User manual COMET LABS CENTAVIEW

[. . . ] HARDWARE One x86 Computer with the following recommended specification: - CPU: Intel Pentinum 4 or AMD Athlon XP with 2. 0GHz or above - RAM: 384MB at least - HD: 20MB free sapce at least and as large as possible for video recording - Display: Full-color monitor with 1024x768 resolution at least 2. 2. SOFTWARE The following softwares are required: - Windows 2000 or XP operating system - Windows Media Player 9 2/18 3. INSTALLATION Do the following steps to install the software: 1. Run the 'setup. exe' to start installation. A welcome message is shown as the following figure, and then hit the Next button to continue. [. . . ] The following lists descriptions of each setting: Initial Viewer : Set the initial layout of viewers at the start of the program. Alert Free Percentage (%): Set the percentage of free space you want to designate for alerts. Alert Free Space[MB]: When free space is less than the specfied size, it will alert warning messages automatically. Message Numbers: Set the number of lines which you want to show the alert message in. Continuous Recording: IF free space is not enough, it will delete the oldest recording file. Export: Select the item to save the configuration(Application Configuration) Import: Select the item to load the configuration(Application Configuration) 9/18 Figure 4. 2. 1. Camera Settings As shown in Figure 4. 2. 2, users can set parameters of each camera. If the Restore button is pressed, the current setting modifications of the specified camera will be cleared and restore to the original. If the Apply button is pressed, the current setting modifications will be applied to the specified camera. Note that these modifications are not saved to the persistant storage like HD on the computer. If the OK button is pressed, all settings on all tabs will be saved, and exit the form. The following lists descriptions of each setting: IP: IP of the camera. Login ID: Please input the login ID if you enabled authentication function of the specific camera. Password: Please input the password if you enabled authentication function of the specific camera. Double-click the input field or click the button to select the directory. Double-click the input field or click the button to select the directory. 10/18 Auto Recording : If the box is checked, the program will do recording for the specified camera automatically at the time it is started running. Motion Detection: If the box is checked, the camera will enable motion detecion. When motion detecion occurs, the program will do recording for the specified camera automatically Figure 4. 2. 2. Scheduling As shown in Figure 4. 2. 3, users can schedule recording tasks. When you presses the Add button, the editing task will be added to the schedule item list. When the Modify button is pressed, the specified task will be updated. [. . . ] It is used for the camera being installed upside-down, for instance, hung on the ceiling. Full Screen Figure 4. 7 After the button is pressed, it will show full screen mode and press the keyboard "Esc" key or the center of screen to return normal mode. 17/18 4. 8. Lock Application Program Figure 4. 8. 1 Figure 4. 8. 2 After the button is pressed, the application program will be locked. 4. 9. EMap Figure 4. 9. When you press the Map button on the panel as shown in Figure 4. 9, a form will appear to show the EMap function. [. . . ]