Table of Contents PRODUCT OVERVIEW ......................1 Introduction ..........................1 Features ............................ 1 1.2.1 Structure ..........................1 1.2.2 Hardware ..........................1 1.2.3 Software ..........................2 Introduction to Compression Cards in System ..............3 Host System ..........................4 1.4.1 4U Host ..........................4 1.4.2 Main Control Panel ........................
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3.1.5 Output Device Tree Introduction ..................22 3.1.6 Input Device Tree Introduction..................... 24 3.1.7 Display Control Area Introduction ..................25 3.1.8 Display Setting ........................26 3.1.9 Input Group .......................... 30 3.1.10 Scheme ........................... 36 Advanced Menu Operation ....................38 3.2.1 Menu Navigation ........................
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DSS OPERATION ....................... 169 FAQ ............................. 170 FAQ ............................170 Maintenance ......................... 173 APPENDIX A MOUSE CONTROL ....................174...
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Welcome Thank you for purchasing our Video Matrix Platform! system. Here you can find information about features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!
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Important Safeguards and Warnings 1 Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. 2 Transportation security Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.
1 Product Overview 1.1 Introduction The Video Matrix Platform is designed by referring to ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) as the modern telecommunication-level device which supersede DVR, decoder, analog matrix, video wall controller and is compatible with past and current network monitoring environments.
High speed connector on compression card, x4 PCI-E gen2 12V DC power supply, for fluency of high speed data flow. hot swap application and knowledge of compression card status. Various interfaces of compression card, such as USB, serial, Internet port, HDMI, BNC, DVI and etc.
Digital zoom in Open window and roaming, a single screen supports 16 windows. Combined window supports 1/4/6/8/9/16 splits. Point-to-point HD background display. Record and Storage Scheduled record, mobile detection record. Pre-record and delay record. Redundant record, support to lock and unlock record file. Record file lock and unlock.
ON/OFF button. Device power indicator. Off: Not operating after plugged in. Red: Operating. Device alarm indicator. Red: Alarm on. Off: Alarm off. Device status indicator. Yellow: Device is properly running. Air intake of host with dust filter at rear; Intelligent temperature-controlled fan, total of 2 groups, allow hot swap; Function Card Function Card Control panel s rear slot, marked as C .
1, for local display output Audio Input 1, for audio bidirectional talk Audio Output 1, for audio bidirectional talk RJ45 Port 2, for transmission of network A/V data and network control signal. Warning: To guarantee normal use, connect Ethernet port 2 on main control panel to any Ethernet port on control panel via a cable.
1.5 Function Card Function Card adopts blade module design, and is mainly used to input analog, digital video and 1.5.1 VEC0404HD Video Matrix Platform 4-CH HD DVI centralize encoding compression, achieving remote preview, network centralized storage and etc. Encoding Card Please see Figure 1- 5.
Model VEC0404HD A/V Input Video Input 4-ch, DVI-I A/V Encoding Video Compression H 264 Parameter Standard Video Encoding 1080P, 1680*1050, 1440*900, 1366*768, 1280*1024, 1280*960, 1280*800, Resolution 1280*720, 1152*864, 1024*768, 800*600 Video Frame PAL 1/16--25 frame/s, NTSC: 1/16--30 frame/s Bit stream Rate 48Kbps-2048Kbps customizable, max 4096Kbps 1.5.2 VEC0404HV Video Matrix Platform 4-CH VGA Encoding Dual Stream...
1.5.2.3 Technical Specifications Model VEC0404HV A/V Input Video Input 4-ch, VGA A/V Encoding Video Compression H 264 Parameter Standard Video Encoding UXGA@60Hz 1080P@60Hz,1080P@50Hz, Resolution 720P@50Hz,720P@60Hz,1024x768@60Hz, 1024x768@75Hz,1280x1024@60Hz,1280x1024@75Hz; Video Frame PAL 1/16--25 frame/s, NTSC: 1/16--30 frame/s 1.5.3 VEC0804HS Video Matrix Platform 8-CH HD SDI Bit stream Rate 48Kbps-2048Kbps customizable, max 4096Kbps Dual Stream...
1.5.3.3 Technical Specifications Model VEC0804HS A/V Input Video Input 8-ch SDI (BNC) (electrical level: 1.0Vp- A/V Encoding Video Compression H 264 Parameter Standard Video Encoding 1080P/720P/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Frame PAL 1/16--25 frame/s, NTSC: 1/16--30 frame/s 1.5.4 VEC0804HC Video Matrix Platform 8-CH HDCVI Bit stream Rate 48Kbps-4096Kbps customizable, max 8192 Kbps Dual Stream...
Model VEC0404HH A/V Input Video Input 4-ch HDMI Audio Input 4-ch HDMI interface (built-in) A/V Encoding Video Compression H 264 Parameter Standard Video Encoding 1080P/WSXGA+/WSXGA/WXGA+/SXGA/WXGA/XGA+/XGA/SVGA Resolution Video Frame PAL 1/16--25 frame/s, NTSC: 1/16--30 frame/s Bit stream Rate 3584Kbps 8192Kbps customizable, max 8192Kbps Dual Stream Support Audio Compresson...
Video H 264 Encoding Compression Parameter Standard Video Encoding D1/960H Resolution Video Frame PAL 1/16--25 frame/s, NTSC: 1/16--30 frame/s Bit stream Rate 3584Kbps 8192Kbps customizable, max 8192Kbps Dual Stream Support 1.5.7 VDC0404D Video Matrix Platform 4-CH DVI Decoding Card Please see Figure 1- 11. Figure 1- 11 1.5.7.1 Main Features and Performance Features...
