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VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 Getting Started Introducing ST7501 VIVOTEK ST7501 is new generation central management software, featuring rel.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 2 - User's Manual ST7501 Server and Client Components ST7501 has three components: one server component-- ST7501 Server , and tw.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 3 Functionality of ST7501 Server Serves as a centralized management site Performs 32-channel video recor.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 4 - User's Manual Functionality of ST7501 LiveClient Login to the ST7501 server Controls the server functions Manage.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 5 Functionality of ST7501 Playback Login to the ST7501 server Browses the database of recorded video fro.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 6 - User's Manual Minimum System Requirements Before installing the ST7501 software, please make sure your system meets the foll.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 7 ST7501 Installation Installing the ST7501 Software 1� Run the ST7501_Setup.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 8 - User's Manual 4� Install a database for your server � There are two options--PostgreSQL or SQL server � PostgreSQL If you don't have a database, we recommend you to select PostgreSQL ( 8.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 9 SQL Server If you want to select SQL Server as your database, you have to install it in advance, and then star.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 10 - User's Manual ST7501 Server Activating ST7501 Server The ST7501 Server is a service program that will run automatically whe.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 1 1 3� Right-click ST7501 Uranus W atch Dog and click Stop to stop the services of ST7501 server � Click Res.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 12 - User's Manual ST7501 LiveClient Configuration Activating ST7501 LiveClient and Login to a ST7501 Server ST7501 LiveClient a.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 13 User Interface of ST7501 LiveClient Menu Bar Status Panel E C B F A D User Name Station Name (IP Address) Log.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 14 - User's Manual Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected devices does not support those functions� Li.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 15 Device tree Icon Description A station (a computer that has installed ST7501 server) / VIVOTEK xed network.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 16 - User's Manual Camera Control Panel PTZ Control Panel Only PTZ and speed dome cameras associated with the icon or on the dev.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 17 T wo W ay Audio Control Panel The two way audio function allows the user to communicate with people around th.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 18 - User's Manual How to Manage Devices Please follow the steps below to manage devices under a station: a� Click the station.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 19 In Step b , choose the transmission protocol according to your network environment and the desired video qual.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 20 - User's Manual g� T o insert more devices to the station, repeat the above steps� Y ou can manage up to 32 channels at the same time� h� When completed, click Close to exit the camera management window and return to the monitoring window � i.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 21 i� If you want to make sure if this is the device you concern, click Connection T est to preview the live v.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 22 - User's Manual V iew Live Videos The server will automatically add newly-inserted device to video cell for live viewing� Y.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 23 Remove Live V ideo from the Video Monitoring W indow There are two ways to remove a live video from the video.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 24 - User's Manual Delete Devices from the Server There are two ways to delete a device from the server: Select either step 1 or.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 25 Update Devices Please follow the steps below to update a device via Camera Management window: a� Right-click the target device on the device tree, and then click Camera Management.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 26 - User's Manual How to Change V ideo Viewing Mode Change the Layout of Live V ideo Monitoring Window VIVOTEK ST7501 LiveClien.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 27 For example, under 3 x 3 layout mode, you can switch among the three pages by clicking and on the quick acces.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 28 - User's Manual d� Back to the monitoring window , the new layout will show up under the device tree as below � Y ou can .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 29 Maximize/Minimize the Live V ideo Monitoring Window Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the whole vid.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 30 - User's Manual Full Screen: to maximize live video monitoring window to the whole screen Click Full Screen on the quick .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 31 View the maximum 32 channels simultaneously If you select 4x4 layout on dual screens, you can view the maximu.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 32 - User's Manual V iew Live Video with Multiple Monitors If you have multiple screens in your monitoring center , you can swit.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 33 How to Manage User Accounts ST7501 allo ws users to add user accounts wi th four-level u ser roles: Admini st.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 34 - User's Manual Add User Account Please follow the steps below to add a new user account for a station: a� Click the statio.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 35 Modify User Account Please follow the steps below to modify an existent user account: a� Click the station .