VisionNet SW-80 User Manual
VisionNet
Network DVR
- SW-80
User Manual
VisionNet Technology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SW-80 UM
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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................4
VERVIEW
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TANDARD FEATURES
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PTIONAL FEATURES
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RCHIVE BACKUP SYSTEM MODE
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UDIO RECORDING OPTION
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FRONT PANEL......................................................................................................................................7
REAR PANEL.........................................................................................................................................8
AMERA CONFIGURATION
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STARTING THE SYSTEM ................................................................................................................9
URN ON THE POWER
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OGON
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HE MAIN SCREEN
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DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION) ..............................................................................10
ISPLAY CONTROL PANEL
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CREEN MODE
1-S
CREEN MODE
4-S
ULTI-SCREEN MODE
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CREEN MODE
8-S
CREEN MODE
16-S
APID ZOOM
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ULL SCREEN DISPLAY
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EQUENCE
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REMOTE ONLINE VIEWING AND PLAYBACK RECORDED VIDEO....................................14
HE INTELLIGENT REMOTE PLAYER
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PICO S
ERVER BUTTON
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RECORDING........................................................................................................................................15
TORAGE DRIVE
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ECORDING MODES
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ULTIPLE CAMERA RECORDING
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HE RECORDER CONTROL PANEL
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NSTANT RECORDING
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LARM RECORDING
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ALARM RECORDING
PRE-
CHEDULED RECORDING
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PLAYBACK..........................................................................................................................................19
LAYBACK THE VIDEO
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ELECT DRIVE
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HE VIDEO PLAYER
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IST FILE RECORD
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IDEO PLAYBACK CONTROLS
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LAYBACK CAMERA CONTROL
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BSOLUTE DATE/TIME AND LENGTH DISPLAY
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LAYBACK SPEED CONTROL
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EWIND AND REPLAY
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RAME MODE FOR PRINT AND SAVE A FRAME
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ETURN TO VIDEO MODE
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HE VIDEO SEARCH ENGINE
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LAYBACK THE CURRENT FILE
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PEN THE VIDEO FILES AND PLAYBACK CONTINUOUSLY
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EARCH THE VIDEO INTERACTIVELY
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MOTION DETECTION ......................................................................................................................23
OTION DETECTION
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ET UP THE MOTION DETECTION
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ET DETECTION AREA
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NDICATE THE DETECTION AREA
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ET SENSITIVITY FOR MOTION DETECTION
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ETECTION INTERVAL
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ECORDING TIME EXTENSION
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NABLE THE MOTION DETECTION FUNCTION
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IPS
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PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL...........................................................................................................26
TILT ZOOM
PAN-
RIVER MODE SETTING
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ORT SETTING
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AMERA SELECTION
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ONITOR SELECTION
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PEED CONTROL
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TILT ZOOM CONTROL
PAN-
RE-POSITION
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UTILITY FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................................28
CCESS TO UTILITY FUNCTIONS
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E-ACTIVATE THE DISABLED HOUSEKEEPING FUNCTIONS
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CAMERA CONFIGURATION...........................................................................................................29
AMERA TITLE ASSIGNMENT
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AXIMUM NO. OF CAMERA IMPOSED BY SOFTWARE
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HECK THE ACTIVE CONNECTED CAMERAS
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PPLY THE CAMERA TITLE
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RECORDER SETTING.......................................................................................................................30
HE RECORDING PARAMETERS
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RAME RATE
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HE START AND END TIMES FOR SCHEDULED RECORDING
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NSTANT RECORDING
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LARM RECORDING
A
ALARM RECORDING
PRE-
CHEDULED WEEKDAY RECORDING
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CHEDULED WEEKEND RECORDING
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XAMPLE
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XAMPLE
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UDIO RECORDING
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OPTION SETTING..............................................................................................................................36
