Software Installation

     All GV-Series software applications are included in the CD-ROM provided within the system package. There are total 7 software applications inside the CD-ROM including Main System Application, Remote View, IP Multicast, GeoCenter, Register Dynamic IP, Remote Playback and PDA Viewer. The Main System Application and Register Dynamic IP Application should be install in the video surveillance system. The Remote View, IP Multicast, GeoCenter, and Remote Playback are all remote monitoring applications and should be installed in a remote view workstation.
 

This Chapter will describe the installation procedures for the main application only. The installation for rest of the software will be explained later in "Chapter 6 Remote Monitoring System".

• Install Main System Application
• Uninstall Main System's Application

2.1 Install Main System Application

Before starting the installation of your Main System Application, you should check if all hardware components were installed properly. It is important that you complete the hardware installation in Chapter one first before proceeds to the software installation procedures below.

 

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

 

2. A setup dialog box will appear with 7 options for you to choose, select GeoVision Main System and click [Next].

3. Select the model of your system in the product type dialog box and click [Next].

4. If the model you selected is GV-600 and GV-800, then another product select dialog box will appear. Choose the actual model and click [Next] to proceed to the next step.

 

5. Now select the video format for the source camera used in the system and click [Next]. There are 3 options: NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. You can also change the video format later in the configuration of the Main System Application.

6. Click [Browse] if you wish to specify another destination directory otherwise click [Next] to proceed to the next step.

7. In the select program dialog box you may change the name for your GV-System folder in the empty text column under Program Folder. If you are not sure what to do in this area simply click [Next] and the installation will start. Follow the rest of the instruction to complete the installation.

2.2 Uninstall Main System's Application

To uninstall GV-Series System, click on the Uninstall icon   from the folder. The uninstall program will delete all GV-Series system files on your hard disk. However, it does not delete the video images and the log files already saved in the hard drive of your PC.