Digital Video Server

Image Center

Manual

（V1.3.0.16
V1.3.0.16））

November 17, 2008

 Welcome

Thank you for choosing our DVS Image Center. Please read the manual carefully before

using. If you have problems which is not answered in the manual please contact your vendor

or the technical support department of our company.

We reserve the right to update the manual periodically without notice.

Page 2 of 44
 Table of Content

1. General...................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. Manual Version..........................................................................................................5
1.2. System Requirement..................................................................................................5
1.3. Notes..........................................................................................................................6
2. Brief Introduction...................................................................................................................... 6
3. Program Installation.................................................................................................................. 6
4. User Guide.................................................................................................................................7
4.1. Login......................................................................................................................... 7
4.2. The Interface and Functions...................................................................................... 8
4.2.1. The main interface............................................................................................. 8
4.2.2. Image Window...................................................................................................9
4.2.4. Talk-back......................................................................................................... 11
4.2.5. Information System......................................................................................... 11
4.2.6. Volume Control................................................................................................11
4.2.7. Group setup..................................................................................................... 12
4.2.8. Display Group................................................................................................. 13
4.2.9. Control the front devices................................................................................. 14
4.2.10. Image Control..................................................................................................15
4.2.11. Functions......................................................................................................... 15
4.3. Cycle switch assign................................................................................................. 16
4.4. Local Setup..............................................................................................................17
4.4.1. Generic............................................................................................................ 18
4.4.2. User................................................................................................................. 19
4.4.3. Recording........................................................................................................ 20
4.4.4. Schedule rec.....................................................................................................21
4.4.5. Alarm...............................................................................................................22
4.4.6. EMail............................................................................................................... 23
4.5. Electronic map.........................................................................................................24
4.6. Elecmap setup..................................................................................................25
4.7. Review Log............................................................................................................. 26
4.8. Video Playback........................................................................................................27
4.9. DVS Param..............................................................................................................28
4.9.1. System para..................................................................................................... 29
4.9.2. Network para................................................................................................... 29
4.9.3. User para..........................................................................................................31
4.9.4. Video para........................................................................................................32
4.9.5. Motion para..................................................................................................... 33
4.9.6. Video lost (only DVS)..................................................................................... 34
4.9.7. Probe para........................................................................................................35
4.9.8. Annunciator..................................................................................................... 36
4.9.9. Disk para..........................................................................................................37

Page 3 of 44
 4.9.10. Record............................................................................................................. 38
4.9.11. Schedule rec.....................................................................................................39
4.9.12. Terminal para...................................................................................................40
Appendix I: The decode protocols supported by the system................................................... 41
Appendix II: Troubleshooting................................................................................................. 42

Page 4 of 44
1. General

1.1. Manual Version

Manual Version Differences with previous versions Update time

V1.3.0.16 Add Email alarm, remote recording

playback, set buffer locally, etc.

1.2. System Requirement

� Operating System

◆ Windows2000 and WindowsXP (English or Simplified Chinese Edition)

� Minimum Requirement

◆ CPU: Pentium 1.1Ghz

◆ Memory: 128MB

◆ Video Card: TNT2

◆ Sound Card: Necessary when audio monitoring and two-way talk-back is

required

◆ Hard Drive: Minimum 40G if recording is required

� Recommended System

◆ CPU: Pentium 2.6Ghz

◆ Memory: 512MB

◆ Video Card: NVidia Geforce FX5200 or ATI RADEON 7000(9000) series,

128M memory, support hardware zoom function

� Software Requirement

◆ Inter Explorer 6.0 or above

◆ DirectX 8.0or above

Page 5 of 44
1.3. Notes

� The operation on DVS applies to IP Camera too, if there is no exception.

2. Brief Introduction

Features:

� Manage unlimited video and audio channels

� Set the IP Camera

� Electronic map

� Support previewing and rotate monitoring

� Support audio monitoring

� Support two-way talk back

� Support recording (pre-alarm recording, manual recording, alarm-triggered recording,

scheduled recording)

� Support recording playback and search

� Support pan/Tile control, setup, transfer, track transfer

� Support log management

� Support snapshot by the back program or the front camera

The DVS Image Center has powerful and complete functions for your surveillance

system.

