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PC VIEWING/COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE OPTION FOR DIGITAL RECORDER MODEL DX-PC200 Ver.1.2 OPERATION MANUAL ―for Windows® 2000― ―for Windows® XP― Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Copyright(C)2006 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED v110052 1/100...
End User Software License agreement Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the third party as original development company reserve all the intellectual property rights to this Software for DX-PC200 (“Software”) and its associated operation manual (“Operation Manual”). Mitsubishi Electric Corporation grants user (“User”) a limited non-exclusive license and right under this Agreement (“Agreement”) to use this Software.
2 Setup......................................9 2.1 Setup (Installation)................................9 2.2 Uninstallation..................................9 2.3 Start and exit ..................................9 3.Three main screens................................10 3.1. DX-PC200 login screen ............................12 3.2. Main View screen ..............................14 3.2.1 Screen selector buttons ..........................15 3.2.2 Recorder list control buttons........................15 3.2.3...
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4.2.3 Bookmark Search tab ............................38 4.2.4 Protected Data Search tab.......................... 39 4.3. Recorder User Settings panel..........................40 4.4. Recorder Menu Settings panel........................... 42 4.4.1. Obtainment of specified file and registration of set data............... 43 4.4.2 Editing the menu setting file..........................43 4.5.
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5.1.1. When connecting one PC and one recorder using a cross cable (LAN):........70 5.1.2. When connecting one PC and more than one recorder using a switching hub (LAN):..70 5.1.3. When connecting one PC and more than on recorder using an ADSL router (via the Internet): .....................................
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6.3.4 Optional setting..............................96 6.3.6 Converting the format of the copied video data collectively.............. 97 6.3.7 Converting into JPEG format ........................97 6.3.8 Converting into AVI format ..........................97 7. Appendix ..................................... 99 7.1 Restrictions..................................99 Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
1 Introduction DX-PC200 is application software to replay video data recorded by Mitsubishi’s digital recorder on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. In combination with DVR series having network function, you can set and operate the recorder and load recorded images and the latest live image from the recorder using the network function.
used.) • NIC that operates correctly under the condition satisfying the above-mentioned requirements (Necessary when the network function is used.) Notice • Operation of this software is not always guaranteed in any environment that satisfies the above-mentioned system requirements. 1.3 Compatible digital recorders Recorders supporting playback of copied data and the network function •...
2.3 Start and exit Upon completion of the setup procedure, the icon of DX-PC200 is added to the Start menu. Select this icon to start this software. When logged in by Application Login window, the MainView screen will appear.
3.Three main screens The DX-PC200 has three main function screens. Switch these screens as required. Each screen enables remote monitoring of various scenes. Main View screen Single View screen Multi View screen 10/100...
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Depending on the current screen or operation condition, some of the buttons displayed on the screens may not be valid. These invalid buttons are dimmed and cannot be clicked. Most of the buttons necessary for operation are icons. When you position the mouse pointer on one of these icon buttons, the name of the button and some sentences will appear to describe the function of the button, or to describe why the button is invalid.
Click [Yes] to register the manager entered user name in the DX-PC200. Notice You can log in the DX-PC200 without entering the user name and the password. In this case, however, the DX-PC200 will judge that a space is entered as the user name and the password.
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To cancel the automatic login, click the [Implement user restriction] button on the general item of [options]. The system ends the application and start up in the user restriction mode. Application login with another user name/password stops the automatic login function from the next time. Application login without setting a login name or a password restores the automatic login function.
3.2. Main View screen When you log in the DX-PC200, the Main View screen will appear. The Main View screen shown in the following figure is in the communication status (the DX-PC200 is connected to the communication line). On this screen, the registered recorders are listed. Use this screen to control the connection conditions and operation conditions of all the recorders.
3.2.1 Screen selector buttons At the upper center of the Main View screen, there are three screen selector buttons. Use these buttons to go to the desired screen. On the Single View screen and the Multi View screen, these buttons are also displayed at the same position.
3.2.3 Recorder operation buttons At the lower center of the Main View screen, there are recorder operation buttons. Use these buttons to operate each recorder. Starting from the left, the Search button, Recorder Control button, Data Manager button, Recorder Settings button, and System Log List button are displayed on the screen. •...
