Honestech Video Patrol 5.0 User Manual

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Video Patrol 5.0

User Guide

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End User License Agreement

IMPORTANT : READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE CONTINUING

THIS INSTALLATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY REMOVE THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND RETURN THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTATION, TO YOUR SUPPLIER AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED. IF YOU DOWNLOADED THIS SOFTWARE, PLEASE REMOVE THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND CONTACT YOUR SUPPLIER TO REQUEST A REFUND. In this license agreement (the “License Agreement”), you (either individual or an entity), the purchaser of the license rights granted by this License Agreement, are referred to as “licensee” or “You”. Honest Technology is referred to as the “Licensor”. The current version of the accompanying software (“Software”) and documentation (“Documentation”) are collectively referred to as the “Licensed Product”. Licensor may furnish hardware with the Licensed Product (“Hardware”)

1. License

In accordance with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, the Software is the property of the Licensor and is protected by Copyright Law. While the Licensor continues to own the Software, the Licensor grants the Licensee, after Licensee’s acceptance of this License Agreement, the Limited, non-exclusive license to use on copy of the current version of Licensed Product as described below. The Software is “used” on a computer when it is loaded into the temporary memory (i.e., RAM) or installed into the permanent memory (e.g., hard disk, CD-ROM, or other storage device) of that computer, except that a copy installed on a network server for the sole purpose of distribution to another computer is not considered “in use”. Except as may be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this License Agreement, the Licensee’s rights and obligations with respect to the use of this Software are as follows:

You May,

I. Use the Software for commercial or business purposes in the manner described in the

Documentation.

II. Use the Software to share Internet connection, transfer data, files and images among the

computer in the manner described in the Documentation.

You May Not,

I. Copy the documentation that accompanies Software. II. Sublicense or lease any portion of the Software. III. Make illegal duplication of the software.

2. Copyright and Trade Secrets. All rights in and to the Licensed Product including, but not limited to, copyrights and trade secrets rights, belong to Licensor, and Licensor holds title to each copy of the Software. The licensed Product is protected by United States Copyright Laws and international treaty Provisions.

3. Term. This License Agreement is effective until terminated. Licensee may terminate this License Agreement if Licensee breaches any of the terms and conditions herein. Upon termination of this License Agreement for any reason, Licensee shall return to Licensor or otherwise destroy the Licensed Product and all copies of the Licensed Product. Upon request of Licensor, Licensee agrees to certify in writing that all copies of the Software have been destroyed or returned to Licensor. All provisions of this Agreement relating to disclaimers of warranties, limitation of liability, remedies, or damages, and Licensor’s proprietary rights shall survive termination.

4. Executable Code. The Software is delivered in executable code only. Licensee shall not reverse engineer, compile or otherwise disassemble the Software.

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5. Limited Warranty

a. Licensor does not warrant that the functions contained in the Licensed Product and Hardware

will meet Licensee’s requirements or that the operation of the Software and Hardware will be uninterrupted or error-free. Licensor does warrant that the media on which the Software is furnished and the hardware will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of delivery (“Warranty Period”). This Limited Warranty is void of failure of the media on which the Software is furnished has resulted from accident, abuse, or misapplications.

b. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, THE LICENSED PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS”

WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LICNESED PRODUCT AND HARDWARE IS WITH LICENSE.

6. Limitation of Liability

a. Licensor’s sole obligation or liability and licensee’s exclusive remedy under this agreement shall

be the replacement of the defective media on which the software is furnished and/or the hardware according to the limited warranty above.

b. In no event will licensor be liable for any consequential, incidental or indirect damages including,

without limitation, any loss of data or information, loss of profits, loss savings, business interruption or other pecuniary loss, arising out of use of or liability to use the software or documentation or any hardware, even if licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any third party.

7. General

a. Any Software and Hardware provided to Licensee by Licensor shall not be exported or re-

exported in violation of any export provisions of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. Any attempt to sublicense, assign or transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder is void. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States of America, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Licensor and Licensee agree that the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods shall not apply to this License Agreement.

b. This License Agreement may only be modified or amended by a written license addendum that

accompanies this License Agreement or by written document that has been signed by both you and Licensor. Site licenses and other types of enterprise licenses are available upon request. Pleas contact Licensor or your supplier for further information.

c. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach of this

Agreement, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held in New Jersey, United States of America.

If you have any other questions concerning this License Agreement, or if you desire to contact Licensor for any reason, please contact Honest Technology.

