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FreedomSurveillance

Client

User

Manual

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20111006

V1)

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familiarizethemselveswiththeuseofthe

FreedomClientV3software.

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Freedom Client - User Manual (PRELIMINARY) Page 2 of 47 FR001

Index

Freedom Client Installation .......................................................................... 4

Minimum P.C. Requirements ...................................................................4Recommended P.C. Requirements ....................................................... 4

Features......................................................................................................5

Installation..................................................................................................6

Freedom Client Operation............................................................................ 6

Starting The Freedom Client application............................................... 6

Live View.................................................................................................... 8

Device List window ..................................................................................9

Moving Liveview to another monitor ....................................................9

Video Tile Layout.....................................................................................10

Displaying live video in Freedom Client..............................................11

Closing live video in Freedom Client...................................................12

Live View performance, limitations and quality................................13

Remote Viewing over internet (WAN) and Stream Usage..............13

Group Connect Panel...........................................................................15

PTZ Control Panel....................................................................................17

Options buttons - Overview..................................................................19

System Setup 20

Adding a device....................................................................................21

Searching for a device. .........................................................................22Adding a device using network discovery method. .........................22

Removing a device from Freedom.....................................................23

Group setup............................................................................................23

Creating a Group...................................................................................24

User Management. ................................................................................25

Adding a user to Freedom Client. .......................................................26

Deleting a User in Freedom Client.......................................................27

E-Maps 27

E-Map icons and controls. ....................................................................27

Using Freedom E- Map. .........................................................................27

Selecting a camera...............................................................................28

Navigating to a different e-Map. ........................................................28

Getting information about a camera on an e-Map........................28

Creating an E-Map. ...............................................................................28

Editing E- Maps .......................................................................................30

Backing Up E- Maps...............................................................................30

Locking the Freedom Software application......................................30

If you are viewing this document in Acrobat clicking on any of the

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Playback 31

Understanding the Time Line.................................................................32

Navigating the Time Line bar. ..............................................................33

Playback Function buttons...................................................................34

Reviewing Footage from a DVR ..........................................................35

Selecting a Camera to playback........................................................36Selecting a Date ....................................................................................36

Selecting a File from a list......................................................................36

File Naming Conventions ......................................................................37

Backing up footage To PC ................................................................37

GROOMING THE DOWNLOAD FOLDER...............................................38

Backing up Footage to CD/DVD......................................................38

Local Player.............................................................................................39

Replaying Footage previously download..........................................40

Using Playback Efficiently......................................................................40

Device Configuration.................................................................................. 42

Rebooting DVR.......................................................................................42

Upgrading firmware...............................................................................42

Using Basic Device configuration........................................................43

Remote Configuration........................................................................... 44

Software Maintenance ............................................................................... 45

Backing - up a Freedom Client installation........................................45

Performing a Freedom Client Backup. ...............................................45

Restoring a Freedom Client configuration from a backup. ............45


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Freedom Client Installation

Minimum P.C. Requirements

Recommended P.C. Requirements

System Elements Minimum System Requirements

Processor Intel Pentium IV 2.4Ghz or AMD

Main Memory At least 512MB

Hard Disk Capacity At least 10GB free space

CD/DVD ROM 24 X or greater

Sound Card 16bit Stereo or higher

Graphics Card 1024 x 768 resolution, 24 bit colour 128MB RAM.

Display Monitor Dualmonitors if E-Map functionality required

LAN Ethernet 10/100/1000 BaseT or compatible

Operating SystemWindows XP 32bit with SP2+, Vista 32bit ( admin rights) Windows 7 32bit/

64bit ( admin rights)

System Elements Recommended System Requirements

Processor Intel i5 or Higher

Main Memory At least 2GB of RAM

Hard Disk Capacity At least 10GB free space

CD/DVD ROM 32 X or greater

Sound Card 16bit Stereo or higher

Graphics Card 1280 x 1024 resolution or higher, 32 bit colour 512MB RAM.

Display Monitor Dual19 or higher SXGA (For E-Map functionality)

LAN Ethernet 100/1000 BaseT or compatible

Operating System Windows XP 32bit with SP2+, Windows 7 32bit/64bit (administrator rights)


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Features

The Freedom Client software application is a versatile multi-platform CCTV surveillance management tool designed to View

and Playback Video footage produced by a variety of CCTV technologies including ;

Conventional DVRs

Hybrid DVRs

Native NVRs

HD-SDI cameras

Sony IP cameras / Encoders.

Sony Onvif cameras.

960H Effio devices.

Freedom Client also has a feature known as e-Map playbackwhich allows the selection of cameras via a visual e-map

representation of the site. This feature is great for Users who may be unfamiliar with the location or description of the

cameras. This also aids in the tracking of events leading up to an incident.


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Installation

Open the folder Freedom Client, Double click the Setup.exe and follow the prompts.

A Freedom Client icon will automatically be placed on the desktop.

Freedom Client Operation

Starting The Freedom Client application

Double click the shortcut icon Freedom Client a user login dialog will appear:

Figure 1.1

When you first install the application the default username will be admin and password field is blank click Login button, to

start application. These settings can be modified under the User Managementsection.


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Getting to know the Freedom Client Interface.

The Freedom Client is divided into 2 major components which reflect the functionality of how most Users will interfact

with the software these components are:

Live Viewto view live video images.