• System Log List button When you want to look through the logged data of a recorder stored in the system log list, select the recorder from the list, and then click this button. The System Log List panel will be opened.
The Options button is at the lower section of the Main View screen. Use this button to display the Options panel. Using the Options panel, you can set the detailed operations of the DX-PC200. For a detailed description of options, refer to Sec. 4.7.
The connection status, operation status, etc. of each recorder are displayed on the recorder list. Recorder connection box: Enter a check in this box to connect the DX-PC200 to the recorder. When connected to the recorder, the status lamps, etc. will be enabled. Erase the check from the box to disconnect the recorder from the DX-PX200.
3.2.7 Event list The DX-PC200 receives the IP issued events sent from the recorders to display the event list (refer to Sec 5.9). List filter ON/OFF buttons Event Uncheck lamp When the DX-PC200 receives an event, the bell displayed under the list will sound.
• While displaying a recorder on the Multi View screen, if you connect the DX-PC200 to a currently non-displayed recorder, the newly connected recorder (currently non-displayed recorder) will be added to the camera list, but will not be displayed on the Multi View screen.
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To display the newly connected recorder, refer to Sec. 5.3.4. When the Disconnect button is pressed, the DX-PC200 will select connected recorders from all the registered recorders to display the connected recorders only. From the displayed list of connected recorders, select a recorder you want to disconnect, and then click the Disconnect button on the right side of the list to disconnect the recorder.
• On the Multi View screen, click the image search button, and carry out search by specifying the time, etc. to obtain the image. (If the image is not obtained, the DX-PC200 will not go to the Single View screen.) The Single View screen displays the live image or the regenerated image of only one recorder.
3.3.1 Camera window Each camera image is displayed in the camera window. At the upper section of this window, there is an image information display area, and one of the registered camera names will be displayed in this area. When a regenerated image of recorder data is displayed in the camera window, the date and time of data recording will be also displayed.
3.3.2 Camera Window panel On the right side of the Camera window, click the Camera Window Panel button display the Camera Window panel. If the Camera Window Panel button is not displayed due to the optional setting, click the image display area of the Camera window to display the Camera Window panel.
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Decoding level adjustment bar: Use this bar to adjust the image level. To adjust the image level, the fineness of the image to be displayed will be adjusted for the data received by the PC (personal computer). The decoding level will not be affected by the size of the data sent from the recorder, but will be greatly affected by the capability of the PC.
3.3.3 Camera list On the camera list, the statuses of the currently displayed cameras are displayed. For the camera list, there are two display modes: the “all cameras” display mode and the “grouping” display mode. Use the radio buttons above the camera list to switch the display mode. In the “all cameras”...
3.3.4 Screen layout buttons Use the grouping function to store all the screen layout data, such as the displayed camera position data and the camera size data, at a time. Display the desired camera layout, and then use the grouping button to store the layout data as a group.
3.3.5 Obtained data control area In this area, there are buttons that can control the images and sounds sent from the recorders. On the left side, there are slide bars and the list box that can display the dropdown menu. Use one of the slide bars to determine the image updating speed, and use the other slide bar to adjust the live sound (to turn on/off the live sound and to determine the sound delay value).
3.3.7 Full-screen button Use this button to enlarge the currently displayed camera image to the full size (same size as the screen). In the full-screen mode, nothing is displayed excepting the image. To perform operation, therefore, leave the full-screen mode. To leave the full-screen mode, click the right button of the mouse on the screen.
3.4. Multi View screen On the Main View or Single View screen, click the Multi View screen selector button to go to the Multi View screen. The Multi View screen enables seamless processing of image data sent from multiple recorders. On the Multi View screen, you can change the image data display method and can control the PTZ camera, etc.
4.1. Register/Edit Recorder panel Use this panel to register recorders in the DX-PC200 or to edit the recorder data. At the lower left section of the Main View screen, click the Edit Recorder List button (refer to Sec. 3.2.2). A menu will appear. Select “Register recorder” from the displayed menu. To edit data on an already registered recorder, the same type of panel will appear.
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“DVR Type”: From the dropdown menu, select the model number of the recorder to be connected. If the model number of the recorder is not listed in the menu, the DX-PC200 cannot connect to the recorder. “DVR Name”: Enter the name of the registered recorder in this box. The name you entered in this box will be displayed on the camera list.
