ware V1.38 User Manual SNS-SF064/SNS-SF032/SNS-SF016 SAMSUNG NETWORK RECORDING SERVER SOFTWARE Before installing or while using this program, visit the Samsung website www.samsungsecurity.com and download and upgrade with the latest S/W version available.
Contents Before you start 3 3 3 3 4 6 Purpose Audience Organization Terminology What is NET-i ware? Installing NET-i ware Setup 10 11 12 20 27 29 29 30 31 33 Name and Function of Each Control Getting Started Hardware Record Setting To set an Event Event Alert Sound Event Preset Backup Setting Network Setting System Setting Backup 39 To Backup Data Service Manager 41 Using Service Manager NET-i ware Update 42 43 44 Installation Auto Update Setting Auto Update Scenario NET-i Web Viewer 45 45 4
Before you start Purpose Provides instructions for using NET-i ware. Provides a description of work for configuring the NET-i ware settings and for using the NET-i ware Tool. This user guide is designed for engineers who install, configure the settings of and maintain the NET-i ware system. -- The users who install NET-i ware are required to have good knowledge and experience of Windows applications and services.
Before you start What is NET-i ware? NET-i ware is an open storage solution for security and automatic monitoring environment. This program includes general functions for monitoring sites and storing device images. This program is integrated with network cameras via the network environment. You can set to record video at the set time. @@ You can search for and play recording data remotely using NET-i web viewer and NET-i viewer.
Service Manager Start/Stop NET-i ware service Add/Delete Product Key Updater Update automatically Update manually The below specification is for the minimum hardware and OS requirements to install and run the NET-i ware system alone.
Before you start Installing NET-i ware Installing the NET-i ware Program 1. Insert the provided dongle key into a corresponding port of your computer. -- Do not remove the dongle key while installing the program. If it's removed, the installation program may not proceed. 2. Run the SETUP.EXE file in the NET-i ware installation DVD or in the installation folder of your PC. 3. If .NET Framework 4.0 is not installed on your PC, .NET Framework 4.0 will be installed first. -- If .NET Framework 4.
5. Click [Next >] to move to the license agreement step. Before you start 6. Read the license agreement carefully and select "I accept the terms of the license agreement." And click [Next >] to proceed with the next step. 7. To activate NET-i ware, enter the product key (26 characters) and click [Check]. -- You can find the product key on the surface of the DVD case.
Before you start 9. Click [Install] to install the program. 10. The Wizard is ready to install the NET-i ware program. 11. The Wizard starts installing the NET-i ware program. 12. When the installation is completed, click [Finish] to complete the installation. `` When done, your PC will reboot.
Checking Installation Check if NET-i ware is installed successfully on your system. 1. Move to the Start menu. 2. If NET-i ware is properly installed, you will see 3 sub components in the NET-i ware program menu: NET-i ware Tool, ServiceManager and Uninstall. Before you start you first run NET-i ware, the language of NET-i ware is MM `` When defaulted to that of the operating system.
Setup Check the use instructions of the NET-i ware Tool that enables you to configure the tree and system related options. You can configure the NET-i ware settings with the NET-i ware Tool. You can configure the device settings in the Device Setting page. Name and Function of Each Control Category Main Menu Setup Item Displays the Setting page. Backup Displays the Manual Backup page. Exit Exits the NET-i ware Tool. Login Displays the Login dialog. Logout Displays the Logout dialog.
Getting Started Double-click the < > icon on your desktop. The main page of the NET-i ware Tool will appear. Setup Login/Logout ❖❖ Login You must have logged in before using the Setup page. 1. Click [Login] in the Setup main page. You will see the Login dialog. 2. Enter your ID and password. -- Default ID: admin -- Password: 4321 MM `` Login will fail in the following cases: --If you enter an unregistered user ID --If you enter a wrong password --You can make settings for only one user at a time.
Setup Hardware Registering Hardware ❖❖ Registering Device You can add / change / delete a desired device to and from NET-i ware. Register a desired device in two ways: ① You can register up to 64 devices. -- SNS-SF064 : Max. 64 Devices / SNS-SF032 : Max. 32 Devices / SNS-SF016 : Max. 16 Devices ② Only devices connected in the network can be registered. Automatic Registration of Devices Press the [Auto] button in the bottom left corner of the main window to register a device automatically. 1.
