MOXA SoftDVR™ Lite IP Surveillance Software User`s Guide
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1. 3 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Product Return Procedure For product repair exchange or refund the customer must 4 4 Provide evidence of original purchase Obtain a Product Return Agreement PRA from the sales representative or dealer Fill out the Problem Report Form PRF Include as much detail as possible for a shorter product repair time Carefully pack the product in an anti static package and send it pre paid to the dealer The PRA should be visible on the outside of the package and include a description of the problem along with the return address and telephone number of a technical contact A 4 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide2. MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide First Edition February 2004 aay E Moxa Networking Co Ltd Tel 886 2 2910 1230 Fax 886 2 2910 1231 E www moxa com MO LA support moxanet com Worldwide support moxa com The Americas This User s Guide contains the basic procedures required to install and operate SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software Refer to SoftDVR Pro Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Manual which can be downloaded from Moxanet s website for more details MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement Copyright Notice Copyright 2004 Moxa Networking Co Ltd All rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Networking Co Ltd All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to its particular purpose Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products
3. R Pro and User s Manual Contact your sales representatives to purchase MOXA SoftDVR Pro IP Surveillance Software This User s Guide only contains information obout SoftDVR Lite For more details go to www moxa com product video_networking SoftDVR htm for a complete product introduction and to download the SoftDVR Pro Lite IP Surveillance User s Manual Typical Application IP Surveillance Software VPort 2100 series Video Server Not The Remote Access and I O Device Management functions are ote provided only with SoftDVR Pro 1 2 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Product Information Features Administration Management and Video Server Control Supports MOXA VPort Series Video Servers Configure camera names video quality and video resolution separately Import export configuration from to VPort Video Servers Supports upgrading VPort s firmware remotely Can add up to 32 users per system User authorization level protection by passwords Supports PTZ camera controls Automatically resume viewing and recording after the system reboots Easy camera management with your own e map Viewing Remote Access from client web browser only supported by SoftDVR Pro Supports 1 4 6 8 9 10 13 16 camera viewing formats For SoftDVR Pro a maximum 16 cameras in the list for SoftDVR Lite a maximum of 4 cameras in the list Zoom in Zoom out fu
4. alling Installing YB5 runtime files Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Sound video and game controllers has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Step 6 The InstallShield Wizard Complete window will open next Click on Finish to comoplete the installation InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete 4 Setup has finished installing SoftD VR on your computer MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 1 3 User s Guide Accessing SoftDVR Lite for the First Time To launch the SoftDVR program click on Start gt Program Files gt SoftDVR Lite The main page will open next Its resolution is 800 x 600 without any video image Click on the Application Settings button to set up the VPort and cameras Application Settings 1 4 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide 3 SoftDVR Lite General Operation Authentication If administrator or users management has been configured in the User Management mode an authe
5. and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa Technologies assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintentional technical or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein to correct such errors and these changes are incorporated into new editions of the publication 1 Product Information Overview MOXA SoftDVR IP Surveillance Software is designed for IP Surveillance systems that use MOXA VPort 2100 Series Video Servers as the Distributed Video Networking solution With the help of MOXA SoftDVR system integrators can seamlessly integrate other applications such as I O sensors and alarms with CCTV systems over an IP based network There are 2 models of MOXA SoftDVR IP Surveillance Software SoftDVR Lite Single PC version e Up to 4 channel Quad IP Surveillance Software with video viewing recording camera control video motion detection scheduling and user authorization management e Bundled oin the Software CD free of charge with VPort 2100 Series Video Servers SoftDVR Pro Network version e Up to 16 channel IP Surveillance Software with complete video management alarm message management and system administration e Sold with the Software CD containing SoftDV
