Thank you for purchasing the DVTech Digital Video Recorder, a high-tech monitoring and recording solution to cover all your security needs.

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1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the DVTech Digital Video Recorder, a high-tech monitoring and recording solution to cover all your security needs. Within the chapter you will be introduced to your DVTech system and the structure of this manual. About The DVTech DVR The most advanced Hardware Compression Digital Video recording system DVTech Systems offers the DVTech series that is based on proprietary firmware, unified system architecture, modern computer technology and data communication, integration experience and specific industry applications. DVTech Systems DVR Series offers the latest in digital technology. Models range from a four channel unit up to a thirty-two-channel unit. DVTech System s ability to select resolutions up to 704x588 and capture up to 200 images per second, allows critical information to be processed in an accurate and efficient manner. The DVTech series is available as a board level and available as a dedicated Intel Pentium based system. DVTech series will offer 3 DVR s ranging from 4 to 32 channels and the DVTech 200 can handle up to 32 cameras. The system s scalability allows a user to start off with a single channel and expand to 32 channels at a later stage. DVTech Systems DVR does simultaneous video capture, video compression, video audio recording, video motion detection, video monitor, event announcement and data delivery to remote sites (DVTech Control Center) in a custom defined order. DVTech Systems DVR is a fully programmable system that provides free alarm triggering and messaging; DVTech is a DVR featuring high picture quality with small file sizes due to its MPEG-4 Hardware compression format. The average size of a single frame of video is an incredibly small 1.5k, which enables lightning-fast remote operation and three to five times more storage time than conventional MJPEG compression. The DVTech Systems Series offers intelligent recording. Users can customise recording schedules based on their security and surveillance needs. The flexible set-up parameters allow users to record continuously or record only specified events. Targeted recording can be implemented by defining specific time periods and/or pre-and-post alarm recording by individual cameras.

2 Models DVTech 100 Ideal for Medium to Large businesses or high security areas where Video surveillance is critical for public liability, safety, security and management. Display Rate: 120/100 fps Recording Rate: 120/100 fps A cost effective Windows-based digital surveillance recording solution that provides remote recording & monitoring, digital video archiving, password protection and much more. Monitoring digitally means there is no need to keep your eyes on the monitor all day long anymore. Up to 16 video inputs. DVTech 200 Ideal for serious security applications where real time performance is required. TCP/IP network operation enables 32 cameras accessible from any secure client and remote workstation. Display Rate: 240/200 fps Recording Rate: 240/200 fps The improved Windows-based digital surveillance recording solution enables remote access and management using a PC. Use up to 32 security cameras for multi-camera display, remote recording & monitoring, digital video archiving, and even password protection.

3 What This Manual Covers This manual takes you through the following topics, complete with illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and detailed descriptions. Installation includes instructions for installing the DVTech system and running the DVR for the first time. Getting Familiar with DVTech DVR describes the basic setup of the DVR screen and also brief descriptions of each of the functions. Configuration helps you set up The DVR for everyday use, for example, setting up user permissions, naming cameras and configuring hardware to your desired performance level. Operation explains the primary functions of the DVR. From viewing and capturing video to learning the important scheduling feature, this chapter shows you how to actually operate the DVR for your daily security needs. Player View recorded events via the DVTech player Remote View describes the Remote View software, including details about downloading live and recorded video from a remote client PC. DVTech PC requirements: Motherboard Intel or Gigabyte with Intel 945/965/P35 Chipset. Processor Intel 1.6GB Dual core (at least). Memory (recommended brand is Kingston) 1GB for DVT-100 or 2GB memory for DVT-200. External VGA card NVIDIA HDD 250GB, to enhance the performance you can add low capacity HDD to install on it the OS. Operating system Windows XP Home/Pro (in cases of large network structures). DVTech can supply a full tested DVR according to the your request.

4 User manual Index 1.0 PCI card and software installation 1.1 Installing the DVTech card 1.2 Installing the DVTech software 2. Main Screen 2.1 Main screen features 2.2 Snapshot 2.3 Status panel 2.4 Navigation Panel 2.5 Full Screen Mode: 2.6 Alarm Mode 2.7 Cameras & Predefined Groups. 2.8 Control of cameras & groups using the Keyboard 2.9 Extended Mode 2.10 Control the PTZ camera 2.11 Presets 2.12 DVTech Virtual Zoom 2.13 DVTech Live Zoom 3. CONFIGURATION 3.1 Main Configuration 3.2 Users Adding new user User rights Configuration: there are 2 options Custom User Rights 3.3 Centre IP 3.4 DVR Location 3.5 Auto reboot setup: 3.6 Remote Port 3.7 Centre server port 3.8 MD sampling rate 3.9 Minimum disk free space 3.10 Global MD delay 3.11 SMTP server port address for MAR 3.13 SMTP address 3.14 SMS phone number and port 3.15 Alarm sound 3.16 I/O and PTZ Baud rate 3.17 I/O and PTZ use 3.18 Default video system type 3.19 Check video signal lost 3.20 Watchdog feature How to connect DVTech Watchdog Watchdog Input Output 3.21 Backup/Restore Backup Restore

5 4.0 Camera configuration 4.1 Configuring the cameras: Multi-cam configuration Individual Camera configuration 4.2 Camera Configuration features Camera Name Video Driver Camera options Resolution Recording Directory (Optional) Motion Detect Sensitivity Motion detect record (manually) Pre record Record length time Max record length time Motion detection areas (The DVTech grid) Configuring IP cameras Configuring Axis IP camera Configuring DCS IP camera Configuring Sony IP camera Configuring UDP IP camera 4.3 Alarm Alarm ON/OFF Play sound alarm Send alarm messages by SMS Send alarm message by 4.4 Automatic MD snapshots 4.5 Detect RGB (Only for USB cameras) 4.6 Reduce video noise 4.7 PTZ 4.8 Configure a virtual PTZ camera: 4.9 DVTech camera shift 4.10 Priority & B/W configuration B/W cameras DVTech priority DVTech priority modes To divide the frames of the cameras 4.11 DVTech Dual view mode 5. Groups configuration 5.1 Group modes 5.2 Creating a Preset for groups Create a preset 5.3 Creating groups Group name Time to display group for loop mode Group display type Cameras numbers and order in the group 5.4 Edit cameras group

6 6.0 Other Configuration 6.1 Camera viewing modes Label Mode Frame Mode 6.2 Date format 6.3 DVTech software Language 6.4 Disable Windows Explorer 6.5 Storages Define a storage location for video records Snapshots storage DVTech Storage Logic Options 6.6 External Video Player 6.7 DVR system Log View 7. DVTech Audio 7.1 Configuring the DVTech audio 8 DVTech I/O (Optional) 9 DVTech Scheduler 9.1 Selecting cameras 9.2 Select the days 9.3 Scheduler time 9.4 Types of record modes Full Record Motion Record I/O Record Alarm Record 9.5 Adding scheduler item 9.6 Scheduler on/off. 9.7 Editing scheduler item 9.8 Delete scheduler item 9.9 Create another scheduler item 10. FIND RECORDS 10.1 Watching recorded events 10.2 Full screen 10.3 continuously play 10.4 Alarm Log Clear alarm log 10.5 Delete recorded events 10.6 Backup files to a CD/DVD or Disk on key (USB stick) or a folder in the DVR Backup to a folder Backup to a CD/DVD 11. The DVR Player 11.1 Timeline mode Event colours Calendar Calendar colours

