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Video Viewer
Installation and Operation
Instructions
Part Number 8000-2233-01 REV A
English
Video Viewer
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IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
Before proceeding, please read and observe all instructions
and warnings contained in this manual. Retain this manual
with the original bill of sale for future reference and, if necessary, warranty service.
When unpacking your new Robot product, check for missing
or damaged items. If any item is missing, or if damage is evident, DO NOT INSTALL OR OPERATE THIS PRODUCT.
Contact your dealer for assistance.
FOR YOUR RECORDS
Complete the following product purchase information. The
factory requests this information when contacted for technical support. It is also valuable in case of loss or theft.
Purchase Date: _______________________________________
Serial Number: _______________________________________
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ................................................................. 1
Video Viewer Features ............................................. 1
This Manual ............................................................. 1
VIDEO VIEWER INSTALLATION ................................ 2
System Recommendations ..................................... 2
DAT Drive................................................................. 2
DVD Drive................................................................ 3
Installing the Video Viewer Software ........................ 4
Finish Installation ................................................. 4
Starting the Video Viewer Software ......................... 4
VIDEO VIEWER MAIN SCREEN ................................ 5
GETTING READY TO REVIEW VIDEO
FROM DAT OR DVD ............................................. 6
Retrieving DAT Image Files ..................................... 7
Retrieving DVD Image Files .................................... 8
Playing Image Files.................................................. 9
SAVING INCIDENTS FROM RETRIEVED VIDEO .. 10
Setup ..................................................................... 10
Selecting and Saving Incidents .............................. 11
Playing Saved Incidents ........................................ 12
PLAYBACK CONTROLS .......................................... 13
SEARCH VIDEO IMAGE FILES ................................ 14
EXPORTING INCIDENT FILES ................................ 16
Export Video Incidents ........................................... 16
Export Single Images from Incidents ..................... 18
Capturing Incidents to Video Recorder .................. 20
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Installation and Operating Instructions
OVERVIEW
Video Viewer Features
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Video Viewer allows search and review of video data from any
Intellex DAT (Digital Audio Tape) or Integra DVD (Digital
Versatile Disc) on an ordinary PC equipped with an approved
DAT or DVD device. When you install the Video Viewer software onto a computer with a Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT or Windows 2000 operating system, you can retrieve
alarm, video and status information from any Intellex DAT tape
or Integra DVD disk.
• Create user-defined databases to manage investigations.
• Use date, time, camera and alarm criteria to search the image database from either Intellex DAT or Integra DVD.
• Create user-defined categories to manage recorded incidents
during investigations.
• Store video segments as incidents under specific categories.
• Play back saved incidents at will.
• During playback, the optional on-screen display includes
date, time, 10-character camera title and alarm status, if any.
• Select an image and enhance it using several provided image enhancement tools. Save the image as a separate file on
hard disk or a computer diskette or print the image.
• Export restored video as Audio Visual Interleaved (.avi) files,
Bitmap (.bmp) files or direct output to a VCR or other video
recorder.
• Access on-line help information from every screen.
This Manual
This manual is intended to supplement an extensive on-line
help system. For detailed information about each feature and
function in Video Viewer, we recommend clicking on Help.
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VIDEO VIEWER
INSTALLATION
System Recommendations
In order for Video Viewer to operate properly, all recommended
equipment must be installed. For best results, have your equipment professionally installed.
NOTE: Sensormatic is not liable for platform or peripheral support (i.e., computers, DAT drives, DVD drives, etc.). Any
difficulties encountered during the installation, configuration or operation of the viewing station hardware
should be directed to those hardware manufacturer’s
documentation or technical suppor t, NOT to
Sensormatic.
Computer
200Mhz or faster Intel Pentium
processor (non-Intel processors are not
recommended)
Operating System
Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT
4.0 Server or Workstation; Windows 2000
RAM
64MB minimum
Hard Drive
10MB available for software installation;
at least 2GB recommended for video
storage.
NOTE: To extract and manipulate a day’s worth of video images requires a 13GB or larger hard disk.
Other Drives
CD-ROM drive for installation (24X)
Monitor
800 x 600 resolution and capable of
displaying 16-bit color
Video Card
SVGA with 8MB video RAM;
DirectDraw support recommended
Codec
See Exporting Incident Files for
information on required video codec.
