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Accordiva SecuExpress User Guide – Standard Version

Table of Contents

Welcome to SecuExpress .......................................... 5

SecuExpress Watcher ................................................ 6

Overview: SecuExpress Watcher user interface.................................. 6

Setting the preferences ........................................................................ 8

Recorded storage allocation ................................................................ 8

Recording mode setup ......................................................................... 9

Video and audio recording ................................................................. 10

Access control .................................................................................... 11

Motion detection ................................................................................. 12

Defining motion detection mask ......................................................... 13

Event notification ................................................................................ 14

Log checkup ....................................................................................... 14

Snapshot ............................................................................................ 15

Remote access settings ..................................................................... 15

Notification of IP address change by e-mail....................................... 16

Searching video recording ................................................................. 17

Playing live sound .............................................................................. 18

Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress Watcher.............. 18

Hiding the menu bar and status bar ................................................... 18

Last recording and detection state at the next program restart ......... 19

Watching live video in Internet browser ............................................. 19

SecuExpress Remote for PC ................................... 21

Overview: SecuExpress Remote for PC user interface ..................... 21

Connecting to remote camera to view live video ............................... 23

Summary of Contents for SecuExpress

Page 1: ...Accordiva SecuExpress 2 Standard Version U User s Guide Accordiva Inc June 2009 ...

Page 2: ... without the prior written consent of Accordiva Inc Licenses and Trademarks Accordiva the Accordiva logo Accordiva SecuExpress are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Accordiva Inc Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Mobile and other Microsoft products referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other company names product names and any regi...

Page 3: ...ection mask 13 Event notification 14 Log checkup 14 Snapshot 15 Remote access settings 15 Notification of IP address change by e mail 16 Searching video recording 17 Playing live sound 18 Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress Watcher 18 Hiding the menu bar and status bar 18 Last recording and detection state at the next program restart 19 Watching live video in Internet browser 19 SecuE...

Page 4: ... main user interface for SecuExpress Remote for PC 25 Hiding the menu bar and status bar 25 Disconnecting from remote camera 26 SecuExpress Player 27 Overview SecuExpress Player user interface 27 Playback of video recordings 27 Managing video recording database 28 Index 30 4 ...

Page 5: ...you with an easy interface to view the live video remotely on computers through Internet even you are away from your SecuExpress personal surveillance system SecuExpress consists of three programs SecuExpress Watcher SecuExpress Remote and SecuExpress Player SecuExpress Watcher is the program that records and detects the intrusion of video source delivered from Webcam SecuExpress Remote is the pro...

Page 6: ...cuExpress Watcher user interface The easiest way to start learning the program is to familiarize yourself with the user interface This section introduces you the SecuExpress Watcher user interface Main User Interface Control Bar Menu Bar System Bar Video Screen Info Bar Status Bar 6 ...

Page 7: ...cate the current system date and time Indicate an audio device is connected Indicate a video device is connected Show Hide menu bar and status bar Minimize the program Restore to original video size Close the program Enable Disable motion detection Enable Disable video recording R di Search video recording in SecuExpress Player Take a Snapshot Click to switch between cameras 7 ...

Page 8: ...tions Preferences In the Preferences dialog box you can specify the folder where you want to store the recorded data compression scheme recording type password protection IP address change notification and recording state Recorded storage allocation Before recording a certain space in the storage e g hard disk of your computer should be defined Select Options Preferences to open the 8 ...

Page 9: ...um free space to leave out some space for operating system usage Set Record file length to break up the file length into the number of minutes you specify Define storage for the recordings Recording mode setup SecuExpress Watcher has 2 different modes of recording Round the clock recording and Event recording Round the clock recording is to record the video continuously Event recording is to recor...

Page 10: ...a Recording Mode Video and audio recording Before starting the video and audio recording first select appropriate devices from Devices menu The devices above the menu separator bar are video devices and the devices below the menu separator bar are audio devices available on the computer Then click on the Control bar or select Command Record to start the recording To stop recording click or select ...

Page 11: ... dialog box Access control SecuExpress Watcher can be password protected so that anyone accessing SecuExpress Watcher or connecting to SecuExpress Watcher via SecuExpress Remote Viewer to view the live video is requested to enter the password The password can be set in Options Preferences dialog box Set the password for access 11 ...

Page 12: ...lider of Motion Level Threshold Slider of Motion Volume Threshold In the dialog box you can drag the slider of Motion level threshold enter the value or click to adjust the sensitivity of a motion However make sure there is no motion object in the camera view during the detection A motion is treated as an event if it is beyond the value you set You can adjust the value of Motion volume threshold t...

Page 13: ...e motion detection area To specify the unwanted area select Options Motion Detection Mask to bring up Motion Detection Mask dialog box Use the slider to select the mask grid size Check Transparent mask checkbox to have transparent red mask Check show grids checkbox to display mask grids In the Motion Detection Mask dialog box choose the grid size from the slider and paint the unwanted area by left...

Page 14: ...ification Click button to specify the email settings Ftp event snapshots to enable the event snapshot backup on ftp server check Ftp event snapshots Click button to specify ftp settings Execute program to execute another program as an event notification check Execute program and select a program Show up program to bring up SecuExpress from the minimized state when an event is detected check Show u...

