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VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 User’ s Manual ST7501 Free-standard Recording software 32-channel video recording • Records data on to hard disks or networked storage • Local or remote LiveClient Rev . 1.7.7 a[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 2 - User's Manual T able of Contents Revision History ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Getting Started ........................................................[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 3 Batch Insert Devices ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Camera Conguration ................................................................................[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 4 - User's Manual Delete Schedules ................................................................................................................................... 87 Load/Save Schedule T emplates ..............................................................................[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 5 Video Display Mode .............................................. ............................................................................... 132 Font Settings ................................................................................................[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 6 - User's Manual Select Event Category ................................................................................................................................ 172 Event Category- All Events .............................................. ...............................[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 7 Revision History Rev . 1.5.2: * Automatically saves the last layout when the management session is closed (for both LiveClient and Playback). * Added Playback as one of user's previlege options. * A web session with an individual camera can be launched by[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 8 - User's Manual Getting Started Introduction VIVOTEK ST7501 is the new generation recording software, featuring reliable recording and easy system management for diverse IP surveillance applications. ST7501 has three major components including: ST7501 Server for recording, ST[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 9 Server and Client Components There are two components in ST7501: LiveClient and Playback . The Server provides a centralized management site for video recording. LiveClient is a client program for the us er to login and modify the server's conguration,[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 10 - User's Manual T echnical Specications All specications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2013 VIVOTEK INC. All rights reserved. Ver 1.0 Distributed by: VIVOTEK INC. 6F, No.192, Lien-Cheng Rd., Chung-Ho, New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan, R.O.C. | T : +886[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 1 Server Functionality  Serves as a remote video management site for all the logged in clients  32-channel video recording  Store recorded data onto multiple hard/network disks  Live video for the local/remote LiveClient users  Recorded video fo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 12 - User's Manual LiveClient Functionality  Server function control  User account management  Recording storage management  Recording schedule management  Recorded data backup  Event trigger management  Flexible video live view layout  Dual screens for [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 13 Playback Functionality  Browse the database of recorded video from the server  Flexible video playback layout  Maximum 16 channels with simultaneous playback  1x1, 2x2, 1+5, 3x3, 1+12, 4x4 video playback layouts  Supports powerful playback func[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 14 - User's Manual Minimum System Requirements Before installing the software, please make sure your system meets the following recommended minimum system requirements. If you would like to install ST7501 Server only , please follow the requirements as below: If you would like [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 15  Only users with Administrator privileges can install or use ST7501 on a Windows V ista system.  The required hard disk space will depend on the video settings, the number of network cameras and recording group settings. Please add more hard disks if yo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 16 - User's Manual Software Installation Installing the Software 1. Run ST7501_Setup.exe on your computer . Click I ACCEPT the License Agreement and specify a location to install the program. 2. Select the items you want to install, then click Next to continue.  If you want [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 17 4. Install a database on your server . There are two options-- PostgreSQL (8.2 version or above) or SQL server ( 2005 express version or above). In order to avoid conflicts among dif ferent databases, we suggest you remove the original database from your host[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 18 - User's Manual SQL Server Follow the steps below to install SQL Server: a. Select SQL Server from the drop-down list and assign a password. The server will by default store the recorded media le under c:Recording. Click Browse to change the path if you plan to store the[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 19 ST7501 Server Activating the Server The server is a service program that will run automatically when your ST7501 station starts. Users can also deselect the Auto launch option at windows startup on the Service Control program tray . The program tray icon can [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 20 - User's Manual LiveClient Configuration Activating the LiveClient and Logging in to a Server LiveClient allows you to monitor live video from cameras managed by the software Server; it is also the main user interface for server function control. After installing the LiveCli[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 21 LiveClient User Interface Menu Bar Status Panel User Name Station Name (IP Address) Login T ime (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) Current T ime (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) Menu Item Drop-down Options System Lock / Enable Click On Image (Disable Click On Image) / Language / Sec[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 22 - User's Manual Help Panel The Help panel provides software revision information and the access to the associated iV iewer software in either the iOS or Android version. Y ou can also click on the License button to review the number of cameras and manageable substations.