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0150-0143Q WaveReader User Manual.book

1. Digital video recorders DVR and StoreSafe models Digital video multiplexer recorders DVMRe and DVMRe Triplex Digital single channel recorders DSR Digital video storage DVS devices WaveReader also allows you to view or play video that has been archived onto a CD R DVD or recorded directly onto the hard drive of a PC Features Main window for viewing live or recorded video Disk analysis window provides graphical overview of recorded data on a per camera basis Remote access to DVMRe menu systems Images can be captured printed and exported as a bitmap or JPEG file Images can be enhanced using WaveStudio as well as while viewing in real time Basic and advanced searches launched from a single interactive search window Advanced search filters that include alarm event text camera time and date over multiple site locations Motion search by camera on DVMRe Triplex Advanced retail text searches that include text strings and conditional text Alarm Monitoring QuickWave evidence capture CD Remote Pan Tilt Zoom camera control Russian French and Polish languages selectable via Windows Control Panel Multi Site Mode which allows users to view camera images from multiple DVMRe Triplexes simultaneously on user definable screens WaveReader now supports live and recorded audio when connected to a DVMRe Triplex Minimum System Requirements The following minimum system requirements must be met before software
2. Right clicking the mouse and selecting Delete can clear cells in the grid Clicking the clear button to the left of the grid will clear the whole screen Images already dropped on the grid can be moved around by clicking and dragging them around on the grid By holding in the Control key before clicking and dragging a copy of an image can be created and moved to a new cell in the grid How to change to a new Custom Screen To change to a new Custom screen choose the screen name from the Select Screen menu Another way of selecting a screen is to select it from the Screens button on the right hand side of the toolbar Figure 50 Changing custom screens DI Wavelet Reader Screens 3 18 173 57 GB s unit 3 18 173 60 RT s unit Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 4 Way Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 16 Way Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 36 Way 3 Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 64 Way 3 Stop lt Add Delete Site Group Site Group Setup Screen Setup 7 vw Administrator s Site Group 1 S 3 18 173 57 GB s unt 3 18 173 60 RT s unit E El el Fo Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 4 Way Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 16 Way Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 36 Way L Administrator s Custom Screen Sample 64 Way d eg A Ge a EM Ne k KK lt P fa A d d n d T t E e Ms ee TI Administrator s Site Group DI 13181
3. Site Group Name Screen Name Stop Multi Site Mode To return to normal WaveReader mode simply click on the Stop menu item in the Multi Site menu Create a Site Group A Site group is any combination of sites up to 16 chosen from the user s address book from which cameras can be chosen to create Custom screens The user can create any number of Site Groups and the same site may belong to any number of these Groups To add a new Site Group delete a group or to change the name of an existing group select the Add Delete Site Group menu 45 Figure 47 The site group window i siteGroup es Site Group Name Administrator s Site Group 1 Notes E B To add new sites to a Site Group change the sites that belong to a Site group or simply view the sites in a Site group select the Site Group Setup menu At the top of the setup screen all sites in the address book are listed At the bottom of the screen the sites that have been added to the Site list are displayed To add a site to the list select the site in the top window and click the Add button To remove a site from the list select the site in the bottom window and click the Remove button Figure 48 The administrators site group window 1 Administrator s Site Group 1 rr Selected Sites W E EE LI IP Phone No Unit Type Camera QTY City _ State Province GB s unit 3 18 173 57 DVMRe 16 Bir MI L DVMRe 16 l L RT
4. Street City State Province Zip Postal Code or Region Country fields Note A Unit Password is not required if the unit s password is left in it s default 1111 If the Ethernet password is changed on the unit the unit password in the Sites window must be entered and must match exaclty 22 WaveReader User Manual The Security Menus Security Shell Overview The Security Shell is designed to provide controlled access to multiple Digital Recorder units by multiple users The following definitions are used in the discussion below e User A person that uses the WaveReader to review data stored on a Digital Video Recorder DVR e Group A collection of Users that have specific access rights to a specific list of Sites e Site A specific Digital recorder with a unique IP address Users are assigned to specific Groups Any number of Groups can be defined Every user can only belong to one Group The default Group is called the Administrator group and cannot be deleted from the database Users that are assigned to the Administrator Group have full access rights to all Sites in the Database The Administrator is the default user in the Administrator group Examples of Groups names would be Management Engineering Supervisor and Shipping Only Users who belong to the Administrator Group have access to all administrative functions all other users are only allowed to change their own passwords and to view their user rights All gr
5. View User Rights from the menu bar The Group s Rights window will be displayed This window provides a quick overview of User and Group rights that have been setup in the Group Administration database No editing functions may be performed in this window Figure 21 The groups rights window Hien Test Und MOSNI DMRS 23455 TBS 100112 1314 15 16 Tie The Tae 9 Fick s Teplee OSOASA DMA FEELER EE uecepg D pe WG 1 23455 769 10 00 1213 14 15 16 g Herzbt iaaii Ve 12345 6 7 89 1011 121914 15 16 BB Tae en RE ech Ferber TE 123455 785 1001121310 15 16 Site Administration Site Administration provides all the data required for the creation of the Address Book To access Site Administration select Setup Security Site Administration from the menu bar The Sites Edit window will be displayed Figure 22 The sites administration window Ethemet POTS E eme IP Phone Number 10 302536 Urt Password i Previous Record Next Record 1 Record Last Record Creating the Site Address Book This window allows the user to e Add new device site information Required fields are Bolded Clicking on ADD also provides the option of importing an Address Book that has been saved as a lst file from a previous version of WaveReader e Edit existing records e Delete existing records e Search through current records by the Site Description IP Phone Number
6. button Connection Type Setup Two types of Ethernet connections can be established between the WaveReader software and a unit e Normal Connection e Live Connection 30 WaveReader User Manual Figure 29 The connection type setup sub menus Normal Connections File view Setup Record Search Alarm Monitor Help ali Address Book gt De D Security d e lee RICK NEG Normal Connection Live Connectio Network Speed isoladas Setup DYMRe Menu When a Normal Connection is made the user may select between two operating modes View Live Mode Live images from the connected unit will display along with the current Date Time and Alarm status of the unit View Playback Mode Allows the user to view and search recorded data from the units hard disk View Live Mode Allows the user to view live images View Live Mode is the default mode The following features are active in Live Mode View Playback Mode The Pause button functions as Stop button The Pause Disconnect Multi Camera Camera Size and Camera buttons are black and remain active The remaining buttons turn gray and are inactive The View Live command is replaced with the View Playback command The current Date and Time appears Multi Camera live images can be viewed in 16 Way Large or Medium formats or 4 way Large format Single Camera live images can be viewed in Large Medium or Small formats Clicking any camera image will display th
7. AM 2 3 4 5 6 Event SAAR US UIUULZ 2 17 2004 9 41 19 AM 2 17 2004 3 41 58 AM 2 38 Event a 418 173 6000 ILR 2 17 2004 9 42 00 AM 2 17 2004 4210 AM 2 8 Evert IL 2 17 2004 3 42 12 AM 2 17 2004 3 46 46 AM 2 3 5 6 8 Event IO 2 17 2004 9 46 48 AM 2 27 2004 3 20 07 AM 2 3 4 5 6 Event y NO OF RESULTS 6 eg A Stop Al The Search Results screen will list the IP addresses of all the units in the current group in a tree view on the left portion of the screen The search progress will be indicated as a percentage value in brackets next to the IP address When the search has completed the percentage will indicate 100 and the color of the IP address text will turn green By default the search will pause after receiving about 100 results or 30 000 bytes and the color of the IP address text will turn red The Next All button can be used to continue the search on all units that are paused The Stop All button can be used at any time to stop the search To see the search results from a particular unit click it s IP address The corresponding results will be displayed in a list view on the right and the result count NO OF RESULTS will be displayed at the bottom Click on a record to view that particular video The Alarm Monitoring Menu The Alarm Monitoring menu options can be accessed through the main menu bar To access the Alarm Monitoring commands select Alarm Monitoring from the menu bar Note Alarm monitoring is not available on
8. Alarm Monitor Stat Weiner hath Steet Ok CO we Record Menu Help Menu Log F Record Setup p ETA Ee E About MUX Stop Recording About wan eler gea Ch enk Menu Bar Fe vew Seluy Peco Seach Mul Sce Bamhks Help Icon Bar e a gt H amp 5 79 Q B Button Panel Main Viewing Area Dra Text Data Display Box Status Bar Connected to GB s unit Lo Wavelet Video iant Ki han Racord rr Ae pes egseb lczlaele pg Right Click on any Single Camera Display for Image Control Click on any Pop Up Menu Image to change to Single Camera Display onmected to Dt unt P The Main Program Window The Main program window consists of the following areas e The Menu Bar At the top of the window s The Icon Bar Underneath the Menu Bar e The Main Viewing Area The large main area e The Status Bar At the bottom of the window e The Button Panel The left side of the window e The Text Data Display Box Located under the Main Viewing Area s Image Control Pop Up Menu Right click on a Single Display The Menu Bar The Menu Bar provides access to the programs functions and parameters as well as access to files The Menu Bar changes its appearance to reflect the program mode it is operating in Figure 6 The menu bar KEEN File View Setup Help Menu after Log In File view Setup Multi Site Alarm Monitor Help Menu after Live Connection File Set