7 Selecting events for viewing Opening backup files Open the Play Mode 11.2 Play Mode Playback Options Playback Control The Play all feature Viewing speed Selecting playback time Camera view Camera playback details Maximising the camera view Zooming in to a specific area Motion Detect Sampler 12. THE REMOTE PROGRAM: 12.1 Ports issue Ways to open ports 12.2 Connecting to the main program from the remote program DNS Mode (Main system configuration) 12.3 Connecting to the main program from the remote program DNS mode Connecting to the Main system by the Remote DNS mode Direct connect 12.4 After login to the Main system: Video conference Video Stream Options Quality Greyscale Frame by frame or Video motion detects 12.5 Reconnect button 12.6 Remote Program Configuration Main 12.7 The Remote Program Configuration Cameras Screen 12.8 Remote Program Configuration Groups 12.9 Remote Program Configuration Other Remote Program I / O Configuration Remote Program Setup Scheduler Find records Stream view Download recorded events to the Remote computer.

8 1.0 PCI card and software installation: The installation CD that you received contains: 1. DVTech setup. 2. Drivers for the card. 3. DVTech User manuals 1.1 A. Installing the DVTech card: Install The DVTech card first. Automatic Installation 1. Turn off your PC and unplug the electricity cable. 2. Insert the DVTech card to a free PCI slot and attach the bracket to the PC. 3. Plug the electricity cable and turn on your computer. 4. When windows has loaded, the hardware wizard will popup, please cancel it and extract the file "DVTech Driver". 5. Insert the DVTech installation CD and wait until the Setup screen will load up. 6. To Install the DVTech DVR card click on the Driver button and choose the "Continue anyway" option from the Windows compatibility notice. 7. After the DVR card installation follow Windows request to restart the PC. Manual installation 1. Enter the "Device manager" (right click on "My computer", properties, choose the Hardware tab and open the Device manager) 2. Under "Sound, Video and game controllers", you will see "Unknown Device" or the DVTech card. 3. Choose the "Update Driver" option. 4. Select "Install from specific location" option and click "next" 5. Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install" option and click "next". 6. Select the option "Have Disk" and browse to the folder where you extracted the DVTech card drivers. 7. Select the DVTech.INF or DVTech4.inf for the DVTech-100 file, and press O.K. 8. This will manually install the DVTech card. 9. Choose the "Continue anyway" option from the Windows compatibility notice 10. When the installation has finished, wait until windows will ask to restart the computer and choose the "Yes" option. 1.2 B. Installing the DVTech software. Automatic Installation: 1. Launch DVTech Installation CD. 2. Choose Main from the menu and follow the installation steps. Manual installation: 1. Extract the file DVTechsetup.exe, and run the DVTech software installation and follow instructions. 2. At the end of the installation start the DVTech software. 3. Restart your computer. 4. When windows load again, double click on the DVTech icon, the DVTech software will load.

9 2. Main Screen Chapter Main screen features Each camera has: Camera record - enters the camera into full record mode manually. Camera Events view all the recorded events for the camera in the find records.

10 2.2 Snapshot: Capture and save a single frame from a selected camera at any given moment in time 1. To take a snapshot, select a camera and click the button in order to capture & save the current frame. 2. Snapshot Viewer - view all the snapshots taken from a particular camera. Click on the button. The snapshots are archived in reverse chronological order; the last snapshot taken will appear as the first snapshot to view. In the snapshot viewer the user can: 1. Browse all snapshots taken from a specific camera; click the left arrow to view the oldest snapshots taken or the right arrow for the latest snapshots. 2. Click on the button to print the displayed snapshot. (The printer will be the default printer configured on the operation system). 3. Windows viewer: To view the snapshot in the Windows viewer, click on button and the snapshot will open in the default Windows Picture Viewer.

11 2.3 Status panel The status panel shows the current camera status, Scheduler status, the Alarm log indicator and the audio indicators How to use the status panel: 1. Click on the camera number in the status panel to display the corresponding realtime video feed in full screen. Each camera is represented by a number and status point: Gray point indicates that the camera is not connected Black point indicates that the camera is connected but not recording. Red point indicates that the camera is in Alarm mode. Blue point - indicates that the camera is in Manual Alarm mode. Green point - indicates that the camera is in Motion detect mode. Azure point - indicates that the camera is in Full record mode. 2. Open the Scheduler By clicking on the button. 3. By clicking on the button, the scheduler will open. 4. The audio indicators graphically display the sound levels for each audio channel. 5. Audio: The DVTech system enables the user to monitor two audio channels. To live monitor an audio channel: Click the desired audio channel number. User attention messages will also be displayed in this frame. Note: The message will automatically disappear after 15 seconds, returning the frame to the status panel. To manually close any message in the frame just click on the message area

12 2.4 Navigation Panel M.A.R - Manual Alarm Record Button - Manually places all cameras in full record mode, overwriting all other recording modes. Loop Button Turn on/off the Group s sequence. EXT - switches between regular and extended mode Main display Screen returns to the main screen at any given point. Scheduler Enter the scheduler feature Find records Enter the Find Records feature Configuration Enters the program's configuration menu. DvPlayer - Opens the DvPlayer program which is used to view recorded events extensively. Full Screen - Displays cameras 1-16 & on full screen without graphical skin. 2.5 Full Screen Mode: When entering the full screen mode, the first pre-selected group of cameras will be displayed. To switch to between groups, right click on the middle of the display area. To zoom in on a specific camera, click on the left mouse button on the camera s display area. Click again to zoom out. To exit from full screen mode click on the right mouse button on the bottom right corner of the screen or click on the ESC button on the keyboard

13 2.6 Alarm Mode: To configure a camera to Alarm mode please see "Cameras configuration" section When a camera is in Alarm mode, a person can be informed via , SMS, whilst footage is recorded and snapshots are taken. Alarm Bulb: Informs the user by + snapshots and SMS when there was an alarm event activated by MD. The Alarm Bulb will blink in the following situation: When cameras are set on Alarm Mode and there are recorded new Alarm/MAR events. When there was a MAR recording When the blinking alarm bulb is pressed, an alarm event log will open. The bulb will stop blinking when this log is viewed and disappear when the log is cleared. To clear the Alarm log, click the "Clear alarm log" button. Note: All the files in the Alarm log will not be included in the overwriting process. When the Alarm log will be cleared, all the Alarm events will be included in the overwriting process. 2.7 Cameras & Predefined Groups. For direct access and to view a particular camera - Enter the number of the camera on the numeric key pad and press the button. For direct access and to view a particular predefined group, enter the group number on the numeric key pad and press the button.

