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Administrator’s Guide and   

Operating Instructions 

    

 

    

          Digital Video Recorder 

                                               

 

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DR400 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

Summary of Contents for PowerFlex eDR400

Page 1: ...Administrator s Guide and Operating Instructions Digital Video Recorder eDR400...

Page 2: ...iate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is...

Page 3: ...not expose the appliance to water or moisture nor try to operate it in wet areas Do take immediate action if the appliance becomes wet Turn the power off and refer servicing to qualified service pers...

Page 4: ...Action Setup 6 5 Motion Action Setup 6 6 Video Loss Action Setup 6 7 Hard Disks Full Action Setup 6 8 Camera Setup 6 9 Alarm In Setup 6 10 Alarm Out Setup 6 11 Display Sequence Setup 6 12 Display Pag...

Page 5: ...of pre record time Built in MPEG 1 and JPEG compression decompression with configurable quality Storage on 3 5 Docking Hard Disk hot swappable DVR option Versatile display formats full screen 4 7 9 1...

Page 6: ...ecoder decodes the digitized format no matter it is JPEG or MPEG 1 and then displays the decoded pictures on the VGA monitor screen 1 2 3 Video Storage and Retrieval The encoded pictures are stored in...

Page 7: ...previously recorded hard disk to review the recorded video Displaying of the recorded video is composed of decoding the JPEG or MPEG 1 encoded video automatically and multiplexing each camera video to...

Page 8: ...power source 2 Camera 1 Video Input BNC connector for Camera 1 3 Camera 2 Video Input BNC connector for Camera 2 4 Camera 3 Video Input BNC connector for Camera 3 5 Camera 4 Video Input BNC connector...

Page 9: ...onnects to the PS2 mouse or the Y cable attached for the mouse and keyboard optional connection The mouse must be connected at system startup 13 Audio In reserved 14 Audio Out reserved 15 2 USB connec...

Page 10: ...e Panel 20 Hard Disk Tray Please make sure to set the hard disk as master To access the hard disk use the attached key to open the cover and remove the hard disk holder The key can t be removed from t...

Page 11: ...ting Instructions 7 3 System Installation The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers 3 1 Before Installation Please refer to the following dia...

Page 12: ...ded cameras in any available format Mouse Connect a PS2 mouse to the mouse connector Hard Disk Make sure the hard disk is inside the hard disk tray Power Connect the DC 24V power source or the AC adap...

Page 13: ...t connector Ethernet EDR400 is enabled control from the PC via Ethernet Connect the LAN connector to a standard RJ45 connector Ethernet cable Shown in below is an example of connection Modem EDR400 is...

Page 14: ...cessible in the current mode or login right The followings are a brief description for each of the icons System time in military hour format Move the cursor on it and the system date will be shown in...

Page 15: ...ways be shown on the screen Full Screen Display Static Page Mode 4 window Display Static Page Mode 7 window Display Static Page Mode 9 window Display Static Page Mode 10 window Display Static Page Mod...

Page 16: ...status of one device the bottommost for ID 1 There are 5 different colors GRAY BLACK Not existent or not installed GREEN Normal YELLOW Video Loss detected for Camera Alarm for Alarm Input Output and R...

Page 17: ...Supervisor please click on the Login icon and enter the appropriate Operator s Login name and Password For Operator the factory default value for both of them is operator for Supervisor the factory d...

Page 18: ...e enabled Click on the Delete button to delete the highlighted event log and click on the Delete All button to delete all the event logs 5 1 Version Display Click on the logo icon on the upper right c...

Page 19: ...of the system please click on the Config icon The configuration menu will pop up as below Click on the menu item for the respective configuration For the details of each item please refer to the foll...

Page 20: ...er you may configure up to 16 Time Types to suit your needs Use the meaningful names no matter they are from human viewpoint or the system s viewpoint Some other meaningful names may be Day Night Over...

Page 21: ...menu item is selected the Day Type Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen Please click on the item in the Day Type List then click on the Day Type Tag and then enter the new tag name for the se...

Page 22: ...Calendar menu item is selected the Calendar Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen The active month is shown on the upper corner of the screen The selectable Day Types are shown on the left corn...

Page 23: ...n menu item is selected the Alarm Action Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen Please click on the item in the Action List then click on the Action Tag and then enter the new tag name for the s...

Page 24: ...gered NC and NO signals are available please refer to Alarm Out Setup Click on the Down arrow button to select one of the Alarm Outputs AO 1 4 Output Alarm Out output state when the Alarm Action is tr...

Page 25: ...any key or moving clicking the mouse please check this item Send Mail To activate the e mail notification function or not when the Alarm Action is triggered The e mail will be sent to the defined rece...

Page 26: ...u item is selected the Motion Action Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen Please click on the item in the Action List then click on the Action Tag and then enter the new tag name for the selec...

Page 27: ...ialog box will be shown on the screen Please click on the item in the Action List then click on the Action Tag and then enter the new tag name for the selected Action by using the mouse or the keyboar...

Page 28: ...le automatically overwrite the recorded data when the hard disk drive capacity reaches the end While Auto Overwrite is not enabled the system will not overwrite the recorded data until the Administrat...

Page 29: ...lose The Normal State above shows whether the selected Alarm Out is NC signal or NO signal Buzzer On To activate the internal buzzer or not when the full hard disk capacity is detected Log Log to even...

Page 30: ...mera Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen Please click on the item in the Camera List then click on the Camera Tag and then enter the new tag name for the selected Camera by using the mouse or...

Page 31: ...ical position the number 0 7 is from up to down for the horizontal position the number 0 7 is from left to right Time Stamp Click on the button for the Time Stamp setting menu The system provides user...

