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HIKVISION iVMS-5200 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Control Client User Manual UD.6L0202D1650A01...
  • Page 2 The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Hikvision). Hikvision assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the book.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Contents Chapter 1 Overview ........................4 Description ........................4 Running Environment ....................4 Function Modules ......................4 Chapter 2 Live View ........................7 Login ..........................7 Basic Operations in Live View..................8 2.2.1 Starting and Stopping the Live View ............... 10 2.2.2...
  • Page 4 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 10.3 Keyboard and Joystick Shortcuts Settings ..............54 10.4 Alarm Sound Settings ....................54 Chapter 11 Status Detection ...................... 56 11.1 Physical View ....................... 56 11.2 Logical View ......................... 57 Chapter 12 Web Client ....................... 59 12.1...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Overview

    Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Description As one of the key components of the iVMS-5200 Professional (hereafter simple as iVMS-5200P), iVMS-5200 Control Client provides multiple operating functionalities, including real-time live view, PTZ control, video playback and download, alarm receiving, log query, etc..
  • Page 6 Language Select the language for the Control Client. The iVMS-5200 Control Client is composed of the following function modules: The Main View module provides live view of network cameras and video encoders, and supports some basic operations, such as picture capturing, recording, PTZ control, etc.
  • Page 7 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client The Remote Playback module provides the search, playback, export of record files. The E-map module provides the displaying and management of E-maps, alarm inputs, hot regions and hot spots. The License Plate Recognition module provides the live view and query of the license plate information.

  • Page 8: Live View: Login

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 2 Live View 2.1 Login When opening iVMS-5200 Control Client, you can login with the user name and password of iVMS-5200P. Two kinds of user (normal user and domain user) are supported for accessing the iVMS-5200P. Please refer to the User Manual of iVMS-5200 Professional Web Manager for the detailed introduction.

  • Page 9: Basic Operations In Live View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client the checkbox Remember Password to keep the password and check the Enable Auto-login checkbox to log into the software automatically next time. Set the address and port No. of the CMS. Note: If these fields are not displayed, click Show Server Address to show them. You can also click Hide Server Address to collapse these fields.
  • Page 10 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 1 View List: Show the customized view and you can also create new view. 2 Camera List: Show the added devices. 3 PTZ Control Panel: Show the panel for PTZ control. 4 Display Window of Live View: The window for playing the live video of the camera(s).

  • Page 11: Starting Live View (Custom View Mode)

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Print Captured Picture Capture the current picture and then print the picture. Start/Stop Recording Start/Stop the manual recording. The record file is stored in the PC. Enable PTZ control function on the display window. Click again to Open PTZ Control disable the function.

  • Page 12: Stopping The Live View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client corresponding permission can also get access to the view and the related live video. Steps: 1. Open the Main View page. 2. In the view panel, select the View node and click the icon activate the view adding dialog box.

  • Page 13: Ptz Control In Live View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client View Auto-switch Purpose: The custom views will switch automatically in view auto-switch. The custom views need to be added before proceeding. Steps: 1. Open the Main View page. 2. Click the icon in the toolbar and select the switching interval.
  • Page 14 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client The following buttons are available on the PTZ Control panel: Direction Button and Auto-scan Zoom Focus Iris PTZ Speed Auxiliary Focus 3D Positioning Light Wiper Lens Initialization Configuring the Preset A preset is a predefined image position which contains information of pan, tilt, zoom, focus and other parameters.
  • Page 15 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Configuring the Pattern Patterns can be set to record the movement of the PTZ. Perform the following steps to add a pattern: 1. Click the Pattern button to enter the PTZ pattern configuration panel.

  • Page 16: Manual Recording And Capture

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 3. Click to add a preset, and set the dwell time and patrol speed. 4. Repeat the above operation to add other presets to the patrol. 5. Optionally, you can click to edit or delete a preset in the patrol path.
  • Page 17 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client window.  The saving path of video files can be set on the Local Configuration interface. For details, see Section 10.2 File Saving Path Settings. Viewing Local Record Files Steps: 1. Click File->Open Video File to open the Record Files page.
  • Page 18 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client The following buttons are available on the local playback page: CIF/4CIF Display the video at CIF/4CIF resolution. Full Screen Display the local playback page in full-screen mode. Close Close the local playback page of the record file.

