Accordiva SecuExpress 2 User manual

Accordiva SecuExpress 2
Standard Version
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User’s Guide
Accordiva, Inc.
June 2009

Accordiva SecuExpress User Guide – Standard Version
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Table of Contents
Welcome to SecuExpress.......................................... 5
SecuExpress Watcher................................................ 6
Overview: SecuExpress Watcher user interface.................................. 6
Setting the preferences........................................................................ 8
Recorded storage allocation ................................................................ 8
Recording mode setup......................................................................... 9
Video and audio recording................................................................. 10
Access control.................................................................................... 11
Motion detection................................................................................. 12
Defining motion detection mask......................................................... 13
Event notification................................................................................ 14
Log checkup....................................................................................... 14
Snapshot............................................................................................ 15
Remote access settings..................................................................... 15
Notification of IP address change by e-mail....................................... 16
Searching video recording ................................................................. 17
Playing live sound .............................................................................. 18
Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress Watcher.............. 18
Hiding the menu bar and status bar................................................... 18
Last recording and detection state at the next program restart......... 19
Watching live video in Internet browser............................................. 19
SecuExpress Remote for PC ................................... 21
Overview: SecuExpress Remote for PC user interface..................... 21
Connecting to remote camera to view live video ............................... 23
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Snapshot............................................................................................ 24
Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress Remote for PC... 25
Hiding the menu bar and status bar................................................... 25
Disconnecting from remote camera................................................... 26
SecuExpress Player.................................................. 27
Overview: SecuExpress Player user interface................................... 27
Playback of video recordings............................................................. 27
Managing video recording database.................................................. 28
Index........................................................................... 30
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Welcome to SecuExpress
Thank you for choosing Accordiva SecuExpress. SecuExpress is
the quick and easy personal surveillance software that monitors and detects
the intrusion for your personal properties. Installing SecuExpress on your
computer equipped with a Webcam, your computer can quickly turn into a
personal surveillance system. SecuExpress also provides you with an easy
interface to view the live video remotely on computers through Internet; even
you are away from your SecuExpress personal surveillance system
SecuExpress consists of three programs: SecuExpress Watcher,
SecuExpress Remote and SecuExpress Player. SecuExpress Watcher is
the program that records and detects the intrusion of video source delivered
from Webcam.
SecuExpress Remote is the program that you can use to connect to
SecuExpress Watcher and view the live video remotely from a computer.
SecuExpress Player is the program for playback of the video
recordings recorded by SecuExpress Watcher.
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SecuExpress Watcher
Overview: SecuExpress Watcher user interface
The easiest way to start learning the program is to familiarize
yourself with the user interface. This section introduces you the
SecuExpress Watcher user interface.
Main User Interface
Control Bar
Menu Bar
System Bar
Video Screen
Info Bar
Status Bar
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Control Bar
Info Bar
System Bar
Indicate a motion event is
detected
Indicate the SecuExpress
Watcher is in recording state
Indicate the current
system date and time
Indicate an audio
device is connected
Indicate a video
device is connected
Show/Hide menu bar and status bar
Minimize the program
Restore to original video size
Close the program
Enable/Disable motion detection
Enable/Disable video recording
Rdi
Search video recording in SecuExpress Player
Take a Snapshot
Click to switch between cameras
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Setting the preferences
Customize the recording settings through the Preferences dialog
box. To open the Preferences dialog box, select Options: Preferences. In
the Preferences dialog box, you can specify the folder where you want to
store the recorded data, compression scheme, recording type, password
protection, IP address change notification, and recording state.
Recorded storage allocation
Before recording, a certain space in the storage (e.g. hard disk) of
your computer should be defined. Select Options:Preferences to open the
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dialog box. In Record storage section, choose the folder where you want
the recorded data to be stored. Check Recycle storage if you want the
storage to be reused after the space is used up. Set Minimum free space
to leave out some space for operating system usage. Set Record file
length to break up the file length into the number of minutes you specify.
Define
storage for
the
recordings.
Recording mode setup
SecuExpress Watcher has 2 different modes of recording: Round-
the-clock recording and Event recording.
Round-the-clock recording is to record the video continuously.
Event recording is to record the video only if a motion event is detected.
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To set the intended recording type, select Options:Preferences,
and choose the appropriate recording type from Recording Mode drop
down in the Preferences dialog box.
Select a
Recording
Mode.
Video and audio recording
Before starting the video and audio recording, first select appropriate
devices from Devices menu. The devices above the menu separator bar
are video devices and the devices below the menu separator bar are audio
devices, available on the computer.
Then, click on the Control bar or select Command:Record to
start the recording. To stop recording, click or select Command:Record
again.
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You can record video only by uncheck the Record audio option in
the Preferences dialog box
Access control
SecuExpress Watcher can be password protected so that anyone
accessing SecuExpress Watcher or connecting to SecuExpress Watcher via
SecuExpress Remote Viewer to view the live video is requested to enter the
password. The password can be set in Options:Preferences dialog box.
Set the
password
for access
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Motion detection
To enable motion detection, select Command:Apply Motion
Detection or press on the Control bar.
You can set the motion detection options by selecting
Options:Motion Detection Options.