9. Conditions allow the operator to do Greater than Less than Equal to type of searches based on numeric values that are contained in text strings For example a search condition could be set up to find all lines where the string Total is found with a value greater than 100 Every condition filter has 4 entries e Text text to search for Can be typed manually or can be entered automatically by selecting words from the Search list and then dragging it with the mouse and dropping it into the Text box e Condition gt lt s Value Numerical value e Additional Text other text that must appear in the line along with the String and Numerical value e A text condition can be used as a wildcard that matches all strings and basically just evaluates the numeric portion of a line of text Any combination of the 25 Search list strings and the 5 Conditional filters can be used together when doing a search The Motion tab bases searches by camera and screen area The screenshot below shows only the motion tab area of the advanced search screen Enabled grid sections are displayed in yellow disabled sections in red Figure 42 Motion search window Single cell C Row C Column C 3x3 b A AR EI P F ET 41 Scheduled Search The Schedule d Search menu allows the user to run a search on a single unit or a multi site group at a specified time and on certain days and save the results to a file The sched
10. Delete Search Close This window allows the user to e Add new Groups set their Access Level and Connection Type Set their Group Rights and the Sites they have access to e Edit existing records Clicking in the Edit button adds a Show Users and Add All Sites Button on the Button Bar The Show Users button displays all users in the currently selected group The Add All Sites button will add all available Sites to the selected group e Delete existing records e Search through current records by Group Name Access Level and Connection Type fields 28 WaveReader User Manual Access Levels The Access Levels are priority ratings used by the unit to determine if a currently established connection should terminate when a user with a higher priority level requests a connection If the current user has a lower access level the unit will break its connection after sending a message to the users PC indicating that their connection has been terminated The status bar at the bottom of the WaveReader main window will also indicate that the unit terminated the connection There are three levels of access that can be set up in WaveReader e 1 lowest e 2 e 3 highest User Administration User Administration provides all the data required for adding Users and user information into various Groups The users will have the rights and access levels of the group to which they are assigned To access User Administration select Setup Se
11. Panel The button panel contains various controls for camera selection viewing and playback The lower portion of the button panel controls the various features available with PTZ pan tilt and zoom cameras Please see your dome or PTZ camera installation manual for setup information Figure 8 gt a ee p 11 11 The button panel Play Backward button Click on this button to playback video in reverse Stop button Click on this button to halt all playback operations The Play Pointer Slider Bar moves to the start of data Play Forward button Click on this button to playback video Single Frame Rewind button Click on this button to rewind the video a single frame Pause button Pauses playback until the Pause button is pressed again Clicking any of the buttons except Stop will also resume playback The Play Pointer slider bar stays at the current position while paused Single Frame Advance button Click on this button to advance the video a single frame Rewind button Click on this button to perform high speed reverse playback Fast Forward button Click on this button to perform high speed playback Connect Disconnect button Click on this button to display the address book after a successful login Number buttons Press any of these buttons to call up individual cameras for display When connected to a unit that has more than 16 cameras right clicking over the number buttons will display numbers 17 through
12. Street City State Province Zip Postal Code or Region Country fields 25 26 WaveReader User Manual Importing an Address Book from versions of WaveReader earlier than 2 5 Figure 23 Importing an address book CULCCCCH d KLEK Click on the ADD button in the Sites window This modifies the button bar on the bottom of the window to include an Import Sites button Follow the steps below to import the Address Book 1 Click on the Import Sites Button This brings up the Import Sites windows 2 Click Import Sites from Address Book File This brings up the Open List File window 3 Navigate to the folder in which the Jet file resides Note NOTE A Ist file may be created using any text editor such as Notepad See the section titled Creating an Address File on the following pages 4 Select the Ist file and click Open This places the address list in the Import Sites window 5 Click Add all Selected Sites to the Database Creating an Address File for basic information The Address Book file may be created using any text edit such as Notepad A sample address book may look like the following Be sure to save or rename the file with the extension Ist Once created the user can import the file using the previous procedure Figure 24 The address file 1000 3 0 10 90 253 129 Alex s unit 12345 0 10 90 10 110 demo room 54321 0 10 90 253 28 Test unt The first line 1000 Indicates a version numb
13. Zoom In amp Out Click and hold the Zoom In amp Out buttons to operate the camera lens zoom Shortcut Holding down the Control key and dragging the cursor up down on screen as if you were tilting the camera will operate the zoom control 4 Auto Zoom In Click the Auto Zoom In button then click and draw a rectangular window on the currently displayed image with the left mouse button Once the button is released the camera will automatically zooms to the drawn 59 window If the window size is beyond the camera s zoom capabilities the image will center on the middle of the defined window at the maximum zoom in position 5 Return Previous Click on this button to return the camera to the PTZ position that was selected prior to the last Auto Zoom In command 6 Zoom All Click on this button to zoom all the way out on the currently selected camera 7 Set Preset Navigate the camera to the desired location select the desired preset from the drop down list box then click Set 8 Go To To send the camera to the desired preset select the preset from the drop down list box then click Go To 9 Preset drop down list Select from previously created presets 60 WaveReader User Manual QuickWave Evidence Capture CD WaveReader allows any PC user with a CD writer to create a portable evidence CD which includes an auto launching lite version of WaveReader called Quick Wave WaveReader does not need to be install
14. any StoreSafe model The following commands are available e Start the Alarm Monitor e Stop the Alarm Monitor Start the Alarm Monitor This command launches the Alarm Monitor Screen Figure 52 The alarm monitoring screen WI Alarm Monitor C alarmdatabase mdb 2002 3425 Alarm Reporting unit 1 Di 106 1 72 20TESTA 2 Camer ra 02 Unit IP Address Unit Date Time system Log 318 1739 10 7 2002 8 40 28 PM 318 172 102 Connect Normal 10 7 2002 8 40 05 PM 3 18 173 9 10 7 2002 8 40 28 PM 3 18 172 102 DisConnect Normal 10 7 2002 8 40 28 PM 3 18 173 9 10 7 2002 8 40 33 PM Recording Started 3 18 173 9 10 7 2002 5 40 41 PM Recording Stopped x The Alarm Monitor screen lists all the conditions that have been reported to WaveReader The screen consists of two tables The topmost table displays data in a list format Every row in the table represents a specific camera on a specific Triplex from which alarm images have been uploaded Sometimes it can happen that a Triplex reports alarms on more than one camera In this case more than one row will be added to the table 49 50 WaveReader User Manual Every row in the table consists of the following fields e Date Time Specifies exactly when the alarm happened in the calling unit s time e Site Description IP address of the unit that reported the alarm e Site Serial Number the Serial number of the unit that called e Camera The camera number associated with the al
15. be executed The Volume drop down list box When looking for video from a particular date on the drop down list box please note that the oldest data is continually being recorded over with the newest video One of the listed disk volumes will contain both the oldest and newest video data Figure 14 The volume drop down list No 1 lt 5 24 2002 3 01 42 PM 5 30 2002 5 37 54 PM gt No 2 lt 5 30 2002 5 37 54 PM 6 3 2002 8 27 48 PM gt No 3 lt 6 3 2002 8 27 48 PM 6 7 2002 9 41 18 AM gt No 4 lt 6 7 2002 9 41 18 AM 6 10 2002 7 42 22 EM No 5 lt 5 13 2002 1 50 55 PM 6 12 2002 2 33 25 PM gt No 6 lt 5 14 2002 3 08 16 PM 5 17 2002 2 18 17 AM gt No 7 lt 5 17 2002 2 18 18 AM 5 19 2002 3 38 58 PM gt No 8 lt 5 19 2002 3 38 58 PM 5 27 2002 2 21 24 AM gt For example If searching for video on 5 15 2002 you should select volume No 6 not volume No 5 Saving A File From The Disk Analysis Window This feature is only available during an ethernet connection 1 Click and drag the mouse to select the desired data you wish to save Use the Zoom In and Out function to select smaller blocks of data to save 2 Click and drag the vertical red bars to alter the size of the selected information 19 3 Click Save File in the pop up menu The Save an Image Sequence window will appear 4 Select the desired file name and location then click Save The Text Log WaveReader allows the user to view any text associated with vi
16. filter combinations may be saved and loaded through these menus for use on different devices Filter parameters in the saved file that are not applicable on a particular device are ignored during the Search Search filter parameters are saved in xml format in the Quick Wave directory The Setup menu contains the Mode menu and the Search Schedule menu See Scheduled Search on page 41 for a detailed explanation of this feature The Mode menu is used to select the way the search is reported Batch or the default Interactive The batch mode does not have any result quantity limitation and all results are written to a file The file format choices are txt html or xml The Go To button in the Date filer section begins transmitting recorded video from the closest point to the time and date selected The Hours of the Week filters option is used to apply another level of date time filtering when doing the search For example the user can specify that he only wants to search on Mon Wed and Fri between 8am 5pm Clicking on the Setup button will display the Hours of the Week selection window as shown below 39 Figure 40 The hours of the week window DE of the Week FR SIE 0123 45 6 7 8 9 1011 1213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 hours Wl eer ih Toe eee eee eee eee To use this window click Enable in the Edit Mode box make your selections and click on Done The Search button will execute the search based upon the filter selections and