14 2.8 Control of cameras & groups using the Keyboard: It is possible to use the numeric pad on the keyboard in order to view a camera or a group. To select a camera for display - enter the camera number followed by the Enter key. To select a group for display - enter the group number followed by the + key. To switch between groups - Use the right/left arrows keys on the keyboard. 2.9 Extended Mode: DVTech extended mode gives the user more indication and control of the system: In the extended mode the user can: 1. Control the PTZ camera. 2. Change and define Preset for the PTZ camera. 3. Monitor the Storages status. 4. Monitor the audio volume (by decibels). 5. Quick access to Presets & Groups. 6. Quick control on 4 output devices.

15 2.10 Control the PTZ camera: DVTech has different protocols for PTZ cameras, if you don't see the specific protocol for your PTZ cameras please contact DVTech support. After configuring the PTZ camera in the cams configuration, go to the main screen and enlarge the PTZ camera that you wish to control by clicking on the camera. There are three different ways to control cameras: A. Place the mouse cursor on the camera and click on the middle mouse button. Two green indicators will appear on the upper frame and another on the left side of the software. Control the camera by moving the mouse (for example, if you move the mouse to the left - the camera will pan left). Control the camera's zoom with the scroll wheel and/or the middle mouse button. Moving/scrolling forward will cause the camera to zoom in and moving/scrolling backwards will cause the camera to zoom out. LEFT FRAME UPPER FRAME

16 B. Place the cursor on the yellow point, click and hold the left button of the mouse - the cursor will change to a four direction cursor. Move the mouse to control the pan and tilt of the camera (right, left, up, down). Zoom is controlled with the scroll wheel or middle mouse button as described in A, above. C. You can also control the camera by using the arrows on the panel Presets: You can create eight different presets for each PTZ camera by direction and zoom in two ways: 1. Simple configuration: A. Pan, tilt and zoom the camera to the desired position. B. Choose the desired preset number (from 1-8). C. Right click on the desired preset. D. To set the position of the preset click on E. In the "seconds" field, set the amount of time that this preset will use in loop mode (acceptable values are from 1 to 120).. 2. Advanced configuration: Each PTZ camera has a different configuration; some may even have more than eight presets. DVTech system supports the camera's internal configuration. Note: Presets created in Advanced Mode will not be included in the Loop Mode, only presets created as indicated in 1, above, will be included in Loop Mode.

17 2.12 DVTech Virtual Zoom DVTech virtual zoom enables you to convert any camera with 4CIF (D1) resolution to a virtual PTZ camera. With DVTech 4CIF resolution the user can control a camera like any other PTZ camera. Working with DVTech virtual zoom: 1. The DVTech system must be in Extended mode. 2. Enlarge the virtual PTZ camera. 3. When enlarged the default zoom view is in the middle of the frame as the preconfigured zoom (Cams options PTZ Virtual PTZ set the percentage of the view) 4. Control the camera as a PTZ camera with the PTZ controllers or with the DVTech PTZ mouse feature. 5. To add a preset: a. PTZ the camera to the desired position. b. Right click on the desired preset. c. Press the Set button to confirm. 6. Loop Mode: By pressing the Loop button the camera will tour from right to left DVTech Live Zoom: DVTech system enables you to zoom on a live stream from a camera. 1. Choose the camera and click on it to maximize it. 2. Click on the mouse wheel (middle button). 3. Zooming in/out the user has 2 options: A. With the mouse wheel Scroll the wheel forward to zoom in or Scroll back to zoom out, the zoom option will zoom in/out to the centre of the picture. B. With the right mouse button right click on the part of the screen for zooming in, each click on the screen will zoom in and it will be up to X20 digital zoom. The live zoom will zoom-in into the point of the area that was clicked on the camera picture. 4. To turn back to 1:1 scale and go out from zoom mode for options A & B Click on the left mouse button on the camera display area.

18 3. CONFIGURATION 3.1 Main Configuration The main configuration is used to control user rights of accessing the program. From this screen it is possible to Add, Delete and Edit users details. Login to video station when this box is checked, all users must enter a User Name and Password when logging in, otherwise the Main DVTech will start with the login screen.

19 3.2 Users: By default the Main DVTech will start with the admin user which is the DVTech Administrator. Other users can have Admin Rights, but they will not be able to edit other users Adding new user: 1. Press the add user button, fill all required fields and press the Save button the password need to be at least 4 characters.

20 2. After creating a new user, the User rights screen will open: User rights Configuration: there are 2 options: 1. Admin rights to assign admin rights for a user, tick this box. 2. Manually configure user rights: The Administrator can assign each user their rights by selecting the relevant options for the individual user. 3. A local preset must be selected but a remote preset is optional.

21 3.2.3 Custom User Rights Un-tick Admin rights, to allow the selection of individual areas within the system you wish to give access to. a. Autologin When ticked this user will automatically login to the system (for example if the guard user needs to log every time the system restarted tick this box). b. Connect from Center This option will allow a remote user to login using the Remote Monitoring tool c. View Settings Buttons This option shows or removes the Settings bar (the configuration button, schedule, EXT ) d. Stop recording/mar/alarm Gives the ability to stop recording. e. Control PTZ Give the facility to move the cameras using the Pan, Tilt and Zoom functions. f. Access to Schedule Allows a user to view and amend the Recording Schedule/Diary g. Access to view records Allows the user to review recorded footage. h. Camera toolbar Shows or hides the 4 icon toolbar on the bottom left of each camera screen. i. Default full screen When ticked, when the user will enter the system, the screen will be on full screen mode. j. Can exit when ticked this user will have the ability to exit the main system. k. Local preset you can set to each user the preset of cameras that the user will be able to monitor in the Main system. l. Remote preset and Dual view - you can set to each user the preset of cameras that the user will be able to monitor in the remote software and the Dual view mode. Following the configuration, press the save button to apply the new rights or cancel to return to the main configuration screen without saving changes. For more information about Local presets and Remote presets see chapter Groups configuration.

22 3.3 Centre IP To connect to the centre software enter the IP address of the centre software which the centre administrator need to provide. 3.4 DVR Location You must specify a location name to the main system when you want to connect to the centre and to the DNS server. 3.5 Auto reboot setup: For Windows automatic reboot set this option: Enable auto reboot reboots the operating system at the defined interval check the box to enable automatic reboot. Day interval Select how many days between automatic reboots. Reboot time The time the system will reboot. 3.6 Remote Port there are two ways of remote port: 1. Full mode In this mode the user will be able to control ALL the configurations of the DVTech software. Enter the port number that the remote computer will connect to (The user must open 6 consecutive ports on the firewall, for example if you choose to open port number 9677, you need to open the ports ). 2. Minimum mode In this mode the user will be able to monitor the cameras and watch the recorded events, but the user will not be able to control and change the configuration. To set this mode enter in the Remote port field the port Center server port In order to enable the DVTech Control Center Standard server to communicate with the main system, please enter the port number of the DVTech Control Center Standard server. This port must also be opened in the firewall. 3.8 MD Sampling rate - Fill this field to set the sampling rate which controls how many FPS the Main system will send to the remote software. 3.9 Minimum disk free space - Enter the amount of minimum disk free space desired in the storage HDD in GB. The DVR System will automatically switch to the next storage location when the minimum amount of disk free space is reached Global MD delay - Choose how long the Motion Detect will be disabled after the system has started.