ISPLAY SEQUENCING
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MAGE RESOLUTION FOR ALL RECORDING
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ECORDING MODE SELECTION
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TTACH AUDIO TO CAMERA
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RIVE CAPACITY
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ACKUP FUNCTION
B
ORMAL MODE
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RCHIVE MODE
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WAP DRIVE
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INSERTION OF REMOVABLE DRIVE
RE-
YSTEM OPERATION DATA
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HOUSEKEEPING ................................................................................................................................41
ACKUP
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EMOVE VIDEO FILES
OUSEKEEPING TOOLS
YSTEM INFORMATION
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TOO MANY FILES WARNING.........................................................................................................45
OO MANY FILES WARNING MESSAGE
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NVOKE THE MESSAGE BOX
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EMOVE THE MESSAGE BOX
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ETUP AND THE DEFAULT VALUES
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WORKING AT LOGOFF ...................................................................................................................47
OG OFF
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ECORDING DURING LOG OFF
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SHUT DOWN THE UNIT ...................................................................................................................47
XIT
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SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................48
CHEDULE BACKUP AND REMOVE THE VIDEO FILE
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OMPACT DATABASE SYSTEM
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Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Warranty Guide
Configuration at Control Panel
Video Transmission Server Functions
Working at Log Off Guide
Alert Modules
Remote Online Viewing and Playback
Internet Connection Guide
Find out Your IP Address
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Introduction
Overview
Standard Features
The SW-80 Series of Network Digital Surveillance Recorder has inherently been
designed with flexibility of different video camera inputs and display different
camera images in real time. Notwithstanding the different inputs and display, all
models will have the same features which are kept as uniform throughout the
series.
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Digital multi-channel video recorder and multiplexer
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Support up to 16 camera inputs with multi display modes
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Supports both PAL and NTSC standards
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Easy to use graphic user interface
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State of the art real-time display and recording under optimum condition of
up to 4 channels
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Support full resolution video (640x480 PAL, 640x480 NTSC)
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Real-time digital video compression
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Simultaneous playback and recording
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Playback with sophisticated search functions
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Alarm triggered recording
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Alarm I/O interface
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Pre-alarm recording
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Programmable timer for recording
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Motion detection recording
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Easy to expand by software upgrade and system integration
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Multilingual Capability
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Intelligent remote player with telephone dial up and LAN connectivity to
access on-line and recorder videos
Optional Features
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Video displays on SVGA monitor and support a secondary display unit
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Audio Recording attachable to selected video input
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Pan/Tilt/Zoom Control (optionally selected Codec)
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Fast Video Compression/decompression (optionally selected Codec)
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Tamper protection for video recording
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SW-80
SW-80
SW-80
SW-80
SW-80
Approximate Recording Capacity
SW-80 Series
* 1024MB=1GB
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Archive Backup
System Mode
Considering the total process ( record-optional playback-backup-optional restoreerase obsolete video-recycle storage media for record) of recording of the videos
for Surveillance purpose, we can come up with two different backup system
modes:
Normal Mode – The SW-80 Digital Surveillance Recorder will record all new
video into the Fixed Hard Drive (s). As required, the operator of
SW-80 can
the backup the recorded video to an Removable
IDE drive via the Housekeeping function from the Utility Menu
The raw copy of video can optionally be deleted during the
backup process
Archive Mode-
The backup system mode of SW-80 Network Digital Surveillance Recorder should
be selected at the very beginning of overall system operation. The normal backup
mode is set by default. To switched to the Archive mode, please refer to the Backup
Function of the Options Setting Menu. You will need to have two removable IDE
drives configured in the SW-80 Digital Surveillance Recorder to support this mode
of system operation. The SW-80 application needs to be closed and restart to apply
the mode switching from each other.
The SW-80 Network Digital Surveillance Recorder will record all new
video into one of the assigned Removable IDE drive. When it is
about full, it can be removed from the recorder (system control
or physically) for additional archiving to DAT or other backup
media. The Digital Surveillance Recorder will
maintain continuous recording to an alternate removable drive
during the archiving operation. When the videos inside a
Removable drive is obsolete, they can be erased immediately
before video recording is resumed on this drive.
SW-80
Audio Recording Option
recording function can be enabled and have the recording attached to one of the
Audio
active camera. To setup audio recording, please refer to the Attaching audio to
camera of the Option Setting Menu.
