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- start the Program and a windows for all installed cameras will be open. - close not needed cameras if you want; - change a size and position of the main window; - use Menu Window/Tile to place all opened Windows tiled if you want; - press a button "Camera's Properties" to change settings for camera in active window if you want; - press a button "Show Cross" to start alarm watching for active camera (a camera whose window is in focus) - you will see a red cross appearing on a moving objects - press a button "Play beeps on Alarm" to make "beeps" on / off; - press a button "Play sounds on Alarm" to make "sounds" on / off; - press a left mouse button and drag a mouse right-down to draw a "Watching Area" rectangle; - you can later move or change a size of any created "Watching Area" rectangle by you mouse; - use a right mouse button double click inside an Area to remove it (if you want); - make a left mouse button double click inside "Watching Area" rectangle to show an "Area Dialog"; - change "Noise is" pointer so that there was no response to motion of tree branches, drip of a rain, solar dazzles etc; - change "Object motion is" pointer to catch more or less moving objects; - change "Object size is" pointer to catch smallest or biggest objects; - press a button "Save Photos on Alarm"; - now at each Alarm (a red cross appearing) the picture (photo) file will be written. Hints: - photos are being written as a *.bmp files; - photos are being written in a directory "DATA" inside the native directory of VIPcam (typically at c:\Program Files\Valeri Vlassov\VIPcam); - directories for current year, month, day are created automatically, for example: \DATA\YEAR_2008\MONTH_09_2008\DAY_30_09_2008\ - photo file names are like: "Cam_02__Time_16_46_12.bmp" (for camera 2, snap shot was made at 16:46:12 hh::mm:ss); - use any of your preferred picture show programs to show snapped files;