VisionNet SW-80 User Manual

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VisionNet Network DVR

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SW-80 UM

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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................4

VERVIEW

TANDARD FEATURES

PTIONAL FEATURES

RCHIVE BACKUP SYSTEM MODE

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

OGON

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HE MAIN SCREEN

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DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION) ..............................................................................10

ISPLAY CONTROL PANEL

CREEN MODE

1-S

CREEN MODE

4-S

ULTI-SCREEN MODE

CREEN MODE

8-S

CREEN MODE

16-S

APID ZOOM

ULL SCREEN DISPLAY

EQUENCE

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REMOTE ONLINE VIEWING AND PLAYBACK RECORDED VIDEO....................................14

HE INTELLIGENT REMOTE PLAYER

T PICO S

ERVER BUTTON

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RECORDING........................................................................................................................................15

TORAGE DRIVE

ECORDING MODES

ULTIPLE CAMERA RECORDING

HE RECORDER CONTROL PANEL

NSTANT RECORDING

LARM RECORDING

ALARM RECORDING

PRE-

CHEDULED RECORDING

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PLAYBACK..........................................................................................................................................19

LAYBACK THE VIDEO

ELECT DRIVE

HE VIDEO PLAYER

IST FILE RECORD

IDEO PLAYBACK CONTROLS

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LAYBACK CAMERA CONTROL

BSOLUTE DATE/TIME AND LENGTH DISPLAY

LAYBACK SPEED CONTROL

EWIND AND REPLAY

RAME MODE FOR PRINT AND SAVE A FRAME

ETURN TO VIDEO MODE

HE VIDEO SEARCH ENGINE

LAYBACK THE CURRENT FILE

PEN THE VIDEO FILES AND PLAYBACK CONTINUOUSLY

EARCH THE VIDEO INTERACTIVELY

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MOTION DETECTION ......................................................................................................................23

OTION DETECTION

ET UP THE MOTION DETECTION

ET DETECTION AREA

NDICATE THE DETECTION AREA

ET SENSITIVITY FOR MOTION DETECTION

ETECTION INTERVAL

ECORDING TIME EXTENSION

NABLE THE MOTION DETECTION FUNCTION

IPS

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PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL...........................................................................................................26

TILT ZOOM

PAN-

RIVER MODE SETTING

ORT SETTING

AMERA SELECTION

ONITOR SELECTION

PEED CONTROL

TILT ZOOM CONTROL

PAN-

RE-POSITION

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UTILITY FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................................28

CCESS TO UTILITY FUNCTIONS

E-ACTIVATE THE DISABLED HOUSEKEEPING FUNCTIONS

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CAMERA CONFIGURATION...........................................................................................................29

AMERA TITLE ASSIGNMENT

AXIMUM NO. OF CAMERA IMPOSED BY SOFTWARE

HECK THE ACTIVE CONNECTED CAMERAS

PPLY THE CAMERA TITLE

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RECORDER SETTING.......................................................................................................................30

HE RECORDING PARAMETERS

RAME RATE

HE START AND END TIMES FOR SCHEDULED RECORDING

NSTANT RECORDING

LARM RECORDING

ALARM RECORDING

PRE-

CHEDULED WEEKDAY RECORDING

CHEDULED WEEKEND RECORDING

XAMPLE

UDIO RECORDING

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OPTION SETTING..............................................................................................................................36

ISPLAY SEQUENCING

MAGE RESOLUTION FOR ALL RECORDING

ECORDING MODE SELECTION

TTACH AUDIO TO CAMERA

RIVE CAPACITY

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ACKUP FUNCTION

ORMAL MODE

RCHIVE MODE

WAP DRIVE

INSERTION OF REMOVABLE DRIVE

RE-

YSTEM OPERATION DATA

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HOUSEKEEPING ................................................................................................................................41

ACKUP

B R H S

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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

NVOKE THE MESSAGE BOX

EMOVE THE MESSAGE BOX

ETUP AND THE DEFAULT VALUES

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WORKING AT LOGOFF ...................................................................................................................47

OG OFF

L R

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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

OMPACT DATABASE SYSTEM

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.

Digital multi-channel video recorder and multiplexer

Support up to 16 camera inputs with multi display modes

Supports both PAL and NTSC standards

Easy to use graphic user interface

State of the art real-time display and recording under optimum condition of up to 4 channels

Support full resolution video (640x480 PAL, 640x480 NTSC)

Real-time digital video compression

Simultaneous playback and recording

Playback with sophisticated search functions

Alarm triggered recording

Alarm I/O interface

Pre-alarm recording

Programmable timer for recording

Motion detection recording

Easy to expand by software upgrade and system integration

Multilingual Capability

Intelligent remote player with telephone dial up and LAN connectivity to access on-line and recorder videos

Optional Features

Video displays on SVGA monitor and support a secondary display unit

Audio Recording attachable to selected video input

Pan/Tilt/Zoom Control (optionally selected Codec)

Fast Video Compression/decompression (optionally selected Codec)

Tamper protection for video recording

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SW-80

Approximate Recording Capacity

SW-80 Series

* 1024MB=1GB

12.5 8 4 1

1 1 1 1 1

275

157.2

109.8

58.2

16.62

6.6

3.8

2.64

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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alarm is actually taken place. Since it provides the image happened before the alarm, you can

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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

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Snap Shot

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Video Mode

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Zoom In

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Zoom Out

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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.

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User can stop the video and use the scroll bar to search the video if needed.

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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:

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Yellow - Instance recording video

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Green - Schedule recording video

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Blue - Pre-alarm recording video

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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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MOTION DETECTION

Motion detection

Set up the motion detection

An advanced digital video-processing algorithm is used to implement motion detection function in SW-80. The motion detection is designed to automatically detect any activities within a selected detection area(s), and to start recording of that camera when activity is detected inside the detection area(s).

Right click the mouse button on the video screen of the camera you want to set motion detection. A “Motion detection setting” dialog box will pop up for motion detection setting.

Selected area for motion detection

Grid superimposed on the video screen

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Set detection area

Indicate the detection area

Set sensitivity for motion detection

The first thing to do is to input the detection area(s). Click the “Detection area setup” button to show the grid on video screen for detection area selection. Simply click on any spot to select/de-select the grid(s) to form detection area(s) of any shape in the video screen for motion detection. The “Select all” button is used to rapidly select the whole video screen for detection. The “Clear all” button is used to de-select all the selected areas.

