ATV VLDVR Series, User Manual

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16-Channel Digital Video Recorder
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Highlight the desired box under the
PTZ
heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appears. Select the
preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video blind on
the selected camera’s input.
Text-In
Highlight
Text-In
in the Event menu and press the button. The
Text-In
setup screen appears.
Figure 53 — Text-In Settings screen.
The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such
as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of
Sale; i.e., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure
the DVR for each text-in device.
Highlight the box under the
Setup
heading, and press the
button. Selecting the
Setup
heading changes all the parameters
excluding Port settings of all the text input channels.
NOTE: The system performance might be affected when
a large quantity of text inputs are detected from
several channels at the same time.
Figure 54 — Text-In Device screen.
Highlight the box beside
Port
, and press the button. Select
from None, RS232, RS485, USB-Serial (1~8) and LAN (1~16).
NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able
to make any changes to the screen.
NOTE: When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT
remove the USB cable from the port while the system
is running.
NOTE: Text-in data might be lost when the text-in buffer is
filled by simultaneous text-in transactions from all
16 LAN channels.
Highlight
Setup…
, and press the button. Use the ATM or
POS manufacturer’s recommended settings when configuring
the RS232, RS485, USB-Serial or LAN ports.
Highlight the box beside
Text-In Product
, and press the button. Select your device from the list.
NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text
input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information.
Highlight the box beside
Transaction Start
, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction
Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a
transaction starts.
If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device, you will want to turn On
Any Character.
Highlight
Any Character
, and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
NOTE: If Any Character is turned On, you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box.
Highlight the box beside
Transaction End
, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction
End string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction
ends.
Highlight the
more line(s)
box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want
the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10.