NuVision Canada DigiGuard PCI User manual

DigiGuard PCI
User Manual
Rev. 1.0
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FCC Class B and CE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Note:This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provided reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, it is the user’s responsibility to make the necessary
correction.

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Table of Content
VIDEO MONITORING & RECORDING ..................................................... 1
DigiGuard INSTALLATION
Minimum System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2
SYSTEM HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............................................ 2
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ...................................................... 4
Starting DigiGuard Server ................................................... 6
DigiGuard SERVER
Access To Server. ................................................................... 7
Pull-Down Menu. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. . . . . . . . . 7
Customizing Your Password .......................................................... 9
Armed Security System Default ....................................................... 10
The Tool Bar Of The Server .......................................................... 10
Setting Up Alarm Connections ........................................................ 11
Display Video On Your Screen ....................................................... 12
Image Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . 12
Window Labeling .................................................................. 13
Sizing Your Image Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Management ............................................................... 14
Pre-Record Settings & Features ....................................................... 15
Record Interval Setting .................................................... 16
Alarm Pre-Record Setting .................................................. 17
Alarm Time Limit ........................................................ 17
Alarm Call On ........................................................... 18
Connection and Modem Setting .............................................. 18
Digital Recording .................................................................. 19
Snapshot or Per-Frame Capturing ............................................ 19
Continuous Recording ..................................................... 20
Auto Recording .......................................................... 20
Continuous Alarm Recording ............................................... 21
Auto Alarm Recording ..................................................... 21
Continuous Motion Detection ............................................... 22
Notes About Recording Performances ......................................... 25
DigiGuard CLIENT
Installation.. . . . . . .................................................................. 26
The Tool Bar & Menu of Client. ...................................................... 27
Accessing Server from Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Capturing Video Using Client Software. ................................................ 29
COMMON FEATURES
Sound Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..................................................... 31
How To View Captured Video Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Server & Client Software .............................................. 33
Transfer & Partial Transfer of Image Files ..................................... 34
Management of Recorded Image Files . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . 35
Creating BMP and TGA Files, Speed ......................................... 35
Extraction of Image Files, Playing back of extracted files ......................... 36
Client Software --- Pop-Up Menu, Variable Frame Advance. . . . . . .. . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . 38
Alarm Log and its File Browser. ...................................................... 38
Automatic Start-up Of Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . 39
Connection Setting. ................................................................. 40
Shortcuts ......................................................................... 41
Getting Help / Contacting NuVision Canada ............................................ 41
Frequently Asked Questions .......................................................... 42
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . 43
Missing .vcr File . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . 43
Uninstalling The Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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VIDEO MONITORING & RECORDING
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Introduction
The DigiGuard PCI is capable of monitoring and recording 4 video sources simultaneously.
With the DigiGuard PCI installed in your computer which in turn has a modem installed,
you can now experience remote the video monitoring capability by dialing in from another
computer as illustrated in the diagram below. This task can be performed from anywhere
around the world.
The DigiGuard PCI is supplied with 2 separate software packages, the Server and the
Client. The Server is installed in the computer where you have the DigiGuard PCI and the
cameras installed. Since the Client portion of the software does NOT require any
DigiGuard PCI hardware, it can be installed onto any computer (with Windows 95 OR 98
running) at any location. The Client software can be installed onto more than one computer
so that you can monitor the same Server from many different geographic locations. Each
computer should have a modem installed. Note that once the video signal is converted by
the DigiGuard PCI to it's digital form, you can monitor the video signal from anywhere in
the world without knowing whether the Video system connected to the DigiGuard is NTSC,
PAL or SECAM standard.
DigiGuard PCI Communication Map

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DigiGuard INSTALLATION
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Minimum System Requirements
For optimum operation, the system should have the following :
1) Pentium II (or higher) IBM PC running Windows 95 or 98.
2) VGA display adaptor (with 2 Megabyte video memory) running
at least with 640x480 resolution @16 million colours.
4) hard drive with 10 Gigabyte storage or better.
5) 32 Megabyte Random Access Memory (RAM) or higher.
6) sound support and 28.8 modem (USRobotics recommended)
7) CD-ROM drive
SYSTEM HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Make sure your computer is turned off. Plug the DigiGuard PCI into an available PCI slot.
Connect the cable for the alarm inputs as shown. Attach the Alarm Bracket to an available
housing and attach the Alarm input card to the Alarm Bracket as shown in the next
illustration.

