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Grandstream Networks, Inc.        GSurf_Pro USER MANUAL 

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                                      Version 1.0.0.12

 

Updated : 06/2013

 

 

 

 
 

INSTALLATION GUIDE 

MINIMUM COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENT   

 

SERVER: 

Operating System: Windows 2003/2008 Server; Windows XP SP2/SP3; Windows 7 32bit/64bit 

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3; 2.6GHz or above recommended 

Memory Capacity (RAM): 4GB or above 

Hard Drive Capacity: 320G (depending on video recording requirement) 

Graphics Card Type: Discrete Graphics Card (nVIDIA GEFORCE® GTX660 or above recommended) 

Network Adapter: 1000Mbps network adapter 

 

 

CLIENTS: 

Operating System: Windows XP SP2/SP3; Windows Vista; Windows 7 32bit/64bit; Windows 8 

Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo ™ or above 

Memory Capacity (RAM): 2GB or above 

Hard Drive Capacity: 120G (depending on recording requirement) 

Graphics Card Type: Discrete Graphics Card recommended 

Network Adapter: 100Mbps network adapter, 1000Mbps recommended 

 

 

NOTE:   

 

UPS is required for SERVER to prevent database or video record file corruption caused by power outage.  

 

Summary of Contents for GSurf_Pro

Page 1: ...GSurf_Pro User Manual www grandstream com Version 1 0 0 12 http esupport grandstream com Grandstream Networks Inc GSurf_Pro Video Management Software...

Page 2: ...GSURF_PRO TOOLBAR 11 GSURF_PRO VIDEO PLAY BAR 12 CONFIGURATION GUIDE 13 ADD DELETE DEVICE 13 ADD DEVICE 13 DELETE DEVICE 15 SEARCH DEVICE 16 SEARCH DEVICE 16 MODIFY IP 17 CONFIGURE TIME SCHEDULE 18 CO...

Page 3: ...O FORMAT 34 USER MANAGEMENT 34 IMPORT EXPORT CONFIGURATION 36 GSURF_PRO TRANSFER SERVER 37 SERVER SIDE 37 CLIENT SIDE 39 GSURF_PRO FILE SERVER 40 SERVER SIDE 40 CLIENT SIDE 41 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIO...

Page 4: ...le 19 Figure 13 GSurf_Pro Alarm Action Rule 20 Figure 14 Assign Alarm Action Rule To Device 21 Figure 15 GSurf_Pro Local Configure Record Configure 22 Figure 16 Language Display 23 Figure 17 Manual Re...

Page 5: ...unctions of electronic map preview search recording alarm playback PTZ and etc Gsurf_Pro is a powerful monitoring and recording system with intuitive interface as well as easy operation This user manu...

Page 6: ...stream and secondary stream display according to the PC platform Embedded file sharing server for searching and downloading recorded files remotely PTZ control Integrated tools to synchronize time on...

Page 7: ...equirement Graphics Card Type Discrete Graphics Card nVIDIA GEFORCE GTX660 or above recommended Network Adapter 1000Mbps network adapter CLIENTS Operating System Windows XP SP2 SP3 Windows Vista Windo...

Page 8: ...ck to run the GSurf_Pro installation exe file Follow the instructions in the prompted windows to start installation Once done the following screen will show Figure 2 GSurf_Pro Installation NOTE The in...

Page 9: ...Pro to start uninstall process Or you could uninstall the program from your windows PC s Control Panel LOGIN GSURF_PRO Click to run GSurf_Pro The login page will prompt for your User ID and Password T...

Page 10: ...figure and table for main window descriptions Figure 4 GSurf_Pro Main Window Table 1 GSURF_PRO MAIN WINDOW ITEMS 1 Toolbar Quick access to designated functions 2 Device Browser View add and manage dev...

Page 11: ...ght click to add a new map Open Group View panel manage groups and video channels Open RS 485 panel for PTZ control Display log list Display alarm list Choose different number of channels to be displa...

Page 12: ..._PRO VIDEO PLAY BAR ICONS Stop the displayed video in the channel Start recording the video in the channel By default the recorded video file will be saved in directory C Record Capture a snapshot of...

Page 13: ...n the Add Device dialog 3 Enter the device information Device Name Enter a name for the device Device Type Select the device type DVS or IPCAM Count of channels Select the number of channels that your...

Page 14: ...Grandstream Networks Inc GSurf_Pro USER MANUAL Page 14 of 45 Version 1 0 0 12 Updated 06 2013 Figure 6 Add Device Figure 7 Video Display After Adding Device...

Page 15: ...0 12 Updated 06 2013 DELETE DEVICE 1 In the top Menu bar click System Config Device Config 2 In the Device Configuration window Select the device to be deleted 3 Click Delete button 4 Or users could c...

Page 16: ...r to search all the DVS and IP Camera devices within the same LAN Additionally users could modify the IP address for the devices listed in the searching result SEARCH DEVICE 1 In the GSurf_Pro toolbar...

Page 17: ...hen click on Modify IP button To make sure the new static IP is available in the network after filling out the new IP address click on Ping button and the result will show in the prompted message 3 To...

Page 18: ...Time Schedule window will pop up 3 Select a schedule on the left panel to be configured 4 Select the time frame for each day The scheduled interval will be marked in blue See Figure 11 Gsurf_Pro Time...

