Cam SS Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Workstation (Version 5.01) User Manual Rev4-30-2002 Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.
Forward: CAM SS Workstation CAM SS Workstation is a complete digital video surveillance solution that may be used both for long term digital video recording of quality video scenes onto reliable hard disk or as a remote surveillance system allowing for “dial in” or remote LAN access as well as remote alarm video transmission to a previously assigned remote video operator work stations.
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INSTALLATION 1.1 System Requirements 1.2 Installing CamSS Application Software 5 6 6 CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM OVERVIEW 2.1 Starting CamSS 2.2 Main Screen 2.2.1 Image Section 2.2.2 System Operation Section 2.2.3 Status Section 2.2.4 Camera Setup Section 9 9 10 11 12 14 14 CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 Host Setup 3.2 I/O Devices 3.3 Users 3.3.1 New User Setup 3.3.2 New User Group Setup 3.3.3 User Log 3.4 Sound Bank 3.5 Address Book 3.6 Database Setup 3.7 Board Setup 3.8 E-map 3.8.
CHAPTER 8: CamSS Server 8.1 Starting CamSS Server 8.2 CamSS Server Window CHAPTER 9: REMOTE ACCESS 9.1 Remote Access Via TCP/IP 9.2 Remote Access Via Modems 9.3 Remote PTZ and Output Port Control Functions 9.4 Other Remote Access Functions 96 96 97 102 102 105 107 108 FCC (Federal Communication Commission) Notice This equipment has been tested and found to be in compliance with the criteria for Class B digital devices as referred to in Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Chapter 1: Installation The CamSS Digital Video Surveillance System is an all-in-one system that integrates various functions including monitoring, video recording and playing, alarming, controlling and remote monitoring. CamSS transfers recorded image signals into digital signals then compresses and saves them in your computer. SDMCT (Super Dynamic Motion Compression Technology) has been applied to this system.
• • • Hides recording screen. Password protection. Auto-start video recording as soon as the computer is turned on. 1.1 System Requirements To ensure the performance efficiency of the CamSS system, we recommend: • An IBM compatible PC with an 800MHz Pentium III CPU. • 256MB RAM and/or above. • Windows98, 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system. • 16MB RAM or above on VGA card with AGP interface. • Ethernet card. • 56Kbps modem with voice features. • Full-duplex sound card. 1.
- The following screen will then appear. Select the directory that you want to install to and click Start to continue the installation. - The Installing CamSS Software screen will appear as illustrated below.
- Once the installation is completed, the screen stating that the program was installed successfully will appear as illustrated below.
Chapter 2: System Overview To execute the CamSS program, double-click on the shortcut icon on the Windows Desktop as illustrated below. (We recommend that you set the monitor resolution to 1024x768 16bit true color or above for better screen display.) You may also, as illustrated below, select Start on Windows, then the Program folder and finally CamSS for the program execution. Click CamSS in the CamSS Menu to execute the CamSS programs. 2.
login with a user ID and password. The User ID will limit scope and access for operations on the system dependent on the predefined access auditing. This limitation does not apply to the System Administrator. Please refer to section 3.3 for the setting of the user ID/password and auditing. Note: CamSS will automatically start if no password is entered within 15 seconds after logging in. However, the user will not be able to modify the system setup unless the user re-enters the user’s ID. 2.
The Main Screen consists of the following 4 major sections: 1. Image Section: located on the central and largest part of the main screen is the Image section. This section displays images from local and remote sites. 2. System Operation Section: located on the right side of the main screen. This section contains the control panel for Host, PTZ control, Output port, Utilities and System Setup. 3. Camera Setup Section: located on the left bottom part of the main screen.
To set up or to control any of the cameras on this section, move the mouse to the desired camera view and click the left button once to select the camera. Then, perform the desired control or setup. Screen Enlargement: All of the images displayed in this section can be enlarged or reduced. First, move the mouse to the desired image and double click on the image to enlarge it. The images may be re-arranged at this time so as to accommodate the displays of all images.
