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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

2. COMPUTER REQUIREMENT AND MAXIMUM RECORDING FRAMES--6

3. INSTALLATION----------------------------------------------------------------------------8

3.1 installation steps

3.2 windows setup

3.3 Skyview ready use setup

4. MAIN SCREEN----------------------------------------------------------------------------12

4.1 status display section

4.2 function control section

4.3 screen split section

5. SCREEN SAVER--------------------------------------------------------------------------15

6. PAN/ TILT/ ZOOM MODE---------------------------------------------------------------15

7. PLAYBACK MODE FOR SZT- SERIES --------------------------------------------17

7.1 playback icons

7.2 playback slide bar

7.3 searching & playback by date/time

7.4 save file

7.5 Playback Digital Zoom

7.6 playback smart search (object search)

8. PLAYBACK MODE FOR MP4 SERIES(Hardware Compression)---------23

8.1 MP4 playback

8.2 MP4 playback slide bar

8.3 MP4 save file

8.4 MP4 print

9. SKYVIEW ALL SERIES CONFIGURATION SETTING MODE---------------25

9.1 system settings

9.2 user settings

9.3 camera settings

9.4 sequence settings

9.5 motion detection settings

9.6 sensor settings

9.7 other settings

10. REMOTE SURVEILLANCE (IE BROWSER/ PDA/RX APPLICATION)----33

10.1 recording server setting

10.2 IE browser remote connections

10.3 PDA remote connections

10.4 RX remote connection

11.

RECORDED VIDEO BACKUP------------------------------------------------------------------40

12. SKYVIEW Important Notes

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Preface

Thank you for choosing Skyview Digital Surveillance System and related products. This manual

provides detailed instructions for operating and setup procedures. So you can get more familiar

with the special features and warnings associated with this equipment. Once the installation is

completed, keep this manual for future reference.

FCC Compliance Statement

This product has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant

to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment may radiate radio frequency energy,

and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interface to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interface will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception,

which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to

correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Move the equipment that might interfere with the receiver away from the system.

Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or the experienced radio/television technician for additional

suggestions.

Windows 98SE/2000/XP is registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

1. Introduction

Skyview products are a digital video recording system for use in security and surveillance

applications. It is an advanced surveillance system that combines the functions for a recorder and

multiplexer into one unit. Skyview system has all the rich features of a powerful digital video

management system and more. These include:

Combination of unique quality of versatile Mpeg4 compression.

Fully functional remote control software.

b. Video loss alarm.
c.

Smart search (object search). / Digital playback zooms.

d. Motion Pop Up. When more than one motion has been detected,

pop-up in 1/4/8/16 splits screen. ( Auto pop up )

e. Remote. Full remote access; View up to 24 different IP on one

screen simultaneously.

Perform historical file search and save recorded files ( avi.bmp.jpg )

with audio and video.

f. PTZ control (pan, tilt, zoom). Support DYNAC D7720 and LILIN

PIH-7000/7600 Serial SpeedDome.

g. Alarm I/O. 8 groups of I/O ( I/O module required, to be purchased

separately.)

h. Snapshot. Snapshot and save files via Internet using IE Browser.

i. Post/pre-alarm recording.

j. Up to 30 users definable access levels.

k. Record, playback, search and transmit simultaneously.

l. Easy-to-operate graphic interface.

m. Playback. 16 channels playback with selectable data and time to

play simultaneously.

n. Search display. 1,4,9,10,13 and 17 split search screen.

o. Auto Backup. To back up 24 hours recording data automatically

everyday to avoid data loss.

p. Digital Water Mark.

q. Screensaver. Screensaver during recording ( multi-tasking ) with

password protection.

Watch dog

s. PDA remote view

Advanced features, a standard requirement for today's DVR.

Smooth playback of recorded files and events, detail and movement

is easily discerned.

All camera playback and live view is on a single screen. Users can

see the video image from different cameras at different angles
simultaneously.

Monitor more than 24 locations at the same time.