PlayBackto playback or backup pre-recorded video footage.

The two components can be seen in the images below


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Live View

The image below describes the different components of the Live Viewinterface.

1. Below: Preview tiles:


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Device List window

The Device list displays a list of installed devices.

A device is denoted by the this icon

Each device has cameras (cameras) contained under them. You can expand each device to see the cameras contained

within them by clicking on the plussign to the left of the device icon

Cameras are signified by this icon, when a camera is open (streaming) within a tile the icon changes to green

From the device list the following options can be performed:

Display a single camera.

Display all cameras attached to device

Close all open video from a particular device

Choose which stream to connect to (view- main or sub)

Display list containing ONLY cameras ( No DVR devices are displayed)

Moving Liveview to another monitor

If you have multiple monitors connected to your computer you can move the Liveview screen to the secondary monitor by

placing your cursor on the Freedom Logoand dragging it to the next monitor.

Image shows the Device listand 1 device

expanded displaying camerasunder it.

Device List

Cameras underdevice


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Video Tile LayoutThe preview window is made up of tiles. Each tile can contain live video footage.

The type of layout and number of tiles is controlled by the tile layout icons at the bottom left of Live View. (Pictured below).

There are 5 visible layout choices (1, 4, 8, 9 and 16) there are a further 6 layout options available when the More button is

clicked.

Status Bar

The status bar displays CPU usage, current date/time and the currently selected camera (blue border)

Note: by default if you double click on a camera in the Device list window it will appear in the currently selected tile,

which is indicated by a blue border around the tile. Example pictured below.

The tile currently selected will also be indicated by the Status window on the right of the Tile layout buttons


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Displaying live video in Freedom Client.

There are a number of ways to insert live video into a tile in Freedom.

METHOD 1: DRAGGING FROM DEVICE LIST.

1. Expand the device you wish to view a camera from and drag the camera icon to a tile of your choice. You

can drag all the camerasunder a single DVR by dragging the Device icon instead of the camera icon.

METHOD 2: CLICKING ON DEVICE CAMERA.

1. Click on the video tile you wish the video to appear in.

2. Expand the device you wish to select cameras from.

3. Double click on the camera you wish to select, the video will appear in the tile you selected in Step 1.)

METHOD 3: DRAGGING FROM e-Map.

1. Click the e-Map icon to bring up e-Map (Note:2nd

monitor required) .

2. Drag the gray circular icon to the video tile you wish the video to appear in.

METHOD 4: RIGHT CLICKING OVER A DEVICE OR CAMERA.

1. In the Device list, Expand the device you wish to select cameras from.

2. Select (highlight) the tile you wish the camera to appear in.

3. Right click over the device you wish to view and choose either Mainstream or Substream.

Note: you can select to view an entire DVRby Right clicking over device icon and choosing either Preview

all cameras in either Main or Sub-stream.


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Closing live video in Freedom Client.

To close live video Right Clickover the desired tile that has live video displaying.

You then have an option to either select close live videoto c lose a single tile or close all live video.

Double clicking on the camera icon of the camera you wish to close in the device tree also closes the live video from that

camera.


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Live View performance, limitations and quality

When ever you view footage from a DVR there are a number of factors that determine the quality and reliability of the

video and the quantity of video tiles you can view concurrently

These factors include:

CPU power of DVR or IP encoder

Resolution, Quality and Frame-Rate set on DVR or IP encoder

Additional features turned-on the DVR or IP encoder, i.e. Motion detection

How many Users are currently connected to a DVR or IP encoder

How fast the CPU is in your PC (at decoding live video)

How fast your network connection is

Remote Viewing over internet (WAN) and Stream Usage

In addition to the performance limitations outlined above there are more factors that come into play when connecting to a

DVR or IP camera over the internet.

These factors include:

1. The UPLOAD speed of the internet connection where the DVR/IP device is located.

2. The type of stream that you are connecting to and how that stream is configured.

Most DVRs and IP cameras have multiple video streams, the usage of these stream can vary, but the majority of the time

one stream will be a RECORDING STREAMoften referred to as main-stream,while the second stream is often referred

to as the Sub-stream.

Main-Stream usage:

Recording footage

Local site/LAN viewing

Sub-Stream usage:

Remote off-site Viewing (internet)

3G Mobile Viewing

To connect to a different stream do the following.

1. Select the tile you wish the video to appear in. (indicated by a blue border around tile)

2. Right-click the camera in the Device list window

3. Select either Main stream or Sub stream from the pop-up menu.


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Control Panel

There are 3 Control Panels within

Freedom Client, you can navigate between

them by clicking on one of the three top

buttons shown on the right

Group Connect Panel Colour Audio Panel PTZ Panel


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Group Connect Panel

The Group Connect Panel allows you to connect to, or cycle through a group of pre-defined cameras.

The idea behind camera groups is to quickly open a group of related cameras instead of having to manually place each

camera into a video tile. For example you may have a group called entrancesthat open cameras looking at entrances,

or you may have a group called POS that brings up all cameras overlooking Point of Sale areas.

Using Group Connect

To disconnect from a camera group or cycle click on the dis-connect button

Note: You must disconnect from a cycle or group before you can return to normal Live View operation.

Click either Connect

or Cycleto start

Select group from

dropdown list


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Colour / Audio Control Panel

The Colour Audio Panel allows you to

control how the video image looks on

your display and the sound volume of

the video channels that have audio

active.

