Divar - Control Center EN Operation Manual
EN | 1 Divar Digital Versatile Recorder Divar Control Center Operation manual Contents Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introducing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Viewing live images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Finding recordings for playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | EN | 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conventions used in the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Log in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EN | 3 Getting started The Control Center gives you full remote control of a Divar using a PC. Any Divar connected to the network can be controlled and multiple-user access is available for up to six people. Multiple Divars can be controlled simultaneously. Remote live viewing, search, playback and system configuration are provided. Remote control functions include pan, tilt and zoom control of cameras (including full AutoDome™ control) and video archiving.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Getting started Software installation 1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your PC. > The installation program should start automatically. 2. If installation does not start automatically, locate the Setup.exe file on the CD and double click it. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
EN | 5 How to Log in When the Control Center application is started for the first time, the user name and password boxes are blank. The Divar list is also empty. You must first add one or more Divars to the list. To automatically detect all enabled Divars on the network: 1. Click Detect. > To detect a Divar, Discovery must be enabled on that Divar. 2. Select the Divar(s) to be added. 3. Click OK to add the selected Divar(s) to the list. To add a Divar to the list click Edit >>.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Getting started EN | 6 Login Maximum number of users When you start the Control Center application, the Login window appears. (Click Cancel to discontinue login and exit the application.) The administrator can force off a user if the maximum number of users on a single Divar is reached. A list shows all users that are currently logged in. To disconnect a user: 1. Select a user in the list. 2. Click Yes.
EN | 7 Introducing the main window The live video window is shown when you log in. This is the main window. The top of the window has five buttons that are always available. 2. Place a check mark next to those items you want to activate. > The computer beeps on the specified alarms or maximizes the application window. 3. Select a sequence dwell time between 5 and 60 seconds to determine how long a sequenced view remains displayed. 4. Click OK to finish or Cancel to close the window without change.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Introducing the main window EN | 8 Config button Checking alarms Click Config to start the configuration tool program. This allows you to set up all configuration settings for the unit. You must have administrator rights to access this program. An alarm condition causes the computer to beep or the Control Center window to pop-up when minimized if these features are set in the systems settings menu.
Selecting Divars, cameras, groups and views In the live mode, use the System Management window to select a Divar and open a list of connected cameras, or to set up groups of cameras and views and to recall them. These items are presented in a tree structure. In the tree structure, click + to expand a list; click - to collaspe a list. EN | 9 • Log in to or log off from a connected Divar or an entire group of Divars. • Acknowledge alarms on a particualar Divar.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Viewing live images EN | 10 Viewing live images 2. Click on a Divar. > Log in if necessary. 3. Click on the + beside the Divar name. > A list of connected cameras appears. 4. Click on the cameo where you want that camera picture to be shown. > A yelow border appears around the cameo. 5. Double click on a camera. > The camera picture appears in the cameo. You can also drag and drop cameras into cameo positions. To undo a cameo assignment: 1.
Camera views To delete a group: 1. Select the group you want to delete. 2. Right click the group and select Delete. To switch the display mode: > All subgroups and views under this group are also deleted. Click one of camera view icons display configuration. To copy a group: 1. Select the group you want to copy. 2. Right click the group and select Save as. . .
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Viewing live images EN | 12 Capturing a still image Controlling cameras You can capture still images from the fullscreen display of a camera and save them to the PC hard disk in a bitmap format. A user can control controllable cameras by using the mouse on the cameo of the camera or by using the icons displayed under Camera Controls. To save an image from the active cameo to the PC hard disk: 1. Click the single icon 2.
Pan and tilt 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the cameo of the camera you want to control. Click and hold the up and down arrows for tilt. Click and hold the left and right arrows to pan. Click the lock-out icon to request exclusive control for PTZ, pre-position and aux commands of the active camera. 5. Click the lock-out icon again or select another active camera to unlock it. > When a user with higher priority requests exclusive privileges, the lower priority user loses control of the locked-out camera. EN | 13 3.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Viewing live images Activating output relays There are eight numbered positions that can be assigned to the output relays of the connected Divars. Place the pointer over one of these eight buttons to discover which Divar and relay it controls. To assign a numbered button to a relay: 1. Right click one of the numbered Outputs buttons > The configuration window opens. 2. Select a Divar from the list.
