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10.Do not store objects on the top of your Digital Video Recorder.

Do not exert pressure on the Digital Video Recorder, it may
damage the LCD display.

11.Do not use the Digital Video Recorder near water or other

liquids, or in rainy/moist situations. If liquid gets into your
Digital Video Recorder, turn it off and take it to your dealer for
inspection.

12.Wait for a period of one minute before restarting your Digital

Video Recorder after turning it off, in order to avoid damage to
the hard disk.

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Summary of Contents for 12-CH

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Page 2: ...hapter 6 Account Settings 27 Chapter 7 System Settings 31 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 43 Chapter 9 Alarm Log 51 Chapter10 User Log 55 Chapter11 Configuring General Purpose I O 57 Chapter12 Pan Tilt Zoom...

Page 3: ...ections will be made as necessary in subse quent editions for the benefit of our customers No guarantee or other hints in any form about the content or usage of this manual is expressed Also the infor...

Page 4: ...er in a dusty or dirty work area and the dust in the filter net under the cover should be cleaned at regular intervals 5 Clean your Digital Video Recorder exterior casing regularly with a soft cloth I...

Page 5: ...11 Do not use the Digital Video Recorder near water or other liquids or in rainy moist situations If liquid gets into your Digital Video Recorder turn it off and take it to your dealer for inspection...

Page 6: ...The high performance processor and quick I O connection not only provide you with the capability to monitor the camera in real time mode but also utilize the extra processing power to allow for a hig...

Page 7: ...2 CH 16 CH model at the front of the Digital Video Recorder you will find a cover protecting the hard disk drive cage and connectors Make sure that the cover is in a closed position when the DVR is no...

Page 8: ...the computing functions and orchestrating the actions of the system Upgradeable System Memory Memory can be upgraded to 256MB Power Management The DVR features sophisticated power management built in...

Page 9: ...o Recorder Front View Figure 1 1 Front View of the DVR Front Inside View Please refer to Figure 1 2 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the front side of the Digital Video Rec...

Page 10: ...e Digital Video Recorder comes with a built in 3 5 inch Floppy Disk Drive FDD 5 Floppy Disk Drive Eject Button Press this button to eject the floppy disk in the FDD 6 Floppy Disk Drive LED When the LE...

Page 11: ...6 Rear View Please refer to Figure 1 3 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the rear side of the Digital Video Recorder Figure 1 3 Rear View of Digital Video Recorder...

Page 12: ...card 2 etc since there are 4 available channels per card slot Figure 1 4 BNC pigtail adaptor 4 Ethernet LAN Port Use an RJ 45 LAN cable to connect to a LAN or Internet 5 VGA Display Port This port is...

Page 13: ...larm sound 15 Microphone This is used for sound input Preparing the Digital Video Recorder for Operation To prepare your Digital Video Recorder for operation you should first con nect all peripheral d...

Page 14: ...nect the RJ 45 LAN Cable to the Ethernet LAN Card 4 Connect the Keyboard and the Mouse to their respective PS 2 Ports 5 Connect the Printer to the Printer Port COM1 is used to connect a MODEM with the...

Page 15: ...ce Figure 2 2 The first viewable screen Main Screen The first viewable screen not only gives the user a first glance at the GUI Graphical User Interface but also shows all of the connected cameras The...

Page 16: ...e Settings Menu 3 Playback Icon Click this icon to enter the Playback Menu 4 Log on Icon Click this icon to enter the Log on Shut down Menu 5 Single View Icon Click this icon to run in Single view mod...

Page 17: ...ic recording it will display Recycle Here is an explanation of the relevant icons on the botton toolbar Bottom Toolbar Figure 2 4 Bottom Toolbar 1 Exit Icon Click this icon to exit the Main Screen 2 D...

Page 18: ...screen Enable Disable the auto login please read Chapter 7 System Settings Adding DVR users please read Chapter 6 Account Settings Meanwhile please shutdown the DVR as following Re login When starting...

Page 19: ...hen it can be chose to Login or Shut down Figure2 6 Shut down the system 4 Enter or choose admin in the User name field enter the password or the default password admin 5 Click the Shut down to shutdo...

