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Table of Contents

1. Overview ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 System Requirement ........................................................................................... 4

2. Software Installation ..................................................................................................... 5

3. Software Upgrade ......................................................................................................... 9

3.1  Automatic Software Upgrade ............................................................................... 9

3.2  Manual Software Upgrade ................................................................................. 10

4. Start Up CMS ............................................................................................................... 11

4.1  Starting Up ......................................................................................................... 11

4.2 Login .................................................................................................................. 12

5. CMS Main Window ...................................................................................................... 13

5.1 CMS Icon in the System Tray ............................................................................ 18

6. Configure CMS ........................................................................................................... 19

6.1 Setup Groups ..................................................................................................... 20

6.2 Manage the Sites ............................................................................................... 23

6.2.1 Add/Remove a Site ................................................................................... 23

6.2.2 Setup the Site via Device Search ............................................................. 26

6.2.3 Setup the DVR Site Manually ................................................................... 28

6.2.4 Setup the IP Camera Site Manually .......................................................... 29

6.2.5 Setup the VSS/NVR Site Manually ........................................................... 32

6.2.6 Setup the VDS Site Manually ................................................................... 33

6.2.7 Get Channel Info. ..................................................................................... 34

6.3  Setup the File Path ............................................................................................ 35

6.4  Alert Events ....................................................................................................... 38

6.5  CMS User .......................................................................................................... 43

6.6  Sequence .......................................................................................................... 47

6.7  Login Setting ...................................................................................................... 48

6.8  Network Setting ................................................................................................. 50

6.9  Log Data ............................................................................................................ 51

6.10  Export or Import Settings ................................................................................... 52

7. Operation of CMS ....................................................................................................... 53

7.1 View Live Image / Assign Camera ..................................................................... 54

7.2 Camera Setting / Camera Info. .......................................................................... 60

7.3  Display Mode ..................................................................................................... 63

7.4  ePTZ Control via Mouse .................................................................................... 65

7.5  Sequence Display .............................................................................................. 66

7.6  Adjust the Image ................................................................................................ 67

7.7 Playback Recorded Video .................................................................................. 68

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7.8 Configuration Menu of the Connected Site ........................................................ 75

7.9 Search for Event Videos .................................................................................... 79

7.10 CMS Motion Detection ....................................................................................... 82

7.11 Missing/Foreign Object Detection ...................................................................... 84

7.12 Counting Application (PRO Version Only) .......................................................... 87

7.13 Cross Line Alert (PRO Version Only) ................................................................. 89

7.14 Take a Snapshot ................................................................................................ 91

7.15  2-Way Audio Talk ............................................................................................... 92

7.16 Instant Record Function ..................................................................................... 93

7.17  Dome Setting / Dome Control ............................................................................ 94

7.18  Schedule Record Function ................................................................................ 96

7.19  E-MAP Function ............................................................................................... 101

7.20  Health Function ................................................................................................ 107

7.21 Lock Function .................................................................................................. 108

7.22  Joystick Control Function ................................................................................. 109

Appendix A: CMS Player ............................................................................................... 1 11

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 120

1. Overview

The Central Management Software (CMS) is a powerful and professional

centralized monitoring system designed for all range of applications and

projects. With CMS, accessing and monitoring multiple surveillance

equipments such as DVRs, and Mega-Pixel IP Cameras is just a few clicks

away. The feature-packed intelligent surveillance offers the professional users

with complete and enhanced surveillance experiences.

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Features

z Monitor Multiple Sites – Supports up to 64 IP devices per group z Intelligent Surveillance – Motion, Missing/Foreign Object, Counting and Cross

Line Detection

z SSL Email Notification – Supports SSL SMTP Server for email notifications z Alert Function (LAN Only) – Receives live/event video clips and

messages to the local computer from all connected DVR(s)

z Device Configuration – Configures the settings of the connected IP devices z Remote Playback – Allows playback of recorded video stored in the

connected DVR(s) or NVR(s)

z HDD Information – Displays information of HDDs in the local computer z eMap Management – Keeps geographical marks of surveillance layout

on self-selected maps

z VDS – Easy connection to VDS with preset groups/sites

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z VSS/NVR – Connection to storage devices to retrieve stored video data z Analog & IP Speed Dome control / IP joystick support

1.1 System Requirement

The following chart shows recommended computer system:

Operating Systems

CPU

RAM Memory HDD

Video Card

Ethernet

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NOTE: For Live viewing of more than 16 IP devices, users need to

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Minimum:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo

2.4 GHz

Minimum: 1GB Recommended: 4GB

Minimum: 80GB Recommended: 1TB

Minimum:

Graphics card with more

than 64MB RAM

Minimum:

100 BaseT

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600 (8MB Cache, 3.4 GHz);

RAM: DDR3 4GB; OS: Windows 7 Professional;

Ethernet: Gigabit LAN; Mainboard Chip: Intel H6X

Recommended:

Intel® Core™ i7-2600

8MB Cache 3.4 GHz

Recommended:

GeForce GTS450 1GB

PCI-E 16X

Recommended:

Gigabit LAN

lower the camera resolution and change the compression method to

MPEG4 or MJPEG.

NOTE: If the operating system is Windows Vista or Windows 7, some

functions (such as Record, Auto Reboot, etc) will not work properly due

to User Account Control (UAC). Follow steps below to solve this

problem.

Step 1. If a previous version of CMS is installed, export setting files of CMS

servers (1~4) before installing the new version CMS.

Step 2. Due to UAC, user accounts in Windows Vista and Windows 7 cannot

properly run applications that will write in “C:\Program Files\” folder.

Therefore, CMS will be installed in “C:\” folder instead.

Step 3. Once the new version CMS is installed, import the setting files back

to CMS servers (1~4).

2. Software Installation

Follow the steps below to install CMS to the local computer.

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Step 1. There are 2 ways to start the installation.

Option 1. Download the compressed file and extract

it. Click on the CMS_Setup.exe file to start

the installation.

NOTE: Some antivirus software might report false

alarm when users move the mouse cursors over the

CMS_Setup.exe file. Right click and select <Always

ignore> in order to continue the installation.

Option 2. If CMS will be installed via a CD, the installation will startup

automatically when the CD is inserted into the CD-Rom.

The <CMS Setup Menu> window will be displayed. Choose

<INSTALL CMS> to start installing CMS. Choose <CMS

USER’S MANUAL> to open the user’s manual. Choose

<EXIT> to exit the <CMS Setup Menu>.

NOTE: If an older version of the CMS had been installed in the

local computer, a message box will be prompt. Click <OK> to

uninstall the previous version.

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NOTE: After clicking <OK>, an un-installation confirmation

dialog will be displayed. Click <Uninstall> to uninstall the older

version and continue with the next step.

Step 2. Select the components that are going to be installed. It is strongly

recommended to select the <Start Menu Shortcuts> to create

shortcuts in the Start Menu and on the Desktop. Otherwise whenever

the program is to be opened, it will have to be found under the path:

“\CMS\EXE\CMS.exe”. Click <Next> to go to next step.

The components of the CMS Installation Setup are:

a. Microsoft VC 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package: This is an

upgrade package required for correctly running CMS.

b. CMS 3.18.0 (Required): The CMS main program must be installed

(default).

c. Start Menu Shortcuts: Check the box to create shortcuts in the

Start Menu and on the Desktop.

d. NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server: Check the box to install the

NTP server.

e. Default Setting (Old setting will be deleted!): Check the box to load

default setting, or uncheck it to load the old setting of previous

installed CMS.

f. Ext2Fsd (ext2 file system driver for Windows): Check the box to

install driver in order to be able to read raw files in DVR HDD.

NOTE: If users have already installed the EXT2IFS driver

and software, please uninstall it beforehand, for there might

be confliction occurs while installing Ext2Fsd driver during

CMS installation.

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Step 3. The CMS main program will be the first program to be installed.

Choose a folder to install the CMS or it will be installed to a default

destination folder “\CMS\”. Click <Install> to start the Installation; or

click <Back> to go back to the previous step.

Step 4. The NTP Server will be the next program to be installed. The NTP

Server enables the local computer, which is running the CMS, to

become a central NTP Server for the connected DVR(s) so the time

for the local computer and the connected DVR(s) is synchronized.

When the confirmation window popup, click <OK> to start installing

the NTP Server.

Step 5. When the Software Installation is completed, click <Close> to exit.

NTP Service (Server)

The NTP Service (Server) enables the local computer, which is running the

CMS, to become a central NTP server for the connected DVR(s) so the time

for the connected DVR(s) and the local computer is synchronized.

To do so, the IP address of the local computer is needed.

Go to Start menu, select Run.

Type in cmd and click OK.

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Type in ipconfig to get the IP Address of the local computer. Write down the

IP address on a piece of paper for later use.

After the IP address is found, setup the connected DVR(s).

First, go to <Main Menu> Æ <System Setup> Æ <Date/Time> Æ <Time

Zone> to setup time zone. To find out the local time zone, please visit

www.greenwichmeantime.com

NOTE: The <Time Zone> must be set or the <Network Time Protocol

Setup> will not be accessible.