Manual Registration of Devices Press the [Manual] button in the bottom left corner of the main window to register a device manually. 1. Click [Manual] to open the "Register Device(Manual)" window. 2. Select a vendor name and model name. 3. Select an address type. -- Available address types include: IP Address, URL, websamsung.net, samsungipolis.com Setup 4. Provide necessary information to connect to the device.
Setup ❖❖ Tree View The tree will cascade a list of servers, registered devices and cameras. The connection status of the server, device and camera will be displayed in the form of an icon. You can check the status of the server and device by the color of the icon.
❖❖ To view the server information You can change the server name or description and check the address and port number. 1. In the tree, click the server icon < >. You can change the server name and description. 2. To save your work, click [Apply]. Setup ❖❖ To view the device information You can change the device information or request to connect. `` For camera activation, refer to page 18. 1. In the tree, click the device icon < >. 2. Change the information or request to connect.
Setup ❖❖ To update the firmware You can update the device firmware remotely. 1. Click [Firmware Update]. 2. Select a vendor name and model name to update. The selected devices will be listed. 3. Check to select for devices to update. 4. Click [File Browser ( )] and select a firmware file. 5. Click [Update] to update the selected devices. If there is more than one device to update the firmware, the update will perform in the sequence from top. 6.
❖❖ To view the camera information You can change the camera information or view the live video. `` You can change the information or view the live video only if the camera is activated. `` You can check the resolution, video format, PTZ and audio permissions of the camera. 1. In the device list, click the camera icon < >. 2. Change the information of the connected camera or play the live video. Setup To change the camera information 1. Change the name, description or video source.
Setup Activation ❖❖ To activate a camera To use a camera, you must activate the camera after you registered it. `` You can activate up to 64 cameras. - SNS-SF064 : Max. 64 Cameras / SNS-SF032 : Max. 32 Cameras / SNS-SF016 : Max. 16 Cameras you want to register a multi-channel device for operational purposes, sometimes there happens where not all devices are MM `` Ifavailable.
Camera You can turn on/off functions of Video, Audio and Covert. ❖❖ Video 1. Select the video item of a camera that you want to change the settings of. 2. Select either On or Off. Setup set the Video function to Off, you can not play the live video, MM `` Ifnoryourecord. If the Video function is set to Off, the Audio function will be turned off accordingly. ❖❖ Audio 1. Select the Audio item of a camera that you want to change the settings. 2. Select either On or Off.
Setup Video You can configure the live 1, 2 and recording video properties for each active camera. -- Configure the video properties for the live 1, 2 and recording video source specified in Camera Properties. (To change the camera information, refer to page 17) -- In Video Properties, there are Resolution, Quality, Frame Rate, Compression, Bitrate Control, Bitrate and GOP size. in link with a device that does not support this function will MM `` Cameras be displayed inactive.
Released If the local disk is released, you can scan/play but not record a source. 1. Select a disk that is currently assigned. The [Release] button will be activated. 2. Click [Release]. The Release dialog appears. 3. Click [Yes] to change the status of the disk to Released. The icon of the local disk will be displayed red. Setup cannot release the disk to which unauthorized cameras are assigned MM `` You by the user group.
Setup Schedule You can use NET-i ware to make scheduled recording. NET-i ware will start or stop recording according to your schedule. You can create a schedule and apply it to multiple cameras. You can also create multiple schedules. `` You can create schedules for up to 64 cameras. -- SNS-SF064 : Max. 64 Cameras / SNS-SF032 : Max. 32 Cameras / SNS-SF016 : Max.
To check your work When your settings are completed, the changes will be applied. The camera may start or stop recording, according to the setting. -- Click [Magnify] to extend the schedule tree so you can check the duplicate area across the time ranges. The [Magnify] button will switch to [Collapse] while other buttons will be grayed.
