the client software. Auto record: The client software is support the function of auto record. Enter into local configure interface, select auto record, then click Rec. Cfg to enter into the interface of record schedule, show as Fig 2.5.17. First select record mode schedule to setup record mode; every record has one mode name and 4 record periods; here the mode names cant be the same, the null mode cant be setup. Select record mode and setup the parameters and click save. Then select record schedule, if one channel is selected just select the time in the time column, and select a record mode in the mode column, click OK. Select one device, and all of its channels are configured. If the software time enter into the setup time, regardless the channel is in status of live preview, the client will start auto record, if related channel is previewing and the icon will become , if not the icon will become .
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Fig 2.5.17 Manual record If the auto record is disabled, you can start/stop some channel recording manually while live preview. Operation: select one channel that is being previewed and click record, the record button will become blue, start recording, click record again. The record button comes to default color and stop recording. Notice : when the client software do cycle record, it will start delete files if the capacity of every hard disk is less than 2GB; if dont cycle record, it will stop record if the capacity of every hard disk is less than 2GB.
2.5.2.3 Log
In the Save log list, Select the save time of Alarm log and operation log, you can select one year, half a year, three months, one months, half a month, one week. In the Delete log list, you can select the interval to delete the Alarm log and Operation log, select every three months, every one month, every half of month, every one week, every three days, everyday. Notice: the save log time must be longer than delete log time, otherwise, the software will popup alarm information and the parameters will not be saved.
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2.5.2.4 Others
Check DVR system time: enable Check DVR system time and setup detail time, when the time is reached, client software will send current PC system time to DVR via network, DVR will adjust its system time to be the same as PC. Download file saving path: The client software will save the DVR downloaded files in this path. Image capture saving path: Client software will save the captured image in this path. Version info: record the release time of the client software.
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Fig 2.5.18
Server configuration information: Server name: not more than 32 characters, 16chinese at most. Device ID: the biggest NO is 255 if the firmware is 1.5 or above. And if the firmware is 1.4 the biggest NO is 100. Cycle record: if you want to overwrite after the HDD is full, just select YES, if you want to stop record after the HDD is full, just select NO. The channel number, HDD number, alarm input number, alarm output number, server type, server serial are cant be modified. Network configuration information: IP address, port and mask: server static IP, port and mask. The default port is 8000. NIC type: here are some options such as 10M/100M Auto and so on. DNS host IP: the DNS server IP should be inputted while the server use private domain. Multicast IP: when you use the multicast, you should input a D-class IP. Between 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. Gateway: if client software need go through the gateway to connect the server, you should input a gateway. NAS host IP and NAS directory: if use network store server, just input the NAS IP and the directory. Remote host IP and port: IP and port of the PC that used for receiving alarm information. PPPOE parameters: if you want to use PPPOE dial up function, just select PPPOE and input
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user name and password. Http port: it will be used when you use the IE to connect our server. The MAC address and PPPOE IP cant be modified. Server version information: Firmware version, Hardware version, Encode version and Front panel version cant be modified. After the configuration is finished, click confirm. If need reboot, just click Reboot button.
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Fig 2.5.19
Fig 2.5.20 Setup motion detection, video signal loss, view tamping alarm and privacy mask: Select a option and setup the corresponding area , schedule and PTZ link. Click area setup to enter into area setup interface., show as Fig 2.5.21
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Fig 2.5.21 Show motion detection area: select Show motion detection area and you can see the area setup before. Set motion detection area: Enable Setup motion areas option, press PC keyboard Ctrlkey, move mouse to prefer point, press mouse left button and drag mouse, you can draw one motion area, release mouse to confirm one motion area. You can draw many areas for motion detection, draw 4 areas for privacy mask and one area for view tamping alarm. Select sensitivity: for motion detection you can select seven sensitivity options such as Close, 0 -- Minimum, 5 Maximum. For the view tamping alarm you can select four options, there are close, low, normal and high from left to right. Click schedule to enter into schedule interface. Show as Fig 2.5.22. The PTZ link is enabled in the period of schedule.
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Fig 2.5.22 Click PTZ link to enter into PTZ link configure interface, show as Fig 2.5.23. Select trigger record channel: it can be only one or more. Setup alarm handle method: select the PTZ handle method of this channel, it can be one method or more. After setup, click confirm button to save configuration and return. Click chancel button if do not want to save configuration. Setup OSD properties: you can select whether display OSD, display position, whether display week, OSD properties(opaque&steady,opaque&flashing,transparent&steady, transparent&flashing, no display). OSD type. Setup the channel name properties: you can select whether display channel name and the display position). Overlay text: you can overlay text on the channel, 4 line at most, 44 characters at most for every line. After the parameters is setup, click confirm. If the server is need to reboot, just click reboot button. (Notice: the information and channel name in all time record, motion detection record, video loss, privacy mask, and view tampering cant be copied to other channels)
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Fig 2.5.23
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Fig 2.5.24
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Fig 2.5.25 Alarm input response policy: Select method option, click schedule button to enter into alarm response policy setup interface shown as Fig 2.5.26:
Fig 2.5.26 After the schedule finished, click confirm button and return. Click cancel if dont want to save the configuration. Click PTZ link to enter into the alarm input link interface. Show as Fig 2.5.27.
