Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

b Features of the DVR Utility Software . . 2

b DVR Utility Software in Two Editions . . 2

Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 b Network Device Configuration . . . . . . . 3

bHardware and Software Requirements 4

b Notes on Version Compatibility . . . . . . 4

Network Connection Requirements . . . . . 5

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Setting Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menus and User Access Levels . . . . . . . 11

Window Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Starting and Ending a Monitoring Session . . 13 b Starting the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 b Logging Into the System . . . . . . . . . . . 14 b Logging Out of the System . . . . . . . . . 14 b Exiting from the Software . . . . . . . . . . 15

Main Window Elements and Their

Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

b Window Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

b Menu Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

b Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

b Time Scale Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

b Tree List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

b Viewing Pane Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

b Title Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Watching Live Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

b Basic Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

b Zoom Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

b Full Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

b Sequential Switching Mode. . . . . . . . . 36

Recording Monitored Video. . . . . . . . . . . 37

b Manual Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

b Timer Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

b Alarm Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Playing Back Recorded Video. . . . . . . . . 41 b Switching to Playback Mode. . . . . . . . 41 b Returning to Live Video. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 b Working in Playback Mode . . . . . . . . . 42

Searching for Recorded Video . . . . . . . . 43 b Search Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 b TIME/DATE SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 b ALARM SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Downloading Recorded Video. . . . . . . . . 48

b Downloading Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 48

b Specifying the Video Download Range . . 49

b Using the Download Window . . . . . . . 52

bDownloading an Individual Video File

Using Basic Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

bAdding Video Files to the

Download List for Batch Download . . 55 b Playing Back Downloaded Video Files. . . 56

Saving or Printing Snapshot Images . . . 59

Using the Tool Menu Options . . . . . . . . . 61

b Timer Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

b Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

b Tamper Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Initial Set Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

b [Options] Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

b [Tree Edit] Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

b [Register DVR] Window. . . . . . . . . . . . 81

b [User ID] Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

DVR Management Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

b [Clock Set] Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

b [System Update] Window . . . . . . . . . . 96

b [DVR Info] Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

b [DVR Set] Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

MP2 Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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