Rugged-cams Premier DVR User Manual

--Graphic User Interface(GUI)  Function mode selection tabs Remote real-time monitoring Remote search and playback of recorded images Search

Chapter Calculator - Overview (1) The calculator program estimates the record duration depending on the HDD space and record s- Ruettings. n

(3) VIDEO MODE : There are two types; NTSC and PAL. (it depends on the camera specification.) (4) MODEL NO. : Enter the model number of the DVR sys

B) To enable/disable a channel, double-click it in the same way. (2) Max Bitrate (Kbyte) A) Click the Max Bitrate (Kbyte) in the title bar to set

C) This figure shows that it is changed to 500. 103

(3) Recording Resolution Controls the resolution of the recording images NTSC type : CIF – 352*240 / Field – 704*240 / Full – 704*480 PAL type :

(4) Frame Rate (Frame/Sec) Enter the number of frames per second of a recoding image. A) To change all channels with a same frame rate, click the F

B) You can modify the frame rate of a channel. If you click it, the color is changed to the orange color. Select one in the context menu by double-cl

(5) Recording Hour a Day (Hours) Specifies recording hours in a day. A) To change all channels with a same value, click the Recording Hour a Day (Ho

(6) To set the value back to default, press the Reset button. (7) If you press the Calculate button after all input items are selected, the calcula

Chapter Flash Down - Overview (1) This is the DVR system update program, and uses the RS232C cable if you are connecting directly to the DVR or cr

 Function buttons Log in and connection Disconnection Multi-disconnections • Captures images, downloads recorded images and specifies the path t

D) To add upgrade files, select the Partupdate. E) Click the [Open] button by selecting all of three files that are shown on the screen. F) Once f

G) If the Success message is displayed after you click the Upgrade, reboot the DVR system. Then, the upgrade task continues to proceed. (Success, ope

B) Fill out each item.  IP Address : IP of the DVR system  Port : 2000  User ID : user ID  Password : User password C) For the Upgrade Fi

D) Once the setup is completed, click the Upgrade button to continue the upgrade task. E) If the upgrade task is completed, a notification message

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• Both real-time record search and local file use PTZ Control Button This function button provides PAN / TILT / Zoom / Focus Control. Use buttons f

-Connecting/Disconnecting --Connecting  If you click the button on the right side of the screen, the following login window is displayed. 1

 If you click the Address Book Mode, all connection names registered in the address book are listed.  To enter the connection information manual

System default values of the user accounts for the network access are as follows; Network default Account Default Password user1 1111111 user2 222

--Releasing single connection Releases the connection with the remote DVR accessed currently.  Select the accessed DVR IP/ID in the DVR tab o

 Click the button in the DVR tab on the right side of the program screen.  Connection with all DVRs connected currently are released, and the sel

-Real-time monitoring --Viewing real-time images  Drag the ID or IP of the DVR that was added remotely, and drop it to the monitoring window on

 Live channel move function – You can move a channel to another channels location by selecting the channel you want to move and dragging it to the sq

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--Controlling the PTZ (1)Switching to the PTZ mode  Click the center part of the segmentation screen view button from the real-time screen, as sho

(2)Controlling the pan/tilt Click the button, and control the pan/tilt using direction buttons. (3)Zoom In / Zoom Out Click the button

(4)Controlling the focus Click the button, control the focus using the Left/Right direction buttons. (5)Controlling the focus Click the

--Listening to the audio If audio recording is turned on, you can listen to the audio set to each channel in real-time as in the following figure.

