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PC PLAYBACK SOFTWARE
DIGITAL RECORDER OPTION
MODEL
DX-PC25EA Ver.1.0
OPERATION MANUAL
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This operation manual is important to you. Please read this before using the software.
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End User Software License Agreement Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the third party as original development company reserve all the intellectual property rights to this Software for DX-PC25EA (“Software”) and its associated operation manual (“Operation Manual”). Mitsubishi Electric Corporation grants user (“User”) a limited non-exclusive license and right under this Agreement (“Agreement”) to use this Software. User may not reverse engineer, de-compile, or disassemble this Software, except
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Disclaimers The copyright holder of this software is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Mitsubishi assumes no responsibility for damages or demands or the like relating to the damages incurred during use of this software in the manner not permitted by the relevant software license agreement. Both this software and this instruction manual are subject to change without notice for improvements. Reverse engineering and alternations of this software are prohibited. Take precautions when handling copyri
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Contents 1. Introduction ....................................... 5 9. View menu ....................................... 19 1.1 Product features .................................. 5 9.1 Operation Panel/Status Bar/ 1.2 System requirements .......................... 5 Information Panel commands .......... 19 1.3 Compatible DVR .................................. 6 9.2 Quick Zoom command ...................... 19 9.3 Recorder Status command................ 19 2. Set-up ...............................
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1. Introduction Mitsubishi DX-PC25EA is viewing software designed for DX-TL2530E or DX-NT430E Digital Video Recorder (“DVR”). With this software, you can view surveillance pictures that are recorded on PC- compatible media such as Compact Flash Card, CD-R/RW, and DVD. In combination with DX-TL2530E or DX-NT430E digital recorder, you can set and operate the recorder and load recorded pictures and the latest picture from the recorder using the communica- tion function. 1.1 Product features - Disp
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Note: - Operation is not always guaranteed under any environment that satisfies the system requirements above. 1.3 Compatible DVR - DX-TL2530E - DX-NT430E Note: - This manual describes operation of 16-ch digital recorder. - With 4-ch digital recorder such as DX-NT430E, this software may not operate in a manner consistent with descriptions herein regarding the number of channels (or number of screens). For example, the [4x4] and [3x3] buttons don’t work. - With media recorded by a digital
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3. Display and operation of the main window Main window Information panel Video window Search panel Operation panel Status bar 3.1 Video window The video window in the split screen display mode is shown below. Example of 16-split screen In the split screen display mode, the camera number shown on each split screen changes from green to yellow to indicate that the picture on that split screen has just been updated. When you click the primary mouse button (or the left button in the standard settin
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When you click the secondary mouse button (or the right button in the standard setting) on any of the split screens, the following menu will appear. For details of the [Copy] command, please refer to Section 5.1 “Copy command” ( page 17). By selecting the [Assign] command and a camera number, you can assign the selected camera number to the split screen you clicked. The assigned camera number will be saved in the registry and appear on that position from the next start of the program. When the [
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Forward search Click to play the video in the forward direction with a higher speed than normal playback. The search speed changes from X1 to X2, X4, X8, and back to X1 at every press of this button. You can specify the number of fields skipped in search using in the [Op- tions] command in the [View] menu. Bookmark Click to save the picture being displayed on the screen as a bookmark. Renew Info. Click to load the latest information while communicating with the recorder. Live Click to load the l
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Playback speed slider Click to adjust the playback speed. (Default: Fast) When the slide is at the [Fast] position (default), pictures are refreshed at the highest refresh rate. At the [Slow] position, pictures are refreshed at intervals of the highest refresh rate plus 3 seconds per picture. You can adjust the playback speed in 100 steps between [Fast] and [Slow]. You can select whether to display or hide the operation panel. To select, go to the [View] menu and select the [Operation Panel] c
