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BDVR Manual 

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Disclaimer

 

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  The information in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable as of the date of 

publication. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions or 

New editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such change 

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  We makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to a mistaken 

operation or malfunction of the Digital Video Recorder, the software, the hard drives, personal 

computers, peripheral devices, or unapproved/unsupported devices. 

Warning

 

 

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  Do not cover the ventilation opening or slots on the outer casing.    To prevent the appliance 

from overheating, provide at least two inches of air space around the vent and the slots.     

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  Do not drop metallic parts through slots.  This could permanently damage the Digital Video 

Recorder.  Immediately turn the DVR’s power off or unplug the power cord from the power 

Summary of Contents for BDVR-16

Page 1: ...BDVR Series DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER User Guide BDVR 4 4 Channels BDVR 8 8 Channels BDVR 1616 Channels...

Page 2: ...Please retain the User Guide for future reference Before connecting and installing any third party cameras monitors alarms and computers please refer to the appropriate instruction manual for their co...

Page 3: ...ETUP 19 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of un insulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may...

Page 4: ...ain Menu Overview 27 2 Display Option 28 2 1 Display Setup 28 2 2 Sequential Setup Auto Sequence 29 3 Camera Setup 30 4 Motion Recording 32 5 Continuous Recording Normal Recording 34 6 Alarm Recording...

Page 5: ...ckup 65 5 Back up Range Setup 66 CLIENT PROGRAM 67 1 DVR Player Program Introduction 68 1 1 Installation 68 1 2 How to Install 68 2 Features 70 2 1 CMS Overview 70 2 2 Functions 71 3 DVR Control 81 3...

Page 6: ...ed or lost data due to a mistaken operation or malfunction of the Digital Video Recorder the software the hard drives personal computers peripheral devices or unapproved unsupported devices Warning z...

Page 7: ...mmediately turn the DVR s Power off or unplug the power cord from the power outlet Continued use of the equipment may result in fire or electrical shock Please consult your DVR distributor z Do not us...

Page 8: ...are designed for exclusive use with the Digital Video Recorder Do not use it with other products or batteries There is a risk of fire and other hazards Caution z Do not operate the appliance beyond it...

Page 9: ...check the package and contents for visible damage If any components are damaged or missing do not attempt to use the unit contact the supplier immediately If the unit must be returned it must be ship...

Page 10: ...BDVR Manual 9 Version 1 2 I CONTROLS 1 Front Panel 4 Channel 8 Channel 16 Channel 1 Mode indicator 3 LEDs display the status of the Digital Video Recorder Power Blue Recording Red and HDD Green...

Page 11: ...used to hide the On Screen Display information such as the time date and channel icons This button removes alert icons on the corner of the screen AL VL and PL This button is also used to turn off the...

Page 12: ...rd or appropriate dates in schedule option mode To decrease settings To increase settings 7 Remote control signal receiver Do not block the receiver port on the unit Doing so may cause the remote cont...

Page 13: ...rs RCA 5 VGA Out connector 6 LAN RJ 45 Ethernet Port For connecting to remote PC via Ethernet network 7 MOUSE connection Connect PS2 USB mouse to this port To use USB only mouse connect it to USB port...

Page 14: ...BDVR Manual 13 Version 1 2 3 Remote Controller...

Page 15: ...and Playback mode displays the following Virtual Remote Controller and Virtual Keypad and can be used to enter PASSWORD and Camera Name etc LIVE PLAYBACK Virtual Keypad REWIND LOG SPOT OUT INFORMATION...

Page 16: ...R Manual 15 Version 1 2 II INSTALLATION CONNECTIONS 1 Camera Monitor Microphone Alarm Sensor and Power Cord 1 1 System Configuration Diagram The following illustration is showing a fully installed sys...

Page 17: ...pendant on Model number Connect cameras to the VIDEO IN BNC on the back panel of the machine To connect a PTZ camera connect the PTZ camera s control line to the RS 422 TX RS 422 TX terminal and conne...

Page 18: ...o device microphone to the AUDIO IN 1 Vp p 600 ohms and speaker to the AUDIO OUTPUT see illustration below 1 4 MONITOR There are three video outputs 2 x BNC 1 x VGA on the rear panel of the system Con...

Page 19: ...ISTA e Spare 10 100 BaseT Ethernet Port f Microsoft DirectX 9 0c It is recommended to have DirectX 9 0c loaded on the Client PC DirectX 9 0c is available for download from Microsoft homepage www micro...