Perform all functions of the host computer from the remote

computer.

Auto CD-burn (Record to CD) video images

Backed up video can be played back by selectable date and time in

other computers simultaneously

Intelligent Slide bar to search historical video up to 16 cameras

simultaneously

Alarms indication of hard disk failure or corrupt files

Playback historical recordings immediately on screen

Snapshot and Simultaneous recording via IE Browser

Backup the oldest recordings and playback on a remote computer

when host hard disk is full and starting circular recording for the
first in file. (Optional)

Control lights and other electrical devices from remote computer.

(Optional)

2. Computer Requirement and Maximum Recording Frames

** PLEASE READ PAGE 7 ~ 11 IN DETAILS AND FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION METHOD.

WITH SMART AND UNIQUE SKYVIEW RECORDING METHOD (MIX RECORDING):

a) Recording mode: "MIX" recording, always record at 1 fps when there is no object

movement for keeping all recording images, when there is movement, event recording

frame rate is adjustable.

b) How to set Mix Recording method (default settings):

Normal recording: 1 fps

Event recording: frame setting is adjustable according to the hardware specification

and CPU used (default 7 fps)

SZT-Series: 3 TCP/IP gates for remote connections: 1350 / 1351 / 1357 and 80

P.S. a) DO NOT use all in one motherboard.

b) Intel 865 chipset motherboard uses dual channel memory technology; we suggest use of

2 x 256 MB RAM to increase performance of the DVR system.

c) Suggest use normal recording when the camera is a P/T/Z dome or when the camera is

located on a busy street.

d) Motherboard: Gigabyte/Asus motherboard

Compression Quality 10 : 640x240 Resolution pixels

Compression Quality 9 : Between 640x240 ~ 320x240 Resolution pixels

Compression Quality 8 : 320x240 Resolution pixels

No select or change resolution for SZT series.

Below are the different test hard disk size results, actual hard disk size will be

based on your environment.

Compression Quality

Recording

Frame Per

Second

Compression

Quality 7

Size (KB)

Compression

Quality 8

Size (KB)

Compression

Quality 9

Size (KB)

Compression

Quality 10

Size (KB)

Note

: All Series default at Compression Quality 9.

Suggest adjust compression Quality at 8 or 9. If set Compression

Quality 10, HD will add storage.

3. Installation :

In order to make the Skyview surveillance system more stable, please install

an extra cooling fan to cool down the chipset of capture cards.

3.1 Installation Steps : DO NOT use all in one motherboard.

a) Have a clean PC ready for installation (formatted hard drive)

b) Partition a new or formatted hard disk into C: and D: drive. Suggestion: partition 5Gb for C drive

(operating system), other drive used to store recording files.

c) Install Operating system and other PC peripheral drivers.

d) Windows setup as per topic 3.2 Windows setup, and turn off power.

e)Insert Skyview capture card(s) into PCI slot(s).

f)Install Skyview capture card drivers.

g)Install Skyview software.

h)Choice video format (NTSC or PAL). According to the location of your country.

i)Simple default setup as per topic 3.3 Skyview ready to use setup (default username:

administrator, password: 1234).

3.2 Windows Setup

Windows 2000 > install DirectX 8.1 from the Skyview software CD provided.

a) Set screen saver option to NONE in Display Properties.

b) Setup the power options properties as below

c) Set screen resolution to 1024x768 and color quality to 16 bits in Display properties

d) Set "Do not move files to the recycle bin. Remove files immediately when deleted" in Recycle

bin properties, select this option, so the files are recorded in First in First out sequence.

Windows Setup How to Prevent System from Virus Affection

a) STOP the messenger function; please go to [control Panel] [System management tool]

[Service] and stop the [Messenger] function.

b) In System properties / Remote; remove tick from "Allow remote assistance invitations..."

c) In System properties / Automatic Updates; remove tick from "keep my computer up to date..."

d) In System properties / System Restore; Select "Turn off System Restore on all drives"

e) Windows TCP/IP port Setup:

**Surveillance system will not be easily attacked by viruses with the TCP/IP setup.

1) Right click on "My Network" and select "Properties".