Next, there are four buttons on the upper part of the System Sections; their functions are as follows: Start: Local – Activates the recording of images from all local cameras. Remote – Activates the recording of images from all remote cameras. Stop: Local – Stops the recording of all local cameras. Remote – Stops the recording of all remote cameras. Explore: Performs a local or a remote video file search. The remote connection must be up.
Mute: Turns off the output of the sound card. Auto Scan: Enlarge the images being recorded in the Image Section in a preset order. (Does not affect the operation of recording). Log-in/Log-out: During the execution of the system, the user password is required before system programs can be performed. If a user is away for a while and wishes to deny others’ access to the system, he/she may log out of the system. All system operations (functions) will then be shut down.
Chapter 3: System Setup Select System from the System Operation Section, as illustrated below, to set up the system. There are nine types of setting functions in the System section as follows: - Host Setup - I/O Device - User - Sound Bank - Address Book - Database Setup - Board Setup - E-map Setup - Misc. Setup The descriptions of these functions are given in the following sections.
3.1 Host Setup Clicking the button will bring up the following dialogue box: The data fields of Host Setup are described as follows: Automatically Record Allows CamSS to start recording at start up. Automatically connect to server Allows automatic connection to the CamSS Server application program upon start-up. The system will automatically connect to the same CamSS Server it was connected to previously.
3.2 I/O Devices Clicking the button to select the I/O Device will bring up the following dialogue box. Please refer to Chapter 7 (I/O Device) for descriptions of the settings.
3.3 Users Clicking the following dialogue box. button to select the User (to set up a user profile) will bring up the At the very first run of CamSS, the System Administrator (the user with the highest access auditing) will be required to enter in a password. The very first user to appear (in a red head) in the display is the System Administrator.
3.3.1 New User Setup Simply select New User. Enter the properties of the new user into the screen (as seen below): Note: Only the System Administrator can add, delete, or modify a user profile. The setting for “User Info” is as follows: 1. User Name: type a user name into the box 2. Password: type the password into the box. 3. Confirm: enter the password again for confirmation 4. User Type: This enables the user to be defined as either a Local or a Remote user.
The screen will be as follows: After the settings are finished, click OK to complete the process. When the specified user logs in with this user name and password, he/she will have access to the granted functions only.
3.3.2 New User Group Setup Click the right button of the mouse on the desired User entry to set up a new user group. The following dialogue box will appear: Select New Group to enter the New Group screen as seen below: Type the name of the group into the Group Name field and then click the OK button. The following screen will appear. Double click on the desired group name to enter into Edit Group as illustrated below.
Note: The Group function is solely for the purpose of managing all of the users.
3.3.3 User Log You may find the button from the pull-down menu in the middle of the System Operation Section. Click the User Log button and enter into the User Log screen. The User Log screen lists the time that both the local and remote access users log in or out from the CamSS system.
3.4 Sound Bank Clicking the - option button will bring up the following screen: Close: exits the Sound Bank setup function. New Sound: To add a new sound file, click New Sound and the following dialogue box will appear. First give a name to the sound file then click Select to choose a sound file.
After a sound file is selected, it returns to the following screen: Click Preview to ensure the selected file is the right one. Then, click OK to complete the setup.
- Delete: To delete a sound file select that file entry and click the Delete button. Edit: To edit a sound file select that file entry and click the Edit button. Preview: To preview a sound file select that file entry and click the Preview button. Notes: 1. The field, Voice Modem with two valid values Yes and No, shows whether the sound file can be transmitted to a telephone through a modem. 2. The file to be transmitted to a telephone must be in the format of PCM 8000Hz, 16-bit, mono.
3.5 Address Book To enter the Address Book, click the button. The Address Book can store a remote telephone number or IP address that is frequently used to facilitate the remote access and remote alarms. a. Adding a New Entry To the Address Book To add a new entry to the address book, click New. The following dialogue box will appear. Enter the necessary information.
