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High-performance Monitoring Software

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...High performance Monitoring Software User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...50 users Copyright Information Please note that copyright laws prohibit the customer from using recorded videos and still pictures for any purpose other than personal enjoyment without permission from the copyright holder Trademarks Canon and Canon logo are registered trademarks of Canon Inc Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States...

Page 3: ... address for the camera server 22 Step 3 Enter a name and comment for the camera server 23 Step 4 Complete the settings 23 Searching Registering Camera Servers 25 Step 1 Start up the Serch Register Camera Server Wizard 25 Step 2 Search for and register the camera server 25 Step 3 Complete the settings 26 Chapter 3 Creating Monitoring Screens Creating Monitoring Screens 28 Create Monitoring Screen ...

Page 4: ...nctions of MV Station 68 Auto Preset Tour 68 Auto Switch 70 Video Relay 73 Examples of Using Automatic Operation 75 External Devices Input Output 78 Notification of External Device Input 78 External Device Output Control 79 Motion Detection 80 Notification of Motion Detection 80 Recording and Viewing Pictures 84 Picture Recording Settings 84 Using VBImageBrowser 85 Downloading All Recorded Picture...

Page 5: ...ty of screen styles to best suit the size of the monitor the number of camera servers and cameras and monitoring objectives It is also possible to perform such tasks as editing maps changing the allocation of camera servers on the maps or making settings for automatic operation based on schedules MV Station lets you access MV data created in MV Manager freely remote control cameras and simultaneou...

Page 6: ...VB C10 Monitoring via Internet is also possible Monitoring via ISDN line MV Station Monitoring Router Transmits settings data such as camera direction zoom etc VC C4 VB150 NU 700 ISDN Line INTERNET System Configuration MV Manager and MV Station connect to camera servers via TCP IP Connections can also be made over the Internet or an Intranet ...

Page 7: ...ges from several cameras from monitoring screens created in MV Manager Downloading viewing and saving of pictures recorded in the camera servers are also possible Transmits settings data such as camera direction zoom etc Transmits camera server settings and changes ETHERNET Lets users create and edit monitoring screens MV data to be used in MV Station Remote centralized control of several camera s...

Page 8: ... the wizard style format make the registration process very easy The wizard style format is also used for creating monitoring screens Creating screens that suit your application is very easy Before you can start monitoring you need to perform the required settings as described in Registering Camera Servers Chapter 2 Creating Monitoring Screens Chapter 3 and Exporting MV Data Chapter 4 ...

Page 9: ...porting MV Data 3 MV Station MV Manager MV Data folder You must create an MV Data folder and perform a task known as Exporting in order to view images on the monitoring screen Monitoring is possible by accessing this MV Data folder ...

Page 10: ...olution 16 bit color display or better Monitor CPU Pentium III 600 MHz or better Windows Me Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or later Windows XP Internet Explorer 5 0 or later required Operating System Web Browser 128 MB or better Memory Available space of 50 MB or better Hard Disk SVGA 800 600 or better with high resolution 16 bit color display or better Monitor When using VB101 upgrade the firmware t...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Installing First you need to install WebView Livescope MV Manager and WebView Livescope MV Station ...

Page 12: ...ted to this MV Data folder in order to display images from the cameras on the monitoring screens MV Manager Creating monitoring screens Remote maintenance MV Station Monitoring VB150 VB101 Check the System Configuration MV Manager Creating monitoring screens Remote maintenance MV Station Monitoring Receives videos and controls camera File sharing VB150 VB101 Refers to camera server information and...

Page 13: ...set it to Share so that it can be accessed over the network from the PC where MV Station is installed If several MV Stations are used and MV Data folders are placed in locations other than the PC where MV Manager is installed MV Manager Creating monitoring screens Remote maintenance MV Station Monitoring Receives videos and controls camera File sharing VB150 VB101 Refers to camera server informati...

Page 14: ...024 768 or higher At the PC where MV Station is to be installed set the screen resolution to SVGA 800 600 or higher Be sure the resolution that you set is the same or higher than the optimum resolution of the monitoring screens created in MV Manager see p 30 Display Properties c Note Maximum Number of Clients must be set to five or more for the VB150 or VB101 and to two or more for the VB C10 VB C...

Page 15: ...n Install MV Manager This button installs both MV Manager and MV Station This setup is for administrators who manage the camera servers and create monitoring screens Install MV Station This button installs MV Station only This setup is for operators who view monitoring screens When you place the mouse cursor on these buttons explanations about them appear below the cursor c Note This product consi...

