CyberView Systems, Embedded DVR Basic Operating Instructions ========================================================================= Main Display This Main Display section covers the operation and description of the Main Display buttons. The Main Display is divided into three areas; the camera display, the control buttons and the submenu areas. Camera Display Area The Camera Display Area displays the images from the attached cameras. The screen is divided into smaller image boxes by the number of cameras attached. It also allows you to expand the image to full frame or full screen as well as controlling color adjustments. To increase a single image to full frame simply click on the image using the left mouse button. To go back click the left mouse button again. To increase a single image to full screen click on the image with the left mouse button and then click the right mouse button. To go back click the right mouse button first and then the left button. To increase all the cameras to full screen simply click the right mouse button once. To go back click the right mouse button again. To adjust the image color quality, press and hold the left mouse button on the desired camera image for two second or until the color control window appears. You can adjust the brightness and contrast as well as the colors for that camera. To adjust the next image simply move the mouse on the next image and repeat the process by holding the left mouse button for two seconds. Once finished, close the camera color adjustments window. The camera number, the camera name or description is located on the top left corner of the image. The recording type for each camera is located on the top right corner of each camera image and are displayed as: Flashing purple box with the letter M for motion detection recording. Solid red box with the letter R for continuous recording. Blue box with letter S for sensor trigger recording Flashing green box with letters Af or Pr for pre and post setup recording Control Buttons Area The Control Buttons Area is located below the cameras display and consists of four sections: a) The camera division b) The camera selection c) Dry contact and alarm output also known as I. O. management d) The Special features buttons The camera division allows you do display the cameras in several different configurations by clicking on each icon, such as single image, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16 and 32 divisions depending on the number of cameras attached. The camera selection allows you to select a specific camera to be displayed in full frame. The sequence button allows you to sequence through the cameras by selecting a division option less than the number of cameras attached and then clicking on the sequence button. The cameras will sequence through until it is stopped by clicking on the sequence button again. The I.O. management is to turn on and off the sensors and the alarms setup. This option is available when the recording type is set to sensor or motion and when the DVR is configured for dry contact alarm output attachments. The Special feature buttons include
a) The History button which displays all the recent activities performed on the DVR and errors and troubles associated with the cameras. b) The envelope icon used for two way text messaging with a remote PC. c) The E-Map button enabling the user to insert an image of the floor plan of the area covered by the cameras as a quick reference guide to the camera location. To setup e- map: Submenu Area Click on E-Map Click on Load Image File Select the image file from the location and open Right click on the image and select the camera number Move the camera to the desired location d) The Power button is used to power down the DVR completely or shell out to Windows based on the configuration in the Standard section of the Setup. The Submenu Area displays the current time and date as well as giving you access to the Setup menu, Search menu, Picture in Picture preview, System Information menu and the PTZ camera controls when a PTZ is attached to the DVR. a) The Setup icon allows you to customize many of the DVR functions. Many of these functions should have already been completed when the DVR was initially installed by the installer and is covered under the installation procedure video. However if there are any changes that may need to be done then the dealer technical support should be contacted for proper instructions. b) Search icon provides access to searching and archiving of the previously recorded video images. c) Picture in picture Preview is used to watch a specific camera or a few cameras in full frame while monitoring all other attached cameras at the same time. d) System Information will provide ample information about the DVR including the operating system version, the DVR software version, hardware components, total, used and available amount of storage, calculations for number of recording day s capability and much more. e) PTZ icon opens up the PTZ control buttons for the default PTZ camera attached to number one channel. These controls will interface with the attached PTZ camera for remote control of the PTZ camera from the DVR or from a remote PC over the Internet. The PTZ has to be configured and attached to the DVR first for these controls to operate. This concludes the section on Main Display. Search Screen Overview This section covers the feature in search screen and their description. The search screen is divided into four areas. The first is the display area. The second is the recording calendar. The third area is the control buttons and the forth area is the submenu description. Display Screen The Display Screen displays the archived images in single or multi-camera configuration depending on the options selected. This area displays a single image in three different sizes by simply clicking on the image. The images will display the camera number, camera name, the date and the frame number. Recording Calendar There are two parts to the recording calendar. The month and date calendar and the daily recording calendar.
