UniVision Canada PICO-2000 User manual

PICO-2000
User Manual
UniVision Canada Limited

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PICO-2000................................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................4
OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................4
STANDARD FEATURES ...........................................................................................................................4
OPTIONAL FEATURES.............................................................................................................................4
PACKAGE MODELS ................................................................................................................................4
GENERIC MODEL NUMBER ....................................................................................................................4
MODEL NO. STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................................5
ARCHIVE BACKUP SYSTEM MODE.........................................................................................................6
AUDIO RECORDING OPTION...................................................................................................................6
FRONT PANEL......................................................................................................................................7
REAR PANEL.........................................................................................................................................8
CAMERA CONFIGURATION.....................................................................................................................8
STARTING THE PICO-2000................................................................................................................9
TURN ON THE POWER.............................................................................................................................9
LOGON...................................................................................................................................................9
THE MAIN SCREEN .................................................................................................................................9
DISPLAY (THE MULTIPLEXER FUNCTION)..............................................................................10
DISPLAY CONTROL PANEL....................................................................................................................10
For Models 104, 309A, 413A & 416...............................................................................................10
For Models 205A & 208.................................................................................................................11
1-SCREEN MODE ..................................................................................................................................11
4-SCREEN MODE ..................................................................................................................................11
For Model 104................................................................................................................................11
For Model 205A, 208, 309A, 413A & 416......................................................................................12
MULTI-SCREEN MODE .........................................................................................................................13
8-SCREEN MODE ..................................................................................................................................13
16-SCREEN MODE ................................................................................................................................14
RAPID ZOOM........................................................................................................................................14
FULL SCREEN DISPLAY.........................................................................................................................14
SEQUENCE ...........................................................................................................................................14
REMOTE ONLINE VIEWING AND PLAYBACK RECORDED VIDEO....................................14
THE INTELLIGENT REMOTE PLAYER....................................................................................................14
PICO SERVER BUTTON .......................................................................................................................14
RECORDING........................................................................................................................................15
STORAGE DRIVE...................................................................................................................................15
RECORDING MODES .............................................................................................................................15
MULTIPLE CAMERA RECORDING ..........................................................................................................15
THE RECORDER CONTROL PANEL.........................................................................................................15
INSTANT RECORDING...........................................................................................................................16
ALARM RECORDING.............................................................................................................................17
PRE-ALARM RECORDING......................................................................................................................17
SCHEDULED RECORDING......................................................................................................................18
PLAYBACK..........................................................................................................................................19
PLAYBACK THE VIDEO .........................................................................................................................19
SELECT DRIVE.....................................................................................................................................19
THE VIDEO PLAYER..............................................................................................................................20
LIST FILE RECORD...............................................................................................................................20
VIDEO PLAYBACK CONTROLS ..............................................................................................................21