3. Program Installation

Find the installation file DVSImageCenter_Vxx.exe, double click it and the following

windows will show up:

Page 6 of 44
 Please follow the instruction, click 【Next】,until the button of 【Finish】shows up. Click

【 Finish 】 to finish the installation. The software is installed to the default folder \Program

Files\DVSImageCenter.

4. User Guide

4.1. Login

Click the file “DVSImageCenter.exe”, the following window will pop up:

Input your user name and password (the default user name is “admin” and the password

is empty. After clicking 【OK】, the program starts to initialize. The following window will

show up after a few seconds:

Page 7 of 44
 4.2. The Interface and Functions
Functions

4.2.1. The main interface

System time Image window and status About, minimize, or close the window

Grouped
devices area

Display control Channel control Functions

Page 8 of 44
 4.2.2. Image Window

Image window

Status bar

It means 服务器名称
this window is
selected

Recording status Audio Two-way Server’s name

: Alarm triggered recording monitoring talk-back
: Manual recording �: In use : In use
Video channel’s
: Scheduled recording �: Not in use : Not in use
name
: Not in use

Double click the display window, you can maximize the window. Double click the

maximized window again, it will be back to the previous display form.

Single click the right key, the following menu will pop up (different window status will have

different menu):

Page 9 of 44
 Cycle switch assign: to set the video channel of each display window.
Full Screen: full screen display without grouped windows and functions

Screen View: to add, delete and modify DVS and its display group
Delete preview window: To delete the link between the window and the channel of
DVS

Image control: to connect, disconnect the image channel of this window; to start or
stop recording; and to capture snapshot.

Login & logout: login and logout of DVS

Notes: when you login or logout, all relevant windows of DVS will login or logout
at the same time. After you login, you can control pan/tile and set up the DVS

DVS Param: to set the parameters of DVS of the display window

Remote file: to search, playback and download the recording and snapshot

Check Alarm & Uncheck Alarm

Page control: to control all the windows on the current page

4.2.3. Control buttons

Login Volume control

Logout Audio monitoring on/off

Delete alarm
DVS Param

Talk-back on/off
Connect Image

Start/stop record
Disconnect Image

Capture Snapshot

The Connect & Disconnect Image, Volume control, Audio monitoring on/off, and Capture

operations are for the current window. The Login, Logout, DVS Param, Talk-back on/off, and

Delete alarm operations are for the DVS of the current image. The Delete alarm operation is to

delete the alarms triggered by the DVS of the current image.

Page 10 of 44
4.2.4. Talk-back

Click the Talk-back on/off button , you can talk to the current DVS.

4.2.5. Information System

Current hard drive

Free space on the current

hard drive

Current page

4.2.6. Volume Control

This is to control the speaker’s volume of the current monitored window.

Page 11 of 44
 4.2.7. Group setup

Current Group
Properties of the
current server

Add new devices to

Save or cancel
the group or modify
changes
the selected server

Servers in the LAN

Search servers in the

Add property of
LAN
the selected server

Click the right key in the current group, the following menu will pop up (menu will be

different if you choose different group):

Add a new group

Delete the current group
Modify the current group

Delete the selected server

Set up the selected camera

Page 12 of 44
4.2.8. Display Group

Group information

Group/Control

In the grouped window, the status of devices and cameras will be shown: gray color means it

is disconnected; blue color means it is connected; red color means it is alarming.

Check the “Show server address”. The IP address (or domain name) and port information will

show up after the server.