Page 16: ...o be installed To specify a folder other than the one indicated click Browse and select the folder you want When the folder has been specified click Next c Note If you are installing WebView Livescope MV Ver 2 1 into a PC in which Ver 1 0 is already installed information such as the camera servers and monitoring screens that were registered and set with Ver 1 0 cannot be used with Ver 2 1 However ...

Page 17: ...the installer starts up and the process of installing MV Station begins Click Next to continue the installation Enter the Serial number and click Next The Serial number is indicated on the seal attached outside the software package c Note If you are installing WebView Livescope MV Ver 2 1 into a PC in which Ver 1 0 is already installed information such as the work folders that were set with Ver 1 ...

Page 18: ...older has been specified click Next Specify a name to be registered in the Program menu under the Start menu then click Next Check the items you have specified and selected thus far then click Next The installation will be performed by copying files and setting the registry When installation is complete click Finish to exit the installer 3 4 5 6 If you have changed the HTTP port number normally it...

Page 19: ...Chapter 2 Registering Camera Servers Next WebView Livescope MV Manager is used to register and set camera servers ...

Page 20: ...Menu Toolbar Menu Navigation bar Main window switches between Camera Servers and Monitoring Screens Starting up from the desktop icon Camera Server Camera Server Register Camera Server Starts up the wizard for registering a camera server Search Register Camera Server Auto searches camera servers and starts the wizard for registering a camera server Open Setup Page Opens the selected camera server ...

Page 21: ...e name of the camera server Exit Exits MV Manager Edit Select All Selects all camera servers Invert Selection Changes selection from selected camera servers to ones that are not selected View Toolbar Status Bar Shows or hides the Toolbar Status Bar Camera Servers Monitoring Screens Switches between the camera server list and the monitoring screen list Large Icons Details Changes icon display Tools...

Page 22: ...an IP address or host name for the camera server being added The HTTP port number set as a property see p 99 of the camera server appears as a default in the HTTP port field Although the HTTP port number is usually 80 if another value is preferred enter that in the HTTP port field and click Next Step 1 Start up the Register Camera Server Wizard Step 2 Enter a network address for the camera server ...

Page 23: ...hat was entered in part of Step 2 is reflected as a default instead In the case of VB C10 VB C10R the network address is reflected from the beginning Comments such as the installation conditions of the camera server the position of cameras connected to the camera server or the objects being monitored are convenient when several camera servers and cameras are being operated The camera server is reg...

Page 24: ...er repeat steps 1 through 4 Deleting a camera server To delete the registered camera server select the camera server by clicking on it then choose Delete from the Camera Server menu When the camera server that was being used in the created monitoring screen is deleted it is also deleted from the monitoring screen at the same time and there is a possibility that displays will not appear correctly i...

Page 25: ...ribed on page 22 Step 1 Start up the Serch Register Camera Server Wizard Step 2 Search for and register the camera server Step 3 Complete the settings Searching Registering Camera Servers Step 1 Start up the Serch Register Camera Server Wizard Camera servers are searched and registered in the following 3 steps Step 2 Search for and register the camera server Camera Server Registration Wizards 1 2 ...

Page 26: ...Ver 3 0 c Note Step 3 Complete the settings 1 2 The camera servers are automatically given names If you want to change a name click the camera server icon to select it then right click on the selection When the pop up menu appears choose Rename Alternatively you can double click on the camera server icon to display the camera server s properties Click the General tab and change the name there e Ti...

Page 27: ...Chapter 3 Creating Monitoring Screens Using WebView Livescope MV Manager to create monitoring screens appropriate to your application ...

Page 28: ...elected monitoring screen Rename Changes the name of the monitoring screen Exit Exits MV Manager Edit Select All Selects all monitoring screens Invert Selection Changes selection from a selected monitoring screen to ones that are not selected View Toolbar Status Bar Shows or hides Toolbar Status Bar Camera Servers Monitoring Screens Switches between the camera server list and the monitoring screen...

Page 29: ...s up the wizard to create a monitoring screen Export Exports MV Data Properties Displays the properties of the selected monitoring screen Edit Map Lets you edit the map Tools Edit Map Lets you edit the map Option Changes camera server connection settings and proxy settings ...

