Q-See Remote Client 4.0.1, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual of DVR DVS Remote Client Software V 4 0 1 ...

Page 2: ...mote PTZ control 20 2 4 10 1 Control PTZ 20 2 4 10 2 Adjust PTZ preset 20 2 4 10 3 Set preset 21 2 4 10 4 Setup sequence 21 2 5 Configure 22 2 5 1 Device configure 22 2 5 1 1 Add areas 22 2 5 1 2 Delete areas 23 2 5 1 3 Add stream media server 23 2 5 1 4 Add DVR 24 2 5 1 5 Define network preview channel sequence 26 2 5 1 6 Define group network preview channel sequence 27 2 5 1 7 Delete server 28 2...

Page 3: ... 3 COM configuration 49 2 5 3 2 4 Alarm configuration 49 2 5 3 2 5 Other functions 50 2 5 4 Alarm configure 51 2 5 5 Local log 55 2 5 6 Card configure 55 2 6 Play back 61 2 6 1 Local playback 61 2 6 2 Remote playback 62 2 6 2 1 Playback by file type 62 2 6 2 2 Playback by time 63 2 6 3 Playback picture 64 2 7 User right management 65 2 7 1 Add and Del Users 65 2 7 2 Modify Users and select right l...

Page 4: ...click it then you can select the Alarm output option and a dialog will popup show as below Here you can trigger the alarm output device or close the alarm output device 2 Fortify or disarm all In the preview interface select a area and right click the icon Then you can select the Fortify all to fortify all the device under this area or select Disarm all to disarm all the device under this icon Sho...

Page 5: ...l of remote client software 3 Output the alarm sound from the sound card Add the option of output alarm sound from the sound card in the local configuration It will be effective after you select it Show as below 5 ...

Page 6: ...User s manual of remote client software 4 Alarm monitor Add the option of alarm monitor configuration the default port is 7200 Show as below 6 ...

Page 7: ...y In the shortcut mode select the device and drag it to one window All the channels of this device will start play in this window In the group mode select one group and drag it to one window All the channels in this group will start play in this window 10 Record mode Add the record mode up to 10 types and add a all day record mode this mode can not be modified 12 Add the speed option while PTZ con...

Page 8: ...software version 4 0 1 used for network stand alone DVR and DVS Support 3 different resolution of 1024 768 1152 864 and 1280 1024 If the PC is not worked in those resolution it will display with the resolution of 1024 768 The contents of this manual are subject to be changed without notice 8 ...

Page 9: ...re ver4 0 1 Step1 Under Windows OS double click Client software v4 0 1 procedure in the following dialog box as Fig 2 1 1 and enter into Fig 2 1 2 Fig 2 1 1 Client software installation Fig 2 1 2 Step2 Enable the option I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next button to enter into next step 9 ...

Page 10: ...e client software Fig 2 1 3 Customer information Step3 Input customer information and click Next to enter into next step Fig 2 1 4 Destination folder Step4 Select destination folder and click Next to enter into next step 10 ...

Page 11: ...remote client software Fig 2 1 5 Ready to install Step5 Click Install to start installation shown as Fig 2 1 6 Fig 2 1 6 Install process Step6 After finish installation installation completed dialog box will be popup 11 ...

Page 12: ...t software installed in PC Start Program you can find the remote client software 2 2 Uninstall remote client software Step1 Double click the Client software v4 0 1 procedure and following dialog will be display Fig 2 2 1 Remove client software Step2 Select Remove option and click Next to start removing remote client software 12 ...

Page 13: ...User s manual of remote client software Step 3 click Yes and the client software will uninstall by itself 13 ...

Page 14: ...gin and Exit In Windows OS click Startup Program client software v4 0 1 If it is run for the first time an interface of register administrator will be popup notice the password of administrator must be more than 6 words shown as Fig 2 3 1 Otherwise login dialog will popup Fig 2 3 3 Fig 2 3 1 Input user name and password click register show as Fig 2 3 2 if succeed 14 ...

Page 15: ...ote client software Fig 2 3 2 register succeed Click OK to enter into login interface show as Fig 2 3 3 Fig 2 3 3 Login Input administrator s username and password click login enter into main interface Show as Fig 2 3 4 15 ...

