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Video Recording System
Installer Quick Start Guide
WavestoreUSA
4430 W Tiffany Dr
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
USA
Wavestore
Version 5.40
Reference: WSUSA-MAN-008-002
For Technical Support
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  • Page 1 Wavestore Video Recording System Installer Quick Start Guide Version 5.40 Reference: WSUSA-MAN-008-002 WavestoreUSA For Technical Support 4430 W Tiffany Dr P: +1 877.221.0426 West Palm Beach, FL 33407 support@wavestoreusa.com www.wavestoreusa.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index: Preface ....................................2 Install Checklist ................................. 2 Section 1 Introduction ..............................3 Section 2 Hardware Installation ............................ 4 Box Contents ..............................4 Installation Considerations ..........................5 Hardware Connection Schematic ........................5 Stretch Compression Card Connections ......................6 RS485 Connection for PTZ Control ........................7 2.5.1 Internal RS485 card ...........................

  • Page 3: Preface

    For full configuration and user information for the Wavestore system, please refer to the main Wavestore Software Manual which can be downloaded from the WavestoreUSA website (http://www.wavestoreusa.com). You can also download the User Quick Start Guide from the same location, which gives details of the user functions such as Live View, Search, Playback and Backup.

  • Page 4: Section 1 Introduction

    Section 1 Introduction Easy to install and operate, Wavestore Software is able to simultaneously record video images from a wide range of analog, IP, HD, and megapixel surveillance solutions, including 360-degree and night vision cameras Up to 128 channels can be recorded simultaneously from up to 32 analog cameras and up to 8 HD-SDI cameras. The Wavestore system uses two separate software programs: ...

  • Page 5: Section 2 Hardware Installation

    Section 2 Hardware Installation Box Contents WavestoreUSA Server Video Connection Cables (channels 1-8/1-16, + spot monitor output) for analog compression card (factory fitted option) Audio Connection Cables (channels 1-8/1-16) for analog compression card (factory fitted option) Alarm Input/Output Terminal Blocks (factory fitted option)

  • Page 6: Installation Considerations

    Installation Considerations The server should be located in a cool, dry location, which has good ventilation. Exposing the internal components of the server (such as Hard Disks) to an elevated temperature will result in degraded performance and reduced operational life. Hardware Connection Schematic The diagram below is just for reference.

  • Page 7: Stretch Compression Card Connections

    Stretch Compression Card Connections Please note that when connecting audio and video and audio inputs to the compression card sockets(s) on the server, the connections are orientated as follows: Stretch S6 Compression Cards (two connection sockets) Compression Card Type Upper Socket Lower Socket 8 channel card (DB9 connectors): Video (Yellow Connectors for Video...

  • Page 8: Rs485 Connection For Ptz Control

    RS485 Connection for PTZ Control Wavestore servers supplied with capture cards for analog camera channels are supplied with an RS485 output for PTZ control. 2.5.1 Internal RS485 card Some servers have a built in RS485 output, with the pinouts as follows: Figure 2.5 DB9 pinout for RS485 PTZ control output (female connector) 2.5.2 External USB-RS485 card Other servers use a USB –RS485 PTZ Converter as below:...

  • Page 9: Usb Alarm Board Connections

    Figure 2.6 Stretch Alarm Board Connections USB Alarm Board Connections Figure 2.6 USB Alarm Board Connections The Wavestore server detects the USB alarm board during the server boot up sequence; once communication is established between the two devices, you will see the red ‘heartbeat’ LED (closest to the USB cable connection) start to flash every few seconds.

  • Page 10: Monitor Connection

    Monitor Connection The server will only detect a monitor if this device is connected and powered up when the server is first booted up. If the monitor is attached after the server has been booted up, no video display will be visible until the server is rebooted.
  • Page 11 Figure 3.2 WaveView login screen The default server login is as follows:  Server: localhost  User Name: install  Password: In the event that the configured IP address on the server IP clashes with another device on the network, you will not be able to login on the server box using the server name ‘localhost’.

  • Page 12: Live View Screen

    Live View Screen The Live View screen (menu path View -> Main) is shown below: Pull Down Device Event Playback PTZF Live Event Video Display Video Display Status Menus Tree Controls Controls Controls Stream Area Area Toolbar Indicator Figure 3.3 - WaveView Live View Screen This Live View Screen contains the following items: Pull Down Menus File/View/Tools/Help –...

