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  • Page 1 SF-KB1600NT Network Keyboard User Manual...
  • Page 3 Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 4 Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.
  • Page 5 Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your keyboard, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is placed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Keep all liquids away from the keyboard. • Please check the power supply to avoid the damage caused by voltage mismatch. •...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    System Configuration ........................62 User Management ........................62 4.4.1 Storage Management ....................... 69 4.4.2 System Maintenance ........................ 70 4.4.3 Accessing by Safire Control Center Platform ................72 Chapter 5 Configuring SCC Platform ....................... 73 Platform Login ......................... 73 5.1.1 Main Menu ..........................73 5.1.2 Managing the Video Wall ......................
  • Page 7 Specifications ..........................86 Summary of Changes ........................86...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    Chapter 1 Product Overview...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Safire and control center platform such as Safire Control Center. It supports recording, picture capturing and two-way audio, as well as the video wall control and scene switch of Safire Control Center and decoding devices. The four-axis joystick can be used to the PTZ control of speed dome and quick location of the target.
  • Page 10 PTZ control mode: Move the PTZ right. Rotate anticlockwise Zoom out (ZOOM-) Rotate clockwise Zoom in (ZOOM+) There are eight interfaces and one button on the rear panel of SF-KB1600NT keyboard. 4 5 6 7 LIN E AUDIO 12 VDC POWER Figure 1.2 Rear Panel of SF-KB1600NT...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 12: Activating The Keyboard

    The network keyboard is in inactive status when it leaves factory. You should activate it before performing other operations. Then you can log in to and log out of the keyboard. 2.1 Activating the Keyboard For the first-time access, you need to activate the keyboard by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation.

  • Page 13: Configuring Keyboard By Sadp

    Confirm the password in the Confirm text field. Click Activate button to activate the keyboard. 2.2 Configuring Keyboard by SADP You can also configure the keyboard by SADP. SADP can search the SF-KB1600NT keyboard and display the device information. Activating the Keyboard Purpose: For the new keyboard or the keyboard after complete restoration, the security status is inactive.
  • Page 14 You can modify the network parameters of the keyboard by SADP. Steps: Select the checkbox before the ID of the SF-KB1600NT keyboard. The Modify Network Parameters panel appears on the right. Enter the IP Address, Port, Subnet Mask and Gateway in the corresponding text field. Or select the checkbox of Enable DHCP to get the network...
  • Page 15 You don’t need to modify the parameters of IPv6 Address, IPv6 Gateway, IPv6 Prefix Length and HTTP Port. Resetting the Keyboard Password Purpose: You can reset the keyboard password by SADP. Steps: Select the checkbox before the ID of the SF-KB1600NT keyboard. Click to enter the Reset Password interface. Figure 2.10 Resetting the Password...

  • Page 16: Login And Logout

    Click Export button to download the key request file. Set the file path in the pop-up window. Click Select Folder to save the device key request file on your PC. The exported key request file is XML file which is named as Device Serial No.-System Time. Send the key request file to our technical engineers and the engineer will send you a key file back.
  • Page 17 Select the user account name by clicking Enter the password of the account. (Optional) You can click the checkbox to select Remember Password to save the password. Click Login. If the admin enters wrong password for 7 times, the password would be locked. If the operator enters wrong password for 5 times, the password would be locked.

  • Page 18: Chapter 3 General Settings

    Chapter 3 General Settings...
  • Page 19 Purpose: You can configure the general settings of the keyboard including network, language, time and other settings. After starting up, you can see the home page as follows, including time information (yy/mm/dd, week and current time ), keyboard information, general settings and keyboard operation. Figure 3.1 Home Page of the Keyboard Click on the home page for the general configuration of the keyboard.

  • Page 20: Ethernet Settings

    Adjust the Brightness of the screen, choose interval of the Sleep time, enable/disable the Alarm Sound and choose the Resolution of External Others Monitor. Show the detailed information of the SF-KB1600NT About 3.1 Ethernet Settings Purpose: You can configure Ethernet settings to connect to the network.

  • Page 21: Wlan Settings

    Figure 3.4 Setting the Static IP Parameters Task 2: Configure DHCP Steps: Click the DHCP enable button to enable DHCP configuration. Click the Details button to enter the Details interface shown in Figure 3.5 to gain the practical IP parameters. Figure 3.5 Details of DHCP You can not enable Static IP and DHCP at the same time.
  • Page 22 Figure 3.6 WLAN Configuration Interface Connect to the network in two ways. Task 1: Connect to the available network in the list Steps: Click the Wi-Fi hotspot in the Wi-Fi list Enter the password and connect to the network. Figure 3.7 Connecting to Available Network Task 2: Add new network Steps: Click the Add Network at the bottom of the Wi-Fi list.