Adding A New Server: This is primarily to connect to a remote server. First, give a name to the server. Next, choose Server from Type field. Then type the IP address into the Phone No./IP field. Finally, click the OK button to finish the setup. (As seen below): Adding a Remote IP: The address book is used to transmit an alarm message to the remote CamSS system via LAN or Internet when an alarm is triggered. First, enter the name of the remote CamSS. Then select Remote IP on the Type pull-down list.
After the setup is finished, the following screen will appear: b. Delete: To delete an entry from the address book, click on the desired entry then click the Delete button. The entry is deleted. c. Edit: To edit an entry in the address book, click on the desired entry then click the Edit button. An entry may also be edited by double clicking on the desired item. Enter the Edit screen to perform the desired editing. d. Close: Click Close to close the address book function.
3.6 Database Setup Clicking the button will bring up the Database screen. This option is used to specify the directory and hard disk in which video files are stored. The screen will appear as follows. The default directory is C:\Program files\CamSS\Database\ . a. Adding A New Database Select the New button to add a new hard disk drive.
and directory. - Select the desired drive and directory, and then click OK to finish the setup. Note: Setup can be performed only once against each hard disk drive. Duplicate setup is not allowed. - The default-reserved space on a single hard disk drive is 500MB. We recommend that you increase it to 700MB or more if the capacity of the hard disk is 20GB or above. - You may choose to recycle a hard disk; however, you need to cancel the Recycle option if a recorded image is to be kept.
b. Deleting a Database Entry To delete a database entry from the list, click on the desired entry then click the Delete button. A request for confirmation will appear. Click OK and the database entry will be deleted. c. Editing a Database Entry To edit a database entry in the list, select the desired entry and click the Edit button to edit the hard disk drive and directory. Modification is same as that of adding a new database. d. Close Click Close to exit the database setup function.
3.7 Board Setup As this version of the CamSS program supports three types of CamSS cards: i.e.CamSS 1 channel; CamSS 4 channel; and Cam SS 2 channel Audio/Visual, and installations of up to 4 CamSS cards on a PC, there are up to 4 setup areas for setting up each individual card. After the installation of the CamSS driver and application programs are finished, CamSS, at its startup automatically detects the current types and quantity of CamSS cards installed.
Listed below are the frame sizes supporting NTSC system: 1. 640x480: 640 pixels by 480 pixels. 2. 320x240: 320 pixels by 240 pixels. 3. 240x180: 240 pixels by 180 pixels. 4. 160x120: 160 pixels by 120 pixels. Listed below are the frame sizes supporting PAL system: 1. 640x480: 640 pixels by 480 pixels. 2. 352x288: 352 pixels by 288 pixels. 3. 256x192: 256 pixels by 192 pixels. 4. 176x144: 176 pixels by 144 pixels. OK Click the OK button to finish the board setup. 3.
New: - First, click the New button to create a new map. - Second, enter a name for the map for easy map search. (e.g. Floor 1, Court Yard, etc.). Next, select the map file. The map file must be in .BMP format, and preferably with a resolution of 640x480. If the resolution is less than 640x480, the map will be displayed in the original size. However, if the resolution is more than 640x480, the map will be reduced in an equal proportion to the size of 640x480.
To add a camera to the map, click the button on the left upper corner. The cursor will turn into “+”. Move the cursor to the desired position then click the left button of your mouse to finish the camera location setup. As illustrated above, the red arrow points to the newly added camera. Double click the camera icon. The camera is now ready to be assigned a Host name, camera, and board number. This is how the E-map is connected with the video images.
Note: If an error occurs in camera properties, the camera icon on the e-map will turn to indicating that the Host name or Board ID or Camera ID is missing. If the host name is a remote host name, the remote CamSS system must enable the auditing of the remote E-map access. Delete: To delete a camera entry from the list, click on the desired entry then click the Delete button. The camera entry will be deleted. Edit: To edit a camera entry in the list, click on the desired entry then click the Edit button.
it indicates that the camera is idle. On the two ends of the upper part of the display, there are two buttons, and . These are for scrolling the map display to either a previous or following map if there is more than one map. Double-clicking a recording camera will return that camera to its corresponding view (i.e. the view framed in red dashed lines). To display the camera location on the E-map move the cursor to the recording view then click in the Camera Setup Section.
