Vivotek ST3402 User Manual

0VIVOTEK ST3402 User’s Manual

1-9to continue. Figure 1-8 User information for Smart VS-IP Recorder STEP 5: Set up the administrator’s password by entering a password and conf

1-10STEP 6: Select the installation directory for this application software and click on “Next”, as shown in XFigure 1-10X. You can also change the

1-11STEP 8: After checking all the set up information shown in XFigure 1-12X, click on “Next” to start file movement and registries update. Fig

1-121.3 7BFirst Start up After installation, one of the IE settings needs to be changed before you can start running the Monitor program. Enable t

2-13Chapter 2 1BLauncher 1BLauncher is a controller program that allows starting the recording procedure before the user logs in and the program

2-14 Figure 2-1 Login Dialog When the Launcher is locked, the unlock window is as follows: Figure 2-2 Unlock Dialog The input area of the dialog

2-15is displayed by clicking on the right or left buttons on the mouse. The menu items are listed below: 1. Lock Launcher – When this item is s

2-16 Figure 2-5 User Management Window Figure 2-6 Add and Modify User Windows Functionalities may be disabled according to the login user’s gro

2-17 Item Root Power User General User Monitor Start Up Mode ˇ User Management ˇ Playback ˇ ˇ Change Password ˇ ˇ ˇ Exit ˇ ˇ ˇ Lo

2-18closing (click on the close button in Monitor). It means that the recording procedure will be continued and user does not need to worry about m

1105BContents Chapter 1 Installation...1-3 1.1 Sy

2-19 6. Exit – This ends Launcher. If the user chooses this option, a message box will pop up to confirm whether the user really wants to exit.

3-20Chapter 3 2BMonitor 3.1 10BFeatures of Monitor Tool In this section, we will depict all features of the Monitor tool in this software. 3.1.1

3-213.2 11BApplication Layout and Functionalities This section demonstrates a global view of the Monitor tool, as shown in XFigure 3-1X. Compone

3-22status of connection, recording, selection, and alert-event triggered. 9 Video area In this area, you can see the video of the selected channel

3-239 Talk If the connected Video Server / Network Camera series product supports two-way audio feature, the tool can be used to talk with remote

3-24 Item Root Power User General User Backup ˇ Camera configuration ˇ Display & UI settings ˇ Global settings ˇ Record ˇ Sc

3-25setting each camera, a warning window will pop up to warn you that all recording processes will be stopped. 3.4.1 33BThe Layout of the Confi

3-263.4.2 Local Settings In the local settings, as shown in XFigure 3-4X, there are three main functions: Figure 3-4 Local Settings Insert – Th

3-27 Figure 3-6 Delete a camera to the list History – Clicking on the “History” button pops up a camera history list that shows the latest camera

3-283.4.3 35BAlert Settings and Recording Settings Figure 3-8 Alert Settings and Recording Settings Alert Settings: These settings guide this pro

24.1.1 Starting the Scheduling tool...4-59 4.2 The Layout and Functionalities ...

3-29Alert sound will be played on remote side if the option is enabled, alert sound has been configured and the one of the above three alerts (mo

3-30 Step 1: Step 2: Figure 3-9 Change the Sequence of the Connected Camera 3.4.5 37BSaving the Changes Once you have clicked on the “Save”

3-31 Figure 3-10 Global Settings You can activate the global setting window from “Configuration Menu \ Global Settings...” as shown in XFigure 3-

3-329 Snapshot directory － This is the directory for storing the snapshots in *.bmp format from channels as shown in XFigure 3-11X. 9 Recording di

3-33 Figure 3-12 Internet Proxy Settings Backup Settings: In this setting, you can select the directory, maybe a remote hard disk, for the media

3-34 Figure 3-13 Network Account Drive settings NOTE: The network account must be able to login the machine that runs the application (ST3402) and