  • Page 23: Language Settings

    Select the security type as shown in Figure 3.9. Figure 3.9 Selecting the Security Type Enter the password to connect to the network. If you open both the Ethernet and WLAN, the WLAN takes effect by default. Language Settings Purpose: You can choose language for the device in this section.
  • Page 24 Configure Date & Time: Steps: Click the Date & Time button on the right of the General interface to enter the configuration interface. Figure 3.11 Date and Time Configuration Interface Set the date and time in two ways. Task 1: Automatic mode Steps: Enable the automatic mode by switching , or else the manual mode is enabled.

  • Page 25: Others

    Figure 3.13 Selecting Time Zone Others Purpose: You can adjust the brightness of the screen, choose interval of the sleep time, enable/disable the alarm sound and choose the resolution of the external monitor. Steps: Click the Others button on the right of the General interface to enter the configuration interface. Figure 3.14 Others Configuration Interface Configure the other parameters.

  • Page 26: About

    Figure 3.16 Selecting the Resolution of External Monitor About Purpose: You can obtain the detailed information of SF-KB1600NT network keyboard including Version information and Serial No.. Steps: Click the About button on the right of the General interface to enter the About interface. You can see the...
  • Page 27 Figure 3.17 About Interface...

  • Page 28: Chapter 4 Keyboard Application

    Chapter 4 Keyboard Application...

  • Page 29: Main Menu

    4.1 Main Menu Click to enter the keyboard operation interface. You can click on the upper-right corner to enter the main menu shown in Figure 4.1. Figure 4.1 Main Menu Refer to Table 4.1 for the description of the main menu. Table 4.1 Description of Main Menu Menu Description...

  • Page 30: Managing The Devices

    4.2 for the description of device management. Table 4.2 Description of Device Management Menu Description Add/view/delete/modify/refresh devices Device Camera View and modify the details of the channels. Add/delete/modify the groups which contains several channels. Group Video Wall Edit the video wall name, row and column; Configure the output of the channels on video wall. 4.2.1 Managing the Devices Purpose: For the admin, you can add/delete/modify/refresh devices on the Device Management interface.
  • Page 31 Figure 4.3 Device Management Interface of the Operator Adding a Device by the Admin Purpose: As the admin, you need to add a device firstly that all operations such as live view and device management are accessible. Two ways are available for adding the devices: manual adding and auto-adding. As an operator, you cannot add devices.
  • Page 32 Special characters are not allowed to enter. The longest length is 32 characters long. If the name is left empty, the current name of the device is remained.  Type: The type of the added device. It is not editable when you add a device. The type of the device will be shown after you add it successfully.
  • Page 33 Enter the user name and password of the added device. Click Confirm. (Optional) You can click Cancel to cancel the auto-adding. When you add devices in batch, the user names and passwords of all the devices will be matched one by one. Only when matched successfully can the device be added. Editing the Device by the Admin Purpose: In the Device Management interface, for the admin, you can view the details of, refresh and delete the added...
  • Page 34 Figure 4.9 Editing the Device Click to confirm the modification. (Optional) You can click to cancel the modification. Refreshing the Device You can click Refresh to refresh the status of the added devices. Deleting the Device Steps: Click Delete to delete the selected device. A hint box will pop up as shown in Figure.4.10 . Figure 4.10 Hint Box of Deleting the Device Click Delete to confirm the deletion.
  • Page 35 (Optional) You can click to cancel the deletion. Controlling the Front Panel of Added DVR/NVR by the Admin Purpose: The keyboard can control the front panel of the added DVR/NVR. Steps: Click the added DVR/NVR in the Device Management interface. A pop-up box is shown in Figure 4.12. Figure 4.12 Editing the Added DVR/NVR Select Control to enter the Remote Panel.
  • Page 36 Editing the Device by the Operator Purpose: In the Device Management interface, for the operator, you can only view the details of the added device and refresh it. Click the added device in the Device Management interface. A pop-up box is shown in Figure 4.14. Figure 4.14 Editing the Device Viewing the Device Steps:...