Page 30: ...buttons at the top left see p 33 2 Select one of the four types of display sizes with the radio buttons at the top right 3 Different combinations of monitoring screen type and display size will cause the details shown in the Viewer Arrangement box at the bottom left to be changed For viewer arrangements refer to Viewer Arrangements on p 34 Step 5 Complete the settings Step 1 Start up the Create Mo...

Page 31: ...en name field It must not be left blank You may not use the same name for more than one monitoring screen You can use the Comment field to write any comment you wish about the monitoring screen Comment will be reflected in the monitoring screen s Comment section and can be used for confirmation Several lines are available or the comment may be omitted Clicking the Settings button of Main video pat...

Page 32: ...ter the sequence select an allocated camera by clicking its name and shift the sequence by clicking the Up or Down button When the allocation is completed click OK Even when the monitoring screen has been created and the settings are completed the settings are only stored by MV Manager and cannot be viewed by MV Station To view them on MV Station they must be exported see p 46 Up to 100 monitoring...

Page 33: ...ra source window viewer and camera control panel are all united United Window B A pattern in which the camera source window and viewer are united and the camera control panel is separated Separated Window B A pattern in which the camera source window viewer and camera control panel are all separated Separated Window A A pattern in which the viewer and camera control panel are united and the camera...

Page 34: ...parated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B Matrix Type 1 1 c d d e d e d d e d e e d e e e e e Matrix Type 1 2 b b c c c d d d d e e e Matrix Type 1 3 b c Matrix Type 2 1 b b c c d d d e d d e Matrix Type 2 2 b b b c b c c d c d d e d d e Viewer Arrangements Different types of viewer a...

Page 35: ...indow B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B Unit...

Page 36: ...d Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B Matrix Type 4 2 Matrix Type 4 3 Matrix Type 4 4 Preview Type L1 P2B Preview Type L1 P4A Preview Type L1 P2A SVGA 800 600 SXGA...

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Page 39: ...ype SL1 P7A Preview Type SL1 P7B Preview Type SL1 P7C Preview Type SL1 P7D United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Window A Separated Window B United Window A United Window B Separated Win...

Page 40: ...kground Bitmap Clears background bitmap so that nothing is written Change Icon Changes the image of the selected icon Delete Icon Deletes the selected icon Starting up Map Editor Select the Monitoring Screens on the Navigation bar and click the monitoring screen icon to select it Then click the Edit Map on the Toolbar Also if you select Create Map in Step 2 of the Create Monitoring Screen Wizard a...

Page 41: ... Program Files Canon WebView Mv 2 0 Bmp Select by clicking the bitmap file you wish to use click Open and the bitmap will be loaded into background The bitmap will be displayed inside a dotted frame You can alter the size of the frame by dragging the square on the right edge right bottom edge and bottom edge Background bitmaps can be loaded from user created bitmap files The following file types c...

Page 42: ...a server icon and the camera icons of the camera connected to its camera server cannot be allocated on the map at the same time Motion detection is only available with the VB150 When an icon is to be dropped Select Icon dialog box will appear to enable the type of icon to be selected Icons will be allocated when you have selected them and clicked OK Once an icon has been allocated it can be freely...

Page 43: ...itmap icons Camera Server Icons Camera Icons VC C4R Camera VC C4 Camera VB C10 Camera Server VB150 VB101 Camera Server VC C1 Camera VC C3 Camera NU 700 Camera Other cameras Other than cameras VB C10R Camera Server External Device Icons Input Icons Motion Detection Icons VB150 Output Icons ...

Page 44: ...g the Edited Screen Allocating Camera Icons with Scopes A camera icon with a scope attached is one that has Icon rotates indicated in the Description column under Select Icon The icon and scope will move in accordance with the horizontal orientation and zoom of the actual camera When these icons are allocated on a map a guide is displayed for determining which of four directions is to be the initi...

Page 45: ...Chapter 4 Exporting MV Data Exports data of registered camera servers and created monitoring screens ...

Page 46: ...e created beforehand Monitoring screens cannot be viewed in MV Station simply by creating them and saving the settings in MV Manager To view monitoring screens in MV Station you need to specify an MV Data folder that MV Station can access and to export the created monitoring screens Exporting To export click Export on the Toolbar When the window for making export settings appears first among all t...

Page 47: ...4 Exporting MV Data 47 Click Export to complete the export process MV Station will now be able to access the MV Data folder so that you can view the created monitoring screens 3 ...

