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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) i Table of Contents Chapter 1 ─ Overview................................................................................... 1 1.1 In This Manual ................................................................................... 1 1.2 DX-PC For View Feature...
Page 5 - ) or as a printed document included along with the User's; Product Information; Package Components
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 1 Chapter 1 ─ Overview 1.1 In This Manual This manual describes installation and operation of DX-PC For View (Remote Operation Software) software, which is designed to be used with remote d igital video recorders (DVRs) . 1.2 DX-PC For View Features DX-PC F...
Page 7 - Insert the installation CD.; and the; Next
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 3 Chapter 2 ─ Installation CAUTION: If an older version of DX-PC For View software is installed in your computer, you should uninstall the older version first. NOTE: In the Windows Start menu, go to Control Panel. Double click the Power Options to open the ...
Page 13 - on the; View; menu at the top of the screen and select each panel from the menu.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 9 Chapter 3 ─ Configuration After installing the DX-PC For View software, you will find the DX-PC For View shortcut icon on the desktop. Run the DX-PC For View program by double clicking the icon. The DX-PC For View program consists of the screen, 12 dockin...
Page 14 - Clicking the
User’s Manual 10 NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using Microsoft Windows Vista or later operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Pr...
Page 15 - Remote Sites Panel; Menu – Remote Menu; Favorite Sites Panel; Appendix C – Map Editor; for details on editing maps.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 11 Remote Sites Panel The Remote Sites Panel displays a list of remote sites registered during DX-PC For View System setup and a list of installed cameras at the remote sites. Entering the site name in the query box and clicking the icon allows you to find ...
Page 16 - according to the Map Editor settings. Change the popup; to; section for more details about the popup; Irregular; based on to the system check settings and as; Watch
User’s Manual 12 The Map panel pops up another screen when alarm-in, motion or video loss events are detected or when you click the device icon according to the Map Editor settings. Change the popup screen location by clicking the left mouse button on the screen and dragging it to where you want it ...
Page 17 - The; Playback and Search; Watch Event View Panel; Watch Event View
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 13 PTZ, Color and Alarm Out Control Panels Three panels allow PTZ control, color control, and alarm out control while live monitoring a remote site. NOTE: Refer to 4.1 Live Monitoring for more details. Image Processing Panel The Image Processing panel allow...
Page 18 - Emergency Event View Panel; Emergency Event View; Report View Panel
User’s Manual 14 Alarm-In On Alarm-In Off Motion Detection Object Detection Video Loss Video Blind Text-In Alarm-In Bad Recorder Bad Disk S.M.A.R.T. Disk Bad Disk Full Disk Almost Full Disk Config Change Disk Temperature Panic Recording On Panic Recording Off Fan Error On Fan Error Off System Boot U...
Page 19 - Search View Panel; Status View Panel; Connect Status
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 15 The Report View panel displays the system status information of remote sites. DX-PC For View checks the remote site and reports system status. Clicking the icon on the panel reloads the data and clicking the icon prints the report out. Report Setup must ...
Page 20 - System Menu
User’s Manual 16 3.3 Menu System Menu Setup: Allows setting up the system operation and remote site configuration. System 1: Set up the date/time format for DX-PC For View, display option, and panic recording function.
Page 21 - mode, the drawing speed might decrease when the DX-PC For View; in your PC. Video cards with an ATI chipset are recommended.; Overlay; drawing will display the image only on the; Screen
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 17 Date/Time Format : Set the date/time format. Display Option : Set up the screen display, drag & drop popup option, display acceleration and OSD. – Screen Option : Select Watch Screen to use the screen for live monitoring only, Search Screen to us...
Page 22 - Visible Watch Camera:; in the text menu screen. The gray icon displays on the
User’s Manual 18 Recording Setup : Set up the Use (On or Off) of the panic recording function and overwriting option of the recording folder (On or Off). When using the panic recording function and overwriting option, DX-PC For View continues recording when the hard disk drive is full by overwriti...
Page 23 - Appendix B; for more details on DVR Name Service.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 19 System 2: Set up the modem connection information for remote access, system password, network option, report function and DVRNS server. Dial-up Network : Select Use modem if you want to use a modem for remote access. Security Options : Designate whet...
Page 25 - NOTE: When using DVRNS server, place a checkmark in the; Use DVRNS; field will; DVR Name
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 21 NOTE: When using DVRNS server, place a checkmark in the Use DVRNS box. The IP Address field will be changed to DVR Name , and you can enter the name of remote site registered on the DVRNS server. The DVR name you enter should match the name set during th...
