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  • Page 1 VisionNet Network DVR - SW-80 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS SW-80 UM..............................1 INTRODUCTION ..........................4 .............................4 VERVIEW ...........................4 TANDARD EATURES ..........................4 PTIONAL EATURES ......................6 RCHIVE ACKUP YSTEM ........................6 UDIO ECORDING PTION FRONT PANEL............................7 REAR PANEL............................8 ........................8 AMERA ONFIGURATION STARTING THE SYSTEM ........................9 ..........................9 URN ON THE POWER ..............................9 OGON ..........................9...
  • Page 3 ......................21 LAYBACK CAMERA CONTROL ..................21 BSOLUTE DATE TIME AND LENGTH DISPLAY ........................21 LAYBACK SPEED CONTROL ..........................21 EWIND AND REPLAY ..................21 RAME MODE FOR PRINT AND SAVE A FRAME ........................21 ETURN TO IDEO MODE * .......................22 HE VIDEO SEARCH ENGINE ......................22 LAYBACK THE CURRENT FILE ..............22 PEN THE VIDEO FILES AND PLAYBACK CONTINUOUSLY...
  • Page 4 ..........................38 ACKUP FUNCTION ...........................38 ORMAL ...........................38 RCHIVE ............................39 RIVE ....................39 INSERTION OF EMOVABLE RIVE ........................40 YSTEM OPERATION DATA HOUSEKEEPING ..........................41 ...............................41 ACKUP ..........................42 EMOVE VIDEO FILES .........................43 OUSEKEEPING TOOLS ........................44 YSTEM NFORMATION TOO MANY FILES WARNING......................45 ....................45 OO MANY FILES WARNING MESSAGE ........................45 NVOKE THE MESSAGE BOX ........................45...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Introduction Overview The SW-80 Series of Network Digital Surveillance Recorder has inherently been designed with flexibility of different video camera inputs and display different camera images in real time. Notwithstanding the different inputs and display, all models will have the same features which are kept as uniform throughout the series.
  • Page 6 SW-80 SW-80 SW-80 SW-80 SW-80 Approximate Recording Capacity SW-80 Series 12.5 157.2 109.8 2.64 58.2 16.62 0.39 * 1024MB=1GB...

  • Page 7: Archive Backup System Mode

    Function of the Options Setting Menu. You will need to have two removable IDE drives configured in the SW-80 Digital Surveillance Recorder to support this mode of system operation. The SW-80 application needs to be closed and restart to apply the mode switching from each other.

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu TYPICAL SYSTEM SVGA monitor (Optional) Floppy drive Power switch CD ROM drive (Optional) Reset Switch PICO Unit Hard drive indicator Mouse Power Keyboard indicator Page 7 of 72...

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu REAR PANEL LAN card (Optional) Power Camera inputs* SVGA Mouse Keyboard monitor *The number of Camera Inputs differ from different models. *Note: Camera Camera configuration includes camera connection and the camera title assignment. Configuration The camera should be connected to the “Camera inputs” properly prior to do the camera configuration.

  • Page 10: Starting The System

    STARTING SW-80 SYSTEM Turn on the power Make sure that the line voltage selector in the rear panel is selected correctly. Press the “POWER” switch in the front panel of the SW-80 to power up the unit. Logon After the system start-up process, the Program logo and the main screen appear as shown in Figure 1.

  • Page 11: Display (The Multiplexer Function)

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION) Display control SW-80 uses a unique Graphical User Interface (GUI) design for display control. A “DISPLAY” panel is implemented on the upper right hand corner of panel the main screen so that the user can interact with the unit more easily.

  • Page 12: 1-Screen Mode

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu 16-Screen mode button Sequence button 8 split Display Mode, 4-Screen mode button With 1 Large, Higher 1-Screen mode button Refresh Rate* plus 7 small video screen Multi-Screen mode buttons Camera buttons Figure 2-2 Tip: No camera button can be selected prior to the mode selection. User should click on one of the display mode button first.
  • Page 13 Figure 4. Group 1 Group 2 Camera Inputs in Rear Panel Figure 4 (Shown as the standard version of SW-80 system product, for packaged products, the actual location of camera assigned will vary with different system) Page 12 of 72...

  • Page 14: Multi -Screen Mode

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Multi-Screen mode A group of four multi-screen buttons is implemented for multi-screen display control. The multi-screen buttons are enabled only under the 4-screen mode. You can click on any of these mode buttons to further split any quadrant of the original 4-Screen display into a smaller quad display (quad within a quad).

  • Page 15: 16-Screen Mode

    SW-80 Server Button The apperance of the icon of the SW-80 button on the screen indicates the server is on for Online Viewing & Dialing in. The user can turn off this service by clicking the button and click the "close" icon on the menu bar of the control window.