Page 13 of 44
4.2.9. Control the front devices
In order to control
Alarm output control
the front devices of the
selected image, you have
Preset, transfer to set the decoder of the
device. Please refer to the
Up, down, left, right,
【 Local Set up - P/T
Setup
auto
Protocool 】 . The default
Protoc
protocol is built in the
Zoom add/sub
NVS (it can be
Iris add/sub downloaded from the
NVS Settings – Front
Focus control Device Settings and save
in the NVS).
Rain brush and Light

Cycle switch assign

Pan/Tile speed control

Page 14 of 44
4.2.10. Image Control

1 window 4 windows
Go to the next page
9 windows 16 windows
manually
25 windows 36 windows

Page auto rotation

Full screen
Go to the previous
page manually
Image style

【Image Style】is to turn on/off the status bar of the window

Page turn manually or auto cycle are valid after you turn on page cycle.

4.2.11. Functions

Electronic map

Elecmap setup

Group settings

Local settings

Log search

Local play-back

Page 15 of 44
4.3. Cycle switch assign

Single click the right key in the image window, choose 【Cycle switch assign】, the following

window will pop up:

At the left side of the window, it shows the information of the page. The image of camera

#1-#36 is displayed in the window #1-#36.

【Add】: To add a page.

【Modify】: To modify the current page.

【Delete】: To delete the selected page.

【Move up】: To move up the selected page. If the page is already at the top, then it will

not work.

Page 16 of 44
 【Move down】: To move down the selected page. If the page is already at the bottom,

then it will not work.

【View mode】: To set up how many images can be viewed on the page. The number of

images is the number of the camera you can set on that page.

At the right side of the page, the camera groups are listed. Double click the name of the

camera, it will move to the down left side of the window.

【Page stay time (Seconds)】: To set the stay time of the selected page during the image

cycle (10-600 seconds).

4.4. Local Set up

etup

Click the 【 Local Setup 】 button , the following window will pop

up:

Page 17 of 44
 There are six pages: 【Generic】,【User】,【Schedule rec】,【Record】,【Alarm】,

【EMail】.

4.4.1. Generic

The window of generic settings is same as the above.

1. 【Current selected language】: This is to choose the language of the program. It has

three built-in languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English. The

source file is in the installation directory \Language folder. You can add your own

language. The default is the same language as it of your operating system. The

program will search language automatically when it starts. You can also choose your

own language.

2. 【Auto connect video while program running】: To connect the video of image when

the program starts.

3. 【 Auto login DVS while program running 】 : To automatically login the front

devices.

4. 【Electronic map shows on another monitor (require dual video card support)】: If

your PC has two video cards, the electronic map can be displayed on the other

monitor so the main window will not be affected.

5. 【Use the user and password to login at next time】: To save your user name and

password and automatically login with them when the program starts next time.

6. 【Show snapshot when switch page】: To take snapshot from the front camera when

you manually rotate pages and display it in the window.

7. 【Auto reconnect times】: To reconnect the network with the number of time you set

when it is disconnected. When the connection reaches the number of time, the

program will not connect the front device any more.

8. 【Frame buffer count】: To set the number of frames of video buffer. The less frames

the less delay of video. But it may be stopped when the network bandwidth is not

good. The more frames the more delay of video. But it is much smoother.

9. 【Log file】: To set the save path of the log files and the days to save the log file.

Page 18 of 44
 10. 【Snapshot】: To set the format of the snapshot, and the quality of JPG format.

4.4.2. User

The window of local user is as follows:

This is to add, delete, and modify the users and their authorization.

Notes: Only the administrator can delete or modify other users. Users can only change

their own passwords.

Page 19 of 44
4.4.3. Recording

The window of record is as follows:

1. When you save recording on the hard drive, you can choose which disk to save.

Click the 【OK】to save your settings.

2. 【While not enough disk space】 is to delete previously saved files when the hard

drive is full.

Notes: previous files are those saved by 0:00 am on that day.

3. Saving path: root \DVSFile\date\DVS IP address (port)\ CH_0X\record

4. 【Time Limit】is to set the time of recording.

Page 20 of 44
4.4.4. Schedule rec

The window of scheduled recording is as follows::

This is to set the recording time for each camera. You can set two time periods every day.