17. installation Table 1 Minimum system requirements Hardware Specification CPU Pentium III 1 2 GHz or faster RAM 256MB Hard disk drive 50 MB free hard drive space Monitor SVGA 1024 X 768 24 bit color Operating system Windows 2000 XP Windows 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation WaveReader User Manual Getting Started Installation Installing From CD ROM To install the WaveReader on your hard disk from a CD 1 Place the WaveReader CD in the CD ROM drive of a PC that meets the minimum system requirements 2 Follow the instructions for installation as they appear Note If Autorun is not enabled on your PC choose Run from the Start Menu then type d setup exe where d is the drive letter of your CD ROM and click OK Follow the instructions as they appear on your screen Starting WaveReader To start the WaveReader program double click on the WaveReader Desktop icon or choose Programs from the Start menu and then select WaveReader The Main window of the WaveReader program will appear Figure 1 Initial WaveReader screen al Wavelet Reader File View Setup Help eGlgcepHelczcloeleolgoe EES EIER Play Speed Logging In To start using WaveReader you must Log In and connect to a remote device through the address book When logging in you will be asked for a User Name and Password The default Administrator password is 12345 The Setup menu becomes availabl
18. or visit us online at www gesecurity com This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Direct all inquiries about GE s legal policies with regard to this product to Director of Legal Services GE Security 12345 SW Leveton Drive Tualatin OR 97062 9938 USA Contents ai geisli eie TEE 1 Conventions used inthis eeler De VT EE 1 EEGEN yy eee ade oeeued 1 Product OVGIVICW EE 2 PROGUICE DS Te EE 2 EE anon ames E Ee Ee 2 Minimum System e En EEN 3 GETING OE ME 4 Jare Vie eea AAAA a e hes REE 4 SL nE AA E EES ENE I EE 4 WaveReader e 8 WaveReader Main Window Overview 6 een een nee e nt eee nee enn e een ees 8 THE Main Program WINGOW EE 9 Caangna EONO lte 13 WaveReader Operation 3 Ne SEENEN Ee Ee EE Ne EEN EE EE EE Ae 14 Te FIC NEEN 14 Tie WICC IE EE 16 Tae SOU CW EE 19 TS SOCCINGO SG sn an ate feast oe ae S Shawnna eka e
19. the Next button will be enabled and the user can use this to see the next set of 1000 results for an advanced text search or 10 results for a basic text alarm event motion search Figure 44 The search results screen Lal Se arch Results S oj xj File Start Time Camera Type Text as 000000 9 8 2003 11 26 59 AM 1 Text AONT aQuantvelnc 80 61 oo0007 CSA CoolSavings Inc 45 78 ogogo CDA Cordiant Communications Group ple ADR 114 82 UO UE ECGI Envoy Communicatons 6 46 000004 SIG Insignia Systems Inc 118 43 000005 MNST Monster Worldwide Inc 130 75 o00006 TRF Tralfix ine 54 56 ooo007 NHC National HealthCare Comp 8 62 oOo00S INVGN Novogen Limited ADR 44 65 LUS ORTC Ortec Intemational inc 39 34 000010 000011 9 8 2003 11 27 01 AM 1 Text RCI Renal ae Group Ince 88 97 000012 SRZ Sunnse Assisted Living Inc 34 71 GROUP BY SHOW ALL 86 T When doing an advanced text search the search results window will show lines that had a string match in red and lines that had a condition match in blue The search results window will also allow results to be displayed based on search filter A bracketed number next to the search filter name will indicate the total number of lines that matched the respective search filter The number next to SHOW ALL indicates the total number of transactions that matched one of the search filters The search can be
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21. 32 Right click again to return to cameras 1 through 16 Single Camera Display Size Choose from Small Medium or Large 12 WaveReader User Manual 12 Multiscreen button Choose from a Large 4 way Medium 16 way or Large 16 way 13 Iris Open and Close Click and hold the Iris Open or Close buttons to lighten or darken the image and adjust for changing light conditions 14 Focus In and Out Click and hold the Focus In or Out buttons to operate lens focus 15 Zoom In and Out Click and hold the Zoom In or Out buttons to operate the camera lens zoom 16 Auto Zoom In Click the Auto Zoom In button then click and draw a rectangular window on the currently displayed image with the left mouse button Once the button is released the camera will automatically zooms to the drawn window If the window size is beyond the camera s zoom capabilities the image will center on the middle of the defined window at the maximum zoom in position 17 Return Previous button Click on this button to return the camera to the PTZ position that was selected prior to the last Auto Zoom In command 18 Zoom All Click on this button to zoom all the way out on the currently selected camera 19 Set Preset Navigate the camera to the desired location select the desired preset from the drop down list box then click Set 20 Go To To send the camera to the desired preset select the preset from the drop down list box then click Go To 21 Preset Dr
22. 6 WaveReader User Manual Load Default Data e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Load Default Data e Select the number of cameras for the multiplexer you are configuring Get from DVMRe Use this feature to download current menu settings from the selected unit modify them then return them Upload them to the unit e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Get From DVMRe Send to DVMRe This allows the user to configure the menu system of a remote unit by uploading a file containing the menu settings e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Send to DVMRe Load Data From A File Load multiplexer menu configuration data so that it may be uploaded to the unit e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Load Data From A File Save Data To A File This allows the user to save the menu settings of the selected DVMRe so that they may be used as backup or copied onto another unit e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Save Data To A File The Record Menu WaveReader allows the user to record directly to the hard disk via the ethernet connection Figure 37 The record menu commands st Wavelet video Client File View Setup Record Search Alarm e Te ml m Record Setup Start Recording Stop Recording To begin Recording 1 Select Record Record Setup from the Menu bar A standard Save As menu called Filename for Recording
23. 73571685 unit 48 WaveReader User Manual In both cases the screen list consists of some Default screens followed by the user s custom defined screens e Default 16 Way Screens The screens at the top of the list are all 16 Way screens and are automatically created one for every Site in the site list It shows all 16 cameras connected to a Triplex This is equivalent to the old WaveReader 16 way screen e Custom Screens The screens at the bottom of the list are the screens that are created by the operator They can be 4 16 36 or 64 way screens These screens can contain cameras from 1 to 16 Triplex units Multi Site Search WaveReader supports searches across multiple or Multi Site units To execute a Multi Site Search 1 Select Multi Site Start Play from the Main Menu 2 Select the Multi Site on which the search is to be performed from the Screens drop down menu a Click the search icon The Search Screen will appear select the search parameters as you would for a single unit and click the Search button WaveReader will send a search request with the selected parameters to all the units in the current group and display the results in a new screen Figure 51 Multi site search results screen OELE ell x Aadrinstators Ste Group a Sotte End Tine Caner Type Tea i Ka 3 18 173 55 URL 2 12 2004 6 52 48 PM 2 13 2004 8 03 08 AM 2 345 6 Event A 3 18 173 57 DOUT 2 13 2004 8 10 52 AM 2 17 2004 3 41 17
24. Changing Languages WaveReader can be setup in one of four languages English French Russian or Polish English is the default language To change the language open the Windows Control Panel and select Regional Options Locale then select the language 13 14 WaveReader User Manual WaveReader Operation This section details the operation of WaveReader through the commands located in the menu system The File Menu Open File From the Menu Bar click File then click Open or click the Open icon on the Icon Bar The Open files dialog box will appear depending on the operating system some windows may differ from the one shown here Figure 10 The open file dialog box Li ay Look in Sy WaveReader D o EI ez ES Fide name A D Files of type Wavelet Image Recordings RDB D Wavelet Image Sequences GOUD l Modified Wavelets 20D Wavelet Image Recordings RDB tt 1 Select the drive and the directory that contains the video files that you want to open 2 Select the file type from the drop down menu Note WaveReader can open the following filetypes e 60d is a wavelet video clip in a proprietary data format The file sizes are in multiples of 2Mb e rdb saves images in a database and is typically used for shorter video clips This type of file loops back and continues to play after reaching the end of the video e 20d is similar to the 60d except this format is used for the StoreS
25. D writing software could not be detected on the PC and the Wizard cannot be used 2 The Wizard will guide you through the CD creation process Log In Off From the Menu Bar click File then Log In or click the Log In icon on the Icon Bar The Login screen will appear The default Administrator password is 12345 It is recommended that this password be changed after installation is complete As a security measure store the password in the administrator s secure files or in a limited access area After a successful login the log in commands changes to log off and the Setup menu becomes available in the Main Menu bar Exit From the Menu Bar click on File then Exit This command terminates the WaveReader program and closes all associated windows The View Menu The View menu appears between File and Setup menus The following commands are available in the View menu e Disk Analysis Screen This command displays the Disk Analysis screen s Text Log This feature allows the user to view any text associated with the video 17 The Disk Analysis Screen Figure 12 The disk analysis screen ai Disk Analysis i Fil Volume No 5 lt 5 13 2002 1 58 58 PM 6 12 2002 2 33 25 PM gt Alm Even Bi Videoloss M Present B Absent os Cameta 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 The Volume drop down list box provides for selection of alternate hard disks if available The blue area below the legend displays the time date
26. Image Sequence will appear 37 2 Click on the Save as type drop down menu to select the file type Choose between a 60d or rdb or 20d if connected to a StoreSafe Pro II file type Type the desired file name in the File Name box Click the Save button 3 Select Record Start Recording from the Menu bar to begin recording the images displayed in the Main window 4 Select Record Stop Recording from the Menu bar to stop recording Note Only images actually being displayed will be recorded Recordings will be made using the quality levels set for the images displayed Playing Back From a 20d 60d or rdb File To playback the recorded data described in the previous section e Disconnect from the unit if currently connected e Select File Open from the Menu bar A window called Open Wavelet Data Files will appear e Select a 20d 60d or rdb from the Files of Type box e Select file location from Look in box or type file name in File Name box e Click on the Open button e Playback file by clicking the Play button The Search Menu Once a Normal Connection has been established between the PC and a unit the Search Menu option will appear in the Menu Bar and the Search Icon will become available in the Icon Bar Searches are only possible on files or when connected to DVMRe and StoreSafe units with software version 5 02 or later Launch the Search screen by clicking on the Search icon a or the Search menu option The