  • Page 13: Time & Region

    Video Display Area Video Displays from system cameras can be added here Video Display Area Used for controlling individual Video Displays Toolbar Status Indicator normally displays Green, changes to Red when a connected server has reported a fault Time & Region Figure 3.4 Time &...
  • Page 14 Figure 3.5 Time & Region settings – selecting Time Zone Once the server software has restarted, confirm that the correct time is displayed in the 'Server Time' field. If not, you can adjust the time manually, as described in Section 4.7.5 below. Before adjusting the time, confirm that the correct Time Zone has been selected.
  • Page 15 Figure 3.6 Time & Region settings – Slewing of server time after time has been set manually For a larger time change (greater than 29 minutes), a reboot of the system will be required (menu path View -> Setup -> Devices -> Server Administration -> Reboot System). Once the server has rebooted, the server time will move to the new time.
  • Page 16 Figure 3.7 Time & Region settings – NTP Server option selected WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 17: Network Connection

    Network Connection If the server is to be connected to a Local Area Network, we must configure the IP address of the network adaptor. Follow the menu path View -> Setup -> Network to enter the Network Settings screen: Figure 3.8 Network Configuration Menu Select the eth0 tab, click on the ‘Manually Configure’...
  • Page 18 Figure 3.9 Accessing Setup Menu 1 The Device Tree on the left shows the capture devices and camera channels currently active on the server. Click on the green capture card icon at the top of the Device Tree (each analog capture card will be labeled Mach, Stretch or Warp), and the configuration settings for that capture card will appear: Figure 3.10 Devices Menu, Camera Submenu, Video Format Configuration By default, the Video Encoding format will be configured as ‘PAL’.

  • Page 19: Enabling Analog Cameras

    for any other capture cards fitted to the server. Enabling Analog Cameras To configure an analog camera, first click on the camera name in the Device Tree, the camera name will be highlighted dark grey. In the General submenu, click the ‘Enabled’ radio button to enable the camera (‘x’ will appear). Figure 3.11 Devices Menu, Device Tree The ‘Stretch Stream Options’...

  • Page 20: Enabling Ip Cameras

    The current list of IP cameras currently supported by Wavestore servers can be downloaded from here: http://www.wavestoreusa.com/integrations/supported-cameras/ To add an IP camera to the Wavestore server, follow the menu path View -> Setup -> Devices then click the ‘Add IP Capture’...
  • Page 21 Figure 3.13 Devices Menu The server will now search the local network segment for online ONVIF devices, and list them in a new window, showing the attributes of each one (e.g. Video/Audio/PTZ etc.): WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 22 Figure 3.14 ONVIF Camera list To add a camera to the server, click on that camera so it is highlighted, then click ‘Add IP Capture’. You will now be prompted to enter the login ID and password for the camera. WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 23 Figure 3.15 Adding login details for new ONVIF camera Once you have entered these details, click on Save, and the new camera will now be added to the end of the Device Tree: WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 24 Figure 3.16 New ONVIF camera added to Device Tree Click to enable the camera channel, and set configure other options as required (e.g. Encryption/PTZ). WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 25: Configuring Non-Onvif Cameras For Recording

    Figure 3.17 – Enabling new ONVIF camera channel Finally click on Save, and follow the prompts to restart the server software. Finally we need to set up the recording track(s) for each enabled camera, as described in Section 3.8. 3.7.2 Configuring non-ONVIF cameras for Recording To add an IP camera to the Wavestore server, click on the server name (default name is ‘Wavestore’) at the top of the device tree (beneath the ‘Device Tree’...
  • Page 26 Figure 3.18 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera submenu, enabling IP Camera channel A new camera section will now be added to the end of the device tree, as below: WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 27 Figure 3.19 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera submenu, showing new IP Camera channel On the setup screen that appears, we need to configure the following: General Section  Type - HTTP/MxPEG/ONVIF/RTSP Network Capture  Camera Type  Request String (default request strings for many camera brands are preloaded) ...
  • Page 28  Camera Password Figure 3.20 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera submenu, IP Camera General configuration menu Please note that it is necessary to login to the IP camera itself to configure the resolution of the video stream, by clicking on the ‘Camera Setup Page’ button to launch the camera configuration menu screens in a Web Browser. These settings can only be configured on the camera itself, not on the Wavestore server.

  • Page 29: Setting Up Recording Tracks For Analog And Ip Cameras

    Figure 3.21 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera submenu, IP Camera Type selection Finally we need to set up the recording track(s) for each enabled camera, as described in Section 3.8. Setting up Recording Tracks for Analog and IP Cameras Figure 3.22 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera Submenu branches On the Device Tree, click on the [+] icon next to the Camera Name to expand the tree.

  • Page 30: Configuring User Accounts On The Server

    For each recording track that you wish to use, select which Hard Disk you wish to store recorded footage, the desired frame rate for recording, and the duration that the recorded footage is to be held for. Configured Hard Drives are listed in the Disk Management screen (menu path View ->...
  • Page 31 User Group Permissions install full access to all server functions admin live view/search/playback/export;  can create and edit administrator and user level operators (not install)  no access to other server configuration screens user live view/search/playback/export To add a new user ID, click on the add button ‘Add’ and enter the required name in the name field. Figure 3.24 Devices Menu, Device Tree, Camera Submenu branches WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 32 You can then edit the user ID as follows:  User Level  Permitted Bandwidth for that user’s connection - In case of limited bandwidth on the network  Permissions for Disabled Cameras (access to certain cameras can be denied for each user) ...

