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Accordiva SecuExpress User Guide – Standard Version 

Sometimes, a short period of motion is detected but you do not want 

to treat it as an event, for example, bee flies over quickly.  You can also 

check 

Ignore short motion

 to ignore a motion that is lasted within a period 

of time that you specify in the edit box of the 

Motion Detection Options 

dialog box.  

Defining motion detection mask 

You can identify a particular area within a camera view that you do 

not want to include in the motion detection area.  To specify the unwanted 

area, select 

Options:Motion Detection Mask…

 to bring up 

Motion 

Detection Mask

 dialog box. 

Use the 
slider to 
select the 
mask grid 
size. 

Check 
Transparent mask 
checkbox to have 
transparent red 
mask. 

Check show grids 
checkbox to 
display mask 
grids. 

 

In the 

Motion Detection Mask

 dialog box, choose the grid size from 

the slider and paint the unwanted area by left mouse drag.  To further refine 

the painted grids, you can adjust the grid size slider to smaller size to define 

the detail area.  Use right mouse drag to unpaint the area.  Check 

Show 

grids

 option to display the grids.  Check 

Transparent mask

 checkbox to 

have transparent red mask. 

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Summary of Contents for SecuExpress 2

Page 1: ...Accordiva SecuExpress 2 Standard Version U User s Guide Accordiva Inc June 2009...

Page 2: ...without the prior written consent of Accordiva Inc Licenses and Trademarks Accordiva the Accordiva logo Accordiva SecuExpress are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Accordiva Inc Microsoft Win...

Page 3: ...ction mask 13 Event notification 14 Log checkup 14 Snapshot 15 Remote access settings 15 Notification of IP address change by e mail 16 Searching video recording 17 Playing live sound 18 Resizing the...

Page 4: ...main user interface for SecuExpress Remote for PC 25 Hiding the menu bar and status bar 25 Disconnecting from remote camera 26 SecuExpress Player 27 Overview SecuExpress Player user interface 27 Playb...

Page 5: ...ou with an easy interface to view the live video remotely on computers through Internet even you are away from your SecuExpress personal surveillance system SecuExpress consists of three programs Secu...

Page 6: ...uExpress Watcher user interface The easiest way to start learning the program is to familiarize yourself with the user interface This section introduces you the SecuExpress Watcher user interface Main...

Page 7: ...ate the current system date and time Indicate an audio device is connected Indicate a video device is connected Show Hide menu bar and status bar Minimize the program Restore to original video size Cl...

Page 8: ...ions Preferences In the Preferences dialog box you can specify the folder where you want to store the recorded data compression scheme recording type password protection IP address change notification...

Page 9: ...m free space to leave out some space for operating system usage Set Record file length to break up the file length into the number of minutes you specify Define storage for the recordings Recording mo...

Page 10: ...Recording Mode Video and audio recording Before starting the video and audio recording first select appropriate devices from Devices menu The devices above the menu separator bar are video devices an...

Page 11: ...dialog box Access control SecuExpress Watcher can be password protected so that anyone accessing SecuExpress Watcher or connecting to SecuExpress Watcher via SecuExpress Remote Viewer to view the live...

Page 12: ...ider of Motion Level Threshold Slider of Motion Volume Threshold In the dialog box you can drag the slider of Motion level threshold enter the value or click to adjust the sensitivity of a motion Howe...

Page 13: ...motion detection area To specify the unwanted area select Options Motion Detection Mask to bring up Motion Detection Mask dialog box Use the slider to select the mask grid size Check Transparent mask...

Page 14: ...fication Click button to specify the email settings Ftp event snapshots to enable the event snapshot backup on ftp server check Ftp event snapshots Click button to specify ftp settings Execute program...

Page 15: ...Control bar After taking a snapshot the Snapshot dialog box appears You can save the snapshot change the font settings of the time stamp in the dialog box 15 Remote access settings SecuExpress Watcher...

Page 16: ...ote computers To view the current remote access connections select View Show Remot s periodically If your s Click e Connections Notification of IP address change by e mail Some dial up Internet connec...

Page 17: ...P address is changed Take the new IP address and update it in the SecuExpress Remote Connect dialog box Please refer to SecuExpress Remote section s for more details Searching video recording To searc...

Page 18: ...ss Watcher by dragging one of the corners of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown Hiding the menu bar and status bar To further save your desktop space you can hide the menu bar and the...

Page 19: ...detection state at the next program restart You can use the same recording and detection state at the next SecuExpress Watcher launch Simply check Keep last recording and detection state in the Prefe...

Page 20: ...g live video from Internet browser Check Enable web server in the dialog box and specify the TCP port number use 80 as default in Remote Access dialog box Choose the video size for transmission Then y...

Page 21: ...or PC Overview SecuExpress Remote for PC user interface SecuExpress Remote for PC provides you with various controls to view a remote camera video in SecuExpress Watcher Main User Interface Menu Bar V...

Page 22: ...am Restore to original video size Close the program Indicate the current system date and time at SecuExpress Watcher Indicate a motion event is detected at SecuExpress Watcher Indicate video transmiss...

Page 23: ...o save d Press OK to connect to the remote camera on PC running SecuExpress Watcher program to view live video For advanced settings in video data transmission click Advanced button in the Connect dia...

Page 24: ...ick You can also only view the live video with event detected by selecting View Display Event Video Only on the menu bar This way sav Internet bandwidth when there is no event detected es In the Snaps...

Page 25: ...the bars Alternatively you can click te for PC You can adjust the size of SecuExpress Remote by dragging one the corners of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown on the system bar to hid...

Page 26: ...iva SecuExpress User Guide Standard Version Disconnecting from remote camera Once you are connecting to remote camera you can choose Command Disconnect or click again to disconnect from the remote cam...

Page 27: ...ace Playback of video recordings In the Video Record List Pane you can see the list of files that are recorded and sorted by the sequence of time stamps The video recordings with motion events detecte...

Page 28: ...code you want to view Event Indicator represent no motion ev button or Forward button to jump to the nearest starting point or the ending point of a motion event Playback Control Bar Managing video r...

Page 29: ...ng database is inconsistent in its data format or structure you can use Edit Rebuild Record DB to rebuild to data consistent state To open a video recording database you save previously use File Open...

Page 30: ...4 I Ignore short motion 13 Info Bar Delete All Records 29 Delete Record 29 ect 26 Display Event Video 24 K Keep last recording and detection state 19 L 7 22 Log 14 Loop Playback 14 M Main Record DB 29...

Page 31: ...k list 23 Show grids 13 Show Remote Connections 16 Show up program 14 Snapshot 15 24 S m 14 Status Bar 18 25 Pref R 11 Record file length Record storage 9 ecyc Remote Access 15 20 Round the clock re S...

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