  • Page 16: Recording

    “Archive” backup mode. Go to the “Option Setting” chapter for further detail. Recording modes According to the recording initiation method, four different modes are available for selection in SW-80 Instant recording Scheduled recording Pre-alarm recording Alarm recording Multiple camera All cameras can be recorded independently.

  • Page 17: Instant Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Instant recording Instant recording is the most interactive way and easy to use recording method. It is designed to start instantly to capture some unexpected special events. It works as a complement of the scheduled background recording.

  • Page 18: Alarm Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Alarm recording The alarm recording will be triggered by the alarm inputs or the motion detection. Sixteen alarm inputs are assigned one to one corresponding to the 16 cameras. Once the alarm is triggered either by the alarm input or the motion detection, the corresponding camera will start recording automatically.

  • Page 19: Scheduled Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Scheduled recording A programmable timer is implemented for scheduled recording. SW-80 support both weekday and weekend scheduled recording. The timer will start and stop scheduled recording automatically according to your input. A green indicator indicates that the camera is recording under the timer control.

  • Page 20: Playback

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu PLAYBACK Playback the video Recorded video in all hard disk(s) and removable disk(s) can be retrieved for playback. Click the “Play Back” button in the main screen to activate the Select Drive dialog box. (as shown in Figure 9)

  • Page 21: The Video Player

    Click the "Play search" button in the PROGRAM and select which camera (Figure 10) to playback by the play search functions of the SW-80. Once the video is selected, click the "Play" button to invoke the video player. List File Record Click the “File Record”...

  • Page 22: Video Playback Controls

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Video playback The video file selected in “Play Search” will be loaded and played automatically. Use the video playback controls beneath the video image to control the video controls playback function. User can stop the video and use the scroll bar to search the video if needed.

  • Page 23: The Video Search Engine

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu The video search A video search engine is a separate functional block for video searching of a camera graphically. engine* Two date/time pickers are used for begin and end date/time input and indication. All the available recorded videos within this date/time limits will be presented inside the video bar window.

  • Page 24: Motion Detection

    Motion detection An advanced digital video-processing algorithm is used to implement motion detection function in SW-80. The motion detection is designed to automatically detect any activities within a selected detection area(s), and to start recording of that camera when activity is detected inside the detection area(s).

  • Page 25: Set Detection Area

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Set detection area The first thing to do is to input the detection area(s). Click the “Detection area setup” button to show the grid on video screen for detection area selection. Simply click on any spot to select/de-select the grid(s) to form detection area(s) of any shape in the video screen for motion detection.

  • Page 26: Tips

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Yellow grid indicator indicates that the motion detection is enabled Tips Use the same image resolution for displaying and recording to get better and stable performance of the motion detection function. When display at QUAD mode; use “High” resolution mode for motion detection recording.

  • Page 27: Pan-Tilt Zoom Control

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL Pan-tilt Zoom Using the pan-tilt zoom function, the camera can zoom in or out to adjust the view angle of the camera for a better image, or it can pan and tilt the camera to different position of interest for better surveillance.

  • Page 28: Port Setting

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Port Setting The port setting is about the COM port (the serial port) connection preferences. The default of the connection preferences is as the following figure. Please refer to individual OSRD connection preferences for correct setup of the connection preferences.

  • Page 29: Utility Functions

    The Housekeeping Function of the Utility Menu us disabled in case the disabled PROGRAM is operated in the "Archive" Backup mode. To activate those build-in Housekeeping housekeeping functions from SW-80, switch the system back to "Normal" backup Functions mode. Go to the Option Setting Chapter for further details. Figure 12...

  • Page 30: Camera Configuration

    Maximum no. of The max. no. of cameras is limited to 4 for model SW-80 and for model SW-8001 etc. This is to match with the design no. of cameras shown in the corresponding part camera imposed by of the generic model no.

  • Page 31: Recorder Setting

    The value of frame rate is in f/s (frame per second), which controls how many frames will be recorded for every second. SW-80 provides a selection list for frame rate input. The possible frame rates are 25, 12.5, 8, 4, 1, ½ and 1/60 frames per second respectively.

  • Page 32: Instant Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Instant recording Select the Instant tab inside the Recording Setting menu and a screen similar to that of Figure 14 is shown. Input the desired frame per second for individual cameras. The default frame rate is 25 frames per second.

  • Page 33: Alarm Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Alarm recording Select the Alarm tab inside the Recording Setting menu (a screen similar to that in Figure 15 would then pop up). Check the “ON” box for corresponding camera to enable the alarm input and the alarm recording function.

  • Page 34: Scheduled Weekday Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Scheduled weekday Select the Schedule Weekday tab inside the Recording Setting menu. Check the camera you want to record. recording Input the start time and the end time for scheduled weekday recording. (Figure 16) Input the frame per second for individual cameras.

