ACTi MobileGo User Manual Version 2.0.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Table of Contents 1 Overview 3 Introduction.................................................................................... 3 Network Architecture ...................................................................... 3 Specification................................................................................... 4 Compatible NVR Firmware Version ................................................ 4 Things You Need to Know Before You Start ....................................
MobileGo V2.0.51 Overview Introduction MobileGo is a free app for iOS platform devices ( e.g. iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch) that allow you to do remote-monitoring on ACTi software NVR and Standalone NVR. This App supports overview of instant channel snapshots upon logging in, single channel live streaming, real-time PTZ control, digital PTZ, going to presets, playback and search functions. MobileGo is ready to connect with Standalone NVR and Software NVR 3.0 without further configuration or installation.
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MobileGo V2.0.51 Things You Need to Know Before You Start 1. MobileGo supports optical PTZ function only when the PTZ device has been enabled on NVR server. 2. Manual Trigger DO function via MobileGo is only available for devices on NVR 3.0 server. 3. MobileGo does not support audio function. 4. When connecting to software NVR 2.3 via Mobile Server’s re-direction service, it’s not recommended to use H.264 high resolution (2M or above) video stream, for this may influence video streaming performance. 5.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Startup To start using MobileGo, please download and install this app in your device. Download MobileGo from App Store In “App Store”, search the keyword “MobileGo” and install the app directly. It requires Internet access for the mobile device. Upon successful installation, the MobileGo icon will appear on your device main screen.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Operating Instructions Login Upon tapping on MobileGo on desktop, the program starts to run and displays as in the following figures. 1 Username Please key in account username on NVR. Default username is admin. 2 Password Please key in account password. Default password is 123456. 3 IP Please key in an IP address of NVR Server. 4 Port Please key in the port number of NVR Server. The default HTTP port for accessing to NVR is 80. Note: You may tap to clear the text in the field.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Live Live Main Screen Upon login of the system, Live tab will display a six-grid layout to show all the channels your NVR account is allowed to access by six channels on each page. Users may swipe to see more channels. Module Tabs Display Panel On/Off Button Summary of the Live Main Screen 1. Module Tab To switch modules, user may tap on one of the tabs to change modules between Live and Playback. 2. Log out To log out, please tap the On/Off icon to return to the log-in main page.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Module Tabs There are two modules in the system, Live and Playback, to carry out live streaming and playback. Upon switching in the page, live view would be displayed as in the following figures. Portrait or Landscape is automatically sensed by device position. 9 www.acti.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Live Streaming In Live main screen, tap on a channel to start live view. Tap on Back to go back to the previous page. Tap on for more Camera Information. Tap on to snapshot the image. A prompt window would inform that the snapshot is saved. Tap on OK and go to the gallery to check out snapshots. Snapshot 10 www.acti.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Channel Swiping Users may swipe channel backwards and forwards while streaming by swiping the screen directly or tapping on the pager. PTZ Function Users may take a snapshot and control PTZ function (for supported models) on each camera page. To manipulate PTZ function, please make sure that you have successfully enabled PTZ on NVR Server. Please try to control PTZ on NVR Live View first to confirm that PTZ function is properly set.
MobileGo V2.0.51 1. Go-to-preset If you have previously set the preset points for a PTZ device though its web configurator, the Go-to-preset button will appear right next to Snapshot button. Tap on it, a list will show pre-defined preset points. Select a preset point and tap Done. . 12 www.acti.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Digital PTZ Function MobileGo supports Digital PTZ by hand gesture in screen. If Go-to-preset button is tapped under Digital PTZ mode, Digital PTZ will automatically be switched off Function Zoom in Spread Zoom out Double-tap Pinch Double-tap Hand Gesture 13 www.acti.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Manually Trigger DO Function You may manually trigger a digital out device via MobileGo live view screen control, once the camera supports DO device, the DO icon will appear on bottom of the channel screen. By tapping on the icon, the DO control panel will reveal. On the DO control panel displays two DO trigger buttons: DO1 and DO2. The DO button will become enabled if the camera supports, and vice versa. Activated 1 Not supported by camera Inactivated To trigger a DO: 1.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Playback MobileGo provides playback function. In Playback module, tap on one of the channel, the page will switch to Video Search. 1 Camera Users may switch channels via tapping on camera name in the text field. A gauge will appear to choose a camera for playback. Tap Done after selection. 2 Start Date Select date and time. Default start time is 8 AM of the day. Tap on a text field to open time gouge, roll it to a desired time, and then tap Done to close the gauge.
MobileGo V2.0.51 4 Event Type 4.1 Schedule Search for schedule recordings. Note: If a channel has multiple rules of recording concurrently, for example, schedule with motion, then only schedule will be recognized and performed. 4.2 Motion Search for motion triggered recordings. 4.3 Alarm Search for Digital Input triggered recordings. Search Result Video clips will be listed in Search Result page regarding search criteria. Tap on one of the events and streaming will start automatically.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Playback Control Panel and Time Track Tap on the display panel to show control panel in terms of Play speed , Pause , Rewind , Play , and a time track. You may: 1. Slide the time track to select a designated time to start playback. 2. Tap on play speed button to open the speed selection menu to select a desired speed. Note: Playback controls are not supported when connected with NVR 2.3 server. 17 www.acti.
MobileGo V2.0.51 Tips to Optimize the Performance of MobileGo MobileGo makes remote-monitoring possible as soon as you install it on your i-devices. With normal network connectivity, you may enjoy the convenient functions it provides and satisfactory video streaming quality. However, you might experience certain unstable video display performance, for example, certain channels take longer to display the images upon logging in, or the live view streaming is not smooth enough.
