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The live view screen can be controlled using the actions below. 

Actions 

Functions 

Mouse scroll 

Zooms in or out on the live view. 

Double-click 

Displays the live view in full screen. 

 

4.2.1  Zoom Window 

1.  To designate a Zoom Window to see a close-up view of the camera without changing 

the live view layout, click 

Layout

 >

 Windows

 in the Content List and drag 

Zoom 

Window

 to a live view grid.  

2.  Move the mouse cursor to a camera live view and click 

Zoom 

 in the top-right corner. 

The camera live view is displayed in the Zoom Window.   

3.  To remove the camera from the Zoom window, place the cursor on the live view, click 

Tools

   and select 

Close

. To change the live view grid back to a normal window, 

repeat this step again to close the Zoom Window. 

 

4.2.2  Scan Window 

1.  To assign multiple cameras to a Scan Window, to be shown in sequence, click 

Layout 

> 

Windows 

in the Content List and drag 

Scan Window

 to a live view grid. 

2.  Drag multiple cameras into the Scan Window. 

 

Summary of Contents for GV-VMS

Page 1: ...ing GV VMS This guide is designed to assist the new user in getting immediate results from the GV VMS For advanced information on how to use the GV VMS please refer to GV VMS User s Manual online VMS1718 QG A 2022 GeoVision Inc All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...ntal or consequential damages arising from the use of the information or products contained herein Features and specifications are subject to change without notice GeoVision Inc 9F No 246 Sec 1 Neihu Rd Neihu District Taipei Taiwan Tel 886 2 8797 8377 Fax 886 2 8797 8335 http www geovision com tw Trademarks used in this manual GeoVision the GeoVision logo and GV series products are trademarks of G...

Page 3: ...r purchased GV Dongle or software license has been inserted into or activated on the PC prior to running GV VMS IMPORTANT 1 For users who have purchased a software license it must be registered through the License Activation Tool using the corresponding serial key For details on software licensing click here 2 For users with GV US dongle of earlier versions of GV VMS it must be upgraded to run V18...

Page 4: ...arted 8 2 1 Adding IP Cameras to GV VMS 8 2 2 Accessing Camera Live View 9 2 3 Start Monitoring 10 Chapter 3 Camera Setup 11 3 1 Configuring Recording Settings 11 3 2 Configuring Camera Settings 12 Chapter 4 Live View 16 4 1 Arranging Live View Layouts 16 4 2 Functions on the Live View 17 4 2 1 Zoom Window 18 4 2 2 Scan Window 18 4 2 3 Popup Window 19 4 2 4 Focus View and PIP 20 4 3 Setting up Fis...

Page 5: ... Chapter 6 Video Playback and Backup 24 6 1 Playing Back Recorded Videos 24 6 2 Backing Up Recorded Videos 26 Chapter 7 Other Important Features 27 7 1 Setting up I O Functions 27 7 2 Setting up Schedules 29 Chapter 8 Dongle Upgrade 31 ...

Page 6: ...P Devices 64 ch 2 licenses required GV VMS Pro license 32 ch per license 3rd Party or HD DVR license in increments of 1 ch Note 1 The licensing comes in two forms GV USB dongle and software license The two are incompatible If a GV USB dongle has been inserted on the computer with the system please remove it before using software licensing 2 GV USB dongle comes in internal and external dongles Inte...

Page 7: ...ro license 32 ch per license 32 ch 2 licenses required GV VMS V18 1 or later initial license 3rd Party license required in increments of 1 ch GV 3rd Party IP Devices 64 ch 3 licenses required GV VMS V18 1 or later initial license GV VMS Pro license 32 ch per license 3rd Party license in increments of 1 ch Note 1 The licensing comes in two forms GV USB dongle and software license The two are incomp...

Page 8: ...ew only while remote connections and video analysis features being disabled 3 H 265 decoding requires 6th Generation Intel Desktop Processor Skylake or above which comes with onboard GPU GV VMS V18 CPU GV VMS Up to 32 Channels GV VMS Pro Up to 64 Channels OS 64 bit Windows 10 11 Server 2016 Server 2019 CPU 4th Generation i5 4670 3 4 GHz 4th Generation i7 4770 3 4 GHz Memory 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM Proc...

Page 9: ... ch card 2 MP 7 01 1920 1 Max 64 ch card 3 MP 10 48 1280 1 Max 64 ch card 4 MP 11 65 960 2 Max 50 ch card 5 MP 16 48 640 2 Max 38 ch card 8 MP 17 14 1600 2 Max 38 ch card H 264 12 MP 16 67 960 2 Max 38 ch card 3 MP 7 06 1920 1 Max 64 ch card H 265 4 MP 9 44 1600 1 Max 64 ch card 5 MP 7 52 1920 1 Max 64 ch card 1 3 MP 32 36 1920 3 Max 22 ch card 2 MP 44 96 1920 4 Max 16 ch card 3 MP 38 73 1280 4 Ma...