Page 16: ... 2 3 5 Modify password interface Click the exit button on the right above corner in the main interface an exit dialog will be popup as following Fig 2 3 6 Click OK to exit the client software Fig 2 3 6 Exit software 2 4 Preview image After the device is configured detail configuration please refer to the chapter 2 5 1 click cancel or the button Preview above go back to main interface show as Fig 2...

Page 17: ...face it will display according to the list mode play mode first in client software main interface select preview windows number click Play button client software will connect with corresponding DVR camera and display the live video stream Play button will be changed into Stop and camera icon on the left will change from into as shown in Fig 2 4 2 Press Stop to stop live preview 17 ...

Page 18: ...2 4 2 Self definition preview First select one preview window then double click camera name listed on right side column display preview image The camera icon will be changed from into double click again stop preview also after double click device all of the channel can play double click the group name to play all of the channel in this group 2 4 3 Change preview window mode The main interface of c...

Page 19: ...hannel of one device or one group Cycle play the channel of one device right click mouse in the channel being previewed in the popup right button menu Fig 2 4 4 select Start cycle to start the channel of this DVR only one cycle play for every DVR Double click the channel on the left or click the Pause cycle in the menu to stop cycle notice the time interval of cycle is the cycle play time in local...

Page 20: ...p interface Fig 2 4 6 you can adjust video parameters Click Default to restore factory parameters Fig 2 4 6 2 4 10 Remote PTZ control First remote setup DVR RS485 PTZ parameters Select one preview window click PTZ button in the following PTZ control interface Fig 2 4 7 you can remote control the corresponding camera PTZ 2 4 10 1 Control PTZ Click PTZ icons to control direction iris focus zoom wipe...

Page 21: ...will popup Fig 2 4 9 input the preset name click OK to finish modify Delete preset select a preset in the list that is exist already click delete to finish Fig 2 4 7 Fig 2 4 8 Fig 2 4 9 2 4 10 4 Setup sequence On the right side of client software main interface right click camera name in the popup right menu shown as Fig 2 4 10 Input corresponding parameters Click add to add sequence number Click ...

Page 22: ...setup surveillance objects in remote client software After administrator login remote client software and enter into main interface click Configure icon to enter interface show as Fig 2 5 1 Fig 2 5 1 main interface 2 5 1 1 Add areas Right click the left window if it is the first time to add The menu Fig 2 5 2 will popup 22 ...

Page 23: ...lete areas Select the name of the area that you want to delete right click and a menu will popup Fig 2 5 3 click delete node if in this area some of the channel is previewing or recording a alarm word will popup click OK to come back 2 5 1 3 Add stream media server While you previewing you can connect the device directly or through stream media server Right click the node in the left window show a...

Page 24: ...s interface input the server name server IP user name and password server channel server network port server type server multicast IP device serial The server IP and domain are single option you can choose one of them to add the server The multicast IP is a D class IP Between 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 the multicast IP in the client software and video server itself must be the same It can be not...

Page 25: ...ame and DNS address it does not needed to input IP select private domain register mode Show as Fig 2 5 7 While the server use the DNS function if the server dynamic IP is changed the client software will find the new IP by itself when you operate the next step 3 Use normal domain server show as Fig 2 5 8 In this way the server IP is not needed just input the domain the client software will connect...

Page 26: ...ew sequence Select one DVR on left side click button all channels of the DVR will be moved to right column Also select one camera on left side press button to move the camera to right column Select one camera in right column click button to move it back to left column Click Up or Down button to change the preview sequence After setup the sequence can be saved You can check the same sequence next t...

Page 27: ...as Fig 2 5 11 If the group is created already a menu will popup when you select the group and right click show as Fig 2 5 12 Fig 2 5 11 Fig 2 5 12 Select create group an interface will popup show as Fig 2 5 13 input group name and click OK Fig 2 5 13 Add channel into the group please select some channel of some server and the group or the channel in the group click button and the channel will be a...

Page 28: ...DVR parameters In left column of Fig 2 5 9 select one DVR double click In the popup DVR properties dialog box you can change the DVR properties Click OK to finish modification But the related channel in the right window and group will be delete 2 5 1 9 Modify channel properties and network preview protocol In Fig 2 5 10 select one channel and double click in the popup dialog box shown as Fig 2 5 1...

Page 29: ...ck Search Log client software will list the DVR local matched log information via network Fig 2 5 15 is the example Click Exit to exit view log dialog box Fig 2 5 15 2 5 2 Client software local setup Local setup includes preview mode client record mode check DVR system time picture capture path picture save path etc show as Fig 2 5 16 29 ...

