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DVR Server Manual ver.5.05/rel.092507 

 

4. OSD Adjustment 

 

 

5. IP Camera setup 

 

6. Change record disk 

From the information display panel you can see the current recording disk, and when you Single-Click 

the corresponding panel, it will show the available disk with its total free spaces. Also you can change 

the  recording  disk  by  selecting  the  disk  directly.  The  system  will  check  the  disk  per  10s,  and  it  is 

recommended  that  you  change  the  recording  disk  to  local  disk  when  system  is  writing  data  into 

removable disk before you remove it.   

 

When the capacity of HDD is not enough or there has been some errors while recording, the 

Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select 

―OSD 

Adjustment‖ to adjust the position of OSD (IP Camera does not have this 

function; you can set the OSD position in IP Camera setup remotely). 

 

OSD includes time and channel name. 

In this screen you can press time or 

channel name and drag them to where you 

want directly, after that, you can press 

  button to save and press 

  button to resume time and 

channel name to default position. 

 

This function is only available when you Right-single-Click an image of 

IP camera Other information will be discussed in IP Camera Setup. 

 

Summary of Contents for DVR Server 5.05

Page 1: ...DVR Server Manual ver 5 05 rel 092507 I VR Enterprise DVR System DVR Server ver 5 05 User Manual...

Page 2: ...Chapter2 Local setup 19 2 1 System setup 20 2 1 1 System setup 20 2 1 2 Network setup 21 2 1 3 Boot setup 23 2 2 Camera setup 24 2 2 1 Camera setup 24 2 2 2 Group setup 27 2 3 Sensor setup 29 2 3 1 S...

Page 3: ...rations 47 4 4 Capture picture 49 4 5 Create clip file 49 4 5 1 Create file clip 49 4 5 2 Backup by time 50 4 5 3 View Backup file 52 4 6 Search captured picture 54 4 7 Fast search 55 4 8 Camera statu...

Page 4: ...estions 72 7 6 View the DVR via Internet 74 7 7 How to turn ON Automatic Windows Login 76 7 8 DVR System Recovery Procedure 78 Refer to the Tutorial video for other selected topic illustrated in video...

Page 5: ...intenance of those individual digital image devices like DVR DVS etc Straightforward Application and Management Supports centralized network recording management flexible storage and HDD coverage and...

Page 6: ...tion 2 Zoom in out video image Left Double Click a camera window to zoom in out video image or press F11 on the keyboard 3 Recording status an icon found at the top right corner of the video screen a...

Page 7: ...n the course of the instant playback you can press Space key to switch the play pause status or direction key and to play next and previous frame If you want to stop the instant playback you can Singl...

Page 8: ...able disk before you remove it When the capacity of HDD is not enough or there has been some errors while recording the Single Right Click video image area in main interface and select OSD Adjustment...

Page 9: ...switch Press button to switch between playing all cameras in current windows in sequence and not when the current partition number is smaller than the total channels of the card 3 Emergency recording...

Page 10: ...k Press button to prevent unauthorized user to operate system Press this button again the unlock dialog box will be displayed Input your User ID and password then press OK to unlock it Default User ID...

Page 11: ...g log view system log and motion setup as shown below 1 2 4 1 IP Camera Device List Press this bar to add an IP Module to the DVR system For resource limitation you can add max 16 IP Modules including...

Page 12: ...er Port DNS server host s port which is provided to connect DNS software Note 1 Currently our DVR server allows a maximum of 16 channels for IP cameras For each device the system allows you to connect...

Page 13: ...port system configurations 3 Import System Parameters Select this function to import system configurations 4 Burn backup data CD Select this function to burn video data to CD it is same to burn CD fun...

Page 14: ...re pointed by the arrow or change the digital map If it is set to appear automatically when the sensor is triggered the map will appear automatically and the sensor being triggered will be marked For...

Page 15: ...setup By default the entire screen is set as motion detection area where it is indicated with green border around the image To have a specific area for motion detection you can click button to cancel...

Page 16: ...sed as masking for motion detection This is often used on ATM machine or bank vault when you do not want the punching of PIN numbers recorded on the video for security purposes Press button to delete...

Page 17: ...et Mask Default Gateway NetGate When client is linked its IP address will display in this window the current IP only Press the right mouse button to disconnect the client You can select from this setu...

Page 18: ...6 4 Focus Focus Overrides the auto focus setup of the PTZ camera adjust focus the image 1 2 6 5 Iris Iris Overrides the PTZ cameras auto iris and brighten or darken the image Pressing this button init...

