Contents Chapter 1 Installation.................................................................................................1-5 1.1 System Hardware Requirements...............................................................1-5 1.1.1 Recommended minimum system hardware requirements ...............1-5 1.2 Software Installation .................................................................................1-6 1.3 First Start up............................................................................................1-11 Chapter 2 Launcher .................................................................................................2-12 2.1 Security for Launcher .............................................................................2-12 2.2 User Interface..........................................................................................2-13 Chapter 3 Monitor ...................................................................................................3-15 3.1 Features of Monitor Tool ........................................................................3-15 3.1.1 Traditional Surveillance Features ..................................................3-15 3.1.2 Special Features .............................................................................3-15 3.2 Application Layout and Functionalities.............................................3-16 3.3 Logging In...............................................................................................3-18 3.3.1 The Root Privilege .........................................................................3-18 3.3.2 The General User Privilege............................................................3-18 3.4 Camera Configurations ...........................................................................3-19 3.4.1 The Layout of the Configuration ...................................................3-19 3.4.2 Local Settings.................................................................................3-20 3.4.3 Alert Settings and Recording Settings ...........................................3-22 3.4.4 Changing the Camera Order in the List .........................................3-24 3.4.5 Saving the Changes........................................................................3-24 3.5 Global Settings........................................................................................3-25 3.6 Using Monitor Tool.................................................................................3-31 3.6.1 Connection of the Video Server / Network Camera Series............3-31 3.6.2 The Layout .....................................................................................3-36 3.6.3 Input/Output Control Tools............................................................3-40 3.6.4 Backup ...........................................................................................3-43 3.6.5 About..............................................................................................3-44 3.6.6 Miscellaneous Functions................................................................3-44 3.6.7 Common Control Functions...........................................................3-46 3.6.8 Multiple Focus ...............................................................................3-47 3.6.9 Status Bar .......................................................................................3-48 Chapter 4 Scheduling...............................................................................................4-49 4.1 Invoke Scheduling Tool ..........................................................................4-50 4.1.1 Starting the Scheduling tool...........................................................4-50 4.2 The Layout and Functionalities ..............................................................4-51 Chapter 1 Installation 4.2.1 Introduction....................................................................................4-51 4.2.2 The Functionalities of Configuration Components........................4-52 4.2.3 The Schedule Scheme operations ..................................................4-53 4.3 Primary Schedule ....................................................................................4-54 4.3.1 Schedule with Time Lines..............................................................4-54 4.3.2 Schedule with Time Picker ............................................................4-55 4.3.3 Schedule in event mode .................................................................4-56 4.3.4 Schedule in Continuous mode .......................................................4-57 4.4 Secondary Schedule ................................................................................4-57 4.4.1 Schedule modes .............................................................................4-57 Chapter 5 Playback..................................................................................................5-58 5.1 Features of Playback ...............................................................................5-58 5.2 Logging In...............................................................................................5-59 5.3 Layout .....................................................................................................5-60 5.3.1 Main Areas .....................................................................................5-60 5.3.2 Indicators........................................................................................5-63 5.3.3 Pull Bar ..........................................................................................5-64 5.4 Settings....................................................................................................5-64 5.5 Normal (Single Frame) Mode.................................................................5-66 5.5.1 Histogram Area ..............................................................................5-67 5.6 Preview (Multiple Frame) Mode ............................................................5-68 5.6.1 Histogram Area ..............................................................................5-69 5.6.2 Histogram Legend..........................................................................5-70 5.7 Using Tools .............................................................................................5-71 5.7.1 Selector Tools.................................................................................5-71 5.7.2 Play Control ...................................................................................5-73 5.7.3 Display Adjustment Toolbox .........................................................5-74 5.7.4 Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox...........................................5-75 5.7.5 Toolbox ..........................................................................................5-76 5.7.6 System Control Toolbox ................................................................5-78 Chapter 1 Installation 1.1 System Hardware Requirements Before installing the application software, make sure your system has the following recommended minimum hardware requirements. 