Maxell MA-XL1 User Manual

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Lecture Capture Station

MA-XL1

User’s Manual (detailed) Operating Guide

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Contents  

Contents .................................................. 3

Introduction ............................................. 4

Features ............................................... 4

Checking the contents of package ............ 4

Part names ........................................... 5

Lecture Capture Station ....................... 5

Control buttons .................................. 6

Ports ................................................. 6

Setting up ................................................ 7

Placement ............................................. 7

Product connection ................................ 9

........................... 15

Connecting the power supply ................ 17

Using the security bar .......................... 19

Power on/off .......................................... 20

Turning on the power ........................... 20

Turning off the power ........................... 20

Getting start ........................................... 21

Connection of the peripheral devices ...... 21

Calibration of Touch Module .................. 22

Log into the settings webpage ............... 23

Connection via LAN port .................... 23

Connection via WAN port ................... 24

Settings of the video and audio input sources

......................................................... 25

Settings of the conference function ........ 27

Button Control ..................................... 29

Graphical User Interface .......................... 30

Menu Ball ........................................... 30

Toolbar ............................................... 31

Video switch .................................... 31

Playback .......................................... 33

Record ............................................ 38

Conference ...................................... 39

Annotation ....................................... 43

Master Audio adjustment ................... 44

Information Button .............................. 44

Lecture information import ................... 46

Web Interface ........................................ 47

Overview of the Web Interface .............. 47

Administrator ......................................... 48

Media I/O ........................................... 48

Video inputs ..................................... 49

Network camera manager ................. 54

PTZ control port ............................... 55

Audio .............................................. 55

Video ................................................. 57

Recording ......................................... 57

Streaming ........................................ 60

Content ........................................... 62

Theme ............................................. 63

Storage ............................................... 64

Scheduler ............................................ 64

Upload ................................................ 67

Conference .......................................... 68

System ............................................... 72

System settings ................................ 72

Network ........................................... 75

Configuration .................................... 76

Service ............................................ 78

Display ............................................ 79

Account .............................................. 80

Online Director ........................................ 81

Director Page ....................................... 81

Recording Controls ............................ 84

Cameraman Page ................................. 92

Presenter Page ..................................... 93

Video Manager ........................................ 94

Upload the recording file to server .......... 95

Download the recording file to PC ........... 96

Delete the recoding file ......................... 96

Playback the video file .......................... 96

Edit the content information .................. 97

Edit/Add Index .................................... 98

Photo/Snapshot List & Preview .............. 99

Tools/Applications ................................. 101

Presentation tool (Version 2.2.8.11) ..... 101

User Interface ................................. 101

Operation Flow ............................... 102

Mobile Controller Webpage .................. 103

VNC Remote Control Application .......... 105

Overview ....................................... 105

Connection Flow ............................. 105

Remote Desktop UI ......................... 106

Operation by USB number keyboard ..... 107

Table of On Screen Display Icons ............. 108

Indicator .............................................. 110

Specifications ........................................ 112

RS-232/TCP Command .......................... 114

Troubleshooting..................................... 117

Introduction

Features

The product provides you with the broad use by the following features.

✓ Teacher Friendly, Intuitive Operation With Simple GUI ✓ Remote Classroom Optimized, Connecting Two Remote Locations to One ✓ Student Friendly, Learn Whenever You Want, Wherever You Are By Streaming Or Uploading The

Lecture

✓ Operate with your smartphones, or tablets

Checking the contents of package

Please see the Contents of package section in the User’s Manual (concise) which is a book. Your product should come with the items shown there. Contact your dealer immediately if any items are missing.

[NOTE]

• Keep the original packing materials, for future reshipment. Be sure to use the original packing materials when moving the product.

Part names

Lecture Capture Station

(1) Control buttons (6) (2) Ports (6) (3) Indicators (110) (4) Power connector (17) (5) Rack mount brackets (7) (6) Security bar (19) (7) Spacers (8) Exhaust vent (9) Intake vents

WARNING

• Do not touch around the exhaust vents during use or just after use, since it is too hot.

CAUTION

• Maintain normal ventilation to prevent the product from heating up. Do not cover, block or plug up the vents. Do not place anything that can stick or be sucked to the vents, around the intake vents.

Control buttons

(1) Main power button (29) (2) Projector power button (29) (3) Information button (29, 44) (4) Video switch button (29, 31) (5) Recording stop button (29, 38) (6) Recording start button (29, 38)

Ports

(1) SDI IN 1 port (2) SDI IN 2 port (3) SDI IN 3 port (4) COMPUTER IN port (5) HDMI IN 1 port (6) HDMI IN 2 port (7) HDMI IN 3 port (8) HDMI IN 4 port (9) MONITOR OUT port (10) HDMI OUT port (11) AUDIO IN port (12) MIC IN port (13) AUDIO OUT port (14) Front audio output port (15) AUDIO IN port (Balanced)

(16) AUDIO OUT port (Balanced) (17) USB TYPE A port (x2) (18) USB TYPE A port (19) USB TYPE A port (Interactive) (20) USB TYPE B 1 port (21) USB TYPE B 2 port (22) WAN port (23) LAN 1 port (24) LAN 2 port (25) LAN 3 port (26) CONTROL 1 port (27) CONTROL 2 port (28) Bluetooth® antenna port (29) DIDO port

(13)

Setting up

Install the product according to the environment and manner the product will be used in.

Placement

Please set this product to level. This product can be mounted into a rack (for 19-inch rack) with the provided “rack mount bracket”. When attaching the rack mount bracket to the main unit, be sure to use the provided screws. Please follow the manual of the rack to mount. Please take a distance of more than 2 cm between the product and the wall.

Attach rack mount bracket

1. Attach one of the brackets to the 4 screw holes at the side of the product. Using 4 screws in

accessory box to fix the bracket on the side of the product

2. Do the same steps to complete another side.

3. The product is ready for the rack fixation.

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Placement (continued)

WARNING

• Place the product in a stable horizontal position at the direction the spacer is on the bottom. If the

product falls or is knocked over, it could cause injury and/or damage to the product. Using a damaged product could then result in fire and/or electric shock.

• Do not place the product on an unstable, slanted or vibrational surface such as a wobbly or inclined

stand.

• Place the product in a cool place, and ensure that there is sufficient ventilation. The high temperature

of the product could cause fire, burns and/or malfunction of the product.

• Do not stop-up, block or otherwise cover the product's vents.

• Keep a space of 2 cm or more between the sides of the product and other objects such as walls.

• Do not place or attach anything that would block the product vent holes.

• Do not place the product on metallic thing or anything weak in heat.

• Do not place the product on carpet, cushions or bedding.

• Do not place the product in direct sunlight or near hot objects such as heaters. Do not place anything

near the product vents, or on top of the product. It causes high temperature and could result in fire or smoke.

• Do not place anything that may be sucked into or stick to the vents on the bottom of the product.

• Do not place the product anyplace where it may get wet. Getting the product wet or inserting liquid

into the product could cause fire, electric shock and/or malfunction of the product.

• Do not place the product in a bathroom or the outdoors.

• Do not place anything containing liquid near the product.

• Do not place the product where any oils, such as cooking or machine oil, are used. Oil may harm the

product, resulting in malfunction, or falling from the mounted position. Do not use adhesive such as threadlocker, lubricant and so on.

• Use only the mounting accessories the manufacturer specified, and leave installing and removing the

product with the mounting accessories to the service personnel.

• Read and keep the user's manual of the mounting accessories used.

• When attaching the rack mount to the main unit, be sure to use the provided screws. Using other

screws may cause failure, fire, or electric shock.

CAUTION

• Avoid placing the product in smoky, humid or dusty place. Placing the product in such places could

cause fire, electric shock and/or malfunction of the product

• Do not place the product near humidifiers, smoking spaces or a kitchen. Also do not use an ultrasonic

humidifier near the product. Otherwise chlorine and minerals contained in tap water are atomized and could be deposited in the product causing image degradation or other problems.

• Do not place the product in a place where radio interference may be caused.

• Do not place this product in a magnetic field.

Product connection

Before connecting the product to a device, consult the manual of the device to confirm that the device is suitable for connecting with this product and prepare the required accessories, such as a cable in accord with the signal of the device. Consult your dealer when the required accessory did not come with this product or the accessory is damaged. After making sure that this product and the devices are turned off, perform the connection, according to the following instructions.

WARNING

• Use only the appropriate accessories. Otherwise it could cause a fire or damage the product and

devices.

- Use only the accessories specified or recommended by this product’s manufacturer. It may be regulated under some standards.

- Neither disassemble nor modify this product and the accessories.

- Do not use the damaged accessory. Be careful not to damage the accessories. Route a cable so that it is neither stepped on nor pinched.

• Be careful to the volume When using headphone or earphone. If you continue to use it for a long time

at a loud volume that stimulates your ears, your auditory capacity may be greatly impaired.

CAUTION

• Do not turn on or off the product while connected to a device in operation, unless that is directed in the manual of the device. Otherwise it may cause malfunction in the device or product.

• Be careful not to mistakenly connect a connector to a wrong port. Otherwise it may cause

malfunction in the device or product.

- When connecting a connector to a port, make sure that the shape of the connector fits the port.

- Tighten the screws to connect a connector equipped with screws to a port.

- Use the cables with straight plugs, not L-shaped ones.

