Samsung iPOLiS User manual

iPOLiS Network Design Tool User Guide
Explains how to use iPOLiS Network Design Tool that helps designing network surveillance system with
multiple Samsung Techwin network products.
FOURTH EDITION | 12-2013

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Contents
CONTENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................2
WHAT IS IPOLIS NETWORK DESIGN TOOL? ..............................................................................................................................................3
INSTALLING IPOLIS NW DESIGN TOOL.......................................................................................................................................................3
1. PC REQUIREMENT .......................................................................................................................................................................................3
2. INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................4
FUNCTIONS .........................................................................................................................................................................................................6
1. SCREEN COMPOSITION...............................................................................................................................................................................6
2. NEW /SAVE /OPEN PROJECT ...................................................................................................................................................................6
3. SELECT &ADD A DEVICE............................................................................................................................................................................7
4. DRAW A DIAGRAM ......................................................................................................................................................................................9
5. CONFIGURE AN OBJECT PROPERTIES...................................................................................................................................................... 16
6. MAKE A REPORT ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
7. EXPORT AND PRINT YOUR DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................................................... 27
8. CHANGE THE APPLICATION SETTING ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
APPENDIX) REVISION HISTORY...................................................................................................................................................................31

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What is iPOLiS Network Design Tool?
iPOLiS NW Design Tool is a graphical drawing application that helps you to design network surveillance system with
Samsung Techwin network products.
With this application, you can do following:
To search and select a desired product
To design and draw network system diagram with analog/network product shapes
To edit properties –description, IP configuration, video setup, etc and verify products information
To simulate network bandwidth of transmitting/receiving per a product
To print or export to image of network system diagram
Installing iPOLiS NW Design Tool
1. PC requirement
OS
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Prerequisite installation
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
CPU
Pentium III CPU 1GHz or higher
RAM
512MB or more
Hard disk
1GB or more
Video graphic card
1024 X 768 or higher, 32bit high color
Supported language
Korean, Chinese, Japanese, English, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish, French

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2. Installation
Step 1. Double click installation file to start.
Step 2. Select the language you want to install, and click [OK].
Step 3. Click [Next >] when the installation wizard starts.
Step 4. Read the license agreement carefully and click [I Agree] to proceed with the next step.

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Step 5. Choose the destination folder, and click [Install].
Step 6. The Wizard starts installing the iPOLiS NW Design Tool.
Step 7. When the installation is completed, click [Finish] to complete the installation.

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Functions
1. Screen composition
iPOLiS NW Design Tool consist of menu, toolbox, diagram, and properties pane.
1. Menu bar –Loaded with executable menu buttons
2. Filter toolbox –Provides product filtering and selection
3. Diagram –Draws system diagram by using product objects and connectors
4. Properties –Provides product information and its properties
2. New / Save / Open project
New
To clear the current diagram and make it initialized, click [FILE] > [New Project].

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Save
To save the current diagram including properties and products information, click [FILE] > [Save]. The project
file is stored in *.sndt format. To save the project file in a desired location, select a folder in the Save dialog
box. When you save an existing project, it saves the changes so far.
Save As
To save as a new project with the current diagram, click [FILE] > [Save As]. Even though it is an existing
project file, it creates a new file in a user defined location.
Open
To open the original project file including system diagram and properties, click [FILE] > [Open]. In the Look
in list or navigation pane, click the folder that contains the project file that you want to open.
Recent Documents
To display a list of files that you most recently used, click [FILE] > [Recent]. In the project list, click the file
that you want to open.
Sample Documents
To display 5templates of system diagram, click [FILE] > [Samples]. In the template list, click the file that you
want to open.
3. Select & Add a device
To create your drawings, drag a device from toolbox onto the diagram pane.
To search and select a device according to product specification
1) Click [Filter Toolbox] tab from toolbox pane.
2) Choose one of product category and its options, it displays search result with products satisfied the
user selected options.
Select one device from the list. You can verify its technical specification from [Product Information]

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tab on [Properties] pane.
3) Select one of desired product from search result, and drag it onto a diagram pane.
To select a device from entire list
1) Click [Toolbox] tab from toolbox pane.
2) Select a desired product category from [Shapes], it displays entire product list of the relevant
category.
Select one device from the list. You can verify its technical specification from [Product Information]
tab on [Properties] pane.
3) Select one of desired product from search result, and drag it onto a diagram pane.
Search
To search devices with model name or some parts of model name.
1) Select [Search] from filter toolbox
2) Input model name or some parts of model name
Select one device from the list. You can verify its technical specification from [Product Information]
tab on [Properties] pane.

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3) Drag a device from search result list onto the diagram pane.
To add a group of device
To add multiple devices of same model, make a group of device.
1) Drag a device from toolbox onto the diagram pane.
2) Select a created device and select [Edit] button on the top of the device image. Then, dialog appears
for setting the quantity of devices.
3) After enter or select the number of devices, click [SAVE] button.
When you connect group device with switch, you can set the quantity of camera up to the number
of usable ports.
4. Draw a diagram
To select object on a diagram, click [HOME] > [Tool] > [Pointer], and with the selection arrow, click any objects that
you want to select.
Select one object
Click one object. The selected object displays selection handles.
Select multiple objects
Click on the diagram and drag –a selection area appears. Surround around all the objects that
you want to select.
Or hold down the CTRL key and click each object.
The selected objects are outlined by a temporary box with selection handles. To quickly select all objects
on the diagram, press [CTRL + A] key.
Copy/Cut/Paste/Delete objects

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Copy and paste are two commands that make it simple to reuse objects, without having to recreate it from
toolbox.
1) Select one or more objects from a diagram.
2) With objects selected, choose one of the following actions from [HOME] > [Clipboard] group.
A. Paste: Visibly insert the object, which preceded [Cut] or [Copy].
B. Cut: Immediately remove the selected object from its original position, and later inserted when
the [Paste] command is issued.
C. Copy: Create a duplicate, and later inserted when the [Paste] command is issued.
You can also use standard keyboard shortcuts, such as [CTRL + C] to copy and [CTRL + L] to paste.
D. Delete: Erase the selected objects from a diagram.
Move objects
With the selection arrow –by clicking [HOME] > [Tool] > [Pointer], click and move the objects where you
want it, release the mouse button.
Connect between objects
You can connect between two devices. Connector is drawing element that indicates which device is
physically linked to which device. Objects and connectors together give the complete diagram.
The connection type can be selected from [HOME] > [Connection Type], it indicates transmittable data rate.
10M –Network connector which has max. 10Mbps transmission speed.
100M –Network connector which has max. 100Mbps transmission speed
1G –Network connector which has max. 1Gbps transmission speed
10G –Network connector which has max. 10Gbps transmission speed
Coaxial –Analog connector
Wireless –Wireless network connection
ETC –Common connector, such as HDMI, USB or Serial Cable
When connect 2devices of analog type, connect them with analog (coaxial) connector automatically.
When connect network camera/encoder and switch, connect them 100M connector automatically.