3.8.3 E-map and Alarm In addition to the preset alarm functions (refer to Chapter 6 for details), as a recording camera activates the alarm function and an alarm is triggered, clicking the following screen: button will bring up the As illustrated above, the icon denotes a camera triggering an alarm. It is easy to locate the camera triggering an alarm on the e-map, and thus can be taken care of speedily.
3.9 Misc. Setup This allows for miscellaneous system functions to be programmed into the CamSS System operations. Items such as Auto scan, Optional warnings, and changes in file length can be set up here.
Chapter 4: Recording 4.1 Recording Windows The CamSS system applies Super Motion Image Compression Technology (SDMCT) to compare two continuous images. Even with alterations between these two images CamSS will, to a certain extent, perform the functions of recording and triggering of related alarms. If there is no change in these two images, CamSS can record on a fixed schedule that will enable the compression of the image files to be done at an even higher compression ratio.
The camera has failed or the camera is not connected: The camera is recording but the view is not displayed: 42
Below are two examples: one with one CamSS 4 channel card installed, another with two CamSS 4channel cards. All cameras are activated.
Start: Click on the view to be activated. That window then becomes the active window and will be framed with red dashed line.
Click the button in the Camera Setup Section (as illustrated above) to activate the camera. Repeat the foregoing steps to activate the rest of the cameras as required. Note that the icon is shown in red for the windows that are not activated yet. Stop: Click on the view that is to be inactivated. The Start button in the Camera Setup Section becomes the Stop button and will be seen as illustrated above. Note that clicking this button will cause the corresponding camera to become inactive.
4.2 Recording Setup Camera Setup: Click on the camera to be set up. Then click the Camera Setup button Camera Setup window. to enter the Camera Name: The system automatically sets the default names as Camera11, Camera12, Camera13, and Camera14 for a CamSS 4 channel card or Camera11 and Camera12 for a CamSS 2 channel Audio/Video card. The name may be changed if so desired. Check video lost: Every camera has an independent check function of video lost.
Mode: Camera mode setup works only when the camera is turned on. 1. 2. 3. 4. When the camera is in both “recording” and “monitoring” mode it displays camera views. When the camera is in “monitoring” mode but not in “recording” mode it displays camera views. When the camera is in “recording” mode but not in “monitoring” mode it displays “WORKING” view. When the camera is neither in “monitoring” mode nor in “recording” mode. The camera is disabled and it displays “WORKING” view.
The detection area is shown in red to mean that an alarm is triggered. (Enable Alarms of the Alarm Setup option on the Camera Setup screen must be enabled before alarm triggering can work for the motion detection area).
The detection area in the diagram below is shown in blue to mean that alarms are triggered but Enable Alarms of the Alarm Setup option in the Camera Setup screen is not enabled. Sound device select This function is not available. By selecting Enable Audio you activate the Audio recording.
Please refer to Audio Recording in the subsequent section. Modem select This option is not supported yet. PTZ control select This option lets you select the PTZ control device. Clicking the Select button will bring up the following PTZ control setup window. (The camera name, type, and address in the I/O Device window on the System Operation Section must be set up in advance). Click the desired PTZ control device entry.
Scheduled Recording (Program setup) The CamSS system automatically performs video recording, audio recording, and snapshots based on the scheduled recording program.
Programming The Recording Schedule 1. Enter the start date/time and end date/time into the From and To fields respectively. They may be typed directly into the fields or click the up/down arrows to the right of each one. 2. Select “Repeat Mode”. The repeating frequency may be chosen: “Once only”, “Once a day (Everyday)”, “Once a week (Every week)” or “Once a month (Every month).” - Once Only (Only Once): Enter the start and end dates/time.