Page 48: ...amera control camera Drag Drop Operation restrictions are set by setting a password for MV Data to be exported When MV Station reads MV Data the operation restrictions are automatically enabled if a password has been set for that MV Data To cancel operation restrictions in MV Station re enter the password that was set in MV Manager From the MV Station Tools menu choose Option then in the window th...

Page 49: ...Chapter 5 Monitoring Displaying and monitoring images with the WebView Livescope MV Station ...

Page 50: ...device input out put and motion detection for VB150 only Dragging and dropping enables cameras to be allocated to the viewer win dow and cameras to be switched Starting up from the desktop icon Camera Control Panel Cameras can be controlled us ing panorama pictures and but tons File Open Monitoring Screen Opens monitoring screens that have been exported to a MV Data folder Specify MV Data Folder S...

Page 51: ...p 57 Viewer Camera Control Right Acquires right of control over the selected viewer Reconnect Reconnects the selected viewer Release Selection Cancels the viewer selection Delete Deletes the image on the selected viewer Delete All Viewers Deletes images displayed on all active viewers Snapshot Takes a snapshot of the selected viewer Pause Pauses the image on the selected viewer and displays a stil...

Page 52: ...ts the image on the selected viewer Full Screen Displays the image on the selected viewer on full screen Network Information Displays network information on the selected viewer Ext Device Output Control Controls external device output Camera Control Panel Switches the camera control panel display type Auto Preset Tour Toggles Auto Preset Tour on off on cameras of the selected viewer Tools Auto Swi...

Page 53: ...era source window viewer and camera control panel united or separated The method of operation is the same in each case Type of Screen Example of united type Example of a type with camera source window separated Example of all separated type Starting up MV Station ...

Page 54: ...e MV Data folder path directly or click the Browse button specify a folder and click OK to open the monitoring screen 1 2 If the monitoring screen has been specified beforehand as the Start Screen the specified screen will be displayed automatically Otherwise select the screen you wish to see from the Select Monitorting Screen dialog box Click to select and click OK With the screen selected click ...

Page 55: ...ropped camera If the camera source window has a camera server icon on the camera map you can click the icon to display the names of the cameras connected to that camera server and then drag and drop the camera name Deleting an Image To delete the image of a camera that has been allocated to a viewer select by clicking the viewer to be deleted click Delete on the Toolbar or select Delete from the V...

Page 56: ... a Separated Window A or B and the camera source window is being displayed you can hide it by selecting Hide Camera Source Window from the View menu If the camera source window is hidden and you wish to show it you can show it by selecting any one of Camera List Camera Tree and Camera Map Camera List Camera Tree Camera Map e Tip To change the viewer allocation you can drag and drop from viewer to ...

Page 57: ...e of Full Size Horizontal Full Size Vertical Panorama Only or Control Buttons Only from Camera Control Panel on the View menu Also when the camera control panel is being displayed you can hide it by selecting Hide from Camera Control Panel on the View menu If the camera control panel is hidden and you wish to show it you can show it by selecting any one of Full Size Horizontal Full Size Vertical P...

Page 58: ...a Camera with Control Buttons Zoom button Lets you zoom in or zoom out Zoom occurs when the button is held down and stops when it is released AF MF button Displays a dialog box for switching between Auto Focus and Manual Focus Speed button Displays a dialog box for camera operation speed Backlight Compensation button Turns backlight compensation on and off Backlight compensation is effective when ...

Page 59: ...th control buttons and for the arrow button operations on the viewer see p 60 Tip Operating the Camera with Panorama The pan tilt and zoom of a camera can be freely controlled from the Panorama window The frame displayed on the panorama indicates the portion that displays the image You can change the pan and tilt by dragging this frame and you can zoom in or out by dragging any side of the frame t...

Page 60: ...rsor over the viewer There are eight arrows such as the up arrow at the top of the screen and the down arrow at the bottom of the screen for making changes with the mouse cursor There are also two central buttons plus on the left and minus on the right for making changes with the mouse cursor In each case click and hold to enable pan tilt and zoom operations c Note If there is an icon showing came...

Page 61: ... to pause a video and enable a still picture to be displayed Click Pause Resume again to return from the still picture to the video display Taking a Snapshot With the viewer selected click Snapshot on the Toolbar to enable the video being displayed at the time of the click to be saved to a file as a still picture Snapshots can be saved in a JPEG format file When the snapshot is taken a dialog box ...