After entered the local time zone, the <Network Time Protocol Setup> option will be accessible. Go to <Main Menu> Æ <System Setup> Æ <Date/Time> Æ <Network Time Protocol Setup>, and the following menu will be displayed.

Network Time Protocol Setup

NTP Server Automatically Time Sync Manually Time Sync

time.nist.gov

On No

In this example, the NTP server should be set to “192.168.7.122” which is the

IP address of the local computer. After the NTP server is set, select <Yes> for

<Manually Time Sync> to immediately sync the time with the local computer.

The time sync can also be updated periodically. Select <On> for

<Automatically Time Sync> and the time will be automatically synced once an

hour.

3. Software Upgrade

CMS software can be upgraded automatically or manually. Refer to the

following sections for details.

3.1 Automatic Software Upgrade

To enable automatic software upgrade, right

click on CMS icon in the system tray and check

“Auto Upgrade”. If automatic software upgrade

is enabled, CMS will connect to the FTP Server

and check for upgrade once a month. If no

upgrade is available, CMS will continue normal

process. If upgrade is detected, please follow

the steps below to proceed.

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Step 1. A message box will pop up to inform that there is upgrade available.

Click <OK> to download the upgrade software and continue to the

next step. Otherwise, click <Cancel> to abort and continue to normal

CMS process.

Step 2. Choose a destination folder to save the file. Then a window will pop

up and show the downloading status. Click <Abort> to terminate the

download and CMS will be started as usual.

Step 3. When the download is completed, the installation of the new version

of CMS can be started following the same procedures described in

section Software Installation

NOTE: If the upgrade file is not completely downloaded, an

error message will be displayed to notify users.

NOTE: A release note will also be downloaded together with

the setup file. A popup window will be displayed to show the

file path where the release note is saved.

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3.2 Manual Software Upgrade

To manually upgrade software, click on the <Setting> button and click on

<Software Upgrade> at the bottom. Then follow the steps in the previous

section to complete the download and installation.

4. Start Up CMS

Before starting up CMS, PRO version users have to insert the USB Dongle.

Otherwise the intelligence functions especially designated for PRO version

will not be available.

NOTE: If the version of USB Dongle is an older version comparing to

CMS, an error message will be displayed to request users to insert the

correct version of USB Dongle.

NOTE: If USB Dongle is unplugged while running CMS, a warning

message will be displayed. Users have to re-insert the USB Dongle or

CMS will be automatically shutdown in 10 seconds.

There are 3 ways to start CMS. Note that method A and B are only available if

the “Start Menu Shortcuts” component is installed. Please see section

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Software Installation for more information.

Method A: Click Start menu and select Programs; find “CMS” from the listed

programs.

Method B: Double click on the Method C: Go to “\CMS\EXE\” and double click on CMS icon.

4.1 Starting Up

If CMS is started for the first time, select a desired language for the interface.

The available languages are listed in the scroll box. Click <OK> to confirm the

selection.

NOTE: If the system memory or CPU frequency is less than the

requirement, the error message will be displayed.

shortcut icon on the desktop.

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4.2 Login

The default username & password are: “admin” and “1234”. Enter the default

username and password, then check <Save user name and password> to

save time from entering username and password every time CMS starts.

Click <OK> to login.

Username and password accounts can be added or removed under the

<CMS User> tab in <Setting> configuration window. Refer to the CMS User

section for more information.

NOTE: If the wrong username or password is entered for 3 times, an

error message will be displayed, and CMS will be closed automatically

after <OK> is clicked. Restart CMS to enter the correct username and

password.

5. CMS Main Window

After started up CMS, the main window of CMS will be shown as the figure

below. The name of each button is indicated as follows.

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Display Mode: 4-windows, 16-windows, 25-windows, 36-windows,

49-windows, 64-windows, 8-windows, 10-windows, 13-windows,

Sequence, Full Screen

Left to Right: Live, Playback, CMS Player, Snapshot, Emap

Left to Right: Schedule Record, Setting, Health, Lock, 4:3 Display

Site Tree

Bandwidth – Normal/Dual Streaming

Left to Right: Audio, Smooth Adjustment, Deflicker, Recording

HDD Info

The usage and function of each button will be briefly described as follows.

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Display Mode

Click on any <Mode> icons to view the image

in a multiple window mode. The

selections are 4-windows, 9-windows, 16-windows, 25-windows, 36-windows,

49-windows, 64-windows, 8-windows, 10-windows, and 13-windows. Refer to

section Display Mode

for more details on operation.

Click on <Sequence> to start displaying the sequence list. See section

Sequence Display

for more detailed information.

Click on <Full Screen> to extend the current viewing grids to full screen. Hit

<Esc> to exit.

Live

Click on the <Live> icon to view the live video. Note that after viewing

recorded video, this button needs to be clicked to switch back to the live

mode.

Playback

Click on the <Playback> icon to view recorded video stored in the HDD of the

connected DVR. Please refer to section Playback Recorded Video for more

information about playing back the video.

CMS Player

Click on the <CMS Player> icon to start up CMS Player. CMS Player is an

enriched version of the standard DVRPlayer. Please refer to the Appendix A

for more information.

NOTE: When CMS is terminated, CMS Player will also be ended at the

same time.

Snapshot

Click on the <Snapshot> icon to save a snapshot of the current window(s).

Refer to section Take a Snapshot for detailed information.

Emap

Click on the <Emap> icon to open the E-Map program. The E-Map is a

program that allows users to illustrate the positions of the cameras on a self

selected image.

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Schedule Record

Click on the <Schedule Record> icon to schedule the recording time frame for

the sites.

Setting Click on the <Setting> icon to set up the configuration. Refer to section

Configure the CMS

for detailed information.

Health

Click on the <Health> icon to see the HDD information of the connected

DVR(s). The data will be updated every 5 minutes. The following figure is an

example. See section Health Function

for more detailed information.

Lock

Click on the <Lock> icon to lock CMS in order to protect the works on CMS

when users need to be away from the computer for a while. This function is

the same as the computer’s screensaver. See section Lock Function for

more detailed information.

4:3 Display

Click on the <4:3> icon to change the screen display to 4:3 ratio. Click on the

icon again to return to the original aspect.

Site Tree

Site tree displays sites that are currently being

viewed. If the connection to a certain camera is

failed, there will not be image displayed on its

assigned grid. Right click on the “site” and click

<ReConnect> to try to establish the connection

to the site. The <DisConnect> option allows

users to only disconnect a certain site.

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Users can also rename the camera directly by

right clicking on the camera and selecting

<Rename>. The new name will be shown on the

upper left corner of the camera’s assigned grid.

Note that group and site cannot be directly

renamed at the site tree.

By right clicking on the group icon, the options

shown as on the right allows users to expand or

hide the site tree at once.

If the group is connecting to VDS, the right click

options are as show on the right. Select

<Reconnect> to re-establish the connection to

VDS. Select <Talk> to initiate two-way

communication between CMS and VDS.

Bandwidth – Normal/Dual Streaming

For different networks with different bandwidths, two streaming options are

provided – normal streaming and dual streaming. Users who are using

high-speed networks, normal streaming will be a recommended choice.

Depending on the HDD capacity and network usage, set to high, middle, or

low bandwidths.

For networks with limited bandwidth, dual streaming will be a better choice. It

enables coexistence of high quality streaming at local DVR site and lower

quality streaming but faster transmission for CMS site. To select dual

streaming, click on the bandwidth icon and the icon will change color. Then

users can furthermore choose different bit rates to adjust for the best

displaying quality.

The setting will be applied immediately, and is going to be saved for CMS

next startup.

NOTE: Dual streaming will only be available when DVR’s total PPS is

set to one-half of the max PPS, for example, set 30PPS for D1

recording. The reserved half of the max PPS will be handling the low

rate streaming for transmission to the remote monitoring site.

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Audio

Click on the audio button to switch on/off the audio.

NOTE: Switching ON/OFF the audio on CMS will not affect the audio

setting of the connected DVR(s).

Smooth Adjustment

Click on the smooth adjustment button to switch on/off the smooth adjustment

function. Switching on the function helps to give the image more sharpness.

Deflicker

Click on the deflicker button to turn on/off the deflicker function. Switching on

the function helps to avoid gleaming of images.

Recording

Click on the recording button to start recording videos of all connected sites.

The recorded data will be stored in the preset file path specified in settings.

HDD Info

The pie chart displays the HDD information. This is especially useful when

users use CMS to record the video to the local computer.

Scroll down the menu to see the information of all the HDD(s) installed on the

local computer, such as C drive, D drive…etc. The blue part of the pie chart

indicates the used space, and the yellow part indicates the available space.

The information will be updated every 30 seconds. If file circular is enabled,

the circulation will as well be updated every 30 seconds.

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5.1 CMS Icon in the System Tray

When CMS is started up, CMS icon will always

be shown in the system tray. Right click on CMS

icon and the menu items will be as shown on the

right.

If <Minimize To Tray> is checked, CMS window

will shrink to CMS icon in the system tray when

it is minimized. The task button will also

disappear.

