ChateauXP ChateauRT
ChateauIV
User’s Manual
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Page 1: ...ChateauXP ChateauRT ChateauIV User s Manual All rights reserved 2004 Chateau Technical Corp CHATEAU...
Page 2: ...l way may also cause interference If this equipment causes interference to the reception of radio and television users shall eliminate the interference by using any or several of the following measure...
Page 3: ...eo inputs and 2 audio inputs VG8C XP TV Each VG8C XP cards support 8 video inputs and 2 audio inputs and one video output to show 8 images on the 9 split window on a TV monitor VG4C RT Each VG4C RT ca...
Page 4: ...remote images A maximum of 16 images to arrange in the appointed location to remote Snapshot at recording playback or remote monitoring Output port Device control and input port Sensor detecting Contr...
Page 5: ...notice of the software name on each product for lesser confusion 3 This user s manual content does not include the products VG1C VG2AV VG4C VG4C V and VG4C Plus Please take note 4 Version V2 xx and t...
Page 6: ...nstall the old version 14 1 7 2 Installing New Version of Chateau 14 Chapter 2 System Overview 15 2 1 Starting Chateau software 15 2 2 Main Screen 16 2 2 1 Image Section 16 2 2 2 System Functional Sec...
Page 7: ...le 38 3 10 2 Edit Program 39 3 10 3 Deleting a recording schedule 39 3 11 E map 39 3 11 1 E Map setting 40 3 11 2 E map Operations 42 3 11 3 E map and Alarm 43 3 12 I O Devices 43 Chapter 4 Recording...
Page 8: ...rward with single Image 55 5 2 7 Backward with single Image 55 5 2 8 Snapshot 55 5 2 9 Start Video Clip 55 5 2 1 End Video Clip 56 5 2 11 Save the Video Clip 56 5 2 12 Playback clip 56 5 2 13 Caption...
Page 9: ...nel 68 7 2 1 Direction Control 68 7 2 2 Iris Focus Zoom Control 68 7 2 3 Preset point function and its setup 68 7 2 4 Auto Pan Function and setup 69 7 2 5 The Cruise Function And Setup 69 7 3 Output P...
Page 10: ...Unmask or mask detection area 80 9 4 4 Video Configuration 81 9 5 Remote recording and Remote function 81 9 6 Remote PTZ and Output Port Control Functions 81 9 7 Single ChateauServer s remote monitor...
Page 11: ...the white one is camera 2 for the audio in RCA to Earphone plug connection cable Video output yellow RCA Jack users can connect this output terminal to the video in terminal on a TV monitor this moni...
Page 12: ...To ensure the performance efficiency of Chateau system the Minimum Requirements on a PC are as follows IBM compatible PC minimum CPU requirement as follow Four cameras CPU 1 2GHz or above Eight Camera...
Page 13: ...c launch function Connect to any VGuard card is workable But the watchdog functions on the card need to be enabled It is recommended to enable all watchdog function on every card for smoother watchdog...
Page 14: ...erent according to different computers 4 Double Click ChateauSoftware and then double Click Setup exe The following installation picture will appear on the screen 5 Follow the instructions and select...
Page 15: ...it is the directory selected in previous installation Delete those directories and files unless the user chooses to keep those directories and the image files under C Program Files Chateau Note In or...
Page 16: ...d in mind Chateau system cannot be started and the System Setup cannot be performed until the System Administer is set up At the second and the onward runs of Chateau program Chateau will enter the ma...
Page 17: ...n number of camera views therefore varies from one system to another depending on the card model and quantity of card installed Chateau automatically detects the number of VGuard cards installed and t...
Page 18: ...In Out When running the system the user s password is required before one can perform the system programs When user need to be away and do not want others to have access to the system he she may logo...
Page 19: ...e use This will not influence the recording function For the setting of the auto scan interval please refer to Chapter 3 3 Host setting for more detail System Setup Setting of the System Please refer...