Page 62: ... the size of the video being captured by the camera server Compression type Shows the image compression type being used Video WV TCP Shows the IP address and Port No of the camera server if WV TCP is being used for the video transmission protocol Camera control WV TCP Shows the IP address and Port No of the camera server if WV TCP is being used for the camera control protocol Video Camera control ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 6 Managing the Camera Servers This chapter describes how to use WebView Livescope MV Manager to manage the camera servers such as making camera server settings or upgrading the firmware ...

Page 64: ...or details on making camera server settings see Chapter 3 of the camera server manual Comprehensive management of registered camera servers is possible with MV Manager Operations such as changing camera server settings confirming images and upgrading the firmware in all cameras at once can be performed remotely Testing Camera Server Images Select a registered camera server icon by clicking on it W...

Page 65: ...re you select the firmware file to be transferred to the camera server Either enter the path directly or click Browse to select the file File transfer starts when you click Next To upgrade the firmware you first need to obtain the new firmware For the latest information on the new firmware see the Web site below http www canon com webview 1 2 c Note When upgrading the VB101 be sure to use FTP and ...

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Page 67: ...Chapter 7 Advanced Operations This section explains advanced operations of WebView Livescope MV Ver 2 1 such as viewing recorded pictures and automatic operations ...

Page 68: ... operated independently or in combination With appropriate settings automatic camera operation can enable effective monitoring Automatic Operation Functions of MV Station Auto Preset Tour Auto Preset Tour is a sequential tour of a previously established preset position by one camera At the established preset position it can be stopped only at a specified time This saves the work of operating a cam...

Page 69: ...rs Tours will be made in sequence from the preset that appears at the top No Auto Preset Tour has been set e Tip Viewers have an Auto Preset Tour Indicator that indicates the status of Auto Preset Tour Auto Preset Tour is set but is not in progress gray display Auto Preset Tour in progress colored display 3 Having selected by clicking preset names in the Tour Schedule field you can change the numb...

Page 70: ...that was set Viewer 1 Camera Server 1 Preset 1 Viewer 2 Camera Server 2 Preset 2 Viewer 1 Camera Server 3 Preset 3 Viewer 2 Camera Server 4 Preset 4 Changing camera and preset that are displayed Starting up Auto Preset Tour To start up Auto Preset Tour select by clicking the viewer that is displaying the image of the camera you wish to use for touring and then click the Auto Preset Tour button on ...

Page 71: ...Up and Down buttons to arrange them in the viewer where you wish to display them The viewer for the number shown in Viewer arrangement preview corresponds to the number in the Assignment to viewers field Auto Switch Settings The assignment of cameras to a viewer their switching sequence preset display positions and switching intervals can each be set freely with Auto Switch With MV Manager s Monit...

Page 72: ... of operations Tour starts from the top Starting up Auto Switch To operate Auto Switch click the Auto Switch button on the Toolbar Stopping Auto Switch If you wish to stop Auto Switch click the Auto Switch button on the Toolbar again c Note The preset settings need to be made before using the Auto Switch function Note that the preset used in Auto Switch is specified on MV Manager and that it is di...

Page 73: ... you freely set intervals for switching video displays Select Properties from File in MV Station Alter the number in Interval under Video Relay on the General tab in the window that is displayed You can set an interval between 5 and 30 seconds in increments of one second After you have made the setting click OK or Apply 1 2 c Note Video Relay cannot be used with the VB C10 VB C10R and the VB150 wi...

Page 74: ... sequence for the video display is viewer ID order Stop Resume Video Relay If you wish to stop Video Relay select one of the viewers connected to the camera server by clicking To replay the Video Relay click a location outside the viewers in the viewer display area or cancel the selection by selecting Release Selection on the Viewer menu Starting Stopping Video Relay ...

Page 75: ... 8 By operating Auto Preset Tour in combination with Video Relay the preset tour set for several cameras can be effectively displayed in video Let us look at an example of monitoring by four cameras connected to one camera server Since there are a number of places that you wish to check Cameras A and B are set up for an Auto Preset Tour Cameras C and D are periodically observing fixed points with ...

Page 76: ...d F but the still pictures of G and H are updated with the latest image when Auto Switch occurs Auto Switch Combined with Video Relay By Operating Auto Switch in combination with Video Relay you can effectively switch cameras assigned to viewers that are set on several camera servers and display video Let us look at an example of two camera servers each of which has four cameras connected for moni...

