Speco Technologies PC Pro Series - Manuals

Chapter 8 Image Verification ......................................................... 105 8.1 To Run the ImageVerification program...............................................105 Chapter 9 iEnhance ........................................................................ 106 9.1 To Use iStable ......

1 Chapter 1 Introduction The SPECO PC Pro is a professional series of standalone DVR units that provide up to 16 channels of hybrid and real-time monitoring and digital recording of surveillance video. It can connect to 4 sensors and relays and also provide up to 16 audio inputs. No software and har...

3 1.3 Software Features Recording Modes Continuous Recording Smart Recording Motion Recording Voice detection Recording Alarm Recording Manual Recording i All modes can be triggered by schedule De-interlace Options Optimize for dynamic or static camera scenes Dual-monitor output Support Dual Monitor...

5 1.4 Front Panel (1) (3) (4) (5) (8) (9) (7) (10)(11) (12) (13) (18) (17) (16) (15) (14) (6) (19) (20) (2) Name Function (1) USB 2.0 port 2 x USB 2.0 ports for connecting any USB interface devices, ex: USB pen drive, external hard disk, keyboard, mouse…and so on. (2) IR Sensor Receive signal from t...

9 1.4.1 The Front Panel Control Buttons in Guest Mode When user uses Guest account to operate DVR server, the front panel control buttons of DVR are limited to preview and playback function only. The following table lists the control buttons that are available while in Guest mode. i In the Guest mod...

10 1.5 Back Panel 1.5.1 8 Channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - AUDIO IN TV OUT DUAL-VGA OUT SENSOR IN RELAY OUT G 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G G G 1 2 3 4 2 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A (2) (1) (3) (4) (10) (9) (8) (7) (6) (5) 6 Name Function (1) Video Loop Out Output the...

12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Connecting Device The DVR unit can connect up to 16 video cameras, 4 sensor devices, 4 relay devices and output video to a TV or CRT/LCD monitor. Connecting the unit to a DVD-RW/ external hard disk through USB connection, the bundled software enables you to tra...

13 2.2 Remote Controller Buttons (1) (3) (6) (8) (11)(13) (16) (2) (4) (5) (7) (9) (12) (10) (14) (15) (17) (18) Name Function (1) Switch to playback mode, preview mode or E-map mode (2) To reset alarm status (3) To select the time and date of playback file Fast play the video playback at the speed ...

17 2.2.1 The Remote Controller Buttons in Guest Mode When user uses Guest account to operate DVR server, the front panel control buttons of DVR are limited to preview and playback function only. The following table lists the control buttons that are available while in Guest mode. i In the Guest mode...

18 2.3 Sensor/Relay Interface pinhole allocation The I/O inteface enables you to connect (4) sensor inputs and (4) relay outputs. Just connect the external sensor and relay pin directly to the I/O interface pinhole. Check the table below and locate which pinhole is assigned to sensor input and relay...

19 2.4 Audio In Interface pinhole allocation The audio in interface enables you to connect 16 audio in devices such as microphone. Just connect the external audio in device pin directly to the audio in pinhole. Check the figure below and locate which pinhole is assigned. 8Cahnnels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + ...

20 Chapter 3 Using the DVR Software 3.1 Running the Unit for the First Time When the unit is turned on for the first time, the system will prompt you to enter the CD Key. The CD Key is a label on rear of the unit. i For the using DVR application every time, user only has the guest authority. The gue...

23 Name Function (16) Full screen Use the entire area of the screen to only display the video. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard or click the arrow icon. When you switch to full screen in multiple-screen mode, Left click to toggle to only display one of the video ...

24 4. The events list which display on the screen can be saved as text file format. To save the events list, click Save button. Using the POS Viewer To view POS event log, click POS Viewer bar to call out the POS event log window. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Name Function (1) POSDB Path The storage path...

25 Using the Object Viewer Click Object Viewer bar to view and search FaceFinder event log. Name Function (1) Close Click to close Object Log Viewer windows (2) Search Mode Switch to face object log search mode (3) Select Camera Select the camera to view or select all to view all cameras (4) Clear T...

26 3.3 Function Buttons in Playback Mode To switch to Playback mode, click Playback button at the lower right corner of Advanced/Preview mode user interface (22)(21)(20) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select f...

29 3.4 Function Buttons in Compact Mode To view in Compact mode, click Exit button. In the logout dialog box, click Compact . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select from 7 kinds of split screen type to view all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single...

