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Figure 

3.3 

A. 

       

Description 

of 

Figure 

3.3 

 

(1+2: 59G): 

Total capacity of installed hard disks, 59 GB (in this 

example) 

 

(12.4 HR): 

Total 12.4 hour recording time available 

(

 

): 

Timer record activated

 

(

 

): 

Alarm record activated

 

(QUALITY: BEST): 

Record quality setting, BEST

 

(NTSC):

 NTSC system 

(RATE: 6 HR):

 Setting of Record time mode, 6 hours 

(10 F/S): 

Record speed setting, 10 frames/sec 

(

): 

Audio function activated 

(

): 

Indicate which HDD is activated 

(9K): 

The image file size 

(HD): 

Hard disk Compartment

   

(P  ): Y  

Hard disk installed; 

 .  

No hard disk installed

     

(SIZE 20G): 

The capacity of the installed hard disk 

(POS): 

Percentage of system; 

 R:

 Recording;

 P: 

Playback 

(IP : 192 . 168 . 1 . 90): 

Setting of

 the Ethernet 

communication,192.168.1.90 

(

 

)

External signal

 

(

x

): 

Disk unavailable

   

 
 

3.3.2 Channel Selection 
      The CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, Quad (

), and Seq./Save button are used to select the displayed video 

channels and zoom in factor. The following table shows the functions under different mode. 
 
Mode Key Result 

Display 

 

Quad ( 

 ) 

 

CH1/ CH2/ CH3/ CH4 

  ( Single channel ) 

Live / Record 

Seq./Save 

  then loop back 

Quad ( 

 ) 

 

CH1/ CH2/ CH3/ CH4 

  ( Single channel ) 

Playback 

The same channel 
pressed the 2

nd

 time 

 

single channel with

 

2x2 zoom in 

 

 

 

 

1+ 2: 59G 

 

12.4 HR 

 

 

QUALITY: BEST   

NTSC 

RATE: 

HR 

  10 

F/S 

                9 K 

 

 

 

HD    P          SIZE   

POS 

Y     20 G   

39.5% P 

2      Y          39 G   

0.0% R 

IP : 192 . 168 . 1 . 90 

Summary of Contents for DGR204

Page 1: ...1 Four Channel Networkable Digital Video Recorder Model DGR204 Installation User Manual Digimerge Technologies Inc...

Page 2: ...azard CAUTION Danger of explosion if the Lithium battery RTC Battery is incorrectly replaced Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recomm...

Page 3: ...tion 12 3 3 System Information and channel selection 13 3 4 Updating System Software 15 4 BASIC OPERATIONS 16 4 1 Configuring Recording Settings 16 4 2 Recording Operations 18 4 3 Playback Operations...

Page 4: ...WER 55 10 1 The Network Viewer 55 10 2 The Image Viewer 64 11 INDEX TABLE 65 12 NETWORK CONFIGURATION 66 12 1 Cable Connections 66 12 2 Configure Your DVR Network Settings 67 12 3 TCP IP Communication...

Page 5: ...Time lapse and real time recording Refresh rate up to 60 IPS Image quality selectable at 4 different levels for recording Event Timer Alarm recording mode Quick search by time alarm event and recordin...

Page 6: ...tton to pause the video during playback Pressing the PAUSE button while in the PAUSE MODE will advance the video by one frame The green PAUSE LED will be illuminated PLAY button Press the PLAY button...

Page 7: ...tton Press the ENTER button to select or enter an item while in the setup menu When changing a value within the setup menu press the ENTER to save the change This button also switches to the 4 camera...

Page 8: ...for system software updating and archiving accessing critical images Mobile Rack Power LED Indicates the power status of the Mobile Rack The green light indicates the Mobile Rack is activate Mobile R...

Page 9: ...dio signal to a speaker AUDIO IN Connector This connector is used to connect the audio output from a camera or other devices to the DVR ETHERNET 10 100 Connector This is one standard RJ 45 connector f...

Page 10: ...is to external devices such as buzzers or lights Switches Low GND 5V 0V Active 4 ALARM RESET INPUT This pin connects to an alarm clear device for clearing an alarm Use a Normally Open switch to GND 5V...

Page 11: ...OUT MONITOR ETHERNET I O ATTACHING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE TO DVR Connect an alarm out alarm input and a peripheral device as shown in the diagram below Alarm In Alarm1 In Alarm2 In Alarm3 In Alarm4 In RS...