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End User License Agreement .........................................................................................2

Table of Contents .............................................................................................................4

1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................5

2. honestech VIDEO PATROL 5.0 INSTALLATION................................................7

3. USING honestech VIDEO PATROL 5.0 ............................................................10

4. Product Registration......................................................................................... 21

5. UNINSTALLING honestech VIDEO PATROL 5.0 .............................................23

6. FAQs................................................................................................................... 24

5. Video Patrol 5.0

1. INTRODUCTION

honestech Video Patrol 5.0 provides a comprehensive personal video surveillance solution.

You can monitor your home or office from anywhere with broadband internet access. You can

control up to three cameras at a time, send e-mail notices to specified email accounts, and

schedule monitoring time slots. You can record surveillance videos in MPEG format when a

motion is detected.

1.1. FEATURES

• Basic Surveillance : Record video (in mpeg format) continuously or only when motion

is detected. You can define motion trigger even further by specifying an area within the viewing field of your PC camera.

• Email Notification: Send email notices to specified email addresses.

• Scheduled Monitoring: Specify desired time slots for surveillance system to be active

(e.g…: one, daily, or weekly).

• Multiple PC Cameras: Supports up to three PC cameras, and you select individual

detection mode and response action for each PC camera. In order to avoid conflict in device recognition by your PC, we recommend that you use a different brand or model for each PC camera operation.

• Data Backup/Burning : You can create backup video files on CD or DVD.

• Video File Management: Easily manage, watch and burn recorded video files.

• FTP Server Option: Back up your videos by uploading them to your FTP server (if

available).

• Free Online membership (

Sony PSP and Windows-based mobile phone.

1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Capture Device

USB Camera (For multiple PC cameras: It is recommended to use a different brand

or model for each PC camera operation).

• Operating System

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista Ready

(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

• Processor

Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or equivalent

• Memory

256MB of RAM

• Other

DirectX 8.1 or higher

Windows Media Player 6.4 (or higher)

CD Writer for Data-CD

DVD Writer for Data-DVD

www.my-iptv.com) : View surveillance video from PDA,

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• Video Output

MPEG-1, MPEG-1 VBR

Optional Requirements

• Email Notification

MS Outlook Express for email notification option

• FTP Server

For FTP server option

For multiple PC cameras

Use different brand and model to avoid device conflict.

Notice!

Firewall:

The Video Patrol acts as a web server (httpd) to support remote monitoring function via web. The default port 8010 must be configured if you are using a firewall (including your router). With proper setup, disabling the firewall is not required.

Video Patrol 5.0 supports UPnP. Windows XP users can easily configure port forwarding using UPnP. Windows 2000 users must manually configure port forwarding. Please refer to the user manual or your network administrator for more detail on router configuration.

Email Alarm Notification:

You must set up an email account using Microsoft Outlook Express before using Video Patrol

5.0. Automatic email notifications will be sent out via Microsoft Outlook Express, and Microsoft Outlook Express MUST be your default email client.

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2. honestech VIDEO PATROL 5.0 INSTALLATION

2.1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2.2 The setup process will start automatically. If the setup process fails or does not start automatically, click on the Setup.exe file on the installation CD.

2.3. The following welcome screen will appear. Click [

Next >] to continue.

2.4. The End-User License Agreement will appear as shown below. Click [ agreement and continue with the installation.

Yes] to accept the

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2.5. When the “Choose Destination Location” screen appears, accept the default destination folder or change it by clicking on [B

rowse…]. Click [Next] to continue.

2.6. When the “Select Program Folder” screen is displayed, accept the default program folder or create a new program folder. Click [

Next] to continue.

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2.7. The “Setup Status” screen will appear as shown below. This step does not require any input.

2.8. When the setup is completed, simply click [Finish] to complete the installation.

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3. USING honestech VIDEO PATROL 5.0

Launch honestech Video Patrol 5.0 by double-clicking on icon.

Or you may start honestech Video Patrol 5.0 through Start menu button:

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3.1. Screen Layout

3.1.1. PC Camera control area

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A. Sensor: adjust the sensitivity to detect motion (a low sensitivity setting will only detect

large motion, where as a high sensitivity setting will detect small and large motion):

Press to increase and to decrease the sensitivity.

Sensor Response options:

• No Action: No action taken.

• REC: Starts recording video when motion is detected and stops when there is no

motion for at least 5 seconds. Resumes recording if motion is detected again.