[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 23 Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected devices do not support the corresponding functions. Live V ideo Monitoring Window The "VIVOTEK" logo is displayed where no camera has been assigned to a video cell. Icon Function Descrip[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 24 - User's Manual Hierarchical Management T ree Icon Description A station (The host that’ s installed with ST7501 Server) / VIVOTEK xed network camera Red dot signies that the camera is recording. / VIVOTEK PTZ network camera Red dot signies that the camera is reco[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 25 Camera Control Panel Pan/T ilt/Zoom (PTZ) Control Panel  There are two types of PTZ control: Digital (E-PTZ for megapixel cameras) and Mechanical (PTZ cameras or fixed cameras with camera control via RS-485). If the connected cameras support PTZ/E-PTZ func[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 26 - User's Manual In addition to the PTZ panel, the following hot key combinations are also available: Ctrl + NumPad (PTZ control) Up Ctrl + 8 Left Ctrl + 4 Home Ctrl + 5 Right Ctrl + 6 Down Ctrl + 2 Focus (Far - Near) Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 3 Zoom (Out - In) Ctrl + 7 Ctrl + 9 Pan Ct[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 27 T wo Way Audio Control Panel The two way audio function allows the user to remotely communicate with people nearby the network camera.  For detailed information about How to Use the T alk Panel , please refer to page 1 10.  Only cameras that come with t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 28 - User's Manual Event Window Click View > Event W indow to open a window showing the real-time information for event triggers. If you want to hide this window , deselect this option on the menu bar .  The T ype eld in the event window shows the event category and an[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 29 Instant Playback Check View > Instant Playback to open the window on the panel. The entries listed in the Event panel are the short recordings made from triggered events. The recorded media that was triggered by an event will be indicated with an icon. Y o[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 30 - User's Manual Instant Replay If a camera is currently recording to the NVR, then a Replay button will be available at the lower left corner of its view cell. This allows you to immediately retrieve the video recording in the past 30 seconds. The Instant Replay function ena[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 31 Audio Control The audio function will be enabled if the device is equipped with an internal or external microphone. For detailed audio control settings, please refer to page 138. An active Replay view cell is indicated by the Replay text indicator and the tim[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 32 - User's Manual How to Manage Devices Please follow the steps below to open the Camera Management window: a. Select the station from the hierarchical management tree. b. Click Conguration > Camera Management on the menu bar (or right-click the station, then select Came[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 33  If you want to use "HTTPS Port", please enable the HTTPs settings on the conguration page of the Network Camera rst.  The characteristics of each protocol are shown in the following table: Protocol Description UDP UDP uses a simple tran[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 34 - User's Manual e. Congure Recording Settings :  Recording Stream: By default, the stream source of the recording stream is stream 1, if you want to change it later on, please refer to the previous page to update the camera settings.  Pre-event time: Enter a number [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 35 f. The device will automatically be assigned to the default recording group. Deselect the item if you want to cancel this setting. g. When all settings are completed, click Insert to add the device to the station. The device will be displayed under the Camera[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 36 - User's Manual Enable SVC If the camera to-be-added supports the latest SVC (Scalable Video Coding) feature, select the SVC checkbox to enable the related control. The SVC feature enables streaming of videos for multiple clients from one single set of layered IP packets. De[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 37 2. Right-click on the view cell of an SVC-enabled camera. Select SVC fps adjust bar . 3. A slide bar will appear above the view cell. Click and drag the slide bar . A numeric indicator will display the current selection. See below for the frame rates represen[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 38 - User's Manual If you have multiple SVC-enabled cameras, you can enable a collective setting via the Adjust SVC level button on the tool bar . The frame rate selected here will then apply to all view cells on the LiveClient console. Please note that the SVC related setting [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 39 Insert a V ideo Server 1. Left-click on your station, and then right-click to display the Camera Management command. Let your cursor stay on the command for a second and then move to the Insert Camera command. Click on the command to open its conguration w[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 40 - User's Manual 2. See below for the steps to insert a Video Server along with its subordinate cameras. 2-1. Y ou can deselect the Auto checkbox to enter a name for the V ideo Server . If set to Auto and your video server already has a name, that name will be displayed in yo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 41 Update Devices Please follow the steps below to update a device via Camera Management window: a. Click Conguration > Camera Management > Update Camera on the menu bar (or right-click the device/station, then select Camera Management > Update Camer[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 42 - User's Manual Delete Devices from the Server  Delete a device: Right-click the device on the device tree, then select Delete. A dialog box will pop up. Click Ye s to delete the device along with the recorded data; click No to delete the device but retain the recorded da[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 43 Batch Insert Devices Batch insert is a very useful function that allows user to search, filter , and import a row of devices that are in the same LAN to an ST7501 station. The basic settings can also be applied to those inserted devices simultaneously . Pleas[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 44 - User's Manual  IP with prex: T ype in the prex of the IP address to narrow down the list.  Model with prex: The user can type in the prex of the model name or the complete model name of the cameras to narrow down the list.  MAC with prex: Y ou can t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 45 e. When the list is ltered, you can select the cameras one by one or check Select All to add them to the batch insert list. Then click OK to nish searching. f. The selected cameras will be shown on the batch insert camera list with the camera informatio[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 46 - User's Manual g. At the bottom of the window , there is a eld for you to alter the camera settings including Connection Settings and Recording Settings. Y ou can apply the new settings to each camera on the list, or click Apply to All to apply the same congurations t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 47 Camera Conguration The Camera Conguration function group provides immediate access to the video streaming and other settings without the need to open a web console. The function group is accessed by selecting a camera on the device tree, and right-click[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 48 - User's Manual  Audio If audio feed is preferred, configure the audio codec type and operating mode in here.  