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 36 - User's Manual How to Congure Station General Settings In this section, you can set up Log Settings for the station� .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 37 How to Edit Recording Groups By default setting, all devices are assigned to the default recording group� Y.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 38 - User's Manual i� T o remove a path, select the path in Recording path for DefaultGroup , and then click Delete path to delete it� j� When all settings are done, click OK to conrm and save your settings.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 39 Manually Start to Record/Stop Recording By default setting, all devices are assigned to the default recording.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 40 - User's Manual How to Edit Recording Schedules After editing recording group settings, you can begin to edit recording sched.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 41 Edit Schedule List Please follow the steps below to set up the schedule lists: a� Click the station on the .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 42 - User's Manual Add Schedules d� T o add a new recording schedule, click Add � A Schedule Name dialog will pop up for you.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 43 Edit Camera List Please follow the steps below to assign a device to a recording schedule: a� Click the sta.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 44 - User's Manual Edit T ime Frame List Default T ime Frame: Weekly daybase, Mon�~Sun�, 24-hour , continuous recording Clic.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 45 Add New T ime Frames Please follow the steps below to add new time frames for a schedule: a� Select a recor.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 46 - User's Manual e� T o edit the new time frame, select a Repeat Frequency (W eekly -Day Base or W eekl y-W eek Base ) on th.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 47 n� Select a Recording Mode for the time frame� There are three options: None, Continuous, and Event.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 48 - User's Manual Repeat Frequency: Weekly (DayBase)--Set up time segments within a day T o set up Weekly (DayBase) repeat freq.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 49 2� Enter precise Start T ime and End T ime: a� Directly enter the value in Start T ime and End T ime fiel.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 50 - User's Manual Set up applying time range For all kinds of repeat frequency , you can set up the applying date and time rang.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 51 Set up time segments within a week Y ou can specify several time segments within a week� The weekly timelin.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 52 - User's Manual If you click on the weekly timeline control bar , the corresponding time segment on the selected day will show up accordingly: Delete time segments: Please refer to page 49 for detailed illustration.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 53 How to Use T alking Panel ST7501 LiveClient supports two way audio function which allows the user to communic.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 54 - User's Manual An icon with camera name will show up in the talking panel� Please note that you cannot T alk and P.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 55 Remove Camera from the T alking Panel Remove a camera Drag-and-drop a camera from the talking panel to th.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 56 - User's Manual How to Manage Event T rigger ST7501 LiveClient suppo rts event trigger management which allows the user to co.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 57 Before you congure DI/DO Settings on ST7501, please make sure you have linked your network camera or video server to the DI/DO devices, and set up correctly on the camera conguration page.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 58 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings In Client Settings, you can congure Snapshot Settings, A VI Settings, V iew Settings, and General Settings.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 59 If you uncheck Generate a le name automatically , a Save le dialog will pop up when you take a snapshot. And the le name prex will automatically show up in the Save File dialog.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 60 - User's Manual A VI Settings While you monitor a live video, the Record to A VI function allows you to record the live video.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 61 f� T o modify the audio compression settings, click Audio Compression Setting to open the A VI Audio Compression Setting window � Select the desired audio quality , format, and attributes in the corresponding elds.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 62 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set up the display mode of video cell, including Display Location, .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 63 Date and time Format Same as local computer: Select this option, the date and time format will sync with .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 64 - User's Manual General Settings This section allows you to congure System Settings and Rotation Settings � System Setti.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 65 How to Search for a Device on the Device T ree This function is very convenient for you to quickly search for.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 66 - User's Manual How to Print Out a V ideo Picture There are two ways to print out a video picture of live video: 1� Select .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 67 How to Logout from the Server T o logout from the current server , click Logout on the quick access bar or click System > Logout on the menu bar . A conrmation window will pop up.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 68 - User's Manual ST7501 Playback Configuration Activating ST7501 Playback and Login to a Server ST7501 Playback is an applicat.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 69 User Interface of ST7501 Playback A� Menu bar B� Quick access bar C� Query panel (Browsing/Event search.