If you want the detection area to be presented on the video screen during normal operation, click the “Show at all time” button. If you don’t want the detection area to be presented in the video screen during normal operation, click the “Not show” button.

Click the “Sensitivity setup” button to display the “activity blocks” for sensitivity setup. The “activity blocks” will superimpose on the moving object to highlight the activities on the video screen. You can adjust the sensitivity by using the sensitivity control box. Click the up arrow button to increase the sensitivity and click the down arrow button to decrease the detection sensitivity respectively. The sensitivity value display inside the control box, which is an arbitrary value, indicates the relative detection sensitivity. Adjust the sensitivity by monitoring the “activity blocks” on the screen to determine that the sensitivity is adjusted to an optimal condition for motion detection and without false alarm. User can check the “Show within detection area” button to confine the “activity blocks” only to display within the detection areas you have selected.

Detection interval

Recording time extension

Enable the motion detection function

The occurrence of motion is detected by correlating the successive frames of the video. The “Detection interval” control box can adjust the detection interval between these successive frames. The detection interval is in unit of 100mS. The default value is at 200mS.

The motion detected in the detection area(s) will be used as an event to trigger the alarm recording of the corresponding camera. Once the recording is started, it will continue with an extension time even the motion is stopped. This extension time can be adjusted by using the “Post motion rec.” control box. The time interval is in unit of second show inside the control box and the default value is 3 seconds.

Check the “Motion detection enable” box to enable the motion detection function once you have set all the parameters. (User can temporarily disable the motion detection by uncheck the “Motion detection enable” box. All the settings of the motion detection will stay unchanged, which let the user to enable the motion detection back again afterward more easy). Click the “Close” button, the corresponding camera button in the display panel will light up with a yellow grid indicator to indicate the motion detection function. The detection area will be presented in the video screen if the “Show at all time” button is checked.

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Yellow grid indicator indicates that the motion detection is enabled

Tips Use the same image resolution for displaying and recording to get better and

stable performance of the motion detection function.

When display at QUAD mode; use “High” resolution mode for motion

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detection recording. When display at 16-screen mode; use “Low” resolution mode for motion

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detection recording. When display at one screen mode use “Supper” mode for motion

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detection recording. Without displaying the motion detection camera.

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PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL

Pan-tilt Zoom

Driver Mode Setting

Using the pan-tilt zoom function, the camera can zoom in or out to adjust the view angle of the camera for a better image, or it can pan and tilt the camera to different position of interest for better surveillance. Click the PTZ icon button besides the “EXIT” button to activate the PTZ panel.

Note: The camera number setting of the On Site Receiver Driver (OSRD) should be set up correctly with the same camera number as the camera attached to it.

Right click the mouse on anywhere of the PTZ Panel, a menu will appear which can select the MODE, PORT SETTING or EXIT. Select the MODE item, a sub menu will show up the item MV912RS, Old OSRD Code, PTZ Receiver Driver and/or other available Custom’s option. After your selection, a tick will appear left to the item.

Note : To run the pan-tilt function properly, you should match the OSRD with the selected protocol.

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Port Setting

Camera Selection

Monitor Selection

Speed control

The port setting is about the COM port (the serial port) connection preferences. The default of the connection preferences is as the following figure. Please refer to individual OSRD connection preferences for correct setup of the connection preferences.

The camera selection box in the PTZ control panel is for selecting the desired camera for PTZ control.

While the MV912RS protocol is selected, there will be a monitor selection box in the PTZ control panel.

The speed of movement of the pan-tilt head can be controlled. The slide bar is to control the speed of movement.

Pan-tilt zoom control

Pre-position

Once the camera is selected, click the arrow buttons for corresponding direction movement, the focus and zoom control.

The positions of the pan tilt head can be saved so that camera can repeat its position when wanted.

Set Pre-position

Use the “Pre-position” box to enter the pre-position number. Once the number is selected, pan/tilt the camera to a desired position and then, press “Set” button to assign this position into that particular pre-position number.

Show Pre-position

Use the “Pre-position” box to enter the pre-position number. Once the number is selected, press the “Show” button to send the camera to the saved pre-position.

Pre-position hot keys

Four hot keys are implemented for four frequently used pre-positions. Once programmed, press these hot keys will send the camera to it’s pre-position accordingly.

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UTILITY FUNCTIONS

Access to Utility Functions

Re-activate the disabled Housekeeping Functions

When the user logged on as “SUPER”, he/she is authorized to use the Utility functions. However, if the user logged on as “OPERATOR”, the Utility button will be disabled to prevent the password and some other system and recording settings from being modified by the operator. Click on the Utility button on the main screen, and the Utility menu will then pop up as shown in Figure 12.

The Housekeeping Function of the Utility Menu us disabled in case the PROGRAM is operated in the "Archive" Backup mode. To activate those build-in housekeeping functions from SW-80, switch the system back to "Normal" backup mode. Go to the Option Setting Chapter for further details.

Figure 12

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CAMERA CONFIGURATION

Camera title assignment

Maximum no. of camera imposed by software

Check the active connected cameras

Apply the camera title

To assign the Camera title correctly for individual camera connected to the

SW-80

button for camera title input. A camera setting dialog box (as seen in Figure 13) will be displayed for camera title input. The default camera title is Camera 1 to Camera 16 respectively. Click the desired input area for data entry, and then input the camera title accordingly. User can use the Backspace and Del keys in the keyboard to edit the text in the input field.

The max. no. of cameras is limited to 4 for model SW-80 and for model SW-8001 etc. This is to match with the design no. of cameras shown in the corresponding part of the generic model no. The camera assignment check box(es) will turn to Grey color and no manual assignment is possible.

The “Active” check box should be unchecked for the non-connected camera inputs. When the “Active” check box is unchecked to the Cam ID, then the

corresponding buttons in the “Display” and “Recorder” panels will be to stop the display and recording function of these camera inputs.

Click the “Apply” button to apply the camera titles right away. Click OK to confirm the inputs and close the dialog box. Or you can click “Cancel” button to close the dialog box without change. The camera title will be displayed on the screen to indicate the camera title. The camera title will also be used for the video playback search. The camera number buttons will be disabled in the “Display” and “Recorder” panels for the non-connected camera inputs.

unit, Click the “Utility” button and then select the “Camera Setting”

disabled

Figure 13

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RECORDER SETTING

The recording parameters

Frame rate

The start and end times for scheduled recording

The instant recording, alarm recording and the scheduled recording modes should have their individual sets of recording parameter settings. Click the “Utility” button and then select the “Recording Setting” to start program the recording parameters of individual cameras for different recording modes.