Video This tabbed window privides access to the selection of the live view stream, its compression codec, frame size, max. frame rate, and video quality . Not[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 49  Remote Focus For cameras supporting the remote focus feature, such as the FD8362E that comes wit h a motorized lens, this window provides finetune buttons and full-range scan fucntion to help reach the best image fo- cus. Always remember to Save your conf[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 50 - User's Manual V iew Live Videos The server will automatically add a newly-inserted device to the video cell for live viewing. Y ou also can double-click the target device or drag-and-drop the target device from the hierarchical management tree window to the video cell. Dua[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 51 Fisheye Display Modes : below are conceptual drawings for different display modes. 1O View (Original V iew) 180° Hemispheric 1R View (Single Regional V iew) Zoom in/out & all-direction navigation control Zoom In Zoom Out An Original oval view covers the [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 52 - User's Manual Swipe to scroll horizontally 2P (2 Panoramic) Display mode: T wo dewarped rectangular views are placed one on top of another each showing 180 degree of panoramic view . The 2P view looks like the upper view shows the front of hemisphere, and the lower view th[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 53 The various display modes require the support of D3D technologies by your display card on the LiveClient or Playback station. Most off-the-shelf display cards today support this feature. The onscreen mouse control is very agile. Therefore, use the PTZ panel f[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 54 - User's Manual Regional View #1 Regional View #3 Regional View #2 Regional View #4 Regional View #1 Regional View #2 Original View Regional View #3 Regional View #6 Regional View #5 Regional View #7 Regional View #4 Regional View #8 Regional View #1 Regional View #3 Regiona[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 55 4RPro (4 Regional Proactive) Display mode: Refresh Right-click the device, then click Refresh , the camera information will be refreshed from the server . Streaming Server Right-click the station or the device and click Output Streaming URL . A .txt le wit[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 56 - User's Manual Camera Settings Right-click the device, then click Camera Settings to open a brower's session to the camera. Remove Live V ideo from the Video Monitoring W indow There are two ways to remove a live video from the video cell: Method 1. Right-click the vid[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 57 How to Change the LiveClient Layout Changing the Layout of the Live V ideo Monitoring Window VIVOTEK LiveClient supports up to 32-CH simultaneous video viewing on a single monitor and allows you to change the layout of the live video monitoring window based o[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 58 - User's Manual Congure Layout Mode Click the Layout button on the quick access bar . Select a desired layout mode, and the layout window will be changed accordingly . Below we illustrate 1 1 types of layout modes and the corresponding page numbers: Some layout modes (1 x[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 59 For example, under 3 x 3 layout mode, you can switch among the pages by clicking and on the quick access bar . T o arrange the content of each page, manually drag-and-drop cameras from the hierarchical management tree to the video cells on each page. Rotating[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 60 - User's Manual d. Back to the monitoring window , the new layout will be displayed under the hierarchical management tree as shown below . Y ou can save up to 10 layouts. e. T o change to another layout, double-click the layout options on the hierarchical management tree, o[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 61 Maximize/Minimize the Live V ideo Monitoring Window  Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the entire live video window Double-click the video cell, or right-click the video cell and select Single View . The focused video will occupy the entire playback [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 62 - User's Manual  Full Screen: Maximize the live video monitoring window to the entire screen Click Full Screen on the quick access bar or right-click the video cell and select Full Screen . In addition, you can also click View > Full Screen on the menu bar to maximize [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 63 View up to 32 channels simultaneously If you select 4x4 layout on dual screens, you can view a maximum of 64 channels live video simultaneously . In this case, each layout contains 32 channels on 1 video page. Using different layouts on each monitor Y ou can [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 64 - User's Manual V iew Live Video with Multiple Monitors If you have multiple screens in your monitoring center , you can switch the LiveClient Window among these screens.  If you have two monitors, click Switch Screen on the menu bar; the LiveClient window on monitor 1 wi[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 65 How to Manage User Accounts The software allows users to apply multiple user accounts to a station with five levels of user roles: Administrator > Power User > User > Operator > Guest. Each role has different permissions listed as shown below . Mo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 66 - User's Manual Privileges User Roles Administrator Power User User Operator Guest Description Modify Directories Add, remove and rename directories Delete Camera Delete camera from the station PTZ Control PTZ control for PTZ cameras and speed domes in LiveClient Device Co[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 67 b a b Manage a User Account Add a New User Account a. Select the station from the hierarchical management tree. b. Click Configuration > User Management on the menu bar (or right-click the station, then select User Management ). c. The User Management wind[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 68 - User's Manual e Permission of the User Account Administrator is granted with all access privileges, while other user roles' permission is limited. If you want to modify the permission, please login as the Administrator to congure the settings. f. Select a User acco[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 69 i. If you want to set the access limit of the sub-station accessible by the user , click Accessible Substations tab to select the desired devices. If you want to remove access permission mentioned above from the account, the user will not able to operate some[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 70 - User's Manual How to Set up Association Management The LiveClient supports association management which allows the user to configure relative event trigger notications of connected network devices. (Eg. DI/DO status on the hierarchical management tree, motion detection [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 71  T o manually enable DI/DO settings, please right-click the video cell and select Set DO to enable ( T rigger ) or disable ( Normal ) the digital output of the linked device.  