Setup Holiday You can specify a holiday and perform scheduled recording on that holiday. You can also set the execution cycle and period for each holiday. @@ Cycle • No Cycle: The holiday is effective only on that day. • Days: Effective at the set interval of days. • Weeks: Effective at the set interval of weeks. • Months: Effective at the set interval of months. • Years: Effective at the set interval of years. @@ Range • Start Date: The first date of the holiday period.
Recording Event For your better understanding of the event situation, you can set the pre and post recording times based on the event occurrence point. Setup Pre and post images as many as specified based on the event occurrence time will be saved. • Motion, Alarm, Intelligent Video Analysis Event: You can set both pre and post times. • Video Loss Event: As there will be no image to record after occurrence of the event, the pre time alone can be specified. 1. Select an item to record.
Setup Recording Camera You can set the fps to save for each activated camera and recording type (normal/event). -- The normal recording type includes manual recording and continuous scheduled recording. -- Available event recording types include Motion/Alarm/Video Loss/ Intelligent Video Analysis. You can specify the storage period of a recording file for each active camera. -- An expired recording file will be deleted automatically.
To set an Event Event Camera You can set the event discard time for, and the Alarm Into sync with each activated camera. The event discard time is to discard a duplicate event in the specified time range. Setup You can also set an Alarm In to sync with each camera, which occurs from the device. -- If you did not set an Alarm In to sync: Any Alarm In from the device will not affect NET-i ware.
Setup ❖❖ To create an e-mail Click [Add] in the bottom list, and provide a name and description and click [Add] in the dialog. An e-mail of the default settings will be created. ❖❖ To edit an e-mail Change the name, description or subject in the E-mail page. To add a recipient or CC 1. Click [Add]. Using the user information that is already registered with NET-i ware 1. Click [Add All] or select a desired user and click [Add Selected]. Or, provide an e-mail address and click [Add].
Event Alert Sound This function is to sound the alert upon the occurrence of an event. ❖❖ To register an alert sound file You can register an alert sound file to use. -- Only the wav format is supported. By default, two wav files are provided: Setup -- alarm.wav, notify.wav 1. Click [Add] in the bottom corner. 2. Select an alert sound file to use. The selected file will be registered. 3. To delete an already registered alert sound file, select a file in the list and click [Delete].
Setup Backup Setting Schedule Backup You can backup stored data according to the schedule that you set. ❖❖ Schedule Backup Management You can create/edit/delete a schedule backup. In the left pane of the screen, you will see the schedule backup list while you can check the information of the selected schedule in the right pane. ❖❖ To create a schedule backup 1. Click [Add] in the bottom list. You will see the Add Schedule Backup dialog. 2.
❖❖ To delete a schedule backup Select a schedule backup in the schedule backup list and click [Delete]. ❖❖ To perform and play the schedule backup Schedule backup will perform according to the schedule that you set. -- If you set the schedule backup cycle to Every Day: Recording data one day before within the backup range will be backed up. -- Path for the schedule backup file: User specified path\NIWData\Camera ID\Recording Date\Sstart-end_ID_0000(1).
Setup ❖❖ To select a network Select one from network 1 and network 2, which is installed and in service on the PC. For network 1, you can change the bandwidth if you want. `` If the network setting is changed, the NET-i ware service will restart. ❖❖ Port Setting 1. Set the port range to use. For the concurrent user count, you can specify 10 users for TCP/UDP (Unicast), and up to 20 for UDP (Multicast). You can specify the client program and protocol type.
System Setting System User You can register users and user groups and set the necessary permissions. The default user (admin) and user group with the manager permissions are provided. -- The users (groups) are of parent-child relationship with each other. Setup -- A user group can own more than one user. `` The user can not own other user or user group. `` The default password for the default user is 4321. For security purposes, change the password for the default user.
Setup ❖❖ To edit a user (Group) account 1. Select a user (group) account to edit in the tree of the System User page. @@ For the user group, you can change the following settings: -- Name, Description -- Permission Live (NET-i viewer) : Monitoring, PTZ Control, Covert Monitoring `` Covert Monitoring: You can monitor the camera image of which the Covert function is set to On.
System Setting You can configure the system settings of NET-i ware. ❖❖ Language Setup You can set a preferred language for the program. Select one from Korean, English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Czech, Polish, Serbian, Rumanian, Portuguese, Dutch, Croatian, Hungarian, Greek, Taiwanese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish.