23 3.11 SMTP server port - To define the Mail SMTP server port and SMTP server host Alarm/MAR messages by . for sending address for MAR - indicates where DVR should send an alarm message in the case of an MAR SMTP address - Indicate the address for outgoing mail SMS phone number and port Enter the phone number that in case of MAR the system will send this number a SMS notification, also configure the port that the modem device is using Alarm sound indicate the location of the WAV file to be played in the event of an alarm Use the button to browse for this file in your computer, and click on the button to preview it I/O and PTZ Baud rate: Defines the speed of the protocol commands for all the PTZ cameras and the DVTech I/O solution. If the Baud Rate is different between the cameras please choose the lowest baud rate of the camera and set up all the cameras to this Baud Rate I/O and PTZ use DVTech software can controls the I/O and PTZ cameras from the card or from a converter of RS 232 to RS-485. choose the unit you want to use Default video system type Choose the cameras video type (PAL or NTSC), the user will be able to configure each DSP to a specific video type in the cameras priority section (cameras configuration section 4.0) Check video signal lost Tick this box to activate the check of the system of the general video signal lost. In the cameras configuration the user will be able to set it per camera.

24 3.20 Watchdog feature DVTech card has the ability to hard reset the system in case of software failure, in the DVTech package there is the Watchdog cable How to connect DVTech Watchdog The watchdog cable contains one end with 2 jumper inputs (female) and two outputs (male) Watchdog Input connect the input to the PC reset jumpers on the card (see picture) Output Connect one of the double male pins to the reset jumpers on the motherboard (If you don't know how to locate it, see motherboard manufacturer manual, or call DVTech support). The other male pins cord connect it to the PC reset button (optional only if you want to do reset to the system through the computer itself)

25 3.21 Backup / Restore: DVTech system enables the user to backup his configuration and to restore it in case of data loss Backup: 1. Open the Main configuration tab. 2. Click on the button. 3. Browse for the pre-prepared folder. 4. Choose the settings that you want to backup by tick or un-tick the boxes Note By selecting the Events database box, the system will save the current database which will affect on future restore process. 5. Click on the button to start the backup process. 6. To reset all the configuration of the Main system, click on the button and authorize the process.

26 Restore: 1. Click on the button to open the restore feature. 2. Click on the browse button to choose the Restore folder. 3. Double click on the folder and click OK. 4. Tick the boxes of the configuration that you want to backup. 5. Click on the button to start the Restore process.

27 4.0 Camera configuration 4.1 Configuring the cameras: DVTech has 2 types of camera configuration: 1. Multi-cam configuration 2. Individual camera configuration Multi-cam configuration: a. Select camera number 1. b. Click on the "Multicam select" button. c. When all the cameras are blinking, click on the cameras you want to configure. d. Configure the cameras with the settings you prefer. e. Click on the "Save" button. f. (After clicking "Save" button the process can take up to 1 minute Individual Camera configuration: a. Select the camera you wish to configure. b. Configure the camera. c. Click on the "Save" button 4.2 Camera Configuration features: Camera Name: Name a camera, for example: the name of the place where the camera is located Video Driver: Select the camera you wish to use as connected to the dongle (for example if a camera connected to number 02 in the dongle the video driver need to be dvtech02) Camera options: Each camera has different options (Brightness, contrast, etc'), click on the button, to enter Resolution: Each camera can be defined in a different resolution (CIF, 4CIF) Recording Directory: The recorded data is stored by default in the Data folder (setting in the Other configuration Storages). If you wish to store the recorded data in a different location, select the location here Motion Detect Sensitivity - Choose the level of sensitivity for the Motion Detect Recorder Motion detect record (manually) - To record when motion is detected, check the Start record to file when motion detected. NOTE: Motion Detect Recorder will only work manually if this box is ticked! Pre record By default the pre record is set to 5 seconds, you can disable the pre record by un-ticking the box Record length time Defines the minimum record time, default is set at 5 minutes.

28 Max record length time: The default length is 10 minutes. Set the length of the recording between 5 to 10 minutes Motion detection areas (The DVTech grid): Our system uses Smart Motion Detect Technology By default the system will detect any motion on the entire camera view area. However, it is also possible to include/exclude camera view areas from the motion detect system. Use the following to define the desired motion detects area: - To select entire area for detection. (Default) - To include areas in the motion detect areas. - To exclude areas in the motion detect areas Configuring IP cameras: DVTech system is a Hybrid system which enables the user to view, record and preview analogue cameras and IP cameras. The configuration of the cameras should be done from the Web configuration of the cameras, DVTech software is only capture the stream. To configure an IP cameras follow these steps: 1. Click on the configuration button and choose the Cams tab. 2. Open the Video driver drop-down field and scroll down to the required IP cameras. 3. Choose the desired IP camera. 1. Configuring Axis IP camera: 1. Choose Axis IP camera from the drop-down box. 2. Enter the URL or the IP address. 3. Port For MPEG4 streaming enter the RTSP port, for MJPEG stream enter the HTTP port and tick the MJPEG box. 4. Enter the user name and the password (doesn't have to be the administrator user name) Configuring DCS IP cameras: 1. Choose DCS IP camera from the drop-down box. 2. Enter the URL or the IP address. 3. Port For MPEG4 streaming enter the RTSP port, for MJPEG stream enter the HTTP port and tick the MJPEG box Configuring Sony IP camera: 1. Choose Sony IP camera from the drop-down box. 2. Enter the URL or the IP address. 3. Port For MPEG4 streaming enter the RTSP port.

29 4. Enter the user name and the password (doesn't have to be the administrator user name). 2. Configuring UDP IP camera: 1. Choose UDP IP camera from the drop-down box. 2. Enter the URL or the IP address. 3. Port For MPEG4 streaming enter the RTSP port, enter the UDP port as indicated in the Web setting. 4. Enter the user name and the password (doesn't have to be the administrator user name). 5. Choose the desired Frame size and the Bit rate of the desired streaming. 4.3 Alarm Alarm ON/OFF - check this box to turn the alarm mode ON/OFF when the camera detects motion Play sound alarm Tick this box to play a sound when alarm is triggered Send alarm messages by SMS: 1. Tick the box and enter the Phone number international format.(e.g./ ) 2. Click on the "Test" button, to check SMS sending Send alarm message by tick the box and enter the desired alarm text and addresses (the user can send notifications s to 3 addresses). It is also possible to attach still images of recorded data to the message sent. Indicate the number of pictures you desire. (i.e./ between 1 to 6 images). 4.4 Automatic MD snapshots: DVTech system has the ability to take high quality snapshots when there is motion detect in a camera. This feature enables the user to set specific cameras to sample high quality snapshots (more than the recorded files). To configure this feature: 1. Tick the Motion detect snapshots box, if the user didn't configure a storage for Motion detect snapshots, a box will open and ask him to specify a storage for it (this feature needs a dedicated storage with at least 20GB available for the overwriting process). 2. Snapshots delay Slide the indicator to set the delay between snapshots (from 0.5 to 5 seconds) 3. Press the SAVE button to save the configuration. 4.5 Detect RGB (Only for USB cameras) - When ticked, the specific camera will detect changes in the basic colors 4.6 Reduce video noise- Tick this option to reduce video noise for any specific camera.

