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VMobile for Android Mobile Device
User Manual (Version: 2.0.0)
© Copyright 2013. QNAP Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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FOREWORD Thank you for choosing QNAP products! This user manual provides detailed instructions on the product. Please read the manual carefully and get ready to enjoy this powerful product! Legal Notices © Copyright 2013. QNAP Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All the features, functionality, and other product specifications are subject to change without prior notice or obligation. Information contained herein is subject to change without notice. QNAP and the QNAP logo are tradema
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Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 4 CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING VMOBILE ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 3. SETTING UP VMOBILE .........................................................
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Chapter 1. Overview VMobile is a mobile video surveillance application designed to remotely and wirelessly monitor IP cameras and playback recording files on VioStor NVRs through Android mobile devices (version 4.0.4 or higher). As long as network access is available, you can connect to and manage your video surveillance system anytime and anywhere. Note: VMobile is supported only by QNAP VioStor NVRs running the firmware version of 4.0.3 or later versions. 4
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Chapter 2. Installing VMobile To install the VMobile app, please follow the steps below: 1. Download VMobile from Google Play. 2. After installation is complete, the VMobile shortcut will appear on the screen, as shown below. 5
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Chapter 3. Setting up VMobile After installing VMobile on your Android mobile device, you can use VMobile to connect to a VioStor NVR. 3.1 Connecting to VioStor NVR Follow the steps below to use VMobile on an Android mobile device. Please note that Internet connection must be enabled on the device first. 1. Launch VMobile on the device. 6
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2. When you open VMobile for the first time, or if no NVRs have been added yet, the guiding page will be presented. Through instructions and descriptions provided onscreen, you can easily learn about VMobile and its key features. Button Description Information about VMobile. Add new NVRs. Open the “Settings” screen. 3. Tap to add VioStor NVRs. 4. VMobile will automatically search for VioStor NVRs within your LAN. So, there is no need to memorize NVRs’ IP addresses. 7
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5. Alternatively, you may manually enter the IP address or the domain name of a NVR. Enter the correct port number, login ID, and password to connect to that NVR. Default user name: admin* Default password: admin After the steps above are finished, click to open the ”Channel Assignment Overview ”screen. Button Description Information about VMobile. Edit a profile list. 6. Under ”Profile”, tap . You can create multiple profiles, with each containing different sets of VioStor
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Tap to switch to the next page, to delete a channel, or to drag and drop the channels and re-order them. Press “Finish” to save the settings. To reset the order that live monitoring channels are displayed on the screen, please tap “Reset”. 7. Tap to edit a profile. 9
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Tap to delete the profile or click a profile to edit it. Note: The “All cameras” profile cannot be edited. 8. Under Server, tap . You can use VMobile to add multiple VioStor NVRs to monitor a large number of channels on an Android mobile device. Button Description More information about VMobile. Edit server list. 10
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9. Tap to configure the alert sound and monitoring settings on the “Settings” screen. 11
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3.2 Monitoring If VioStor NVRs and IP cameras have already been set up on the web-based management interface or locally on the NVR, you can directly monitor camera channels streamed from the NVR on VMobile. Upon successful login, the monitoring screen will be opened, as shown below: The buttons are described below: Button Description Return to the ”Channel Assignment Overview” screen. Open the “Channel List” screen. Switch between display modes. Options are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,
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Choose to pause network connection between NVRs and VMobile or share snapshots through other apps. Button Description Enter the live monitoring screen. Refresh the current screen. Search for a camera channel. Open the “Logs” screen. Open the “Playback” screen. Open the “Settings” screen. 13
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3.2.1 Event Notification After alarm recording is enabled and an event occurs, the icon showing the number of new events in the last hour (this is a default setting) will appear. Tap this icon to open the “Logs” screen. 3.2.2 PTZ Control If your IP camera is a PTZ camera, you can use the PTZ function on the single-channel monitoring screen. The buttons are described below: Buttons Description Tap this icon to enable or disable PTZ control on IP cameras. When PTZ control is
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configured for the camera. 15
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3.3 Logs Open the “Logs” screen to check and search logs on an NVR. Tap on an event to play an alarm recording file (only if that recording file is available.) Tap to search for logs according to the specified server and time interval. 16
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3.4 Playback Enter the “Playback” screen to search and playback the recording files on an NVR. First, specify the NVR server, channel, start and end time to search for the recording files on a NVR. Next, playback the searched recording files. 17
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The buttons are described below: Button Description Playback the previous recording file. Pause the current recording file. Playback the next recording file. Adjust the playback speed. Take a snapshot. 18
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3.5 Settings Open the “Settings” screen to configure the alert sound and monitoring settings. Choose the viewing mode to playback recording files. 19
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Technical Support QNAP provides dedicated online support and customer services. Should you have any questions or inquiries regarding VMobile, please contact us through the following methods: Online Support: http://www.qnapsecurity.com/onlinesupport.asp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nvr.qnap Forum: http://forum.qnapsecurity.com Technical Support in the U.S.A and Canada: Email: q_supportus@qnap.com TEL: +1-909-595-2782 Address: 168 University Parkway, Pomona CA 91768 Service H
