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8/16CH DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

DVR508/508D/516/516D

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

MERIT LILIN ENT. CO., LTD

http://www.meritlilin.com

Summary of Contents for DVR508

Page 1: ...8 16CH DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER DVR508 508D 516 516D INSTRUCTION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...nnel recording and playback Full features web based user interface multiple DVR system monitoring features and various backup features Professional DVR series is ideal solution for advanced DVR applications Major Features D1 120 100 FPS and full CIF real time H 264 recording and playback Analog video looping Easy to use Jog and shuttle button operation Design with 2U rack mount chassis Slim DVD R ...

Page 3: ...s or registered trademarks of their respective owners Caution Do not drop or strike this equipment Do not install the equipment near any naked flames or heat sources Do not expose this unit to rain moisture smoke or dust environment Do not cover the opening of the cabinet with cloth and plastic or to install this unit in poor ventilated places Allow 10cm between this unit and its surroundings Do n...

Page 4: ...ute 13 Chapter 2 5 Addressable DVR Control Button 13 Chapter 2 6 OK Cancel Button 13 CHAPTER 3 PTZ CONTROL 14 Chapter 3 1 Instant PTZ Controllable Mode 14 Chapter 3 2 Remote Controller PTZ 14 Chapter 3 3 Recall Presets 14 CHAPTER 4 RECORDING 15 Chapter 4 1 Start Recording 15 Chapter 4 2 Manual Recording 15 Chapter 4 3 Schedule Recording 15 Chapter 4 4 Alarm Switch Activation Recording 15 Chapter 4...

Page 5: ...uence Time 23 Chapter 6 4 Record Setup 23 Chapter 6 4 1 Record Quality 23 Chapter 6 4 2 Frame Rate 23 Chapter 6 4 3 Recording Mode 23 Chapter 6 4 4 Audio 23 Chapter 6 4 5 Post alarm Recording 23 Chapter 6 4 6 Resolution 24 Chapter 6 4 7 Schedule 24 Chapter 6 4 8 HDD Overwritten 24 Chapter 6 4 9 Limited Recording 24 Chapter 6 5 Alarm Setup 24 Chapter 6 5 1 Alarm Input Type 25 Chapter 6 5 2 Motion E...

Page 6: ...8 2 PTZ Model Baud Rate 32 Chapter 6 8 3 Preset Setup 33 Chapter 6 8 4 Preset 33 Chapter 6 8 5 Dwell 33 Chapter 6 8 6 Speed 33 Chapter 6 8 7 Position 33 Chapter 6 8 8 IRIS Auto IRIS 34 Chapter 6 8 9 Focus Auto Focus 34 Chapter 6 8 10 Save Presets 34 Chapter 6 8 11 Clear All Preset 34 Chapter 6 8 12 Direct Keyboard Access 34 Chapter 6 9 Backup 34 Chapter 6 9 1 FTP Download 35 Chapter 6 9 2 HTTP Fil...

Page 7: ...pter 8 3 2 Recording Setting 43 Chapter 8 3 3 Recording Schedule Table 44 Chapter 8 3 4 Alarm Setting 44 Chapter 8 3 5 Alarm E mail 44 Chapter 8 3 6 Network Setting 45 Chapter 8 3 7 System Setting 45 Chapter 8 3 7 1 Timer 45 Chapter 8 3 7 2 User Setting 46 Chapter 8 3 7 3 System Status 47 Chapter 8 3 7 4 Firmware update 48 APPENDIX 49 Appendix A 8 Ch and 16 CH DVR Alarm I Os and RS485 for PTZ 49 A...

Page 8: ...play or camera selection 10 Split display camera buttons a 4 9 split display when mode switch b Camera selection mode 11 Jog dial a Play recorded image frame by frame at playback mode b Perform zoom in and out on a PTZ device at live mode 12 Shuttle ring a Fast forward video at playback mode b Instant video FR or instant event list at live mode 13 IR receiver 14 P SET button Call a preset of a fas...

Page 9: ...Stop video playback button 9 Mode switch for split display or camera selection 10 Split display camera buttons a 4 9 13 16 split display when mode switch b Camera selection mode 11 Jog dial a Play recorded image frame by frame at playback mode b Perform zoom in and out on a PTZ device at live mode 12 Shuttle ring a Fast forward video at playback mode b Instant video FR or instant event list at liv...