There are 2 additional buttons within

the Colour/Audio Panel,

These are

Copy-Toand Default

Copy-topallows you to copy your

existing preferences to other

cameras.

Default button resets all parameters

to their original (default) positions

Using Colour / Audio Control Panel

First selectthe video tile of the camera you want to make the changes to ( Blue Border) then dragthe slider

button-s to the desired position-s. Clicking the Default button will revert the settings of currently

selected camera to its defaults.

CAUTION :Modifying these settings will change the appearance of the recorded footage.

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PTZ Control Panel

Note: This panel only works on cameras that have PTZ( Pan Tilt Zoom ) capabilities (Movable)

The PTZ panel is divided into four sections, Preset control, Speed control, Directional control nd Zoom

in/out control

Defining a Preset

To define a PTZ preset follow these steps:

1. Make sure the PTZ camera is currently being displayed in the video tile before proceeding.

2. Select (click) the tile containing the PTZ camera.

3. Click PTZ Controlbutton to enter PTZ mode.

4. Use the PTZ controls to position the camera to the desire position.

5. Click the Preset dropdown button

6. From the list select an unused preset or in the preset description input box type the name you wish to

give the preset.

7. Click the SETbutton to save you preset.

Preset Controls

Speed Control

Directional Control

Zoom Controls


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Calling a preset

Make sure the PTZ camera is currently being displayed in video tile before proceeding.

8. Select (click) the tile containing the PTZ camera.

9. Click PTZ Control button to enter PTZ mode.

10. Click the dropdown menu button. (1).

11. Select the presetyou wish to go to (2).

12. Click the GO button (3) call the preset.

PTZSPEEDCONTROL

The PTZ speed bar, controls the speed at which the selected PTZ

camera Pans, Tilts and Zooms when a button is pressed or held

down.

PTZDIRECTIONALCONTROL

The directional control button is intuitive; the direction of the

arrow indicates the direction the PTZ camera will move once a

button is pressed. The longer you hold the button down the more

the camera will move in that direction.

PTZZOOMCONTROL

The PTZ Zoom control allows you to zoom in or out from your

current position.

Zoom out (further away) Zoom in ( Closer)

1 3

2


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Options buttons - Overview

The option buttons are located at the bottom right of the Freedom Client application.

Go to Playback Setup e-Map Lock / un-lock Option menu

The first icon is the Playback icon, clicking this icon will close all live video and open Freedom Playback section

which allows you to playback pre-recorded video or images.

Clicking this icon takes you to the SETUP window which is where you can

Change the default path (location on local Hard drive) for downloading video & pictures.

Add, remove and configure hardware devices (DVRs IP cameras etc)

Create, remove or edit a logical group of cameras (i.e. all POS cameras)

Create, remove or edit user permissions and rights (what they can do or view)

Clicking on this icon opens an e-Map (electronic map) on a second monitor. (2 monitors required)

Clicking on this icon will lockthe Freedom Surveillance software from any changes, this will prevent any

accidental clicks or un-authorized modifications. You will be prompted for a password to lock or un-lock the

software.

Clicking this icon brings up a number of menus that have the following functions:

Check the status of a device

View a devices log file

View the system log file

Setup or edit an e-Map.

View Footage from a hard disk drive that was removed from a Maxima DVR.

Backup Freedom Software configuration parameters

Restore / Import a previously saved backup of Freedom Software configuration parameters.


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System Setup

The System setup (Fig 2.1) allows you to change the default path where Freedom will Save Images, Video footage and Log

files.

The 2 bottom options are Maintain original video aspect ratio this allows you to toggle between maintaining the original

aspect ratio that the camera is being recorded at, or not maintain aspect ratio, the result of which makes the video fill the

entire tile which may make objects appear short & fat or vice versa.

Enable title bar in live video window inserts a horizontal bar at the top of each video tile

This bar allows you to single-clickto close, take a snapshot or

mute/enable sound. The downside to this option is the vertical screen real estate you loose when this feature is on.

Task management allows you to automatically synchronize all devices to this PCs time at a specific time.

Figure 2.1


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Adding a device

The image below describes the layout of the Device Setup window:

Device field and meaning:.

Device Name: [ This is a free text field representing the name you wish to give the device.]

Device Type:[ A list that signifies the type or protocol of the device ]

Public IP:[ The Public/WAN IP address of device ] (Only applicable if you have a Public IP address)

Public TCP Port:[ TCP port of device ( usually port set within device and PortForwarded via a router) ]

Public Timeout:[ Time in seconds before Freedom stops trying to connect using the Public IP address]

Private IP :[ Private IP address the device is using, this is the LAN address which the device is set to]

Private TCP Port:[ TCP port assigned to device locally ]

Private Timeout:[ Time in seconds before Freedom stops trying to connect using the private IP address]

User Name:[ Username setup for the device]

Password: [ Password for the device]

Default Live Video: [Sets default stream to which Freedom connects to; ]Auto= Connects using the main-streamof the device if Private IP addressis detected.

Connect using sub-streamof the device if Public IP addressis detected.

Sub stream = connects to device using sub-stream.

Main stream= connects to device using mainstream.

There are 2 methods of adding a device to Freedom Client, one is to automatically search for a new device and the other

is to manually input the device settings.

