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PC PLAYBACK SOFTWARE
DIGITAL RECORDER OPTION

MODEL

DX-PC25EA

Ver.1.0

OPERATION MANUAL

– For Windows

98SE –

– For Windows

Me –

– For Windows

2000 –

– For Windows

XP –

This operation manual is important to you. Please read this before using the software.

Summary of Contents for DX-PC25EA

Page 1: ...WARE DIGITAL RECORDER OPTION MODEL DX PC25EA Ver 1 0 OPERATION MANUAL For Windows 98SE For Windows Me For Windows 2000 For Windows XP This operation manual is important to you Please read this before using the software ...

Page 2: ...oftware or its Operation Manual by User in whole or in part is strictly prohibited by this Agreement and Copyright Law Software specifications Software design and the contents of this Operation Manual are subject to change without notice to User This Software is designed to play display copy and save digitally recorded audio and video data Unauthorized copying by User of copyright protected audio ...

Page 3: ...marks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries The official name of Windows is Microsoft Windows operating system IntelliMouse is either registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United State and other countries This software is partly based on the work of the Independent JPEG Group All other company names and product names appearin...

Page 4: ...nd commands 18 7 2 Eject commands 18 8 Bookmarks menu 18 8 1 Save with the bookmark command 18 8 2 Bookmark 1 30 commands 18 8 3 Bookmark A and B commands 18 8 4 Repeat between A and B command 18 9 View menu 19 9 1 Operation Panel Status Bar Information Panel commands 19 9 2 Quick Zoom command 19 9 3 Recorder Status command 19 9 4 Picture Size command 19 9 5 Options command 20 9 6 Smoothing comman...

Page 5: ...still picture into AVI format Simultaneous playback during recording latest picture loading picture download by specifying the section via network Remote control and remote setting of the digital recorder via network PTZ camera control via network Firmware updating function via network Alarm notification receiving function 1 2 System requirements To use DX PC25EA you need IBM PC AT compatible with...

Page 6: ... in the Start menu after the completion of installation To start the pro gram select DX PC25EA from the Start menu and the main window will appear on the screen To exit the program go to the File menu and select Exit Note Operation is not always guaranteed under any environment that satisfies the system requirements above 1 3 Compatible DVR DX TL2530E DX NT430E Note This manual describes operation...

Page 7: ...reen changes from green to yellow to indicate that the picture on that split screen has just been updated When you click the primary mouse button or the left button in the standard setting on any of the split screens the display mode will change to the single screen display mode and the picture on the split screen you clicked will be stretched to fill the entire screen Operation panel Video window...

Page 8: ...ture quality depending on your authority given at the time of connection When you select Mode Out Control the Mode Out Control window will appear For details of this function please refer to Section 11 7 4 Mode Out Control command page 31 Note The refresh rate may decrease in the split screen display mode 3 2 Operation panel With DX PC25EA you can play back the pictures recorded by the DVR Functio...

Page 9: ...based on the volume of the recorded data not on the time Note that the position slider doesn t work nor appear on the screen while DX PC25EA while in communication Button Command Function to Camera number Click to activate the camera corresponding to the number of the button to display the picture from such camera When more than one camera is selected in the single screen display mode pic tures fr...

Page 10: ...te the playback operetion buttons using the Operation menu alternatively You can operate the Bookmark button using the Save with the bookmark command in the Bookmark menu alternatively You can operate the 1 to 16 buttons 2x2 3x3 and 4x4 buttons using the Camera command in the View menu alternatively 3 3 Information panel You can select whether to display or hide the information panel and the searc...

Page 11: ...round such time While in communication a picture recorded most close to the specified time on the specified day is retrieved If there is no picture recorded on the specified day nothing is displayed You can operate the time date search using the Time command in the View menu alternatively 3 4 2 Alarm List panel Alarm list search When you click the Show List button the following window will appear ...