3-35 Figure 3-15 Display & UI Settings Window Local Alert Settings: You can load custom *.wav file for the sound of alert triggering. You can

3-36NOTE: You must select the input signal format according to the camera type or CCD module type that is connected to the remote Video Server / Ne

3-37 Figure 3-17 Cursor change to click on image mode 9 Enable PTZ hot key － When the option is enabled, user can control PTZ camera by using ke

3-383.7 16BUsing Monitor Tool This section depicts methods of manipulating the Monitor tool. 3.7.1 38BConnection of the Video Server / Networ

1-3Chapter 1 0BInstallation 1.1 5BSystem Hardware Requirements Before installing the application software, make sure your system has the followin

3-39There is a unique light signal associated with each channel number. It indicates the status of the dedicated channel, as listed below. 9 Off

3-40 Figure 3-20 Invoke Authentication Window Figure 3-21 Authentication Window NOTE: The hint will also be popped up when user changes login pa

3-41If the connecting device is not supported Video Server / Network Camera series product (such as PC or another network device), the hint of “U

3-42 Figure 3-24 Mouse Cursor on the Channel Number Step 2: Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse cursor to the displaying f

3-43this case, it should be the video area), and then release the mouse button. In each layout, each channel is corresponding to one and only one

3-44 Figure 3-26 Showing Video on the Displaying Frame 3.7.1.2 68BClose the channel in displaying frame This section discusses how to close the vi

3-45 Figure 3-27 Close the Channel NOTE: Even the channel is closed for current layout. The network connection is still connected. The reason to

3-46 Figure 3-28 Layout of the Monitor tool Whether you choose the one-camera layout or the four-camera layout, the “Page up” and “Page down”

3-47XFigure 3-30X, double-click on the display frame associated with the dedicated channel in the video area. You will see the size of the displa

3-48 Figure 3-31 Single View Mode When in Multi-camera Layout Input/Output Control Tools Figure 3-32 Input/Output Control Tool This applicatio

1-41.1.2 29BSuggestions The following suggestions will help you to run our software faster and smooth. All suggestions are optional. 1. Maximum

3-49Digital Output) control, Alert Message receiver and Talk control. 3.7.2.1 69BPTZ Control The PTZ (Pan / Tilt / Zoom) tool is shown in XFig

3-50 Figure 3-34 DI/DO Control The color of the DI status is depicted as follows: 9 OFF When the color of the channel number is gray, that means

3-51 Figure 3-35 Alert Message If you select the check box for “Enable Motion Detect”, “Enable Digital Input” or “Enable Video loss” in the path

3-52 Figure 3-36 Talk Control 9 Talk Available When the connected Video Server / Network Camera series product supports the feature of 2-way aud

3-533.7.3 40BBackup Figure 3-37 the Process of Backup Operation “Backup” allow you to copy the recorded media data to another media according

3-542B Figure 3-39 Miscellaneous functions 3.7.5 Miscellaneous Functions This section describes other miscellaneous functions represented by small

3-55 Stop Alert Sound Whenever an alert is triggered, an alarm will sound if it was set up. You can click this button to stop the alarm. It will

3-563.7.6 43BCommon Control Functions Figure 3-40 Common Control Functions This section describes other Common control functions, respresent

3-57refer to Section X3.5X for details. Trashcan You can drap and drop the channel to the Trashcan. This does not close the video connection with

4-58Chapter 4 3BScheduling The Scheduling tool helps the user to schedule the time to record the media stream of the selected channels from the r

1-5As shown in XFigure 1-1X, you can disable system restore of all disk or specified disk. 3. Exclude file protectation for specified files in

4-594.2 18BThe Layout and Functionalities In this section, the layout and the functionalities of the Scheduling tool are depicted in detail. 4.