Search, Add and

remove device buttons

Device parameters

section

Device List

Figure 2.11A


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Searching for a device.

Note:For the search feature to work correctly your firewall must allow access to the Freedom Client Network discovery tool

called JoinDiscovery.exe usually located in the C:\Program Files\Freedom\Freedom Software V3.0\ folder.

Adding a device using network discovery method.

Click the (search) icon (Fig 2.11 Part A) within the Device Setuptab to initiate a search, you will then be presented

with a list of devices found as seen in

figure 2.2. Now tick the device you wish to add from the list then input the correct usernameandpasswordfor the

device you are adding.

Click Add to device listbutton to finalize the device addition.

Adding a device manually.

Adding a device manually requires that you have prior knowledge of 5 parameters relating to the device you are adding

these being

1. The type of device i.e. Sony IP, Maxima DVR, Omega DVR etc

2. Device local IP address (also Public IP address if applicable)

3. Device TCP port.

4. Device username.

5. Device Password.

To add a device manually to the Freedom Client device list click the Add device button (Fig 2.11 Part A) button.

Populate the fields with the appropriate values.

Finally click Applybutton, then OKthen the Closebutton.

Figure 2.2


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Removing a device from Freedom.

To remove a device from Freedom Client follow these steps

1. Enter the setup section by clicking on the setup icon.

2. Click the Device Setuptab. (Fig 2.3 A)

3. Highlight the device you wish to remove (Fig 2.3 B)

4. Click the Remove Device icon (Fig 2.3 C)

5. Confirm device removal then click Close.

Group setup.

In Freedom Client a Groupis a group of logically related cameras; the purpose of a group is to make it easy for an

operator to quickly bring up a group of cameras without having to individually select each camera. Groups can be used to

quickly open a group of cameras or to create a cycle, whereby the group of cameras can be cycled on a larger monitor at

specified intervals.

Some examples of a group may be ;

Entrances Exits

POS

Loading Bays

External Cameras

Lockers

Computer Rooms

Car Parks

High Risk Areas

Sorting Areas

Gaming Area1, Gaming Area2

Lobby cameras

Figure 2.3

A

B

C


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Creating a Group.

To create a camera Group following these steps

1. Click on the Setupicon.

2. Click on the Group Setup tab (Fig 2.4)

3. Select an empty group name from the dropdown list (Fig2.4 Part A) or select New Group

4. Click the Change Group Namebutton & give the group an appropriate name (examples listed above).

5. To add cameras to a group click the camera you wish to add (Fig 2.4 Part B) & click the button (Fig 2.4 Part C).

6. Repeat step 5 for the remaining cameras you wish to add to the group.

7. By default the cycle time is 20 seconds if you wish to change this time enter your preferred time in the

Still Timeinput box, you can also specify the window layout you wish the cycle to use. By default Freedom Client will

choose a window layout that accommodates all your cameras but you may want to use a different layout, for example if

you have a smaller display, you may want to display each camera on a single larger window one at a time, to do so,

change the Windows Splitoption to 1 Window.

8. To finish setup click Apply, OKthen click Close.

Figure 2.4

B

A

C


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User Management.

The User Management section controls who is allowed to access Freedom Client and what tasks that user can perform.

User rights can be modified for the following items.

1. What cameras or DVR the user is allowed to view.

2. Whether user is allowed to adjust colour settings.

3. Whether user is allowed to playback footage.

4. Whether user is allowed to backup footage.

5. Whether user is allowed to delete footage.

6. Whether user is allowed to search logs.

7. Whether user is allowed to control PanTilt Zoom cameras.

8. Whether user is allowed to use E-maps

9. Whether user is allowed to modify E-maps.

10. Whether user is allowed to modify System setup.

11. Whether user is allowed to modify Device setup.

Before proceeding it should be understood that the user name/s and password/s used when you login to Freedom Client

relate to the Freedom Client software application on your computer and NOT the username and password setup on the

actual device you are connecting to i.e. DVR, IP or Encoder.

Freedom Client is initially configured with 1 management user account that being adminwith the no password.

It is recommended that a password be configured as soon as possible.

Figure 2.5illustrates the layout of the User Management section of Freedom Client. The pre-configured Adminhas an

Authorization Level of Managerwhich includes access to all devices and privileges to change all settings.


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Adding a user to Freedom Client.

There are two typesof users that can be added to Freedom Client, a Managerand Operator.A Manager has all access

and privileges by default. An Operator can have limited access to devices and functions.

To add a user with limited access to Freedom Surveillance do the following;

1. Enter the Setupmenu .

2. Click on the User Management tab.

3. Click the plus icon to add a user. (Fig 2.5)

4. In User Nameinput box enter the preferred name of user. (Fig 2.5 Part B)

5. Click Change passwordbutton to create a password for the user. ( Make sure you remember this)

6. Now click the Applybutton then OKto confirm user.

7. Now selectthe newly added user by highlighttheir name. (Fig 2.5 Part A)8. In the Auth. Leveldrop down list select Operator. (Fig 2.5 Part B)

9. Now select the privileges you wish the user to have from the dropdown list and check boxes.

10. Now in the device list ( Fig 2.5 Part D ) tick or un-tick the device that these privileges are associated with, in the

example above the user named Vieweronly has rights to view video from the (CamvexMaxima MRS device.)

11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for each privilege type from the list.