Enter the zip code, address, etc. as the detailed information. Freely use this function. “When starting you connect auto...”: Enter a check in this box. The recorder will be automatically connected when the DX-PC200 is started. 4.2. Recorder Image Search panel Click the Search button at the lower section of the Main View or Single View screen.
4.2.1 Time Search tab Use this tab to search the recorder images for the specified date and time. Using the slide bar displayed at the lower section, roughly specify the date and time. After that, using the dropdown menu and the spin control function, specify the detailed date and time.
4.2.2 Alarm List Search tab Use this tab to search the alarm list for the desired alarm image of the recorder. Click the Update button to obtain the latest alarm list from the recorder. Some recorders enable specification of the list obtainment range, camera channel, total number of alarms to be obtained, etc.
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Search the next alarm list Select the device block. which you want to search. Set the searching conditions of the alarm list. Distribution chart of the alarm records which is developed from the alarm list. When this button is clicked, searching starts.
The bookmark erased, however, may be retained even after the next activation of the DX-PC200 if the user does not carry out explicit erasion. However, even if the bookmark is retained, the actual image may be erased from the recorder due to image overwriting operation, etc.
4.2.4 Protected Data Search tab Use this tab to obtain data from the recorder equipped with the data protective function. Click the Update button to obtain the protected data list from the recorder, and then specify the desired record area. After that, click the Search button to carry out search. 39/100...
4.3. Recorder User Settings panel The communication function users can be registered in the recorders. For each user, various rights can be assigned. So each user can use the recorder depending on the own duties. As the default, “root/admin000” (user name and password of the master user) is registered. In addition, “guest/guest”...
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• Password change right: The right to change the password using the Web screen • Control right: The right to freely operate the recorders (Example: Turning on/off the power, starting/stopping the image recording operation, controlling the PTZ camera) • Data setting right: The right to change the menu data of recorders •...
master user should connect to the Play User port or the Live User port, and use of the rights will be restricted for the master user depending on the type of the connected port. In other words, if the master user connects to the Play User port or the Live User port, the master user cannot use all the rights even if all the rights are assigned to the master user.
To ensure safe and certain registration of the set menu data, the DX-PC200 will turn off the power at the completion of registration. The recorder, therefore, may be stopped at the power-off status after writing the set menu data.
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【Estimated recording time】 In DX-TL5000 series recorders, you can check the estimated recording time on the recording setting screen. Enter your desired recording settings and click the [View] button. The recording settings you entered are sent to the recorder and the result of calculation of estimated recording time is displayed. Note that the recording settings you entered are only sent to the recorder, not reflected in the recorder.
Notice If the registration operation is performed with full-size characters for the item (POP server, SMTP server, etc.) where the use of 2 byte code characters is prohibited on the recorder side, abnormality may occur in the subsequent related operation. If such an abnormality takes place, you can rectify the recorder conditions by registering half-size characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters.
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Double-click this button.Use a fast-response device such as HDD as the Copy 2 device when controlling the Copy 2 device using the recorder control panel. When a slow-response device, such as DVD drive, that takes more than one second to switch modes is used as the Copy 2 device, it becomes difficult to detect the status of the Copy 2 device precisely such as at the time of its startup and termination.
4.6. System Log List panel Click the System Log List button on the Main View or Single View screen. The System Log List panel will be opened. Click the Read button to obtain the system log list from the recorder. On the System Log List panel, click an item to start sorting.
4.7. Options panel Click the Options button on the Main View screen. The Options panel will be opened. On the Options panel, select an item from the dropdown menu at the top of the screen, and then set or change the operation data on the application software. 4.7.1 General 48/100...
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“Language setting”: Use this box to change the language. Note that the newly set language will be used after the next activation of the DX-PC200. “Control description”: Enter a check in the check box of this area. If a check is entered, moving the mouse pointer to a button will display a description of the button function.
4.7.2 “Live/Playback” “Number of steps in search”: Use the dropdown menu box in this area to change the base number of images for search operation. When you search the regenerated recorder images in the fast-forward or fast-return mode, clicking the Fast Forward or Fast Return button will skip the images by the specified base number of images.