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Fig 2.5.27 After the configuration is finished, click confirm to save the configuration and return. Click cancel if dont want to save the configuration. Alarm output policy: Click the alarm output schedule, and enter into the alarm output schedule setup interface. Show as Fig 2.5.28.
Fig 2.5.28
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After the setup is finished, click confirm button to save configuration and return. Click cancel if dont want to save the configuration. Exception configuration: The Exception configuration includes HDD full, HDD error, network broken, illegal access, video standard not matched, etc, also you can setup exceptions response policy.
Fig 2.5.29 In this interface you can remote setup DVR users, including username, password, user rights, etc. Look the user right when you select the user. If the user is exist, just right click the user and click modify in the popup menu. Select cancel to return. After finish, click OK, Save Para. button. Please reboot DVR to make the new parameter into effective.
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Fig 2.5.30
2.5.3.1.7 Others
In the remote setup, select other functions, showed as Fig 2.5.31. User can remotely upgrade server or format Hard Disk in this interface. Select Remote Upgrade, single click Browser, select upgrade file. Click Upgrade to begin upgrade process. After the completion of upgrade, status tray will show Status: Server Upgrade finish. Select Format Hard Disk, select the disk you want to operate on (all or only one disk of them), single click Format, the system will indicate that Format is under process. After the process, it will indicate Format Hard Disk Successful. NOTE: After the formation of hard disk, a reset of the equipment is indispensable. No other operations are allowed during the formation process.
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Fig 2.5.31
PPPOE parameters: if you want to use PPPOE dial up function, just select PPPOE and input user name and password. Firmware version, Hardware version, Encode version and Front panel version cant be modified. After the setup is finished, click confirm. If need reboot, just click Reboot button.
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Fig 2.5.34 Recording schedule: Enable schedule option, you can setup the record time, prerecord time, post record time. Click setup button to enter into recording schedule setup dialog box shown as Fig 2.5.34. Select record mode, if select all day record, only record type can be setup.
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If finish the setup, click confirm button to return. Click cancel to return if you do not want to save the configuration. PreRec time: Recording time options before alarm happened. The options are include no prerecord, 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s, maximum. Post record time: Recording time options after alarm stopped. The options are include 5s, 10s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min. Setup motion detection: Click area setup to enter into area setup interface, show as 2.5.35. Show motion detection area: select Show motion detection area and you can see the area setup before. Set motion detection area: Enable Setup motion areas option, press PC keyboard Ctrl key, move mouse to prefer point, press mouse left button and drag mouse, you can draw one motion area, release mouse to confirm one motion area. You can draw many areas for motion detection, draw 4 areas for privacy mask and one area for view tamping alarm. Select sensitivity: for motion detection you can select seven sensitivity options such as Close, 0 -- Minimum, 5 Maximum. For the view tamping alarm you can select four options, there are close, low, normal and high from left to right.
Fig 2.5.35 After the setup is finished, click confirm button to save configuration and return. Click cancel if dont want to save the configuration.
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Display LOGO: control whether to display LOGO. Display OSD: control whether to display OSD. After the setup is finished, click confirm. If need reboot, just click Reboot button. (Notice: the information and channel name in motion detection record cant be copied to other channels)
Fig 2.5.36
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Fig 2.5.37
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Fig 2.5.38
Fig 2.5.39 Setup alarm Interface Choose alarm linkage button in the setup interface:
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Fig 2.5.41 Alarm linkage button Then we enter into the setup interface of alarm linkage, showed as Fig 2.5.42
Fig 2.5.42 Alarm linkage setup interface Setup Procedures are listed as below: 1. In the middle of the interface, select one device from the list, the alarm type and alarm linkage type status can still be edited. 2. Select one alarm type, in the alarm linkage type will display the current selected devices configured alarm linkage types, showed as the following pictures. 3. User can select or cancel alarm linkage types.
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Select Pop up image when alarm comes, when receive alarm from corresponding device and corresponding alarm type, following image will pop; when receive multi-alarms spontaneously, then they will queue in the alarm alignment according to order.