2) Right click on the "Network connection" image and

select "Properties"

3) Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click "Properties"

4) Click "Advanced" in "General"

5) In "Advanced TCP/IP Settings" dialogue box, select "Options" > "TCP/IP filtering">

"Properties"

6) Select "Permit Only", and click "Add..." to add ports

Please open the below ports for remote connection...

SZT Series port number 1350, 1351, 1357, 80 need to be opened in router through IE or RX.

(Port 25 for receiving mails and Port 1352 for event center)

MS Plus port number 1350-1372, 80 need to be opened in router through IE or RX.

MPEG4 port number 32768, 32769, 32770, 32784, 32785, 32786, 32787, 32788, 80 needs to

be opened in router through IE or RX.

You could add other ports for other purposes (DO NOT suggest open port 80 as it is the

port that often affected by viruses) suggested ports: 8000, 8080...

7) Click "OK" and restart your PC to apply settings.

3.3 Skyview Ready Use Setup

After the installation of Skyview TX software, the system is ready to use with below setups.

a) Click "Save Password" to enable auto-login when re-start computer.

b) In setup of the first hard drives, please partition into C and D drive, as C drive: for operating

system and other peripheral drivers, D: for recording data, recommended sizes assigned to each

drive C: 5Gb;

all the drive set 1000 MB or above for buffer to increase performance, so that

circulated recording method can be performed more effectively

c) Mask the area for motion for motion detection per camera and check "Enable". Then click on the

"Duplicate" icon to enable the motion detection for all the cameras.

After the ready use setup, the Skyview DVR system is now ready to record and use.

4. Main Screen

The main screen below will show after the start-up process (

default username: administrator,

password: 1234

)

Click on to

record voice of

a place.

4.1 Status Display Section

Function control

section

Status display section

Screen split section

Image display section:

Right click on the image display

section to select a different page.

Current date/time

Used hard disk capacity

Don't double click "Event

Search", click here to

search video by events

Alarm off: Click here to stop

alarm due to video loss

Click on the required camera

for snapshot

Video Backup:simply recording

video backup process

Alarms indicate hard disk

location damage

4.1.1

Alarm Off Function

a) SZT-Series: when video loss, it will trigger the alarm, please login user name and password to

turn off the alarm.

** Used Hard Disk Capacity: Red block indicates the used hard disk capacity and blue block

indicates the available hard disk capacity. When it shows 0%, it means it is starting to delete the

oldest recording file and start to circulate recordings.

4.1.2 Event Playback-Triggered Event

**3 Event Type for Event Search:

a) System event: Record of system user log in / out time, video loss time, time of set up...etc

b) Motion detect: Select any CCD ID and click on "Search" for the triggered event list.

c) Sensor detect: Lists of time and Sensor ID or event triggered

** Require to setup motion detection to enable this function.

** Default list 500 events. If require more events, please contact your local Skyview supplier.

** Default event recording time is 15 seconds (3 seconds pre-recording and 12 seconds

Double click to enlarge the screen

Event list, click twice to

play the triggered event

Stop, previous frame, pause, next frame and play.

Allow to playback or rewind frame by frame.

Search events by time, event type and camera.

Select the time for

system event search

Save, print, return to recording screen

post-recording).

4.2 Function Control Section

a) Click the

icon to show screen saver. Input username and password to exit the

screen saver mode.

b) Click the

icon to start up pan / tilt function.

c) Click the

icon to start playback mode and perform clips searching and playback

functions.

d) Click the

icon to setup configuration.