  • Page 19: Instant Playback

     You should configure the record schedule for the device via Web Manager. For details, please refer to User Manual of iVMS-5200 Professional Web Manager. Steps: 1. Start the live view and move the mouse pointer to the display window to show the toolbar.
  • Page 20 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 3. Select a time period to start the instant playback. Example: If the current time of the live view is 09:30:00, and you select 3 min, then the instant playback will start from 09:27:00.

  • Page 21: Other Functions In Live View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client The following buttons are available on the right-click Instant Playback Management Menu: Reverse Playback Play back the record file reversely. Pause/Play Pause/Start the instant playback in the display window. Stop Stop the instant playback and return to the live view mode.
  • Page 22 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Right-click on the live view window and select Start Two-way Audio. Two-way audio function enables the voice talk of the camera. You can get not only the live video but also the real-time audio from the camera.

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Remote Playback

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 3 Remote Playback Purpose: The record files stored on the local device or the storage server can be searched by view, camera or triggering event, and then can be played back remotely. Before you start: You should set the record settings for the camera via the Web Manager.
  • Page 24 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 1. Open the Remote Playback page. 2. Click-and-drag the camera, area or ControlCenter to the display window, or double-click the camera, area or ControlCenter to start the playback. 3. The found record files of the selected area or camera will be displayed on the right of the interface.
  • Page 25 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Normal Playback Toolbar: On the Normal Playback page, the following toolbar buttons are available: Reverse Play back the record file reversely. Playback Pause/Start Pause/Start the playback of the record files. Playback Stop Playback Stop the playback of all cameras.

  • Page 26: Event Playback

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client display only the event recording. Date The day that has record files will be marked with Right-click on the display window in playback to open the Playback Management Menu: The following items are available on the right-click Playback Management Menu: Reverse Playback Play back the record file reversely.

  • Page 27: Pos Playback

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 2. Select the camera and start the normal playback. Refer to Chapter 3.1 Normal Playback 3. Click and the motion detection triggered recording will be search by default. 4. Select the event type from the drop-down list and the found record files will be displayed. You can...

  • Page 28: Synchronous Playback

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client information containing any of the keywords, or select “&” to search the POS information containing all of the keywords. Case Sensitive: Whether to search the POS information with case-sensitivity. Click Search and the matched files will be displayed.
  • Page 29 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client  VCA Search: Get all the related motion detection events that occurred in the pre-defined region.  Intrusion: Detect whether there are people, vehicles and other moving objects intruding into the pre-defined region. ...

  • Page 30: Chapter 4 E-Map Management

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 4 E-map Management Purpose: The E-map function gives a visual overview of the locations and distributions of the installed cameras, alarm input devices, alarm output devices and access control devices. You can get the live view of the cameras on the map, and you will get a notification message from the map when alarm is triggered.
  • Page 31 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 6. Click OK to save the settings. Note: The picture format of the map can only be *.png, *.jpg, *.bmp or *.svg. You can also add up to 5 levels of sub-maps to the created map. Click the map name on the navigation bar to quickly switch to the corresponding map.

  • Page 32: Hot Spot Function

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client map preview mode. E-map Toolbar in Map Editing Mode: E-map Toolbar in Map Preview Mode: The following table introduces the buttons on the e-map page: Add Map Add a new map. Modify Map Edit the map information, including the map name and file path.

  • Page 33: Adding Hot Spots

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 4.2.1 Adding Hot Spots Adding Cameras as Hot Spots Steps: 1. Click the Edit Map button in the E-map toolbar to enter the map editing mode. 2. Select a map and click the icon in the toolbar to open the Add Hot Spot dialog box.
  • Page 34 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Adding Alarm Outputs as Hot Spots Steps: 1. Click the Edit Map button in the E-map toolbar to enter the map editing mode. 2. Select a map and click the icon in the toolbar to open the Add Hot Spot dialog box.