Page 12: ...ation Jumper IDE 1 Compartment HD 1 Master Default IDE 2 Compartment HD 2 Master Table 3 2 B Compatible hard disk drives Manufacturer Model Capacity Rotation WD800AB 80GB 5400 RPM WD1200AB 120GB 5400...

Page 13: ...displays a different message detailed in the following example By default the unit displays titles time date and an indicating bar of capacity status on a monitor as shown next Default display CH1 CH...

Page 14: ...The capacity of the installed hard disk POS Percentage of system R Recording P Playback IP 192 168 1 90 Setting of the Ethernet communication 192 168 1 90 External signal x Disk unavailable 3 3 2 Cha...

Page 15: ...H DVR is updating the system software which will take approximately 90 seconds to process 5 Restart the unit by powering down up completely when the device sounds a tone twice and displays the message...

Page 16: ...he rate of a 80GB hard disk drive NTSC Audio OFF Possible Recording Time HDD 80GB hour BEST 15 24 36 60 132 301 590 1024 2905 4352 5799 HIGH 18 29 43 72 152 362 709 1230 3486 5222 6959 STANDARD 22 36...

Page 17: ...ame sec 1 8 frame sec 1 16 frame sec No audio function at the refresh rate in PAL 25 frame sec 12 5 frame sec 1 8 frame sec 1 16 frame sec PAL Audio ON Possible Recording Time HDD 80GB hour BEST 8 9 1...

Page 18: ...ram the scheduled recording 1 Press the Setup button to enter the MAIN MENU 2 Select the TIMER SEQ TITLE and press the Enter button to enter the TIMER SEQ TITLE page 3 Select the TIMER SET 4 Press the...

Page 19: ...E If you activate the recording function before the scheduled recording the unit will operate recording as shown in the diagram below and keep those Images in different files 03 00 06 00 08 00 12 00 1...

Page 20: ...ND START END S 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 M 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 T 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 W 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 T 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 S 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OK CA...

Page 21: ...te it set ALM OPERATION to OFF 5 To active the motion alarm recording Select MOTION SETTING and press the Enter button to enter the MOTION SETTING PAGE set CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 TO ON and set a suitable sen...

Page 22: ...for more details NOTE The status of recording operations when an alarm occurs are shown in the diagrams below 1 2 3 4 Manual or Externally Triggered Recording Alarm Takes Place Actual Recording Speed...

Page 23: ...y a selected file Play to the end of the file Show the ending message Search again or rewind to replay the file if required STOP PLAY Play the file from the stop position C Play Back From The Oldest D...

Page 24: ...are two ways by PAUSE button or by JOG available to play in the picture by picture mode but the PAUSE button can only function in a forward direction the other JOG dial can act in both a forward and...

Page 25: ...to proceed with the alarm list search function 1 Press the Search button to enter the search mode 2 Select the ALARM LIST and press the Enter button to access the complete list of alarm event recorde...

Page 26: ...and press the Enter button to access the thumbnail page 3 Set the date you wish to search for the recorded video 4 Press the Enter button to start searching and displaying the concerned image You can...

Page 27: ...of your requirement and press the Enter button to display the image 5 If you need another please return to the SD card JPG file list page and repeat steps 3 and 4 again for another search NOTE If you...

Page 28: ...d video from HD1 to HD2 Stay on the DISK SETTING page Use the and v buttons and to highlight BACKUP select FULL then press the Enter button to proceed ALARM Duplicate all the alarm event recorded vide...

Page 29: ...all selected video a warning message HD2 SPACE NOT ENOUGH will be displayed on the screen Please insert a larger capacity of hard disk drive and start the process all over again MAIN MENU RECORD ALARM...

Page 30: ...picture on the screen please use CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 and Enter Quad button to switch to channel s desired and then press Seq Save button to save 2 Backup the System setting info into SD Card The 4CH DVR o...

Page 31: ...ow for at least 3 seconds to lock the unit to release the Key Lock simultaneously press these two buttons again A rec T rec DISK Power Search Seq Save Setup 11 14 Enter Display Play Pause Stop SD Card...

Page 32: ...nu setup mode are described in the paragraphs below Set Up Menu Navigation Buttons Setup button Press to enter the setup menu Press again to exit the setup mode and v buttons Press to select the desir...

Page 33: ...details NOTE The 30 F S 25 F S for a PAL unit recording rate can only function in a 352x240 352x288 for a PAL unit resolution REC QUALITY This option determines the image quality to be recorded The DV...

Page 34: ...rom 30F S 30 frames per second 15F S 10F S 6F S and REMAIN For a PAL unit there are 5 different record speeds you can select from 25F S 25 frames per second 12 5F S 8 3F S 5F S and REMAIN If you selec...