Page 20: ...t stop recording to enter and set the QUICK SETUP menu While the DVR is recording TIME and RECORD menus are not activated 2 When prompted for a password enter the password using the Numeric buttons 3...

Page 21: ...Enter the Date and Time by pressing the numeric buttons on the remote controller or on the unit 3 Press the ENTER button to exit a menu and save the changes Press the ESC to exit a menu without making...

Page 22: ...nel records at Field resolution 720x240 720x288 Frame 4 8Ch Each channel records at Frame resolution 720x480 720x576 Frame CIF Channel number 1 720x480 720x576 Channel number 2 8 360x240 360x280 2 2 R...

Page 23: ...on the main menu Please refer to 3 ADVANCED on how to enter into the main menu 3 ADVANCED Select ON or OFF using the buttons on the remote controller or the unit 1 ON Select this to enter into the ma...

Page 24: ...ont panel 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 Indicates an USB Device is connected on Front panel It changes to a blue colour while doing a backup If a Mouse is connected cursor appears 2 Indicates the DVR is now recording...

Page 25: ...ay Press the DISPLAY button to activate the multi screen display It changes in order as shown below from the SPLIT MODE choices When in a 16 way screen display press the DISPLAY button for 1 second to...

Page 26: ...the mouse and the icon is displayed on the screen Move the icon to the desired position by pressing the directional buttons on the remote controller or Virtual Control Pad Press a Numeric button to r...

Page 27: ...to zoom out the image 5 Press the CANCEL button to return normal mode Note If the Zoom button is pressed while in a multi screen display the zoom operation is not activated It MUST be a full screen di...

Page 28: ...ssword is entered shown below Note Factory default Admin User password is 000000 It is recommended that the PASSWORD is changed when the DVR is installed Refer to System Setup Use the directional butt...

Page 29: ...below the status bar on the Main Monitor CAMERA y Select On Screen Display information for Camera Number and Title BORDER LINE y Select Border Line between cameras WHITE GREY DARK GREY BLACK BACKGROU...

Page 30: ...JUSTMENT DWELL TIME 2 Sec y Specify the dwell time of each camera or Multi screen display Use the button 1 second 30 second SEQ MODE None y Select desired sequence mode for switching FULL SCREEN ALL y...

Page 31: ...Covert cameras are viewable after changing to NO BRIGHTNESS 50 y The brightness of each camera can be adjusted by pressing the buttons CONTRAST 50 y The contrast of each camera is adjustable by pressi...

Page 32: ...1st Press 2nd Press 3rd Press 4th Press No 1st Press 2nd Press 3rd Press 4th Press 1 A B C 1 7 S T U 7 2 D E F 2 8 V W X 8 3 G H I 3 9 Y Z 9 4 J K L 4 0 _ 0 5 M N O 5 10 SPACE 6 P Q R 6 Insert charact...

Page 33: ...es ITEM ADJUSTMENT RECORD TIME y Determines the recording duration when motion is detected 10SEC 300SEC CAMERA SELECTION y Use the Left Right buttons or Number button to select the Camera you wish to...

Page 34: ...ON or OFF to Enable or Disable motion detection on a per camera basis as shown below 7 Press the REC button and Recording starts according to configured Recording Quality and Frame Rate when Motion i...

Page 35: ...Disable Recording on each camera QUALITY y Specify the record picture quality for each camera ULTRA SUPER HIGH MIDDLE LOW RATE y Select the recording speed for each camera Recording resolutions change...

Page 36: ...on again on the Front Panel Approximate File Size Quality NTSC PAL UNIT 720x480 720x240 360x240 720x576 720x288 360x288 LOW 5 1 3 2 2 0 6 1 3 8 2 4 KB MIDDLE 7 2 4 5 2 8 8 6 5 4 3 4 KB HIGH 10 2 6 4 4...

Page 37: ...STWX to select the Camera you wish to configure 4 Use the buttons to change values ITEM ADJUSTMENT USE y Enable or Disable Alarm Recording on a per camera basis QUALITY y Specify the record picture qu...

Page 38: ...Alarm Buzzer yOFF Disables the ALARM BUZZER function ALARM OUT1 y Configure which relay is triggered when an alarm is activated per camera Select from four available options Video Loss Motion Alarm A...