4.3 Screen Split Section

Full screen button

10 split button: Double click at the smaller split, the image will display at the upper big split

13 split button: Double click at the smaller split, the image will display at the central big split

17 split button: Double click at the smaller split, the image will display at the central big split

25 split button: Available for SZT-620 series only

Sequence button: Click to show different page in sequence (Please refer to the sequence

setting from setup function)

** Click right button of the mouse on the image display section to choose a different page.

Log out the system

Screen split button

5. Screen Saver

Screen saver shows when press

button. A valid user name and password are

required to re-login the system. Even in screen saver mode, Skyview system keeps working and

performing all the function.

6. Pan / Tilt / Zoom Mode

Press

button to start Pan / Tilt / Zoom function. (Works when the pan-tilt-zoom

devices or speed dome is connected.)

a) Direction buttons: Press the direction button to change direction of camera. Press "AUTO" to

pan the camera automatically.

b) Focus: Press + and to change focus, press "AUTO" to automatically focus the camera.

Click to set

preposition for PTZ

Direction Button

Electrical device control button

is disabled in TX application

7. Playback Mode for SZT-Series

Press "Playback" button to enter the playback display

7.1 Playback Icons

The video player is designed to play recorded videos simultaneously, it means all videos from

cameras can be searched and displayed simultaneously, and the images can be enlarged and

printed.

Image Display Section

Right click on the image display

section to select a different page.

Search slide bar

Search by month / day / hour / minute or

year; use the arrow to change number

Play, pause, stop

Playback

smart search

Exit, save, print.

* To play the saved file in other

PC, please install Codec from

software CD first.

Playback icons

Next frame

Rewind:

Click to play the current video

backwards at 2X speed

Fast forward:

Click to fast forward the current

playing video at 2X speed

Previous frame

Click on to play the

voice recorded at a

past time.

7.2 Playback Slide Bar

Use the slide bar to search historical video. Click left mouse button on the search button and drag

the slide bar to the required date/ time for search, the corresponding video will showed on the

screen.

7.3 Searching & Playback by Date/Time

a) Input date and time into searching section to get the required image. And click on "play" icon to

play video.

b) If there is not recording data for the time required, below failure message will pop up. Please

input the correct date/time for search.

** Before input date/time, make sure the video player is not playing. Click "stop" or "pause" icon to

stop playing.

7.4 Save File

7.4.1 The video image can save as BMP, JPG or AVI file format

a) Click

button, "Select Camera" dialogue box will pop up

b) Select "Image file" if you like to save a picture image.

Start of playback date/time

End of playback date/time

Current playback date/time

Search button

Slide bar

Click to adjust the year, month,

day, hour and minute.

C) Select "Video File" to save the AVI files.

D) Select the date and time.

E) If went to play the AVI file on other PC, install "Codec" from software CD then able to play in the

Windows Media Player

7.4.2** How to Play Recorded File on other PC (recorded file which save in tape file.

Use

Cap Player

application (for playing continuous video file):

a) Exit Surveillance system to WINDOWS D:\ tape or E:\tape where recorded file is, for security

purposes, you need to burn into CD-R and copy the file to the folder in another PC.

b) Install below program to the PC where you want to play the recorded Video file

c) Install CapPlayer from software CD

d) Run DB Rebulider program in software CD.

**Use DBReBuilder to backup recorded file, when Windows2000/XP crash you don't have to worry

about the recorded file missing.

1) Go to a new database directory: c:\skyview\Bin

2) Click [Add] to the folder where the file is

Press [Start Transfer]

3) Click on [Add] to the folder where is

Go to a new database

4) Click [Start Transfer]

Check "Auto skip the corrupt file" to skip the corrupted file, if you wish to delete the corrupted

file, please select "Auto skip the corrupt file" and "Auto delete the corrupt file

5)To Start

Programs

select Skyview( there is Caplayer ), CapPlayer doesn't support audio.

6) Please enter "User name[Administrator]" key in "Password[

1234

]", click [Enter]

7) Click "RecordTape.mdb" file and "Open"

Click [Add]

7.6 Playback Smart Search (Object Search)

a) In playback, play to find the video to perform smart search and press "PAUSE".

b) Click "Search" icon to enter Smart Search interface.

c) Select the camera number and click "Play" button.

d) Mask the search area and click "Fast forward" button

e) Video will stop spontaneously when an object movement has found. Click "fast forward"

for next search or "OK" to exit back to the playback mode.

f) Click "Play" to play back the searched video in playback mode.