12. Now tick or un-tick the user access rights and setup rights you wish the user to have ( Fig 2.5 Part E)

13. After completing all modifications to privilege click Applybutton, then OKto save your modifications.

Figure 2.5

A B

D

E

C


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Deleting a User in Freedom Client.

Enter the Setupmenu .

1. Click on the User Management tab.

2. Highlight the Users name User list (Fig 2.5 Part A)

3. Check to see that the User you wish to delete is now listed in the User Name

input box. (Fig 2.5 Part B

)4. Click the minus button to delete the user. (Fig 2.5)

E-Maps

When setup correctly, E-Maps greatly improve the User experience by allowing the User to visually select a camera from a

map representing the site. Note: E-Maps requires two monitors..

E-Map icons and controls.With Freedom Surveillance the User can select either the default icons or custom icons that the User can create and use.

Each icon has 2 states an Off state and an On state. The Offstate indicates the camera is NOTbeing displayed in any

Live Viewvideo tile or Playbackvideo tile. The Onstate indicates the camera ISbeing display in a Live Viewvideo tile

or Playbackvideo tile.

e-Map icons Note: The icons below may change depending on the software version you have, however they still

perform the same function.

Default camera

Officon

Default camera

Onicon

e-Map hyperlink icon Move Tool & Zoom

controls

Default camera icons

Note: The move tool only works when you arezoomed inon the e-Map.

Hiding the Control tool. If you find the control tool is getting in the way you can close it by right clicking over E-map area

and selecting Hide control panel.

Using Freedom E- Map.

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Selecting a camera.

Drag the gray circular icon to the video tile you wish the video to appear or double click the camera emap icon to

place the video in the currently selected tile.

Navigating to a different e-Map.

There are two methods of navigating to another e-Map. The first is by Right Clickingover any area of the map that

doesnt contain a camera icon and click the Switch Mapoption. The other method is to click the map hyperlink icon if

present, shown here

Getting information about a camera on an e-Map

To obtain more information about a camera you can Right clickover the camera icon and select

Camera attribute. The information you receive will include the Camera Name, the Unique ID, the Name of the device the

camera is connected to and the camera title.

Creating an E-Map.

The E-map setup screen is divided into three sections. ( Figure 2.6)

A. The Map image area ( Fig 2.6 Part A).

NOTE:The clickable or dragable region of the camera icon

is the grey circle enclosing a REDnumber


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B. The Navigation pane to move around the E-map.

C. The Map & Toolbox pane allows you to select maps and modify equipment on the maps.

To create a new E-map follow these steps.

1. In Live View click the Up arrow icon and choose E-map Setupfrom the popup menu.

2. Right click over the Map & Toolbox pane ( Fig 2.6 Part C ) and select New Map.

3. Enter a descriptive name for your E-map, some examples may be ;

Blogs Hotel Level 1, Blogs Secondary College A Block, Gaming Room 1, Morton Hill - Loading Depot.

4. Click the Browse button to locate the image file you wish to use as the E-map background.

See Recommended Map image settingsbelow for more information about image type & dimensions

5. If you wish to use this E-map as the first map that loads when you click the E-map icon tick the Startup box.

6. Click the Close button to save the image to Freedom.

7. To Add Cameras to your map click Toolbox radio button at the bottom left of the screen.

8. Drag the camera icon to the exact position you wish to place the camera on the E-map the node config

window will then appear.

9. In the Camera config window, select the camera you wish to add by clicking the Select camerabutton

10. Click the plus + icon to the left of the name of the DVR or IP camera you wish to add.

11. From the expanded list, select (highlight) the camera you wish to add from the list then click OK.

12. Title & font attributes can be edited from the Title input box/Font button.

13. Choose the icon you wish to use to represent the camera, single click on the icon you prefer.

If choosing your own custom image, you must include both a Normal state(camera stream Off) and an Play state

( camera On).

14. Click Closeto save Camera configuration and close window.

Figure 2.6

Map Area


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Recommended e-Map image Settings

Freedom Client supports JPEG and BMP image formats. The recommended size of the E-map image varies depending on

the resolution of the 2nd

display. The list below gives you dimensions for some common screen resolutions ;

1280x1024px= Image size should be 1260px width and 950px Height. (Typical 19 4:3)

1920x1080px= Image size should be 1900px with and 1000px height. (Typical 22+ 16:9)

Editing E- Maps

To edit an existing e-map. enter E-map Setupby clicking on the Up arrow icon and choose E-map Setupfrom the

popup menu. Select the E-map you wish to edit by double clicking its name in the E-map panel (Fig 2.6 Part C).

To CHANGEexisting CAMERAto another camera do the following.

o Right clickover camera and click Configure Hyperlink.

o Now select the camera you wish to add as described earlier in Creating E-Maps section.

o Click the Closebutton after changes have been made.

To DELETEa CAMERAfrom an E-map.

o Make sure you have selected the correct map.

o Right click over the camera and choose Remove Hyperlink

To MOVEa camera to another location on the map simply drag the icon to the desired position.

To CHANGEthe E-map image.

o Enter E-map Setup as described above, then right click over the E-map name you wish to edit and select Map

configfrom menu popup.

o Click the Browsebutton and select the new image you wish to use.

Backing Up E- Maps

While in E-map setup, right click over the nameof each E-map you wish to backup and select Export Map.

Locking the Freedom Software application.

Locking Freedom prevents un-authorized use of the application.