Page 77: ...ollable camera s image can be displayed in video on MV Station If Multiple is selected multiple camera video images can be displayed at the same time on MV Station However multiple cameras cannot be controlled at the same time In Multiple mode the video indicators of all viewers displaying images flash green which indicates that the video is being displayed Single or Multiple can be selected on th...

Page 78: ...tle of the viewer can be caused to flash when the corresponding camera image is being displayed Camera 1 image is not being displayed Camera 1 image is allocated and the title flashes When the corresponding camera image is not being displayed the viewer can automatically display the camera image and the viewer title can be flashed When input from the camera server that is not displaying image has ...

Page 79: ...st or camera map changes when an input notification is received A sound can be generated when external device input has been notified see p 107 External device input notification settings are made in Camera Server Properties of MV Manager see p 101 and Monitoring Screen Properties of MV Station see p 107 c Note If a camera registered on the screen was restarted while monitoring in MV Station was i...

Page 80: ...he title flashes When the corresponding camera image is not being displayed the viewer can automatically display the camera image and the viewer title can be flashed When motion detection event from the camera server that is not displaying image has been notified the corresponding camera image can be allocated and displayed VB150 Use the Motion Detection Setting Tool provided with the VB150 to set...

Page 81: ...fication of motion detection while Video Relay is in progress If you receive notification of motion detection while Video Relay is in progress actions vary depending on the Camera Control Right settings If the Display the corresponding video when motion detection is enabled box is not selected see p 104 the camera in which the motion was detected displays the video As other viewers cannot obtain t...

Page 82: ...s enabled box is selected all viewers display the video from the camera that detected the motion Camera 1 image be comes video display and the title flashes Other viewer also displays the Camera 1 image in video Notification of motion detection in the Camera 1 image ...

Page 83: ...el than MV Level see p 105 if motion is detected and video is displayed in the viewer from the camera that detected the motion you cannot control the camera only while motion is detected If you want to control the camera while motion is detected changing the level control right to MV Level 2 allows you to obtain the camera control privileges c Note Use the Motion Detection Setting Tool provided in...

Page 84: ...e on the Picture Recording and External Device I O Settings Page Picture Recording Settings c Note Picture recording functions are camera server functions For details of functions and settings see Using the Picture Recording Function in the Camera Server Manual or if the VB150 is being used see Picture Recording User s Guide contained in the supplied CD ROM Select by clicking a registered camera s...

Page 85: ...to the camera server and recorded conditions Menu Toolbar Thumbnail display area Condensed images contained in the folder selected in the image folder tree are displayed here List display area Detailed information about the image contained in the folder selected in the image folder tree is listed here Date setting frame This lets you specify the date of picture recorded and limit the range of imag...

Page 86: ...r image Exif Conversion Converts images to Exif format Select All Selects all images in a selected folder View Add Folder Adds a folder to Image Folder and Backup on the image folder tree Delete Folder Deletes an Image Folder Backup and Preview folder from the image folder tree Toolbars Status Bar Shows or hides Toolbar and or Status Bar Image Folder Tree Thumbnail Image Image List Shows or hides ...

Page 87: ...n Toggle image folder tree Shows or hides image folder tree Toggle image list Shows or hides image list Toggle thumbnail image Shows or hides thumbnail images Close all detail display windows Closes all windows when detail display windows are displayed Confirm or set picture recording schedule Opens the Picture Recording and External Device I O Settings Page by accessing the selected camera server...

Page 88: ...mages downloaded automatically by VBCollector 1 2 The Download dialog box will appear and downloading will start when you click OK If you choose Delete images on the server the pictures you have downloaded will be deleted from the camera server Downloaded images will be added to the recorded conditions folder that correspords to the camera server tree A PC with this software WebView Livescope MV V...

Page 89: ...ed pictures you select here are in the camera server and are directly deleted from the server when Delete Recorded Picture is selected on the list in Preview Please keep in mind that it is different from the Delete image on the Toolbar which deletes the images that have been downloaded from the camera server to the PC Recorded pictures in the camera server can be directly viewed previewed before d...

Page 90: ...l folder in the camera server tree under Camera Servers is opened image files contained in that folder will appear as thumbnails and listings Also when Search Results Search Name Image Folder Folder Name Backup Date VB Card Time folders are opened the image files contained in those folders will appear as thumbnails and listings Double clicking the thumbnail or listing of an image file will open as...

