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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Reach Bee 8 User Manual Documentversion V1.0 Released date 2013-10...
  • Page 2 Any part of this document, including the text, image and graph, is the property of SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD. No part of this document shall be copied in any means without the prior written consent of SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD. Reach reserves the right to revise this document without any prior notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Device Name ......................... 22 3.4.4 FTP Setting ........................23 3.4.5 System Upgrade ......................24 3.4.6 USB Function ........................ 25 ....................... 26 YSTEM NFORMATION PC MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ................26 ............... 26 NSTALLING THE ANAGEMENT LATFORM All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 4 ..................... 49 OWNLOADING A IDEO BACK-END PAGE OPERATION................50 ..................50 CCESSING THE ................51 YSTEM NFORMATION ANAGEMENT 9.2.1 Operation ........................51 9.2.2 System Information ...................... 55 9.2.3 Settings .......................... 55 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 5 ................67 9.4.1 User Management ......................68 9.4.2 User Group Management .................... 69 9.4.3 LDAP Management ...................... 75 ......................75 ANAGEMENT 9.5.1 File Classification ......................75 9.5.2 File Maintenance ......................80 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 6: Overview

    Reach Bee 8 is a high performance recording and streaming product developed by SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD. Based on the latest DaVinci 168 video processing chip, Bee 8 is integrated with different input and output interfaces for HD video, audio, VGA, and USB signals, allowing it to automatically identify various signal source combinations, and generate general MP4 video files.

  • Page 7: Product Advantages

    The iPad control terminal can be used to:  Monitor the status of a collecting device (Bee 8) that is connected to the iPad through the IP network, and remotely control cameras in a specific meeting room. The iPad control terminal is dedicated to the iPad tablet.
  • Page 8 Pauses a video recording or VOD playing task. The button is light-off by default. If there is a running recording task on Bee 8, you can press this PAUSE button to pause the task. The PAUSE button lights on after being pressed, and the REC button lights off at the same time.

  • Page 9: Button Operation Description

    User Manual Name Description If there is a VOD file playing on Bee 8, you can press this button to pause the video playing. The PAUSE button lights on after being pressed. Stops a video recording or VOD playing task. The button is light-off by default.
  • Page 10 USB File Download Note: When a USB disk or USB mobile hard disk is connected to the USB port, Bee 8 will check the available space of the USB disk or USB mobile hard disk. If the available space is less than 1G, the USB character blinks on the LCD screen, indicating that no video files can be downloaded to the USB disk or USB mobile hard disk.

  • Page 11: Rear Panel Ports Description

    In the scenario where no video file is recorded on Bee 8: When a USB disk or USB mobile hard disk is connected to the USB port, Bee 8 will check the available space of the USB disk or USB mobile hard disk.

  • Page 12: Bee 8 Configuration

    Serial port switch LAN interface (LAN) 3. Bee 8 Configuration Bee 8 Web interface is used in conjunction with Bee 8. You can log in to the Web page to remotely set parameters for Bee 8. 3.1 Bee 8 Web interface Login Open the IE browser (IE8 or higher is required), enter the IP address of Bee 8 in the address bar, and press Enter.

  • Page 13: File Management

    Enter the username and password (both of them are admin by default), and click Log in. The Bee 8 Web interface is displayed as shown in Figure 3-2. By default, the System info page is displayed, allowing you to check the series number, model, and version of Bee 8.
  • Page 14 Figure 3-4 Deleting a file If you click Delete in the Operation column of a file, a dialog box shown in Figure 3-5 is prompted to confirm the deletion action. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 15: Parameter Setting

    Click Settings to display the parameter setting page. By default, the Video Setting tab is displayed as shown in Figure 3-7. The Settings page consists of seven tabs, namely, Video Setting, Video Encoding, Audio Setting, Streams, Camera Control, Image Correcting, and Title/Logo. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 16: Video Setting

    Video Input After Bee 8 is connected to input video signals from a certain interface, you need to determine the signal format by choosing HD or SD in the Web interface. For example, if DVI IN 1 on the rear panel is connected to input SD signals and DVI IN 2 is connected to input HD signals, ensure that the corresponding signal standards (SD or HD) need to be selected in Video Input.
  • Page 17 Full Screen displays single-channel pictures in full-screen mode. The process for configuring Video Setting is as follows: Click the drop-down list of Output Resolution to choose the corresponding output resolution, as shown in Figure 3-10. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 18: Video Encoding

    Select a value in Bit rate. Select a value in Resolution. Click Save to complete the configuration. Audio Setting 3.3.3 Click Audio Encoding to open the parameter setting page, as shown in Figure 3-12. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 19: Streams

