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DSS-1000 User Manual

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Page 1: ...DSS 1000 User Manual For V1 02 09 Firmware Ver 2014 10 03...

Page 2: ...is subject to change without notice The English version of this document is the official one for all purpose All the translated versions are provided as a convenience Any discrepancies or differences...

Page 3: ...determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase th...

Page 4: ...ting DSS on a daily basis System Administrators are expected to know the fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to install and configure all the de...

Page 5: ...tor 16 Connecting to Local Display 17 Local Display via HDMI Connection 17 Local Display via Composite Connection 17 Connecting the Cameras 18 1 3 Accessing DSS 1000 19 Local Access 19 Remote Access 1...

Page 6: ...etup Screen 42 The Setup Screen 42 2 6 Configuring System Settings 43 System Information 43 Module 44 Date and Time 44 Automatically Set the Date and Time 44 Manually Change the Date and Time 45 Sync...

Page 7: ...68 2 10 Rebooting the Device 69 Chapter 3 Remote Management 70 3 1 Accessing DSS 1000 Remotely 71 How to Access DSS 1000 71 Accessing From a Network with DHCP Server 71 Accessing From a Network witho...

Page 8: ...98 Setting the IP Address Manually 98 Obtaining the IP Address Automatically 98 Configuring Port Mapping 99 3 6 Configuring the Cameras 99 Adding Cameras 101 Searching Cameras to Add 101 Adding Camer...

Page 9: ...24 Upgrading the Firmware 124 Saving Backup Settings 125 Restoring Backed Up Settings 126 Troubleshooting 127 3 10 Managing the System Log 128 3 11 Rebooting the Device 128 Chapter 4 Installation and...

Page 10: ...Describes the package contents device overview and the connection architecture Connecting Devices Describes how to connect DSS 1000 to other devices and how to use the bundled accessories Accessing th...

Page 11: ...DSS 1000 User Manual 11 1 1 Introduction Package Contents DSS 1000 Screw Packs x 2 Cable Straps Mounting Bracket Power Adaptor Terminal Block Quick Installation Guide...

Page 12: ...on has started The LED turns off and lights up again when the restoration completes and DSS 1000 is ready for use 3 Reset Button NTSC and PAL Switch Use to restore DSS 1000 to its factory default sett...

Page 13: ...MPEG4 MJPEG H 264 Resolution Up to 2 megapixels Up to 10 megapixels DSS 1000 conforms to the display standard of composite and 1080p HDMI monitors Therefore to reserve as much computing power for DSS...

Page 14: ...30 fps 7 channels 30 fps 7 channels 30 fps 9 channels 25 fps 12 channels 16 fps 16 channels 12 fps 1 3M 1280 x 1024 4 channels 30 fps 6 channels 30 fps 6 channels 30 fps 1 16 channels Decode I Frame o...

Page 15: ...aptor on page 16 NOTE This step may be skipped if a Power over Ethernet PoE switch or injector will be connected to DSS 1000 2 Connect a monitor to DSS 1000 via HDMI or Composite port connection see C...

Page 16: ...daptor must be connected to the supplied terminal block before use To do this follow the procedures below 1 Loosen the screws of the 12V and GND pins of the power terminal block 2 Take note that the p...

Page 17: ...tion at one time These display outputs can be referred to as the local display or the local client Local Display via HDMI Connection Connect an HDMI monitor 1080p to the HDMI port of DSS 1000 using an...

Page 18: ...C or a mobile client To connect a camera do the following 1 Connect the camera to a PoE switch within in the same network segment as DSS 1000 using an Ethernet cable 2 Configure the IP address of the...

Page 19: ...r with Internet Explorer users can access DSS 1000 web interface by typing the IP address of DSS 1000 without installing any client program beforehand Logging in is as simple as visiting a website Use...

Page 20: ...e g pen 2 Power on DSS 1000 either by connecting the power adaptor or connecting DSS 1000 to a PoE switch 3 Continue to press the Reset button for 5 seconds or when the Factory Default LED lights gre...