Frame rate is the most important parameter for recording setting. The value of frame rate is in f/s (frame per second), which controls how many frames will be recorded for every second. SW-80 provides a selection list for frame rate input. The possible frame rates are 25, 12.5, 8, 4, 1, ½ and 1/60 frames per second respectively. The ½ frame per second frame rate selection is interpreted as one frame recorded every two seconds, and a 1/60 frames per second frame rate selection means the recording of one frame every 60 seconds.

Note: The actual frame rate of recording will be same as this setting if the system resource at the condition taken care of other system setting permits. However, the SW-80 may regard this setting as the target maximum frame rate.

The start time and end time is needed for scheduled recording. The input time is in the 24-hour HH:MM format. The factory default setting of the weekday recording start time is 0:0 and the default end time is also 0:0. Under this default setting, the camera will start at Monday 0:0 and end at Tuesday 0:0 and then start right away at Tuesday 0:0 and repeat all over again for the rest of the weekdays. Therefore, weekday recording will record at all times from Monday 0:0 through Saturday 0:0. Weekend scheduled recording also has the default 0:0 start time and 0:0 end time. Under default start and end time the unit will start recording at Saturday 0:0 and end at Monday 0:0.

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Instant recording

Select the Instant tab inside the Recording Setting menu and a screen similar to that of Figure 14 is shown. Input the desired frame per second for individual cameras. The default frame rate is 25 frames per second. Click OK to confirm the input and close the dialog box or click the X box in the upper right corner to close the dialog box after use.

Tip: Eight frames per second or above is recommended for instant recording to capture real-time video.

Click OK to confirm input

Recording setting for instant recording

Figure 14

Click this arrow to show the list

Use scroll bar to see more selections

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Alarm recording

Pre-alarm recording

Select the Alarm tab inside the Recording Setting menu (a screen similar to that in Figure 15 would then pop up). Check the “ON” box for corresponding camera to enable the alarm input and the alarm recording function. Input the alarm recording duration in the (in sec) column. Check the Nopen (Normally open) box if the switch connected to the alarm input is a normally opened switch. Input the frame per second for individual cameras. The default frame rate is 25 f/s.

Check the “ON” box in the pre-alarm column to enable the pre-alarm function of the corresponding camera(s). Input the pre-alarm duration from one to 60 seconds. Every time when the alarm is triggered, the pre-alarm recording image will be saved into a permanent file, which can be retrieved for playback. Click OK to confirm the input.

Tip: Pre-alarm lets you review images prior to the actual happening of the alarm event. Also, pre-alarm keeps the images only when the alarm is actually taking place, so that storage space can be used more effectively. This mode is more effective than that in scheduled recording.

Check the cameras for alarm recording

Input recording time

Check the box if the sensor device is normally open type

Input frame per second

Figure 15

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Scheduled weekday recording

(Figure 16)

Check the cameras for weekday recording

Select the Schedule Weekday tab inside the Recording Setting menu. Check the camera you want to record. Input the start time and the end time for scheduled weekday recording. Input the frame per second for individual cameras. The default frame rate is 1 frame per second.

Click this arrow to show the list

Use scroll bar to see more selections

Figure 16

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Scheduled weekend recording (Figure 17)

Check the cameras for weekend recording

Select the Schedule Weekend tab inside the Recording Setting menu. Check the camera you want to record. Input the start time and the end time for scheduled weekend recording. Input the frame per second for individual cameras. The default frame rate is 1 frame per second.

Tip: Scheduled recording is a background recording activity of the recorder. A lower frame rate for scheduled recording will much prolong the recording time. It is recommended to use frame rates of four frames per second or lower for scheduled recording.

Click this arrow to show the list

Use scroll bar to see more selections

Figure 17

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Example 1 Suppose you want to start and stop your recording on one camera

within the same day every weekday, say 9:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday. You should go to the schedule weekday recording menu, check on the desired camera, enter 9:00 in the start time input, 17:00 in the end time input, then enter the frame rate you want and finally click OK to confirm. You will see the green indicator light of that camera in the RECORDER panel at 9:00 to 17:00 to indicate that scheduled recording is taking place.

Example 2 Suppose you want to start recording one camera at 18:00 and stop at

6:00 the next day, for everyday from Monday to Friday. You should go to the schedule weekday recording menu, check on the desired camera, enter 18:00 in the start time input, 6:00 in the end time input, then enter the frame rate you want and finally click OK to confirm. In this case, the recorder will start at Monday 18:00 and then stop at Tuesday 6:00 and the schedule continues every weekday. While on Friday, the recorder would start at 18:00 as usual but it would stop on Saturday at 0:0. Therefore, you should enter another schedule for weekend recording to fit your scheduled planning as a whole.

Audio Recording

Go to the "Options Setting" Chapter for further details.

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OPTION SETTING

Display Sequencing

Click “Utility”, “Option Setting” and then “Display” to get to the sequence display menu. Enter the dwell time for sequencing duration. The default dwell time is 1 second. Check the camera(s) you want to display during sequencing. Click Apply to apply the input parameters right away. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box. For sequencing operation please see the “Display” section of this manual.

Example: The cameras 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 are checked in Figure 18.

Figure 18

While in the 1-Screen mode, the sequence will be performed as follows:

3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16

While in the 4-Screen mode, the sequence will be performed as follows:

3 4

9 12

5 7 8

13 14 15 16

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Image resolution for all recording

Select the Recording tab in the Option Setting menu (Figure 19). The Resolution check box controls the image resolution for recording. Super recording mode set the recording in the full resolution, which is 640 pixels by 480 pixels in PAL and NTSC system. High recording mode set the recording in a standard resolution, which is about 384 pixels by 288 pixels in PAL system and is about 320 by 240 pixels for NTSC system. Low recording mode set the recording in a low resolution, which is about 192 pixels by 144 pixels in PAL system and is about 160 by 120 pixels for NTSC system.

Tip: Check the “High” box in Resolution for most of the case. It is to optimize the system performance and storage usage.