Before you can activate this function, you will need to have a Sound (Capture)
board installed and properly configured to the SW-80 Network Digital Surveillance
Recorder, as follows:
Click Start-> Programs-> Accessory -> Entertainment
Click Properties from the Options Menu.
Select the Playback check: Make sure the Microphone option is selected
from the “Show all volume control” list box. Click apply and OK, then make
sure the Microphone is Muted at Playback.
Repeat the same steps for Recording, only for this time, the Microphone (or
any other input port you may choose as an input feed to the sound board as
the recording source) is selected in this case.
You will need to adjust the volume of input and output by using the sound
recorder which is built in with the Operating System.
-> Volume Control
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TYPICAL SYSTEM
SVGA monitor
(Optional)
Power
switch
Reset
Switch
Hard drive
indicator
Power
indicator
Floppy drive
CD ROM drive
(Optional)
PICO Unit
Mouse
Keyboard
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REAR PANEL
Power
LAN card
(Optional)
Camera inputs*
Mouse Keyboard
SVGA
monitor
*The number of Camera Inputs differ from different models.
*Note:
Camera
Configuration
Camera configuration includes camera connection and the camera title
assignment.
The camera should be connected to the “Camera inputs” properly prior to do the
camera configuration.
Assign camera title inside the “Camera Title” message box within the “Utility”
menu. Go to “Utility Function” chapter for detail of camera title assignment.
Tip:
Make sure that the “Active” box is unchecked for the nonconnected camera(s), in order to perform the optimum video
quality.
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STARTING SW-80 SYSTEM
Turn on the power
Logon
Make sure that the line voltage selector in the rear panel is selected correctly.
Press the “POWER” switch in the front panel of the SW-80 to power up the
unit.
After the system start-up process, the Program logo and the main screen
appear as shown in Figure 1.
Click the “Too Many Files Warning” message box “X” icon to close the message
box.
Click the Log ON/OFF button. A Logon Screen dialog box will pop up for input.
NULL
SUPER
”, the Utility button will be disabled to
Two default usernames are available: “
The factory default password is
When you logon as “
logon password (to be discussed in more detail later on page 37).
However, if you logon as “
prevent the password and some other system and recording settings from being
modified by the operator.
SUPER
OPERATOR
”, you can click on the Utility button to change the
” and “
OPERATOR
”.
Figure 1
The main screen
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Two control panels and various common control buttons are displayed on the
right hand side of the main screen.
The username is shown on the lower left-hand corner.
A progress bar located at the bottom of the screen shows the amount of storage
occupied and available for video recording. The color of the status bar will
gradually change from BLUE – when it is empty to RED – when it is full.
The current time/date is shown on the lower right hand corner.
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DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION)
Display control panel
Display Panel
16-Screen mode button
4-Screen mode button
1-Screen mode button
Multi-Screen mode buttons
SW-80 uses
control. A “DISPLAY” panel is implemented on the upper right hand corner of
the main screen so that the user can interact with the unit more easily.
The “DISPLAY” panel consists of “display mode” buttons, “camera” buttons and
a “sequence” button respectively
All of the push buttons have their individual built-in indicator lights. Once the
button is pressed, it toggles on and off with the indicator light on and off to
indicate its status correspondingly.
a unique Graphical User Interface (GUI) design for display
Tip:
You are able to know which camera(s) is/are being displayed by the
“DISPLAY” panel indicator lights, and you can press the buttons on
the “DISPLAY” panel to enter your display input right away.
Sequence button
Camera buttons
Camera button pressed
down to start display.
Yellow light indicator
represent the camera is
displaying.
Figure 2-1
Tip:
No camera button can be selected prior to the mode selection. User
should click on one of the display mode button first.
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16-Screen mode button
4-Screen mode button
1-Screen mode button
Multi-Screen mode buttons
Figure 2-2
Tip:
No camera button can be selected prior to the mode selection. User
should click on one of the display mode button first.
