Remote User Interface

Remote access to the Video Monitoring Software program, is achieved with a program called Video Monitoring Software Web Server. It must run at the same time Video Monitoring Software is running in order you to be able to issue remote commands to Video Monitoring Software. Video Monitoring Software Web Server's job is to return web pages to remote remote users. These web pages are displayed in your browser, from which you can execute remote commands to Video Monitoring Software. Examples of these web pages are shown below.

The following two web pages are used for remote access.

The first web page is the Video Monitoring Software: Home Page. Its function is accept a password and log the user onto Video Monitoring Software. It is shown below. This page resides in c:\monitor\Video Monitoring Softwarelogon.htm. It looks like the following.

Video Monitoring Software: Home Page

Log On

 

Upon entering the correct password it returns the Video Monitoring Software: Program Administration Page, which looks like the following.

Video Monitoring Software: Program Administration Page

Log On
Log Off

Program Status

Get Video Monitoring Software Program Status
Get Program Status Bits
Get Total Program Errors
Get Number of Frames Save
Get Default/Unknown Command Response

Clear Settings

Clear Frames Saved to 0
Clear Program Errors to 0

Review Files

Review Captured Video Files
Review Contents of Video Monitoring Software Program Error Log

View Live Video Feed

Put Program in Live Mode and
Start Media Player in Web Page, with config file:
Put Program in Live Mode and
Start Stand Alone Media Player, with config file:
Put Program in Live Mode with configuration file number:
Get Video Port URL to connect with Media Player

Switch Program Modes

Put Program into Monitoring Mode
Restart Program in Desk Video Mode
Restart Program in Web Monitor Mode
Restart the Program

Save Configuration

Save Program Configuration to File

Program Settings

Get Status Bit(0-31)

Enable Capture(0,1)

Set Min Disk Space(4M-2GB)

Set Frames Per File(2-1M)

Set Number of Capture Files(2-1M)

Video Settings

Set Video Image Size(320,160)

Set Sensitivity(0-19200)

Set Threshold(0-255)

Set Compressor(0-30)

Set Video Driver to Use(0-10)

Alarms and Email

Set Email Alarm(0-1)

Email Alarm Time Period(1-1M sec)

Email Alarm on Max Frames(1-1M)

Set Sound on Detection(0-1)

Web Live Mode Time Out

Set Web Live Mode Timer(0-1)

Set Web Live Mode Period(1-70K min.)


Log Off

The above summarized how with web pages remote control of  the Video Monitoring Software program is achieved. These web pages may evolve over time so they may not exactly match the copy of the software that ships, however the major functions and concepts are displayed for familiarization purposes.