• REC + Mail (Message): Records video and sends a text email message to pre-

specified e-mail account(s).

• REC + Mail (JPEG): Records video when motion is detected and sends a

of the video taken at th ing of the video recording to pre- specified e-mail

e beginn

snapshot

account(s).

• REC + Mail (Clip): Records video when motion is detected and sends the recorded

video clip to pre-s

• Mail (Message): Sends a tex

pecified e-mail account(s).

t message when motion is detected.

• Mail (JPEG): Sends a snapshot when motion is detected to pre-specified e-mail

account(s).

B. Displ ted camera.

ays the input screen of the selec

C. The sc

roll bars in the lower-right corner of the screen are used to specify a monitoring area.

angle appear

A rect s in the camera screen indicating the current monitored area. This area

dic tor does not appear in the recorded screen.

in a

: Start camera operation.

: Stop camera operation.

F. : Adjust camera properties.

.1.2. Function area

Start/Stop monitoring

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3.1 e li

Schedule

recording time

Option

Open File List window

Help Menu

Minimize the application window

Close the application

Run in Background (tray icon)

st window .3. Fil

Play selected file

Attach a selected file to an e-mail to send out

Burn selected files to a CD/DVD disc

List the files in thumbnail view

List the files by file names

Delete selected file

3.2. Option

3.2.1. General :

• Format: Specify the format of the output file (MPE

• Video Size: Specify the resolution of the outpu

• Video Quality: Specify the bitrate of the out

file size of the output, but will also lower the ove

will increase the file size of the output, but w

G / MPEG-VBR).

t file (320*240 / 240*160 / 176*144).

put file. A “Low” setting will reduce the

rall video quality. A “High” setting

ill also improve the video quality.

• Surveillance Video Recording:

o Motion Triggered: The recording will start when a motion is detected.

Continuous: The software will record continuously regardless of whether

motion is detected or not. The email notification function will be unavailable

when this option is selected.

• View Time Indicator: The current time will be displayed on the screen.

Select Motion Sensor Zone: You can specify an area within the viewing field of a

•

PC camera to trigger the video surveillance system.

• Alarm (Audio): The alarm will soun

• [Defau

lt] button: Reset to default settings.

d when motion is detected.

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3.2.2. Ad

vanced… :

• Output Folder Location (Recording): Specify a

recorded video files. Specify an output folder for ea

or separate folders for each camera).

directory where you wish to save

ch camera (you can set the same folder

3.2.3. Mail Setting:

z From: Enter the sender's e-mail address.

z To: Enter the recipient's e-mail address.

z Subject: Enter the subject of the e-mail.

z Message: Enter a text message.

z Send Notice per motion detection: Specify the f

will be sent out.

o Every Time: Send a mail whene

ver a motion is detected.

o Time Interval [ ] second: After sending an email, V

a specified period of time before re

checking for any motion.

z Video Clip Size [ ] MB for each notice: When se

email, this feature will reduce the file size

of the recorded video clip before attaching to

the email (only if the file size of the recorded

specified.).

z Max. Total [ ] MB for accumulated email notic

reaches this limit, no additional email will be

continue depending on your settings.

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requency in which e-mail messages

ideo Patrol 5.0 will wait for

nding a recorded video clip with an

file is bigger than the file size limit

es: If the total size of the emails sent

sent. However, the recording will

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3.2.4. Camera Settin

Change the [Name] of each camera or use the default names. You may type in any name of

your choice in the camera name box. You can al

so select video input [Device] such as your

PC camera.

3.2.5. Network Setting

z HTTP Server:

Working HTTP Server: Enable or disable the Server allows you to access your PC cameras via a web browser. Port: Specify the port number to run the HTTP Server. This setting allows you to securely bypass your internet router and access your PC cameras.

Check if you are accessing the camera(s) from inside the network:

This option is available for router users only. Check this box if you are accessing your cameras from within your home/office network. To access your camera(s) from outside your network, this option MUST be unchecked.

Client Page: The URL where you can access your camera. Password: This password is required to access your cameras via the web. The default password is “0000”.

z Upload FTP Server :

Uploading data to FTP Server: The recorded video files will be uploaded to your FTP server (if available). FTP Address: Enter your FTP server address. Remote Directory : Enter your default directory information. User ID : Your user ID. Password : Your password. Port : Port number on your FTP Server. Test Connect : Test FTP server access. Anonymous : Access your FTP server anonymously. Default : Reset default settings.

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HTTP Server function. The HTTP

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