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Setting other features
To enable or disable the autorun feature, alarm, use of multi-devices and/or 

set the detecting delay:

•  Click the Enable alarm check box to enable or disable the alarm 

feature. When this item is enabled, VideoSecurity Online can alert 

user when VideoSecurity Online detects any unusual condition. 

Before use this option, make sure your PC has properly installed 

a sound card.

•  Click the Enable multi-devices check box to enable or disable the 

alarm feature. This option allows you to switch to single device 

mode or double devices mode for VideoSecurity Online.

•  Click the Delay detecting for XXX seconds check box to 

enable or disable the delay feature when a motion is detected. 

Key in or click the arrows to set the delay (in seconds).

• 

Click the Autorun detect when program run check box to 

enable or disable the autorun feature of ASUS VideoSecurity. 

When this item is enabled, VideoSecurity Online will auto-run 

when system boots. This option is helpful when you use remote 

control over your computer.

Setting the detection region

To set the detect region, click the Detect Region option buttons.
 

If you select Full Window, VideoSecurity Online will monitor the whole 

visible area. If you select User Defined Region, VideoSecurity Online 

will only detect changes within the specific region you set. The default 

value is Full window.

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Summary of Contents for A9600

Page 1: ...Graphics Card Software Reference e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 1 2007 8 29 11 33 39 AM ...

Page 2: ... SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODU...

Page 3: ...3 Screeshots 9 2 4 Using ASUS GamerOSD 10 2 4 1 Using 3D Display Setting functions 10 2 4 2 Using Video Capturing functions 11 2 4 3 Using Screenshots functions 15 3 ASUS SmartDoctor 17 3 1 System Requirements 17 3 2 Features 17 3 3 Launching ASUS SmartDoctor 18 3 4 Voltage status 18 3 5 Temperature status 19 3 6 Fan speed status 19 3 7 Engine and memory clock settings 20 3 8 Advanced setup featur...

Page 4: ... Requirements 37 4 2 What s New 37 4 3 Launching ASUS VideoSecurity 38 4 4 Setup 40 4 4 1 Main 40 4 4 2 Mode 43 4 4 3 Email setting 45 4 4 4 Record setting 49 4 4 5 Device 50 4 4 6 Skype Setting 52 4 5 Video Source 55 4 6 Set Detect region 56 4 7 Limitations 59 e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 4 2007 8 29 11 33 40 AM ...

Page 5: ...e to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected C...

Page 6: ...ables are not damaged If you detect any damage contact your dealer immediately To avoid short circuits keep paper clips screws and staples away from connectors slots sockets and circuitry Avoid dust humidity and temperature extremes Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet Place the product on a stable surface If you encounter technical problems with the product contact a quali...

Page 7: ... Contact Information on the inside front cover of this installation guide 2 Optional Documentation Your product package may include optional documentation such as warranty flyers that may have been added by your dealer These documents are not part of the standard package About this guide WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent...

Page 8: ...Windows 2000 Professional Edition with SP4 or Windows XP Professional Home Edition with SP2 DirectX 9 0 or above After ASUS NVIDIA series or ATI series latest display driver installed users should install ASUS Enhanced Display Driver version 1 16 or above An LCD or CRT monitor with 60 Hz refresh rate 1 2 Introduction The ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology significantly improves the display...

Page 9: ...S Splendid 1 Click the Start Control Panel and then find Display option From the Display Properties dialog box select the Settings tab then click Advanced The following window appears see the figure on the next page e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 2 2007 8 29 11 33 43 AM ...

Page 10: ...l Left only and Right only Dynamic Contrast With the Dynamic Contrast feature ASUS Splendid is able to intelligently adjust the contrast according to the content on the screen Whether it is the dark objects in the dark background or the light objects in the light background ASUS Splendid is able to process without losing the detail 2 Select ASUS tab ASUS Splendid to display the following e3325_vga...

Page 11: ...works only when the video has the overlay surface feature 2 ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology support video of the following pixel formats YUY2 UYVY YV12 YVU9 NV12 3 In PCI E system the maximum resolution of the video which ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology can support is 1280x720 4 In AGP system the maximum resolution of the video which ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology...

Page 12: ...0a or above Windows 2000 SP4 XP SP2 Vista 2 2 Enabling ASUS GamerOSD After installing ASUS GamerOSD from the software CD you must enable this utility for first time usage To launch ASUS GamerOSD 1 Right click on the empty space of Windows desktop and select Properties From the Display Properties dialog box select the Settings tab then click Advanced 2 Select the ASUS tab then ASUS OSD to display t...