Page 10: ... input 10 RJ 45 Keyboard out Connect to the next DVR s input RJ 45 connector 11 RJ 45 Keyboard in Connected from previous DVR s keyboard output in daisy chain 12 Alarm I Os Alarm input switches 1 N O alarm output and 1 N C alarm output 13 RS 485 For PTZ connection 14 LAN Network RJ 45 connector 15 VGA output 16 Spot monitor a Spot monitor accessible by keyboard b Each spot output can be programmab...

Page 11: ...ction 14 LAN Network RJ 45 connector 15 VGA output 16 Spot monitor c Spot monitor accessible by keyboard d Each spot output can be programmable for alarmed camera display and sequence display Chapter 1 3 System LED Status Panel System LEDs are meaningful while operating the DVR The status of each LED is described as in the following table Item LED Description Color 1 POWER DVR power on off indicat...

Page 12: ...ecording ENTER Enter a menu SEARCH Time search button 0 to 9 Number letter keys Pause Move up tilt up Playback Move down tilt down Stop Move left pan left Fast forward Move right pan right Fast rewind BACKSPA CE Back erasing a letter Next single channel NTSC PAL Video system Previous single channel AUDIO Audio on off Page Next window division BACKUP Video backup Page Previous window division EJECT...

Page 13: ...evice Dial jog dial in counter clockwise for zooming out operation of the PTZ camera Chapter 1 6 Mouse System The DVR has both USB mouse interface General mouse operations are described as below Left mouse click In mouse menu system mouse click can select a menu item In window division mode click on a camera that is to select the camera in activation mode active camera Left mouse double click In w...

Page 14: ...ols and icons for graphical user interface GUI design These symbols and icons contain useful information in operating the DVR All the symbols and icons are discussed in the rest of the chapter Task bar The task bar shows up on bottom of the main monitor for indicating the operation status of the DVR while operating the remote controller the mouse the keypad or a keyboard The icons of the DVR are d...

Page 15: ...eature in which suspicious individuals can be determined To freeze the screen press Freeze button on the remote controller Press the button again to cancel this operation Chapter 2 3 CH CH In case of scanning through cameras in full screen channel buttons CH CH can be used to monitor all cameras Chapter 2 4 Audio Mute Once the audio channel is properly setup the DVR can output the live audio To en...

Page 16: ...troller Once a camera is in active mode text in yellow major PTZ features can be easily performed Chapter 3 2 Remote Controller PTZ PTZ buttons are framed in yellow that contain auto panning zooming and zooming out Other PTZ and DVR buttons are shown in blue on remote controller The details are described as below Tilting the PTZ device up Tilting the PTZ device down Panning the PTZ device right Pa...

Page 17: ... many applications that may be required to record video after motion triggering or alarm activations Schedule recording can be used that the DVR records video based on motion or alarm triggering for certain hours The schedule table can be preprogrammed to meet the recording requirement Chapter 4 4 Alarm Switch Activation Recording Recording operation can be triggered by an external alarm switch An...

Page 18: ...ress Left or Right button on the highlighted date or time field To change the date and time please press Up or Down button Chapter 5 2 Event Search Event list contains information including date time event type and camera channel for the event There are external alarm event and motion alarm event that can be found in event list To filter out events please set starting and ending time in the event ...

Page 19: ...shows up accordingly Press Up or Down button to select list item for playback Chapter 5 4 Time Search User can also use calendar and time for performing video search feature Chapter 5 5 Other Playback Features Once one of above playback features is performed features such as fast forward FF fast rewind FR pause stop step and re play can then be used FF Press Right button shuttle ring right on the ...

Page 20: ...G press Pause button while playing video that can pause the video Once the video is in pausing mode one can press Left or Right button on the DVR s keypad or the remote controller to play the video step by step STOP To stop video playback press Stop button on the keypad or the remote controller The DVR s screen switches back to playback main menu for other playback operations Press ESC button agai...

Page 21: ...pters Chapter 6 2 Camera Setup A user can setup camera settings at camera setup option Camera name video setup and video loss detection can be found at this option Chapter 6 2 1 Camera Name A user can edit up to 12 characters for a camera name To setup the camera name please type the character using visual keyboard and press Enter button CAMERA CAMERA SELECT 1 CAMERA NAME CAM01 CAMERA DISABLE OFF ...

