User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Chapter One Hardware Installation and Initial Configuration
- Chapter Two VAST2 Software Configuration and Management
- Log in
- Introducing VAST2
- Charged Add-on Features
- Installation Option - OpenVPN
- Chapter 2-1 Basics: Control and Elements
- Hot Keys
- View Cell Elements
- VAST Server and Client Components
- Minimum System Requirements
- Chapter 2-2 Starting Up
- 2-2-1. Selecting Devices
- 2-2-2. Recording Options
- 2-2-3. Storage
- 2-2-4. Starting Up - Main Page
- 2-2-5. Saving a View
- 2-2-6. Add More Live Views
- 2-2-7. Save Your Preferences
- 2-2-8. Customizable Layout
- 2-2-9. Dashboard
- 2-2-10. E-Map
- Placing DI/DO Devices
- Configuring Google Map and GPS
- 2-2-11. Event Search
- 2-2-12. PTZ Control
- 2-2-13. Playback
- 2-2-14. Alarm
- 2-2-15. Search Panel
- 2-2-16. Smart search
- 2-2-17. Tour
- 2-2-18. Thumbnail search
- Chapter 3 Applications:
- 3-1. I/O DI/DO Devices: IO Box and Related Configuration
- Configuring I/O Box DI/DO as a Trigger or Action in Alarm
- 3-2. Configuring Redundant Servers - Failover
- Failover Configuration Process
- 3-3. VCA (Video Content Analysis)
- 3-4. VAST Software License
- Updating Licenses for VAST on Virtual Machines
- Reminders for VAST Software License
- Chapter 4 Settings:
- 4-1. Settings > System > Preferences
- 4-2. Settings > Device > Cameras
- 4-3. Logical Folders
- 4-4. Settings > Recording > Recording Options
- 4-5. Settings > Recording > Backup
- Storage
- 4-6. Settings > Device > Sites
- 4-7. Settings > Device > POS
- 4-8. Settings > Device > Local DB
- 4-9. Settings > System > SMTP
- 4-10. Settings > IO Box and Related Configuration
- 4-11. Settings > User Management
- Add a New User Account - Windows AD Account
- Appendix A: VAST Service Control Tool
- Appendix B: Matrix
- Appendix C: Joystick Support
- Appendix D: Upload Device Pack
- Appendix E Database Merge Function
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
58 - User's Manual
Introducing VAST2
VIVOTEK VAST2 is the professional video / central management software designed for managing all
VIVOTEK IP surveillance products with intuitive functions and numerous features. It supports hundreds
of cameras and stations in a hierarchical structure of system for monitoring, recording, playback and
event trigger management with ease-of-use and efficient control.
VAST2 integrates VIVOTEK network cameras to provide diverse solutions and applications, with
the cameras for uninterrupted video recording, Smart Search II, Smart VCA, and Cybersecurity
management solution. VAST2 performs remote management with full range of the server & client
structure and constitutes a robust system for various applications, such as stores, banking and the
public space.
New Features
• Smart Search II
• Event Search: General, Smart VCA, and Trend Micro IoT Security events.
• Alarm management with Smart VCA, Trend Micro IoT Security and new general events.
• Alarm list enhancement: Thumbnail view, Status, and Comment.
• Manually export alarm clips.
• Automaticallly locks video clips when triggered by alarms.
• Sends HTTP requests to all selected cameras, incuding those under sub-stations, via one alarm
configuration.
• Manually refresh selected devices to obtain the latest VADP configuration settings.
• View cells with embedded E-maps.
• Standalone player improvements for displaying VCA rules/metadata, VIVOTEK MP4/3GP, and drag
and play feature.
Key Features
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Multiple monitors support on tabbed windows, configurable as live view, tour, E-map,
dashboard, or alarm views.
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Supports Windows Active Directory.
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Automatic Problem Feedback mechanism.
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Add-on solutions: Failover (VAST server redundancy), Transportation, Transaction, and Data
Magnet.
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Auto Streaming Size for Clients, saving decode and streaming bandwidth.
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Multiple Fisheye Dewarp modes.
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Customizable Layouts for unique camera types, e.g., corridor or panoramic.