  • Page 35: Modifying Hot Spots

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client entering the key words in the Linked Access Control filed. 4. Optionally, you can edit the hot spot name, choose the name color and add description to the hot spot. 5. Click OK to save the settings. The access control icons are added on the map as hot spots. You can click-and-drag the access control icons to move the hot spots to the desired locations.

  • Page 36: Previewing Hot Spots

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 4.2.3 Previewing Hot Spots Steps: 1. Click the Map Preview button in the E-map toolbar to enter the map preview mode. 2. Move your mouse to the hot spot and a window pops up on which the related functions of the hot spot display.
  • Page 37 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client detection and set the disarming duration. You can also click Arm / Arm All to enable the event detection. Example: If you set the disarming duration as 1 hour, then the event detection will be enabled again after 1 hour.

  • Page 38: Hot Region Function

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 4.3 Hot Region Function Purpose: The hot region function links a map to another map. When you add a map to another map as a hot region, an icon of the link to the added map is shown on the main map. The added map is called child map while the map to which you add the hot region is the parent map.

  • Page 39: Modifying Hot Regions

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 4.3.2 Modifying Hot Regions Purpose: You can modify the information of the hot regions on the parent map, including the name, the color, the icon, etc. Steps: 1. Click the Edit Map button in the E-map toolbar to enter the map editing mode.

  • Page 40: The Preset Function

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 1. Click the Map Preview button in the E-map toolbar to enter the map preview mode. 2. Move your mouse to the hot region and a window pops up on which the related functions display.

  • Page 41: Chapter 5 License Plate Recognition

    Note: For adding license plate recognition system to the iVMS-5200P, please refer to the User Manual of iVMS-5200 Professional Web Manager. For configuring license plate recognition rules, please refer to the User Manual of the device. Click the icon on the control panel, or click View->License Plate Recognition to open the License Plate Recognition page.
  • Page 42 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client double-click the camera name after selecting the display window to start the live view. The live video will be displayed and the read license plates will be shown on the right of the displaying window.

  • Page 43: Searching The License Plate Information

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client status, signal status, connection number, etc. Full Screen Display the live view in full-screen mode. Click the icon again to exit. 5.2 Searching the License Plate Information Purpose: The recognized license plates can be searched out for checking the details, such as license plate color, vehicle type and vehicle color.

  • Page 44: Chapter 6 Alarm Center

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 6 Alarm Center Purpose: The alarm information (e.g., motion detection alarm information) received by the iVMS-5200 Control Client displays. You can check the detailed information of the alarm, manage the alarm information, etc. Note: You should configure the event settings via Web Manager before you can check the related alarm information and linkage actions via Control Client.

  • Page 45: Alarm Information Of Event

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 6.1 Alarm Information of Event Purpose: The event information of the connected device displays, such as motion detection, video loss, video tampering, etc. Steps: Open the Alarm Center page and the alarm that received by the Control Client displays on the alarm list.

  • Page 46: Alarm Information Of Ivms-5200P

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 6.2 Alarm Information of iVMS-5200P Purpose: You can check the error and warning information during the operation of the iVMS-5200P, such as connecting device failure, searching record files error, etc. Steps: Open the Alarm Center page and click the Information tab.

  • Page 47: Chapter 7 People Counting Statistics

    Note: For adding people counting server to the iVMS-5200P, please refer to the User Manual of iVMS-5200 Web Manager. For configuring people counting rule, please refer to the User Manual of People Counting Server. Click Tool->People Counting to open the People Counting page.
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  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Heat Map

    Note: For adding heat map network camera to the iVMS-5200P, please refer to the User Manual of iVMS-5200 Professional Web Manager. For configuring heat map rule, please refer to the User Manual of the heat map network camera. Click Tool->Heat Map to open the Heat Map page.

  • Page 50: Chapter 9 Log Management

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 9 Log Management Purpose: The log files of the iVMS-5200P and the devices that connected to the iVMS-5200P can be searched for checking. The CMS (Central Management Server) Logs refer to the log files of the iVMS-5200P, the Remote Logs refer to the log files of the connected devices and are stored on the local device.
  • Page 51 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Searching Remote Log Files Steps: 1. Open the Log Search page. 2. Select the radio button of Remote Logs. 3. Select the device for searching the log files. 4. Select the Major Type and the corresponding Minor Type.
  • Page 52 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client The log files, including the CMS logs and remote logs, can be exported to local PC. Steps: 1. Search the needed log files. 2. Click Backup Log to open the Backup Log dialog box.