Recording mode selection

Attach Audio to Camera

Drive capacity

Figure 19

Linear recording mode: When linear mode is selected for recording, the recording (alarm, pre-alarm, instance and schedule) will stop automatically when the storage device(s) is all used. Circular recording mode: When circular mode is selected, the recording will keep on by automatically over writing the oldest files once the storage device(s) is full. However, the alarm image file(s) will be protected in this mode.

For Models with Audio Recording support only, make sure the system is properly set up for audio recording, equipped with an audio pickup device and have the volume control setup for both recording an playback etc. The message box is opened for input. Enter the camera no. for attaching recorded audio data. When a “0” is entered, no audio recording will be performed. The audio data is now setup to be recorded and playback in sync. With the video part of the selected camera.

The total space, free space and the used space of the selected drive are displayed simultaneously. A progress bar is displayed to indicate the usage level of the recorder drive graphically.

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Backup function

Normal Mode

Archive Mode

Make sure to select the intended Backup Mode prior the formal use of the SW-80 system for routine video recording.

Make sure to select the backup drive prior to the backup. Click on Utility, then Option setting, and finally the Backup tab (Figure 20). Click the down arrow in the backup drive box to display the available removable drive(s) for backup and select the desired backup drive. The removable device can be a DVD-RAM drive or a removable IDE hard drive. The user can choose to keep copies on hard disk after backup or not. Click Apply to confirm and click OK to close the dialog box.

The system is set to "Normal" backup mode as system default. To switch to "Archive" mode, check the bullet option next to Archive, then Apply and OK. The SW-80 application should closed and restarted to effect the change. At the start up on Archive backup mode, the main screen of the SW-80 will be slightly modified and refreshed as shown in figure 21.

Figure 20

Figure 21

Red

– Indicate the Drive is set Active, being used for immediate video recording

Green

– Indicates the Drive is dismounted, ready for physically taken out

Swap Drive

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Swap Drive

(Applicable to Archive Backup mode of operation only)

Re-insertion of Removable Drive

Make sure the system is properly setup with two available “Removable Hard drive” and there is a fixed hard drive to support system operations. Click the Swap Drive button in the Main Screen and then the “Swap drive” message box will appear as shown in Figure 22. Click the down arrow in the Select drive dialog box next to the Remove button to display the registered removable drive(s) for removal and select the desired drive. Click Remove button and follow the pop up instruction to complete the REMOVE process. The entire drive can be back up (Archive) to other long term storage media such as the DAT or equivalent device with huge storage capacity but may not work as fast. This operation on a dismounted drive can be down off-line (while the SW-80 is closed) or in a separate PC workstation.

Click the Swap Drive button in the Main Screen and then the “Swap drive” message box will appear as shown in Figure 22. Click the down arrow in the Select drive dialog box next to the Insert button to display the registered removable drive(s) for insertion and select the desired drive. Click Insert button and follow the pop up instruction to complete the INSERTION (RE-Insertion) process.

If a blank new drive is inserted in the slot, make sure it is of the same make and configuration as the removed drive for proper operation.

Figure 22

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System operation data

Click on the System tab in Option Setting menu (Figure 23) There are two default usernames for SW-80: Two passwords can be introduced for security use during the logon session. The users should input the correct password to logon to the system. You can select the date/time display format to 12-hour or 24-hour format. Click Apply to confirm the input, click OK to confirm and exit or click Cancel to exit without any changes. Check the “Logout continue display/recording” box if you want the image to continue to be displayed and instant recording still function activated upon logout

SUPER

OPERATOR

and

Figure 23

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HOUSEKEEPING

Backup

The Housekeeping Menu is disabled when the system is set to “Archive” Backup mode, To revert it to “NORMAL” mode, go to the Options Setting chapter for further details. Click Utility, Housekeeping then backup to open the backup menu (Figure 24 Select the camera(s) you want to do backup on. Check the file(s) you want to backup by clicking on the file list, or you can backup all files by checking the backup all files box. You can keep copies on the hard disk after backup by checking the “Keep copies on hard disk” box. If you want to clean up old files in the backup device prior to do backup, check the “Delete all files in the backup device” box. The free storage capacity of the backup device is also shown in the dialog box. Click the “Start” button to start the backup process.

Backup progress Indicator

Figure 24

A progress bar will be shown at the bottom of the main screen to indicate the backup progress. The number of files to backup and the progress will be indicated accordingly.

Tip: Use the Play Search function of the unit to playback video of the backup drive.

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Remove video files

Click Utility, Housekeeping and then Remove Files tab (Figure 25). Click the down arrow in the camera box to select one or all cameras. The camera related video files would then be displayed inside the window. You can check the file(s) to delete by clicking on the camera title or you can check the “Delete all files” box to delete all files. Click Start button to execute the file delete function. The video files will be deleted to spare storage space and the database will be updated accordingly.

Note:

Camera Date/Time Event

Filename

Size

Figure 25

The camera column displays the corresponding camera titles The date/time column displays the record starting date and time “SCH”, “REC” and “ALM” represents schedule, instant and alarm recording events

respectively. The filename has the following format:

x-mmddyy-hhmmss.avi

x: camera number mmddyy: month/day/year hhmmss: hour:minute:second avi: avi file extension

The file size in KB

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Housekeeping tools

Click on the Tools tab to enter the tools utility (Figure 26). Users are recommended to use the “Run Scan Disk” and “Run Disk Defragmenter” functions on a frequent basis to optimize and debug the storage device(s) being used.

Figure 26

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System Information

Click the System Information button to display the "About DSR" message box, which shows relevant information about the SW-80 (Figure 27).

Figure 27

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TOO MANY FILES WARNING

Too many files warning message

Invoke the message box

Remove the message box

All of the recording will be logged with a database system. Even a very short video file (such as few seconds long) will occupy as an entry of the database. Large number of entry will affect the performance of the database management. Therefore, a “Too Many Files Warning” message box is designed to provide information to the user about the file number. A warning message and the exact number of file will be displayed in the “Too Many Files Warning” message box.

The “Too Many Files Warning” message box will automatically pop up when the number of file is excess the default value. Or user can press the “Ctrl” “Alt” and “1” in the keyboard, do not use the “1” key located on the Numeric Keypad, to show the message box at any time to check the number of file in the unit.