To restore CMS window, click on CMS icon and the task button will appear

again. Then click on the task button to restore CMS window. Alternatively,

right click on CMS icon and select <Open CMS> and CMS window will be

restored.

Right click on CMS icon and select <Help> will display CMS User’s Manual.

Details of <Auto Upgrade> is described in section Automatic Software Upgrade; <Alert Info.> is explained in section Alert Event; <Show joystick function> and <Joystick control (On/Off)> are introduced in section Joystick Control Function.

6. Configure CMS

CMS supports up to 10 groups, with at most 64 IP devices added in each

group. The following sections will guide users to setup CMS step by step.

Click on the <Setting> icon and a window as below figure will be displayed.

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NOTE: The configuration in “Groups” tab and “Import” function will be

unable to be saved when CMS is detecting network connection or is

connecting to some sites. Error messages will be shown to inform

users.

NOTE: When the setting of connecting group and sites is completed,

users can directly click on <Save and Connect> to connect the sites.

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6.1 Setup Groups

Up to 10 groups can be set in CMS. This section guides users to add or

remove a group, and also shows users how to set “Start Group”.

Add a group

Click button to add a group. The other way to add a group is to right click

on <Groups>, and select <Add a group>.

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Set Start Group

“Start Group” is the group that will be connected after started up CMS.

Right click on the group to be set as “Start Group”, and select <Set as start

group> from the pull-down menu.

NOTE: If a group is set as the “Start Group”, the icon will be changed

as shown in the figure above.

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Expand / Hide a Group

There are two ways to expand or hide a group. One way is to use the

buttons; the other way is to right click on the group and select <Expand> or

<Hide> from the pull-down menu.

Remove a Group

To remove a group, click on the group to be removed, and then click the

button directly to remove the group. The other way to remove a group is to

choose <Remove> after right clicked the group.

6.2 Manage the Sites

The following sections are instruction of the management of the sites,

including add or remove sites and configuration.

6.2.1 Add/Remove a Site

This section describes how to add or remove a site. CMS supports at most 64

IP devices to be added to each group. If more than 64 IP devises are added, error

message will be displayed.

Add a site

Choose a group to add a new site. Click the button to add a site to this

group. The next section will show how to setup the site step by step.

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The other way to add a new site to a group is to right click on the group, and

select <Add a site>.

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Add Multiple Sits

Right click on a group, and select <Add sites…> to add multiple sites at once.

Then a device search window will be displayed as below. Press and hold Ctrl

key to select more than one site. After sites are selected, click <Add> to add

the selected sites. Please jump to relative sections coming after to complete

site setup.

NOTE: The sites that are already added in this group will be shown in

Red in the device search window.

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Remove a site

To remove a site, click on the site that is to be removed, and click the

button directly to remove the site.

The other way to remove a site is to right click on the site, and select

<Remove> from the pull-down menu.

A new site can be a DVR, an IP camera, a VSS/NVR, or a VDS. The number

of sites equals to the total number of the DVRs, IP Cameras, and VSS/NVR.

However, the VDS can only be individually added to a new group all alone by

itself. The following sections will show how to setup configuration of the sites.

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6.2.2 Setup the Site via Device Search

There are two ways to setup a site. The simple way is via Device Search.

CMS is able to search for IP addresses of DVRs, IP Cameras, VSS/NVR, and

VDS connected to the PC’s LAN network. The ports used for device search

are 6666 and 6667. Please make sure that these two ports are not in-use nor

blocked by firewall or virus scan software.

Follow steps below to search for DVR(s), IP Camera(s), VSS/NVR, or VDS.

Step 1. If there are DVRs, IP Cameras, VSS/NVR, and/or VDS installed in the

LAN network, CMS can search for IP addresses of the installed

devices. Click the Search button (on the bottom right) to open the

Search window.

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Step 2. The list will show the IP addresses of DVR(s), IP Camera(s),

VSS/NVR, and VDS available in the LAN network. Select from the list

and Double Click on the IP address to add it to a site. Then enter

username and password of the selected DVR, IP Camera, or

VSS/NVR. For VDS, refer to section Setup the VDS Site Manually

for further configurations. Note that if the sites are already added in

this group, they will be shown in Red.

NOTE: The Device Search function can only be used to search

for addresses within the same LAN. For example, if the local

computer uses an IP address of 192.168.1.5, and a connected DVR has an IP address of 192.168.1.7, CMS will be able to

find the IP address of the DVR. However, if there is another

DVR connected to another LAN network such as 192.168.3.6,

CMS (whose IP is 192.168.

1.5) will not be able to find the IP

address of the DVR in another LAN network.

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6.2.3 Setup the DVR Site Manually

If the detailed information (IP address, port, username, and password) of the

connected DVR is provided, a site can be setup manually.

Add a new site and enter the Site name, IP address, Port, Username, and

Password. Select <DVR> and click <Save> to complete the setting.

NOTE: If the entered Username and Password is a user account

instead of an administrator account, the same DVR account restriction

will be applied. When a user account accessed a function that is

restricted, a warning message will be displayed.

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If the DDNS information of the DVR is known, the DDNS data can be used to

setup a site. Check the box <(D)DNS> circled below, and type in the DDNS

data. Click <Save> to complete the setting. An example of the DDNS address

looks like: *******.ddns.iview-ddns.com

6.2.4 Setup the IP Camera Site Manually

If an IP Camera is to be added to CMS, the required information includes the

IP address, port, username, and password of the IP Camera. Enter the data

and select <IP Camera> as circled below.

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Auto-Streaming Configuration

For users who wish to enable auto-streaming, check the box in front of

<Auto-Streaming Configuration>. CMS will logon to the IP Camera twice to

retrieve two different types of video streams. The main stream is H.264 with

largest resolution and 4096 bit rate, which will be the recording format. On the

other hand, the sub stream is H.264 with smallest resolution and 1024 bit rate,

which will be the live display format.

NOTE: When Auto-Streaming Configuration is enabled, <Advance

Streaming Setting> will be disabled in the mean time.

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Advance Streaming Setting

Users can also manually setup dual streaming function via clicking on

<Advance Streaming Setting>. If users wish to connect to the IP Camera’s

webpage via a browser, click <Link to WebPage> at the bottom.

NOTE: Auto-Streaming Configuration has to be disabled in order to be

able to setup <Advance Streaming Setting>.

Step 1. Check the box in front of <Enable> under Sub Stream section to

enable dual streaming. Otherwise, uncheck to disable dual streaming

function.

Step 2. Select preferred stream type and resolution for both the main stream

and the sub stream.

Step 3. Check the box in front of <Record> under Main Stream section OR

Sub Stream section to select the recording format at CMS site.

Step 4. Click on <OK> to confirm and save the setting. A popup window will

be displayed to notify users that the setting is changed. Clicking on

<Apply> will allow users to check the effect of the setting via the live

display window immediately.

NOTE: If sub stream is not enabled, users will not be able to change

dual streaming options during Live display at the main window. It will

be preset as <Display: Main Stream>.

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6.2.5 Setup the VSS/NVR Site Manually

When users are adding a VSS/NVR site, select <VSS/NVR> as marked below.

Then enter IP address, port, username, and password of the VSS/NVR site.

The next step is to setup connection type. Users can select <Dual Streams>

or <Sub Stream Only>. The recording/displaying scenarios are as follows.

When <Dual Streams> is selected:

1. VSS: The recording/displaying streams will follow rules of dual streaming

option selected with predefined main/sub streams at VSS sites.

2. NVR: The recording streams will be whatever streams come in. The

displaying streams will follow rules of dual streaming option selected.

When <Sub Stream Only> is selected:

For both VSS and NVR sites, both recording and displaying streams will be

the sub stream. The dual streaming options will not be available.

Click <Save> to complete the setting.

6.2.6 Setup the VDS Site Manually

If users want to add a VDS site, it has to be the only site in the group. Select

<VDS> as circled below. The site name will be automatically changed to

“VDS” and it cannot be renamed.

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A setup window will be popped up as below. Input the IP, port, username, and

password of VDS. Then click on <Testing VDS Connection> to test if the

connection to VDS is successful. The testing result will be displayed on the

right. Note that “()” next to site 2 of VDS means site 2 is not connected by

VDS. Users can check or uncheck in front of the sites to select whether to

display their videos. Click <OK> to confirm and save the setting.

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NOTE: If IP address of CMS is not added to the White List of VDS, a

message “Not In White List!” will be popped up.

NOTE: If IP address of CMS is added to the Black List of VDS, a

message “In Black List!” will be popped up.

For further details of VDS settings, please refer to User’s Manual of VDS.

When users wish to edit the settings of VDS site, select

<VDS> again or right click on the VDS site and select <Set

VDS> to pop up the Set VDS window.

6.2.7 Get Channel Info.

After site setting is completed, right click the mouse on the group and select

<Get channel info.>. CMS will retrieve number of channels of all added sites,

and users can select displaying channels by checking the box in front of them.

The unchecked channels will not be displayed in Live monitoring window and

they will be grey out in the site tree.