Page 19: ...0 0 12 Updated 06 2013 This channel will then start automatically recording as specified in the designated time schedule Additionally users could select Batch Configuration to assign the same time sch...

Page 20: ...rm action rule window select the Alarm index and configure the action Sound If it s checked GSurf_Pro will play a sound when receiving an alarm report Make sure to select a sound file and the duration...

Page 21: ...ation window select the device 6 Select an Alarm action rule for Motion Detection to monitor motion detection events select an alarm action rule for Alarm Input if you would like to monitor alarm inpu...

Page 22: ...ers select multiple disks GSurf_Pro will start from the first disk until the free space equals the reserved space and then go to the next one Reserved free space Configure the reserved free space for...

Page 23: ...ould configure the device properties alarm action rule and record option Device Properties Device Name Device IP Domain Name RTSP Port and Transport protocol Alarm Action Rule Select alarm action rule...

Page 24: ...UAL RECORD In the video display window click on the Record button to start recording Figure 17 Manual Record AUTOMATIC RECORD The automatic record will be running in the background The recording time...

Page 25: ...t time end time IP address channel and etc To replay the recorded video in the top Menu bar go to Manage Tool Replay Tool to open the Replayer Select time device channel file type and disk to search t...

Page 26: ...users to identify the locations of your cameras and the status of their alarms To configure E map on GSurf_Pro open the map browser by clicking in the toolbar ADD MAP 1 In the Electronic map browser...

Page 27: ...window 2 In the left side panel click on Device browser so your devices will show in the list 3 Click on the device channel drag and drop it to the preferred destination on the map 4 An icon with the...

Page 28: ...K MAP To avoid changing the positions of cameras on the map accidently the users can lock the map after adding all devices Right click on the map lock unlock option will be available in the pop up men...

Page 29: ...L In the toolbar click to open PTZ control panel If the connected devices are PTZ cameras or have a PTZ device connected users can use the console to adjust the focus brightness contrast rotating spee...

Page 30: ...window to watch the video immediately GROUP VIEW PATROL MODE 1 In the tool bar click on to open the Group view panel 2 Drag the device in Device browser panel to the group in Group view panel Figure 2...

Page 31: ...Page 31 of 45 Version 1 0 0 12 Updated 06 2013 Figure 24 Configure Group Attributes For Patrol Mode 4 Click Ok to save the settings 5 In the top Menu bar click on Play Mode Patrolling View to start p...

Page 32: ...dated 06 2013 BROADCAST 1 In the tool bar click the button to open up broadcast window 2 Add broadcast device by selecting the devices from the left side list to the right side list 3 Click Start Broa...

Page 33: ...MANUAL Page 33 of 45 Version 1 0 0 12 Updated 06 2013 SYNCHRONIZE DEVICE TIME In the top Menu bar click on Manage tool Synchronize device time Then users could sync up the device time with local PC t...

Page 34: ...d video is saved in H264 format which might not be supported by certain video players An AVI converter tool is provided in GSurf_Pro Click on Manage tool AVI Conversion Tool to open the converter Add...

Page 35: ...ministrator can add modify and delete users as well as issue users different privilege levels 1 Click on Manage tool User Manage 2 In the User Manage window users could add edit and delete users A lis...

Page 36: ...3 IMPORT EXPORT CONFIGURATION The GSurf_Pro configuration can be imported or exported for backup and restore purpose Click on System Config Export Config to open the import export window Users could a...

Page 37: ...e surveillance system utilizes the transfer server as the medium to monitor the devices in a distributed manner SERVER SIDE 1 Open the Transfer server from Manage Tool Tran Server A login window will...

Page 38: ...k on to open the search tool 4 In the search tool press Search button to get a list of devices in the same LAN 5 Select the devices in the result list and click Add Figure 31 Add Devices to Transfer L...

Page 39: ...MANUAL Page 39 of 45 Version 1 0 0 12 Updated 06 2013 CLIENT SIDE The client side is the GSurf_Pro RTSP server 1 In the Device browser right click on RTSP server 2 Click Server Config to add devices...

Page 40: ...IDE The file server can provide the record files in local disk to other hosts within the network for search download and replay To configure the GSurf_Pro as the file server go to Manage Tool File Ser...

Page 41: ...ide is the replay tool in the GSurf_Pro Go to Manage Tool Replay Tool to open the Replayer When option Remote Search is selected users would need fill in Recorder address and Recorder port of the serv...

Page 42: ...ENT for details Before installing GSurf_Pro it is recommended to evaluate the system requirement network traffic disk space file directory and etc Q Is there any requirement on the transfer server A I...

Page 43: ...you to browse our product related documentation FAQs and User and Developer Forum for answers to your general questions If you have purchased our products through a Grandstream Certified Partner or R...

Page 44: ...Alarm Log Control Console Group Patrol Viewing Sorting Display Window Order when in Group Patrol Mode 1 4 6 8 9 16 20 25 36 Display Window Time Table Configuration in Automatic Recording Configuratio...

Page 45: ...ingle Window Replay up to 4 Window Replay Remote download Replay Management Tool Search Tool Management Tool Search Tool with Wi Fi Configuration Transaction Server File Server Combined with Replay To...

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