Diva Lite User Manualversie 1.3

Contents

1 End User License Agreement 2

2 Introduction 32.1 Digital Intelligent Video Architecture Lite (DIVA Lite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 Toolbar 43.1 Choose playback location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 Close program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 Menu dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

4 Main 54.1 Treeview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 Panel Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4.2.1 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2.2 Controls Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4.3 Export Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.4 On Screen Display (OSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Chapter 1

End User License Agreement

User license for the Digital Intelligent Video Architecture DIVA R© software.

READ THIS CAREFULLY!

This End User License Agreement (EULA) is a legal contract between you (natural person or legal person) andthe supplier (producer) of DIVA R© hardware, firmware and software (”Software Product or Software”), the aboveproduct of which you have received. The Software product consists of computer software, the accompanyingmedia, printed documentation and any on-line or electronic documentation. The act of using the DIVA R©software means that you agree with the regulations of this contract. If you do not agree with the regulationsof this contract, the supplier/producer is not prepared to give you the user right to use the Software product.Youre not allowed to use the software product in this case.

SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE The Software product in the DIVA R© is protected by copyrights and inter-national copyright treaties, and by other intellectual ownership laws and treaties. The software product is givenin license and not sold.

GRANT OF THE RIGHT OF USE. This contract grants you the following rights /obligations:

• Use of the software in the DIVA R©

• No reverse-engineering, decompilation or dismantling

• It is not permitted to add or remove software

• It is not permitted to add or remove hardware

• It is not permitted to change any settings in the operating system with the exception of installation, de-installation or settings of printing equipment.

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Chapter 2

Introduction

2.1 Digital Intelligent Video Architecture Lite (DIVA Lite)

The Diva concept consists of server hardware, IP camera’s, IP encoder and IP decoders. Together with server,viewer and administrative software it forms a complete IP based CCTV solution.

To playback exported video from a DIVA system, DIVA Lite software is needed. The only functionality of thisprogram is to playback recorded data from a user specified location. This can be a CD/DVD, harddisk or USBstick.

This manual describes the DIVA Lite software.

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Chapter 3

Toolbar

The DIVA toolbar is the starting point for using the DIVA software.

From left to right, the toolbar shows the following information:

• Logo

• Current date and time

• Playback location

• Software type and version

• Menu dock. Dock or undock menu.

3.1 Choose playback location

Use button ”...” on the right side of the playback location edit box to set a playback location. It will open a dialogin which a valid path can be chosen. A valid path includes a ’store’ and ’settings’ directory.

3.2 Close program

The rightmost button is used for closing the program.

3.3 Menu dock

The rightmost icon is used to show/hide or docking the Menu. The Menu can be docked to the toolbar whenclicking on this icon. If already docked, the menu will be made visible. To undock the menu hold the left mousebutton on this icon and drag it.

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Chapter 4

Main

The DIVA Lite software is used to playback exported video. A playback location can be chosen after whichpre-defined layouts will be created for all available devices in the exported data.

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4.1 Treeview

When in standard operating mode a floating panel titled ”Menu” will be available which is always on top. Thismenu contains a treeview which enables the user to control layouts and cameras in videopanels.A double-click on the titlebar or a click on the menu-icon (right-most icon in the toolbar) hides the menu.The menu can be opened again by clicking the menu-icon where the menu is attached to the toolbar. To detachthe menu from the toolbar drag your mouse outside the menu-icon. The titlebar will appear and can be usedto move the menu around.The user can control the treeview contained in the menu with the mouse or the arrow keys of the keyboard.Keyboard control works a follows:

• up/down keyScroll through the list of items

• left keyGo up one level. Fold menuitem if the highest level is already selected.

• right keyGo down one level. Unfold the menuitem if not already done.

• Enter keySelect the current item

The Treeview contains the following items:

• LayoutsContains a list of all defined layouts. When a layout is selected, the name of the layout is displayed in thetoolbar.

• CamerasContains a list of all cameras of all DIVA servers in the serverlist. When a camera is clicked, the DIVAsoftware will display the selected camera on the selected videopanel. To select a camera simply click onit. An orange border around a panel means it is selected.

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4.2 Panel Types

The following chapter describes the panels that can exist in the standard operating mode and their usage.

4.2.1 Playback

Shows stored images of a camera. Double click on a playback panel to switch it to full screen. To go back tooriginal size, double click on it again.

4.2.2 Controls Playback

Playback controls are used to browse through/playback stored images of any connected NVSP or NVDR. Thelong trackbar is used to quickly browse through all available data. The dates to the left and right of the longtrackbar represent the date and time of the first and last image stored on the hard disk.

The short trackbar coloured red/green is used to control the playback speed. The playback speed trackbar has7 steps for each playback direction. When there is a gap of more than one second between recorded images,the lowest playback speeds will wait at least one second during playback.

Below are the specifications for each playback speed:

• 1 Half of real-time speed, with an extra delay when successive recorded images are more than onesecond apart.

• 2 Real-time speed, with an extra delay when successive recorded images are more than one secondapart.

• 3 Real-time speed without delays for gaps between the recorded images.

• 4 Twice the real-time speed.

• 5 Highest possible speed without skipping frames.

• 6 Highest possible speed with skipping at least 0.2 seconds between each played frame.

• 7 Highest possible speed with skipping at least 0.5 seconds between each played frame.

The buttons and their functionality are described below:

• One minute back. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing thebutton.

• One frame back. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing thebutton.

• Play backwards.

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• Play forward.

• One frame forward. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing thebutton.

• One minute forward. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressingthe button.

• Opens the search panel in which the current playback date and time can be set.

• Shows a dialog to export the selected playback camera to a PDF, with support of two pre images andone post image and a short comment. Dialog is explained further in next paragraph.

4.3 Export Image

This dialog shows the image which needs to be saved. Information regarding this image is also displayed. Thisinformation includes the camera and server name, event type, event name, date and time and the operatorwhich is currently logged on. Some comments can also be filled in. The image itself is saved in PDF format. Adefault location and filename are already filled in. A different filename and location can be chosen by pressingthe ’...’ button. This will open a dialog in which the path and filename can be chosen.

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4.4 On Screen Display (OSD)

Each live and playback panel has an on screen display (OSD) at the bottom of the panel that shows statusinformation about the currently shown camera. It contains the following information:

• Camera nameThe name of the camera that is currently shown.

• ResolutionResolution in pixels of the rendered image.This value may be different from the actual camera resolutionif the user has used digital zoom on this panel.

• Date and TimeDate and time of the rendered image. On playback panels the time is shown with millisecond accuracy.

• Motion percentageThe motion percentage of the currently shown camera. This value is only shown for live cameras

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