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PLAYBACK CAMERA CONTROL.............................................................................................................21
ABSOLUTE DATE/TIME AND LENGTH DISPLAY......................................................................................21
PLAYBACK SPEED CONTROL ................................................................................................................21
REWIND AND REPLAY ..........................................................................................................................21
FRAME MODE FOR PRINT AND SAVE A FRAME......................................................................................21
RETURN TO VIDEO MODE.....................................................................................................................21
THE VIDEO SEARCH ENGINE*...............................................................................................................22
PLAYBACK THE CURRENT FILE.............................................................................................................22
OPEN THE VIDEO FILES AND PLAYBACK CONTINUOUSLY .....................................................................22
SEARCH THE VIDEO INTERACTIVELY....................................................................................................22
MOTION DETECTION ......................................................................................................................23
MOTION DETECTION ............................................................................................................................23
SET UP THE MOTION DETECTION ..........................................................................................................23
SET DETECTION AREA ..........................................................................................................................24
INDICATE THE DETECTION AREA..........................................................................................................24
SET SENSITIVITY FOR MOTION DETECTION...........................................................................................24
DETECTION INTERVAL .........................................................................................................................24
RECORDING TIME EXTENSION..............................................................................................................24
ENABLE THE MOTION DETECTION FUNCTION .......................................................................................24
TIPS .....................................................................................................................................................25
PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL...........................................................................................................26
PAN-TILT ZOOM...................................................................................................................................26
DRIVER MODE SETTING.......................................................................................................................26
PORT SETTING .....................................................................................................................................27
CAMERA SELECTION............................................................................................................................27
MONITOR SELECTION ..........................................................................................................................27
SPEED CONTROL ..................................................................................................................................27
PAN-TILT ZOOM CONTROL ...................................................................................................................27
PRE-POSITION ......................................................................................................................................27
UTILITY FUNCTIONS.......................................................................................................................28
ACCESS TO UTILITY FUNCTIONS..........................................................................................................28
RE-ACTIVATE THE DISABLED HOUSEKEEPING FUNCTIONS ..................................................................28
CAMERA CONFIGURATION...........................................................................................................29
CAMERA TITLE ASSIGNMENT ...............................................................................................................29
MAXIMUM NO. OF CAMERA IMPOSED BY SOFTWARE............................................................................29
CHECK THE ACTIVE CONNECTED CAMERAS .........................................................................................29
APPLY THE CAMERA TITLE...................................................................................................................29
RECORDER SETTING.......................................................................................................................30
THE RECORDING PARAMETERS ............................................................................................................30
FRAME RATE........................................................................................................................................30
THE START AND END TIMES FOR SCHEDULED RECORDING....................................................................30
INSTANT RECORDING...........................................................................................................................31
ALARM RECORDING.............................................................................................................................32
PRE-ALARM RECORDING......................................................................................................................32
SCHEDULED WEEKDAY RECORDING.....................................................................................................33
SCHEDULED WEEKEND RECORDING .....................................................................................................34
EXAMPLE 1..........................................................................................................................................35
EXAMPLE 2..........................................................................................................................................35
AUDIO RECORDING..............................................................................................................................35
OPTION SETTING..............................................................................................................................36
DISPLAY SEQUENCING.........................................................................................................................36
IMAGE RESOLUTION FOR ALL RECORDING............................................................................................37
RECORDING MODE SELECTION.............................................................................................................37
ATTACH AUDIO TO CAMERA ...............................................................................................................37
DRIVE CAPACITY .................................................................................................................................37

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BACKUP FUNCTION..............................................................................................................................38
NORMAL MODE ...................................................................................................................................38
ARCHIVE MODE...................................................................................................................................38
SWAP DRIVE........................................................................................................................................39
RE-INSERTION OF REMOVABLE DRIVE.................................................................................................39
SYSTEM OPERATION DATA...................................................................................................................40
HOUSEKEEPING................................................................................................................................41
BACKUP...............................................................................................................................................41
REMOVE VIDEO FILES ..........................................................................................................................42
HOUSEKEEPING TOOLS.........................................................................................................................43
SYSTEM INFORMATION........................................................................................................................44
TOO MANY FILES WARNING.........................................................................................................45
TOO MANY FILES WARNING MESSAGE..................................................................................................45
INVOKE THE MESSAGE BOX..................................................................................................................45
REMOVE THE MESSAGE BOX ................................................................................................................45
SETUP AND THE DEFAULT VALUES.......................................................................................................46
WORKING AT LOGOFF ...................................................................................................................47
LOG OFF...............................................................................................................................................47
RECORDING DURING LOG OFF..............................................................................................................47
SHUT DOWN THE UNIT ...................................................................................................................47
EXIT.....................................................................................................................................................47
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................48
SCHEDULE BACKUP AND REMOVE THE VIDEO FILE...............................................................................48
COMPACT DATABASE SYSTEM.............................................................................................................48
TYPICAL CONFIGURATION...........................................................................................................49
ALARM INPUT CONNECTION........................................................................................................50
COLOR CODE OF ALARM INPUT AND OUTPUT CABLES .....................................................51