--Viewing the product information  Move your cursor to the ID or IP of the DVR, on the right side of the screen, under the DVR tab, and right-clic

--Picture Setting  Move the cursor to ID or IP of the DVR, on the right side of the program screen, under the DVR tab, and right-click it.  C

--Network Account (1)Starting  Move the cursor to the ID or IP of the DVR, on the right side of the program screen, under the DVR tab, and right-c

 To use the user information setup, the user must have the DVR setup correctlyt. Otherwise, the following message is displayed. (2)Adding the user

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 Enter a user account and password you want to add, check the needed functions and click the [OK] button.  Then, the success message is displayed an

 Enter the user information you want to modify, modify the information and click the [OK] button.  Then, the success message is displayed and the us

 Then, the success message is displayed and the user account is deleted. 32

--Viewing the log file (1)Starting  Move the cursor to the ID or IP of the DVR, on the right side of the program screen, under the DVR tab and rig

 Form the calendar on the left side of the screen, click the date when you want to see logs. (2)Viewing total logs  If you select the [All] tab fr

(3)Viewing failure logs.  If you select the [Fail] tab from the log information on the right side of the screen, logs for failure events are listed.

(5)Viewing recording logs  If you select the [Record] tab from the log information on the right side of the screen, logs for recording events are lis

--Application Setting With the application setup, you can • Capture images, download recorded images and specify the path that DVR setup file is s

 Modem Setting – selects a modem and modifies script files.  OSD Setting – sets OSD use On/Off and specifies OSD text color. Select whether you w

-To c- If tclickreate a color you want directly, click the [Create custom color] button. he Create color window is displayed as in the following figur

--Feature With one computer you can connect to up to 256 remote DVRs Up to 8 users can connect to one DVR at the same time With 16 channel conn

 Border Line Setting – selects an option for the frame boundary between image channels. The width is the thickness of the line, the method to set the

 Backup Setting – Backup setup for emergency situations, Load – applies the information saved in the existing file to the current RUGGED VISION CM

--Address Book When you access the remote DVR through the Ethernet or PSTN, this address book function allows the user to access it with the reg

(2)Ethernet A)Registering  Click the [Add] button from the Address Book window, as shown in the following figure.  Fill out all information on the

B)Modifying  Select the DVR access information you want to modify from the Address Book window, and click the [Modify] button.  Modify all inform

C)Deleting  Select the DVR access information you want to delete from the Address Book window, and click the [Delete] button. 45

(3)Domain Name A)Registering  Click the [Add] button from the Address Book window, as shown in the following figure.  Fill out all information on

(4)Modifying  Select the DVR information you want to modify from the Address Book window, and click the [Modify] button.  Modify all information

B)Deleting  Select the DVR you want to delete from the Address Book window, and click the [Delete] button. 48

(5) PSTN / ISDN A) Registering  Clock the [Add] button from the Address Book window, as shown in the following figure. 49

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B) Modifying  Select the DVR you want to modify from the Address Book window, and click the [Modify] button. 50

C) Deleting  Select the DVR you want to delete from the Address Book window, and click the [Delete] button. (6) Group Registration A) Registerin

 To add the group access, click the [Add] button on the left-lower side of the screen. Then, this window is displayed. To register DVR and channel, a

button. Once the group registration is successfully completed, the following massage box is displayed. 53

B) Modifying  If you select the DVR you want to modify from the Address Book window, the registration screen comes with the list as in the followin

C) Deleting  Select the DVR you want to delete from the Address Book window, and click the [Delete] button. --Display Capture This function i

(2)Adjusting the brightness/contrast/saturation/tint/gamma  Drag the control bar on the right panel to adjust the brightness/contrast/saturation/tint

(3)Adjusting the tint  Drag Amount and Hue control bars on the right panel to adjust the tint. (4)Applying a filter  Adjust the filter application

(5)Restoring the original picture  To restore the original picture, click the [Reset] button on the right panel. (6)Rotating  To rotate a picture

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(7)Horizontal flipping  Click the icon in the upper menu, or select the [Edit] Æ [Flip] Æ {Horizontal} menu. (8)Vertical flipping  Click the

(9)Saving  To save the picture in the default folder as the default file name, click the icon or select the [File] Æ {Save} menu.  To save it as a

 If you click the button on the right side of the program screen, the image files created from capturing the monitoring screen are listed.  If

 If the Print window is displayed, select the printer you want to use and click the [OK] button. --Live Recording This function is used to recor

--Adjust Color This function is used to adjust the brightness, gamma, contrast, saturation, tint and post processing filter for the channel image.

