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Central Management System
User Manual
Version 7.3
Oct.2008

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  • Page 1 CMPC Central Management System User Manual Version 7.3 Oct.2008...
  • Page 2 DISCLAIMER No warrant y or repres entation, either express ed or implied, is made wit h respec t to t he cont ents of thi s document ation, its qualit y, perf ormance, merchant abilit y, or fit ness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Graphic card with NVIDIA chipset ................... 4 CHAPTER 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION..............5 Minimum System Requirements ....................5 Installing the CMPC Software in Windows XP/2000..............6 CHAPTER 3 USING THE CMPC.................. 7 Running the CMPC Software....................7 Using the CMPC Application..................... 8 Using the MiniCenter Viewer ....................
  • Page 4 4.4.1 To set schedule at a specific portion of time in that hour: ..........48 Backup Setup.......................... 49 E-MAP Setup .......................... 51 4.6.1 To Set Up the E-Map..................... 51 4.6.1.1 Add a New Map....................52 4.6.1.2 Add a DVR Server....................53 4.6.2 To Use the E-Map......................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction CMPC is a central monitoring system that enables user to monitor up to 1000 DVR servers in advanced mode (see1.1) through an internet connection. Like the DVR program, the CMPC system also automatically records and displays video when an event has occurred on the remote side of the DVR server.

  • Page 6: Upgrade The Basic Mode To Advanced Mode

    Upgrade the BASIC mode to ADVANCED mode The CMPC has two operating modes – Basic and Advanced mode. In Basic mode, users only can monitor 16 remote DVR servers. With the Advanced mode, users can monitor up to 1000 remote DVR servers.
  • Page 7 If user selected Basic mode, press the Quick Settings tab. Then select the Select a different desktop mode and click Go. Select the Extended Desktop and then click Finish. If user selected the Advanced mode, click the View button. In Display Manager, right click on the second Display on the right side and select Extend Main onto monitor.

  • Page 8: Graphic Card With Nvidia Chipset

    1.2.2 Graphic card with NVIDIA chipset Click the NVIDIA nView, and select the Dualview mode. Adjust each monitor resolution to 1024x768 、1280x1024 ,1920x1200, 1440x900, or 1680x1050. To review if the display mode is correct, you can check the task bar. The task bar will show on the first monitor only.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Software Installation

    Before installing the software, make sure the Windows OS patches are up to date and the video graphic card driver is up to date. To ensure you have the latest copy of the CMPC software, please contact your local distributor.

  • Page 10: Installing The Cmpc Software In Windows Xp/2000

    Install CMPC. And follow the on- screen instructions. 2. Enter the administrator ID and password. 3. Click Finish. 4. User may now run the CMPC program. To run the application, click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > CMPC > CMPC .

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Using The Cmpc

    Running the CMPC Software To run the application, double-click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > CMPC > CMPC. For security purposes, some of the features would require you to enter a User ID and Password before they can be accessed.

  • Page 12: Using The Cmpc Application

    Using the CMPC Application When an alarm occurred on the DVR server, the video is transmitted to the CMPC and played on the CMPC main screen. The transmitted video is approximately 3 seconds long. You may download and playback the complete video directly from the DVR server by clicking on the event log. Make sure the main DVR server is set to send video to the CMPC when an alarm has occurred.
  • Page 13 Function (1) Exit Click About to find out more about the software and register the CMPC application. Click Register to call out the registration window. Enter the serial number in the Serial number column and click OK to complete the registration.

  • Page 14: Using The Minicenter Viewer

    There are a few Hot keys for quick switching between the different applications or display mode on a single monitor system. F1: displays current DVR server information on the CMPC Monitor screen F3: Switches to E-Map mode F4: Switches to Monitor mode...
  • Page 15 Clear the DVR server alarm list. (11) Voice Phone Enable/disable 2-way audio function. This function allows the CMPC and DVR server to talk via the internet using a MIC. Make sure your microphone and speakers work before using this function. If the DVR...