Before you congure the DI/DO Settings, please enable DI/DO settings on you[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 72 - User's Manual How to Set up Event Management The LiveClient supports event management which allows the server to respond to particular situations (events). Event Management Please follow the steps below to congure event management: a. Select the station from the hierarc[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 73 e. The Device List window will pop up. Select one or more devices and set the Notification T ype. Depending on the trigger source, the Notification T ype will be different. Then click OK to close the window . f. The trigger source(s) will be listed on the win[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 74 - User's Manual  Start to record on: The sever will start to record video from selected camera(s) when an event is triggered. j. Click Add Camera to select the target camera(s). k. The selected camera(s) will be listed on the left window below . When completed, click OK o[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 75  GSM Short Message: The sever will send a short message to a GSM cell phone when an event is triggered. q. Please enter the Phone Number and open GSM Settings window to set related information if necessary . When completed, click OK to enable the setting. [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 76 - User's Manual  Client Notification: On the occurence of an event, a pop-up window will display to show what is triggering the current event. Select the window size, and select the display duration of the notication window . If not selected, the notication window i[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 77 s. The action(s) will be listed in the window as shown below . Then click Next to set up schedule(s) to the action(s). For more information about Schedule Settings , please refer to Recording Schedule Settings on page 85. Y ou can assign more than one time fr[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 78 - User's Manual t. When you finish schedule settings, click Next to review the detailed information of the new event settings. u. Following is the detailed information of the new event setting. Y ou can click Back to modify the event setting or click Finish to close the wind[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 79 How to Congure the Station General Settings Select the target station from the hierarchical management tree, then click Configuration > Station Settings > General Settings on the menu b ar (or right-click the station on the hierarchical management tr[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 80 - User's Manual How to Congure Station Network Settings Select the target station from the hierarchical management tree, then click Configuration > Station Settings > Network Settings on the menu bar (or right-click the station on the hierarchical management tree an[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 81 How to Edit Recording Groups By default, all devices are assigned to the default recording group. Y ou can manually remove a device from the default recording group. However , only those devices which belong to a recording group can produce recorded media [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 82 - User's Manual Default Storage Group Settings The following example shows the default storage group settings. Y ou can click Rename to modify the group name or click Delete to remove the default settings. d. The default recording path is C:Recording . The total space and f[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 83 g. T o modify the settings of a path, select the path from the list, then click Change settings to modify . h. T o delete a path, select the path from the list and click Delete path . A warning dialog box will pop up as shown below . i. By default, all device[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 84 - User's Manual Add New Recording Group(s) If you want to add a new recording group, click Add to give a name to the new recording group, which will be displayed on the drop-down list. The following is an example of recording group list. Please refer to the following limits [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 85 How to Edit Recording Schedules After editing recording storage settings, you can begin to edit recording schedules for the devices in a recording group. By default, all devices are assigned to t he default recording schedule (Please refer to the default time[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 86 - User's Manual Edit Schedule List Please follow the steps below to set up the recording schedules: a. Select the target station from the hierarchical management tree. b. Click Conguration > Station Settings > Recording Schedule Settings on the menu bar (or right- c[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 87 Load/Save Schedule T emplates g. If you have a schedule template with time frame settings, you can upload it to simplify the editing of the schedule. Click Load T emplate , and a Load File dialog box will pop up. Select the template le and click Open to lo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 88 - User's Manual Edit Camera List Please follow the steps below to assign a device to a recording schedule: a. Select a recording schedule on the schedule drop-down list. b. By default, all devices under the station are assigned to the Default Schedule . c. Click << to [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 89 Edit T ime Frame List Default T ime Frame: Weekly (Day-based), Mon.~Sun., 24-hour , continuous recording Click Edit to open the Default T ime Frame settings page as shown below .[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 90 - User's Manual Add New T ime Frames Please follow the steps below to add new time frames to a schedule: a. Select a recording schedule from the drop-down list. b. Click Add to open the Time Frame Settings window . c. Enter a name for the new time frame. d. If you have a tim[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 91 h. If you want to add additional time frames to the schedule, repeat the steps above. i. Close the window when you nish the time frame settings. j. Back to the Recording Schedule Settings window , the new time frame will be displayed on the T ime Frame Lis[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 92 - User's Manual The following diagrams show the frame rate variation of two recording modes: 1. Continuous recording + Activity adaptive recording (helps save bandwidth and storage) 2. Event recording The Concept of Repeat Frequency The software offers the following types of[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 93 Repeat Frequency: Daily Setting T o set up daily repeat frequency , please congure the following items: Daily time segments, applicable period of time, and repeat time interval. Set up daily time segments Y ou can specify several time segments within a day[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 94 - User's Manual 2. Fill in the precise Start T ime and End T ime: a. Directly enter the value in the Start T ime and End T ime fields, then click Add . b. The corresponding red timeline bar will