Miscellaneous
Mouse or other pointing device
Parallel printer port for software key
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DAT Drive
DDS-4 tape drive
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Internal:
Sony SDT-9000, Sony SDT-10000, Sony
SDT-11000
External:
Sony SDT-9000/ME, Sony
SDT-10000/ME, Sony SDT-11000/ME
SCSI-2 adapter
Internal PCI bus:
SiiG AP-40; Adaptec 19160 or 29160
PCMCIA for laptop:
Adaptec APA-1460B
DVD Drive
DVD-RAM drive
Internal:
Hitachi GF-1050 2.6 Gb SCSI or Hitachi
GF-2000 4.7 Gb DVD-RAM.
External:
Hitachi GF-1050 2.6 Gb SCSI or Hitachi
GF-2000 4.7 Gb DVD-RAM mounted in
a drive unit case.
SCSI-2 adapter
Internal PCI bus:
SiiG AP-40; Adaptec 19160 or 29160
PCMCIA for laptop:
Adaptec APA-1460B
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Installing the Video Viewer
Software
Please read and understand all of the following instructions before
installing the Video Viewer software. If you have any questions
or difficulties, contact your dealer or Technical Support.
NOTE: Video Viewer 1.1 and Network Client 2.0 can be installed
on the same box concurrently. However, previous versions of each software are recommended to have dedicated platforms.
1.
Close any running programs.
2.
Insert the Video Viewer CD in the CD-ROM drive.
3.
When the Choose Setup Language screen appears, the user
can choose among menu languages in English, French,
Spanish or German. Click on OK.
4.
After a moment, the Video Viewer Setup screen displays a
message and a status bar to show the initialization process.
5.
When the Welcome screen appears, click the Next button
to display the Software License Agreement screen. The user
can choose among Back, Yes or No. Click the Yes button to
display the User Information screen. Enter the name and
company name of the registered owner of Video Viewer.
6.
Click the Next button to display the Choose Destination
Location screen. This screen shows the recommended directory for the Video Viewer software.
Click the Browse... button if you want to select a different
directory for the software.
7.
Finish Installation
Starting the Video Viewer
Software
Click the Next button to accept the displayed directory and
install the Video Viewer software.
When the Setup Complete screen appears, remove the CD and
any other disks from their drives. Then click the Finish button.
We recommend restarting the computer at the end of any installation procedure.
To start the Video Viewer software, do one of the following:
• Double-click the Video Viewer icon on your desktop; or
• Click the Start button, then click Programs, then click the
Video Viewer icon.
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VIDEO VIEWER
MAIN SCREEN
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The main Video Viewer screen contains the controls and indicators for normal operation. It also provides access to all other
system functions.
1. Menu Bar — Use this section of the screen to access most
Video Viewer operations.
2. Tool Bar — Use this section of the screen to access common Video Viewer operations with a single mouse-click.
3. Video Viewer Directory — Use this section of the screen
to manage your categories and incidents.
4. Image with Overlay — Use this section of the screen to
display video playback.
5. Status Bar — Refer to this section of the screen for descriptions of menu commands and progress indicators for
video retrieval.
6. Notes — Use this section of the main screen to view, enter
or update the notes for the selected category or incident.
7. Search — Use this section of the screen to search the image
files by time, date, type of alarm or camera title information.
8. Playback Controls — Use this section of the screen to control video playback and capture video incidents (see Playback Operation).
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GETTING READY TO
REVIEW VIDEO
FROM DAT OR DVD
Before video is retrieved from DAT or DVD, a folder location
must be set up for the image files in the Video Viewer Directory. Review image files from an Intellex tape after restoring
from the DAT to a location on the hard drive. Review image
files from an Integra DVD directly from their location on the
DVD disk.
Click Setup in the Menu bar. Select Locations. The Locations
screen appears.
Click Add. An entry box appears. Enter a label for the source
of the image files (Intellex or Integra) under the heading Name.
Under the heading Location, enter the exact path to the folder
that will contain the image files or click the ellipsis (...) to select an existing folder. To review image files on a DVD, click
(…) and select the DVD drive name. Click OK.
The new source label will appear in the Video Viewer Directory window with the folder location in brackets.
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Retrieving DAT Image Files
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Select the folder for the DAT source label in the Video Viewer
Directory window. Click Actions in the Menu bar. Select Restore From DAT. Follow the drive manufacturer’s directions
to insert a tape in the DAT drive. Click Next.
When the Restore Files screen appears, select the number of
segments you wish to restore.
Each segment is approximately 20 MB in size. Click OK to begin restoring files.