  • Page 35: Scheduled Weekend Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Scheduled weekend Select the Schedule Weekend tab inside the Recording Setting menu. Check the camera you want to record. recording Input the start time and the end time for scheduled weekend recording. (Figure 17) Input the frame per second for individual cameras.

  • Page 36: Example 1

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Example 1 Suppose you want to start and stop your recording on one camera within the same day every weekday, say 9:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday. You should go to the schedule weekday recording menu, check...

  • Page 37: Option Setting

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu OPTION SETTING Display Sequencing Click “Utility”, “Option Setting” and then “Display” to get to the sequence display menu. Enter the dwell time for sequencing duration. The default dwell time is 1 second. Check the camera(s) you want to display during sequencing.

  • Page 38: Image Resolution For All Recording

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Image resolution Select the Recording tab in the Option Setting menu (Figure 19). The Resolution check box controls the image resolution for recording. for all recording Super recording mode set the recording in the full resolution, which is 640 pixels by 480 pixels in PAL and NTSC system.

  • Page 39: Backup Function

    "Archive" mode, check the bullet option next to Archive, then Apply and OK. The SW-80 application should closed and restarted to effect the change. At the start up on Archive backup mode, the main screen of the SW-80 will be slightly modified and refreshed as shown in figure 21.

  • Page 40: Re-Insertion Of Removable Drive

    DAT or equivalent device with huge storage capacity but may not work as fast. This operation on a dismounted drive can be down off-line (while the SW-80 is closed) or in a separate PC workstation. Re-insertion of Click the Swap Drive button in the Main Screen and then the “Swap drive”...

  • Page 41: System Operation Data

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu System operation Click on the System tab in Option Setting menu (Figure 23) There are two default usernames for SW-80: SUPER and OPERATOR. data Two passwords can be introduced for security use during the logon session. The users should input the correct password to logon to the system.

  • Page 42: Housekeeping

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu HOUSEKEEPING Backup The Housekeeping Menu is disabled when the system is set to “Archive” Backup mode, To revert it to “NORMAL” mode, go to the Options Setting chapter for further details. Click Utility, Housekeeping then backup to open the backup menu (Figure 24 Select the camera(s) you want to do backup on.

  • Page 43: Remove Video Files

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Remove video files Click Utility, Housekeeping and then Remove Files tab (Figure 25). Click the down arrow in the camera box to select one or all cameras. The camera related video files would then be displayed inside the window.

  • Page 44: Housekeeping Tools

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Housekeeping tools Click on the Tools tab to enter the tools utility (Figure 26). Users are recommended to use the “Run Scan Disk” and “Run Disk Defragmenter” functions on a frequent basis to optimize and debug the storage device(s) being used.

  • Page 45: System Information

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu System Information Click the System Information button to display the "About DSR" message box, which shows relevant information about the SW-80 (Figure 27). Figure 27 Page 44 of 72...

  • Page 46: Too Many Files Warning

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu TOO MANY FILES WARNING Too many files All of the recording will be logged with a database system. Even a very short video file (such as few seconds long) will occupy as an warning message entry of the database.

  • Page 47: Setup And The Default Values

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Setup and the default User can adjust the default value of the “Too Many Files Warning” signal. Right click the mouse button inside the dialog box, and then click “Setting”, a values setup dialog box will be displayed.

  • Page 48: Working At Logoff

    Recording during log The alarm and scheduled recording functions of the unit will keep on working during the logged off period. SW-80 will continue recording even if the unit is under the logged off condition. Note: In the System menu of Option Settings, check the “Logout continue display/recording”...

  • Page 49: System Maintenance

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu SYSTEM MAINTENANCE Schedule backup and The video files in the SW-80 unit should be backup and remove in a regular remove the video file basic with a properly setup scheule. This will insure that the performance of the SW-80 unit is working under its optimum condition.
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  • Page 53 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix I DSR Configuration at Control Panel (New feature) In order to seamlessly integrate the DSR with the Windows environment, a DSR configuration icon is implemented in the Control Panel of the server machine. User can go to the Control Panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel) and double click the DSR configuration icon to invoke the DSR configuration dialog.
  • Page 54 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Camera title, enable/disable System settings Recorder settings Motion detection settings System retain parameters Alarm schedule (the one which is currently in use) Hide DSR A "Minimize" button will be placed on the top right hand corner of the DSR display window frame.
  • Page 55 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu PTZ Driver Model Setting Select the Model item, a drop down menu will show up the available models. Note: Following list are the current PTZ control protocols supported by DSR. Model Protocol/OSRD/Connection Interface KALATEL_KTD312 KTD-312 computer interface ASCII Protocol, RS-232 to RS-232...
  • Page 56 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu PTZ Control Serial Port Setting The port setting is about the COM port (the serial port) connection preferences. The default of the connection preferences is as the above figure. Please refer to individual OSRD connection preferences for correct setup of the connection preferences.
  • Page 57 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu the disk capacity respectively, when bigger disk capacity is being used. Increase the value of these parameters will increase the safety margin in order to provide more reliable recording performance. Linear recording mode: Recording will stop automatically when all the selected hard drives' available space is lower than the "Reserved Space"...
  • Page 58 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Check the Password Protection box in the button to enable the password protection of the server. There will be no password protection for the user to come in if the Password Protection check box is not checked.