Page 91: ...nder Search Results in the image folder tree 1 2 Image files that match the search conditions will be collected in the search name folder that has been created under the Search Results folder in the image folder tree Specify Display Range When downloading is performed over a long period many Recorded Date folders will be created and the display becomes difficult to see It will then be helpful to u...

Page 92: ...ontents have changed Select by clicking the folder on the image folder tree containing the images you wish to compare and select by clicking the image you want to compare on the list or in the thumbnails The Image Comparison dialog box appears when you click Compare 2 continuous images on the Toolbar The image is shown divided into 12 9 blocks and you will select the area to be compared by draggin...

Page 93: ...er tree containing the images you wish to compare and select by clicking the image you want to compare on the list or in the thumbnails The Sort by Similarity dialog box appears when you click Sort by similarity on the Toolbar The image is shown divided into 12 9 blocks and you will select the area to be compared by dragging on the screen The selected blocks are shown in a red frame Comparison Con...

Page 94: ...erting the flash memory card into a PC card drive Choose Options from the Tools menu and set PC Card Drive to the letter indicating the card drive of your personal computer Insert the flash memory card into the PC card drive right click VB Card on the image folder tree and choose Reload from the pop up menu The VB Card folder can be accessed when Reload is selected From the image folder tree selec...

Page 95: ... added under Backup in the image folder tree A removable media drive can also be specified as the backup destination Import VB Images Backup VB images and backup images saved in the PC can be imported as camera server images First add a importing folder under Image Folder or Backup in the image folder tree see p 94 for details on Adding a Folder To import VB images select by clicking the folder ad...

Page 96: ...server log can be downloaded and viewed Select by clicking the camera server on the camera server tree whose log you wish to view and then choose Display Log from the Camera Server menu The Log Viewer will start up For information about the contents displayed by the Log Viewer please refer to the item on Log Viewer in your Camera Server Manual 1 2 For the log to be viewed the camera server setting...

Page 97: ...e input equipment Date and time of original data generation Date and time of digital data generation Magic Number identity of recorded picture file Trigger Camera Number Pan Angle Tilt Angle Zoom Value Brightness Recorded Time External Device Input Conditions External Device Output Conditions Video Quality An image files can be output as an Exif file by adding an Exif tag Select by clicking the fo...

Page 98: ...6 shows all contents of the log the External Device Input Log Viewer shows only the logs of external device input events and motion detection events For information about the contents displayed by the Log Viewer please refer to the item on Log Viewer in your Camera Server Manual Displaying Images Before and After an Event From the log list double click the log of the event for which you wish to sh...

Page 99: ... 60 seconds in one second intervals The upper limit for frame rate when the camera server is connected by MV Station can be set to a value selected from the Upper limit of framerate box Lets you confirm camera server address HTTP port can be edited and settings page URL Settings page can be opened with the Open Setup Page button The Administration Account button produces a display for Administrato...

Page 100: ... button Camera Tab Preset Settings 1 Preset angles can be set in the Presets Settings dialog box by the following three methods 1 Click Display Viewer and specify angles by operating the viewer that is displayed Use the Add button to capture that position as a preset 2 Click the New button and a yellow frame will appear in the Preview window Move pan and tilt positions by dragging the yellow frame...

Page 101: ...ernal device input icon captions and tool hints The External Device Input Name entered in the camera server s settings page is set by default You can specify the method of flashing the viewer title of the camera that corresponds to the input notification When Specify the span is selected flashing will occur only for the period set in the box This can be set between 0 and 99 seconds in one second i...

Page 102: ...n detection icon allocated on the camera tree camera list or camera map changes when an event notification is received If the Display the corresponding video box is selected and an event is received the image from the camera that detected motion is allocated to the viewer and displayed If video relay is in progress all viewers display the video image from the camera that detected the motion Viewer...

Page 103: ...ect monitoring screen and click the Properties button on the Toolbar to display Properties dialog box You can set monitoring screen details in properties You can specify the method of flashing the viewer title of the camera that corresponds to the motion detection notification When Specify the span is selected flashing will occur only for the period set in the box This can be set between 0 and 99 ...

Page 104: ... video when motion detection is enabled check box You can start up Map Editor with the Edit map button to edit maps You can also delete saved maps with the Delete map button Details Tab c Note In the MV Station you can temporarily switch the control right level from MV Level to MV Level 2 on the monitoring screen To switch the camera control rights level to MV Level 2 right click on the viewer and...