• Before connecting this product to a network system, be sure to obtain the consent of the

administrator of the network.

• Do not connect the WAN/LAN port to any network that might have the excessive voltage.

• Be sure to confirm that the product has been installed and connected safely even if it is turned on

automatically.

• If you connect the product to an existing network, consult a network administrator before setting

server addresses.

• You should be aware of the following:

DO NOT USE NEAR THE FOLLOWING!

- Microwave ovens

- Industrial, scientific or medical devices

- Designated low power radio stations

- Premises radio stations

- Wireless LAN router

- Using this product near the above may cause radio interference, which would result in a decrease in

transmission speed or interruption, and even lead to malfunctioning of devices such as pacemakers.

• Depending on the location where this product is used, radio wave interference may occur, which

may result in a decrease in transmission speed or interruption in communication.

• Bringing this product out of the country or region you reside in and using it there could lead to a

violation of the radio laws of that country or region.

• The product is for indoor use only. Outdoor use is prohibited.

• Be careful to the volume When using headphone or earphone. If you raise the volume too much from

the beginning, you may suddenly get loud noise and damage your ears. Please increase the volume little by little.

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Product connection (continued)

・ To enable the port, login to the Web Interface in Administrator mode and set Media I/O. (48)

[NOTE]

• Before connecting the product to a computer, consult the computer's manual and check the compatibility of the signal level, the synchronization methods and the display resolution output to the product.

- Some signal may need an adapter to input this product.

- Some computers have multiple screen display modes that may include some signals switch are not supported by this product.

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Product connection (continued)

[NOTE]

• If you connect this product and a notebook computer, you need output the display to an external monitor, or output simultaneously to the internal display and an external monitor. Consult the computer's manual for the setting.

• This product does not support HDCP encryption & decryption. When input content has HDCP

protection, the HDMI Input may receive no image and connected display may show black screen. Therefore, if you display content with HDCP protection set, please output directly to an HDCP supported monitor without passing through this product.

- The HDMITM supports the following signals. Video input signal: 1920X1080p(60/50/30/25/24Hz), 1280X720p(60/50Hz), 1024X768p(60/70/75Hz), Video output signal: 1920X1080(60Hz) Audio signal: Format Linear PCM Sampling frequency 48kHz / 44.1kHz / 32kHz

- This product can be connected with another equipment that has HDMI™ connector, but with some equipment the product may not work properly, something like no video.

- Be sure to use an HDMI™ cable that has the HDMI™ logo.

- Use a Category 2-certified HDMI™ cable to input 1920X1080p(50/60Hz) signal to the product.

- When the product is connected with a device having DVI connector, use a DVI to HDMI™ cable to connect with the HDMI input.

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Product connection (continued)

To use network functions of the product, connect the WAN port with the external network. For connection, use a network cable with RJ45 connector.

CAUTION

• Before connecting the product to a network system, be sure to obtain the consent of the administrator of the network.

• Do not connect the WAN/LAN port to any network that might have the excessive voltage.

Connect detachable terminal block

When using balanced audio or DIDO, use the supplied detachable block connector.

Loosen the screw of block connector and insert the cable into the port. Then tighten the block connector screw to

fix the cable.

Connect the block connector to the Audio IN terminal or DIDO terminal.

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Product connection (continued)

No.

Name

Brief information

Front audio output

Output of recording sound for monitoring

HDMI IN

HDMI input source

USB TYPE A

・ External USB storage device (mp4 video file recording and

snapshot image)

・ Lecture information import with recording ・ Mouse control

Power Connector

DC : 24V / 2.5A

SDI IN x 3

HD-SDI input

Rear HDMI IN x 3

HDMI input source

COMPUTER IN

VGA input source for PC

MONITOR OUT

VGA output for display

HDMI OUT

HDMI output for display

AUDIO IN

Line audio input

MIC IN

Mic audio input

AUDIO IN

Line audio output

AUDIO IN(L,R)

Differential line audio input Refer to below chart for the pin define

AUDIO OUT(L,R)

Differential line audio output Refer to below chart for the pin define

USB TYPE A port x 2

For Extended USB storage & Mouse control

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No.

Name

Brief information

USB TYPE A (INTERACTIVE)

Operation input port by interactive projector and touch monitor

USB TYPE B x 2

For PC USB mouse control

WAN

RJ-45 Ethernet connector for network connection

LAN x 3

RJ-45 Ethernet connectors for network camera input source, & accessing to web management setting pages, and projector ON/OFF.

CONTROL 1

Mini DIN connector for camera Refer to below chart for the pin define

CONTROL 2

Mini DIN connector for other devices* *: Hitachi / Maxell Projector & Computer etc.

DIDO

Refer to below chart for the pin define

Bluetooth antenna port

Antenna for Bluetooth speaker/microphone

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Product connection (continued)

RS-232

DIDO

Terminal block

Pin No.

I/O

Description

1 - GND

2 O H while recording L while recording stop

3 - Reserved

4 - Reserved

5 - Reserved

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Product connection (continued)

CONTROL port connection

[NOTE]

• Depending on the device to be connected, the pin assignment may be different. Before connecting, please refer to the manual of the device to be connected and check the pin assignment.

CONTROL1 port

of the product

RS-232 port

of the camera

CONTROL2 port of the product

CONTROL port of the projector

Connecting the power supply

1. Connect the power cord to the Power adaptor.

2. Put the DC plug of the power adaptor into the DC 24V connector of the product.

3. Firmly plug the power cord’s plug into the outlet. In a couple of seconds after the power supply connection, the POWER indicator lights up in steady red.

WARNING

• Please use extra caution when connecting the power adapter and the power cord, as incorrect or faulty connections may result in fire and/or electrical shock.

• Do not touch the power adapter and the power cord with a wet hand.

• Only use the power adapter and the power cord that came with the product. If it is damaged, consult

your dealer to get a new one. Never modify the power adapter and the power cord.

• Only plug the power cord into an outlet whose voltage is matched to the power cord. The power

outlet should be close to the product and easily accessible. Unplug the power cord for complete disconnection.

• Do not distribute the power supply to multiple devices. Doing so may overload the outlet and

connectors, loosen the connection, or result in fire, electric shock or other accidents.

• Do not press the main body of product on the power adapter and the power cord.

• Connect the terminal for the AC inlet of power adaptor to the power outlet of the building using an

appropriate power cord (bundled).

• When multiple power cords are included, please use the power cord that matches the outlet shape.

• Do not use with the power adaptor hanging.

• Do not trample the power adaptor or cord.

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Power Adaptor

Power cord

Connecting the power supply (continued)

NOTICE

• Do not unplug the power cable during recording. There is a possibility of breaking the recorded data

and breaking the product.

Using the security bar

A commercially available anti-theft chain or wire can be attached to the security bar on the product. Refer to the figure to choose an anti-theft chain or wire. For details, refer the manual of the security tool.

WARNING

• Do not use the security slot to prevent the product from falling down, since it is not designed for it.

CAUTION

• Do not place anti-theft chain or wire near the exhaust vents. It may become too hot.

[NOTE]

• The security bar is not comprehensive theft prevention measures. It is intended to be used as

supplemental theft prevention measure.

Power on/off

Turning on the power

1. Make sure that the Power adaptor and power cord is firmly and correctly connected to the product and the outlet.

2. Make sure that the POWER indicator is lighted in steady red.

3. Press the (power) button on the product.

Press the power button to start automatically. When the power button is pressed, the power indicator lights red and green alternately. When startup is completed, the indicator lights in steady green.

To display the picture, select an input signal according to the section Video switch (31).

WARNING

• Keep the product out of the reach of children.

[NOTE]

• Turn on any connected devices prior to the product.

• After turning off the power, if the indicator is light in red it is possible to turn on the power.

• This product has the function that can make the product automatically turn on/off. Please refer to section

“System setting” (72), items of the System settings.

Turning off the power

1. Press the POWER button on the product. The message “Shutdown?” appears on the screen for about 10 seconds.

2. Press the POWER button again while the message appears. The POWER indicator will begin blinking in red. Then the POWER indicator will stop blinking and light in steady red when shutdown completed.

WARNING

• Do not touch around the exhaust vents during use or just after use, since it is too hot.

• Remove the power cord for complete separation. The power outlet should be close to the product

and easily accessible.

Getting start

Connection of the peripheral devices

Refer to section "Product connection" and connect peripheral devices. (9) Below check list for reference. ・ Connect interactive projector or touch monitor to both the HDMI output port and Interactive USB port.

If you connect an unsupported interactive projector or touch monitor, the menu bar will not be displayed. Also, when starting this product for the first time, connect the mouse to the front USB port to calibrate the touch module. For detail refer to section “Calibration of Touch Module”.(22)

・ Connect audio devices: both input and output

ex: Speaker & Microphone

・ Use RJ45 to connect WAN port with the external network ・ Connect camera via HDMI/SDI/RJ45 ・ Connect several cables to reserve for video input sources

ex: HDMI & VGA & SDI

If everything is connected well, you could see the menu ball & toolbar appear in the display.

Calibration of Touch Module

In some cases, installers would need to do calibration before using touch function. After connecting interactive projector or touch monitor with the product USB TYPE A port (Interactive), finding a USB mouse and insert into the front USB port. Press information button on the front panel to call information dialog. Moving the mouse cursor to click on calibration icon . Then go through the calibration process with your figure or the dedicated optical pen of the touch module.