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Introduction
Overview The PICO 2000- Series of Digital Surveillance Recorder has inherently been
designed with flexibility of different video camera inputs and display different
camera images in real time. Notwithstanding the different inputs and display, all
models will have the same features which are kept as uniform throughout the
series.
Standard Features !Digital multi-channel video recorder and multiplexer
!Support up to 16 camera inputs with multi display modes
!Supports both PAL and NTSC standards
!Easy to use graphic user interface
!State of the art real-time display and recording under optimum condition of
up to 4 channels
!Support full resolution video (768x576 PAL, 640x480 NTSC)
!Real-time digital video compression
!Simultaneous playback and recording
!Playback with sophisticated search functions
!Alarm triggered recording
!Alarm I/O interface
!Pre-alarm recording
!Programmable timer for recording
!Motion detection recording
!Easy to expand by software upgrade and system integration
!Multilingual Capability
!Intelligent remote player with telephone dial up and LAN connectivity to
access on-line and recorder videos
Optional Features !Video displays on SVGA monitor and support a secondary display unit
!Audio Recording attachable to selected video input
!Pan/Tilt/Zoom Control (optionally selected Codec)
!Fast Video Compression/decompression (optionally selected Codec)
!Tamper protection for video recording
Package Models !The package model of PICO2000 refers to the product package, which
includes the necessary application software, peripheral boards and
accessories for Input and output interface, to be put into the customer
provided PC (Main Processor Unit) workstation to construct the equivalent
PICO2000 System.
!There are a number of package models in the series that we can offer to our
OEM, distributors, system integrators and dealers etc., and the model
number describes the number of real time video display and the number of
cameras that the model can support
Generic Model
Number The generic model no. is extractable from the following syntax :
!For System Product PICO2000 – generic model no.<opt>
!For Packaged ProductPICO2K – generic model no.<opt>
Through out this manual, Model will refer to the generic model no.

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Model No.
Structure Model # UC-PICO2K-XXXYZZ00
!The first 2 letters signify the manufacturer -UC represents UniVision Canada
!The next block of alpha numeric signifies the product series – PICO2K
represents PICO2000 digital video recorder system.
!The next 3 numbers XXX represent the functional requirement of the
recorder model. The first number signifies the number of real time video
that the model will display, i.e. 4 represents that the model will display
FOUR cameras in real time video. The next 2 numbers signify the
maximum number of video inputs, including the real time video, that the
model will support, i.e. 13 represents that a total of 13 cameras can be
connected to the system.
!The presence of the next character indicates that the model will have
additional recording features:-
A – One channel synchronized Audio recording capability.
R – Four real time video-recording capability.
M- One channel synchronized Audio recording and four real time video
recording capability
!The next two letters ZZ differentiates whether the unit is supplied as a
“Demo” – DM or as a “package” - PG.
The next two numbers signify the language to which the version of the software
supports, i.e. 00 for English, 01 for Chinese and 02 for French etc.
Example 1 To order a “package” system of PICO2000 digital recorder from UniVision
Canada for 9 camera inputs, 3 real time video display and with additional audio
recording feature. The system will be assembled in the PC locally by the
OEM/distributor. The required language version will be in Chinese.
The model selected will be UC-PICO2K-309APG01
Example 2 To order a “demo” system of PICO2000 digital recorder from UniVision Canada
for 16 camera inputs, 4 real time video display, no audio recording required. The
system will be assembled in the PC locally by the OEM/distributor. The required
language version will be in Chinese.
The model selected will be UC-PICO2K-416DM01
Example 3 To order a “package” system of PICO2000 digital recorder from UniVision
Canada for 13 camera inputs, 4 real time video display, one channel audio
recording and 4 real time videos recording capability. The system will be
assembled in the PC locally by the OEM/distributor. The required language
version will be in Chinese.
The model selected will be UC-PICO2K-413MPG01