Page 35: ...N 10 MIN and NON STOP Duration Setting Alarm activated Alarm deactivated Reset Alarm recording Non Stop Alarm activated Alarm deactivated Duration Alarm recording Duration NOTE Recording may be interr...

Page 36: ...alue CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 These options enables disables the motion detection ON Enables the motion detection OFF Disables the s motion detection SENSITIVITY This option allows users to set the motion sens...

Page 37: ...his entry allows users to program the time each day that the DVR will start and stop recording There are two time periods each day available for scheduling The time is displayed in a 24 hour clock for...

Page 38: ...creen to the sequential jumping mode TITLE This entry allows users to set the titles for each video source or camera in live or recording mode press the DISPLAY button can switch the display status to...

Page 39: ...lled by an external device please select this entry for use OFF Disables the RS 232 communication port RS 485 The RS 485 communication port can be either in an importing or exporting mode according to...

Page 40: ...es it REC MODE This option determines the recording mode to be recorded when the FTP function occurs There are 2 levels of recording mode to choose ALARM REC and ALL REC ALARM REC Only to record the a...

Page 41: ...server has to own an IP address to be identified on the network Input the IP address of the FTP server USER Input the FTP user name Login Name PASSWORD Input the FTP password Password PATH Input the...

Page 42: ...hard disk drive in the mobile compartment BACKUP Used for data backup only which will not be part of regular recording hard disk drive REC Used for the regular recording hard disk drive NOTE When you...

Page 43: ...l controls UNLOCK Releases the key lock UPDATE Updates system software Note The event log is able to store up to 2000 events When the log is full the newly registered record of an operation will repla...

Page 44: ...er activate deactivate Recording switching between HDD PASSWORD This option allows you to set a password to prevent any unauthorized re formatting of the hard disk drives or use by a network viewer Th...

Page 45: ...ettings he can save the whole settings to a SD card then transfer to another DVR SAVE Saves the whole setting to the SD card LOAD Loads the whole setting to the SD card VERSION This item is in the set...

Page 46: ...UNICATION page of the setup menu 6 1 3 Set the PC communication parameters 9600 bps No Parity 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit 6 2 Communication Protocol 6 2 0 General Command Format Lead Code 0x41 Dest ID Src...

Page 47: ...Y_ENTER 8 KEY_SEARCH 10 KEY_DISPLAY 11 KEY_UP 13 KEY_DOWN 14 KEY_LEFT 15 KEY_RIGHT 16 KEY_MONITOR 36 JOG_L 128 JOG_R 129 KEY_SHUT_L8 130 KEY_SHUT_L7 131 KEY_SHUT_L6 132 KEY_SHUT_L5 133 KEY_SHUT_L4 134...

Page 48: ...Value 2001 06 20 17 05 00 0xD1 0x07 0x06 0x14 0x11 0x05 0x00 DVR Act Changing the time and date 6 2 2 4 Request State Second Category 0x06 PC Request 0x41 0x01 0x20 0x02 0x06 0x00 0x4f DVR Response 0...

Page 49: ...To install an additional HDD in the HD2 Mobile Rack please follow the steps below The jumper settings of hard disk drives for the system Location Jumper IDE 1 Compartment HD 1 Master IDE 2 Compartmen...

Page 50: ...the master position 5 Attach the interface connector and the power connector to the drive Please note the red lining of the IDE cable and the red wire of power cable must line up side by side 6 Place...

Page 51: ...51 9 Push the carrier body further into the mobile rack until fully inserted 10 Push the active handle inward 11 Lock the Key...

Page 52: ...LARM TIMER SEQ TITLE COMMUNICATION DISK SYSTEM GOTO CLOCK TIMER PAGE TIMER SEQ TITLE CLOCK SET REC ENABLE OFF TIMER SET SEQUENCER SET TITLE SET MAIN PAGE TIMER REC ENABLE MAIN MENU RECORD ALARM TIMER...

Page 53: ...U RECORD ALARM TIMER SEQ TITLE COMMUNICATION DISK SYSTEM GOTO SYSTEM SETTING SYSTEM OPERATION LOG ENTER OSD LANGUAGE ENGLISH MENU BACKGND 2 BUZZER ON PASSWORD SET SETUP PWD OFF DEFAULT LOAD SD SETUP S...