The schedules can be copied for selected cameras. Click the 【OK】to save the settings.

Page 21 of 44
4.4.5. Alarm

【Alarm sound】: To choose the sound of alarm. Click to choose the sound you like.

【 Alarm action 】 : To set the alarm-triggered actions, including Playing Sound, Popup

Electronic map, Popup Alarm information dialog, Send email, Connect video, and Record, etc.

You can also set the Record duration time and prerecord time.

【Alarm clear】: To automatically clear alarm. When the alarm is not triggered again during

the set time period, the program will delete the alarm automatically.

Page 22 of 44
4.4.6. EMail

The window of Email is as follows:

You can set the Email on this page, including various Email address, receivers, senders,

subjects, etc. The mail content is valid only when sending test email. The mail content will

change according to the type of alarm when it is triggered by the alarm.

You can set the condition to trigger the email alarm: motion, probe alarm, video lost, and

connect failed.

Note: The email is sent by SMTP (Simple Message Transfer Protocol). Make sure your

mail server should support SMTP.

Page 23 of 44
4.5. Electronic map

Click the【Electronic map】 button , the following window will pop up:

The electronic map shows the location of every camera and detector. When there is alarm, the

electronic map will pop up, and the alarming camera or detector will flash if it is marked on the

map.

Page 24 of 44
4.6. Elecmap setup

Click the【Elecmap setup】button , the following window will pop up::

You can mark the cameras and detectors on the map so people can clearly see them. First

you should make an electronic map by yourself. On the map list, you click the right key of the

mouse, choose “Add” to add this map and name it. Double click its name then you can open

the map.

After adding the electronic map, you can create cameras and detectors on it. You can see

its video window when you click the camera on the electronic map.

After you have the electronic map, it will pop up when there is alarm and the alarming

camera or detector will flash.

Page 25 of 44
4.7. Review Log

Click the 【Review Log】button , the following window will pop up:

Choose the reviewing type (by date or by search), input the start date and end date, the type

of log, then click the 【Search】 button. The list will show all the search result.

Page 26 of 44
4.8. Video Playback

Clieck the【Video playback】 button , the following window will pop up:

You can search the recording files and the snapshots pictures.

You can choose the continued play if there are more than one files.

Playing time progress

Choose playing They are: Open, Play, Pause, Stop, Fast They are: Full screen,
images #1- #4 backward, Fast forward, Single frame show/hide status bar,
backward, Single frame forward, Cycle play, Choose all, and Keep
Snapshot, and Volume control. aspect ratio

Page 27 of 44
4.9. DVS Param

Click the 【DVS Param】 button , or click the right key of mouse on the image

window and choose 【DVS Param】 on the popup menu, the following window will show up:

Page 28 of 44
4.9.1. System para

The system parameters are shown as above. You can set the system clock, NTP, video

standard, device name, and language, etc.

DVS upgrade: Click 【 … 】 button, choose the correct upgrading file, then click the

【upgrade】 button to start. When the job is done, you will see a message and the DVS will

be restarted automatically.

【Save params】 button: To save the modified settings on the FLASH memory so the

system will not go back to the previous status after it is restarted.

【Set to default】 button: To reset all settings (including network settings) to default. The

MAC address of the network will not change. Please use this function cautiously!

【Restart】 button: To restart the DVS.

4.9.2. Network para

The window of network parameters are as follows:

You can set the IP address of DVS, Subnet mask, Gateway, MAC address, data port, Web

Page 29 of 44
port, and DHCP, etc. If the DVS is in a LAN, make sure its IP address does not conflict with

the IP of other devices in the LAN.

【Web port】: To change of the web port of IE browser provided by Web Server of the DVS.

【DDNS】: When the DDNS function is enabled, DVS will report to DDNS its IP address

(LAN) of the dynamic IP address received from router. You should input the IP address or the

domain name of the DDNS. When the DDNS is a domain name, make sure the DNS IP

address is correct.