1.5.8 VDC0404V Video Matrix Platform 4-CH VGA Decoding Card Please see Figure 1- 12. Figure 1- 12 1.5.8.1 Main Features and Performance Features 4-ch VGA digital video interface output 2 buttons, hot swap 4 indicators High speed connector, including x4 PCI-E gen2, 12V DC power, Decoding Function Support 64-ch D1 or 16-ch 1080p decoding output Support 16-ch D1 uncompressed data output...
Figure 1- 13 1.5.9.1 Main Features and Performance Features 4-ch HDMI digital video interface output 2 buttons, hot swap 4 indicators High speed connector, including x4 PCI-E gen2, 12V DC power, 1.5.9.2 Interface Introduction 1.5.9.3 Technical Specifications VOUT video output port, HDMI port Model VDC0404H A/V Output...
1.5.10.2 Interface Introduction VOUT video output port, HDMI port 1.5.10.3 Technical Specifications AOUT audio output interface. Model VDC0404B A/V Output Video Output 4-ch BNC video interface output A/V Decoding Video Compression H 264, MJPEG , MPEG4 Parameter Standard Video Decoding D1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Processing...
2 Open-Package Inspection and Wiring 2.1 Inspection Procedure When you receive video matrix platform, please check for obvious external damage. The material of product package should be able to protect the product from majority impacts during transportation. Secondly please open the package, and check all accessories see if any part is missing. You may refer to accompanied accessory bag.
3 Local Interface Config Note: Before you operate in Local Interface, you must connect monitor and other control device 3.1 Software Interface Basic Operation (i.e. mouse, keyboard) to the device. 3.1.1 Boot Up Device Plug in power line, and press power switch on front panel. Power indicator turns on and device boots up followed by boot interface which lasts for 90s.
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Figure 3- 1 The system login interface is shown as in Figure 3- 2. System consists of four accounts (defaulted): Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network) Username: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only) Username: 666666. Passwords: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback, backup and etc.) Username: default.
Figure 3- 2 3.1.4 Main Interface Introduction After you logged in, you will enter main interface as shown in Figure 3- 3 (for various icon definitions, please refer to the following Chart 3- 1). Figure 3- 3...
Name Function Description Current Display current output slot name Output Display current output screen or cubeless video wall splicing illustration. Click channel, and if its corresponding area turns yellow, it is selected Display successfully. window Support1, 4, 8, 9, 16 channel display at the same time. Display mode single channel, 4-ch, 8-ch, 9-ch and 16-ch available.
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Figure 3- 4 Name Function Description List of output card inserted in slot, when an output card is inserted into current slot, will Output Card List display. You may click it to extend the list as will change to . Meanwhile the current Area Display all output interface names under current output card.
Name Function Description List of Decoding Card inserted in slot, when an Decoding Card is inserted into current slot, Decoding Card will display. You may click it to extend the list as will change to . Meanwhile the current List Area Decoding Card Display all input interface names under current Decoding Card.
Name Function Description t have corresponding input Blank Area channel, the status info is blank. You may click this channel to view it, and its corresponding area will turn yellow. ce channel, then device ID, IP address, device type, channel name, manufacturing protocol will be Remote Input Display displayed.
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Figure 3- 8 In display window, select corresponding channel and then its corresponding window turns yellow. Please see Figure 3- 8.
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Figure 3- 9 Switch to input device list. Please see Figure 3- 9.
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Figure 3- 10 Double click corresponding input channel and then you may config video to output interface. Please see Figure 3- 10. Double click homepage, you will see Figure 3- 11.
Figure 3- 11 E-zoom: When input device supports e-zoom, you can use this function. Cubeless: Cubeless video wall. Input Group: Config input group. You can display all video config of input group on the output screen. When signal of input is more than the max split of output screen, auto tour starts.
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Figure 3- 12 Step 2. Click add. You will see Figure 3- 13. Figure 3- 13...
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Step 3. Select input source. means selected. Click add, and fill in name of input group. Click OK. See Figure 3-15 and Figure 3-16. Figure 3- 14...
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Figure 3- 15 Step 4. You may continue adding if you need. If you want to delete input group, you can check the small box in front of designated group and click delete. Click OK to confirm. When you are done, click OK to exit. You can open the input group you added in Figure 3-17.
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Figure 3- 16 Step 5. In output device list, double click output channel name and select one output channel. You will see its corresponding window turns yellow. Please see Figure 3- 17.
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Figure 3- 17 Step 6. Switch to input device list. Double click configured input group, you will see configured signal source appear on output channel. See Figure 3-19.
Figure 3- 18 Note: When signal of input is more than the max split of output screen, auto tour starts. 3.1.10 Scheme Step 1. Click scheme, and you will enter Figure 3- 19.
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Figure 3- 19 Step 2. Click add to add new scheme. See Figure 3- 20. Figure 3- 20 Step 3. If the name has already existed, you may rename it. See Figure 3- 21.
Figure 3- 21 Step 4. You may delete and load existing scheme. Note: If the scheme is not configured, you cannot save it. 3.2 Advanced Menu Operation 3.2.1 Menu Navigation Main Menu Level Submenu Option Note SATA interface status, HDD total capacity, free space video start/end time and HDD Info etc.
Encode AV encoding mode, frame rate, quality and other parameter setting It includes timing setting for general video record, motion detect and external Schedule alarm. RS232 To set serial function, baud rate and other parameters. To set network address, video data transmission protocol and other parameters Network and PPPoE, DDNS function.
3.2.3 Info Figure 3- 22 After you enter information menu, the submenu is shown as below. Please see Figure 3- 23. There are total five icons: HDD info, bit per second (BPS), log, version, online user and status. Figure 3- 23 3.2.3.1 HDD Info...