- Snapshot: This makes the system take snapshots at a predetermined time interval. CamSS saves the image files in a default folder named as “dyyyymmdd” (“d20010726” in the diagram below), while the default file name is formatted as “pp10 hhmmss”. (In 10 the first digit stands for the CamSS card number while the second digit is the camera number. For example, “10” stands for camera No.1 of the card number 1 while “11” stands for camera. No.2 of the card No.2, and so on).
Exiting the window Click the Close button or to exit the program setup. Caption: The name of the camera view may be displayed by clicking the button (as illustrated in the upper left corner below). The caption contains the board name and camera name. The board name may be set up in the Board Setup of the System Operation Section (described in Chapter 3), and the camera name may be set up in the “Camera Setup” window (described in this chapter).
Select the desired color then click the OK button. That finalizes the setting. Canceling Motion Detection Area: This button cancels all of the motion detection areas of a designated camera (otherwise known as unmasking). Snapshot: This button allows the capture of still images during recording. (This function works only when the cameras are turned on.) The images are stored in BMP format.
Enter the file name and click the Save button to save the picture file. Audio: This button activates and deactivates the audio recording function. The button shown as audio recording is in progress while the recording indicator light in the System Status Section is green. indicates that If the button is clicked again, it will turn to indicating that the audio function has been deactivated.
Location: Select a camera in the Image Section. Click the button in the Camera Setup section. The system will show the camera location on the E-map. Please refer to section 3.8 for details. 4.3 Camera Views Full screen display This displays the CamSS screens in the full screen display mode. Click the central button (the one with “+” symbol) as shown in the illustration below: To return to the original display, press the ESC key on the keyboard.
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After the second enlargement (double clicking it yet again): you may find that the camera view takes the whole display area. If that is the case, double clicking the mouse button again will return it to the initial i.e. standard view.
Quick camera setup On the window of the camera, click the right mouse button. A control menu will appear. For Record and Display please refer to section 4.2.
Four display models can be selected alternately. The window (normal, real, zoom and biggest) will follow the change. Camera setup has the same function as Please refer to section 4.2.
Chapter 5: Playback The function of playback is primarily to search for files. The CamSS system can proceed with the file search according to the parameters entered, e.g. host ID, time, CamSS card ID, camera ID and so forth. File searching is also applicable to other on-line CamSS systems. The CamSS system also provides full playback functions and the video needed for searching. 5.1 Explore Window Click the button, and the following Explore window will appear.
Search By Host: 1. Enter the host ID, which is case sensitive. 2. Or, clicking on desired host to select. will display the hosts with their ID. Click on the Search Options: There are a total of 8 input parameters including time, date, host, board, camera, database, resolution, and type (local or remote). Those parameters are required for more accurate file searching. Search By Time: Searches for video files by the start/end date and time (including year, month, day, AM/PM, hour, minute and seconds).
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Message Area: This area contains relevant information such as host ID, operating state and playback speed. - Host ID: “(DVR929283)” in this case Operating State: the operating state of the window, i.e. “Playing” or “Pause”. Playback Speed: Currently play back occurs at six times the normal speed. Playback Time Area: From: This displays the start date/time of the file. (Year, Month, day, hour, minute, second). To: This displays the end date/time of the file. (Year, Month, day, hour, minute, second).
Playback: This button’s function is the same as the Play button of a traditional video player. Clicking this button during fast or slow playback will return the playback speed to normal. Pause: This button’s function is the same as the Pause button of a traditional video player. Clicking this button during playback will cause the playback to pause. To continue the playback, re-click this button or the playback button. Fast Playback: The video playback speed will increase each time this button is clicked.
Enter the file name and click the Save button to save the captured image. During the video playback process, a certain part of the video may be cut and saved as a new file for the purpose of convenient storage, carrying, or transmittal. The “video cut” button is described as follows: Start Clip (Start Video Cut): Clicking this button during video playback will begin cutting the video.
End Clip (End Video Cut): Clicking this button during video playback will end the video cutting.
Save Clip (Save the Video Cut): Clicking this button will bring up the following dialogue window (allowing the destination directory to be selected): After selecting the directory, enter the file name and click the Save button to save it as a new file. It is recommended that the file be saved in the directory of the same date. Play Clip (Playback clip): After the video is cut it can be played back by clicking this button.
