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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) i Table of Contents Chapter 1 ─ Overview................................................................................... 1 1.1 In This Manual ................................................................................... 1 1.2 DX-PC For Vi ew Featur es ............................................[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 1 Chapter 1 ─ Overview 1.1 In This Manual This manual describes installation and operation of DX-PC For View (Rem ote Operation Software) software, which is design ed to be u sed with remote d igital video recorders (DVRs) . 1.2 DX-PC For View Features DX-PC For View program is an inte grated soft ware p[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 3 Chapter 2 ─ Installation CAUTION: If an older version of DX-PC For Vi e w software is installed in your computer, you should uninstall the older version first. NOTE: In the Window s Start menu, go to Control Panel. Double click the Power Options to open th e Management Properties dialog box . Under the[...]

User’s Manual 4 5. When t he following dialog box appea rs, click Next . 6. Click Next . 7. Select whet her or not t o run DX-PC For View aut omatically when loggin g onto Windo ws, and then click Next .[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 5 8. Set the language option by selecting eit h er Select lang uage when s tarting DX- PC For View or Alwa ys start DX-PC For View usi ng the language below . I f you select Always start DX- PC For View using the language below , select the desired start up language from the lis t of available l anguages a[...]

User’s Manual 6 10. Click Next . 11. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement , and cl ick Next . 12. Enter User N ame and Organization , and click Next .[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 7 13. Select Install Now . 14. Click Finish to complete the MSXML installation.[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 9 Chapter 3 ─ Configuration After installing the DX-PC For View software, you will find th e DX-PC For View shortcut icon on the desktop. R un the DX-PC For View program by double click ing the icon. T he DX-PC For Vi ew program consists of t he screen, 12 d ocking panels , menu and t oolbar. NO T E: Som[...]

User’s Manual 10 NO T E: There might be a problem with screen disp lay or scree n update due to lo w image transmis sion speed when usin g Microsoft Window s Vista or late r operating system. In this situation , it is recommended that y ou disable the A uto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated admini strator pe[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 11 Remote Sites Panel The Remote Sites Panel display s a list of remote sites registered during DX-PC For View System setup and a list of inst alled cameras at the rem ote sites. Entering the site name in the query box and clicking the icon allows you to fi nd the remote s ite easil y in the Remo te Sites [...]

User’s Manual 12 The Map panel pops up another scr een when alarm-in, motion or video loss events are detected or when you click the device icon according to the Map Editor settings. Change the popup screen location by clicking the left mouse button on the screen and dragging it to where you want it located . Clicking the right mouse button on th[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 13 PTZ, Color and Alarm Out Control Panels Three panels allow PTZ control, color control, an d alarm out control while live monitoring a remote site. NOTE: Refer to 4.1 Live Monitoring for more details. Image Processing Panel The Image Processing pa nel allows en hancing played back images. NOTE: Refer to [...]

User’s Manual 14 Alarm-In On Alarm-In Off Motion Detection Object Detection Video Loss Video Blind Text- In Alarm-In Bad Recorder Bad Disk S.M.A.R.T. Disk Bad Disk Full Disk Almost Full Disk Config C hange Disk Temperature Panic Rec ording On Panic Recording Off Fan Error On Fan Error Off Sy stem Boot Up System Alive Sy stem Restart Sy stem Shut [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 15 The Report View panel displays the system status information of remote sites. DX-PC For View checks the remote site and reports system status. Clicking the icon on the pan el reloads the data and clicking the icon prints t he report out. Report Setup must be configure d during DX- PC For View Syst em se[...]

User’s Manual 16 3.3 Menu System Menu  Setup: Allows setting up the system operation and remote site configuration. System 1: Set up the date/time format for DX-PC For View, display option, and panic recording function.[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 17  Date/Time Format : Set the date/time format.  Display Option : Set up the screen display, drag & drop popup option, displa y acceleration and OSD. – Screen Option : Select Watch Screen to use the screen for live monitoring only, Search Screen to use the screen for s earch only, or Watch and[...]

User’s Manual 18  Recording Setup : Set up the Use (On or Off) of the pani c recording f unction an d overwri ting option of the recording fol der (On or Off). When u si ng the pa ni c recor din g fu nct i on and o ver wri ting option, DX-PC For Vi ew continues r ecor din g when the har d di sk dri ve is full by ove rwriting t he ol dest vi de[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 19 System 2: Set up the modem connection inform ation for remote access, system password, network option, report function and DVR NS se rve r.  Dial-up Network : Select Use modem if you want to use a modem for rem ote access.  Security Options : Designate whether password confi rmation is required Be[...]

