MANUAL-CEIBA-2013_Q2_VER 1.

Ceiba Manual For All TTB Vision MDVRs

Mobile Digital Video Recorder

Copyright 2013-2014, Shenzhen TTB Vision Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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Table of Content

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Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Local Playback Operation ............................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Client Installation ................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Client Uninstallation ............................................................................................................................... 6 Main Interface Introduction ................................................................................................................. 6 Search the Hard Disk List ..................................................................................................................... 8 Search the Calendar .............................................................................................................................. 8 Linking Playback .................................................................................................................................. 10 Event File List ........................................................................................................................................11 Operation Bar ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Event Diagram ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Map Control ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Video Clip ............................................................................................................................................ 16

Remote Playback Operation ........................................................................................................................ 18 3.1 Install Ceiba Server............................................................................................................................ 19 3.2 Ceiba Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 Setup the Message Server....................................................................................................... 21 Add the Device Manually ......................................................................................................... 22 Remote Control ......................................................................................................................... 24 Remote Control ......................................................................................................................... 26

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Overview

Ceiba is the PC software which is used to manage the video files in LAN network after the vehicle is parking in the parking lot. The main features for this software include: 1) 2) 3) 4) Playback and analyze the video files (the regular files and the event files) Event file filtering function Remote and local playback Clip the video files

Ceiba will be a integrated software combining the playback, video analysis, live view, video download functions together. Currently we just realize the first step for playback. This manual explaining the playback and video analysis function only. There are two packages of the Ceiba software: server and client. Server is used to get the vehicle online information, and client is for user to operate the MDVR.

Local Playback Operation

For local playback you can please install client only. But for remote playback, Ceiba server must be installed.

2.1

Client Installation

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After the installation, the Ceiba icon

will be on the desktop.

2.2

Client Uninstallation

Please Go to STARTALL PROGRAMSCeiba to select Uninstall Ceiba to delete Ceiba Client

2.3

Main Interface Introduction

Double click on Ceiba icon to start the software. If you use WIN7, please run it as Administrator to make sure all functions work fine.

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1) 2) 3)

Version number Playback mode. Currently the Ceiba supports playback function only. Ceiba supports 3 different ways for video file playback. The first one is local playback. Please just take out the MDVR removable hard disk case (or SD card) and connect it with PC directly by the USB port (or insert the SD card to the card reader). In this situation please select hard disk icon to playback the video file. For this mode you get the video files from the external hard disk or SD card for playback directly.

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If you connect the hard disk or SD card to the PC and download the video files to PC already. In this situation you get the files from the PC directly, please select the directory icon for playback. 7

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5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Playback video files remotely by WIFI or LAN. The file list after searching Different events for playback Calendar shows which day is valid for video files Show the video/alarm/speed chart in details

10) Operation bar 11) Video file playback window 12) GPS map 13) Image display mode

2.4

Search the Hard Disk List

If you connected a hard disk or SD card to the PC, after you run this software, you will see the hard disk list at top left. If you cant see the list, please click to refresh it, then you will see it as follow:

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Search the Calendar

After you get the hard disk list, please double click the sub icon for the vehicle number. For example in the below photo, you double click 6686 (6686 is the vehicle number), it will pop up the record file calendar as the picture, GREEN means the day has normal record files. RED means the day has alarm record files.

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if you click the date with green color, the system will pop up the channels that you need to select for playback.

Select the channel to playback.

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After you select the channel and click OK, the system will playback the video files automatically.

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Linking Playback

Linking playback means that the video, audio, GPS data, metadata can be playback synchronously. Meanwhile the metadata information will be analyzed as well. Please try to drag the bar to different time for playback, the GPS data, metadata will be refreshed as well.

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2.7

Event File List

When you double click the vehicle number, it will pop up the calendar, and click the date, you will find the file list on the date at the left bottom in the interface.

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Please double click each event file for playback.

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Operation Bar

You can do any play operation, such as play, pause during the video file playback. 1) Video Playback Window and Calendar Switch

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Display Information

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Play & Pause

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Stop

If you click the stop button, the system will stop playback and return to calendar search interface directly

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5)

Slow Forward and Fast Forward

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Next Frame Playback

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Volume Control

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Snapshot

If you want to snapshot, please choose a video window first, and then click the snapshot icon to snapshoot and select the path to save the snapshot

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9) Video Clip

10) Zoom in and out

2.9
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Event Diagram
Time Bar and Video Period Display When click some date in the calendar. If the date is valid with video files, the time bar will turn to green to show the period for the video files.