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The illustration below shows how the Alarm input card should be connected to the Alarm
Bracket.
The following is the plan view of the whole assembly.

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
For Windows 95 or 98
The installation CD contains the Server, Client, PCI Drivers, Indeo 5 codec Drivers and Registry
Cleaning software. Each section below explains the steps needed to guide you to install the hardware
and software successfully. When you insert the CD into your computer, the installation menu should
pop up. If not, you need to run the PCI_VC.bat utility to prepare your computer for it.
SECTION A - INSTALLING THE PCI HARDWARE AND ITS DRIVERS
STEP ONE Turn off your computer, then install the DigiGuard PCI board into your
computer and turn on the computer.
STEP TWO The window will ask you to insert the Driver installation CD into the
CD-ROM drive. Windows will automatically fine the Video and Audio
INF files on the roots directory of the CD and it will take sometime to set
up the registry and install the driver. You have to restart your computer
for the newly installed drivers to become active.
Please note: You have to install the Indeo codec (Section B) before installing the Server or
Client programs.
SECTION B - DRIVER BUTTON
This button is for installing the Indeo 5 codec drivers. Please choose Custom installation
and the rest of the selection are fine. You can re-boot your computer now or after
installation of the Server/Client software to activate the Codec driver. This button also can
be use to reinstallation of the Indeo Codec or upgrading the Indeo drivers.
SECTION C - INSTALLING THE SERVER SOFTWARE
Insert the Installation CD into your computer. A menu will appear automatically. Just
press the Serve button, the program will install the Server software on your computer and
you should follow the instruction. Make sure that you install the Indeo codec (Section B)
before using the Server software.
SECTION D - INSTALLING THE CLIENT SOFTWARE
Insert the Installation CD into your computer where you want the Client software to be
installed. When the menu appears, press the Client button, the program will install the
Client software and you should follow the instruction. Make sure that you install the Indeo
codec (Section B) before using the Client software.

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SECTION E - CD BUTTON
This button is for browsing the CD. To run the menu please run PCI_VC.EXE.
Server directory: You can install the Server software by going to Server directory
and running the “SETUP.EXE”.
Client directory: You can install the Client software by going to Client directory
and running the “SETUP.EXE”.
Indeo directory: You can install the Indeo Codec by going to INDEO directory
and running the “iv5Setup.exe”.
DRV directory: PCI Drivers are located in the directory.
Reg_Clean directory: the “RegClean.EXE” utility software in this directory is for
deleting the PCI Drivers and updating the Windows registry.
SECTION F - REINSTALLATION OR UPDATING OF DRIVERS
You can Update, Delete or Reinstall the PCI Device Drivers by pressing the Windows Start
button then go to:
Setting -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager
now Select; Sound, video and Game controllers
then Select; Video or Audio Bt878 Capture Device
now you can remove, or update by choosing Properties then Driver. You should
insert the install CD in to your computer for updating the drivers.
SECTION G - REMOVING THE SOFTWARE AND CLEANING THE REGISTRY
When you are no longer using the PCI Drivers or our software and you want to delete the software
and the drivers, please do the following:
To delete the software, go to Control Panel menu and select Add/Remove Programs, select
Server/Client software and hit the remove button.
To clean the registry of the Windows and PCI Drivers from System directory you can go to
Reg_Clean directory of CD and run the RegClean.EXE utility software. This program will clean your
computer from PCI Drivers.
The other alternative way is to follow the procedure in Section F and delete the drivers.
Warning! After running this utility you can not run your software any more unless reinstalling
the Drivers.
The known VGA boards that have conflict with Bt878 Capture Device Driver are:
Trident 9685, ATI 3D Rage II, Matrox MGA Millennium, Diamond Viper V330 AGP,
Tesng Labs ET6000 and Matrox Mystique.