    User Manual Figure 3-12 After Bee 8 establishes the connection with an audio input device, the audio input device can work properly only after LINE IN or MIC IN is ticked off in the Web interface according to the interface connection type at the rear panel of Bee 8.
  • Page 20 Adding a playing address A deleted playing address can be added again. Click Add to display a dialog box, where you can specify detailed information of the playing address, as shown in Figure 3-16. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 21 If Disable is selected, you can directly view live videos without entering the username and password. The process for configuring Detailed Setting is as follows: Click Detailed Setting to open the detailed setting page, as shown in Figure 3-18. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 22: Camera Control

    Click Refresh and you will find that the value of Permission Setting changes from Disable to Enable. 3.3.5 Camera Control Uploading a camera control protocol Click Camera Control to open the parameter setting page, as shown in Figure 3-20. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 23 Select the address bits for corresponding cameras in Video 1, Video 2, and Video 3. Click Save and a dialog box is prompted, as shown in Figure 3-21. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 24: Image Correcting

    Picture position: When Speed setting is set to Mid or High, click , and control the moving direction of the video image. When Speed setting is set to Low, click , and to modify the color cast of the video image. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 25: Title /Logo

    Enter the title text to be displayed in Title contents. Tick off Display time to display the system time of Bee 8 in the video image. Click Save and a dialog box is prompted.

  • Page 26: System Configuration

    Tick off Enable in DHCP to obtain the IP address of Bee 8 automatically. If Enable is not ticked off, you can input the IP address information of Bee 8 manually in IP address, Mask, and Gateway. 3.4.2 User Click User to open the parameter setting page, as shown in Figure 3-25.

  • Page 27: Device Name

    Enter the original password in Old password (the default password is guest). Enter the new password in New password. Repeat the new password in Password confirm. Click Save in the Guest User part to complete the setting. 3.4.3 Device Name All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 28: Ftp Setting

    A user can connect to an FTP server through the network connection to back up video files on Bee 8 to the FTP server. When Bee 8 is connected to an FTP server, video files on Bee 8 cannot be uploaded to the media center (lite).

  • Page 29: System Upgrade

    Click Sys Upgrade to open the parameter setting page, as shown in Figure 3-28. Figure 3-28 System Upgrade This parameter upgrades the system version of Bee 8. The detailed process is as follows: Click to select the system upgrade file.

  • Page 30: Usb Function

    Click USB Function to open the parameter setting page, as shown in Figure 3-29. Figure 3-29 When a USB disk is connected to the Bee 8 USB port to copy video files, you need to choose enable for USB Download. Only after that, video files can be downloaded to the USB disk.

  • Page 31: System Information

    4. PC Management Platform The PC management platform is connected to the collecting device (Bee 8) through the IP network to monitor the status of Bee 8 and remotely control cameras in the meeting room. 4.1 Installing the Management Platform Double-click the installation package to install the management platform as prompted.
  • Page 32 Set the password in Password. The default value is admin. Click OK to complete the device addition. Bee 8 devices added to the platform can be viewed from the left column of the page, as shown in Figure 4-2. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 33: Pc Management Platform Interface

    The left part of the interface is Device list bar. The middle part of the interface is Video display area. The right part of the interface is Operation area. Figure 5-1 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 34: Tool Bar

    Remove Device: deletes a selected Bee 8 by clicking it. Connect: connects a Bee 8 in the disconnected state by clicking it. After the connection is established, double-click Room0 of the corresponding Bee 8 to open and play the video file again.

  • Page 35: Video Display Area

    User Manual You can view all connected Bee 8 devices in Devices List. Place the mouse on a specific Bee 8 and you can view detailed information, such as IP address of the Bee 8, as shown in Figure 5-3.

  • Page 36: Operation Area

    5.4 Operation Area Click in Operations as shown in Figure 5-2 to close the operation area . Figure 5-7 5.4.1 Camera Management Figure 5-8 shows the Camera tab for camera management. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 37 2), and so on and so forth. Speed Setting: controls the moving speed of the camera direction. The higher the speed level, the faster the direction moving. The speed levels include Low, Mid, and High. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 38: Picture Adjustment

    Click any of the numbers 1 to 4 to adjust the camera direction to the preset position. 5.4.2 Picture Adjustment Figure 5-9 shows the Picture adjust tab. Note that only analog signals, not digital signals, can be adjusted in this tab. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 39 Speed Setting: Options Mid and High control the moving speed of the video image. The higher the speed level, the faster the direction moving. The option Low modifies the color cast of the image. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 40: File Management

    When Speed setting is set to Low, click , or to modify the color cast of the video image. 5.4.3 File Management Figure 5-10 shows the Files tab for file management. Figure 5-10 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 41: Parameter Setting

    Click to delete a video file. Click Refresh to update the file list. 5.4.4 Parameter Setting Figure 5-11 shows the Parameters tab for parameter setting. Figure 5-11 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 42: System Management

    (such as 2013/07/26 10:20:30) at the top left of the video picture. Click Save in the Add Title tab to complete the setting. 5.4.5 System Management Figure 5-12 shows the System tab for system management. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 43 REACHBee 8 CL360 User Manual Figure 5-12 Terminal System Upgrade You can upgrade the system version of Bee 8 in this tab. Click Browser to select an upgrade file. A prompt page for file selection will be displayed. Click Open (O).

