Mitsubishi Electric DX-PC55E, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...ICATION SOFTWARE OPTION FOR DIGITAL RECORDER MODEL DX PC55E Ver 2 2 DX PC55U Ver 2 2 OPERATION MANUAL For Windows 2000 For Windows XP This operation manual is important to you Please read this before using the software ...

Page 2: ...is Software or its Operation Manual by User in whole or in part is strictly prohibited by this Agreement and Copyright Law Software specifications Software design and the contents of this Operation Manual are subject to change without notice to User This Software is designed to play display copy and save digitally recorded audio and video data Unauthorized copying by User of copyright protected au...

Page 3: ... more than one recorder using a switching hub LAN 14 4 1 3 When connecting one PC and more than on recorder using an ADSL router via the Internet 14 4 2 Setting for communication between the recorder and PC 15 4 2 1 Setting the IP address of the recorder 15 4 2 2 Setting the port number of the recorder 15 4 2 3 Setting the IP address of the PC 15 4 2 4 Checking communication using a ping command 1...

Page 4: ...image Scene capture function 28 4 10 3 Viewing preceding recorded images Instant replay function 28 4 10 4 Displaying the camera window panel 28 4 10 5 Starting alarm recording manually NET alarm recording function 28 4 10 6 Bookmarking the currently displayed recorded image 28 4 10 7 Adjusting the picture quality 29 4 10 8 Adjusting the refresh speed 29 4 11 Downloading by specifying data section...

Page 5: ...aded by the section download function 46 7 Other functions 46 7 1 Saving the currently displayed image 46 7 1 1 Saving the image in use in communication 46 7 1 2 Saving the copied video data currently played back 46 7 2 Printing the currently displayed image 47 7 2 1 Printing the image in use in communication 47 7 2 2 Printing the copied video data currently played back 47 7 3 Converting the forma...

Page 6: ...ntel Celeron processor 1 GHz or faster 2 GHz or faster is recommended Windows 2000 or Windows XP 256 MB or more physical memory 512 MB or more is recommended At least 1024 pixels x 768 lines of resolution At least 24 bit color video adaptor and monitor With lower bit color video adaptor and monitor image display may be subjected to restrictions At least 200 MB of free hard disk space for installat...

Page 7: ...h digital recorder Therefore some descriptions herein referring to the number of channels may be inconsistent with actual operations of your recorder The illustration of screen display in this manual shows an example of DX PC55E 2 Setup 2 1 Setup Installation To install this software start the Setup Launch exe file contained in the DXPC55E DXPC55U folder of this CD Follow the instructions displaye...

Page 8: ...first time the following message is displayed Click Yes to register your user ID as a new user in this software When you select Network on the login screen the main screen shown below is displayed The main screen is comprised of the following windows and panels Main window Camera list window Grouping panel Rec Panel Lite window Image display area Notice The following is the main screen of the simp...

Page 9: ... 8 3 2 Windows and panels Camera window panel Recorder panel Camera window ...

Page 10: ...ck Recorder button See 4 3 1 on page 17 Grouping button See 4 9 5 on page 25 Setting File Edit button See 4 14 2 on page 32 Option button See 4 18 on page 37 Recorder panel switch See page 3 5 on page 11 Connect checkbox See 4 4 on page 19 Rec Panel Lite button See 3 8 on page 12 Recorder status indicators These indicators show the recorder s operation status By double clicking you can execute the...

Page 11: ...formation see 4 9 1 on page 23 4 9 4 on page 24 4 9 5 on page 25 and 4 9 6 on page 26 Channel numbers and names of the registered cameras are displayed Names of the cameras of which camera windows are not on the screen are displayed in gray color Name of the registered recorder is displayed Patrol button Click to enable or disable the patrol function This button changes its color when enabled See ...

Page 12: ...checked Section Download button See 4 11 on page 29 Menu Settings button See 4 14 on page 32 User Maintenance button See 4 13 on page 30 Use to perform live view or playback on all the camera windows of the recorder collectively Use to change the sizes of all the camera windows of the recorder collectively Displayed items are as follows Camera channel number Name of the registered recorder Name of...