Page 26 - Watch Screen; and; Search screen; to all cameras of the registered Favorite site by default.
User’s Manual 22 Favorites – Site Name : Select a registered Favorite site from the drop-down list. – ADD : Adds a new Favorite site. Clicking the button displays the Favorites dialog box. Enter the name of the Favorite site to add, and Select the desired screen layout used when the Favorite site ...
Page 27 - NOTE: The Auto Sequencing list is not valid with modem connections.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 23 Sequence Site: Configure the sequence site. DX-PC For View connects to the registered sites sequentially allowing connection to more than one remote site. Register an Auto Sequencing group and add desired sites in the Group List to the Auto Sequencing gr...
Page 28 - PC Based DVR
User’s Manual 24 Save Setup File: Allows saving the current settings of the System – Setup menu as a .xml file format. Saving the setup file can also be performed by clicking the button on the toolbar. Batch Job Setup: Allows upgrading or setting up multiple remote DVRs using the Batch Job Setup...
Page 29 - NOTE: You can also display the Log Viewer screen by selecting; Log Viewer; from the DX-PC For View; Start
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 25 Setup: Sets up the remote setup job for remote sites. First, select the remote sites to set up from the Group List, and add them to the Setup Sites list by clicking the Add button. Then, click the Setup Now button to initiate the remote setup job for Set...
Page 30 - File
User’s Manual 26 View Log: Displays the type of log and the number of log entries of DX-PC For View. Selecting a log type from the list displays all entries of the selected log type, and you can search for the desired log by setting up a search filter. Filter: Set up the search condition. – Search...
Page 31 - Displays the system log and event log information of
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 27 Exit: Disconnects all current connections and exits DX-PC For View program. View Menu Displays or closes the toolbar and panels. Remote Menu NOTE: The Remote menu can also be activated by clicking the right mouse button after selecting the remote site ...
Page 32 - Clicking
User’s Manual 28 From : Adjust the search starting date and time. When First is selected, it will search from the first logged item. To : Adjust the search ending date and time. When Last is selected, it will search to the last log. Find : Displays remote log entries within the selected period...
Page 33 - Record Menu; Record Play; Image Menu; Save; Additional Functions; Layout Menu; Screen Layout
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 29 Record Menu NOTE: The Record menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls. Starts or ends panic recording. Selecting Record Play initiates the RecordPlayer program and plays recorded video. Refer to 4.4 Panic Recording for more details. Image Men...
Page 34 - Frame Layout
User’s Manual 30 Select the desired screen layout using the layout toolbar. When changing the screen layout, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout. When in one of the multi- view formats, selecting Previous Cameras or Next Cameras will move to ...
Page 35 - Help Menu; or
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 31 Help Menu Displays DX-PC For View version information. 3.4 Toolbar The Toolbar allows convenient access to desired functions. The controls on the toolbar perform functions as described below: Disconnect DX-PC For View Setup Load Setup File Save Setup Fil...
Page 37 - Live Monitoring; NOTE: When selecting the display option of; Watch and Search Screen; during; to connect to the selected site on the Watch screen when; Screen Layout and Frame Layout; Audio Communication; Enable Audio; the DX-PC For View system and the remote site.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 33 Chapter 4 ─ Operation 4.1 Live Monitoring DX-PC For View provides remote monitoring functions for viewing video images in real time from either a single site or multiple sites. In addition, when events are detected at a remote site while in the live moni...
Page 38 - Sequence Monitoring; Menu – System Menu; Color Control
User’s Manual 34 If you want to send audio to the selected remote site, click the button and talk into the microphone. If you want to monitor live audio from the selected remote site through the attached speaker, click the button. Clicking both button and button allows two-way communication. Clickin...
Page 39 - Alarm Out Control; Playback and Search; Search Screen
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 35 NOTE: Using the mouse for PTZ control is supported. Click the left mouse button on the image and move that image in the direction you want to by dragging the mouse. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. NOTE: Not all DVRs support the PTZ control at DX-...
Page 40 - button. Clicking the button; You can enlarge a specific part of the image up to five times; Search Mode; NOTE: Using both search modes at the same time is NOT possible.
User’s Manual 36 Search View Panel The Search View panel consists of playback and search controls, time-lapse search table, and event search table. The playback buttons on the Search View panel perform the following functions as described below: Go to the First Image Fast Backward Play Go to the Pre...
Page 41 - Event Search; and set up the search condition in the following
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 37 Time-Lapse Search Click the button on the Search View panel to enter the time-lapse search mode. Selecting a date from the calendar initiates the time-lapse search. The dates for which recorded images are available are enabled. When first entering the ...