User can close the message box by clicking the “X” icon at the upper right hand corner. To permanently disable the message box, user can check the “Do not appear in the future” box and then click the “X” icon to close the message box. Once the “Too Many Files Warning” message box is permanently disabled, user should restart the unit (“Exit”, power down and then power up) to reactivate the message box again.

Tip: False alarm (including by motion detection) will generate many small files. It is recommended to setup the unit properly to avoid false alarm. When the “Too Many Files Warning” is shown, user should remove the out dated files to decrease the number of file.

Note: The number of file is not directly related to the storage space usage of the hard drive.

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Setup and the default values

User can adjust the default value of the “Too Many Files Warning” signal. Right click the mouse button inside the dialog box, and then click “Setting”, a setup dialog box will be displayed.

Warning string:

The default warning string is “Remove files/use longer duration for alarm recording”.

Filename string:

The default value is “c:pico\image\*.avi” Don’t change this default or the warning message will not work properly.

Warning number of files:

The default value is 1500.

Update time interval (sec):

The default value is 5 seconds. Click “OK” to confirm input or “Cancel” to cancel the change.

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WORKING AT LOGOFF

Log off

Recording during log off

Click the Log ON/OFF button on the main screen to log off. Once logged off, the unit will not show any video images. The PROGRAM logo will then be displayed on the screen.

Note:

You should re-logon with the correct password to regain operation of the unit.

Note:

In the System menu of Option Settings, check the “Logout continue display/recording” box if you want the image to be continually displayed after logoff.

The alarm and scheduled recording functions of the unit will keep on working during the logged off period. SW-80 will continue recording even if the unit is under the logged off condition.

Note:

In the System menu of Option Settings, check the “Logout continue display/recording” box if you want the instant recording function to be continually functioning after logoff.

SHUT DOWN THE UNIT

Exit

Make sure that all the current recording jobs of the SW-80 is closed before shutting down the system to prevent data loss. Click the EXIT button on the main screen and confirm shutdown. The system will automatically shut down and power off.

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SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

Schedule backup and remove the video file

Compact Database system

The video files in the SW-80 unit should be backup and remove in a regular basic with a properly setup scheule. This will insure that the performance of the SW-80 unit is working under its optimum condition. It is also a vital procedure to prevent from data lose due to out of storage space of the hard drive.

As a normal operation, it is recommended that user should log off and turn off

the SW-80 unit in a monthly basic. This will allow the database to close and then do some optimization and compacting of the record configuration during the system power up.

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Appendix I

DSR Configuration at Control Panel

(New feature)

In order to seamlessly integrate the DSR with the Windows environment, a DSR

configuration icon is implemented in the Control Panel of the server machine.

User can go to the Control Panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel) and double click

the DSR configuration icon to invoke the DSR configuration dialog.

A "Logon" dialog box will pop up for password protection. User uses the SUPER

as username and the corresponding password to logon for DSR configuration

operation.

User can configure the DSR prior to run the DSR program.

The available DSR configuration settings are listed in the following table:

Alarm Alert Enable

Enable the Alarm Alert function.

Alarm Files Overwrite Enable

By default, the alarm files will not be deleted during circular mode. However, user can check the

enable box in the dialog to allow oldest alarm files to be deleted during circular recording.

Note:

Motion detection triggered and hardwires triggered alarm files are treated equally as alarm files.

Configuration backup and restore

This utility allows user backup the DSR configuration prior to install or re-installs the DSR

software in order to prevent loss of configuration data. Also, a DSR configuration template disk

can be prepared for easy DSR setup during mass production.

The configuration parameters to be backup include the following items:

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Camera title, enable/disable

System settings

Recorder settings

Motion detection settings

System retain parameters

Alarm schedule (the one which is currently in use)

Hide DSR

A "Minimize" button will be placed on the top right hand corner of the DSR display window

frame.

User clicks the "Minimize" button to hide the DSR display window.

PTZ control Enable

Enable the PTZ function.

Configure the PTZ control

PTZ User Account Management

Only one user is allowed to operate the PTZ control at a time, a user account with priority level

should be setup for management. Click "Add" button to add a new user with priority level. The

highest level is 1. Select a user and click "Remove" or "Edit" button to remove or edit the user

input respectively.

PTZ Control Hardware Configuration

Select the PTZ receiver driver protocol, RS232 port number, Baud rate (9600 as default value),

data (8 bit as default value), parity (none as default value), stop bit (1 bit as default value) and flow

control.

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PTZ Driver Model Setting

Select the Model item, a drop down menu will show up the available models.

Note:

Following list are the current PTZ control protocols supported by DSR.

Model Protocol/OSRD/Connection Interface

KALATEL_KTD312 KTD-312 computer interface ASCII Protocol, RS-232 to RS-232

PELCO_ASCII Pelco ASCII Protocol (Revision G), RS-232 to RS-422/485

PELCO_SPECTRA Pelco "D" Protocol, RS-232 to RS-422/485

PHILIPS_AUTODOME PHILIPS (BURLE) Auto Dome RS-232 to RS-422/485

LTC0809 Series

UEL_MV912RS UEL OSRD model of MV912RS

UEL_MV961A UEL OSRD model of MV961A, MV561

PHILIPS (BURLE) On-Site Receiver/Driver, RS-232 to Biphase

LTC8561 Series :

LTC8564/20

LTC8566 Series

ULTRAK_KD6 Ultrak KD6 Auto Dome

VICON_SURVEYOR99 V5UWM , VICON Surveyor99 Camera Dome RS-232 to

RS-422/485 Surveyor99 Series

Note:

The DSR unit provides only RS-232 output connection, all other serial connections by external

converter are provided by the user themselves.

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PTZ Control Serial Port Setting

The port setting is about the COM port (the serial port) connection preferences.

The default of the connection preferences is as the above figure.

Please refer to individual OSRD connection preferences for correct setup of the connection

preferences.

Select Hard Drive to Record and Disk Space Utilization Control

Select Hard Drive(s) to Record

Default to use all available hard drive(s) for recording.

The C: drive is used for system and memory swapping, it is recommended not to use it for video

recording.

It is recommended to install hard drive(s) with at least 15GB for recording.

Disk Space Utilization Control

Two parameters are being used for disk space utilization control, which are "Reserved Space"

and "File Retention Limit".

The minimum value of "Reserved Space" and "File Retention Limit" are 1.5GB and 2.0GB

respectively.