  • Page 33: Checking Live View From Cameras

    3.10 Checking Live View from Cameras To add a camera view to the video display area, follow the menu path View -> Main, and click the drop down menu at the top of the screen to select Display Configuration type: Figure 3.26 Display Configuration To create a Video Display in the Video Display Area, click the name of the camera that you want to view on the Device Tree, so it is highlighted (e.g.
  • Page 34 Figure 3.28 Dragging Camera 3 from Device Tree onto Video Display Area Repeat for any other cameras that you want to view: Figure 3.29 Cameras 5, 9 and 12 added from Device Tree to Video Display Area To select a Video Display for control (for playback/PTZF control etc.), click on that camera view so that the outline is highlighted blue, as for Camera 3 below.

  • Page 35: Checking Recording Using Quick Search

    Figure 3.30 Camera 3 active for PTZ control To enlarge an individual Video Display (e.g. Camera 3), double click on the Video Display; the display will now fill the entire Video Display Area. Figure 3.31 Camera 3 view enlarged 3.11 Checking Recording using Quick Search A quick search can be carried out from the Live Screen, by moving the mouse pointer over the bottom edge of a Video Display.
  • Page 36 Figure 3.32 Video Display showing Live View from Camera 3 with time slider bars The time slider is split into two parts (grey and blue). The upper part of the time slider (grey) is linear, and displays the current position on the recorded track (oldest footage at the left, most recent footage on the right).
  • Page 37 Figure 3.33 Searching using Grey Time Slider bar To carry out a more detailed search, hover your mouse pointer over the blue time slider, and roll the mouse wheel forward. Rolling the mouse wheel forward/backward will zoom in/out on the time period; as you do this, the scale of the time increments will change, as below: WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 38 Figure 3.34 Time Increments on Blue Time Slider bar changed by rolling mouse wheel Clicking on a point on the blue line either side of the slider moves the current playback position to that point in time. The grey oval slider on the upper slide bar shows the current playback position, in relation to the complete timeline of the footage held on the server.
  • Page 39 Figure 3.35 Time of display moved forward four minutes by clicking on Blue Time Slider bar WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 40: Closing Video Displays

    3.12 Closing Video Displays Figure 3.36 Video Display for Camera 2 Move the mouse pointer to the top right of corner of the camera view, and the Video Display Toolbox will appear. Click on the red icon with a cross, and the video display will close. WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 41: Shutting Down The Server

    Figure 3.37 Video Display closed 3.13 Shutting down the Server It is acceptable to shut down Wavestore simply by removing power. The Wavestore software is designed to be robust when power fails unexpectedly, and no data is lost (other than the last second or two which might not have been flushed to disk).

  • Page 42: Logging Out From The Server

    Figure 3.38 Shutting down server from WaveView 3.14 Logging out from the Server Follow menu path File -> Disconnect to disconnect from the Wavestore server Figure 3.39 Disconnecting from Server WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 43: Section 4 Accessing Wavestore Server From Client Pc

    Section 4 Accessing Wavestore Server from Client PC Minimum PC Requirements Minimum  Typical usage: Analog cameras only, 4 displays at 30 frames per second or 9 displays at 15 frames per second  CPU: dual core 2.8GHz (Intel Core i3 or equivalent) ...
  • Page 44 Figure 4.2 List of files on WaveView DVD To install WaveView, double click on either the file named ‘waveview-5.xx.xx-win32.exe’, or ‘waveview-5.xx.xx- win64.exe’, depending on whether your PC is running a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system: Figure 4.3 Selecting WaveView installation file On the ‘Welcome’...
  • Page 45 Figure 4.4 WaveView Setup Wizard On the ‘License Agreement’ screen, click ‘Next’: Figure 4.5 WaveView License Agreement On the ‘Install Options’ screen, select the options that you require for:  System PATH – if WaveView is required to be launched from the command line ...
  • Page 46 Figure 4.6 WaveView User Configuration Options On the ‘Choose Install Location’ screen, select the destination folder for the WaveView installation: Figure 4.7 WaveView Install Location selection Select a destination folder for the WaveView shortcuts that will be created, then click ‘Install’ to start the installation process: WSUSA-MAN-008-001...
  • Page 47 Figure 4.8 WaveView Start Menu selection A progress bar will fill as the installation process progresses: Figure 4.9 WaveView Installation Progress Bar Once the installation process has completed, click on ‘Finish’ to close the Install Wizard. WSUSA-MAN-008-001...

  • Page 48: Connecting To Server From Waveview Client Pc

    Figure 4.10 WaveView Installation Confirmation A WaveView shortcut icon will now appear on the desktop. Figure 4.11 WaveView Desktop shortcut icon Connecting to Server from WaveView client PC To connect to your server, click on the desktop shortcut to launch the program; the WaveView client screen will appear as below.
  • Page 49 Figure 4.12 WaveView launch screen To connect to your server, enter the following details in the login screen:  Server: [IP address of server]  User Name: [valid user logon ID – default is ‘install’]  Password: [valid user password – default is ‘a’] You can now access the server using the commands described earlier in Section 3.

  • Page 50: Section 5 - Technical Support

    (menu path View -> Setup -> Devices -> General -> Distribution). In order to resolve certain issues, it may be necessary for WavestoreUSA staff to log into the Wavestore servers remotely via an external internet connection.

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