  • Page 16: Remote Bakup

    Click Remote backup button from Minicenter UI. The Remote backup windows will show up and list all added DVR servers. Make sure CMPC is connecting to DVR servers. If lost the connection with DVR server, select the DVR server and click Reconnect button.
  • Page 17 The Backup Mode of DVR server will change to Manual. To execute manual backup, select the file first. Click File Select and select the files that user wants to backup and click OK. And then, click Start to backup.

  • Page 18: Remote Setup

    3.3.1.1 Remote Setup Remote Setup is configuring DVR server from remote site. Click the Remote Setup button to call out the DVR server setup windows. System Setting Click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting.
  • Page 19 This automatically gives time to close the DVR properly when the battery backup power has reached the Shutdown when capacity below percentage level setting. The UPS device must be connected to your DVR. The DVR system default supports SPECO UPS.

  • Page 20: Camera Setting

    Camera Setting Click Update to save and apply the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default1/ Default2 to revert back to original factory setting. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to adjust the video setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box.

  • Page 21: Record Setting

    (7) Night View Automatically adjust the exposure to make the image more visible especially when the site is dark. You can only use this function when the Auto Brightness Control is enabled. (8) Enable Deinterlace To enhance the video quality. Set the deinterlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and #2, if it captures lots of movement.
  • Page 22 on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings. Smart Recording Automatically switch to recorded at the maximum frame rate setting once a motion is detected and if there is no motion, it records at the minimum frame rate setting. Set the maximum and minimum frame rate setting in (6) Frame Rate section.

  • Page 23: Network Setting

    (4) Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) Enter the Domain Name and Password. T To use this feature first registers your domain name on the following Web site http://speco.dss.com.tw (Default DDNS service port is 53 (upload) / 1053(download)) 1. User Login Browse the website speco.dss.com.tw...
  • Page 24 Password, E-mail, Company, and Country. And then, click OK to complete the domain name registration. (5) Remote Control Server Enable/disable remote control from remote application (ex. CMPC). Enter the remote accessing port in Port column. (6) Network Video Configuration Set up the video quality and frame rate for viewing and transmitting to the remote program.
  • Page 25 Enable DVR system to accept the connection from former version of remote access application. For example, if user uses CMPC version 7.1 and connect to DVR server with version 7.3, and then, user has to enable this option to make it work. It is due to that DVR system has new security protocol and it’s not compatible with old remote software.

  • Page 26: Schedule Setting

    Schedule Setting Schedule to record, backup, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. To Set the Schedule Setting: 1.
  • Page 27 3. Specify to either schedule it weekly or one time. Click  to make a selection. 4. Click on the blocks to set the schedule. Or click All to select all. To store the setting, click Save. To remove the settings, click Clear. 5.

  • Page 28: Alarm Setting

    Alarm Setting click Add to insert and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, click OK to exit and save the setting, Cancel to exit without saving, and Default to revert back to original factory setting. To set the Alarm Setting: Click Add to insert and set a new alarm setting.
  • Page 29 • Abnormal Reboot: when the DVR system reboot in irregular condition, the system will send out the alarm message. • Recording is switched off: when the recording has been stopped, the system will send out the alarm message. • Network is switched off: when the network connection of DVR system is lost, the system will send out the alarm message.
  • Page 30 is 3~ 600 seconds. Enlarge Camera View Switch to only display video in Preview/Advanced mode from where the alarm is activated. a. Select the camera from drop down list to specify which camera video to be enlarged on screen when the alarm is triggered. iii.
  • Page 31 File Transmission via FTP Upload file to remote computer thru FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Beside the File Transmission via FTP check box, click Detail. In the FTP Setting dialog box, enter the FTP IP, port, user ID and password. Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. Start Recording Record the video from the selected camera.

