Vivotek ST3402 - Manual

1-6 Figure 1-3 Auto-Protect Exclusion List 4. Exclude file protectation for specified files in PC-cillin － As shown in X Figure 1-4 X , find “Settings \ Real-time scan \ Selected files \ Select File Types” and ensure the files described in table 1-1 do not exist in the list. Figure 1-4 The File List...

1-7 NOTE: If the above settings cannot help you to improve performance, try to use disk defragmenter “Start \ All Programs \ Accessories \ System Tools \ Disk Defragmenter” to reconfigure your hard disk may help your computer more efficient. 1.2 6B Software Installation The following are steps for t...

1-8 Figure 1-6 Welcome page for the VIVOTEK ST3402 STEP 3: If you click on “Next” and X Figure 1-7 X appears, it means you have installed a previous version of the recording software (the previous version is the video-only version, which means it would not get the audio stream from servers). If you ...

1-9 to continue. Figure 1-8 User information for Smart VS-IP Recorder STEP 5: Set up the administrator’s password by entering a password and confirm the password as shown in X Figure 1-9 X . Click on “Next” to continue. Figure 1-9 Confirm Password

1-10 STEP 6: Select the installation directory for this application software and click on “Next”, as shown in X Figure 1-10 X . You can also change the installation directory from the Default directory by clicking on “Browse…” Figure 1-10 Destination Location for Installation STEP 7: Select a progra...

1-11 STEP 8: After checking all the set up information shown in X Figure 1-12 X , click on “Next” to start file movement and registries update. Figure 1-12 Check Setup Information STEP 9: Click on “Finish”, as shown in X Figure 1-13 X , to finish installation. This completes the program installation...

1-12 1.3 7B First Start up After installation, one of the IE settings needs to be changed before you can start running the Monitor program. Enable the mechanism for submitting non-encrypted data in the path “Start->Settings->control Panel->Internet Options->Security->Custom Level…\Set...

2-13 Chapter 2 1B Launcher 1B Launcher is a controller program that allows starting the recording procedure before the user logs in and the program will run as a service procedure after Window starts up automatically. LauncherUI is the program that provides a uer interface to allow the user to invok...

2-14 Figure 2-1 Login Dialog When the Launcher is locked, the unlock window is as follows: Figure 2-2 Unlock Dialog The input area of the dialog will be grayed (disabled) for 60 seconds after three failure attempts. 2.2 9B User Interface This is the user interface for Launcher: Figure 2-3 Popup Menu...

2-15 is displayed by clicking on the right or left buttons on the mouse. The menu items are listed below: 1. Lock Launcher – When this item is selected, Launcher will enter Lock mode. In Lock mode, whenever the user wants to invoke the menu, a dialog asking for username and password appears. The int...

2-16 Figure 2-5 User Management Window Figure 2-6 Add and Modify User Windows Functionalities may be disabled according to the login user’s group. The following X Table 2-1 X represents the privilege of each group in Lanuncher.

2-19 6. Exit – This ends Launcher. If the user chooses this option, a message box will pop up to confirm whether the user really wants to exit. It warns the user that exiting Launcher will also close Monitor and Playback.

3-20 Chapter 3 2B Monitor 3.1 10B Features of Monitor Tool In this section, we will depict all features of the Monitor tool in this software. 3.1.1 30B Traditional Surveillance Features The traditional surveillance features include the following 9 Real-time monitor 9 PTZ control 9 Recording 3.1.2 31...

3-21 3.2 11B Application Layout and Functionalities This section demonstrates a global view of the Monitor tool, as shown in X Figure 3-1 X . Components of the Monitor tool in details are shown in the following sections. Figure 3-1 Overview of the Monitor Tool There are several parts in the monitor ...

3-23 9 Talk If the connected Video Server / Network Camera series product supports two-way audio feature, the tool can be used to talk with remote side by using additional device, such as mircophone. 3.3 12B Logging In The authentication mechanism is implemented in Launcher. If user has already pass...

3-24 Item Root Power User General User Backup ˇ Camera configuration ˇ Display & UI settings ˇ Global settings ˇ Record ˇ Schedule ˇ DI/DO control ˇ ˇ PTZ contrl ˇ ˇ Change layout ˇ ˇ ˇ Lock ˇ ˇ ˇ Printer ˇ ˇ ˇ Snapshot ˇ ˇ ˇ Stop alert ˇ ˇ ˇ Table 3-1 The Privilege of Each Group in Monitor Agai...