NOTE: The number of displaying channels is limited to 64 channels,

no matter how many sites are added.

6.3 Setup the File Path

The file path menu defines stored destination of snapshot, archive files, and

recorded videos. It is recommended to use the default folders.

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Record Path

The recorded videos can be stored in more than one folder. Click on

<Advance> and the following window will be shown.

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The number of selectable folders equals to the number of HDDs the PC

connects to, excluding HDDs with capacity less than 2GB. Check the

“Enable” box and click <Browse> to set more destination folders. Each folder

should be from different HDD or an error message will be displayed. Note that

if a HDD with less than 2GB capacity is selected, an error message will be

shown. Click on <Clear All> will delete all folders except the first preset folder.

In each folder, subfolders will automatically be created with folder name

“RecordFolder********”, which ******** represents an 8-digit serial number.

Each subfolder can store up to 500 videos. Once a subfolder is full, a new

subfolder with a subsequent number will be created and new files will be

stored to the new subfolder.

Circular Function

The <Circular> function is used to adjust the HDD space usage of CMS. For

example, when the threshold is set to 2GB, and there are 20GB free disk

space remaining in the HDD, CMS can only access the HDD no more than

18GB. When the free disk size is smaller than threshold:

1. If the circulation of files is performed at first time, CMS will start to

overwrite the earliest recoded data. Next time when CMS starts up, the

circulation of files will continue from where it was up to.

2. If the destination folders are reset, new folders will be created to store

new files. The old files will be deleted and rewritten with new files.

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Record Videos from IP Cameras to Remote Network Disks

When videos from IP Cameras will be recorded to a remote network disk, the

DRV file is going to be stored under a temporary folder “\CMS\TEMP_REC\” if

the file size is less than 100MB. Once the file size reached 100MB, the file will

automatically be transfer to the designated remote network disk.

If the recording is interrupted (either connection reset, disconnected, stops

recording, etc), a progress bar will be shown to inform users that the DRV file

is being transfer to the designated remote network disk.

NOTE: For CMS servers 2~4, the temporary folders will be named as

TEMP_REC2, TEMP_REC3, and TEMP_REC4.

Data Life Time

If users checked the box in front of “DLT” to enable Data Life Time function,

the duration in days has also to be defined. When Data Life Time function is

enabled, CMS will check the file edit time of the recorded video files in all

“Record Path” and any video files exceed the defined duration will

automatically be permanently deleted.

Snapshot Type

CMS has a snapshot function, and the file type for snapshot can be defined

here. Note that if more than one type are selected, take 2 types for example,

then each snapshot is saved to 2 types of files. They are the same image, but

in different formats. For instance, if Bmp & Tif are selected and the snapshot

is taken, two types of image files of the same snapshot image will be created.

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6.4 Alert Events

The alert function enables the connected DVR(s) to send alert signals to CMS

within the network. This section describes how the alert function works.

Setting up the alert function Step 1. Find the IP address of the local computer.

Go to Start menu, select Run.

Type in cmd and click OK.

Type in ipconfig to get the IP Address of the local computer. Write

down the IP address on a piece of paper for later use.

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Step 2. Setup the <Alert Notification Setup> on the connected DVR(s). The

<Alert Notification Setup> allows users to send alert notifications to

CMS program which had been installed to the computer.

Alert Notification Setup Alert Configuration Set Alert Notification Alert IP Alert Port Alive Interval

192.168.7.122

120 Sec

OFF

9999

- Alert Configuration Set

<Alert Configuration Set> provides 3 combinations of Alert Notification, IP,

and Port. Users can match the connected DVR to at most 3 different CMS

servers.

- Alert Notification

4 options are included in this item; <OFF>, <Event>, <Alive>, and <Both>.

<OFF>: The Alert Notification is turned off. <Event>: When the alarm is triggered, the DVR will send an alert

message to CMS.

<Alive>: The DVR will send an alive message to CMS every N second

just to show that the connection between the DVR and CMS is

in effect. The time interval N can be adjusted in <Alive Interval>.

<Both>: This enables the DVR to send both Event and Alive alert

messages to CMS.

- Alert IP

The Alert IP must match the IP address of the local computer. In this

example, the IP address of the local computer is 192.168.7.122.

- Alert Port

The Alert Port is the port used for sending and receiving alert signals.

Choose any port that is not restricted by the network. The ports for both

connected DVR and CMS Alert must be the same. In this example, the

port is set to 9999.

NOTE: If 2 configuration sets are corresponding to 2 different CMS

servers, each CMS server must have its own unique port number.

- Alive Interval

Time interval (1 to 255 sec) between each alive message can be set here.

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Step 3. Setup the Alert of CMS.

Click on the <Setting> icon and go to Event tab to setup the port in the

“Alert” section. Note the port must match the DVR’s setting. And

select <ON> to enable the alert function.

In addition, users can send alert notice to a specific email via a SMTP

server by selecting <ON> next to <Enable> in “Email Notice” section.

If the email server requires SSL, select <ON> next to <SSL>. Then

enter all required SMTP information. If the format of the email address

is entered incorrectly, an alert message will be shown on the screen.

NOTE: CMS will also send email when connection to DVRs

are lost or when errors occurred in HDDs.

In the “Event Full Screen” section, users can choose whether to

display full screen of the alerted channel. Select <ON> to activate this

function, or <OFF> to deactivate it.

The “Event Recording Duration” section is for users to define

recording duration of event videos, when schedule is set and/or when

motion recording is enabled.

In the “Pre Alarm” section, users can setup pre alarm video duration

to be a part of event videos. Note that normal video recording has to

be enabled in order to provide video data to the matching event video.

NOTE: If users reconnect or disconnect the sites, the list of the

event full screen will be cleared.

NOTE: Once the list of the event full screen finished playing, the window will return to former viewing status.

Step 4. Alert Action

The connected DVR sends 4 types of alert message (State) to CMS:

Alive, Alarm, Motion, and Video Loss. Alive messages are sent when

the notification option is set to <Alive> or <Both> in the connected

DVR. Alarm, Motion, and Video Loss messages are sent when the

notification option is set to <Event> or <Both> in the connected DVR.

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Viewing the alert events

When an alert is triggered while the alert function

is enabled, CMS icon shown in the system tray

will change to Alert icon to indicate that an alert is

being triggered. Right click on CMS icon and

choose <Alert Info> to show the Alert Info

window. Alternatively, double click on the blinking

CMS icon can also display the Alert Info window.

Users can click on the <Save> button to save the alert information list.

NOTE: The maximum number of items can be kept on the alert list is

1,000. When the list reached 1,000 items, the earliest alert messages

will be deleted while the new ones are being saved.

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Double click on the Event Messages (Alarm, Motion, or Video Loss) to view

the event video in full screen. If the DVR sending the Event Messages is not

currently connected to CMS, a message box will be displayed. Connect the

DVR and the event video will be available.

Icons of alert types, as listed below, will be displayed at bottom-left of the grid.

Motion

Cross Line

Alarm

Video Loss

NOTE: The Alert function works ONLY within LAN network. (Please

refer to the note of the Search function)

NOTE: If the alert event has not yet been added to the database of the

DVR, a warning message will be shown to notify users.

6.5 CMS User

The <CMS User> is for the management of user accounts in CMS. Users can

set users’ account information and privileges. The default username and

password are: admin and 1234.

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NOTE: Only users under the <Admin> group have the privilege to

change the settings in <CMS User>.

To add a user, users must first add a group. Right click on <User List> and

select <Add Group> from the pull-down menu.

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After the group is added, the first user account of the group will also be

created. Users MUST set the password for this account before users can go

to the next step.

Right click on <NewGroup01> to add a user, remove a group, or rename the

group.

NOTE: The account currently used to login cannot be deleted. An error

message will be displayed.

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Right Click on <Group01User01> to remove a user or rename username.

The <Group Attribution Setting> is for setting up the privileges of the selected

user. Users can give each user account different privileges by configuring this

function.

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After entering the <Group Attribution Setting>, the following diagram will be

shown. Select a user account in <Select CMS Group>, and users can click on

the buttons to enable or disable its privileges.

 Purple buttons are CMS menu controls including: Playback, Player, Emap,

Schedule Record, Setting, and Lock.

 Gray buttons are site controls including: ReConnect\DisConnect, Record,

Configuration, Event, and Camera Setting.

 Yellow buttons are camera controls including: Sequence, Rename, Dome

Setting, Dome Control, Remove, and Sound Notification.

Each camera can be set to enable/disable Live, Play, or Record function

individually after clicked on <Advance Setting>. Refer to the following figure

for details.

NOTE: The preset is 20 cameras for all sites. The real number of

cameras per each site will not be detected.

NOTE: These settings will affect the whole operation of CMS. Please

be very careful while configuring the settings.

Next time when users login, users can choose to enter CMS either as the

admin or users.

6.6 Sequence

This function is used to set the displaying

sequence. Before starting sequence display,

users need to add channels to the sequence

list. Right click on any channel and select

<Add to Sequence> to add, or <Remove from

Sequence> to remove. Note that when the

channel is added to the sequence, a capital

“S” will be shown on the icon.