User’s Manual 20 Remote Site: Configures the connectio n li st for remote access.  Add : Click the Add button and en ter the information about the remote site you want to add . – Reference Group : The site should be assigned to a Reference Group for effective management of multiple remote sites. Click the Add button to cr eate a new r eferen[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 21 N O T E : When using DVRNS server, place a checkmark in th e Use DVRNS box. The IP Address field will be chang ed to DVR Nam e , and you can enter the name of remote site registered on the DVRNS ser ver. The DVR name you enter should match the name set during the DVRNS setup on the remote DVR . – Logi[...]

User’s Manual 22  Favorites – Site Name : Select a registered Favorite site from the drop-down list. – ADD : Adds a new Favorite site. Clicking the button displ ays the Favorites dialog box. Enter the name of the Favorite site to add, and Select the desired sc reen layout used when the Favorite site is co nnected. – Change : Select the F[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 23 Sequence Site: Configure the sequence site. DX-PC For Vie w connects to th e regis tered sites sequentially allowing connection to m o re than one remote si te. Re gister an Auto Sequencing group and add desired sites in the Group List to the Auto Seque ncing group. Video from the site s added to the Au[...]

User’s Manual 24  Save Setup Fil e: Allows saving the current settings of the System – Se tup menu as a .xml file format . Saving the set up file can also be performe d by clicking t he button on the tool bar.  Batch Job Setup : Allows upgrading or setting up multipl e remote DVRs using the Batch Jo b Setup screen. Upgrade: Sets up the re[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 25 Setup: Sets up the re mote setup jo b for remote sites. Firs t, select the re mote sites to set up from the Grou p List, and add them to the Setup Sites list by clicking th e Add button. Then, click the Setup Now button to initiate the remote setup job for Setup Sites.  Add : Select the site to add f[...]

User’s Manual 26 View Log: Displays the t ype of log a nd the num ber of log entries of D X-PC For View . Selecting a log type from the list displays all entries of the selected log type, and you can search for the desired log by setting up a search filter.  Filter: Set up the search condition. – Search Time : Set up the t ime range to searc[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 27  Exit: Disconnects all current connections a nd exits DX-PC For View program . View Menu Displays or closes the tool bar and panel s. Remote Menu NOTE: The Remote menu can also be activated by clicking the rig ht mouse button after selecting the remote site on the Remote Sites panel.  Remote Setu [...]

User’s Manual 28  From : Adjust the search starting date and time. When First is selected, it wil l search fro m the first l ogged item.  To : Adjust the search ending date and tim e. When Last is selected, it will search to the last log.  Find : Displays remote log entries within the selected period.  Print... : Prints the log inform[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 29 Record Menu NOTE: The Record menu can also be accessed usin g the toolbar controls. Starts o r ends panic re cording. Selecting Record Play initiates the RecordP layer program and pl ays recorded video. R efer to 4.4 Panic Re cording for more details. Image Menu NOTE: The Image menu c an also be accesse[...]

User’s Manual 30 Select the desir ed screen layo ut using the l ayout tool ba r. When changing t he sc reen layout, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the firs t cell of the new layout. When in one of the multi- view formats, selecting Previous Camera s or Next Camera s will move to the prev iou s or next page. In other [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 31 Help Menu Displays DX-PC For View versio n inform ation. 3.4 Toolbar The Toolbar al lows convenient access t o desired functions. The controls on the to olbar perf orm functio ns as described below: Disconnect DX-PC For View Setup Load Setup File Save Setup File Batch Job Setup Log Save Favorite Sites A[...]

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Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 33 Chapter 4 ─ Operation 4.1 Live Monitoring DX-PC For View provides remote m onitoring functions for viewing video images i n real time from either a single s ite or multiple sites. In add ition, wh en even ts are de tected at a remo te si te while in th e live monito ring mode, DX-PC For View displays [...]

User’s Manual 34 If you wa nt to sen d a udi o t o t h e selected rem ote site, click the button a nd t alk int o t he mi cropho ne. If you want to monitor live audio from the selected remote site through the attached sp eaker, click the button. Clicki ng b ot h button and butto n allows two-way communication. Clicking the button di sables audio [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 35 NOT E: Using the mouse for PTZ control is supported. Click the left mouse button on the image and move that image in the direction you want to by dragging the mouse. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. NO T E : Not all DVRs support the PTZ co ntrol at DX-PC For Vie w. Refer to the user manual of the[...]

User’s Manual 36 Search View Panel The Search View panel consists of playback and search controls, time-lapse search table, and event search table. The playback butt o ns on t he Searc h Vi ew p anel pe rf o rm the following funct i o ns as des cri be d below: Go to the First Image Fast Backward Play Go to the Previous Image Stop Play Go to the N[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 37  Time-Lapse Search Click the button on th e Search View panel to enter th e time-lapse searc h mode. Selecting a dat e from the calendar initiates the time-lapse search. The dates for which recorded images ar e available are enabled. When first entering the time-lapse search, the latest date with rec[...]

