Polar Industries IP Video Control Center User Manual

Software

IP Video Control Center

v1.36.03

User’s Manual

Table of Contents

1.Getting Started______________________________________________________1

Recommended System Requirements____________________________________1 Start IP Video Control Center ____________________________________________ 2 Exit IP Video Control Center _____________________________________________ 3 Check IP Video Control Center Version___________________________________ 4

2.User Interface ______________________________________________________5

Understanding the Preview Screen_______________________________________ 5 Understanding the Playback Screen _____________________________________ 7 Operate on Preview/Playback Window with Mouse________________________8

3.Jump Start IP Video Control Center ___________________________________12

Assign a camera to a preview window___________________________________12 Camera Connection Status _____________________________________________ 13 Camera Disconnection Status __________________________________________14 Camera Video Loss Status _____________________________________________ 15 Configure a camera ____________________________________________________16

Camera Configuration _________________________________________________________18 Motion Detection Setting_______________________________________________________20

PTZ Control Setting ____________________________________________________ 21 Disconnect the camera_________________________________________________ 22

4.Preview Mode _________________________ ____________ ____________ ____23

Preview Window _______________________________________________________ 23 Activate the Media Window_____________________________________________ 24 Operations over preview window _______________________________________25 Preview Window _______________________________________________________ 27

Media Indicator ______________________________________________________________27 IP Quad preview display _______________________________________________________29 Stretch Video Size to Fit Preview Window _________________________________________30

Capture Screenshot ___________________________________________________________31

Advanced Preview _____________________________________________________ 32 Arrange preview window with cameras__________________________________34 View Manager Panel ___________________________________________________35

5.Record Mode ______________________________________________________36

Record Mode __________________________________________________________36 Manual Record Operation ______________________________________________ 37 Background Record Operation _________________________________________38 Schedule Record Operation ____________________________________________ 40 Repeat Recording Operation____________________________________________ 41

6.Playback Mode ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____42

Playback Panel ________________________________________________________ 42

Open Video File______________________________________________________________43 Media Control Panel Operations _________________________________________________44 Media Playback Window_______________________________________________________46 Capture Playback Screenshot____________________________________________________47

Search Playback Files by Events________________________________________48

Event Search List_____________________________________________________________49

7.PTZ Control Panel _________________________________________________50

Pan, Tilt, Zoom Operation ______________________________________________ 50 PTZ Preset Position Operation__________________________________________ 52 Add New PTZ Protocol _________________________________________________54

8.Motion Detection___________________________________________________57

Motion Detection Setup, step by step ___________________________________57

Normal IP cam/Video server ____________________________________________________57 IP Quad ____________________________________________________________________58

Example A: A correct Motion Detection Setup ___________________________63

Indoor______________________________________________________________________63 Outdoor ____________________________________________________________________65

Examples B: Motion Detection III Setup Correctly ________________________67

9.Setup IP Video Control Center________________________________________69

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Setup Dialog___________________________________________________________69 Setup Category ________________________________________________________ 70 Setup Category Dialog Box_____________________________________________71 Camera Setup Dialog Box ______________________________________________72 Camera Setup Dialog Box in Video Server/IP cam________________________74 Quad OSD Setup Dialog Box____________________________________________76 PTZ Setup Dialog Box__________________________________________________ 77 Recording Dialog Box__________________________________________________ 80 Schedule recording ____________________________________________________82 Digital I/O Dialog Box __________________________________________________83 Motion Detection Dialog Box ___________________________________________ 85

Normal IP camera/video serve r __________________________________________________85 IP Quad ____________________________________________________________________88

Notification Dialog Box_________________________________________________89 User Account Dialog Box_____________________________________________ __91 System Dialog Box_____________________________________________________ 93

Appendix-A PTZ protocol____________________________________________95

Table of Figures

Figure 1. Input User ID and Password ............................................................................ 2

Figure 2. Exit IP Video Control Center........................................................................... 3

Figure 3. Check IP Video Control Center Version.......................................................... 4

Figure 4. IP Video Control Center Preview Window...................................................... 5

Figure 5. IP Video Control Center Playback Window.................................................... 7

Figure 6. Enable / Disable the Toolbar............................................................................ 8

Figure 7. Double Click on the Video Screen to Enlarge Window...................................9