4-60It consists of day time-line, week time-line, begin time selector, end time selector, and event mode settings. Secondary Schedule: It consis

4-614.2.3 49BThe Schedule Scheme operations There are six related buttons, “Load…”, “Undo”, “Clear”, “Save”, “Save as…” and “Close” for handling

4-62You can make your own schedule scheme by plotting markers in all time-lines. These two time lines are associated with each other. That is, if

4-63the time picker that will be described in section 4.3.2 automatically. 4.3.1.4 76BMarking/Unmarking the Recording Time You only need one clic

4-64 Figure 4-9 Period Picker, Apply button and Erase button ApplyErase Period picker

4-654.3.3 52BSchedule in event mode You can select to record in Event mode or Continuous mode by the Schedule mode selector as shown in XFigure

4-66continuously according to the schedule set up by the user. 4.4 20BSecondary Schedule Secondary schedule is the time that is outside the Prim

5-67Chapter 5 4BPlayback 5.1 21BFeatures of Playback The Playback program of this application software is a very powerful yet convenient and use

5-68 BMP file snapshot Output to printer directly Volume control System control tools: Lock Program System settings Minimize Miscellaneo

1-6 Figure 1-3 Auto-Protect Exclusion List 4. Exclude file protectation for specified files in PC-cillin － As shown in XFigure 1-4X, find “Set

5-695.3 23BLayout Figure 5-1 Playback Main Window Once you have successfully logged in to the Playback system, the main window appears at the

5-70size by using the Display Adjustment Tool and choose playback method by using the Play Control Tool. Figure 5-2 Display By Time (Normal Dis

5-715.3.1.2 82BHistogram Area The Histogram is an interactive control. In the control, you can display events’ time domain location and the perc

5-72format, and exporting file name. 5.3.2 56BIndicators 5.3.2.1 85BArea Selection Indicator As shown in XFigure 5-1X, the Display Area is surr

5-73 Figure 5-5 System Control Tool Database location The most important item in the settings dialog is the database path setting. You must se

5-74 Figure 5-6 Settings Dialog AVI Compression Mode We use only 24 bits color depth to export the AVI file in this mode. In the AVI compression

5-75Control Panel Position This provides a convenient way to change the position of the control area, either to to the left or right side of the

5-76 Figure 5-7 Normal Display Mode Under the Normal display (single frame) mode, you can use all the tools the Playback program provides except

5-77clicking on the Pull Bar in the same x-axis position. That means the Playback system will be shifted to the appointed time and shows the vide

5-78 Figure 5-9 Preview Mode 5.6.1 59BHistogram Area The Histogram Area in the event Preview mode shows the event occuring time and the percen

1-7NOTE: If the above settings cannot help you to improve performance, try to use disk defragmenter “Start \ All Programs \ Accessories \ System

5-79have selected. The dark regions means there is no video sequence existed in these intervals. If you click on these regions, a warning dialog

5-80 Figure 5-12 Selector Tools 5.7.1.1 87BLocation Selector The Location Selector lets you select the camera you want to view from (refer to XF

5-81will be shown. 5.7.1.3 89BPlayback Method Selector Full Range If you select this method, the database will be displayed from the beginning

5-82 Figure 5-14 Jog Dial Play from Beginning The “Play” button we support here is an intelligent user-interface. The functionality of this butt

5-83clockwise direction. To decrease playing speed, move it in the counterclockwise direction. Current speed you are set at will be shown in the

5-845.7.3.3 Full Screen When you click on the “Full Screen” button, the video sequence will be enlarged to fill up the entire screen instantly. Y

5-85newly defined start time. 5.7.4.3 96BFull Range Clicking on the “Full Range” button would yield the same effect as you would in the Playback

5-86selected through the frame selection indicator. The size of the bitmap will be the same as the source image you have selected. The exported b

5-875.7.6.1 101BLock Program If you are to be away from your computer, for security concerns, we suggest you lock the Playback program. You can

1-8 Figure 1-6 Welcome page for the VIVOTEK ST3402 STEP 3: If you click on “Next” and XFigure 1-7X appears, it means you have installed a previo