VBOX-3200 Series User Manual
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Contents 1. OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................2 1.1 Introduction...............................................................................................................................2 1.2 Features ....................................................................................................................................3 1.3 Specification.............................................
1. Overview This chapter introduces background information on the VBOX-3200 series. It shows you an overview and specifications of the VBOX-3200. 1.1 Introduction Advantech’s VBOX-3200 series is an 8/16-channel Digital Video Server with industrial-grade 2U chassis. Advantech VBOX-3200 series offers a highly stable system and the highest compression rate on the market to use MPEG-4 technology (up to 300:1) for faster on-line image transmissions.
Remote Monitoring from Anywhere at Anytime via Standard Browser The VBOX-3200 series supports web-based surveillance that allows users to monitor and playback up to 16 camera images and PTZ camera, I/O control remotely via standard browser from anywhere at anytime. VBOX-3200 series also supports ADSL, ISDN and PSTN connections, making it flexible for diversified applications.
•Central surveillance management for up to 10 servers or 160 video cameras at the same time •Multicasting over Intranet for multi-site monitoring • Space-saving 2U-high rackmount chassis VBOX-3200 series detailed functionalities and features listed as below. Local Site 1. Real-time display Allow users to view real-time on all channels totaling 480f/s on 16-ch DVR - VBOX-3264B. 2.
Allows users to adjust video quality in 5 levels.The higher the value, the better the quality. However, better video quality needs more storage space. 9. Full Screen Display (VBOX-3264B only) Allows you to fill the monitor screen with only videos without the user interface or function buttons. The full screen display gives you more viewing area and better video quality. 10. Skip null cameras during camera scan During camera scan, the system will now skip channel that has no video signals. 11.
14. Video lost alerts by telephone and email If one of the capture card’s video channels detects a signal lost, then the system will automatically notify users of the situation either through email or telephone. It will further minimize the video down time 15. I/O error alerts by telephone and email If an error occurs in one of the system’s I/O device, then the system will automatically send alerts by email or telephone to notify users of the situation. 16.
22. Synchronize video and audio playback Allow users to search for video and audio that were recorded within the same time period and convert them into *avi file. 23. Event Log Each event log size is now adjustable from 1 to 5 minutes. If you select 5 minutes then a 30 minutes video clip will break into six 5 minutes files. 24. Auto Login Allow users to use a predefined user account to automatically login to the system after start-up.
Round-the-clock: The recording time is non-stopped whether there is a motion going on. 30. Schedule Press the Schedule icon to start, stop or modify the schedule. If a schedule has been set, surveillance actions can be carried out according to the schedule after start. Click the icon again to stop the schedule. You may also press [F8] to start/stop schedule directly. 31. Snapshot The picture can be taken at anytime. 32.
Remote Site 1. Remote Playback System (Internet / LAN) This system applies for viewing channels of different sites from one remote site. Even all the data on the server sites can be played and downloaded and saved to the client sites. Address book function The address book allows you to create RPB server profile in your RPB workstation. With this function you can now connect to each RPB server by selecting it from the address book without the complicated login steps.
3. IP Musticast system (LAN) A better way to transmit data from one source to many destinations is to provide a multicast transport service. With such a service, a single node can send data to many destinations by making just a single call on the transport service. For applications which require sending a single node to many recipients, a multicast facility is clearly a more natural programming paradigm than uncase.
Local site PC1 Local site PC2 Central Managemeny system Remote PC 1 Local site PC10 5. Webcam (Internet / LAN) The Webcam can use JPEG or MPEG-4 view. Users only need to use the I.E. browser to connect to the remote site. The MPEG-4 CODEC applies more to Internet transmit, it can offer more transmission speed and image quality. The maximum number of channels webcam can see, is 4 channel at the same time.
Popup PTZ & I/O control panel The PTZ and I/O control panels are now separated from the user interface. Click on the PTZ or I/O buttons to bring out the control panel. Users can use the mouse to move the control panel around. Time limitation for PTZ and I/O control The time for each login user to control PTZ and I/O devices are now limited.
Multiple network card support If you have two or more network card installed in your system you will have the option to select which network card to be used for the WebCam server Auto find gateway IP address Automatically detect gateway computer’s IP address by clicking a button. Add Mac OS support Mac users are now able to use WebCam’s JPEG Image Viewer and login to VBOX-System over the Internet. Customizable user interface An option that allows users or distributors to customize WebCam’s user interface.
1.3 Specification VBOX-3200 Series: 2U Web-enabled Digital Video Server Spec Table System Components Video Function Item VBOX-3282A-8AE0 CPU Main Memory HDD OS Ethernet Serial port Keyboard USB Language System Recovery Operating Temperature Storage temperature Relative Humidity Vibration Shock Power Source Weight Dimension Safety Video Input Compression Algorithm Image Compression Rate Cameras automatically detected upon system startup Video quality processing Video Output Intel Celeron 1.