1.1.1 Recommended minimum system hardware requirements The system requirement recommended for this application is as follows. OS: CPU: SDRAM: Hard disk: Display Chip: MS Windows 2000/XP/98SE/Me Intel 2.0 GHz Pentium IV or above and AMD Athlon or above 256 MB SDRAM 40 GB nVidia, GeForce series with 32 MB Display memory ATI Radeon series with 32 MB Display memory Table 1-1 Recommended System Hardware Requirements The following notes should help you with the proper installation of the software on to the recommended hardware system. This application software only supports Intel Pentium IV series or above and AMD Athlon or above CPUs. It is also recommended to run this application software on Win2000 OS to avoid any functional limitation. Make sure all Power Management and Screen Saver functions are turned off to avoid system hang-ups. Chapter 1 Installation 1.2 Software Installation The following are steps for the software installation. STEP 1: Put the Installation disk into the CD-ROM drive, and installation should start automatically. If installation does not start, click on "Start" on the lower left corner of your screen and open "My Computer" and double click on the CD-ROM icon. The IP surveillance Recorder Installation Window will appear as Figure 1-1 in below. Figure 1-1 Smart VS-IP Recorder Installation Window STEP 2: There are links on this page, including Quick Guide, User's Manual, Release Note, and Install Software DVR. Click on "Install Software DVR" to launch the intallation shield. The InstallShield Wizard will come on and Figure 1-2 will appear. Figure 1-2 Welcome page for the Smart VS-IP Recorder STEP 3: If you click on "Next" and Figure 1-3 appears, it means you have installed a previous version of the recording software (the previous version is the video-only version, which means it would not get the audio stream from servers). If you want to keep the previous version, choose the second option. If you are new to the Smart VS-IP recorder software, this window will not appear; skip on over to Step 4. Figure 1-3 Video only version detected Chapter 1 Installation STEP 4: Click on "Next"and the "User information" window will appear as in Figure 1-4. This window prompts you to enter a username, company name. Click on "Next" to continue. Figure 1-4 User information for Smart VS-IP Recorder STEP 5: Set up the administrator's password by entering a password and confirm the password as shown in Figure 1-5. Click on "Next" to continue. Figure 1-5 Confirm Password STEP 6: Select the installation directory for this application software and click on "Next", as shown in Figure 1-6. You can also change the installation directory from the Default directory by clicking on "Browse..." Figure 1-6 Destination Location for Installation STEP 7: Select a program folder to install the application software into and then click on "Next", as shown in Figure 1-7. Figure 1-7 Select Program Folder Chapter 1 Installation STEP 8: After checking all the set up information shown in Figure 1-8, click on "Next" to start file movement and registries update. Figure 1-8 Check Setup Information STEP 9: Click on "Finish", as shown in Figure 1-9, to finish installation. This completes the program installation. Figure 1-9 Finish the Installation 1.3 First Start up After installation, one of the IE settings needs to be changed before you can start running the Monitor program. Enable the mechanism for submitting non-encrypted data in the path "Start->Settings->control Panel->Internet Options->Security->Custom Level...\Setting:". You can also find the path from the IE browser, as it is depicted in the following. You can follow the instructions to complete this setting, as shown in Figure 1-10. 2 3 1 5 6 4 Figure 1-10 Enable Submitting Non-encrypted Form Data Upon completion of the settings, you can start to invoke the Monitor program. Chapter 2 Monitor Chapter 2 Launcher Launcher is a controller program that allows the user to invoke Monitor or Playback quickly. It also allows starting the recording before the user logs in. 2.1 Security for Launcher Starting Launcher does not require passing the username/password check. Once invoked, Launcher can run automatically. However, if the user clicks on the Launcher icon in the system tray, the program will pop up a username/password dialog. This happens if this is a first time menu pop up, or when Launcher was locked. If the user fails to pass the authentication check, no menu will appear. After passing identification and authentication, the user is free to use all functions. The user can lock the Launcher as a security measure. When the Launcher is locked, it reverts back to the Start-up state. The user needs to pass identification and authentication again to get to the popup menu. Below is the login window: Figure 2-1 Login Dialog When the Launcher is locked, the unlock window is as follows: Figure 2-2 Unlock Dialog The input area of the dialog will be grayed (disabled) for 60 seconds after three failure attempts. 2.2 User Interface This is the user interface for Launcher: Figure 2-3 Popup Menu The main user interface for Launcher is an icon on the system tray. The popup menu is displayed by clicking on the right or left buttons on the mouse. The menu items are listed below: 1. Lock Launcher ­ When this item is selected, Launcher will enter Lock mode. In Lock mode, whenever the user wants to invoke the menu, a dialog asking for username and password appears. The interface for this dialog is covered in the previous section. Chapter 2 Monitor 2. Tools ­ This contains many utilities; currently only change password is implemented. Below is the change password screen: Figure 2-4 Change Password Dialog 3. 4. 5. 6. Autorun at Startup ­ This turns on or turns o ...