30 3.5 Function Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (9) (8) (10) (11) Name Function (1) Close Exit PTZ camera controller. (2) Setup Configure PTZ cameras.(see Chapter 3.11 ) (3) AutoPan Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position ...

31 3.6 Setting Up and Using the EMAP EMAP can hold up to 8 maps in *.bmp/*.jpg format. You may locate the camera, sensor and relay on the map. 3.6.1 To Set Up the EMAP 1. Click EMAP . 2. When the EMAP screen appears, click the area number (1 to 8 buttons) on where you want to insert the map. 3. Clic...

32 3.6.2 To Use the EMAP To use the EMAP: 1. Click EMAP . 2. In the EMAP screen, click the camera icon to switch on the area where the camera is located on the map and to display the video at the upper right corner of the EMAP screen. At the lower right corner of the EMAP screen, it lists all the wa...

34 3.10 To Search Using the Event Search Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 1. Click Event Search . The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 2. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. If you s...

35 3.11 To Search Using the Intelligent Search Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 1. Click Intelligent Search . The Intelligent Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 2. When the Intelligent Search Setting dialog box and motion detector frame appea...

36 3.12 To Setup the PTZ/IP PTZ Camera 3.12.1 Setup the PTZ Camera 1. In the PTZ control panel, click Setup . 2. When the PTZ Setup dialog box appears, select the camera number and check the Use PTZ box. 3. In the Connection Settings section, select the COMPort where the PTZ camera is connected, PTZ...

37 3.12.2 Setup the IP PTZ Camera 1. In the PTZ control panel, click Setup . 2. When the PTZ Setup dialog box appears, click IP PTZ tab. 3. Select the camera number and check the Use PTZ box. 4. In the Connection Settings section, select the Protocol where the PTZ camera is connected and IP Camera S...

38 Chapter 4 Customizing the DVR System In the Preview/Advanced screen mode, click button to customize your DVR. When the DVR configuration setup selection appears, select and click the buttons you want to change the setting. 4.1 System Setting In the System Setting dialog box, click OK to accept th...

45 4.1.1 To Set the POS Setting In the System Setting dialog box, POS section, click Setting . To set the text flow and color format, click Advance . 1. In the POS Console Setting dialog box, click Add to set a new POS setting, Modify to change the POS setting, and Delete to remove the selected POS ...

46 (5) Port Setting: Select the Local or Remote port to where it is connected Local - select the COM port number which is connected. Remote – Use the UDP protocol for remote connection if POS system can broadcast to Internet. Enter the IP address of the remote station. (6) Map to Channel: Select to ...

50 - Remote DVR The video source is coming from another DVR server. In the Remote DVR dialog box, enter the server IP, port number, user ID, password and select the camera number. If you are not sure of the server IP and port, please check the DVR server IP address in Network setting. - IP Camera Th...

51 4.2.1 Setup the Object Counting 1. Click Detail to enter the object counting setup window. 2. Enable Detected Regions in Display section. This enables the object counting information show on the screen. Moving Object will enable the object size frame to show on the screen. 3. Click Region1 and pr...

54 4.3.1 To Mask/Shield an area on the screen 1. In the Mask/Shield Edit section, activate the Enable Mask / Enable Shield check box. 2. In the Edit section, select between Mask or Shield and click the ~ button. 3. Click and drag a frame on the (9) Video Screen to create Mask or Shield area. 4.3.2 T...

59 - Turn on Relay # Active the Relay at the set time. If there are no Relays connected, Turn on Relay # function will not display in drag down list. The Relay number will depend on how many Relays are connected. 3. Specify to either schedule it weekly or one time. Click ~ to make a selection. 4. Cl...

60 the specific time, right-click on the selected block. Then, set the time to start and end. 3. Check the information beside the calendar. Selected Files : Show the number of files selected. Require Space : Show the total size of the selected file. 4. Enable Auto partition and select to divide the ...

61 4. Backup Last: Set the time before minutes to backup. For example: time before 60 minutes means backup the recorded file from now backward 60 minutes. Present time is 13:00, the system will backup start from 12:00 when press quick backup button 4.7 Sensor Setting The I/O device must be installed...

62 4.7.1 To Setup External I/O Box The DVR system can connect the external I/O box for more installed of I/O devices. 1. Click Add . 2. Mark Enable box to enable this external I/O box. 3. Select the Brand of external I/O box from drag down list. 4. In Port Setting , different brand of external I/O b...

63 9. All connected relays and sensors will be listed. User can click radio button to control relays’ status. And then, click OK to save the setting and click Cancel to exit and without saving. 10. All connected External I/O box and their modules will be listed as tree topology in External I/O Setup...