2. Hardware Introduction This chapter shows how to set up the VBOX 3200 series hardware functions including connecting peripherals, switches and indicators. 2.1 VBOX-3200 Chassis The VBOX-3200 series chassis is a 19’’ rackmount 2U height industrial chassis that is compact yet rugged IPC chassis designed for space-conscious applications.
Fig 2-3 VBOX-3200 Driver Bay Exploded Diagram 2.2 VBOX-3200 Front Section The front panel switches located behind the door are used for system power, system reset and alarm reset. On the left side of the front panel, there are system LED status, USB and P/S 2 keyboard connector. On the left side of the front panel is the door cover with a key lock.
2.3 VBOX-3200 Rear Section The layout of rear section of VBOX-3200 series showed below.
Video Output (BNC Connector) (Disable) Video Output (CH1~CH8) (CH9~CH16) RS-232 (COM 2) RS-422/485 (COM3, COM4) RS-232 (COM 1) VGA PS/2 mouse & Keyboard LAN Fig 2-7 Rear session of VBOX-3264A Video Output (BNC Connector) (Disable) Video Output (CH1~CH8) (CH9~CH16) RS-232 (COM 2) RS-232 (COM 1) VGA Latency Monitor Output PS/2 mouse & Keyboard LAN Fig 2-8 Rear session of VBOX-3264B NOTE: To optimize the slot utilization, the video output of VBOX-3264A and VBOX-3264B adopt D-Sub connector.
2.4 Drive Bay Installation The ACP-2000 standard drive bay can hold one slim-type CD-ROM, and two 3.5" bay or 5.25" bay & one 3.5" bay. Installation disk drives (1) Remove the Top Front Cover (2) Undo the six screws fixing the Standard Drive Bay. (3) Lift off the Standard Drive Bay. See Figure 2.9 (4) Insert the drives into their proper locations in the drive bay, and secure with the provided screws. (5) Connect the disk drive power and signal cables.
2.5 System Status Indicators The System Status LED shows as follows: LED PWR HDD FAN TEMP Description System power HDD drive activity Cooling fan status Chassis temperature Red Abnormal No light Abnormal Abnormal Green / Orange Normal Data access Normal Normal When the PWR LED is RED, it indicates a failure on redundant power supply. To stop the alarm buzzer, press the Alarm Reset button. Please check the redundant power supply right away, and replace power failure supply module with a good one.
2.7 Thermal Sensor There is one temperature sensor inside the chassis. See Fig 2-11 to find the location. When the temperature rises over 50℃, the temperature sensor sends a signal to the alarm board and a continuous alarm will sound. To stop the alarm, press the Alarm Reset Switch on the front panel.
3. MultiCam Application This chapter introduces VBOX-3200’s MultiCam Application which is a Windows-based GUI system software and used for control, setup as well as monitor. This chapter contains two sections: the first section will describe the function and features of the MultiCam, while the second section describes the detail of MultiCam’s function panel.
3.1 MultiCam Screen Features Status Panel PTZ Control I/O Control Location Display Exit/Minimize Button Camera Layout Panel Camera Select Panel Function Panel 3.1.
3.1.2 PTZ Control Panel Before you can use the PTZ control panel you should have at least one PTZ camera installed within VBOX-3200 first. Click the PTZ control button on the VBOX-3200’s MultiCam application to bring up the PTZ control panel. Your panel may look slightly different depending on the camera model you’re using. HUD Control Zoom Control Focus Control Auto Focus Auto Pan Address Select HUD Control: Controls the up, down, left, right action of your PTZ camera.
3.1.3 I/O Control Panel Press the I/O icon to open the I/O control interface. I/O Input Panel: The I/O input panel displays the status of the input sensors from module 1 to module 9. Module Number Input Device I/O output panel: Sending the output signals to the relays or alarms of module 1 to module 9. Module Number Output Device The I/O control function will be supported in the future.
3.1.4 Camera Select Panel Press the number of each desired camera to Zoom in or press the Num1~9, 0 and F1~F6 key for shortcut, please refer to p. 30 for Fast Key Reference in this manual. 3.1.5 Display Layout Panel The display layout panel allows you to choose from 8 different display layout options. 3.1.6 Exit and Minimize Button The [Exit] button contains four functions: Login/Exchange User, Logout User, Minimize, and Exit. Login/Exchange User: Allows you to login as a different user.
option boxes below. Use [Ctrl+ Num 1 ~ 9，0 and F1 ~ F6] on your keyboard for shortcut. [Time/Date]： Click to tag time and date in the snap shot image file. [Camera]： Click to tag camera numbers in the snap shot image file. [Location]： Click on this box to tag camera location in the snap shot image file. [Transparent]： Click on this box to make the description background transparent. [Color box]：Click to select text color for the tag description.
