Sting ST-400, ST-1600, ST-800 User Manual

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Please read this manual before using this product.

Important considerations

- The sting monitoring software has been designed and tested to run as a standalone application.

Installing and running other software/hardware on this machine may cause unexpected and/or undesired results including but not limited to loss of recording capability and recorded events.

- Increasing the recording resolution of one or more cameras can substantially decrease the available recording time of your DVR. A DVR that can record 15 days at its normal resolution may only record 5 days with all cameras in their highest resolution.

- Your Sting DVR by default is set to only record when there is motion in front of the camera. Trees swaying in the breeze or a busy highway in the background can reduce the available recording time. Reorient the cameras or use the blocking features of your DVR to maximize the recording time.

- While Sting is available to assist you in backing up an event for law enforcement or for internal use, we cannot be responsible for missed events.

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Basic Operation

Startup This system has been configured to start up, and begin monitoring on its own. Figure 1 shows how the system will look right after startup. Your screen may appear different depending on the number of cameras supported and your preference for the layout.

(Note: Once per week your system will restart itself to ensure reliable recording. The time of this restart can be configured, but by default will occur between 6 and 7 am once every 7 days.).

In the next section, we will discuss the controls and features of this screen.

Figure 1

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Keylock

To ensure that only authorized users can review/record events Sting has implemented a Keylock system. To access the system move the mouse just off the bottom of the screen and the following menu bar ( Figure 2 ) will appear.

Figure 2

- Standard system tools

- Start Monitoring

- Playback an event

- Save event for viewing or prep for burning

- System Utilities

- Allow Remote Playback

- Manage your cameras via eMap

- Starts Control Center Service

- Manage Optional Hot swap of disk drives

- Record backed up events to CD or DVD

- View System Events

- View Display Properties

- Keylock *Requires privilege

• Manages the Keylock system

- Restart *Requires privilege

• Restarts the system

- Shutdown *Requires privilege

• Stops the system without a restart

- Task Manager

• Shows programs that are running on your system

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Monitoring Controls and Features -

Figure 3 shows an exploded view of the monitor screen. A more detailed description follows.

Date Time

Disk

Optional Pan Tilt Zoom Control Start Stop Camera Select User/System Optional Input/ Output Layout Select Tools Control

Camera Select – Choose one camera to fill the viewing area. The camera number corresponds to the physical camera connection to the back of the DVR

Date/Time/Disk –

Date/Time - Displays the current date and time that will be associated with images

recorded on your DVR.

Disk - If your system is configured to recycle disk space the amount of space

available will decrease to about 1 GB and then remain there. This means that your oldest files are being reused .

I/O – Optional feature allows input from POS devices and from Alarm Systems. The I/O feature also allows output to an alarm system (for example when motion is detected).

Layout Select – Click on one of these buttons to watch one, two or more of your cameras up to sixteen at one time.

PTZ – Optional feature allows control of Pan Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) capable devices. This may require additional cabling.

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Start/Stop - Click here to login to change system settings or to shut down the system. Only authorized users can perform a normal shutdown of the system.

System/User - Shows the user currently logged in or if no users are logged in the name of the system is displayed.

Tools - These commands will be covered in detail later in this document and are in general for use by an authorized user. If you choose a tool a box will appear that will show your options. If an option is grayed out you do not have proper authority to use the function.

- Start and stop monitoring on one or more cameras

- Schedule when an area will or will not be monitored

- Setup the defaults for the DVR and other advanced configurations

- Playback recorded video

- If you would like to have a large viewing area and watch the cameras one at a time then click on will continue to record regardless of the current view on this option. Note all cameras will continue to record regardless of the current view on the console

- Controls how this DVR is allowed to connect to other devices.

Viewing Area - In this area you can watch one or all of your cameras. You select the layout by choosing one of the buttons in the viewing layout area. The camera name and number are displayed in the upper left hand corner of each view. If the camera name is flashing, this indicates that the image on the screen is being recorded.

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Playback Controls and Features The playback functions allow you to review previously recorded events. There is no impact to recording while playback is in progress. There are multiple ways to enter the playback mode. The first method is to move the mouse to the bottom of the screen and the “Keylock” menu will appear as shown below. Click on the first icon (File Folder) and the menu below will appear.

Click on and the playback window will appear

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The following figures show an exploded view of the playback screen.