Figure 8. Enlarge Window............................................................................................... 10

Figure 9. Enlarge and Stretched Window........................................................................ 11

Figure 10. Select Preview Window and Camera..................... .... .................................... 12

Figure 11. Camera Connection Status............................................................................. 13

Figure 12. Message Indicates Disconnection Status........................................................ 14

Figure 13. Message Indicates Video Loss....................................................................... 15

Figure 14. Click Configure Camera Button................... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... ...................... 16

Figure 15. Please Setup Camera Information First............... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 17

Figure 16. Ask User to Load Setup Page......................................................................... 17

Figure 17. Camera Setup Dialog Box...... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ......................... 18

Figure 18. Preview Window Toolbar .......................................... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 19

Figure 19. Motion Detection Indicator Enabled.............................. ... .... ... .... .... ... ...........20

Figure 20. Motion Detection Indicator Enabled.............................. ... .... ... .... .... ... ...........20

Figure 21. PTZ Indicator On .......................... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ......................... 21

Figure 22. Disconnect the Camera ..................................................... .... ... ...................... 22

Figure 23. Preview Window Operation............................ .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 23

Figure 24. Activate a Preview Window................. .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 24

Figure 25. Active Media Manager............... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 25

Figure 26. Preview Window Indicators............................ .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .......27

Figure 27. Preview Window Indicators............................ .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .......29

Figure 28. Stretch Video Window to Fit Preview Window.................... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 30

Figure 29. Capture Screenshot............................ .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ..............31

Figure 30. Camera Setup............................................... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ......................... 32

Figure 31. Advanced Preview Window....... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 33

Figure 32. Assign a Camera to a Preview Window... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 34

Figure 33. Preview Mode ............................... .... ... .... ...................................................... 35

Figure 34. Manual Recording Operation.................................. ... .... ... .... ......................... 37

Figure 35. Background Recording Operation.................................................................. 38

Figure 36. Schedule Recording Operation....................................................................... 40

Figure 37. Repeat Recording Operation................. ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 41

Figure 38. Playback Panel................................................ .... .... ... .... ................................ 42

Figure 39. Open Media File.............................................................................................43

Figure 40. Media Control Panel ....... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... ............................. 44

Figure 41. Media Playback Window............................................... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 46

Figure 42. Capture Playback Screenshot....................... ... .... .... ... .... ... ............................. 47

Figure 43. Search Event...................................... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... ............................. 48

Figure 44. Event Search List .................................. ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ................................ 49

Figure 45. PTZ Control Panel.................................... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... ............................. 50

Figure 46. PTZ Preset Panel............................... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ......................... 52

Figure 47. Add New PTZ Protocol Setup.................................... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 54

Figure 48. Input New PTZ Protocol Name...................................... ... ........ ... .... ... .... ... .... 54

Figure 49. Choose the New PTZ Protocol.......................................................................55

Figure 50. Go to Preview Mode and Test New PTZ Protocol......................................... 56

Figure 51. Normal IP camera/ Video server motion Detection Setup Box .....................57

Figure 52. IP Quad Motion Detection Setup Box............................................................ 58

Figure 53. Save Successfully. .... ... .... .... ................................................................ .... .... ... 59

Figure 54. Motion Detection Setting is saved to Firmware............................................. 60

Figure 55. Motion Detection Preview ................... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... ..................61

Figure 56. Motion Detection Function Running.......................... .... ... .... ... .... .... ..............62

Figure 57. Enable Indoor Full Screen Motion Detection Function .................................63

Figure 58. Enable Indoor Regional Motion Detection Function..................................... 64

Figure 59. Enable Outdoor Motion Detection Function..................................................65

Figure 60. Regional Motion Detection Function Running.............................................. 66

Figure 61. Enable Regional Motion Detection I and II ...................................................67

Figure 62. Enable Regional Motion Detection III........................................................... 68

Figure 63. Setup IP Video Control Center Parameters....................................................69

Figure 64. Setup Category.............................. .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... 70

Figure 65. Setup Dialog Box Operation .......................................................................... 71

Figure 66. Camera Setup Dialog Box...... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ......................... 72

Figure 67. Camera Setup on Video Server Dialog Box...................... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 74

Figure 68. IP Quad OSD setup Dialog Box..................................................................... 76

Figure 69. PTZ Setup Dialog Box............................. .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... ...........78

