Surveillance

Remote Monitoring System

 

     The GV-System offers 3 types of remote monitoring applications. Each remote monitoring application serves a different type of functions and features.

 

 

6.1 Remote-View System

 

The Remote-View System is a Windows-based application running on a separate PC station. This software application is used for monitoring live videos from the GV-System via dial-up modem or TCP/IP connection. Be aware that only one Remote-View System user is allowed to login to the system at a time. However, you can run multiple Remote-Views in one workstation with each one login to a different GV-System.

 

6.1.1 Remote-View System Installation

The Remote-View System is included in your GV-System CD-ROM. This application should be installed in a separate PC with dial-up modem or TCP/IP network access. Please make sure that your PC meets the minimum system requirement indicated below before proceeding to the installation.

 

System Requirement

OS: Win 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
CPU: Pentium 500 (minimum)
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Hard Disk 20 GB (minimum)
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB at 800 x 600 resolution (minimum)
Network: TCP/IP, Modem Dial-Up

Installation

1.   Insert GV-System CD into the CD-ROM drive of the remote workstation and run Setup.exe in the CD-ROM root directory.

2.   In the setup dialog box select "GeoVision Remote View" and click [Next].

3.   Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] and follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation.

6.1.2 Setup Remote-View System

Modem Connection Setup

Please make sure that both remote view workstation and GV-System has modems installed properly. The GV-System will only supports external modems, the internal modem card will not work with this setup.

1. Click the [Network] button of the GV-System main screen and enable [Modem Server] from the menu.

2. Click on [Preference] then select [Configure Modem] from the sub-menu and the following window will appear. In the drop-down list select the proper modem in use.

3. Click the [Connect] button from Remote-View System's menu bar, select Dial-Modem from the submenu and the following window will appear.

4. Input the telephone number of the GV-System you wish to connect to in [Phone Dial] column. (this column will memorized 10 previously entered telephone numbers.)

5. Enter an authorized user's ID and passwords then click [Make Call] button. To login successfully the [Connect Status] column should appear with the following message...

Make Call ?XXXXXX
Line Hang Up!
Line Reply...
Login...

 

TCP/IP Connection Setup

Please make sure that both Remote-View System and GV-System are properly setup to access to TCP/IP network. The TCP/IP server in GV-System must be enabled first before proceeding to the following procedures.

1. Click the [Network] button of the GV-System main screen and enable "TCP/IP Server" from the menu.

2. Click the [Connect] button from the Remote-View System's tool bar, select "Internet/Intranet_TCP/IP" from the menuand the following window will appear.

3. Enter the IP address or the domain name of the GV-System you wish to connect to in the [IP Address] column and specify the port number. If you are not sure what to do in port number then please leave it as default. (The IP Address column will memorized 10 previously entered IP addresses or domain name.)

4. Enter an authorized user's ID and passwords then click [Login] button.

5. If login successfully then you will see the GV-System's video feeding to your Multicam Remote Viewer.

6.1.3 Function and Features of Remote-View System

The Main function of Remote-View System is for allowing you to monitor the cameras of another GV-System from a remote location. Other functions includes camera zooming, remote PTZ/IO control, and recording / playback functions.

Tool Bar Buttons

Connect Click to select modem dial-up or TCP/IP connection
My Favorite Click to create My Favorite list
Stop Click to terminate network connection
Zoom In Click to zoom-in camera
Zoom Out Click to zoom-out camera
Lock Click to lock a particular camera
Preferences Click to bring up the preferences setting window

 

Add Connection to My Favorite
Once you have successfully login to the GV-System by the above steps, you can add your connection to [My Favorite] list.

Add to My Favorite

Click [My Favorite] button from the tool bar, select "Add to My Favorite" from the sub-menu and the following window will appear. Input the proper information and specify a name for your new connection and then click the [OK] button.

Edit My Favorite
Select "Edit my favorite" from the sub-menu and the following window will appear. Highlight the connection from the list and you will be able to change the IP address and the port number at the bottom. Click the [Delete] button if you wish to remove this connection from the My Favorite list.

Go to My Favorite
Once you have added a connection to My Favorite it will appear in the menu below. Simply select the connection from the menu and you should be able to login to your GV-System immediately.

Camera Zoom Function

You can enlarge a particular camera's video image by using the zoom function buttons.

1. Click on the image of the camera you wish to zoom.

2. Click the [Lock] button from the tool bar to lock the camera.

3. Use [Zoom+] or [Zoom-] buttons to control the zoom function of the locked camera.

 

Camera View Window Functions

All live video will be displayed in the Remote-View System's camera view window. The camera view window contains 4 major functions, please see the following for detail.