Sequence button
8 split Display Mode,
With 1 Large, Higher
Refresh Rate* plus 7 small
Camera buttons
1-Screen mode
4-Screen mode
Click the 1-Screen mode button to select this mode.
Only one camera can be selected for display.
Click the camera button to select camera to display in this mode.
The down button will light up in yellow.
Click the 4-Screen mode button to select this mode.
Four cameras can be selected for display simultaneously.
Click the camera buttons to select camera(s) to display in this mode.
The down buttons will light up in yellow to indicate the display status.
The camera display in 4-Screen mode is assigned as the following figure for easy
operation.
Camera 1
Camera 3
Camera 2
Camera 4
Figure 3-1
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Hints:
Camera 1,2,3,4
Camera 9,10,11,12
Camera 5,6,7,8
Camera 13,14,15,16
Figure 3-2
Tip:
To make the most use of the 4-Screen real time display of the unit,
consider the arrangement of your camera connections to the unit.
You can think of the cameras that you want to display
simultaneously in a 4-Screen mode as a group. Connect the
grouped cameras to the inputs of the unit in a horizontal
arrangement instead of in a vertical arrangement.
Example: Two possible horizontal arrangements of the grouped
cameras are shown in Figure 4.
9 5 1 13
10 6 2 14
11 7 3 15
12 8 4 16
Camera Inputs in Rear Panel
Group 1
Group 2
Figure 4
(Shown as the standard version of SW-80 system product, for packaged
products, the actual location of camera assigned will vary with different
system)
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Multi-Screen mode
The multi-screen buttons can be pressed
simultaneously to superimpose the
uad-quad selections.
A group of four multi-screen buttons is implemented for multi-screen display
control.
The multi-screen buttons are enabled only under the 4-screen mode.
You can click on any of these mode buttons to further split any quadrant of
the original 4-Screen display into a smaller quad display (quad within a quad).
All multiscreen mode buttons can be selected simultaneously.
Example:
Using the following multi-screen buttons configuration (as that shown
in Figure 5-1) as an example, the camera display will be assigned as
Figure 5-2.
Select 4-screen mode to
enable multi-screen selection
1 2
3 4
9 10 13 14
11 12 15 16
Cameras 5,6,7,8
8-Screen mode
Figure 5-1 Figure 5-2
Click on the 8-Screen mode button to select this mode.
All cameras will be displayed simultaneously at first time entry to this mode.
Click the camera buttons to select or de-select camera(s) to display in this mode .
The down buttons will light up in yellow to indicate the display status
Click on the surrounding (small) screen will cause the camera on display to be
swapped with the one at the center(Large) screen. Keep doing the swapping until
the designed cameras is assigned to the respective screen. The assignment will be
maintained even if there is a momentary change to other multi-screen modes, but
it will return to its default by logging out and on again.
The camera display in 8-Screen mode is assigned as in Figure 6-1 by default.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
1
2
3
4
5
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Figure 6-1 Figure 6-2
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16-Screen mode
Rapid Zoom
Full screen display
Sequence
Click on the 16-Screen mode button to select this mode.
All cameras will be displayed simultaneously.
The camera buttons will then all light up in yellow to indicate the selection of all
the cameras.
The camera display in 16-Screen mode is assigned as in Figure 6-2
You can switch any camera display to one-screen display mode rapidly.
Simply double-click on the desired image on screen, and the image of that screen
will be switched to “one screen” mode immediately.
For an example, you can change the camera 3 display from 4-Screen display
mode to 1-Screen display mode by double click the camera 3 image on screen.
You can return to the original display mode by a click on the previous display
mode button.
Click on the “Full Scrn” button to display the video(s) in full screen.
All the control panels and buttons will be hidden and only videos will be
displayed on the screen in order to fully utilize the display area of the monitor.
Right-mouse click on any part of the full screen to restore the normal control
panel display.
Click the “SEQ” button in the “DISPLAY” panel to toggle the sequence function
on or off.
The indicator of the button lights up in yellow to indicate the sequence function.
The function of sequencing is effective for all display modes, except for the 16Screen mode.