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It displays HDD interface status, total capacity of all HDDs, free space, video record start and end time, status and etc. Please see Figure 3- 24. Figure 3- 24 In HDD there is conflict in the disk. After system booted up, if there is any conflict, system goes to HDD information interface directly. Please note, system does not ask you to deal with it forcedly.
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Figure 3- 25 Note: You may left click view recording times button to switch to view type and capacity. 3.2.3.2 Log The interface displays system log file. Log types include system, config, storage, alarm, record, account, clear, and playback. Pleased select start time and end time, then click search button. You can view the log files in list format.
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Figure 3- 26 3.2.3.3 BPS This interface real time displays bit stream (Kb/S) and used space (MB/H), while wave pattern better shows changes in bit stream. Please see Figure 3- 27. Figure 3- 27...
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3.2.3.4 Version The interface displays system version, WEB version and their SN. You may click start to upgrade system after connect a USB device to device. 3.2.3.5 Online Users Note: The upgrading file in USB must be named update.bin. In this interface, you can view and management online users connected to device. You may also disconnect or shield selected (with users (for a set period up to 65535s).
Figure 3- 29 Fan speed: It displays current speed of two fans. Card information: It displays card information of each slot, including type, encoding/decoding. It also displays current status of each card, including data exchange and online status. Temperature Information: It displays current temperature and status of each card. Source Information: It displays usage of two group of power.
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Figure 3- 30 3.2.4.1 General Note: Only authorized user can enter system setting. General setting interface is shown as follow; please see Figure 3- 31. Figure 3- 31...
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System time: You can set system date and time. After you modify setting, you must save your change to make changes effective. Date format: There are three types: YYYY-MM-DD: MM-DD-YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY. Date separator: There are three denotations to separate date: dot, beeline and solidus. Time format: There are two types: 24-hour mode or 12-hour mode.
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Figure 3- 33 Note: Since system time is very important, do not modify time casually unless there is a must! 3.2.4.2 Encode Before your time modification, please stop record operation first! Encode setting interface is shown as below. Please see Figure 3- 34. Figure 3- 34 Slot: To select the slot you want.
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Video/audio: You can enable or disable the video/audio. Main bit stream video by default is ON. For extra bit stream, you must select video prior to selecting audio. Audio format: You can select audio format: G711a, G711u and PCM. Note: In encode setup, you cannot set encode parameter for remote device. 3.2.4.2.1 Overlay Click overlay button, you can see an interface shown in Figure 3- 35.
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Figure 3- 36 Analog channel: Please select the channel number first. Slot: Please select the slot ant to set for the whole slots. the whole channels. Snapshot: Enable it by checking and then you may schedule snapshot. It snapshots 1/s by default.
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Figure 3- 37 Device: Remote device IP address. Channel: Remote device channel no. Quick Setting This function allows you to copy one channel setting to another. After setting in channel 1, you can click copy button and turn to channel 3 and then click paste button or vice versa. You can finish setting for one channel and then click save button or you can finish all setting and then click save button to memorize all the settings.
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Figure 3- 38 Function: There are various devices for you to select. Console is for you to use the COM or mini-end software to upgrade or debug the program. The keyboard is for you to control the device via the special keyboard. Adapter is to connect to the PC to transfer data directly. Net keyboard is for you to use the special keyboard to control the device.
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Figure 3- 39 Network Mode: It includes multi-addresses, fault tolerance, load balance, net bridge and link aggregation. Aggregation Set: Under net bridge mode under. Net bridge Set: Under net bridge mode only. This setup can bind any two network cards to one net bridge as one network card can only bind one net bridge.
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view current IP information. You must set IP-related parameters again if you disabled DHCP. Besides, when PPPoE is operating, you cannot modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway. TCP port: Default value is 37777. You may set this port. UDP port: Default value is 37778. You may set this port. HTTP port: Default value is 80.
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Figure 3- 41 3.2.4.5.2 NTP Setting Figure 3- 42 You need to install SNTP server (Such as Absolute Time Server) in your PC first. In Windows 7 NTP setting interface is shown as in Figure 3- 42. Host IP: Input your PC address where SNTP server is installed. Port: This SNTP supports TCP transmission only.
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New Deli GMT+5 Bangkok GMT+7 Beijing (Hong Kong) GMT+8 Tokyo GMT+9 Sydney GMT+10 Hawaii GMT-10 Alaska GMT-9 Pacific Time(P.T) GMT-8 American Mountain Time(M.T) GMT-7 American Central Time(C.T) GMT-6 American Eastern Time(E.T) GMT-5 Atlantic Time GMT-4 Brazil GMT-3 Middle Atlantic Time GMT-2 Update interval: minimum value is 1.
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3.2.4.5.5 UPNP Figure 3- 44 The UPNP protocol is to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please see Figure 3- 44. UPNP on/off Turn on or off the UPNP function of the device. Status: Display UPNP function status, including success, fail and searching. Router LAN IP: It is the router IP in the LAN.
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Email setting interface is shown as in Figure 3- 46. Figure 3- 46 SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here. Port: Please input corresponding port value here. User name: Please input the user name to login the sender email box. Password: Please input the corresponding password here.
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alarm occurs, the device will send data according to protocol format and client will receive designated data. Please see Figure 3- 47. Figure 3- 47 3.2.4.5.8 iSCSI Click system setting network network service setting iSCSI setting. Set its parameter, including host IP, port. Click storage path setting.
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Figure 3- 48 3.2.4.6 Video Detection Introduction: Please set in menu system settings detect. There are no settings of detection area, sensitivity or anti-dither in video loss and camera mask. You can drag your mouse to set motion detect area. You may right click to save your selection and exit setting.