EN | 15 Finding recordings for playback The playback window is shown when you click Playback. The playback window has five tabs: • The Overview tab gives you a graphical overview of the video stored on the unit. • The Search tab allows you to search for recordings based on alarm and motion events. • The Smart Motion Search tab allows you to search for recordings based on motion in designated areas of a particular camera picture.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Finding recordings for playback ATM/POS transactions Using the playback controls To view ATM/POS transaction data from a Divar it must have an ATM/POS bridge unit and a license installed. To view recorded transactions: 1. Click a cameo to select a particular camera. 2. Click the transaction icon . > The transacton viewer window opens. > The data associated with the selected camera is displayed in the viewer window.
Step backward EN | 17 Overview tab The step icon is only enabled in the still mode. 1. Click Step backward to move the image one frame back in time. 2. Hold it down to continue stepping. The overview tab window provides a graphical representation of the video recorded on the Divar storage system. You can playback this video or make a selection for protection, authenticity checking, archiving, export or deletion.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Finding recordings for playback recording mode, the bar changes to red if the disk usage is above the disk-full threshold defined in the configuration. Click the question mark icon beside the usage bar to get detailled information about the storage system. Date and time of selected image area The contents of the From and To boxes show the positions in time of the start and end vertical hairline in the time line display.
Search tab On the Search tab of the playback window you can set up a search filter for events. You can select recorded video for playback, protection, authenticity checking, archiving or export from the search results list. EN | 19 Setting the search period Enter the date and time in the From and To boxes to define the period you want to search. > The To box shows the time and date of the latest recording and the From box the earliest recording by default.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Finding recordings for playback Search results When the search is completed, a list of video clips that fulfill the filter criteria is displayed. This list shows the most recent event recordings at the top, the oldest at the bottom. 1. Click on a column header to sort the list according to that column item. Click a second time to sort the list in reverse order. 2. Use the scroll bar to examine the full list. 3. Click on an entry in the list to select it.
Setting the search period Enter the date and time in the From and To boxes to define the period you want to search. > The To box shows the time and date of the latest recording and the From box the earliest recording by default. > Click one of the video synchronization icons picture to the time entered. or to set the displayed Goto function If you enter a date and time in the From box and then click a playback control, playback starts at the time and date entered.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Finding recordings for playback ATM/POS tab On the ATM/POS (Automatic Teller Machine/ Point-of-Sale) tab of the playback window you can set up a search filter to search for recordings of transactions based on a text string. The Divar must be connected to an ATM or POS via an ATM/POS bridge unit and set up to record transactional data.
EN | 23 Protected tab indicates the portion that is protected against overwriting. The bar changes to red if the disk usage is above the disk-full threshold defined in the configuration. The Protected tab of the playback window provides an overview of the protected recordings on the Divar. You can select protected video for playback. You can also unprotect, check authenticity, archive or export protected recordings.
English Divar Control Center | Operation Manual | Handling recordings EN | 24 Handling recordings Protecting recordings Archive recordings to a PC hard disk Click the Protect button to prevent the selected recording in the Overview or Search tab from deletion or from being overwritten. Recordings that are archived to the local PC hard disk are in a special Divar file format.
Exporting video clips The export function stores selected recordings on the local PC hard disk in a generic file format (.AVI). To store recordings of the active cameo on the local PC hard disk: 1. Select a recording period in the Overview, Search or Protected tab screens. 2. Click Export. > The Export pop-up window appears. 3. To change the default location, browse to the location in the PC file system where you want to store the export file. 4. To change the file name, type a new name for the file. 5.
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