TRENDnet VIP-L16 Operation Manual
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Index Authentication ......................3 Live Video ........................5 Visualization Mode ......................6 Selection panel of cameras .................... 6 Full Screen ........................8 Camera Sequencer ......................9 Advanced Options ......................9 Advanced Options Menu ....................9 ... -
Page 3: Authentication
Authentication To login to VortexIP, enter the URL or IP address of your server. The following screen will appear: Enter your user name and password and select the type of connection you have: LAN, Broadband, MODEM or Recording (same speed and compression of the image to the one configured for the recording). - Page 4 Once you have successfully entered the system, the following screen will appear. The following options will appear on the upper left hand side of the screen: Live Video, Recorded Video, Maps, Configuration and Close Session. At any time, you will be able to use the side menu to access the desired function: Live Video Recorded Video Maps...
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Page 5: Live Video
Live Video To access cameras’ live video, click on this icon To access cameras’ live video, click on this icon If you have not previously logged in to the system from the PC or laptop, you will have to install the ActiveX component for live video. -
Page 6: Visualization Mode
Visualization Mode Camera cameras cameras cameras cameras cameras cameras cameras cameras Every time that you choose a visualization mode and/or camera, the system will automatically save these users’ preferences. Selection panel of cameras Deselect Multiple Invert Single Selection Selection Selection 6 of 36... - Page 7 On the list of cameras, the cameras that are being viewed are highlighted in blue. If you want to view more than one camera, first select the multiple selection mode. Then click on the cameras that you want to view. If you want to remove a camera, click on the camera you want to remove.
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Page 8: Full Screen
Camera Groups The application allows the creation of groups of cameras in order to expedite surveillance. First select the cameras that will belong to the group, and then click Load. The following window will appear: Enter a name for the group and then click OK. Full Screen If you want to view a group of cameras full screen, first choose the visualization mode and the group that you want to see. -
Page 9: Camera Sequencer
To exit the full screen mode press ESC. In full screen mode, you can activate camera sequencer and the PTZ control If you do not want to see frames or edge of the browser, add the IP address or host name as a trusted site in Internet Explorer. -
Page 10: Ptz Control (Mouse)
PTZ control (mouse) To manage IP cameras that support PTZ control, click this icon . The following window will appear: Select the camera that you wish to control from the dropdown list. Commands of the PTZ control Down Left Right Zoom in Zoom out Near Focal Point. -
Page 11: Activating The Keyboard And Joystick
Activating the Keyboard and Joystick Access the VortexIP. When you access the live video page, there are two modes for the use of the Joystick: • Selection Mode • Monitor Call Mode Selection Mode The Keyboard and Joystick only act over the list of selected cameras on the camera tree. Whenever one camera is selected with the keyboard, the view will not be modified. - Page 12 Below is the keyboard mapping: DVR Selection In order to select the DVR you have to execute the following command [DvrId] + [-] For example: If you press the following keyboard sequence: [0][1][-] The DVR with Id 01 will be selected Camera Selection In order to select the camera you have to execute the following command [CamId] + [+]...
- Page 13 [NumPatrol] + [/] For example: If you press the following keyboard sequence: [0][/] Initiates the monitoring 0 of the selected camera Stop Monitoring In order to stop camera monitoring you have to execute the following command [NumPatrol] + [/] For example: If you press the following keyboard sequence: [2] + [/] It stops the monitoring 2 of the selected camera.
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Page 14: Joystick Commands
Joystick Commands The custom programming of buttons and configuration is saved in the PC where the joystick is connected. Every time you change computers, you will have to configure it again. In order to assign functions to the joystick for the buttons, you have to press the following button: And the following configuration screen will appear: Here you can program specific actions to buttons on the Joystick: Initiate Auto Pan... -
Page 15: Capture Snapshots
Go to Home Position In order to call the Home position of the camera you have to press the programmed button on the USB Joystick. Activate Auto Iris In order to activate Auto Iris you have to press the programmed button on the USB Joystick. Iris Open In order to open the Iris you have to press the programmed button on the USB Joystick. -
Page 16: Recorded Video
Recorded Video To access recorded video for one or more cameras, click this icon If you have not previously access the system from your PC or laptop, you need to install the ActiveX component for viewing recorded video. Click Install Control ActiveX. The following dialog box will appear. Click Install: Once the installation is completed, the following screen will pop up: 16 of 36... - Page 17 Selection of the camera, Date/Hour Select the camera/s The system will mark the dates and hours where you have recorded video. Select the date and hour you want to view. The selected video will automatically load as shown on the following screen: 17 of 36...