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3.2.4.6.1 Motion detect When the system detects dynamic signal that reaches preset sensitivity via analyzing video image, motion detect alarm will turn on. The interface is shown below as in Figure 3- 49. Figure 3- 49 Note: Please make sure you have enabled motion detect function as the check box Event type: from the dropdown list you can select motion detect type.
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Figure 3- 50 Sensitivity: System supports 1-6 levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity. Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 3- 50. You may set period of motion detect and during other periods, motion detect will remain off. Select designated days of week with six periods per day available for selection.
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Figure 3- 52 Figure 3- 53 Anti-jitter: Here you can set anti-jitter time. If anti jitter is set to be 10s, then when motion detect is triggered, this signal will lasts 10s. Currently this function is on motion detect only. The value ranges from 5 to 600s.
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Figure 3- 54 Buzzer: Buzzer rings when motion detection alarms. 3.2.4.6.2 Video Loss...
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Figure 3- 55 In Figure 3- 55, select video loss from the type list. This function allows you to be informed when video loss occurred. You can enable alarm upload, send email and screen prompt function. Note: You can refer to setting in motion detect. 3.2.4.6.3 Camera Masking Figure 3- 56...
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Camera masking interface is shown as in Figure 3- 56. When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. You may enable alarm upload, show message and send email function for alert.
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Figure 3- 57 When card of corresponding slot is fiber encoding card and HDCVI encoding card, you can set countercharge front-end function. See Figure 3- 58. Figure 3- 58 After above setting is complete, as may countercharge front-end via video line, please refer to RS 485 control.
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Display is shown below as in Figure 3- 59, Figure 3- 60 and Figure 3- 61. Figure 3- 59...
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Figure 3- 61 Channel/output name: Click channel/output name to enter channel name interface where you may edit channel name. (support maximal 20 characters, which may vary among versions)
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Figure 3- 62 Color setting: Click to enter image color output setting. Please see Figure 3- 62. Decoder screen setting: Click to enter setting of decoder screen. Please see Figure 3- 63. Figure 3- 63...
3.2.4.9 Default The default interface is shown in Figure 3- 64. Figure 3- 64 Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. Please see Figure 3- 64. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After all the settings please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Note: System menu color, language, video standard, IP address, user account will not maintain previous setting after default operation! 3.2.5 Advanced...
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Figure 3- 65 3.2.5.1 HDD Management Here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. In menu, click advanced setting and then click HDD manage. Please see Figure 3- 66. You can see current HDD name, type, status, free capacity and total capacity. Operation include modify HDD property, change to read-write disk, read only disk, and clear disk.
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Figure 3- 66 Type: write-read disk and read-only disk. HDD: Set current port input remote storage directory or external HDD no. Channel HDD channel: You can set HDD channel according to your actual condition. Slot sets local video input. Digital channel sets remote video input. Please see Figure 3- 67.
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Figure 3- 68 Abnormality interface is shown as in Figure 3- 68. In menu, click advanced setting and then click Abnormality. Event type: There are several options for you such as disk error, no disk, disconnection, IP conflict, MAC conflict and etc. You can set one and more events. Enable: Alarm Out: Select channel to alarm out.
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Figure 3- 69 3.2.5.4 Account Figure 3- 70 Here is for you to implement account management. Please see Figure 3- 70. For account management please note: For the user account name and the user group, the string max length is 6-byte. The backspace in front of or at the back of the string is invalid.
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middle. The string includes the valid character, letter, number, underline, subtraction sign, and dot. System account adopts two-level management: group and user. No limit to group or user amount. For group or user management, there are two levels: admin and user. One user should belong to one group.
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Figure 3- 72 Add Group You can add group by inputting group name and then inputting some memo information if necessary. Enter add group interface and select rights over control panel, shut down, real-time monitor, playback, record, record file backup, PTZ, user account, system information view, alarm input/output setting, system setting, log view, clear log, upgrade system, control device and etc.
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3.2.5.5 Auto Maintain Figure 3- 74 Here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setting. You can set to reboot device by specified time. You can set to delete files or expired files for the specified days. You can select proper setting from dropdown list. Please see Figure 3- 74. After all the settings please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
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Select config and click delete to delete config. Click add to add config of cubeless video wall. Please see Figure 3- 76. Figure 3- 76 Name: Name of the cubeless video wall. Row: Set number of rows of the cubeless video wall. Column: Set number of columns of the cubeless video wall.
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Figure 3- 78 Step 2. You can continue to add cubeless video wall or edit or delete added ones. Select cubeless video wall and click remove to delete it. Step 3. You can edit name of cubeless video wall as in Figure 3- 79. Figure 3- 79 Step 4.
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Figure 3- 80 Click Add to add new Raid. Select corresponding level. Figure 3- 81...
Click hot spare manager to set Raid hot spare disk which improves security. Figure 3- 82 3.2.6 Remote Device Note: This function must work with DVR or IPC. 3.2.6.1 IP Search In remote device interface, click IP search. You may search all remote devices in network. The display includes IP address, port, manufacturer protocol and type, please see Figure 3- Check box in front of remote device you want to add.
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Figure 3- 83 3.2.6.2 Manually Add In remote device, click manually add. A prompt pops up and you need to input device name, manufacturer, IP address, TCP port, username, password and channel number. Please see Figure 3- 84. Make sure you save changes. Add device into added device.
Figure 3- 84 3.2.7 Shutdown Figure 3- 85 Double click shutdown button, system pops up a dialogue box for you to select. Please see Figure 3- 85. Logout menu user: log out menu. You need to input password when you login the next time. Restart application: reboot .