Page 20: ...isplay when not recording audio Image Functional Icon Image functional icons include Unmask Motion Detection Area Snapshot Caption Caption Color and Video Configuration Please refer to Chapter 4 2 Ima...
Page 21: ...meras o speed dome cameras For adjusting the Iris Focus Zoom Up Down Right Left movement Cruise of Preset Position and Auto Pan functions Please refer to Chapter 7 2 PTZ control Panel for more detail...
Page 22: ...hateau system can install a maximum of 16 cameras It supports 4 VG4C XP VG4C RT boards or 2 VG8C XP TV VG8C MP4 boards There will be a maximum of 4 setting areas for VGuard boards under this menu If V...
Page 23: ...s functions have to be noted of the hard disk spaces requirement to avoid any problems due to not enough space available for saving Note Only VG4C XP and VG4C RT supports this HQ function VG4C RT is u...
Page 24: ...nd the system will keep connecting to the ChateauServer program until it is found Automatically power off the system If this function is enabled the system will be shut down when a System Administer e...
Page 25: ...al recording mode or automatically connect to the server after it is reset 3 Under the Window working system you will be asked to enter the password when starting the computer If setting Auto function...
Page 26: ...different modems will need different time File Length Video File Length The recording time for the video file is from 10 120 minutes The default value is at 120 minutes Note that this is the length o...
Page 27: ...he average So the actual recording speed might be different As below Webcam Only software version V2 xx or later supports this function V2 xx version supports this Webcam function It can treat all cam...
Page 28: ...ail server does not have this authorization function then no need to activate this function Modem Connection If the mail is delivered through a modem you will firstly need to set a modem connecting ac...
Page 29: ...when the alarm is triggered through the input point the alarms messages can also be send through e mail 3 5 Users Select User in the system setup menu The following menu will be shown the first on The...
Page 30: ...ote Access Enable user to access remote monitoring function Camera Selection Enable user to access to the image from the authorized camera The cameras without authorization will not be shown After set...
Page 31: ...n will be as follows 3 6 1 Adding A New Database Click on the New button and the following dialog will be pop up to add a new hard disk First give a name to the new hard disk drive and then click to s...
Page 32: ...e entry in the list select the desired entry and click Edit button to edit the hard disk drive and directory The way of modification is same as that of adding a new database 3 6 3 Deleting a Database...
Page 33: ...e camera in the local host is recording can only be changed under camera setting under the local host server Host The entire connected host name will be shown here Select the host name in the appointe...
Page 34: ...u system will then remote monitoring according to the set host and cameras Click the Stop button the cameras from the remote host will be stopped Whether the camera from the local host is recording or...
Page 35: ...g under my channels mode the camera will not be recording As whether the camera is recording or not is base on the mode which firstly activate the camera Until a stop button is click in any of the mod...
Page 36: ...Only the System Administer can delete sound file 3 8 4 Preview To pre listen to a sound file simply select that file entry and click Preview button Notes 1 The field Voice Modem with two valid values...
Page 37: ...P address Finally click OK button to finish the setup Adding a remote IP The address book is used to when an alarm is triggered transmit an alarm message to the remote Chateau system via LAN or Intern...
Page 38: ...address Last click OK to finish the setup When finish the following will show After the setup is finished it comes to the screen as follows 3 9 2 Edit To edit an entry in the address book click on the...
Page 39: ...nd the following will show Please enter start date time and end date time into From and To fields respectively In inputting the date time you may type them directly onto the fields or click the up dow...
Page 40: ...ecording when video recording start Snapshot It makes the system take snapshots at a predetermined time interval Chateau system saves the image files into a default folder named Picture Interval This...
Page 41: ...to select the map file The Map files have to be BMP format map files have to be BMP format the map resolution 640 x 480 After setting click OK button to finish the new setting Then the Edit E Map dia...
Page 42: ...the left upper corner to add the level button on the map The cursor then turns to Move the cursor to the desired level button position and then click left button to finish the button location setup Af...
Page 43: ...tional panel the following E Map dialog will be show Double click on the camera logo on e map It will switch to the main picture of the correspondence recording host The camera that the camera logo co...