Slider of
Motion Level
Threshold
Slider of
Motion Volume
Threshold
In the dialog box, you can drag the slider of Motion level threshold,
enter the value, or click to adjust the sensitivity of a motion.
However, make sure there is no motion object in the camera view during the
detection. A motion is treated as an event if it is beyond the value you set.
You can adjust the value of Motion volume threshold to count in
the volume of motion pixels as well.
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Sometimes, a short period of motion is detected but you do not want
to treat it as an event, for example, bee flies over quickly. You can also
check Ignore short motion to ignore a motion that is lasted within a period
of time that you specify in the edit box of the Motion Detection Options
dialog box.
Defining motion detection mask
You can identify a particular area within a camera view that you do
not want to include in the motion detection area. To specify the unwanted
area, select Options:Motion Detection Mask… to bring up Motion
Detection Mask dialog box.
Use the
slider to
select the
mask grid
size.
Check
Transparent mask
checkbox to have
transparent red
mask.
Check show grids
checkbox to
display mask
grids.
In the Motion Detection Mask dialog box, choose the grid size from
the slider and paint the unwanted area by left mouse drag. To further refine
the painted grids, you can adjust the grid size slider to smaller size to define
the detail area. Use right mouse drag to unpaint the area. Check Show
grids option to display the grids. Check Transparent mask checkbox to
have transparent red mask.
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Event notification
To specify how to be
notified when an event occurs,
select Options:Event
Notification to open the dialog
box.
Sound alarm: to enable the
sound notification, check Sound
alarm and choose a wav file by
clicking . If you want it
continuously play, check Loop
Playback.
E-mail notification: to enable the email notification, check Email
Notification. Click button to specify the email settings.
Ftp event snapshots: to enable the event snapshot backup on ftp server,
check Ftp event snapshots. Click button to specify ftp settings.
Execute program: to execute another program as an event notification,
check Execute program and select a program.
Show up program: to bring up SecuExpress from the minimized state when
an event is detected, check Show up program.
Log checkup
To view the action logs, select View: Logs. The Log dialog box
contains all types of logs including operation logs, event logs and options
logs, with time stamp and description.
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Snapshot
To take a picture of current video
frame, select Command:Snapshot or
click on the Control bar. After taking a
snapshot, the Snapshot dialog box
appears. You can save the snapshot,
change the font settings of the time stamp
in the dialog box.
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Remote access settings
SecuExpress Watcher allows you
to connect from a remote site to view live
video. To allow the remote access, select Options:Remote Access… to
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1. Check Enable Video
Server checkbox.
2. Specify TCP port
number (Note:
SecuExpress Remote
has to have the same
TCP port number so that
you can connect to this
video server).
3. Specify the maximum
number of connections
for the number of
simultaneous connections allowed from remote computers.
To view the current remote access connections, select View:Show
Remot
s periodically.
If your
s
Click
e Connections.
Notification of IP address change by e-mail
Some dial-up Internet connections change IP addresse
computer running SecuExpress Watcher has this type of Internet
connections and you would like to watch the camera video remotely, you
have to enable the option of Notify IP change by email in the Preference
dialog box by selecting Options: Preferences….
button to specify the related email settings.
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Check Notify IP
change by email
and specify the
email settings
here.
You will receive an email with a new IP address whenever the IP
address is changed. Take the new IP address and update it in the
SecuExpress Remote Connect dialog box. Please refer to SecuExpress
Remote section(s) for more details.
Searching video recording
To search the video recorded, click on the Control bar or select
Command:Search Records to bring up SecuExpress Player to playback.
See SecuExpress Player section for more details (Page 27).
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Playing live sound
If your computer running SecuExpress Watcher is equipped with a
microphone, select Command:Play Live Sound to play the sound received
from the microphone.
Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress
Watcher
You can adjust the size of SecuExpress Watcher by dragging one of
the corners of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown.
Hiding the menu bar and status bar
To further save your desktop space, you can hide the menu bar and
the status bar by selecting View:Menu Bar and View:Status Bar to uncheck
(hide) the bars. Alternatively, you can click on the system bar to hide the
menu and status bars altogether. To display the menu bar and the status
bar again, select View:Menu Bar and View:Status Bar to check (show) the
bars, or press on the system bar.
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Menu Bar and
Status Bar are
hidden.
Last recording and detection state at the next program
restart
You can use the same recording and detection state at the next
SecuExpress Watcher launch. Simply check Keep last recording and
detection state in the Preferences dialog box to save the recording and
detection state.
Watching live video in Internet browser
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SecuExpress Watcher allows you to view the live video by using
Internet browser. To set the appropriate settings, select Options:Remote
Access… to open the dialog box.
Check Enable
web server
checkbox to
allow viewing
live video
from Internet
browser.
Check Enable web server in the dialog box and specify the TCP
port number (use 80 as default) in Remote Access dialog box. Choose the
video size for transmission.
Then, you can type http:// <your IP address> : <TCP port number>
(for example: http://192.2.30.92:81) of the computer running SecuExpress
Watcher in your Internet browser to view the live video. ( Note: if your TCP
port number is 80, you can omit it and only type http:// <your IP address> )
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