Trooper TR-CFR, Installation And User Manual

Page 1: ...cument Part Number 700 0021 01 the CF Card Reader by TR CFR Compact Flash Reader and Conversion Software Installation and User s Guide Please Read All Instructions Carefully Before Beginning Installation ...

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Page 3: ...ent and software as shown in this manual A working knowledge of Microsoft Windows is required to install and use this product The Trooper Compact Flash Card Reader and Conversion Software specifications are subject to change without notice Please contact Seon Design if you have any questions or concerns about this product or any of the other The Trooper System specifications Seon Design Inc 201 20...

Page 4: ... 98 Installation 2 Windows 2000 XP Installation 2 INSTALLING THE CONVERSION SOFTWARE 3 DOWNLOADING IMAGES FROM THE DVR 6 Compact Flash Card Slot 6 Playback Buttons 6 Searching 7 Formatting The CF Card 9 Copying 10 CONVERTING AND PLAYING BACK ON THE PC 12 Run The Conversion Program 12 Video Text Overlay 14 Conversion Options 15 Converting The Images 16 SERVICE 19 ...

Page 5: ... Intel Pentium II Processor Pentium III or higher recommended 266MHz 500 MHz or faster recommended USB port V1 1 or 2 0 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 2000 Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Media Player 6 or later CD ROM drive 64 Mbytes of RAM 256 Mbytes recommended 300 Mbytes free disk space Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution display 16 bit so...

Page 6: ... Card Reader is a CD containing device drivers for Windows 98 Insert the CD into the computer s CD ROM drive Use Windows Explorer to view the contents of the CD ROM drive Double click on the file setup exe in the CD ROM folder called Card Reader the drivers will install automatically When complete a window will pop up that says The USB Storage driver has been installed completely Press the OK butt...

Page 7: ...Card Conversion folder to a temporary folder on the PC Enter the CF Card Conversion folder and run the SETUP program by double clicking on the setup exe file The initial Seon Design logo screen will be shown for a few seconds while the installation program loads For Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows XP the installation screens are almost the same Below are the examples from a Windows 2000 instal...

Page 8: ...r for installing the program The default is in C Program Files Compact Flash Card Reader Use the Browse button to select a different location The next screen shows the current Program Folders in the PC and allows the user to add the Seon CF Card Reader program to an existing Program Folder Press the Next button to continue ...

Page 9: ...The Trooper CF Card Reader Installation and User s Guide 5 After installation is completed the window above will be displayed Select Finish to close the installation program ...

Page 10: ...he slot Slowly insert the card until the connector engages the card should feel snug in the slot PLAYBACK BUTTONS During playback or when stopped pressing the REV PLAY button will start playing the video in reverse The STOP button stops the DVR from recording or playing If the DVR is recording pressing the STOP button will allow 10 seconds before the DVR starts recording again During this time the...

Page 11: ... the user to quickly find the desired information When stopped pressing the SEARCH button will bring up the following menu on the screen Use the UP and DOWN arrow buttons to move between the three options Press the ENTER button to enter the submenu for the desired option Searching by the SEGMENT LIST lets the user choose quickly between video clips segments The beginning time and date for each seg...

Page 12: ...ut for a specific camera the then V1 V2 V3 or V4 would be displayed If all of the video signals were disconnected the VA would be displayed If the power were disconnected while the DVR was recording then PL would be displayed Use the center JOG Wheel to scroll through different pages of alarm events Pressing the ENTER button when an Alarm event has been chosen will make the DVR will start playing ...

Page 13: ...TING THE CF CARD Before copying images to the CF Card the card must first be formatted by the DVR In the System Defaults menu of the DVR is the option to format the CF Card Choose the Format CF Card option Choose the YES option to format the CF Card to the proprietary file system Press the MENU button twice to exit from the menu system DATE TIME SEARCH YYYY MM DD HH MM SS 2004 05 11 16 42 23 Syste...

Page 14: ...ollowing screen will be displayed Use the UP and DOWN LEFT and RIGHT arrow buttons to set the start and end times Press the ENTER button to begin copying the video to the CF Card Note To copy video there must be information recorded at the start time and end times If there is no video a START time not found error will be displayed Use the Playback and Search functions to confirm the start and end ...

Page 15: ...1 The number after COPY is the number of individual images saved in the chosen video sequence The number after CF USED indicates the total amount of the CF Card has been filled with images The SEGMENT number is the video segment that the stored video came from ...

Page 16: ...ystem will not recognize the file structure on the card Windows will ask if the card should be formatted choose the Cancel button RUN THE CONVERSION PROGRAM In the list of programs choose the SEON CF Card Software The following screen will come up If the CF Card Reader has been installed correctly and a CF Card is inserted the program will automatically find the image files on the card The CF Card...

Page 17: ...he Segment Image Info tab will show the specific details of the video segment as well as the DVR the recorded the segment If the CF Card is removed from the reader the above information will not be shown If another card is plugged into the reader the program will automatically scan the card and show the new information ...

Page 18: ...ab and the following screen will be shown The Watermark option will put a small SEON graphic onto the video to indicate that it has been generated from the Trooper system Check this box to display the Watermark on the converted video In this example the Vehicle Signals Channel Title and Extra String options are not available These features relate to the 4 channel full featured TR4 20 Trooper DVR ...

Page 19: ...hown in the Compressor box are the programs that the CF Card Conversion program has found to be installed on the PC Usually the most common codec is the Microsoft Video 1 codec Each codec will have different parameters that can be set to change how the images are converted If the user is unsure about the parameters just use the default choices In the Configure sub menu there are more options that ...

Page 20: ...e Author Info tab and the following window will be displayed Enter any information that may be necessary and select the OK button when done CONVERTING THE IMAGES The Convert tab at the top of the window is used to select the file name and folder to which the video will be saved Select the Convert tab and the following screen will be shown ...

Page 21: ...only one camera at a time After pressing the OK button the conversion process will begin The following screen will be displayed When the conversion is completed the following screen will be displayed Depending on the complexity of the video images and the speed of the PC it may take a few seconds or minutes to do the file conversion When completed press the Done button The AVI video file can now b...

Page 22: ...in the Microsoft Video 1 codec from 75 to 50 will change a 10Mbyte file to a 2Mbyte file Alternatively Seon Design is investigating the use of different codecs that may provide even great gains in file size efficiency Please contact Seon for the latest information on codecs that we have tested and approved for use with the CF Card Conversion Software ...

Page 23: ...ack your product when it comes in for service Please show the RA number on the outside of the package ANY PRODUCT SENT TO SEON DESIGN WITHOUT AN RA NUMBER MAY BE REFUSED The contact numbers for Seon Design are toll free 877 630 7366 or 604 524 6437 Please refer to the Warranty form provided with your system to review the terms of warranty service contact and shipping information as well as other i...