30 4.7 PTZ To configure a PTZ camera follow these steps: 1. Make sure the camera is connected to the PTZ on DVTech card. 2. Choose the camera you want to configure. 3. Click on the PTZ button and the PTZ configuration will open. 4. Configure the PTZ: a. Tick the PTZ on box. b. Camera ID: Each PTZ camera must have an ID number (you must check in the Camera's user manual which is the default ID). c. Protocol: Open the Drop-box and choose the Camera PTZ protocol (if you need a specific protocol please contact DVTech support). d. Baud rate (One baud rate for all cameras) - To setup the baud rate; please go to chapter 4.1 main configuration. 5. After filling all the details, click on the save button. 4.8 Configure a virtual PTZ camera: 1. Enter to the Cams configuration. 2. Select the camera you wish to configure. 3. Make sure that the camera is configured with 4CIF resolution (672 x b) 4. Click on the PTZ button. 5. Select Virtual PTZ. 6. Enter the desired zoom scale. 7. Press Save then press Close. 8. A PTZ camera is indicated by a blue bar under the camera window.

31 4.9 DVTech camera shift DVTech system can notify the user if a camera shifted, disposition or covered from it's original view, to set this feature follow the following steps: 1. Enter the cameras configuration. 2. Choose the camera that you want to configure. 3. Click on the button. 4. A clean view of the camera will appear, move the mouse indicator to the view, the mouse indicator need to change to a crosser like indicator. 5. Select 4 static objects by dragging the mouse indicator to create 4 squares around the static objects. 6. After selecting the 4 objects the "Alarm on shift" will turned on, tick it to activate the alarm when the camera shifted, disposition or covered from those 4 objects. 7. Press the SAVE button to save the changes. 8. If you want to clear the squared objects, simply click on the button and press SAVE Priority & B/W configuration Click on the Priority button in the cams configuration (this button will appear only when camera number 1 is selected) B/W cameras In cases of B/W cameras, the user needs to tick the box of the B/W according the cameras that are B/W (for example If camera number 1 is a B/W camera the user needs to tick the B/W box of DSP number 1).

32 DVTech priority DVTech priority is designed to divide the frames of a DSP for group of cameras. Each DSP controls 4 cameras and the priority is divided between the cameras, for example: DSP No. 1 controls cameras number: 1, 9, 17, and 25, if cameras 1 and 9 are connected the user will be able to divide the 25FPS between the cameras DVTech priority has 2 modes: 1. Normal Mode. 2. Alarm\MAR Mode To divide the frames of the cameras: 1. Choose the mode of the priority (Normal or Alarm). 2. Slide with the mouse to the right in order to increase priority or to the left to decrease priority. 3. Click the "Save" button DVTech Dual view mode: This feature will work only with an external VGA card that has S-video or Composite or DVI output. DVTech system supports Dual view mode to output to an external monitor a preset of groups. Follow these steps to enable Dual view mode: 1. Connect the external monitor to the external VGA card. 2. Close the DVTech main software and right click on an empty spot in the desktop area or open the control panel and double click on the display option. 3. Choose the Settings tab. 4. Click on the "Advanced" button and choose your external card tab. 5. Configure the 2 screens attached to your VGA as a dual view mode (the primary screen need to the screen connected to the main system. 6. Save the settings, if this process succeeded you will see the main system on the primary screen and in the secondary screen you will see an empty desktop. 7. Run the DVTech main system. 8. Click on the configuration button and select the groups tab. 9. Select the Remote tab and create a preset and groups for the Dual view mode. 10. Open the Main configuration and create or edit the desired user. 11. In the drop-down box of the preset for Remote and Dual view choose the preset for the dual view. 12. Save the settings. 13. Switch to the user with the Dual mode preset. 14. The groups of the preset will now appear on the secondary screen.

33 5 Groups configuration Designed for an easier and more convenient view, the group configuration allows you to select presets for groups of cameras, in order to maximize your viewing efficiency. A Group Preset is used for easy access to camera groups. Different presets may be used at different times of the day, or for different users. A Camera Group is a defined group of cameras which are to be viewed simultaneously.

34 5.1 There are 2 types of modes: 1. Local In this mode the user creates a preset for the main system. 2. Remote and Dual view - In this mode the user create a preset for the remote client and for the Dual view. In order to control the view of cameras to a user without admin rights, DVTech system enables the administrator to create presets that defines the cameras groups for a user that the user permitted to see, for example, If the administrator wants the user to be able to see only cameras 1-8, the administrator will create a preset name "Guard" then create 2 groups 1-4 and 5-8. For assignment of the preset to the user please see chapter 4.1 Main configuration user rights section. 5.2 Creating a Preset Create a preset - To add a preset, click on the button under Group Preset. A screen to enter the new preset name will open. Click on ADD after entering the name. NOTE: The DVTech default is the Main Preset which consists of two camera groups, no. 1-16, and

35 5.3 Creating groups: In order to create a group, you must enter the following: Choose the preset for these groups of cameras from the presets list Group name: enter the desired group name Time to display group for loop mode: enter a number of seconds, between 1 and Group display type: select the desired display of cameras Cam numbers and order in group: select numbers of cameras, from left to right, to be included in the group. The 4 additional cameras on the right side of the screen will be displayed only in extended mode. After entering all the required details click the ADD button. In the group list, you can view the group name, the camera numbers assigned to each group, the loop display time and the numbers of additional cameras to be displayed on the right hand side of the screen in extended mode. 5.4 Edit cameras group: 1. Select the preset of the group cameras. 2. From the groups list, double click on the desired group. 3. The settings of this group will appear, change the setting and click on the SAVE button. Use the ADD, DELETE, NEW and SAVE button bar for all group operations.

36 6.0 Other Configuration 6.1 Camera viewing modes: DVTech has 2 different ways to view the recording process of the cameras Label Mode: In this mode the user can see the recording status with a caption that informs the user which cameras are currently recording. Select the colour of the caption, font type and size of the Alarm and I/O captions Frame Mode: In this mode each camera has a coloured square surrounding it, according to its current status. Frame mode contains 2 modes: 1. MD (Motion Detect) Visualization: The frame will appear in Motion Detect mode. a. No Frame When recording, no frame will appear surrounding the cameras. b. Show Frame - When recording, a green frame surrounding the cameras will constantly appear. c. Flash Frame - When recording, a flashing green frame will appear surrounding the cameras. d. Flash MD - When recording, a green frame will not be displayed but in the cam status bar (Main screen chapter) a green indicator will flash for those cameras that are recording. 2. MAR Visualization: A frame will appear in Manual Alarm Mode a. No Frame When MAR recording is turned on, NO frame will appear surrounding the cameras. b. Flash Frame - When MAR recording is turned on, a blue flashing frame surrounds the cameras. 6.2 Date format - Select the format in which you desire the date to be displayed. 6.3 DVTech software Language: In order to select the language of the Main system the user need to choose from the language menu the desired language and to choose the character settings of the same language. (For example to choose Hebrew language just select the Hebrew and set Hebrew from the character setting) and press SAVE 6.4 Disable Windows Explorer: DVTech system allows the administrator to remove the Windows explorer file in order to remove all the components of Windows. Tick the box and press the SAVE button.