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Drag Bar Drag the bar to point different time to get the corresponding video files and metadata information, GPS location.

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Zoom Bar Drag the zoom bar to zoom in or zoom out the time scale. (Exact to each second)

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4)

Diagram for Metadata Analysis

You can please click the zoom in and out icon to enlarge or smaller the diagram for metadata as well.

2.10

Map Control

This part main display the real GPS location and GPS tracking line when playback the video files. The Ceiba can support different map style including Map, Satellite, Hybrid and Terrain.

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2.11

Video Clip

When you clip the video file, it will clip the corresponding black box data and log file as well, and will save all the data in the same storage path. When you start to clip, the video playback will stop, and click the clip icon to enter into the clip interface. Please click the video clip icon and then click the icon on the right.

The following interface will pop up

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In this interface, you can setup the start time and end time of the video you want to clip, you can also choose the channel for clip and save path for clip storing. CLIP means just clip the video only. EXPORT means it will export the Miniplayer and package as a .exe file. You can playback this exe file directly by Streaming Mini Player which is a very simple player and no need installation.

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Password is the one for the .exe file when you want to open it. After you setup all the settings, click ok and it will start to clip, as follow:

Clip finished

Maybe there is another situation, if the video has been clipped before, you will get a message as follow.

3 Remote Playback Operation

Remote playback means playback the video files in the MDVR hard disk or SD card directly by WIFI or LAN. For WIFI connection, the precondition is the MDVR should be with WIFI module inside. For remote playback you must setup the Ceiba server and setup the network parameter on the MDVR GUI as well. 18

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3.1

Install Ceiba Server

Double click the install program CeibaServer.exe to install the server, and you will get the interface as follow:

Complete: install the server to default C:\ drive, Custom: user defines the installation path and choose server to setup Complete is recommended. Click on Next, and please setup the server LAN IP in the following picture:

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Till now, the installation is finished, and the green icon 20

in front of each server in the above picture shows this server is

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running normally. Otherwise it will be a red cross. In this situation please choose this server and click on Install server to install the current server.

3.2

Ceiba Configuration

3.2.1 Setup the Message Server

Click the Device Icon the tool icon on the Ceiba Client interface, then the Message Server Interface will pop up as follow:

IP is the IP address for the Ceiba Server, the port is the register port of message server, after setup, save it, and then presses the refresh button, it will search and display all the online devices in message server, as follow:

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3.2.2 Add the Device Manually

1) Add a group
Please click icon + to get the configuration box, and then setup a name for the group

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Add a device
Right click the group icon that you have added, select add device to get the configuration window as follow, the transmit server IP is the IP address of the transmit server.

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After adding success, you will get a information as follow:

3) Remote Playback Please click the vehicle number icon for playback directly.

The steps for remote search and playback is the same as the local playback.

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3.2.3 Remote Control

1) Remote upgrade Right click the online vehicle, you can choose remote upgrade to upgrade the firmware for this device remotely, the step is as follow:

Remark: if the MDVR is offline, you cant get the setup menu interface. Remote firmware is not recommend by manufacturer. Meanwhile please make sure that the MDVR is powr supplied during the upgrading otherwise the MDVR FLASH can be burned easily.

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Choose the firmware file that you are going to upgrade, please make sure the version you want to upgrade is newer than the one in MDVR.

If transmitted success, you will get the information as above, it will take several minutes. 2) Remote configuration Right click the online vehicle, you can choose remote config to setup all the parameter of this device remotely, the steps is as follow:

You can choose remote settings to connect to MDVR, if connect success, you will get as interface as follow, the ID and password is the one when you log in MDVR.

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Type in the unit ID and password, you will get the interface as follow:

The remote configuration interface is very similar as the MDVR GUI, you can do all the setting for MDVR here, when you finished the modification, please click save and apply button to active the modifications, if you dont click apply, all the configuration wont be active.

3.2.4 Remote Control

Click the setup icon on the right top of the main interface, as follow picture: 26

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1)

Setup the Login Password for Ceiba and Map Format

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Recording Location Setup

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