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SecurityMan iCamDVR User Manual

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  • Page 1 Easily turn Security camera into a Internet Security WebCam! iCamDVR User's Manaul...
  • Page 2 SecurityMan. SecurityMan assumes no to a refund of the purchase price. In no event shall SecurityMan be liable for responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this costs of procurement of substitute products or services, or for any lost prof- book.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of ConTenTs Introduction Record Setup Panel iCamDVR product features Time Stamp System Requirements Switch iCamDVR Specifications Manual Record Manual Record Frame Rate Hardware basic Schedule Record iCamDVR Schedule Record Frame Rate Windows Vista Driver Software Installation Motion Detection Windows Vista Driver Software Uninstall...
  • Page 4 Network Q & Record Search Other Q & A Record Playback Control Troubleshooting Backup Record Files System requirements for iCamDVR & Remote Delete Record Files Capture Picture Client Computers Print & Print Setup Installation Instruction: Image Zoom In / Out...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The record storage can be selected from the sequence forces, etc. iCamDVR is the state of the art and cost-effec- list of hard drives/partitions detected by SuperDVR tive products that is your ideal choice.
  • Page 6 SuperDVR and Internet. system. • Pre-Alarm recording, buzzer alarm, email alarm out. • One iCamDVR to a PC, the maximum frame rate can reach 30 fps with 4 channels. • Can greatly decrease fragmented files while use NTFS partition. •...

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    Windows 2000 SP4, 2003 SP1, XP SP2, and nForce Vista 590SLI) DirectX 9.0 or above 512MB Rad EON K8VT890 Athlon(tm) X1600 Table 1 - iCamDVR System Requirements (VIA 64 3000+ K8T890 ) WinFast AMD Sem- 256MB Sis Mirage 760G pron 3000+ _Sis...

  • Page 8: Icamdvr Specifications

    Specifications • Video format: NTSC/PAL (selectable). • Resolution: 320x240/ 640x480(NTSC), 352x288/ / 704x576(PAL). • Maximum frame rate per channel: 30 ftp (NTSC) 4 channels; 7.5fps each channel (option), 25 fps (PAL) 4 channels; 6.25fps each channel. • Screen set: resolution 1024_768, color quality 16 bits or 32 bits •...

  • Page 9: Hardware Basic

    HaRDWaRE baSIC iCamDVR Windows Vista Driver Software Installation Plug in iCamDVR hardware to the computer via USB2.0 USB Connection port. Insert the auto run CD into the CD/DVD ROM tray to automatically install the driver software and the following windows will appear: Figure 3 - iCamDVR Installation Select and click on “Install or run program”...
  • Page 10 I know where it’s from or I’ve used it before.” than NTSC countries select PAL and then click “Next” to to continue installation as illustrated below. continue setup. Figure 5 - automatic Figure 7 - Select Video Format 9 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 11 Figure 10 - Program Compatibility assistant Click “Cancel” to temporary cancel the installation If the iCamDVR hardware is not connected to the comput- process. To resolve it ensure the iCamDVR is securely er or has loose connection with the computer, in such case...
  • Page 12 Figure 1 - Select Installation Pass Click “Finish” and restart the computer to complete driver software installation. Select Program Folder Setup click “Next” to continue instal- lation. Figure 13 - Register application Figure 15 - Driver and application Installation Finished 11 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 13: Windows Vista Driver Software Uninstall

    Figure 18 - Programs and Features There are several methods to uninstall the driver software for iCamDVR. One way is to auto run the CD and pretends to re-install the driver software. The following windows will appear to confirm driver software uninstall. Click “oK” to continue with uninstall.

  • Page 14: Windows 2000/Xp Driver Software

    NoTe • iCamDVR require PCs with USB 2.0 Host Controller. • To disconnect or eject iCamDVR from the computer: Left click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the “Taskbar -> Safely Remove iCamDVR Video/Audio Card”. • Using iCamDVR system with other USB capture devices may...

  • Page 15: Main Display Interface

    Free Space Blue Bar indicator will display in megabit the Figure 22 - Display control panel number of free disk space is available out of the total free space by placing the mouse cursor over the blue bar. 14 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 16: Quick Channel Display Switch

    Manual Record State (Teal) Schedule Record State (Green) NOTE Motion Detection Record State (Yellow) It is strongly recommended that the default user name and password be change by the system administrator of iCamDVR. Video Loss State (Blue) 15 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 17: Manual Record Mode

    Higher frame rate can be selected for better picture quality the record status panel and Emap will show yellow but requires larger drive space while lower frame rate acquire when motion is detected. less hard drive space but reduces picture quality. 16 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 18: Recycling Record