27. Out button will cause the image to begin increasing or decreasing in size Click the Stop button to stop the zooming Click the Normal button to return the image to the original size Noise Removal Changes the color of each pixel in the image to the average color of the pixels surrounding it This results in a blur effect Histogram Equalization Linearizes the number of pixels per gray area in the bit map This can be used to bring out detail in the dark areas of an image Region Selection Used to isolate sections of an image for enhancement Select Rectangular to drag a box over the desired picture area Select Freehand to draw borders around the desired area Click On to activate this feature Copy amp Paste Use these buttons to copy images to or from the clipboard Undo Click this button to undo all changes made to the image Done Click on this button to close the WaveStudio program WaveStudio Main Viewing Area When WaveStudio is opened it automatically captures the image currently displayed in the WaveReader Main Viewing Area 56 WaveReader User Manual Figure 59 WaveStudio main viewing area EW aves tudio Use the WaveReader window to find and pause the exact image you wish to edit Press the Load button to insert the image into the Wavestudio s Main Viewing Area Any image size or screen configuration displayed in the WaveReader Main Viewing Area can be copied to the WaveStudio Main Viewing Area Open
28. Search Screen has two modes basic and advanced The Search screen is in basic mode when it first appears as shown below Figure 38 The search filters menu in basic mode Search Filters l 15 x File Setup Cameras Hours of the Week Setup Search Advanced gt gt Note If no alarm event or text filters are selected and a search is launched the search results will only display the start and stop boundries of the recorded video 38 WaveReader User Manual Basic Mode In basic mode the user can set up the Date Cameras and Hours of the Week filters The Hours of the Week filter is only available if searching on files or if connected to DVMRe Triplex units with software version 5 02 or higher Selecting any of these parameters modifies the Search Filters screen and displays that selection s options The screen below shows the Search Screen with all three Filters selected Figure 39 The basic search filters window with filters selected BER File Setup K Date C between 9730 2003 2 01 36PM GoTo and 973072003 20 36PM inthe last M Hours C inthe last ll Days lv Cameras 1 567891 d 1 3 m m m m m m mj mj mj mj mj aj a mj a mi Iw Hours ofthe Week Setup Search Advanced gt gt The Search Filters Menu bar contains the File and Setup menus The File menu contains the Load Search Filters menu and the Save Search Filters menu Search
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30. afe Pro II 3 Select the file for display and click on the Open button 4 The file will load but will not start playing until the play forward button is depressed The play forward button turns green to indicate when play operations have started 15 Figure 11 WaveReader playing a file i Wavelet Reader File View Setup Search Multi Site 4larm Monitor Help elgepelczzloel olpe PERA L Se SH C Program Files aven eadera 0o00 60d E The screen shown above is the medium format 16 way multiscreen camera view Clicking any camera image will display that camera image in full screen Conditional Indicators The following conditional indicators can be displayed during playback e A red letter A opposite the camera number means an alarm occurred on that camera e A yellow letter E opposite the camera number means an event occurred on that camera e A green letter M opposite the camera number means that motion has been detected on that camera Save Image From the Menu Bar click File and then click Save File or click the Save File icon on the Icon Bar The Save Current Image to A File window will appear The currently displayed video image may be saved with the user specifying the file name to be used and the file type bmp or jpg to be chosen The asterisk stands for the file name The benefit to this method as opposed to using the Snapshot icon is that the images can be saved with a more app
31. arm e Type The type of alarm e Pre Number of Pre Alarm images that were uploaded e Main Number of Main Alarm images that were uploaded e Post Number of Post Alarm images that were uploaded e Format Video Format NTSC or PAL Right click on a row to launch a notes window that can be used to enter pertinent information about that specific alarm Multiple users may add different messages to the same alarm Each time a message is added the username and the time and date will be logged and appended to the notes field Figure 53 The alarm notes pop up window ai Alarm Monitor C Manuals wavereader Current MyTest mab Fie Setup Connect Site Info gi New gt SEN Date Time Site Description Site Serial Humber Camera Type Drei Main Post Format 4 2003 11 06 30 Ab 4 11 M Add view Alarm Notes Cancel ai Alarm Notes Administrator 4 30 2003 2 57 35 PM Unit IP Address This alarm was generated by a criminal breaking out of jail 3 18 173 57 42 2003 11 05 4 3 18 173 57 4 2 2003 11 054 3 18 173 57 4 2 2003 11 05 4 Cmca berets 4 2 2003 11 05 4 3 118 173 577 4 2 2003 11 054 Add Mew Motes New alarm a Update Cancel The function of the Connect button is to allow the user to connect back to the unit that generated the alarm The play pointer on the unit s hard disk will be automatically placed at the position where the alarm occurred This allows the user to do more detailed investigati
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33. at camera image in full screen A red letter A opposite the camera number means an alarm for that camera To enter View Playback Mode select Setup View Playback from the menu bar 31 Figure 30 The view playback command 1 Wavelet Video Client File Setup Record Search Alarm e Address Book Security Ki Connection Type setup P View Playback al Image Quality Setup Setup DYMRe Menu b e Live images for each camera stop updating e The Disk Analysis Screen appears e All buttons return to black e The View Playback command is replaced with the View Live command e WaveReader is still connected to the unit Return to Live Mode When viewing live images is desired the software may be switched back to the View Live mode via the Setup menu This option is added to the Setup Menu only after a Normal Connection has been established Along with the images being displayed the current Date Time and Alarm status of the unit are also shown To enter View Live Mode select Setup View Live from the menu bar Figure 31 The view live command ti Wavelet Video Client File View Setup Record Search Help View Live Image Quality Setup Setup DYMRe Menu Live Connections When a Live Connection is made the user is limited to viewing live images only The user can establish a Live Connection even if a different user has established a Normal Connection To esta
34. blish a Live Connection select Setup Connection Type Setup Live Connection from the menu bar 32 WaveReader User Manual Figure 32 The live connection command D Wavelet Reader File View Setup Record Search Alarm Monitor Help Address Book Security Connection Ty pe 5E tup No disk analysis screen is displayed Network Speed Setup There are two Network Speeds that can be setup for connections between the WaveReader software and the unit e Fast speed LAN e Slow speed modem Figure 33 The network speed menu File View Setup Record Search Alarm Monitor Help Address Book Security Connection Type Setup gt Network Speed d wv Fast LAN Setup DVMRe Menu gt Slow Modem Fast LAN Connections Most Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks have a large bandwidth of typically 10 Megabit or 100 Megabit When the default Fast LAN option is chosen the WaveReader software will download large amounts of information from the unit such as the information required to display the Disk analysis window This normally takes only a few seconds when bandwidth is not restricted Slow modem Connections When the Slow modem option is selected it is normally because the bandwidth is limited This causes delays in getting information through the network Unless the user s Network Administrator has intentionally restricted the amount of available bandwidth this type of limitation may be du
35. cancelled at any time by clicking the Cancel button on the progress bar If a search is active user cannot start a new search 43 The search results can be saved to a file by using the Save or Save Selected options under the File menu The user can choose the file type txt xml or html and specify the directory where the file should be saved Search results can also be printed using the Print option under the File menu WaveReader cannot play when doing a search Clicking on an item in the search results window will cause the respective image to be displayed in the WaveReader window Multi Site Mode The Multi Site Mode menu options can be accessed through the main menu bar To access the Multi Site Mode commands select Multi Site from the menu bar Multi Site mode is a new feature of WaveReader that allows the operator to view cameras from multiple Triplex units simultaneously on custom definable screens Note Multi site mode is only available on the DVMRe and DVMRe Triplex units Also DVMRe and DVMRe Triplex units must not have their Unit Types modified from their deafualt types in the Unit Type Setup menu Multi Site mode supports simultaneous connections to up to 16 Triplex units This gives the user access to up to 256 different cameras These cameras can be arranged and displayed in any combination on custom definable screens up to a maximum 64 cameras at a time The user can define up to 25 different Custom Screens that can consist
36. curity User Administration from the menu bar The Users Edit window will be displayed Figure 26 The user window CT x User Name Ve zer E Phone Number E mail Password Group Name This window allows the user to e Add new users e Edit existing users e Delete existing users e Search through current records by User Name Phone Number Email Address and Group Name Unit Type Setup Unit Type Setup provides the data required for Unit Type field in the Site Administration window To access Unit Type Setup select Setup Security Unit Type Setup from the menu bar The Unit Type Edit window will be displayed 29 Figure 27 The unit type window Unit Type ben gt This window allows the user to e Add new devices e Edit existing devices e Delete existing devices Custom Caption Setup The Custom Caption Setup menu allows the user to change the 4 provided Notes fields into user labelled fields To access the Custom Caption Setup select Setup Security Custom Caption Setup from the menu bar The Custom Caption Setup Edit window will be displayed Figure 28 The custom caption setup window ltCustom Caption Setup Field Name Caption Notes 1 Notes Notes 2 Notes2 i twti SCS Notes 3 Notes3 t lt i s stws S Notes 4 Notes o Update Cancel To relabel a field name simply highlight the current label type in the new designation and click on the Update