Page 39: ...nce alarm recording finishes The DVR system starts recording only when an alarm is activated Example 2 z Resulting Actions Press the REC button to commence continuous recording based on the configurat...

Page 40: ...nel the configuration changes to Super picture quality at 6F S with Audio The system reverts back to stand by mode for Alarm or Motion once alarm recording finishes The DVR system starts recording whe...

Page 41: ...select SCHEDULE menu Then press the ENTER button to display Schedule Chart Use the Left Right buttons WX to select a menu tab Use the Down button T to select the Day to be configured The schedule brea...

Page 42: ...END MODE Monday 18 00 23 59 MODE 1 Tuesday 00 00 08 59 MODE 1 y The recording does not start when End time is ahead of Start time EXAMPLE D W BEGIN END MODE Monday 18 00 08 59 MODE 1 To activate Sched...

Page 43: ...4 Continuous RECORD ON OFF OFF OFF OFF Motion RECORD ON ON OFF OFF OFF Alarm ALARM OFF OFF ON ON OFF Schedule SCHEDULE OFF OFF OFF OFF ON Schedule Motion SCHEDULE OFF ON OFF OFF ON Normal and Alarm R...

Page 44: ...TER button to display Network Use the Down button to specify the connection details Use the buttons to change values Save changes and exit the menu press the ENTER button Exit the menu without making...

Page 45: ...000 cannot be opened The DVR s service port may be modified to allow the CMS connection Note How to connect the DVR via a Network using DDNS 1 Select DHCP 2 Please check Serial No on System Menu 3 Ent...

Page 46: ...P server SMTP y Select a SMTP mail server and then setup the SMTP menu below SMTP Server y Select Highlight SMTP Server and then press numeric buttons to define an e mail server PORT y Define the port...

Page 47: ...DNS If the DVR s host name SYSTEM INFO is L50AD25 Your DVR s DDNS address is http L50AD25 dvrhost com portNO y DYNDNS to use Dyndns com domain Domain Name y Enter your domain name if you use Dyndns se...

Page 48: ...BDVR Manual 47 Version 1 2 8 4 MISC ITEM ADJUSTMENT BANDWIDTH y Unlimited is set by default Select between 64 KBPS 8 MBPS...

Page 49: ...on is pressed Set the key tone to OFF to turn button beep off Default is ON RECORD MODE yCIF 4 8Ch Default setting The system records each camera individually and then multiplexes them Each channel re...

Page 50: ...lled with this setting SYSTEM ID y To select the DVR to be controlled with the remote controller press and hold the DVR ID button While holding the DVR ID button press the appropriate DVR ID number Fo...

Page 51: ...on on or off When enabled it s possible to configure individual User settings Monitoring Playback Back up Network Configuration Main Menu Setup Shutdown Power off Enter the 6 numbers for the new passw...

Page 52: ...splay COMPLETE and also SUCCESS at the bottom of the window OVERWRITE Users can select the recording policy of the system s internal hard disk drive By default the system s hard disk drive is set to o...

Page 53: ...message is shown then Press to restart Note While in recording mode you cannot update DVR Stop recording to update Record Mode Indicator CONDITION H W VERSION y Shows the Main PCB version of the syste...

Page 54: ...e language of this unit NETWORK y Shows the current IP and Port of this unit INTERNAL HDD yDisplays numbers of HDD and total HDD size USB PORT y Displays what kind of device is connected to the front...

Page 55: ...ESULTING ACTION ENTER Button y Press this button to display the HELP Menu Press the ENTER Button again or the CANCEL button to cancel Help Menu CANCEL Button y Press this button to cancel PAN TILT ope...

Page 56: ...ired location Press the Preset button Custom 1 illuminates Set the for the Preset location Press Enter to save and exit Go to preset position INFO on remote controller Press Go button Enter the desire...

Page 57: ...PROTOCOL o o o o o o 9 LG LPT A100L P T Z o 10 HONEYWELL GCC 655N 11 WONWOO PT 101 o 12 14 PELCO D 2400 9600 o o o o o o o o 15 C B TECH AN200 o o o 16 CANON VC C4 o o o 17 19 PELCO P 2400 9600 o o o...

Page 58: ...anual 57 Version 1 2 34 ELMO PTC 200C 400C o o o o 35 NICECAM MP 1xxx o o o o 36 C B TECH CNB PTZ102 o o o o o Note Speed has 0 8 steps 1 Slow 8 Fast 0 Keep pressing these buttons to increase decrease...