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Archive Backup
System Mode Considering the total process ( record-optional playback-backup-optional restore-
erase obsolete video-recycle storage media for record) of recording of the videos
for Surveillance purpose, we can come up with two different backup system
modes:
Normal Mode – The PICO2000 Digital Surveillance Recorder will record all new
video into the Fixed Hard Drive (s). As required, the operator of
the PIC2000 can backup the recorded video to an Removable
IDE drive via the Housekeeping function from the Utility Menu
The raw copy of video can optionally be deleted during the
backup process
Archive Mode- The PICO2000 Digital Surveillance Recorder will record all new
video into one of the assigned Removable IDE drive. When it is
about full, it can be removed from the recorder (system control
or physically) for additional archiving to DAT or other backup
media. The PICO2000 Digital Surveillance Recorder will
maintain continuous recording to an alternate removable drive
during the archiving operation. When the videos inside a
Removable drive is obsolete, they can be erased immediately
before video recording is resumed on this drive.
The backup system mode of the PICO2000 Digital Surveillance Recorder should
be selected at the very beginning of overall system operation. The normal backup
mode is set by default. To switched to the Archive mode, please refer to the
Backup Function of the Options Setting Menu. You will need to have two (2)
removable IDE drives configured in the PICO2000 Digital Surveillance Recorder
to support this mode of system operation. The PICO2000 application needs to be
closed and restart to apply the mode switching from each other
Audio Recording
Option For all models with an “A” suffix, e.g. Model 205A/309A/413A etc, the audio
recording function can be enabled and have the recording attached to one of the
active camera. To setup audio recording, please refer to the Attaching audio to
camera of the Option Setting Menu.
Before you can activate this function, you will need to have a Sound (Capture)
board installed and properly configured to the PICO2000 Digital Surveillance
Recorder, as follows:
•Click Start-> Programs-> Accessory -> Entertainment (Multimedia, for
Windows 95)-> Volume Control, Click Properties from the Options Menu.
Select the Playback check: Make sure the Microphone option is selected
from the “Show all volume control” list box. Click apply and OK, then make
sure the Microphone is Muted at Playback.
•Repeat the same steps for Recording, only for this time, the Microphone (or
any other input port you may choose as an input feed to the sound board as
the recording source) is selected in this case.
•You will need to adjust the volume of input and output by using the sound
recorder which is built in with the Windows 98 Operating System.

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FRONT PANEL
Hard drive
indicator
Power
indicator
Power
switch
Mouse
PICO Unit
SVGA monitor
(Optional)
Keyboard
CD ROM drive
(Optional)
Floppy drive
Reset
Switch

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REAR PANEL
(Shown as Model 416)
*Note:
Camera
Configuration Camera configuration includes camera connection and the camera title
assignment.
The camera should be connected to the “Camera inputs” properly prior to do the
camera configuration.
Assign camera title inside the “Camera Title” message box within the “Utility”
menu. Go to “Utility Function” chapter for detail of camera title assignment.
Tip:
Make sure that the “Active” box is unchecked for the non-
connected camera(s), in order to perform the optimum video
quality.
Alarm Connector #1
Alarm Connector #2
Power
Camera inputs*
9
10
11
12
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
13
14
15
16
SVGA
monitor
Composite output
(Optional)
S-video output
(Optional)
Mouse Keyboard
Line voltage
selector
LAN card
(Optional)

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STARTING THE PICO-2000
Turn on the power Make sure that the line voltage selector in the rear panel is selected correctly.
Press the “POWER” switch in the front panel of the PICO-2000 to power up the
unit.
Logon After the system start-up process, the PICO-2000 logo and the main screen will
appear as shown in Figure 1.
Click the “Too Many Files Warning” message box “X” icon to close the message
box.
Click the Log ON/OFF button. A Logon Screen dialog box will pop up for input.
Two default usernames are available: “SUPER” and “OPERATOR”.
The factory default password is “pico” or NULL for either case.
When you logon as “SUPER”, you can click on the Utility button to change the
logon password (to be discussed in more detail later on page 37).
However, if you logon as “OPERATOR”, the Utility button will be disabled to
prevent the password and some other system and recording settings from being
modified by the operator.
Figure 1
The main screen Two control panels and various common control buttons are displayed on the
right hand side of the main screen.
The username is shown on the lower left-hand corner.
A progress bar located at the bottom of the screen shows the amount of storage
occupied and available for video recording. The color of the status bar will
gradually change from BLUE – when it is empty to RED – when it is full.
The current time/date is shown on the lower right hand corner.