After all the settings finished, start enjoy the easy interface of the product!

Log into the settings webpage

Prepare a PC for the settings of the first time installation.

Connection via LAN port

Turn on the product and using RJ45 cable to connect PC with the LAN port of the product. Set the PC's IP address to 192.168.11.XX*. Then open the web browser and input 192.168.11.254 as the URL to access the product setting page. Log in web page with default username “admin” and password “lcsadmin”, then entering the system Administrator webpages.

“XX” is any number between 1 and 253

Connection via WAN port

Turn on the product and using RJ45 cable to connect router with the WAN port of the product. And connect router to PC with RJ45 cable. Set the PC's IP address to DHCP. Push Information button to get IP address of the product.

Then open the web browser and input the IP address of the product as the URL to access the product setting page.

Language switching：The product automatically detects PC’s system language and selects the coordinate language to display. The product also provides Language options on the top-right corner of the webpage for changing.

[NOTE]

Be sure to change the user name and password of the Administrator / Online Director / Video Manager after first logging in to the administrator page. Please be careful in managing user name and password. For details, refer to section "Account". (80)

Settings of the video and audio input sources

Refer to section “Media I/O” to setup video & audio input sources. (48) If you use HDMI input, make the following settings. Go to [Media I/O] [Video inputs] Select the Enable checkbox of the HDMI port number to which the HDMI output device is connected. For example, if CH1 is selected, select the Enable checkbox of in the following figure.

If you use network camera, make sure it comply with standard ONVIF before the setting. Then check if the RJ45 is well connected with the product LAN port and the camera is ON. Check Camera’s product label and remember the MAC address of the camera. Come back to Administration webpage. Go to [Media I/O] [Network Camera Manager] Press [Refresh] button The network camera should be listed in the table and using MAC address to identify the one in use. Press “Login” button and input camera’s account name and password* to pass authentication until “Status” shows “OK”. Remember the IP address of the camera. *: To know camera’s account name and password, please refer to the manual of the network camera.

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Settings of the video and audio input sources (continued)

Go back to [Media I/O] [Video Inputs] scroll down to [Cam 1 Group]. From “Video Source” drop down list, select “Network Camera”. Then you will be able to assign the correct camera as the video source via “IP address” and press “Apply”.

Press icon to enter advanced configuration page and check the video source. For details of advanced configuration, please refer to section “Content Group / Cam1 Group / Cam2 Group” (51).

Settings of the conference function

Go to [Conference] and assign the product as the internal conference server or point to an external server. As an internal conference server, the product needs to have a fixed/public IP address in order to let other product access via internet. Check with IT staff to make sure port 1935 & 5070 are not block in the local network environment. When set as the external server, means there must be another product already set as the internal conference server. To join into the same contact list, input the IP address of the product which is set as the internal server. When the connection built, the conference icon in the toolbar will turn from disable to be available.

Scroll down to find “Encoder Settings”. Change the video compression profile if necessary.

Then, Go to [System] [System settings] find “Device description”. Give(assign) this product a name for identification. This name will show in the “call-out list”. And while connection built, users from the remote site could see this description on the top banner.

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Settings of the conference function (continued)

Button Control

No.

Name

Brief information

Recording start button

Recording start Pause while recording and click again to resume recording.

Recording stop button

Recording stop

Video switch button

Video source switch; cycling switch for each assigned source

CH1->CH2->CH3, In each CH, follow below order HDMI1->HDMI2->HDMI3->HDMI4->VGA->SDI1->SD2->SD3->Netw ork Camera

Information button

Short push：Information list appears and USB mouse control switch back

from PC to the product Long push：2 sec. Bluetooth pairing start *The nearest one or the strongest one or the first one would be paired in

pairing mode.

*The product’s Bluetooth module can pair with only one Bluetooth device

at a time. And only one paired device could be kept for auto-connection next time.

*Bluetooth Auto connection: When any of the Bluetooth devices

disconnected, the product would auto connect to the remembered Bluetooth device. The retry interval is 5 seconds.

Projector power button

Power on / off button of PJLink compatible projector or Hitachi / Maxell projector.

Main power button

Power on/off button for the MA-XL1

Short push : pop out a dialog to ask if power off is confirmed. Long push : power off directly

Reset

Users are not allowed to use this reset. For service personnel only.

Graphical User Interface

When there is any mouse or touch device connected to the product, users could see the graphical user interface appeared. It includes menu ball and toolbar which carry several of the useful functions for teachers or presenters.

Menu Ball

The menu ball carries most important information of the system and useful functions. Do a snapshot, clear all the annotation, control presentation slide page up & down and show recording status. Users could also move the menu ball to any location of the display for ease of use.

Icons

Function description

Remark

Toolbar switch

• Show device status: Ready

or recording or Pause

• Click to call toolbar

appear/disappear

Long press 2 seconds in any space to lead the menu ball to change location

Snapshot

Screen shot of the display

Menu ball & Toolbar will flash one time to show captured.

Clear all

Clear all the annotation in current display

Timer

Show the recording time

Page Up

Control presentation slide page up

Icons appear only when the Presentation tool connected with the product via PC. For details, refer to section "Presentation tool ". (101) If it’s not in full screen mode, click either on Page Up icon or Page down icon could enter full screen mode

Page Down

Control presentation slide page down

Snapshot function:

Allow users to do snapshot of the display, for both video source and annotation: The snapshot image would be saved as JPG file into assigned storage* While users insert front USB storage and activate “front USB recording” function in admin setting page, JPG file would be saved in both assigned storage* & front USB storage. While recording, the product would automatically insert an index with thumbnail together with the snapshot image captured. The menu ball and toolbar will flash once after snapshot icons pressed to show it works. No graphical user interface would be taken within the snapshot image. * Assigned Storage: internal HDD or rear USB storage, please refer to section “Storage”.(64)

: Snapshot from menu ball : Snapshot from playback toolbar

Toolbar

All the main function icons are in toolbar, and allow users to mirror icons arrangement. Including video switch, playback, record, conference, annotation and pen ON/OFF, eraser, clear all, pen color for annotation, pen/eraser width for annotation, audio output adjustment/mute and mirror all icons.

Video switch

The product allows installers to connect different types of video input sources(HDMI/VGA/SDI/IP video) and assign them into different channel groups(CH1/CH2/CH3). For details, refer to section “Video inputs” (49). Besides, during the conferencing mode, it also allows users to select the video sources from the remote site. Furthermore, the whiteboard groups offer 4 types for selection. Use video switch icons to choose target video source and show on the display for sharing. In addition, icons that were not assigned are grayed out. You can also switch video by using the video switch button on the front panel of the product.

During the conferencing mode, CH3 would be replaced by remote video sources for the ease of communication and collaboration purpose. Which means users cannot switch to any CH3 video sources under this mode.

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Content Group

Camera 1 Group

Camera 2 Group

(or Remote)

Whiteboard Group

CH1

CH2

CH3

Video switch (continued)

Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Video switch

Channel 1 group for Content

Select one of the assigned local content sources to show on the display device

HDMI 1 /2 /3 /4 ,

VGA or IP camera ,

encoder for selection

Channel 2 group for Camera 1

Select one of the local camera sources to show on the display device

HDMI 1 /2 /3 /4 ,

SDI 1 /2 or IP camera

, encoder for selection

Channel 3 group for Camera 2

Select one of the local camera sources to show on the display device

SDI 3 or IP camera ,

encoder for selection

Remote Sources group

Select one layout of the remote sources to show on the display device

Totally 12 layouts for selection

For detail refer to section “Conference”. (39)

Whiteboard Group

Select one whiteboard type to show on the display device

Whiteboard/

Blackboard/

Whiteboard with grid/

blackboard with gird

Playback

Allow users to playback snapshot images, existing and current recording files.

• Snapshot preview: show all images captured in hard disk.

• Current recording video: playback current recording video from the start recording time.

• Existing files: all the videos saved in assigned storage could be selected and playback.

After click snapshot preview or existing video icons, a dialog window would pop up to show Image List or Video List. Using page up and page down to review Image List or Video List, and select the folder/file you want to playback.

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Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Playback

Snapshot images

Show all the folders which contain snapshot image files

Images taken in the same day are put in the same folder Display 4 folders in one page

Image list Dialog

Choose any file in the list to playback

Show Date and numbers of the image files in the folder

Page up

folder list page up

Page down

folder list page down

Close the dialog

Folder pages list

Click to jump to different folder index page

Current recording video

• While recording: playback

current recording video from

start time

• Not recording: playback

latest saved video file

Existing videos

Show all videos saved in hard disk drive

4 videos in one page

Video list Dialog

Choose any file in the list to playback

Show Thumbnail/ Date/ Start-End time/ Video duration

Page up

file list page up

Page down

file list page down

Close the dialog

Video Pages

Click to jump to different video page

After click the folder or video to playback, the display would enter playback mode. Under playback mode, the function toolbar would be different.