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 70 - User's Manual Quick Access Bar Some buttons will be disabled if the selected devices does not support those functions� Re.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 71 Language Selection ST7501 current supports multi-language user interface, and language options are availabe i.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 72 - User's Manual Query Panel--Event Search Page The Time Zone is the same as your local computer � The default End Time is the time when you use ST7501 Playback to login the server; the default Start Time is an hour earlier than the default End T ime.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 73 Query Panel--Log V iewer Page Select the station you want to search event Select Log Category Select User Acc.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 74 - User's Manual V ideo Clips List Window After you select a date item , the video clips will be listed in the video clips lis.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 75 Playback Control Panel After you select a video clip to play , the playback control panel will be enabled for.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 76 - User's Manual How to V iew Recorded Video Select a Recorded V ideo Clip Please follow the steps below to select a video cli.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 77 View all of the video clips of a date: a� Select a date item on the device tree� b� Double-click th.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 78 - User's Manual Remove Recorded V ideo Clips from Video Cells There are two ways to remove a recorded video clip from the vid.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 79 Zoom in and zoom out the Histogram If you only record a short video clip, you can click zoom in to extend it.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 80 - User's Manual Control the Audio The audio function will be enabled if the device is equipped with internal or external micr.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 81 How to Change Recorded V ideo Viewing Mode Change the Layout of Recorded V ideo Playback Window VIVOTEK ST750.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 82 - User's Manual Maximize/Minimize the Recorded V ideo Playback Window Single View: to maxmize a video cell to the whole v.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 83 Full Screen: to maxmize the video playback window to the whole screen Click Full Screen on the quick acce.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 84 - User's Manual How to Search Events The ST7501 Playback offers users a powerful event searching engine to retrieve video cli.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 85 Select Event Category There are ve event search categories: All Events , All Motion Events , All IV A Even.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 86 - User's Manual Event Category-All IV A Events For cameras with embedded video content analysis, it is capable of detecting I.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 87 Specify the Search T ime Range This section is for you to specify the search time range for event search� .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 88 - User's Manual If Display in new result list is checked , then click Search , the search results will display on a new p.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 89 V iew the Retrieved Video Clips Please follow the steps below to play the video clips listed in search result.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 90 - User's Manual How to Search Logs The ST7501 Playback offers users a powerful log searching engine to search all local logs .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 91 Select Log Category/Log T ype/Log Level Following is the relationship of log category , level, and type� Th.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 92 - User's Manual Search for Login History Select Login History in the log category eld, the search results including all lo.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 93 d� The search results of login activities will display on the Login Activities page as below � Search.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 94 - User's Manual How to Congure Client Settings In Client Settings, you can congure Snapshot Settings, A VI Settings, and V iew Settings. It allows you to save snapshots and A VI les on "local computer (client side, not server side).
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 95 If you uncheck Generate a le name automatically , a Save le dialog will pop up when you take a snapshot. And the le name prex will automatically show up in the Save File dialog.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 96 - User's Manual A VI Settings While you play a recorded video, the Convert A VI function allows you to export the recorded vi.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 97 f� T o modify the audio compression settings, click Audio Compression Setting to open the A VI Audio Compression Setting window � Select the desired audio quality , format, and attributes in the corresponding elds.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 98 - User's Manual V iew Settings This section allows you to set up the display mode of video cell, including Display Location, .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 99 Date and time Format Same as local computer: Select this option, the date and time format will sync with .
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 100 - User's Manual How to Search for a Device on the Device T ree This function is very convenient for you to quickly search fo.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions User's Manual - 101 How to Print Out a V ideo Picture There are two ways to print out a video picture of live video: 1� Select.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 102 - User's Manual How to Logout from the Server T o logout from the current server , click Logout on the quick access bar or click System > Logout on the menu bar . A conrmation window will pop up.
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