Setup ❖❖ Initialization This will restore the NET-i ware settings to the default. Select a desired item to reset. Items that can be reset are as below: -- All: Resets all settings. -- Hardware: Resets the hardware settings. -- Recording: Resets the record settings. -- Event: Resets the event settings. -- Backup: Resets the backup settings. -- Network: Resets the network settings. -- System: Resets the system settings. For the language, it will be reset to the language set by the OS. 1.
❖❖ System restart setting You can specify the activation frequency and time to restart the vsystem (PC). You can extract the NET-i ware settings and apply them to the NET-i ware that is installed on other PC. Recording data can not be imported / exported. Export NET-i ware Configuration 1. Click [NET-i ware Config] in the bottom. You will see the Import/Export NET-i ware Configuration dialog. 2. Select Export and specify a file path. 3. Click [Export]. All settings are created as a file.
Setup System Log You can set to save the log and search for a stored log. ❖❖ Log Setting Only logs in the set period will be saved, and those that expire will be deleted automatically. Set the type of the log to save.
Backup To Backup Data You can search for and backup desired data manually. 1. Click [Backup] in the right corner of the main page. Backup 2. Select a backup file format, time, storage device and backup data and click [Start Backup] to backup the selected data. Backup File Format Select a backup file format from REC1 and SEC. -- REC1 : File format that can be played using the video playback function in the Search Viewer of NET-i viewer.
Backup To calculate the size of backup data You can check the original size of backup data that you selected in the above step. Select data to backup and click [Calculate] in the bottom right corner. MM `` The actual size of the backup data will be slightly larger than the original as additional information is included. `` If there are multiple recording sections in the backup time period, select one of them to estimate backup data size. Backup Progress 1. Select a file to backup. 2.
Service Manager When the program is installed on the PC, the Service Manager icon will be displayed in the right tray on desktop. Using Service Manager The Manager will reside in the Windows tray that manages the NET-i ware service. Service Manager Select the icon and right-click it. The Service menu will appear. Service Management You can start or stop the service. -- Start the NET-i ware service: Starts the NET-i ware service. -- Stop the NET-i ware service: Exits the NET-i ware service.
NET-i ware Update Installation The updater file will be installed together when you run the installer file of NET-i ware. Run Click Execute Updater in the System Setup page of the NET-i ware Tool, or click Start Updater in the Service Manager to launch the NET-i ware Updater. If the program starts normally, you will see the tray icon of the “NET-i ware Updater Manager” program in the task bar. 1. Place the cursor over the icon. You will see a tool tip as shown. 2. Right-click the tray icon.
Auto Update Setting You can set the check update cycle to check any update automatically. 1. Click the [NET-i ware Updater Manager] tray icon. 2. In the context menu that pops up, select the [Setup] item. 3. Change the settings in the Setup window, and click [Save]. Using AutoCheck NET-i ware Update You can set to check any update every day. 1. Click Daily. 2. Select a time to perform the auto check. Ex) The right figure shows the auto check performs 08:00:00 AM every morning.
NET-i ware Update Auto Update Scenario Notice of the Latest Version If there exists the latest version on the server, you will see a message as shown. You can check the release note, and select to proceed with or cancel the update. Download Click [Update] to download the installation files. Checking Installation When the download process is completed, you are prompted to install the update files now.
NET-i Web Viewer What is the Web Viewer? It is a remote viewer that allows you to remotely connect to NET-i ware and to perform the real-time monitoring, PTZ (if specified) control, and search. Network Camera NET-i ware NET-i web viewer ware web viewer supports most major web browsers. MM `` NET-i - Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox - Using the Chrome browser on MAC OS X 10.7 Lion is not supported. Getting Started with the Web Viewer 1.
NET-i Web Viewer Installing Silverlight If your PC has not installed Silverlight or has just installed an older version, you will be redirected to the Silverlight installation page automatically when accessing the web viewer. 1. Click . 2. When the file download dialog pops up, click . 3. When the download is completed, click . 4. The Silverlight installation page will be displayed. Click to proceed with the installation. 5. When done, click . 6.