automatically appear as shown below . Delete time segments: Choose either step 1[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 95 Set up applicable period of time For repeat frequencies, you can set up the applicable date and period of time for the time frame. a. Specify the start date and time in the Start eld. A calendar date selector will appear when you click on the drop-down lis[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 96 - User's Manual Repeat Frequency: Weekly Setting (Day-based) T o set up Weekly (Day-based) repeat frequency , please configure the follow ing items: Daily time segments, applicable days within a week, applicable period of time, and repeat time interval. Set up daily time seg[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 97 Repeat Frequency: Weekly Setting (Periods in a week) T o set up Weekly (Periods in a week) repeat frequency , please configure the following items: T ime segments within a week, applicable period of time, and repeat time interval. Set up time segments within [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 98 - User's Manual 2. Fill in a precise Start T ime and End T ime: a. Directly select a day and enter the value in the Start T ime and End T ime fields, then click Add . b. The corresponding red timeline bars will automatically appear as shown below . The following is an exampl[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 99 Repeat Frequency: Monthly Setting (Day-based) T o set up Monthly (Day-based) repeat frequency , please configure the following items: Daily time segments, applicable date(s) of a month/ day(s) of a week, applicable period of time, and repeat time interval. Se[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 100 - User's Manual Repeat by date(s) of a month: Select date(s) from the calendar , and it will be displayed on the right blank as shown below . The following example refers to the 1 st ~ 5 th day of a month. Repeat by day(s) of a week: Select day(s) from the calendar , and it[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 101 Repeat Frequency: Y early Setting (Day-based) T o set up Y early (Day-based) repeat frequency , please configure the following items: Daily time segments, applicable date(s) of a year/ day(s) of a week, applicable period of time, and repeat time interval. Se[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 102 - User's Manual Repeat by date(s) of a year: Select date(s) from the calendar , and it will be displayed on the right blank as shown below . The following example refers to the 1 st ~ 5 th day of a year . Repeat by day(s) of a week: Select day(s) from the calendar , and it [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 103 How to Manually Begin /Stop Recording By default, all devices are assigned to the default recording storage and default recording schedule. Therefore, once you insert a device onto the station, the Server will begin to record live video according to the defa[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 104 - User's Manual How to Edit Scheduled Backup Settings The LiveClient supports scheduled backup which allows the user to back up the recorded data in another disk. Please follow the steps below to enable scheduled backup settings: a. Select the target station from the hierar[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 105 Setup Backup Schedule f. Fill in a desired time and click >> to add the backup time. Please note that the backup time interval must not less than 1 hour . For example, 23:40 and 00:15 are not allowed to exist simultaneously . In the following example, [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 106 - User's Manual How to Congure Station Server Settings The LiveClient supports Server Settings including DDNS Settings, Network Storage Settings, and SMTP Settings. Select the station from the hierarchical management tree and click Configuration > Station Settings >[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 107 Network Storage Server Settings The Server allows users to set up network storage path(s) for recorded les. Please follow the steps below to add a new network storage path. a. Click Add to open the Network Host Window . b. Fill in the related information [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 108 - User's Manual SMTP Settings The Server allows user to set up SMTP Server to send mail alert when event triggers. For more information about how to set up event management, please refer to page 72. Please follow the steps below to congure the SMTP Server: a. Click Add t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 109 Relay Settings The ST7501 server can be set as a sub-station of V AST , the VIVOTEK professional central management software, so as to construct a hierarchical management architecture. Following is an illustration for two-level hierarchical architecture: For[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 1 10 - User's Manual How to Use the T alk Panel The LiveClient supports the two way audio function which allows the user to communicate with people around the network camera. Please enable the two way audio function on the camera side. The following is an illustration of the tw[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 1 1  An icon with the camera name will be displayed in the T alk Panel.  Please note that you cannot T alk and Play Sound at the same time.  When you are talking or playing sound, you cannot add other cameras to the T alk Panel. If you want to add mor[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 1 12 - User's Manual Remove a Camera from the T alk Panel  Remove a camera Drag a camera from the T alk Panel and drop to the hierarchical management tree window as shown below . The camera icon will disappear .  Remove all cameras Click , all cameras in the T alk Panel w[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 13 How to Congure E-map Settings The LiveClient supports intuitive E-map function which allows users to upload E-maps for overall devices management. Click System > E-map to open E-map Settings Page: Upload an E-map Click to search for E-map(s) to upload[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 1 14 - User's Manual User Interface of E-map Settings Page (V iew Mode)  Double-click an E-map on the tree, it will be displayed on the E -map window as shown below . There are two operation modes of E-map settings page: "V iew Mode" and "Edit Mode". The [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 15  Right-click an E-map on the tree and click Edit or click on the Quick Access Bar , it will switch to edit mode. Quick Access Bar Status Panel Icon Function Description Zoom in Zoom in the E-map Zoom out Zoom out the E-map Default size Adjust the E-map t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 1 16 - User's Manual User Interface of E-map Settings Page (Edit Mode) A. Menu bar B. Quick access bar C. E-map list tree D. Device tree E. Map preview F . E-map window G. Status panel  Right-click the E-map, you can download, rename , or delete the E-map. B A C D E G F Down[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 17 Device Management Please follow the steps below to edit an uploaded E-map. a. Double-click the E-map you want to edit, it will be displayed on the E-map window . b. Use Quick Access Bar to adjust the size of the E-map. In edit mode, you can also use your