Page 20: ...e will appear explaining what that icon does Entering the DVR Main Screen the icons on the right side may be used to control different functions of your DVR The following brief descrip tion explains h...

Page 21: ...licking separate windows will display different settings screens The first window is the camera screen Please refer to the instructions later on in this manual Playback Panel 1 Step 1 Click the Playba...

Page 22: ...eras this view can be configured to display four different camera viewpoints at 6 second intervals 9 Camera View Screen 1 Step 1 Click the 9 Camera View Icon on the right side toolbar 2 Step 2 The scr...

Page 23: ...p 2 The screen will display all or the selected cameras connected to the DVR in Full Screen Mode If the system has 16 cameras sixteen camera images will occupy the entire screen 3 Step 3 Click the rig...

Page 24: ...ust the sensitivity of motion detection Please follow these steps to change the settings of each camera 1 Click the Setup Icon on the Main Screen to enter the camera settings screen 2 Click the Diamon...

Page 25: ...nd Color Click the Display Status checkbox to change the text color and background color Text colors For Text Color users can choose to have text in Black Red Green Blue and White Background color For...

Page 26: ...etting Image Format Under Image Format users can select i NTSC Three settings for image resolution 160x120 320x240 or 640x480 ii PAL Three settings for image resolution 176x144 352x288 or 704x576 Figu...

Page 27: ...tarted Up to six different Motion Detection Windows can be created in one camera view Click Draw Area if you want to draw a motion detec tion frame on the camera images just drag a frame sized window...

Page 28: ...n all Once Daily Weekly and Monthly Recording under different modes will affect the overall capacity of the hard disk of your DVR Schedule your recording according to your requirements Once the DVR is...

Page 29: ...ecording option for Hours and Minutes every day Figure 5 3 Record Mode Selection Bar Daily iii Weekly Provides a recording option for users to set the day Sun through Sat and time for recording every...

Page 30: ...rrections The screen will return to viewer mode Once Scheduling By choosing the Once scheduling mode of the DVR users can first select the Day Month and Year and then select a particular time on that...

Page 31: ...ration Figure 5 7 Duration Selection 4 Click the Add button The settings for Weekly and Monthly are the same as above Deleting Schedule Settings Deleting recorded data will permanently delete all rela...

Page 32: ...create or configure users for the DVR system 1 Click the Setup Icon on the Main Screen 2 Click the Account Tab Figure 6 1 Account Tab Window 3 Enter the name of the user followed by a specified passwo...

Page 33: ...config from remote to enable users to change their system configuration through a browser over the LAN or Internet 12 Click Allow Playback to enable users to playback the recording files 13 Click All...

Page 34: ...ttings 1 Select the user 2 Make the changes in the Main Account Panel 3 Click the Modify button 4 Click Apply then OK to confirm changes To Delete Users 1 Select the user 2 Click delete 3 Click Apply...

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Page 36: ...time consuming Follow these steps to set up your DVR machine s 1 Click the Setup Icon on the Main Screen 2 Click the System Tab Figure 7 1 System Tab Note NAS NTP and Audio are optional please read t...

Page 37: ...n assigned 1 Check the ADSL dial up and enter the account and password of ADSL Figure 7 2 System Tab 2 Click the Dialup button IP address will be shown in this column when connecting succeeded You can...

Page 38: ...egister User register account and IP by himself Right contrary to Auto register after connection 5 Save Save the settings Only after saving would enable all your settings Modem Dial up DVR users can c...

Page 39: ...printed images may reveal more detail than can be seen clearly on the monitor The system supports a variety of printers your DVR Supplier will provide related information To set up a printer do the f...

Page 40: ...m can back up the system configuration files to an external device which will greatly aid the rebuilding of the system in the future should that become necessary These backup system configuration file...

Page 41: ...e screen will show a list of user selectable back up devices Figure 7 8 Restore Device Selection 3 select the device you want 4 then click OK Setting the System Clock The System Clock is automatically...