 

Camera Description Shows the current date and time. The text and background color are adjustable in the Preferences setting.
Rec Button Allow you to start, stop, pause, and resume recording.
Play / Save Button This button serves 2 functions; it allows you to play a recorded file or to save a recorded file in AVI format.
Camera Lock Perform same function as the [Lock] button in Camera Zoom Function.

Note:
All recorded videos will be stored in the temporarily record buffer. The "Temporarily Record Buffer" only allows one recording clips at a time. Therefore, if you wish to store the video clips permanently, you can click the [Play/Save] button from the Camera View Window, select "Save" from the menu and you will be able to save the video clip in AVI format.

 

Playback Video Clips in Qview
Click on the Camera View Window's [Play/Save] button and the following application will appear. The Qview's major function is for playback recorded video clips in the "Temporarily Record Buffer".

Preference Setting
Click on [Preferences] button from the Remote-View tool bar and the Preference Setting window will appear. The Preference Setting contains 2 functions, the Connection Setting and General Setting.

[Connection Setting]

Login Setup:    You may specify a login user account to use when launching Remote View application.

Image Quality: Allow you to adjust the compression ratio of the video stream. Higher number results in better video quality. However, high quality video will also make the video more sluggish since the file are larger and requires more resources out of your PC.

[General Setting]

Text Display:   This area let you select camera description's text color and background color. 3 options are available to present the camera description: Transparent (text only no background), Opaque (text and background), and Invisible (no text and no background).

Temporary Record Buffer: This area let you specify a folder to temporarily hold your recording videos.

Remote PTZ and I/O Function

If you have installed PTZ or I/O devices on the connected GV-System, then you will be able to control these devices over TCP/IP or dial-up network.

Remote PTZ control
Select [View] > [PTZ Device] from the menu bar and the PTZ control panel will appear. Use the [PTZ select] buttons to choose the type of camera you wish to control. The control panel's user interface may vary from models to models.

Remote I/O control
Select [View] > [I/O Module] from the menu bar and the I/O control panel will appear. The Remote view application allows you to control the output devices only. Click on the [Output signal] buttons to send signal to the output device.

Full Screen Operation
Click [Connect] button and select "Full Screen Mode" from the menu to switch to full screen operation. The full screen mode provides a larger viewing area for the cameras. There are four functional buttons located at the right hand side that allows you to access to some of the basic functions.

 

6.2 IP Multicast System

 

The IP Multicast system is a remote viewing application that is capable of connecting up to 10 GV-System at a time. It is specifically designed for Intranet/LAN environment and does not work in Internet environment. The IP Multicast System can automatically locate all available GV-System within the same local area network by click of a button. Users are not required to input each GV-System's IP address separately. The IP Multicast System is the most ideal application if you wish to monitor multiple GV-System simultaneously in a local area network.

 

6.2.1 IP Multicast System Installation and Setup

The IP Multicast application is included in your GV-System CD-ROM. This Application should be installed in a separated PC with TCP/IP network access. Please make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirement indicated below before proceeding to the installation.

 

System Requirement

OS: Win 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
CPU: Pentium 500 (minimum)
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Hard Disk: 20 GB (minimum)
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB at 800 x 600 resolution (minimum)
Network: TCP/IP, Intranet/LAN environment only

Installation

1. Insert GV-System CD into the CD-ROM drive of the remote workstation and run Setup.exe in the CD-ROM root directory.

2. In the setup dialog box select "GeoVision IP Multicast" and click [Next].

3. Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] and follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation.

6.2.2 Start and Stop IP Multicast System

Please make sure that all GV-System and the IP Multicast workstation are properly setup in a local TCP/IP network environment. The "Multicast Server" in GV-System must be enabled first before proceeding to the following procedures.

1.    In GV-System's main screen, click the [Network] button and enable "Multicast Server" from the menu. If you are trying to connect multiple GV-System at the same time then make sure to enable all GV-System's Multicast Server separately.

2.    Go to [Start] > [Program] > [Multicam] > [IP MultiCast System] and run IP Multicast application in your workstation.

3.    Click the [Search] button from the tool bar and the IP Multicast System will automatically locate all available GV-System within your local area network.

4.    All GV-System available for viewing will be listed in the live channel frame on the left side of the IP Multicast screen.