Page 59: ...elect a DAY on the Calendar Selected data is shown as a graphical representation of the recorded video stored on the DVR 4 Select Hour and Minutes or the camera you wish to playback and press the ENTE...

Page 60: ...e events since the initial power on procedure of the DVR SYSTEM y Shows Events except for Alarm Motion and Video Loss NETWORK y Shows the NETWORK List ALARM y Displays all the Alarms Logged MOTION y S...

Page 61: ...cording Data 3 MOTION Motion Recording Data The illustration above has selected ALL CAMERA NORMAL ALARM and MOTION data 5 Enter the digits as required in 24 hour format and move to 6 Press the ENTER b...

Page 62: ...fore progressing to Backup first refer to the notes below Note 1 Stop recording to back up if using an external HDD or CD DVD RW device Record Mode Note 2 Format the USB HDD to FAT32 format type If th...

Page 63: ...N Motion Recording Data The illustration above has selected ALL CAMERA NORMAL ALARM and MOTION data 5 Enter the digits as required in 24 hour format and move to 6 Press the ENTER button to start the B...

Page 64: ...l HDD as 32Gb Windows only lets you format FAT32 partitions up to 32GB as MS are trying to make people use NTFS 2 Start Backup from DVR to external HDD 3 To read the backup data use the CMS Local Play...

Page 65: ...DVD RW 2 Enter the digits as required in 24 hour format and move to 3 Press the ENTER button to start the BACKUP USB icon is highlighted in blue during the backup If there is not enough space the syst...

Page 66: ...1 Use the MCD Player Plug the USB memory stick into your PC No software installation is required 2 Double Click on the MCD Player in the window and it will play as follows 3 Back up data can be also b...

Page 67: ...a backup range automatically on Time Search Menu by Month Day Hour and Minute Press the button to set backup Start time press the button to set End Selected time will be changed to a Light Grey Colou...

Page 68: ...BDVR Manual 67 Version 1 2 CLIENT PROGRAM Central Management Software...

Page 69: ...Only one user is allowed to access Setup at any given time 1 1 Installation PC System Requirement Recommended OS Windows XP VISTA CPU Pentium 2 8 G RAM 512MB RAM Video Card 16MB HDD Free Space 2 GB Re...

Page 70: ...d double click 2 Click the NEXT button see below 3 Click the Install button or designate a directory for the install then Click Install 4 Click the Close button after the message shown below appears 5...

Page 71: ...BDVR Manual 70 Version 1 2 Enter 0 as the default password Refer to CMS Setup to change the password To get rid of this screen Press ESC 2 Features 2 1 CMS Overview...

Page 72: ...j 36 Way Screen Display e 8 Way Screen Display k 49 Way Screen Display f 9 Way Screen Display l 64 Way Screen Display 2 Time and Date Display Shows the current time on LIVE Mode and Playback time in...

Page 73: ...is in progress the record button changes colour to cyan Default Location C Program Files DvrPlayer Download b Save a snapshot image or print current monitoring image c OSD On Off button d CMS Setup CM...

Page 74: ...BDVR Manual 73 Version 1 2 C F Control Hardware Acceleration Click the Advanced button on Display Properties on your PC Select Troubleshoot and slow down Hardware Acceleration GENERAL 2 a POS...

Page 75: ...for an alarm event Password Changing the password a Old Password Enter the current password b New Password Enter the NEW password c Confirm Password Enter the New password to confirm Press the APPLY...

Page 76: ...CMS emits a sound when there is a Video Loss 5 Playback Control Buttons These buttons only function when reviewing downloaded files 1 To begin reverse playback press Reverse Play button 2 To stop play...

Page 77: ...amera simply click on the channel where the PTZ camera is connected a Pan and Tilt Indicator Resulting Action Indicator Resulting Action To tilt up To tilt down To pan left To pan right To go upper le...

Page 78: ...of the connected Pan Tilt Camera Go To Calls up preset Start Automatic Tour e Special Function Key Have various functions dependant upon PTZ camera f Auto Pan Indicator Resulting Action Set Auto Pan t...

Page 79: ...Report can be accessed at any time by double clicking HEALTH The detail log lists The colour changes to red when critical functions of the DVR are interrupted or have failed Connection Fail Connectio...

Page 80: ...d a HDD FAIL Notify Hard Drive Disk failure during the operation b FAN LOCK a SYS FAN It shows a FAN defect inside the DVR b CPU FAN It shows CPU FAN defect c EVENT a AL Alarm b MO Motion c VL Video L...