Page 42: ...System Tab 2 Under Others click the checkbox next to Recycle Rec Figure 7 10 Recycle Rec Option 3 Click Apply then OK to activate the changes Auto Login A second option is to give the administrator a...

Page 43: ...k to activate the operation Minimize Video Size Minimizing the video size allows the DVR System to save more hard disk space but the system performance will likely be somewhat degraded due to addition...

Page 44: ...isk 3 the speed of data transmission When the P frame function is set to a value higher than the default setting for every clip of video less I Frames are sent so the quality of the image will be norm...

Page 45: ...w HD format Support file system including ext3 more stable the default setting or vfat When using vfat format the HD can be mounted to Windows system for playback 1 click the System tab 2 under the Ot...

Page 46: ...hree ports assigned by Virtual Server Example Network Environment please consult the Net Supervisor of your company Exterior legal IP 211 23 141 2 Interior Network of the company 192 168 1 Interior Ne...

Page 47: ...42 Figure 7 14 Reboot...

Page 48: ...and alarm settings Motion Detection on each camera can be configured under the first setting screen Cam However users may not be aware when motion detection is triggered Under Alarms periods of time c...

Page 49: ...camera and DI 6 Then select one of the Triggering Devices from the Tab field windows below Alarm Record Triggering The following shows how to use Record Alarm 1 Click the Alarm Tab first 2 From the G...

Page 50: ...rst 2 Select the Camera Din Disk full Disk failure or No signal 3 Select Enable or Enable Trigger Period 4 Click the Sound Tab Figure 8 3 Sound Tab 5 Click the Select button to choose alarm sound from...

Page 51: ...he Camera Din Disk full Disk failure or No Signal 3 Select a Trigger Period 4 Click the Message Tab Figure 8 5 Message Tab 5 Then click Add the window below will show Message 6 Click Apply and OK Once...

Page 52: ...total of 14 bytes may be used 4 Delay seconds means how many seconds you d like to delay before the Alarm Voice is activated A period of 1 to 10 seconds may be set see picture below 5 Repeat Times is...

Page 53: ...below Figure 8 8 Fax Tab 6 Then click Add and the window below will show Fax with the selections made 7 Click Apply and OK Alarm Email Triggering Alarm email may email a warning message at the time o...

Page 54: ...eo may be played by the email recipient s If the recipients have already downloaded the playback program file you do not need to choose this option again 8 Then click Add and the window below will sho...

Page 55: ...Then click Add and the window below will show Dout with the selections made 10 Click Apply and OK Figure 8 12 Output Port settings The user could also modify an alarm that has already been set after c...

Page 56: ...d of alarm the time the alarm was triggered and the description of the alarm triggering event Thus you can handle the entire alarm status conveniently The log is simple and allows the administrator on...

Page 57: ...ck Apply then OK to complete the task Deleting All Logs 1 Click the Alarm Log Tab 2 Click Del all 3 A confirmation pop up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm Figure 9 3 Confirmation Window 4 Cl...

Page 58: ...ddresses were This is only a user log the information cannot be changed Information in this log can only be deleted or else the entire log file can be deleted Follow these few steps to delete files De...

Page 59: ...eleting All Logs 1 Click the User Log Tab 2 Click Del all 3 A confirmation pop up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm Figure 10 3 Confirmation Window 4 Click Confirm to continue or Cancel to re...

Page 60: ...ple sets of alarm equipment through the inde pendent alarm signal line The 4 channel type DVR may have four DI DO the 8 channel type may have eight DI DO the 12 channel type may have eight DI DO and t...

Page 61: ...a voltage of less than 5V Depending on their attributes the sensors can be set to Normal Open NO or Normal Closed NC according to the users application requirements Normal open NO When the sensor is...

Page 62: ...l Closed value for each DI accord ing to the type of connected sensor using the following screen and also select the appropriate Delay time the DVR system alarm delay interval for each connected senso...

Page 63: ...If the DO relay output is set to be normally closed when an alarm is triggered The DO relay output of the DVR will transition from closed to open The user can specify the connection point number and a...