Page 19: ...mera tracking the floating object automatically 1 2 6 7 Speed Dome Press button to operate the speed dome including Preset Setup Preset Call and Preset Tour 1 2 6 7 4 Preset Setup In this screen you c...

Page 20: ...he system will return the PTZ to the home position Tour preset In this section you can set the tour schedule First you can choose a group and then set the track for this schedule you can press button...

Page 21: ...he image that you selected You can reset its default value by pressing Press the fourth button and drag it to adjust the saturation of the image that you selected You can reset its default value by pr...

Page 22: ...can press number button to enable sensor forcibly Press the button again to stop the DVR in checking the sensors all the time then the DVR system checks sensor according to configurations set at the S...

Page 23: ...nkage setup Email setup Matrix display setup User setup Refer to the Tutorial video for other selected details about this topic The tutorials are small video file that can be played from the local DVR...

Page 24: ...onnecting port it must be different from PTZ Port If you do not use alarm input you can close this function To avoid conflicts to the PTZ port you should set and use the different ports for these two...

Page 25: ...you change the format it will affect the OSD format information in information display panel and file lists Default Camera type Set the default mode of video from PAL and NTSC It is available when th...

Page 26: ...d modify this port to other port such as 1280 The user must reboot DVR server to activate the port changes then user can access DVR server via IE Client as follows http IP 1280 IP can be a static IP o...

Page 27: ...d on the network bandwidth The maximum remote client connections are 256 For example one DVR server is using a 2Mbit network bandwidth if all video channels are compressed based on CIF resolution max...

Page 28: ...hoice of name such as warehouse door 1 main lobby etc Camera Type Select camera type from drop down list Users can choose from PAL and NTSC Camera Enable or disable selected camera Remote Frame Rate f...

Page 29: ...ar with those features we advise you NOT to revise them Recommend setup For CIF Image quality I frame value P frame value B frame value Max bps Best 12 12 17 900000 Good 15 15 20 750000 Medium 18 18 2...

Page 30: ...rmat Record Days This section allows users to determine how long the record data of each camera should be kept by the system The maximum duration for on line storage is 120 days Users can select the e...

Page 31: ...t s parameters will be the same as the server 6 Variable digital rate table Image quality record environment occupied disk space cam hour Poorest low action indoor about 50Mb high action road about 10...

Page 32: ...elect your schedule time by drag drop For example the above picture means on Monday it is set to motion detect record on Sunday it is set to normal record but on TUE WED and THU from 3 30 to 11 00 it...

Page 33: ...inkage of Speed Dome preset number Speed Dome will move to this preset number automatically when there is an alarm Speed Dome installation needed Alarm Play sound Select a sound of wav file for a sens...

Page 34: ...n alarm The cameras just include the cameras of local board card IP Cameras are not included For IP Camera you should set it remotely in IP Camera setup Tie to Relay Output Add alarm devices alarm out...

Page 35: ...t match the settings on this PTZ menu otherwise the PTZ will not be able to communicate properly thereby it would fail to pan tilt or zoom PTZ configuration changes on this menu will not change the ac...

Page 36: ...for a video loss alarm If there is a video loss alarm the sound file will be played Also you can test it by pressing button Camera Alarm DO Output Selects which DO ports will be triggered by above cam...

Page 37: ...r related alarms you should set to check sensor and select cameras to be triggered in Sensor setup When you enable system capture image as attachment of E mail the system will capture a still picture...

Page 38: ...are only the cameras of the local board card IP Cameras are not included Alarm Send Email Sensors Screenshot From Linked Camera Operator can select the sensor which will trigger to send an E mail when...

Page 39: ...itch Video Interval sec When there is more than one camera selected you can set the interval to display the cameras in a circular fashion 2 6 2 Display setup Display Group System operator can set grou...

Page 40: ...Manage mode for Client When you enable this function client must pass the authentication to connect with PC DVR User Name Input new User ID in this box when adding a new user to system Auth Level Sele...

Page 41: ...elect the cameras to have playback rights by the user you are setting The cameras you can select include the cameras of the local board card and IP Cameras By default every user is granted to playback...

Page 42: ...re 5 buttons in each page located at the bottom They are Upgrade Restart Time adjustment Save and Exit The system can upgrade to the server remote Click this button and select the right file Some sett...

Page 43: ...NS to get IP this name will be used IP configuration and related Server IP Port Subnet Mask Net Gate Net Cable Type Connection configuration and related parameter Use PPPOE PPPOE Login Name PPPOE Logi...

Page 44: ...Enter a name description for easy identification Show LOGO OSD Week If you check this box the system will show corresponding information on screen Position Set the position of OSD or Logo by entering...