37. ddress fo0 80 19 F2 D5 8D Software Version km Disk Size oe The following information is viewable e Model Number e Serial Number e MAC Address e Software Version e Disk Size 53 About The About command provides information about the Version number of the Software Figure 57 The about window a About WaveReader ja Weaver eader Version 4 2 14 ES Wavelet Reader is used for the retrieval and viewing of digital images recorded by the DVMARe DSR 7 DVS range of digital Multipleser YCA Video Storage products System Info Access to the Windows System Info command is also available in this window Extensive System information can be retrieved with this command 54 WaveReader User Manual Using WaveStudio WaveStudio is an image enhancement program designed specifically for use with WaveReader WaveStudio allows the user to capture and save images WaveStudio also allows the user to increase or decrease contrast zoom sharpen lines enhance sections of the picture and bring out detail in dark areas Opening WaveStudio From the Menu bar select File Start Wavestudio or click on the WaveStudio icon on the Icon Bar The WaveStudio window will open The WaveStudio window consists of two areas the Main Viewing Area and the Toolbar WaveStudio Toolbar All of the functions in WaveStudio are performed using the toolbar located on the left side of the WaveStudio window Figure 58 Th
38. deo while connected to a unit or playing back video from a 60d file Select View Text Log from the Menu bar The Text Log will appear Figure 15 The text log E Show Timestamp Freeze Log oa Clear W Show Camera Number Other options include the ability to Print or Save the Text Log The Text information is save as a txt file in the QuickWave CD folder by default The Setup Menu The Setup menu is not enabled when the program first starts It is enabled only after a successful login Figure 16 The setup menu Setup Menu Address Book Security w Fast LAN Connection Type Setup Slow Modem Load Default Data Send to D MRe Load Data from a file Save Data to a file WaveReader User Manual The following menus are disabled after a connection is established between WaveReader and a Device e The Address Book e Connection Type Setup e Security The Address Book The Address Book is a comprehensive relational database consisting of the following fields e Site Description e Street Address e City e State Province e Zip Postal Code e Region Country e IP Address Phone Number e Ethernet POTS Connection type s Unit Type DSR DVMRe etc e Camera Quantity e Serial Number e Administrator of Unit e Contact Phone Number e Notes 4 fields Figure 17 The address book il DEE Book Ei kain xj e St L ed Seel Een eet A Serio Admrarastrater of Ura Contact UHRE 10 901
39. e WaveStudio toolbar al WaveStudio Region Selection On Ir Rectangular off Freehand 55 Intensity Changes the overall brightness intensity of the image Contrast Increases or decreases the contrast of the image H Contrast Increases or decreases the contrast of the image in a image using a histogram to determine the median brightness This method finds the median brightness of the image then brightens the pixels with values above the median and darkens the pixels with values below the median This is more sophisticated but slower than the regular contrast method which uses the middle possible value 128 rather than finding the actual median Hue Changes the hue of colors in the image by rotating the color wheel The user can rotate the color wheel in either direction A 180 degree rotation in either direction changes each color to its complement Positive rotation takes red toward green green toward blue and blue toward red Negative rotation has the opposite effect Saturation Negative values decrease the saturation of colors Positive values increase the saturation The saturation level is increased or decreased by a percentage of its present saturation level Sharpen Increases or decreases the sharpness of the image Negative values decrease the sharpness of the image Specify 1000 for minimum sharpness Positive values increase the sharpness Specify 1000 for maximum sharpness Zoom Clicking the In or
40. e after a successful login There are three ways to Log in and start using WaveReader 1 From the Menu Bar click File then Log In The Login screen will appear 2 Click the Login icon LG on the Icon Bar The Login screen will appear 3 Click the Connect icon on the Icon Bar The Login screen will appear After a successful login the address book will appear This login method is the quickest way to connect to a device Figure 2 Login Screen x Uzer Name Administrator Password d GE recommends that the user name and password be changed after the installation is complete by the system administrator see The Security Menus on page 22 As a security measure store the password in the administrator s secure files or in a limited access area After a successful login the Setup menu becomes available in the Main Menu The Setup menu contains the following menu items e The address book e Security settings e Connection type setup e Network speed setup e DVMRe menu setup If you logged in using method 3 from above the address book will automatically display If you used methods 1 or two move your mouse to the menu bar and click on Setup Address Book 6 WaveReader User Manual The Address Book is a comprehensive relational database consisting of the following fields e Site Description e Street Address e City e State Province e Zip Postal Code e Region Country e IP Address e Ethernet Connection type e U
41. e to network connections established through modem connections or ISDN connections In this situation it is not always advisable to burden the network with so much data When the Slow modem option is chosen the WaveReader does not request the large amount of data needed to display the Disk Analysis window Playback starts at the beginning of the recorded data and proceeds to the end 33 In order to compensate for the missing Disk Analysis window additional search capabilities have been incorporated within the WaveReader software These will be covered in Section 6 Image Quality Setup Once a connection has been established between the PC and a unit the Image Quality Setup option becomes available Clicking the right mouse button on this option causes the Image Quality Setup window to open This window allows the user to select the quality level for each type of display available in the WaveReader software Figure 34 The image quality menu at Wavelet Yideo Client File View Setup Record Search Help SE LO el ESS He SL e ep if iy p C etata kirge Tura Gabr be l SUTEGI LE Jedy k View Live Image Quality Setup Setup D MRe Menu Quality levels are adjustable from Low to High This setting instructs the unit on how much video content data is required to display an image with the selected quality level Lower quality levels are more suitable for images displayed in smaller f
42. ed on the PC for QuickWave to operate and QuickWave does not install itself or a version of WaveReader on the PC upon which it is being played back The program is loaded and played directly from the QuickWave CD The Quick Wave CD cannot be played back on Windows 95 or Windows 98 Release Version 1 Note Live audio will not be recorded while archiving is in process Creating The QuickWave CD l Use the Disk Analysis Screen in WaveReader to select and save the desired video data as a 20d or 60d file Copy the 20d or 60d file or files to the C Program Files WaveReader QuickWaveCD Quick Wave folder Using the CD writer software select the contents of the C Program Files WaveReader QuickWaveCD folder Note Do not select the QuickWave CD folder to be written by the CD writer Select the contents of the QuickWaveCD folder to be written by the CD writer Using the CD writer create the Quick Wave CD Test the CD by placing it in the CD drive of your computer The QuickWave program should launch automatically and begin playing the 20d file first then a 60d file if one exists on the CD Note When finished creating the QuickWave CD delete the 20d or 60d file or files from the C Program Files WaveReader QuickWaveCD QuickWave folder so that it does not accidentally get copied onto a QuickWave CD for which it was not intended in the future Playing The QuickWave CD L 2 Place the QuickWave CD in the CD dr
43. en added it can be selected by clicking in one of the 4 icons on the left of the setup screen If you want to edit a new 36 way screen click on the 36 way icon and select the screen name from the drop down list A 36 way grid will appear that can be modified as described below On the left top of the setup screen a list of all the sites will be displayed By clicking on a specific Site in the list snapshots from all of its cameras will be displayed at the top of the screen 47 The area containing the grid is where the screen layout is designed The operator can place any camera from any unit anywhere on the grid Cameras can be added to the grid in any of the following 3 ways e Click on an image at the top of the setup screen and drag it while keeping the left mouse button down to the desired block in the grid and then drop it by releasing the mouse button e Click on the symbol next to the site in the preferred list to expand it into a list of Camera titles Click and drag the Camera Title to the desired grid position e Click on the site name in the preferred list hold the mouse down and drag it to a cell in the grid While dragging the mouse cursor will turn into a Hand holding a Page picture When the mouse button is released all available cameras for that site will be added to the grid starting at the cell where the mouse was released and filling up the cells in the row towards the right wrapping around to the next row if needed
44. er used by WaveReader to identify this list Do not edit this number 27 The second line 3 Indicates the number of addresses in the list Change this number only if the number of address in the list changes The address line indicates the following 4 items e This unit is connected via ethernet indicated with a 0 or this unit is connected via a modem indicated with a 1 e The IP address or telephone number of the remote unit example IP address show above 10 90 253 129 e The name given to the remote unit Example Alex s unit e The password for connecting to the remote unit Example 12345 This field is not always populated Group Administration Group Administration provides all the parameters required to set up various Group rights and access levels To access Group Administration select Setup Security Group Administration from the menu bar The Groups Edit window will be displayed Figure 25 The groups window x Group Name Goup3 0 t i sts S Access Level Level 3 Highest Connection Type Setting Norma amp Live Change Image Quality E Record Whde Viewing si Advanced Search si Save Clip From Unit si View WaveS tudio E PTZ Functionality CG View User Rights E Menu Setup E Mult Site E Alarm Monitor E Notes i CS _ ___ Site Description _ Camera Camera Camera3 Cameras Camera5 Cameras I GB s unit Y v v v TAI 44 vac FAI TAR FTA Add Edit