Page 64: ...Vido Protocol CD 55 3 Pelco Protocol Pelco D and Pelco P Pelco Spectra III series 4 SAE Protocol CD 55H CD 56 CD 65 5 PANASONIC Protocol only support for WV CS850 WV CS854 Traditional Protocol 6 Dyna...

Page 65: ...r from the number shown on the screen should this occur please set the camera number to be the same as the PTZ ID to enable the user to control the PTZ camera Note For specific details of device setup...

Page 66: ...ultant changes to the screen output Once you understand how to control the PTZ device then you could start to learn the following additional PTZ device functionality Focus When connecting a PTZ camera...

Page 67: ...reset point field this ranges from 0 degree per second to 255 degrees per second and the duration Time range from 0 to 255 seconds to make adjustments to preset speed and duration time for the PTZ cam...

Page 68: ...n to Auto Pan according to the presets in the group Figure 12 6 Pan Group Example Setting Group 1 Choose Group 1 and click Set Group button Function To operate presets 1 to 4 automatically in the mode...

Page 69: ...START 3 SET END this parameter is used to set the current preset point as the SET END 4 SCAN SPEED used to select the speed from 0 255 for PTZ camera AUTO PAN After finishing the selection of this set...

Page 70: ...his chapter Let s first take a look at how we can review playback To view Playback click the Playback Icon A pop up database window will appear giving you the choice of selecting a file Selecting by D...

Page 71: ...to choose all cameras 5 Reset click reset to clear the current data and reset the new files you choose 6 Other path click other path to choose the recording files under other path 7 Back up choose the...

Page 72: ...con to turn the mute on or off Click the directional icons to move the playback images up down left or right Click this icon to remove blur to sharpen or define the image Click this icon to blur the i...

Page 73: ...next file If the current file has been only partially played then you can click on this icon once to jump to the end of this file press it a second time to jump to the beginning of the next file on th...

Page 74: ...t the desired files or click List to show all the files 5 Then the recorded database will be listed on the screen if the camera is defined with a name the name will appear in the Description field Fig...

Page 75: ...om the selected file will appear in the top left hand corner of the Main Screen Figure 13 8 Recorded Data Playback 8 Click Play from the Bottom Toolbar 9 Double click the image to enlarge Figure 13 9...

Page 76: ...ayback Follow these steps to view alarm triggered playback images 1 Click the Alarm Icon 2 A database of all the alarm triggered playback files will appear Alarm Log Figure 13 11 Alarm Log 3 Please se...

Page 77: ...on can be tagged for later reference While watching the video frames the tagged section can be operated like this 1 Click the Tag button to enter the window Figure 13 13 Tag Field 2 Type in the Tag na...

Page 78: ...the camera number and the time is in sync with the tag data 5 Then a mark will appear at the left bottom of the tagged screen see the image below Figure 13 15 Tagged Image Exporting an Image While vie...

Page 79: ...on of the two methods of Video Export Note1 The installation program for playback program is DvrActiveXSetup exe which would be allocated on the same directory of exported data files When users click...

Page 80: ...en click NEXT to continue 4 The DVR then asks you to choose the media and the destination for the file to and the name of the file Once complete click OK to confirm If the space is not big enough for...

Page 81: ...e it to blur the image when the Sharpen Icon appears you can use it to sharpen the image Figure 13 19 Blur Image Moving playback frames While viewing several playback screens the entire screen or back...

Page 82: ...shot icon to pop up a new window to show the image Figure 13 21 Snapshot 2 Click the bottom tool bar export icon to save the image individually The system will let you choose the ways to export and th...

Page 83: ...ion 3 Click the print icon to print out the image individually If you print it out successfully the screen will pop up a new window to show you please click Confirm to indicate that the files have pri...

Page 84: ...om the System Window you are able to easily and conveniently operate your Digital Video Recorder remotely 1 Click the Setup icon from the Main Screen of the DVR system 2 Click the System Tab Figure 14...

Page 85: ...ogon Window 10 The next screen is the Main Remote Surveillance Screen No motion over 10 minutes after login users will be auto logout Figure 14 3 The Main Remote Surveillance Screen enter the name ent...

Page 86: ...lick this area to close all operations and return to the login screen Let s go over the following sections one by one in detail Monitoring 1 Click the Monitor button When you use the DVR system for th...