Page 10: ...1024 660 5 05 N A N A 2 MP 1920 x 1080 660 7 01 N A N A 3 MP 2048 x 1536 440 10 48 660 5 35 4 MP 2048 x 1944 330 11 65 550 7 74 5 MP 2560 x 1920 220 16 48 660 6 73 8 MP 3840 x 2120 550 14 13 N A N A 12 MP 4000 x 3000 330 14 47 N A N A Note The data above was determined using the bitrate listed above hard disks with average R W speed above 110 MB s and with single stream recording Main or Sub strea...

Page 11: ...VR Devices You should see the GV Series USB Protector 1 5 Running GV VMS 1 When you run GV VMS for the first time the system will prompt you for a Supervisor ID and Password 2 Type the desired ID Password and a Hint to remind you of the password 3 Optionally click E Mail List to enter e mail addresses used to receive the password when forgotten 4 Click OK The main screen of GV VMS and a dialog box...

Page 12: ...lected Monitor Start Stop monitoring I O monitoring and schedule monitoring Network Enable Webcam Server and connection to other GeoVision software Tools Show hide volume indicator and set up Object Index Configure Set up camera recording system schedule video processing and I O devices Content List Configure live view layout of cameras I O devices and E Maps Brings up these options when ViewLog i...

Page 13: ...ck Automatic Setup to search for IP cameras on the LAN Then select deselect the desired cameras and click Apply 2 The default login information for cameras is admin admin Double click the camera to modify the login info of cameras if needed 3 Cameras added are now listed in the IP Device List Status icons illustrated Connected The camera is connected Connecting GV VMS is trying to connect to the c...

Page 14: ...e first time the cameras will be automatically assigned to the live view grid Note 1 You can also access the IP Device Setup dialog box by clicking Home Toolbar Configure Camera Install 2 If your camera was not detected during the scan in Automatic Setup you can click the Manual Setup button to type the camera connection information manually 2 2 Accessing Camera Live View After adding cameras you ...

Page 15: ...ons See Section 7 1 To start monitoring of connected cameras click Toolbar Monitor Start All Monitoring or select individual cameras To see how to access recorded videos refer to Chapter 6 Video Playback and Backup Note If you have set a schedule you can select Start Schedule Monitoring The schedule takes precedence and the functions listed above will enable and disable accordingly See 7 2 Setting...

Page 16: ...cord only the key frames The frame rate for General Event and Urgent Event can be defined in the camera s General Setting page See General Setting in 3 2 Configuring Camera Settings Normally you would set a higher frame rate for Urgent Events e g full frame and a lower frame rate for General Events e g key frame only Note By default the recording mode is set to Motion Detection and the Recycle fun...

Page 17: ...on of an active camera in the IP Device List The settings available vary depending on the camera s firmware and whether the camera is connected or not There are three setup dialog boxes in the left menu of the camera s setting dialog box Video Setting Audio Setting and General Setting Clicking the Finger button to apply the same settings to all connected cameras Video Setting In Video Setting you ...

Page 18: ...disabled by default 1 To listen to the audio around the camera enable Wave Out 2 To record the audio around the camera enable Rec Audio and select By Sensitivity or Round the Clock Note After Wave Out is enabled here you can enable audio on the live view of the camera by clicking the Tools icon and select Set to Wave Out ...

Page 19: ...termediate frames or Max frame to include key frames and all intermediate frames Note 1 The GOP setting can be configured in the Video Setting page Video Setting 3 2 Setting Camera Setting A GOP of 30 means that there is 1 key frame for every 30 frames so an IP device with a frame rate of 30 fps will have 1 key frame per second 2 You can change the camera s main stream and sub stream to H 264 H 26...

Page 20: ... Refer to the step above for details Make sure the related settings are configured accordingly in the Recording Settings dialog box as described in step 3 of 3 1 Configuring Recording Settings For details on Video Setting Audio Setting and General Setting see Configuring Individual IP Cameras Chapter 2 GV VMS User s Manual ...

Page 21: ...of the three available methods under Layout Setup to define a layout and click OK 4 If you select Customize in the step above the Customize Layout dialog box appears a Click Reset to specify a dimension for the grid if needed b Select multiple squares and click Merge to create a larger square c Click OK when you are done A message appears Click Yes if you want to automatically assign the cameras t...

Page 22: ...o Locks aspect ratio of the camera image Close Removes the camera from the layout grid The following options are available when related function is enabled Set to Wave Out Enables live view audio See Audio Setting in Section 3 2 PTZ Control Enables PTZ functions See Section 4 4 Add to bookmark Bookmarks a scene to watch later in ViewLog This function is only available when the channel is recording...

Page 23: ...ve view grid 2 Move the mouse cursor to a camera live view and click Zoom in the top right corner The camera live view is displayed in the Zoom Window 3 To remove the camera from the Zoom window place the cursor on the live view click Tools and select Close To change the live view grid back to a normal window repeat this step again to close the Zoom Window 4 2 2 Scan Window 1 To assign multiple ca...