The "Reserved Space" and "File Retention Limit" values will be increased to 7% and 10% of

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the disk capacity respectively, when bigger disk capacity is being used.

Increase the value of these parameters will increase the safety margin in order to provide more

reliable recording performance.

Linear recording mode:

Recording will stop automatically when all the selected hard drives' available space is lower than

the "Reserved Space" value.

Circular recording mode:

A separate process for deletion will be started automatically to delete the oldest files when all the

selected hard drives' available space is lower than the "Reserved Space" value. The delete file

process will recover the disk space until it reaches the "File Retention Limit" value.

Time Stamp Enable

User selects and enables date and time overlay to each camera for display and recording.

Video Server User Manager

Prior to use the DSR, the remote online view clients should be registered through the Video Server

User Manager.

Double click the Video Server to invoke the Video Server User Manager dialog box.

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Check the Password Protection box in the button to enable the password protection of the server.

There will be no password protection for the user to come in if the Password Protection check box

is not checked.

You can add new user, edit the existing user information or delete a user by clicking the

appropriate buttons.

Each user entry has a name, password, time limit for continuous logon and the camera restriction

information settings.

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Appendix II

Video Transmission Server Function

DSR provides video server function to do video transmission to a remote client machine for remote

online view of the cameras.

The video server supports video transmission over any networking that provides TCP/IP protocol

connectivity.

In order to monitor and control the client user logon, a Video Server control panel is provided.

Press Alt-Ctrl-2 keys together to invoke the Video Server control panel.

The control panel divided into two parts.

The upper window is for the current usage display, which shows the current user and the camera under

viewing.

The lower window is the usage history event log.

Administrator can click on the user ID to highlight the entry and then click Disconnect or Terminate to

end the user logon.

Video Server User Manager

An icon called DSR will be installed in the Windows Control Panel (click Start > Settings > Control

Panel) once the DSR is installed.

Prior to use the DSR, the remote online view clients should be registered by using the Video Server

User Manager.

Double click the DSR icon to invoke the DSR configuration dialog and start Video Server User

Manager dialog box.

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You can add new user, edit the existing user information or delete a user by clicking the appropriate

buttons.

Check the Password Protection box in the button to enable the password protection of the server.

There will be no password protection necessary for all users to come in if the Password Protection

check box is not checked.

Each user entry has a name, password, time limit for continuous logon and the camera restriction

information settings.

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Appendix III

Working at Log off Guide

Log Off

Click the Log ON/OFF button on the main screen to log off.

The EXIT button is disabled during log off to prevent accidental or unauthorized termination of the

surveillance function.

Note:

You should re-logon with the correct password to regain operation of the unit after logoff.

Display During Log Off

For logoff display selection, go to the System Menu of Option Settings, check the "Continue Display"

box if you want the image to be continually displayed after logoff.

If you do not check the "Continue Display" box, once logged off, the unit will not show any video

images and the DSR logo will then be displayed on the screen.

Recording During Log Off

Alarm & schedule recording

The alarm and scheduled recording functions of the unit will keep on working during the logged off

period.

Instant recording

In the System Menu of Option Settings, check the “Logoff continue recording” box if you want the

instant recording function to be continually functioning after logoff.

Transmission during Log Off

DSR will continue transmission for remote online view even if the unit is under the logged off condition.

Note:

To disable transmission via Dial-in, you have to turn off the Modem (by switch or by disabling the

Modem driver). Please see detail instruction as mentioned under the Remote On-line Viewing and

Playback Recorded Video section.

PTZ During Log Off

Go to the System Menu of Option Settings, check the Continue PTZ box if you want the PTZ functions

to remain after logoff.

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Appendix IV

Alarm Alert Modules

Alarm Alert modules are designed to work with the DSR.

Once the DSR receives an alarm triggering, either from alarm inputs or motion detection, it will

activate the alarm alert modules to alert the outside world.

The alarm alert application consists of two software modules, the Alarm Alert Caller and the Alarm

Alert Receiver.

The Alarm Alert Caller runs with the DSR unit and the Alarm Alert Receiver is installed in the remote

machine.

The alarm alert signal can reach the remote machine through dial-up connection, LAN connection or

through Internet connection.

Alarm Alert Configuration

Through Dial-up

connection

Alarm Alert Caller setup in DSR unit

Prior to use the DSR software, make a New Connection for the remote unit

inside the Dial-Up Networking folder.

Please refer to the Appendix of How to Setup a Dial-up Connection in order to

set up the DSR unit as a Dial-up client machine.

After the DSR software is started, press the "Windows" button in the keyboard

to show the task bar.

Right click the Alarm Alert icon in the task bar to show the Alarm Alert Caller

Setup window.

Select Dial up in the Connection Mode.

Click the Setting button to show the Dial-up connection window.

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Through LAN

Connection ·

Inside the Connect to input box, click the down arrow to select connection

from the available connection name inside the Dial-up Networking folder.

Make sure to check the Save password box.

Input the IP address of the remote unit in the Alarm Alert Receiver Name/IP

box.

Click Apply and OK to end set up.

Alarm Alert Receiver setup in Remote unit

A Dial-up Server should be installed in the remote unit to allow the remote unit

to receive telephone call.

The Dial-up Adapter of the remote unit should have TCP/IP protocol attached

and with a fixed IP address assigned by the administrator.

Please refer to the Appendix of How to Setup a Dial-up Connection in order to

set up the remote unit as a Dial-up server machine.

Alarm Alert Caller setup in DSR unit

DSR should have the LAN connection correctly setup so that it can see the

remote unit inside its Network Neighborhood.

After the DSR software is started, press the "Windows" button in the keyboard

to show the task bar.

Right click the Alarm Alert icon in the task bar to show the Alarm Alert Caller

Setup window.

Select LAN in the Connection Mode.

Input the computer name or the IP address of the remote unit in the Alarm Alert

Receiver Name/IP box.

Alarm Alert Receiver setup in Remote unit

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Through Internet

connection ·

The remote unit should have a Computer name and Workgroup assigned

correctly, so that other machines within the LAN can see it in their Network

Neighborhood.

The LAN card adapter of the remote unit should have TCP/IP protocol attached

with the IP address assigned to it automatically at start up.

Alarm Alert Caller setup in DSR unit

The DSR unit should be connected to the Internet through its ISP.

After the DSR software is started, press the "Windows" button in the keyboard

to show the task bar.