a) The current month and date calendar is located on the right side of the screen. Any date in yellow represents a day with recorded video present. Any black, blue or red represent no recording available during the week days, Saturdays and Sundays respectively. b) The 24 hour daily calendar is located at the bottom of the screen and displays the hours and minutes of recording stored within a 24 hour period on all attached camera. If you click above the time bar box between the hours once the time will be displayed in 10 min increment and if it is clicked again it will be displayed in one minute increment for more precise time selection. The next click on the same area will take it back to standard 24 hour display. Control Buttons The control buttons consist of: a) Zoom control which allows you to zoom in and out of an area of a single image. Pressing the + will zoom in and the will zoom out. The will reset the zoom factor to default size. By clicking and holding the mouse button on the image area of the zoom window, the pointer changes into a hand and allows you to pan around the image. b) Speed delay works in conjunction with the playback buttons to control the speed manually. c) Playback controls, much like a conventional VCR allow you to control the video playback They are single frame forward, regular speed playback, regular speed rewind, single frame rewind, fast forward, enable audio playback, stop playback, and fast rewind. d) Camera select enables you to select any number of cameras or all cameras to be displayed on the display area. To select a single camera from multiplexed view simply click on that image. e) Function s controls gives you control over the features such as: 1. Snapshot backup which allows the user to capture an image and save on a separate part of the hard drive to be copied on CD at a later time. 2. Live preview where the user can be searching through archived video and still be able to watch live video feed from all the attached cameras in a picture in picture format. 3. Event search minimizes the time to review archived video by separating the recording type selected in the DVR setup and displaying only the archived videos related to the selection made in the Event Search. For example if the recording on a specific camera was based on continuous, audio and sensor then that cameras can be searched based on each of those event type independent of the other settings. 4. Print button will print a snapshot of the last image displayed onto an attached printer or a network printer. 5. Submenu access opens up the access panel for Bookmark, Smart Search, AVI creation utility, onscreen keyboard as well as panoramic viewer. This concludes the Search Screen overview, click on Exit to go back to Main Display screen. Smart Search and Archive The smart search is used to locate a suspicious activity effortlessly and then printing it as a still image or creating an AVI video. This feature is preferred when an incident happens within a specific area within the image and the time of the incident is not known. To perform a Smart Search and then archive simply
a) Click on Search Icon b) Select the day of the incident from the calendar c) Move the time bar before an approximate time of the incident within the minute increments display d) Select the camera that would have had the best view of the incident e) Click on the Up-arrow below the calendar f) Select Smart Search g) Create a small box around the area of concern within the image h) Adjust the sensitivity to 2 or 3 to start with i) Click on frame search You will notice that the blue time bar would be moving through the recorded video time bar until activity is detected in the window. j) After the video stops, play through the video to see if it is the desired incident k) If it is not the desired incident then click on the frame search again for the next detection l) Once you find the beginning of the incident, document the start time if you need to make a CD archive of the incident at this time m) You can print the image or make and AVI file from the captured frames and store it on the hard drive to be burned on a CD at a later time by: Clicking on Make AVI Select My Documents as the folder to save in Assign a file name for the video Click on Save and then stopping it at the end of the incident. n) To create a full AVI video of the incident and copy to a CD, follow the AVI creation procedure once you have the information about the time of the incident and the camera position This concludes the Smart Search and Archive procedure. Bookmark Bookmark much like TV favorite channels is useful tool if certain number of cameras were being observed every day on a regular basis versus having to select those cameras manually every time. To use bookmark: a) Simply select the start time and the desired cameras b) Click on the Submenu button c) Click on Bookmark d) Select Add Favorite e) Type a title for the desired favorite f) Click on OK To load or to delete a favorite setting: a) Click on Bookmark b) Click on Favorite List c) Select the title d) Click on GO e) To delete, select the title and click on delete This concludes the section on Bookmark. AVI Video Archive AVI Video Archive or AVI Backup is a feature that enables you to create a video backup from an incident that was recorded by a specific camera and copy it onto a CD media or any other optional storage media for your archives or for the authorities.
To perform an AVI Video Archive insert a blank CDR media into the CDROM drive and wait for approximately 15 seconds. If a popup window appears, close it a) Click on Search from the main display screen b) Select the day of the incident from the calendar c) Move the time bar to an approximate time before the incident d) Select the camera that would have had the best view of the incident e) Click on the playback button f) Watch the video for the beginning of the incident You can use fast forward button or the Speed Delay bar to advance the video at a higher speed. g) Once you find the beginning of the incident h) Click on the Submenu button below the calendar i) Select AVI from the list j) Click on Save File k) Click on the Save In window l) Select the CDROM drive from the list, usually E drive m) Type a file name for the incident n) Click on Save You will notice that the window closes and the previous window will appear again with the incident name in the AVI File Name field. You can add an additional description for the incident in the description field. You can also insert a watermark on the image for authenticity purposes. o) Click on GO when ready to start You will notice that the video will move very fast. Keep a close eye on it so you can stop it when the end of the incident approaches. p) Click on Stop Saving AVI File at the end of the incident If there are more video clips to archive from other cameras then: q) Click OK on the AVI created Successfully r) Click on OK to close the Make AVI windows s) Select the next camera t) Click on AVI u) The name should have advanced with a 1 after it, however if you like to change it you can while making sure that the dot AVI extension is not deleted v) Click on GO w) Click on Stop Saving AVI at the end of the incident x) Repeat the process for all additional video clips to backup. Once the last video clip has been completed do not click on OK on the Make AVI window. y) Click on Windows XP CD z) Type a name or leave the date as the title of the CD on the CD Burning Wizard screen that will appear If only one copy will be made from the incident then Check the box for Close the wizard after the files have been written if more than one copy is needed from the videos, then leave the box uncheck. aa) Click on next Do not click on anything else. The CD will eject automatically at the end of the burn cycle. If more copies are being made: bb) Remove the CD from the drive cc) Check the box Yes, write these files to another CD
dd) Click on Next and wait until the error message There is no disk in the drive, is displayed. Insert the next CD and close the CDROM door. DO NOT CLICK ON NEXT, THE SCREEN WILL DISAPPEAR AUTOMATICALLY AND THE BURN PROCESS WILL START. ee) Once all copies have been made, remove the CD from the drive, leave the box Yes, write these files to another CD unchecked and click on Finish ff) Click on Delete Temporary File gg) Click OK to close the window hh) Click on Exit to go back to main display You can play the newly created CD on any PC with any Media player. This concludes the instruction on Standard Playback Search and Archive.