Checking the Connection Status of Web Viewer If you fails to connect to the web viewer, check the followings: 1. Ensure that the system port is set to between 4505 and 4534. You can check and change the port number in - - of NET-i ware. NET-i Web Viewer 2. Ensure that the HTTP port specified in NET-i ware is not used simultaneously in any other program. You can change the settings in - of NET-i ware.
NET-i Web Viewer 5. Only one user can access the web viewer setup page or NET-i ware tool at a time. If a different user has already accessed the setup page, you will be prompted to access the page by force. -- If selecting , you cannot access the page. -- If selecting will disconnect the access by the current user and enable you to access the page.
Live Viewer Live Viewer At a Glance j i g h Item a Split Mode b Time Display Options c Channel Selection d Auto Sequence Status g h i j Switch to a split mode or full screen. Based on OSD time information of Live Viewer, select one from (on which Web Viewer is running) and (on which NET-i ware is running). Switch to Auto Sequence mode, or to the previous or next channel. Display the sequence status of the channel being displayed.
NET-i Web Viewer Changing the split mode Click the Split Mode button to switch to the selected split mode. To switch to Single mode Click < >. The video screen will switch to single mode for the selected camera. `` You can double-click the tile of a desired camera to switch to Single mode. To switch to 4-split mode Click < >. The video screen will switch to 4-split mode with the channel of the selected camera moving up to the first tile. To switch to 9-split mode Click < >.
To switch to full screen Click < >. Switch the current split mode to full screen. To exit the full screen, press [ESC] on your keyboard. NET-i Web Viewer Using the Live menus You can perform Auto Sequence, or move to the previous or next channel. To perform Auto Sequence Click < >. This will switch the screen of the connected camera in sequence. -- The number of cameras should be greater than the channel number of the split screen where you want to perform auto sequence.
NET-i Web Viewer Record 1. Click < >. You will see the window where you can specify the saving path of your recording. 2. Specify the path and provide the file name. Then, click . This will save the video of the selected camera as .avi format. `` The max recording time is 10 minutes. The recorded video can be played only with DivX codec. `` For playing an .AVI video clip, you can use the free video player to play the video.
PTZ control If the selected camera supports the PTZ operation, the buttons available will be active and you can press an active button to activate a desired operation. Using the PTZ buttons b NET-i Web Viewer a c d e f g h i Item a b c d e Direction ZOOM IRIS FOCUS SET, ESC j k Description Adjust the camera orientation. Adjust the zoom factor of the camera. Adjust the iris of the camera. Adjust the focus of the video from the camera.
NET-i Web Viewer To define a preset 1. Click < 2. Click < >. > to select a preset number. 3. Provide the preset name. 4. Use the direction buttons to adjust the camera angle to a desired direction. 5. Click < >. camera supports adding and displaying up to 20 presets regardless MM `` The of the preset number. However, both SSNP-series camera and SPE-100/400/1600 supports adding and displaying up to preset #127. To perform the preset 1. From the preset list, select a registered preset. 2. Click < >.
3. Drag the yellow spot and drop it at a desired position. Only as much area as the selected box will be zoomed. `` The camera will perform the pan or tilt so that the box will be positioned center. `` The zoom will be performed only to the max zoom factor supported by the camera. NET-i Web Viewer 4. To restore the previous size, right-click the screen and select in the context menu.
NET-i Web Viewer Video Screen At a Glance b a f Item a b Camera Name Record edc Description Display the camera name specified in NET-i ware. Display the status of recording made on the PC that is running the web viewer. c Intelligent Video Analysis If Intelligent Video Analysis is activated, the button will be displayed in a different color. Click the active button again to release the display of intelligent video analysis.
To perform the tile context menu Move the cursor to a desired context menu of camera tile and right-click it. You will see the available context menu items of the tile. • Camera Delete : Remove the camera from the selected tile. • AreaZoom : Perform the AreaZoom. `` For more information, refer to “To perform the AreaZoom”. (Page 54) NET-i Web Viewer • Goto1x : Return to the previous screen before the AreaZoom is performed. To move the video screen 1.