Page 42 - specifications and version of the remote DVR.; First; Additional Functions; Searching Data Source; Click the; Search on Local; option may not be supported, depending on the specifications and
User’s Manual 38 NOTE: The Event Search dialog box will differ depending on the specifications of the remote DVR. NOTE: The Text-In (Event Search – Text-In tab) search may not be supported, depending on the specifications and version of the remote DVR. Set up the search criteria for the event search...
Page 44 - Motion Search
User’s Manual 40 NOTE: When more than one video segment exists in the same time range due to time overlap, a segment selection dialog box will appear and ask you to select the video segment you want to save from the segment list. Refer to the user manual of the remote DVR for details on time overlap...
Page 45 - NOTE: Motion Search is supported only in; : Sets up the record period of images to search.; – Motion Search; Additional Functions; file. By placing a checkmark in the box beside
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 41 NOTE: Motion Search is supported only in the single-screen mode. Record Period : Sets up the record period of images to search. Find Method : Selects a search method. – Motion Search : Searches for images with changes in the Detection Area between tw...
Page 46 - Print; Include Image Info; Screen Menu; Change Camera Title:; – Fit to Screen; Panic Recording; Appendix A – Reviewing Video Clips, Clip Player
User’s Manual 42 Print Clicking the button on the toolbar prints the image currently displayed on the screen on a printer connected to your computer. By placing a checkmark in the box beside Include Image Info , text information about the site will be included when printing the image. Screen Menu Se...
Page 47 - NOTE: Panic recording will be available only if you select; Use Recording; and it is set up in the recording; Function Buttons; Disconnects the current connection on the Status View panel.
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 43 If you want to play back video saved in another recording folder, run the Record Player program first. Move to the Start menu in Windows. Then, select RecordPlayer from the DX-PC For View options and select the recoding folder path you want. Recorded vid...
Page 48 - Remote System Log; for more details on the Remote System Log and Remote; Remote Panic Control:; Status Display Window
User’s Manual 44 NOTE: Refer to the manual for each applicable remote DVR for more details on system setup. Remote System Log : Displays the system log information of the remote DVR connected to the Status View panel. Remote Event Log: Displays the event log information of the remote DVR connected t...
Page 49 - ClipPlayer Screen
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 45 Appendix A ─ Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any special software on you personal computer to review video saved as Self-Player files. The file contains a Player program. Double-clicking the target file starts the Player program. NOTE: I...
Page 51 - Full Screen; might
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 47 NOTE: If the VGA card or monitor does not support 800x600 video resolution, Full Screen might not display properly. If this happens, press the ESC key on your PC keyboard to return to the normal screen mode. Click the slider bar and move it left or right...
Page 52 - Overview; STEP 1
User’s Manual 48 Appendix B ─ DVR Name Service (DVRNS) Overview Using Static IP addresses in LAN/WAN networks requires high management overhead and increases the cost burden to users. Therefore, it has become essential for DVRs to support Dynamic IP addresses in ADSL/VDSL networks using DHCP (Dynami...
Page 53 - MapEditor; Background Image Setting; Background; Name
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 49 Appendix C ─ Map Editor The Map Editor program allows you to create maps of remote sites. With the drag-and-drop and link function, you can create and edit the map easily and efficiently. Run the program by selecting MapEditor from the DX-PC For View opt...
Page 54 - Option Menu; Remote Site Setup; will be applied to all maps displayed on the
User’s Manual 50 Option Menu Click the Option menu to set up the remote site information, device status display and remote site name to display. Site Information Setting: Select the Site Information Setting… in the Option menu to set the information about the remote site connections, and the followi...
Page 55 - Device Setting
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 51 Check the box beside Color Use and select each status box to use. Click each selected status box and select the desired color. When done, click the OK button. Unplugged : Either connection to the remote site has failed, or Device No. for the device is ...
Page 56 - Equipment; as; tab and set the option for the devices.; section for the popup camera association.; Link Setting; Link
User’s Manual 52 Equipment IP Address/User / Password / Port : Each field is filled in automatically with the information (user ID, password, and port number) set in Site Information Setting… , or you can enter it manually. Device No. : Set the device number ( 1 ~ 32) for each device. If the sel...
Page 57 - Text Show
Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) V1.7 53 Go to the Property [Link] tab and set the properties of the selected link box. Name: Enter a name of the link box. Image: Double click the field and select an image to insert in the link box. Link Document: Double click the field and select a ...