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Image playback mode:

Function descriptions:

Icons

Function description

Remark

Mirror

Function icons rearrange from left ←→ right

Playback mode toolbar

Exit

Exit the playback mode and back to the main toolbar

Snapshot

Screen capture during playback mode

First Image

Jump to the first Image Previous image

Show previous image

Next image Show next image

Last Image

Jump to the last Image

Folder information

Show the date when the folder built

- Image number

Show the current image number from total images in the folder

Annotation toolbar

Eraser

Eraser the part mouse move over

Clear all

Clear all the annotation on playback mode

Pen color

Change color to white/ black/ yellow/ blue/ green/ red/ orange/ purple

Pen width

Pen: 3/6/9/12 pixels Eraser: 16/32/48/64 pixels

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Playback (continued)

Video playback mode:

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Playback (continued)

Function descriptions:

Icons

Function description

Remark

Mirror

Re-arrange Function icons from left ←→ right

Playback mode toolbar

Exit

Exit the playback mode and back to the main toolbar

Snapshot

Screen capture during playback mode

Index list

Show Index list attached with this playback video

4 Index items in one page

Index list dialog

Choose any Index to jump to the correspondent time stamp to playback

Show Thumbnail/ Index title/ Index time

Page up

Index list page up

Page down

Index list page down

Close the dialog

Index Pages

Click to jump to different Index list page

Source switch

Switch between different video source while playback

Only available if the recording video include individual source files

Last Index

Skip to last Index time stamp to playback

Play/Pause Playback chosen video

While the video is playing, click to pause and click again to resume

Next Index

Skip to next Index time stamp to playback

Time bar

Show playback progress in bar Click any point on the bar will jump to correspondent time

Time information

Show total recording time & current playback time

Audio On/Off Mute or resume playback audio

Volume bar

Show playback volume level Click any point on the bar will adjust to correspondent volume level

Annotation panel

Eraser

Eraser the part mouse move over

Clear all

Clear all the annotation on playback mode

Pen color

Change color to white/ black/ yellow/ blue/ green/ red/ orange/ purple

Pen width

Pen: 3/6/9/12 pixels Eraser: 16/32/48/64 pixels

Record

The product supports lecture capture functions. From graphic user interface, users could do simple recording controls which including recording start/pause/stop, layouts preview and selection. After recording start, the icon of Record will change to Pause. Icon changes to Record during pause and click on record icon to resume recording. You can also recording start/pause/stop by using the recording start/stop button on the front panel of the product.

Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Recording

Snapshot

Screen shot of the display

Menu ball & Toolbar will flash one time to show captured.

Record

Start recording Click to Pause while recording

Recording icon on toolbar change to yellow while recording

Pause

Click to resume recording

Stop Stop recording

Layout selection

Click to select recording layout

• Single source(Display content)/

• Picture in Picture(Display content big + Camera

1 small)/

• Picture by Picture (Display content + Camera 1)/

• Triple sources: (Display content + Local camera

1 + Remote camera 1 or Display content + Local camera 1 + Local camera 2)

While the recording time of the internal HDD or external USB storage is limited, a confirm dialog will show on screen to remind users that the maximum time length of current recoding job, users could confirm to record or cancel recording attempt.

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After recording start, all menu and confirmed dialog will disappear, only menu ball appear and the timer start.

[NOTE]

• Maximum time length of a recording video file is 8 hours.

• A dialog will be displayed to show the available recording time if the recordable time is 8 hours or less. The system will only show the less one between internal HDD and the front USB storage.

• If front USB storage is FAT32 format, the maximum file size is 4GB.

• If front USB storage is NTFS format, maximum recording time would be based on USB storage free space & recording profile

• Recording will be stopped under below conditions:

- Remaining time is zero

- HDD or front USB storage cannot be access

- HDD or front USB storage cannot be read/write

Conference

The product provides an easy way of conferencing and collaboration functions.

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Hang-up

Visiable when conferencing

Collaboration ON/OFF

Icon become yellow when conferencing

Conference (continued)

Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Conference

Open Contact list

Show Contact list

Contact list

Show local device name

Show destination devices names

Green: ready for call Black: device not available Red: Busy Yellow: waiting for connection

Click to choose one destination device and make a call

Accept or Refuse icons s in call in

dialog

Stop icon in call out dialog Conferencing icon on toolbar change to yellow while connected

Close the dialog

Hang-up Disconnect the conferencing

Collaboration on/off

Collaboration enable/disable

[NOTE]

• When the call is waiting for acceptance, the product would keep playing a ring tone.

• If anyone is in a conference call in the list, you cannot call out.

• If the call doesn’t be accepted within 15 seconds, the dialog will disappear and the ring tone will stop.

After the call been accepted, the ring tone would be stopped, and a bar shows the remote name at the top area of the display, an icon shows when collaboration is ON. Furthermore, the display will show Camera 1 Picture-in-Picture. The big window shows remote camera 1 while the small window shows local camera 1. Use video switch to select target video input source for display and collaboration. For details, refer to section “Video switch” (31)

Hang up the call by clicking the icon at the right side of the bar or click the icon in main toolbar.

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Collaboration

When users enable collaboration function, annotations from each site would be shown on both screens, and any change of the video source on display would automatically apply to another site to make sure the users from two sites could see the same content on display.

Collaboration ON Collaboration OFF

Refer to the table below for the displayed content.

Device-A (Local site)

[A ]: content channel (CH1 of Device-A) [a] : camera channel (CH2 of Device-A)

Device-B (Remote site)

[B] : content channel (CH1 of Device-B) [b] : camera channel (CH2 of Device-B)

Device-A

Device-B

Video Source

Description

Local Display

Auto Switch

Description

Local Display

Local content (Local CH1)

[A]

Remote content (Remote CH1)

[A]

Local camera (Local Ch2)

[a]

Remote camera (Remote CH2)

[a]

Local whiteboard

[WB]

Local whiteboard

[WB]

Local playback

[Play]

Remote content (Remote playback)

[Play]

Remote content (Remote CH1)

[B]

Local content (Local CH1)

[B]

Remote camera (Remote CH2)

[b]

Local camera (Local CH2)

[b]

Local content + Remote content (Local CH1+ Remote CH1)

[A+B]

Remote content + Local content (Remote CH1+ Local CH1)

[A+B]

Local content + Remote camera (Local CH1+ Remote CH2)

[A+b]

Remote content + Local camera (Remote CH1+ Local CH2)

[A+b]

Local camera + Remote content (Local CH2+ Remote CH1)

[a+B]

Remote camera + Local content (Remote CH2+ Local CH1)

[a+B]

Local camera + Remote camera (Local CH2+ Remote CH2)

[a+b]

Remote camera + Local camera (Remote CH2+ Local CH2)

[a+b]

Remote camera + Local camera (Remote CH2+ Local CH2)

[b+a]

Remote camera + Local camera (Remote CH2+ Local CH2)

[a+b]

Local content + Remote camera (Local CH1+ Remote CH2)

[A+b]

Remote content + Remote camera (Remote CH1+ Remote CH2)

[A+a]

Remote content + Remote camera (Remote CH1+ Remote CH2)

[B+b]

Local content + Remote camera (Local CH1+ Remote CH2)

[B+a]

After hang-up the phone, the display source will return to CH1 & system will remember the source before the connection built.

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Display layout for Conference

The display will show Picture-in-Picture. Big window for remote camera 1 and small window for local camera 1 video. Meanwhile, the video switch function on toolbar will switch from Camera 2 to remote sources. Allow users to switch remote Content/Camera 1/Picture-in-picture/Content side-by-side/Camera 1 side-by-side/Camera 1 picture-in-picture.

Icon

Description

Display Layout

Local content video (Local CH1)

Full screen

Local camera 1 video (Local CH2)

Full screen

Local whiteboard

Full screen

Remote content video (Remote CH1)

Full screen

Remote camera 1 video (Remote CH2)

Full screen

Local content + remote content (Local CH1 + Remote CH1)

Picture-by-picture

 Left : Local content  Right : Remote content

Local content + remote camera 1 (Local CH1 + Remote CH2)

Picture-by-picture

 Left : Local content  Right : Remote camera 1

Local camera 1 + remote content (Local CH2 + Remote CH1)

Picture-by-picture

 Left : Local camera 1  Right : Remote content

Local camera 1 + remote camera (Local CH2 + Remote CH2)

Picture-by-picture

 Left : Local camera 1  Right : Remote camera 1

Local camera 1 + remote camera 1 (Local CH2 + Remote CH2) *Default layout when conference connected

Picture-in-picture

 Full screen : Remote camera 1  Top-right : Local camera 1

Local content + remote camera 1 (Local CH1 + Remote CH2) *Default layout when conference connected

Picture-in-picture

 Full screen : Local content  Top-right : Remote camera 1

Remote content + camera 1 video (Remote CH1 + CH2)

Picture-in-picture

 Full screen : Remote content  Top-right : Remote camera 1

Content Group

Camera 1 Group

Camera 2 Group

(or Remote)

Whiteboard Group

Remote

Annotation

Using the interactive projectors or touch monitors, the product could allow users to do annotation on still images, videos and a white board. It supports 8 colors and 4 sizes of the width could be selected.

Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Annotation and Pen ON/OFF

OFF: Hide all the annotations and

show mouse cursor only

ON: show all existing annotations

Eraser

Eraser the part mouse move over

Clear all

Clear annotation on display Long click 2 sec. Could pop-out dialog to confirm if clear all annotation for each input source

Pen color 8 colors

Change color to white/ black/ yellow/ blue/ green/ red/ orange/ purple

Pen width 4 sizes

Pen: 3/6/9/12 pixels Eraser: 16/32/48/64 pixels

Default Pen size: 3 pixels Default Eraser size: 64 pixels

[NOTE]

• The product only supports single touch annotation. Multiple-touch behavior may cause un-expected result.