Page 12: ...tton the current playback mode and the current display range You can select whether to display or hide the status bar To select go to the View menu and select the Status Bar command 3 6 Shortcuts menu When you click the secondary mouse button or the right button in the standard setting anywhere on the picture the following shortcuts menu will appear For details of Copy command please refer to Sect...

Page 13: ...guaranteed Even when all of these files exist data may not be played back depending on their type for example the data of which file was copied from another compact flash card cannot be played back and operation and performance of the DVR are not guaranteed File configuration of FSM2 supported data ALRM25 Alarm list file DEVC25 Device data file PIRT25 Partition data file SRCH25 Search data file ES...

Page 14: ...the picture are additionally shown in the margin under the picture 4 4 Convert command When you click the Convert command in the File menu the following window will appear Specify the recording period and the camera number and then press the JPEG or AVI button to convert and save the video data collectively Note Collective conversion requires adequate free space in the physical memory and the hard...

Page 15: ...bered JPEG files are created in the automatically created folder starting from D00000 jpg To convert into AVI file When you click the AVI button the following window for setting the AVI file will appear Image Size Select the size of the picture contained in the AVI file among three choices below Large 981 x 720 pixels Normal 654 x 480 pixels Small 327 x 240 pixels Frame Rate Select the speed to pl...

Page 16: ...he printout will look like Margin Enter desired margins in millimeters Number of copies Specify the number of printouts to be made This function is not available when your printer driver does not support multiple copy printing Printer Settings Click to display the Windows standard Printer Settings dialog box which allows selection of the printer paper type page orientation and other items When you...

Page 17: ...nd toward the latest recorded picture when Downward is selected When you click the Find Next command in the Search menu the pictures are searched based on the words you specified using the Comment command last time 6 2 Previous Alarm Next Alarm commands Alarm index search For operation of these functions please refer to Section 3 4 3 Index Search panel page 12 6 3 Alarm List command Alarm list sea...

Page 18: ...d When you save more than 30 bookmarks they will be erased from the oldest one All the bookmarks are erased either when you change the playback device or when you exit DX PC25EA This command has the same function as the Bookmark button on the operation panel 8 2 Bookmark 1 30 commands You can jump to any bookmark by selecting among the bookmark 1 30 commands in the Bookmarks menu 8 3 Bookmark A an...

Page 19: ...s the operation status of the connected recorder By clicking the colored indicators you can stop the operations represented by those indicators You can t start the operations by clicking those indicators To start operations use the Control command of the Network menu referring to Section 11 7 1 Control command page 27 The operation status shown on this window is renewed when the Control command de...

Page 20: ...l Click the OK button to save the settings in the registry 9 6 Smoothing command When you put a checkmark to the Smoothing command in the View menu the picture will be smoothed at the time of stop This setting is saved in the registry 9 7 Audio command When you put a checkmark to the Audio command in the View menu audio will be output while a medium containing recorded audio is played When playbac...

Page 21: ...n 3 2 Operation panel pages 8 and 9 All You can display pictures from all the cameras switching them sequentially 9 9 Overlay command You can select data to display on the screen by the Overlay command in the View menu Camera No Use to display the camera number Alarm Mode Use to display the alarm type when an alarm recorded picture is displayed Title Use to display the camera title if any ...

Page 22: ...steps within the range from 25 to 800 by turning the wheel of Microsoft IntelliMouse while holding down the Ctrl key The main window including the Quick zoom window during zooming is shown below 10 2 Specification of the area to be magnified You can specify the area to be magnified using any of the following methods Scroll the picture using the scroll bar appearing on the video window during zoomi...

Page 23: ...is communicating with a digital recorder 11 3Add recorder command When you click the Add recorder command in the Network menu the recorder list window will appear You can add or delete the networked digital recorders and edit their information using this window Up to 800 recorders can be registered in DX PC25EA When digital recorders are registered in DX PC25EA the recorder list window will automa...