Caption: Clicking this button will add a caption to the video as illustrated below: Clicking the button again will remove the caption. Caption Color: Clicking this button will bring up a color palette so that the caption color can be changed as desired. There are three function buttons on the Time Scroll bar. They are described as follows: Zoom In: An image may be enlarged from its current size by 25% by clicking this button once. Clicking the button again will enlarge it another 25%.
Zoom Out: This button may be clicked to reduce an image from its current size by 25%. Clicking it again will further reduce it by another 25%. This process can continue until it is down to its smallest ratio (50%).
Play Next Video File: Clicking this button will play the next video clip for the selected camera. 5.3 Load Video The foregoing ways for video playback will only work if the files are located in a host database (i.e. the on-line video files). For a file not in a database (off-line video files), it can be imported and played back by clicking the Open button. After clicking the button.
Select the directory where the imported and desired video file is located. Then, click the Open button to play it back. 5.4 Load picture To display the picture file recorded at the alarm time (or otherwise) click Then select the picture file from the list and click the Open button. the button.
There are two options available while printing the picture: 1. Information in the picture or 2.
Chapter 6: Alarms The CamSS system’s alarm functions are categorized by way of triggering, into three types as follows: 1. Triggered by image alteration in the motion detection area. 2. Triggered by “Video lost”. 3. Triggered by (sensor) signal from the input port (please refer to Chapter 7, IO Device.) 6.1 Alarm Setup Each camera has its own independent alarm setting. The related activation options and setting buttons can be found in the Camera Setup dialogue window on the Camera Setup Section.
Alarm Event Period This is to set the length of time that an alarm will last. No new alarm will be triggered during this duration. The default value is 180 seconds. The minimum is 10 seconds. Activate condition The alarm functions may be activated though a predefined schedules table.
There are four repeat modes with the alarm schedule: Only Once, Every day, Every Week, and Every month. 1. Adding a new alarm schedule First, select the desired repeat mode. Then, enter the start/end day (week) and time into the boxes to the right of the From and To fields. It can be entered directly, or click the arrows to the right of the fields, then click the Add button to add a schedule to the list.
Record and display options can be found in the Camera Setup dialogue box in the Camera Setup Section. Alarm Actions There are two types of alarm actions, i.e. local and remote alarm actions. Listed below are four items: - Playing warning sound … … ……Local alarm - Snapshot… … … … … … … … .Local alarm - Activating the output port… ……..Local alarm. - Remote alarm… … … … … … …Remote alarm. 1.
Click on the desired sound file, then click the Select button. The sound name will appear in the “playing alarm sound” field of options. Click the Preview button to check the selected sound file. Please refer to the Alarm Sound Bank Setup in Chapter 3 for the alarm sound bank setup. 2.
4. Remote Alarms This option must be activated so that CamSS system can perform the remote alarm functions when an alarm occurs. The remote alarm actions need to be set up. Each time an alarm occurs, the CamSS system will execute these actions in sequence (by order of how they appear on the list).
Adding a new alarm action Click the New button to bring up the New Remote Alarm window. 1. Remote Type Clicking the arrow under Remote Type will bring up three remote types on the display. Select one as desired.
- Click Telephone: Dials out to a number of normal or mobile phones. Action options available: phone speech. Pager: Dials out to pagers. Action options available: paging messages. Computer: Notifies remote CamSS systems. If a modem is used to dial out, it will only be able to dial once and all the phone and pager schedules must be cancelled. Action options available: Live video, remote alarm sound. to open the Address Book as seen below: Only the corresponding type of remote device(s) will be displayed.
- Remote Sound: The name of the remote alarm sound file commands a remote CamSS System to play the alarm sound. The name of the sound file must be entered into the Alarm Sound Bank created by the remote CamSS System for this to happen. Note: This sound file is the one in the remote CamSS System rather than the one created by and transmitted from the CamSS System where the alarm occurs. 3. Set up the remote alarm action: Click the OK button to set up the remote alarm action.
