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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) i Table of Contents Chapter 1 ─ Overview................................................................................... 1 1.1 In This Manual ................................................................................... 1 1.2 DX-PC For Vi ew Featur es ............................................[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 1 Chapter 1 ─ Overview 1.1 In This Manual This manual describes installation and operation of DX-PC For View (Rem ote Operation Software) software, which is design ed to be us ed with remote d igital video reco rders (DVRs) . 1.2 DX-PC For View Features DX-PC For View program is an inte grated software p[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 3 Chapter 2 ─ Installation CAUTION: If an older version of DX-PC For Vi ew software is installed in your computer, you should uninstall the older version first. NOTE: In the Window s Start menu, go to Control Panel. Double click the Power Options to open th e Management Properties dialog box. Und er the [...]

User’s Manual 4 5. When the following di alog box appea rs, click Nex t . 6. Click Next . 7. Select whet her or not to r un DX-PC Fo r View autom atically when logging onto Windo ws, and then click Next .[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 5 8. Set the language option by selecting eit h er Select languag e when star ting DX-PC For View or Alw ays start DX-PC For View usi ng the language below . If you select Always start DX-PC For View using the language below , sel ect the desired startu p language from the list of available la nguages and [...]

User’s Manual 6 10. Click Next . 11. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement , and cli ck Next . 12. Enter User N ame and Organization , and click Next .[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 7 13. Select Install Now . 14. Click Finish to complete the MSXML installation.[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 9 Chapter 3 ─ Configuration After installing the DX-PC For View software, you will find the DX-PC For View shortcut icon on the desktop. R un the DX-PC For View program by double click ing the icon. T he DX-PC For Vi ew program consists of t he screen, 12 d ocking panels , menu and t oolbar. NO TE : Some[...]

User’s Manual 10 NO T E: There might be a problem with screen d isplay or sc reen update d ue to low image tra nsmission speed when using Microsoft Window s Vista or late r operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that y ou disable the A uto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permi[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 11 Remote Sites Panel The Remote Sites Panel displays a list of remote sites registered during DX-PC For View System setup and a list of installed cam eras at the remote sites. Entering the site name in the query box and clicking the icon allows you to fi nd the remote si te easily in th e Remote Sit es li[...]

User’s Manual 12 The Map panel pops up another scr een when alarm-in, motion or video loss events are detected or when you click the device icon according to the Map Editor settings. Change the popup screen location by clicking the left mouse button on the screen and dragging it to where you want it located. Click ing the right mouse button on th[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 13 PTZ, Color and Alarm Out Control Panels Three panels allow PTZ control, color control, and alarm out control while live monito ring a remote site. NOTE: Refer to 4.1 Live Monitoring for more details. Image Processing Panel The Image Processing pa nel allows en hancing played back images. NOTE: Refer to [...]

User’s Manual 14 Alarm-In On Alarm-In Off Motion Detection Object Detection Video Loss Video Blind Text- In Alarm-In Bad Recorder Bad Disk S.M.A.R.T. Disk Bad Disk Full Disk Almost Full Disk Config Chan ge Disk Temperature Panic Recordi ng On Panic Recording Off Fan Error On Fan Error Off System Boot Up System Alive Sy stem Restart System Shut Do[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 15 The Report View panel displays the system status information of remote sites. DX-PC For View checks the remote site and reports system status. Clicking the icon on the pan el reloads the data and clicking the icon prints t he report out. Report Setup must be configure d during DX- PC For View Syst em se[...]

User’s Manual 16 3.3 Menu System Menu  Setup: Allows setting up the system operation and remote site configuration. System 1: Set up t he date/time format for DX-PC For View, display option, and pani c recording function.[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 17  Date/Time Format : Set the date/time format.  Display Option : Set up the screen display, drag & drop popup option, displa y acceleration and OSD. – Screen Option : Select Watch Screen to use the screen for live monitoring only, Search Screen to use the screen for sear ch only, or Watch and[...]

User’s Manual 18  Recording Setup : Set up the Use (On or Off) of the pani c recording f unction and overwrit ing option of the recording fol der ( On or Off ). Whe n using the panic recordi n g fu nct i on and o ver wri ting option, DX-PC For Vi ew continues recor di n g whe n the hard disk drive is full by ove rwriting t he oldest video. Des[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 19 System 2: Set up t he modem connection inform ation for remote access, system password, network option, report function and DVRNS server.  Dial-up Network : Select Use modem if you want to use a modem for rem ote access.  Security Options : Designate whether password confi rmation is required Befo[...]