After the channels are added to the sequence, click on the <Setting> icon and

choose <Sequence> to setup the sequence. Under the <Sequence Setup>

option, users can setup the dwell time (1 to 120 seconds), and split mode (1*1,

2*2, 3*3, 4*4, or 5*5). <Sequence Order> lists the channels that have been

added to the list in order. Click <Save> to save the settings.

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Click <Clear Sequence List> to empty the list. A message window will be

shown for confirmation.

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6.7 Login Setting

Users can edit options regarding login settings in this section. Administrator

username and password is required to edit the setting.

As shown in the above picture, the box marked “1” is where users can enter a

set of username and password to be used for auto login. The “Verify” button

can help users to check if username and password are correct. The following

messages boxes will popup to inform the result of verification.

The box marked “2” contains the options regarding automatic actions.

Clicking the first option “Start CMS when Windows starts up” to request the

computer to open CMS in the mean time when the system startup. Note that

the other two options “Auto Login” and “Auto retrieve Live image When Login”

will be checked at the same time. Nonetheless, it is still users’ choice to

determine the favorite setting.

A message box will be shown when CMS is auto opening after the system

started up. Click “Cancel” can terminate opening CMS.

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Click the second option “Auto Login” to automatically login when CMS starts.

Remember to enter and verify username and password in box 1.

Click the third option “Auto retrieve Live image When Login” to automatically

connect to the sites in the start group when CMS starts. Detection of internet

connection will be performed before hand and the following message will be

displayed. Click <Stop> to terminate the detection and AutoLive will not be

initiated.

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6.8 Network Setting

CMS provides the option of connection via a proxy server. Click <Network>

tab and setting items are shown as below.

If users wish to create the connection via a proxy server, check the box “Use a

proxy server for your CMS connection.” Then enter the IP address and port of

the proxy server. Enter username and password if authentication is required.

NOTE: CMS supports the most common authentication keys “Digest”

and “Basic”. The authentication will be automatically detected and

performed.

Check the box “Bypass proxy for local address” to disable connection via the

proxy server for local LAN network.

The <Advance> button allows users to edit

an exception list where addresses in the

list will not be connected via the proxy

server. The addresses can be subnets.

Refer to the picture on the right for an

example of the exception list.

NOTE: All functions of the proxy server are tested with the most

common “Squid Proxy Server”. Some other proxy servers may not

work properly.

6.9 Log Data

The step by step operation of CMS will be recorded by CMS log function.

Refer to the following picture for data kept in the log file.

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The list will display 1,000 items with latest ones shown at the bottom. The list

can store up to 10,000 items in circulation, which means the oldest ones will

be deleted when the number of items exceeds 10,000.

Save button

Click this button to save the log file to a desired destination.

Previous button

Click this button to show previous 1,000 items.

Next button

Click this button to show next 1,000 items.

On the right hand side of the window, users can choose whether to show

and/or save disconnection logs. Check the box next to “Pup Up Disconnection

Log Window” to display disconnection logs. If users wish to save

disconnection logs, check the box next to “Save Disconnection Log” and click

<Browse> to setup the directory folder and the file name of the disconnection

log file.

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6.10 Export or Import Settings

The export/import function provides users the option to backup the settings as

needed.

To export the configuration, click <Export> and select a directory to save the

*.zip file.

To import a previous saved configuration, click <Import> and find the *.zip file

that was previously saved.

NOTE: After a setting is imported and saved, the imported setting will

be loaded immediately and CMS will reconnect to the sites in the live

group.

7. Operation of CMS

Users can open up to 4 CMS instances simultaneously. If the PC is connected

to more than one monitor, for example 4, then the PC can open up to 4 CMS

instances at the same time on the 4 different monitors respectively. However

the processor and RAM of the PC will limit the number of CMS instances as

well. Note that all monitors have to be set to the same displaying resolution.

CMS multiple instances limitation according to the PC:

RAM ≥ 512MB Open 1 CMS

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Dual Core or

Hyper-Threading

Single Core and

Frequency > 2.0GHz

Single Core and

Frequency ≤ 2.0GHz

NOTE: It is recommended to keep the connected channels within 512

channels if multiple CMS instances are opened.

Network Connection Detection

CMS will auto detect network connection status. If CMS lost network

connection, an error message will be displayed. Click on <Stop> to cancel the

RAM ≥ 1GB Open up to 2 CMS

RAM ≥ 1.5GB Open up to 3 CMS

RAM ≥ 2GB Open up to 4 CMS

RAM ≥ 512MB Open 1 CMS

RAM ≥ 1GB Open up to 2 CMS

RAM ≥ 1.5GB Open up to 3 CMS

RAM ≥ 2GB Open up to 4 CMS

RAM ≥ 512MB Open 1 CMS

network detection function.

When CMS detected the restore of network connection, the error message

will disappear. Click on <Stop> to cancel this function.

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7.1 View Live Image / Assign Camera

Users can view live video via clicking on the <Live> button.

Connect/Reconnect/Disconnect the Sites

If the connection between CMS and the connected

site has been interrupted, users can reconnect the

site by right clicking on the Site

select <ReConnect> from the pull-down menu. Users

can also disconnect specific sites by selecting

<DisConnect> from the pull-down menu.

NOTE: For Live viewing of more than 16 IP devices, users need to

lower the camera resolution and change the compression method to

MPEG4 or MJPEG.

Auto Detection of Disconnected Sites

CMS will automatically detect if any

sites that are connected at the

beginning are disconnected for some

reason later on in every 3 minutes. A

list will be shown (as on the right)

in the site tree and

when there are sites detected to be

disconnected.

The list can be saved as a TXT file by

clicking on <Save> at bottom left.

Check the box to disable pop up of

the disconnection list. To enable it

again, click on the <Setting> icon and

go to the <Log> tab.

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Auto-Reconnect of Specific Disconnected Sites

CMS will automatically reconnect to specific disconnected sites every 7

minutes. Refer to the following table for all cases.

Situation Auto-Reconnect

Sites that are not connected at the beginning: Yes

Sites that are disconnected manually No

Sites that are connected at the beginning but

Yes

disconnected for some reason later on

Displaying Color of Camera Titles

There are three different displaying colors for camera titles, Red, White, and

Green. The following chart shows the meaning of three different colors.

Red The connected site is a DVR currently recording.

1. The connected site is a DVR NOT recording.

White

2. The connected site is an IP Camera

Green CMS is remotely playing back videos from connected sites.

Assign a Channel/Site to Certain Window(s)

CMS allows users to assign any channel/site in the site tree to any grid of

CMS main window. Follow steps below to complete assignment.

Step 1: Click and hold the channel/site users want. Step 2: Drag and drop it onto the window that users want to assign in.

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Last mode/ Full Screen/ Operator mode

Right click the mouse and users are granted

with a few quick access of viewing modes.

<Last mode> allows users to quick return to

last split window mode.

Users can select <Full screen> to view the

Live display window in full screen.

When users are viewing in full screen mode,

the selection will become <Operator mode>,

which allows users to return to the operation

layout. Alternatively, users can also press

ESC key on the keyboard to return to the

operation layout.

Resort/Remove Display Window Grids

Right click on any channel and select

<Re-sort> to rearrange camera images of

connected sites in order, up to 512

channels.

Alternatively, users can also remove any

channel by right clicking on the grid and

select <Remove>. Or users can select any

grid and press <Delete> key on the

keyboard to remove the channel.

Note that clicking <Re-sort> will restore the

removed channels, or users can add the

channels back to any grid via drag and drop.

NOTE: These functions will not be accessible in sequence mode.

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Save Layout Files

The layout arrangement can be individually memorized for each connect

group. Also, CMS will keep the layout arrangement when it’s closed and

restore the same layout when it starts up again.

Each login account can save its own layout

files. Right click on any mode icons and the

pull-down menu will be shown as on the

right. After selected <Layout file> the setting

window will be displayed, as below:

The layout files are for backup or other users’ use. Once users entered the file

name and clicked <Save>, the new layout file will be shown on the file list. To

delete a layout file, select a layout file from the list and click <Delete>, or

press the “Delete” key on the keyboard. A message will be displayed to

confirm the deletion. To load a layout file, select a file and click <Load>, or

double click on the file.

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Show Covert Camera Images

If a camera is set to covert at DVR site, right

click on the grid and select <Camera cover

(On/OFF)> to un-covert at CMS site. Then

video stream will come in, and an icon “ ”

will be shown at bottom-left of the grid. The

icon represents that the camera is covert at

DVR site.

This function is only available when CMS

and DVR site are logged in using accounts

with administrator authority.

Dual Streaming Function of IP Cameras and VSS/NVR

When the connected site is an IP Camera or

a VSS/NVR device, the display and

recording formats will be in dual streaming

mode, while three different options are

available.

Right click on a grid of an IP Camera or a

VSS/NVR site and dual streaming options

will be shown at the bottom, including Main

Stream, Sub Stream, and Auto. Only one

option can be selected out of the three. The

preset is Auto.

NOTE: For VSS/NVR sites, the Main/Sub stream types MUST be

defined before hand.