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Starting DigiGuard PCI Server
1. Click once on the Start button.
2. Click on Programs.
3. Choose DigiGuard PCI Server
4. Click on DigiGuard PCI Server as shown below.
The software starts up with all tool bars disabled. The Activate Server button (the leftmost
button) is depressed indicating that the Server software is in its answering mode. Please
refer to the Troubleshooting section if you have an error message.
Please refer to the section on ACCESS TO SERVER for logging on to the server software
with your password.

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DigiGuard SERVER
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ACCESS TO SERVER
After getting your Server software up running. To gain access to the server software, you
have to enter the proper password. The DigiGuard software comes with two levels of
default passwords:
The First Level (“digi” is the default setting)
This level allows the user to use the software EXCEPT changing any Control Properties
settings and Auto Function Scheduling.
The Second Level (“rima” is the default setting)
Thislevel, which is also the higher level, allows the user to have FULL access to all the
facilities of the software.
Please refer to the section CUSTOMIZING YOUR PASSWORD for the steps to customize
and change these default passwords to your desired password for each level.
PULL-DOWN MENU
The File Menu
Answer Call mode is automatically set when the software is activate to allow automatic
answering.
Hangup function will disable automatic call answering.
Password function opens a window for you to enter your
password and log on to the server.
Lock function locks up all the functions of the software.
Change Password allows you to change the password of
the current level you are in.
Missing .vcr file allows you to recover any .vcr for an
image file so that you can view the image. (See page
43.)
Motion Detection Setup switches on the box drawing
capabilities so that you can draw a box enclosing the area in which you want Motion
Detection to be on in each surveillance camera.

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The Play Menu
Video 1 to Video 4 will let you open up their
corresponding windows similar to clicking on to
buttons 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Quad Video allows you to view all 4 image
inputs simultaneously in a window.
Control will let you get to four Control
Properties folders namely, Control, Alarm
Setting, Caption/Disk, and Connection.
ImageControl allows you to control various attributes of the images like Brightness,
Contrast, Hue, Saturation U and Saturation V.
The Record Menu
Record Control let you set any Video to be recorded at any desired time intervals in seconds.
Playback will let you view a particular recording.
Auto Function Scheduling allows you to
preset the desired time period of recording
for the time span of one week. The
Client side will not be able to change any
pre-record setting. Please refer to the
section AUTO FUNCTION SCHEDULING
for more details on this selection.
The Help Menu
The About menu displays the date and version
number of the current software.
Log menu displays the time information of calls
received by the server.
Alarm Log menu displays all the recordings
made or triggered by any of the alarms and surveillance features of DigiGuard.

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CUSTOMIZING YOUR PASSWORD
To change the default passwords to your own personal password for each level, follow the
these steps:
Changing The First Level Password
1. Click on the File menu.
2. Choose Password from the Pull-down
menu.
3. You will see a window as shown on the
right.
4. Go ahead and enter the default password
for the first level: digi
5. Realize that all the tool bar buttons are
enabled now for this level.
6. Click on File menu.
7. Select Change Password.
8. Type in your desired password for this
level.
9. Press Enter.
10. Enter the same password again to confirm that you have entered the correct desired
password.
11. Press OK.
12. To test if this is working: click on the File menu, choose Lock. Notice that all the
buttons are disabled. Click on File and choose Password. Try to log in
with your new password this time. You are now in the first level of control of the server
software.
Changing The Second (Higher) Level
Password
The basic idea is that you have TO BE IN that level
where you want its password to be changed before you
can make any changes. The steps for changing the password in this level is the similar to
that of the first level.
Repeat the previous Step 1 through Step 3. This time, you have to get into the Second
Level first. So you need to enter the password rima. Then carry on with the previous Steps
5 to 12.
In this Level, you have FULL control of all the properties of the server.

