LOREX CLIENT 3.0 SOFTWARE MANUAL IRMS Integrated Remote Management Software

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1 LOREX CLIENT 3.0 SOFTWARE MANUAL IRMS Integrated Remote Management Software Instruction Manual English Version 2.0 Copyright 2007 Lorex Technology Inc.

2 Table of Contents Overview Installation Remote Site Setup Favorite Group Live View Playback Local Setup Remote Setup Appendix A Remote access via web browser Appendix B Lorex Player Appendix C - Lorex Backup Player 3 Main Window Installing the Lorex Backup Player Lorex Backup Player 3 Main Screen Appendix D Network Setup Appendix E Storage Calculator Overview This manual describes the operating procedures for the Lorex Client 3.0 IRMS (Integrated Remote Management System) software designed for the L19LD800 Series Observation System. Lorex Client 3 - Features The Lorex Client (IRMS program) is the integrated software that controls system management, video monitoring and image playback of multiple remote systems. The IRMS offers the following features: Check and report on the system status at a remote site Notification of the event detection from remote sites Remote monitoring of live camera images Time-lapse and calendar search of recorded images Remote software upgrades and system programming Remote Archive from the Combo DVR - 2 -

3 Lorex Player 3 - Features The Lorex Player is used to view video clips that are saved to: Archived to a USB Thumbstick (not included) Archived to a Removable CD-ROM Burner (not included) Lorex Backup Player 3 Features The Lorex Backup Player 3 Application is a stand alone program that can be installed to playback: Data archived to a removable Hard Drive (not included). Data mirrored to a removable Hard Drive (not included). Product Components LCD & DVR Combo Unit (with pre-installed Hard Drive) Power Adaptor 10 Ethernet Cable Remote Control Hardware Manual Software Manual (This Document) Software Installation CD System Requirements Operating System CPU RAM Video Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista. Pentium IV 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 10GB free disk or greater 64MB or greater AGP, Video RAM 32MB or higher (1024x768, 24bpp or greater) - 3 -

4 Lorex Client Installation 1. Insert the installation CD into your computer. The following installation guide window appears. Note: Product Documentation, Networking guides, and a video tutorial for camera installation are available on the CD. Please take this opportunity to register your product. This provides you with product warranty protection and product updates. 2. Click on the Lorex Client button to start the software installation for the Lorex Client and Lorex Player. 3. When the following dialog box appears, click the Next button

5 4. Click Next 5. Click Finish to complete the installation The Lorex Client and Lorex Player icons are created on the Desktop

6 After installing the Lorex Client software, run the program by double clicking on the Lorex Client desktop icon. The log-in window may appear before the main IRMS program window loads. Enter your password to start the Client software. Note: The Initial password is blank. Refer to the Local Set Up section for instructions about changing the password settings. The Lorex Backup Player 3 Application is a stand alone program that can be installed on another PC to play back data archived or mirrored to a removable Hard Drive. This application must be installed separately please refer to Appendix B Lorex Backup Player 3 for details

7 Remote Site Setup The following steps outline the setup for the Client software (for Remote Connection). Menu Click the Remote Site button, and then click the Menu button to add a new remote site. The following drop down menu will appear: Menu fields include: New: Adds and registers a new remote site. Modify: Displays the information about all remote sites registered. You can see the pop-up window. System Log: Displays the system log data of the remote site selected. Delete: Deletes the currently selected remote site. Delete All: Deletes all sites registered before. About: Displays Lorex Client software version - 7 -

8 Select the New option in the drop down menu, and enter the information for the remote site to register. The Add Site dialog box appears (see below). Options include: DEVICE: Set by default to LCD COMBO. TITLE: Enter a name for the remote site. ID: Enter the log-in ID of the remote system (default: Admin) PASSWORD: Enter the log-in password of the remote system (default: blank/no password) REMEMBER: If this option is checked, you can connect to the remote site without entering password each time. PORT: Displays an initial port number. The port must match the one assigned to the remote system to connect). The default port is set to IP/URL: Enter the IP address or domain name of the remote system: o The Local IP address (e.g. Local Network Connection IP ) o Remote IP address (e.g. Wide Area Network IP address ) o DDNS address (e.g. myurl.strategicvista.net) for the remote site. If registered with the LOREX DDNS service, you can enter only the prefix of the URL. (without the suffix:.strategicvista.net). Note: Please refer to Appendix C - Network Configuration and Setup for configuration details