For the lock to work correctly a password must be setup for the current User.

To lock Freedom, click on the lock icon . you will then be prompted to enter your password to confirm request.

When the software is in a locked statethe icon will change to the unlock icon to un-lock the software click on this

icon and enter your password.


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Playback

The Playbacksection is where you can search, view and backuparchived footage from your recording devices.

Figure 3.0 illustrates the layout of the various components that make up the Playback section. A summary of these

components will follow.

(Part A) Camera list, where you can select the cameras you wish to playback. (You can also use e-Map )

(Part B)The playback control panelallows you to do the following functions. Initiate a search.

Control video playback, i.e. stop, fast, slow etc

Backup/export downloaded footage.

Change the layout of the Video tiles and activate E-map (2 monitors required).

(Part C) Timeline barA coloured bar representing a 24hr period (default) used for navigation and time selection control.

(Part D)Timeline options panel have options for enabling sub-stream, synchronization, time selection and filtering.

(Part E)Video Tile layout window is where the searched footage will appear in.

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Understanding the Time Line

The Time Line is made up of 4 rows, ( Fig 3.1) each representing a camera, in the example below there are 2 cameras that

have had their index downloaded. The footage that is available for each camera is represented by the coloured bars.

Looking at the example below tells us the device is recording on a normal schedule (Green) and on motion (Red) any black

areas indicate no recorded footage has been found or is available. The currently selected camera is

Front Building the time line indicator bar for this camera is positioned at ~9.00AM.

My mouse cursor is currently hovering at 13:04:42

You can filter the type of recording displayed on the timeline by clicking one of the coloured radio buttons.

(Fig 3.2 ) The default is to display all types of recordings.

Green= Normalscheduled recording. Red= Motiondetection recording. Orange= Alarmtrigger recording.

To navigate the Timeline bar efficiently you must be aware what camera (row) is currently selected and the position you are

at, within the Timeline bar. The currently selected camera is indicated by the BLUEtext.

( Fig 3.3 Part A)

The current position you are at, within the Timeline bar is indicated by the Timeline Position Indicator which is the blue

bar shown in ( Fig 3.3 Part B)

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Navigating the Time Line bar.

The example below illustrates the steps needed to navigate to 2am on the Stairwell camera

To navigate to a different time within the Timeline is a 2 step process;

1. Single clickon the camera Title button representing the camera you wish to browse.

2. Then Single clickon the area within the horizontal timebar, and just under the time you wish to navigate to.

Time Position / Time Jump button;

This dual purpose control displays the position of your mouse cursor relative to the actual time represented

by the horizontal Timeline bar. CLICKINGthis control opens the Locate time window which allows you to select a specific

time period to jump to.

Sub-Stream ( Freedom Server only )

This button is only applicable if the device you are connected to is a Freedom Server, It allows you to

review footage recorded in sub-stream, which is of lower quality but the benefit is the speed at which you can review

footage REMOTELY. The idea is you can search for an incident quicker, than once you have found the period of footage

you are interested in you can download the main streamversion which is of higher quality but larger file size.

Synchronize button

This button allows you to synchronize all other cameras with the currently selected camera

(blue outline) so they will all be playing at a similar time. Note: when footage is in Synchronizedmode the buttons text

colour will change to blue.

Zoom In / Out

Buttons for zooming in and out of the timeline bar in increments of 60, 15, 7.5, 5, 2.5 minutes.

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Playback Function buttons

The layoutbutton allows you to change the tile layout from a fourtile layout (default ) to a larger single video

tile and also allows you to open an E-map for camera selection.

(Note: E-map requires a dual monitor setup to work correctly. )

The Backupbutton is where you can download footage to your local hard drive or to burn footage to CD/DVD.

The Searchbutton is used to initiate a search of the cameras that have been selected in the camera list.

Clicking this button brings up the Freedom Client search options.

Search current date = Search for footage today (12am to current time )

Search time period = You enter the time period you wish to search. (this can be quicker option off-site)

Local Photo Search = Search for photos on your local PC that has been previously captured.

Browse Downloaded footage =Search for footage that has been previously downloaded on your local PC.

Multi-Interval Search =This feature is currently not implemented in this software version.

If ticked, all the playback control buttons below will be applied to every video tile. For

example if you click the pause button all video currently playing will be paused. If un-ticked only the currently selected tile

will be paused.

Play / paused video Go back 1 minute Go forward 1 minute

Stop playback Take snap shot of current frame (of

selected frame)Play forward 1 frame at a time

The 2 sliders on the bottom right of the Playback pane control the speedand

volumeof the currently selected camera tile. Moving the slider to the right

increase speed moving slider to left decreases speed.

Clicking on the running man icon resets the speed to normal.

Notethe maximum speed at which the video can be streamed is dependant on the speed of your network connection to the

recording device and the load the device is currently under.

The volume slider controls the volume of the sound (If audio is being recorded on the currently selected camera )

The speaker icon when clicked will toggle between mute and un-mute.


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Using E-Map to Playback Cameras

Note: For E-Map playback to work you must have configured an E-Map previously and

have 2 monitors connected to your PC.

To start E-Map click on the Layout button then select E-mapfrom the list. This opens

the E-map on the right monitor.

Drag the gray circular icon to the video tile you wish the video to appear in. After a short period of time the footage

should appear in the video tile you dragged the camera to and the icon should change to transparent red colour

indicating this is being displayed.