User’s Manual 38 NOTE: The Eve nt Search dialog box will differ de pending on the specific ations of the remote DVR. NOTE: The Text-In (Event Search – Text-In tab) search may not be supported, depending on the specifications and version of the remote DVR. Set up the se arch criter ia for the ev ent sear ch in the Event Search dialog box, a nd c[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 39 DX-PC For View provides multiple screen layout for playback. The av ailable formats are single-screen, quad, 1+7, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 , 1+32, 6x6, 7x7 and 8x8 and full-screen. When in one of the multi-view formats, clicking the or button will move to th e previous o r next page. To v iew a specific image in t[...]

User’s Manual 40 NOTE: When more than one video segment exists in the same time ra nge due to time overlap, a se gment selection dia log box will appe ar and ask you to select the video segment y ou want to save from the segment list. Refer to the user manual of the remote DVR for details on time overlap. NOTE: When the data fil e reaches 2GB, yo[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 41 NOTE: Motion Searc h is supported only in the single-screen mod e.  Record Period : Sets up the record period of im ages to search.  Find Method : Selects a search m ethod. – Motion Search : Searches for images with changes in the Detection Area betw een two consecutive images (for example, when[...]

User’s Manual 42 Print Clicking the button on the toolbar prints the image currently displayed on the screen on a printer connected to your computer. By placing a checkmark i n the box beside Include Image Info , text inform ati on about the site will be included when printing th e image. Screen Menu Selecting a camera on the Watch or Search scre[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 43 If you want to play bac k video save d in another recording f older, run t he Record Player program fi rst. Move to the Start menu in Windows. Then, select RecordPlayer from the DX-PC For View options a nd select the recoding folder path you want. Recorded vid eo can be sav ed as a bitma p or as an exe [...]

User’s Manual 44 NOTE: Refer to the manual for each app licable remote DVR for more details on sy stem setup. Remote System Log : Displa ys the sys tem log information of the re mote DV R connected t o the Sta tus View panel. Remote Event Log: Displays the event log information of the remote DVR con nected to the Status panel. NOTE: Refer to 3.3 [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 45 Appendix A ─ Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any s pecial soft ware on you perso nal computer to re view video sa ved as Self-Play er files. The file contains a Player program . Double -clicking the target file starts the Player program. NOTE: It is suggested that the compu ter used f[...]

User’s Manual 46 Click to go forw ard one fr ame of the video clip. Click to play the video clip in fast forward. Click to go to the end of the video clip. Click to show the previous camera g roup if there is recorded vide o in the previous camera group in t he current screen mode. Click to cycle through the screen layouts. It cycles through 2x2,[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 47 NOTE: If the VGA card or monitor does not support 800x600 video resolution, Fu ll Screen might not display prop erly. If this happens, press the ESC key on your PC keyboard to return to the normal screen mode. Click the slider bar and move it left or right to move through the v ideo clip . Placing the m[...]

User’s Manual 48 Appendix B ─ DVR Name Service (DVRNS) Overview Using Static IP addresses in L AN/WA N networks re qui res hi gh ma nagement o verhead and i ncreases th e cost burden to users. Therefore, it has become essential for DVRs to support Dynamic IP addresses in ADSL/VDSL networks usi ng DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Pr otocol). T [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 49 Appendix C ─ Map Editor The Map Editor program allows you to create maps of remote sites. With the drag-and -drop and link function, y o u can c reate and edit the m ap easily and efficientl y. Run the program by sel ecting MapEditor from t he DX-PC For Vi ew options under the Start menu in Windows. B[...]

User’s Manual 50 Option Menu Click the Option menu to set up the remote site information, device status display and remote site name to display. Site In formati on Setti ng: Select the Site Information Setting… in the Op tion menu to set th e informat ion about the remote site connectio ns, and the following Site Information setup window appear[...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) 51 Check the box beside Color Use and select each status box to use. Click each selected status box and select the desired co lor. When done, click the OK button.  Unplugged : Either connection to the remote site has failed, or Device No. for the device is not supported by the remote site.  Event off[...]

User’s Manual 52 Equipment  IP Address/ User / Password / Port : Each fie ld is filled in autom atically with the information (user ID , password, and port number) set in Site Information Setting… , or you can enter it manually.  Device No. : Set the device number ( 1 ~ 32) for each device. If the selected d evice is a camera, Device No. [...]

Remote Operation Software (DX-PC For View) V1.7 53 Go to the Property [Link] tab and set the properties of the selected link box.  Name: Enter a name of the link box.  Image: Double click the field and select an image to insert in the link box.  Link Document : Double click the field and select a map to be linked with the link box.  Rat[...]