Page 24: ... of detailed type the Recorder Property window will appear You can add digital recorders using this window DVR Name optional Enter the name of the digital recorder to register Camera Name optional Enter the name of the camera or installation location to register IP Address essential Enter the IP address of the digital recorder to register When registering a DX TL2530E or DX NT430E digital recorder...

Page 25: ... of detailed type while a desired digital recorder is being selected the following confirmation window as shown on the right will appear When you click the OK button the information of the selected digital recorder is deleted When you click the Cancel button the information of the selected digital recorder remains un changed 11 4Recorder list command When you click the Recorder list command in the...

Page 26: ...he following popup message will appear When the audio speaker of the personal computer is on receipt of an alarm notification is indicated by a sound The latest alarm notification is displayed at the top of the list Separate popup messages appear for every IP address of the digital recorder that issued alarm notification The name and IP address of the digital recorder that issued alarm notificatio...

Page 27: ...al recorder that issued alarm notification the next alarm notification is suspended until the retry process is completed The digital recorder can retain approx 100 alarm notifications in its buffer Recent alarm notifi cations exceeding the capacity of its buffer are discarded The liability of the alarm notification function isn t absolute Don t use it for making critical judg ment nor for any purp...

Page 28: ...h cases press the SPRIT button several times until the screen layouts become consistent In most cases they become consistent each other when the SPRIT button is pressed several times This window doesn t always display the status of the digital recorder correctly To display the latest status click the Renew Info button 11 7 2 PTZ Cam Control command When you click the PTZ Cam Control command of the...

Page 29: ...ck the Jump button Command Interval You can set the intervals of vertical and horizontal movement of the camera angle when it is changed in the slanting directions When the interval is set to an extremely small value the camera angle doesn t move in slanting directions Set the interval to a proper value depend ing on the camera Auto Pan Use to operate the automatic panning You can adjust the speed...

Page 30: ...led When download is canceled by occurrence of a communication error or press of the Cancel button you can resume the download by pressing the Continue button within 10 minutes The downloaded image data are saved in the pseudo FSM2 format These data can be played back by DX PC25EA However they can t be played back by the digital recorder even though copied on media such as CompactFlash card Note T...

Page 31: ...n turn on or off the MODE OUT terminals on the rear of the digital recorder By right clicking the buttons in the Mode Out column you can change the names of the buttons When the Mode Out settings aren t LAN on the digital recorder s side the lamps under the buttons are off and you can t control the Mode Out terminals In this case by clicking the lamps to turn them on you can enable the Mode Out se...

Page 32: ...f the digital recorder is being used by other user of DX PC25EA The name and IP address of the connected digital recorder are displayed at the top this window Load DVR Click to load the setting data from the digital recorder Regist DVR Click to register the settings shown on the window in the digital recorder Load PC Click to load the user setting file saved in the personal computer Save PC Click ...

Page 33: ... While one user having any of the Playback Control or Regist authority is connecting to the digital recorder other 4 users can only view live pictures Only one Regist authority is provided per digital recorder When there is no user having the Regist authority the Regist button DVR and the Save button PC don t work 11 8 2 E mail Notification command When you click the E mail Notification command of...

Page 34: ...erver Enter the DNS server used by the digital recorder Account Enter the POP account Password Enter the POP password OWN E mail Address Enter the sender s address shown in the from column of the e mail notification Time Zone Select the time difference from GMT DVR ID Enter the unique name for identification of the digital recorder shown in the e mail notification Note The date and time shown in t...

Page 35: ...25EA a Common functions among the setting items The name and IP address of the connected digital recorder are displayed at the top this window Load DVR Click to load the setting data from the digital recorder Regist DVR Click to register the settings shown on the window in the digital recorder Load PC Click to load the recorder menu setting file saved in the personal computer Save PC Click to save...