Page 54: ...TO NTSC PLS RESTART System has to be set to NTSC please reboot PAL is similar 18 SOFTWARE UPDATE Software update 19 PLEASE RESTART The system should be rebooted after the software has been updated 20...

Page 55: ...Viewer The Network Viewer allows you to potentially access 16 4CH DVR s from a remote desktop or laptop in a TCP IP networking environment It can perform the following functions View live images from...

Page 56: ...pop up the START menu from your computer and point to Programs Network Viewer to open up the program selection page as shown below Click the Network Viewer tag to start the Network Viewer program Ins...

Page 57: ...a channel number from the Channel drop down list 3 Type in the user name for the chosen 4CH DVR 4 Type in the password of the device and click the Modify tag to add the device to the Device List 5 Ple...

Page 58: ...sign a name to the chosen device Password Type in the preset password for making a connection Add Click to add the settings of a chosen device Modify Click to change the settings of a chosen device De...

Page 59: ...system Click to magnify a viewed image Click to call the helper or assistant Press to leave the Network Viewer program The single sequence The multi sequence Click to page up Click to page down Click...

Page 60: ...computer Press to enter the DEVICE SETUP window to open the device setting page to add more devices for viewing Which allows you to program the Record Setting and Record Schedule Click to lock the sys...

Page 61: ...h a recorded video kept in the HDD of the device Enter the MONTH DAY YEAR HOUR MINUTE you wish to search and click GO to proceed Split Screen display function bar This allows you to display the select...

Page 62: ...TUP page See the sample screen as in A above 2 Set the ALRM SETTING to ON to enable the drop down list in the ALARM SETTING area 2 Select a desired recording rate and Quality from the corresponding dr...

Page 63: ...back mode 2 Select a folder in the computer for copying images in 3 Enter the number of images into the NUMBER OF SAVING box you wish to save in 4 Click the SAVE tag the program will automatically cop...

Page 64: ...a 4CH DVR the Image Viewer won t display the image and instead will send a warning message Wrong File Can t Open Follow the instructions below to open an archived image from a SD card or a HDD 1 Pop...

Page 65: ...oldest data will be kept in the index of the corresponding oldest data For any newly recorded data this approach will be applied until the disk becomes full HD1 HD1 1 12 02 02 12 20 55 1 12 02 02 12 2...

Page 66: ...RJ 45 Max Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Configuration Straight Through PC Wiring Configuration Cross Over 12 1 1 Connect to a computer Use a crossover LAN cable to connect directly to a computer RJ 45...

Page 67: ...on network hardware connection you need to activate the network function and configure the proper network settings of the DVR 12 2 1 Enable DVR Network Function Press the Setup button to enter the OSD...

Page 68: ...nnected to has a DHCP server Otherwise please follow the instructions given below Use the and v buttons and to highlight the NET IP Press the Enter button to enter the NET IP page Set the IP MASK and...

Page 69: ...network each connected DVR must be assigned a unique IP which must be in the same class type as your network address IP addresses are written as four sets of numbers separated by periods for example 1...

Page 70: ...r the NETWORK setting windows Click on the Configuration tag check if the TCP IP is included among the network components list If the TCP IP is included please process step 5 If it is not included ple...

Page 71: ...After installation the PC will be restarted 12 5 TCP IP Configuration setting Click Start Settings Control Panel Network Select TCP IP and then click Properties Before processing the DVR installation...

Page 72: ...t from the DVR IP but in the same class type NOTE The IP address of a DVR in a network must be unique to itself as opposed to those of the other chosen PCs but in the same class type 12 6 Connection T...

Page 73: ...ssfully established Please re check all the hardware and software installation by repeating steps 1 to 5 If you still can t establish the connection after rechecking please contact your dealer If you...

Page 74: ...ecord Search Alarm Time Event list Filter thumbnail SD card OSD Language English Chinese T Motion Detection Yes Set up Menu Multi layer Network setting Log list 2000 records Alarm In Out 4 Alarm Input...

Page 75: ...tion of the all type device 2 Select the desired device from the Device List 3 Click the desired device to show the window while the DVR information acts to display the desired changes instantly 4 Do...

Page 76: ...Mask Follow each insertion you make by typing in the Login Name and Password and click UPDATE to send your alterations to the DVR 6 Auto search Free IP Address If you clicked Yes the Free IP Address b...

Page 77: ...in the Free IP Address box on the right as well as the device Login Name and Password in their respective blanks at bottom left then click UPDATE and the new address will automatically be sent to the...

Page 78: ...PROVIDED UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE PURCHASER DIGIMERGE SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT INCIDENTAL PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR...

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