The user can select individual camera(s) for sequencing display.
For the sequence parameter setup and the implementation example, please see the
“Display Sequencing” under “Option Setting” section of this manual.
Note:
When the unit is in sequence mode, all the camera selection buttons
inside display panel will be inhibited. You should click the “SEQ”
button to off position to re-gain manual access of the camera
selection.
REMOTE ONLINE VIEWING AND PLAYBACK RECORDED VIDEO
The Intelligent Remote Player
SW-80 Server Button
An intelligent remote player is designed to provide online viewing and
playback recorded video functions in the remote client station.
While the remote client is doing online viewing, the SW-80 screen
automatically switch to 16-screen display mode.
Please refer to the Intelligent remote player manual for detailed operation
procedure of the intelligent remote player.
The apperance of the icon of the SW-80 button on the screen indicates
the server is on for Online Viewing & Dialing in. The user can turn off
this service by clicking the button and click the "close" icon on the
menu bar of the control window.
To re-open this service, click the "Utility" button and select the "DSR
SERVER" function. The icon will re-appear in the Main Screen.
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RECORDING
Storage drive
Recording modes
Multiple camera recording
The recorder control panel
SW-80
recording for “Normal” backup mode of operation.
SW-80
for “Archive” backup mode of operation.
Notes: The active (selected) drive should be assigned properly before the
overall backup and restore operation is executed. Assign the target drive inside
the “Insert drive” message box by clicking the “Swap Drive” button while the
system is operated in “Archive” backup mode. Go to the “Option Setting”
chapter for further detail.
According to the recording initiation method, four different modes are
available for selection in SW-80
All cameras can be recorded independently.
Each camera will be recorded into individual video file(s).
The camera ID, start date/time, and the recording mode of the individual
camera will be logged with database management.
SW-80 has
the unit for recording control with enough indication.
There are sixteen camera buttons in the “RECORDER” panel, all of which can
be toggled on or off.
Each button has four built-in indicators with different colors to indicate
different recording modes and statuses.
The available indicator colors are yellow, red, light blue and green,
respectively.
will automatically detect available fixed hard disk(s) in the unit for
will directly record into the active removable hard disk in the unit
Instant recording
Scheduled recording
Pre-alarm recording
Alarm recording
a “RECORDER” panel (see Figure 7) to let the user interact with
Yellow -- the corresponding camera is performing instant recording, which
is initiated by the pressing down of the button manually.
Red -- the corresponding camera is under alarm recording, which is
initiated by the alarm input or by motion detection.
Light blue -- that the pre-alarm function of that camera is activated.
Green -- the corresponding camera is under scheduled recording, which is
controlled by the programmable timer.
Camera button pressed down
to start instant recording.
Yellow indicator represent
instant recording of the
camera is taking place.
Red indicator represent
alarm recording of the
camera is taking place.
Figure 7
Light blue indicates that
pre-alarm is activated
Camera buttons
Green indicator signifies that
timer recording of the camera is
taking place.
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Instant recording
Instant recording is the most interactive way and easy to use recording method.
It is designed to start instantly to capture some unexpected special events.
It works as a complement of the scheduled background recording.
You can simply toggle on or off the video recording by clicking the camera
button in the “RECORDING” panel.
The down button with a yellow light indicator indicates that the camera is
under instant recording.
Instant recording parameters of each camera can be programmed.
Please see the section of “Recorder Setting” for parameter setup.
Tip:
Instant recording is expected to work in a real frame rate for short
time recording while scheduled recording is expected to work in a
lower frame rate for longer time recording.
For quick, instant recording of all installed cameras, the user can click on the
“REC” button in the “RECORDER” panel (as shown in Figure 8 on the lower
right hand corner) to activate/deactivate this function.
Click on any camera
button to start instant
recording of that
camera
Figure 8
One quick button click
to start all cameras for
instant recording.
Another click would
release all cameras
from instant recording.
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Alarm recording
Pre-alarm recording
The alarm recording will be triggered by the alarm inputs or the motion
detection.