Reviewing Footage from a DVRTo review footage from a DVR follow these steps.

1. Open Freedom Client and click the green Playback icon to enter playback section.

2. Select the camerasyou wish to review footage of by tickingthem (Max 4) or dragging them in

from an e-Map as described above.

3. Click Search button, then click either SearchCurrently Date or Time Period.

If another date other than today click Search Time Period. After a short period of time you should see a green bar appear,

representing footage available from each camera.

NOTE:The clickable or dragable region of the camera icon

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Selecting a Camerato playback (Fig 3.0 Part A)

This button allows you to select what cameras you want to playback.

Camera selection should be your first task upon entering Freedom Client Playback.

To select a camera ;

1. Place a tick(click) in the box to the left of the camera you with to

playback. A maximum of four cameras can be selected.

2. Click the Search Button.

3. Select Search current Date to search todays footages OR select Search time

period to enter another time range.

Selecting a Date

To select a date click Select Date button and click the date you wish to select.

Colour coded numeric days of the month are displayed, the meaning of each colour

is listed below.

Green= Footage available

Black= No footage available

Red = Currently selected date

Selecting a Filefrom a list

To select a file from a list of available files for the time you have selected.

1. Make sure camera/s & date have been previously selected and you

have pressed the Searchbutton to obtain an index of available

footage from your recording device.2. Click on the File Listbutton .

3. Select the tile you wish the footage to appear in.

4. Double click the file you wish to view.

Note: The file description indicates the time range of the footage and the letter at

the end of the file indicates the type of recording it is.

N = Normal schedule recordings.

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File Naming Conventions

File names in Freedom Surveillance have the following conventions.

The example that will be used is Camvex - Maxima MRS__Dandenong Road__20110530_224500_20110530_231500

Breaking this name down using colour illustrates the logical division of the name.

Camvex - Maxima MRS__Dandenong Road__20110530_224500_20110530_231500

RED= Name of Recorder. BLUE= Camera name. GREEN= Start Date & Time PINK= End Date & Time

20110530 = is the start date ( Date in reverse format YYYYMMDD ) reading from right to left, converts to 30th

May 2011

224500&231500( HHMMSS ) which equates to a range of 10:45PM to 11.15PM

Backing up footage To PC

Scenario : I want to backup footage of an incident that happened between on the 30thMay 2011 between 10.45PM and

11.15PM. There are 2 cameras I wish to include in the backup. I want to have a local copy on my PC I can view at any time,

I also want to make a CD/DVD for a permanent record or to send to another party that may not have Freedom Surveillance

software installed on their PC.

1. Open Freedom and navigate to Playback section.

2. Click the Backupbutton, then click Download Footage.

3. In the Time range boxes at the top of the window input the values as pictured below.

4. Select the cameras you wish to download by placing a tick next to the description.

5. Click on Download by timeto start your download. A progress bar will appear at the bottom left of the screen

indicating how much it has downloaded & the file it is currently downloading.

Note: The time taken to download footage depends on a number of factors these include:

a. Whether you are connected locally to the unit (LAN) or over the internet(WAN).

b. How large the file/s are, ( Time range selected )

c. How many cameras are selected.

d. How busy the recording device is to serve your request.

6. After download has completed you should see a pop-up box stating Download Finished click OK.

7. The default location the footage downloads to is C:\CCTV\Downloads\

8. To make sure the download was successful click on the Search button, then click Browse Downloaded

Footage, after the Freedom Player opens, double click on the recording/s you just downloaded.

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GROOMING THE DOWNLOAD FOLDER

It is highly recommended that you regularlygroom your footage folder, you do

this by deleting the footage files you no longer require & move the footage files

you want to keep to a sub-folder with a descriptive name under the main

download folder.

If you dont do this, a large list starts accumulating and it gets harder for you and

anyone else to find the footage you have just downloaded. A good example of a

folder structure maybe like the one shown on the right.

Backing up Footage to CD/DVD

Continuing with the previous scenario, I also want to make a CD/DVD for a permanent record or to send to another party

that may not have Freedom Surveillance software installed on their PC.

Note: To backup to CD/DVD you needed to have previously downloaded the footage you wish to burn to disc.

(see previous section Backing up footage to PC )

1. Insert a blank writable CD or DVD disc into the burning drive.

2. Open Freedom Client software and navigate to Playback section.

3. Click the Backup button, and then click DVD/CD option from list.

4. Change the Disc label text to something descriptive (i.e. SmithsHotel_20110530 )

Note: The Label text length must be less then 31 Characters including spaces.

5. Add the files you wish to put onto the CD/DVD to the right window by highlighting the file on the left and pressing

the insert button. Repeat this step for all the files you wish to include on the disc.

Tip: you can Shift-Click to select a group files at once.

If the files you wish to include on the disc are not in the default folder for downloads you can click on the

Browsebutton to locate them.

6. Click the Check button to check there is enough space on the disc

7. When burning has been completed a notification window will appear.The CD/DVD that is created contains the video files you requested and a player for playing the footage back on Windows

based PC. The disc is designed to automatically run the player upon insertion.

Note: The autoplay feature only works if the PC has autoplay enabled.

To manually start player navigate to CD/DVD drive and double click Autorun.bat

Click on Download by time to start your download. A progress bar will appear at the

Tips on text entry:

Quickly move between month / day / year you can use the forward slash key / .