8. Playback Mode for MP4

The Skyview hardware MP4 series offers real time display and recording, it also offers all channels

audio and video server and remote connection. Click

to enter this menu.

8.1 MP4 Playback

a) Select date

b) Click "search" icon

c) Select time from the time list

d) Select one or four split screen

8.2 MP4 Playback Slide Bar

Click once on the playback screen to show the below icons

**"Slide Bar" and "Previous Frame" icon are not available in RX playback.

Search icon for

searching time list

Select date

Select 1 or 4

split screen

Start and end

recording time

4 cameras maximum for

playback simultaneously

Exit and back to

main screen

Pause, stop, play

Select the time for

searching

Playback

slide bar

Drag slide bar

for video search

Save, print, zoom out, zoom in, play audio

Pause, stop, play, 2X speed playback, next frame

Previous frame, slow forward

Exit

8.3 M P4 Save File

a) Before save file please click pause icon, then select to save as image (bmp/ video format)

b) Save Picture: Click

, "Select File Type" will pop up for selection and click "OK" icon to

save as bmp file.

b) Save Image File: Click

, "Select File Type" dialogue box will pop up for selection.

Please select start/end time and click "OK" icon to save as mp4 file. (It is required to play with

Skyview software)

MP4 ** How to Play Recorded File (Video/Audio) In Any PC

Install "Tools/ MP4 player/ "MP4 Player (HC)_Setup.Exe"

which offeredfrom the MP4 software CD, this playing program

is for MP4 series only.After installation, you may play the AVI file

which saved in Tape file or in the playback mode with this player.

8.4 MP4 Print

a) Select the required picture then click "Pause" before printing

b) Print File: Click

, "Select File Type" dialogue box will pop up, please select "Image File"

and click OK to print.

9. Setting Mode

Click the

icon to enter setup interface for system, user, sequence, motion, sensor

and other settings.

9.1 System Settings

Click on "System Settings" and above interface will show.

9.1.1 Save password:

For auto login when restart the computer.

9.1.2 Recording surrounding settings:

Reserve C drive for DVR system software, Windows operating system and other peripheral drivers,

disable it for storage. And reserve other drive at least 1000MB buffer.

**The default recording mode is "regular recording mode", a separate process for detection will be

stared automatically to delete the oldest files, when all the selected hard drives' available space

is lower than the reserved space value.

Warning intervals

Press and input password: 1234 to delete recorded files

Follow the default; the better

quality you set, the better video

image recorded.

Schedule setting for event

Check for auto login with user name and password

9.1.3 Notification type of event triggered:

a) phone: notification with voice message when event triggered

b) e-mail: set up mail server" in "Other settings" for notification (without image) when event

triggered. For e-mail with video images attached, please contact your local Skyview supplier

to set up.

c) IP: event center function, please refer to section 9.1.4

d) Schedule setting:

9.1.4 Event Center Function :

Public IP for both sides is required

When the event is triggered in the host computer (TX), remote computer will be connected and pop

up the image received from the host computer continuously.

a) You can determine to set up the

schedule to execute phone, email

and IP to IP notification by

adjusting the blue schedule bar

b) Move the mouse cursor on the blue

schedule bar. Left click and move

to right. Then, you can clear the

blue schedule bar and reset the

blue schedule bar.

Public IP is required for both sides.

a) In TX [set up] [system setup] [event triggered notification] [IP] to input the IP of remote

computer and click [OK].

b) In remote computer, install the program [Tools] [Event Center] and a [Setup] screen will pop

up, click [NO] and input IP, username and password of TX and click [OK].

c) Click the

icon to put the [Event Center] into the status bar of windows desktop. When the

event is triggered, triggered image will keep popping up until user close the screen.