Page 13: ... ASUS graphics card 2 3 User Interface 2 3 1 3D Display Setting e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 6 2007 8 29 11 33 45 AM ...

Page 14: ... T right top R B right bottom L B left bottom FPS Text Color Changes the text color of the FPS Configuration options R red G green B blue Y yellow W white GPU Speed Allows you to adjust the GPU speed Enable Display Adjustment Press the right arrow key to enable and the left arrow key to disable this function The following three items become configurable when you enable Display Adjustment Gamma Adj...

Page 15: ... selected this item shows the hotkeys for starting stopping recording games In Broadcast mode this item shows N A Current Client s Shows 0 in Movie mode In Broadcast mode this item shows the number of connected viewers watching your broadcast Capture Size Shows the resolution of the captured videos This item is set in Advanced Setting in the GamerOSD setup menu e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 8 2007 8 29 1...

Page 16: ...appears on the bottom left corner of your screen whe recording The recorded videos are automatically saved to the Movie folder and named by date In Broadcast mode press the right left arrow key to start stop broadcasting games 2 3 3 Screenshots Screenshot Mode Allows you to shift the image capturing mode between Single and Multiple Files Format Allows you to select the image files format Configura...

Page 17: ...ure screens The images are automatically saved to the ScreenShot folder and named by date 2 4 Using GamerOSD 2 4 1 Using 3D Display Function To benchmark the graphic card performance while playing games 1 Start a full screen DirectX or OpenGL game 2 Launch GamerOSD Ctrl Alt O 3 Select Show FPS from the 3D Display Setting 4 Choose where on the screen to display the FPS the options include L T Left ...

Page 18: ...penGL game 2 Launch GamerOSD Ctrl Alt O 3 Using the Left Right keys on your keyboard to adjust the Capture Size and Capture Rate The available Capture Size are 320x240 640x480 and 720x480 the available Capture Rate are 10 15 20 25 and 30 fps 4 Using hot keys or select Start Capturing to start record 5 The default format of the video is WMA if you want to change to other format click the GamerOSD i...

Page 19: ...ange to other format click the GamerOSD figure 1 icon from your desktop task bar From the menu appears figure 2 click Advanced Setting to display the Advanced Setting menu figure 3 find the Movie Format bar then choose WMA or XviD MPEG 4 from the drop down list e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 12 2007 8 29 11 33 48 AM ...

Page 20: ...figure this item only when GamerOSD cannot find a sound capture device or the recorded video has no sound C M e d i a D e v i c e 7 To set hotkeys click behind GamerOSD Record Movie and Screen Shot bars To view the saved movie and screen shot click Movie or Screen Shot bar e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 13 2007 8 29 11 33 48 AM ...

Page 21: ... bar showing that Broadcast is enabled 2 Choose Broadcast and then click Start Broadcast bar An icon appears in the desktop task bar showing that Broadcast is enabled 3 Start a full screen DirectX or OpenGL game 4 Launch GamerOSD Ctrl Alt O 5 Select Start Capturing from the Video Capturing screen e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 14 2007 8 29 11 33 49 AM ...

Page 22: ...he Internet Options dialog box select the Security tab then click the Trusted Sites icon 4 Click Sites to display the Trusted sites window 5 Key in the Internet Protocol IP of the broadcast host on the text box then click Add 6 Click OK when done or Cancel to discard changes 7 Click Custom Level to display the Security Settings window 8 Enable all items then click OK 9 Click OK to exit the Interne...

Page 23: ...Format Capture Numbers and Capture Interval see the figure below 4 Press the hotkeys to start capturing game playing screen 5 Users can change the hotkeys and view the screen captures using the interface below e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 16 2007 8 29 11 33 50 AM ...

Page 24: ...or IC 3 2 Features Monitors graphic chip temperature fan speed and voltage Notifies user about irregular hardware events such as temperature overheat fan malfunction and out of safe range voltage Smartly cools down the graphic chip when the graphics chip temperature is over the threshold temperature Automatically adjusts the fan speed according to the GPU temperature Allows adjustment of monitor v...

Page 25: ...d its functions double click on the SmartDoctor icon found on the Windows taskbar or from Start program list Voltage status tab Temperature status tab Fan speed tab GPU clock slider Memory clock slider Default clock Set clock Setup VGA status For graphics cards with a monitor IC that only supports GPU temperature monitoring ASUS SmartDoctor provides the overclocking and fan control functions only ...