37 6.5 Storages Select the desired storage path in which the records will be stored. It is possible to select up to 4 different storage locations. By Default, the DVTech system will use Storage A, as the first storage location, Storage B as the second, etc In order to define a storage location for video recored: 1. First tick the box near the appropriate storage A,B,C, or D. 2. Browse to the desired path, for each storage location. 3. Choose the storage directory. 4. Click "Save" Snapshots storage: DVTech system needs a different storage path to storage the automatic MD snapshots, this storage must contain at least 20GB of free space and must be different path from the storages of the recoded files DVTech Storage Logic Options First Rec indicates the date in which the system first started recording in that particular storage location. Last Rec indicated the last date in which the system recorded any information in that particular storage location. In order to effectively manage your storage resources, DVTech system enables you to choose four different physical storage locations. When one of the storage locations is close to reaching its predefined minimum disk free space, the DVTech system will: 1. Switch to the storage with the oldest recorded footage (if there is another preconfigured storage location), for example, the system is saving files in storage location D and determines that D is nearing the end of its capacity. The system will query the other configured storage locations to determine which has the oldest data. If the oldest "Last rec" date is on storage B the system will switch to storage B and not return to storage A. 2. If there is only one storage location configured, the DVTech system will erase 2GB of the oldest files within this storage location. 6.6 External Video Player It is possible to view and playback recorded footage with an external player. (The default player is Windows default player). Browse and choose the desired player. When browsing, the file type should be set on Programs. To set the option selected, click on the Set Player button. Alarm instructions Fill this field with instructions for a user in case of an Alarm events

38 6.7 DVR system Log View It is possible to view the daily activity of any given day. To View the log, select the day desired from the date list. There are 3 colours for the log: 1) Black- Regular system activity 2) Blue- Connecting/disconnecting from remote/ center users. 3) Red- alarm and attention.

39 7. DVTech Audio You can connect 2 audio channels from the Sound card. (Audio 3 and Audio 4) 7.1 Configuring the DVTech audio: 1. Enter the configuration screen and click on the Audio tab. 2. Choose the audio channel that you want to configure. 3. Source: Select the audio source that you want to configure (from DVTech audio 1 to DVTech audio 8). 4. Map to DVTech audio: Choose a camera that when it will record, it will trigger the audio recording. 5. Triggered by: The audio channel can be triggered by I/O, click on the drop-down box to map it. 6. After configuring the audio channel, click on the "Save" button. 7. To activate the Audio channel, tick the box relevant Audio box.

40 8.0 DVTech I/O (Optional): DVTech I/O is designed to control wired devices such as dry contact detectors, infra red detectors, etc. The DVTech card has 1 x I/O input. The user can connect 1 x I/O input directly to the DVTech card. DVTech I/O card has six input connections and 2 output connections. To configure an I/O follow these steps: 1. Connect the I/O device to DVTech I/O card and remember the I/O number 2. Open the I/O configuration. 3. Name: Enter the name of the I/O device. 4. Triggered to: i. The user can assign 2 parallel actions for an I/O input event. ii. The user can choose 1-4 of the Output I/O. iii. The user can choose that MAR event will be triggered in case of an I/O event. iv. The user can choose that 1 of 32 cameras will be triggered to record 1 of 4 Audio channels 5. Check the I/O option in order to enable it. 6. Click on the (I/O picture box) to add a Jpeg file. When the I/O Input event is activated, the picture will appear on the screen to notify to the user about the event. (Up to 100KB per file). Simulating the I/O Input To simulate I/O event manually, click on the number on the left side of I/O name and go to main cameras screen and click on Show Groups icon.

41 9 DVTech Scheduler 9.1 Selecting cameras - Select cameras desired by ticking the checkboxes or use the fast-groupselect to choose a group of cameras: 9.2 Select the days of operation - Select the days of the week desired using the toolbar for scheduled days: 9.3 Scheduler time - Select the desired Start and End Time of the scheduler: Note - Each scheduler item MUST be at least 30 minutes.

42 9.4 Types of record modes: Full Record All selected cameras will start and end recording at the desired day and time Motion Record All selected cameras are in Motion Detect Mode. A camera will start recording only when motion is detected at the desired day and time I/O Record - All selected cameras will start recording when I/O device has been triggered Alarm Record - All selected cameras will start recording in Alarm Mode. Type of record. 9.5 Adding scheduler item After all parameters are selected, press the button and the desired scheduler item will be added and appear in the scheduler list window. 9.6 Scheduler on/off. To activate the scheduler click on the ON button and make sure the green light is active Scheduler OFF - Scheduler ON Editing scheduler item - To edit a particular scheduler item, deactivate the scheduler by turning it off., double click on the item in the scheduler list window; the schedule item's configuration will be shown. After editing, press the button to save the changes. 9.8 Delete scheduler item - To delete a scheduler item, select the item in the scheduler list window and press the button. 9.9 Create another scheduler item - To create a new scheduler item, press the button. Note If you create another scheduler item make sure that the items aren't crossing each other Please Note: The Scheduler will not be activated if not turned on.

43 10. FIND RECORDS To view recorded events, press the following screen will come up: Button and enter the Find Records feature. The 10.1 Watching recorded events - In order to watch the recorded events follow these steps: 1. Choose the cameras by ticking/unticking the cameras you want to watch. 2. Choose the type of recorded events you want to watch (VMD, Alarm, MAR). 3. Tick the "Find by time" box to specify time limits of the recorded events. 4. Choose the start and End dates of the desired recorded events. 5. Click on the blinking SEARCH button to initiate the search of the recorded events. 6. To view the first frame of the recorded event, select the desired file, to playback the recorded event, double click on the file or you can control selected video playback by the player buttons:

44 10.2 Full screen - While playing the recorded files, you can enlarge the view of the recorded events by clicking on the button continuously play - The user can play continuously recorded events by selecting the preliminary file from the list and to click on the button Alarm Log - Use the to enter the list of all Alarm events recorded Clear alarm log - Use the button to clean all events from the alarm log (the events will only remove from the alarm log but will not be deleted from the HDD Delete recorded events - Use the button to permanently delete an event from the list. To delete a group of files: 1. Select the desired files from the list by holding down the CTRL button and select the files, or right click with the mouse on any recorded event, choose the option "Select all" that will appear from the menu. 2. Click on the button and authorize the process Backup files to a CD/DVD or Disk on key (USB stick) or a folder in the DVR: 1. Sort the files you want to backup by selecting the desired events. 2. Right click on one of the files and choose the "Select all" option. 3. Click on the button. 4. Choose the type of backup you want to initiate (CD/DVD or to a folder) Backup to a folder: 1. Click on the browse button to browse for the desired folder or storage device. 2. Press the button to start the process Backup to a CD/DVD: 1. Insert CD/DVD to the CD/DVD writer. 2. Make sure that the storage capacity not exceed the amount of storage of the CD/DVD. 3. Click on the to start the burning process.