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ARMED SECURITY SYSTEM DEFAULT
DigiGuard is set with an armed security default. Firstly, the Activate server button is
always depressed upon start-up: showing that the server is alert. The server software is set
at default with Alarm On and Alarm Call On both selected. If you want to exit the
software, both of these selections has to be deselected and all operations stopped.
Each time the software is started up, most of the buttons are grayed. The software is said
to be in its locked state. To unlock it, you need to enter any of the two passwords. The
software comes with a safety feature so that you can lock the software up at any time. No
one will be able to exit the software without unlocking it with the correct password.
Other image quality settings including image resolution, compression and image size
are set in such a way that a general optimum result can be obtained.
THE TOOL BAR OF THE SERVER
Note: The Alarm button will only appear during an Alarm situation.

Ground Alarm4
Alarm3 Alarm2
Alarm1
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SETTING UP ALARM CONNECTIONS
There are four Alarm inputs that you can connect your alarm
or surveillance devices to. Ensure that your devices are
grounded with the ground terminal of the DigiGuard.
Ensure that NO power, current or voltage should
be supplied to any alarm inputs of the DigiGuard.
If you insert a wire with power, current or voltage,
the DigiGuard can be damaged and the warranty
willbe voided. If in doubt, please call your
alarm system supplier.
For each alarm input, take note that if it
is Normally Open (NO) or Normally
Closed (NC). For a Normally Open
alarm device, alarm will be triggered (and
the alarm will go off) when the circuit is
closed. For a Normally Closed alarm
device, the situation will be vice versa.
With your alarm setup noted, the server software should also be informed. The following
are the steps for setting up the server software to correspond with the alarm connections.
STEP ONE
On the tool bar, click on the Control Properties
menu button.
STEP TWO
Click on the Change Status button.
STEP THREE
Change Alarm Status window is opened.
All the alarm status are set to Normally Open by default. Make the necessary changes here
that correspond to your physical alarm devices that are connected to the DigiGuard. Then
click OK when you are done. Click OK on the Control Properties window when you have
completed this part of the setup.

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DISPLAYING VIDEO ON YOUR SCREEN
The DigiGuard supports a maximum of 4 video sources and can display all of them on the
screen at the same time: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3 and Video 4 OR Video All (viewing all
video source in a single window). There are 4
different ways to enable and display any of the
4 video signals:
(1) move the cursor to the button labeled as
“1", “2", “3", or the “Video All " button and
click on it; when the Quad Video button is
used, the rest of the image windows will be
closed.
(2) go to the Play menu and select either video
1,video 2, video 3or video 4or “Quad
Video”.
(3) simply hit the function key F1 to display
video 1, F2 to display video 2, F3 to display
video 3, F4 to display video 4 or F5 to
display all 4 Videos in one window.
Removing any video input to the DigiGuard will result in closing the corresponding
window that was opened. This also releases the corresponding button for that window.
IMAGE CONTROL
To change the image properties, follow:
STEP ONE
Go to the Play menu and select Image Control.
Alternatively, click on the right-mouse button
when your cursor is on an image window. Choose
Image Control.
STEP TWO
You will see an Image Control panel. Select the image window by putting a dot beside the
name of the window. Make the necessary changes for the best image quality. If you are not
satisfy with your changes, you can click on the Default button to reset all the settings for
that particular image window. Then click OK.
Notethat the four video sources share the same video control. Some compromising in
lighting conditions is required of these video sources to obtain the best results.

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WINDOWS LABELING
This can only be done on the Server Software. The DigiGuard software program allows
you to label each of the video windows
individually.
STEP ONE
Simply select the Control Properties menu,
select the Caption/Disk folder.
STEP TWO
Those white text boxes labeled Caption 1 to
Caption Quad are filled with default names like
CAM 1,..., CAM All. If you have Camera 1
facing a clock, you can drag your mouse to the
white box labeled Caption 1. Click on the white
area. Use the backspace key on your keyboard to
deleteCAM 1. You can then type the word
CLOCK in it. You can repeat this step for the
rest of the cameras. Here is an example (right).
STEP THREE
Click OK or Apply to activate the changes. You
will be able to see these changes when you
display video on your screen.
SIZING YOUR IMAGE WINDOWS
To size the video window, just treat it like any
other windows.
STEP ONE
Bring your mouse cursor to a corner of your image
window as illustrated in the diagram.
STEP TWO
The cursor will change into a double arrow as shown. Hold down your left-mouse
button and drag into or away from the window to see your window resized.