  • Page 32: Using The Minicenter Ptz Camera Controller

    Enable/disable the selected camera to send video to CMPC when the alarm is activated. Beside the Send to CMPC check box, click Detail. In the CMPC Setting, select the camera to enable/disable sending the video to CMPC. Enable All to select all cameras. Then, click OK to accept the new settings and Cancel to exit without saving.

  • Page 33: Chapter 4 Customizing The Cmpc System

    In the CMPC application, click the button to customize the CMPC system. In the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password. When the CMPC configuration setup selection appears, select and click the buttons you want to change the setting.

  • Page 34: System Setting

    Alarm Record Path By default, the alarm folder is automatically generated to where the CMPC application is installed and for saving the alarm clip videos and log files. The suggested hard disk capacity for storing the alarm video is 30GB.
  • Page 35 Display position – To decide the Center, Emap, Monitor, or Playback to be displayed on which screen. CMPC system supports up to 4 monitors, users are allowed to customize the display position of different monitoring tool. Click Detail to select the display screen...
  • Page 36            System Controller – To configure the parameters that is for communicating with the System Controller (an optional accessory). Also please refer to Using System Controller or user manual of the System Controller. Click Setting to configure system controller. Enable –...

  • Page 37: Using System Controller

    4.1.1 Using System Controller 4.1.1.1 General Function Description / ESC Exit the current mode. RECORD RECORD Switch control to monitor screen. Press + screen number ( EMAP Switch control to E-map screen NETWORK Switch control to Center screen PREVIEW Switch to view Monitor screens PLAYBACK To call out Playback application Number button 1...

  • Page 38: Center Control

    Function Description Number Button 0 ENT ER An enter key for confirming a action 4.1.1.2 Center Control Function Description EMAP Switch control to E-map screen PREVIEW Switch to view Monitor screens To reset alarm status PLAYBACK To call out Playback application Keyboard Number button 1 Keyboard Number button 2 Keyboard Number button 3...

  • Page 39: Playback Mode

    Function Description ENT ER An enter key for confirming a action 4.1.1.3 Playback Mode Function Description Go up to the selection ( DVR server, playback mode, playback time and playback date) UP Go to previous frame while playback   Go down to the selection ( DVR server, playback mode, playback time and playback date) ...
  • Page 40 Function Description channel 4 Switch to a 16-split screen mode channel 5 Switch to a 8-split screen mode channel 6 Switch to a 13-split screen mode channel 7 Switch to a 32-split screen mode channel 8 Channel 9 Number Button 0 To select the channel 1~9, press 0 + channel number (1~9) or press channel (1~9) and wait about 1 second.

  • Page 41: E-Map Control

    4.1.1.4 E-Map Control Function Description To exit from E-Map screen / DVR watch window Back up last level of E-Map Channel 1 in DVR watch Channel 2 in DVR watch Channel 3 in DVR watch Channel 4 in DVR watch Channel 5 in DVR watch Channel 6 in DVR watch Channel 7 in DVR watch...

  • Page 42: Monitor Control

    (ESC) to back to split mode from single channel view mode. / T AB / TAB + 3 digital numbers can switch to different monitor set. CMPC / TAB system can support 128 monitor set. User can press + monitor set number (001 ~ 128), and then, the monitor screen will show the entered monitor set.

  • Page 43: Ptz Control

    4.1.1.6 PTZ Control Function Description Adjust the focus in manually To speed up the movement of camera Adjust the focus out manually To speed down the movement of camera Move to PTZ preset position Move to PTZ preset position 1~9, press + number button (1~9) and wait about 1 second.
  • Page 44 Turn Right: Zoom in the image Turn Left: Zoom out the image Configuration Import / Export the CMPC system configuration Attention Please Check the attentiveness of the person who is monitoring the system. You may set the number of times the Attention dialog box to appear in a day in Times per day text box. To check the graph on how fast the person response, click Analysis.

  • Page 45: Dvr Setup

    To continue adding a DVR, in the text box, enter the name, IP/Domain, Login User, Password, Confirm Password of the remote DVR server. If necessary, fill up the contact information to let the personnel in the CMPC side know whom to get in touch with when an event has occurred.