Page 22: ...fault setting please press Load Default menu item Chapter 6 2 4 Video Loss Detection To enable or disable video loss detection please set this option to be On or OFF If the video signal is unstable and causes video loss a user can disable this option Unstable video signal may generate thousand of video loss events in one second Temporarily turn this option Off that can improve DVR system performan...

Page 23: ...wing this section Each of the VGA settings is described in the following table OFF ON Adaptive de interlacing Edge preserving Moving object correction Film mode Sharpness enhancer VIDEO ADVANCE ADAPTIVE DEINTERLANCE ON EDGE PRESERVING ON MOVING OBJECT CORRECTION ON FILE MODE ON SHARPNESS ENHANCER OFF ...

Page 24: ...y on the front panel or press any key on the remote control Chapter 6 3 5 Monitor Standby Time To setup standby time please change the time at this feature Chapter 6 3 6 Main Alarm Switching The main monitor output can be configured in displaying camera s full screen To enable this feature please select the camera in camera selection box Chapter 6 3 7 Main Monitor SEQ Time Sequence feature can mul...

Page 25: ...s the Enter button and using the Left or Right button for the adjustment Chapter 6 4 3 Recording Mode Each camera can be setup for schedule recording or no recording Once the recording mode has been turned off each recording mode including alarm motion or manual recording does not record Chapter 6 4 4 Audio There are up to four audio inputs that can be recorded into the DVR To setup audio recordin...

Page 26: ...ton to select Apply All menu item Press Enter button on Apply All menu item that can setup a recording mode for a week Chapter 6 4 8 HDD Overwritten The DVR can be setup for HDD circular recording If the user does not want the HDD to be overwritten please turn the option to be off Chapter 6 4 9 Limited Recording In many countries the HDD recording may be limited and can be only accessed for a cert...

Page 27: ...to change the sensitivity setting Chapter 6 5 4 Motion Area Set There are few ways to setup motion area The detail setup sequence is described as follows Keypad Keyboard Remote controller Mouse Step 1 Enter Motion Area Set menu item Step 2 Press Up Down Left or Right to move cursor Move mouse for starting position Step 3 Press Enter to define starting area Step 4 Press Enter again to finish a moti...

Page 28: ... A user can disable the buzzer under System Buzzer Enable menu item Chapter 6 5 8 Button Sound To enable or disable button sound please set button sound option Chapter 6 6 System Setup The DVR system related settings such as date time HDD password log restoring manufacturing default DVR RS 485 ID video system firmware update language and health check can be configured at this system menu To setup ...

Page 29: ...tion 1 Size The capacity of the hard disk drive 2 Approximate recording hour recording hours based on the HDD s 3 Approximate recording days recording days based on the HDD s 4 Average frame size Average picture size HDD INFO PRI MASTER SIZE SLAVE SIZE SEC MASTER SIZE 250 GB SLAVE SIZE 250 GB HDD FORMAT APPROX REC HOURS 142 APPROX REC DAYS 7 RESET COUNTER DATE TIME TIME 18 16 17 DATE 2005 06 30 FO...

Page 30: ... Password on or off at System Password The password consists of four to eight digits for entering the DVR The default passwords are admin 1111 operator 2222 and guest 3333 The acceptable characters are 1 to 10 0 and A to Z To change the password setting please press Enter at System Password Change Password Access Property Each account can be assigned for access rights including video playback menu...

Page 31: ...ble DVR Control Button Chapter 6 6 7 Video System The DVR supports both NTSC and PAL video systems The DVR allows switching from one video system to another without rebooting To change video system press Left or Right button at System Video System Chapter 6 6 8 Firmware Update Firmware update allows one to upgrade the DVR s firmware for improving system performance To perform firmware update press...

Page 32: ...ted to other machines The imported machine s internal configuration gets updated based on the original DVR s configuration To perform Export Setup please select Export Setup menu item and press Enter button Import Setup To perform Import Setup feature please select Import Setup menu item and press Enter key The configuration of the DVR gets updated based on the system file Version Version menu ite...

Page 33: ...download video files into a local PC Chapter 6 7 4 DDNS To use domain name provided by DDNS server ddnsipcam com or www dyndns org please first visit ddnsipcam com to register an account After registration please enter host name username and password in DDNS menu item at DVR side NETWORK IP MODE STATIC IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 111 SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 0 GATWAY 192 168 0 111 HTTP PORT 80 VIDEO PORT ...