Page 15: ... Control bar After taking a snapshot the Snapshot dialog box appears You can save the snapshot change the font settings of the time stamp in the dialog box 15 Remote access settings SecuExpress Watcher allows you to connect from a remote site to view live video To allow the remote access select Options Remote Access to open the dialog box ...

Page 16: ...mote computers To view the current remote access connections select View Show Remot s periodically If your s Click e Connections Notification of IP address change by e mail Some dial up Internet connections change IP addresse computer running SecuExpress Watcher has this type of Internet connections and you would like to watch the camera video remotely you have to enable the option of Notify IP ch...

Page 17: ...IP address is changed Take the new IP address and update it in the SecuExpress Remote Connect dialog box Please refer to SecuExpress Remote section s for more details Searching video recording To search the video recorded click on the Control bar or select Command Search Records to bring up SecuExpress Player to playback See SecuExpress Player section for more details Page 27 17 ...

Page 18: ...ess Watcher by dragging one of the corners of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown Hiding the menu bar and status bar To further save your desktop space you can hide the menu bar and the status bar by selecting View Menu Bar and View Status Bar to uncheck hide the bars Alternatively you can click on the system bar to hide the menu and status bars altogether To display the menu bar an...

Page 19: ...d detection state at the next program restart You can use the same recording and detection state at the next SecuExpress Watcher launch Simply check Keep last recording and detection state in the Preferences dialog box to save the recording and detection state Watching live video in Internet browser 19 ...

Page 20: ...ng live video from Internet browser Check Enable web server in the dialog box and specify the TCP port number use 80 as default in Remote Access dialog box Choose the video size for transmission Then you can type http your IP address TCP port number for example http 192 2 30 92 81 of the computer running SecuExpress Watcher in your Internet browser to view the live video Note if your TCP port numb...

Page 21: ...for PC Overview SecuExpress Remote for PC user interface SecuExpress Remote for PC provides you with various controls to view a remote camera video in SecuExpress Watcher Main User Interface Menu Bar Video Screen Status Bar System Bar Control Bar Info Bar Control Bar 21 ...

Page 22: ...ram Restore to original video size Close the program Indicate the current system date and time at SecuExpress Watcher Indicate a motion event is detected at SecuExpress Watcher Indicate video transmission from SecuExpress Watcher Indicate the speed of video streaming Take a snapshot Connect Disconnect to remote camera 22 ...

Page 23: ...to save d Press OK to connect to the remote camera on PC running SecuExpress Watcher program to view live video For advanced settings in video data transmission click Advanced button in the Connect dialog box In the Advanced Settings dialog box you can adjust video dimension to Half video size if the output size is set to 640 x 480 or above in Options Video Capture Pin of SecuExpress Watcher progr...

Page 24: ...lick You can also only view the live video with event detected by selecting View Display Event Video Only on the menu bar This way sav Internet bandwidth when there is no event detected es In the Snapshot dialog box check Caption checkbox if you want to save the timestamp together with the snapshot Click Save button to save it as a file When the output video size is 640 x 480 or above you can choo...

Page 25: ...e the bars Alternatively you can click te for PC You can adjust the size of SecuExpress Remote by dragging one the corners of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown on the system bar to hide the menu and status bars altogether To display the menu bar and the status bar again select View Menu Bar and View us Bar to check show the bars or press Stat on the system bar Check Caption checkb...

Page 26: ...diva SecuExpress User Guide Standard Version Disconnecting from remote camera Once you are connecting to remote camera you can choose Command Disconnect or click again to disconnect from the remote camera 26 ...

Page 27: ...face Playback of video recordings In the Video Record List Pane you can see the list of files that are recorded and sorted by the sequence of time stamps The video recordings with motion events detected are preceded by a red Menu Bar Video Record List Pane Status Bar Tool Bar Playback Screen Playback Slider Playback Control Bar Info Bar Event Indicator icon The video recordings without motion even...

Page 28: ...e code you want to view Event Indicator represent no motion ev button or Forward button to jump to the nearest starting point or the ending point of a motion event Playback Control Bar Managing video recording database Your video recordings are saved in the folder specified in atcher However these video Play Pause Stop Backward Forward Snapshot Zoom Speed Preferences dialog box of SecuExpress W re...

Page 29: ...ing database is inconsistent in its data format or structure you can use Edit Rebuild Record DB to rebuild to data consistent state To open a video recording database you save previously use File Open Record DB To switch back to the current video recordings from a saved recording To update the Video Record List Pane with the latest video recordings tha To delete a video recording first select a vi...

Page 30: ...14 I Ignore short motion 13 Info Bar Delete All Records 29 Delete Record 29 ect 26 Display Event Video 24 K Keep last recording and detection state 19 L 7 22 Log 14 Loop Playback 14 M Main Record DB 29 main user interface 18 25 Main User Interface 6 21 27 maximum number of connections 16 Menu Bar 18 25 Minimum free space 9 Motion Detection 12 13 Motion Detection Mask 13 Motion level threshold 12 M...

Page 31: ...ck list 23 Show grids 13 Show Remote Connections 16 Show up program 14 Snapshot 15 24 S m 14 Status Bar 18 25 Pref R 11 Record file length Record storage 9 ecyc Remote Access 15 20 Round the clock re S Save All Records 29 ave R ave t Search Records 17 ound alar System Bar 7 22 T T t number 16 20 23 rent mask 13 U U rd DB 29 ane 27 28 29 CP por Transpa pdate to Reco V Video Capture Pin 23 Video qua...

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