Page 13: ...ee 4 7 1 on page 21 Select a playback device See 4 7 on page 21 and 4 8 on page 23 Current operation is displayed See 4 6 on page 20 and 4 8 on page 23 MODE OUT button See 4 17 on page 36 Use to change the size of the camera window See 4 9 3 on page 24 PTZ Camera Control button See 4 16 on page 35 Bookmark button Click to add the currently displayed image as a bookmark See 4 10 6 on page 28 Use to...

Page 14: ...in either case Default window layouts See 4 9 3 on page 24 User registered window layouts See 4 9 5 on page 25 Current operation is displayed The start and end dates and times of the copied data are displayed You can specify any date and time using the slide bar Control panel Use to select a playback operation See 6 1 on page 41 Use to select the number of the camera to view Use to change the refr...

Page 15: ... connecting one PC and one recorder using a cross cable LAN Digital recorder PC LAN cable 4 1 2 When connecting one PC and more than one recorder using a switching hub LAN Switching HUB LAN cable LAN cable LAN cable LAN cable PC Digital recorder IP address 192 168 0 100 Digital recorder IP address 192 168 0 101 Digital recorder IP address 192 168 0 102 IP address 192 168 0 200 4 1 3 When connectin...

Page 16: ...ystem you use This section describes the procedure to set the IP address for Windows XP As described in 4 2 1 above the network address of the PC should be identical to that of the recorder Be sure to use the same network address as that of the recorder when setting the IP address of the PC 4 2 4 Checking communication using a ping command After setting the IP addresses and port numbers check whet...

Page 17: ...nd click Network DX PC55E DX PC55U manages the data of the registered recorders and screen layouts based on the user IDs entered on this screen When you click Network the following screen is displayed as the main screen The following shows an example of the main screen displayed at the completion of recorder registration This software is provided with the main screen of full function version which...

Page 18: ...rrect port number you can t access the recorder Use Put a checkmark in the boxes of the cameras you want to register Camera Name Enter the name of the camera to be registered Use a name that helps you identify the camera easily When you click the Regist button the data you entered are registered At the completion of the registration the recorder is added to the recorder list displayed on the main ...

Page 19: ...g box to enter the password is displayed Enter the password of the user who registered the recorder data The imported data are displayed on the Recorder Regist or Recorder Edit dialog box Check the data and click the Regist button The imported recorder data are registered and added to the recorder list on the main window 4 3 5 Using the camera titles registered in the recorder You can set camera n...

Page 20: ...main window and click the Connect checkbox see 3 3 on page 9 The recorder login dialog box appears Enter the user ID and password that have been registered in the recorder and click OK By default root and admin000 are displayed as the user ID and password on the recorder login dialog box Following two default users have been registered in the recorder User ID Password Authority root admin000 This ...

Page 21: ...page 11 Click the Stop button on the Rec Panel Lite window see 3 8 on page 12 The above mentioned methods using the camera window panel stop loading live images of only the camera corresponding to that camera window The other methods stop loading live images of all the cameras connected to the recorder During loading of live images the Live icon is displayed on the camera window To restart loading...

Page 22: ...a window panel see 3 7 on page 12 In this case the search procedure is same as that of recorder by recorder search 4 7 1 Time search You can search based on the recording date and time Select the Time Search tab on the Search window Specify a date and time in the boxes of Time Search and click the Search button 4 7 2 Searching using the alarm list Alarm list search You can search using the alarm l...

Page 23: ...nchanged and is used as it is in the next bookmark search unless you modify the network data such as recorder registration data For the procedure to register a bookmark see 4 10 6 on page 28 4 7 4 Searching the protect data area Protect data list search You can search data blocks protected in DX TL5000 series or other recorders Select the Protect Data List Search tab on the Search window Select a ...

Page 24: ...ect a camera to be added to the recorder beforehand Adding a camera window Select All Display on the camera list window see 3 4 on page 10 and double click on a camera name displayed in gray color Select All Display on the camera list window see 3 4 on page 10 and double click on a recorder name All the camera windows currently displayed are deleted and all the camera windows registered in the rec...