Sixteen alarm inputs are assigned one to one corresponding to the 16 cameras.
Once the alarm is triggered either by the alarm input or the motion detection,
the corresponding camera will start recording automatically.
A red indicator indicates that the camera is now under alarm recording.
The alarm recording function of an individual camera can be disabled, also the
alarm recording duration and the frame rate of each camera can be
programmed individually.
Please see the section of “Recorder Setting” for the setup details.
Note:
Only the logon username of “SUPER” can access the utility for
alarm enable and alarm recording parameter settings.
Tip:
In order to verify that alarm recording of particular camera(s) is
actually taking place, the user can try and see if the red indicator
light(s) in the RECORDER PANEL is/are being displayed.
Pre-alarm recording works together with the alarm recording. Pre-alarm
function enables you to capture images before the alarm event is happened.
Pre-alarm allows images to be temporarily recorded for a short period of time
(1 to 60 second) at normal situation. Once an alarm is actually being triggered,
the pre-alarm images become permanent files, which can be retrieved and
played back.
Using “Play Search” function can playback the pre-alarm images.
The pre-alarm function is setup in the “Alarm”, “Recorder Setting” inside
“Utility”.
You can activate the pre-alarm function accordingly when the alarm function is
selected.
Please see the section of “Recorder Setting” for the setup details.
Note:
Pre-alarm images are stored into two temporary files alternatively
under normal situation. Therefore, when alarm is being triggered,
there will be two pre-alarm files accompanies with the alarm file.
Tip:
Pre-alarm recording provides an effective way of using the hard
disk storage:
The pre-alarm image will be kept in the hard disk only when an
alarm is actually taken place.
Since it provides the image happened before the alarm, you can
review what is happening right before the alarm triggering, it is
no longer necessary to do schedule recording at all time.
For an example, the door was opened, and it triggered the alarm
recording and you can also know who opened the door by playback
the pre-alarm recording video.
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Scheduled recording
A programmable timer is implemented for scheduled recording.
SW-80 support both weekday and weekend scheduled recording.
The timer will start and stop scheduled recording automatically according to
your input.
A green indicator indicates that the camera is recording under the timer control.
The default recording duration value is 0, which represents infinity or continue
recording.
During schedule recording, you can manually over ride to instant recording
mode by pressing down the camera button. The indicator will change to
yellow to indicate that the camera is under instant recording.
However, it will automatically resume scheduled recording once you click the
camera button again to turn off instant recording of that camera. The indicator
will then resume to green.
Please see the section of “Recording Setting” for the setup and implementation
example of the schedule recording.
Note:
Only the logon username of “SUPER” can access the utility for
configuring settings of scheduled recording parameters.
Tip:
The user can verify if scheduled recording is actually taking place
by trying to see if the green indicator light(s) in the RECORDER
panel is/are lit.
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PLAYBACK
Playback the video
Figure 9
Select Drive
Recorded video in all hard disk(s) and removable disk(s) can be retrieved for
playback.
Click the “Play Back” button in the main screen to activate the Select Drive
dialog box. (as shown in Figure 9)
Click the Downward arrow and select desired drive no. C, D, E….from the pull
down list
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The video player
(Figure 10)
List File Record
Click the "Play search" button in the PROGRAM and select which camera
to playback by the play search functions of the SW-80. Once the video is
selected, click the "Play" button to invoke the video player.
Click the “File Record” button in the Video Player Dialog Menu bar to display
the list of video files for the selected camera. Click on the desired file from the
list and Click Open File Button to start the playback.
The File List will change as the video search engine is manipulated, to match
with only those files appear on the video bar window. Click the Reset Button to
resume the List of all files on Selected Camera title.
Camera
Title
Absolute
Date/Time
and length
of the video
Speed control
for playback
Frame
operation
Snap
Shot
Video
Mode
Zoom In
Zoom
Out
Print
Save
Open
Multiple
Files
Open
Single file
Play
Stop
Steps advance and go to begin/end
Reset Magnify
Figure 10
Begin/end marker
Scroll bar for manual search
Event(s) under
search
Display
Video Files
Video Search Engine (see following
page for detail description)
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Video playback controls
Playback camera control
Absolute date/time and length display
Playback speed control
Rewind and replay
The video file selected in “Play Search” will be loaded and played automatically.