Page 30: ...gest the period is more than 20S Hardware decode will turn digital video into analog video to build TV wall Hardware decode mode preview with TV wall not preview but TV wall Preview performance Throw no frame Throw one B frame and Throw two B frames Network performance The least latency The least latency Less latency more fluency The most fluent The alarm output delay time is between 5s to 100s 2 ...

Page 31: ...nged it will enable after reboot the client software Auto record The client software is support the function of auto record Enter into local configure interface select auto record then click Rec Cfg to enter into the interface of record schedule show as Fig 2 5 17 First select record mode schedule to setup record mode every record has one mode name and 4 record periods here the mode names can t be...

Page 32: ...pacity of every hard disk is less than 2GB if don t cycle record it will stop record if the capacity of every hard disk is less than 2GB 2 5 2 3 Log In the Save log list Select the save time of Alarm log and operation log you can select one year half a year three months one months half a month one week In the Delete log list you can select the interval to delete the Alarm log and Operation log sel...

Page 33: ... Use the client software you can configure the parameters of the server Notices the remote configure interface may be different because of different server The detail parameters configure please refer to the user manual of each server Click remote configure button to enter into the remote configure interface If the selected server s type is ME an interface will popup about the ME series If the sel...

Page 34: ...ion information IP address port and mask server static IP port and mask The default port is 8000 NIC type here are some options such as 10M 100M Auto and so on DNS host IP the DNS server IP should be inputted while the server use private domain Multicast IP when you use the multicast you should input a D class IP Between 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 Gateway if client software need go through the g...

Page 35: ...512kbps 640kbps 768kbps 896kbps 1Mbps 1 25Mbps 1 5Mbps 1 75Mbps 2Mbps and Self definition Frame rate Full PAL 25FPS NTSC 30FPS 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 notice 15 18 and 22 are special options and only some special server have Image quality 6 options only effective for variable bit rate type Resolution Default is CIF other options are QCIF 2CIF DCIF and 4CIF Only QCIF and CIF can be s...

Page 36: ...ig 2 5 19 Fig 2 5 20 Setup motion detection video signal loss view tamping alarm and privacy mask Select a option and setup the corresponding area schedule and PTZ link Click area setup to enter into area setup interface show as Fig 2 5 21 36 ...

Page 37: ...w one motion area release mouse to confirm one motion area You can draw many areas for motion detection draw 4 areas for privacy mask and one area for view tamping alarm Select sensitivity for motion detection you can select seven sensitivity options such as Close 0 Minimum 5 Maximum For the view tamping alarm you can select four options there are close low normal and high from left to right Click...

Page 38: ... select whether display OSD display position whether display week OSD properties opaque steady opaque flashing transparent steady transparent flashing no display OSD type Setup the channel name properties you can select whether display channel name and the display position Overlay text you can overlay text on the channel 4 line at most 44 characters at most for every line After the parameters is s...

Page 39: ... 3 1 3 COM configuration Select COM configuration in the remote setup interface show as Fig 2 5 24 In this interface you can setup the parameters of 232 and 485 After the configuration click confirm If need to reboot the server just click reboot button 39 ...

Page 40: ...emote client software Fig 2 5 24 2 5 3 2 4 Alarm configuration Select alarm configuration in the remote setup interface Show as Fig 2 5 25 You can remote setup DVR sensor alarm parameters and the exception parameters 40 ...

Page 41: ... click schedule button to enter into alarm response policy setup interface shown as Fig 2 5 26 Fig 2 5 26 After the schedule finished click confirm button and return Click cancel if don t want to save the configuration Click PTZ link to enter into the alarm input link interface Show as Fig 2 5 27 41 ...

Page 42: ...iguration is finished click confirm to save the configuration and return Click cancel if don t want to save the configuration Alarm output policy Click the alarm output schedule and enter into the alarm output schedule setup interface Show as Fig 2 5 28 Fig 2 5 28 42 ...

Page 43: ...d etc also you can setup exceptions response policy 2 5 3 1 5 User configuration In the remote setup interface select user configuration Show as Fig 2 5 29 Fig 2 5 29 In this interface you can remote setup DVR users including username password user rights etc Look the user right when you select the user If the user is exist just right click the user and click modify in the popup menu Select cancel...