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Refer to the following table for details of which type of streams will be used

under different combinations of display and recording settings for the three

different options.

Auto Main Stream Sub Stream

Dual Streaming Options

Display Only Multi-window Display Single Channel Display

Sub Stream Main Stream Sub Stream

Main Stream Main Stream Sub Stream

Display AND Recording Multi-window Display /

Sub Stream /

Main Stream

Recording Single Channel Display /

Main Stream

Sub Stream /

Main Stream Main Stream

Recording

Main Stream

Recording Only Recording Only

Main Stream Main Stream Main Stream

Some special cases are:

1. For IP Camera sites, if sub stream is not enabled, the dual streaming

option will be preset and fixed as <Display: Main Stream>.

2. For NVR sites, the recording stream will be whatever streams come in.

The displaying stream will follow rules of dual streaming option selected.

3. For VSS/NVR sites, the dual streaming options will not be available if the

connection type is set to <Sub Stream Only>. Thus both recording and

displaying streams will be the sub stream.

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7.2 Camera Setting / Camera Info.

Configure Camera Setting

Camera setting can be configured by right clicking on

a site and select <Camera Setting>.

Camera viewing setting enables users to set the

display of Site Name, Channel Name, or Time on the

top-left corner of the image.

Camera sound notification enables preset sound file to be played when an

alert event occurs. It can be set via Site Base or Channel Base.

Setting via Channel Base

Select <Channel Base> from the menu and click <Load> to select a sound file.

Then click <OK> to save the setting. Next right click on a channel grid to apply

the sound setting by selecting <Sound Notification(On/Off)> from the

pull-down menu. Note a message window will arise if sound file is not

selected yet.

Quick Hot Key:

Click a channel grid and press the following keys:

z Ctrl + n: Sound Notification ON

z Ctrl + f: Sound Notification OFF

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NOTE: The sound files selected will be saved in CMS folder

\Setting\SoundNotification\.

NOTE: On the top-left of the grid will show [SN] to indicate sound

notification is switched on.

Setting via Site Base

Select <Site Base> from the menu and check the option <Sound Notification

enabled for All Channel> and/or <Same sound for all sites> as needed. Click

<Load> to select a sound file. Then click <OK> to save the setting. The sites

have the option <Same sound for all sites> checked will play the same sound,

and the latest set sound will be played.

Quick Hot Key:

1. Click a channel grid and press the following keys:

z Ctrl + Alt + n: Sound Notification ON for all sites z Ctrl + Alt + f: Sound Notification OFF for all sites

2. Click a site in the Site Tree and press the following keys:

z Ctrl + Alt + n: Sound Notification ON for the selected sites z Ctrl + Alt + f: Sound Notification OFF for the selected sites

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View Camera Info

The Camera Info can be viewed both in CMS and CMS Player. Right click on

any channel grid and select <Camera Info.> from the pull-down menu to view

the information. Refer to the following for examples:

Camera Info of CMS Camera Info of CMS Player

7.3 Display Mode

The available display modes are single channel, 4-windows, 9-windows,

16-windows, 25-windows, 36-windows, 49-windows, 64-windows, 8-windows,

10-windows, and 13-windows.

NOTE: When the display is in single channel and the resolution is set

to higher than D1, the length/width ratio of the displayed image will be

fixed.

There are two arrow buttons at the left and right hand sides of the screen, as

shown below. Click on the left arrow button to display images of the previous

page. On the other hand, click on the right arrow button to display images of

the next page.

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To view in single channel, double click on the channel in the site tree or on the

grid.

To view in multiple-window mode, right click on

the desired icon and a menu will be display as on

the right. The selections are described as the

following.

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Select from preview dialog

Choose this option and the picture as below will be shown. When the mouse

pointed to any item, the preview display will be shown on the right. Double

click on any item to display it on the viewing area.

Select from page number

Choose this option and the picture as on the right

will be shown. Select any page number to display

the chosen page on the viewing area. Since the

maximum channel connection is 512ch, the

choices of page numbers for 4-windows display

mode will be from 1 to 128. A control icon <X> is

provided to exit without selection.

7.4 ePTZ Control via Mouse

Both in CMS and CMS Player, zoom in/out can be easily controlled via mouse

scroll wheel. Either in CMS or CMS Player, click on any grid that users wish to

zoom in viewing area. Move the scroll wheel away from users to zoom in and

the screen will show like the following picture.

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On the upper left-hand corner will show zoom-in multiple. The maximum

multiple is X7. Also on the lower right-hand corner will show the position of

current viewing area, shown as an inner white rectangle, comparing with the

original screen, shown as an outer rectangle frame.

In addition, the viewing area can be dragged and moved by left clicking and

holding the mouse while moving. On a zoomed-in screen, the mouse pointer

will change to and when the mouse is clicked the pointer will become

to indicate that the image is dragged.

NOTE: This function is not available in Dome Camera Control mode.

Scrolling the wheel of the mouse will zoom in/out the camera lens of

the dome camera.

NOTE: This function will use up a lot of CPU resources. It is

recommended not to open too many programs at the same time to

avoid crash of CPU.

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7.5 Sequence Display

To start displaying the sequence list, click on the <Sequence> icon to start the

sequence. The color of the icon will change to red color when the sequence

mode starts. The initial display mode will be what was set in sequence setting

(1*1, 2*2, 3*3, 4*4 or 5*5).

Another way to start displaying the sequence list is by right clicking on the

sequence icon and a list will be displayed as shown below. Move the mouse

to any item and the preview window will be displayed on the right. This list

gives choices to users to begin displaying the sequence from any item.

Double click on the desired item to start sequence mode.

After the sequence is started, users can still change the split mode by clicking

on the display mode icons for 2*2, 3*3, 4*4 or 5*5. However, the initial split

mode set in <Sequence> will remain the same. Note that icons for 6*6, 7*7 or

8*8 will not be accessible because they are not allowed to be shown in

sequence mode.

The following functions are disabled in sequence mode:

1. Right click to see channel menu

2. Zoom In/Out

3. Drag and drop channels or sites to the display grids

4. Remove any channel grids on the display windows

NOTE: If users enabled the <Event Full Screen> and an event is

triggered while running the sequence, CMS will display event full

screen. The sequence will not resume until event full screen ends.

Click on the <Sequence> icon or the <Live> icon to exit the sequence mode.

7.6 Adjust the Image

Both CMS and CMS player provide image adjustment function. Double click

on a channel, then right click on it. Select <Image Adjustment> from the

pull-down menu, and the image adjustment window will be displayed. Users

can change the brightness, saturation, hue, and contrast of the channel.

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NOTE: The <Image Adjustment> option will only be available when

viewing single-channel screen.

Click the <Default> button to reset the value to the original preset.

NOTE: The <Image Adjustment> function has no effect on the

recorded video. Whatever changes made to the <Image Adjustment>

will not be applied to the recorded video.

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7.7 Playback Recorded Video

This function allows CMS users to retrieve and playback videos stored in the

connected DVR, VSS/NVR, and VDS. Click on the <Playback> icon, a

window will be displayed as below. <Valid Time> indicates the start and end

time of the available recorded video.

The other way to display the above

window is to right click on the site in

the site tree and select <Playback> Æ <Remote Playback> from the

pull-down menu.

Playback the video stored in HDD of the connected DVR and VSS/NVR

Follow steps below to playback the recorded video.

Step 1. First select <Playback> in “Function” area.

Step 2. Specify the starting time for playback in “Selected time” area or by

moving the arrow of the slider bar at the bottom. Then click <OK> to

playback the video.

NOTE: The “Select time” and slider bar will show the stop time

from last playback, if playback of video is previously accessed.

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Save the *.drv files to the local computer

Follow steps below to save the video to the local computer.

Step 1. First select <Archive> in “Function” area. Then “Selected channel”

area will be available for users to choose desired channels.

Step 2. Specify the Start Time in “Selected time” area and click <set start> in

“Function” area. Then specify the End Time and click <set end>.

Alternatively, use the slider bar to select start time and end time. Click

<OK> and specify the filename of the DRV file. Then CMS will start to

download the video data. Close the <Archive> window to exit.

Remote Playback of VDS Sites

If users selected remote playback of VDS sites, two extra options will be

displayed as below. When VDS is recording from the connected DVRs, users

can playback and archive directly from VDS. The steps are the same as

described above.

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Playback video stored in the HDD of local computer

If users wish to playback videos that have already been saved to the local

computer, launch CMS Player.

NOTE: CMS Player can only be started through CMS. If users try to

start up the CMSPlayer.exe, an error message will be displayed.

There are two ways to launch CMS

Player. One way is to click on the

<CMS Player> icon. Alternatively,

right click on a site in the site tree and select <Playback> Æ <Local

Playback>.

Then CMS Player will be displayed. Click on the <Open Video File> icon as

marked below.

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The “Playback Search” window will be displayed as below. The following

steps will guide users to playback designated videos.

Step A. Select <CMS Data> and choose CMS server & group. Alternatively,

select <Raw Data> and allocate a folder containing DVR HDD files.