    If all the selected drives/partitions are full and recycle record mode are enabled, the new record- ing data will overwrite the former recorded data automati- cally. HDD minimum storage alarm can also be configured 17 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 19: System Setups

    Config menu. The Config default panel is the Basic Configuration panel shown above. There are a total of 7 different Con- figuration panels in all and they are as follow from left to right: Basic Configuration Panel 18 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 20: Basic Configuration Panel

    Live audio has three options; None, Audio1, and Audio2. seconds before automatically switching to camera 2 and Choose the audio channel according to the audio hard- so on. ware connections of the iCamDVR. To setup the micro- 19 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 21 HDD Storage Disk displays all the available disk drives or parti- partitions are full. tions for the iCamDVR to record all the data files as illus- trated below: Internet Config is internet ports in which will need to be configured in the router for both video and audio to transmit through to the internet.

  • Page 22: Record Setup Panel

    PC with the record file. auto Reboot; select/check and then select the number of days and time of day to reboot automatically according to the setup. 21 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 23: Time Stamp

    The lower the frame rate set the more hard drive space will sources. save. Note: if 4 cameras are connected to the iCamDVR be sure to check/select all 4 camera switch to enable. 7. Motion Detection 3. Manual Record...

  • Page 24: Motion Record Frame Rate

    Buzzer, Remote Alarm, and/or AutoMail. able between audio1, audio2 or none (no audio recording or no microphone connection). The iCamDVR provides two 8. Motion Record Frame Rate ranges from 1fps, 3fps, audio hardware channels but only one audio channel can be selected to be active for recording.
  • Page 25 0 to 24 hours. Press oK to accept all setups and to exit out of the “add or edit” windows. Press Select all to auto select schedule from Monday to Sunday or press Cancel to cancel editing. 24 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 26: Video Proamp Panel

    Basic Configura- tion. 3) Alarm Output is also required to setup prior for the alarm output to work properly when it is enabled under the Alarm Configuration panel. Figure 34 - Video Configuration 25 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 27: Motion Detection Configuration Panel

    Disk shortage alarm the motion detection area(s). All active Motion detection provides alarm buzzer via computer built-in buzzer and/or area(s) will have a green highlight box/rectangular appear- ance. email administrator via smtp/pop server. Please proceed 26 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 28: Disk Shortage Alarm

    Disk short- or email once SuperDVR detects there is a shortage in age alarm setting ranges from 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75%. disk space at certain setup percentage. Motion1~4 can The default percentage is set to 25%. 27 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 29: Auto Mail Alarm Function Configuration

    Please refer to the mail server for SMTP server, SMTP port, user sender. To setup the “From” email account in automail it ID and password. requires Mail Server Setup such as SMTP Server (example; smtp.securitymaninc.com, mail.yahoo.com), SMTP Port 28 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 30 During the dwell time Figure 40 - Message Sent Successfully Test or Set Mail Interval time if any events occurred during 29 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 31: Emap Function Configuration

    Only one picture will be sent per every alarm event. If Set Mail Interval is in use, an accumulated pictures and events list will be sent out in a single email with multiple events list and multiple pictures. Figure 43 - emap edit alarm Configuration 30 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 32: Emap Edit

    “Load Picture” as illustrated in figure 44 below. Browse for the geographic picture i.e. c:\superdvr to select the ideal picture region or building map. Then open the picture file and the picture file will display in this interface 31 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 33: To View The Emap

    Cameras cannot be moved or re- the alarm. arranged in Emap viewing panel as illustrated in figure 47 below. Right click on any CAM1~4 to pull up live camera image in Emap view as illustrated above. 32 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 34: Configuration Control Panel

    Select between CAM1~CAM4 from the Channels list in setup for “Holding Time” for Auto Show to be automati- cally closed. “auto Show” becomes invalid if e-map is which the protocol camera is connected to. Then select manually opened. 33 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 35: Relative Definitions

    Serial Port – A serial COM port the computer connected to iCamDVR unit. The current supported PTZ assigns and uses to communicate with the PTZ protocols are as follow; Null, Lilin, Minking, Neon, PelcoD, protocol camera.
  • Page 36 Baud Rate, Protocol, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits, and Address prior to PTZ Configuration. Relative explanations: Port – COM or communication port. Please match this COM port to the serial COM port setup under 35 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 37: User Configuration Panel

    Administrator: The administrator user has the highest Figure 52 - User Configuration rights/privileges to change just about anything they wish to do, including all the settings and playback fea- tures; they are the controller of the system. 36 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 38 To add User Figure 55 - Delete User Confirmation windows Click on the “add” button in User Configuration (refer to Figure5452 above) to access the add user windows as shown below in figure 54. Figure 54 - add user 37 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 39: Pan/Tilt/Zoom Control