mo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 1 18 - User's Manual Live V iew Dialog Settings Click Configuration > E-map Settings to open the E-map Settings dialog, then you can choose to Open Live View Dialog or to Send to Single View when you double-click the device deployed on the E-map. Open Live View Dialog Select[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 19 E-map Link After completing device deployment on your E-map, you can link an E-map to another E-map. Please follow the steps below to congure E-map link: a. Select a map you want to edit and enter Edit Mode . b. Drag-and-drop another E-map onto current E[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 120 - User's Manual d. Right-click the blue frame to Resize or Delete it. Click Resize , some nodes will appear around the blue frame. Then Y ou can drag the nodes to move the position, rotate the direction, adjust the size, and change the shape. e. Click on the Quick Access Ba[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 121 h. T est the web links. Click on the Quick Access Bar to switch to view mode. Double-click the blue frame on Map1, it will au tomatically switch to map2. Then double-click the blue frame on Map2, it will automatically switch to map3. Map 1 Map 2 Map 3[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 122 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings In Client Settings, you can configure Snapshot Settings, Recording Settings, V iew Settings, General Settings, Joystick Settings, and Proxy Settings. Snapshot Settings Please follow the steps below to congure snapshot set[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 123 If you uncheck Generate a le name automatically , the Save le dialog box will pop up when you take a snapshot. The le name prex will automatically be displayed in the Save File dialog box. T ake a Snapshot Please follow the steps below to take a [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 124 - User's Manual Recording Settings The Server allows you to record the live video in EXE, 3GP , or A VI format to your storage folder . T ype 1: Record to EXE Record video as an EXE le. The EXE is not only a media le but also a built-in media player . When user execut[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 125 e. If you check "Record with only standard codec", the video from old models (VIVOTEK 6000-series products) using H.263 codec will not be recorded. f. Click OK to enable the settings. T ype 3: Record to A VI Record video as an A VI le, which use[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 126 - User's Manual e. Select the frame rate/ per second. f. T o modify the video compression settings, click Video Compression Setting to open the A VI Video Compression Setting window . Select the desired video compression algorithm, compression quality , key frame intervals,[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 127 Record an EXE/3GP/A VI File Please follow the steps below to record an EXE/3GP/A VI le of a live video stream: a. Select a video cell or a device from the heirarchical management tree which you want to record to media le. b. Click Record to EXE/3GP/A V[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 128 - User's Manual Built-in Media Player--EXE Below is the icon of footages saved as EXE les. Double-click on it, the recorded video will be played automatically as shown below . Y ou may also open the built-in Media Player in the default location: C:Program FilesVIVOTEK [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 129 The function menu of the built-in media player are displayed as shown below:  The built-in player is able to playback 3GP and EXE les.  The built-in player is able to save 3GP les as EXE les.  The built-in player is able to save EXE les [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 130 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set the display mode of a video cell, including Display Location, Date and time Format, V ideo Display Mode, and Font Settings . When you change the settings, the sample window will change accordingly for you to prev[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 131 Date and T ime Format  Same as local computer: Select this option and then the date and time format will synchronize with the local computer .  Specify: Select a desired format for the date and time from the drop-down list. Date format : Select YYYY/MM[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 132 - User's Manual General Settings This section allows you to congure the System Settings and Rotation Settings . System Settings  Auto login after logging in to operating system: If you check this option, the LiveClient will automatically login after you login to Windo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 133 Event Settings  Enable live event notification: Select this option to activate real-time event notification. For example: the event notification of DI/O status on the hierarchical management tree, the event list in the event window , motion detection wind[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 134 - User's Manual Display Settings  Enable auto stream size : The Auto Stream Size feature dynamically adjusts the stream sizes of video feeds from network cameras in order to reduce CPU load and bandwidth consumption. It is often the case that in surveillance deployments [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 135 Joystick Settings This section explains how to remote control connected network devices with a USB joystick. It’s easy to install and congure via the USB interface. Enable Joystick Connect to the USB plug of the joystick to a USB port on your computer .[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 136 - User's Manual Buttons Conguration In Button Conguration window , the left column shows the actions you can assign, and the right column shows the functional buttons and assigned actions. The number of buttons may dif fer from different joysticks. Please follow the s[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 137 c. The Assigned Action will appear beside Button 1 in the right column as shown in the following diagram. Note that a button can only be assigned with an action. If you want to modify the settings, select the action on the list and click Clear Selected . d. [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 138 - User's Manual e. Click OK to save the settings or click Cancel to discard the settings.  If you want to assign Preset actions to your joystick, the preset locations should be set up in advance.  