Step B. Select <Playback Video>.

Step C. Select date of designated videos. Today’s date is in blue box, the

date with video data is highlighted in brown, and the selected date is

highlighted in blue.

Step D. For playback of CMS Data, select sites. Click on <+\-> to select or

deselect all sites. The selected site will change to gray color. For

playback of Raw Data, there is no need to select sites, since it’s just

the DVR itself.

Step E. Scroll the slider bar to zoom in/out the displaying time.

Step F. Point the cursor at designated time and double click to start playback

the video.

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Step G. Click on the <Open Video File> button to search for videos via file list.

Users can also convert DRV files to AVI files here. Refer to the next

page for instruction of conversion.

NOTE: The recorded video of IP Camera can only be played back by

CMS player. Some errors might occur if playing back with DVRPlayer.

Convert *.drv files to *.avi files

Click on the <Open Video File> button in the “Playback Search” window, then

the “Select a folder” window will be displayed. On the top center of this

window, select <Convert To AVI> and double click on the file which users wish

to convert. A “Conversion List” window will pop up and the file will be added to

the list. The other way to add files to the list is to right click on the file and

select <Add To List> or <Add All To List>.

NOTE: The list can contain files from different folders.

The messages shown on the conversion list windows are very important. If

the duration of a DRV file is less than 3 seconds, the file will not be

successfully converted. In addition, a link is provided for users to download

and install video codec in order to playback the converted AVI files.

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If users wish to remove any file

from the conversion list, right

click on the file and select

<Remove> or <Remove All> to

delete files from the list. Click

<Convert> to start conversion

of files on the list.

A progress window will be displayed to show current progress of conversion.

If users wish to terminate the conversion, click <STOP> to abort.

If the conversion is aborted, the

status column will show “Break

Off” for the specific file aborted.

If the file failed to be converted,

the status column will show

“Fail”.

If the conversion is completed, the message as on the right will be displayed.

The converted files will be stored in the folder specified in file path setting of

CMS Player.

For more information about other CMS Player operations, please refer to the

Appendix A.

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Install required codec to playback converted AVI files

In order to correctly playback converted AVI files, install K-Lite Codec Pack

and select codec options as described below.

1. Check <Mu-law, A-law> & <MS ADPCM> under <Other audio formats

(ffdshow)>.

2. Check <Microsoft> for <AVI splitter> under <DirectShow source filters:>.

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7.8 Configuration Menu of the Connected Site

Right click on the Site and select <Configuration> to

open the configuration menu window.

The configuration menus for different types of sites

are different from each other. Refer to the following

for examples.

Configuration Menu of a DVR

The following is the Configuration Menu of a DVR. Some items are not

available in CMS setting condition. Please refer to User’s Manual and OSD

Setup Manual of the DVR for detailed instruction.

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Configuration Menu of a IP Camera

In the Configuration Menu window, the <Stream> tab allows users to change

the Main/Sub stream type and resolution of the IP Camera. It is the same as

in the <Advance Streaming Setting> in section Setup the IP Camera Site Manually.

Other tabs (Property, Network, Video Setting, and System) allow users to edit

the IP Cameras’ corresponding settings. Click <Apply> at the bottom and

users can see effect of the new setting from the Live view window. The

change of settings will be applied to the webpage of the IP Camera as well.

If users wish to connect to the IP Camera’s webpage via a browser, click

<Link to WebPage> at the bottom. When the setting is completed, click <OK>

at the bottom to exit the Configuration Menu.

NOTE: Only A5s IP Cameras with software version “d20110323NS” or

later support the configuration function.

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Configuration Menu of a IP Camera via VSS Site

An example of the configuration window of the VSS/NVR site is shown below.

Users can change the IP Camera’s video and device properties.

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Configuration Menu of a NVR

The following is the OSD Menu of a NVR. Some items are not available in

CMS setting condition. Please refer to User’s Manual and OSD Setup Manual

of the NVR for detailed instruction.

Editing the HDD of DG700

Go to <Database Setup> and click <Execute> button next to <Internal Disks>,

and a list will popup showing all internal HDDs. The list also contains

information about total size, state, and temperature of the internal HDDs.

<Active> means the HDD is added to the NVS database. Under <Action>

column, users can add or remove a HDD to/from the database, and format or

repair a HDD.

7.9 Search for Event Videos

CMS can playback and archive event videos stored in

connected DVR, VSS/NVR, and VDS. Right click on

the Site and select <Event Search>, then the <Event

Search> window will be displayed.

Users can scroll down the event list to look for target

event video. If the connected DVR has installed the

POS module, users can either search by event or text.

Playback the event video from directly connected DVR

In <Search By Event> tab, select <Play Event> and double click on any item

to playback the event video. The <Search By Text> tab allows users to search

for text event videos of POS installed DVRs.

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Playback the event video from VSS

VSS site only provides search by event option. Double click on any preferred

item to playback the event video.

Playback the event video from VDS

In <Search By Event(DVR)> tab, users can search and playback the event

video stored in the DVR site. In <Search By Event(VDS)> tab, users can

search and playback the event video stored in VDS. The <Search By Text>

tab is the same as on the previous page, which retrieve data from the DVR

site.

NOTE: VDS does not support the <Search By Text> function.

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Archive the event video

Select <Archive Event> and press the “Ctrl” key to select multiple event

videos to be archived. The maximum items can be selected is 1,000, which is

the capacity of the list.

Click on <Start Archive> and an <Event Archive> window will pop up. The

progress bar shows current downloading position. The status column shows

the event is under “Archive”, “Wait”, or “Done” condition.

NOTE: The event archive or normal video archive for different sites

can be performed simultaneously.

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7.10 CMS Motion Detection

Users can setup motion detection at CMS site independently. Right click on a preferred grid and select <Intelligent Surveillance> Æ <Motion Detection>

from the pull down menu.

The motion detection setting window will be shown as below.

Users can choose to monitor the complete screen or select up to 8 boxed

areas after clicked on <Regional>. Click on <Clear> button to delete all

selected areas. Alternatively, right click on any selected area to delete it

individually.

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Refer to the following for description of motion detection settings.

Enable Function: Check on it to start monitor motion detection.

Motion recording: Check on it and CMS will record event video when motion

is detected. The length of event video will follow <Event Recording Duration>

specified in Event setting.

Show Motion Detection Region:

Check on it to display the detection area

visually on the monitoring screen. The boxes will also be captured and

displayed on the snapshot images.

Start Simulation: Click on it to start simulating motion detection. As shown

above, red boxes will mark the motion areas.

Stop Simulation:

Click on it to stop simulation.

Sensitivity: Setup a desired sensitivity level.

Click on <OK> to apply the settings, or click on <Cancel> to disregard and

return to Live mode.

NOTE: When motion alert is triggered, an alert icon “ ” will be

displayed at bottom-left of the grid.

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7.11 Missing/Foreign Object Detection

The purpose of Missing/Foreign Object Detection function is for users to keep

an eye on the important objects and areas. Right click on a preferred grid and select <Intelligent Surveillance> Æ <Missing/Foreign Object Detection> from

the pull down menu.

The object detected search window will be shown as below.

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Users can setup at most 8 monitoring areas. Click on <Clear All> button to

delete all boxes. Alternatively, right click on any single box to delete it

individually.

Sensitivity: Setup a desired sensitivity level.

Interval:

The time specified here is for determining the lost of objects. If an

object is removed from the selected areas for more than the time specified

here, lost of object alert will be triggered.

Enable Function: Check on it to enable missing/foreign object detection.

Show Region: Check on it to display the detection area visually on the

monitoring screen. The boxes will also be captured and displayed on the

snapshot images.

Clear All:

Click on it to clear all selected boxes.

Apply: Click on it to save and apply settings in the configuration section.

Start Simulation: Click on it to start simulating object detection. As shown in

the previous page, green boxes will mark the lost of objects.

Stop Simulation: Click on it to stop simulation.

Click on it to restore the Video Preview frame to live image.

Live:

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Lost of Object Alerts

When lost of object alerts are detected, restore the object detected search

window and the list on the left-hand side will show area number and time of

the lost of object alerts.

If the connected site is a DVR, double click on any item to playback video that

is 15 seconds before the alert triggered. However, if the video is not added to

the database yet, an error message will be displayed.

NOTE: Only the configuration of area positions, sensitivity, and interval

will be permanently saved. The default image will be replaced by the

initial image every time when CMS restarts. Therefore, please check

the configuration every time CMS starts up.

NOTE: CMS Player also has Missing/Foreign Object Detection

function, and it is slightly different from what’s in CMS. Refer to the

appendix A for more details.

Click on <OK> to apply the settings, or click on <Cancel> to disregard and

return to Live mode. The selected boxes will not be shown on the live

monitoring screen.

NOTE: The “Motion Detection” function and “Missing/Foreign Object

Detection” function can be enabled simultaneously.

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7.12 Counting Application (PRO Version Only)

Counting Application enables users to keep tracks of object entrance/exit at

designated positions. Right click on a preferred grid and select <Intelligent Surveillance> Æ <Counting Application> from the pull down menu.