3-25 setting each camera, a warning window will pop up to warn you that all recording processes will be stopped. 3.4.1 33B The Layout of the Configuration In this section, we discuss the local settings of the connection and the functional configurations of each camera. If you are interested in the r...

3-26 3.4.2 Local Settings In the local settings, as shown in X Figure 3-4 X , there are three main functions: Figure 3-4 Local Settings Insert – This allows the user to insert a remote Video Server / Network Camera series product to the camera list. Click on the “Insert” button, an “Insert New Chann...

3-27 Figure 3-6 Delete a camera to the list History – Clicking on the “History” button pops up a camera history list that shows the latest cameras that has been inserted into the camera list. The list could contain up to 16 entries. When you click on one of the cameras in the history list, the camer...

3-28 3.4.3 35B Alert Settings and Recording Settings Figure 3-8 Alert Settings and Recording Settings Alert Settings: These settings guide this program how to handle motion detection, digital input alerts, video loss and remote alert. 9 Enable motion detect － With this checkbox checked, the program ...

3-29 Alert sound will be played on remote side if the option is enabled, alert sound has been configured and the one of the above three alerts (motion/digital/video loss) triggered. NOTE: Above items may be disabled when the connected server doesn’t support the features. Recording Settings: 9 Name －...

3-30 Step 1: Step 2: Figure 3-9 Change the Sequence of the Connected Camera 3.4.5 37B Saving the Changes Once you have clicked on the “Save” button in the bottom left corner of this window, the changes for all camera configurations will be saved and validated immediately in this IP surveillance syst...

3-31 Figure 3-10 Global Settings You can activate the global setting window from “Configuration Menu \ Global Settings...” as shown in X Figure 3-10 X . ATTENTION: A warning window will pop up to alert you that all recording processes will be stopped when activating the global setting window. Figure...

3-32 9 Snapshot directory － This is the directory for storing the snapshots in *.bmp format from channels as shown in X Figure 3-11 X . 9 Recording directory － This is the directory for storing the recorded media data from remote channels. 9 Scheduler directory － This is the directory for storing th...

3-33 Figure 3-12 Internet Proxy Settings Backup Settings: In this setting, you can select the directory, maybe a remote hard disk, for the media database backup; as well as the backup size of your backup media. Backup Location Select: This window provides the settings for backup and the deletion of ...

3-34 Figure 3-13 Network Account Drive settings NOTE: The network account must be able to login the machine that runs the application (ST3402) and also the machine that provides the network drive. You can also specify the Host Name or IP to enable network account settings. 3.6 15B Display & UI S...

3-35 Figure 3-15 Display & UI Settings Window Local Alert Settings: You can load custom *.wav file for the sound of alert triggering. You can also listen to the sample of the chosen sound file by clicking on the “Play” button (the button with black right arrow). Remote Alert Settings: As local a...

3-36 NOTE: You must select the input signal format according to the camera type or CCD module type that is connected to the remote Video Server / Network Camera series product, regardless of the power line connected is 50 or 60 Hz. Display Options: In the video displaying frame of each channel, ther...

3-38 3.7 16B Using Monitor Tool This section depicts methods of manipulating the Monitor tool. 3.7.1 38B Connection of the Video Server / Network Camera Series Channel: Once you have connected a Video Server / Network Camera series product, you can drag and drop the camera to the video area. As for ...

3-40 Figure 3-20 Invoke Authentication Window Figure 3-21 Authentication Window NOTE: The hint will also be popped up when user changes login password in IE. Incorrect Settings– If the option of “Apply to new device” doesn’t be enabled, the hint of “Incorrect Settings” will be popped up when the set...

3-41 If the connecting device is not supported Video Server / Network Camera series product (such as PC or another network device), the hint of “Unknown Type” will be popped up. Please check what device is assigned the specified IP address and change to supported Video Server / Network Camera series...

3-42 Figure 3-24 Mouse Cursor on the Channel Number Step 2 : Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse cursor to the displaying frame in the video area, as shown in X Figure 3-25 X . Note that the cursor will be changed according to the area indicating whether the selection can be...

