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Using the new features in VA-SW8000 software | January 2006 |
What’s new in VA-SW8000?
The most noticeable change in the VA-SW8000 software is a change in the user interface. This has been changed from the simpler icon driven interface found in previous incarnations of our software to a more sophisticated menu driven interface. If you have used earlier versions of this software, the functions and utilities you’ve become used to are still there. In this new version of the software the various operations are accessed via pull down menus found on a menu bar at the top of the application window. Whether or not you have used previous versions of our casino software I suggest you take a moment to review descriptions of the various application window elements found on page 16 of the user manual. The new application window elements include a control panel that is always on top in all functions instead of just being accessible from the viewing window as it was in previous software versions. A new function that also been added to the application window is the time scale panel which allows quick review and movement through previously recorded video. The DVR tree list has also been moved to a position next to the control panel allowing quick navigation of registered DVRs connected to the video network. The register DVR function in the initial set menu has also changed. The function has been split into a Register DVR window and a Tree Edit window. What follows is a description of how to use these newer functions added to the VA-SW8000 application. I hope these descriptions will be of use to users new to the application as well as for users familiar with older versions of our casino application.
Using the Tree edit function
Once you have registered the DVRs attached to your video network (see bulletin titled Network configurations for the VA-SW8000 software). You use the Tree Edit function to create and sort DVRs into groups for easier management (see pages 76-80 in the user manual). Although you can access the DVR tree from the Register DVR function the Edit Tree window is intended as the area you can edit the DVR tree viewed by the end users. In order to access this function,
•You must be editing from the Master computer.
•You must be logged on as ID4.
•You need to have already registered you DVRs in the Register DVR function (user manual pages 81-
88).
The initial DVR tree is displayed from the root.
The root can be expanded by clicking on the plus sign to the left of the icon. When an item in the tree is expanded the plus sign will change to a minus sign and any groups or DVRs belonging to the item will be displayed below it. Including the root group (includes all sub-groups and DVRs) you can create up to 256 groups. There can be up to 3 sub levels to the tree hierarchy (sub-level meaning a grouping of groups).To create a new group right click on the menu tree root, or any expanded group already existing below it. Select “New Group”. To move cameras into a group or from one group to another you can right click on the item select and “cut”. Then right click in the area you want to move it to and select “paste”. Or you can use the right click, drag and drop method.
It is possible for a camera to exist in more than one group. Right click and select “copy” and “paste” to duplicate a camera into a second grouping. Once you have created groups and sorted the DVRs the way you want; you must click the “OK” button for the changes to be permanently applied. If you click “Cancel” any changes you have made will be removed. In order for a group you create to remain in the tree you must add at least one DVR to it before you select the “OK” button. When a group folder is selected in the edit function any cameras existing inside that group will be displayed in the Detail List on the right. Any camera in this list that is also visible in the tree list will have an “X” in the box next to it. You cannot un-X, or drag and drop DVRs from this list to the tree; it is intended only as a reference. A big change in the menu tree in the VA-SW8000 software is way four channel DVRs (DSR-M804 & M814) units are displayed. Since each camera on can be viewed individually by clicking on it as an item in the tree each is represented as a separate item. However some actions such as “record” or “play” apply to the entire DVR. Therefore under each camera from a four channel DVR in the tree the other three related cameras are displayed beneath it to remind you of this interrelation. This means that a camera from a four channel DVR will actually appear in the tree four times. Once as an item in the tree, and three times as a lower level item beneath each of the other related cameras.
Ted's Technical Tips 2006