3.2 Function Panel The Function Panel provides access to most of the VBOX-3200’s function and configuration. There are six buttons in the function panel with each button containing its own menu. 3.2.1: Start/Stop Monitoring 3.2.2: Schedule Setup 3.2.3: System Configure 3.2.4: View Log 3.2.5: Camera Scan 3.2.6: Network Function 3.2.1 Start/Stop Monitoring You may consider [Start/Stop Monitoring] button as the recording button of the system.
I/O Schedules Video Schedules Weekly Schedules Holiday Schedules Schedule List Window How to setup video surveillance schedules: Before you can start a surveillance schedule you should have at least one schedule setup first. Setting up a surveillance schedule is like assigning a task to VBOX-3200. You specify the rules and timetable for the cameras and the cameras will perform these tasks base on your specification. First, start by creating a weekly camera surveillance schedules.
Step Three: Set remote function View: Click on the view option to enable or disable remote view function during the surveillance schedule. Center: Click on the center option to enable or disable sending pictures to Center. Step Four: Camera select Select cameras you wish to be used during the surveillance schedule. Step Five: Day Select Select the days you with to be included in the weekly schedule.
[Green]: Pager/Email Notification [Blue]: Remote View Function [Jade]: I/O Monitor Function [Purple]:Center Function Note: You can add as many schedules as you wish to the schedule list. For example, if you wish to have a different surveillance schedule for Saturday and Sunday, simply define another surveillance schedules as describe in the above steps, select SUN and SAT button and click [Add Schedule] button to add it to the schedule list.
simpler operation. Click on the I/O schedules control tab to switch to I/O schedule setup window. Step one: Select time period Set starting and ending time of your preferred schedule event. Step Two: Select I/O Device Select the I/O device to be included in this surveillance schedule. Step Three: Select Date Select the days you with to be included in this schedule. For example, if you wish to apply this schedule from Monday to Friday, simply select the days by clicking its button.
3.2.3 System Setup and Configuration Press the [System Configure] button or [F9] shortcut key on your keyboard for system configuration setup. There are total 8 options included in the Configure menu. This section will explain each option in detail. System Configuration The System Configuration window includes four types of configuration setup: General Setting, Camera Setting, I/O Device Setting, and Hotline/Network Setting. You can select between these settings by clicking on its control tab.
Start Monitor: If this function is enabled the system will automatically start monitoring when starting up VBOX-3200. There are 3 monitor options available… Monitor All: If this option is selected the system will initiate recording on all cameras after startup. Schedule Monitor: If this option is selected the system will start your surveillance schedule after startup. I/O Monitor: If this option is selected, after startup the system will initiate monitoring based on the I/O device setup.
the following dialog will appear. This dialog box displays the location path of your recorded files and it’s available free space. You can click on the folder icon to create another location path for recording. If the first disk hits 500MB then the system will automatically switch to the second disk for recording. If Recycle option is selected then the system will start deleting the earliest recorded files to make space for the new recordings when the system runs out of the free space.
Motion Post Rec: Enable this function and the system can be recorded for a preset time after an alarm. Video Lost/IO Error Alerts: Enable this function and the system will send Email or Hotline alerts to notify you if your camera or I/O device lost signals. [Event Log Size] Allow you to select the length of each event log from 1 to 5 minutes. If you select 5 minutes then a 30 minutes video clip will break into six 5 minutes files. [Camera Scan] Allow you to specify the Scan Delay from 1 to 10 seconds.
[Camera Name] You can specify a name for each camera. You can name each camera according to its location or usage. For example, you can name camera 1= Lobby, camera 2= Elevator 1, and etc… [Rec Control] The Rec Control area allows you to set each camera’s recording quality. The camera’s recording quality is based on its resolution and compression rate. Higher quality picture will require more storage spaces.
[High]: System will distribute high percentage of frames (not a definite frame number) to the selected camera while the other cameras will share rest of the frame rates. Assuming that all cameras are in action, selecting [High] ensures this camera always receive higher frame rate than the rest of the cameras. Effect can be seen in both preview mode and record mode. [Low]: System will distribute low percentage of frame rates to the selected camera.
Rec Video: Click this option to enable or disable this camera’s recording function. The drop-down-menu allows you to choose between [Motion Detect] or [Around the Clock] recording mode. Click on the recording codec button to select between Wavelet and Mpeg 4 recording format. Invoke Alarm: By enable this camera’s Invoke Alarm option the system will be able to generate a alarm sound when the camera detects a motion. There are 7 types of alarm sound to choose from in the Alarm type drop-down menu.
[Modem Configure] If you have installed modem in this PC, select the corresponding device and port, then press [Detect] button to test your modem. Note︰ We do not recommend using internal modem (PCI or ISA). [HotLine Notice] You may specify 3 different telephone/pager numbers for HotLine Notice. You can attach text messages if you wish to send alerts by pager or audio messages if you wish to send alerts by telephone.