4 Web Operation 4.1 Network Connection Before web client operation, please check the following items: Step 1. Network connection is right for the device and PC. Step 2. PC network setting is right, including IP address, subnet mask and gateway. (If there is no router in network, then allocate IP address in same net section.
Figure 4-2 Step 4. Click OK. See Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 Step 5. Follow system instructions to install or load control unit. Note: Click Logout to exit. Select Screen tab, see Figure 4-4.
Click at the center, or in the lower right, to enter TV wall config interface, see Ch 4.5.6.1. 4.3.2 Window 4.3.2.1 Add Window Hold left key on mouse, and drag mouse to draw a window on screen, see Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6 Note: Click and hold mouse, the current window moves following mouse movement, release...
changes to tour. Paste Paste this window to the area. Maximize window. Audio Turn on/off audio. Close Close this window. 4.3.3 Signal Config You can directly select signal, or search this signal in search bar. 4.3.3.1 Device Tree In device tree, it shows all signal sources. Local signal: show local signal source, config steps in Ch 4.5.5.2.
4.3.3.4 Signal Tour Signal tour supports tour among multiple signals in one window. Note: You must set signal group in Favorites, see Ch 4.5.5.3. Step 1. Select window to tour signal. Step 2. In Signal Group>Favorites, select one signal group, hold left key of mouse to drag the signal group to target window.
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After successfully added scheme, you can select scheme in Homepage. 4.3.4.2 Scheme Setup Click , see Figure 4-11. Figure 4-11 4.3.4.2.1 Management Click to rename scheme, see Figure 4-12. Figure 4-12 Click to delete scheme. 4.3.4.2.2 Tour...
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Step 1. Select Tour tab, see Figure 4-13. Figure 4-13 Step 2. Select time interval and scheme name, click Note: Click of scheme to adjust sequence. Step 3. Click Save. to ON. See Figure 4-14. Figure 4-14 4.3.4.2.3 Switch After you set switch time for a scheme, you can switch time, system auto switched to this scheme.
Figure 4-15 Step 2. Select scheme, week and set switch time. Note: Check time to enable it. Time of two schemes cannot be the same. Step 3. Click OK. 4.3.5 Playback Select Playback tab, see Figure 4-16.
Figure 4-16 Play. Record Control Stop. Next frame. Play speed. Time Show current record type and its time period. Record Type Check box, to select record type for search. Time Axis Click or directly drag mouse to zoom in/out. Zoom In/Out Under any play mode, click calendar you want to view, record pattern of this day will be auto shown on time axis.
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Figure 4-17 On condition that filling in the entire TV wall, with each window in the same size. Window sequence is from top to bottom horizontally. 4.3.6.2 Split Window Select window you want to split, click , see Figure 4-18. Figure 4-18 You can manually enter split number (i.e.
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Click to clear TV wall. 4.3.6.5 TV Wall Management Click , see Figure 4-19. Figure 4-19 Select block and screen, click On or Off. Check All if you want to select all screens. 4.3.6.6 PTZ Control It supports PTZ control for camera with speed dome. Note: Before you can use PTZ control, you must set according to instructions in Ch 4.5.1.8 and wiring must all be correct.
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Figure 4-20 4.3.6.7 Virtual LED You can add title overlay on screen via virtual LED. Step 1. Click . See Figure 4-21. Figure 4-21 Step 2. Click . See Figure 4-22.
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Figure 4-22 Step 3. Set title content, font and etc. Step 4. Click OK. See Figure 4-23. Figure 4-23 4.3.6.8 Background You can set background. Note: You must upload picture first, see Ch 4.5.1.6.
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Click , in Figure 4-24 select block and picture name, check Enable, click OK. Figure 4-24 4.3.6.9 Decoding Strategy Select network signal window(other signals are not supported), click , let user decide between fluency and real-timeness. Figure 4-25 4.3.6.10 Small Map Click , see Figure 4-26.
4.3.6.11 Enable Control ID Click , window on TV wall shows intercal debugging channel no. 4.3.6.12 Lock TV Wall Click to lock TV wall, so user cannot operate this TV wall. Select Preview tab, see Figure 4-27. Figure 4-27 Window Preview window video, see Ch 4.4.2.
4.4.1 Window See Figure 4-28. Figure 4-28 Name Note Click this icon, when a video is in original mode, select any part with left key of mouse, to zoom in this part. Partial Zoom Then you can hold left key to drag video. Right click to resume.
4.4.2.2 Signal Group It shows added group and group signal source in Signal Group, see Ch 4.5.5.3. 4.4.2.3 Preview Image Step 1. Select one preview window. Step 2. In Device Tree or Signal Group, select signal group, click this signal to preview corresponding image in window.
Parameter Note Click Add to add one preset. In field enter tour path, click Start , to start tour; click Stop to stop Point Tour tour. Enter preset no., click Add to add this preset at end of this tour path. Enter pattern path, click Start to start pattern;...
Figure 4-31 4.5.1 System Setup You can set general, user, backup, maintenance, upgrade, picture management, fan control, PTZ, serial and storage path. 4.5.1.1 General 4.5.1.1.1 Set General Info Step 1. Select Setup>System Setup>General>General, see...
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Figure 4-32 Step 2. Set parameters. Parameter Note Device Name Set device name. Device No. Set device no. Language Select device language HDD Full Set HDD processing, overwrite or stop. Record Length Set record length, as 0 min 120 min, default is 60. Check box, system will extract sub stream 2 in network channel, and Extract Frame show it in channel list.
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Figure 4-33 Step 2. Set parameters. Parameter Note Date Format Select date format. Time Format Select time format. Dare Separator Select date separator. System Time Set system time, click Sync PC to sync time with PC. Sync Device Check box to enable auto sync time. Time Check box, to enable DST DST Type...
