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Enterprise NVR System

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Viewing Workstation Kit

Quick Start Guide

Version 5.85

Summary of Contents for Viewer-Pro-Kit

Page 1: ...Enterprise NVR System alpha Technology Viewing Workstation Kit Quick Start Guide Version 5 85 ...

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Page 3: ...Enterprise NVR System alpha technology Kit Viewer Pro Kit Quick Start Guide for version 5 85 Publication date April 2010 ...

Page 4: ...tended use 9 4 Safety precautions 10 5 Installing the equipment 11 Scope of delivery 11 Installation of hardware 11 Installation of software 12 Network settings 12 6 Setup of Viewer Pro Kit 13 Operating of a Viewer Pro Kit 13 How to change the language 14 How to add licenses 15 ...

Page 5: ... run an application 17 How to change the password 18 Viewer 18 Show live images 20 Camera selection 21 Salvo 1 split view 21 Playback 22 PTZ and D PTZ 24 Full screen mode 26 Ringbuffer selection 28 Time selection 28 Tour 28 Camera synchronization 29 Display adjustments 30 Video outputs 31 Create SDC 32 Show SDC 34 Shut down 35 8 Technical data 36 Viewer Pro Kit 36 ...

Page 6: ...Quick Start Guide Viewer Pro Kit Page 6 of 39 System requirements 37 Compatibility 38 9 Maintenance 39 ...

Page 7: ...Viewer Pro Kit All specifications and information in this manual were checked using the alpha software Errors cannot be ruled out however Neither the distributor nor the author can accept legal responsibility or liability for incorrect specifications or their consequences Suggestions for improvement and information regarding errors are welcome The authors All rights reserved ...

Page 8: ...ation corresponds to the relevant standards and regulations and the European product liability law The owner is responsible for ensuring that at least one copy of the documen tation is kept in the immediate vicinity of the system and is accessible to each user Each person given the responsibility of performing activities with the system must have read the corresponding chapter of the documentation...

Page 9: ...ion of video signals incl audio signal without recording Any other use or additional use e g for the control and monitoring of systems or machines is considered unintended use The manufacturer supplier is not liable for damage resulting from such use The user is solely responsible for any such risks Intended use also includes the observation of the operating instructions and compliance with the in...

Page 10: ...ing The state of the art system complies with the recognized safety related rules All customer regulations have been observed as long as they did not violate the existing safety regulations Allow only personnel considered to be professionals according to the safety regulations to perform installation maintenance and repair work on the system ...

Page 11: ...ent Scope of delivery The Viewer Pro Kit contains DVD with alpha software alpha USB crypto key with licenses Installation of hardware Connect the alpha USB crypto key to a free USB port Connect the computer to a network with alpha devices ...

Page 12: ...rm with Enter The setup program is executed Please follow the instructions During the installation the system checks whether the use of this software ver sion is allowed by your license Upgrade date or not You can choose whether you want to use the Launcher as shell for your Viewer Pro Kit recommended or the Windows menu Network settings The TCP IP settings can be configured in the usual manner in...

Page 13: ...rpose of a program and the most important controls if necessary A user by the name of AlphaAdmin with no password is set up on the al pha system by default Assign this user the same password used at the other stations of the site with the Site Manager Applications VPK Device Manager No device of the local station for ringbuffer event drive and non multicast video sources License Manager No license...

Page 14: ...r languages Some text files required for this are available on the alpha system For additional lan guages please contact your supplier To use the alpha Translator you require access authorization on the Windows level Start the alpha Translator by opening the Dvms aTrans exe file Modified settings do not become active until the respective application is re started 1 Language and date format ID Desc...

Page 15: ...o the separate manual of the Web License Management System The License Manager is used to administer licenses of an alpha station Up grade licenses of ENC 8M2 and EDC 1M2 4 are transferred by VX Manager How to connect to other alpha systems Using the Site Manager you define the connection to alpha stations and you group stations into sites User rights With the alpha system each user of the station...