Camera window. If it is not necessary to display a button, delete the check from the check box. After entering/deleting a check in/from the check box of a button, the button will be displayed/erased after the next activation of the DX-PC200. “Information setting”: Enter a check in the Image Size and Mode Icon check boxes to display the image size and the operation status on the right side of the Camera window.
4.7.4 Scene Capture “Folder path”: Set a folder name in this box. The image data will be stored in the set folder during the scene capture operation. “File Name”: Set a file name in these boxes. The image data will be stored in the set files during the scene capture operation.
“Event retention period“ Set the number of days for saving the event list database. The event data expiring the saving period will disappear from the list when starting up DX-PC200. Specify the saving period of any duration between 1 to 999 days.
4.8. Data Manager panel Click the Data Manager button at the lower section of the Main View or Single View screen. The Data Manager panel will appear. Using the Data Manager panel, you can download and store the recorder images, and can export the downloaded images to the outside.
4.8.2 Data List tab Copy data list Delete Copy Data button DVD/CD Burn button Import Data button Export Data button DataViewer button Filtering 55/100...
4.8.3 Section Download panel Click the Add/Edit Download Data button at the lower section of the Schedule List screen of the data manager (refer to Sec. 4.8.1). The Section Download screen shown below will appear. Set the following items in areas ① through ⑩: Area ①: Set the download start time.
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Notice In the data downloaded by this function, frame loss may occur depending on the communication condition. Therefore, the section download isn’t recommended for backup use. To download a large amount of data from the recorder for a long period, it is recommended to use the copy function of the recorder.
4.8.4 DVD Burn Panel Select copy data managed in the data list tab of DataManager, and click the CD/DVD Burn button. Then, the following panel will open. The selected copy data is saved into one folder. When you choose ‘Player is written’, the player software is taken into same folder too.
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Notice There are some cases where a drive cannot be used by DX-PC200, although it is a drive which can be selected in ‘SelectDrive’ and can be used by other burning software. You can use the medium which is a brand-new medium or has been used by only DX-PC200.
Information stored as “Grouping” includes the camera layout, login user for a corresponding recorder, and its password. Therefore, registration information of this Grouping is stored for each individual user of the DX-PC200. (Even if you use the same PC, you can not use other user’s Grouping with the other DX-PC200 user.) In addition, the registered Grouping can be allocated to the user Grouping button in the right section on the SingleView/MultiView screens.
4.9.2 Call of registered Grouping There are 3 methods to make a call of the Grouping. When a call of the Grouping is made, the dropdown section of the camera list and the display of the camera list are changed simultaneously. Call from camera list Select a desired Grouping in the Dropdown section of the upper part of the camera list (refer to Sec.
4.9.3 Sequential display in stored screen layout <Patrol function> With a click on the patrol/monitor button below the camera list, you can patrol/monitor the registered Groupings at a specific time intervals. During patrolling/monitoring, the button arrows are animated as if they revolve. You can change time interval/order/necessity of patrol with the Patrol Setting button below the patrol/monitor button.
4.9.4 Allocating Groupings to Grouping buttons Groupings can be allocated to the 8 numeric buttons below the camera list by users. With a click on the user button to which Grouping is not yet allocated, the “Grouping Select” dialog opens. As Groupings which have already been registered are displayed in the dropdown list, select a Grouping which you want to allocate to that button.
4.10 Various operations on Camera window 4.10.1. Facilitating visibility of the Camera window <Gaze window function> When the Camera window is small and is displayed on the edge of the PC screen, you can move it to an easily viewable position. With a click on the button in the upper section of the Camera window, the Camera window is displayed in the center of the screen and the button color changes to the green...
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Notice The instant replay function calls recorded images from the recorder. Therefore, when the recorder has no images that were recorded the specified time before, no images are displayed. When images have been recorded sparsely in the recorder, this function may call an image that is far from the specified time.
4.10.4. Starting alarm recording manually <NET alarm recording function> You can start alarm recording by clicking the button if you find an important scene to be alarm-recorded during live image viewing. In this case, the alarm recording duration set in the recorder is applied. You can select to display or hide this button using the Camera Window tab on the Option window (refer to Sec.
