2ContentsPreface ........................................................................ 3About the user manuals ........................................... 3System requirements for a PC ................................. 3Trademarks and registered trademarks ................... 4Abbreviations ............................................................ 4Restrictions when operating MPEG-4 images ............. 5About the operation window ........................................ 7Display/Close the operation window ........................ 7Major operating controls and their functions................ 9Top page ................................................................... 9[Control] button ....................................................... 10[Cam. select] button ............................................... 12[Setup] button ......................................................... 13Status display area ................................................. 14Playback point operation area ................................ 15[HDD] tab ................................................................ 15[CAM] tab ............................................................... 17Recording of images/audio ........................................ 18Manual recording of images/audio ......................... 18Recording mode and its priority level ................ 18Audio recording ................................................. 18Playback .................................................................... 19Playback of recorded images ................................. 19Playback operation ............................................ 20Play recorded images by designating atime and date....................................................... 23Search and play recorded images....................... 23Search filter ....................................................... 24List display area (rec event list) ......................... 24Search and play recording events ..................... 25Search and play images recorded triggered bythe VMD function of the camera(VMD search) .................................................... 26Select a recording area and play imagesrecorded on the selected recording area........... 28Monitor live images.................................................... 291-screen display ..................................................... 29Functions available while displaying liveimages ............................................................... 30Control cameras ................................................ 31Multi-screen display (4-screen) ........................... 33Sequence display ................................................ 34Event action ............................................................... 35How the event action is taken ............................. 35Cancel/suspend the alarm action ........................ 37Cancel the alarm action..................................... 37Suspend the alarm action.................................. 37Cancel an error action ....................................... 38Enable/disable the key lock ....................................... 39Lock ..................................................................... 39Release ............................................................... 39Check logs ................................................................. 40Check the error log .............................................. 40Check the access log .......................................... 41Check the event log............................................. 42Check the network log ......................................... 43Copy recorded images .............................................. 44Copy .................................................................... 44Play copied images ............................................. 45Delete recorded images ............................................ 46Deletion of recorded images saved on thehard disk drives manually .................................... 46Download recorded images ....................................... 47Download recorded images currently beingplayed .................................................................. 47Play downloaded images .................................... 48Download the viewer software .......................... 48Install the viewer software ................................. 49Uninstalling the viewer software ........................ 50Play downloaded images using the viewersoftware ............................................................. 50Save Downloaded Images ................................ 51Print the displayed image .................................. 52Perform the alteration detection ........................ 52Transmit images ........................................................ 54Transmit images from cameras to anFTP Server .......................................................... 54Transmit images from cameras periodically ...... 54Transmit images from cameras at an eventoccurrence......................................................... 54Send mails........................................................... 54Check the system/disk information ............................ 55System information.............................................. 55Disk information................................................... 55Notification by e-mail ................................................. 56Alarm mail ........................................................... 56Warning mail........................................................ 56Error log ..................................................................... 59About the error log............................................... 59Error logs ................................................................... 66When the error log is displayed ........................... 66Parameter in the logs above ............................. 67Troubleshooting ......................................................... 68Message displayed on the information bar........ 74Glossary .................................................................... 76Index .......................................................................... 80