45 11. The DVR Player The DVR player is a tool that allows you to thoroughly view recorded events in an effortless, easy-to-manage way. To enter the DVR player, press the Extended Video file database Find & Play. button. When entering the DVR player, the default screen is the timeline player.

46 11.1 Timeline mode: In the timeline mode, there is a grid that will classify recorded events, assigning each type of event to a colour, providing a complete view of the day s events. By default, the player opens a time line of 24 hours from 00:00h to 23:59 of the current day with all types of recorded events. Each camera is represented by a separate line on the grid Event colours - There are four different recorded event types, differentiated by the type of event that occurred. Each event is represented by a different colour: Alarm Event. Manual Alarm Event Motion Detect Record Event Manual Normal Record If you wish to view only a specific type of recorded event, exclude the rest by clicking on the different event types at the bottom of the calendar. To include a type of recorded event, simply click again.

47 The event filter buttons: Calendar When opened, the DVR player displays a calendar of the current month Calendar colours - The days of the month are marked by three different colours: Yellow indicates the current date. Red indicates that there is some type of a recorded event on that day. White - indicates that there are no recorded events for that day. NOTE: The extended player can display only one whole day at a time Selecting events for viewing There are two options of viewing recorded events of a particular day. Select the date and start/end times on the calendar. Select the date from the calendar and than use the grid to select the time by pointing to the start time and dragging to the end time. Note: to zoom in on a recorded event, mark the event, and double click within the marked area Opening backup files Files that have been stored in the Backup feature of the Find Records screen can be retrieved and viewed in the DVTech player by pressing on the button. To retrieve all backed-up files from all cameras, browse for the root directory of the data folder. (i.e. / C:\Program Files\DVTech\data). To retrieve backup files from a single camera, browse for the desired camera folder within the data folder. (i.e. / C:\Program Files\DVTech\data\cam1). To retrieve backup files from CD, browse for the appropriate disc drive, and choose the root directory or specific camera file. After selecting the desired folder, the DVTech player will load the files and notify you of the number of files found. The events of the earliest recording will be automatically displayed on the grid. Note: the player calendar will automatically move to the date of the first recorded event. Note: Recorded events will not be saved in the player once the player is closed. For additional viewing of the recorded events, retrieve the data again.

48 Open the Play Mode After you have selected the date and time desired, select the cameras you wish to view on the left hand side of the screen (up to eight cameras) and press the Play Mode button to enter the play mode. NOTE: At least one camera must be selected in order to enter the play mode.

49 11.2 Play Mode: Once you have entered to play mode, you will see the screen divided by the number of cameras you have selected to view. (Up to eight cameras). On the bottom of the screen, you will see the timeline of the recordings you have selected to view. While in the play mode, it is also possible to select/de-select cameras. Simply click on the camera buttons on the left side of the time line Playback Options Current time displayed-- Play indicator-- -- Time line cursor Position Play back direction-- and speed control Player mode indicator -- Playback Controls--

50 On the time line there is a slider selected cameras. that shows the actual position of played video for all Use the top of the slider to drag it on the timeline. The screens of the selected cameras will show frames of the recorded material during the dragging process. During the Playback the slider will move with the current play time and will be shown on the playback control panel Playback Control Backward play Pause Forward Play One frame backward One frame forward Play files in Loop Mode Play events without blanks Play backwards Speed selector Play forward Speed selector The Play all feature - can only be used when there is just one camera selected or zoomed in to full screen, it will play only recorded materials on the time line, eliminating the empty space between Viewing speed - To change the speed and direction of playback, click and hold to scroll between speeds.

51 Selecting playback time - It is possible to select for playback only part of the timeline in the following ways By setting the From and To option on the right side of the screen: On the time line, by clicking and dragging from the start to the end of desired selection, or moving the cursors to the desired position. Left Curser Selected Time Line Right Cursor After the desired selection is made, it is possible to zoom-in on the timeline to by clicking on the marked area of the time line.

52 Camera view Camera playback details - The name of the camera, event type and matching event colour will be displayed at the bottom of each screen Maximising the camera view - To maximise the camera to full screen mode on the display screen, click on the camera display screen Zooming in to a specific area - Click on the magnifying glass button under the calendar. The calendar will be replaced by a picture of the selected camera.

53 To select the area of the picture you wish to zoom-in on, point the cursor to the upper-left corner of the area and drag it to the bottom-right corner. Release mouse button when done. The selected area will be shown on the camera display area and maximised to full screen. It is possible to drag the red rectangle of the selected area and place it on other points in the picture. Once you have zoomed in, you can press the play button to get an enlarged view of the recorded material. To zoom-out, just click on the button Motion Detect Sampler The motion detect feature is used to find motion events within a recorded event. It is better to use this feature when reviewing recorded events that are manual alarm record and manual normal record types. Sampling a specific event can be done as follows: 1. In play mode, choose the camera which you wish to sample and click on it. 2. Move the cursor to the first frame of the recorded event you wish to sample. 3. Click on the at the bottom of the calendar. 4. The calendar will be replaced by a screen showing the frame you chose with the motion detect grid. 5. Choose the areas of the grid which you would like to sample by selecting the desired area of the grid, click on the and select the area on the grid. To include an area, click on the and select the area on the grid. 6. You can also select the motion detect sensitivity by dragging the sensitivity scale found on the right hand side of the grid. Select the desired sensitivity from 1 (least sensitive) to 9 (most sensitive). 7. After selecting the desired area and sensitivity, click on the play button to start sampling the recorded event. 8. The MD sampler will mark a yellow vertical line on the coloured timeline of the recorded event every time it detects motion. 9. To skip between different Motion detect events, use the on the playback control. 10. To clear the sampled motion detect events from the coloured timeline click on the 11. To exit the motion detect sampler feature, click on the. Note: it is highly recommended that the MD sampler be used only on x1 playback so that no frames will be lost.

54 12. THE REMOTE PROGRAM: The remote program is similar to the Dvtech local program, which are especially designed for the remote user. In this chapter you will find extensive explanations for those differences. For explanations of functions that are included in the Dvtech main program, you will be referred to the appropriate chapters in the Dvtech main program manual Ports issue - Ports In order to connect from the remote software to the Main software the user must open ports in the router on the Main system computer and router: Ways to open ports there are two ways of opening ports: 1. Full mode In this mode the user will be able to control ALL the configurations of the DVTech software. Enter the port number that the remote computer will connect to (The user must open 6 consecutive ports on the firewall, for example if you choose to open port number 9677, you need to open the ports ). 2. Minimum mode In this mode the user will be able to monitor the cameras and watch the recorded events, but the user will not be able to control and change the configuration. To set this mode enter in the Remote port field the port 80. Please make sure to open the ports before connecting from the remote to the Main system.