Page 21: ...annel patrolling and resetting the channel position Accessing the Setup Screen Describes how to access the Setup menu using the on screen keyboard to login and an overview of the Setup menu Configurin...

Page 22: ...nected Cable is unplugged Connected DSS 1000 comes with a default static IP address of 192 168 0 200 If your network has a DHCP server DSS 1000 will automatically switch the connection type to DHCP an...

Page 23: ...do not need to change anything If the network does not have a DHCP server DSS 1000 uses its default IP address of 192 168 0 200 Change the IP Address on Network without DHCP Server Remember that DSS...

Page 24: ...When LAN shows Activated the IP address configuration is complete Step 3 Add Cameras 1 On the Setup screen click Camera Search Cameras NOTE To add cameras by IP address or connect to camera via RTSP...

Page 25: ...y cameras To validate specific camera models that can be integrated visit our website 3 Click one or more camera model s Selected cameras are displayed in orange NOTE By default a maximum of nine came...

Page 26: ...en The Live View screen appears with the added cameras By default information such as the camera name IP address etc are displayed on the local display For security purposes these information may be h...

Page 27: ...pports camera resolution of up to 1920 x 1080 only If the resolution exceeds this value this message is displayed The compression is not supported Local display supports H 264 compression only 4 Event...

Page 28: ...se over the icon displays the icon name See Changing the Layout on page 29 2 Sequence Patrol Sequence Patrol allows users to view the one or more channels at a time and patrols with a specific interva...

Page 29: ...ayout 2 Layout 4 Click to display one channel on full screen Click to display 2 channels at a time Click to display 4 channels at a time Layout 9 Layout 12 Layout 16 Click to display 9 channels at a t...

Page 30: ...els at a time on a 2 8 layout To view succeeding channels click the layout icon again For example if viewing on a 2 channel layout and you want to view the next 2 channels click Viewing Channels in Fu...

Page 31: ...tart Sequence Patrol 2 Enter the interval time in seconds using the on screen keyboard see Using the On Screen Keyboard on page 34 Then click OK 3 Sequence Patrol starts To stop the patrol click Repos...

Page 32: ...DSS 1000 User Manual 32 Repositioned Channels To reset the default channel position click...

Page 33: ...modify the account name and password through a remote client computer Item Description 1 Remember Me Check to allow the system to remember the account name Users just need to enter the password to log...

Page 34: ...require character or numeric input such as account name password etc Using the mouse click the keys on the on screen keyboard to enter characters or numbers The type of on screen keyboard that appears...

Page 35: ...E The PTZ control panel is enabled only when a PTZ or zoom camera is selected Although the panel appears when a non PTZ zoom camera is selected all the controls are disabled Digital PTZ is available o...

Page 36: ...st to 5 fastest 6 Zoom Control Click the icons to zoom in or zoom out the camera view 7 Focus Mode Click the icon to toggle between modes Auto Focus Manual Focus When Manual Focus is selected the Near...

Page 37: ...t Tab 2 3 4 5 1 Item Description 1 PTZ Control Tab Click the tab to display the page PTZ see 2 4 Using the PTZ Control Panel on page 33 Preset Points Tour see Setting Tours on page 39 2 Go to Preset C...

Page 38: ...Tab 4 Click the icon turns orange Then click a preset point number to assign NOTE Numbers in red are already configured when red numbers are selected the original preset setting will be overridden wi...

Page 39: ...e 2 3 The Login Screen on page 33 for details Then click the Preset Point Tab 2 3 4 5 1 Item Description 1 PTZ Control Tab Click the tab to display the page PTZ see page 33 Preset Points see page 37 T...

Page 40: ...Menu Panel then click You must login as an administrator to have PTZ control access see 2 3 The Login Screen on page 33 for details 2 Click the Tour tab 3 Click 4 Select the tour ID and type the desir...

Page 41: ...keys to change the order sequence of preset points Or to remove a preset point from the tour click 7 When done click Save to complete the tour configuration How to Delete Tours 1 On the Tour page tab...

Page 42: ...u panel The Login screen appears see 2 3 The Login Screen on page 33 The Setup Screen After a successful login the Setup screen appears Item Description 1 Setup Menu Click a tab to display the submenu...