Page 44: ...howed as Fig 2 5 31 User can remotely upgrade server or format Hard Disk in this interface Select Remote Upgrade single click Browser select upgrade file Click Upgrade to begin upgrade process After the completion of upgrade status tray will show Status Server Upgrade finish Select Format Hard Disk select the disk you want to operate on all or only one disk of them single click Format the system w...

Page 45: ...nt level operator has different password The password can not be null IP address port and mask server static IP port and mask The default port is 8000 NIC type here are some options such as 10M 100M Auto and so on DNS host IP the DNS server IP should be inputted while the server use private domain Multicast IP when you use the multicast you should input a D class IP Between 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 25...

Page 46: ...erface and both the video and audio should be recorded please select video audio if else just select video Sub stream is for network transmission Max bit rate You can select 32kbps 48kbps 64kbps 80kbps 96kbps 128kbps 160kbps 192kbps 224kbps 256kbps 320kbps 384kbps 448kbps 512kbps 640kbps 768kbps 896kbps 1Mbps 1 25Mbps 1 5Mbps 1 75Mbps 2Mbps and Self definition Frame rate Full PAL 25FPS NTSC 30FPS ...

Page 47: ...5 33 Fig 2 5 34 Recording schedule Enable schedule option you can setup the record time prerecord time post record time Click setup button to enter into recording schedule setup dialog box shown as Fig 2 5 34 Select record mode if select all day record only record type can be setup 47 ...

Page 48: ...rea and you can see the area setup before Set motion detection area Enable Setup motion areas option press PC keyboard Ctrl key move mouse to prefer point press mouse left button and drag mouse you can draw one motion area release mouse to confirm one motion area You can draw many areas for motion detection draw 4 areas for privacy mask and one area for view tamping alarm Select sensitivity for mo...

Page 49: ...g 2 5 36 In this interface you can setup the parameters of 232 and 485 After the configuration click confirm If need to reboot the server just click reboot button Fig 2 5 36 2 5 3 2 4 Alarm configuration Select Alarm configuration in the remote setup interface show as Fig 2 5 37 In this interface you can setup the parameters alarm parameters Alarm type normal close and normal open can be selected ...

Page 50: ...rade to begin upgrade process After the completion of upgrade status tray will show Status Server Upgrade finish Select Format Hard Disk select the disk you want to operate on all or only one disk of them single click Format the system will indicate that Format is under process After the process it will indicate Format Hard Disk Successful NOTE After the formation of hard disk a reset of the equip...

Page 51: ... to set up or remove defense if the menu shows set up defense then it means the device is not in the status of defense otherwise the icon of the device will change and the menu change into remove defense NOTE there are no setup or remove defense operations in the mode of grouping playback Fig 2 5 39 Setup alarm Interface Fig 2 5 40 Remove Alarm Interface Choose alarm linkage button in the setup in...

Page 52: ...re listed as below 1 In the middle of the interface select one device from the list the alarm type and alarm linkage type status can still be edited 2 Select one alarm type in the alarm linkage type will display the current selected device s configured alarm linkage types showed as the following pictures 3 User can select or cancel alarm linkage types 4 Finally click Confirm to save all the modifi...

Page 53: ...Select Pop up image when alarm comes when receive alarm from corresponding device and corresponding alarm type following image will pop when receive multi alarms spontaneously then they will queue in the alarm alignment according to order 53 ...

Page 54: ...lick any alarm message it will show a dialog enable you to clear the alarm information list otherwise when the amount of alarm message reaches 5000 the system will automatically clear all the alarm message Select alarm indicator light flashing some alarm light will flash red in the main interface showed as Fig 2 5 44 click to check the alarm message then the system will withdraw the alarm flashes ...

Page 55: ... return 2 5 6 Card configure First enter into local setup select card configure decode mode and video output standard the card configure will take into effective after confirming Here the decode mode of MD card include preview with TV wall not preview but TV wall in the mode of not preview but TV wall only the image of TV wall is decode by MD card the preview image is by software decode The video ...

Page 56: ...User s manual of remote client software Fig 2 5 46 After that you will enter into the hardware decode interface Show as Fig 2 5 47 Fig 2 5 47 56 ...

Page 57: ...put of the decode card will be displayed on the right When the output is not selected show as above The area information show can t be used Show as above Enabled the output the default output is not second output show as above Now the area information show it is enabled 57 ...