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<Information display column> The currently connected recorder name and IP address are displayed in the upper column. The currently displayed camera channel number and the registered camera name are displayed in the lower column. By selecting a camera with this dropdown list, you can change a camera in display. <Joystick>...
4.10.6 Remote-controlling the externally connected device <MODEOUT control function> With a click on the MODEOUT control button of the Camera Window panel (refer to Sec. 3.3.2) or the MODEOUT control button of the Camera window, the MODEOUT control panel opens. Operation of each button is shown in the figure below. When MODEOUT on the recorder side is set to “LAN”, the right button becomes effective.
4.10.7 Printing out with a printer With a click on the button of the Camera window, the Print window below opens. By pressing the print button at the lower right, you can print using the printer. ● [Preview]・・・・・・Print preview is displayed. ●...
In this chapter, the network function of the DX-PC200 is explained from a usage point of view. Even if you are using the DX-PC200 for the first time, you will get to learn the full scope of the network function by reading this chapter from the beginning.
5.1.3. When connecting one PC and more than on recorder using an ADSL router (via the Internet): Digital recorder IPaddress:192.168.0.1 IPaddress:192.168.0.1 IPaddress:192.168.0.100 Digital recorder ADSL ADSL Internet router router IPaddress:192.168.0.101 IPaddress:192.168.0.200 Digital recorder Global IP address such as IP address 210.***.*** IPaddress:192.168.0.102 5.2.
5.2.2. Setting the port number of the recorder For communication between the recorders and PC, it is required to set a port number. You can find this port number by [USER ACCESS] port in the Network menu of the recorder. The default port number shown by [USER ACCESS] port of the recorder is 53705.
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Pinging 192.168.0.100 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. In particular, when the following message is displayed, the network address of the recorder is not identical to that of the PC or the default gateway of the PC has been set incorrectly. Check the settings.
On completion of physical connection and setting of the recorder, PC, and the recorder, register the recorder which you want to connect to the DX-PC200. For the registration, information regarding the IP address of the recorder which you want to connect, the USER ACCESS port number, the model name, etc.
5.3.2 Connecting network to an arbitrary recorder In order to connect to an arbitrary recorder, select a desired recorder from the recorder list (refer to Sec. 3.2.6) on the MainView screen and attach a check to the Connection Check Box. As the Recorder Login dialog (figure below) is displayed, enter the user name/password which are registered in the recorder and click the OK button.
5.3.4 Changing the screen layout As for the DX-PC200, 7 types of basic layouts are available. When the Basic Layout button below the Grouping button is clicked, the Basic Layout icon appears. With a click on the desired layout, the screen layout changes.
5.3.5 Changing the displayed camera In order to change the camera image displayed in an individual Camera window, drag a desired camera from the camera list at the right of the screen and drop it in the Camera window where you want to change the display camera. Not only you can change the display position among cameras in display, but you can also display a non-displayed camera (in gray characters) by setting the camera list to the All Camera display mode.
When the recorder’s communication operation is unstable or the network band is insecure, reduce the refresh speed. When a PC to be used does not have sufficient processing power, reduce the refresh speed. 5.3.6 Starting the live operation with other method In addition to the procedures mentioned above, you can start live monitoring by directly moving to the SingleView screen by double-clicking the line for a recorder which you want to view on the SingleView screen.
5.5. What you can do during the live monitoring operation The following functions can make live monitoring more effective when used during the live monitoring operation. ・ Scene capture (Sec. 4.10.2) ・ Recent play (Sec. 4.10.3) ・ NET alarm record (Sec. 4.10.4) ・...
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Notice When band control is being applied to the recorder, ample communication band is not secured, or internal processing with heavy load (such as recording, copying, motion detection by the recorder) is underway, it may be impossible to load clear live audio. Further, the PC’s capacity may affect loading of live audio.
・ Search by book mark (Sec. 4.2.3) By registering the book mark not in the recorder but in the DX-PC200, you can search from that list. 5.6.1 Registering a book mark During searching and playing back, when you come across images which you think “important”...
5.7. Storing images obtained from a recorder in a PC and printing <How to store> With a click on the Scene Capture button adjacent to the Camera window, the image displayed there is stored in the PC. The image data is stored in the cap_img folder in the MyDocuments as default. The name of the image data is “L_recorder name_camera number_date time_two digits number.bmp”...