Page 43: ...1000 can be modified To modify the System Name click the box and use the on screen keyboard to enter the characters NOTE The system name can be up to 10 alphanumeric characters only Firmware System f...

Page 44: ...eo stream performance take note of the Decoding Limitation on page 13 Date and Time The Date and Time page allows you to manually change the system date and time or sync with an NTP server Automatical...

Page 45: ...te and Time 1 On the Setup screen click System Date and Time 2 Click the system date and time button 3 Modify the date and time Item Description 1 Month and Year Select the month and year from the box...

Page 46: ...ear to confirm if synchronization is successful NOTE If the NTP Server is a domain name make sure the IP setting and DNS setting of the system gateway are correct To delete NTP Server To delete an NTP...

Page 47: ...ows users to show or hide information such as the IP address system date and time or event trigger icons on the Live View screen On the Setup screen click System Local Display By default all options a...

Page 48: ...channel For security reasons it is recommended to uncheck this function to hide the IP address from showing on the local display Show camera event trigger If checked an event trigger icon such as moti...

Page 49: ...ings Viewing the Network Information On the Setup screen click Network The network information such as the Hardware Address MAC address Speed Connection Type IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Setting...

Page 50: ...s DHCP Connection On a DHCP network the DHCP server assigns the IP address automatically By default DSS 1000 will automatically switch to DHCP connection mode and be assigned an IP address However if...

Page 51: ...DHCP connection perform the following procedures to obtain the IP address 1 On the Setup screen click Network Network Connection 2 On Connection Type select DHCP 3 Leave the default DNS Setting as Au...

Page 52: ...connection and streaming properties It has two page tabs Basic Displays the connection properties such as the IP address HTTP port User Name account and Password used to access the camera You can also...

Page 53: ...t to add several cameras at the same time you can search the cameras connected to the network and choose up to 4 9 12 or 16 cameras to connect to DSS 1000 The maximum number of cameras to be added var...

Page 54: ...of the camera Inaccessible The camera account or password may be different from what you have entered on Account and Password fields So that camera cannot be accessed In Use The camera is already add...

Page 55: ...want to connect to 1 On the Setup screen click Camera 2 Click on an empty channel number from the left panel and click Add Camera Manually 3 On Name type a name you want to use to identify the camera...

Page 56: ...ings At this point nothing is shown on the Display window yet 6 Click Save Once camera settings are saved the camera Live View is shown on the Display window TIP Use the Duplicate button to add anothe...

Page 57: ...ame you want to use to identify the camera maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters no spaces nor symbols This name is saved only on DSS 1000 and does not affect the settings on the camera side 4 Enter t...

Page 58: ...party cameras which support the standard RTSP 1 On the Setup screen click Camera 2 Click on an empty channel number from the left panel and click Add Camera Manually RTSP 3 On Name type a name you wan...

Page 59: ...a with almost similar camera settings to another channel see Duplicating Cameras on page 59 Duplicating Cameras Use this function to add another camera with almost the same camera settings as the sele...

Page 60: ...DSS 1000 User Manual 60 2 Available channels are shown under To Check the box es of the channel s to copy the camera settings to 3 Click Duplicate...

Page 61: ...e connection properties click the Basic tab Modify the Name IP Address HTTP Port port used by remote IE clients User Name and Password as needed NOTE The Name is the camera name displayed on DSS 1000...

Page 62: ...local viewing only up to 2 megapixels 1920 x 1080 is supported Frame Rate This is the amount of frame per second of the video stream You can modify the frame rate as needed Bitrate Mode Under Constant...

Page 63: ...will be floating while the video quality will be stable and follows the quality standard set by the user The user can choose either High Medium or Low quality The higher is the quality level the more...

Page 64: ...NOTE All video streams will be lost for a few seconds until the reconnection is finished Deleting Cameras Cameras can be removed one at a time or all cameras at the same time On the Setup screen click...

Page 65: ...day and 7 days a week However the beep sound must be enabled and configured separately Scheduling Network Video Loss Trigger 1 On the Setup screen click Schedule 2 Select the camera from the camera l...