Page 24: ... live images of cameras upon events on a separate monitor For this function to work you must first create a live view layout on another monitor 1 In the Content List click Layout Add Add Layout to create a new layout 2 After clicking OK select a desired monitor from the Apply to list to activate the layout on the designated monitor 3 In the Content List click Windows Add Add camera popup window to...

Page 25: ...as 1 In the Content List right click a camera and select Focus View Setup This dialog box appears 2 Click Enable and draw a box on the camera view to create a focus view You can create multiple focus views if needed 3 Optionally click the Color drop down list to change the color of the box 4 Click OK The created focus views are listed under the camera 5 You can now drag the focus views to live vie...

Page 26: ...g dialog box appears 3 Right click on the Fisheye Setting dialog box point to Fisheye Option to access settings For details on the fisheye functions see 3 18 1 Fisheye View GV VMS User Manual 4 4 Setting up PTZ Cameras 1 Move the cursor to the camera live view and click Tools 2 Click PTZ Control to enable PTZ function 3 You can control GV IP Speed Domes using the following actions Double Click The...

Page 27: ...iew and the camera will move toward the direction you dragged Center Move Drag a box on the live view and the camera will zoom in on the area you dragged For details see 1 11 1 Accessing PTZ Control Panel and Auto Functions GV VMS User Manual ...

Page 28: ...Video Process This dialog box appears 2 Select a function under Video Analysis 3 In the Camera List select the camera s you want to configure 4 Click the Setting button to access the configuration page 5 To send e mail notification upon video analysis events click next to Send Event Alerts For details on event alert functions see 3 21 Event Alert through E mail Notification GV VMS User s Manual ...

Page 29: ...ve set an AVP schedule Video Processing functions will be enabled according to the schedule regardless of monitoring See 7 2 Setting up Schedules on how to set a schedule For details on video processing functions see Chapter 3 Video Analysis GV VMS User s Manual Chapter 6 Video Playback and Backup 6 1 Playing Back Recorded Videos 1 Select ViewLog Toolbar Content List The Content List appears 2 Sel...

Page 30: ...m in and out on the timeline Light Blue areas videos recorded in round the clock mode Red areas motion and other alarm events Dark Blue areas audio recorded during motion and other alarm events 6 Use the playback control buttons to play back recordings Place the cursor on the buttons to see the name of the function 7 Click Play to start playing back For details see Chapter 4 Video Playback GV VMS ...

Page 31: ...ing 3 Click the Add Time Frame button to define a time period and which files to back up 4 To include the player to the backup files select Include Player at the right bottom of the Backup dialog box and select ViewLog or Single Player 5 Click OK on the Backup dialog box to start the backup For details on backing up files see 5 2 Backing Up Recorded Files GV VMS User s Manual ...

Page 32: ...lable I O Device Setup Note The Accessories option only appears when GV Keyboard or GV Joystick has been set up on the GV VMS The I O Device option only appears after at least one I O device has been added 2 Click Add Then select IO Box USB GV IP Device or IO Box IP and configure its connection settings 3 For I O devices connected through USB you can configure Signal Type and Latch Trigger on GV V...

Page 33: ...n Setup This dialog box appears 5 Select an input and specify the actions to take when the input is triggered 6 Click OK to apply the settings 7 To activate I O functions click Home Toolbar Monitor I O Monitoring or Start All Monitoring For details on I O setup see Chapter 6 I O Applications GV VMS User s Manual ...

Page 34: ...hedule Edit This dialog box appears 2 Click Schedule and select Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard dialog box appears 3 Specify when to apply the schedule plan and click Next 4 Name the schedule plan and click Next 5 Select a button on the left Camera AVP I O Monitoring or Server or PTZ Object Tracking and drag across the timeline to enable it during that time To set a recording schedule click Camera s...

Page 35: ...Tips 1 You can add multiple plans to the calendar 2 You can also add a plan to the calendar by dragging an existing plan and dropping it on a date in the calendar 7 Click Home Toolbar Monitor Start Schedule Monitoring For details on setting schedule see 1 8 Schedule GV VMS User s Manual ...

Page 36: ...e steps 1 Each dongle has its own serial number Find it on the side of the dongle Later this serial number will be used in naming the files for upgrading 2 Insert the dongle to the computer 3 In the software folder double click GVUsbKeyUpClient exe This dialog box appears 4 To retrieve the data from the dongle click Select All The information of the dongle will be displayed in the information fiel...

Page 37: ...he GeoVision will examine the data file and send an in file back to you The file name also includes the serial number of that dongle In this example the data file to be sent back is named VMS 7116442 in 7 After you receive the updated file insert the correct dongle matching the in file you receive and then run GVUsbKeyUpClient exe 8 Click Select All to read the dongle click Upgrade and then open t...

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