9 Connection Connect using the Connect button. Select the site you want to connect to from the Remote Site list, and then click the Connect button. Select the Connect option. The images from the connected system cameras will appear in the Live View

10 Camera Images when remotely connected to a site: Connect Menu options include: Connect: Connects to the remote site selected. Close All: Disconnects from all remote sites currently registered. Close a Selected Site: Disconnects the currently selected remote site. Close a Selected Camera: Disconnects the currently selected camera channel

11 Connection using mouse Drag & Drop Select a previously configured location from the Remote Site window, and drag it to the live viewing location (camera display) portion of the screen. All cameras from the remote system will be displayed. You can also drag specific cameras to any available square in the Live View area, as shown in the example below The software has an advanced feature which allows you to connect to multiple sites and view cameras from different locations simultaneously on one screen (maximum of 16 cameras). Simply drag the specific cameras from each site you wish to connect to into the live viewing area

12 Favorite Group To effectively manage multiple remote sites, it is suggested the sites be assigned to a Favorite Group. Menu Click the Favorite Group button, and then select the Menu button to create a new favorite group. The drop down menu appears as shown below. Options include: New: Adds and registers a new favorite group. Delete: Deletes the currently selected group. Delete All: Deletes currently registered all group

13 Select the New option in the drop down menu, and enter the information for the favorite group. The Add Group window appears. Enter a group name, and then select previously configured sites and cameras. Click the OK button to save the settings. Options include: Title: Enter a name for the favorite group. Remote Site: Select the remote site to add as a group. Camera: Select a camera channel from the selected remote site

14 Connect to the Remote Sites using the Connect button Select the group you want to connect to from the Favorite Group list, and then click the Connection button to remotely connect to the site. The drop-down menu is shown below: Select the Connect option. The Lorex Client displays video from the connected cameras (as configured in the favorite group). Menu options include: Connect: Connects the favorite group selected. Close All: Disconnects all remote site currently registered. Close a selected group: Disconnects the currently selected favorite group. Close a selected camera: Disconnects the currently selected camera channel. Note: The drag and drop feature also works in the Favorite Group

15 Live View The Live View provides a remote monitoring function for video images in real time, from either single or multiple sites. In addition, when an event is detected at a remote site, the Live View displays the event information, and allows the user to access the remote site directly to view the associated Video images. Click on the Live View button The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the Live View is shown below: The fields in the Client Live View window include: 1. Mode Buttons: Includes Live View buttons, Playback buttons, Remote Setup buttons, Local Setup buttons. 2. Menu Button: New / Modify / Delete / Delete All / System Log / About. 3. Connect Button: Connects or Disconnects the selected remote site 4. Remote Site List: Displays the title of the remote system currently registered

16 5. Remote Site Information view: Displays the system information of the remote site selected in the remote site lists 6. PTZ Control: PTZ control buttons. 7. Emergency Event List: Displays an emergency event that was called back from individual remote site (LAN connection only). 8. Event Viewer: displays real-time event of the remote site. 9. Schedule Recording On/Off button 10. Live Viewer Window: Displays the image for the connected 16 camera of the remote system currently registered. 11. Multi Screen Division buttons: Includes Full buttons, 1x1 buttons, 2x2 buttons, 3x3 buttons, 4x4 buttons 12. Channel buttons. 13. Current Time. 14. Extension & Close button: Close the Lorex Client program. 15. Alarm Reset Button: Reset the internal beep of the Lorex Client. 16. Audio Button: Enable or disable the audio of channel selected in the Lorex Client screen. Emergency Event List Display The Emergency Event List displays the event(s) that were downloaded from individual remote sites. Press the Emergency View button to see the events list. A window of Emergency Events is shown below