--Viewing the full screen mode Switches the real-time monitoring screen to the full screen mode.  To switch to the full screen mode, click the

 To return to the default mode, click the button on the lower right side of the program screen. 66

-Search and Playback This function is used to search and play an image recorded in real time in the DVR. Although the real time monitoring mode is

 Click the desired image from the lower left side of the screen, only the image corresponding to the channel is enlarged. 68

(2)Selecting a search method Displays the recorded images in the Hour/Min histogram format. Displays the recorded images in the file list format. 

RUGGED VISION CMS This remote management program allows the user to utilize real time monitoring, search, playback, altering DVR settings and system

 If the time of the DVR system is changed, the existing file is indicated with the sky blue color. Status Bar (3)Selecting date and time  From the

 Select a recording type by clicking the recording type tab on the Search window.  Specify the time when you want to search by dragging the yellow

-- Playback (1) If you specify the time and click the button, the following Normal Playback screen is displayed.  Control the playback spee

 To stop the playback. Click the button on the lower side of the Playback screen.  When the playback is stopped, it returns to the previous searc

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(2)Download(Recording File Download)  Specify the time when you want to download by dragging the time assignment line on the search window in the sea

 If you press the button after the selection is finished, the Filedownload Information window is displayed and the download is started as in the fo

-Local Player This function is used to play downloaded files or backup files in the user computer. --Starting  Click the tab on the top of

--Local File Search and Playback  In the local playback mode, search the folder that includes downloaded video files or backup files from the fold

-Remote setup Provides the Main Setup and App. Setup functions for the remote DVR. --Starting  Click the tab on the top of the program sc

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 If you right-click the area of settings you want to change, values in the settable range are displayed. Select a value to change the setting.  If

 Click the Save button to save them as a file. (4) SEND  If there are DVRs connected remotely, current connected DVRs are listed in the [Save S

 DVR system sounds a beep and all settings are initialized. You can see that all settings have been initialized by accessing the DVR. -- DVR se

 Load Setup File: shows the path of the latest file where settings are saved. If you have not saved them as a file before, it is indicated with the

B) SAVE  Saves the changed settings. C) SEND  Loads the file where the settings are saved, or sends the current settings to the accessed DVR if yo

Chapter RUGGED VISION PDA ( PDnstall A Viewer ) - Overview (1) This program is designed to allow the user to see images through a PDA. - Insta

(4) Read through the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully. If you select the item related to acceptance, the [Finish] button is enabled. To c

(6) This is the screen during the installation at the user’s computer side. You can complete the additional installation tasks from the PDA. (7)

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- Running and using (1) If you click the button on the upper left side of the screen, the access dialog box is displayed. (2) Fill out IP Ad

-Starting the remote management program --Starting  Click the Start > All Programs > RUGGED > RUGGED VISION CMS> RUGGED VISION CMS.

(3) While trying to connect, the ‘IP address’ and ‘Connecting …’ are displayed. (4) When the connection is failed, the following screen is disp

(6) For the cameras that have PTZ control, you can control them through the following buttons. (7) The [PRESET] is used to save the values by c

(9) If you click the on the right side of the screen, the audio for the channel where audio is set, is played (10) To release the connection, c

Chapter Transcoder - Overview (1) This program transforms the MPEG-4 format download and recorded files to MPEG-1 format files, allowing the user

(3) Click the [Add] button to search the file you want to transfer. (4) Select the directory for the desired time zone from the directory list, and

(5) Once the selection is completed, the corresponding recordings of the image are displayed as a graph. (6) If you select a channel from the list

A) Start – plays images B) End – stops the preview and closes the dialog box. C) Capture – saves the corresponding image as a picture file. D) Col

(9) This shows that an image is removed from the list by using the [Remove] button. (To clear all images from the list, click the [Clear] button.).

(12) The context of the Quality consists of Very High – High – Medium – Low – Very Low steps (13) CIF / FULL indicates the resolution. (14) The pr

(20) Once the transformation is completed, a completion message is displayed as in the following figure. Then, click the [OK] button. 99