5.    Click on the live bar to select the GV-System you wish to monitor and the password dialog box will appear. Input a valid user's ID and passwords then click [OK].

6.    Live video of the selected GV-System will be displayed in the camera view area on the right.

7.    To end the connection simply click the [Stop] button from the tool bar and the connection to the selected GV-System will be terminated.

6.2.3 Function and Features of IP Multicast System

Tool Bar Buttons

Search Click to locate all available GV-System within the LAN.
Back Click to move back to the previous live channel
Forward Click to move forward to the next live channel
Go To Click to select a specific live channel
Stop Click to end the network connection
Lock Camera Click to lock a particular camera
Live Channel Click to show or hide live channel frame.

Live Channel Frame

Live Bar Click to select the GV-System you wish to view
Indicates the number of camera available in each GV-System.
Indicates each GV-System's connection status. Green flag mean s connected, while red flag means disconnected.
Channel Display each live channel in sequence
Server IP Port Displays the IP address of the connected GV-Systems

Camera View Window

 

Camera Caption Displays the current date and time of the camera
Rec Button The recording button serves 4 functions: start recording, stop recording, pause, and resume recording.
Play / Save Click to play last recording or to save it as *avi file
Camera Lock Click to lock a particular camera

Note:

The IP Multicast System's recording file will be stored in a "Temporary Record Buffer". This buffer can only store one file at a time. If you try to record a second file then the following message will appear to notify you that your first file is not save yet. If you click [Continue] then the first file will be over write by the second file. To avoid overwrite click on the [Play/Save] button from the camera view window, select [Save] from the menu and you will be able to save your recording as *avi files.

 

Play and Save Video Clips

The Camera View Window's play/save button serves two functions.

Play Recorded Files

Click on the [Play/Save] button; choose [Play] from the submenu and the Qview application will be launched.

Save Recorded Video Clips

All recording video clips are save in the "temporarily record buffer" folder. These recorded clips will be lost after you close the GeoCenter application. To permanently save the video clips in your Center workstation click the [Play/Save] button, choose [Save] from the submenu and you will be able to save in the files as Avi format within your Center workstation.

 

Preference Setting

Select [Preference] from the menu bar and the following window will appear.

[Text Display]: Let you select camera caption's text color and background color. 3 options are available to present the camera caption: Transparent (text only no background), Opaque (text and background), and Invisible (no text and no background).

[Temporary Record Buffer]: Let you specify a folder to hold your recording videos.


 

Full Screen Operation

Click [Channel] and select [Full Screen Mode] from the menu bar to switch to full screen operation. The full screen mode provides a larger viewing area for the cameras. There are four functional buttons located at the right hand side that allows you to access to some of the basic functions.

 

6.3 GeoCenter

 

The GeoCenter may be considered as a central surveillance station for the GV-Systems. With GeoCenter, you can automatically receive video images or clips from multiple GV-Systems of different areas when intrusion occurs. The connection time is less than 1 second on Intranet environment.

 

 

Center can be applied in the Internet/WAN or Intranet/LAN environment, but you need a FIX IP at where Center is installed. One Center can serve 10 GV- Systems at one time, and you can daisy chain multiple Center in a local area network. If video images are received from the 11th system, it will automatically transfer to the next available Center.

Because Center is based on TCP/IP protocol, you must have TCP/IP connection at the surveillance site. Center does not support dial-up to ISP. Since dial-up is not always reliable, it may delay the image sending.

Application 1:

You may run a GV-Series System in your office or the warehouse, and enable "Connect to Center" in GV-Series System from the network option when off-duty. Select also connect to Center. If intrusion occurs after you leave the office or the warehouse, you will receive real-time video image from Center and make necessary response. All video images sent to Center will be recorded at remote site for reference.

Application 2:

You may join your system to a Center, like the way you join a security service, except Center allows you to SEE intrusion, not only alarm flash or siren only. It is a good way to eliminate false alarm.

 

6.3.1 GeoCenter Installation and Setup

The GeoCenter application is included in your GV-System CD-ROM. This Application should be installed in a separated PC with TCP/IP network access. Please make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirement indicated below before proceeding to the installation.
 

System Requirement

OS: Win 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
CPU: Pentium 500 (minimum)
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Hard Disk: 20 GB (minimum)
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB at 800 x 600 resolution (minimum)
Network: TCP/IP

Installation

1. Insert GV-System CD into the CD-ROM drive of the remote workstation and run Setup.exe in the CD-ROM root directory.

2. In the setup dialog box select "GeoVision GeoCenter" and click [Next].

3. Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] and follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation.