Step 2: You can press the play button to review the recording. If you’re sure this is the recording you want then choose [File] > [Save as] > [Change] and in the following dialog box select PCM 8,000 Hz, 8-bit Mono (the only format supported) and click OK. Step 3: Try to playback this message in [HotLine Alerts] dialog box. Click browse to locate the file you’ve just recorded and click the [Play] button to play this recording.
Camera / Audio Install Click [System Configure] button and select “Camera / Audio Install” option and the following window will appear. [Camera]: Activate: Click on the [Activate] button and a camera list menu will appear. You’ll find a check box before each camera; click on the check box to activate or deactivate the cameras. [Start Up]: You may set the channel number for the camera to be activated and start up the function in next program execution.
Note: The WatchDog option will be closed if the option of “Auto run VBOX-3200 when window startup” is not enable during the MultiCam application installation. Password Setup Click [Configure] button, select “Password Setup” from the menu, and the following dialog box will appear. The Password Setup function allows you to define a user profile for each VBOX-3200 System user. A user’s profile determines which functions a user is allow to access.
Add New User Step 1: Click the [New] button located below the User list window and the New Account dialog box will appear. Step 2: Input the ID name and the passwords for your new user, you are required to input passwords one more time for confirmation. Step 3: You may add a probable hint for your user in case they forgot their passwords (this function is optional). For example, you may use this user’s birthday as the password hint.
E-mail Setup Before you can use Invoke Notice Email function you’ll need to setup VBOX-3200’s email account first. Click [Configure] button at VBOX-3200 MultiCam’s function panel, select Email Setup, and the following dialog box will appear. [Mail Setup]: Step 1: Input your mail server name in “SMTP Server” column. Step 2: Input a reply email address in “E-Mail From” column (optional). Step 3: Input the email address you want to send alerts to in “E-mail To” column.
[Email-Alerts Setup]: If the camera continues to detect motions then the system will continuously send emails to notify you. You can specify the time interval between each email. The default time interval is 5 minutes (configurable from 0 to 60 minutes); therefore if motions occur for more than 15 minutes then you will receive 3 emails. If motions occur for less than 5 minutes, then you will receive only one email.
Video Attribute Setup The Video Attribute Setup allows you to separately adjust each camera’s video characteristic. There are four parameters available: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue. Use the slider bar next to each parameter and adjust them to your preference. You may use the default button to reset all four parameters. Use the Camera Select button to select between cameras or you may also use the Apply All button to apply your setting to all cameras.
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4. View Log Application This chapter introduces the view log application which can enables you to search and playback recorded video event based on specified search criteria. You can start the View Log Application by clicking the [View Log] button on the MuliCam Application. The View Log Application is a separated program running under the VBOX-3200 and will not interrupt the operation of your MultiCam Application.
4.1.2 Search Option There are two ways to search recorded video events in View Log Application. The standard search function and the advance search function. You can search for video event that was recorded within a specific range of date and time by using the advance search function. Normal Search The Normal Search function is a more direct way to find files if you know exactly when and which camera’s video event you’re looking for.
Advance Search You can search for video event that was recorded within a specific range of date and time by using the advance search function. Step One: Start Advance Search Click on the [Advance] button to bring up the Advance Search Panel. Step Two: Specify Search Range In Time Period, use the drop down list to specify the starting date and the end date of the search range.
Audio Playback You can also playback audio files if your system is equipped with the audio recording function. Click on the check box to enable Record Channel playback function. You can search and playback audio recording files the same way as the video files. Playback Meter Audio Channel On/Off Play Pause Stop Previous Home End Next Zoom Speed 4.1.4 View Log Function Panel The View Log Function Panel allows you to adjust the video characteristic of the selected video file. Save as avi.
4.1.5 Video Merge with Audio Click [Save as AVI] button from the View Log Functions Panel, select “Video Merge With Audio” from the menu and the following dialog box will appear. This option allows you to combine audio and video files of the same recording time and save them as AVI movie. 4.1.6 Playback Status Panel The Playback Status Panel displays the date, time, and the playback speed of the selected video event. 4.1.7 Exit and Minimize Button Minimize: Hide screen in Windows task bar.
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5. Remote PlayBack System This chapter introduces the concept and operation of Remote PlayBack System (RPB). RPB allows you to playback VBOX-3200’s video event from a remote workstation via TCP/IP connections. 5.1 RPB System Architecture VBOX-3200’s Remote PlayBack System (from now on refer as RPB system) allows you to playback video event from a remote workstation through TCP/IP connections. The RPB system is consisting of two components: the RPB server and the RPB workstation.
5.2 RPB Setup and Installation Before you can run RPB functions in VBOX-3200 both RPB application and RPB server should be properly setup and installed first. This section will explain the detail on how to setup RPB workstation and to establish its connection to the VBOX-3200. 5.2.1 Install RPB Application The RPB application is included in your VBOX-3200 CD-ROM. This Application should be installed in a separated PC with TCP/IP network access.