Page 25: ...camera window by dragging its title bar Note When you bring a corner of the camera window close to that of other camera window these windows are automatically aligned Using the predefined position and size Click any of eight buttons on the upper tier of the grouping panel The camera windows are arranged in the predefined layout you selected The networked cameras are selected and displayed from the...

Page 26: ...n page 9 the grouping list is displayed Click the Regist button The grouping registration dialog box appears Enter an arbitrary grouping name and click the Regist button The current screen layout is added to the grouping list Registration using the camera list Click the Regist Grouping button on the camera list window see 3 4 on page 10 The grouping registration dialog box appears Enter an arbitra...

Page 27: ...ocation see 4 9 7 on page 27 System Restart Grouping You can specify a grouping that is used at the start of the network function of this software 4 9 6 Sequentially displaying using registered layouts Patrol function By clicking the Patrol button on the camera list window see 3 4 on page 10 registered groupings are switched and displayed at a fixed interval When the patrol function is started the...

Page 28: ... viewing Maximized window function When it is hard to view the camera window for example when it is displayed in a small size by an edge of the screen you can move it for easier viewing by just a click When you click the button at the top of the camera window the camera window is enlarged and displayed at the center of the screen At the same time the button you clicked changes to showing that the ...

Page 29: ...the specified time 4 10 4 Displaying the camera window panel Click the button at the right of the camera window to display the camera window panel You can select to display or hide this button using the Camera Window tab on the Option window see 4 18 3 on page 38 When this button is hidden the response to the screen operation gets slightly faster 4 10 5 Starting alarm recording manually NET alarm ...

Page 30: ...oad applied to the recorder When the recorder s communication operation is unstable or the network band is insecure reduce the refresh speed When a PC to be used does not have sufficient processing power reduce the refresh speed 4 11 Downloading by specifying data section Section download function When you click the Section Download button on the recorder panel see 3 5 on page 11 the following dia...

Page 31: ...y those of the recorder Therefore check the operation status of the recorder not only by the indicators of this software but by the recorder itself While the recorder is being controlled live viewing and playback of the recorded images of the recorder are automatically suspended 4 13 Editing the user registration data of the recorder User setting function 4 13 1 Communication user of the recorder ...

Page 32: ...ser port Loading of recorded images and live images is possible Live User port Loading of live images only is possible The User Access port of the recorder is for preparation for communication and doesn t support practical operation authority When a user having Regist authority or Control authority has already accessed to the Super User port other user even if he she has all types of authority can...

Page 33: ...ou can send the setting data to the recorder without turning it off and even unacceptable data are sent to the recorder for example recording settings are sent to the recorder by this button even during recording In this case the data sent to the recorder are not always reflected in the recorder after completion of the data transfer Be sure to refresh the setting data and check that they are refle...

Page 34: ...red are only sent to the recorder not reflected in the recorder This function is unavailable when the recorder isn t connected You can inquire of the recorder the estimated recording time week using the timer setting screen Recorders not supporting this function may answer incorrectly This function is available only while this software is accessing the recorder Motion detection Use the following m...

Page 35: ...page 11 When you click the Load button the system loglist is loaded from the recorder and displayed on the screen Click a column heading to sort the list Click the Save button to save the loglist in a text format While the system loglist is displayed live viewing and playback of the recorded images of the recorder are automatically suspended System Loglist button ...

Page 36: ...Select a function to be executed when this button is clicked To change the existing function in a button right click the button The setting dialog box appears PTZ Camera Control button User function buttons Use to allocate special functions such as wiper operation or lighting function Name and IP address of the currently accessed recorder Focus Channel number and name of the currently selected cam...

Page 37: ...erminals on the rear of the recorder The indicators at the right are off by default To change the button name right click the button to display the following dialog box The number of characters you can enter is limited While this function is used live viewing and playback of the recorded images of the recorder are automatically suspended MODE OUT button Name and IP address of the currently accesse...

