Vivotek ST7501 manuel d'utilisation

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    IP S u r veillanc e ST7501 F re e - bundle d[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions i - User's Manual i Getting Started ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - ii Delete Devices from the Server ����������������������������������������������������������������������������[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions iii - User's Manual DI/DO Settings ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - iv Zoom in and zoom out the Histogram ��������������������������������������������������������������������������?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 Getting Started Introducing ST7501 VIVOTEK ST7501 is new generation central management software, featuring reliable recording and easy system management for diverse IP surveillance applications� ST7501 has three major components including: ST7501 Server for [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 2 - User's Manual ST7501 Server and Client Components ST7501 has three components: one server component-- ST7501 Server , and two client components-- ST7501 LiveClient and ST7501 Playback � ST7501 server provides a centralized management site for video recording� ST7501 Liv[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 3 Functionality of ST7501 Server  Serves as a centralized management site  Performs 32-channel video recording  Provides recording in multiple hard disks  Feeds live video to the local/remote LiveClient users  Feeds recorded video to the local/rem[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 4 - User's Manual Functionality of ST7501 LiveClient  Login to the ST7501 server  Controls the server functions  Manages user accounts of the server  Edits the recording groups of the server  Edits recording schedule of the server  Provides powerful monitoring[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 5 Functionality of ST7501 Playback  Login to the ST7501 server  Browses the database of recorded video from the server in day base  Provides convenient playback window  Maximum 16 channels simultaneous playback  1x1, 2x2, 1+5, 3x3, 1+12, 4x4 playb[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 6 - User's Manual Minimum System Requirements Before installing the ST7501 software, please make sure your system meets the following recommended minimum hardware requirements� If you only want to install ST7501 server , please prepare the following hardware system: If you wa[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 7 ST7501 Installation Installing the ST7501 Software 1� Run the ST7501_Setup.exe program on your computer � Click I ACCEPT for the License Agreement and specify a location to install� 2� Select the items you want to install, and then click Next to contin[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 8 - User's Manual 4� Install a database for your server � There are two options--PostgreSQL or SQL server � PostgreSQL If you don't have a database, we recommend you to select PostgreSQL ( 8.2 version above is recommended ) as your database since ST7501 will instruct[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 9 SQL Server If you want to select SQL Server as your database, you have to install it in advance, and then start ST7501 installation� Follow the steps below to install SQL Server: a� Install and activate SQL server on your computer � SQL server 2005 expre[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 10 - User's Manual ST7501 Server Activating ST7501 Server The ST7501 Server is a service program that will run automatically when the computer starts up� How to Congure the Server Please follow the steps below to congure the ST7501 server: 1� Find a local/remote compu[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 1 3� Right-click ST7501 Uranus W atch Dog and click Stop to stop the services of ST7501 server � Click Restart to reset ST7501 server �[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 12 - User's Manual ST7501 LiveClient Configuration Activating ST7501 LiveClient and Login to a ST7501 Server ST7501 LiveClient allows you to monitor live video from cameras managed by a ST7501 Server; also, it is the main user interface to control lots of server functions� Af[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 13 User Interface of ST7501 LiveClient Menu Bar Status Panel E C B F A D User Name Station Name (IP Address) Login T ime (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) Current T ime (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) Menu Item Drop-down Options System Lang uag e / Lock / Start to Rot ate (S top R ot[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 14 - User's Manual Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected devices does not support those functions� Live V ideo Monitoring Window The "VIVOTEK" logo represents that no camera has been assigned to this video cell� Icon Function Description E[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 15 Device tree Icon Description A station (a computer that has installed ST7501 server) / VIVOTEK xed network camera Red dot means that the camera is recording� / VIVOTEK PTZ network camera Red dot means that the camera is recording� / VIVOTEK dome networ[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 16 - User's Manual Camera Control Panel PTZ Control Panel Only PTZ and speed dome cameras associated with the icon or on the device tree will enable the PTZ Control Panel�  Y ou can also click Control on the menu bar , and select the PTZ function on the drop-down list� ?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 17 T wo W ay Audio Control Panel The two way audio function allows the user to communicate with people around the network camera�  For detailed information about how to use the T alking Panel, please refer to page 53�  Only cameras with two way audio f[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 18 - User's Manual How to Manage Devices Please follow the steps below to manage devices under a station: a� Click the station on the device tree� b� Click Conguration > Camera Management on the menu bar (or right-click the station, and then select Camera Management[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 19 In Step b , choose the transmission protocol according to your network environment and the desired video quality � The characteristics of each protocol is shown in the following table� c� Click Detect Model to detect the model name and MAC address of th[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 20 - User's Manual g� T o insert more devices to the station, repeat the above steps� Y ou can manage up to 32 channels at the same time� h� When completed, click Close to exit the camera management window and return to the monitoring window � i. Back to the main wind[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 21 i� If you want to make sure if this is the device you concern, click Connection T est to preview the live video from the device� j� T o insert more devices to the system, repeat the above steps� Y ou can manage up to 32 channels at the same time� k?