64 11. To view the all I/O devices information, click I/O Map . 4.8 Relay Setting The I/O device must be installed to use this function. 1. Click the drop-down list and select the relay ID number. 2. Mark Enable to enable the selected relay. 3. Click External IO to configure external I/O device if i...

70 4.9.3 To Setup Call Out List: 1. Beside the Make Phone Calls check box, click Detail . 2. 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. 3. In the Call Out Setting, enter the pho...

74 4.9.11 To Setup POS Keyword Setting 1. Beside the Send to POS Keyword check box, click Detail . 2. In the POS Keyword Setting, select the camera to enable/disable scanning the keyword. Enable Al l to select all cameras. 3. Enter the text below keyword text box. Click Add to include the keyword in...

80 5.1 Familiarizing QLogViewer Buttons (9) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5)(6)(7)(8) Name Function (1) Time Display the file date, time and play speed. (2) File Display the path where the file is located. (3) Playback Control Buttons Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file. Previous: Go back to ...

81 5.2 Familiarizing the Player Buttons (3) (5) (4) (6) (8) (7) (10)(9) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17)(16)(15) (1)(2) Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select from six (6) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a si...

82 Name Function (6) Date Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. i The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. The blue colored column indicates that there is ...

83 Chapter 6 Using Functional Keys The DVR system provides shortcut keys. The table shows the function keys and descriptions. Function Keys Description F1 Display system information F2 Start recording F3 Enable network function F4 Access system settings F5 Switch to playback mode F6 Access EMAP sett...

84 Chapter 7 Using the Remote Programs You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access DVR server by entering the IP address or domain name. To use this feature, make sure that you are connected to the internet and the Network feature is enabled. Accessing this feature for the first time you will ...

85 7.1 Familiarizing the WebViewer Buttons Right-clicking on the webviewer video screen, enables you to start video recording, change video quality, switch camera and enable/disable DirectDraw. (1) (4) (5) (8) (13) (6) (7) (9) (10) (11) (12) (14) (15) (2) (3) Name Function (1) DirectDraw Enhance the...

87 7.1.1 To Setup Remote System Setting Click OK to exit and save the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting. The setting here applies to Remote DVR only. (11) (12) (13) (14) (10) (1) (9) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) Camera Name Select the camera you want to adjust the settings. (2...

89 7.2 Familiarizing the WebViewer PTZ Buttons (4) (3) (2) (5)(6) (1) Name Function (1) Direction buttons Adjust and position the focal point of the PTZ camera. Click the center to pan automatically. (2) Select PTZ Choose to enable/disable the PTZ camera. In the Select PTZ dialog box, Select column,...

90 7.3 Familiarizing the Remote Console Buttons (1) (3) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (9) (10) (12) (13) (14) (15) (2) (11) Name Function (1) Exit Close the Remote Console. (2) Volume Enable/disable the sound. (3) Split Screen Mode Select from six (6) different split screen type to playback the recorded video...

91 Name Function (11) Camera ID Show the number of cameras that are being viewed. When you are in single screen mode, click the camera ID number to switch and view other camera. (12) Event log Show the record of activities that take place in the system. To filter the records, select and click the op...

92 (4) Channel Settings The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. In Transmitting Channels section, enable the camera number to receive the camera signal from the server. In Visible Channels section, enable the camera number to view the camera signal on Remote Console screen. To select all ...

93 To Make a Selection: 1. Select the date in the calendar. Use and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. 2. In the table below, click on the blue block to select and open the recorded file. The blue block turns red when it is selected. The block that appears in white doesn’t have data...

94 7.4.1 Familiarizing the Local Playback Buttons (2) (4) (3) (5) (6) (9) (8) (7) (10) (11) (12) (13) (1) Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select from six (6) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single s...

95 Name Function (5) Date Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. i The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID. The blue colored column indicates that there is ...

96 7.4.2 Familiarizing the RealTime Playback Buttons (2) (4) (3) (5) (6) (9) (8) (7) (10) (11) (1) Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select from two (2) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera. i - If there are only 4 cameras, you won’t be a...

98 7.4.3 Familiarizing the Download and Playback Buttons (2) (8)(7) (4) (6)(5) (1) (3) Name Function (1) Progress bar Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. (2) Playback Control Buttons Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video...

99 7.5 Using HandyViewer to Access DVR server Users can use a mobile phone to access the DVR through Internet. Make sure your mobile phone support IE browser and is connected to the internet. To access the DVR server, open IE browser and enter http://enter server IP or domain name here/mobile. You c...

