HARDWARE
RAM: 128M (256M recommended for 16 channel)
At least 32M of RAM
for display adapter. ATI Radeon 7000 DDR and above, Nvidia Geforce series
are
recommended
SOFTWARE
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Operating System: Win 2000, XP or VISTA 32 - NTFS file
system is preferred
Now let's, physically remove any
"other" capture devices first. If you have another capture
card or TV Tuner you are well advised to remove those devices from the
computer, thus avoiding frustrating hardware conflicts.
Pre-Existing
Conflicts
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Before you install the card, we will
now help you verify that there are no
pre-existing conflicts in your machine.
Click on your Start Button.
Select Control Panel
When you get the Control Panel
Windows you may wish to Switch to Classic Mode.
Click on the System Icon
Then Click on the Hardware Tab
Then Click on the Device Manager
Button
Then you will get a list of your
Device Managers.
Verify that you have no Yellow
Exclamation marks or Question Marks that indicate that you have a hardware
conflict in your machine.
If there are, you will need to deal with those conflicts first. They have to
be resolved as it means you have a conflict in your machine before you even
start. As this is a pre-existing conflict we naturally are unable help you
resolve this. You may need help from your local computer shop or guru.
Once you have resolved those conflicts, you are back on track and ready to
proceed.
Physically Install the
DVR Card Now
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Now turn off your computer and
physically install the PCI card. Make sure you have a clear and
well lit desktop to work on.
If you have never installed a PCI card
in a computer before, here is a link to take a quick tutorial. (You have no
cables to worry about at this stage.)
http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPCICard.htm
Close the machine up.
When you boot up the computer again, you will get an alert message
"Found New Hardware" Multimedia
Controller"
Just click by this and proceed to your
desktop.
Now close any and all programs on your
Taskbar that might have started automatically when you turned on your
machine
Insert the 1/2 sized CDROM disk
that came with your DVR capture card and close the CDROM drawer
Wait and this Window will come
up
Scroll down on the right hand slider and select "Open Folder to View File"
Choose OK.
A new Window opens.
Select and Double Left Hand
Click on the File Folder 6802i
Select and Left Hand Double
Click on the Setup.exe icon.
You will get this install Window
Click on the Driver Install
selection
When you get this window stating
the program has not passed the Windows Logo Testing click Continue Anyways
You may get this window several
times....always click continue anyways.
You will end up back at the
Install Menu - The drivers should be installed.
Let's double check to see if
they are.
Click on your Start Button.
Select Control Panel
When you get the Control Panel
Windows you may wish to Switch to Classic Mode.
Click on the System Icon
Then Click on the Hardware Tab
Then Click on the Device Manager
Button
Then you will get a list of your
Device Managers.
Once again, you need to verify that you have no Yellow
Exclamation marks or Question Marks that indicate that you have a hardware
conflict in your machine. If you do, you will most likely need help from a
computer guru.......or phone us for support on the phone.
Now Click on the PLUS sign in
front of Sound, Video and Game Controllers
and verify that you have the two
entries listed.
6802 Audio Driver
6802 Video Driver
If you see them that means you
have successfully installed the drivers needed to run your card.
Now let's go back to the Install
Window and Install your Capture Card Main Program
Select the Server Install
Button. The computer that has your capture card installed into is referred
to as your Server.
A different computer on your
local area network or out on the Internet at another location that you wish
to use to view your Camera Server is referred to as the Client Computer. You
can use your Browser such as Internet Explorer, or a Client program on the
remote computer(s) We will look at this Client program later. For now, the first step is to
make your camera computer work so you can see your cameras on it.
The Server Install should go
completely smoothly. You need to select your language - English...and
that's it.
Once it is installed go to your
Desktop and click on the DVR icon to launch the program
When the program is launched you
will get a Windows like this.
On the right Hand Side there is
an Icon with a wrench on it. This is your setup section.
You will need to click on it.
One thing to do right away is
set the number of cameras that you have.
Attention: Now would be a good
time to learn how to use the help buttons.
On every window in the set-up
section there is a help button that, for the most part, will take you to that place in the
manual that helps you with the tasks presented to you. We call this context
sensitive help.