Page 66: ...e over the time table to select the day and time period 5 When done click Save TIP Instead of manually modifying the event trigger on all cameras users can copy the schedule to other channels See Copy...

Page 67: ...cted from the network or when an encoder loses its video source do the following 1 On the Setup screen click Event 2 Click Network Loss or Video Loss and then click Set 3 Check Beep to enable the beep...

Page 68: ...and beep settings on all cameras one by one users can copy the settings to other channels 1 After setting the event schedule or beep settings click Copy The Copy Schedule window appears 2 Check to sel...

Page 69: ...Rebooting the Device 1 On the Setup screen click Power 2 Click Reboot 3 When the confirmation message appears click OK to restart NOTE All video streams will be lost for a few seconds until DSS 1000...

Page 70: ...ay layout Accessing the Setup Screen Provides an overview of the Setup menu Configuring System Settings Describes how to view and modify the system settings such as date and time language and how to f...

Page 71: ...encoder other than H 264 can be properly viewed on a remote client i e Web Client but cannot be viewed on the local display After the initial configurations and installation further management or adva...

Page 72: ...n the user interface on the web browser If you already know the IP address of DSS 1000 open the web browser and directly type the IP address on the address bar TIP The quickest way to know the IP addr...

Page 73: ...e that the computer must be within the same network segment For example the computer must have an IP address of 192 168 0 X where X is any number between 1 255 except 200 and Subnet Mask of 255 255 25...

Page 74: ...ard or see 3 7 Configuring User Access on page 115 Item 1 Language The default user interface language is English To change the language select the preferred language from the box 2 Remember Me Check...

Page 75: ...amera connection All settings can still be modified in the Setup screen 1 Click Next 2 Set the date and time by one of the following options Select the Time Zone Sync with an NTP Server Click the Loca...

Page 76: ...rer user account name and password for access are already filed with default values If you want to add camera from other manufacturers or the camera has different account and password modify these val...

Page 77: ...list of cameras connected on the network appears Click on a camera to select it By default you can select up to 9 cameras to add Selected cameras are highlighted in orange 7 Click Next to continue 8 C...

Page 78: ...and event notifications Indicates the camera has been connected Indicates the camera is disconnected Indicates motion is detected The number indicates the area where motion is detected Motion detecti...

Page 79: ...o reset the channel position Click to hide reveal the blue title bar of each channel Click to disconnect all channels Click to switch between Decode I frame Auto Drop Frame modes By default the live v...

Page 80: ...ive View display area Double click a camera from the list to view it on the next available channel window Double click All Cameras to view all cameras on the Live View display area NOTE DSS 1000 does...

Page 81: ...th the mouse icon over the channel window scroll the mouse wheel up or down to zoom in or zoom out the image Or to zoom in on an area click and drag the mouse to box the area to magnify The whole came...

Page 82: ...annel on full screen Click to display 2 channels at a time Click to display 4 channels at a time Layout 9 Layout 12 Layout 16 Click to display 9 channels at a time Click to display 12 channels at a ti...

Page 83: ...same time users may want to view one channel in full screen or two channels at a time and scroll through all the channels alternately To do this follow the procedures below 1 Select the desired window...

Page 84: ...ly view the cameras as how users will see it on the local client display Click to sync the local Live View based on the current remote client display Reconnecting the Cameras If there is a need to ref...

Page 85: ...pears in the middle of the channel window when the camera is selected Use the mouse or the PTZ Control Panel to do PTZ functions see Using the PTZ Control Panel on page 87 Zoom in Zoom out Pan Tilt To...

Page 86: ...the image 3 The whole camera view is shown on the lower right corner and the zoomed area is indicated by a red box 4 Drag the red box over the image to pan and tilt the view in that direction Taking...

Page 87: ...figured speed on the sliders 2 Pan Speed Drag the slider to adjust the pan speed 1 slowest to 5 fastest 3 Tilt Speed Drag the slider to adjust the tilt speed 1 slowest to 5 fastest 4 Zoom Control Clic...