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Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.1.2 User Management When current user has user management right, he/she can operate: Username, user group contain up to 6 digits of letter, number and underline. Password can be set to 0~32 digits of number and letter. A user can modify password of other user.
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Figure 4-35 Step 2. Enter username, password and confirm password. Select group, fill in note. Note: Once a user belongs to a group, his/her user right must be within sub set of this group, cannot be beyond group right range. We recommend you to set general user right lower then high-level user.
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Figure 4-36 Step 2. Set parameter. Note: By default, a user can modify password only. Step 3. Click OK. Modify Password Step 1. Check Modify Password box. Step 2. Enter old password, and enter new password, confirm password. Step 3. Click Save. Delete User Click of user to delete user.
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Figure 4-37 Add Group See Ch 4.5.1.2.1. Modify Group See Ch 4.5.1.2.1. Delete Group See Ch 4.5.1.2.1. 4.5.1.3 Backup Select Setup>System Setup>Backup, see Figure 4-38. Figure 4-38 Click Import Config, select backup file to import. Click Export Config, select storage path to export config file. 4.5.1.4 System Maintenance Select Setup>System Setup>System Maintenance, see Figure 4-39.
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Figure 4-39 When you select manually reboot, click Reboot to reboot system. Click Shutdown to turn off device. When you select auto reboot, set week and time, click OK. Click Default, the system will restore to default setup, be careful! 4.5.1.5 Upgrade Step 1.
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Figure 4-41 Step 2. Click Browse, select local picture. Step 3. Click Upload. Note: Select a picture and click Delete to delete the picture. After a background is successfully updated, you shall corresponding background in TV wall setup, see Ch 4.3.6.8. 4.5.1.7 Fan Control Select Setup>System Setup>Intelligent Temperature Control, see Figure 4-42.
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Figure 4-43 Figure 4-44 Step 2. Set PTZ parameter. Parameter Note Device Type Select device type. Name Select analog matrix name. Slot Select slot. Channel Select channel. Port Select port. PTZ Type Only support local PTZ...
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Parameter Note Protocol Set device protocol. Address Set device address. Baud Rate Set baud rate of device. Data Bit Set device data bit. Stop Bit Set device stop bit. Parity Set device parity. Step 3. Click Save. 4.5.1.9 Serial You need to set data bit, baud rate, address to match device in order to connect the device. Step 1.
4.5.1.10 Set Storage Path Step 1. Select Setup>System Setup>Storage Path, see Figure 4-46. Figure 4-46 Step 2. Click Browse, set storage path of snapshot and record. Step 3. Click OK. Note: Click Default to restore default path which is C:\PictureDownload C:\RecordDownload respectively.
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Figure 4-47 Set parameter. Parameter Note IP Version Select IP version IPV4. Preferred DNS Fill in DNS server IP address Server Alternate DNS Fill in alternate DNS server IP address Server Default Gateway Select default gateway Click , see Figure 4-48.
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Figure 4-48 Parameter Note Network Mode Select single NIC, fault-tolerance, load-balance, LinkAgg or Bridge. Ethernet Card Select Ethernet card. IP Version Select IP version. MAC Address Network MAC address. Select static mode, manually set IP, subnet mask, and default Mode gateway.
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Figure 4-49 Step 2. Set port value. Parameter Note Max Connection The number of clients allowed to log in at the same time (for example, WEB client, platform client, mobile client, etc.). The default value is 128. TCP Port TCP protocol port to provide communication services, according to the actual needs of users, the default is 37,777.
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Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.2.3 IP Right User set IP right, so allow certain users to access the device. White list: Add the IP of the user who can log in to the device. If a white list is selected, only the user's IP is listed in the list.
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By setting SMTP, when alarm occurs, motion detect, abnormal event occurs, it will send email. When alarm occurs, motion detect, abnormal event occurs, via SMTP server, it send email to receiver s email. Receiver log in receiver server to get email. Step 1.
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Parameter Note Enter the sending address of the message to be sent to up to three Receiver recipients. Mail sending interval, "0" means no interval to send mail. After setting the interval time, when the alarm, video detection, abnormal event triggered E-mail, the message will not be triggered according to the alarm signal to Sending send E-mail immediately, but according to the same type of event before...
Figure 4-52 Note: In Windows, if UPnP is on, device will be auto detected in Network Neighborhood. Step 2. Click OK, to enable port mapping. Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.2.6 Sync IP Step 1. Select Setup>Network Setup>Sync IP, see Figure 4-53. Figure 4-53 Step 2.
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Device default record mode is 24-h continuous record for each channel, you can set record time and record type. Step 1. Select Setup>Storage Management>Record Set, see Figure 4-54 and Figure 4-55. Figure 4-54...
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Figure 4-55 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Slot Select record slot. Remote Select remote device IP. Channel Select record channel, you can set different record plan. Prerecord Recprd1s 30s record before event occurs record time depends on stream size status . Step 3.
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Figure 4-56 b) Set record type for each period. Everyday there are six periods available. Check All to apply to all days of a week. c) Click OK. Step 4. Click OK. 4.5.3.2 Record Control Record has auto record and manual record, you can set record for main stream and sub stream. Auto record: follow set record plan to auto record, select record type and record time.
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Figure 4-57 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Stream Type Select the stream type, and select the main stream and sub stream. The channel number of the device is the same as the maximum number of channels supported by the device. Channel You can select one or more channels and select "All"...
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Parameter Note Search Enter keyword in field and click to search. Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.3.3 ISCSI Step 1. Select Setup>Storage Management>ISCSI, see Figure 4-58. Figure 4-58 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Enable Check, to enable this function. IP Address ISCSI server IP address HTTP Port ISCSI server port no, default is 3260.