Page 34: ...ort PTZ Protocol is sent to a remote camera by using RS 485 To enable feature please set the PTZ Transport to RS 485 Chapter 6 8 2 PTZ Model Baud Rate If PTZ protocol is transmitted via traditional RS485 wires attached to the DVR Please setup baud rate and RS485ID respectively One can choose the model of PTZ devices by pressing Left or Right button The DVR adopts this PTZ model s protocol and comm...

Page 35: ...reset To define a preset press Left or Right button on the keypad or the remote controller to change the preset number Chapter 6 8 5 Dwell Define dwell of a preset Dwell number ranges from 0 to 255 the shortest to the longest Chapter 6 8 6 Speed Define speed of previous preset to the next preset The speed number ranges from 1 to 8 the slowest to the fastest The speed might vary based on different ...

Page 36: ...To define other preset point please repeat chapter 6 8 4 In live monitoring mode this preset can be recalled at any time To recall a preset please read Call Preset section for detail Chapter 6 8 11 Clear All Preset To clear all the preset points of a PTZ device please select Clear All Preset menu item Press Enter key on the front panel or remote controller The operation clears all the preset point...

Page 37: ...e important backup video can be stored in DVR s temporary buffer The DVR has 2 GB internal storage space allocated for file backup The backup files get deleted automatically for the next time the backup task performed again To download the backup files please use FTP program Backup Manager to download the video file to your PC Please provide the account and password as Admin Oper and Guest in the ...

Page 38: ... 264 Files The DVR can export H 264 file to 1 USB flash disk 2 DVD RW 3 File for FTP download 4 HTTP download To play the exported H 264 video files on a PC please use Backupman exe Backupman exe can be copied over the backup device whenever the backup task has been performed The user can also download the application from the DVR s HTML interface Chapter 7 2 Play H 264 Audio Double click on a cha...

Page 39: ...please use Backup Manager to download files from DVRs To perform DVRs file download please first click on File Add DVR It prompts Add DVR dialog box Chapter 7 4 Connect to DVR s FTP Service After adding a DVR profile into the Tree View please click on the Profile and click on Connect button ...

Page 40: ...cted a list of time stamps of the DVR gets listed in the treeview Select one of the stamp and click on Download button to download the files Chapter 7 6 Play local DVR s files Click on the time stamp of the local driver the file clips can by playback by clicking on the Play button ...

Page 41: ...tly Always consult your network administrator before installing DVR To setup IP address a user can use IPScan utility to scan all the DVRs within a LAN This powerful tool can help the user to monitor to find and to set IP configuration for all Merit LILIN s IP based products Chapter 8 1 2 Internet Ports To access the DVR via Internet using a router please make sure that IP Ports of the router IP s...

Page 42: ...ures of PTZ access split window display and system configurations General DVR web interface is described in the following figure Chapter 8 2 1 Before Using Internet Make sure that your Internet Browser allows signed ActiveX plug in running on your PC Set Download Signed ActiveX plug in controls to Prompt and Run ActiveX control and plug in to Enable at Internet Explore Tools Options Security Setti...

Page 43: ... Web page To configure the DVR via web page please Click on Configure hyper link There are internal server setting general network setting PTZ device setting and video system setting allowed The detail settings are described in the rest of the chapter Download H 264 DVR File Player H 264 DVR File Player Backup Manager hyper link allows a user to download the application via Internet Chapter 8 2 4 ...

Page 44: ...ack A user can also click on Search button to retrieve the video Time Search Time search feature allows a user to search both master and slave HDDs by date and time To perform time search function please specify date and time information in date and time edit boxes Press Search button to finish this task Chapter 8 2 5 Save JPEG file To save live or playback video to JPEG files please perform right...

Page 45: ...ystem can be configured via web interface Features such as camera alarm recording network and backup can all get setup remotely Chapter 8 3 1 Camera Setting Channel Enable Enable or disable live video on main monitor Sequence Time Camera sequence time for main monitor Chapter 8 3 2 Recording Setting Current Rec Mode Current DVR recording mode HDD Overwritten Option for circular recording Camera Re...