5.2.2 Start and Stop RPB Server The VBOX-3200’s RPB server must first be activated before a RPB workstation can login to the system. Only authorized users can access to the functions and controls of RPB server. To assign an authorized user accounts please refer to chapter 3’s password setup for detail. 1. Click RPBsvr.exe in the VBOX-3200 directory and the following window will appear. Figure 5-3: RPB Server window 2.
5.2.3 RPB Server Setup There are various tools and options available for you to customize your RPB server. Click the [Option] button from the RPB menu bar then select [Setup]. The system will ask you for a valid ID and passwords. Input proper information and the RPB setup window will appear. Figure 5-6: RPB setup window Auto Run When Start Windows Enable this option to auto run RPB server when startup Windows. Input an authorized user account in ID and Password column.
5.3 Functions and Features of RPB Application This section will describe the RPB application’s major function and features. To start RPB application, click RemotePlayBack.exe in your workstation and the following screen will appear. RPB View Window RPB Function Panel Camera Layout Panel RPB Playback Control Panel Page Select Exit/Minimize Button 5.3.1 Main Screen Functions This section will explain the major functions and tools of the RPB main screen.
5.3.2 RPB Function Panel The RPB Function Panel contains 8 major function buttons. Connection Button Disconnect Button Search Button Play Local Video List View Connection Record Address Book Preference Setting Figure 5-8: RPB Function Panel Connection Button Click the [Connection] Button from the function panel and the RPB login window will appear. Figure 5-9: RPB login window 1. Enter the IP address or DNS of the RPB server you wish to login to. 2. Input a valid ID and password. 3.
Normal Search Select Normal Search and the Search & Download panel will appear Select RPB Server Refresh Close Panel Download Button Figure 5-10: Normal Search Panel Channel Select 1. Select RPB server in the drop-down list. 2. Select the date in the folder tree. 3. All video files within the selected date will be listed in the Event List Window. 4. Select the files you wish to play or download by enable its check box. You’re allowed to make multiple selections.
Figure 5-11:Advance search panel 1. Select server in the drop down list and all available cameras of the selected server will be listed at the right. 2. Click [Select All Camera] button if you want to download all camera’s video file or select the camera you wish to download in the camera window. 3. Specify the start and end time of your search range in Time Period area and click [OK] and a window will appear with 4 options for you to choose from (see Normal Search’s step 5).
6. Remote View System This chapter introduces three types of VBOX-3200’s remote monitor applications including Remote View System, IP Multicast System and Center System. It provides live videos from the VBOX-3200 system via TCP/IP or modem dial-up connections. Each remote monitoring application serves a different type of functions and features. 6.1 Remote-View System Architecture The Remote-View System is a Windows-based software running on a separated PC workstation.
6.1.1 Remote-View System Installation The Remote-View System is included in your VBOX-3200 CD-ROM. This Application should be installed in a separated PC with modem dial-up or TCP/IP network access. Please make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirement indicated below before proceeding to the installation.
6.1.2 Setup Remote-View System Modem Connection Setup Please make sure that both remote view workstation and VBOX-3200 has modems installed properly. The VBOX-3200 will only supports external modems, the internal modem card will not work with this setup. 1.Click the [Network] button of the VBOX-3200 main screen and enable [Modem Server] from the menu. 2.Click on [Preference] then select [Configure Modem] from the sub-menu and the following window will appear.
Server” from the menu. 2. Click the [Connect] button from the Remote-View System’s tool bar, select “Internet/Intranet_TCP/IP” from the menu and the following window will appear. 3. Enter the IP address or the domain name of the VBOX-3200 you wish to connect to in the [IP Address] column and specify the port number. If you are not sure what to do in port number then please leave it as default. (The IP Address column will memorized 10 previously entered IP addresses or domain name.) 4.
Tool Bar Buttons Connect My Favorite Stop Zoom In Zoom Out Lock Preferences Click to select modem dial-up or TCP/IP connection Click to create My Favorite list Click to terminate network connection Click to zoom-in camera Click to zoom-out camera Click to lock a particular camera Click to bring up the preferences setting window. Add Connection to My Favorite Once you have successfully login to the VBOX-3200 by the above steps, you can add your connection to [My Favorite] list.
Edit My Favorite Select “Edit my favorite” from the sub-menu and the following window will appear. Highlight the connection from the list and you will be able to change the IP address and the port number at the bottom. Click the [Delete] button if you wish to remove this connection from the My Favorite list. Go to My Favorite Once you have added a connection to My Favorite it will appear in the menu below.
Camera View Window Functions All live video will be displayed in the Remote-View System’s camera view window. The camera view window contains 4 major functions, please see the following for detail. Camera Description Rec Button Play/Save Camera Lock Camera Description Rec Button Play / Save Button Camera Lock Shows the current date and time. The text and background color are adjustable in the Preferences setting. Allow you to start, stop, pause, and resume recording.