• During the conference mode, the annotation on different video sources would be at the same layer.

Master Audio adjustment

A master volume control bar allows users to mute or adjust the audio volume for the speakers.

Function descriptions:

Layer 1

Layer 2

Function description

Remark

Volume Adjustment

Volume level

Click to show volume bar

Volume bar Show volume level

Click any point on the bar will jump to correspondent level

Mute Mute & Resume

Mute on:

icon become yellow

Mute off:

icon become white

Information Button

Push the Information button on the product front panel could show device information and allow device manager to do VGA H position adjustment, HID calibration, USB control switch and power off.

Info List

Item

Description

Host Name

For network management use

Device Description

ID to show on conference contact list.

IP Address

For accessing to the web control interface

Model

Show the model name of this product

Version

For maintenance or service identification

Brand

Show the manufacturer information about this product

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Mute

Volume Adjust

Volume Bar

Information Button (continued)

Function descriptions:

Button

Information / icons

Function description

Information

Show device information Host Name/ Device Description/ IP Address/ Mode/ Firmware version/ Manufacturer

Power OFF icon Power OFF the product & Projector

External USB Host icon

Click to switch USB HID to external host(ex. PC), HID goes to Host 1(USB Type-B 1) when current video source is CH1, and HID goes to Host 2(USB Type-B 2) when current video source is CH2. Menu ball & Toolbar will disappear after click this icon.

HID Calibration icon See below illustration

VGA H Adjust icon

Adjust the VGA input H offset position

Adjust the VGA input H offset phase

Close icon Close information dialog

HID calibration: some of the interactive projector / touch monitor need to be calibrated before use. Use USB mouse device to click the calibration icon to start. First appears the Touch Module list, select one and then start the calibration process. Use touch pen or finger to click on the center of the red circles/dots one by one. Totally 5 circles/dots, and each circle/dot keep 30 seconds for time out.

[NOTE]

• Both HID Calibration & External USB Host icons appears while HID such as interactive projector or touch monitor connected.

Lecture information import

Users could edit a text file for the lecture(video) information and this information would be recorded together with the video and be uploaded to the video server.

1. Edit the video information based on below instruction and save into the USB storage.

2. The file name should be defined as “lcs_user_config.ini”

3. The data should be written in below format.

Add an arbitrary character string after "=".

[Content Information] Title = Organization = Department = Event_date = Semester = Topic = Level = Audience = Room = Category = Presenter = Section = Description =

4. Insert the USB storage into the product front USB port. The product will recognize the data with

pre-defined format and import the data to combine with recording file and show in video manager UI.

5. After the product read and confirm the data, a dialog will show on GUI.

6. Press Confirm button to continue.

[NOTE]

• Available characters: 1024 Unicode for Description and 256 Unicode for the others.

• If “;” is inserted before the item name, that item will be ignored.

Web Interface

Overview of the Web Interface

The product web interface has three user modes, which are described in detail in the following chapters：

User mode

Description

Administrator

To setup the device, logging into Administrator with default username “admin” and password “lcsadmin”. The admin account provides highest priority to log into all three user modes.

Online Director

For quick start recording and video source switching, logging into Online director mode from the initial login page with default username “director” and password “lcsdirector”. This user also could access to Video Manager web pages and recording related pages in administration.

Video Manager

If you only need to access to the recordings, log in Video Manager with default username “video” and password “lcsvideo”.

Log-in Authorization

Administrator

Online

Director

Video

Manager

Administrator

(Default page)

Online Director

(Video setting page

only)

(Default page)

Video Manager

(Default page)

[NOTE]

Administrator

The Administrator web pages provide a system administration interface of the product：It includes Media I/O, Video, Storage, Scheduler, Upload, Conference, System, Account settings.

NOTICE

Pay attention to the configuration setting. There is a possibility of data deletion and information leak if you make wrong setting.

[NOTE]

• Pay attention to the configuration setting. There is a possibility of data deletion and information leak if you make wrong setting.

• After changing the setting, be sure to back up the configuration file by exporting the configuration file. For details on backing up the configuration file, refer to section “Configuration”. (76)

Media I/O

Media I/O settings help you assign video inputs to each video channel, camera authentication, PTZ control setting and audio related adjustment. The functions within “Media I/O” include the following：

Item

Description

Video inputs

Select video source to do settings, enable/disable video capture sources, change sources icon and assign PTZ control method for each input.

Network device manager

Search & list all the connected network cameras. Camera management including authentication & delete.

PTZ control port

Set the product RS-232 serial port for the control of PTZ cameras or other PTZ devices.

Audio

Adjust the volume and set the audio input gain.

Video inputs

The product is capable to process up to three video inputs at the same time. The name of each input could be defined by administrators; the default value is “Content”, “Cam 1” and “Cam 2”. The icon on display could also be changed (default icons show CH1/CH2/CH3). Click on the icon, one dialog carries all the options would pop up for selection.

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[NOTE]

• Ch2 is dedicated to camera, please assign a camera to Ch2. Assigning other video or content

may cause the video to be distorted or change color.

• The video recorded with this product may not be used without permission by the right owner

under the copyright law.

• When using a device such as a camera, please take responsibility for the subject's privacy,

portrait right, copyright on your responsibility. Appropriately respond to privacy, portrait right, copyright, etc. by getting consent beforehand from the person who becomes the subject at your own risk as necessary. The manufacturer does not assume any responsibility for infringement acts on portrait rights, copyright, etc. using this product, or illegal acts, etc.

Content Group / Cam 1 Group / Cam 2 Group

Video source can be chosen as Video port, Network Camera, or Encoder.

Item

Description

Video port

Check the box to select Video source: The product provides HDMI, VGA and SDI input options.

・ Content Group : can select HDMI 1/ HDMI 2/ HDMI 3/HDMI 4/ VGA ・ Cam-1 Group : can select HDMI 1/ HDMI 2/ HDMI 3/HDMI 4/ SDI 1/ SDI 2

・ Cam-2 Group : can select SDI 3 only While connect with PC via USB type B, it is necessary to assign USB host to be USB 1 or USB 2

Note: For HDMI1~4 port, when anyone be assigned in CH2, it would not show in CH2

for selection.

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Item

Description

Network Camera

Select IP address: Select from the drop-down list of the available cameras which shows authentication OK and also be well connected. Note: A login authentication with the camera might be required. Refer to section “Network camera manager” for more details. (54)

Encoder

Select Protocol: The available options are RTP, RTSP, or RTMP. Enter the primary and secondary URL which provided by the encoder or stream server. Primary stream would be used for recording; where secondary URL would be used for director preview.

PTZ control：The product web interface could control PTZ cameras and provides two control methods, Over IP or via Serial port. Serial port : When PTZ cameras connect with the product via RS-232 port. For detail refer to section “PTZ control port”. (55)

Over IP : The option is available when the network cameras comply with ONVIF profile S.

Advanced configuration

Provide video preview and further configuration of the assigned video input device. After the video input setting is successfully applied, click to enter the advanced configuration page. In the case of a PTZ camera, the 9key directional control panel, zoom in/out bar, and up to 8 preset points are available for control.

No.

Description

①

The preview of the assigned video input.

②

Direction control panel: Click the arrow icons to control camera pan and tilt.

③

Movement speed: Move leftward or rightward to set camera’s moving speed.

④

Zoom in/out: Click the zoom in & out icons or drag the control bar.

⑤

Preset positions: Click the icons to drive camera to the preset position.

⑥

Change preset positions: Click the icon to change the preset positions. Select any of the P01~P08, move the camera to the new position by using the direction control panel and the zoom in/out control. Click Save icon to complete the change or click Cancel icon to give it up.

⑦

Brightness, sharpness, and contrast: Slide the bar left or right to change the camera image settings.

⑧

Visit the camera website icon: Click the icon to enter the camera management webpage. Check camera’s manual for the account name and password, and input them into the pop-up authentication dialog.

⑨

Click icon at upper left corner to return to the last page.

Network camera manager

The Network camera manager page can display/scan the network camera connected to the product. Network cameras connected before product startup are automatically scanned.

You may click Refresh icon to scan again. Click Login icon and the login authentication dialog would pop out.

Enter the username and password of the camera to complete the authentication. The status then changes to OK, which indicates it is available for video input selection.

[NOTE]

• If you fail to find your camera by clicking on “Refresh”, it means the camera may not comply with standard ONVI

F. If the camera supports RTSP streaming, you could try in another way to get the video stream. Select “Signal type” as “Encoder” in the “Video Inputs” and check the camera’s manual to find out camera’s RTSP streaming URL. Then fill in the URL into the encoder setting page.

• If ONVIF authentication of the camera is set to OFF, please press the authentication icon with Username and Password blank.

PTZ control port

The product facilitates the users control PTZ cameras via web interface. Before making any changes on the configuration, please get to know about the RS-232 settings of the assigned PTZ camera. The following information must be identified first

Protocol : Available options are VISCA, PELCO-D, and PELCO-P; Baud rate : 2400, 4800, 9600, and 115200

Audio

Adjust the volume and select the input source. Press Default icon, the volume will be back to factory default.

Input volume control: Adjust the volume of each audio input. The configurable range is 0-125. The volume meter indicates the energy of the current volume. In addition, you can set it to mute by clicking the icon. Click for advanced settings.