6. ategories for SoftDVR Lite Video Server Configure Administrators must configure MOXA VPort Series Video Servers and cameras to acquire video images before using the functions provided by MOXA SoftDVR Lite MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 3 5 User s Guide 2 General Setting From the General Setting page administrators can configure the SoftDVR Lite server s host name the start up status storage disk locations camera caption camera display email addresses to send alarms to and camera scanning intervals 3 Recording There are 2 major settings on the Recording page One is the recording setting for each camera and the other is VMD settings 4 Scheduling Administrators can set up the time period weekday tasks and camera enabling on ths page 5 User Management The administrator s password can be set up on this page as well as the users list that can include up to 32 users Administrators can also configure camera operation and the remote service for each user on this page For more details about Application Settings refer to the SoftDVR Pro Lite IP Surveillance User s Manual 3 6 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide General Operations Camera Map SoftDVR Lite provide a graphic E map function for camera management Administrators can import a layout image and place the cameras on the image for easy management of the number of cameras To activate this fu
7. commended 512 MB SDRAM recommended 32 MB Display Memory or above DirectX 8 1 or above SoftDVR Lite MS Windows 2000 XP recommended Intel 1 GHz Pentium III or above 256 MB SDRAM or above 32 MB Display Memory or above DirectX 8 1 or above Since a video surveillance system requires a lot of system Note resources we strongly recommend that the server you use for running SoftDVR Lite Pro is used solely for video surveillance MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 1 5 User s Guide 1 6 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide 2 SoftDVR Lite Installation Before Installing the Software 1 Make sure you have installed DirectX 8 1 or above on your PC 2 Run SoftDVRLite exe which is included on the VPort Series Software CD or download the software from Moxa s website Starting the Installation Step 1 The InstallShield Wizard will start Click on Next to continue Step 2 The License Agreement window will open next Click Yes to continue InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement Thank you for installing the MOXA SoftD VF Lite IP Surveillance Software This document contains important details about your SoftDYR Lite IP Surveillance Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No the setup will close To install Sof
8. nction Buttons A Security Playback window will open to play back the recorded file 3 4 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Play Session Tuning General Operations 15 54 03 Playing System Time Zoom in out Play Speed Advanced Search Event List Image processing Close the window Record Time Control Panel Application Settings E General Setting 8 Recording G Scheduling Iya User Management Q Alarm Configure Name User Password Host IP HTTP Port 80 FTP Port 21 Video Input C Video 1 C Video 2 C Video 3 C Video 4 Video Size 1 Half 2 Standard 3 Double C NTSC 176 120 C NTSC 352 240 C NTSC 704x480 PAL 176x144 PAL 352 288 PAL 704x576 Video Quality C 1 Medium 2 Standard 3 Good C 4 Detailled C 5 Excellent Add to List Detail S Camera list Index Name IP Address Port_ Password Video Input Video Size Video Quality PTZ PTZComPort Rane Cameral 61 222 172 42 80 1234 1 2 Standard 3 Good Camera2 61 222 172 42 1234 2 Standard 3 Good Camera3 192 168 6 251 2 Standard 3 Good Camera4 192 168 6 251 2 Standard 3 Good CameraS 192 168 6 251 2 Standard 3 Good Enabled Enable PTZ Camera6 192 168 6 251 2 Standard 3 Good Enabled Camera 192 168 6 250 2 Standard 3 Good Enabled Camera8 192 168 6 250 2 Standard 3 Good Enabled Confirm Camerad 192 1R BAAN ZStandard 3Gand Frahled be There are 5 major setting c
9. nction click on the Camera Map button Administrators can use this function to manage the cameras easily Camera Map MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 3 7 User s Guide A Service Information This appendix shows you how to contact Moxa for information about this and other products and how to report problems In this appendix we cover the following topics a MOXA Internet Services a Problem Report Form O Product Return Procedure MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our number one concern and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support driver updates product information and user s manual updates The following services are provided E mail for technical suppott support moxanet com World Wide Web WWW Site for product information http www moxa com A 2 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Service Information Problem Report Form MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software Customer name ompany C Te 1 Moxa Product OJ SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 2 Serial Number Problem Description Please describe the symptoms of the problem as clearly as possible including any error messages you see A clearly written description of the problem will allow us to reproduce the symptoms and expedite the repair of your product A
