Asante Voyager SmartBot Quick Start Manual Download Page 2

View icons

Click to switch between the 
monitor view and search view.

Arm/Off buttons

Click to turn on or off multiple
cameras. ( Basic & Pro only.)

Main camera pane

Displays a live camera view. 

Camera power

       A green circle means the camera 
       is on or enable.
       A gray circle means the camera is off
Click the circle to turn on/off.

Rule Editor 

Create filters for recording or searching 
video clips. Click the magnifying glass 
to see those clips in the Search view

Rule schedule

Click to select the date and 
time to run your rule

Rule status

icons appear if the rule is set to send 
email, record or play a sound. uncheck 
the box to turn off the rule.

Other cameras

Click to display the camera in the main 
camera pane. (Basic & Pro only)

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View icons

Click to switch between the 
monitor view and search view.

Arm/Off buttons

Click to turn on or off multiple
cameras. ( Basic & Pro only.)

Camera list

Select which camera’s video clips to show

Quick search filters

Click to show only clips of a specific 
object type or rule.

Search list

Displays a day’s video clips

Video pane

View the video of the selected video clip. 
Yellow boxes are drawn over people, and 
green boxes over other objects.

Playback bar

Icons appear if the rule is set to send email, 
record or play a sound. uncheck the box 
to turn off the rule.

Playback buttons

-Previous and next clip
-Jump +/-2 seconds
-Previous and next frame
-Play/pause
-Playback speed

Video clip timeline

Blue bar represent clips in the search list. 
green represents all other clips and 
temporary recent video.

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Rule name

The name for this search will
appear in the Rule Search list

Video source block

Click to select a camera

Object block

Click to select the object(s)
you want camera to scan for 

Movement block

Click to select locations and direction
of Event you want to scan for

Response block

Click to select options for response actions 
if the rule is triggered

Video pane

A still frame of the selected camera, where 
you can draw regions and boundaries.

Settings

When you click a block, the settings for 
that block appear here

Smartbot Video Operation Guide

Monitor View       

The Monitor view is where you see what is on your cameras, and manage what is recorded at what times. 

Search View 

    

  

The Search view displays the video taken by your camera(s) that contain moving objects. You can filter by camera 

and/or object, or you can create more sophisticated searches.

Rule Editor   

 The Rule Editor defines a specific type of event to find in previously recorded video, or to take action (e.g., save, notify 

or play a sound) if events like it are seen in the future.

Image notification email set up  

On “

Set up Email Notification”

 dialog page 

1. 

Send email from

 – the camera location

2. 

Outgoing SMTP server

 – your email outgoing server ( ex, smtp.gmail.com)

3. 

Login user ID

 – your email login ID (ex. [email protected])

4. 

Login password

 – your email login password

5. 

Verify password 

– password again

6. 

SMTP port number

 –  for outgoing SMTP server, SMTP port number 

     and security settings: if you don't know what to enter here, try entering 
     your email provider (e.g., "comcast" or "yahoo") and "outgoing smtp server" 
     in a search engine. You should find a number of matches that include all 
     email settings (and if others are having problems connecting to email with 
     other applications, you will often find people offering solutions for your 
     configuration as well).
7. 

Security

 – please refer to your email server requirement.

8. 

Send Test Message

 – allows you to test if you can receive event trigger 

     email by SmartBot.

 

On “

Set up FTP”

 dialog page 

1. 

Host

: either IP address or URL (ftp.asante.com) ftp server

2. 

Directory

:  stores captured video clip(ex, /root/event-alert)

3. 

Login user ID

: user name of the ftp server 

4. 

Login password

: password for the account

5. 

Verify password

: again

6. 

Ftp port number

: default 21

7. 

Use passive mode

: default unmark.

8. 

Test

: test the ftp function if works.

 

Video recording FTP server set up  

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On Rule Editor, click “

If seen, save and take action ” 

button

Click “

Take actions

” tag, and enable “

Send an email to

”  and entering 

your email address and then click on “

Setting

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On Rule Editor, click “

If seen, save and take action” 

button

Click “

Save clips

” tag, and enable “

My FTP Server

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and then click on “

Setting

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You can also refer to video tutorials on the supplied CD for more setup instruction. 

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