Page 16: ...wer Pro Kit How to configure the Viewer Page 16 of 39 How to configure the Viewer You configure the Viewer in the Viewer Manager You can define for exam ple which alarms are displayed and which screen layouts are available ...

Page 17: ...den Taskbar appears when you move the mouse to the lower edge of the screen You call up the available applications via the Start button The Viewer Pro Kit can also be installed without the Launcher The pro grams are then started in the usual manner in Windows The Engine must first be started before programs can be used in alpha User mode Tip The Engine can be started automatically when a VPK is st...

Page 18: ...s as AlphaAdmin no longer have access If the installer has created a personal user name and password for you change the provided password on all stations to your personal password using the Site Manager Change your password regularly thereby hindering unauthorized access Viewer The Viewer is used for evaluation of the images and data The Viewer shows live images saved images SDCs events alarms The...

Page 19: ...9 2 Overview Viewer ID Name Description 1 Salvos Allows you to view one or more cameras at a time 2 Cameras Allows you to select camera or a group of cameras tour 3 Files Allows you to select an SDC 4 Camera Displays Images are displayed 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 9 10 12 13 11 6 ...

Page 20: ... a group of cameras tour are dis played 7 Group Camera images of multiple camera Salvos are synchro nized 8 Play back control Control for displaying recorded images 9 Source Allows you to select the source ringbuffer of the images 10 Date Time Allows you to select an exact time for the images 11 Tour con trols Several cameras are displayed in succession 12 Slider Allows you to select a relative ti...

Page 21: ... from the Cameras tab 2 with the mouse button pressed and drop it on a camera field in the Camera displays tab 4 Salvo 1 split view By double clicking a camera field you switch back and forth between the 1 split view and the Salvo If several cameras are displayed in succession in a camera field tour this setting is also retained in 1 split mode Dur ing presentation in the 1 split window decoding c...

Page 22: ...play back control see fig 3 Images from the default ringbuffer are displayed If there are no recordings available for this camera live images are displayed and the playback control is disabled For playback of a recorded camera ringbuffer or SDC the playback control is used It affects the selected camera field with blue border or a camera group page 29 3 Playback control 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 ...

Page 23: ...Play backward 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 3 n7 Display previous image 4 n5 Pause 5 n2 Switch to live image 6 n9 Display next image 7 n6 Play forward 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 8 n3 Rapid forward playback 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 9 Cg Group synchronize camera fields page 29 10 Shuttle Ring for fast forward and rewind ...

Page 24: ...PTZ illuminates blue If this PTZ camera is already being controlled by another user with the same or higher priority the PTZ control is temporarily blocked D PTZ illuminates red The following control functions are available with the digital PTZ control switched off D PTZ gray depending on the camera type 4 PTZ Control 2 3 1 4 6 5 9 8 10 12 13 11 6 ...

Page 25: ... panning and tilting 2 Zoom out 3 Zoom in 4 Close iris 5 Open iris 6 Automatic iris 7 Clicking a Preset calls up a predefined setting Right clicking a Preset saves the current setting 8 Aux 1 9 Aux 2 10 Switch to digital PTZ Switch to PTZ 11 Autofocus 12 Focus on close objects 13 Focus on distant objects ...

Page 26: ...lays is displayed to fill the entire screen in full screen mode 5 Navigation For PTZ Controls please refer to previous table see fig 4 ID Key Description 1 Show hide PTZ Controls 2 Minimize restore control panel 3 n1 Rapid backward playback 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 4 n4 Play backward 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 5 n7 Display previous image 6 n5 Pause 1 12 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 27: ...Key Description 7 n2 Switch to live image 8 n9 Display next image 9 n6 Play forward 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 10 n3 Rapid forward playback 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 1st click 1x 5th click 16x 11 Cg Group synchronize camera fields page 29 12 E Switch to default view ...