9.2 User Settings

Click on "User Settings" to enter below interface, set information for each user.

User Logon:

Allow to set up different

username and password.

User Profile:

Notification via telephone or

e-mail will be sent for triggered

event. Supervisor can perform

set up, monitor, searching

functions. Set up functions is

not available for other users.

Authority Settings:

Authority setting per user

9.3 Camera Settings

Click on "Camera Settings" enter below interface.

**Mixed Recording Mode:

Normal and event recording simultaneously. We recommend this mode to save hard disk

space. You can set the frame rate of normal recording to lower frame (1 frame) and event

recording rate to higher frame to save the hard disk space and speed up in play back. And

please enable motion detection function.

Click this icon to duplicate the

setting for all the cameras.

Select camera for setting.

Check to enable

remote surveillance

and remote playback.

This function is

embedded for MP4

already.

Edit the camera location name

Normal Recording & Event Recording:

The frame is adjustable.

Schedule record setting

Select to meet your

country's video format.

Schedule Recording:

Click on

to enter schedule recording interface for each recording type. A timer is

designed for schedule recording, it will start and stop scheduled recording automatically according

to the inputs. We strongly suggest following mixed recording mode as default.

9.4 Sequence Settings

Click on " Sequence Settings" to enter below interface.

Input the sequence time

Select the required split screen

Add or delete the sequence

page in each split.

Edit the required

camera in each page.

a) Click and move the end of blue

schedule bar by mouse to set

up the time table for event.

To remove the schedule bar,

please move the mouse over

the schedule bar, right click

mouse and draw the schedule

bar out of the zone.

Select recording

Preset the schedule of a day and click on

"copy" to duplicate the setting for other day.

Clear all the

setting

9.5 Motion Detection Settings

The motion detection is to detect automatically any activity within a selected detection area, and to

start recording of that camera when activity is detected inside the detection area. Click on "Motion

Detection" enter below interface.

a) User may record wave files at 8K forma and 16 bit mono. Save the wave files at

skyview/bin/sounds.

b) Please install [Codec] software for e-mail notification.

c) Please select [play sound] and click browser icon to select nofity Menu or Prompt.wave from

C:/skyview/bin/sounds for phone or cell phone notification.

d) The default wave file will be heard on phone notification, please press any button between 1~9

on the phone for the wave file made by yourself and press [#] to stop.

Click to duplicate

the setting for all

the cameras.

Select camera

Check to enable

motion detection

Select the wav.

file that will be

sent to the user.

Mask the detection area by

mouse for detection area.

The lower the

number the higher

detection sensitivity

The alarm will trigger

after the required

motion detection

length.

Notify user via e-mail,

phone or cell phone.

Select the digital

input and output

** Phone event notification, modem on board cannot be used. Please install an internal PCI

modem with only ESS or Motorola chipset modem. Remember to install driver from modem CD

provided.

9.6 Sensor Settings

Click on "Sensor Settings" to enter below interface.

** Matching camera is required for each sensor. When something is detected by sensor,

corresponding camera is functioned to support the sensor.

Click to duplicate

the setting for all

the cameras.

Select camera

Check to enable

Check to enable the

buzzer after the

alarm is triggered

Select the wav.file that

will be sent to the user.

Able to select the

wav.file by yourself.

Select the digital input

and output. Work only

when I/O card and

sensor are installed.

Input the alarm title

Select the

required camera.

The alarm will be

triggered after the

required sensor length.

NC: normal close

NP: normal open

Used for I/O connection

Notified user for alarm trigger.

9.7 Other Settings

Click on "Other Settings" to enter below interface.

**A modem card, original driver of modem are required to install and modem on motherboard is not

workable. Please adopt internal PCI modem with ESS or Motorola chipset.

Input the outgoing e-mail

SMTP server

Select the modem

model

Check to enable the remote

surveillance by IE. User may

modify the port number if

port 80 is occupied.