Page 44: ...ted or correspondence camera is recording Green Camera Light Off it indicates that the selected or correspondence camera is idle Exclamation mark it indicates that the alarmed is triggered 3 11 3 E ma...
Page 45: ...ras display The correspondences cameras will be shown with this icon when under PTZ controls This icon shows that the camera is under Schedule Recording Status This icon shows that the camera is under...
Page 46: ...tivate and inactivate recording individually All cameras need to be activated and inactivate at the same time 4 2 Image Function Button 4 2 1 Unmask Motion Detection Area By pressing the button in the...
Page 47: ...Click the button in system status panel The video configuration dialog will pop up like the left hand side Simply drag the respective buttons to adjust the image s brightness contrast saturation and h...
Page 48: ...shown But if the recording function is activated it will not be affected It will display working Enable Audio recording A When the function is selected the recording of the audio will be activated whe...
Page 49: ...low image quality means high compression ratio i e a smaller video file size Sensitivity It lets you adjust the sensitivity of alarm triggering depending on different operating environment e g the qu...
Page 50: ...ion area by clicking on the original point holding the left button of the mouse dragging it to the desired point and then releasing the button the system then undertakes motion detection against the s...
Page 51: ...ht button of the mouse and select Preview The following will show Input the time needed for preview The time at the right hand side is the time which you select this function Time range for preview is...
Page 52: ...conds Search By Host name Searching of the host name include the host name itself and the connected remote hosts All the hosts which had been connected through Chateau system had monitored image and h...
Page 53: ...video can be played by this playback function In the file mode you will be able to find the level structures in the database The levels are as follow Host The top level is the host name Exclude its o...
Page 54: ...tton of the mouse to open the archive from the right side of the screen to play the chosen images Open File In the file mode 4 images can be played simultaneously by click on the Open to open the arch...
Page 55: ...he recording file Displays the end date time of the recording file Display the recording date time of the current display Playback Time Scroll Bar This displays the relative time position of the curre...
Page 56: ...video player Click this button and the video moves forward for a number of frames 160 frames 5 2 6 Forward with single Image When this button is clicked the video will moves forward for a single imag...
Page 57: ...so on up to the 200 5 2 16 Zoom Out You may click the button to reduce an image from its current size by 25 and click it again to further reduce it by another 25 and so on down to 100 5 2 17 End Click...
Page 58: ...on that file to open the snapshot dialog Zoom In Click the button to enlarge the picture Zoom Out Click the button to reduce the picture Print Click the button to print out the picture chosen Printer...
Page 59: ...t alarm setting You can find the related activation options and setting buttons in Camera Setup dialogue window on the Camera Setup Section You need to tick enable of the alarm in the alarm setup befo...
Page 60: ...0 into PM6 00 00 PM11 59 59 and AM12 00 00 AM9 00 00 Editing the schedule Click the desired schedule and click the Edit button or double click the mouse to edit the schedule Deleting a schedule Click...
Page 61: ...er to Chapter 7 I O device for more information Remote Alarm Enable this option Chateau System can then activate remote alarm function when alarm triggered An alarm action list had to be set for remot...
Page 62: ...e Video During the alarm duration send the live video to the designated remote Chateau System Auto send Alarmed Video when remote host connected When sending of live video to the remote system is set...
Page 63: ...message file name and the times of redial Paging Paging Message Inside the is the playback message code number Recording Transmitting live time image to Chateau System remote site for recording 6 2 2...
Page 64: ...mation section will change from No to Yes This means that the alarm log has been checked Click Open button to play the alarm video of the selected alarm log entry or directly double click on the desir...
Page 65: ...oods is made otherwise you shall seek the manufacturer for required hardware and software support Each PT 811 s address must be different from that of any other PT 811 on the same COM port to avoid er...
Page 66: ...ding an I O device Click New button to add an I O device as follow Devices can be separate into two types IO devices and PTZ camera please setup correctly Device name Give the device a name for easier...