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 22 - User's Manual V iew Live Videos The server will automatically add newly-inserted device to video cell for live viewing� Y ou also can double-click the target device or drag-and-drop the target device from the device tree window to the video cell in the live video monitor[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 23 Remove Live V ideo from the Video Monitoring W indow There are two ways to remove a live video from the video cell: 1� Right-click the video cell and select Remove � 2� Drag-and-drop the live view from the video cell to the device tree window � If you[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 24 - User's Manual Delete Devices from the Server There are two ways to delete a device from the server: Select either step 1 or step 2: 1� Select the device on the device tree, and then right-click to delete� Note that a dialog will pop up� Click Y es to delete the devic[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 25 Update Devices Please follow the steps below to update a device via Camera Management window: a� Right-click the target device on the device tree, and then click Camera Management. b� The Camera Management window will pop up� The device tree managed by [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 26 - User's Manual How to Change V ideo Viewing Mode Change the Layout of Live V ideo Monitoring Window VIVOTEK ST7501 LiveClient supports up to 32-CH simultaneous video viewing on single monitor , and it allows you to change the layout of live video monitoring window based on [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 27 For example, under 3 x 3 layout mode, you can switch among the three pages by clicking and on the quick access bar � T o arrange the content of each page, manually drag-and-drop cameras from the device tree to the video cells on each page� Rotating Video [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 28 - User's Manual d� Back to the monitoring window , the new layout will show up under the device tree as below � Y ou can save up to 10 layouts� e� T o change to another layout, double-click the layout items on the device tree, or click Layout > Choose on the menu [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 29 Maximize/Minimize the Live V ideo Monitoring Window  Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the whole video playback window Double-click the video cell, or right-click the video cell and then check Single View � The focused video will occupy the whole p[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 30 - User's Manual  Full Screen: to maximize live video monitoring window to the whole screen Click Full Screen on the quick access bar or right-click the video cell and then check Full Screen � In addition, you can also click View > Full Screen on the menu bar to maxim[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 31 View the maximum 32 channels simultaneously If you select 4x4 layout on dual screens, you can view the maximum of 32 channels live video simultaneously � In this case, each layout contains only 1 video page� Use different layout on each monitor Y ou also [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 32 - User's Manual V iew Live Video with Multiple Monitors If you have multiple screens in your monitoring center , you can switch the ST7501 LiveClient Window among these screens�  If you have two monitors, click Switch Screen on the menu bar , the LiveClient window of mo[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 33 How to Manage User Accounts ST7501 allo ws users to add user accounts wi th four-level u ser roles: Admini strator > Power User > Operator > Guest� Each role has different privileges listed as below � Moreover , Administrators have the highest pr[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 34 - User's Manual Add User Account Please follow the steps below to add a new user account for a station: a� Click the station on the device tree� b� Click Conguration > User Management on the menu bar (or right-click the station, and then select User Management )?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 35 Modify User Account Please follow the steps below to modify an existent user account: a� Click the station on the device tree, and then click Conguration > User Management on the menu bar (or right-click the station, and then select User Management )?[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 36 - User's Manual How to Congure Station General Settings In this section, you can set up Log Settings for the station�  Log level: Select High (only record high-level logs), Normal (record high and normal logs), Low (record high, normal, and low-level logs) or All� [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 37 How to Edit Recording Groups By default setting, all devices are assigned to the default recording group� Y ou can manually remove a device from the default recording group� However , only those devices which belong to a recording group can produce record[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 38 - User's Manual i� T o remove a path, select the path in Recording path for DefaultGroup , and then click Delete path to delete it� j� When all settings are done, click OK to conrm and save your settings. If you want to cancel all of your editing, click Restore to r[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 39 Manually Start to Record/Stop Recording By default setting, all devices are assigned to the default recording group and default recording schedule� Therefore, once you insert a device to the station, the ST7501 server will begin to record live video accordi[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 40 - User's Manual How to Edit Recording Schedules After editing recording group settings, you can begin to edit recording schedules for the devices in a recording group� By default setting, all devices are assigned to the default recording schedule (Please refer to the defau[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 41 Edit Schedule List Please follow the steps below to set up the schedule lists: a� Click the station on the device tree� b� Click Conguration > Recording Schedule Settings on the menu bar (or right-click the station, and then select Recording Sched[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 42 - User's Manual Add Schedules d� T o add a new recording schedule, click Add � A Schedule Name dialog will pop up for you to enter a descriptive name for the new schedule� Click OK to conrm the settings or Cancel to discard the settings� The new recording schedule[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 43 Edit Camera List Please follow the steps below to assign a device to a recording schedule: a� Click the station on the device tree, and then click Conguration > Recording Schedule Settings on the menu bar (or right-click the station, and then select R[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 44 - User's Manual Edit T ime Frame List Default T ime Frame: Weekly daybase, Mon�~Sun�, 24-hour , continuous recording Click Edit to open the default time frame settings page as below �[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 45 Add New T ime Frames Please follow the steps below to add new time frames for a schedule: a� Select a recording schedule on the schedule drop-down list� b� Click Add to open the Time Frame Settings window � c� If you have a time-frame template, you [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 46 - User's Manual e� T o edit the new time frame, select a Repeat Frequency (W eekly -Day Base or W eekl y-W eek Base ) on th e drop-down list and edit time segments, applying days, applying time range, and repeat time interval� For the detailed settings of each repeat fre[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 47 n� Select a Recording Mode for the time frame� There are three options: None, Continuous, and Event. None : No recording action� Continuous : Endless recording� Event : Start recording for 20 seconds if event triggers� There are two kinds of event s[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 48 - User's Manual Repeat Frequency: Weekly (DayBase)--Set up time segments within a day T o set up Weekly (DayBase) repeat frequency , please congure the following items: T ime segments within a day , Applying days within a week, Applying time range, and Repeat time interva[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 49 2� Enter precise Start T ime and End T ime: a� Directly enter the value in Start T ime and End T ime fields, and then click Add � b� The corresponding timeline bar will automatically show up� Delete time segments: Choose either step 1 or step 2 to s[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 50 - User's Manual Set up applying time range For all kinds of repeat frequency , you can set up the applying date and time range for the time frame� Specify the start date and time in Start eld; specify the end date and time in End eld if you have an end time for apply[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 51 Set up time segments within a week Y ou can specify several time segments within a week� The weekly timeline contol bar (the purple rectangles) means 7 days a week, and the daily timeline contol bar means 24 hours a day � The daily timeline control bar is[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 52 - User's Manual If you click on the weekly timeline control bar , the corresponding time segment on the selected day will show up accordingly: Delete time segments: Please refer to page 49 for detailed illustration. Set up applying time range Please refer to page 50 for deta[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 53 How to Use T alking Panel ST7501 LiveClient supports two way audio function which allows the user to communicate with people around the network camera� Following is the illustration of two way audio function: Add Camera to the T alking Panel  There are s[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 54 - User's Manual  An icon with camera name will show up in the talking panel�  Please note that you cannot T alk and Play Sound at the same time�  When you are talking or playing sound, you cannot add other cameras to the talking panel� If you want to add more [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 55 Remove Camera from the T alking Panel  Remove a camera Drag-and-drop a camera from the talking panel to the device tree as below � The camera icon will disappear �  Remove all cameras Click , all cameras in the talking panel will be removed�[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 56 - User's Manual How to Manage Event T rigger ST7501 LiveClient suppo rts event trigger management which allows the user to congure DI/DO settings of linked network cameras� DI/DO Settings Please follow the steps below to congure snapshot settings: a� Click Congu[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 57  Before you congure DI/DO Settings on ST7501, please make sure you have linked your network camera or video server to the DI/DO devices, and set up correctly on the camera conguration page.  Y ou also can right-click the video cell, and then selec[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 58 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings In Client Settings, you can congure Snapshot Settings, A VI Settings, V iew Settings, and General Settings. It allows you to save snapshots and A VI les on "local computer (client side, not server side)�" Sn[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 59 If you uncheck Generate a le name automatically , a Save le dialog will pop up when you take a snapshot. And the le name prex will automatically show up in the Save File dialog. T ake a Snapshot Please follow the steps below to take a snapshot of [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 60 - User's Manual A VI Settings While you monitor a live video, the Record to A VI function allows you to record the live video in A VI format to your storage folder � Please follow the steps below to congure A VI converting and exporting settings: a� Click Congurati[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 61 f� T o modify the audio compression settings, click Audio Compression Setting to open the A VI Audio Compression Setting window � Select the desired audio quality , format, and attributes in the corresponding elds. Record an A VI File Please follow the[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 62 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set up the display mode of video cell, including Display Location, Date and time Format, Video Display Mode, and Font Settings � When you change the settings, the sample window will change accordingly for you to pre[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 63 Date and time Format  Same as local computer: Select this option, the date and time format will sync with the settings in the locale panel of your computer �  Specify: Select a desired format for date and time on the drop-down list� Date format : Se[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 64 - User's Manual General Settings This section allows you to congure System Settings and Rotation Settings � System Settings  Auto login after login operation system: If you check this option, ST7501 LiveClient will automatically login after you login Windows without [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 65 How to Search for a Device on the Device T ree This function is very convenient for you to quickly search for an inserted device, especially when you insert many devices� Please follow the steps below to nd a device on the camera list: a� Click the sta[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 66 - User's Manual How to Print Out a V ideo Picture There are two ways to print out a video picture of live video: 1� Select a video cell, then click Print on the quick access bar , or right-click the video cell and select Print in the pop-up menu� A Print window will pop [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 67 How to Logout from the Server T o logout from the current server , click Logout on the quick access bar or click System > Logout on the menu bar . A conrmation window will pop up. Click OK to conrm or Cancel to return to the ST7501 LiveClient window [...]