Figure 70. Recording Setup Dialog Box . .... ... .... .... ......................................................... 80

Figure 71. Schedule recording Dialog Box ..................................................................... 82

Figure 72. Digital I/O Dialog Box.......................................................... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... 83

Figure 73. Normal IP camera /video server Motion Detection Setup Dialog Box.......... 85

Figure 74. Full Screen Motion Detection Setup............ ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 87

Figure 75. IP Quad mtion Detection Setup Box.............................................................. 88

Figure 76. Notification Setup Dialog Box............................................................ .... .... ... 89

Figure 77. User Account Dialog Box............. .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... 91

Figure 78. Default Permission Control............................................................................ 92

Figure 79. System Dialog Box ......... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... ...................... 93

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1 Getting Started

Recommended System Requirements

Minimum recommended system requirement for IP Video Control Center include:

CPU RAM Motherboard VGA Display Card

LAN Card OS

IDE HDD CD-ROM

Required Utilities Video Resolution

IMPORTANT: For security reason, the operating system has to be patched with latest

security updates. Refer to http://www.microsoft.com/security for latest security updates.

NOTE: Required utilities can be accessed in the bundled CD.

Intel Pentium-4 3.0G or above (FSB 800)

≥1 GB DDR2-533 Memory

915 chip set or above

ATI PCI-Express Card (128MB on board, ATI MX300

GPU)

10/100 Mbps (Intel Chip Set)

Windows XP SP2

Windows 2000 with SP4 or above

Seagate 40 GB 7200 RPM

32X

FFDShow, DirectX 9.0b or later hardware acceleration SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution, 32-bit color

Start IP Video Control Center

To start IP Vide o Contr ol C enter™ , do uble- click the I P Vid eo Co ntrol C enter ico n on the desktop.

IMPORTANT: To avoid problems and conflicts in the video subsystem, run only

one IP Video Control Center at a time. Do not run multiple IP Video Control Center’s concurrently.

After double-clicking IP Video Control Center icon on the desktop, you will see a message, please input User ID and Password to login.

Figure 1. Input User ID and Password

1. Please input the User ID and Password to login. Default User ID is

Admin, password is 123456.

Exit IP Video Control Center

To exit IP Video Control Center™, click the button or hit ESC key.

Figure 2. Exit IP Video Control Center

Check IP Video Control Center Version

It’s important to know your Control Center version. You can use this version number and find out its function and limitation of this version. Beside, be sure to give your technical contact your software version number any time you report a problem.

Figure 3. Check IP Video Control Center Version

1. Click on the here to check version

2. About US Dialog Box

3. Version Number

4. Released Date

2 User Interface

IP Video Control Ce nter is design ed with an user-f riendly inter face, and deploy ed with minimal training. It is consisted 3 different screen: Preview screen, playback screen and setup screen. You can select these screen from the at the upper right corner of Control Center.

Understanding the Preview Screen

IP Video Control Center preview screen consists of several items.

Figure 4. IP Video Control Center Preview Window

1. IP Video Control Center version: This panel displays related information on the IP Video Control Center version.

2. Active Media Manager window.

3. Media Window: This window links to the media source, including a live video stream from network or video stream from file.

4. Media Quick-launch Button: Indicates the listing of connected media

: This panel operates on the active media

source; by clicking the button, the selected media source will be activated.

5. View Manager: Change different view template.

6. Preview Panel: Change to preview mode.

7. Playback Panel: Change to playback mode.

8. Setup Panel: System configuration and setups.

9. Camera Information: Lists the information about the camera selected.

10. Quad Control Panel: When connected to an IP Quad server, you can use this panel to control the video display.

11. PTZ Control Panel

: Sends PTZ command to connected device.

Understanding the Playback Screen

IP Video Control Center playback screen consists of several parts.

Figure 5. IP Video Control Center Playback Window

1. Thumbnail: The window lists the thumbnail files captured by the user.

2. Bookmark: This window lists the bookmark files defined by the user.

3. Media Playback Panel advanced operation over media file, including play forward, rewind, play speed, frame-by-frame play forward and rewind.

TIPS: Alarm/Event includes Motion Detection Event Î , Digital I/O Event Î

, Alarm Î , and Bookmark Event Î.

: Media playback panel contains basic and

Operate on Preview/Playback Window with Mouse

Click Left Mouse Key: Activate Window

This action will activate the preview or playback window.