Select the PTZ device

10. Remote Surveillance (IE Browser / PDA / RX Application)

Real time image can be seen by IE browser through the Internet, i.e. user can use see the

recording host's real time images via a remote computer connected to the web site.

Dynamic IP supported, please contact your local Skyview supplier for more information.

10.1 Recording Server Setting

a) Enable the web server function

b) Authority Setting: "Setting" "Camera Setting", enable remote surveillance and remote

playback function of each camera. "Setting" "User setting", select the remote authority of each

user for each camera.

** Network and IP Confirmation:

Make sure an IP address has been assigned to this computer, and the network function works

normally

10.2 IE Browser Remote Connections

a) Before connection, open IE browser, select "Tools" > "Internet Option" > "Security", change the

"security level for this zone" to LOW.

b) Key in the IP address of the local recording server and connect.

c) The pop up box will ask you to install and run OCX, press "Yes" to download.

In the setting function of local recording server, click on

"Other Settings" to enable the "Web Server Setting".

d) Input username and password set as the local system.

e) Select camera ID to connect.

f) Double click on the image to enlarge the screen in one screen mode

g) Able to do P/T/Z control in one screen mode.

h) MP4 series allows up to 16 channels audio on IE.

** If the OS of remote computer is Windows SP2, please follow below process before connection:

a) Open IE browser, select "Tools" > "Internet Options" > " Security", change the "Custom

Level" setting

b) Enable " Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls"

c) Enable "Download unsigned ActiveX controls".

SZT-816 series

Double click to

enlarge screen

Split screen option

: Snapshot : Save as JPG* files

: Save recording video files as AVI* files

PS. Press this icon and set up the saving file path to start recording, there will be "

REC

texture on upper left corner of the screen. Press again to stop recording.

Note: when recording proceeds, don't switch to other cameras. It will disable the recording.

Control light & other

electrical devices from

remote computer

[Optional], control box

needed.

SZT-620 series (only)

10.3 PDA Remote Connections

PDA Requirement: Intel processor / Windows Mobile 2003

a) Install the PDA file (from the software CD provided) on the PDA.

b) After installation, the SZT shortcut icon will appear on the start menu, double click on the icon

and execute the program.

c) Enter the IP address, user ID, passwords and select Camera number to connect.

d) To view other cameras, click "Exit" and select CCD ID.

** Note:

1. Is TX available for remote connection? (For example: connect by IE/RX); suggest using the

Fix IP for testing.

2. Is PDA available for remote connection? (For example: viewing Internet material)

Connecting

Split screen option, 8 split is available.

3. Is Web Server port number "80" enabled? (Must make sure the port number is same with TX

for PDA. To make sure this function working properly, you may test PDA on Skyview's web

site at

http://61.219.240.22

. Username: user1 Password: 1234

10.4 RX Remote Connections

For connecting the surveillance through Internet or LAN, please install RX application in the

remote computer. Before RX application installation, please install ADO & DirectX 8.1 for Windows

98SE / install Direct X 8.1 for Windows 2000 (RX application, ADO and DirectX 8.1 files are in the

software CD)

The remote main screen below will show after the start-up process (

default

username: administrator, password: 1234

)

a) Click "Setup" and connect to local.

Click to connect TX

Click to enable

remote P/T/Z

Search and playback

video from TX

Click to set up the user, network and sequence.

10.4.1 RX User Settings

"Setup""User Settings", enter blow interface to set up user profile.

10.4.2 RX Internet Settings

a) Click "Setup" and connect to local.

c) Click network settings to setup the IP address and group that you want to connect. You may

connect to different IP address simultaneously or connect different camera in a group and up

to 24 IP groups are allowed.

Input video server

name and IP address,

and press "Add"

Select the video server

and camera you like to

connect and press

"Add"

Input the group name

and press "Modify" to

change.

User Login:

a) Up to 5

usernames and

passwords is

allowed to set.

b) Enter username

and password.

User Profile:

Notification will be sent via

the telephone and e-mail

address set up here, when

event is triggered.