Page 38: ...rd search reverse search Select a basic number of steps in search using the drop down list of Forward Search Reverse Search In forward or reverse search recorded image fields are skipped by this number with one click Every time the Field Advance or Field Reverse button is clicked the advance reverse speed changes from x2 of basic number of steps in search to x4 x8 and then back to x1 Though the nu...

Page 39: ... existing file name To specify the instant replay time Using the drop down list of Preceding image play specify the time to go back to retrieve a recorded image by clicking the Recent Play button 4 18 4 Camera List tab To set the patrol grouping You can set the switching sequence and interval used with the patrol function When you click Grouping Name the already registered groupings are shown in t...

Page 40: ...umbers on both the recorder and PC sides in normal use To select messages to be displayed Available only in DX TL2500 series Check the boxes of the events you want to be informed by pop up when alarm notification messages are received DX TL2500 series recorders issue three types of alarm notification messages You can select events to be informed by pop up DX TL5000 series recorders issue six types...

Page 41: ...ication Information field Then select the events you want to be informed from six groups and put a checkmark to them Use the default port number in normal use You can enable or disable issuance of notification to the destination PC using the checkbox at the left When you complete entering necessary data click the Register button in the Recorder field The data you entered take effect in the recorde...

Page 42: ...heir live images When the recorder issuing the notification has already been registered The recorder login dialog box appears Log in to the recorder under the user ID registered in the recorder All the cameras registered in the recorder are displayed and this software starts loading their live images When the recorder has already been connected and communicated All the camera windows of the record...

Page 43: ...Mitsubishi digital recorders FSM2 and FSM3 use the following file structure basically When this structure isn t ensured your recorder s functions and performance aren t guaranteed Even when this file structure is ensured your recorder s functions and performance may not be guaranteed depending on the type of data for example data copied from other media FSM2 file structure ALRM25 Alarm list file D...

Page 44: ...k giving priority to image select Not synchro The settings on this panel remain intact for the next startup Audio playback channel and image display channel are not related You can play back them in any combination When data are played directly from a drive that is slow to read CD and DVD audio may be output intermittently Play back data after copying it to a HDD 6 1 2 Adding a bookmark to copied ...

Page 45: ...me Search or Bookmark Search on this window For detailed search procedure see 4 7 1 and 4 7 2 on page 21 and 4 7 3 on page 22 6 1 7 Saving the currently displayed image Right click on the image display area and click Save As in the menu 6 1 8 Printing the currently displayed image Right click on the image display area and click Print in the menu 6 1 9 Calling layouts of camera windows that display...

Page 46: ...ing this box Number of fields skipped in Field Advance or Field Reverse You can change the number of fields skipped in Field Advance or Field Reverse For details see 4 18 2 on page 37 Background image You can change the background image 6 2 Playing back data copied in the special system format FSMS format Click Media on the application login screen of this software see 3 1 on page 7 to start Stora...

Page 47: ... start FSMPlayer see 3 10 on page 13 For later procedures see 6 1 on page 41 In DX TL5000 series select the VOL0000 folder 7 Other functions 7 1 Saving the currently displayed image You can save the currently displayed image in the Bitmap or JPEG format On the Save As dialog box to be displayed specify the file format file name and directory to save the file to and then click the Save button 7 1 1...

Page 48: ...available with printer drivers not supporting multiple copy printing Printer settings The Windows standard Printer Setup dialog box appears Select a printer paper type and orientation The name of the recorder and date time are printed on the image and memo if entered is printed under the image 7 2 1 Printing the image in use in communication Select Print in the File menu on the camera window panel...

Page 49: ...les to When you click OK after specifying the directory collective conversion starts and a dialog box appears showing the progress When the collective conversion completes a message appears notifying of the completion of the conversion 7 3 2 Converting into AVI format Click the AVI button on the Convert dialog box to display the following AVI Setting window When you specify the image size and fram...

Page 50: ... used This software occupies a large amount of memory to display or develop a lot of images Don t run this software with other application programs at the same time The picture quality reproduced by this software depends on the picture quality settings applied at the time of recording by the digital recorder except when image sizes other than 100 are selected When the digital recorder is used in c...

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