User’s Manual 20 Remote Site: Configures the connectio n list for remote access.  Add : Click the Add button and en ter the information about the remote site you want to add . – Reference Group : The site should be assigned to a Reference Group for effective management of multiple remote sites. Click the Add button to cr eate a new ref erenc[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 21 NO TE : When using DVRNS server, place a checkmark in the Use DVRNS box. The IP Address field will be chang ed to DVR Name , and you can enter the name of remote site registered on the DVRNS ser ver. The DVR name you enter should match the name set during the DVRNS setup on the remote DVR . – Login S [...]

User’s Manual 22  Favorites – Site Name : Select a registered Favorite site from the drop-down list. – ADD : Adds a new Favorite site. Clicking the button displ ays the Favorites dialog box. Enter the name of the Favorite site to add, and Select the desired sc reen layout used when the Favorite site is co nnected. – Change : Select the F[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 23 Sequence Site: Configure the sequence s ite. DX-PC For View conn ects to th e registered sites sequen tially allowing connection to more than one rem ote site. Re gister an Auto Sequencing group an d add desired sites in the Group List to the Auto Seque ncing group. Video from the site s added to the Au[...]

User’s Manual 24  Save Setup Fil e: Allows saving the current settings of the System – Se tup menu as a .x ml file format. Saving the setu p file can also be performed b y clicking the button on t he toolbar .  Batch Job Setup : Allows upgrading or setting up multipl e remote DVRs using the Batch Job Setup screen. Upgrade: Sets up the rem[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 25 Setup: Sets up the re mote setup job for remote sites. Firs t, select the remot e sites to set up from the Group List, and add them to the Setup Sites list by clicking the Add bu tton. Then, click the Setup Now button to initiate the remote setup job for Setup Sites.  Add : Select the site to add fro[...]

User’s Manual 26 View Log: Displays the ty pe of log a nd the num ber of log entries of DX- PC For View. Selecting a log type from the list displays all entries of the selected log type, and you can search for the desired log by setting up a search filter.  Filter: Set up the search condition. – Search Time : Set up the ti me range to search[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 27  Exit: Disconnects all current connections a nd exits DX-PC For View program . View Menu Displays or closes the tool bar and panels . Remote Menu NOTE: The Remote menu can also b e activated by clicking the right mouse button after selecting the remote site on the Remote Sites panel.  Remote Setup[...]

User’s Manual 28  From : Adjust the search starting date and time. When First is selected, it wil l search from the first logged item.  To : Adjust the search ending date and tim e. When Last is selected, it will search to the last log.  Find : Displays remote log entries within the selected period.  Print... : Prints the log informat[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 29 Record Menu NOTE: The Record menu can also be accessed using the toolbar controls. Starts o r ends panic re cording. Selecting Record Play initiates the RecordP layer program and pla ys recorded video. Re fer to 4. 4 Panic Recor ding for more details. Image Menu NOTE: The Image menu c an also be accesse[...]

User’s Manual 30 Select the desir ed screen layo ut using the l ayout toolba r. When changing t he sc reen layout, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the firs t cell of the new layout. When in one of the multi- view formats, selecting Previous Camera s or Next Camera s will move to the previou s or next page. In other wo[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 31 Help Menu Displays DX-PC For View version inf orm ation. 3.4 Toolbar The Toolbar al lows convenient access t o desired functions. The controls on the tool bar perform functions as described below: Disconnect DX -PC For View Setup Load Setup File Save Setup File Batch Job Setup Log Save Favorite Sites Au[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 33 Chapter 4 ─ Operation 4.1 Live Monitoring DX-PC For View provides remote m onitoring functions for viewing video images in real time from either a single s ite or multiple sites. In addit ion, when events are detec ted at a remote site whil e in th e live monito ring mode, DX-PC For View displays the [...]

User’s Manual 34 If you wa nt to sen d audi o t o t h e selected rem ote site, click the button and talk i nt o t he m icrop hone. I f you want to monitor live audio from the selected remote site through the attached speaker , click the button. Clicki ng b ot h button an d butto n allows two-way communication . Clicking the button di sables audio[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 35 NOT E: Using the mouse for PTZ control is supported. Click the left mouse button on the image and move that image in the direction you want to by dragging the mouse. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. NO T E: Not all DVRs support the PT Z control at DX-PC For Vie w. Refer to the user manual of the [...]

User’s Manual 36 Search View Panel The Search View panel consists of playback and search controls, tim e-lapse search table, and event search table. The playback butto ns on the Search View panel perf orm the followi n g f unct i o ns as des cri be d below: Go to the First Image Fast Backward Play Go to the Previous Image Stop Play Go to the Next[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 37  Time-Lapse Search Click the button on the Search View panel to enter the time-lapse searc h mode. Selecting a date from the calendar initiates the time-lapse search. The dates for which recorded images ar e availa ble are enabled. When first entering the time-lapse search, the latest date with recor[...]