【Enable Center mode】: You should set the correct center IP address and service port, if

you want the front camera to take snapshot or RS232 to collect data and the DVS is connected

with the centrer.

Guide::
Video Server Network Guide

The video server uses the following default ports:

TCP:: 80 (Web port

TCP port)), 5000 (communication port, TCP data port, talk-back data port)

Multicast port: Multicast start port + channel number (0~3)

Page 30 of 44
4.9.3. User para

The User parameters are as follows:

You can create 12 user accounts for each DVS. One of them is the administrator, one is

the guest, and the rest ten accounts are operators. The operators can change their user names

or passwords. The administrator and the guest can only change their passwords. The

administrator can set the DVS while the operators and the guest cannot change any settings.

Default administrator: admin password: admin

Default guest name: guest password:: guest

Note: both the user name and password are case sensitive.

Page 31 of 44
4.9.4. Video para

The window of video parameters is as follows:

You can set the video for each channel: name, title, Logo enabled, key frame interval,

frame rate, Mask area, and video parameters (luminosity, chromatograph, contrast, and

saturation). If it is a CMOS camera, you can set Flip, Mirror, and Frequency (50Hz or 60Hz).

Page 32 of 44
4.9.5. Motion para

The window of motion detection parameters is as follows:

You can set the motion detection parameters of each channel here: motion detection area

(The monitoring window is separated into 11 x 9 pieces. You can single click the piece you

want to detect to set or remove detection), working hours, sensitivity, auto alarm deletion

(alarm delay time), associated output, associated record, associated snapshot, and Send EMail

(note: this function is not recommended as the JPG file created by snapshot will occupy

resources of DVS and the network).

Page 33 of 44
4.9.6. Video lost (only DVS)

The window of video lost is as follows:

You can set the video lost alarm here: video lost detect time period, associated output,

associated record, associated snapshot, and Send EMail (note: this function is not

recommended as the JPG file created by snapshot will occupy resources of DVS and the

network).

Page 34 of 44
4.9.7. Probe para

The window of Probe parameters is as follows:

You can set every probe here: probe name, detect time period, associated output,

associated record, associated snapshot, and Send EMail (note: this function is not

recommended as the JPG file created by snapshot will occupy resources of DVS and the

network).

Page 35 of 44
4.9.8. Annunciat or
Annunciator

The window of alarm annunciator is as follows:

You can set the name of annunciator and its working time period. Within the working

hours, the annunciator can be triggered by motion detection or other probes, if they output

alarms.

Page 36 of 44
4.9.9. Disk para

The window of Disk parameters is as follows:

You can see the information about the disk installed on the DVS, and make partition or
format it.

Page 37 of 44
4.9.10. Record

The window of video recording is as follows:

You can set the video recording and manually recording control here.

Page 38 of 44
4.9.11. Schedule rec

The window of scheduled recording is as follows:

You can set the video recording schedules here.

Page 39 of 44
4.9.12. Terminal para

The window to set DVS terminal parameters is as follows:

You can set the DVS COM ports and download Pan/Tile protocols to DVS. Also you can

set the IP address of each channel for the Pan/Tile decoder.

The built-in protocol which is downloaded from the Pan/Tile should have correct bit rate,

and data bit of RS485 COM ports.

The bit rate and data bit of RS232 COM ports should be correctly set if you use RS232 to

collect data.