NET-i Web Viewer Search Viewer You can search for and play recording data in the PC that is running NET-i ware. Search Viewer At a Glance a b c i d h g e f Item a Split Mode d e Select a split mode or full screen. `` For more information, refer to “Changing the spit mode”. (Page 50) Perform the screen capture, printing or recording as necessary. b c Description Audio Camera List Calendar 58_ English `` For more information, refer to “Using the Live menus”.
Item Description f Result Pane Display the search result. g Overlapped Data It shows whether overlapping recordings exist for the same time line. If exist, user can select one to play. h Timeline / Play Bar You can play the recording data, zoom in/out the video screen, and fix /release the timeline bar. Adjust the play speed of the current video. Play Screen If you select a search result, it will be displayed in the video screen.
NET-i Web Viewer Play 1. Click the date containing a search result. The details will be displayed in the result pane. -- Preview : The recording type for the section containing search results will be displayed in a different color. • Yellowish Green: Continuous • Blue: Motion • Orange: Alarm • Pink: Video Loss • Purple: Intelligent Video Analysis • Black: Manual 2. In the result pane, double-click a desired data item or drag and drop it over to a tile. The selected item will be displayed.
Item Description Stop playing temporarily. Play forward at normal speed. c Play Bar Play forward at a max of x64 speed by increasing by x2. Play forward one frame by one. d Overlapped Data It shows whether overlapping recordings exist for the same time line. If exist, user can select one to play. e Expand/Collapse the timeline bar Enlarge or shrink the time display bar. Fix or release the timeline bar.
NET-i Web Viewer Setup Viewer Hardware For more information, refer to “Hardware”. (Page 12) ❖❖ Register You can add/edit/delete a desired device to/from NET-i ware. Camera Information Once you select a video source for the web viewer, you can select a profile that will be monitored on the Live screen of the web viewer. ❖❖ Activation To take advantage of the camera, you must activate the camera after registering it. web viewer, the cameras will be sorted by index.
❖❖ Camera Turns On/Off the camera’s Video, Audio, Audio Recording and Covert functions. You can configure the settings so that only the video from the camera where
NET-i Web Viewer ❖❖ Schedule You can access NET-i ware to make scheduled recording. Then, NET-i ware will start or stop recording according to the set schedule. You can create one schedule and apply it to multiple cameras. You can also create multiple schedules. To make a schedule From the web viewer, click the time table or specify an area to create a schedule to your preference.
❖❖ Camera You can specify the frame rate (fps) for each active camera or recording type (normal/event). NET-i Web Viewer Event For more information, refer to “To set an Event”. (Page 27) ❖❖ Camera You can specify the discard time or set the alarm-in to synchronize with for each active camera. The discard time is a time to discard (ignore) any duplicate event that occurs in the same time line.
NET-i Web Viewer ❖❖ Alert Sound A beep will sound the moment an event occurs. you cannot save or delete a .wav file MM `` Inthatthewillwebbe viewer, used as a beep. `` In the web viewer, you cannot play the .wav file (that will be used as a beep) in advance. ❖❖ Preset As soon as an alarm occurs, you can set to move to a camera preset. MM `` Press Refresh to update the current preset list. Backup For more information, refer to “Backup Setting”.
❖❖ Network Drive If you use a network drive for scheduled backup, you can set the retry time (against a network failure) or specify the use of auto deletion of a backup file. NET-i Web Viewer Network For more information, refer to “Network Setting”. (Page 31) ❖❖ Interface You can check and make necessary settings of the interface information. web viewer does not support UDP (Unicast/Multicast) MM `` The settings. ❖❖ DDNS Register NET-i ware with DDNS.
NET-i Web Viewer System For more information, refer to “System Setting”. (Page 33) ❖❖ User You can add a user or user group and set the access permissions as necessary. Accounts available include: default user group with the admin permissions and default user (admin). ❖❖ Setting You can configure the NET-i ware settings to your preference. change the current language in the web viewer, the MM `` Ifnewyoulanguage will be applied only to the Setup menu of the web viewer.
❖❖ Log You can configure the log saving settings and search for an existing log. NET-i Web Viewer About Display the program version and creation date of the web viewer.
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