    Then the PTZ control panel ing between the preset positions. Plus the ability to do will become active (not grayed-out), if the selected camera manual Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Focus, and Iris controls as needed. 38 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 40 PTZ Config below for Preset and GROUP setup. Figure 58 - Speed Control Config button to access Preset and Click on the GROUP configuration setting as illustrated in figure 60 below. 39 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 41 Figure 59 - Preset and GRoUP select the Preset location will appear under “Name”. The “Name” can be change by typing the new name into the name field. Next is to manually control the PTZ camera image to 40 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 42 “Save” button to save the preset image position, preset name, and preset. Notice some camera's protocols may occupied both preset #1 and preset #2 as the same preset location. Figure 62 - before Save Preset Figure 61 - Group Configuration 41 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 43: Search And Playback Panel

    “D” consists of date search, original or or motion (useful query to narrow down search, ie. backup files search, playback time display, volume control, important events search). search by manual, schedule, and/or motion record mode. 42 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 44: Record Playback Control

    To perform Search by Record Mode, simply deselect be- tween Manual, Schedule, and/or Motion and the data will Figure 66 - Record Playback Controls 43 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 45 Manual Record Events pause button first (a must) and then the Previous Frame • Schedule Record Events button to advanced reverse frame-by-frame playback. This button will become valid during single channel playback • Motion Detection Record Events 44 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 46 24 hours scale as shown in figure 68 above. The left side shows the available channels, active/enable Figure 71 - Single CH Configuration Window channel(s) has a check marked in the front and has gray 45 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 47: Backup Record Files

    • Operation – Display the total megabytes size which 46 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 48: Delete Record Files

    Place a check mark on the “attach ap- and megabytes to be deleted), the following confirmation plication” to include the playback software/application windows will appear: with the file backup for convenient playback. Finally, click 47 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 49: Capture Picture

    Print Setup button from the playback panel become active. Click on the icon and the following to access print setup windows as shown below: Snap windows will appear: Figure 76 - Capture Picture Figure 77 - Print Setup 48 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 50 The Print window has the ability to position the image to a desire location of the page, re-size the image (larger or smaller), and provides title/time selection. Figure 79 - Color Panel 49 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 51: Image Zoom In / Out

    1X, click twice to zoom out to 2X, and so on. • Click the Default Size to default image back to the original size. For example: Figure 82 - Zoom out Figure 80 - original Size 50 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 52: Remote Surveillance & Playback

    Remote Intranet access; remote computers in the intra- net simply input in the IP address of the computer hosting the iCamDVR by using the Internet Explorer 5.0 or above Figure 83 - Internet Configuration browser to download the WebCam & RPb (Remote Play- back) software to install on the remote computer(s).

  • Page 53: Remote Client Setup

    After the WebCam complete download, the computer will • Remote Playback – is a remote RPB (Remote Playback) prompt to install WebCam client software as shown in program used to access SuperDVR hosting computer(s) figure 85 below. for playback purposes. 52 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 54 “Next” to accept path and continue with setup. Click on “Next” to proceed with selected program folder. If there is previous installation of WebCam some of the file(s) Figure 87 - WebCam Installation 53 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 55 90. Select and click on “Ignore” to proceed with installation of WebCam. Figure 88 - WebCam Install Path Figure 90 - Locked File Detected Figure 89 - Select Program Folder Figure 91 - Finish Installation 54 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 56 (w/o password). The default Data Port is 1159, Command Port is 1160. WEBCAM support up to 5 users profiles. After logging in successfully, CAM1 or channel #1 video will stream from SuperDVR server as illustrated below in Figure 93 - WebCam figure 95. 55 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 57: Rpb (Remote Playback)

    RPB service as illustrated above in figure 96. The default ascending order. For Pant/Tilt/Zoom controls, i.e. Preset, port for RPB is port 1161. Speed, and Configuration please refer to page 38 above in detail. Click on “exit” at anytime to logout and exit out of WebCam. 56 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 58: Rpb(Remote Playback) Client Setup

    InstallShield Wizard will take a few seconds to extract all After initialization has completed, RPB (Remote Playback) the necessary files for installation as shown below in figure will start to install automatically as in figure 100 below. 57 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 59 Detected windows may appears as shown below in figure 103. Select and click on “Ignore” to proceed with installa- Figure 101 - Remote Playback Install Path tion of RPB. (Figure103.) Figure 102 - Select Program Folder Figure 100 - RPb Installation 58 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 60 Unknown Publisher, please click on “Allow” for RPB (Remote Playback) to work properly. See windows message below: Figure 103 - Locked File Detected Figure 105 - Installation success Figure 104 - RPb Installing Figure 106 - Internet explorer Security 59 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 61: Rpb Login