3-44 Figure 3-26 Showing Video on the Displaying Frame 3.7.1.2 68B Close the channel in displaying frame This section discusses how to close the video change in the display frame. Step 1 : Move the mouse cursor to the display frame associated with the channel you want to close. Step 2 : The cursor w...

3-45 Figure 3-27 Close the Channel NOTE: Even the channel is closed for current layout. The network connection is still connected. The reason to keep the connection is that if the connection is closed, it is not possible for Monitor to judge if any event is triggered. 3.7.2 39B The Layout There are ...

3-46 Figure 3-28 Layout of the Monitor tool Whether you choose the one-camera layout or the four-camera layout, the “Page up” and “Page down” buttons will be shown in the bottom-left corner of the video area. You can use these two buttons to switch the pages, as shown in X Figure 3-29 X . Use the “P...

3-49 Digital Output) control, Alert Message receiver and Talk control. 3.7.2.1 69B PTZ Control The PTZ (Pan / Tilt / Zoom) tool is shown in X Figure 3-33 X . If the remote Video Server/ Network Camera series product associated with the selected channel is connected with a PTZ enabled camera, this PT...

3-50 Figure 3-34 DI/DO Control The color of the DI status is depicted as follows: 9 OFF When the color of the channel number is gray, that means this channel is not connected to any remote Video Server / Network Camera series product. 9 Red The channel number turns red indicating the DI of the remot...

3-52 Figure 3-36 Talk Control 9 Talk Available When the connected Video Server / Network Camera series product supports the feature of 2-way audio, talk with remote side is available. User can click the button to establish talk channel. When the channel is established, the state will enter to talkin...

3-53 3.7.3 40B Backup Figure 3-37 the Process of Backup Operation “Backup” allow you to copy the recorded media data to another media according to the location and the size you have selected. You can refer to Section X 3.5 X “Configuration Menu \ Global Settings \ Backup Settings” for more details o...

3-56 3.7.6 43B Common Control Functions Figure 3-40 Common Control Functions This section describes other Common control functions, respresented by small icons, as shown in X Figure 3-40 X . These functions can only be applied to the focused channels. These functions are each described below. Volume...

3-57 refer to Section X 3.5 X for details. Trashcan You can drap and drop the channel to the Trashcan. This does not close the video connection with the remote Video Server / Network Camera series product. But the display for the channel in current layout will be removed. You can apply Volume, Recor...

4-58 Chapter 4 3B Scheduling The Scheduling tool helps the user to schedule the time to record the media stream of the selected channels from the remote Video Server / Network Camera series product. With both the graphic user interface and time period selection options, you can easily schedule each ...

4-59 4.2 18B The Layout and Functionalities In this section, the layout and the functionalities of the Scheduling tool are depicted in detail. 4.2.1 47B Introduction X Figure 4-2 X shows the layout of the Scheduling tool’s components. Figure 4-2 Overview of the Scheduling Tool The layout is roughly ...

4-61 4.2.3 49B The Schedule Scheme operations There are six related buttons, “Load…”, “Undo”, “Clear”, “Save”, “Save as…” and “Close” for handling the scheduling schemes. These are shown in X Figure 4-4 X . Figure 4-4 Operations for the Schedule Scheme Manipulation Load… This button is used for load...

4-62 You can make your own schedule scheme by plotting markers in all time-lines. These two time lines are associated with each other. That is, if you make changes in one time-line, the corresponding changes will be applied, in scale, to the other time-lines in the same schedule scheme. 4.3.1.1 73B ...

4-63 the time picker that will be described in section 4.3.2 automatically. 4.3.1.4 76B Marking/Unmarking the Recording Time You only need one click on the left mouse button to mark the time on this time-line. The operating method for the hour time-line is the same as that of the week time-lines . P...

4-65 4.3.3 52B Schedule in event mode You can select to record in Event mode or Continuous mode by the Schedule mode selector as shown in X Figure 4-10 X . There are two types of event recording, please refer to Section X 4.3.3.1 X and Section X 4.3.3.2 X for more information. Figure 4-10 Schedule M...

4-66 continuously according to the schedule set up by the user. 4.4 20B Secondary Schedule Secondary schedule is the time that is outside the Primary schedule. 4.4.1 54B Schedule modes Figure 4-13 Secondary Schedule Mode Selector As shown in X Figure 4-13 X , there are three selections in the Second...