  • Page 37: Managing The Cameras

    Figure 4.16 Editing the Added DVR/NVR by the Operator Select Control to enter the DVR/NVR Control Panel. Figure 4.17 DVR/NVR Control Panel Click the buttons on the control panel to control the front panel of the added DVR/NVR. Click to exit from the DVR/NVR Control Panel. You can also view the details of, and refresh the added DVR/NVR.
  • Page 38 Figure 4.18 Camera Management Interface The number on the upper-right corner of each camera, e.g., , is the serial number of the corresponding camera. Viewing the Camera Steps: Click the camera tab to view the details. A window of channel details is shown in Figure 4.19. Figure 4.19 Viewing the Camera for the Admin...
  • Page 39 Figure 4.20 Viewing the Camera for the Operator You can view the information of the camera including name, channel ID, protocol, stream, device, address and channel No.  Name: The name of the camera as desired.  Channel ID: The serial number of the camera according to the added sequence. ...

  • Page 40: Managing The Groups

     When editing Name and Channel ID, you can click to delete the original information.  The range of the Channel ID is from 1 to 999999, and the ID cannot be repeated. Click to select the protocol. Figure 4.22 Selecting the Protocol Click to select the stream.
  • Page 41 Figure 4.24 Group Management Interface Creating a New Group Purpose: You can create a new group and add some cameras in it. Steps: Click New Group to manually create a group. A pop-up window is shown in Figure 4.25. Figure 4.25 Creating a New Group ...
  • Page 42  You can click to delete the original information.  The Dwell Time should be between 10s and 10000s. It is 30s by default. Click Add Camera to add channels into the new group. Figure 4.26 Adding Camera(s) to the New Group Select the camera(s) by clicking and then click to go back to the New Group dialog box.
  • Page 43 Figure 4.28 Viewing the Group Click to modify the details of the selected group. Only Name, Dwell Time and Channels are editable. Figure 4.29 Modifying the Group If you want to delete an added camera, click Click Add Camera to add camera(s) to the group. Click to confirm the modification.

  • Page 44: Managing The Video Wall

    (Optional) You can click to cancel the deletion. Clearing the Groups Steps: Click Clear to delete all the groups. A hint box will pop up as follows. Figure 4.31 Hint Box of Deleting all the Groups Click Delete to confirm the deletion. (Optional) You can click to cancel the deletion.
  • Page 45 You can edit the details of the video wall, including the name, row and column. Steps: Click on the upper-right corner. A window pops up as shown in Figure 4.33. Figure 4.33 Editing the Video Wall  Name: Edit a name for the video wall as desired. ...
  • Page 46 Figure 4.34 Selecting the Output Channel Click on the upper-left corner to view all the channels of the decoder. Click one of the channels to set it as the output channel of the selected window. (Optional) You can click to cancel the configuration. Deleting the Configured Window As the admin, hold down the configured window for one second.

  • Page 47: Live View

    The multi-screen display configured on the Safire Central client software cannot be deleted by holding down the window and clicking 4.3 Live View For the admin and operators, the live view steps are the same. This section takes the operations of the admin as an example.

  • Page 48: Local View

    Figure 4.37 Selecting Live View Types Refer to Table 4.3 for the description of the live view mode. Table 4.3 Description of Live View Mode Menu Description Local Live view of the added devices locally on the touchscreen of the keyboard. Video Wall Live view of the added devices on the video wall.
  • Page 49 Figure 4.39 Local Live View Interface Refer to Table 4.4 for the description of the live view icons. Table 4.4 Description of Live View Icons Icon Description Select the window division. The screen will be displayed in 1-division mode by default. The window division modes vary with the connected devices.
  • Page 50 Refer to Table 4.5 for the description of the live view numeric panel icons. Table 4.5 Description of Live View Numeric Panel Icons Icon Description Number 0 to 9. Delete the entered information. View the live video of the added cameras. View the live video of the added groups.
  • Page 51 then select multi-window division mode. Figure 4.42 Hint box of Starting Auto-Switch of the Group (1) Figure 4.43 Hint box of Starting Auto-Switch of the Group (2) Enter 0 in the numeric panel and click . You can stop the live view of the corresponding camera. (Optional) You can click to delete the entered information if you entered incorrectly.
  • Page 52 The PTZ control should be supported by the added device. You can turn the joystick to realize the pan left/right and tilt up/down movements. You can also rotate the joystick anticlockwise/clockwise to zoom out/in in the live view. Refer to Table 4.6 for the description of PTZ control panel icons.
  • Page 53 Slide to select a patrol No. in the dialog box and click Call to call it. The patrol No. should be between 1 and 32. Click Cancel to close the patrol dialog box. Recording and Calling a Pattern Patterns can be set to record the movement of the PTZ. Steps: In the PTZ control mode, click to access the dialog box shown in Figure 4.47.

