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)
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Copyrights and Trademarks ......................................................................................... v
Welcome to NetVision...............................................................................................................
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1 System Overview..........................................................................................................
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2 Intended Audience and Required Knowledge..............................................................
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3 Feature Overview .........................................................................................................
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4 Your NetVision Desktop ...............................................................................................
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4.1 Remote Surveillance Station Desktop ................................................................
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4.2 Video Server Desktop.........................................................................................
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4.3 Communications / Server Modules (Video Server) ............................................
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Common / Daily Tasks ..............................................................................................................
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5 Starting your Software and Logging In .......................................................................
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Logging Out, Changing Operators, or Shutting Down......................................
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6 Alarm / Reporting Features and 'Chatting' .................................................................
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6.1 System I/O Primer.............................................................................................
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6.2 Responding to Alarm Alerts ..............................................................................
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6.3 Responding to Alarm-Alert Email.....................................................................
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6.4 Alarm / Recording Status Indications at a Video Server ..................................
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6.5 Chatting On-line with a Video Server................................................................
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7 Playing or Downloading Video Recordings ................................................................
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7.1 Overview--Types of Playback...........................................................................
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7.2 Playback--Technical Details .............................................................................
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7.3 Synchronized Playback (v2.3 SP2) ..................................................................
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7.4 Video Search (v2.3 SP2) ..................................................................................
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7.5 Searching for Motion.........................................................................................
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7.6 Working with the Playback Screen ...................................................................
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7.7 Viewing and Printing 'Snapshots'......................................................................
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7.8 Working with the File List..................................................................................
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7.9 Quad Playback..................................................................................................
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7.9.6 The Utility Screen (Quad Playback) ....................................................
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7.10 Server Management--Identifying Remote Servers for Playback ......................
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8 Viewing Live Cameras................................................................................................
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8.1 Viewing Cameras from a Remote Station ........................................................
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8.2 Viewing Cameras at a Video Server.................................................................
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8.3 Changing a Camera's View (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) ....................................................
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8.4 Monitoring Cameras via TV (Spot Monitor) ......................................................
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9 Recording Camera-Views...........................................................................................
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9.1 Recording at a Remote Station........................................................................
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9.2 Recording at a Video Server.............................................................................
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