If your joystick is not working properly , it may need to be calibrated[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 139 PTZ/ E-PTZ Function In addition to using the PTZ control panel, you may also control the rotation handle of the joystick to remote control a PTZ/ E-PTZ network camera with ease. Pan/T ilt : Move the rotation handle of the joystick; you can pan the camera to [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 140 - User's Manual How to Search for a Device on the Hierarchical Management T ree This function allows you to conveniently search for an inserted device, which is useful when many devices have been inserted. Please follow the steps below to nd a device on the camera list: [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 141 How to Print a V ideo Image There are two ways to print out an image of live video: 1. Select a video cell, then click Print on the quick access bar , or right-click the video cell and select Print from the popup menu. A Print window will pop up for you to c[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 142 - User's Manual How to Log out from the Server T o logout from the current server , click Logout on the quick access bar or click System > Logout on the menu bar . A conrmation window will pop up. Click OK to conrm or Cancel to return to the LiveClient window . How[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 143 Playback Configuration Activating Playback and Logging in to a Server The Playback utility allows you to search and playback recorded media data from a server . Once you insert a device into the hierarchical management tree of the LiveClient, it will automat[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 144 - User's Manual Playback User Interface A. Menu bar B. Quick access bar C. Query panel (Browsing / T ime search /Bookmark search / Event search / Log viewer) D. Status panel E. Recorded video playback window F . Playback control panel G. Video clips list Menu Bar Status Pan[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 145 Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected device does not support those functions. Recorded V ideo Playback Window The "VIVOTEK" logo indicates that no camera has been assigned to the video cell. Icon Function Description Exit [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 146 - User's Manual Language Selection The software current supports user interfaces in multiple languages; and language options are availabe in: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語 , Português, 簡体中文 , and 繁體中文 . If you want to select ano[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 147 Icon Description Station list including server and local database A station (a computer that has installed ST7501 Server) The camera that exists on the hierarchical management tree of LiveClient. The camera that has been removed from the hierarchical managem[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 148 - User's Manual Query Panel--T ime Search Page The Time Zone setting is automatically synchronized with that on your client computer . Select station(s)/ device(s) that you want to search for recorded les Specify search period of time Click to start to search, the result[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 149 Query Panel--Event Search Page Select an Event Category Specify search period of time Click to start to search, the results will be shown on the video clips list Click to add search criteria Click to remove search criteria Select station(s)/ device(s) that y[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 150 - User's Manual Query Panel--Bookmark Search Page Select a name to serach for Select a time zone Specify search period of time Click to start to search, the results will be listed on the video clips list Select station(s) that you want to search for bookmarks[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 151 Query Panel--Log V iewer Page Select a Log Category Select a User Account Select a Result T ype Select a Log T ype Select a Log Level Specify search period of time Click to start to search, the results will be listed on the video clips list Select station(s)[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 152 - User's Manual V ideo Clips List Window If you select a option “date” , the video clips will be displayed in the video clips list window . A option “date” may contain more than one video clip.[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 153 Playback Control Panel When you double-click a video clip to play , the playback control panel will be enabled for you to use. Icon Function Description Histogram Zoom In Zoom in on the displayed period of time of the histogram Histogram Zoom Out Zoom out of[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 154 - User's Manual How to Playback Recorded V ideo Select a Recorded V ideo Clip Please follow the steps below to select a video clip: 1. On the Bowsing page, click the plus sign (+) to expand the hierarchical management tree. 2. Right-click a station, device, or option “dat[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 155  View only one of the video clips of a date: a. Click on a “date” on the hierarchical management tree. The corresponding video clips will be listed in the video clip list window . b. Select a video clip from the video clip list window . c. Double-clic[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 156 - User's Manual Remove Recorded V ideo Clips from Video Cells There are two ways to remove a recorded video clip from the video cell: 1. Right-click the video cell and select Remove . 2. Drag-and-drop the live view from the video cell to the hierarchical management tree win[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 157 Zoom in / out of the Histogram As the second picture shows, by clicking Histogram Zoom In , the total time of the histogram will shorten to half of the original period of time, while the red part of the histogram that shows the period of time of the video cl[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 158 - User's Manual Audio Control The audio function will be enabled if the device is equipped with an internal or external microphone. Please follow the steps below to adjust the volume or turn on/off the audio of the focused video:  T o turn off the audio (Mute Mode) a. Cl[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 159 How to Change the Playback Layout Changing the Layout of the Recorded V ideo Playback Window VIVOTEK Playback supports up to 16-CH simultaneous recorded video playback on a single monitor and allows you to change the layout of the recorded live video playbac[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 160 - User's Manual Maximize/Minimize the Recorded V ideo Playback Window  Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the entire video playback window Double-click the video cell, or right-click the video cell and selec Single View . The focused video will occupy the entire Pla[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 161  Full Screen: to maxmize the video playback window to the entire screen Click Full Screen on the quick access bar or right-click the video cell and select Full Screen . In addition, you can also click Vi ew > Full Screen on the menu bar to maximize the[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 162 - User's Manual How to Backup Recorded V ideo In addition to the Schedule Backup function of LiveClient introduced on page 61, the Playback utility also features to backup recorded video clips from the local database . Please open the Browsing page and follow the steps belo[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 163  T o backup part of the recorded video of the day: Select the date and choose the video clip(s) from video clip window . Then right-click the selected option(s) and click Backup . Note: Use the combination of the Shift key and left mouse click to select m[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 164 - User's Manual How to V iew Backup Files The Playback utility also allows users to playback backup files, including those produced in Schedule Backup by LiveClient and Recorded Data Backup by the Playback. Please follow the steps below to view backup les: a. Right-click[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 165 If you want to playback the backup les from the local database, you can also click W orking Ofine in the Login Window without the account information. The Playback will launch as shown below . Y ou can upload backup les No user account information r[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 166 - User's Manual Model-specic Functions (FE Series Fisheye) The Playback program of fers model-specic functions through a right-click menu. For example, if you playback a video clip made from an FE8171V fisheye camera, a right-click on the playback screen will bring up[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 167 T o congure the SVC-related feature: 1. Right-click on the playback window of an SVC-enabled camera. Select SVC fps adjust bar . 