When selecting dates you can click on the to open the calendar for date selection.

To change numeric value you can use the UP / DOWN arrow keys.

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Local Player.

The Local Player (Fig 4.0) is where you go to view previously download footage from DVRs or Freedom Server. The Local

Player allows you to navigate through footage, Local Player has the following features

Player / Pause / Stop video

Speed control

( Note: Dragging right increasesspeed, dragging to leftdecreases speed of playback )

Clicking the running man icon returns playback to normal speed.

Single Frame advance

Single Frame back

Sound on/mute and volume control. (Clicking speaker icon toggles between mute / unmute)

Save current frame image (Note:Default image path is C:\CCTV\Pic)

Print Current frame

Local Player Controls

Play Pause Stop Go to beginning Go to end Speed

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Replaying Footage previously download.

To playback footage that you previously downloaded ( see Backup up Footage to PCsection ) do the following.

1. Open Freedom Client software and click the green icon to navigate to the Playback section.

2. Click the Searchbutton and select Local Video File Search. This open the Local Player ( Fig 4.0)If the footage has been downloaded to a location other then the default C:\CCTV\Downloads you can browser to

the location using navigation window ( Fig 4.0 Part A)

A list of all the footage in the currently selected folder location is displayed in the file footage window

( Fig 4.0 Part B)

Tip: If the list contains too many files, it is a sign that you need to groom your download folder,

see previous section Grooming the Download folder

3. Double click the file you wish to play from the file footage window ( Fig 4.0 Part B) this will cause the footage to start

playing in the main window.

Using Playback Efficiently

We tried to make Freedom Playback as simple and flexible as possible. The most efficient way to use Playback depends on

a number of factors, these may include ;

Whether you are connecting to the DVR/encoder off-site ( WAN )= Substream

or connecting locally ( LAN )=mainstream.

Whether you KNOWthe approximate time range you are looking for, ( i.e. between 6PM -12AM )

or you THINKit happened on 4th

or the 5th

, which will affect how long it takes to search for footage..

Scenario . I want to review footage from today.

1. Click on the greenplayback button on LiveView section to enter Playback screen.

2. In the camera list on the right of the screen tick the cameras you wish to playback (Max 4 ).

3. Click the SEARCH button to initialize a search.


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Device Status

Click on the Uparrow icon then click Device Statusthen select the device you want to query from the drop-down list,

then click the Scanbutton. Depending on the type of device selected the information that is returned can include:

Hard disk drive capacity & remaining storage

Status of Hard disk drive

Whether camera (channel) is recording or lost


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Basic Configuration ( Encoding )

(Figure 5.0) Basic configuration allows you to set the type of encoding, image quality, framerate, Bit Rate Control, Image

size, audio and Maximum Bit Rate for both Main stream and Sub stream.

Using Basic Device configuration

From the Live View screen navigate to setupicon, then click the Device Setuptab.

The settings you select for these fields affect the quality of your recording and how long footage is retained before being

over written. To change an encoding parameter click on the camera name in the left Device window (A) then in the right

window (B) make your changes, always to click the Apply button to save your changes, if wish to save these changes to

All cameras within the currently selected device, select All Channelsfrom the Copy Setup to dropdown list then click

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Remote Configuration

Remote Configuration allows you to configure more advanced settings than the Basic configuration allows.

Because Remote Configuration opens the web page of the actual device the appearance of Remote Configuration will differ

depending on the device you are connecting to.

When you enter Remote Configuration you are modifying settings within the actual DVR itself, some of the settings

available can affect the quality of the recording and the length of time footage can be retained. Whenever you make

changes to a device in Remote Config it is recommended that you re-boot the deviceafter making the changes and check

the settingsagain to confirm they have been applied.

Using Remote Device Configuration

To enter Remote Configuration click the setupicon, from Live View then click the Device Setuptab. Right clickover the

name of the device you wish to configure and select Remote Config. You will be prompted to enter a Username,

Password and Port number for the device.

The image below is an example of the remote configuration options available in an Omega DVR.

Remote Configuration screen

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Software Maintenance

Backing - up a Freedom Client installation.

After you have configured or modified the devices and settings in Freedom Surveillance Client software it is recommended

that you perform a backup. You do this for the follow reasons.

1. WHENyour computer dies your previous device configuration can be easily restored without having to manually

enter in all the details again for each device which can be time consuming.

2. If you wish to install Freedom Surveillance on another computer, using these backed up files makes the process a lot

more efficient, so you have an identical setup on each PC.

3. In the end if you dont backup when you should backup you will ALWAYS pay a higher price.

Performing a Freedom Client Backup.

To perform a backup of the current Freedom Client configuration do this follow these steps.

1. In LiveView click on the UP arrow icon then select Backup system parameters

2. In the Save As dialog window that opens choose the location you wish the file to be saved to.

3. Type a name for your backup (i.e. FreedomClient_BCKUP_June2011).

Restoring a Freedom Client configuration from a backup.

To restore a previously backed up Freedom Client configuration, follow these steps:

1. Open Freedom Client if it isnt already open.

2. In LiveView click the Arrowicon

3. Click Import system parametersoption from list.

4. Browse to the location of the backup file.

5. Click on the actual file then click Open.

6. You must restart the Freedom Client application for settings to take affect.

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