Page 26: ...t support voltage monitoring for this item 3 5 Temperature status Click the Temperature status tab to display the GPU and RAM temperature status of your graphics card If your graphics card does not support RAM temperature monitoring the item is grayed or disabled 3 6 Fan speed status Click the Fan speed tab to display the current fan speed of your graphics card e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 19 2007 8 29 ...

Page 27: ...to adjust the memory clock 3 Press Set Test button 4 SmartDoctor displays a warning message Click OK Engine clock slider Memory clock slider 5 The engine clock you set appears on a dialog box Click OK 6 A 2D test program is launched to test the clock settings The settings will be saved only if it passes the testing Right click the main dialog box and check Use clock settings after reboot to apply ...

Page 28: ...instructions 3 8 Advanced setup features To launch the SmartDoctor Settings dialog box click on the SmartDoctor menu 3 8 1 Settings To change the settings click the Settings tab from the SmartDoctor Settings dialog box Monitor Settings To change monitor settings 1 Set Monitor polling time interval 2 Click the check box to enable or disable any of the monitor setting features 3 Click Apply or OK to...

Page 29: ...feature Monitor polling time interval ASUS SmartDoctor constantly monitors your graphics card hardware status You can determine how often the SmartDoctor detects the monitor values by selecting the time interval from the dropdown list of Monitor polling time interval For example if you set the monitor polling time interval to 5 seconds SmartDoctor will detect the monitor values every 5 seconds e33...

Page 30: ...isable warning when running 3D games option is only available when the ASUS enhanced driver is installed in your system Minimize SmartDoctor after running 3D games SmartDoctor provides an option to Minimize SmartDoctor after running 3D games When enabled ASUS SmartDoctor will minimize after you play 3D games Click the checkbox to enable or disable Minimize SmartDoctor after running 3D games SmartD...

Page 31: ...ed in your system Minimize SmartDoctor at next reboot SmartDoctor provides an option of Minimize SmartDoctor at next reboot When enabled ASUS SmartDoctor will minimize after next reboot Click the checkbox to enable or disable Minimize SmartDoctor at next reboot feature e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 24 2007 8 29 11 33 57 AM ...

Page 32: ...afe range of AGPVDDQ from 1 28 1 5 0 22 to 1 72 1 5 0 22 When SmartDoctor detects the AGPVDDQ value is above 1 72 or below 1 28 it displays an abnormal event message Temperature Alarm Settings Click the check box to enable or disable the alarm for the GPU and Video RAM temperature When enabled you can move the slider to adjust the GPU or Video RAM alarm temperature Fan Alarm Settings Click the che...

Page 33: ...U temperature For example if the GPU temperature rises over 60 degrees Celsius SmartDoctor will raise the fan speed to the fastest level to cool the GPU Move the slider to adjust the temperature for fan speeds or click Default to load optimum settings Auto Fan Control SmartDoctor automatically adjusts the fan speeds for optimum performance The Fan Control tab is not displayed if your graphics card...

Page 34: ...o 100 means that the fan will run at full speed while 0 will stop the fan Only V9180 series or newer models support this feature Enable Smartcooling SmartCooling adjusts the fan speed according to the GPU temperature When SmartCooling is enabled you have to define the temperature boundaries for SmartCooling e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 27 2007 8 29 11 33 59 AM ...

Page 35: ...o restore default temperature boundary settings Auto Fan Control When you enable Auto Fan Control feature the fan speed will adjust automatically according to GPU Clock There are different fan speed levels eg medium fast and fastest The default value of the fan speed is medium The fan speed automatically rises when GPU clock speed rises see the figure on the next page and also adjust to the fastes...

Page 36: ...work at different clock speeds to get the best possible performance If you enable ASUS HyperDrive the slider in the main page for manual overclock will be disabled ASUS do not provide any warranty or support for the damages caused by improper using of this utility Read the relevant instructions carefully To change the ASUS HyperDrive settings 1 Click the HyperDrive tab from the SmartDoctor Setting...

Page 37: ...ore clock after playing 3D games Make sure to install the ASUS Enhanced driver when using the HyperDrive 3D mode B CPU usage mode When set to this mode ASUS SmartDoctor dynamically adjusts the GPU core clock depending on the Central Processing Unit CPU work load ASUS SmartDoctor increases the GPU core clock when the CPU is busy and decreases it when your CPU is idle C GPU Temperature mode In Tempe...