Learning how to operate the
program can be fun...especially if you do it in different learning sessions.
Click around inside the
program....glance at the manual....and after 20 minutes take a break..
There is a direct relationship
between your ability to Master the program and your sense of frustration.
The higher your frustration, the lower your chances of success. You will be
amazed at how many things start to make sense "after you come back to it"
after a serious break!!!
Helpful Hints
To move around between programs
that are running on your computer use Alt-Tab
To launch another program while
the DVR capture program is running, use Control-Escape
John Duncan - Looking at you!!!!
Congratulations!! You made
it!!......Have some fun with it! Double Click on any camera to get a single
camera view. Then right hand click to get a full screen view.
Click Control-Print Screen to capture
the full screen view
Control-Escape to get your Desktop
controls.
Open a Word Processor like Word or Wordpad to a new document and then with
your mouse in the center of the document, press Control-V to drop the photo
you have taken into it.
Save the document and then email it to
us as an attachment.....We would like to share in your success.
Windows Vista, like any new operating system,
will have problems running some applications.
This is especially true in Vista, considering all the changes. Thankfully
there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set per application.
To configure the compatibility mode for an
application, just locate the DVR installation directory on the hard drive and
right click on the .exe, selecting Properties from the menu.
Select the Compatibility tab:
You can choose to run the program in Windows XP
compatibility mode, or even all the way back to Windows 95 compatibility.
Select Windows 2000 to get started.
A useful setting to start off with would be to
also disable the visual themes and desktop composition, if you can't get
things working.
You will often need to choose "Run this program
as an administrator".
You'll have to play around with it, but you can get your application
working this way, depending on your computer hardware configuration, and
what OEM (Dell, HO) installed your VISTA.
Remote
Accessing
There are two ways to access your
camera server from another computer (remote client).
1. You can use the Internet Explorer
Browser on the remote client.
2. You can install the Remote Client
Program on the remote computer. This Client Program is on the install CDROM
diskette, so you would need to bring that diskette to the computer you want
to use for remote viewing.
There are two types of remote
accessing. Each one requires it's own set-up procedures.
1, Accessing your Camera Server from
another computer on you local area network. In other words, both the
Camera Server and the Remote client are on the same side of the router.
2, Accessing your camera server from a
computer out on the Internet somewhere.. In other words the router is
between the Remote Client Computer and your Camera Server.
Installing
the Client Program on a Remote Computer
Let's start by picking a computer that
is in the same location as your Camera Server.. This computer will therefore
be on your local area network, in other words on the same side of your
router as your Camera Server.
We will call the computer you pick
your Remote Client.
Insert the CDROM diskette that came
with your 60 frame per second capture card into your Remote Client.
Insert the 1/2 sized CDROM disk
that came with your DVR capture card and close the CDROM drawer
Wait and this Window will come
up
Scroll down on the right hand slider and select "Open Folder to View File"
Choose OK.
A new Window opens.
Select and Double Left Hand
Click on the File Folder 6802i
Select and Left Hand Double
Click on the Setup.exe icon.
You will get this install Window
Click on the Client Install
selection
Follow the installation program,
accepting all it's default settings.
Accept the SVMP 4.0 Decoder
Be Patient - Wait...
Click Finish
Select English
Exit the Install Program Window
Got to your Desktop and find the
Client Icon and click on it.
Accept the Login Defaults
for User Name and Password.
You will get this screen.
Click on the Settings Icon we
have circled for you.
And you will get this screen.
This is where you will enter the information to let your Client Program know
where to look to fund your Camera Server,
To Be Continued - under construction
The Watchdog Feature
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There is a reference within the program to enabling "Watchdog"
We are not entirely sure what it stands for.....but we have an idea.
The term "Watchdog Feature" is a standard term in the industry.
Some cards have a "pin-out" on them that allows a person to cable that
pin-out to the reset switch on the Motherboard.
Then, in the event of computer lockup, say caused by a power irregularity,
then the DVR software will recognize that state and cause the computer to
reboot.
We do not know if that "pin-out" exists on your card. And even if it does,
it may not be an enabled feature on the Techwell chipset.
We do sell a card, The AVerMedia card, which has this feature enabled. It
sells in our eBay store for $125.00
