How to execute Video Security :

To start Video Security is very easy, it only click the Video Security icon on the Video Security folder , but if you have set password protection, it will prompt you input the valid password, if you give a wrong password more than three times, sorry, Video Security will close. If you forget the wrong password, sorry too, you may not enter Video Security no more.

Whenever you enter Video Security, it will show a main control panel and

In the control panel, it is very easy to use, you may find a message box and two button, one is <Start/Stop> and another is <Setup>, click Start then Video Security will start detecting, when detecting any error, the error log diaglox will show up, you may click any item you want to see the detecting result.

Video Security always combine the last two error into a bitmap file,

Video Security has three states, they are Standby, WatchDog and Traceing.

StandBy :

When Video Security is in Standby state, it is waiting for your command. You may press <Start> to begin detecting or press <Setup> to set configuration about Video Security.

WatchDog:

When Video Security is in watchdog state it means Video Security is detecting any potential error , you may not use Setup function while Video Security is in watchdog state,

Traceing:

Traceing state is only exist when you enable Traceing function (see Setup Wizard ), when Video Security is in traceing state , it try to catch the motion object(s) which make Video Security detect error.

Setup

Video Security has three setup module : Setup Wizard, Set Region and Video Source

Setup Wizard :

It will call the setup wizard program (wsetup.exe), so you must make sure wsetup.exe is exist the same directory with Video Security main program (VideoSecurity.exe) , otherwise you will get the "Error Executeing Setup Wizard..." error message. You may not run Setup Wizard while Video Security is in watchdog state or traceing state, and you must finish Setup Wizard to get the before you start watchdog.

Set Region:

The view port may not be your desire, you can use this this option to define a region , Video Security will prompt you use mouse to drag a region you want to detect (bypass other )

Video source control:

Video source control is a utility to adjust the video source parameters like brightness,contrast, saturation and hue, or change the Video connector type, change the Video satndard.

Error Log

Once Video Security detect any abnormal situation, it will record detecting date, time and other information and store them at Error Log , and then prompt an error log dialog box to let user to watch the detecting result ( show in Error Log Window). You may watch the error image , capture video ( if you have enabled Video Capture at Setup Wizard)

You may press Shortcut key <F4> to show this dialog box if Video Security detected at least one error.

Before Video Security exit, it will prompt a dialog box to confirm user , if you have installed ACCESS 97 or above under your WINDOWS, please select <Yes> to translate error log to ACCESS database, otherwise press <No> to skip this, the error log will save to in your Video Security working directory.

Shortcut keys mapping

Keystroke Actions
ESC Exit from Video Security
F1 On Line Help
F2 Switch Video Security Start/Stop watchdog function
F3 Speed decrease current control value
F4 Show Error Log Window