  • Page 73

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 68 - User's Manual ST7501 Playback Configuration Activating ST7501 Playback and Login to a Server ST7501 Playback is an application that allows you to search and playback recorded media data from a ST7501 Server � Once you insert a device to the device tree of ST7501 LiveClie[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 69 User Interface of ST7501 Playback A� Menu bar B� Quick access bar C� Query panel (Browsing/Event search/Log viewer) D� Recorded video playback window E� Video clips list F � Playback control panel G� Status panel Menu Bar Status Panel Menu Item [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 70 - User's Manual Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected devices does not support those functions� Recorded V ideo Playback Window The "VIVOTEK" logo represents that no camera has been assigned to this video cell� Icon Function Description[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 71 Language Selection ST7501 current supports multi-language user interface, and language options are availabe in: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語 , Português, 簡体中文 and 繁體中文 � If you want to select other language for[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 72 - User's Manual Query Panel--Event Search Page The Time Zone is the same as your local computer � The default End Time is the time when you use ST7501 Playback to login the server; the default Start Time is an hour earlier than the default End T ime. Select the devices you[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 73 Query Panel--Log V iewer Page Select the station you want to search event Select Log Category Select User Account Select Result Select Log T ype Select Log Level Specify search time range Click to start to search, and the result will be listed in the video cl[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 74 - User's Manual V ideo Clips List Window After you select a date item , the video clips will be listed in the video clips list window � A date item may contain more than one video clips� When you click one or more video clips, the two buttons above will be enabled� If [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 75 Playback Control Panel After you select a video clip to play , the playback control panel will be enabled for you to use� Icon Function Description Histogram Zoom in Zoom in the whole time range of the histogram Histogram Zoom out Zomo out the whole time ra[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 76 - User's Manual How to V iew Recorded Video Select a Recorded V ideo Clip Please follow the steps below to select a video clip: 1� In the Bowsing page, click the plus sign (+) to expand the device tree� 2� Right-click a device on the devices tree, and then click Refres[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 77  View all of the video clips of a date: a� Select a date item on the device tree� b� Double-click the date item, or right-click the date item and click play , it will start to play in an available video cell� (Y ou can also directly drag-and-drop t[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 78 - User's Manual Remove Recorded V ideo Clips from Video Cells There are two ways to remove a recorded video clip from the video cell: 1� Right-click the video cell and select Remove � 2� Drag-and-drop the live view from the video cell to the device tree window � If y[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 79 Zoom in and zoom out the Histogram If you only record a short video clip, you can click zoom in to extend it� As the second picture shows, click Histogram Zoom In , the total time range of the histogram will shorten to half of the original time range; while[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 80 - User's Manual Control the Audio The audio function will be enabled if the device is equipped with internal or external microphone� Please follow the steps below to adjust the volume or turn on/off the audio of the focused video:  T o turn off the audio (Mute) a� Cli[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 81 How to Change Recorded V ideo Viewing Mode Change the Layout of Recorded V ideo Playback Window VIVOTEK ST7501 Playback supports up to 16-CH simultaneous recorded video playing on single monitor , and it allows you to change the layout of live recorded video [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 82 - User's Manual Maximize/Minimize the Recorded V ideo Playback Window  Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the whole video playback window Double-click the video cell, or right-click the video cell and then check Single View � The focused video will occupy the whole[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 83  Full Screen: to maxmize the video playback window to the whole screen Click Full Screen on the quick access bar or right-click the video cell and then check Full Screen � In addition, you can also click View > Full Screen on the menu bar to maximize [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 84 - User's Manual How to Search Events The ST7501 Playback offers users a powerful event searching engine to retrieve video clips from the database of recorded videos with different searching criteria, such as motion, IV A, or DI events� It will produce a video clip (20 seco[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 85 Select Event Category There are ve event search categories: All Events , All Motion Events , All IV A Events , All DI Events � Event Category-All Events If you select All Events category , all the events of the three categories--motion detection, digital[...]