Authority Settings:

Supervisors can perform

set up, monitor and

searching function etc.

Others can't perform setup

function.

10.4.3 RX Surveillance

a) Click "Connect" on the RX main screen.

b) Select a group name and press "Connect" to connect.

d) Snapshot at remote can be performed; Click the camera number to take a snapshot, the

snapshot image can be found in C:\SkyviewRx\Snapshot.

10.4.4 RX Remote Setup of Server System

a) Click "Setup" on the RX main screen.

b) Select the recording server you like to setup, presses "Option" to input ID and password.

Click on the required camera for snapshot

c) Setup menu will show after successful connection, you are now ready to setup the server

system from remote (Motion detection masking function does not open to setup from remote due

to security intention).

10.4.5 RX Remote Playback of Server System

a) Use of remote playback is the same as the server system.

b) All channels will show playback when you first entered the remote playback.

SZT- 620/ 160/ 216/ 816 Series:

MP4 Series: 16 channels, audio available in playback and TX. Same way for set up and

connection as other series

**"Slide Bar" and "Previous Frame" icon are not available in MP4 RX playback

11.

Recorded Video Backup

New backup feature to simplify recording video backup process.

1. MANUAL BACKUP

to backup the recording video data immediately. (If you want to backup to

CD, please equip with CDRW Rom and install Nero 5.5.10.42 or above

software before in advance)

One click on

Video Backup icon in main interface, below screen will pop up

Please select the required video time for backup within the range of existing recording video

data, input or select the backup path then click on "Backup" icon to perform backup instruction.

(This method supports to backup in removable disk and network drive)

If you want to backup video data to CD, please follow above steps, check "CD Burning" and

click on "Backup" icon to perform backup instruction

(Note: Currently CD has capacity within

600 MB only, please watch out the capacity of required backed up data)

Existing recording

video data

Required video time

for backup

Set up backup path

for video data

H.D backup safe

capacity

CD burning

selection

Backup Done message

pops up for backing up

2. AUTOMATIC BACKUP

to backup automatically everyday by setting up the backup

performing time.

This method is to backup

24 hours recording data since the start of the required video

automatically by setting up the performing time in advance and support to backup

in host computer's hard disk drive only, network drive is not supported for backup.

Important Note:

A: Using ways1& 2 to play the backup video from

Backup or Tape folder

must

install Cap Player in the Skyview CD(CD

Tools

Cap Player).

B: Save in playback's video must use Codec in the Skyview CD.

Enable automatic backup

Backup performing

time

Select backup path

Set up the safe

capacity for backup

Select the start time of

backed up video

Notification for backup

done and need to

12. SKYVIEW Important Notes

SkyView Co. request that

additional cooling fan for capture card

chipset

is needed for all series products to make sure system more

stable for the approaching of summer, especially for SZT816 series.

SkyView all series are upgraded to

Versatile Mpeg4 Compression

IE Browser

: SkyView all series have added the following 3 functions

including snapshot, recording, and light control. The file saving path for

snapshot & recording can be selected by end user.

Snapshot

: Can be saved as

JPG

files

Recording

: Can record the video files as

AVI

files

PS. Press this icon and set up the saving file path to start recording, and

there will be "

REC

" texture on the upper left of the screen. Press

again to stop recording.

Note

: Don't switch to other cameras during recording, or it will fail.

Light Control

(Optional! Additional control box is needed.)

4. SkyView SZT series: 3TCP/IP Gates for remote connections:

25port: for E-Mail

80port

1350port: Remote Playback

1351port: Remote Setup

1352port: Event Center

1357port: Real time image

6001port: Light Control

Watchdog

: Add this function to meet the market requirement.

For SZT620 & SZT216 series Reset cable must be installed at first

card!!

Image card setup is as the following:

The other side of cable attaches on the M/B Reset, and please note the +/-

poles.

Audio

: Support 1audio CD software. Press this icon you can choose

mute voice or not at Display or Playback screen.