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●Zoom in/out
Images can be zoomed in/out.
[Magnification] Shows the current magnification (10~500%).
[Zoom in] button Enlarges images by 10%.
[Zoom out] button Reduces images by 10%.
[Move] button If any image size is greater than the display area, you can move the image display position. Clicking the
“Move” button to position the mouse cursor on the
image changes the cursor to 
. Move  while
pressing the left mouse button on the image. The image
display position will be moved.
● Animation
Images can be consecutively displayed.
[Top] button Shows the first image.
[Prev] button Shows the previous image.
[Play/Pause] button Plays/pauses the animation.
[Next] button Shows the next image.
[Last] button Shows the final image. [Speed] barAdjust the speed for animation play-
back.
[Audio] button Plays an animation with sound.
Tip
During animation, the “Top”, “Prev”, “Next” or “Las\
t” button cannot be used. If you
want to use any, click the “Play/Pause” button to stop the animati\
on.
Note
When you use the “Audio” button to play an animation with sound, t\
he animation is
played according to the audio playback speed, but they are not synchroni\
zed. Also,
you cannot use the “Playback speed” bar while the “Audio” bu\
tton is enabled.
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●Change window size
As window size, large or normal size is available and is automatically s\
elected depending on
the initial image size. However, you can also change it manually.
[Large size] button When it is clicked, the window will be displayed in large size. It appears when normal window size is displayed.
[Normal size] button When it is clicked, the window will be displayed in
normal size. It appears when large window size is
displayed.
Finding Data
You can search for data on the camera server by date/time, camera or tri\
gger.
○○○○○○To Find Data...
1. Select the server to be searched in the folder
tree display area and then either click the
“Search data” button or choose “Search”
from the “File” menu bar.
2. The “Search” dialog box appears.
Set the search criteria shown as shown below and
click the “OK” button. The search results then appear
showing a list of data that match the selected criteria.
q Search Name
A folder with the name you entered is created in
the “Search Results” folder and the search results
appear in the folder. If you specify the name of an
existing folder as the search name, the previous
search results are discarded and replaced by the
new search results.
w Date & Time
Specify a date from the start date and end date,
and a time range from the start time and end time
fields.
e Camera
Data is retrieved from the ticked camera numbers.
This criterion cannot be used to filter audio or event
data.
r Trigger
Data is retrieved for the ticked triggers. This criterion
cannot be used to filter audio data.q
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3. A list of search results is displayed.
A folder with the name you entered is created in the
“Search Results” folder and the search results appear
as a list in the folder.
●Filtered searches
To filter the search results using yet another search criteria, select t\
he “Search Name” folder
to be searched and click the “Search data” button. The search crit\
eria for the previous search
are displayed, so you need to reset the criteria.
●Deleting search results
Right-click the “Search Name” folder and select “Delete Search \
Result” from the menu that
appears. This deletes the “Search Name” folder but does not delete\
 the downloaded data.
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Tip
●The image and audio data in the search results folder are simply aliases\
 of the
recorded data that were downloaded and are not the recorded data themsel\
ves or
copies of those data.
● To extract unwanted data in a search and then delete the recorded data, \
right-click
the “Search Name” folder and select “Delete data”.
● To use the image or audio data in the search results in applications oth\
er than
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Extracting Files
Downloaded images and audio are collected and saved in the proprietary f\
ormat used for file
management by the VBCollector Image Viewer and cannot be used by other a\
pplications. To
make the data accessible by other applications, extract the files and th\
en recover the downloaded
data in the file format used for storing data on the server.
○○○○○○To Make Settings...
1. Select the folder containing the files to be
extracted in the folder tree display area and
then choose “Abstract” from the “File” menu
bar.
2. Specify the name of the folder in which the extracted files will be saved.
3. A folder with the specified name is created inside “Folder” in the folder tree display area
and the files in the folder are recovered.
You can hide a folder selected from the folder tree by
right-clicking the folder and choosing “Hide Folder”
from the menu that appears. This does not delete the
files in the folder.
Managing Extracted Files
You can manage extracted files.
In addition to downloaded images and audio, the VBCollector Image Viewer\
 can also manage,
display and play back JPEG images and AU audio files.
○○ ○○○○To Make Settings...
1. Select “Add Folder” from the “View” menu
bar, or right-click “Folder” in the folder tree
display area and select “Add Folder”.
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Note
Because downloaded images and audio are collected and saved in the propr\
ietary
format used for file management by the VBCollector Image Viewer, deletin\
g individual
data may not reduce the amount of disk space taken up by downloaded imag\
es and
audio. Selecting and deleting a large quantity of data from the list may\
 also take
some time. For this reason, we recommend that you delete downloaded imag\
e and
audio data in units of one or more folders.
2. Specify the folder containing the files to be
managed.
3. A folder with the specified name is created inside “Folder” in the folder tree display area
and the files in the folder can then be
managed.
You can hide a folder selected from the folder tree by
right-clicking the folder and choosing “Hide Folder”
from the menu that appears. This does not delete the
files in the folder.
Deleting Data
Use the procedure below to delete downloaded data and data in folders.
○○ ○○○○To Delete Data...