When the local CamSS System’s alarm is triggered or an alarm is received from a remote System, these alarms will be logged into the alarm log by order of occurrence. The log sheet (table) will display the alarm time (occurrence time), the name of the host that triggered the alarm, board name and camera name, alarm type (i.e. local or remote), and the reason that the alarm was triggered (i.e. by intrusion into the motion detection area, by video lost, or by the signal received from the input port).
Chapter 7: I/O Device The CamSS system can control an external I/O device. The I/O devices can generally be divided into three categories as follows: 1. Computer ISA Interface I/O card. This is used to detect the On/Off state of the input point, or control the ON/OFF state of the output point. It also can be used to control the traditional PTZ. 2. RS232-to-RS485 interface I/O control device. It functions the same as the above. 3. RS232-to-RS485 interface (high speed) dome camera control.
Note: You may install all types of ISA interface I/O cards at the same time. However, they must have different addresses. RS232/RS485 interface: (Allowing connections of 32 external I/O modules within a distance of 1.2 kilometers). PT811 I/O device: (8 ON/OFF inputs, and 8 digital output modules) Address range: 0x01-0xFF. PT811’s address needs to be set before the delivery of goods is made. Otherwise it will be necessary to seek required hardware and software support from the manufacturer.
Deleting an I/O Device Click the device to be removed, then click the Delete button. It will be removed from the list.
To be used as PTZ control Enabling this function will transfer the output ports to PTZ control ports that will be used to control the traditional PTZ and cannot be used as common output ports. For example, if it is a PT-811, all of the 8 output points will be used as PTZ control ports, and can be operated with PT-908 relay output or PTZ control panel to control traditional PTZ.
Input Port Alarm Setup 1. Play Alarm sound When this option is enabled and the input port triggers an alarm, the CamSS system plays the designated sound file. A sound file must be specified (no blank field) to play the alarm sound when an alarm occurs.
Click on the desired sound file. Then click the Select button. The sound name will appear in the “playing alarm sound” field of options. Click the Preview button to check the selected sound file. For the alarm sound bank setup, please refer to the Sound Bank setup in Chapter 3. 2. Start recording Select the camera and activate the recording window. The remote alarm that is set up and activated for the camera will begin recording and execute the remote alarm.
Turn On/Off Alarm This lets the alarm functions be turned on /off as set in the CamSS System. At the triggering of each alarm, an “Off (inactive)” alarm will turn “On (active)” and vice versa. Trigger the camera to turn to a preset position In addition to triggering an alarm, upon being triggered by an input signal, the CamSS input port triggering function works in conjunction with the Preset position function of a dome camera to immediately turn the camera to a preset point.
7.2 PTZ Control Panel Click PTZ pull-down menu in the System Operation Section and the following PTZ control panel screen will appear: To control the respective cameras correctly, please refer to the Camera Setup (Chapter 4) and click the respective PTZ device from the designated camera setup.
PTZ control panel provides 8-direction control. Move the cursor to the button of the desired direction then click and hold the left mouse button to perform the desired turn. When the button is released, the turn will stop. Some dome cameras may support only 4 directions, i.e. up/down, right/left. Check with the vendor in advance to make sure that the desired functions are operable.
First select the Preset point then enter the Dwell time. Click the Add button to complete the setup. Users may arrange the sequence of the Preset point and the Dwell time at each point as desired. Note: Cruise is the fastest speed for cameras to move to each preset point. Auto Pan function and its setup Only dome cameras support the auto-pan function. Auto Pan allows cameras to quickly move horizontally between two points.
7.3 Output Port Control Click the Output Port pull-down menu in the System Operation Section to open the Output Port panel as illustrated below. You may click the right/left arrows to select the desired device. Click the Output buttons on the menu to control their On/Off states. If it is on-line with a remote CamSS system and a user has the granted privilege to control the remote devices, he/she can also control these remote output devices through this control panel.
