Sting ST-400 User manual

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ST-400, ST-800, ST-1600

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Please read this manual before using this product.

Important considerations

-The sting monitoring software has been designed and tested to run as a standalone application.

Installing and running other software/hardware on this machine may cause unexpected and/or

undesired results including but not limited to loss of recording capability and recorded events.

- Increasing the recording resolution of one or more cameras can substantially decrease the available

recording time of your DVR. A DVR that can record 15 days at its normal resolution may only record 5

days with all cameras in their highest resolution.

- Your Sting DVR by default is set to only record when there is motion in front of the camera. Trees

swaying in the breeze or a busy highway in the background can reduce the available recording time.

Reorient the cameras or use the blocking features of your DVR to maximize the recording time.

- While Sting is available to assist you in backing up an event for law enforcement or for internal use, we

cannot be responsible for missed events.

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Basic Operation

Startup

This system has been configured to start up, and begin monitoring on its own. Figure 1 shows how the

system will look right after startup. Your screen may appear different depending on the number of

cameras supported and your preference for the layout.

(Note: Once per week your system will restart itself to ensure reliable recording. The time of this restart

can be configured, but by default will occur between 6 and 7 am once every 7 days.).

In the next section, we will discuss the controls and features of this screen.

Figure 1

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Keylock

To ensure that only authorized users can review/record events Sting has implemented a Keylock

system. To access the system move the mouse just off the bottom of the screen and the following menu

bar ( Figure 2 ) will appear.

Figure 2

- Standard system tools

- Start Monitoring

- Playback an event

- Save event for viewing or prep for burning

- System Utilities

- Allow Remote Playback

- Manage your cameras via eMap

- Starts Control Center Service

- Manage Optional Hot swap of disk drives

- Record backed up events to CD or DVD

- View System Events

- View Display Properties

- Keylock *Requires privilege

• Manages the Keylock system

- Restart *Requires privilege

• Restarts the system

- Shutdown *Requires privilege

• Stops the system without a restart

- Task Manager

• Shows programs that are running on your system

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Monitoring Controls and Features -

Figure 3 shows an exploded view of the monitor screen. A more detailed description follows.

Date

Time

Disk

Optional

Pan Tilt

Zoom

Control

Start

Stop Camera Select User/System

Optional

Input/ Output

Layout Select Tools Control

Camera Select – Choose one camera to fill the viewing area. The camera number corresponds to the

physical camera connection to the back of the DVR

Date/Time/Disk –

Date/Time - Displays the current date and time that will be associated with images

recorded on your DVR.

Disk - If your system is configured to recycle disk space the amount of space

available will decrease to about 1 GB and then remain there. This means that your

oldest files are being reused .

I/O – Optional feature allows input from POS devices and from Alarm Systems. The I/O feature also

allows output to an alarm system (for example when motion is detected).

Layout Select – Click on one of these buttons to watch one, two or more of your cameras up to sixteen

at one time.

PTZ – Optional feature allows control of Pan Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) capable devices. This may require

additional cabling.

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Start/Stop - Click here to login to change system settings or to shut down the system. Only authorized

users can perform a normal shutdown of the system.

System/User - Shows the user currently logged in or if no users are logged in the name of the system

is displayed.

Tools -These commands will be covered in detail later in this document and are in general for use by

an authorized user. If you choose a tool a box will appear that will show your options. If an option is

grayed out you do not have proper authority to use the function.

- Start and stop monitoring on one or more cameras

- Schedule when an area will or will not be monitored

- Setup the defaults for the DVR and other advanced configurations

- Playback recorded video

- If you would like to have a large viewing area and watch the cameras one at a time then click on

will continue to record regardless of the current view on this option. Note all cameras will continue to

record regardless of the current view on the console

- Controls how this DVR is allowed to connect to other devices.

Viewing Area - In this area you can watch one or all of your cameras. You select the layout by

choosing one of the buttons in the viewing layout area. The camera name and number are displayed in

the upper left hand corner of each view. If the camera name is flashing, this indicates that the image on

the screen is being recorded.

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Playback Controls and Features

The playback functions allow you to review previously recorded events. There is no impact to recording

while playback is in progress. There are multiple ways to enter the playback mode. The first method is

to move the mouse to the bottom of the screen and the “Keylock” menu will appear as shown below.

Click on the first icon (File Folder) and the menu below will appear.

Click on and the playback window will appear

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The following figures show an exploded view of the playback screen.

Layout Select

Camera Select

Search Mode

Image Controls

Basic Event

Monitor Window Selection

Quick Search Tool

Playback Statistics Playback Controls

Monitor Window – View one or more camera views as set by the Layout Select

Layout Select – Choose how the views will be displayed in the monitor window

Camera Select – Choose one camera to appear in the monitor window

Search Mode - Normal (Basic) or Advanced (Select a date and time range)

Event Selection – Choose an event by date (Basic/Normal), Advanced will be discussed later.

Playback Controls –

- Reverse Play/Pause

- Play/Pause

- Stop

- Jump to beginning

- Move one frame backward

- Move one frame forward

- Jump to end

- Increase playback speed

- Reduce playback speed

- Zoom in (Click on tool, then click on the image you would like to zoom)

- Zoom out (Click on tool, then click on the image you would like to zoom)

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Basic Event Selection

An event is a video recording that begins when motion is detected and stops when the motion stops or 5

minutes whichever comes first. If motion continues beyond 5 minutes a new event is created and

recording continues (note: there is no video lost between events).

The system defaults to showing events for today’s date. If you know the time of the event click on the

event with a time stamp closest to the beginning time and press the play button on the playback

controls.

Select the date – defaults to today

Select the event

To control the playback use the playback controls and the quick search tool.

Playback Controls

Quick Search Tool

To select a range of events click on the first event and then go to the last event and press shift and click

at the same time

If the event that you are interested in is prior to today, click on the “+” sign next to the year, then the

month and finally the day you are interested in viewing. Then select the event you are interested in.

To select a range of events click on the first event and then go to the last event and press shift and click

at the same time.

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Advanced Search

The advanced search tool allows you to specify a specific date/time range for your search.

Click on the “Advance” Search Mode button as shown below.

Click on the Advanced Search(F10) to bring up the advanced search screen

Then use the playback controls to review the event.

Click on

Advanced

Select

the

Start/End

Date and

Time

Select/Clear

All Cameras

Choose which

camera(s) to

view

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