This indicates the first (or current) disk
that any recording would begin on.
This is the current destination disk
memory available. If you have just
changed your current disk, you have
to click the Apply button to see the
changes here.
This indicates the disk(s) selected for recording.
You can select more than one disk available.
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MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Since saving image data is an essential part of the software, it is crucial that you as a user
of this product, be familiar with the amount of memory that is available for recording your
data and where this memory space is located.
The Caption/Disk tab of the Control Properties window also displays clearly how much
memory you have on your current destination disk. This helps you to decide which disk you
would like to assign as your current disk for recording.
The diagram above shows that the only hard drive available is C: drive. However, if there
is more than one hard drive available for recording, make sure you put a check mark in
each square box that is on the right of the drive name. For example, If you would like to
have any image saved onto D: and E: drive, please ensure that you select D: as your first
(or current) recording drive (using the circle on the left of the drive name) and D: and E:
as your destination drive (using the square boxes on the right of the drive names).
Recordings will start with D: drive and continued on E: when drive D: is fully occupied.
When E: drive is filled, recordings will continue with D: drive again overwriting what was
written right at the beginning of the recording process.

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There is no exact measurement as to how many hours of recording would fill up a hard
drive. The space required to store the data of an image depends on the size and quality of
the image.
PRE-RECORD SETTINGS & FEATURES
Even though this section is devoted to the Server software of the product, it is essential to
realize that the Client software does exist and it works hand-in-hand with the Server
software. The Client software is designed so that it can be installed in any computer
(equipped with modems and with Windows 95 or 98) at any location where a telephone
system is accessible. You can then use this Client software to communicate with and
control the Server software.
The image files that the server or the client software are indexed by the date and time at
which they been created. It is important that the clock of the computers supporting the
software is set properly.
Mode Indication Feature
When recording is in progress the number on the tool bar will change colour:
CIf recording is at the server the colour will be RED.
CIf the recording is at the remote (Client) then the colour will be BLUE.
CIf the recording is at both the server and the client at the same time then the colour
will be PURPLE.
CIf there is no recording then the colour will be BLACK.
If you are making recordings of the Video All image window, you will not be able to open
individual image windows Video 1 to Video 4.

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Record Interval Setting
If you would like to modify the recording time interval between frames, go to the Record
menu. Select Record Control. Here, you are allowed to set all recording intervals to the
nearest minute or second as desired. The default is set at 1 second interval between frames.
If you are using Auto Recording functions, you can use this same window to setup the
intervals between frames. You have to select AutoR Setting before adjusting the intervals.
This is illustrated as follows:
However, due to system performance limitations, certain combinations may not operate as
desired. Your hard disk may not operate fast enough at this rate. Under this condition, the
system will try to record as fast as your system can handle.

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Alarm Pre-Record Setting
TheAlarm Pre-Record section of the Alarm Setting tab of the Control Properties
window allows you to set the number of frames up to 99 immediate video frames prior to
an alarm activation for each input be recorded.
To set a certain number of frames to be recorded before an alarm was triggered, you need
to go to the section, Alarm PreRecord in the Alarm Setting tab of the Control Properties
window. Put a check mark against the camera that you want to the Alarm PreRecord to
be on. Then enter the number of frames you would like to record prior to an alarm trigger.
Then click OK.
Alarm Time Limit
If you need a time limit to be set for a recording
after an alarm has been triggered, go to the Alarm
Setting tab of the Control Properties window.
Select the Alarm Time Limit. Scroll to the desired
time limit setting (with those arrows on the right)
to the desired length of time ( 10 to 90 minutes).
Then click on the Apply or OK button.
If Alarm Time Limit is not selected and when the
alarm is triggered, recording will continue until the
alarm situation is acknowledged.