Use the video playback controls beneath the video image to control the video
playback function.
User can stop the video and use the scroll bar to search the video if needed.
Press the “two-arrow” keys to advance one frame at a time.
Using the camera title control box can select the camera by name or title for
playback. Click the downward arrow and click the desired camera for playback.
During other playback operation, repeat the same procedure to select the new
desired camera for playback, the playback action of the previously selected
camera will terminated.
(Simultaneous playback of two or more recorded videos is possible by invoking
the playback operation from the main menu but this is not recommended.)
The absolute date/time of the playback and the length of the video will be
displayed on the control panel.
Using the sliding control box can adjust the playback speed. Drag the control
button to the right side to increase the playing speed. Drag it left to decrease the
playing speed. The normal playback speed is indicated in the speed control box
when the control button is put in the middle.
Using the Begin/end Marker can select a portion of the current video file to be
replay in a loop. Drag the scroll bar (Scroll bar for manual search) to the desired
beginning position, click the “Begin” button to enter the marker, then repeat the
process to enter the “end” position with the “end” marker button. Click “Play’
button to begin the playback with auto-rewind.
Frame mode for print and save a frame
Return to Video
mode
Use “Snap shot” to grab a frame from the video and enter the frame operation
mode.
User can select area of interest using mouse movement and the mouse left button
and then click “Zoom” button to zoom in the image. Click “Unzoom” to return
to normal display.
Click the “Print” button to print out the image captured.
The frame can be saved to floppy disk in drive A by clicking the “Save” button.
The saved filename has the following format:
x-mmddyy-hhmmss.bmp
x: camera number
mmddyy: month/day/year
hhmmss: hour:minute:second
bmp: bmp file extension
Tip:
The user can set up printer properties for printing hard copy and
previewing the hard copy before actual printing.
Click the “Video mode” button to go back to video playback mode.
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The video search
engine*
Playback the current file
Open the video files and playback continuously
A video search engine is a separate functional block for video searching of a
camera graphically.
Two date/time pickers are used for begin and end date/time input and indication.
All the available recorded videos within this date/time limits will be presented
inside the video bar window.
Different types of video will be presented in different colors, codes as follows:
Yellow - Instance recording video
Green - Schedule recording video
Blue - Pre-alarm recording video
Red - Alarm recording
Down the event-search button to select types of event under search, they are
color coded in the same manner the event. By default all types are selected when
the Player is activated.
A marker, which is a small rectangle box inside the video bar window (which
shows multiple video files), marks the “video header” position of the video.
Point the mouse cursor and click inside the video bar window, the video marker
will snap to the nearest “video header” position of a video.
A date/time display box in the middle of the video search engine displays the
current date/time value of the marker position.
Click the “Open Single file” icon button to open the marked video for viewing.
Once the button is pressed down, the video will be playback until the end of the
file is reached.
Click the “Open Multiple files” icon button to open the marked video for
viewing.
Once the icon button is pressed down, the videos will playback one by one
continuously. Or user can click the “Open Multiple files” icon button to release
the button to disable the continuous playback.
Search the video interactively
Begin Date/time picker
Left arrow for
scroll control
*The video search engine is designed to search the available video in the selected hard disk(s) only.
User can directly input the begin/end date/time by using the “begin and end
date/time picker” to select interesting portion of the video bar window to show in
more detail.
User can also use the mouse click to mark the interesting “video header” and then
click the “Magnify +” icon to magnify the interesting portion.
Use the left and right arrow icon buttons to scroll the video bar window.
Repeat the mark and magnify actions to search for the video of interest.
Click the “Magnify all (Reset)” icon to resume to present all available video.
Magnify All
(Reset)
Video bar window
Current Date/Time of the marker position
Magnify +
Marker position
Event(s)
under search
Video header
End Date/time picker
Right arrow for
scroll control
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