In advanced settings, for Line-in, Line-in(Balanced), and Mic-in/Bluetooth, there are 3 levels of gain could be selected.

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Recording volume control: Adjust the volume for recording & streaming. The configurable range is 0-125. The volume meter indicates the energy of the current volume.

Output volume control: Adjust the audio output (via HDMI/Line-out/Bluetooth) volume. Switch Audio output loop through ON/ OFF.

[NOTE]

When speaker is connected via Bluetooth, it will be output in monaural sound.

Video

The Video setting pages provides recording & streaming related configurations. The functions within “Video” include the following：

Item

Description

Recording

Configure recording mode, profile and Index related settings

Streaming

Configure streaming mode, profile and URL.

Content

Edit the video information which could be uploaded/downloaded together with the mp4 file.

Theme

Add the overlay and background images.

Recording

Encoder settings

Item

Description

Recording mode

Available options are MP4 Mixed video only, MP4 Mixed video with original sources and OFF.

Video compression

There are 7 compression profiles for selection (Refer to the table below). Select one to see the detail information at the right side. You may also choose “User defined” for advanced settings.

Front USB recording

Switch between ON/OFF to enable/disable the product front USB recording function. Make sure the connected USB storage can be normally read and written and have enough space for the recording time.

Loop recording

Switch between ON/OFF to enable/disable loop recording function. Click Apply icon at the bottom when configuration finished.

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[NOTE]

• No matter ON/OFF of Front USB recording, users still could save snapshot image when they

insert USB storage into the front port.

• When you record on USB flash drive or USB HDD, it may be playable on other devices.

7 video compression profiles：

Profile name

Video Resolution/ Bitrate

Application description

Full HD

1080p/ 4Mbps

Dynamic scene and large local hard disk recording. Internet Full HD

1080p/ 3Mbps

General scene and medium local hard disk recording.

720p/ 2Mbps

Static scene and small local hard disk recording.

Internet HD

720p/ 1.5Mbps

Live broadcasting through the Internet.

480p/ 800kbps

Static scene for live broadcasting through the Internet.

Mobile SD

480p/ 500kbps

Live broadcasting for portable mobile devices watching.

User defined

Click icon for more options to configure, and click Save icon after making any change.

Index settings:

Item

Description

Add automatically

Select on if you want to add indexes automatically during recording. Refer to the table below for conditions.

Additional condition of index

Add automatically

Functions

Trigger

Only on Presentation tool

Slides changed

Video Switch

Each video switch

Playback mode

Enter/Esc playback mode

Conference mode

Connection start/Hang up

On and off

Menu ball

Snapshot icon

Playback mode

Snapshot icon

Web Director

Snapshot icon

Web Director- Presenter

Input text & press Snapshot icon

Mobile controller

Input text & press Snapshot icon

Video Manager

Add/delete Index

Add prefix to video filename:

Item

Description

Prefix setting

This description would be added to the video filename as a prefix string for Download and Upload.

Streaming

Streaming profile could be independent from recording one. Normally for the smooth of the video stream transferred through network, especially for internet, users may need a smaller bitrate and resolution. Here allow you to change the profile to fit in local network environment.

Encoder settings:

Item

Description

Video compression

There are 7 streaming compression profiles for different resolutions and bitrates. Select a proper one to see the detail information at the right side. Remember to click “Apply” icon after settings finished.

Click

icon

for more options and click “Save”

icon

after making any change.

[NOTE]

• The product does not protect streaming contents. Take security measures by yourself.

• It’s not allowed to choose the resolutions of the streaming larger than recording one. For example, if you already choose HD resolution for recording, then the maximum resolution for streaming profile is HD. No Full HD could be selected.

• About the 7 streaming profiles please refer to section “Recording”. (57)

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Streaming settings:

Item

Description

Live streaming

4 available options for streaming control

OFF : No streaming Together with recording : Streaming control together with recording icons Streaming always : Always streaming after power-on. Independent streaming control : Recording and Streaming are controlled by

independent icons. Streaming start / stop by LIVE icons. It does not work with recording.

URL

Input target streaming server URL into the blank column. For the RTMP stream, some servers provide the server URL and key separately. Please connect server URL and the key together with “/”. Click on for RTMP name/password if necessary.

Protocol

The available protocols on the product are RTP and RTMP, the URL format is as follows： RTMP: In the protocol setting field, copy and paste the Server or Stream URL and Stream name provided by your CDN (Content Delivery Network) or server administrator in the format of rtmp://serverurl/streamkey. RTP: Enter the destination IP address and the port number in the format of rtp://@ip_address:port_number. For example, rtp://@226.10.24.32:7000

[NOTE]

• The LIVE icon exists in Online director and mobile controller. (81, 103)

• Please refer to the server manual for the URL.

Content

The product offers up to 15 user-configurable items for describing content. It includes Title, Organization, Department, Event_Date, Semester, Topic, Level, Audience, Room, Category, Presenter, Section, Descriptions. Only 256 Unicode characters for “Description”; the others are 24 Unicode characters These texts messages will be saved and attached with the recording files.

[NOTE]

This setting would not be applied to the existing recording files, only for the coming recording event. To edit or check the existing files information, refer to section “Video Manager”.(94)

Theme

The product provides three overlays and three backgrounds for selection. Users could design and upload their own image files for more options. Administrator user mode adds and deletes images. Layout to the recording screen is done in Online Director user mode. For details, refer to section “Overlay/Background Selection”. (90)

Item

Description

Overlay

Allow users to select and delete the overlay files. Or click [ ]icon and select the file in the open dialog to upload for more options.

Background

Allow administrators to select and delete the background files.. Click [ ]icon and select the desired file in the Open dialog box.

[NOTE]

• The overlay file must be in PNG format, maximum size 1920px x 1080px.

• The background file must be in PNG format, maximum size 1920px x 1080px.

Storage

Allow administrators to select local storage sources, show embedded disk information and format.

Record disk settings

Item

Description

Local storage

Available options are internal hard disk drive(default) and external USB storage. Select external USB storage to save recording files to a USB hard disk connected with the product rear USB port.

Disk information

Show disk information, available storage space and total capacity. Click Format: The product allows administrator to connect external USB storage via rear USB port to replace internal HDD. However, to work the same as internal HDD, this USB storage must be format for the product access, read/write as a better efficiency and performance.

NOTICE

• This product supports only Partition style MBR. As GPT is not supported, it is not possible to connect GPT format HDD or USB storage.

[NOTE]

• Because format function will overwrite all the existing data saved in HDD, make sure all the data is backup well or deleted before clicking the icon.

• Please upload the data recorded with this product to the server within 24 hours. HDD is for temporary storage. Manufacturers do not guarantee data. Therefore, when recording important scenes, record with two products and record backup data. For details on uploading data, refer to section “Upload”. (67)

• The product supports USB storage formatted with FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, or EXT4. And the

product supports USB storage of 2TB or less.

Scheduler

Support 3 kinds of schedule/calendar import for scheduled recording. Available options are Scheduling via Opencast server, Manual Calendar import, and Periodic Calendar import.

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Schedule settings

Item

Description

Scheduling via Opencast server

Leverage scheduling interface on Opencast server, the product will synchronize with Opencast server periodically. Enter the Capture agent name、Username、Password and iCalendar URL in these fields. Capture agent name: the ID to recognize the product on Opencast platform Username: Opencast user account Password: Opencast user password URL: Opencast server URL

1. Click Apply. The product will try to connect with Opencast server then show successful message. If it show failed, please check the network condition or contact the manager of the opencast server.

2. Go to Opencast server’s administration interface and double check if the product is correctly registered on Opencast.

Manual Calendar import

Importing iCalendar files manually

1. Click Import. An Open window pops up.

2. Select an iCalendar file from the PC to import. The file must have a *.ics file extension. Click open icon to confirm.

3. Click Apply to import. The event schedule would be added and appears in the calendar on the Scheduled Events page.

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Item

Description

Periodic Calendar import

Importing iCalendar files automatically Fill in the iCalendar URL. Click Apply. The assigned schedule would be added and shows in the calendar on the Scheduled Events page.

[NOTE]

The product scheduler cannot include cycling events, only accept one-time event. Furthermore, Scheduler also cannot allow more than 2 events to start at the same time. When two events’ time periods are partially overlapped, the product would only pick the earlier one and drop the other.

Click ：Open Scheduled Events page.

Content information: When users set content information in platform’s interface, it will be synchronized to the product’s content info and attach with the video after the recording.

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Opencast

iCAL

The product content info.

Title

SUMMARY

Title

Description

DESCRIPTION

Description

Location = Capture Device = Device Description

LOCATION

Room Presenter (1st)

1. ATTENDEE (mail to)

2. ORGANIZER (mail to)

Presenter Start

DTSTART

Start_Time

End

DTEND

End_Time

Recording interruption

While recording by schedule, you cannot stop recording from the front panel button and the toolbar. To stop recording by schedule, click Stop.

Upload

The product allows administrators to set a target server as the destination for recording files uploading. Connection test is the icon for testing after the setting completed.

Item

Description

Auto upload

Select from “OFF” or enable uploading "After recording is completed”. Followings to be configured according to the upload destination.

Mode

Select network server type: FTP/SFTP/Kaltura/Panopto/OpenCast HTTP/OpenCast HTTPS For the operation method of Kaltura / Panopto / OpenCast, refer to the manual of each service.

