User manual INTELLINET 501583

[. . . ] 501583 IP Camera User Manual Version: 1. 2 Released Date: June. , 2005 Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Package Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Click "Start", select "Programs\IP Camera\Camera Viewer" to run the utility. 2. Click the "IP Camera Viewer" icon to run the utility. 3. Click "Setting Wizard" from Administrator Utility and follow the instructions in the utility. 7. 1. Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the Camera Viewer, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window. 24 7. 2. Camera Buttons 25 Camera Buttons Camera Click one of these four cameras will connect to the selected camera that you want to view and configure. If you want to remove or reset the camera setting from the viewer, please right click the icon and select "Reset Camera x" or "Cancel Camera x". 7. 3. Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera. Camera Status Yellow Blue Pink Red It means that there is no camera set to connect. It means that the camera is recording. 26 7. 4. Control Buttons Snapshot Pause Close the Camera Viewer Minimize the Window Stop Control Buttons Record Play Forward Play The "Play" button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is disconnected, clicking on the "Play" can make the viewer connect to the Internet Camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the "Play" can play the video in the normal speed. Stop The "Stop" button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is connected, clicking on the "Stop" can make the viewer disconnect the camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the "Stop" can stop playing the video. Pause The "Pause" button provides you a way to pause the current video display. When the displaying video is paused, click on the "Play" again to resume the video display. Forward The "Forward" button to forward the speed of display when playback the recording file. Click the button at a time will increase the playing speed one time. Snapshot Click "Snapshot" will make the viewer to take a snapshot of the video and save the picture as a bitmap file in the hard disk. (You can set the directory for storing these bitmap files at the Section 7. 8. 4) 27 Control Buttons Record By clicking on "Record" you can record video immediately. 7. 5. Video Recording This utility allows you record the video in AVI format files. There are two ways of video recording ­ Manual Recording and Schedule Recording. Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click "Record", then the "Record to Disk" window will pop up. Assign the path and file name that you want to save and click "Save", then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream. Note: Before manual recording, you have to click the camera button to select the Internet Camera that you want to record first and make sure that the viewer is successfully connecting to the Internet Camera. 28 Schedule Recording You can assign a schedule and let this viewer automatically recording the video stream into video files. Please refer to Section 7. 8 to see how to setup schedule for the recording. The file name of the recorded video file is the start time of recording. For example, the file name "Intellinet_IPCAM_2005-06-28-02-04-00. avi" was started to record at 2005/6/28 02:04:00. 7. 6. Change Resolution The Internet Camera supports two resolution, 640x480 (VGA) and 320x240 (CIF). You can change the resolution of each Internet Camera by clicking the resolution button. Note: Before changing the resolution of the Internet Camera, you have to select the Internet Camera by clicking the camera button first. If you change the resolution of an Internet Camera, other clients that are viewing the same Internet Camera simultaneously will also see the video with the changed resolution, too. 29 Resolution VGA Change the resolution to 640x480 (VGA) mode. CIF Change the resolution to 320x240 (CIF) mode. 7. 7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously can view the 4 cameras simultaneously in a four-division Click the four division button window. [. . . ] It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring. The Internet Camera can be managed remotely, accessed and controlled from any PC/Notebook over the Intranet via a web browser or camera viewer. Q2: What algorithm is used to compress the digital image?A: The Internet Camera utilizes JPEG image compression technology to provide high quality images. JPEG is a standard for image compression and can be applied to various web browser and application software. Q3: Can I capture or record still images from the Internet Camera? [. . . ]