Page 40 of 44
Appendix I: The decode protocols supported by the system

Number Name of protocols Notes

◆ 1 AB.COD
◆ 2 ABK2001.COD
◆ 3 AILIC_SAE.cod
◆ 4 DRAGON.COD
◆ 5 EE.COD
◆ 6 HY.COD
◆ 7 JIAJIE_PELCO_D.cod
◆ 8 Kallaite_DOME.cod
◆ 9 KONY_M800CI.cod
◆ 10 KONY_TMCIA.cod
◆ 11 LILIN_PIH_1016.cod
◆ 12 MTR600.cod
◆ 13 NEWCODER.cod
◆ 14 PELCO_D.COD
◆ 15 PELCO_D_AB.cod
◆ 16 PELCO_D_NS_1.cod
◆ 17 PELCO_D_NS_2.cod
◆ 18 PELCO_P.COD
◆ 19 PELCO_P_NS.cod
◆ 20 PELCO_P_WD.cod
◆ 21 SAMSUNG_641.cod
◆ 22 SE300_SHARPEYES.cod
◆ 23 SE600_HY.COD
◆ 24 SE600_PELCOD.cod
◆ 25 SE600_SHARPEYES.cod
◆ 26 SE600S1_HY.cod
◆ 27 SE600S1_PELCOD.cod
◆ 28 SE600S1_SHARPEYES.cod
◆ 29 SONET.COD
◆ 30 SYYT.COD
◆ 31 TCSTD_Y10.cod
◆ 32 TOTAB01.cod
◆ 33 TOTAB01_DOME.cod
◆ 34 Visdom.cod
◆ 35 W110_PTZ.COD
◆ 36 YAAN.cod
◆ 37 YOULIDVR.cod

Page 41 of 44
Appendix II: Troubleshooting

You CANNOT access the IP Camera through DVS Image Center

Possible reason #1: network is not connected properly.

Solution: Use PCs to connect the network to test the network. First check the cable

connection, and PC virus problem, then ping the IP address of each PC until there is no

problem anymore.

#2:: The IP address of the DVS is occupied by other devices.

Possible reason #2

Solution: Disconnect the DVS and the network. Connect it with a PC. Then reset its IP

address properly.

Possible reason #3: The IP address of the DVS and the IP Camera may be in different

subnet.

Solution: Check their IP address, subnet mask, and gateway to see if they are in same

subnet.

Possible reason #4: The web port is changed.

Solution: Contact your LAN network administrator to get the right information of web

port.

Possible reason #5: Unknown

Solution: Press the reset button on the back of the DVS to make the DVS to default

settings. Then restart it. The default IP address is 192.168.0.250. The subnet mask is

255.255.255.0. And the DHCP is enabled.

You CANNOT control the Pan/Tile and camera

Possible reason #1
#1:: Cable is not connected properly.

Solution: Reconnect the Pan/Tile or the camera together with the DVS.

Possible reason #2: The decoder protocol, the IP address, or the bit rate is not set

properly.

Solution: Double check the settings and make sure they are correct.

Page 42 of 44
You CANNOT hear sound when monitoring

#1:: There is not audio input.

Possible reason #1

Solution: Check the audio cable connection of the DVS.

Possible reason #2: The audio settings of the IP Camera are not opened

Solution: Check the audio settings of the IP Camera.

The audio quality is poor

#1:: If there is a lot of noise and the sound is distorted, please check
Possible reason #1

whether the audio input is line in. In many cases, when the audio input is not line

in (for example, an amplified microphone is used instead), the audio signal will

not comply with the input electric level. It leads to saturated distortion.

Solution: Set the proper line in audio input allowed by the DVS.

Why the data cannot get through the network switch?

Possible reason #1: The IP address is wrong if it is a two-layer switch.

Possible reason #2: The port and the MAC address are not bound together.

Possible reason #3: The switch’s firewall is not set properly.

Solution: When you check about the possible reasons, make sure you connect a

PC to the network and type “ping” in the CMD mode. Check the result

information. If the PC cannot “ping” the DVS correctly, there must be some

problem in the settings. If the IP address is bound with the MAC address, similarly,

you should add a new binding of the IP address and MAC address of the DVS in

the switch. If the DVS is not included in the switch’s firewall, then you should

reset the switch’s firewall with the correct web ort and the communication port of

the DVS.

Default settings of the DVS

IP address: 192.168.0.250 Web port: 80
Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 Multicast: random
Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Multicast start port: random
Data port: 4000 DHCP: enabled

Page 43 of 44
Thank you for choosing our product!

Page 44 of 44