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3.3.3 Picture Size box You can change the size of the picture by entering your desired magnification in %. The magnification range is from 25% to 800%. For details of the zoom function, please refer to Section 10 “Zoom function” ( page 22). 3.4 Search panel You can select whether to display or hide the search panel (and the information panel). To select, go to the [View] menu and select the [Information Panel] command. 3.4.1 Time Search panel ---- Time date search you can search for a specific s
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3.4.3 Index Search panel ---- Alarm index search When you click the [<] (previous alarm) button or the [>] (next alarm) button, the alarm-recorded pictures are searched toward the oldest recorded picture or the latest recorded picture respectively. . While in communication, the number of skipped alarms varies depending on the number of indexes determined on the recorder’s side. You can operate the alarm list search using the [Previous Alarm...] or the [Next Alarm ...] command in the [View] menu,
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4 File menu 4.1 Folder command When you click the [Folder...] command in the [File] menu, the following window will appear. You can play back the video data contained in the folder. Using this command, you can play back only the video data supporting the copy formats dedicated to Mitsubishi DVR, such as FSM1 and FSM2. The FSM2-supported data are comprised of the following files as a rule. If any of these files is missing, operation and performance of the DVR are not guaranteed. Even when all of
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Using this command, you can play back only the video data supporting the copy formats dedicated to Mitsubishi DVR, such as FSMS and FSMS2. Following data are listed on this window. The vendor ID and revision are obtained by the INQUIRY command via SCSI connection. HA : Host adaptor No. (0- ), ID: SCSI ID (0-7), LUN: LUN No. (0- ), Vendor ID, Revision 4.3 Save As command When you click the [Save As...] command in the [File] menu, the following window will appear, which allows you to save the
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To convert into JPEG file: When you press the [JPEG] button, the following window for specifying the folder where the converted video data are saved will appear. When you press the [OK] button after specifying the folder, collective conversion will start and the window showing the progress of the conversion will appear. When the conversion completes, [Generation of JPEG was completed successfully.] will appear. The video data are saved as follows. - A folder bearing the conversion start date an
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The video data are saved as follows. - A file bearing the conversion start date and time and the camera number in its name will be created by default. (Example) 09012005123456C09.AVI : In the case of conversion of the video data supplied from Camera No. 9 at 12:34:56 on January 9, 2005. Note that the newly created AVI file does not contain the audio data. 4.5 Print command When you click the [Print...] command in the [File] menu, the following window will appear. After setting the margin, p
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5. Edit menu 5.1 Copy command You can copy the currently displayed picture onto the clipboard using the [Copy] command in the [Edit] menu. 6. Search menu 6.1 Comment/Find Next commands ---- Comment search When you click the [Comment...] command in the [Search] menu, the following window will appear. Enter any words based on which your desired picture is searched for and click the [Find Next] button. A picture having the entered search words in its comment will be displayed, if found. The picture
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7. Operation menu 7.1 Playback/Stop/Reverse Playback/Forward Search/Reverse Search/ Field Advance/Field Reverse/Rewind commands For operation of these commands, please refer to Section 3.2 “Operation panel” ( page 8). 7.2 Eject command When you select the [Eject] command in the [Operation] menu, the medium currently selected will be ready for ejection from the drive. 8. Bookmarks menu 8.1 Save with the bookmark command You can save the current playback position as a bookmark by the [Save with th
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9. View menu 9.1 Operation Panel/Status Bar/Information Panel commands By clicking the [Operation Panel] command in the [View] menu, you can select whether to display or hide the operation panel. Similarly, you can select whether to display or hide the status bar or the information panel/search panel by clicking the [Status Bar] command or the [Information Panel] command respectively. These settings are saved in the registry. 9.2 Quick Zoom command By clicking the [Quick Zoom] command in the [Vi
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For details of the zoom function, please refer to Section 10 “Zoom function” ( page 22). 9.5 Options command When you click the [Options...] command in the [View] menu, the following dialog box will appear. [Number of fields in search](PC Data) -- You can specify the number of pictures to skip in forward search or reverse search. [Audio Play] ------------------------------------ You can select the number of blocks to play back the audio among [Short], [Medium], and [Long]. [Number of steps in se