17 Playback The Client Playback searches for recorded images on the remote system, and plays back the found images. In addition to search and playback functions, the Client Playback also provides additional functions including file (image) save and file (image) print. Press the Playback button Options in the Playback window include: 1. Calendar: Search results from the remote DVR (currently connected) are displayed by month. If there is a recorded data for a particular date, a blue square on the date will be displayed. 2. Play Time: Displays the time of the video playing. 3. Play Buttons: You can control the remote DVR by using playback buttons. The left-most button in the above box is the first item in the list below. Go to the first / Pause / Play / Stop / Step forward / Go to the last 4. Capture, Print & Archive: Captures and prints an image on playing. Archives recorded data from the remote site currently selected to your computer. 5. Time Chart: Displays an hour-based search screen for the chosen date. If there is data for a channel, a white section will be displayed on a 24-hour basis

18 Time-Lapse Search To connect to the Remote Site, use the same steps as connecting in Live View mode. Once a connection has been established with the remote site, and recorded data has been located for a particular date, a blue square on the date will be displayed. Selecting a blue date will display an hour-based search screen for the chosen date. If there is data for a channel, a white section will be displayed on a 24-hour based time chart. In Time-lapse mode, the system searches for recorded images by time and plays back the found images. Selecting a date from the calendar initiates time-lapse search. The dates for which recording is available are displayed in blue characters. Select a specific hour by clicking on the desired hour segment. A minute-based search window will be displayed (shown below). If there is data for a channel, a blue section will be displayed in a 60-minute segment. Select the specific minute by clicking on the desired minute segment. Video images will be played back starting with the first image captured within the one-hour segment. Playback Select a specific minute by clicking the mouse on the desired minute segment. Video images will be played back starting with the first image captured within the one-hour segment. Video Playback can also be started by pressing the button. The playback buttons include: Press button to stop playback. Press button to pause playback. Press Press Press button to go to the first. button to go to the last. button step forward. A blue bar in 60-minute search window indicates the playing time of recorded data. Note: The speed of fast forward playback is dependent on the network bandwidth and the number of images per second (FPS)

19 Additional Functions Capture ( *.BMP ) Click the Capture button to save the current image in a bitmap file format to the local hard disk drive or floppy disk. The Save Image window is shown below. Select the save location, and press the Save button. Print Click the Print button to print the current image on the printer connected to your computer. The Print window is shown below. Select a printer, and press the Print button

20 Archive Click the Archive button to archive the recorded video from the remote site (currently connected to your computer). The archive window is shown below. Select the Days and Time Range, the channel you want to archive and press the ESTIMATE button to calculate the size of the data to be archived. The size is displayed in the FILE SIZE field. Enter the name and location of the file to be archived and press the START button. The progress bar will be displayed. Note: During Archiving, you cannot do any other job with the Client software until archiving is completed

21 Local Setup The Lorex Client Local Setup controls the behavior of the Local install of the IRMS program. Press the Local Setup button. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the IRMS Local Setup is shown below. System You can set up a system password and Buzzer option. Select the System menu in the Local Setup window to set up the local system. The admin can register and modify the Client user. The number of User is maximum 20 including the Admin. USER: ADD: Add new User. DELETE: Delete User MODIFY: Modify User information

22 PASSWORD CHECK: APPLICATION START: Checks the password when starting the Client software. APPLICATION FINISH: Checks the password when exiting the Client software. ENTER SETUP: Checks the password when entering local or remote setup. BUZZER: Sets the internal buzzer of local system to ON or OFF. Set an appropriate hold time from the point of detection of event. EMERGENCY ALARM: Check the ON box to receive emergency event notification from remote sites. Remote Update The firmware can be upgraded through the IRMS software to the remote System. Select the Remote S/W Upgrade menu in the Local Setup window. You can simultaneously select multiple remote sites and check selected systems. The installation results are displayed in the Results box

23 Select the remote site to upgrade from the Remote Site field, and load an upgrade file by clicking the S/W data Load button. Click the Start button to begin the remote firmware Upgrade for the target remote site(s). Menu options include: REMOTE SITE: The remote site(s) currently registered. LOAD F/W DATA: Load the upgrade file from the local system. START: Upgrades the system(s) on the remote site(s) selected in the Remote site list. STOP: Stop the current S/W Upgrade. RESULT: Displays results of the current setup. Local Log View Displays the System log information for the Lorex Client. Select the Local Log View menu in the Local Setup window. If the user sets the period of interest and clicks the FIND button, the system log entries within the period are displayed in the list