5.8. Taking out image data outside There are 2 methods available to take out the images recorded in a recorder and carry them outside. 1. Store them in an image data sheet in the scene capture (refer to Sec. 4.10.2). 2.
5.9. Receiving IP AlarmNotify of the recorder With the DX-PC200, you can be notified of occurrences of events on the PC by utilizing IP AlarmNotify from the recorder. In addition, you can confirm the event on a displayed list and search for the recorder image at the corresponding time as required.
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The DataManager screen is displayed and at the same time residing in the task tray starts. Even if the DataManager screen is closed with the x button in this state, residing in the task tray is not released. This panel serves to segmentalize the contents notified from the recorder and acknowledgment to users (Display on the PC screen and alarm sound).
Receiving IP AlarmNotify When an event worthy of notification occurs on the recorder and IP AlarmNotify is sent to the PC installed with the DX-PC200, two types of information are informed according to current status of the PC. <When DX-PC200 is not active>...
5.9.4 Confirming the recorder image at the time of AlarmNotify event With a double-click on the item line of the event list, you can call the recorder image of the recorder at the time when that event has happened. When the Time Search panel in which event time has been set in advance opens, confirm the time and click the Search Execution button.
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When the following login screen appears, input the user name and password which are used for startup of DX-PC200. <Time Synchronize Setting panel> The Time Synchronize Setting panel appears and the recorders registered by the login user are listed on it.
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By putting a checkmark in this checkbox, you can change the user name and password (Note 1) which are necessary for the time synchronization. Use this checkbox to change the user selected by default. To use the time synchronization function, make sure to login under the user name having the authority for this function.
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The default user settings when the recorder is registered to DX-PC200 are used for logging in to the recorder. If necessary, change the login user manually.
6. Playing back the copy data The DX-PC200 can play back, by using the designated viewer, data which are directly copied to a copy media such as a DVD-R and USB memory, or data which are copied from a recorder through network by section-downloading.
6.2 Playing back copy data Selecting, from the list, the copy data which you want to play back with the data list tab of DataManager, click the Data Playback button. Data Playback button The viewer software for data playback starts up and stands by in the status where the data is read.
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<Camera Window button> Buttons are arranged at the right of the image display area. You can save or print images by these buttons. Copy Save As Convert Decode Level Title bar Print - Copy·················· The image being displayed is captured to the clipboard. - Save As ·············...
Notice When the end of data approaches during high-speed playback or high-speed reverse playback, the last several images may not be displayed. In such a case, carry out normal playback or frame-by-frame playback to display the images at the end of loaded data. In the case of playback with a limited number of camera windows, the slide bar may not reach the end.
The settings on this panel are also valid from the next startup and onward. The sound playback channel and the image display channel are independent from the other. This enables the playback with free combinations respectively. Data playback directly from a slow readout drive such as a CD pr DVD drive may break off the sound.
DX-Viewer once, it disappears when ending the session with DX-Viewer. To save the book mark information, use the [search] button to select [book mark]. Click the [save] button to save it in the text format. 6.3.4 Optional setting Click the [options] button. You can change the number of frames for fast forward and rewinding.
6.3.6 Converting the format of the copied video data collectively You can convert the formats of the copied video data into general formats such as JPEG and AVI Camera Window button collectively. Click [Convert]. Specify the range of data you want to convert collectively by date and time and camera number, then click the[JPEG] or [AVI] button.
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When you specify the image size and frame rate and then click [Convert], a dialog box appears to select a directory to save the converted files to. Specify the directory and click [Save]. Conversion starts and a dialog box appears showing the progress. When the conversion completes, a message appears notifying of the completion of the conversion.
7. Appendix 7.1 Restrictions • • Functions supported by this software depend on the type of your Mitsubishi digital recorder. For models supported by this software, refer to the section of “Compatible digital recorders” in this manual. • • If an operation problem should occur and you can’t locate the cause of such problem in...
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refresh speed slider on the camera window panel. • • If the network function is used while images are being searched on the digital recorder’s side, the search may be interrupted. In addition, if images are searched on the digital recorder’s side while the network function is in use, the search may be interrupted.