5-67 Chapter 5 4B Playback 5.1 21B Features of Playback The Playback program of this application software is a very powerful yet convenient and user-friendly tool the user can use in browsing the recorded media datamedia database. It has two display modes (normal display mode and event preview mode)...

5-69 5.3 23B Layout Figure 5-1 Playback Main Window Once you have successfully logged in to the Playback system, the main window appears at the top of the screen and the display resolution will be changed to 1024x768 automatically, if the current resolution is less. As shown in X Figure 5-1 X , ther...

5-71 5.3.1.2 82B Histogram Area The Histogram is an interactive control. In the control, you can display events’ time domain location and the percentage of motion. You can also select a group of events or a specific period, from the Histogram Area. 5.3.1.3 83B Control Area The Control Area contains ...

5-72 format, and exporting file name. 5.3.2 56B Indicators 5.3.2.1 85B Area Selection Indicator As shown in X Figure 5-1 X , the Display Area is surrounded by a blue rectangle. This is the Area Selection Indicator. This can be set to indicate either the Display Area or the Histogram Area. Move your ...

5-73 Figure 5-5 System Control Tool Database location The most important item in the settings dialog is the database path setting. You must set it to the directory that contains the surveillance database to make the program to work properly. AVI files location This sets the storing directory when yo...

5-74 Figure 5-6 Settings Dialog AVI Compression Mode We use only 24 bits color depth to export the AVI file in this mode. In the AVI compression mode selection, you can select one of the compression methods (both video and audio) that your computer supports to export the AVI file. The compression me...

5-76 Figure 5-7 Normal Display Mode Under the Normal display (single frame) mode, you can use all the tools the Playback program provides except the Page control. In this mode, the two labels under the Pull Bar show the individual starting and ending time of the interval (as shown in X Figure 5-7 X ...

5-77 clicking on the Pull Bar in the same x-axis position. That means the Playback system will be shifted to the appointed time and shows the video in the displaying frame. The dark regions in the histogram area means there is no media data existed in these intervals. If you click on these regions, ...

5-79 have selected. The dark regions means there is no video sequence existed in these intervals. If you click on these regions, a warning dialog will pop up. 5.6.2 60B Histogram Legend Figure 5-11 Legend of the Histogram X Figure 5-11 X shows the legends corresponding to the colors represented in t...

5-80 Figure 5-12 Selector Tools 5.7.1.1 87B Location Selector The Location Selector lets you select the camera you want to view from (refer to X Figure 5-12 X ). The location information is the same as the location name associated with the dedicated channel in the Monitor program. If there are more ...

5-81 will be shown. 5.7.1.3 89B Playback Method Selector Full Range If you select this method, the database will be displayed from the beginning to the end of this location. Any change in the period selector will have no effect unless you change this selector to “Time Period”. Time Period If you cha...

5-82 Figure 5-14 Jog Dial Play from Beginning The “Play” button we support here is an intelligent user-interface. The functionality of this button can vary to fit different circumstances. In the Normal display mode, click on the “Play” button restarts the displaying video sequence. In the Preview mo...

5-83 clockwise direction. To decrease playing speed, move it in the counterclockwise direction. Current speed you are set at will be shown in the second column of the status area. NOTE: You can press Ctrl key and the corresponding button introduced above simultaneously to stop/pause/resume/play all ...

5-84 5.7.3.3 Full Screen When you click on the “Full Screen” button, the video sequence will be enlarged to fill up the entire screen instantly. You can double-click on the mouse button in any area on the screen, or press the “ESC” key to return to the original state. 5.7.4 64B Searching Range Adjus...

5-85 newly defined start time. 5.7.4.3 96B Full Range Clicking on the “Full Range” button would yield the same effect as you would in the Playback Method. 5.7.5 65B Toolbox In our playback program, you can check the database and you can export the database to other media. Using the toolbox, you can ...

5-86 selected through the frame selection indicator. The size of the bitmap will be the same as the source image you have selected. The exported bitmap filename will be generated automatically and be listed in the fourth column of the status area. If you want to change the bitmap file output directo...

5-87 5.7.6.1 101B Lock Program If you are to be away from your computer, for security concerns, we suggest you lock the Playback program. You can simply click on the “Lock Window” button to lock the main window. Once this is invoked, the main window will be hidden and the login dialog will appear (a...