6.3.2 GeoCenter Setup

The setup of GeoCenter involves both the Center System PC and the GV-Systems. Center basically treats each GV-System as its customer. Therefore, before your GV-System can send images or video to the Center, it will need to enroll to Center's customer list first.

1. Lunch Center application in the PC where Center is installed.

2. Click [Customer] button from the menu bar and the following window will appear.

3. Click [Add] button to add new customer and fill out the information in the following dialog box.

4. Enable "Send to Center" option in GV-System's camera configure window. Decide how you want to send the video to center by choosing either "motion detect" or around the clock" in the drop-down list.

5. Click the [Network] button in GV-System and enable Connect to Center function and the Login Dialog window will appear.

6. Enter the IP address of Center System in [Connect Center IP] text column. Enter the login ID and passwords.

7. Select the network type that match to your Network Environment and then click [Login].

8. From the GV-System main screen click [Start/Stop Monitoring] button and enable all monitoring function.

9. If you have select [Around-the-Clock] surveillance then you will see video feeding to your Center workstation continuously. If you selected [Motion Detect] surveillance then your Center will receive videos only when motion are detected by one of the camera in the connected GV-System.

6.3.3 Function and Features of GeoCenter

Once your GeoCenter is up and running it is ready to receive video from GV-Systems. The main screen of Center application is divided into 4 parts, which are Tool Bar, View Window, Location List, and Event List.

Tool Bar Buttons

View Window Select between [Single Location] or [Tile Horizontally]. Single location will display one GV-System at a time while Tile Horizontally will display multiple GV-System across the camera view area.
Customer Allow you to add or delete customer file.
Browse Log Allow you to browse for saved recording files
Location Click this button to show or hide location frame.
Event List Click this button to show or hide event list
Next Center IP Enter the next Centers IP address in the text column

View Window

All video received from the GV-System will be displayed in the view window area. The view window button from the tool bar allows you to choose between two display options, which are single location and tile horizontally. The Single Location will display one GV-System's video at a time while Tile Horizontally displays multiple GV-System and will layout each system's camera view window horizontally across the View Window area.

Location List

The Location List is located in the left frame of the Center screen. Inside the location list will be various selection bar that allows you to select between the GV-Systems that connects to your Center. If your have 10 GV-Systems connect to your Center, then there will be 10 selection bars in the Location List.

Event List

The Event List is located in the lower frame of the Center screen. It displays the login history of the connected GV-System. There are total 6 fields in the Event List, which are explained in the following.

No.: Shows the login queue sequence of the connected GV-System.
Locations: Shows the name of the login GV-System.
Camera Name: Shows the name of the camera.
Date: Shows the connected GV-System's login date
Login Time: Shows the connected GV-System's login time.
Logout Time: Shows the connected GV-Systems logout time.

Camera View Window

All video receive from the GV-System will be display in the Camera View Window. Each Camera View Window displays one camera.

 

Camera Caption Displays the current date and time of the camera
Rec Button The recording button serves 4 functions: start recording, stop recording, pause, and resume recording.
Play / Save Click to play last recording or to save it as *avi file
Camera Lock Click this button to lock a particular camera. Once a camera is lock it will appear in the right area of the View Window. You can use [+] and [-] key of your keyboard to zoom-in and zoom-out the locked camera.

Note:
All recording video clips are save in the "temporarily record buffer" folder. These recorded clips will be lost after you close the GeoCenter application.

Play and Save Video Clips

The Camera View Window's play/save button serves two functions.

Play Recorded Files

Click on the [Play/Save] button; choose [Play] from the submenu and the Qview application will be launched.

Save Recorded Video Clips

All recording video clips are save in the "temporarily record buffer" folder. These recorded clips will be lost after you close the GeoCenter application. To permanently save the video clips in your Center workstation click the [Play/Save] button, choose [Save] from the submenu and you will be able to save in the files as Avi format within your Center workstation.

Preference Setting

The [Text Color] area let you select camera description's text color and background color. 3 options are available to present the camera description: Transparent (text only no background), Opaque (text and background), and Invisible (no text and no background).

[Temporary Record Buffer] let you specify a folder to temporarily hold your recording videos.

[Alarm Option] You can enable the alarm option to notify you when your center receives an image from the GV-System. The drop-down list let you select between 6 different alarm types. You can click the [Play] button to listen to the alarm.

[Record Option] If auto record is enabled then Center will automatically start recording when it receives a video or image from a GV-System.

Full Screen Operation