Page 38: ...erDrive is enabled you can enable the Manual HyperDrive Clock Rate and move the slider to adjust the frequency 4 Click Default to load optimum settings 5 Click Apply to apply settings or click OK to save settings and exit Click Cancel discard changes and exit Manual Overclocking rate for HyperDrive Follow the steps below to set the engine Overclocking rate for HyperDrive GPU temperature mode e3325...

Page 39: ...re 1 Click to enable Enable Manual HyperDrive Clock Rate then SmartDoctor displays Manual OverClocking Rate for HyperDrive warning message 2 Click OK button on the warning message 3 Adjust Manual HyperDrive Clock Rate slider to obtain desired clock value e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 32 2007 8 29 11 34 02 AM ...

Page 40: ... voltages temperature overheat and fan malfunction When ASUS SmartDoctor detects an abnormal event it will display a warning message on the upper left side of the dialog box If you want ASUS SmartDoctor to inform you of abnormal events enable the alarm settings in the monitor page You can check the Enable Overheat protection or Disable Warning When Running 3D games in the setting page to facilitat...

Page 41: ... an overheat or fan malfunction is detected Also ASUS SmartDoctor smartly cools down the graphic chip by decreasing the core clock to prevent further temperature increase SmartCooling SmartCooling automatically adjusts the fan speed according to the GPU temperature With this feature you can define the SmartDoctor temperature threshold With the Smart cooling enabled the fan will not always run at f...

Page 42: ...ur manual for details GPU A graphics processing unit GPU is a microprocessor that has been designed for processing 3D graphics The processor is capable of handling millions of math intensive processes per second The GPU is the heart of modern graphics cards relieving the CPU much of the graphics processing load VCC The supply voltage on a graphics card from AGP or PCIE bus The standard voltage val...

Page 43: ... voltage page ex V9520 Video Suite and V9560 Video Suite PCIE 12V The working voltage of the PCIE bus on the motherboard The standard voltage value should be around 12V NOTE For some models do not monitor PCIE 12V value ASUS SmartDoctor will disable the PCIE 12V item on the voltage page ex EN5900 The information tab displays the Model name Chip Name Memory Size BIOS etc information of your graphic...

Page 44: ...ernet Connection with Microsoft IE 6 SP1 or above Microsoft Media Player 9 0 or above Hardware Video capture devices like Webcams CCD V8 or Hi 8 which support UYVY video format A sound card or chip on board is necessary if you want to use play the warning wave file Please also see ReadMe txt for more details 4 2 What s New e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 37 2007 8 29 11 34 05 AM ...

Page 45: ...ject and record its movement A more user friendly History Logging interface gives you a clear idea of what s going on Remote monitoring Using web browser and ASUS WebRTP ActiveX control you will be able to receive the streaming video data that has been transmitted from your local system through the Internet New VideoSecurity Online supports dual devices with the functionality of preview motion det...

Page 46: ...ty Online does nothing but broadcast the video You can only change settings in this mode WatchDog press Start to start detecting You can press the Stop button to switch to the Standby mode Tracing When the tracing option is enabled VideoSecurity Online starts trying catch the motion object s which cause any unusual situation Users can manually stop tracing VideoSecurity Online also stops tracing w...

Page 47: ...ecting delay You can also set the detect region and windows style in this section To modify the Main setup options click Main Setting from the Video Security setup dialog box The following submenu appears Adjusting the detecting sensibility parameter To adjust the detecting sensibility Move the slider to adjust the Detecting sensibility parameter This item sets the receptibility of VideoSecurity t...

Page 48: ... want VideoSecurity Online and other applications like Office network to run simultaneously choose a lower scan rate to release CPU usage to other applications Set to a higher scan rate for a more accurate detection Do not change the working directory name while ASUS VideoSecurity is running Doing so will cause a runtime error Setting the working directory To set the working directory Key in the w...

Page 49: ... detecting for XXX seconds check box to enable or disable the delay feature when a motion is detected Key in or click the arrows to set the delay in seconds Click the Autorun detect when program run check box to enable or disable the autorun feature of ASUS VideoSecurity When this item is enabled VideoSecurity Online will auto run when system boots This option is helpful when you use remote contro...

Page 50: ...The following submenu appears Make sure to click OK after making changes Setting the Windows display style To set the Windows display style click the Window Style option buttons Setting the detecting mode To set the detecting mode Click the option button of your desired mode The following describes the available configuration options e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 43 2007 8 29 11 34 09 AM ...