Page 67: ...crashed the computer will re boot after 6 5 minutes 7 1 5 2 Output Port Signal Type Setup Select output port number the Output Port setup dialog will pop up Output Port Name Setup Output port name Fo...
Page 68: ...alarm function for Chateau system When this port triggered the alarm status will turn off if it was on before And vise versa Trigger alarm When alarm detected signal it will triggered the set alarm ac...
Page 69: ...Device for more detail A remote connected user with the authorization to control remote I O device can also remote control the PTZ devices from this control panel 7 2 1 Direction Control PTZ control...
Page 70: ...t of Auto button on the PTZ control panel to pop up the dialog to enter the setting Specify the preset start stop points and the camera pan speed Click OK button to complete the setup Auto pan moves c...
Page 71: ...ay not support these functions Users need to check with vendors in advance 7 3 Output Port Control Click on the main function panel to display control panel Click to switch to output control panel lik...
Page 72: ...the System Administer Setup dialog will appear as follows ChateauServer users are category into System Administer and Normal User 8 1 1 A System Administer A system Administer owns the highest access...
Page 73: ...pull down menu will show up as follows Click User Information to open the User Information window Click mouse on the right button to add a new user and the Add user dialogue box will appear as follow...
Page 74: ...8 2 5 Connecting to other ChateauServer ChateauServer 2 1 s Connect Other ChateauServer function provides a LAN Internet LAN TCP IP security system structure Under this structure through two connected...
Page 75: ...on of the Chateau application program 8 2 7 Shutdown ChateauServer Click Shutdown Server the ChateauServer is then temporarily suspended and all connections are also terminated However the program is...
Page 76: ...the server Add Click the NEW button and the Add IP address list dialog will pop up The new IP address can be set into 3 categories Local Host Means the local host connected to the same ChateauServer...
Page 77: ...ver again If you disconnect the host connection this way if the IP manage mode is under Shield IP Address mode this IP address will be added automatically into the shield IP address If the IP manage M...
Page 78: ...ansmission When LAN is used as a transmission medium the receiving speed at the remote site is almost the same as the local site Click button the Remote access selection window will come to screen Whe...
Page 79: ...erform remote monitoring at those remote hosts The remoted host need to set it s user name and password in the remote host 2 Chateau system still needs to connect ChateauServer programs even when oper...
Page 80: ...lick on the remote host that appear on the host control panel to start remote monitoring Note The setting for the password might be wrong when the status field did not show Linked before it disconnect...
Page 81: ...n Please refer to Chapter 3 5 User for more detail After host panel had switch to remote host only the from the control panel buttons are for remote host system setting All other buttons are local sit...
Page 82: ...detail Remote PTZ control panel only provide control function not the setting function 9 7 Single ChateauServer s remote monitor connection setting samples When using TCP IP for remote monitoring Incl...
Page 83: ...IP DMZ Real IP Login Chateau System using aaaa as password and login name Enter User setup add 2 sets of users name and password as 1111 and bbbb This password is use to check for the authorization fo...
Page 84: ...ers remote monitoring setting samples TCP IP By using the Connecting to other ChateauServer function from the ChateauServer program to connecting 2 different networks as below This can let the hosts i...
Page 85: ...d IP from other 2 ChateauServer can be seen So this would finish setup of the 2 different network s ChateauServer connection 9 9 Remote Monitoring through IE Browser V2 xx had added a new Web Camera S...
Page 86: ...gin dialog please type in the user name and password aaaa Type in the IP address and Camera number for remote on the IE browser Address For Example the IP address is 123 45 123 9 Type in format is vgt...
Page 87: ...rogram recorded After activate the VG Player program the follow is shown The Panel will expand as below when the button is clicked The panel will be back to normal when the button is clicked When pane...
Page 88: ...AVI files The files then can be playback by most of other playback software 87 Firstly select the Tool on the main screen Then select VG to AVI function the following will show Note When converting o...
Page 89: ...ression format to be converted to proceed with the converting of the files The files after the conversion then can be playback using Windows image player Note The compression program is different in e...