2. A slide bar will appear above the view cell. Click and drag the slide bar . A numeric indicator will display the current se[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 168 - User's Manual How to Search for a V ideo Clip in a Specic Period of time Please follow the steps below to use Time Search function: a. Open the Time Search page. b. Select the target station(s)/device(s) that you want to search for video clips. c. Specify the time span[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 169 How to Add a Bookmark Bookmark is a convenient tagging function that allow your to pinpoint and extrac t a 20-second video clip from out of a video recording. When you see somehting of your interes t while browsing through a recorded video, 1. Click on the B[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 170 - User's Manual How to Search for Events The Playback program offers users an intuitive event search engine for retrieving video clips from the database of recorded videos based on different search criteria such as motion, IV A, or DI events. Please follow the steps below t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 171 Select Event Category The following introduces the event search categories: All Events , All Motion Events , All IV A events , All DI Events , Named DI Events, PIR, T ampering, T amperature, Video Loss/ Restore, IR T rigger/Normal, and P-PTZ . Y ou can also [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 172 - User's Manual Event Category- All IV A events If you select the All IV A events category , all detected IV A events will be included in the search. Cameras with embedded intelligent video content analysis are capable of detecting IV A events such as moving objects, loiter[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 173 Event Category- Named DI Events This category allows you to select only Named DI Events --the DI device which you have renamed in the LiveClient. Please refer to Association Management on page 70 for more information about how to rename DI device. Click OK a[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 174 - User's Manual Start Event Search After you specify all of the search criteria mentioned above, check/uncheck Display in new result list and click Search to begin event search.  If Display in new result list is unchecked, all search results will be displayed on the orig[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 175 Backup the Event V ideos Please follow the steps below to backup the evnet videos on the results list: a. Select the video clips you want to backup. Y ou can select more than one video clip. b. Right-click the selected video clips and click Backup . c. A Bac[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 176 - User's Manual How to Search for a Bookmark Please follow the steps below to use Bookmark Search function: a. Click on the tabbed menu to open the Bookmark Search page. b. Select the cameras which have video clips you have placed bookmarks on. c. Enter the name of bookmark[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 177 How to Search Logs The Playback program of fers a convenient log engine for searching all local logs based on different search criteria such as log category , log type, and log level. The search results will be displayed in the log viewer window along with t[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 178 - User's Manual Select Log Category/Log T ype/Log Level The following table shows the breakdown of log category , level, and type. The search results will be different according to your selections. Log Categories Log Levels Log T ypes Operation Log Normal Login / Logout Ins[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 179 Search All Local Logs Search Login History Select Login History from the log category eld and click the Search button below , the search results, including all login logs, will be displayed on the Login History page. Log Categories Log Levels Log T ypes E[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 180 - User's Manual Search Login Activities This function allows you to search the operations the user performed during the login period of time. Y ou can search for login activities on the Local Logs or Login History page.  Search Login Activities on the Local Logs page: a.[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 181 d. The search results of the login activities will be displayed on the Login Activities page as shown below . When you select All in the Log Level eld, the search results will include all log levels. If you select Low in the Log Level eld and select In[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 182 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings On Client Settings, you can congure Snapshot Settings, Export Settings, V iew Settings, Proxy Settings, and General Settings. It allows you to save snapshots and media files on the local computer . Snapshot Settings When [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 183 Export an EXE/3GP/A VI File Please follow the steps below to convert part of an EXE/3GP/A VI le of recorded video: a. Playback a video clip from which you want to export a media le. b. Set a period of time. Move the timeline slider bar to the desired s[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 184 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set up the display mode of video cell. For detailed information about View Settings , please refer to page 130. Proxy Settings Please refer to page 139 for detailed illustration. General Settings System Settings Plea[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 185 How to Lock Playback for Security Concerns If you happen to be away from your computer , for security reasons, we suggest you lock the program. When Playback is locked, the user must enter the correct password to unlock and access the program again.  T o [...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 186 - User's Manual Import and Export Utility The software provides import and export utility for user to keep record of all server settings. Y ou can use the export le to copy the conguration on another host. Export Utility Please follow the steps below to export the ser[...]

VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 187 Service Control Tool Service control tool is a utility for server control and for users to be aware of the Server status. It starts up as Windows OS starts. Under Microsoft Windows, choose " Start > All Programs > VIVOTEK Inc > ST7501 > T oo[...]

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