The Status bar reflects the progress of the restore process. The
recorded images are stored in the folder you created in Setup
— Locations.
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Retrieving DVD Image Files
See System Recommendations — DVD Drive for the name of a
manufacturer-approved DVD device. Before video is retrieved
from DAT or DVD, a folder location must be set up for the
image files in the Video Viewer Directory. Review image files
from an Integra DVD directly from their location on the DVD
disk.
CAUTION: Write-protect any Integra DVD-RAM disk before
attempting to read it with Video Viewer.
Click Setup in the Menu bar. Select Locations. The Locations
screen appears.
Click Add. An entry box appears. Enter a label for the source
of the image files (Integra) under the heading Name. Under
the heading Location, enter the exact path to the DVD drive
that contains the image files or click (…) and select the DVD
drive name. Click OK.
The new source label will appear in the Video Viewer Directory window with the DVD drive letter in brackets.
Retrieve DVD image files from the drive icon in the Video
Viewer Directory.
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Playing Image Files
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From the Video Viewer Directory window, open a source folder
for either DAT (Intellex) or DVD (Integra) image files. A list of
camera titles and time periods appears.
Select the camera recording to display. The first image of the
video segment appears. If the Overlay option is selected, the
camera name, date and time stamp and alarm event (if any)
appear over the image.
Use the playback controls to play the segment. See Playback
Controls for more information.
Click on Help for more information on restoring recorded images from DAT or DVD and using the playback controls.
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SAVING INCIDENTS
FROM RETRIEVED
VIDEO
NOTE: If the “Save Incident” function no longer works, the 30day trial period for your copy of Video Viewer has expired. Contact your dealer-representative for information on purchasing Video Viewer.
Setup
Before you can save specific incidents of interest to your investigation, a database location must be set up for the marked
and saved video images.
Click File in the Menu bar. Select Database — New. The Create Database screen appears.
Enter a label for the new database in the Name textbox. Enter
the exact path in the Directory text box or click the ellipsis (...)
to select an existing directory. The new database folder will
appear in the Video Viewer Directory window with the path
name next to it.
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Right-click the database folder in the Video Viewer Directory
window. Select New Category in the pop-up menu. The New
Category screen appears. Enter the name of the new category
and any notes. Click OK. The new category folder appears in
the Video Viewer directory window as part of its associated
database.
Selecting and
Saving Incidents
See Playing Image Files to learn how to begin playing a retrieved
video segment. Use the Flags in the playback controls to mark
the beginning and ending of an incident within the segment.
Right-click on the video segment in the Video Viewer Directory window. When the pop-up menu appears, select Add Incident. The Video Incident screen appears.
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Enter a name for the saved incident in the Incident textbox.
Add text in the Notes area if saving additional information
about the specific incident is useful. Click Save. The new incident will appear under the Category heading in the Video
Viewer Directory window.
Playing Saved Incidents
From the Video Viewer directory window, open the Database
folder. A list of Categories and associated Incidents appears.
Select the camera recording to display. The first image of the
video segment appears. If the Overlay option is selected, the
source, the camera name, date and time stamp and alarm event
(if any) appear over the image.
Use the playback controls to play the segment. See Playback
Controls for more information.
Click Help for more details on managing Categories and Incidents or Playing Saved Incidents.
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PLAYBACK
CONTROLS
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The playback screen controls are located just below the video
review window:
1. Play — Click to enter Play mode. Images play back at normal speed.
2. Pause — Click to enter Pause mode. Playback pauses at the
currently displayed image. The software uses a lower speed
scale when you move the Playback Speed Control.
3. Playback Speed Control — Click and drag to control the
playback speed and direction. Images can be played back
in forward or reverse direction. In Play mode, the software
uses a higher speed scale and displays images faster. In
Pause mode, the software uses slow motion and displays
images more slowly.
4. First Frame/Last Frame — Click to display the first image in the video segment. If the software is in Play mode,
playback continues. Click to display the last image in the
video segment. Playback stops.
5. Go To Position — Click to display the Go To Position tool.
Click and drag the horizontal slide bar to choose a specific
time within the selected segment or incident to view. Click
OK to advance or return the display to the selected position.
6. Full Screen — Click to hide the main screen and display
the image full-screen. Click anywhere on the screen to display the main screen again.
7. Image Tools — Click this icon to use the Image Tools to
modify the appearance of the video recording as it is playing. Use the Save, Load and Print functions to create, view
or print still Bitmap (.bmp) images from the saved incident files.