Page 51: ...urity stops detecting a region To set n key in your desired number in the text box or click the arrows to adjust the desired maximum number Leave the detecting mode immediately This is the default option If any unusual condition is detected VideoSecurity Online stops watchdog function immediately Setting the tracing method To set the tracing method Click the Start tracing whenever a condition is d...

Page 52: ...t the current working directory you specified 4 4 3 Email setting The Email setting section contains the email parameters necessary to send an email when the email alarm feature is enabled To modify the email settings click the Email Setting item from the setup dialog box The following submenu appears e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 45 2007 8 29 11 34 11 AM ...

Page 53: ... Enable alarm 2 Click the Email Setting item from the setup dialog box then click to enable Send out an email as warning 3 Key in the email address es of the recipient s the subject and body content The following describes these email parameters To CC BCC Subject Body e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 46 2007 8 29 11 34 12 AM ...

Page 54: ...dministrator for authorization and other server parameter settings Server Contains the parameters and protocols necessary to send your email Key in the host name address port number mail address authentication method username and password The following describes the server parameters e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 47 2007 8 29 11 34 13 AM ...

Page 55: ...ous parameters and server settings Refer to the following parameter descriptions Auto Connect to the Internet when enabled the utility will check if an Internet connection already exists If the connection between the IP you bind and the destination mail server can t be established the utility will automatically dial up Click the check box to enable or disable this feature Bind to selects your loca...

Page 56: ...conds The default value is 2 seconds 3 Click OK to save settings and exit 4 4 4 Record setting The Record setting section contains parameters that allows you to configure the recording duration whenever condition is detected To set the recording parameters click the Record setting item from the setup dialog box The following submenu appears e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 49 2007 8 29 11 34 14 AM ...

Page 57: ...he video capture devices and color settings To select a video capture device or adjust color settings click the Device Setting item from the ASUS VideoSecurity setup dialog box The following sub menu appears e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 50 2007 8 29 11 34 15 AM ...

Page 58: ...video standard in your area The default video standard is chosen based on your system location 3 Move the slider to adjust the brightness saturation contrast or color hue Click on the Default button to restore the default settings OR Click Default to load recommended values 4 Click OK to save settings and exit e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 51 2007 8 29 11 34 16 AM ...

Page 59: ...unction users need to install Skype in their system and configure well When enabling Skype function in the first time a dialog box pops up as the following Please select Allow this program to use Skype and then click OK If you select Do not allow this program to use Skype VideoSecurity will be blocked from hosting Skype e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 52 2007 8 29 11 34 17 AM ...

Page 60: ...s followings 1 Launch Skype 2 Click Tools tab and select Options 3 Click Video in the left part 4 Select Select webcam and choose ASUSTek Video Capture Filter 5 Click Enable Skype Video and Start my video automatically 6 Click Save e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 53 2007 8 29 11 34 18 AM ...

Page 61: ...owings figure 1 2 and 3 If we have two webcams enabled in the server we could use chat command change source see figure 3 to switch the webcam you want to see figure 1 home PC figure 2 remote side PC figure 3 remote side PC e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 54 2007 8 29 11 34 20 AM ...

Page 62: ...exchange the different video source types Video source setting To set the video source 1 Click Video Source from the VideoSecurity main menu 2 From the pop up menu select from the available video sources The selected video source output is displayed on the upper screen e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 55 2007 8 29 11 34 21 AM ...

Page 63: ...tor for condition changes To configure the detect region properties click Set detect region from the VideoSecurity main menu The following dialog box appears To set detect region 1 From the Main Setting section select User Defined of the Detect Region group e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 56 2007 8 29 11 34 21 AM ...

Page 64: ...main menu to display Shape Properties dialog box 3 Click the option buttons to select the region type 5 Click option buttons to select the draw mode 6 Click OK to apply settings 7 Click and drag the mouse on an area to set detect region Detect region e3325_vga sw_0829 indb 57 2007 8 29 11 34 22 AM ...

Page 65: ...tored in another folder select the folder from the list box and click Click to delete all history files Click to delete condition Click to view image or video Click to select previously recorded conditions 1 To select other recorded conditions click the list box labeled with the date and time of recording 3 To preview image or video click from a listed condition 4 To delete a recorded condition cl...

Page 66: ...apture the object if the object moves too fast VideoSecurity Online can only process UYVY YUY2 and I420 video format Due to the limitation of Video Mixing Renderer in Win2000 VideoSecurity3500 doesn t support User Defined Motion Detection and Tracing features in Win2000 VideoSecurity doesn t support 256 color we suggest that users run the program under 16 bit color environment or above Known Issue...

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