24 Menu options include: FROM: If this box is checked, search from the first emergency event log. If you want to a specific starting date/time, remove a check and then set the desired date/time. TO: If this box is checked, search until the last emergency event log. If you want to a specific ending date/time, remove a check and then set the desired date/time. FIND: Displays emergency event log entries within preset period. SAVE AS: Saves the log information to the Excel file format. DELETE: Deletes a log selected. CLEAR: Deletes all data on system log in your PC. Emergency Log View Displays the log of emergency events downloaded from remote sites. Select the Emergency Log View menu in the Local Setup window. Select dates, and click the FIND button. The emergency event log entries within the period are displayed in the list

25 Options include: FROM: If this box is checked, search from the first emergency event log. If you want to a specific starting date/time, remove a check and then set the desired date/time. TO: If this box is checked, search until the last emergency event log. If you want to a specific ending date/time, remove a check and then set the desired date/time. FIND: Displays emergency event log entries within preset period. SAVE AS: Saves the log information to the Excel file format. CLEAR: Deletes all data on emergency events in your PC

26 Remote Setup The Remote Setup allows changes to be made to the configuration of the System from a remote location. It is possible to control the system and configure menu settings via the user friendly software interface. This feature not only saves time but also provides flexibility to make system setting as needed from a remote location. Select a remote site registered in the remote site window and press the Remote Setup button NOTE: Please refer to the Hardware Manual for a detailed set of Configuration Instructions

27 System The system menu enables basic configurations for the remote system such as Time/Date, Display, Language and User. Selecting the System in the Remote Setup Menu displays System Setup window as above. Screen Save Select the Screen Save option in the Remote Setup Menu to configure the function:

28 Event This menu is used to set event options such as Alarm Input, Motion Detection, Video Loss, Text-in, System Event, and Action. Selecting the Event option in the Remote Setup Menu displays Event Setup window: Alarm-In Selecting the Alarm-In in the Remote Setup Menu displays the options shown above

29 Motion Detection Selecting the Motion option in the Remote Setup Menu displays the Motion Setup window. Set the actions that the system will take whenever it senses a motion detection event, and camera channels to record when the motion detection occurs. Select a button in the ZONE field. The Motion Zone setup screen appears and it is displayed over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or unselecting blocks

30 Motion Zone Screen CLEAR Blocks - Selected areas (will detect motion). PINK Blocks - Unselected areas (will not detect motion). Video Loss Selecting the Video Loss option in the Remote Setup Menu displays the Video Loss Setup window. You can activate a video loss event by selecting ON in the ON/OFF field. When video loss occurs on a channel (no input signal from a video input connector), it will be processed as an event

31 Text-In Selecting the Text-In option in the Remote Setup Menu displays Text-In Setup window. You can activate a text-in event by selecting ON in the ON/OFF field. This menu enables the system to process a text-in input (such as data from a Point Of Sale device) as an event

32 System Event Selecting the System Event option in the Remote Setup Menu displays System Event Setup window

33 Record This menu is used to set the recording attributes such as Resolution, Speed, Quality and Schedule. As these setup options control the main recording functions of the system, each option should be fully understood for proper operation. Please refer to the Hardware Manual for details. Selecting the Record option in the Remote Setup Menu displays Record Setup window

34 Camera Settings related to Camera display and function are available on the Camera Menu. Select the "Camera" option in the Remote Setup Menu to display the Camera Setup window

35 Network The settings for TCP/IP, RS-232 communication, RS-485 communication, DDNS, Notification, and Site configurations are in the Network menu. Selecting the "Network" option in the Remote Setup Menu displays Network Setup window

36 Appendix A Remote access via web browser To connect to the remote system via IE Web Browser: 1. Launch the Internet Explorer Web Browser on the PC. 2. Enter the remote system address in the Address bar and press ENTER. Ex. (Local Network - LAN connection address) (Internet Connection - WAN DDNS Address) Note: If the remote system has no IP address or the IP address is incorrect, users will fail to connect to the remote system. 3. If a security window for the ActiveX Controller installation appears, Confirm and install it. 4. If connecting via the web browser for the first time (or there are updated files in the remote system), the webbrowser may take several minutes to load and display images. 5. Once a connection has been made to the remote system, the Web Browser displays the following screen:

37 Live Monitoring Screen Once the Web Browser completes its connection process, it will display the live video images. The default mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any of the camera buttons will cause that camera to display full screen. Main Icons The descriptions of each button used for the operation of the Web Browser are as follows. 1. PTZ Control Direction Button Iris Button Focus Button Zoom Button Preset Number 2. Camera Number Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen. 3. 2x2 Multi Screen Press this button to change the screen to the 2x2 QUAD screens. Pressing the button again toggles between QUAD1 (1, 2, 3, 4) and QUAD2 (5, 6, 7, 8). 4. 3x3 Multi Screen Press this button to change the screen to the 3x3 multi-screen

38 5. Audio Control Select a channel number you want to connect in the combo box. Press the audio button to set the audio level to the minimum level. 6. Setup Menu Press this button to set the main menu of the remote system selected. The setup screen is equal to the one of the Client software

39 Appendix B Lorex Player 3 If you have installed the Lorex Client software, the Lorex Player 3 is also installed. The Lorex Player is used to view video clips that are saved to: Archived to a USB Thumbstick (not included) Archived to a Removable CD-ROM Burner (not included) Note: When data is backed up to a USB Thumbstick, the Lorex Player is added as Clipveiwer.exe To view archived data: 1. Insert a recorded CD, USB stick or USB HDD in your PC. 2. Run the Clipveiwer.exe. The Lorex Player application is shown below. The functions are explained on the next page. The Clip Player Screen displays the clip images

40 The following buttons are available on the Lorex Player program: Close button: close the clip player screen. Image Screen: displaying screen for the video clip data. Start Time: displays the beginning time of the video clip. Current Play Time: displays the playing time of the video clip. End Time: displays the ending time of the video clip. Time Chart: displays the current position of the video clip in time chart. Data Find Button: finds and opens the video clip data in the CD you want to play. Play Control buttons: Go to the first / Step backward / Pause / Play / Stop / Step forward / Go to the last. Capture & Print buttons: captures and prints images from the image screen. Audio Selection: selects an audio channel to be played. Screen Division buttons: 1x1 / 2x2 / 3x3 / 4x

41 File Open: If you run the Player program, the data to be played are displayed on the time chart. Click the data find button to play other video clip. Then, select the clip data you want Playback: To start playback, click the left button of mouse on the position you want to play in the time chart. If you click the play button, the playback is started from the beginning of the video clip. Play control buttons: : Play, play the video clip. : Go to the first, go to the beginning of the video clip. : Step backward, go back one frame of the video clip. : Pause, pause playback of the video clip. : Stop, stop playback of the video clip. : Step forward, go forward one frame of the video clip. : Go to the last, go to the end of the video clip

42 Capture: Click the capture button to save the current image in a bitmap file format to the local hard disk drive or floppy disk. The following window will be displayed. Select the location to be copied. Print: Click the print button to print the current image on the printer connected to your computer. A below window will be displayed. Select and start your printer

43 Appendix C - Lorex Backup Player 3 Main Window The Lorex Backup Player 3 Application is a stand alone program that can be installed to playback: Data archived to a removable Hard Drive (not included). Data mirrored to a removable Hard Drive (not included). Note: If using the Mirror function, all data on the hard drive will be erased before the Mirror begins. Make sure that existing data on the drive has been removed prior to starting the Mirror process. This application must be installed separately from the Lorex Client install CD, located in the Additional Software section. Installing the Lorex Backup Player 3 1. Launch the Application from the Software CD included with the System. 2. Select English and click the OK button

44 3. Click the Next button 4. Select Additional Icons (if desired) and click Next

45 6. Click Install 7. Click Finish to complete the install

46 The Lorex Backup Player icon will be added to the Desktop (if selected). Use the following steps to play backed up video data: 1. Insert the USB HDD which contains the backup data into your PC. 2. Run the Lorex Backup Player desktop icon. 3. The application will prompt for the Device Disk (as shown below). 4. Select the disk and click OK button. The main screen for the Lorex Backup Player will load