8. Flags — Click the green left flag to mark the beginning of
an incident you wish to save. Click the red right flag to
mark the end of the incident.
Click Help for more information on the playback controls.
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SEARCH VIDEO
IMAGE FILES
Click the Search tab. The following Criteria form appears:
Search either retrieved video images or saved incidents to retrieve a specific video segment. Define the search by Camera
name, Site name, Category, Incident, Start Time, End Time,
whether the segment contains Alarms or associated Notes.
Click Find.
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If the search is successful, the Results window contains the
Item headers for the matching image files. Click on the Item
header. The retrieved file displays in the Image Review area.
If the search returns too many results, narrow your search by
entering more than one search definition. If the search returns
too few or no results, broaden your search by entering fewer
search definitions.
Click on each result in the left window to see the associated
information for the images on the right.
Click Help for more information on Search functions for Video
Viewer.
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EXPORTING
INCIDENT FILES
Video Viewer allows saved incidents to be exported to other
formats for viewing and recording. Incidents may be converted
to Audio Video Interleave (.avi) files, successive BitMaP (.bmp)
or Joint Photographic [Experts] Group (.jpg) images.
Export Video Incidents
Right click on an incident in any category in the Video Viewer
directory. Select Export. Click on Windows File. The Export
Incident screen appears.
Save — Opens an Export Incident input window. The user selects the path name and the format of the saved export file
(.avi).
Done — Closes the Export Incident window.
Help — Opens the on-line Help system.
Options — Opens the Video Compression input window. The
user selects the compression/decompression algorithm for
the exported file.
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NOTE: A compression/decompression (codec) application
must be installed on the user’s computer in order to
export incidents to Audio Video Interleave (.avi) files.
An example of a codec is the Indeo® Video Codec, available at no charge from:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/indeo/video/driver.htm
Other codecs are generally available from their respective developers’ websites.
Image Sizes — Changes the size of the video display in the
Export Incident screen. The user selects a display size of
160 x 120, 320 x 240 or 640 x 480 (default).
Height/Width — Changes the vertical or horizontal dimensions
of the video display.
Proportion — Retains the horizontal to vertical proportion of
the video display (default). The user disables this control
to stretch or shorten the video display image in one
dimension without changing the complementary
dimension.
Reverse/Forward — Moves through sequential video images
in reverse or forward direction.
Click on Options. The Video Compression option window
appears. Use the Compressor: pull-down menu to select the
desired compression algorithm for the saved Windows file (.avi
or .bmp). The following example uses the Indeo® Video 5.04
compression algorithm:
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Select Indeo(R) Video 5.04 from the Video Compression window. Use the Compression Quality: slide-bar to select a smaller
file size (lower value) or better quality (higher value).
Click on Configure to change the video compression settings.
Click OK to close the Video Compression window.
Click Save to open the Save As dialog. Select the folder and
directory for the output file and click Save again to start the
compression output to the selected folder. Click Done to exit
the Export Incident function.
Click Help for more detailed information on this process.
Export Single Images
from Incidents
While playing back an incident, click the Image Tools icon in
the Playback Controls. The Image Tools screen appears with a
still image from the current incident. Click Help for more detailed information on this process and using the Image Tools
controls.
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Use the Image Tools controls to improve the image before saving it to .BMP or .JPG format. Click Save to open the Save As
dialog. Select a folder and file name for the output image file.
Use the Save As Type pull-down to select the .BMP or .JPG
format for the image. Click Save to export the image to the
selected folder.
Use Load to view previously saved images. Click Open to view
the image on the review area of the Image Tools screen.
NOTE: The Image Review area must contain a retrieved image from DAT or DVD in order to use the Image Tools
screen to load and view previously saved image files.
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Capturing Incidents
to Video Recorder
Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for the installation and connection of your video recorder and system video
adapter. Video Viewer provides a bracketed full-screen video
playback from any saved incident. The user may record the
incident on video tape from a video adapter card with a BNC
or other standard connector.
Right click on an incident in any category in the Video Viewer
directory. Select Export. Click on Record. The Prepare to record
this incident screen appears.
Start the video recorder and begin recording. Click the left
mouse button to begin full-screen display of the saved incident. When the display is complete, the End of Incident screen
appears. Stop the video recorder. Click the left mouse button
to return to normal Windows operations.
Click Help for more detailed information on this process.