Chapter 8: CamSS Server To monitor a remote recording display or to transmit an alarm video through LAN, Internet or Intranet, a CamSS Server program must be set in order for the data of the whole CamSS System to work. 8.1 Starting CamSS Server Double click on the shortcut icon of CamSS Server.exe as illustrated below to start the CamSS Server program. Or, click the Start button of Windows. Select the Programs Folder, then CamSS, and then CamSS Server to enter into the CamSS Server program.
If a System Administrator forgets his/her own password, the CamSS Server program must be reinstalled and the System Administrator set up again. After the System Administrator is set up, the Input password dialogue box will appear so that the System Administrator’s password can be re entered as a confirmation to enter the programs. 8.2 CamSS Server Window Adding a new user Click the File command.
Click User Information to open the User Information window. There are three types of CamSS Server Program users. 1. Local Users: CamSS Server users are categorized into two types, i.e. System Administrator and Common CamSS Server users. A System Administrator has the highest access privileges and can add or delete all of the three types of users as well as set up CamSS users’ audits. Only the System Administrator can close the CamSS Server program.
auditing. After the System Administrator selects one of the three types of users in the tree structure, they must click the right mouse button to add a new user. The Add user dialogue box will appear as follows: If a user to be added is a local or a remote CamSS Server user, setting the access audit is not required. If a user to be added is a Remote CamSS user, the system administrator must set the remote access audit for the user. For details on access auditing, please refer to Section 3.3.1.
Editing and deleting a user The System Administrator can click the right mouse button on the desired user in the tree structure. The Edit user and Delete user menus will appear. The system administrator can then re-set the user’s password or delete the user directly. The Connection Contents Click on This will bring up all the on-line CamSS Servers. Click on the This will show all of the CamSS system users connected to this CamSS Server. Connecting to other CamSS Servers. CamSS Server 3.
Enter CamSS Server’s IP address to connect the user name and password. Then, click the OK button to establish the connection. Through the connection between the local CamSS Server and the remote CamSS Server, all of the hosts can establish remote access with each other. Auto Start: CamSS Server 3.0 supports the Auto Start program after the operating system starts up. Click the File command and a pull-down menu will appear.
Chapter 9: Remote Access The CamSS system provides the remote access functions to users. The system transmits the video images through the following three media to achieve the purpose of remote monitoring. 1. PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), i.e. modems plus common telephone lines. 2. LAN (Local Area Network supporting TCP/IP protocols). 3.
Click the button, and select the TCP/IP option. Select the CamSS Server to connect. Double click its name to connect to the CamSS Server. After connection is established, the Status field shows Connected as illustrated below: Next, click the desired remote host on the Host menu of the CamSS Program to start the remote monitoring. Note: All of the CamSS systems connected to the same CamSS Server will be shown on the Host menu.
Click the button, then click the Modem option. Make sure that the Status field shows Open and the Voice field shows Yes indicating that the voice feature is supported. Click the right mouse button on the desired modem and select Dial to begin the dialing. The Dialing dialogue box then appears as follows: You can directly enter the telephone number or click the desired telephone number from the Address Book: button to open the Address Book.
After the connection is established, the Status field will show Connected and Linked. Click the desired remote host on the Host menu of the CamSS Program to begin the remote monitoring. Remark: The host names available on the Host menu are mainly from those defined in the Identification Information of the Network Neighbors in the operating system.
9.3 Remote PTZ and Output Port Control Functions One of the remote access functions is to provide PTZ and output port control functions. After completing the above remote connection setup and access auditing setup, users may double click on the desired remote host to switch the current recording display on the Image Section to the remote one. The PTZ control panel is then the remote host’s PTZ control panel. The remote PTZ control panel only provides control functions, not setup functions.
9.4 Other Remote Access Functions According to different access auditing, the remote access provides different control functions. Other major remote access functions are as follows: 1. To Unmask the detection area Click on the desired remote camera then click the Unmask button Setup Section to cancel all the detection areas. on the Camera Dragging the mask area directly onto the remote images can also set up a new detection area. 2.