Page 81: ...ARM Configure current Alarm recording channel e MOTION Configure current Motion recording channel f VIDEO LOSS Configure current Video Loss channel g HDD SIZE Available HDD Total HDD h BACKUP SIZE Ava...

Page 82: ...r more specific information for each DVR please refer to DVR Log list DVR LOG LIST Shows the same log list as per the DVR Set It has a list of all the events since the initial power on procedure of th...

Page 83: ...add a DVR on CMS 1 Set Name Type in DVR title to be displayed on the Monitoring window Health window and DVR Window 2 IP Enter the IP address ex 192 168 0 52 or DNS name ex demo dvrhost com 3 Port 700...

Page 84: ...ual 83 Version 1 2 4 SETUP It shows the menu setting of selected DVR 5 PROPERTY This menu provides information such as DVR Name IP number port Software version and what kind of DVR it is 3 2 Condition...

Page 85: ...k this icon it displays the current live view An Orange colour DVR means CMS is trying to connect to the DVR through a network When this icon is clicked it shows the message Connecting Please stand by...

Page 86: ...dow the Camera Status Bar displays the status of individual cameras The cameras are displayed according to the selected channel 1 Click the desired DVR 2 Shows the camera information 3 What each Icon...

Page 87: ...mera title 2 Time Displays time 3 DVR Status Displays REC Network Connection Video Loss Event and Current Status Indicator Condition REC Normal Recording Wait At the initial connecting Loss Video Loss...

Page 88: ...on Click on each camera directly switch to the desired camera 5 Full Screen Display There are two way to get a Full Screen display 1 Select any camera for Full Screen display by double clicking the wi...

Page 89: ...or the channel DVR and the Virtual DVR The submenus allow access to various features for each individual submenu type 1 There are three types of Context Menu during Live Viewing Right Clicking to disp...

Page 90: ...There are six possible types of Context Menu on each DVR 1 LIVE Live display for selected DVR 2 PROPERTY DVR information 3 CMS LOG LIST 4 DVR LOG LIST 5 SETUP See DVR Menu Setup 6 REMOVE Delete the s...

Page 91: ...Playback Mode for remote playback or to download the files onto the remote PC Unlike the live mode only one DVR can be accessed at a time 1 To start playback press the PB button 2 It will switch to P...

Page 92: ...ia the CMS Select the button and the desired DVR Remote Search shows a graphical representation of the recorded video stored on the DVR The Data is colour coded by category Alarm Red Motion Green and...

Page 93: ...a graphical representation of the recorded video stored on the DVR Select date and Time and click the button to start saving It is saved by default in C Program Files DvrPlayer Download The Download...

Page 94: ...Menu is mainly used to review the data downloaded from a DVR through CMS Select the button Local Search shows a graphical representation of the stored file on the PC Select desired DVR Date and time t...

Page 95: ...ification of various system settings to the DVR through CMS just as it would be done by directly accessing the DVR menu screen DVR set up can be accessed through the context menu from any DVR Select a...

Page 96: ...er a Virtual DVR set up to 64 DVR s can be added pulling one camera from each DVR to be displayed The Virtual DVR behaves in the same way a DVR would except for the warning notifications 4 2 Virtual S...

Page 97: ...m any cameras Alarm Motion Video Loss Check these options to have cameras with Alarm Motion triggers or Video Loss to be prioritised and arranged automatically in either Auto Arrange or Auto Insert Ar...

Page 98: ...selects an individual camera from a DVR 1 Complete DVR cameras Click the desired DVR and directly drag it into the desired channel The cameras are added in numeric order from the selected channel to t...

Page 99: ...ing a camera from the CMS 1 Select any camera for deletion during live monitoring Context Menu appears on screen by right clicking Select REMOVE 2 Select a camera to delete and drag it directly to DVR...

Page 100: ...0 250 7000 Above illustrates example of a unit when it is utilising port 7000 You can either sign in with admin or user Next enter the password for the unit Click on Web viewer to connect to the DVR o...

Page 101: ...sion Rate Record Frame Rate Adjustment Recording Adjustments Pre Alarm 3 sec Post Alarm 10 sec 300 sec Motion Detection Per Channel 4 4 Grids SET 28 x 24 CLIENT 20 Sensitivity Levels Search Mode Date...

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