User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Copyrights and Trademarks
- Disclaimer
- Welcome to NetVision
- Common / Daily Tasks
- 5 Starting your Software and Logging In
- 6 Alarm / Reporting Features and 'Chatting'
- 7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings
- 7.1 Overview--Types of Playback
- 7.2 Playback--Technical Details
- 7.3 Synchronized Playback (v2.3 SP2)
- 7.4 Video Search (v2.3 SP2)
- 7.5 Searching for Motion
- 7.6 Working with the Playback Screen
- 7.7 Viewing and Printing 'Snapshots'
- 7.8 Working with the File List
- 7.9 Quad Playback
- 7.10 Server Management--Identifying Remote Servers for Playback
- 8 Viewing Live Cameras
- 9 Recording Camera-Views
- System Administration and Maintenance
- 10 Tasks Applicable to Remote Stations and the Video Server
- 10.1 PC Date and Time
- 10.2 Checking your Software Version
- 10.3 Introduction to Video File Management (Filekeeping and Housekeeping)
- 10.4 To Allow Using a Blank CD (Roxio - Easy CD Creator 5 basic with DirectCD)
- 10.5 Filekeeping (v2.3 SP2)
- 10.6 Housekeeping
- 10.7 Automatic Video File Management (Self Housekeeping)
- 11 Tasks Performed at the Video Server Only
- 10 Tasks Applicable to Remote Stations and the Video Server
- System Configuration
- Software Installation and Network Set Up
- 19 PC Requirements
- 20 Software Installation or Upgrade
- 21 Network and Connectivity Issues
- 21.1 General Network Requirements
- 21.2 IP Addressing on the Network
- 21.3 Network Services
- 21.4 Network Ports
- 21.5 To Connect via the Internet
- 21.6 Remote User Permissions
- 21.7 For Remote Viewing, Recording, Playback, and/or Audio Monitoring
- 21.8 For Alarm Alerts
- 21.9 For E-Mail Alerts
- 21.10 Windows Dial-Up Networking Connection (i.e., not via the Internet)
- 21.11 Network Usage
- Reference Topics
- 22 Using the Small Remote Module
- 23 Remote Configuration
- 24 The WatchDog Feature
- 25 Hardware Reference
- 26 Troubleshooting
- 27 Using the ATM Interface Option
- 28 Working with the Older Playback Engines
- 28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR)
- 28.2 Step 1: Open the Video Player
- 28.3 Step 2: Local / Remote, and Connection Screen
- 28.4 Step 3: Searching for Video/Alarm Files
- 28.5 Smart Motion Search (Micro DVR)
- 28.6 Step 4: Playing a Video
- 28.7 Window Options and File Properties (Micro DVR, Quad Player)
- 28.8 Viewing and Printing 'Snapshots' (Micro DVR)
- 29 Viewing Cameras through a Web Browser
- 30 Setting up an IP Camera or Video Server module (v2.3 SP2)
- 31 Panoramic Video Surveillance--PVS (v2.3 SP2)
8 NetVision Plus/Elite and Micro DVR v2.3 SP2 User's Guide 21-0400E v2.3.3
4.3
Communications / Server
Modules (Video Server)
You'll notice some items on the task bar at
a Video Server when the NetVision
software is running.
•
Alarm Alert Caller: Manages the
sending of alarms to a remote surveillance
workstation;
Related Topics:
15.2 Set Up the Alarm Alert Caller;
6.2 Responding to Alarm Alerts (Remote Station)
• Alarm Alert Email Sender:
Manages the sending of alarm notifications
to e-mail recipients;
Related Topics:
6.3 Responding to Alarm-Alert Email
15.1 Enable/Disable Alarm Alerts or E-Mail
• Playback Server: Allows remote
surveillance stations to playback previously
recorded video sequences;
Related Topics:
7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings
28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR)
• PTZ Server: Allows remote surveillance
stations to remotely control camera-views
(Pan/Tilt/Zoom);
Related Topics:
8.3 Changing a Camera's View (Pan/Tilt/Zoom);
16.3 Pan/Tilt/Zoom Activation and Set Up
• Chat Server: Allows remote
NetVision users to chat with Video Server
operators;
Related Topic:
6.5 Chatting On-line with a Video Server
• Video Server: Allows remote surveillance
stations to view cameras connected to a
Video Server;
Related Topics: 8 Viewing Live Cameras
WebView
: The ‘WebView’ feature also uses the
video server. Related
: 29 Viewing Cameras
through a Web Browser
• Search Engine Server: Allows efficient
local and remote searching of video files;
Related Topic:
7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings
28.1 The Video Playback Feature (Micro DVR)
• Watchdog: This causes the Video Server to
restart automatically if the NetVision
software stops responding for a pre-set
duration (60-250 sec.);
Tip: A hardware watchdog option is available as
well (for protection against MS Windows crashing
or 'hanging').
Related Topics: 24 The Watchdog Feature
• Audio Server: Allows remote
stations to monitor audio from Video Servers
equipped with a microphone (associated
with a camera);
Related Topics: 16.7 Remote Audio Monitoring
• DSR_Relay Server: Allows remote users
with access to the Internet to perform many
configuration tasks using their Web browser;
Related Topics: 23 Remote Configuration
• Webcam Server (hidden): This allows
using the WebCam feature to view camera
images through a web browser.
Related: 29 Viewing Cameras through a Web
Browser
• USB Alarm IO Server: Future use;
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Remote_Users: The remote users who will be
able to access specific features can be set up
as desired.
Related Topics: 11.2 Remote Users and Permissions
(+ HTTP server port)