  • Page 54: Video Wall

    Recording Steps: Select one output window and enter the serial number in the numeric panel, and then click . The live video of the corresponding cameras will be displayed on the selected window. Click to record the video of the selected window, and then the icon will change to .
  • Page 55 Figure 4.50 Live View Interface of Video Wall You can edit the name of the video wall as well as the row and column in Video Wall Management interface. Refer to Chapter 4.2.4 Managing the Video Wall for details. Refer to Table 4.7 for the description of video wall icons.
  • Page 56 Figure 4.51 Live View Numeric Panel Refer to Table 4.8 for the description of video wall numeric panel icons. Table 4.8 Description of Video Wall Numeric Panel Icons Icon Description Number 0 to 9. Delete the entered information. View the live video of the added cameras. View the live video of the added groups.
  • Page 57 The PTZ control should be supported by the added device. You can turn the joystick to realize the pan left/right and tilt up/down movements. You can also rotate the joystick anticlockwise/clockwise to zoom out/in in the live view. Refer to Chapter 4.3.1 Local View for details. Switching the Scene Steps: Select one output window and enter the serial number in the numeric panel, and then click...
  • Page 58 Recording Steps: Select one output window and enter the serial number in the numeric panel, and then click . The live video of the corresponding cameras will be displayed on the selected window. Click to record the video of the selected window, and then the icon will change to .
  • Page 59 Figure 4.53 Floating the Window During moving the window, the dotted borders will display. You can double-click the window to adjust it to match it to the borders. Figure 4.54 Matching the Window Closing the Window Steps: Hold down the window to access the button on the window by which you can close the window.

  • Page 60: External View

    Figure 4.55 Closing the Window 4.3.3 External View Purpose: The keyboard supports external preview of the live video of the added devices, e.g., external display via HDMI or DVI interface. The local keyboard will not display the video. Select External in the pop-up window of live view mode. Figure 4.56 Selecting External Live View Figure 4.57 External Live View Interface...
  • Page 61 Refer to Table 4.9 for the description of the external live view icons. Table 4.9 Description of External Live View Icons Icon Description Select the window division mode. The screen will be displayed in 1-division mode by default. The window division modes vary with the connected devices. PTZ control panel.
  • Page 62 to select the window division mode. Select one output window and enter the serial number in the numeric panel, and then click . The live view of the corresponding cameras will be displayed on the selected window. Select one output window and enter the serial number, then click .

  • Page 63: System Configuration

    Click to record the video of the selected window, and then the icon will change to . The hint of “Start recording” will appear. to stop recording and the hint of “Stop recording” will appear. Click You must connect a USB disk to the keyboard, or ensure the network connection of the PC (running FTP server) and the keyboard is valid and correct.
  • Page 64 including viewing/deleting user accounts, adding devices to the users and changing the password. For the operator, you can only view the account and change the password. The keyboard supports adding 1 admin and 15 operators at most. The admin has the highest authority and can operate the devices.
  • Page 65 Adding a New User by the Admin Only the admin can add new users. Steps: Click New User in the User Management interface for the admin to open the New User dialog box. Figure 4.61 Adding a New User Enter the user name, password and confirm password as desired. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED–We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the...
  • Page 66 Figure 4.62 Adding Device(s) to the New User Only the devices which have already been added to the admin account will be displayed in the device list. Select the device(s) by clicking and then click to go back to the New User dialog box. If you want to delete a certain device, click Click to confirm the creation.
  • Page 67 Figure 4.64. Figure 4.64 Editing the Normal User Account Click Details to edit the detailed information of the user account including password and related devices. The details of the user account are shown in Figure 4.65. Figure 4.65 Viewing the User Detailed Information Click to set the password Figure 4.66 Setting the Password...
  • Page 68 Figure 4.67 Adding Device(s) to the User Only the devices which have already been added to the admin account will be displayed in the device list. Select the device(s) by clicking and then click to go back to the User Details dialog box. If you want to delete a certain device, click 10.
  • Page 69 Click Delete to confirm the deletion. (Optional) You can click to cancel the deletion. Editing the User Accounts by the Operator Steps: Click the user account on the User Management interface for the operator. The Set Password dialog box pops up as shown in Figure 4.70. Figure 4.70 Editing the User Account by the Operator You can change the old password by entering the Old Password, New Password and confirming the password.