1. Select the folder containing the files to be
deleted in the folder tree display area and
then click the “Delete Data” button or choose
“Delete” from the “File” menu bar.
2. Click “Yes” in the confirmation dialog box to delete the files.
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Viewing Logs
VBCollector outputs logs concerning the execution of tasks. To view a lo\
g, choose “Display Log”
from the “Tools” menu bar.
The following information about logs is displayed:
qCode
Identification codes are displayed here. 4 types of icons representing t\
he level are also displayed
with these codes.
Information level
Warning level
Error level
Unknown
w Date & Time
The date and time when the log was generated is displayed here.
e Task
The name of the task that output the log is displayed here.
r Server
The name of the server to which the task performs downloads is displayed\
 here.
t Message
The log’s message is displayed here.
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Displaying Logs According to Selection Criteria
Logs can be filtered according to error type, code, or date and time etc\
. so that only the required
information is displayed.
○○○○○○To Make Settings...
1. Choose “Filter” from the “View” menu bar.
2. The Filter dialog box appears.
To display only the logs that match the specified
criteria, enter the criteria below and click the “OK”
button. If no changes are required, click the “Cancel”
button.
qSpecify Task
Select if filtering by task name, then enter the task
name.
w Specify Server
Select if filtering by server name, then enter the
server name.
e Error Type
Specify the error type when filtering by error type.
“Not Specified”
Selecting this item disables priority and code settings.
“Specify Priority”
From Error, Warning, or Information, select the error level to be displa\
yed.
“Specify Code”
Select if only logs with the corresponding identification code are to be\
 displayed, then enter
the identification code.
r Date & Time
Filters logs by output date and time.
“Specify Start Date & Time”
When this item is selected and a date and time is entered, logs generate\
d  after the specified
start date and time are displayed.
“Specify End Date & Time”
When this item is selected and a date and time is entered, logs generate\
d  before the
specified end date and time are displayed.
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Search Logs
Logs can be searched using character strings. This function is convenien\
t in case of searching
any target log from among numbers of logs.
○○○○○○To Search Logs...
1. Choose “Search” from the “Edit” menu bar.
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2.Enter the character string you want to search
in “Search for” and click the “Search” button.
Searching begins from the top of the logs.
If you select any log, searching will be started from
the selected log. Clicking the “Cancel” button closes
the search dialog.
“Match case”
When it is selected, capital and small letters will be
distinguished and only those strings, which exactly
coincide with the entered character string, will be
searched.
3.A line containing the relevant character string
will be highlighted.
Pressing “F3” on the keyboard starts forward search.
Pressing “Shift+F3” makes backward search. When
searching is completed after taking a round, the
message “Search complete.” will be displayed to
terminate searching. If the relevant string is not found,
the message “The search item was not found.” will be
displayed to quit searching.
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Selecting Log Files
The initial log file of VBCollector is saved as “vbrpd.log” file i\
n the “SYSTEM” folder within the
VBCollector-installed directory. When the file exceeds the size of 10 MB\
, it will be renamed as
“vbrpd01.log”, creating a new “vbrpd.log” file within the sa\
me folder to save the log. Log files can
be created up to 11 (with names from “vbrpd.log” to “vbrpd10.l\
og”): The newest log file is always
named as “vbrpd.log” and the older ones are renamed increasing the\
ir numbers whenever a new
one is created. VBCollector Log Viewer can selectively display any of th\
e created log files.
○○○○○○To Select Log Files...
1. Choose “Open” from the “File” menu bar.
2. Choose the log file you want to display and
click “Open”.
The selected log will be displayed.
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2. Enter information for each item in the Optiondialog box displayed and click the “OK”
button.
qRetention Period
Specify a max. retention period to save data:
If you tick this option, files are deleted when they
exceed the designated storage time. Set a period
between 2 and 100 days as the file retention period
and specify the time at which file deletion starts in
the “Start Time” field.
w Disk Space
What to do when the free space falls below the specified value:
Specify the action to be taken when the amount of free space available o\
n the drive containing
the folder used for saving files while tasks are running drops below the\
 level specified in
“Free Space”. Set a value between 300 and 2000 MB.
• “Does not execute task” The task is not performed when the scheduled execution time is reached.
• “Delete old data” Deletes downloaded data stored on the server in blocks of 1 day at a tim\
e, starting with
the oldest stored data, until the designated amount of free disk space i\
s available.
e Details
“Set max. number of data per download”
Ticking this option allows you to set the maximum number of files that c\
an be downloaded
from the server at one time. Set a value from 1 to 30,000 for images and\
 from 1 to 500 for
audio files*.* Only available with two particular models ( → P.iii)
“Specify an account for downloading”
Ticking this option allows you to specify the execution account for down\
loading. (Only
users who have Administrator privileges can be registered.)
Set this option when you want to download files from the server to a sha\
red folder on the
network from the server ( → P.6-14).
After ticking this option, enter your user name and password.
You must restart the service after setting this option.
Setting Retention Period and Disk Space
You can set the file retention period and specify the action to be taken\
 if the specified data capacity
on the drive used for saving downloaded data is exceeded.
○○ ○○○○To Make Settings...
1. Choose “Options” from the “Tools” menu bar.
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