User’s Manual 38 NOTE: The Event Se arch dialog box will differ de pending on the specifica tions of the remote DVR. NOTE: The Text-In (Event Search – Text-In tab) search may not be supported, depending on the specifications and version of the remote DVR. Set up the searc h criter ia for the even t search in th e Event Search dialog box, and cl[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 39 DX-PC For View provides multiple screen layout for playback. The availab le formats are single-screen, quad, 1+7, 3x 3, 4x4, 5x5, 1+32, 6x6, 7x7 and 8x8 and full-screen. When in one of the multi-view formats, clicking the or button will mo ve to the p revious or nex t page. To view a specific i mage in [...]

User’s Manual 40 NOTE: When more than one video segment exists in the same time ra nge due to time overlap, a se gment selection dialo g box will appe ar and ask you to select the video segment y ou want to save from the segment list. Refer to the user manual of the remot e DVR for details on time overlap. NOTE: When the data fil e reaches 2GB, y[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 41 NOTE: Motion Searc h is supported only in the single-screen mode.  Record Period : Sets up the record period of images to sea rch.  Find Method : Selects a search m ethod. – Motion Search : Searches for images with changes in the Detection Area between two consecutive images (for example, when t[...]

User’s Manual 42 Print Clicking the button on the toolbar prints the image curren tly displayed on the screen on a prin ter connected to your computer. By placing a checkmark in the box beside Include Image Info , text i nform ati on about the site will be included when printing th e imag e. Screen Menu Selecting a camera on the Watch or Search s[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 43 If you want to play bac k video save d in another recording f older, run t he Record Player program first . Move to the Start m enu in Windows. Then, select RecordPlayer from the DX-PC For View options and select the recoding folder path you want. Recorded vid eo can be saved as a bitmap or as an execu [...]

User’s Manual 44 NOTE: Refer to the manual for each appl icable remote DVR for more details on sy stem setup. Remote System Log : Displa ys the sys tem log in formation o f the remo te DVR conn ected to th e Status View panel. Remote Event Log: Displays the event log information of the remote DVR conn ected to the Status panel. NOTE: Refer to 3.3[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 45 Appendix A ─ Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any s pecial soft ware on you perso nal computer to re view video sa ved as Self-Play er files. The file contains a Player program . Double -clicking the target file starts the Player program. NOTE: It is suggested that the comput er used f[...]

User’s Manual 46 Click to go forward one fr ame of the video clip. Click to play the video cli p in fast forwa rd. Click to go to the end of the video clip. Click to show the previous camera g roup if there is recorded vide o in the previous camera group in t he current screen mode. Click to cycle through the screen layou ts. It cycles through 2x[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 47 NOTE: If the VGA card or monitor does not support 800x600 video resolution, Full Screen might not display properly. If this hap pens, press the ESC key on your PC ke yboard to return to the normal screen mode. Click the slider bar and move it left or right to move through the video clip . Placing the mo[...]

User’s Manual 48 Appendix B ─ DVR Name Service (DVRNS) Overview Using Static IP addresses in L AN/WAN networks re qui res hig h managem ent o verhead and i ncreases th e cost burden to users. Therefore, it has become essential for DVRs to support Dynamic IP addresses in ADSL/VDSL networks usi ng DHCP ( Dynamic Host Configu ration Prot ocol). Th[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 49 Appendix C ─ Map Editor The Map Editor program allows you to create maps of remote sites. With the drag-and -drop and link function, y ou can create and edit the m ap easily and efficient ly. Run the program by selecting MapEditor from the DX -PC For View options u nder the Start menu in Windows. Back[...]

User’s Manual 50 Option Menu Click the Option menu to set up th e remote site information , device status display and remote site name to display. Site Infor mation Setting : Select t he Site Information Se tting… in the Option men u to set the infor matio n about the remote site connectio ns, and the following Site Information setup window app[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 51 Check the box beside Color Use and select each status box to use. Click each selected status box and select the desired co lor. When done, click th e OK button.  Unplugged : Either connection to the remote site has failed, or Device No. for the device is not supported by the remote site.  Event of[...]

User’s Manual 52 Equipment  IP Address/ User / Password / Port : Each fie ld is filled in autom atically with the information (user ID , password, and port number) set in Site Information Setting… , or you can enter it manually.  Device No. : Set the device number ( 1 ~ 32) for each device. If the selected device i s a camera, Device No. [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) V1.7 53 Go to the Property [Link] tab and set the properties of the selected link box.  Name: Enter a name of the link box.  Image: Double click the field and select an image to insert in the link box.  Link Document : Double click the field and select a map to be linked with the link box.  Rat[...]