IP address, port, or domain name

Fill in server information

Folder

Assign the folder name as the uploading destination.

Authentication

Select authentication type. Normal or Anonymous

Connection test

Click the Connection test icon and the product will try to connect the server and show the result.

Click Apply after the settings are completed. The upload status/result will be shown in the Video Manager web pages. (94)

Conference

The product supports one-on-one conferencing function. Users in two different locations could communicate with each other by two product devices via internet or intranet. For the settings, it follows server-clients structure. Max. 100 products can join one internal service unit (including itself), 99 other products will show on contact list, and only one conference connection allowed at the same time. As a service server, this product needs to be assigned as “Internal” from the drop down list. When act as a client, the other product need to be set as “external”.

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Conference settings:

Item

Description

Conference service

Internal: Set the product as conference server, the port number is 5070. Contact list : List all the other products connected to this product. Click "Clear All" to clear all the registered products. The contact list would be blank until administrators registered new units.

external : Set the product as client. IP address : Fill in the conference server’s IP address. Port : Fill in the same number as the Internal conference server’s port number

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Encoder settings

Item

Description

Video compression

The compression profiles of the conferencing could be different from recording and streaming. Conferencing stream has another 7 profiles for selection. Select one to see the detail information at the right side. You may also choose “User defined” for advanced settings.

7 video compression profiles of conferencing：

Profile name

Video Resolution/ Bitrate

Application description

Internet Full HD

1080p/ 3Mbps

Dynamic scene and good bandwidth for high resolution & quality of audio/video.

Conference Full HD

1080p/ 1.5Mbps

General scene and enough bandwidth for high resolution video.

Internet HD

720p/ 1.5Mbps

Static scene and enough bandwidth for HD resolution video.

Conference HD

720p/ 1.2Mbps

Fit to normal network environment with HD resolution video.

480p/ 800kbps

Limited bandwidth with acceptable resolution & audio/video quality.

Mobile SD

480p/ 500kbps

Limited bandwidth with acceptable resolution.

User defined

Click icon for more options to configure, and click Save icon after making any change.

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Service information

Item

Description

Device description

Displays the Device description of the product. This is the device name displayed in the contact list. Device description can be changed. For details, refer to “System settings”. (72)

Conference version

Conference version is displayed.

System

System function page includes basic settings and the information of this device. The functions within “System” include the following：

Item

Description

System setting

Contains device identification, date and time configuration, and booting settings

Network

IP assignment for network connection

Configuration

Export /Import the configuration & Reset

Service

Displays the current firmware version, and provides web-based way to update firmware, download system log, and restart.

Display

Settings related to local display/projector

System settings Device identification

Allow administrator to change the host name and description. Remember to click “Apply” in the bottom area.

Item

Description

Host Name

As a network device, the product would be identified by other network devices by host name.

Device description

For conferencing function, this product will be identified as this description.

Show other system information

Brand, Model, Serial number & MAC address.

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Date and Time: Show current time, set time zone and select time setting mode.

Item

Description

Device current date and

time

Show current time in format of YYYY-MM-DD hh-mm-ss Time zone

Drop list for manual or auto select the time zone.

Setting mode

NTP service: Users could use default URL or input own NTP server URL.

Manually set: Users could press the icon to synchronize with PC or manually input date and time. Set Date & Time: Click on to call calendar for setting. Or click on the time blank to get the cursor and use keyboard to key in directly.

• : Switch to time setting page

• : Close the window. If users click on other area outside this window,

also the window will be closed.

• : Switch to previous/next month or year

• Chose any date to assign the date information

• Click on “Month Year”, will switch to Month setting page.

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Item

Description

Setting mode (Continued)

• : Switch to date setting page

• : Increase/decrease the number of the time. Or click on the

number will show numbers for selection. For the hours is from 00~23. For the minutes and seconds, the options use “5” as the interval. Totally 12 numbers to choose.

Boot image:

Item

Description

Boot image

Change the boot screen image file. The boot screen is the image you will see when booting up the device. Click Browse icon and select the image file from your PC to upload. Then click “Apply”

[NOTE]

The boot screen file must be in PNG format, maximum size 1920x1080px.

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Power:

Item

Description

Power mode

Select Boot-up with power button or Boot-up on AC power. Boot-up with power button : Boot-up by pressing the power button as a trigger. Boot-up on AC power : Boot-up by plug-in AC power directly as a trigger.

Network

The default IP assignment mode is DHCP, which means the product would automatically try to obtain an IP Address from a router or any other DHCP server. It also allows administrator to assign a static/fixed IP address manually.

Item

Description

IP assignment

Select DHCP to be dispatched IP address by a router or any DHCP server being connected; or Select Static IP and fill in the IP address / subnet mask / default gateway/ DNS server.

[NOTE]

The system will automatically reboot to complete the network settings. Login the updated new IP

address after the system restarts.

Configuration

For the ease of installation, the product supports export/import the configuration values.

Item

Description

Export

Choose from “All configurations” or “specific items only” to export the *.config. This file would be saved in administrator’s PC. When “All configurations” is selected, all settings excluding the Network setting are exported.

Import

Select a *.config file from administrator’s PC to import the configuration into the product. After import, the original settings will be overwritten.

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Item

Description

Reset

Reset to factory default. Check if you want to keep your network settings, and click “Reset”. The dialog pop out and ask you “System will reboot after updating, continue?” Make sure the system is not busy and click “Confirm” to start reset.

[NOTE]

The configuration file contains important items of the system. Please, handle with care.

Service

This page shows the device firmware version. Provide this information together with firmware version & log files to the service center when your product cannot work properly.

Firmware version:

Item

Description

MCU version

MCU version is for service use only.

Bluetooth module

Show the embedded Bluetooth module firmware version.

Firmware

When updating Firmware, click “Update" to select the firmware file from your PC. Click “Open” to confirm and “Apply” to start firmware updating process. System will reboot automatically when the firmware update is completed. It might take a few minutes. Until the menu ball and toolbar appear again, it’s ready for use.

Service data

Log file is used for problem analysis while the product cannot work properly. Export the log file to your PC and send to the service center for further investigation. Totally 3 files would be downloaded. Including device configuration data, service data, and debug log.

Restart Device

Allow the administrator to restart the device at remote site via network connection. Make sure the device is not in use or busy before restart. After click on Restart icon, one warning dialog would pop up to ask if you want to continue. Click Confirm to restart.

NOTICE

Do not shutdown / power off the system during firmware updating. It may cause un-reversible damage on the device.

Display

Select the language of on-screen graphic interface & the output resolution

Item

Description

On-screen language

Select the language of on-screen graphic interface.

Turn on/off the GUI

Show / Hide menu ball, toolbar, and annotation layer on the display Resolution mode

Display the output resolution.

Projector control

Protocol:

 None  TCP: Select between Hitachi and PJLink projectors

IP address: IP address of projector Password: Password of projector

 RS-232: only support Hitachi / maxell projector

Account

This webpage provides the account management of three user types.

Item

Description

Administrator

Allow to access Web Administrator/Online Director/Video Manager. Input username and new password, and then input password again to make sure it is correct.

Online Director

Allow to access Online Director/Video Manager/Video item of Administrator. Input username and new password, and then input password again to make sure it is correct.

Video Manager

Allow to access Video Manager. Input username and new password, and then input password again to make sure it is correct.

[NOTE]

• Be sure to change the user name and password of the Administrator / Online Director / Video Manager

after first logging in to the administrator page. Please be careful in managing user name and password. For details, refer to section "Account". (80)

• User name character: 4~16 characters, ASCII code, only accept a~z, A~Z, 0~9, no space allowed

• Password character: 8~16 characters ASCII code, only accept a~z, A~Z, 0~9, no space allowed

Online Director

Online Director webpage provides users to do recording & streaming controls. Including recording start/pause/stop; snapshot; camera and audio control; overlay, background and vide source switching. Login the Online Director webpage via [Administrator] by clicking the icon ; or log in with the initial login page with default username “director” and password “lcsdirector”.

Director Page

Allow users to do basic recording control and some.

Please refer to below table for the function description.

Item

Function Description

Remark

Online Director indicator

Device description

Could be configurable in Administrator webpage, indicates the device description. For the setting refer to section “System settings”(72)

Director tag

4 Cameraman tag

For details refer to section “Cameraman Page”(92)

Presenter tag

For details refer to section “Presenter Page” (93)

Switch to administration webpage without log-in

If using administrator to log-in, can access whole administration function tags. If using director to log-in, only access Video Settings tag. For details refer to section “Overview of the Web Interface”.(47)

Switch to Video Manager without log-in.

For managing and playback recorded videos

Exit

Logout Online Director webpage

Video Title

Title of the content that is being/ or going to be recorded and streamed

USB drive capacity

Would be converted into remaining time for recording

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Item

Function Description

Remark

Internal HDD capacity

Would be converted into remaining time for recording If loop recording function enable, there will show an icon

Preview

For both recording and streaming

Recording status and timer

Link icon

This icon appears only when user choose “Streaming with recording mode” and click start recording icon

Live-streaming indicator

Live-streaming ON=> appear Live-streaming OFF=> disappear

Live icon (Start streaming)

Only be enable when steaming & recording control separately. For details refer to section “Streaming” (60)

Start recording

Recording Pause

While pause, the change of layouts/overlay/background would be invalid.