Right click the Alarm Alert icon in the task bar to show the Alarm Alert Caller

Setup window.

Select LAN in the Connection Mode.

Input the domain name or IP address of the remote unit in the Alarm Alert

Receiver Name/IP box.

Alarm Alert Receiver setup in Remote unit

Make connection to the Internet

The remote unit should be assigned with a fixed IP address automatically by

the ISP or the remote unit has a static domain name.

Alarm Alert Receiver in the Remote Machine

The Alarm Alert Receiver usually come with the Remote Intelligent Player and will be installed with

the Remote Intelligent Player in the remote machine.

Start the alarm alert receiver

Double click the Alarm Receiver icon to start the Alarm Alert Receiver module.

A small Alarm Alert Receiver icon will shown inside the task bar of the Desktop window.

User can right click the Alarm Alert icon and click restore to show the Alarm Alert display

window manually.

Alarm operation

The Alarm Receiver window will pop up automatically when DSR alarm occur.

The alarm camera and DSR IP address will be displayed with the date/time info.

Double click the camera number to invoke online view of the alarm camera.

Click Acknowledge to stop the alert signal.

Click Hide to hide the Alarm Alert receiver window.

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Note:

To make sure (diagnose) the system and network are correctly set up for the Alarm Alert function: - the

DSR station should be able to ping the IP address of the remote client unit.

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Appendix V

Remote Online Viewing and Playback Recorded Video

Intelligent Remote Player

An Intelligent Remote Player is designed to provide online viewing and playback recorded video

functions in the remote client station.

Please refer to the Intelligent Remote Player User Manual for detailed operation procedure.

Please refer to Section 3 of the DSR Installation Guide for the system setup for Remote Player

operation.

DSR Folder Sharing for Remote Playback

(Upgraded feature)

In order to allow remote playback to work, DSR should have to share the video folder(s) so that the

remote playback station can find the DSR machine inside its Network Neighborhood and read the

shared video folder(s) in the DSR unit.

The expected Share Name of the video folder(s) is listed as follow:

Folder Name Share Name

c:\DSR-video dsr -video

d:\DSR-video dsr -videod

e:\DSR-video dsr -videoe

… …

i:\DSR-video dsr -videoi

… …

Go to each video folder in every available hard drive, point and right click the mouse on the

"DSR-video" folder icon. Select Properties-> Sharing-> Shared As and then input the

corresponding Share Name.

Add the "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks" service to the Network setting of the DSR

unit. Click Start->Settings->Control panel->Network->Add->Service->Add-> File and printer

sharing for Microsoft Networks->OK

Note:

To make sure (diagnose) the system and network are correctly set up for the remote playback function: -

the remote playback station should be able to find the DSR machine inside its Network Neighborhood

and can read the DSR machine shared video folder(s).

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DSR Network Configuration for Remote Online View

DSR provides Video Transmission Server Function in order to support remote online view through

TCP/IP networking.

The following table describes about the network configuration for different types of connection.

Through Dial-up

connection ·

Through LAN

Connection ·

In DSR unit

A Dial-up Server should be installed in the DSR unit to allow the DSR unit to

receive telephone call.

The Dial-up Adapter of the DSR unit should have TCP/IP and NetBEUI

protocols attached and with a fixed IP address assigned by the administrator.

Please refer to the Appendix of How to Setup a Dial-up Connection in order to

set up the DSR unit as a Dial-up server machine.

In Remote Client side:

Remote unit should make a New Connection for the DSR unit inside the

Dial-Up Networking folder.

Please refer to the Appendix of How to Setup a Dial-up Connection in order to

set up the remote unit as a Dial-up client machine.

Remote user input the IP address of the DSR unit to start on-line view.

In DSR unit:

The DSR unit should have a Computer name and Workgroup assigned

correctly, so that other machines within the LAN can see it in their Network

Neighborhood.

Through Internet

Connection ·

The LAN card adapter of the DSR unit should have TCP/IP and NetBEUI

protocols attached with the IP address assigned to it automatically at start up.

The Client for Microsoft Networks should be added to the Network

configuration.

In Remote Client side:

The remote unit should have the LAN connection correctly setup so that it can

see the DSR machine inside its Network Neighborhood.

Remote user input the computer name of the DSR unit to start on-line view.

In DSR unit:

Make connection to the Internet.

The DSR unit should be assigned with a fixed IP address automatically by the

ISP or the DSR unit has a static domain name.

In Remote Client side:

The remote client machine should be connected to the Internet through its ISP.

Remote user input the domain name or IP address of the DSR unit to start

on-line view.

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Note:

To make sure (diagnose) the system and network are correctly set up for the remote online view function:

- the remote client station should be able to ping the IP address of the DSR unit.

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Appendix VI

Internet Connection Guide

How to Setup a Dial-up Connection

Dial-up Server Machine Setting

A Dial-up Server is a machine to receive telephone call in order to create a dial-up connection for a

dial-up client machine.

Network Configuration

Network Identification

Install Dial-up Server

Configure the Dial-up

Server

Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network->Configuration

Make sure the following items have been installed

· Client for Microsoft Networks

· Dial-Up Adapter

· NetBEUI->Dial-UP Adapter

· TCP/IP->Dial-Up Adapter

Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network->Identification

Make sure to input a computer name and the workgroup.

· Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove

Programs->Windows Setup->Communications->Details

· Make sure the “Dial-up Server” box having been checked, then

click “OK”, and “Apply”;

· Insert your 98 Setup CD onto your CD-ROM, then click “OK”;

· Dial-up Server should be installed successfully after files copying is

done.

· Double click My computer->Dial-Up Networking->Connections(in

the menu bar)->Dial-Up Server

TCP/IP Setup for the

Dial-up Adapter

· Check the “Allow caller access” option box, click “Server Type”, a

“Server Types” dialog box appears;

· Select “PPP: Internet, Windows NT, Windows 98” option from

“Type of dial-up Server” combo box, and uncheck the “Required

encrypted password” box , then click “OK”;

· Click “Apply”, then “OK”.

· Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network->Configuration

· Highlight the “TCP/IP->Dial-up Adapter” item, then click

“properties”, a “TCP/IP properties information” message box pops

up, click “OK”, a “TCP/IP properties” dialog box will appear;

· Make sure the “IP Address” Tab is selected;· *Check the “Specify an

IP address” option, enter “192.168.55.1” as an example to the IP

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Address entry, enter “255.255.255.0” to the Subnet Mask entry;

· Click “OK” twice, a copy file dialog box will appear, you may

require to insert the Windows98 SE Installation CD-ROM for

system files update.· Restart the computer.