Figure 4-59 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Disk Setup Set hard disk. Note: Click Cleat Data to delete all data on hard disk. Click Set Read-Write, to set hard disk to read-write. Click Read-Only to set hard disk to read-only. Step 3.
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Figure 4-61 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Alarm Event Select alarm event, default is external alarm. Remote Select remote alarm device. Channel Select alarm channel. Channel Name Input alarm channel name. Type External alarm device type, incluing no and nc. Check box to enable.
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Parameter Note When alarm occurs, system record selected channel support re-check . Click Setup select record channel. Note: Record Channel See Ch 4.5.1.10. When alarm occurs, there are two conditions to be met: Alarm record ON, see Ch 4.5.3.1. Set auto record, see Ch 4.5.3.2. Record Delay Alarm ends, it continuously recording for a certain period.
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Figure 4-64 Figure 4-65 Figure 4-66 Figure 4-67 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Enable Check, to enable abnormal alarm. Lower Limit When capacity warning is below upper limit, alarm occurs. Screen Prompt When alarm occurs, device local screen shows alarm prompt. See Ch 4.5.4.1.
Figure 4-70 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Slot Set slot. Channel Set channel. Enable Check, to enable video detection function. Zone Set detection zone. Click Setup, in pop-up box, select zone. Sensitivity Set sensitivity. Screen Prompt When alarm occurs, device local host has alarm info. See Ch 4.5.4.1.
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Figure 4-71 Add Search Step 1. Click Device Search, see Figure 4-72. Figure 4-72 Note: In display filter, you can filter device by type. Step 2. Check network signal to add, click Add, see Figure 4-73.
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Figure 4-73 If device is in use, then connection status will change from fail to success in a few seconds, and system will prompt operation is successful. If connection status is always fail, then the device may not be booted up or in blacklist instead of white list.
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Figure 4-74 Parameter Note Device Name Fill in device name. Manufacturer Device manufacturer. Protocol Device protocol, default is IP Address Set device IP address. Port Set device port added. Username Set device username used to login Password Set password to login Channel Type Device input channel type Channel Number...
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Click Export Config, export file and save to local. Delete Network Signal In added signal list, check network signal you want to delete, and click Delete. Sequence Click each property text, you can see on the right. It means descending sequence of network signal.
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4.5.5.2.2 Set Input Channel Step 1. Select Setup>Signal Management>Local Signal>Input Channel Setup. See Figure 4-78. Figure 4-78 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Slot Select slot. Channel Select channel. Signal Source Type Select signal source type. Color Setting Click Setup to set image brightness, contrast, saturation, HUE, see Figure 4-79.
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Figure 4-79 Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.5.2.3 Encode Setting Step 1. Select Setup>Signal Management>Local Signal>Encode Setting, see Figure 4-80. Figure 4-80 Step 2. Set parameter.
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Parameter Note Slot Select slot. Channel Select channel. Audio Type Select either NORMAL or HDCVI. Encode Mode H.264 Main Profile Stream Type The main stream includes two kinds of code streams: normal stream, stream and sub stream, and sub stream only supports one stream.
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Figure 4-81 Select slot and channel. OSD Custom Step 1. Check Custom OSD, see Figure 4-82...
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Step 2. Click Edit Title, see Figure 4-83. Figure 4-83 Step 3. Edit title, click OK. See Figure 4-84. Figure 4-84 You can move each title. Click title: Click Delete to delete title. Click Left Align/Right Align to align title. Click Clear to delete all titles.
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Note: You can select existing format. Click Apply to apply this customized OSD to other slot. Click Delete this style to delete format. Time Title Check Time, then show time title on video. You can drag mouse to move title. Global Config You can set OSD edge and zoom in, as well as import/export title to batch set title.
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Figure 4-86 Step 2. New group. a) Move mouse to Custom device tree or Collection in Group List, click . See Figure 4-87. Figure 4-87 b) Enter group name, click OK. See Figure 4-88. Figure 4-88 Move mouse to group name, see Figure 4-89. Figure 4-89 Click to create new group under this group.
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Figure 4-90 Check one or mode signals. Note: Check All to select all signals. Step 4. Select one group. Step 5. Click . See Figure 4-91.
Figure 4-91 Check one signal under the group, click to delete this signal. Check all to select all signals. 4.5.6 Display Management 4.5.6.1 Video Wall According to actual quantity, splicing condition of video wall, set each type of video wall. After setup, you can go to Video Wall tab and please see Ch 4.3.
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Figure 4-92 4.5.6.1.1 Add Video Wall Step 1. Click Add Video Wall, see Figure 4-93 Step 2. Set layout. a) Customize video wall name and description. b) Click icon below, you can quickly add single wall and splicing wall, see Figure 4-94.
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Figure 4-94 Name Note Single Video Click the icon to add a single screen. Wall 4-split splicing Click the icon to add a 4-split splicing video wall. video wall 9-split splicing Click the icon to add a 9-split splicing video wall. video wall 16-split splicing...
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Figure 4-95 You can select existing video wall on the left in Copy Video Wall area, then on the right it shows video wall layout, see Figure 4-96.
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Figure 4-96 Step 3. (Optional) check Show Block Name, see Figure 4-97. Figure 4-97 Note: Single video wall shows splicing video wall 1 and so forth. Double click block to edit splicing or block name. Check Show Block Control ID to see control ID of each block. Note: Show Block Name and Show Block Control ID cannot be both selected at the meantime.