  • Page 91

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 86 - User's Manual Event Category-All IV A Events For cameras with embedded video content analysis, it is capable of detecting IV A (Intelligent Video Analysis) events, such as moving object detection, loitering detection, and tampering detection� The embedded video content a[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 87 Specify the Search T ime Range This section is for you to specify the search time range for event search�  Uncheck start time and end time: the search should include all the videos in the database�  Only check the start time: the search should inclu[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 88 - User's Manual  If Display in new result list is checked , then click Search , the search results will display on a new page as below � It's very convenient since you can put the search results of each search category on an individual page� Y ou can set up to 5 [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 89 V iew the Retrieved Video Clips Please follow the steps below to play the video clips listed in search result page: a� Select the video clips you want to view � Y ou can select more than one video clips a time� b� Click Clear All Channels and Play if [...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 90 - User's Manual How to Search Logs The ST7501 Playback offers users a powerful log searching engine to search all local logs with different searching criteria, such as log category , log type, and log level� The search results will display in the log viewer window with det[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 91 Select Log Category/Log T ype/Log Level Following is the relationship of log category , level, and type� The search results will vary according to your options� Search for All Local Logs Log Categories Log Levels Log T ypes Operation Log Normal Login Logo[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 92 - User's Manual Search for Login History Select Login History in the log category eld, the search results including all login logs will display on the Login History page� Search for Login Activities This function allows you to search login activities the user has done d[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 93 d� The search results of login activities will display on the Login Activities page as below �  Search for Login Activities on Local History page: a� Click on Login History page� b� Select a login/logout item on the list� c� Click T race Logi[...]

  • Page 99

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 94 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings In Client Settings, you can congure Snapshot Settings, A VI Settings, and V iew Settings. It allows you to save snapshots and A VI les on "local computer (client side, not server side)." Snapshot Settings Plea[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 95 If you uncheck Generate a le name automatically , a Save le dialog will pop up when you take a snapshot. And the le name prex will automatically show up in the Save File dialog. T ake a Snapshot Please follow the steps below to take a snapshot of [...]

  • Page 101

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 96 - User's Manual A VI Settings While you play a recorded video, the Convert A VI function allows you to export the recorded video in A VI format to your storage folder � Please follow the steps below to congure A VI converting and exporting settings: a� Click Congur[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 97 f� T o modify the audio compression settings, click Audio Compression Setting to open the A VI Audio Compression Setting window � Select the desired audio quality , format, and attributes in the corresponding elds. Convert an A VI File Please follow th[...]

  • Page 103

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 98 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set up the display mode of video cell, including Display Location, Date and time Format, Video Display Mode, and Font Settings � When you change the settings, the sample window will change accordingly for you to pre[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 99 Date and time Format  Same as local computer: Select this option, the date and time format will sync with the settings in the locale panel of your computer �  Specify: Select a desired format for date and time on the drop-down list� Date format : Se[...]

  • Page 105

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 100 - User's Manual How to Search for a Device on the Device T ree This function is very convenient for you to quickly search for an inserted device, especially when you insert many devices� Please follow the steps below to nd a device on the camera list: a� Click the st[...]

  • Page 106

    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 101 How to Print Out a V ideo Picture There are two ways to print out a video picture of live video: 1� Select a video cell, then click Print on the quick access bar , or right-click the video cell and select Print in the pop-up menu� A Print window will pop[...]

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    VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 102 - User's Manual How to Logout from the Server T o logout from the current server , click Logout on the quick access bar or click System > Logout on the menu bar . A conrmation window will pop up. Click OK to conrm or Cancel to return to the ST7501 Playback window ?[...]