Page 87: ...o This screen also displays the name of the current user 2 Click Select All to view monitoring screens from all cameras in the new window Four degrees of image quality may be selected Low Mid High Bes...

Page 88: ...eal Time Monitor Window The Real Time Monitor Window is the key window of remote monitoring user can monitor selected cameras The user can also click the left mouse button twice to enlarge the selecte...

Page 89: ...lick or to adjust the Max speed 0 30 FPS as below Figure 14 8 Adjust maximum display speed Click icon to export images to HDD or print it out via printer as below Figure 14 9 Focused camera image expo...

Page 90: ...splaying bandwidth click it to display the bandwidth click again to hide the information Figure 14 11 show the bandwidth The second icon on the upper right side of the real time monitor window may be...

Page 91: ...g information Also displayed are the following user PTZ control functions Now two tab settings will be visible on the upper right side of the window 1 Recording time is displayed 2 If recycling record...

Page 92: ...a green recycling recording icon is also displayed 3 the amount of space which has been used on each hard disk and the space remaining for up to a total of 7 hard disks 4 A hard disk damage icon is di...

Page 93: ...go to the next frame 6 File Button Click this button to choose the file you want to view 7 Alarm File Button Click this button to find an alarm recorded file 8 Tag File Button Click this button to fi...

Page 94: ...here is a horizontal scroll bar on the bottom of the playing window which facilitates users in searching films quickly You may press and hold the left mouse button on it and drag it from left to right...

Page 95: ...click the List button to list all the recorded files Figure 14 16 Information on File Selection 5 Move the mouse to the file you want to play and double click the file to play it Or you can click it...

Page 96: ...File Alarm File allows users to see the time and camera numbers concerned with an alarm and all the alarm files can be deleted 1 Click Alarm 2 Select one alarm file click Open to play it 3 Click the...

Page 97: ...on options 320x240 480x360 and 640x480 Figure 14 19 Snapshot Resolution 640x480 3 Choose the Resolution and click Print You will be prompted to select a printer from a pop up window 4 Select your prin...

Page 98: ...tly Inserting a Tag Inserting a tag allows users to mark an important section of a file specially Once it s opened the tagged file will be played from the marked place After adding the tagged files cl...

Page 99: ...s Tag Figure 14 22 Tag Window NAS Click this button you can playback the video clips that back up in NAS Configuring Setup Remotely The functions for remote setup are basically the same as those used...

Page 100: ...ided in Appendix F All remote functionality is set up similarly to the local machine The major difference is the way the interface looks On the left side of the viewing area are the function keys for...

Page 101: ...ack Red Green Blue and White NOTE It will change the text and background color of DVR site not your browser site 5 Background Color the optional colors are Black Red Green Blue and White 6 Recording M...

Page 102: ...RIGHT icons to move the cameras 11 Zoom In button Zoom Out button 12 Iris Enlarge Iris button Reduce Iris button 13 Focus Nearer Focus button Further Focus button 14 Auto Pan check this to make the P...

Page 103: ...to reset Remote Schedule Configuring Click the Schedule link to view the Remote Schedule Set tings Figure 14 27 Remote Scheduling Window The remote schedule screen is divided into various parts for ea...

Page 104: ...ule Window 3 Once complete click Add to activate the settings After you have completed all schedule settings you can view a log of all changes at the bottom of the window Modifying Scheduled Settings...

Page 105: ...he Account Settings screen as the Administrator you can see the authority settings of all the users Of course you are able to Add Delete a user and to modify a user s setting And all your modification...

Page 106: ...accessible cameras Remote user can give the rights for changing password remote setup furthermore As a normal user your access authority is limited in some aspects When you log on a window will appea...

Page 107: ...102 If no authority is granted at the time of account setup then you cannot change the password Figure 14 34 Normal User Change Password Window Remote System Setup Figure 14 35 Remote System Settings...

Page 108: ...The version number Version 3 5 4 will be visible in the header 3 Internet In this field you can setup the info regarding to Internet and modem dial up a DNS Server IP b Default Gateway IP c The corres...