Page 36: ...saved in the personal computer to the digital recorder be careful not to transmit a file for other model by mistake If a wrong file is transmit ted incorrect settings may be registered as a result b Date Time Display tab When you click the Date Time Display tab on the Menu Setting window you can set the date time and clock position Date Time When you click the Date Time Adjust button the following...

Page 37: ...n you left click on any square of the display screen the clock moves to that square Alternatively you can move the clock by dragging it while holding down the right button of the mouse Camera You can select to display the camera title memo camera number or nothing on the screen using the pull down list When you click the Title Memo Setting button the following window will appear You can set the ca...

Page 38: ...t the multiplexer using this window When you left click the split screen button on which the camera number is displayed the dis played camera number increases The camera number returns to 1 after reaching 16 When you right click the split screen button on which the camera number is displayed the list of camera numbers is displayed and you can select any camera number from the list ...

Page 39: ...d squares and ineffective on gray squares When you left click on a square the motion detection becomes effective or ineffective on that square When you drag the pointer over ineffective squares while holding down the right button of the mouse they change to effective squares When you drag the pointer over effective squares while holding down the right button of the mouse and the Shift key they cha...

Page 40: ...rm Setting When you left click a recording camera that recording camera is activated or inacti vated When you drag the pointer over recording cameras while holding down the right button of the mouse those cameras are activated When you drag the pointer over recording cameras while holding down the right button of the mouse and the Shift key those cameras are inactivated When you click the Regist N...

Page 41: ... Setting button the Holiday Setting window will appear You can set holidays that are applied to the programs using this window Rec Mode When you click the Rec Mode Setting button the Rec Mode window will appear You can make settings related to alarms and recording patterns of timer recording for each recording mode A D You can also select to register motion detection events in the alarm list or no...

Page 42: ...an make settings related to Mode Out button tone buzzer HDD remaining capacity emergency recording duration and Call Out Communication When you click the RS 232C Setting button the RS 232C Setting window will ap pear You can make settings related to remote control of the digital recorder by a com munication device such as a personal computer transfer rate etc using this window When you click the L...

Page 43: ...enu settings or not is displayed 2 The digital recorder is automatically turned off and the update of the firmware starts in the spe cial mode If the digital recorder can t be turned off because recording is in progress a message to indicate such situation will appear 3 When the update completes the digital recorder is automatically turned on 4 DX PC25EA automatically connects to the digital recor...

Page 44: ...of failures and failure types using this window When this window appears refreshing of live pictures and playback are automatically stopped For details of the warning types please refer to the operation manual of the digital recorder By clicking the Save button you can save the warning list as a text file in your personal computer By clicking the Clear button you can delete information from the wa...

Page 45: ...A Transaction Data Search When you start the program first time Alarm List appears on the control panel When you place the pointer on the Show List button and click the right button of the mouse the search mode is changed to EXT DATA This status is memorized by the program and you can start DX PC25EA with this status from the next time Press the Show List button to display the following EXT DATA l...

Page 46: ...ve Use to saves the displayed list as a text file onto the viewing PC When data are retrieved through the filters only the retrieved data are saved on the PC Refresh Use to reloads the transaction data list from the recorder Search Use to search the selected data in the list Close Use to close the EXT DATA List Note DX PC25EA takes about 10 seconds to get the list from the recorder when that the v...

Page 47: ...not played back correctly With Microsoft IntelliMouse turning its wheel may not scroll or magnify the picture if screen data or the zoom combo box is focused Depending on the conditions of the DVR recording for example if date and time data are out of sequence playback and search may not be performed correctly Depending on the printer or the printer driver used pictures and or text data may not be...

Page 48: ...er s side the search may be interrupted In addition if pictures are searched on the digital recorder s side while the communication function is in use the search may be interrupted 14 2 Networking The following figure shows a general network connection LAN connection with the digital re corder Switching HUB Use LAN cables supporting 10BASE T Digital recorder LAN cable LAN cable LAN cable Digital r...

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