Page 105: ...he control right will move to the one connected later The control right cannot be obtained however if there is a client connected at the Admin Viewer Level or MV Level 2 Some of the features of the Video Relay may be unavailable or camera control may be limited while motion detection is being notified from the VB150 see p 80 MV Level 2 MV Level 2 is the camera control right level that has priority...

Page 106: ...nd Down buttons to arrange them in the viewer where you wish to display them The viewer for the number shown in Viewer arrangement preview corresponds to the number in the Assignment to viewers field Presets registered in the Preset box will be displayed Select the names of those you wish to have displayed Click OK The Settings button lets you set the video pattern of the camera that is displayed ...

Page 107: ...age will be displayed automatically If Play sound when the external device input is notified is selected by specifying with Sound file a sound file that can be played back a sound will be generated when there is notification of external device input External Device Input Tab Option Timeout lets you set a timeout for the connection with the camera server Settings may be between 5 and 60 seconds in ...

Page 108: ...n and specifying a folder General Tab All MV Station traffic can be controlled in Traffic with the slider You can set a proxy with the HTTP Proxy button Network Tab Motion Detection Tab If Display the video is selected when notification of motion detection comes from the camera server that is not displaying the image the image will be displayed automatically If Play sound when detection of motion ...

Page 109: ...ation restrictions enabled or disabled When enabled the restrictions are cancelled by entering a password When the restrictions are disabled the operations restrictions can be enabled by clicking Enable button Operation Restriction Tab Other Advanced Settings ...

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Page 112: ...tly specified Specify it correctly and try starting up MV Station again Images are not displayed Refer to error messages 16 22 If connection to the camera server is being made via a proxy be sure to set the proxy in Option from the Tools menu of MV Station Cannot control the camera Make sure the RS 232C cable linking the camera server and the camera is correctly connected and power to the camera i...

Page 113: ... Action to be taken 3 Failed to retrieve camera server description Camera server registration error 03 Camera server description could not be retrieved for reasons such as the connection target was not a camera server Could not find the camera server Make sure the camera server is compatible with WebView Livescope MV Ver 2 1 the network address is correct the camera server is connected properly to...

Page 114: ...authorized and that the network address has been correctly entered Message Cause Action to be taken 7 Other connector error Camera registration error 07 A camera registration error other than errors 1 6 A malfunction may have occurred on the network Could not retrieve a description from the camera server Consult the network administrator Message Cause Action to be taken 8 Administrator account aut...

Page 115: ...her reason Camera information could not be retrieved Preset setting is now unavailable Turn on power to the camera Message Cause Action to be taken 12 When camera information cannot be retrieved due to power cut etc Camera information could not be retrieved because power to the camera was turned off or other reason Camera information could not be retrieved Auto Preset Tour setting is now unavailab...

Page 116: ...ent to release the camera control privileges Message Cause Action to be taken 16 Could not get in camera control right queue Another client with camera control privileges of a higher level than yourself is connected to the camera server Could not get in camera control right queue Ask the other client to release the camera control privileges Message Cause Action to be taken 18 Power to the camera i...

Page 117: ...ator ID or password MV level only The administrator ID or password at the camera server has been changed Administrator ID or password of the camera server is invalid Change the administrator ID or password at the camera server or at MV Manager Message Cause Action to be taken 23 Connection cut at camera server Connection with the network was cut or power to the camera server was cut Disconnected R...

Page 118: ...xif 86 97 Export 9 12 20 28 32 44 46 48 50 54 69 72 103 115 External Device Icon 43 External Device Input 14 52 78 83 84 97 98 101 105 107 External Device Output 14 52 79 97 102 F Frame rate 62 99 Free Viewer Level 68 83 104 105 Full Screen 51 61 H HTTP port 22 99 107 I Image Comparison 87 92 Interval 70 72 75 76 107 M Maximum Number of Clients 14 Menu 20 28 40 50 85 Motion Detection 5 40 42 73 80...

Page 119: ...United Window 33 34 53 57 112 V VB101 5 10 14 21 23 26 43 65 100 VB150 5 14 43 59 73 77 80 100 104 VB C10 R 5 14 23 43 73 100 VBCollector 87 88 112 VBImageBrowser 85 86 88 98 105 108 Video Indicator 58 77 Video Input Setting Single Multiple 5 73 77 Video Pattern 48 70 72 76 106 Video Relay 73 74 76 78 81 102 105 107 Viewer Arrangement 30 33 71 103 106 View Test 21 24 26 64 99 W Work folder 17 WV H...

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