45. heet like format Connecting to a Site Device via the Address Book Highlight a selection on the Address Book and double click or click on the Connect button WaveReader will attempt to connect to the device site using the parameters specified in the database See Site Administration on page 25 for information on creating and editing the Address Book If WaveReader cannot connect to the device site it will display a time out message Verify that the parameters in the Address Book are correct If the parameters are correct verify that the PC can connect to the Internet or to another ethernet connected device Editing the Address Book To edit the Address Book click on the Edit button The Site edit window will appear Figure 18 Editing the address book Description HiewsDSAGI Ethemet POTS IP Phone Number Urt Password Seral Number Unit Type Camera QTY Administrator of Unit Contact Phone Number SSS Street 55335 City fi eet Slate Province a Zip Postal Code CA Region County Notes 1 Notes 3 Noles 3 Notes 4 Add Previous Record Next Record 1 Record Last Record This window allows the user to e Add new device site information Clicking on ADD also provides the option of importing an Address Book that has been saved as a Jet file from a previous version of WaveReader e Edit existing records e Delete existing records e Search through current records by the Site Description IP Phone Number
46. ing a File in WaveStudio To open a file in WaveStudio select File Open from the Menu bar The open file requestor window will appear Navigate to the file to edit select the file and click the open button Figure 60 The open a file requestor box Open A File Look in Gy Artwerks sl e Ir ES Killer Whale Sf powered_by_mti_2 f TENFIN 1 ST LADYAN 1 BY PUNISHER S Tiger LARRDO 1 ROARIN 1 S Turtles LARRsmall Sf Signaturela wy WILEY2 By Lether 1 BY Signatureib af WOLF BY ORC2 ef SPITFI 1 4 gt Filename ROARIN 1 Files of ype JPEG D Cancel 57 Dome Pan Tilt Zoom Control Entering PTZ Mode WaveReader provides Pan Tilt Zoom capabilities To access the PTZ controls from WaveReader the following conditions must be met e WaveReader must be connected via the ethernet or POTS to a DVMRe capable of interpreting the PTZ commands s The DVMRe unit must be connected to a ProBridge PTZ controller The DVMRe Triplex does not require a ProBridge PTZ controller e The cameras must be capable of performing PTZ e The WaveReader must establish a Normal connection and must be in Live Look in Mode Note Modem connection for PTZ commands is not recommended Due to bandwidth and typical phone line limitations of modem connections PTZ functions may be very sluggish If PTZ control via modem is required we recommend that the Go To Preset command be used rather than manual PTZ operation Panni
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48. ive of a PC The QuickWave program will launch from the CD and begin playing the 20d file first then a 60d file if one exists on the CD QuickWave s operation is similar to that of WaveReader except for the fast forward and rewind buttons These commands are not functional on these file types Select File Open to playback a different 20d or 60d file Creating a QuickWave CD using the CD Wizard When WaveReader is running on a PC that has DirectCD Version 3 0 or later installed the Wizard can be used to automate the process of creating a QuickWave CD Select File Start Quick Wave CD Wizard from the menu to launch the Wizard If this menu item does not appear in the menus then the DirectCD could not be detected on the PC and the Wizard cannot be used The Wizard will guide you through the CD creation process 61 62 WaveReader User Manual SplitWave SplitWave is a stand alone program that is designed to split large 60d files into smaller files The SplitWave installation program is located on the WaveReader CD in the SplitWave directory Installing SplitWave Insert the WaveReader CD in the computer s CD ROM drive Cancel the WaveReader installation procedure if it is already installed Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the SplitWave Folder Double click on the Setup exe file SplitWave Operation Launch SplitWave by double clicking on the SplitWave Desktop icon or choose Programs from the Start menu a
49. launch the Search Results window as long as the Search Setup mode is Interactive See Search Results on page 42 section for more details Clicking on the Advanced button will expand the Search Filters screen to include filters such as Alarm Event Text and Motion The screen shown below is shown with the Text tab selected Figure 41 The search filters in advanced mode Se arch Filters Fie Setup hd Date 7 f between 9 30 2003 2 01 36 PM GoTo and 3 30 2003 2 036PM inthelast Hours C inthe last Days L Cameras 12345678 s 4151 unen Tee H Hours of the Week Setup Be 40 WaveReader User Manual Advanced Mode In the advanced mode the user can specify alarm event text motion filters in addition to camera date and week If the user is not logged in or doesn t have rights to do an advanced search the user cannot switch to advanced mode The advanced button will be grayed out The Alarm Event tab executes searches based upon Alarm or Event flags The Text tab has basic and advanced modes of operation The basic mode allows the user to type in text and search for it The advanced mode allows users to search on strings or conditions Advanced text mode searches are only available if searching on files or if connected to DVMRe Triplex units with software version 5 02 or later In addition to the search strings up to 5 search conditions can be defined Search
50. nd then select SplitWave Figure 63 THe SplitWave window Al SplitWave 4 0 Source File Target File info File Hame 9 If Fie Mamme SS B Time Range PO Tiree Aonga t File Spe ME Fie See M e Set Custom Time Range Available Disk Space MB r Target File Setup Start Time ken 1 Click on the Source File radio button to navigate to the 60d file that you want to trim Click on the Target File radio button to navigate to the location of the new file Click in the Set Custom Time Range box to expand the screen to include Start and End Time selection parameters Use the Sliders to select the size of the new file Click on the Check Availability box to check the available cameras Click these buttons to Save File or Exit the operation 63 64 WaveReader User Manual Contacting technical support For assistance installing operating maintaining and troubleshooting this product refer to this document and any other documentation provided If you still have questions you may contact technical support and sales during normal business hours Monday through Friday excluding holidays between 6 a m and 5 p m Pacific Time Table 2 Sales and support contact information Sales Technical support Phone 800 469 1676 888 437 3287 C EE Fax 541 754 7162 541 752 9096 available 24 hours a day Note Be ready at the equipment before calling for technical support Online publicat
51. ng And Tilting To pan or tilt a camera Select the desired camera from the multiscreen by clicking on it Click and hold the cursor on the image The square shown here will appear Figure 61 Mousetrak control box Drag the mouse in the direction you wish to pan or tilt A number from 1 to 10 will appear in the square indicating the rate of pan or tilt 10 being the fastest Nudge To nudge the camera position a single predefined increment left click the mouse close to the image borders Clicking on the left edge will nudge the camera to the left etc 58 WaveReader User Manual Auto Center Double clicking on the image will cause the camera to re center the image at that location Current zoom position is maintained Camera Controls Once the above conditions have been met the additional menu items shown here are added to the Main Window of the WaveReader Figure 62 Camera controls 1 Focus In amp Out Click and hold the Focus In amp Out buttons to operate lens focus Shortcut Holding down the Alt key and dragging the cursor up down on screen as if you were tilting the camera will operate the focus 2 Iris Open amp Closed Click and hold the Iris Open amp Closed buttons to lighten or darken the image and adjust for changing light conditions Shortcut Holding down the Shift key and dragging the cursor up down on screen as if you were tilting the camera will operate the iris control A
52. nit Type VSR SymNet or IP Camera e Camera Quantity e Serial Number e Administrator of Unit e Contact Phone Number e Notes 4 fields The fields that are bolded above are the minimum amount of information that WaveReader requires to connect to a remote device Figure 3 The Address Book si Address Book E loj x _ Site Description Steet Ciy State Province Zip Postal Code Region Country _IP Phone No Ethemet POTS Unit Type Camera OT _ Serial Ho Administrator of Unit Contact Phone N 10 930 253 20 Ethernet DYMRe 16 10 90 253 37 Ethernet DVS 16 10 90 253 150 Ethernet DVMRe 16 10 90 253 172 Ethernet DVMRe 16 10 90 253 110 Ethernet DVMRe 16 10 90 253 45 Ethernet DVMRe 16 __ NTSCDSR 10 90 253 111 Ethernet DVMRe 16 _ PAL DSR 10 90 253 112 Ethernet DVMRe 16 Dvs 10 90 253 24 Ethemet DVMRe 16 Mv3 10 90 253 47 Ethermet DVMRe 16 Second MV 10 90 253 46 Ethernet DYMRe 16 triplex 10 90 253 60 Ethernet DYMRe 16 Building 1 10 90 253 70 Ethernet DVMRe 16 JDve 10 90 254 10 Ethernet DVMRe 16 Mv32 10 90 253 40 Ethernet DVMRe 16 CM3 10 60 254 01 Ethernet DVMRe 16 triplex 10 90 253 69 Ethernet DYVMRe 16 Fps 10 90 253 64 Ethernet DVMRe 16 W Hardware Store 10 90 253 100 Ethernet DVMRe 16 Palina Shatin 10 ON DEA AN Ethemeat NivhdRe Trinlow 16 Re Column Bel I Selected R
53. nts of this document This publication may contain examples of screen captures and reports used in daily operations Examples may include fictitious names of individuals and companies Any similarity to names and addresses of actual businesses or persons is entirely coincidental GE and the GE monogram are registered trademarks of General Electric The WaveReader product and logo are registered trademarks of GE Security Other trade names used in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the respective products GE software supplied with GE products is proprietary and furnished under license and can be used or copied only in accordance with the license terms THE ENCLOSED PROGRAM IS FURNISHED SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT RETENTION OF THE PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS OPENING OF THE SEALED WRAPPER IF ANY SURROUNDING THE PROGRAM OR USE OF THE PROGRAM IN ANY MANNER WILL BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGREEMENT TERMS IF THESE TERMS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE RETURN THE UNUSED PROGRAM AND ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION TO GE FOR A FULL REFUND OF THE LICENSE FEE PAID FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE RETURN OF PROGRAMS ENCODED OR INCORPORATED WITHIN EQUIPMENT CONTACT THE NEAREST GE SALES OFFICE Use this product only for the purpose for which it was designed refer to the data sheet and user documentation For the latest product information contact your GE sales representative
54. of CCTV systems and components and e abasic knowledge of electrical wiring and low voltage electrical connections Read these instructions and all ancillary documentation entirely before installing or operating this product The most current versions of this and related documentation may be found on our website Refer to Online publication library on page 64 for instructions on accessing our online publication library Note A qualified service person complying with all applicable codes should perform all required hardware installation Conventions used in this document The following conventions are used in this document Bold Menu items and buttons Italic Emphasis of an instruction or point special terms File names path names windows panes tabs fields variables and other GUI elements Titles of books and various documents Monospace Text that displays on the computer screen Programming or coding sequences Blue italic Hyperlinks to cross references related topics and URL addresses Safety terms and symbols These terms may appear in this manual AN CAUTION Cautions identify conditions or practices that may result in damage to the equipment or other property BAB Warnings identify conditions or practices that could result in equipment damage or serious personal injury WaveReader User Manual Product Overview Product Description WaveReader provides you the ability to view video over Ethernet directly from