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Page 18: Camera Selection Panel
Camera Selection Panel Deselect Multiple Invert Simple Selection Selection Selection On the camera tree, the cameras in blue will be viewed. If you want to view multiple cameras, first select Multiple Selection mode. Then, click the name of the cameras that you want to view. If you want to remove a camera, then click again on the camera you want to remove. -
Page 19: Viewing Controls
Viewing Controls Next, the each control for viewing recorded video will be detailed: 1 Control Status Indicator: Fast-forward, Rewind. 2 Video Playing Speed Indicator: To change this press one of the following buttons: Fast-forward Rewind. 3 Displays the Date and Time of the recorded video that it is being played. 4 Control what part of the video to be played. -
Page 20: Video's Timeline Bar
12 Go to the end of the Video. 13. Fast Forward. Video’s timeline bar ActiveX Play Control has a video information bar. It covers a period of 1 hour and provides information on the video. XX:00:00 XX:59:59 Video Status: No Video recorded Video recorded Video recorded by event At any time, you may scroll and drop the scrolling cursor... -
Page 21: Video Smart Search
Video Smart Search The system offers video smart search feature, saving you precious time finding a specific event or incident. The smart search allows you to select an area of a recorded video for motion . Video Smart Search is carried out on the server where VortexIP is running. No additional resources will be used on your computer. - Page 22 Using the mouse, select the area to be searched. If you want to mark the detected movement areas within a search area, check Show Overlay. To begin the search, click this icon While the search is taking place, the video will adjust to 1 frame per second, until it finds motion within the search area.
- Page 23 Click this icon to look for the next occurrence of motion. If you want to play the video normally, press this icon to disable the search, and then click this icon 23 of 36...
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Page 24: Smart Search Offline
Smart Search OFFLINE Note: To use this function you have to be in Single Selection mode. If you are not in this mode, click the Single Selection icon. Choose the desired camera, choose the desired date/hour and open the video. Then click the Pause button Select the motion sensibility: High, Medium and Low. - Page 25 Once you have made the desired changes, click Search. The progress bar will be automatically updated. A list of detected movement events will appear. When the search has been completed, you click on any of the detected events. All the events from the list correspond to the previous instant of time (Pre-Alarm) once motion inside the search area has taken place.
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Page 26: Visual Video Search
Visual Video Search The visual search, allows you search the video based on images, so you will be able to save your valuable time to find incidents, especially when you do not know the date or hour exact of the event. - Page 27 Images will appear in intervals of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Select the desired image. The following screen will appear: 27 of 36...
- Page 28 Images will appear in interval of 6 seconds. Select the desired image. The following screen will appear: Images will appear in interval of 1 second. Click on the image to load the associated video. Click Back to go back. 28 of 36...
- Page 29 Export videos If you click on this icon, video will be exported in Windows Media Player format. Define the date and the time of the video. The new file will be saved in the Backup repository. To view the exported files, click this icon and then click on the Video Backup icon.
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Page 30: Electronic Map
Electronic Map To access the Electronic Map, click this icon This feature will allow you to upload and view a physical or logical map of your Internet Camera installations. Using the map To view the map, click on the map icon. If you move the cursor close to a certain camera, the camera name will appear. -
Page 31: Editing The Map
Editing the map If you have administrator privileges, you will be able to configure the cameras’ positions and import the map’s image. Dragging and dropping cameras For editing a camera’s position, click this icon . Then, drag and drop the cameras to the desired position. -
Page 32: Erasing Electronic Map
Erasing Electronic Map To erase a map, first select it from the menu and click this icon Exit the system To exit, click this icon 32 of 36... -
Page 33: Appendix A - Error Messages
Appendix A – Error Messages You do not have enough rights to access this page. Every time that you access a resource of the system, VortexIP will verify if you have the proper permissions. If the user is not the root user, it has restrictions on certain resources (Electronic Map, Playing, Configuration, etc). -
Page 34: Appendix B - Problem Solving
Appendix B – Problem Solving 1. I am not able to watch live video nor recorded video • Check that you have correctly installed the .NET Framework 1.1. • Check that ActiveX components both for live video and recorded video have been correctly installed. - Page 35 7. VortexIP recorder works correctly, but whenever I want to watch a recorded video of an event that happened less than 10 seconds ago, images do not appear. • VortexIP recorder has a buffer cache to maximize the useful life of its rigids disc. Buffer’s length is by default 512Kbytes and it cannot be modified.
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