Playback Video Clips in Qview Click on the Camera View Window’s [Play/Save] button and the following application will appear. The Qview’s major function is for playback recorded video clips in the “Temporarily Record Buffer”. Preference Setting Click on [Preferences] button from the Remote-View tool bar and the Preference Setting window will appear. The Preference Setting contains 2 functions, the Connection Setting and General Setting.
[General Setting] Text Display: This area let you select camera description’s text color and background color. 3 options are available to present the camera description: Transparent (text only no background), Opaque (text and background), and Invisible (no text and no background). Temporary Record Buffer: This area let you specify a folder to temporarily hold your recording videos.
appear. The Remote view application allows you to control the output devices only. Click on the [Output signal] buttons to send signal to the output device. Output signal buttons Full Screen Operation Click [Connect] button and select “Full Screen Mode” from the menu to switch to full screen operation. The full screen mode provides a larger viewing area for the cameras. There are four functional buttons located at the right hand side that allows you to access to some of the basic functions.
6.2 IP Multicast System The IP Multicast system is a remote viewing application that is capable of connecting up to 10 VBOX-3200 at a time. It is specifically designed for Intranet/LAN environment and does not work in Internet environment. The IP Multicast System can automatically locate all available VBOX-3200 within the same local area network by click of a button. Users are not required to input each VBOX-3200 System’s IP address separately.
Installation 1. Insert VBOX-3200 CD into the CD-ROM drive of the remote workstation and run Setup.exe in the Multi_Cam_Ap & Driver directory of CD-ROM. 2. In the setup dialog box select “IP Multicast” and click [Next]. 3. Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] and follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation. 6.2.
6. Live video of the selected VBOX-3200 will be displayed in the camera view area on the right. 7. To end the connection simply click the [Stop] button from the tool bar and the connection to the selected VBOX-3200 will be terminated. 6.2.3 Function and Features of IP Multicast System Tool Bar Buttons Search Back Forward Go To Stop Lock Camera Live Channel Live Channel Frame Live Bar Channel Server IP Port Click to locate all available VBOX-3200s within the LAN.
Camera View Window Camra Caption Rec Button Play/Save Camera Lock Camera Caption Rec Button Play / Save Camera Lock Displays the current date and time of the camera The recording button serves 4 functions: start recording, stop recording, pause, and resume recording. Click to play last recording or to save it as *avi file Click to lock a particular camera Note: The IP Multicast System’s recording file will be stored in a “Temporary Record Buffer”. This buffer can only store one file at a time.
Play and Save Video Clips The Camera View Window’s play/save button serves two functions. Play Recorded Files Click on the [Play/Save] button; choose [Play] from the submenu and the Qview application will be launched. Save Recorded Video Clips All recording video clips are save in the “temporarily record buffer” folder. These recorded clips will be lost after you close the Center System application.
Full Screen Operation Click [Channel] and select [Full Screen Mode] from the menu bar to switch to full screen operation. The full screen mode provides a larger viewing area for the cameras. There are four functional buttons located at the right hand side that allows you to access to some of the basic functions.
6.3 Center System The Center System may be considered as a central surveillance station for the VBOX-3200s. With Center System, you can automatically receive video images or clips from multiple VBOX-3200s of different areas when intrusion occurs. The connection time is less than 1 second on Intranet environment. Center can be applied in the Internet/WAN or Intranet/LAN environment, but you need a FIX IP at where Center is installed.
6.3.1 Center System Installation and Setup The Center System application is included in your VBOX-3200 CD-ROM. This Application should be installed in a separated PC with TCP/IP network access. Please make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirement indicated below before proceeding to the installation.
6.3.2 Center System Setup The setup of Center System involves both the Center System PC and the VBOX-3200s. Center basically treats each VBOX-3200 system as its customer. Therefore, before the VBOX-3200 can send images or video to the Center, it will need to enroll to Center’s customer list first. 1. Lunch Center application in the PC where Center is installed. 2. Click [Customer] button from the menu bar and the following window will appear. 3.
8. From the VBOX-3200 main screen click [Start/Stop Monitoring] button and enable all monitoring function. 9. If you have select [Around-the-Clock] surveillance then you will see video feeding to your Center workstation continuously. If you selected [Motion Detect] surveillance then your Center will receive videos only when motion are detected by one of the camera in the connected VBOX-3200.
6.3.3 Function and Features of Center System Once your Center System is up and running it is ready to receive video from VBOX-3200s. The main screen of Center application is divided into 4 parts, which are Tool Bar, View Window, Location List, and Event List. Tool Bar Buttons View Window Customer Browse Log Location Event List Next Center IP Select between [Single Location] or [Tile Horizontally].
history of the connected VBOX-3200.There are total 6 fields in the Event List, which are explained in the following. No.: Shows the login queue sequence of the connected VBOX-3200. Locations: Shows the name of the login VBOX-3200. Camera Name: Shows the name of the camera. Date: Shows the connected VBOX-3200’s login date Login Time: Shows the connected VBOX-3200’s login time. Logout Time: Shows the connected VBOX-3200’s logout time.