47 Lorex Backup Player 3 Main Screen 1. PC Time - Displays the current PC time. 2. Calendar Select the desired play date. The orange colored days indicate that data exists. 3. Hour Bar Displays the recorded time in 10 minute intervals; select the play time. 4. Minute Bar Select the play time by 1 minute intervals. 5. Playback Control Button Used to control the video playback: forward play / forward step / go to last / go to first / backward step / backward play / pause

48 6. Play Time Displays the current playing time. 7. Speed Control Controls the speed from 0.5x to 10x and max. 8. Audio / Screen View Turns the audio on / off and changes the screen view to Quad, 9-channel or 16-channel. 9. Function Buttons - Open disk / capture / print / archive / save bookmark / search bookmark Select the Time to Play Click the date in the calendar, and the Hour Bar displays the times when data has been recorded. The orange color on the days in the Calendar and Hour Bar indicate that recorded data exists. Select the hour in the Hour Bar and the minute in Minute Bar. Play Control To control the speed, use Speed slide bar. You can control the playing speed from 0.5x ~ 10x and max. Click the Audio button to play audio (if an Audio Device was connected to the system). The icon will highlight in orange when playing audio. Click the Audio Button to turn audio off. To select audio channel, click the desired screen

49 Disk Open Click the Open button to play data from a USB HDD. Select the disk to play, and press the OK button. Capture Click the Capture button to save the current onscreen image into a bitmap file (*.BMP) format to the local hard disk drive. Select the location to be copied (as shown below). Print Click the Print button, to print the current image to a printer connected to your computer. Select the desired Printer, and press the Print button to begin printing (as shown below)

50 Archive Click the Archive button to archive the recorded video images from the USB HDD. This functions the same as the Lorex client, however archiving runs in the background - during the archive process you can continue performing other functions such as video playback, video capture, printing etc. Save Bookmark Click the Save Bookmark button to save the current play time and position to a bookmark. Enter a bookmark comment (optional) and press Save (shown below). Search Bookmark Click the Search Bookmark button to search through the saved bookmarks. Use the Bookmark Search window to edit, delete, delete all and search the bookmarks

51 Appendix D Network Setup Network Connectivity Overview The Observation System can be remotely controlled using your existing network and the provided software. 1. Connect the Observation System to the Router using the supplied Ethernet Cable. Power the Observation System on. NOTE: The Observation System must be connected to the router prior to powering on the system. This allows the system to communicate on your network 2. Find the IP address of your Observation System through the Menu System on the unit. See page 39 for details 3. Set up a web account at 4. Enable PORT FORWARDING on your Router. 5. Install the Software on your PC. Complete the Remote Access setup as shown earlier in this guide. OBSERVATION SYSTEM INTERNET ROUTER (NOT INCLUDED) PC (NOT INCLUDED)

52 IP & MAC Address The IP & MAC Addresses are necessary for DDNS Setup (for remote access to the Observation System). To Locate the System information, Press the ENTER button on the Front Panel or Remote Control while viewing the Cameras. The System Info window will be displayed. - OR - 1. Press the Menu Button on the Front Panel or Remote Control to access the Setup Menu. 2. Select the System Setup option and press the Enter button. 3. Navigate to the Information option, and press the Enter button. IP ADDRESS MAC ADDRESS Finding Your External IP Address You will need to have your External IP address to set up your DDNS account. One of the fastest ways to find this information is to use a 3rd Party website such as Your IP address can also be found within your Router settings. Refer to your router user guide for further details. Configuring Your DDNS Account

53 Lorex offers a free DDNS service for use with your System. A DDNS account allows you to set up a web site address that points back to your Local Network. The following outlines how to set up your free DNS account. 1. Navigate to 2. Select the Create Account option from the list on the left side of the screen. 3. Complete the Account Information fields with your personal information 4. Select your product model from the Product License drop down menu. L19LD