10. nctions for individual cameras when playing back images Viewing and recording by schedule or event triggering for each camera Historic playbacks by time or events Snapshots taken in playback mode to get JPEG images for printing or saving as evidences Adjustable contrast brightness sharpness blurriness and grayscale of the snapshot images MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 1 3 User s Guide Recording e Images recorded in AVI format compatible with popular media players e Adjustable recording frame rate over the LAN Internet to match the real frame transmit speed and to keep the video synchronized with the actual time e Overridable HD space in FIFO First In First Out sequence e Recorded video files can be stored on a local PC or a Windows based networked storage server SoftDVR Lite does not support storing on a network hard disk Alarm e Video Motion Detection VMD function for each camera e Selectable VMD area for each camera SoftDVR Lite only supports full image VMD e Alarms can be triggered by VMD video failures storage full GPI and sent via email or GPO or trigger the PTZ camera to a preset position SoftDVR Lite only supports VMD Video Fail alarm e System status can be reviewed via the system log 1 4 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Product Information System Requirements SoftDVR Pro MS Windows 2000 XP Intel 2 4 GHz Pentium 4 re
11. ntication request will appear when accessing SoftDVR Lite For administrators enter the user name as admin or administrator and then enter the password that you set up For other users type the given user name and password Administrators and users can directly use the Logout Login function via the Exit Minimize button located on the bottom right corner of the the main page to exit access SoftDVR Lite Exit Minimize System time amp Storage Space information Main Viewing Screen PTZ Camera Control 1 4 Viewi lewing a 2 2 gt Camera List Formats Selection HOOO Function Exit Minimize Operation Log in out 3 2 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide Function Buttons Recording Scheduling m Remote Server not provided Playback Application Settings Camera Map Viewing General Operations SoftDVR Lite has 2 viewing formats 1 channel on the screen or 4 channels on the screen You can easily change the viewing formats by using Viewing Formats Selection And you can also select the camera you wish to view control by clicking on one of the buttons in the Camera List Recording To activate the recording function click on the reording button from the Function Buttons There are 3 kinds of recording which you can activate with each camera separately 1 Monitor only no recording no recording at a
12. ny time 2 Round the clock recording all the time 3 Motion detect recording only when VMD is triggered MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software 3 3 User s Guide scheduling To activate the scheduling function click on the scheduling button from the Function Buttons The 4 features for schedulitng are as follows l Ae Set up the time period by time and weekday Action items include recording and remote access Camera selectable Details of scheduling tasks are described in the task remarks The editable scheduling task list is provided Administrators can set up scheduling tasks on the Application Setting Scheduling page The time period setting for Scheduling jobs is based on 24 hour Note time If you wish to set an 8 hour time task which will run overnight you can set up 2 different scheduling jobs such as 20 00 23 59 and 00 00 04 00 A Scheduling job also includes recording For this reason the Recording button from the Function Buttons on the main page Note will turn dark to disable the recording function when the Scheduling function is active This is to avoid the conflict caused by the scheduling task and the manual operation of recording and remote service Playback Ly Administrators and users with authorization can view the playback of historic recorded files via the Playback function To activate the Playback function click on the Playback button from the Fu
13. tDYR you must accept this agreement Step 3 The Choose Destination Location window will open next Select the folder you wish to intall SoftDVR Lite to and click on Next to continue InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install SoftDYR in the following folder Ta install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files MOXA4 S oft DVR Browse bo Cancel Step 4 The Select Program Folder window will open next Select the program folder that you wish the wizard to creat an icon for and then click on Next to continue InstallShield Wizard Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders SoftDVR Lite Existing Folders Macromedia Microsoft Office LE Railroad Tycoon 3 lt Back Cancel 1 2 MOXA SoftDVR Lite IP Surveillance Software User s Guide SoftDVR Lite Installation Step 5 The wizard will start the installation process A digital signature request window will appear during the installation process Click on Yes to continue the installation InstallShield Wizard Setup Status SoftDVR Setup is performing the requested operations Inst
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