Page 109: ...rner to save the changes to the Host and make them effective Remote Alarm Log Viewing Here all the detailed logs about the alarms will be listed out including the cause triggered time and the descript...

Page 110: ...14 38 Delete Alarm Log Remotely Remote User Log All the users having entered the system will be recorded with the data notes of their entering and leaving the system The log shows where the users ente...

Page 111: ...PIO is the same as with local settings on the DVR host Once you have added all the GPIO modes click Submit in the right corner to save the changes to the Host and make them effective Figure 14 40 Remo...

Page 112: ...Traditional DAS Direct Attached System cannot meet these requirements anymore Steps 1 Click the Setup icon on the main screen 2 Click the System tab 3 Click the NAS button to popup the NasSetup window...

Page 113: ...equal to the Lowerbound This procedure will be continued till the free space is more or equal to the Upperbound 9 Backup Period DVR will not keep archiving data to NAS the Backup Period is the time in...

Page 114: ...tocol NTP is used to synchronize the clock of DVR to another reference time source in the network Steps 1 Click the Setup icon on the main screen 2 Click the System tab 3 Click the NTP button to popup...

Page 115: ...P server 6 Deactive Not to active the selected NTP server 7 Delete Delete the selected NTP server in the list 8 Sync Period Click the Hourly Daily Weekly or Monthly you can have DVR be timed every hou...

Page 116: ...rding Providing audio recording and audio playback via built in audio device of mothboard Steps 1 Click the Setting icon on the main screen 2 Select System Settings 3 Click the Audio button to pop up...

Page 117: ...lect no recording it will no sound when playback 3 Quality select High or Low The better quality the bigger file size is needed Playback Property Click Mute for mute mode or adjust the volume slider f...

Page 118: ...Appendix C Figure C 3 Real time monitoring screen with audio Figure C 4 Playblack screen with audio 2 The real time monitoring and playback screen in mute mode Click the mote icon to switch to audio m...

Page 119: ...114 Figure C 5 Real time monitoring screen in mute mode Figure C 6 Playback screen in mute mode...

Page 120: ...ction 1 Click the playback button on the main screen and then click multi playback you ll see the Multi Playback windows as below Figure D 1 Multi playback screen 2 Click to select the playback clips...

Page 121: ...playback respectively 4 Click OK and then click the icon to playback 5 You can use Hour and Minute to change the start playback time Ex Click the hour the playback time will be changed from 14 00 to...

Page 122: ...plugged in and securely connected If you are using a power strip or surge protector ensure that these devices are turned on Improperly connected cables cause often problems If you are using periph era...

Page 123: ...ower You may also need to check the fuses and breakers in your electric box If the outlet is controlled by a wall switch make sure that the switch is on If your Digital Video Recorder is plugged into...

Page 124: ...status These non critical malfunctions are those that cause incorrect results that may not be readily apparent An example of a non critical error would be a memory chip failure In general if the POST...

Page 125: ...120 NOTES...

Page 126: ...relative settings of ActiveX can be configured in the manner described below When you get into the system the window will pop up a warning screen which is about the Active X setting the details are a...

Page 127: ...nstaller you want to install 1 DVR ActiveX to copy the file to the computer 2 Start Menu Shortcuts Figure F 3 Objects Selection Figure F 4 Install Location Selection Figure F 5 Installation Window Aft...

Page 128: ...GPL 13 cpio 2 4 2 20 src rpm GPL 14 gawk 3 0 6 1 src rpm GPL 15 initscripts 5 83 1 src rpm GPL 16 net tools 1 57 6 src rpm GPL 17 ed 0 2 19 src rpm GPL 18 grep 2 4 2 5 src rpm GPL 19 gettext 0 10 35...

Page 129: ...istic 59 VFlib2 2 25 1 12 src rpm GPL2 60 samba client 2 0 7 36 src rpm GPL2 61 logrotate 3 5 4 1 src rpm LGPL 62 chkconfig 1 2 22 1 src rpm LGPL 63 glibc common 2 2 2 10 src rpm LGPL 64 audiofile 0 1...

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