100 3. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept all the terms. The system will then automatically install the application. 4. When you are prompted, click Yes to install the application using the default directory. 5. When done, click OK . 7.6.2 To install PDAViewer from the Internet 1 . M...

101 4 . A ft e r t h e i n s ta l l a t i o n , t h e P D AVi e we r 5 . 5 i c o n w i l l a p p e a r i n t h e P r o g r a m s l i s t . 7.6.3 To Use the PDAViewer 1. Run the PDViewer 5.5 in the Programs. 2. Familiarizing the PDA Viewer buttons. (7) (6) (5) (3) (4) (8) (9) (10) (1) (2) Name Functi...

102 Name Function (4) Minimize Reduce the size to taskbar. (5) Exit Close the PDA-Viewer. (6) Focus Adjust the focus of PTZ camera to produce clear image. (7) Full Screen Use the entire screen to only display the video. (8) Snapshot Capture and save the screen shot in *.bmp format. (9) Zoom Zoom in ...

103 7.6.5 To Use the JAVAViewer 1. Run the JAVAViewer program. 2. Enter the DVR IP address, port number, user ID, and password. Please refer to your DVR server setting for that information. 3. And then, select the Connect to connect to DVR server. 4. Click Yes to accept the data from DVR server. 5. ...

105 Chapter 8 Image Verification ImageVerification is a watermark-checking program to identify the authenticity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). This program can only verify uncompressed bmp image files. 8.1 To Run the ImageVerification program 1. Click Start > Programs > DSS > ImageVer...

108 9.1 To Use iStable The iStable function can reduce the jolt in the recorded video. 1. Click Open File button and select the recorded video. 2. And then, click iStable button. 3. iStable windows will show up. 4. Select the smoothness level – 1(Low), 2, 3, 4, and 5(High). The default value is 3. 5...

109 Chapter 10 Web Tools The bundled Web Tools includes Dispatch Server and Remote Backup program. To install Web Tools, place the CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Web Tools . 10.1 Dispatch Server Dispatch is designed to reduce the network traffic of the DVR server. Instead of connecting ...

110 10.2 Remote Setup Remote Setup is a tool for configuring DVR server from remote site. To install Remote Setup application, insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM drive and click Web Tools . After installation, click to start the Remote Setup application. 10.2.1 To Add DVR server User need to add...

111 5. Once the connecting is success, user can start to configure DVR server. 6. When connection is lost, click Reconnect to connect again. 7. To modify or delete the added DVR server, select the DVR server from listing and click Modify to change the setting and click Delete to remove the DVR serve...

113 Camera Setting Select the camera from remote DVR servers to modify settings. In the Camera Setting windows, 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)(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ...

114 Display the video of the selected camera. Record Setting In the Recording setup windows, click OK to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. (2) (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number...

115 hard disk space. (5) Frame Rate Set the maximum number of frames to be recorded during motion and motionless state. The frame rate ranges from 1 to 30 for NTSC and 1 to 25 for PAL. The higher the frame rate, it uses more hard disk space. (6) Video Size User can activate the Enable Deinterlace to...

118 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. Select the date in th...

119 Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, 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. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (...

121 setup click Detail (see also To Setup Alarm SOP ). - Send to CMS (Central Management System) Enable/disable the selected camera to send video to CMS when the alarm is activated (see also To Setup CMS Setting ) - Snapshot Take a snapshot when the alarm is activated. a. Select Camera: specify whic...

122 To Setup 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,...

123 To Setup Alarm Recording Setting: 1. Beside the Start Recording check box, click Detail . 2. In the Alarm Recording Setting dialog box, select the camera to enable/disable video recording. Enable All to select all cameras. 3. In the Frame Rate selection, select As Setting to record the number of...

125 7. Click Start to begin backup and click Stop to stop backup progress. 8. For manually backup, click file select button and select the DVR wants to backup Click to start backup progress While backup, the start button will turn to stop button Un-mark check box to disable backup

126 Chapter 11 Using the Remote Control Server The bundled Remote Control Server enables the PC with Central Management System program (CM1000) installed in it remotely access the DVR server. You many need to manually run this program for CMS access the DVR server. To run, click start > Programs ...

127 APPENDI X A Net w ork Service Port The following table shows the ports that DVR server uses for certain network service. Port # Variable Remote Console (CMS) 5550 Y WebViewer 80 Y 2-way audio 5552 Y Remote Control (CMS) 5551 Y DVR POS 5150 Y DVR DDNS (Upload / Download) 53 / 1053 N