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Fig 2.5.43 Alarm linkage pop up image Select electronic map alarm linkage, when receive alarm message, the corresponding hot spot to certain channel will flash, user can click the flashing hot spot, and it will stop and the system will consider it as being dealt with. Select alarm log linkage, when receive alarm message, the alarm message list on the main interface will show corresponding alarm information, double click any alarm message, the detail information of that alarm will be showed as message. Right click any alarm message, it will show a dialog enable you to clear the alarm information list, otherwise, when the amount of alarm message reaches 5000, the system will automatically clear all the alarm message. Select alarm indicator light flashing, some alarm light will flash red in the main interface, showed as Fig 2.5.44, click to check the alarm message then the system will withdraw the alarm flashes. The first light indicates signal alarm, the second light indicates motion detection alarm, the third signal missing alarm or shelter alarm, the fourth light indicates all the other alarm
Fig 2.5.44 Alarm linkage indicator light Notice: After devices are equipped, only after you choose alarm linkage type will the above indicator light shows alarm.
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Fig 2.5.45 Click the list on the left, the log can be displayed day by day. After search log is finished, click other button to return.
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Fig 2.5.46 After that you will enter into the hardware decode interface. Show as Fig 2.5.47.
Fig 2.5.47
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All of the serial number and output of the decode card will be displayed on the right. When the output is not selected, show as above.
Enabled the output (the default output is not second output), show as above.
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Then go on the decode channel configuration. Select a channel on the left and pull into the display area, so this channel can be played in this decode output of this area. If the resolution is CIF, the most channels can be setup at one time are: 4 times the number of 4002MD or 8 times the number of 4004MD; if the resolution is D1, the software can output the lest channels: 2 times the number of 4002MD or 4 times the number of 4004MD. Suggestion: the user had better setup the 4 output with CIF resolution or 2 output with D1 resolution for one 4002MD or 8 output with CIF resolution or 4 output with D1 resolution for one 4004MD, avoiding output error. Right click can clear all the configuration in this area.
Fig 2.5.48 When you are configuring none second output, if you right click the information in the list, it can be delete, move up and down to adjust the play sequence. If modify the D1 resolution, the software should be reboot to make it into effective. About the other configuration you just need to re-play. If several channels in this area, it can be cycle played when you are previewing image after you select the cycle play in the local configuration. Take the picture above for an example, in the time of cycle play, play the first channel at first time, play second channel at second time and so on.
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Fig 2.5.49 For the same channel, it can be setup only once in none second output area. If you want to second output, you can setup second output in the right list. Right click decode and select for second output. Here, the configuration of related output can be clear after you click clear output menu, show as picture above.
Fig 2.5.50 After select second output, you can setup the second output configuration. Here the channels and image resolution in each area of each second output are the same to the channels and image resolution in each area of each none second output. And the channel for first play only can be added into the first line to make second output.
Fig 2.5.51 Right click the information with D1 icon in the list, click delete menu to cancel the second output. Click select camera menu, and display the channel that be allowed second output in this cycle, select second output in the popup interface and setup finish. In the hardware decode mode, the button in the preview interface will disable, but the display screen can be modified in the hardware decode configuration interface. The software support 1,4,9
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and 16 at present. If decrease the output screen, the channel that setup in the area below will be clear it itself.
Fig 2.5.52 Notice: the button in this interface and preview interface are independent. In the not preview but TV wall mode, click play button to output the image to the TV wall, but dont display image in the software interface. If you want to look the image in the preview interface, just click preview to return, click play, and it will display the channel you setup in the device configuration. If you want to output audio when it is decoding, right click in the window and select audio output. In the mode of preview and TV wall, you cant play image in the hardware configuration interface, if you want to preview, you should return and click play, now, the image play in the preview interface is the image that output in the TV wall. If you select cycle play in the local configure, both the preview interface and TV wall will cycle play after you click play. In the mode of preview and TV wall, only one screen display before your preview, click play and the selected channel will be the first image. At that time, double click any image, the image can be enlarged, and it will return after you double click again. In the status of not be enlarged select one channel and click the channel, the channel played before will be changed into the selected channel. If select one channel, right click and you can start the related audio. Otherwise, this client software dont support to output the decode card audio from the PC audio out port. Notice: the audio of each channel only can be output from two defined decode cards, the audio cant be output in the cycle play time.
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Besides, any channel can be operated, such as video parameter, PTZ, record and capture picture. Notice: when the PC LCD is locked, if you want to look the image in the hardware decode interface, you need to re-play after cancel the lock.
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Fig 2.6.2 Remote Playback by file type Select channel, click search button, all the names of files that meet the time and file type condition will be displayed in file list. User can drag a file to playback window or select a file and then click the play button to play the selected file, and user can adjust selected playback window through the adjustment options in the video parameter control center right below playback control information and file list. The left two buttons in the playback control panel can be used to divide playback window. Selected a single file or multiple files from the file list, click the begin to download at the lower right corner, the selected files will be downloaded to the folder set in local setting. Right after the beginning of download, the begin to download change into stop to download, meanwhile the file name and download ratio will be displayed.