55. of any mixture of 4 16 36 and 64 way screens Every Custom Screen can be given a unique name that describes the units whose cameras are grouped within it These screens are ideally suited to group cameras from Triplex units that are located in the same geographic area For example if a school has two Triplex units in their security layout all 32 cameras can be displayed simultaneously in one 36 way Custom Screen Start Multi Site Mode To enter Multi Site mode simply click on the Start menu item The two modes that can be chosen from are Live and Play Figure 45 Multi site menu 1i Wavelet Reader Multi Site Alarm Monitor Help File View Setup HEFT Stop adjDelete Site Group site Group Setup e Live In Live mode all connections that are made to Triplex units will be live only connections This is the preferred way of connecting when many users are connecting to the same triplex units and everyone wants to view live images e Play In Play mode all connections that are made to Triplex units will be Normal connections This mode allows the operator to review recorded data from several Triplex units simultaneously by doing a search to a specific time and date 44 WaveReader User Manual After Live or Play mode is selected WaveReader will enter into Multi Site Mode Figure 46 WaveReader in multi site mode 2 Wavelet Reader e x Administrator s Site Group 1 Di 8 173 57 GB s unit E
56. of the disk area pointed to by the mouse cursor When selecting a block of data this area will display the start and end time and date of the selected block Horizontal color bars indicate the following Green Standard Video Black Camera Disabled or Absent Red Alarm Mode Blue Video Loss White End of Disk Yellow Events Orange Activity Vertical Color cursors indicate the following Light Blue Play indicator positioned by progress slider bar Pink Record Marker indicates the current recording position on a multi volume unit Red Left and right markers to assist with defining boundaries for data retrieval etc Click and Drag to the right to place the red cursors in the desired position Zoom In and Out using the Magnifying Glass or follow the prompts after clicking on the data bars 18 WaveReader User Manual Clicking the left mouse button in the Disk Analysis screen displays a Pop Up menu with the following commands e Play e Save File with selected file size e Search Opens the Event Search Filters Screen s Zoom In e Cancel Figure 13 Disk analysis pop up Play Save File 2178MB Search Zoom In Cancel To retrieve previously recorded video click and drag with the left mouse button over the data bars Use the magnifying glass to get a more detailed selection The Pop Up menu will display the estimated file size of the selected video Once a selection has been made the above commands may
57. on by looking at what was recorded before the alarm happened Images from a specific camera or cameras can be played back by selecting the corresponding row or rows using the mouse and then pressing the Play button When only a Pre Main or Post section is selected only those images will be played back The Single step buttons may also be used while analyzing the data 51 Status Information about the Triplex unit that called can be viewed by clicking on the Site Info button When data from a camera has been reviewed it can be deleted from the database by pressing the delete key on the keyboard or it can simply be marked as reviewed by clicking the Unmark as New button menu New alarms will be shown in red and those that have been Unmarked will be displayed in white The user can either view all the rows in the database by clicking the All button or he can only show the new alarms by clicking on the New button The Setup menu on the Alarm Monitor Screen allows the user to specify the maximum number of images to upload for the Pre Main and Post alarms Figure 54 Alarm monitor settings 28 Alarm Monitor Settings ES Number of Images to be uploaded for each Alarm Camera Pre Alarm g Alarm In Post Alarm 5 S Cancel Done The table on the bottom of the Alarm Monitor screen logs all reported items that do not have associated images The items that will be logged include e Video Loss Any change in the video loss
58. on of the database on the network The part following the is the network path of the WRSecurity mdb file SECURITY_DB_PATH_AND_FILENAME P Security WRSecurity mdb Be sure to remove the letters REM that may come before the string The next time WaveReader is launched it will get its Security settings from the network database Several Computers can be set up this way to simultaneously access the same database file If the WRSecurity mdb file is not moved to the network each WaveReader will simply access the database on its local hard drive and the site and user information will have to be added to every database individually Additional Notes It is recommended that the Administrator always add at least 1 user beside himself to the Administrator group If he forgets his password the other user can still log in and reset the Administrator s password If all users in the Administrator group forget their passwords they would have to contact GE Technical Support to have their passwords reset Uninstalling WaveReader from a PC will not remove the BWVAL DAT file or the WRSecurity mdb database file from the WaveReader folder When the new WaveReader is installed a user will be able to log into the old database without any additional setup Security Menu Sub Menus WaveReader features extensive security and administrative options From the Menu Bar click Setup then Security Figure 19 The security sub menus wavelet Reade
59. op down list of preset camera positions created with the Set Preset button Activated Button Indicator When the Play Forward Play Reverse Fast Forward and Rewind buttons are clicked the icon color changes from black to green When the Pause button is clicked the icon color changes from black to red The Text Data Display Box The Text Data Display Box shows any encoded text associated with the current video image The Image Control Pop up Menu Right click on any single camera display and the Image Control Pop up menu appears Select any command to perform the selected action on the current image Once the image enhancements are applied doing a restore will not display the original image This restore will be applied to future images from that camera The enhancements only affect the way the image is viewed and do not affect the actual image itself Figure 9 The image contro pop up menu DOUD foomlue Contrast 0 Contrast Intensity 0 Intensity Enhance Sharpen 0 Blur Restore Cam 5 Restore Al Image Quality 1 Low w 5 High gd The following video enhancements are available on this menu Note Image Selection by Camera Number when multiscreens are displayed Zoom In and Zoom Out Contrast Intensity Enhance Sharpen Blur Restore Current Camera Restore All Image Quality from 1 low to 5 high and B W The image quality settings are not available on the StoreSafe Pro II
60. ormats because the loss of fine detail in the image is not as noticeable Higher quality levels are required for images displayed in larger formats The user also has the option of having the image sent as a monochrome B W picture The update rate in pictures per second is improved by lowering the quality level or by switching to monochrome since both require less actual data to be transmitted When both settings are combined an even greater update rate can be achieved This is especially useful when limited bandwidth is available or restrictions on bandwidth use are implemented as ina POTS connection 34 WaveReader User Manual The Image Quality Setup Window Figure 35 The image quality setup window Image Quality Setup Image Quality Low High B W E E E A z cm amall Large Image Size Use the slider bars to adjust the quality settings for each of the display formats Place a check mark in the B W box for each format if pictures should be sent as monochrome images Click the Apply button to temporarily apply the settings to the currently displayed screen When the settings are correct click the OK button to save the changes or click the Cancel button to discard the changes and return the settings to their previous levels Clicking on either the Cancel or OK buttons will clear this window and return the WaveReader software to normal operations Setup DVMRe Menu Configuring The DVMRe Menu System Rem
61. otely WaveReader allows the user to access and make changes to the main menu system of a remote multiplexer To access the menu system remotely the user must establish a Normal Connection via the ethernet The menu features cannot be accessed from a Live connection For detailed information about configuring the menu system see the user manual for information specific to the multiplexer you are trying to configure Note The following menu items cannot be changed remotely if using a POTS connection e Factory Language e Keyboard Lock e Output Relays e Full screen Alarm s Baud Rates e Auto Camera Disable e Alarm Record Mode e Record Lock Setup DVMRe Menu From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Figure 36 The setup DVMRe menu i Wavelet video Client File View Setup Record Search Alarm Monitor Help Le EE Address Book o lol alol Security P Gonnection Type Setup F F m eng Image Quality Setup Display DVMRe Menu Load Default Data Get from DVYMRe Send to DYMRe Load Data from a file Save Data to a File Select from the following options e Display DVMRe Menu e Load Default Data e Get from DVMRe e Send to DVMRe e Load Data from a File e Save Data to a File Display DVMRe Menu e From the Menu bar select Setup Setup DVMRe Menu Display DVMRe Menu e Select the number of cameras for the multiplexer you are configuring 35 3
62. oups except the Administrator group have specific sites that are associated with them Every Site in the database can be associated with any number of Groups A Group also has access rights that can be set up that apply to all Sites in the Group A Supervisor Group for example might have the right to do Pan Tilt and Zoom on all Sites associated with the group A Group may also be set up to have unique access rights on a per Site basis The administrator can specify for each site belonging to the group which cameras can be viewed by the group s users For example the users that belong to group A can only view cameras to 8 from a specific site whereas users belonging to Group B are only allowed to view cameras 9 16 from the same site Using the Security database from multiple computers When WaveReader has been installed on several networked computers it is possible to use only one central database that can easily be maintained by the Administrator During the installation of WaveReader on a clean Computer the Security Database is copied to the WaveReader folder The filename is WRSecurity mdb This file can be moved to a drive on the network that can be accessed from the PC The WaveReader then has to be instructed where the database is located This is done as follows Using any ASCII editor like Notepad open the file BWVAL DAT that is located in the WaveReader folder Edit or add the following line to reflect the new positi
