Diva Lite User Manual

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Contents
1 End User License Agreement 2
2 Introduction 3
2.1 Digital Intelligent Video Architecture Lite (DIVA Lite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Toolbar 4
3.1 Choose playback location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2 Close program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3 Menu dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Main 5
4.1 Treeview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2 Panel Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2.1 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2.2 Controls Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3 Export Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.4 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) and
the supplier (producer) of DIVA R hardware, rmware and software (Software Product or Software), the above
product of which you have received. The Software product consists of computer software, the accompanying
media, 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 regulations
of 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 given
in 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 cameras, 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 this
program is to playback recorded data from a user specied location. This can be a CD/DVD, harddisk or USB
stick.
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 dialog
in 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 when
clicking on this icon. If already docked, the menu will be made visible. To undock the menu hold the left mouse
button 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 which
pre-dened 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 oating panel titled Menu will be available which is always on top. This
menu 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 detach
the menu from the toolbar drag your mouse outside the menu-icon. The titlebar will appear and can be used
to 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 key
Scroll through the list of items
left key
Go up one level. Fold menuitem if the highest level is already selected.
right key
Go down one level. Unfold the menuitem if not already done.
Enter key
Select the current item
The Treeview contains the following items:
Layouts
Contains a list of all dened layouts. When a layout is selected, the name of the layout is displayed in the
toolbar.
Cameras
Contains a list of all cameras of all DIVA servers in the serverlist. When a camera is clicked, the DIVA
software will display the selected camera on the selected videopanel. To select a camera simply click on
it. 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 to
original 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. The
long trackbar is used to quickly browse through all available data. The dates to the left and right of the long
trackbar represent the date and time of the rst 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 has
7 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 specications for each playback speed:
1 Half of real-time speed, with an extra delay when successive recorded images are more than one
second apart.
2 Real-time speed, with an extra delay when successive recorded images are more than one second
apart.
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 the
button.
One frame back. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing the
button.
Play backwards.
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Play forward.
One frame forward. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing the
button.
One minute forward. Keeping this button pressed will have the same effect as repeatedly pressing
the 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 and
one 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. This
information includes the camera and server name, event type, event name, date and time and the operator
which is currently logged on. Some comments can also be lled in. The image itself is saved in PDF format. A
default location and lename are already lled in. A different lename and location can be chosen by pressing
the ... button. This will open a dialog in which the path and lename 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 status
information about the currently shown camera. It contains the following information:
Camera name
The name of the camera that is currently shown.
Resolution
Resolution in pixels of the rendered image.This value may be different from the actual camera resolution
if the user has used digital zoom on this panel.
Date and Time
Date and time of the rendered image. On playback panels the time is shown with millisecond accuracy.
Motion percentage
The motion percentage of the currently shown camera. This value is only shown for live cameras
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