Play and Save Video Clips The Camera View Window’s play/save button serves two functions. Play Recorded Files Click on the [Play/Save] button; choose [Play] from the submenu and the Qview application will be launched. Save Recorded Video Clips All recording video clips are save in the “temporarily record buffer” folder. These recorded clips will be lost after you close the Center System application.
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7. WebCam System This chapter introduces VBOX-3200’s built-in web server called “WebCam System” which is enable to deliver streaming live and recorded video over the Internet. 7.1 WebCam setup The VBOX-3200 has a built in web server which is able to deliver streaming live and recorded video over the Internet. This function is called the WebCam System, which allows users from anywhere in the world to monitor by using PCs or mobile devices via Internet access.
from the menu and the following dialog box will appear. 2. Select [Local Video Server] then click [Server Setup] button and the following dialog box will appear. 3. In the drop down list select the network adapter for WebCam System. The system will automatically detect the IP address of your PC and display it in the column below. 4. Enter the port number for [Command Port] and [Video Data Port]. If you are not sure what to do in this area simply leave it as default. 5.
Note: If the VBOX-3200 is connected within a private network and the network’s gateway computer is using a dynamic IP, then we do not recommend using WebCam’s [Auto Find] function. We recommend that you register a DNS for your gateway computer. ow instead of using IP address in GateWay IP Address column, input the gateway omputer’s DNS instead.
7.2 Start WebCam System After you have properly setup VBOX-3200’s Webcam server it will be ready to send video stream over the Internet. There are four functions available for Webcam System, which are Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer, JPEG Image Viewer, Remote Play Back, and Server Information. This section will explain each function in detail. 7.2.1 Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer The Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer is the most powerful remote monitoring option in the WebCam System.
Function and Feature of Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer Play Stop Change Server PTZ Control Change Camera I/O Control Snap Shot Full Screen Change Quality File Save Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer Click to connect to VBOX-3200 Click to stop the connection Click to login to a different VBOX-3200 Click to select camera Click to take a snapshot from the received video Click to adjust the video quality in 3 levels Click to save a video file Click to switch to full screen mode Click to bring out the I/O control panel Click
Change Server The Change Server function allows you to change connection to a different VBOX-3200. Click on the [Change Server] button and the following dialog box will appear. 1. Click [New] button to create a new connection. 2. Enter a name for the new connection in the “Host” column. 3. Enter a valid user ID and passwords. 4. Enter the IP address of the VBOX-3200 you wish to connect to. 5. Specify port number in both Command Port and Data Port. 6. Click [OK] to establish connection to the server.
File Save Click on [File Save] button and you will be able to save video clip in *avi format. PTZ Control Click on the [PTZ Control] button and the following PTZ panel will appear. PTZ cameras only allow one user to control at a time. Therefore, if there are several users trying to control the same PTZ camera in the same time, the camera will give priority to the first login user and to the next in the orders received. Each user will be given 60 seconds to control the camera.
Multi Window Selection If you are using a broad band Internet connection such as DSL or Cable Modem then you have the options to display 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 camera windows under one web page. If the connected VBOX-3200 has 16 cameras then you can distribute them to each one of the Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer’s camera windows. Or, you can have each window connecting to a different VBOX-3200 System. This way you can connect up to 16 different VBOX-3200 under one web page.
7.2.2 JPEG Image Viewer The JPEG image viewer is the second view option in WebCam system. It is capable of running on Mac OS browsers as well as Window browsers. Unlike the Mpeg4 Encoder Viewer, which receives live video streams, this one receives coninues Jpeg images from the VBOX-3200. The JPEG Image Viewer is a ideal tool for users with low bandwidth and allow you to view only one camera at a time. Start and Stop JPEG Image Viewer 1. Run Internet Browser from your PC. 2.
Function and Feature of JPEG Image Viewer JPEG Viewer Control Buttons Select zoom-in, zoom-out, or fit into JPEG view window. Click to scroll up, down, left, and right of the image. Click to take a snap shot from the video. Click to select view camera. 7.2.3 Remote Play Back System for WebCam The third option in the WebCam System is the Remote PlayBack viewer. Its functions are very similar to the Remote Playback System describe in Chapter 5.
RPB Control Buttons Click to take a snap shot from the playback video. Click to load recorded files from the VBOX-3200. Click to stop video playback. Click to play video files. Click to pause video playback. Click to switch to full screen mode. Click to download playback video to a specified folder. Search and Playback Recorded Files The WebCam RPB system allows you to playback both video files and audio files.
7.2.4 Server Information The Server Info provides information and status of the login VBOX-3200. These information will be refresh every 5 minutes giving you up to minute status information. Server Information Last Update Time Server Update Time Recycle Log Camera On Camera Off Camera Signal Lost WebCam Update Time WebCam Server Startup Time Mpeg4 Current Channels WebCam Version The last data refresh time. Display the last server refresh time. Display the time of last data deletion.
5. Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] and follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation. Start and stop G-View application. Once G-View is properly installed into your PDA device you will be able to use it to monitor your VBOX-3200 Systems. 1. Click the [G-View] icon in your PDA to start G-View application. Stop Connection Server Info Reconnect Connect Button 2.
4. Input the IP address of the VBOX-3200 System you wish to connect to in the “IP Address” column; enter a valid user’s ID and password then click [OK]. 5. If login successfully, you will be able to see the video coming to your PDA. 6. Click [Stop] button if you wish to terminate the connection. Function and Features of G-View Application The major function of G-View includes live video monitoring, PTZ camera control, Camera zooming control, and snapshot.
Server Info Server Info Web Info I/O Events Server Info Update Time Recycle Log Camera On Camera Off Camera Signal Lost Display the last server refresh time. Display the time of last data deletion. Display which cameras are activated. Display which cameras are de-activated. Display which cameras are experiencing signal lost. Web Info Update Time Startup Time Mpeg4 Current User WebCam Version Display the last login time. Displays the startup time of VBOX-3200 System’s Web Server.
Enable VBOX-3200 System’s i-mode function From your VBOX-3200 System’s main screen click [Network] > [WebCam Server] and enable “Support i-mode client”. Your VBOX-3200 System must be using a global IP address and should be accessible from the Internet. Connect to VBOX-3200 System using i-mode After enable the i-mode function you can now receive live images from the VBOX-3200 System via an i-mode mobile phone.
User Name: Live View 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Passwords: Submit Cancel Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 4. Select the camera you wish to view then press [Enter]. 5.
7.3 DMIP System If your VBOX-3200 System is using a dynamic IP address then it is nearly impossible for WebCam users to locate your VBOX-3200 System once its IP address changes. DMIP is exclusive developed application for solving such problem. DMIP utilizes standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to upload files or data to a designated file server. This allows IP address of the VBOX-3200 System to be transferred to the file server periodically.
8. Backup System and Repair Database Utility This chapter introduces several system backup methods. You may backup system data from local or remote sites. 8.1 Backup System You can execute VBOX-3200 series Backup system from below patch: [Start] [Programs] [%VBOX-3200 series] [MultCam Backup System] The backup system will do the following tasks: 1. Recorded audio/video files can be saved to CD-R, DVD, MO or ZIP media. 2. Delete audio/video files from the database.
8.2 Backup Audio/Video Files or select from the drop-down menu [log] > [backup], you will see the 1. Press following dialog box: 2. Select the Media you want to backup to, either a CD-Writer, a hard disk drive, or a MO/ZIP/JAZ drive. 3. Enter the desired starting time in [Start Time] and the desired ending time in [End Time] of the audio/video files you want to backup. Note： Each backup unit is 1 minutes. 4. Press [OK], and you will see the following dialog box: 5.
6. After clicking ok, you may run a CD-R application, such as EasyCD. Click on the right button of your mouse to paste files in the application. 7. If you selected Hard disk drive or MO/ZIP/JAZ driver, you will see the following dialogue box: 8. You need to run the “EZViewLog500.exe” located in the root directory of your backup media, in order to view the backup video files.
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8.3 Remote Backup Repeat the same procedures in (1) and (2) in the previous topic “Remote Playback”. Remote users may run the “DMBackUp500.exe” through LAN in the following screen.
8.4 Delete Audio/Video Files or select from the drop-down menu [log] > [delete]. Step 1: In the [Delete Log], press You will see the following dialog box： You may be required to enter a password if one has been set previously. Step 2: Enter the desired starting time in [Start Time] and the desired ending time in [End Time] of the video files that you want to delete. Note： Each delete unit is 1 minutes. Step 3: Press [OK] to delete.
8.5 Repair Database Utility When you playback the video clips and find one of the following situations, please run the [Repair Database Utility] from below path: [Start] [Programs] [%VBOX-3200 series] [MultCam Repair Database Utility] 1. You see question marks in video column. 2. You do not see video display even when you press the playback button. 3. Garbage text is displayed.
9. Watermark Proof This chapter introduces the watermark proof function that is offered by VBOX-3200 series. This function helps you check whether or not your picture was originally captured from the VBOX-3200 system. 9.1 Watermark Proof Function This program can help you check whether or not your picture was originally captured from the VBOX-3200.
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[Check Sum] The wmproof will check to extracted picture. If picture is ok, the check sum will show Pass, when picture is damaged, the check sum will show No pass. [Similar Rate] The wmproof will check to extracted of similar with original then show percent. [Original] This is original watermark. [Extracted] This is extracted watermark. (You record video files before, first you must enable “Use Digital Watermark Protection”, then VBOX-3200 system will add watermark into record video files at 30 frames).