  • Page 59: Appendix Ii

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix II Video Transmission Server Function DSR provides video server function to do video transmission to a remote client machine for remote online view of the cameras. The video server supports video transmission over any networking that provides TCP/IP protocol connectivity.
  • Page 60 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu You can add new user, edit the existing user information or delete a user by clicking the appropriate buttons. Check the Password Protection box in the button to enable the password protection of the server. There will be no password protection necessary for all users to come in if the Password Protection check box is not checked.

  • Page 61: Appendix Iii Working At Log Off Guide

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix III Working at Log off Guide Log Off Click the Log ON/OFF button on the main screen to log off. The EXIT button is disabled during log off to prevent accidental or unauthorized termination of the surveillance function.

  • Page 62: Appendix Iv Alert Modules

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix IV Alarm Alert Modules Alarm Alert modules are designed to work with the DSR. Once the DSR receives an alarm triggering, either from alarm inputs or motion detection, it will activate the alarm alert modules to alert the outside world.
  • Page 63 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu · · · · Inside the Connect to input box, click the down arrow to select connection from the available connection name inside the Dial-up Networking folder. · Make sure to check the Save password box.
  • Page 64 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Through Internet The remote unit should have a Computer name and Workgroup assigned connection · correctly, so that other machines within the LAN can see it in their Network · Neighborhood. The LAN card adapter of the remote unit should have TCP/IP protocol attached ·...
  • Page 65 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Note: To make sure (diagnose) the system and network are correctly set up for the Alarm Alert function: - the DSR station should be able to ping the IP address of the remote client unit. Page 64 of 72...

  • Page 66: Remote Online Viewing And Playback

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix V Remote Online Viewing and Playback Recorded Video Intelligent Remote Player An Intelligent Remote Player is designed to provide online viewing and playback recorded video functions in the remote client station. Please refer to the Intelligent Remote Player User Manual for detailed operation procedure.
  • Page 67 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu DSR Network Configuration for Remote Online View DSR provides Video Transmission Server Function in order to support remote online view through TCP/IP networking. The following table describes about the network configuration for different types of connection.
  • Page 68 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Note: To make sure (diagnose) the system and network are correctly set up for the remote online view function: - the remote client station should be able to ping the IP address of the DSR unit.

  • Page 69: Appendix Vi Internet Connection Guide

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix VI Internet Connection Guide How to Setup a Dial-up Connection Dial-up Server Machine Setting A Dial-up Server is a machine to receive telephone call in order to create a dial-up connection for a dial-up client machine.
  • Page 70 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Address entry, enter “255.255.255.0” to the Subnet Mask entry; · Click “OK” twice, a copy file dialog box will appear, you may require to insert the Windows98 SE Installation CD-ROM for system files update.· Restart the computer.
  • Page 71 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu long as you don't create an IP address assignment conflict. Click TCP/IP Settings ->Specify the IP address*Enter 192.168.55.2 Click OK *If you are using an existing network workstation, please consult your network administrator for the correct setting.

  • Page 72: Appendix Vii Find Out Your Ip Address

    VisionNet SW-80 User Menu Appendix VII Find Out Your IP Address You can use winipcfg command to display your current TCP/IP configuration. To run the winipcfg command, Click Start->Run->typing winipcfg->OK You can check the information for your LAN adapter (TCP/IP protocol bounded), your IP address which is 192.168.42.63 in this case, is automatically assigned by your network DHCP server.
  • Page 73 VisionNet SW-80 User Menu *When you have trouble printing out please make sure that your printer is setup properly. Installing printer: Click Start->Setting->Printers. In Printers window, select and click Add Printer. In Add Printer window, click Next. Click the manufacturer and model of your printer.

  • Page 74: Warranty Guide

    5 times on-site warranty service within the first year purchased. Customer must show VisionNet’s Invoice in order to get warranty service. Warranty Guide Please contact VisionNet Technology after checking out any defect in the product. The standard for repairing, replacement or reimbursement follows Customer. Warranty Content Any defect under normal use within the warranty service period we give you free repair service according to the warranty sheet.

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