Page 88: ...gured first in the Camera Setup screen see 3 6 Configuring the Cameras on page 99 1 4 2 3 5 Item Description 1 Preset Point Back Next Click to view preset point 1 16 buttons or to view preset point 17...

Page 89: ...e camera list panel Decode I frame Auto Drop Frame Select Decode I frame to save computing power With this function DSS 1000 decodes only the I frames so the frame rate of each channel becomes 1 fps T...

Page 90: ...with details such as IP address and camera model When the mouse goes over to the camera list panel the scroll bars appear to enable users to scroll through the camera details Hide Toolbar Click Hide T...

Page 91: ...nual 91 3 3 The Setup Screen Click the Setup tab to access the Setup screen Click an icon from the Home menu or a page tab to access the menu page System Network Menu Camera Schedule Event Maintenance...

Page 92: ...e Save button at the bottom of the screen to apply and save changes NOTE The system name can be up to 10 alphanumeric characters spaces and symbols are not allowed Firmware System firmware version Ser...

Page 93: ...reen click System Date and Time 2 On Time Zone select the desired time zone The system date and time automatically changes according to the current date and time of the time zone 3 If applicable check...

Page 94: ...orange while the current date is in yellow 4 Time Select the hour minute and second from the corresponding boxes 4 When done click OK to save Sync Date and Time with NTP Server 1 On the Setup screen...

Page 95: ...le The Module page allows users to select the maximum number of cameras that can be connected to DSS 1000 Options are 4 channel 9 channel 12 channel and 16 channel mode Language To change the language...

Page 96: ...en Show system IP address If checked the system IP address is displayed on the bottom of the Live View screen Show camera name If checked the camera name is displayed on the upper left corner of the c...

Page 97: ...e Network Information On the Setup screen click Network The network information such as the Hardware Address MAC address Speed Connection Type IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Setting and Primary an...

Page 98: ...IP address automatically By default DSS 1000 will automatically switch to DHCP connection mode and be assigned an IP address However if this does not happen users need to manually change the Connectio...

Page 99: ...rk Network Connection 2 On Connection Type select DHCP 3 Leave the default DNS Setting as Auto 4 Click Save Configuring Port Mapping By default DSS 1000 port number is 80 To change this value click Ne...

Page 100: ...1000 User Manual 100 To add cameras click Add See Adding Cameras on page 101 To add cameras with almost the same setting as an existing channel see Duplicating Cameras on page 106 To delete cameras s...

Page 101: ...tabs appear only in PTZ and zoom cameras only See Setting Preset Points on the Remote Client on page 112 Adding Cameras There are two ways to add cameras for viewing by manually entering the IP addre...

Page 102: ...DSS 1000 User Manual 102 3 Click Search Cameras...

Page 103: ...more cameras to select it The number of cameras that you can select depends on the channel mode selected in Module see Module on page 95 Selected cameras are highlighted in orange NOTE The Status col...

Page 104: ...lly or Add Camera Manually ONVIF Add Camera Manually If your network does not have a DHCP server perform this step to connect a camera Add Camera Manually ONVIF If the camera is a 3 rd party camera wh...

Page 105: ...A and RTSP Port by default 554 If you do not know the URI of the camera click to select from the most common manufacturers on the list Once a manufacturer is selected its URI is filled up on the fiel...

Page 106: ...t and then modify afterwards However to use this function there must be at least one available channel without a connected camera 1 Select the camera you want to duplicate from the table and then clic...

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Page 108: ...cation of camera etc This name is not saved or shown on the camera side The maximum length is 32 alphanumeric characters symbols and spaces are not allowed IP Address Enter the camera IP address HTTP...

Page 109: ...er second of the video stream You can modify the frame rate as needed Bitrate Mode Under Constant Bit Rate mode CBR the camera keeps the stable bitrate regardless of the complexity of the scene Under...

Page 110: ...ill use to achieve the target quality GOP 1 I Frame Under VBR mode it is possible to adjust the GOP length that is the occurrence rate of I frames By default there is one I frame per second For exampl...

Page 111: ...the Setup screen click Camera 2 If the camera list table is not shown click All Cameras or Camera List 3 On the camera list table click the camera s to delete Click as many cameras as needed 4 Click...