  • Page 70: Storage Management

    Click on the upper-right corner of the User Management interface for the operator to logout. Figure 4.72 Logout Interface for the Operator Click Confirm to logout. (Optional) Click to cancel the operation. 4.4.2 Storage Management Purpose: You can configure the FTP server parameters in Storage Management interface. In Live View mode, you can upload captured pictures and records to the FTP server.

  • Page 71: System Maintenance

    Figure 4.74 Storage Management Interface for the Operator Switch on the upper-right corner to Enter the Address, Folder, User Name and Password of the FTP server. Figure 4.75 Configuring FTP Server You can create a new folder in the root directory of the user. Click Apply.
  • Page 72 Figure 4.76 System Maintenance Interface  Upgrade: When there is a new version available in the USB disk, you can click Browse to select the upgrade patch to update the system.  Import: You can import the configuration file from the USB disk. ...

  • Page 73: Chapter 5 Accessing By Safire Control Center Platform

    Chapter 5 Accessing by Safire Control Center Platform...

  • Page 74: Configuring Scc Platform

    SF-KB1600NT Network Keyboard can be accessed by Safire Central. You should make proper configuration on the Safire Control Center platform before connecting the keyboard to the Safire Control Center server. Refer to the user manual of corresponding Safire Control Center platform for instructions.

  • Page 75: Managing The Video Wall

    5.1.3 Managing the Video Wall After logging in to the platform, you should select the video wall first. Click on the main menu to enter the Resource List interface. The resource list contains the resources configured in Safire Central platform.
  • Page 76 Log in to the Safire Control Center platform, and click Logical View->Camera to enter the following interface. Figure 5.5 Camera List...

  • Page 77: Managing The Input Channel

    Figure 5.7 Resource List of Input Channel The input channel list of each level contains at most 512 input channels. Click to return to the resource list. You can modify the serial number of the input channel via the Safire Control Center platform.

  • Page 78: Displaying Video On Monitor

    Click Logical View->Camera to enter the following interface to view the list of connected input channels: Figure 5.8 Camera List Select an input channel from the list and click it to enter the Editing interface to modify the index No. in the Keyboard No.
  • Page 79 Enter the monitor number in the text field to display the video of the selected camera on the selected monitor directly. Task 2: Click on the main menu to enter the Video Wall interface. Figure 5.11 Video Wall Interface stands for the video wall you have configured in the resource list of video wall. Refer to Chapter 5.1.3 Managing the Video Wall for details.

  • Page 80: Logout

    You need to drag the output monitor to the input channel layer on the video wall via the Safire Control Center platform first. Then the operation of displaying video on the video wall via the keyboard can succeed.
  • Page 81 Click on the main menu and a window box pops up as follows. Figure 5.14 Logout Interface Click Confirm to log out of the Platform module. (Optional) You can click to cancel the logout.

  • Page 82: Chapter 6 Accessing By Matrix Access Gateway

    Chapter 6 Accessing by Matrix Access Gateway...

  • Page 83: Matrix Access Gateway Login

    Purpose: You can get access to the matrix access gateway, realize unified management of the monitors, switch the live video on the video wall and set PTZ control on the Matrix module. The PTZ control should be supported by the added device. 6.1 Matrix Access Gateway Login Click on the home page to enter the Matrix Access Gateway Login interface.
  • Page 84 Refer to Table 5.3 for the description of video wall numeric panel icons. Table 5.3 Description of Video Wall Numeric Panel Icons Icon Description Number 0 to 9. Delete the entered information. Preview the live video of the input channel. Preview the live video of the input channel on the selected output monitor of the video wall.

  • Page 85: Logout

    6.3 Logout Steps: Click on the upper-right corner of the Video Wall interface and a window box pops up as follows. Figure 6.4 Logout Interface Click Confirm to log out of the Matrix module. (Optional) You can click to cancel the logout.

  • Page 86: Chapter 7 Appendix

    Chapter 7 Appendix...
  • Page 87 7.2 Summary of Changes Version 1.1.0 Added: Accessible by Safire Control Center platform and matrix access gateway. Configurable by SADP; Double-click to realize full-screen live view and then double-click to restore to the normal live view mode; Control the front panel of the added DVR/NVR in device management;...

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