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Note: All video walls on the screen shall be bound to slot, otherwise, click Done, you will see prompt. You cannot bind the same slot twice. If you incorrectly bind, directly drag correct slot to screen to cover. Figure 4-99 Step 6.
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Check video wall to delete, click Delete or , confirm to delete video wall. 4.5.6.1.4 Display Screen No. Click Display Screen No. to show no. of screen on video wall, now this button changes to Hide Screen No. Click it to hide. 4.5.6.2 Screen Management 4.5.6.2.1 Screen Config Set manufacturer, serial, serial address of each video wall, to build COM between screen and...
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Figure 4-102 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Regional Switch Enable Check to enable. Switch Times Timed to send command. Switch Interval Interval to send command. Screen Interval Interval for each screen to receive command. Step 3. Click OK. 4.5.6.2.3 Screen Timer Set timer of each screen, within set period, each screen turn on/off according to set switch times, interval.
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Figure 4-103 Step 2. Select Screen, Block and Week. Step 3. Check period, and set ON/OFF timer. Note: After you have set period on a certain day of week: Click Apply to Screen, set config for this slot. Click Apply to Week, set config for this day of week. Step 4.
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Figure 4-104 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Slot Set display slot. Channel Set display channel. Resolution Set display resolution. Check Customized to customize resolution. Display Set display mode, there are hot swap and force. Hot swap output image only when device output connects to monitor.
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Figure 4-105 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note Main/Sub Stream Check box to enable auto switch of main stream and sub stream. Auto Switch IVS Rule Check box to enable IVS rule. Tracking Box Check box to enable IVS tracking box. Window Prompt Check box to enable window display of info.
Figure 4-106 Step 2. Set output name and control no. of each channel. Note: Enter Start ID, and click Setup. Each channel control ID will be numbered from Start ID ascending. Step 3. Click Save. 4.5.7 Extension Setup 4.5.7.1.1 Client Select Setup>Extension>Client>Client, see Figure 4-107.
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Figure 4-108 Step 2. Ser Server IP and Port, check Enable. Step 3. Click OK. Delete Client Select Client, click Delete to delete client. 4.5.7.1.2 Server Step 1. Select Setup>Extension>Client>Server, see Figure 4-109. Figure 4-109 Step 2. Set parameter. Parameter Note SIP Server SN 28181 Server platform number, the default is 34020000002000000001.
Parameter Note SIP Server Domain 28181 server platform domain name, the default is 3402000000. SIP Server IP 28181 Server IP, for example, the IP address of the server to be connected is "10.172.16.150". SIP Server Port 28181 server port, the default is 5060. Device No.
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Figure 4-110 4.6.1.2 Decode Info Select Info>Device Info>Decode Info, see Figure 4-111. Figure 4-111 Set Record Time Interval, click , so the system record this channel by this interval. 4.6.1.3 Device Info 4.6.1.3.1 Device Info Step 1. Select Info>Device Info>Device Info, see Figure 4-112. Figure 4-112 Step 2.
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Click to rename info file or sub card log. Click to delete info file or sub card log. If you miss delete, you can get again. Figure 4-113 4.6.1.3.2 Network Sniffer Network sniffer is to sniffer data pack sent via network, and forward, edit, resend them to check network security.
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Figure 4-115 Click to download sniffer pack. Click to rename sniffer pack. Click to delete sniffer pack. 4.6.1.3.3 Ping Step 1. Select Info>Device Info>Device Info, click Ping tab, see Figure 4-116.
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Figure 4-116 Step 2. Enter IP address and ping times to ping, click ping. See Figure 4-117. Figure 4-117 Note: Enable ping, only can open one web client, otherwise ping info can be incomplete. 4.6.1.4 System Status In Info>Device Info>System Status, you can view network status, CPU status, fan status, power status and etc.
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Figure 4-118 Network status: Show network card connection status, and receive/send status. CPU status: Show CPU status of all cards. Fan status: Shot operation status of two fans. Power status: Show ON/OFF status of two power. Memory status: Show memory status. 4.6.1.5 System Log Step 1.
Step 2. Set start time, end time, type and click Search. System shows all matched logs. Note: Click log to show log detail. Click Clear to delete all logs on device. You cannot filter log here. Click Backup to back up log on current PC. 4.6.1.6 Online User Select Info>Device Info>Online User, see Figure 4-120.
6 FAQ 6.1 FAQ Q: I cannot boot up the device properly after plug it to power supply. A: When you plug to power supply after you properly turned it off, you must press the start button on the front panel in order to properly boot up the device. Q: Device buzzer turns on when I press the start button.
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b) Video transmission is too long or degrading is too huge. c) Device color or brightness setting is not correct. Q Decoding and wall mount process are not fluent. A This may be due to: a) Poor network environment. b) Front-end device setup or malfunction. c) Limit in decoding channel capacity.
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a) Period setting is not correct. b) Motion detection zone setting is not correct. c) Sensitivity is too low. 14. Q: I cannot login client-end or web. A: This may be due to: a) ActiveX control has been disabled. b) Network connection error. c) Network setting error.
a) Camera quality is too low. Lens is dirty. Camera is installed against the light. Camera aperture setting is not correct. b) HDD capacity is not enough. c) HDD is damaged. 20. Q: I cannot playback the downloaded file. A: This may be due to: a) There is no video player.
Appendix A Mouse Control Note: This section is designed for mouse operation with right hand. User must connect a mouse to via USB interface in order to access the menu for mouse operation. Left click System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in. mouse When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu content.
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Right click In real-time monitor mode, pops up shortcut menu: video off, cubeless screen, mouse input,scheme, main menu, logoff and power off. Among which, video off applies to turn off video of selected window. Cubeless screen applies to combine video of different screens into one screen. Input applies to group input channels.