Page 112: ...air appears on the display window 3 Pan tilt and zoom the camera to the desired area To pan and tilt click the mouse on the display window to move the direction of the camera available on PTZ cameras...

Page 113: ...he tour configuration on DSS 1000 is not synced with the tour configuration on the camera side 1 On the Setup screen click Camera 2 Before creating a tour the preset points must be created first see S...

Page 114: ...of preset point sequence drag a preset point up or down the list 8 When done click Save How to Delete Tours On the Preset Tour page tab of the selected camera click the corresponding Delete icon of th...

Page 115: ...View Setup Access and Remote Access To setup access permissions perform the following 1 Create a group See below 2 Add users to the group See Adding Users on page 117 3 Set the access rights See Gran...

Page 116: ...Enter the group Name up to 32 characters and Description up to 128 characters NOTE The group name can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters symbols and spaces are not allowed 4 Click OK The new group a...

Page 117: ...Enter a user name The name can be up to 63 alphanumeric characters symbols are not allowed Password Enter the password that will be used by the user to log into DSS 1000 Confirm Password Re type the...

Page 118: ...s access permission options are Live Permission for Live View Live View access is always enabled Setup Permission to access the Setup screen from both the local and remote client Granting this access...

Page 119: ...ng Groups and Users Except for the Administrator group all user defined groups and users can be modified To modify a group or user click the corresponding Edit button To delete a group or user click t...

Page 120: ...days a week However the beep sound must be enabled and configured separately Scheduling Network Loss Trigger 1 On the Setup screen click Schedule 2 Select the camera from the camera list panel Item De...

Page 121: ...particular day from time selection click the day A lock icon appears In the example below Saturday and Sunday are locked so both days are not included in the time selection 6 When done click Save TIP...

Page 122: ...een click Event 2 Click on Network Loss or Video Loss 3 Check Beep to enable the beep sound 4 Set the beep duration and the number of beeps to sound when the event is triggered 5 Click OK 6 Click Save...

Page 123: ...schedule or beep settings click Copy The Copy Schedule window appears 2 The current camera is highlighted in orange Click the Copy From button This sets the current camera as the source 3 Select camer...

Page 124: ...ckage from the website 2 On the Setup screen click Maintenance Firmware Upgrade 3 Click Browse and then browse for the downloaded firmware file upg 4 Click Update to start the upgrade WARNING Do not r...

Page 125: ...ore 2 Click Backup 3 A pop up message appears DSS 1000 creates a backup file of the whole system settings as Backup_ yyyymmdd nvr file Save the file to the hard disk or to a USB disk connected to the...

Page 126: ...up screen click Maintenance Settings Backup Restore 2 Click Browse Then browse for the backed up file Backup_ yyyymmdd nvr 3 Click Restore 4 A confirmation message appears click OK to continue 5 When...

Page 127: ...s to export an error report tgz to be sent to the Customer s Help Desk CHD for troubleshooting purposes 1 On the Setup screen click Maintenance Troubleshooting 2 Click Export An error report error_rep...

Page 128: ...he date 3 To filter by source of activity check or uncheck the filter under Log Type Or select the options under Other Conditions for more filtering options 4 Click Search to start the search 5 To sav...

Page 129: ...nt 4 1 How to Surface Mount DSS 1000 can be mounted on a straight wall or on a table or pedestal For wall installation it is recommended to install DSS 1000 with the HDMI and Composite connectors faci...

Page 130: ...be directly installed between a VESA mount and a monitor 1 Place the device in between a VESA mount 10 x 10 and the monitor with the top side of the device facing the monitor while the bottom side fa...

Page 131: ...poles with 1 to 2 diameter 1 With the smooth side outwards insert the supplied cable straps through the holes A B C D NOTE Use the inner A and D holes if mounting on a pole with 1 diameter or the out...

Page 132: ...DSS 1000 User Manual 132 4 Align DSS 1000 to the mount with the Ethernet port side up and HDMI port side down 5 Attach the 4 supplied long screws to secure DSS 1000 to the mount...

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