Dial-up Client Machine Setting

A dial-up client machine is a machine to create a dial-up connection by making a telephone call to the

dial-up server.

Network Configuration

Network Identification

Make a New Dial-up Connection

Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network->Configuration

Make sure the following items have been installed

· Client for Microsoft Networks

· Dial-Up Adapter

· NetBEUI->Dial-UP Adapter

· TCP/IP->Dial-Up Adapter

Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network->Identification

Make sure to input a computer name and the workgroup.

Double click My computer->Dial-Up

Networking->Connections(in the menu bar)->Make New

Connection

Input to the following boxes

· Type a name for the computer you are dialing

· Select a modem

· Area code

· Telephone number

· Country code

Configure the new connection

A new connection icon with the computer name to call will

appear

Right click the new icon with the computer to

call->Properties->Server Types

· Select type of dial-up servers as PPP, Internet, Windows

NT Server, Windows 98

· Check Log on to network

· Check Enable software compression

· Check NetBEUI

· Check TCP/IP

You can assign a fixed IP address to your machine for dialup

connection, which will make sure the connection to work as

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long as you don't create an IP address assignment conflict.

Click TCP/IP Settings ->Specify the IP address*Enter

192.168.55.2

Click OK

*If you are using an existing network workstation, please consult your network administrator for the

correct setting.

Making Sure You Have a Good Connection

If you are having connection problems, you can try using the ping command. Ping sends out a request

to see if a certain computer at a given IP address is indeed there. After you have made a connection (a

dial-up, LAN or Internet) open a Windows DOS session (click Start->Programs->MS-DOS Prompt).

Type ping 192.168.42.63. This is the IP address for a computer in your LAN. If ping works, your

TCP/IP stack and connection to the target machine is working.

You can type ping 204.71.200.75, which is the IP address for www.Yahoo.com (the web server at

Yahoo.com). If ping works, your connection to the Internet is working.

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Appendix VII

Find Out Your IP Address

You can use winipcfg command to display your current TCP/IP configuration.

To run the winipcfg command, Click Start->Run->typing winipcfg->OK

You can check the information for your LAN adapter (TCP/IP protocol bounded), your IP address

which is 192.168.42.63 in this case, is automatically assigned by your network DHCP server. People

in the LAN can ping you by using this IP address.

Other than the LAN adapter, you can also have the PPP adapter, which is your TCP/IP protocol

bounded Dial-up adapter (your modem, in other word).

If your IP address is dynamically assigned by your ISP, the IP address field and the subnet mask field

will be filled with zeros. As soon as you make a Dial-Up Networking connection, you are assigned

an IP address. To find out what it is, run winipcfg and click the Renew All button.

People in the Dial-Up Networking connection can ping you by using this IP address.

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*When you have trouble printing out please make sure that your printer is setup properly.

Installing printer:

1. Click Start->Setting->Printers.

2. In Printers window, select and click Add Printer.

3. In Add Printer window, click Next.

4. Click the manufacturer and model of your printer.

5. Click available port.

6. If your printer is not listed on screen, consult with your printer dealer.

*When the printing still does not work, please check the cable is connected properly.

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Warranty Guide

This product has passed through our quality control and test, and if you find any problems or get broken during

normal use we provide 12 months warranty service.

- 5 times on-site warranty service within the first year purchased.

- Customer must show VisionNet’s Invoice in order to get warranty service.

Warranty Guide

 Please contact VisionNet Technology after checking out any defect in the product.

 The standard for repairing, replacement or reimbursement follows Customer.

Warranty Content

 Any defect under normal use within the warranty service period we give you free repair service according

to the warranty sheet.

 We charge you with the fee of parts and service despite free warranty service period.

1. Any breakage made without care.

2. Breakage or trouble made by natural disaster.

3. Breakage or trouble made by breaking the product guide or manual.

4. Breakage or trouble made by wrong power voltage or frequency.

5. When you want to reassemble for full system or replace parts within warranty service period.

6. When unauthorized engineer modified or made damage on the product trying to repair it, we may

charge you with the fee.

 We don’t support the breakage after warranty service period. If the customer wants to get it repaired, we

charge them with the fee.

VisionNet Technology

Address: Rm. 1107, 11/F, Block G,

Phase 2, Kwai Shing Industrial Bldg.,

No. 42-46 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung

Te l:

2427 1026

Fax:

2427 0930

URL: www.VisionNet.com.hk

E-Mail Address support@VisionNet.com.hk

VisionNet SW-80 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction

Standard Features

Optional Features

Audio Recording Option

REAR PANEL

Turn on the power

Logon

DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION)

Display control panel

1-Screen mode

4-Screen mode

Multi-Screen mode

8-Screen mode

16-Screen mode

Rapid Zoom

Full screen display

Sequence

REMOTE ONLINE VIEWING AND PLAYBACK RECORDED VIDEO

The Intelligent Remote Player

RECORDING

Storage drive

Recording modes

Multiple camera recording

The recorder control panel

Instant recording

Alarm recording

Pre-alarm recording

Scheduled recording

PLAYBACK

Playback the video

Select Drive

The video player

Video playback controls

Playback camera control

Absolute date/time and length display

Playback speed control

Rewind and replay

Frame mode for print and save a frame

Playback the current file

Open the video files and playback continuously

Search the video interactively

MOTION DETECTION

Motion detection

Set up the motion detection

Set detection area

Indicate the detection area

Set sensitivity for motion detection

Detection interval

Recording time extension

Enable the motion detection function

PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL

Pan-tilt Zoom

Driver Mode Setting

Port Setting

Camera Selection

Monitor Selection

Speed control

Pan-tilt zoom control

Pre-position

UTILITY FUNCTIONS

Access to Utility Functions

Re-activate the disabled Housekeeping Functions

CAMERA CONFIGURATION

Camera title assignment

Maximum no. of camera imposed by software

Check the active connected cameras

Apply the camera title

RECORDER SETTING

The recording parameters

Frame rate

The start and end times for scheduled recording

Instant recording

Alarm recording

Pre-alarm recording

Scheduled weekday recording

Audio Recording