55 12.2 Connecting to the main program from the remote program: DVTech has 2 ways to connect from the remote: DNS Mode (Main system configuration): Registration to DNS server in the Main software 1. Enter the main configuration in the DVTech main system. 2. Enter the desired name in the Location field and press "SAVE" (Please note that the name is case-sensitive and has a minimum of 7 characters). DVtech Main system 3. After entering the location name, click on the button to open the DNS configuration. 4. When the DNS configuration dialog box is opened fill in the following: a. Enter the address to which the Registration code will be sent. b. Server IP The IP address must be : c. Port The port must be: 6060 or 9999 d. Registration Code: The first time the registration code must be left blank. 5. After entering all the details (except for the registration code), click on the save button. 6. Check the top label of the main system software to ensure that the server is connected.

56 7. Check your for a registration code from "DVTech robot". 8. Check your (for the address entered in the field) for an with a sender name of "DVTech robot", in the there will be a registration code. 9. Highlight and copy the code to Windows clipboard and open the Name Server Registration window by clicking. 10. Paste or manually enter the code in the "Registration Code" space, and click the "Save" button. 11. Check the top label for yellow label indication for connection and registration to the server.

57 12.3 Connecting to the main program from the remote program: DNS mode: 1. Open the DVTech Remote software. 2. On the Login screen enter the following: a. Address Enter this address: b. Port Enter this port : 6060/9999 (ask the installer to which the DVR system is connected) c. Location Enter the predefined location name same as entered for main system d. Enter your username & password and click on to connect. DVtech Remote

58 Connecting with the Remote by direct connect: 1. Open the DVTech Remote software. 2. On the Login screen enter the following: e. Address Enter your IP address f. Port Enter your port number same as remote port on the main software, see chapter 4.1 Main configuration. g. Enter your user name & password h. Check the box for "Direct connect" i. Click on to connect. DVtech Remote

59 12.4 After login to the Main system: After Logging in, you will enter the main screen of the remote program, which is similar to the main screen of the DVTech main software Video conference it is possible to establish a video conference with the main software. In order to do so, you must have a camera of any kind that enables you to make a video conference call from any other software. Select the type of camera you have, using the video driver from the drop down menu. 1. After selecting the camera, click on the Start Conference button. A Video Conference session will start with the main software. The main video area in the main software will be replaced with the remote conference video stream. 2. Monitor Audio Use this feature when you wish to monitor the microphone that is connected to the sound card on the computer where the main software and the DVR card are installed. 3. Play/record indicators: indicates the microphone and speakers levels (default sound card of the system) Microphone and speakers volume control sliders (default sound card of the system).

60 Video Stream Options because bandwidth issues DVTech developed 3 mechanisms to solve the problem Quality: Controls received video quality. Frame Size Full/ Half/ Quarter: Controls received video frames resolution. Quality and frame logics: Quality and frame settings affect the video frame rate. There is a trade-off between quality and received frame rate, that is, the greater the quality the lower the frame rate and the lower the quality the higher the frame rate Greyscale - Tick the greyscale box if you wish to receive streamed video information in black and white only. This feature will enhance the video streaming up to 30% faster Frame by frame or Video motion detects: 1. Frame by Frame In this mode all the cameras are sending frames to the DVTech Remote. 2. Video Motion Detect In this mode just the cameras that detect motion are sending frames to the DVTech Remote Reconnect Select this if you wish to reconnect to the main program

61 12.6 Remote Program Configuration Main The Remote Program Configuration The Main Screen is similar to the main program configuration screen, with the following differences. The main configuration in the Remote program is used to control user rights of accessing the program, only the main Administrator (not a user with admin rights) from this screen is able to Add, Delete and Edit users details. Restart Main - When pressed, this feature will restart the main DVTech program. This feature is useful should a fault occur on the main system or when changes are made from the remote program to the main program, which requires a restart. The bars which are turned off cannot be changed by the remote user. For more information please refer to the Dvtech main configuration chapter

62 12.7 The Remote Program Configuration Cameras Screen. The Remote Program Configuration Cameras Screen is similar to the main program configuration screen. The main difference is that certain fields can be modified, and others cannot. For a more explanation about this screen, please refer to the main user manual, Configuration Cams. The following fields can be modified: Camera Name Motion Detect Sensitivity Start record to file when motion is detected Alarm Notification Option (By SMS, or ) Record length time Sampling quality Check video signal lost MD snapshots Alarm On/Off Detect RGB Option Reduce Video Noise Motion Detect Delay

63 12.8 Remote Program Configuration Groups In this screen, you can create groups specifically designed for the remote user, which will not affect the main program. Groups can be created in the same way as in the main program. (See chapter Groups Configuration ). NOTE: the main program groups cannot be altered from the remote program, but you can download the Group configuration from the remote click on the button.

64 12.9 Remote Program Configuration Other For more information please refer to chapter Configuration-Other The following fields can be modified: Caption configuration Remove storage from the Storage options View the log Control the I/O events

65 12.10 Remote Program I / O Configuration

66 12.11 Remote Program Setup Scheduler All scheduler functions in the remote program are the same as the local program. For more information please refer to chapter Scheduler. NOTE: Changes made in the scheduler screen will immediately affect the main program.

67 12.12 Find records In the find records screen you can sort events by: Camera Number, Alarm, VMD, Manual Alarm and Date. For more information about how to sort, please refer to chapter Find Record. The find records screen in the remote program has 2 options to view the recorded events: Stream view:

68 a. By default the find records feature will open in stream mode. To view an event, make sure that the stream mode box is ticked. b. Determine the FPS (Frame Per Second) of the streamed video by sliding from 1 FPS to 10 FPS. c. Determine the quality of the streamed video by sliding from 100% quality to 10% quality. d. Determine the desired frame you wish to view the events from full to quarter. e. The start position gives you the option to start viewing the event from any time you like, for example, if the file was recorded from 12:00:00 to 12:01:00, you can slide to any second within that minute without viewing all the file. f. After configuring the desired configuration just double click on the event you want to view, the remote will buffer the file and after buffering it will show the event on the screen. Playback controls: - click this button to initiate the file playback. - click this button to stop the viewing. - click these buttons to skip forward or backward between the recorded events. event selected. - Click on this button to play all the files after the first

69 Download recorded events to the Remote computer. a. To turn on this feature, untick the box of the Stream Mode. b. Choose the event you want to download, and double click it, the remote will start to download it from the main system.

70 b. a. After the event has been downloaded it will be marked black. b. To view the event, click on the downloaded event and it will show on the screen. Playback controls: i. - To play the event click on the play button. ii. iii. - To stop the event viewing click on the stop button. - To pause the event click on the pause button. iv. - To view the event frame by frame, forward (right arrow) or backward (left arrow). c. To delete a single event mark the desired event and click on button. d. To delete all the downloaded events, click on the removed from your computer. button, and all the files will be The user can enlarge the recorded event by clicking on the button and to control the video display by sliding the brightness, contrast, saturation and Hue indicators