Click Right Mouse Key: Enable / Disable Toolbar

This action will enable or disable the preview window toolbar.

Figure 6. Enable / Disable the Toolbar

1. Enable the Toolbar

2. Disable the Toolbar

Double Click Left Mouse Key: Enlarge Window

This action will enlarge the window or restore the enlarged window to its original size.

Figure 7. Double Click on the Video Screen to Enlarge Window

1. Click on the video screen to enlarge window

Figure 8. Enlarge Window

2. Click on the stretch button to stretch the video size to fit the

window size

Figure 9. Enlarge and Stretched Window

IMPORTANT: When the preview window is stretched and enlarged, the CPU

loading will be increased to decode the MPEG-4 stream.

3 Jump Start IP Video Control Center

Before using IP Video Control Center, the user has to setup the necessary configurations in IP Video Control Center. This section starts with adding a camera.

Assign a camera to a preview window

Figure 10. Select Preview Window and Camera

1. Click a preview window

2. Click on the camera number

Camera Connection Status

To check if a preview is connected with a camera, please check the camera connection stat us.

Figure 11. Camera Connection Status

1. indicates that the preview window is connected to a window

indicates that the preview window is not connected to a window

3. indicates that the preview window is connected to a camera

4. indicates that the preview window is not connected to a camera

Camera Disconnection Status

If the network loses when previewing, a message will be at the top of the preview shown indicating the status.

NOTE: System will try to reconnect to Video Server after 20 sec, if failed,

System will continue to reconnect every 20sec..

Figure 12. Message Indicates Disconnection Status

Camera Video Loss Status

If Video loss occurs, an indication message will be shown.

NOTE: System will try to check video every 20 sec before the video is back.

Figure 13. Message Indicates Video Loss

1. Title bar displays Video Loss Detect.

2. The

Video Loss event is triggered and logged.

Configure a camera

This section shows you how to configure the camera information.

Click Configure Camera Button

Figure 14. Click Configure Camera Button

1. Activate a preview window by clicking on the designated preview window

2. Click on camera number to activate the preview window

3. When the preview window is activated, the toolbar will be displayed in blue

color

TIPS: Active preview window:

Non-active preview window:

4. Click on the Configure Camera button

to configure the camera

information

TIPS: If no camera is selected, then a pop-up window will displayed and ask user

to load Setup Page.

Figure 15. Please Setup Camera Information First

Figure 16. Ask User to Load Setup Page

Camera Configuration

This chapter describes how to change basic camera settings in the setup window. For advanced setup, pleaes refer to Chpater 9 for more information.

Figure 17. Camera Setup Dialog Box

1. Camera Name*: Input a camera na me or descripti on to descri be the

NOTE: The content of the camera name will be displayed on top of the preview

media window.

camera.

2. Camera Model

featuring:

 Video Server  IP Camera  IP Speed Dome  IP Quad

3. Server IP Address*: Connect to the video server with unicast (TCP)

connection

*: Choose the camera model within a selection list;

NOTE: You may enter host name address in this field as well. Make sure

the host name can be resolved by DNS (Domain Name Server) in your network environment. This operation can also be verified by using ping command:

C:\>ping hostname.domain.com

4. Multicast IP Address: Subscribe to a multicast network to retrieve video

packets.

NOTE: If Multicast IP address is entered without Server IP address, then the

preview window can only perform preview function. If Multicast IP address and Server IP address are keyed in, then the preview window

can perform pre vi e w and Digital I/O and PTZ operatio n s. The limit of concurrent connection is 15 users.

5. Port Setup : the port number to be authorized by the video server

6. User Name: the account to be authorized by the video server

Password: the password to be authorized by the video server

Open Web Configurator button: click this button to open video server’s

Web Configurator directly Preview button: click this button to see the preview window and adjust

frame rate and video quality.

Figure 18. Preview Window Toolbar

Motion Detection Setting

1. Enable Motion Detection: Enable or disable the motion detection

function

NOTE: When the motion detection function is enabled, the media window’s MD

indicator will display in blue color.

Figure 19. Motion Detection Indicator Enabled

NOTE: When the motion detection function is active, the media window’ s MD

indicator will display in Red color.

Figure 20. Motion Detection Indicator Enabled

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