  • Page 53: Chapter 10 Local Configuration

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 10 Local Configuration Purpose: The general parameters, file saving paths, keyboard and joystick shortcuts and alarm sounds can be configured. Click the icon on the control panel, or click Tool->Local Configuration to open the Local Configuration page.

  • Page 54: File Saving Path Settings

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Table 10.1 General Parameters Parameters Descriptions The view scale of the video in live view or playback. It can be set as Full View Scale Screen, 4:3, 16:9 or Original Resolution. According to the current network conditions to set it as Normal, Better or Network Performance Best.

  • Page 55: Keyboard And Joystick Shortcuts Settings

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 10.3 Keyboard and Joystick Shortcuts Settings Purpose: DS-1003KI and DS-1004KI keyboard, PC keyboard and USB joystick can be used to control the PTZ cameras. You can set the shortcuts for PC keyboard and USB joystick to get quick and convenient access to the commonly used actions.
  • Page 56 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client can be set to give an audible warning and the sound of the audible warning can be configured. Steps: 1. Open the Local Configuration page. 2. Click the Alarm Sound tab to enter the Alarm Sound Settings interface.

  • Page 57: Chapter 11 Status Detection

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 11 Status Detection Purpose: The status of the server, connected devices and the cameras of the devices displays, such as the working status of the servers, the online status of the encoding devices, the status of recording schedule of the cameras, etc.

  • Page 58: Logical View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 11.2 Logical View Steps: Open the Status Detection page. Click the Logical View tab. You can check the online status of the cameras, the signal status of the cameras, the recording schedule of the cameras and the recording status of the cameras that are configured with recording schedule.
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  • Page 60: Chapter 12 Web Client

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Chapter 12 Web Client Purpose: The iVMS-5200P can also provide the Web Client for being accessed through web browser. It provides the functionalities of live view, playback, and local configuration. Running Environment Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 (32 / 64-bit) CPU: Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or above...

  • Page 61: Live View

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client plug-in, re-open the web browser and login. Note: Please close your web browser during the installation of the plug-in. 12.2 Live View Purpose: On the Live View page, you can view the live video of the added cameras and do some basic operations, including picture capturing, recording, PTZ control, etc.
  • Page 62 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Live View Toolbar: On the Live View page, the following toolbar buttons are available: Set the screen layout mode. 7 types of screen layout modes are Set Layout selectable: 1-Screen, 4-Screen, 6-Screen, 8-Screen, 9-Screen, 13-Screen and 16-Screen.
  • Page 63 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Direction button and the Zoom+, Focus+, Zoom-, Focus-, auto-scan button Iris+ Iris- The speed of the PTZ movement Auxiliary Focus 3D Positioning Lens Light on /off Wiper Initialization Preset Settings Pattern Settings Patrol Settings...
  • Page 64 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 2. Click to start recording of this pattern path. 3. Use the direction buttons to control the PTZ movement. 4. Click to stop and save the pattern recording. 5. Click the icon to call the pattern. To stop calling the pattern, click...

  • Page 65: Playback

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client 12.3 Playback Purpose: The record files stored on the storage devices such as the HDDs, Net HDDs and SD/SDHC cards on the local device or the storage server can be searched and played back remotely through the web browser.
  • Page 66 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Playing Back Record Files After searching the record files, you can play back the record files in the following two ways:  Playback by File List Select the record file from the search result list, and then click the icon to play the video on the display window of playback.

  • Page 67: Local Configuration

    User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Move the mouse pointer to the display window in playback to show the toolbar. Toolbar in Each Playback Display Window: In each playback display window, the following toolbar buttons are available: Play back the record file reversely. Click...
  • Page 68 User Manual of iVMS-5200 Control Client Steps: 1. Open the Local Configuration page. 2. Set the corresponding parameters as desired. Click the icon to select a local saving path for the files. 3. Optionally, you can click Default Value to restore the defaults of all system parameters.
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