    Config Parameter window as illustrated in figure 108 below: Figure 109 - SuperDVR Login using RPb NoTICe The default User Name is SYSTEM and the password is blank (w/o password).. Figure 108 - Config Parameter 60 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 62: Using Rpb (Remote Playback)

    RPB in playback interface mode looks like figure 112 be- low. Notice the button is grayed out during playback play in the lower left hand corner of the RPB window as shown here in figure 111. mode. 61 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 63 And the Current Time Stamp time will automat- ically adjust to the Time Control Lever bar accordingly. Figure 112 - Remote Playback Interface Figure 114 - Time Control Figure 115 - vPlayback speed control module Figure 113 - event browser 62 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 64 IP and IP port cannot be change once RPB established original Speed – press this button to get back to connection. Save path can be of local hard drive or the original speed at 1X. network drives. 63 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 65: Mobile Surveillance

    Phones that has been tested on and known to be fully NoKIa Nokia N70 S60 OS8.1a compatible with iCamDVR are as shown below in table 3. Nokia N73 S60 OS9.1 Other Windows and Symbian series mobile phones may be Nokia N80 S60 OS9.1...
  • Page 66 To select or change channel select by click- ing on the drop down menu of “Channel” as illustrated below I figure 121. Click “Stop” to disconnect and exit at anytime. Figure 118 - Connection Screen. Figure 119 - PCam Main Interface Login Screen 65 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 67: Symbian 60 Series Connection

    Start by enabling the network connection on the mobile phone and then run Web Browser. Input the server’s ad- dress and then the connection will built up as shown as Figure 123 - built bookmark Figure 124 - Server Connection below: 66 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 68 Run “Scam” by clicking on the Scam shortcut icon and the whether to install the “Scam” or not, clik “yes” to proceed. following windows will appear. Figure 126 - Installing information Figure 128 - Scam Main Interface 67 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 69 Figure 129 - option Menu From the Option menu select “Settings” to enter server Click on “Exit” at anytime to disconnect and exit. setup login screen. Figure 132 - Successful Login Window Figure 130 - Login Screen 68 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 70: Frequently Asked Questions

    Q: Cannot find iCamDVR “TD3101_3104 Video/audio Card” Device in the Device Manager? A: A windows system error please restarts the computer. iCamDVR hardware is not plugged in all the way or the com- munication USB port on the computer is not working properly, change to another available USB2.0 port on the com- puter.
  • Page 71 (this is system login name and password), and then select PC Auto Reboot time/days interval. Windows will then automatically reboot according to the setup time/days accordingly. In cases of Windows system closed abnormally or power supply cuts off, SuperDVR software will automatically restart, and keep the current settings. 70 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 72: Network Q

    Open IE 5.0 or above internet browser on the remote PC to input the server Internet address in the URL of the IE browser. A window will prompt to download the necessary WebCam & RPB driver. Download and install 71 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 73 A: It is okay to use the remote client software to do remote access, only try to limit camera channels view to just one channel at a time; the more the camera view loaded the slower the video transmission speed will become. 72 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 74: Other Q & A

    A: Windows system problem, try to reboot the computer. Too many recorded files, too many applications using system resources, or too many fragments on the hard drive which requires time to search for the files causing delay or slow 73 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 75 Database of recorded log was damaged. SuperDVR might have been installed in a dif- ferent directory. Q: Why take precautions when changing the date and time on the system hosting iCamDVR? A: The superDVR system provides the retrieving mechanism of video files, which is based on the system time as retriev- ing reference.
  • Page 76 Q: How to set power options of Microsoft VISTa system? A: To setup power options in Windows Vista go to the “Start Menu” --> choose “Control Panel” --> select “Power op- tions” --> select the “High Performance Change Plan Setting” option. 75 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 77: Troubleshooting

    • 80 GB of free disk space Installation Instruction: 1) Connect the iCamDVR hardware via USB to the computer (do not connect the camera), boot up the computer into windows. 2) Windows will come up with Hardware Wizard, click CANCEL.

  • Page 78: Troubleshooting

    SuperDVR, reboot computer and re-install SuperDVR. Q: How to setup the WebCam & RPb client software for remote monitor & playback? A: Make sure the computer hosting the iCamDVR can be used to browse the Internet (prefer DSL or Cable Modem con- nection).
  • Page 79 3) Type the IP address of the hosting computer in which the iCamDVR is attached to in the address (URL) of the IE. 4) Click OK on Live Surveillance. This will download the WebCam client program and do the same for RPB (Remote Playback) client program.

  • Page 80: Function Tree

    FUnCTIon TREE SuperDVR: 79 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 81: Config

    Config: 80 | SecurityMan...

  • Page 82: Webcam

    WebCam: Remote Playback: 81 | SecurityMan...
  • Page 83 www.securitymaninc.com...

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