Page 58: ...n for one 4002MD or 8 output with CIF resolution or 4 output with D1 resolution for one 4004MD avoiding output error Right click can clear all the configuration in this area Fig 2 5 48 When you are configuring none second output if you right click the information in the list it can be delete move up and down to adjust the play sequence If modify the D1 resolution the software should be reboot to m...

Page 59: ...tion in each area of each second output are the same to the channels and image resolution in each area of each none second output And the channel for first play only can be added into the first line to make second output Fig 2 5 51 Right click the information with D1 icon in the list click delete menu to cancel the second output Click select camera menu and display the channel that be allowed seco...

Page 60: ...to preview you should return and click play now the image play in the preview interface is the image that output in the TV wall If you select cycle play in the local configure both the preview interface and TV wall will cycle play after you click play In the mode of preview and TV wall only one screen display before your preview click play and the selected channel will be the first image At that t...

Page 61: ...terface Fig 2 6 1 Playback Interface 2 6 1 Local playback Select channel from the left list click Search and all the file names and beginning time of selected file type from this channel will be displayed in the right list User can drag a file to playback window or select a file and then click the play button to play the selected file and user can adjust selected playback window through the adjust...

Page 62: ...a file and then click the play button to play the selected file and user can adjust selected playback window through the adjustment options in the video parameter control center right below playback control information and file list The left two buttons in the playback control panel can be used to divide playback window Selected a single file or multiple files from the file list click the begin to...

Page 63: ...ave as window After confirm it will save the remote video recording file from present to the end of playback There are some control buttons in local playback and remote playback showed as below Fig 2 6 4 Playback interface Play Control The functions of each buttons are listed as below Play button this button is used to play selected files in the search list to restore pause or play file with norma...

Page 64: ... most Increase playback speed used to increase video playing speed up to 16 times of normal speed at most Back to beginning button used to return to the beginning of video recording files and restart the playing Forward to the end button used to increase the playback speed and reach the 99 of file One frame back button only for local playback One frame playback button Capture image used in non pau...

Page 65: ...nt window Forward to next picture button until the picture played in present window is the last picture of the list The mentioned next picture means the next picture of the present displayed picture in the search list of present window Play previous picture button when click this button all the windows display previous pictures until every windows display the first pictures of lists Play next pict...

Page 66: ... user local user 2 7 2 Modify Users and select right level Select certain user and all the relevant information such as user s name level type and forbidden information will be displayed in the selected user s area If the present logged user is super user then he can modify other users level type and forbidden information except its own Meanwhile user can low its own level Besides super user and a...

Page 67: ...u can select or cancel all authorities After authority modification you save the information Showed as Fig 2 7 2 Fig 2 7 2 Notice Only have the user add certain authorities can he have the corresponding operation control authorities 2 8 Electronic Map There is no map when you first log in Electronic map and the interface is show as Fig 2 8 1 Fig 2 8 1 Electronic Map Interface 67 ...

Page 68: ...lectronic map setup interface Fig 2 8 2 Then popes up a dialog to add map showed as Fig 2 8 3 Fig 2 8 3 Interface to Change Map Click and confirm Successfully add root map after selecting map Right click the map as the above shows if need to change or add map showed as Fig 2 8 4 Fig 2 8 4 Interface to Change Map If your selection is not the root map then you can choose to add brother maps or delet...

Page 69: ...t name in the hot spots list in the lower right corner is the lower layer map belongs to the present map Select one map from the lower right corner hot spots list press Shift or Ctrl at the same time then you can add or delete hot area on the map The red area is corresponding to the unselected hot spots list while the blue area corresponds to the selected hot spot list Besides you can click delete...

Page 70: ...hannel images will be shut down Showed as below 2 9 Change User Click the Login on the main interface input username and password in the popup dialog to change user 2 10 Voice Talk In the mode of fast playback select one equipment with right button then you can talk with this equipment showed as Fig 2 10 1 There is no such operation in the Multicast Mode Fig 2 10 1 Voice Talk NOTE A client can onl...

Page 71: ...le to display Server work status After inquiring Server work status click Quit Fig 2 11 1 Server work status 2 12 Lock function When the mouse is moved to the top right hand corner there will show a Lock icon as Fig 2 12 1 click this icon and then the client will enter into the locked status at this moment any operation to the client is invalid When click the icon again there will show a dialog bo...

Page 72: ...emote client software 2 13 Hide function Click the Hide button in the main interface the client will minimize to the system tray Showed as Fig 2 13 1 double click the icon to return the client Fig 2 13 1 Hide Function 72 ...