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Fig 2.6.3 Playback by time interface Select playback by time in remote playback, and enter into playback by time interface. Select channel and then click playback button to play the file of specific time span in this channel. Click download button in the lower right corner to download this file. Select any window that is playing, click Begin to save button, then pops up a save as window. After confirm, it will save the remote video recording file from present to the end of playback. There are some control buttons in local playback and remote playback showed as below:
Fig 2.6.4 Playback interface (Play Control) The functions of each buttons are listed as below: Play button, this button is used to play selected files in the search list, to restore pause, or play file with normal speed in local playback and remote playback. In the playback by time, this button is used to play remote video recording file with specific time span, restore pause, or play file with normal speed. Pause button, used to pause ongoing file.
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Stop button, used to stop playing video recording file in present window. Stop All button, used to stop all the playing files. Decrease playback speed button, can decrease the playing speed to 1/16 of normal speed at most. Increase playback speed, used to increase video playing speed, up to 16 times of normal speed at most. Back to beginning button, used to return to the beginning of video recording files and restart the playing. Forward to the end button, used to increase the playback speed and reach the 99% of file. One frame back button, only for local playback. One frame playback button Capture image, used in non-paused or non-single playback.
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Fig 2.6.5 Playback picture interface To differentiate from local playback and remote playback, picture playback can search by area or by equipment. Select one area, equipment or a channel, click search, then the names and save time of the files which meet the specific time requirement will be displayed. User can drag a file to the playback window, play selected pictures, and can browser pictures in the playback control information panel. If user chooses automatic display, then the pictures will be automatically displayed in previously set time span. The left two buttons in the playback control panel can be used to divide playback window. Control buttons are listed as below: Back to the previous picture button, until the picture played in present window is the first picture of the list. The mentioned previous picture means the previous picture of the present displayed picture in the search list of present window. Forward to next picture button, until the picture played in present window is the last picture of the list. The mentioned next picture means the next picture of the present displayed picture in the search list of present window; Play previous picture button, when click this button, all the windows display previous pictures until every windows display the first pictures of lists; Play next picture button, when click this button, all the windows display next pictures until every windows display the last pictures of lists; Save as button, used to save present picture of present window
When user click auto picture display, then the window will display next picture. User will have to reset the time lag. Besides, local playback, remote playback and picture playback all support 4 windows simultaneous playback mode except remote playback by time: 1 window playback mode button 4 windows playback mode button
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Fig 2.7.1 Menu to add users Click on certain area, then you can add new low level user; right click on some user, you can delete low level user.
(Level definition: registered super user> super user> advanced user> common user, and network user> local user)
authority, such as PTZ controlvideo parameter. Common users dont have such authority. Right click to select a certain authority type, then you can select or cancel all authorities. After authority modification, you save the information. Showed as Fig 2.7.2:
Fig 2.7.2 Notice: Only have the user add certain authorities can he have the corresponding operation control authorities.
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Right click the dark colored part of the interface, it will show a interface enables you to enter the higher layer map relating to the present map or enter into Electronic Map setup (NOTE: there is no entrance to this setup interface in multicast mode). Right click root in the electronic map setup interface.
Fig 2.8.2 Then popes up a dialog to add map, showed as Fig 2.8.3
Fig 2.8.3 Interface to Change Map Click and confirm Successfully add root map after selecting map. Right click the map as the above shows if need to change or add map, showed as Fig 2.8.4:
Fig 2.8.4 Interface to Change Map If your selection is not the root map, then you can choose to add brother maps or delete present maps. The process to add brother maps is the same as when we add root map.
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NOTE: the size of map is limited to 5M per map. Right click on the map to add different icons for alarm spots.
Fig 2.8.6 Hotspot Information Interface And the alarm spot is in correspondence with the present equipment in the left. After successful add, the setup interface is showed as Fig 2.8.7:
Fig 2.8.7 Electronic Map Interface The spot name in the hot spots list in the lower right corner is the lower layer map belongs to the present map. Select one map from the lower right corner hot spots list, press Shift (or Ctrl) at the same time, then you can add (or delete) hot area on the map. The red area is corresponding to the unselected hot spots list, while the blue area corresponds to the selected hot spot list. Besides, you can click delete to erase all corresponding areas; and you can click exit to exit the setup interface. If you have set electronic map alarm, then corresponding hot spot will flash when alarm
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comes. Click on this hotspot, and it will be considered to be dealt with, then the hotspot will stop flashing until new alarm comes. Click on channel-corresponding hotspot, the small window below the electronic map will display images from this channel. Click Confirm, shut down images from this channel. Besides, right click the window below the electronic map, then all the opened channel images will be shut down. Showed as below:
Fig 2.10.1 Voice Talk NOTE: A client can only support one voice talk, so a new voice talk will terminate another ongoing voice talk (if there is another). When some equipment is connected by some client, then other clients request for connection will be rejected.
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