63. ows Only Expor Edit Connect Close Search Ir Go Print Connecting to a Site Device via the Address Book Highlight a selection on the Address Book and double click or click on the Select button WaveReader will attempt to add the device site to the site tree and start showing video using the parameters specified in the database see Figure 3 See Site Administration on page 25 for information on creating and editing entries in the Address Book If WaveReader cannot connect to the device site it will display a time out message Verify that the parameters in the Address Book are correct If the parameters are correct verify that the PC can connect to the Internet or to another ethernet connected device Figure 4 WaveReader Screen after a successful login al Wavelet Yideo Client lel wl File Setup Record Multi Site Alarm Monitor Help egebelcroe pe Connected ta Ricks Stores ate Fro Il a The figure above shows a connection to a StoreSafe Pro II with 6 cameras connected WaveReader User Manual WaveReader Reference WaveReader Main Window Overview Figure 5 Main window overview Multi Site Menu View Menu ohare A Disk Analysis Screen ston SE Setup Menu Gite Ske Group She Group Setup Address Book Securty Search Men ze File Menu dee SE m 2 EE Alarm Monitor Menu open Network Speed gt enu will launc Salett een V Start the Alarm Monitor men the S S acca Setup DYMRe Menu gt Se Stop the
64. r e File view Setup Alarm Monitor Help il Address Book Li alel col can D zh Change Password Connection Type Setup View User Rights Site Administration Speed b Network Group Administration User Administration Unit Type Setup Custom Caption Setup 23 24 WaveReader User Manual The following sub menus are available Change Password View User Rights Site Administration Group Administration User Administration Unit Type Setup Custom Caption Setup Change Password It is recommended that the default password be changed after installation is complete By default the password is 12345 when the software is first installed As a security measure store the password in the administrators secure files or in a limited access area Figure 20 The change password window ii Chan ge Password x New Password Confirm Password Cancel To change the Password select Setup Security Change Password from the menu bar The Change Password window will appear Ge eS Click in the box labeled New Password Type in the new password Click in the box labeled Confirm Password Type in the new password again To complete the selection click the OK button If the new password was accepted the Password Accepted box will be displayed If the Cancel button is chosen the password will not be changed View User Rights To View User Rights select Setup Security
65. ropriate file name that better describes the picture s content rather than letting the software automatically assign a numerically sequenced file name The disadvantage to using this method is that playback operations continue while the user is interacting with the dialog box and specifying the file name If the user misses seeing portions of the video it will be necessary to replay those sections again so that they may be viewed without further distractions 16 WaveReader User Manual Print Image From the Menu Bar click File then Print Image or click the Print Image icon on the Icon Bar The Print Image menu allows the user to print whatever is displayed in the Main Viewing area using you default windows printer Start WaveStudio WaveStudio is an image enhancement program designed specifically for use with WaveReader WaveStudio allows the user to capture and save images WaveStudio also allows the user to increase or decrease contrast zoom sharpen lines enhance sections of the picture and bring out detail in dark areas For information on how to use WaveStudio please see Using WaveStudio on page 54 Start QuickWave CD Wizard When WaveReader is running on a PC that has DirectCD Version 3 0 or higher installed the Wizard can be used to automate the process of creating a Quick Wave CD 1 Select File then Start QuickWave CD Wizard from the menu to launch the Wizard If this menu item does not appear in the menus then the C
66. s unit Administrator s Site Group 1 D Cancel Refresh Close Sites can easily be set up for all existing Site groups by simply selecting the Site Group name from the Drop down box in the bottom left corner of the Site Group setup screen The name of the selected Site Group will appear in the title of the screen The site lists will be saved when the Close button is clicked or when the user switches to a new Site Group 46 WaveReader User Manual How to add a new or edit an existing Custom Screen To create or edit a Custom screen select the Screen Setup menu While in this setup mode connections to all the sites in the group will be established and snapshots of all the available cameras will be downloaded The Site group for which the custom screens are defined can be selected in the drop down box on the left top of the screen A new screen can be added by clicking the Add Delete Screen button The screen must be given a unique name and must be either a 4 16 36 or 64 way Figure 49 Multiscreen setup screen Multiscreen Setup Administrator s Site Group EI Administrator s Site Group al 8 3 18 173 5 7 GB s unit 8 Camera 02 Camera 03 SR Camera 04 Camera 05 ER Camera 06 ER Camera 07 ER Camera 08 i ech ER Camera 09 Camera 10 ER Camera 11 fa Camera 12 e F 3 18 173 60 RT s unit Camera 01 ER Camera 02 Once a new custom screen has be
67. status e Recording Starting and Stopping Recording e Archive device State changes e g tape full e Menu access Entered menus exited menus s Power up The Triplex reports its power up time e Unit Connections The IP Address of every PC that connects to or disconnects from the Triplex is reported The System Log shows the IP address of the calling unit the timestamp when it was reported and a description of the item The information in the bottom table can be copied to the Windows Clipboard by using the Copy System Log menu or it can be deleted by right clicking on the table Stop the Alarm Monitor This command halts Alarm Monitoring 52 WaveReader User Manual The Help Menu The Help menu options can be accessed through the main menu bar To access the Help command select Help from the menu bar Figure 55 The help menu ai Wavelet Reader File View Setup Multi Site Alarm Monitor Help Pl Ke LA Help Topics About MUX About This menu allows the user to e Access Help Topics e Obtain Mux Information e Obtain Software version and System Info Help Topics The Help Topics are available in this menu and for context sensitive help on some options depress the F1 key while the mouse is hovering over a feature About Mux The About Mux command provides information about the connected Mux Figure 56 The about mux window Model Number StoreSafeProll Serial Number peop MAC A
68. ual 5 Name the Search Output File This is the file that will contain the results of the search This can be saved as a html or xml file The filename specified by the user cannot have an underscore in it When the scheduler runs it checks if a file with the output filename specified already exists If it does exist the scheduler creates a new output file using the user specified file name suffixed with an _x where x runs from 1 to 365 eg searchout_1 xml searchout_2 xml etc When the max count 365 is reached the file will start getting overwritten Note Note We recommend that the user save the search filter files and output files in separate folders 6 Select the Site IP List The Site IP List specifies the unit group against which the scheduled search will run Select this using the Address Book button 7 Click on the Save button to save all the parameters These parameters will be saved in a file called SearchSchedule XML in the WaveReader Scheduler folder When a user logs in the scheduler will use this file to schedule the search The scheduler will not run if the start date specified is more than two weeks from the current date 8 Click on the X close window icon in the upper right hand corner of the window to exit Search Results The results of any search are displayed in the Search Results window The search is automatically cancelled after the first 1000 lines of results are received If more results are available
69. uled search runs in the background This icon y displays on the main WaveReader screen and indicates that a scheduled search is running To stop the scheduled search double click this icon The user must be logged in for the scheduled search to run If the logged in user does not have the rights to see the sites specified in the schedule the search will be abandoned The user must setup the scheduler in order to run a scheduled search To do this select Setup Schedule from the Search screen The following setup screen displays Figure 43 The search schedule screen H Search Schedule 7 i e Time Emma r Recurrence Pattern e Daily Every fi day s C Weekly Every day M Range of Recurrence 3 Start 2 27 2004 No end date C End after ho Oecurrences Ge End by 2 728 2004 Q Search Filters File C Program Files WaveReader E Qo Search Output File C Program Files WaveReader Pl OO IP Site List Jon s Triplex Address Book Save Cancel Select the Time Select the Recurrence Pattern Select the Range of Recurrence DOE an E Select the Search Filters File This is a file containing the parameters required to do the search This file must have been previously saved using the File Save Search Filters menu on the Search Filters screen Motion search is the only kind of search that is currently not supported when scheduling a search 42 WaveReader User Man
70. up Record Multi site Alarm Monitor Help Menu in Playback mode File view Setup Record Search Multi Site Alarm Monitor Help The Icon Bar The Icon Bar provides one click access to program functions and parameters as well as access to files Figure 7 The Icon Bar O O O OO o AFPR EGRETO O O O O OO OQ 1 Log in Use to log in to a unit 2 Connect Disconnect Click to connect and launch the address book or disconnect E Open files Opens mpc and mpg files for playback 4 Save Save files 5 Print Prints images displayed in the main viewing area 10 WaveReader User Manual 6 Live mode Selects live look in mode 7 Playback mode Selects playback mode 8 Audio On Mute Toggle audio on or off 9 Record button Toggles recording on or off 10 Search menu Launches the search dialog window 11 WaveStudio Launches WaveStudio 12 Snapshot Click to capture images The Main Viewing Area Video is displayed in this area Video display order is according to the information encoded by the unit used to create the original video data file Currently selected video is indicated by a light blue bounding box The Status Bar The Status Bar displays messages and current connection status information such as the IP address and recording speed in pictures per second pps If the user is viewing data recorded as files on a CD ROM or stored on the user s PC the path name information is displayed on the status bar The Button

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