  • Page 44: Ipad Control Terminal

    Restarting the collecting device is to restart Bee 8. Click Restart to restart Bee 8. Terminal System Info You can view information about Bee 8 (such as the device name and version number) in this part. 6. iPad Control Terminal The iPad control terminal is dedicated to iPad tablet.
  • Page 45 REACHBee 8 CL360 User Manual Figure 6-1 Enter the IP address of Bee 8 in IP address. Enter the username of a guest user (the default value is guest). Enter the password of a guest user (the default value is guest).
  • Page 46 If you log in to the iPad control terminal as a system administrator, you can play videos, monitor the status of Bee 8, and remotely control cameras in the meeting room. Click Reach Video to open the iPad control terminal.

  • Page 47: Page Description

    6.3 Page Description The page consists of three parts: The bar on the top contains a Quit button, the IP address of the connected Bee 8, and a button for setting the picture layout. The bar in the middle is used to display video images.

  • Page 48: Camera Control

    Camera: selects a camera according to the camera ID (Camera 1, Camera 2, or Camera Camera control: adjusts the focal length through ; controls the moving direction of a camera through , and All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 49: Recording Control

    Stopping recording You can click to stop a recording task. changes back to , and the prompt indicating that the recording task is stopped is displayed as shown in Figure 6-8. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 50: Remembering The Ip Address Automatically

    , with the prompt indicating that the recording task is running is displayed as shown in Figure 6-10. Figure 6-10 6.5 Remembering the IP Address Automatically All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 51 After a user successfully logs in to Reach Video, the login page of the iPad control terminal will remember the Bee 8 IP address for the next login. The login page with the Bee 8 IP address being remembered is shown in Figure 6-11.

  • Page 52: Media Center (Lite) Operation Guide

    Open the IE browser and enter the IP address of the media center (lite) in the address bar. Then, press Enter to open the login page of the media center (lite) shown in Figure 7-1. Figure 7-1 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 53: Software Plug-In

    Silverlight and 7-Zip. Log in to the front-end page of the media center (lite) and click Download Center in the upper right corner. Enter the Download Center page shown in Figure 7-3. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 54: Installing A Video Player Plug-In

    You can click a video file name to open the details page of the video file, as shown in Figure 8-1. In this page, you can view detailed information about the video file and download it as needed. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 55: Back-End

    Click Sign in to access the back-end page of the media center (lite). The back-end page has four tabs, providing different management functions, namely, system management, room management, user management, and file management, as shown in Figure 9-1. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 56: System Information Management

    In the scenario where there are too many meeting rooms in the charge of the media center (lite) and each meeting room is configured with a Bee 8, you can quickly find a meeting room using a keyword, such as Room (name of the meeting room), Connecting (connection status of the meeting room), Recording (recording status of the meeting room), and Live (live streaming status of the meeting room).
  • Page 57 Items marked with an asterisk ( * ) are required; items without an asterisk ( * ) are optional. Tick off a meeting room. Click Advanced Record in the tool bar to open the advanced recording page, as shown in Figure 9-6. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 58 Click OK to complete the setting and start the video recording. If Schedule Recording is selected, items Cycle and Time will be displayed in the page, as shown in Figure 9-7. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 59 You can add, modify, and delete a video recording task as needed. The detailed operation is as follows: Click Schedule Recording in the Advanced Record page to open the scheduled recording page shown in Figure 9-8. Figure 9-8 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 60: System Information

    9-10. Management items that can be configured in the Settings page include Restart & Synchronize, System Setting, System Upgrade, IP Configuration, LDAP Service Configuration, Database Backup/Recovery, and Select Language/Log Level Setting. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 61 When the page is slow to open, click Restart Web to restart application services without restarting the media center (lite). Click Restart Server to restart the media center (lite). Click Restart LiveNode to restart the live node. System Setting All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 62 To enable a user to submit a verification code during the login process, tick off Enable Sign in Verifying Code. Click Save to complete the configuration. System Upgrade Figure 9-13 shows the System Upgrade page. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 63 Upload to upload the image. Replace the existing logo image as prompted and restart the system to complete the operation. IP Configuration Figure 9-14 shows the IP Configuration page. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 64 LDAP server in this page. If so, fill in the information about the LDAP server and click Save. To obtain detailed information about the LDAP server, contact the network administrator. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 65 Figure 9-16 shows the Database Backup/Recovery page. In this page, you can click Manual Backup to back up a database file. To recover the system using a backed up database file, click Upload Database File and select the corresponding database file. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 66 The language setting takes effect only for the current login user. When the user logs in to the media center again, the language of the media center remains identical with the Windows operating system language (the browser language). All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 67: System Log