  • Page 46: Camera Setup

    Record box. Otherwise, the cameras video will not be saved on the CMPC system hard disk. Mark the Enable IP camera direct connection that CMPC will receive the camera video direct from IP camera which will reduce the loading of DVR server. User can set the camera transmitting Frame Rate, but the real transmitting frame rate depends on camera setting.
  • Page 47 window, select the camera and click Delete button. To delete all cameras, click Clear All button. User can enter a description for a channel. Click a camera in Monitor Layout window and enter the description in Camera Description. The camera description will display on the channel of the monitor screen.
  • Page 48 (0 ~ 255 sec) for alarm event to display. If the retrieve time doesn’t enable, the alarm  event will display on screen until next alarm event come in.  On the DVR site, user need to enable and configure the matrix to send to CMPC.   ...
  • Page 49 Press F1 to display channel information Clcik to enable audio Name of monitor set displayed Switch to center monitor Clcik to select different Monitor set to view 12. To viewer different monitor set, click Monitor Selector and click-and-drag the monitor set to the monitor and press Refresh button.
  • Page 50 Clcik to enable PTZ control panel 14. In Monitor screen, user can click a channel to view in full screen. Press Esc to back to multiple channel screen.

  • Page 51: Schedule Setup

    Schedule Setup Schedule to record, backup, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. Select the Monitor group for scheduling.

  • Page 52: To Set Schedule At A Specific Portion Of Time In That Hour

    4.4.1 To set schedule at a specific portion of time in that hour: Right click the colored blocks. In the Select time dialog box, click to enable or disable the portion you want to set. Click OK to accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.

  • Page 53: Backup Setup

    Backup Setup In the Backup Setting dialog box, the number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera number. 1. Select the DVR that wants to backup 2. Select the date of the recorded file in the calendar you want to backup. Use buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right.
  • Page 54 7. If you do NOT want to keep the recorded file in the storage folder, enable Delete files after Backup check box. 8. Click to set the path on where to store the backup file. 9. Click to start archiving the selected file. 10.

  • Page 55: E-Map Setup

    CMPC system. If user is using single monitor for the CMPC application, the E-Map interface will show up in front of the CMPC application interface. Press Esc or click Center button to switch back to CMPC application interface or press F3 to switch to E-Map interface again.

  • Page 56: Add A New Map

    4.6.1.1 Add a New Map Click button In the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password Click E-Map button Click Add Map button and the Map setting window will show up. Give a name for the new map. Click to locate the map file.

  • Page 57: Add A Dvr Server

    4.6.1.2 Add a DVR Server Click button In the Authorization dialog box, enter the administrator User ID and Password Click E-Map button Click Add DVR button and the Add DVR window will show up. Select the DVR server from the Add DVR window and click OK. User may now drag and move the DVR icon to its place on the map.

  • Page 58: To Use The E-Map

    If user uses dual monitor, the E-map setup mode is active in E-Map windows and the E-map setup mode will not enable to active in CMPC main screen. To switch back the setup mode in CMPC main application, click OK or Cancel to exit the setup mode in E-Map interface.

  • Page 59: Alarm Setting

    Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, just select and enable the condition for the system to alarm and the action for the system to perform when an alarm is activated. User can setup a total of 16 different combinations of alarm settings.

  • Page 60: To Setup The Call Out List

    4.7.1.1 To Setup the Call Out List To use this feature, the PC must have a voice modem connected to it. The supported audio system is only 8KHz and 16Bit mono. Beside the Make Phone Calls check box, click Detail. In the Call Out List, click Add to insert a new contact number, Modify to edit the selected item, Remove to delete the selected item, Test to check if it is working.

  • Page 61: To Setup The Send E-Mail Setting

    4.7.1.2 To Setup the Send E-Mail Setting Beside the Send Email check box, click Detail. In the E-mail Setting dialog box, click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. (1)Mail Server Enter the SMTP Server and port. If your e-mail system requires user identification, enable the Authentication check box and enter User ID and Password.