Page 32: ...e total recording rate for all cameras is greater than 25 30 FPS the system will decrease the recording rate for each camera averagely to make the total 25 30 FPS Note 2 The remote end will not be abl...

Page 33: ...m in the Alarm Input List then click on the Alarm Input Tag and then enter the new tag name for the selected Alarm Input by using the mouse or the keyboard For the Alarm Action for each Alarm Input pl...

Page 34: ...erminal on the rear panel of the system Use the Down arrow button to select the signal type Enable Alarm Action Check to Enable Alarm Action for the selected Alarm Input at the selected Time Type Alar...

Page 35: ...2 Normally Closed NC signals AO 1 2 and 2 Normally Open NO signals AO 3 4 for the system Operations After the Alarm Out menu item is selected the Alarm Out Setup dialog box will be shown on the scree...

Page 36: ...l be shown on the screen The following is a brief description for each item shown above Number of Sequences Up to 2 sequences can be defined Use the Down arrow button to select the number Sequence Num...

Page 37: ...or Static Page Mode first For Sequence Mode you may select the Sequence No then set the Page Dwell Time Cameras and Text Colors for each Page for Static Page Mode you may set the Cameras and Text Col...

Page 38: ...elected Page shown in Page No Use the Down arrow button to select the number The default value is 5 Display Type To select the Display Type in Static Page Mode display Use the Down arrow button to sel...

Page 39: ...e shown on the screen Please select the Camera and the Time Type first All the other settings correspond to the selected Camera and the selected Time Type shown in their respective fields For the Dete...

Page 40: ...e and Its Slider Showing the sensitivity for the selected Camera and Time Type Dragging the mouse on the slider to change the value The default value is 50 Trend Curve Window Trend curve showing the c...

Page 41: ...lick on the Login name Password or Confirm field and then enter the new names by using the mouse or the keyboard The following is a brief description for each item shown above List Box for Administrat...

Page 42: ...is selected the System Configurations dialog box will be shown on the screen The following is the brief description for each item shown above Communication IP address Enter the desired IP address of...

Page 43: ...N Check the box to enable ISDN function Click on the Detail button to define the EAZ MSN Number 1B or 2B Channels Local and Remote IP address Login Name Password Enter the desired Login Name and Passw...

Page 44: ...f the SMTP server requires authentication check the item box and enter the effective name and password below E mail receiver The system can send e mail notification to up to 8 receivers for each actio...

Page 45: ...ins at 1 a m on the last Sunday in March time reverts to standard time at 1 a m on the last Sunday in October TV System NTSC or PAL select the proper system by checking the box in front Basically the...

Page 46: ...istrator If you are an Administrator please click on the Time displaying on the Main Screen to enter the Date Time Setup for the system The date is in YYYY MM DD format whilst the time in military hou...

Page 47: ...same as in the Main Screen provide the same functions as described in Chapter 4 If any icon is grayed it means that the specific function is not accessible in the current mode If you want to playback...

Page 48: ...image corresponding to one of the selected playback cameras will be played on its corresponding video window Pause To pause playing the video Click on Play icon to resume playing Archive Video Toggle...

Page 49: ...select the desired playback speed The default value is 1 Slider Bar Showing the current playing position in the selected range Click on it and drag the mouse to play the video from anywhere in the sel...

Page 50: ...s a brief description for each item shown above HDD No The recorded Hard Disk to playback Start End Block No 1 GB Block or 32 Sections Block for the system The maximum End Block No represents the Bloc...

Page 51: ...MM DD format and military hour in HH MM SS format for the video corresponding to the Slider Bar position If Block Section Slice is shown as nn XX XX the messages are at the Block level nn nn XX Secti...

Page 52: ...w to select the desired start date and time click on the Submit button to start searching The other items are the same as the above description Search by Time 01 03 05 50 10 10 V 01 01 01 2001 3 05 Mo...

Page 53: ...fy the connection between EDR400 and the modem or network The procedure for configuring a remote PC depends on the desired type of connection The user can either dial directly into the server through...

Page 54: ...each window and then select Live or Play from the options below for Live Video or Image Playback for each window Click on the Submit button while the setting is completed Playback Date Time To set th...

Page 55: ...Note 1 The best viewer s environment is Internet Explorer 5 0 or above 1024 x 768 If the PC is protected by the Firewall please make sure Port 1600 is enabled before accessed Note 2 The Login Name and...

Page 56: ...e search Motion Detection Yes with configurable detection area 16x12 sensitivity Video Loss Detection Yes Event Log Yes User Interface Windows look and feel Setup On screen setup User Input Device Mou...

Page 57: ...40 10 54 78 7 10 151 16 53 0 6 67 10 10 130 11 56 252 20 8 0 3 134 20 20 260 23 53 505 16 17 0 2 202 6 31 391 11 50 758 12 26 0 12 337 2 51 652 11 44 1264 4 44 0 1 404 13 2 782 23 41 1517 0 53 NTSC MP...

Page 58: ...20 20 262 9 45 511 0 2 0 17 198 7 19 385 21 24 751 11 21 0 1 337 2 51 656 0 23 1277 12 7 PAL MPEG 1 Total Capture Rate Fine 10 Normal 5 Rough 0 FPS day hour min day hour min day hour min 25 1 20 14 4...

Page 59: ...IP drives The ZIP drive must be connected to the system at system startup Besides the ZIP disk must be PC formatted Q How to get better video quality A The quality of JPEG is better than MPEG and the...

Page 60: ...or the camera A There must be at least one Action corresponding to that camera and the pre record time of those Actions must be non zero Besides the normal recording rate for that camera must be non z...

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