Stop recording

*All above four recording control icons(from 16~19) will disappear and replace by a scheduling icon

when scheduling function enable

Snapshot

To get a snapshot image and automatically add an Index while recording

Audio volume meter

Indicates the audio volume of the content being recorded and streamed.

Auto layout functions

For details refer to section “Auto Layout” (84)

Manual layout functions

For details refer to section “Manual Layout” (90)

Overlay image selection

For details refer to section “Overlay/Background Selection” (90)

Background image selection

For details refer to section “Overlay/Background Selection” (90)

Audio volume control

For details refer to section “Audio Volume Control” (91)

Function control panel

For item 22 to 26

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[NOTE]

If the following figure is displayed, the director cannot check the image.

In order to check the image, please click the Download icon and download FBVLC plugin installer according to the screen instructions.

Unzip the downloaded installer and run the installer file.

Follow the instructions on the screen to install FBVLC plugin. After installation completed, re-open the browser and video will show in the Window.

Temporarily stop the firewall and anti-virus software etc. during installation. Some of software interfere with the installation of plugins.

Suggested SW environment: Internet Explorer 11(Windows 10), Safari 10(macOS Sierra)

Recording Controls

Auto Layout

Allow users to select 1 out of 12 layout templates and system will automatically assign content source, camera 1 source, camera 2 source in different windows.

• Avoid same source appears in two windows and make content as biggest one.

- When the layout has only 1 source, then no auto-layout happens.

- When the layout has 2 video sources, if the main window is switched to CH2(camera 1), then another camera window will be replaced with CH1(content) source.

- When the layout has 3 video sources, and the main window is switched to an existing source which

already in another window. To avoid from double video, the system will automatically pick another available source to fill into the other window.

Auto layout assign rule:

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window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

Main

window

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Manual Layout

Allow users to select 1 out of 12 layout templates(same as auto layout) and manually assign display source, content source, camera 1 source, camera 2 source in different windows.

• Click each window to set video source cycling by display (with annotation), CH1 , CH2 , CH3 , and the video from remote site .

• Click [Apply] icon would change the current recording & streaming layout.

• Once users click auto layout or change layout by display toolbar, manual layout function will be

invalid.

[NOTE]

Basically all the layouts are applied as aspect ratio except two layouts.

The 2 small windows in layout and are applied as fit to all.

Overlay/Background Selection

Allow users to select 1 out of max. 5 overlay/background images for recording & streaming

• Overlay image will be mixed on the top of the video

• Background image will be mixed on the bottom of the video

Overlay image selection Background image selection

Audio Volume Control

Includes 4 inputs and 1 output for adjustment.

• HDMI for CH1 input (125 levels)

• HDMI for CH2 input (125 levels)

• Line-in/Mic-in/Bluetooth mixed input (125 levels)

• Streaming/Conference input (125 levels)

• Recording/Streaming mixed output (125 levels)

Move the bar leftward and rightward to adjust the volume. Click on the speaker icon could switch between mute and resume.

Cameraman Page

Cameraman provides users to do PTZ control of every assigned camera.

This webpage provides the following features and information about:

Item

Function Description

Remark

Directional control panel

Click the arrow icons to move the camera.

Movement speed

Move leftward or rightward to set slower or faster the camera is moving.

Zoom in/out

Click the icon or drag on the control bar.

Preset positions

Click the icons to command that the camera go to the preset position. For details on registering the preset position, refer to section “Advanced configuration” (53).

Recording layout indicator

Show current recording layout 6

Channel selection

Select between Content CH1/Cam1 CH2/Cam2 CH3

Source monitor window

Display live video of each channel source.

[NOTE]

• From No.1~4 items are enable only when the video source been configured for PTZ control, refer to section “Content Group / Cam 1 Group / Cam 2 Group” (51)

• When in playback mode, CH1 video would be black; when in conferencing mode, CH3 will be black, and show a still image as below.

Presenter Page

This webpage helps the presenter do video source switch, snapshot, toolbar control ON/OFF and USB switch from the remote site.

Below table shows the function description:

Item

Function Description

Remark

Switch USB HID to external host devices

Product’s menu ball and toolbar on screen will disappear when switch to external hosts(PC), and come back when the USB control switch back.

Toolbar switch

Open/Hide Menu ball & toolbar on local display

Audio output adjustment

Adjust master out volume of local audio output

Index with text

Fill in text for Index title insertion

Snapshot

Click to get a snapshot manually, and insert an Index with filled text while recording

Display Video source switch

Switch video source on display, only one source can be selected at the same time. CH3 group will be replaced by remote group when conferencing. Video source icons are the same as main toolbar on display.

Collaboration ON/OFF

In conferencing mode, switch ON to make both sides see the same display content and annotation. Switch off would make both side control separately.

[NOTE]

Only item 3 audio would be saved after reboot.

Video Manager

The product Video Manager provides basic management functions for the video files stored in the internal HDD or external USB hard drive. The videos are listed in descending order by the recording time. Login the Video Manager webpage via [Administrator] or [Online Director] by clicking the icon; or log in with the initial login page with default username “video” and password “lcsvideo”. The Video Manager includes the following features: upload, download, delete, playback, edit recording information and Index title.

[NOTE]

Video Manager would be invalid during the recording. After recording stop, refresh this page to restore the Video Manager page.

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Below table shows the function description:

Item

Function Description

Remark

Video Manager indicator

2 Device description

3 Select video list

Recording

Select photo list

Snapshot

Switch to administration webpage without log-in

If users log in with Video Manager ID/PW, this icon will not be shown for click because this account and password cannot visit administration webpage.

Switch to Online Director webpage without log-in

If users log in with Video Manager ID/PW, this icon will not be shown for click because this account and password cannot visit Online Director webpage.

Exit

Log out Video Manager webpage.

Storage capacity

Show used & total HDD space

Upload

Upload selected files to backup server

Download

Download selected files to PC

Delete

Delete selected files

Video file

Show thumbnail image and video information

Check box

For file selection

Thumbnail

File name

Creating time

Video length

File size

Page indicator

Show file list page number

Upload indicator

: Upload successful : Upload failed : In the queue : Uploading

Upload the recording file to server

Select the files and click to upload. The upload destination is pre-configured in administrator webpage. For details refer to section “Upload”(67) The product arranges the upload sequence automatically and indicates the upload status/result on the corresponding files. The following indicators are used：

Download the recording file to PC

Select the files and click to download. The videos would be saved in your computer in the format of *.mp4. Meanwhile, the data sets of each video would also be compressed and downloaded at the same time. These are saved to the default download location used by your browser. The selected recording video may be more than one .mp4 files if that was recorded in MP4 Mixed video/Original sources mode.

Delete the recoding file

Recording files can be deleted manually to make space for new recordings. Select the files and click to delete. A confirmation dialog popup to ask for the confirmation. Click “Confirm” to permanently remove the files from mounted HDD. The list may not be updated immediately. Refresh the webpage to show the updated list.

Playback the video file

Click the file for playback, and you will be directed to the content information page. Use the control panel at the bottom of the playback window to watch the video. There might be more than one files listed under the window if the content is recorded in MP4 Mixed video/ Original source mode. Select the single channel source for playback by clicking on the thumbnail. The title used for Mixed video is “Movie”. To download MP4 Mixed video file, select the file by the check box and click “Download” icon. The file size being downloaded would be shown within the icon.

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Below table shows the function description:

Item

Function Description

Remark

Back to video list

2 Channel name

Movie or Content or Cam1 or Cam2

Recording date and time

4 Content information

Refer to section “Edit the content information” (97)

Index list

Refer to section “Edit/Add Index” (98)

Delete/edit Index

Refer to section “Edit/Add Index” (98)

Add Index

Refer to section “Edit/Add Index” (98)

Playback window and control panel

Each Index will be shown as a dot on playback time bar. Drag the bar to skip to playback

Mixed & single channel video sources list

Click thumbnail to switch playing different channel sources, and check the box for download. Both mixed and each channel source videos will generate thumbnail automatically. The thumbnail of each channel source will be determined by the first recording second of an assigned video source.

Data set

Check the box to download. Users would get a zipped file with the file name: DataSet.zip. Un-zip the file would get Index information, Index/snapshot images, and the thumbnail of each video.

Download

Edit the content information

Select video file to preview the content information. Edit on existing text or fill in new information in the content fields. Click Apply to save the changes. This content information belongs to each video as kind of meta-data, and could be downloaded as part of the data set or uploaded to 3rd party server.

Edit/Add Index

Select the video file and click on Index to preview all Index took during the recording. Click Edit icon to edit Index title as below illustrations. Or click the trash can icon to delete.

To add a new Index: Move the bar of the video player in the playback window and find the target time to add the Index. Click [Add Index] button and open the dialog with following features and information:

1. Show the thumbnail of the Index.

2. Show the target time of the Index which should be the same with the time stopped on the video player.

3. Fill in the title of the Index.

4. Click [Apply] to insert the new Index into the existing list.

Photo/Snapshot List & Preview

No matter snapshot done by manually or automatically, all the image files would be listed and could be managed in the Photo List as below. Click tag in Video Manager to switch from video list to photo list. All the image files are archived in folders by daily base. Each folder shows the established date, image numbers and the folder size. Same as the video list, all the folders are listed in descending order by the established date. Check the box to select the folders to upload/download and delete.

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Click thumbnail on photo/snapshot list, photo preview dialog will show.

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