The counting application setting window will be shown as below.

Refer to the following for description of counting application settings.

Enable Function:

Show Virtual Line: Check on it to display the virtual line on Live monitoring

display.

Check on it to enable counting application.

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Virtual Line: Click to select this and users can

draw virtual lines at preferred positions. After a

virtual line is drawn, a window will pop up as

shown on the right. Users have to define In/Out

direction and monitoring type. A maximum of 10

virtual lines can be defined for each camera.

Object Size:

After the virtual line is drawn, users need to define size of

detecting object. Click and drag the mouse to define a preferred object size.

Recounting Interval: Users need to specify duration of time segment. The

In/Out counting numbers will be reset for each time segment.

Start Simulation:

Click on it to start simulating counting application. The

In/Out counter will show numbers of detections.

Stop Simulation: Click on it to stop simulation.

Clear All: Click on it to clear all defined virtual lines and the object size box.

Sensitivity:

Setup a preferred sensitivity level.

Show Log: Check on it and the log will be

displayed as shown on the right.

Clear Log: Click on it to clear the log.

Click on <OK> to apply the settings, or click

on <Cancel> to disregard and return to Live

mode.

NOTE: Counting Application function is also available in CMS Player.

The setting options are exactly the same as in CMS.

7.13 Cross Line Alert (PRO Version Only)

Users can use Cross Line Alert function to monitor prohibited entrance/exit at

designated boundary line. Right click on a preferred grid and select <Intelligent Surveillance> Æ <Cross Line Alert> from the pull down menu.

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The cross line alert setting window will be shown as below.

Enable Function:

Show Virtual Line: Check on it to display the virtual line on Live monitoring

display.

Check on it to enable cross line alert function.

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Record: Check on it to trigger event recording whenever cross line alert is

detected.

Virtual Line:

Click to select this and users can

draw virtual lines at preferred positions. After a

virtual line is drawn, a window will pop up as

shown on the right. Users have to define In/Out

direction and monitoring type. A maximum of 10

virtual lines can be defined for each camera.

Object Size:

After the virtual line is drawn, users need to define size of

detecting object. Click and drag the mouse to define a preferred object size.

Start Simulation:

Click on it to start simulating counting application. The

In/Out counter will show numbers of detections.

Stop Simulation: Click on it to stop simulation.

Clear All: Click on it to clear all defined virtual lines and the object size box.

Sensitivity:

Setup a preferred sensitivity level.

Click on <OK> to apply the settings, or click on <Cancel> to disregard and

return to Live mode.

NOTE: When cross line alert is triggered, an alert icon “

” will be

displayed at bottom-left of the grid.

7.14 Take a Snapshot

The Snapshot function is a simple screen capture tool. When users click on

the <Snapshot> icon, it will capture the screenshot of the window that users

are currently viewing. Users can save the screenshots to the default path

“\CMS\Snapshot\” or the folder that users have previously set in the file path.

Please refer to <Setup the File Path> for more information about changing the

file paths.

There are 2 ways to take the snapshot.

One is to click on the <Snapshot> icon,

and the snapshot window will be

displayed. Select <OK> to save the file.

The other way is to right click on the

window, and select <Snapshot>. Note

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that it will only capture the image of the

selected channel. The file will be saved

without displaying the image.

NOTE: The default image format is *.jpg. If users have selected more

than one file types and took the snapshot, users will get more than one

files of the same snapshot image.

Please go to <Settings> to setup the snapshot file type.

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7.15 2-Way Audio Talk

2-way audio talk function enables users to communicate with the camera side.

All stream types except “RTP OVER RTSP” support 2-way audio.

Right click on the channel and select

<Talk(On/Off)> from the pull-down menu.

If the talk function is successfully enabled,

“Talk” will be shown on button left of the

Live video. Users can speak through the

microphone now to communicate with the

camera side.

The current supported 2-way audio type is

ALaw and uLaw audio type.

NOTE: The communication mode is one to one. Broadcasting function

currently is not available.

7.16 Instant Record Function

While the videos are usually recorded to the connected DVR, users can also

choose to instantly record current “Live” or “Playback” videos to the local

computer.

NOTE: Only videos of the displaying channels will be recorded. When

the displaying channels changed, the recording video will follow the

change as well. The channels not selected to be displayed will not be a

part of the instant recorded video.

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Right click on the Site

Recording> to start recording, and select

<Stop Recording> to stop recording.

If time difference between CMS and the

recording site is more than 1 day, a

message will be displayed. Select <Yes>

to start recording. Or select <No> to

abort recording.

When the channels are being recorded, the title of the channels will show a

capital letter “R” at the end. The recorded files will be saved to the default

folder “\CMS\Record\”.

If users want to switch between Live/Playback modes while CMS is recording

videos, the recoding has to be terminated. A message dialog will be displayed

for confirmation.

and select <Start

NOTE: For the case of switching from “Live” mode to “Playback” mode,

the recording will be resumed from stopping point once “Playback”

mode is ended and returns to “Live” mode.

NOTE: If the connection to the recording site is disturbed and then

reconnected, the recording will be terminated without resumption.

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7.17 Dome Setting / Dome Control

Userss can also set/control the dome camera in CMS. Right click on the

channel where a dome camera is properly installed. Refer to the following

picture to see how they look like.

Dome Setting:

Select <Dome Setting> to setup the Dome ID or Dome Protocol. Note that

dome protocol changed at this interface is only temporary. To permanently

change dome protocol, please modify it in the configuration.

Dome Control:

The function of each button on the <Dome Control> panel is described below.

A.F. (Auto Focus)

Click on to focus the camera automatically.

Set/Go Preset Point

Click on to set a present point, and to go to the preset point.

Click on to setup the Dome ID/Protocol. This function resembles to the <Dome Setting>.

Focus

This is used to manually focus on the objects. Click on the <Focus Near> /

<Focus Far> icons to adjust the focus.

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Iris

This is used to setup the iris. Click on the <Iris Open> icon let in more light, or

the <Iris Close> icon to reduce the light.

Zoom

This is used to zoom in/ out to the object. Click on the <Zoom In> / <Zoom

Out> icons to adjust. It can also be adjusted by scrolling the wheel of the

mouse. CMS zoom function will be disabled in dome camera control mode.

Scroll toward users to zoom out and away from users to zoom in.

Direction Button

Click on the arrows to pan and/or tilt the dome camera.

Speed Slider Bar

The slider bar is used to adjust the speed of the pan/tilt movement. 0 is the

slowest and 100 is the fastest.

Mouse Control

If the mouse is moved to the top/ bottom/

left/ right edge of the screen, a red

triangle as in the picture on the right will

show up. At this time left clicking the

mouse can move the screen toward the

direction where the red triangle points to.

Zoom In/ Out using the scroll wheel of the

mouse.

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7.18 Schedule Record Function

Users can schedule specific time to record the videos to the local computer.

Schedule Record window will be displayed after clicked on the <Schedule

Record> icon.

NOTE: Please beware that CMS only supports schedule recoridng of up to

64 channels at once, despite the number of connecting sites.

The current setting site will be shown on the top of the Schedule Record

window, as circled in the picture below. Alternatively, users can click on the

<Select All> or <Clear All> buttons to setup all sites to always record or

always not record at once.

The scroll-down menu circled below shows the recording types.

<OFF>

Select this to switch off the schedule record function.

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Schedule to record both the normal and event videos within the selected time

frame.

Schedule to record only the event videos within the selected time frame.

The scroll-down menu circled below shows the selecting options.

Choose this to select any cell from the table.

Choose this to clear any cell from the table.

Choose this to select all cells from the table.

Choose this to clear all cells from the table.

Follow steps below for an example of setting schedule record for CMS.

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Schedule Recording Times Step 1. Select a site or a channel from the box on the right by a single click.

When a site is selected, the same setting of schedule record will be

applied to all channels. Click on a channel to set unique schedule

record for the particular channel. In this example, schedule of a site

will be set. Select a site in box 1, and set the recording option to

<NORMAL AND EVENT> in box 2.

Step 2. Assuming that the site will be scheduled to start recording video from

2:00 to 4:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since the duration of each

cell is 30 minutes, click on the cell under 02 for Tuesday and drag to

the cell under 04 for Wednesday; and the color of the cells will be

changed to purple indicating that both normal and event videos are

going to be recorded during the selected times.

Step 3. After the time frames are selected, click <OK> to save and exit the

Schedule Record window.

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Cancel Scheduled Recording Times

If users want to cancel a time frame from selected schedule, for instance,

3:00~3:30, set the selecting option to <CLEAR CELL> in box 1. Click and

drag the cells under 03 from Tuesday to Wednesday. The cells will be blank

which indicates that CMS is not going to record anything. Click on <OK> to

save and exit the Schedule Record window.

Select/Clear All Cell

If users want to set the schedule to record at all times, click on the circled

blank cell located on top left corner of the table or set the selecting option to

<SELECT ALL CELL>. If users want to reset the schedule of the site, set the

selecting option to <CLEAR ALL CELL>. Click on <OK> to save and exit

Schedule Record window.

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