  • Page 62: To Set The Mms/Sms Setting

    4.7.1.3 To Set the MMS/SMS Setting To use this feature, GSM/GPRS modem is required. Connect the GSM/GPRS modem to the serial COMM port of PC. Beside the SMS/MMS check box, click Detail. Select the port number in ComPort drop down list from where the GSM/GPRS modem is connected.

  • Page 63: Popup Video

    4.7.1.5 Popup Video The Popup video will co-work with alarm condition of Receive Alarm. When user selects the alarm condition of Receive Alarm, and then the action of Popup video will be un-gray and available for select. The popup video will show up 4 windows at once. On the upper right corner of popup video windows, there two figures that are to represent nailed popup video windows and mini center function.
  • Page 64 Click Detail to call up Alarm Display Selection windows. Select the type of popup video Static View: The DVR server only transmits one frame of video and popup on CMPC site. Live View: The DVR server will continue to transmit video to CMPC site while popup video window is open.

  • Page 65: User Setting

    User Setting CMPC supports 256 user account that includes operator and administrator account. Select the Authorization Level – Operator or Administrator. User can define each operator/administrator account’s authority of DVR server and Monitor set. Only the administrator is authorized to close and customize the CMPC system.

  • Page 66: Chapter 5 Using The Playback Function

    Chapter 5 Using the Playback Function User can choose to playback video stored on the local hard disk or download the video from the remote side of the DVR server. To Playback the video Click In the DVR Playback select window, select DVR server to play video from the remote DVR server.
  • Page 67 For Download and Playback, the numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour in the Remote Playback Date/Time Selection windows. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera number. The blue block indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red block indicates the selected recorded video for viewing.

  • Page 68: Using The Local Playback Application

    Using the Local Playback Application (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) Name Function Select from six (6) different split screen types to playback the recorded video (1) Split Screen Mode file of all the cameras, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen.
  • Page 69 Name Function any location of the track. (4) Hour Buttons Select and click to playback the recorded video file on the specific time frame. Begin: Move to the beginning of the recorded video file. (5) Playback Control Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Buttons Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 1/2x, 1/4x, or 1/8x.

  • Page 70: Using The Download And Playback Application

    Using the Download and Playback Application (12) (11) (10) Name Function (1) Exit Close the player (2) Progress Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. (3) Date Open other file.
  • Page 71 Name Function (9) Visual Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and Search Second. (See also 5.6) (10) Find Next Search for the next event or changes in the motion detector frame. You can use this when you are using Intelligent Search or Event Search function. (11) Event Search from the recorded activities that take place in the system (i.e., Search...

  • Page 72: Using The Realtime Playback Application

    Using the RealTime Playback Application Name Function (1) Split Screen Select from two (6) different split screen type to playback the recorded Mode video file of all the camera, or one camera. - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be able to switch to 9, 16, and 13 split screen mode.
  • Page 73 Name Function Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to (6) Date start playing the recorded video file. The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID.

  • Page 74: To Cut And Save The Wanted Portion Of The Recorded Video

    To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video 1. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2.

  • Page 75: To Search Using The Event Search

    To Search Using the Event Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Event Search. The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. If you select POS, in the Find Text box, type the word.

  • Page 76: To Search Using The Intelligent Search

    To Search Using the Intelligent Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Intelligent Search. The Intelligent Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. When the Intelligent Search Setting dialog box and motion detector frame appear, you may adjust the sensitivity bar and the motion detector frame size and location.

  • Page 77: Chapter 6 Using The Event Viewer

    Chapter 6 Using the Event Viewer Show the record of activities that take place in the system. To filter the records, select and click the option button to only display Alarm, Motion, DVR Reboot, HDD fail, Login DVR, Connection Success, Connection Loss, Reset Alarm, DVR Exit, Login DVR or All Event.

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