Layout Select

Camera Select

Search Mode

Image Controls

Basic Event

Monitor Window Selection

Quick Search Tool

Playback Statistics Playback Controls

Monitor Window – View one or more camera views as set by the Layout Select

Layout Select – Choose how the views will be displayed in the monitor window Camera Select – Choose one camera to appear in the monitor window Search Mode - Normal (Basic) or Advanced (Select a date and time range) Event Selection – Choose an event by date (Basic/Normal), Advanced will be discussed later. Playback Controls –

- Reverse Play/Pause

- Play/Pause

- Stop

- Jump to beginning

- Move one frame backward

- Move one frame forward

- Jump to end

- Increase playback speed

- Reduce playback speed

- Zoom in (Click on tool, then click on the image you would like to zoom)

- Zoom out (Click on tool, then click on the image you would like to zoom)

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Basic Event Selection

An event is a video recording that begins when motion is detected and stops when the motion stops or 5 minutes whichever comes first. If motion continues beyond 5 minutes a new event is created and recording continues (note: there is no video lost between events).

The system defaults to showing events for today’s date. If you know the time of the event click on the event with a time stamp closest to the beginning time and press the play button on the playback controls.

Select the date – defaults to today

Select the event

To control the playback use the playback controls and the quick search tool.

Playback Controls

Quick Search Tool

To select a range of events click on the first event and then go to the last event and press shift and click at the same time

If the event that you are interested in is prior to today, click on the “+” sign next to the year, then the month and finally the day you are interested in viewing. Then select the event you are interested in. To select a range of events click on the first event and then go to the last event and press shift and click at the same time.

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Advanced Search

The advanced search tool allows you to specify a specific date/time range for your search. Click on the “Advance” Search Mode button as shown below. Click on the Advanced Search(F10) to bring up the advanced search screen Then use the playback controls to review the event.

Click on Advanced

Select the Start/End Date and

Time

Select/Clear

All Cameras

Choose which camera(s) to

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Step 1 – Select the “View Log” button. The following menu will appear:

Click on “Video/Audio Log”

Step 2 – Select the date ( year/ month/ date )

Then select the video event by time and right-click on it. The following menu will appear:

Click on Backup

Backup

This section will show how to make a copy of an

event or series of events to a CD or DVD for

your internal use or use by law enforcement.

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Step 4 – Verify that the times and dates listed in “Start Time” and “End Time” are listed correctly. Also make sure the cameras you wish to back up are checked in.

Once you have verified the selected time and dates, Click OK.

Click OK again on the following window

Click OK on the next window

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The following window will appear. This window means that the CD is currently being burned.

When burning is complete, this box will show. Click OK and the system will eject the backup disc.

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Remote access via the Web Start your web browser… If you are a Windows Vista user make sure that you are running the most current version and all software patches have been applied.

Enter the address of your DVR + the port number of the DVR you would like to connect to. By default port numbers for sting DVR’s start at 8080 although any port number is possible.

i.e. http://172.16.20.139:8080

Note: There are a number of factors that will determine how smooth your video plays back. Included in this are the upstream and downstream speeds of the internet connections at both the DVR end and the location where you are using the remote viewer, as well as the quality of the networks that the connection passes through.

Insert your username and password in the prompt. (Contact 702-855-3807 if you are having trouble gaining accessing to your DVR remotely)

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Choose the Multi-Cam Streaming Viewer to watch live images.

On this screen you can choose the speed of your connection to the internet so that the remote viewer can display the best possible image. Modem for a dialup connection DSL/Cable/T-1 or higher speed connection

You can also choose how many cameras you would like to view at once…. The more cameras the more that speed becomes an issue for image quality and the smoothness of the playback.

Click Submit to bring up the Multi View Screen

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This screen will pop up to indicate how long it will take for the remote viewer to load. In the example below the multi view monitor will take over 10 minutes to load on a 56K dialup line.

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Customer Training Acknowledgement

Thank you again for choosing Sting for your business needs. This initial training is included in the purchase price of your system. Additional training my be arranged by contacting your sales representative or our sales department.

Company Name: _______________________ Customer Trained: ________________________

Please Initial Items if Complete

Operation _____ DVR Startup _____ Login _____ Keylock _____ Basic Monitoring _____ DVR Shutdown

Event Selection and Playback _____ Playback Controls and Features _____ Event Selection _____ Basic Search _____ Advanced Search

Copy an event to CD or DVD _____ Media Selection _____ Selecting an event for backup _____ Burning to a CD/DVD

Advanced Operation _____ Changing Recording Resolution _____ Block an area from motion detection _____ POS Interface _____ Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) Camera Operation

I acknowledge that I have been trained in the proper use and operation of the Sting DVR(s) that are installed at my site.

Customer Signature :_________________________________ Date: _______________

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