Page 46: ...isable motion detection Motion Tracer Enable disable motion trace Alarm Input Type Set alarm input as NO NC or disable Buzzer Output Time Assign buzzer time for each camera Chapter 8 3 5 Alarm E mail Enable Alarm E Mail Option for enable alarm motion email From From E Mail address To To E Mail address Host IP Address SMTP mail server s IP or DNS address Authentication Option for user and password ...

Page 47: ...ber Chapter 8 3 7 System Setting MAC Address MAC address of the DVR Firmware firmware version of the DVR DVR 485 ID Addressable DVR ID for multiple DVRs remote control using remote controller and RS 485 keyboard Language Language selection of the DVR Max Connections Maximum network connections allowed for the DVR Auto Logout force to logout remote accesses Chapter 8 3 7 1 Timer Date Current date o...

Page 48: ...anual 46 Chapter 8 3 7 2 User Setting There are three levels admin operator and guest of user authentication allowed in the DVR To change password please specify the old password new password and confirm password ...

Page 49: ...ding Start Start recording time of the DVR HDD Recording End End recording time of the DVR Approximate Rec Hours Total recording hours available for the HDD s Approximate Rec Days Total recording days available for the HDD s Current Written HDD The HDD of the DVR in writing Already Overwritten The HDD s has been overwritten HDD Writing Speed HDD writting speed detector HDD Reading Speed HDD readin...

Page 50: ...e the firmware For 8 channel and 16 channel the firmware file are flash508 bin and flash516 bin Chapter 8 3 8 Backup To perform remote video file backup click Backup hyperlink Please specify starting time and ending time Click on Submit button to perform file backup task A backup progress bar shows up on the web page After backup task ends please click on the file hyperlink with LMP file extension...

Page 51: ...Pin 4 Alarm input 4 Pin 5 Alarm input 5 Pin 6 Alarm input 6 Pin 7 Alarm input 7 Pin 8 Alarm input 8 Pin 9 GND Pin 10 ALARM NO normal open Pin 11 ALARM NC normal close Pin 12 COM Pin 13 RS485 Pin 14 RS485 Appendix B RS485 Input and Output Pin Assignment Terminal Name 1 2 3 4 5 RS 485 Out Link Keyboard 6 RS 485 Out Link Keyboard 7 GND 8 DC 12V input ...

Page 52: ... 63S48Y0 2TB ST3500418AS 500GB Appendix D Supported External USB DVD RW Manufacturer Model SONY DRX S30U W Lite On eSAU108 Lite On eTAU108 Lite On eHAU424 01 Brand Specification Capacity Max Speed Note Melody DVD RW 4 7GB 4x Rewritable RiTEK DVD RW 4 7GB 8x Rewritable Sony DVD R 4 7GB 8x Burn once OEM disk DVD R 4 7GB 8x Burn once Appendix E Supported USB Flash Disk Transcend 8G 16G Kingston 4G 8G...

Page 53: ... CIF resolution calculate by a formula as following Total FPS Channel number Frame rate per channel For example 30 FPS 8 Ch at CIF resolution Total FPS 240 Frame 8 Ch 30 FPS Table 2 DVR508 DVR508D Recording Quality Highest High Standard Low HDD Picture size 19 KB Pic 18 KB Pic 12 KB Pic 10 KB Pic 500 GB 2 Days 2 Days 4 Days 5 Days 750 GB 4 Days 4 Days 6 Days 7 Days 1000 GB 6 Days 7 Days 8 Days 10 ...

Page 54: ...nel number Frame rate per channel For example 30 FPS 16 Ch at CIF resolution Total FPS 480 Frame 16 Ch 30 FPS Table 4 DVR516 DVR516D Recording Quality Highest High Standard Low HDD Picture size 19 KB Pic 17 KB Pic 13 KB Pic 11 KB Pic 500 GB 2 Days 3 Days 4 Days 5 Days 750 GB 4 Days 4 Days 6 Days 7 Days 1000 GB 5 Days 5 Days 8 Days 9 Days 2000 GB 10 Days 11 Days 16 Days 18 Days Note 1 Recording fra...

Page 55: ...ecording day Dynamic recording day calculation Alarm event DI 8 and DO 2 NO NC Motion Motion grid 30 24 each channel 8 sensitivities Event External alarm video loss stop recording power recovering motion detection schedule logon HDD format Email Alarm notification with JPEG attachments Accessories Remote controller addressable up to 255 DVRs P T Z protocol LILIN MLP2 and Pelco RS 485 Keyboards PIH...

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