Page 28: ...amera Time selection Use and to change the time of a playback image see fig 2 no 10 or Move the position indicator of the slider see fig 2 no 12 to the position of the wanted image on the time axis of the ringbuffer first to last image or Right click the slider to call up Set date time Tour In Viewer Manager several cameras can be grouped into a tour All cameras of a tour are displayed in successi...

Page 29: ... of the data source All camera fields of the group show synchro nized images and respond to playback commands simultaneously The se lected camera field blue border is always the time master ID Description 1 Switch to the previous camera 2 Pause the tour 3 Not in use by default configuration can be configured in Viewer Manager 4 Continue the tour 5 Switch to the next camera ...

Page 30: ...ain By right clicking a camera field and Display adjustments you call up the set ting dialog box which you can position anywhere you like 7 Display adjustments Right clicking a camera field with modified settings and Reset display adjustments allows you to restore the default settings even without the set ting dialog box ID Description 1 Brightness and contrast are optimized automatically 2 Slider...

Page 31: ...r systems DVS with additional VO1 cards you can display cameras on analog monitors 8 Video outputs ID Description 1 You can assign a camera or a specific camera from the SDC to a mon itor by double clicking or dragging and dropping it 2 Tab Video outputs 3 Monitor symbol 4 Select a monitor group from the combo box 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 32: ...n SDC in the Viewer Both ring buffers and SDCs can serve as the data source Display the desired camera or the desired cameras in Group mode Mark the selection area containing the image sequence with the and buttons in the display Open the Export window with File Export Cameras 9 Export SDC 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 8 7 10 ...

Page 33: ...ter it in the Password and Confirm password fields 7 Open the Export source list window with View source list and select the cameras for export Export multiple cameras 8 must be selected 8 To export several cameras to a common SDC activate Export multiple cameras 9 If you would like to display the SDC on a Windows based computer without an alpha system you will require the SDC Viewer application I...

Page 34: ... from the combo box for this purpose Only the SDCs in drive SDC and the images in drive IMG are dis played 3 You can open a file by double clicking it in the active camera field or you can drag it to a camera field in the current Salvo and drop it there 4 Opens the filter dialog 5 You activate blue or deactivate the last filter function 2 3 4 5 1 ...

Page 35: ... Viewer Pro Kit Day to day operation Page 35 of 39 Shut down You can switch off or restart the alpha system log on with another user name and different rights or log on at another user level with the Shut down func tion ...

Page 36: ... JPEG MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 H264 H263 Max resolution for encoders 4 CIF Max resolution for IP cameras 2560x1920 Video inputs per IP 0 3000 Video outputs per IP 0 32 Video output cards option Audio standard MPEG 1 G 711 Audio inputs via IP 0 3000 Audio outputs per IP 0 32 Audio inputs 0 1 Audio outputs 0 1 ...

Page 37: ...rver SP 1 or higher Windows XP SP 2 or higher Windows Vista Business 32 bit SP 1 or higher Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Graphics card AGP display adapter with 128 Mbyte RAM for 1 monitor AGP display adapter with 256 Mbyte RAM for 2 monitors Protocol TCP IP Protocol Ports 2 free USB ports Alarm inputs via IP 0 3000 Alarm inputs over data acquisition modules 0 1792 Digital outputs via IP 0 3000...

Page 38: ...CSI or IDE with UDMA support CD ROM drive Network card 1 Gbit LAN recommendation Intel Pro 1000 MT Compatibility All alpha systems must have the same major version in order to operate to gether The major version is indicated by the first number of the version num ber If different minor and release versions are used second and third num bers some functions may not be supported ...

Page 39: ...e following mainte nance and inspection work should be performed at regular intervals The inter val between maintenance sessions is based on the surrounding conditions and the urgency of system availability Maintenance and inspection work Check the system date time Check operation of the removable media drives Check the dust filter and replace if necessary at least exchange after 6 months Clean th...

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