    Log Level bar to save the log level setting. Click to download system logs to the local directory. 9.2.4 System log Click System Log in System Management to open the system log page shown in Figure 9-18. Figure 9-18 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 68: Room Management

    Figure 9-19 9.3.1 Room Management Adding a room Click New in the tool bar of the Room Management page to open the Add room page shown in Figure 9-20. Figure 9-20 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 69 Tick off a meeting room in the Room Management page and click Modify in the tool bar to open the Modify room page as shown in 9-21. Figure 9-21 You can modify the value of Room, Device IP (Bee 8 IP address), Auth User, Auth Password, Max-Length, and Remark as needed. Setting the authorization...

  • Page 70: Schedule

    The configuration process is identical with that in 9.2.1 9.3.2 Schedule You can view information about all recording tasks in the Schedule tab. For example, if a scheduled recording task is added through Advanced record in the Room Management All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 71 Click New in the tool bar of the Schedule page to open the Add new schedule page as shown in Figure 9-24. Figure 9-24 Select a meeting room (which is represented by the Bee 8 ID) in Room. Enter a recording file name in Recording Name. Self-define a title in Title.

  • Page 72: User & Authorization Management

    Select one or multiple recording tasks and click Delete in the tool bar of the Schedule page. Then, click OK in the prompt page to complete the operation. 9.4 User & Authorization Management User & Authorization Management consists of User, User Group, and LDAP. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 73: User Management

    (lite). System Auth: enables users to check and configure the system management module and sub-function modules in the back-end page of the media center (lite). All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 74: User Group Management

    Adding a user group Click New in the tool bar of the User Group page to open the New group page as shown in Figure 9-28. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 75 Click Operate Auth to enter the operation authorization page as shown in Figure 9-29. In this page, you can perform operations over unit modules in the back-end page of the media center (lite). Figure 9-29 Tick off the corresponding authorization as needed. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 76 Click System Auth to open the system authorization page as shown in Figure 9-31. In this page, you can check and configure the system management module and sub-function modules in the back-end page of the media center (lite). Figure 9-31 All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 77 In this page, you can modify the basic information, operation authorization, module authorization, and system authorization of the selected user group as need. Click OK to complete the operation. Deleting a user group All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 78 3 seconds. Setting the authorization Click in the Operate box of the User Group page to open the Authorization setting page as shown in Figure 9-36. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 79 Click Module Auth to enter the module authorization page as shown in Figure 9-37. Figure 9-37 Tick off the corresponding authorization as needed. Click System Auth to open the system authorization page as shown in Figure 9-38. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 80: Ldap Management

    LDAP page. The configuration details are identical with that for a user/user group. 9.5 File Management 9.5.1 File Classification Click File Group in the File Management menu to open the File Group page as shown in Figure 9-39. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 81 Enter a self-defined file group name in Group Name. Select a parent group for the file group in Parent Group. Add a description about the file group in Remark. Modifying a file group Select a file group. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 82 Figure 9-42. Figure 9-42 Select a file group (not the system configuration). Click Delete, and a dialog box is prompted, as shown in Figure 9-43. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 83 3 seconds. Adding a file Click in the Operation box of the File Group page to open the Add Files page as shown in Figure 9-45. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 84 3 seconds. Setting the authorization Click in the Operation box of the File Group page to open the Authorization setting page as shown in Figure 9-47. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

  • Page 85: File Maintenance

    Click OK to complete the operation. Alternatively, you can take no actions and just wait the system to automatically close the prompt page in 3 seconds. 9.5.2 File Maintenance Click Files to open the Files page as shown in Figure 9-49. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 86 Modifying a file Tick off a video file in the Files page. Click Modify in the tool bar of the Files page to open a file deletion page as shown in Figure 9-50. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 87 Click OK to complete the operation. Alternatively, you can take no actions and just wait the system to automatically close the prompt page in 3 seconds. Deleting a file Tick off a video file in the Files page. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 88 Setting the authorization Tick off a video file in the Files page. Click Auth in the tool bar of the Files page to open the Authorization setting page as shown in Figure 9-54. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.
  • Page 89 Click OK and a dialog box is prompted, as shown in Figure 9-55. Figure 9-55 Click OK to complete the operation. Alternatively, you can take no actions and just wait the system to automatically close the prompt page in 3 seconds. All Rights Reserved © SZ REACH TECH CO., LTD.

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