The Operations of Remote Viewer This displays the name (the location name, for instance) of the remote DVR site. Display 1/4/9/16 split screens that show live video from video cameras on the remote DVR site. Use the Camera Control Panel to select a camera, connect/disconnect a camera, control PTZ camera, and record video. (See "Camera Control Panel" for more details.) Click this button to connect to a remote DVR site. Use the General Control Panel to switch between 1/4/9/16 split screens, play video recordings, and customize preference settings. Back to Menu
Split screens Each split screen on the Remote Viewer interface shows the camera name and the current status of the video camera. This shows the name of the remote video camera. An "Motion" status message is displayed when the remote camera has detected an motion event. A "REC" (record) status message is displayed when the remote camera is currently in video recording mode at the remote site. This mark represents that the video has been recording at the local machine. Each split screen shows live video from a remote video camera. This displays the current date and time of the remote cameras. This displays the frame rate and the average data rate per second. Back to Menu
Camera Control Panel The Camera Control Panel provides button controls for connecting to the remote site, viewing remote cameras, and for looping through all cameras.
Camera buttons : Click a camera button to select the corresponding remote camera. You need to select a remote camera first to record camera video, command a PTZ movement, and connect/disconnect the camera. Pan & Tilt control : Click the four directional buttons to adjust the camera angle up, down, left, or right. Click the "X" button to stop moving the camera. Preset buttons : Click a preset button(1~8) to move the PTZ camera to a preset position. Zoom control : Click the up arrow to zoom in, or the down arrow to zoom out. Or, click the circle button to go back to the default zoom ratio. If the PTZ camera does not provide zoom scaling feature, click the up arrow continuously to keep zooming in, or click the down arrow continuously to keep zooming out. Record button : Click this button to start recording video from the selected camera. Stop button : Click this button to stop recording. Connect Camera button : Click to display "Log In" dialog box to connect to a remote camera. Disconnect Camera button : Click to disconnect the selected camera. Connect Site button : Click to display "Log In" dialog box to connect to a remote DVR site. Click again to disconnect all camera connections. Back to Menu
General Control Panel The General Control Panel provides button controls for switching between 1/4/9/16 split screens, playing video recordings, and customizing preference settings. Full Screen button : Toggles between full-screen and normal display mode. Single View button : Click to display a single screen. 4 Split Screens button : Click to display 4 split screens. 9 Split Screens button : Click to display 9 split screens. 16 Split Screens button : Click to display 16 split screens. Next Page button : Click to display next page of split screens. Loop Page button : Click to auto-loop pages of split screens. Record List button : Click to display the list of video recordings. Voice button : Click to enable the voice communication to a remote DVR site. Click again to disable it. If there is a camera selected, the voice communication is to the DVR site where the selected camera is on. If there is no camera selected, the first connected camera's DVR site is the target site for the voice communication. Preference button : Click to display Preference dialog box. Help button : Click to display Quick Guide. Back to Menu
Preference Settings Voice Input : Select an audio device for voice input, and adjust its volume. Your microphone should plug to the selected audio device. Voice Output : Select an audio device for voice output, and adjust its volume. Your speaker or earphone should plug to the selected audio device. Test button : Press the button to test and adjust the volume of voice input/output. Record Storage : Specify the storage for video recordings. Back to Menu