54 5. Complete the MAC Address and URL Request fields. Choose a URL for your DDNS connection (i.e. your name, your company or business name, or anything of your choice.) 6. Click on the Create New Account link at the bottom of the form to submit your request. 7. Your Account information will be sent to you at the address you used in Step 3. This information can also be retrieved by clicking on the ACTION icon on the DDNS Site. Service Provider: User Name: Domain Name: Password: dns1.strategicvista.net tomsmith1 myurl (your password) You will need this information for remote access to your System. Record YOUR information below: User Name*: Domain Name: Password: * Only the first part of the Domain Name is required for setup on the System. If the full Domain sent is tomsmith.strategicvista.net, the unit only requires that only myurl be entered

55 Router Port Forwarding You will need to enable port forwarding on your Router to allow for external communications with your Observation System for ports: TCP/IP PORT: 3000, 3001, 3002 & 3003 WEB PORT: 80 Computers, Observation Systems, and other devices inside your network can only communicate directly with each other within the internal network. Computers and systems outside your network cannot directly communicate with these devices. When a system on the internal network needs to send or receive information from a system outside the network (i.e. from the Internet), the information is sent to the Router. NETWORK EXAMPLE ROUTER External IP ROUTER Internal IP PC Internal IP External Network (WAN) Internal Network (LAN) INTERNET OBSERVATION SYSTEM Internal IP When a computer on the Internet needs to send data to your internal network, it sends this data to the external IP address of the Router. The Router then needs to decide where this data is to be sent to. This is where setting up Port Forwarding becomes important

56 Port Forwarding tells the router which device on the internal network to send the data to. When you set up port forwarding on your Router, it takes the data from the external IP address:port number and sends that data to an internal IP address:port number (i.e. Router External IP :6100 to Observation System Internal IP :6100). The instructions found online in the Router Configuration Guide will assist you in the port forwarding configurations for a selection of different router models. Visit our Consumer Guides Support website at for more details. These guides are also provided on your CD. DDNS SETUP Once the DDNS settings have been configured online, the information must be entered on the Observation System to allow for remote connection via the Lorex Client Software (or through Internet Explorer): 1. Access the Main Menu Setup screens, and navigate to the NETWORK option. Press the ENTER button to access the setup. 2. Navigate to the DDNS option. Press the Enter button to access the DDNS Network settings

57 3. Configure the DDNS Setup Information: Set ON/OFF to ON, by selecting the ENTER button. Enter the Domain Name, User Name and Password information received in . Click the CHECK button to test the connection. A successful Connection message (DDNS STATUS GOOD) should appear. DDNS SETUP ON/OFF: DOMAIN NAME: USER NAME: PASSWORD: ON MYURL TOMSMITH1 ***** DDNS STATUS: UNCHECKED CHECK 4. Exit the screen to save the settings

58 Appendix E Storage Calculator The Storage Calculator application is used to calculate the amount of recording time available on your Hard Drive, based on the System Recording Settings. This application is located on the Software Installation CD (provided with your System) 2a 1 2b Set the options to reflect the settings you have chosen on your System: 1. Set the Global Settings: HDD Size Select the size of the drive in the System Resolution Select the system resolution setting (CIF 352x240, 2CIF 704x240 or D1 704x480). 2. Set the Camera Options: a. Click on each individual Channel (01CH~ 08CH) to set the specific channel options. b. Set the Channel Options for: Use Turns the calculation for the channel ON or OFF. Quality Set the quality to Best, High, Normal or Low. FPS Set the FPS to 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 FPS Audio Set the Audio to ON or OFF Apply Press the Apply Button to apply the changes to the Channel

59 3. Press the Calculate Button to generate the Totals Report (as shown below). HDD Size Displays the size of the Hard Drive (as set in the Global Set step 1). Total Data / Hour Displays the amount of data recorded per hour (in MB). Total Data / Day Displays the total amount of data recoded in a day (in GB). HDD Full Record Time (Hour) Displays the total amount of hours of recording that can be written to the drive (in hours). HDD Full Record Time (Day) Displays the total number of days of recording that can be written to the drive (in days)

60 It s all on the web Product Information User Manuals Quick Start Guides Specification Sheets Software Upgrades Firmware Upgrades VISIT Lorex Technology Inc.