Page 45: ...it Rate Type Select bit rate type from Variable Bit Rate VBR and Fixed Bit Rate FBR record VBR range Poorest Poor Medium Good Best FBR range 45 Megabytes Hour to 400 Megabytes Hour Max Bit Rate Select...

Page 46: ...ion schedule setup Define preset position and set time to call preset position automatically System can add and delete plan time Copy to After finishing one channel if you want to set any other channe...

Page 47: ...When there is an alarm input the cameras will be triggered to record the record type of the channel is Alarm Record and the monitor will switch to preview the cameras warning on monitor is enabled Pre...

Page 48: ...andling current alarm first handling policies will be available as follows Audible warning Indicates the alarm with voice Upload to DVR Server Update the alarm information to center Trigger alarm out...

Page 49: ...Manual ver 5 05 rel 092507 45 Copy to After finishing one channel if you want to set any other channels configuration as the same as this camera you can select the channel number from drop list and pr...

Page 50: ...d data from the beginning of today Blue channel number means that channel has recorded data Click channel number to select search camera Tips Right click the picture to perform digital zoom function S...

Page 51: ...ntel Pentium 4 2 4GHz or better Motherboard ECS 848P A or better Graphic Card ATI 9550 128MB or better Memory 512MB or higher HDD 120G IDE or better Recommended channel configuration for playback DVR...

Page 52: ...stop playing 4 2 8 First frame of that day previous minute Next minute and last frame of that day 4 2 9 Image zooms out Press this button Left Single Click an image quarter of the image will be enlarg...

Page 53: ...of the image is that of the playing window 4 4 Create clip file Click button there are three items to be selected as below 4 4 1 Create file clip Press to create file clip Select channel and save pat...

Page 54: ...then drag the bar to select another time and press button to set it as the end time When you are finished the file attribute on the left will show the size of the file to be created Save file After yo...

Page 55: ...sing button to show its total value Backup Data Size shows the size of the backup file If you backup the recording file directly to CD RW disc the file size should not exceed 650M NOTE If user backup...

Page 56: ...you want to view b Save Path Select path of the backup file This is the drive where you saved your video backup file on the local PC c Select one file from File List and Double Click it this file will...

Page 57: ...Icon Create a new directory in area Add all the file from area to area Add selected file from area to area Delete selected file from area Burn CD drive Select CD ROM driver Volume label Set the CD s l...

Page 58: ...the file name will show in the top of the window Note If you want to save the reworked picture in another file you can change its name and path here with BMP or JPG as suffix Then click the button Rel...

Page 59: ...data Only those blue and green ones can be selected and when they are selected the camera window will appear automatically to show which cameras has record data Click or to change month and year of se...

Page 60: ...earch accuracy is decided by sensitivity value in Motion Setup 4 7 1 2 2 Operation and example Press button then select a search area the system will play all motion that occurred within this area fro...

Page 61: ...erform a search even though there is no motion in the specified area In contrast if you set a low sensitivity it is possible that the system will not search when there is some small range of motion in...

Page 62: ...This slider adjusts the playing speed click the button to resume normal playing speed Note 1 It is not suggested that multi channel more than 10 channels record and playback co instantaneous unless y...

Page 63: ...of Server through Internet Explorer E g http 192 168 0 119 1280 5 1 Functions of IE Client 1 Video display and video storage 2 Audio input 3 Searching and playback video image locally or remotely 4 C...

Page 64: ...en mode and Right Single Click image can back to normal mode 5 2 2 Connection Record status This icon indicates the current connection and their record status Gray Not connected Navy blue Connected wi...

Page 65: ...n mode date video channel and its video file named according to time 5 3 1 2 Playing operation area In this area you can operate video playing Video playing time adjustment Press and drag slider bar t...

Page 66: ...back the difference feature is that remote search has an added download feature When you playback remotely you click button system will save video of current channel you selected on your local hard dr...

Page 67: ...cessfully a four partition blue window will appear If you are unable to connect the possible reasons are The Web server port has been used by other programs Your computer didn t download the player pl...

Page 68: ...ave GPRS or CDMA to transport data Set Internet as the access point of your phone call Select Enable to allow the PDA to connect to DVR server in the network setup of the DVR system To use PDA connect...

Page 69: ...nstall and connect 5 7 1 Installation You can install the mobile client as install java games in your smart phone install mobile client in your smart phone directly downloaded the program in WAN or LA...

Page 70: ...nd password from client will be checked If the user has no rights to visit that camera the connection will be cut down automatically Press Login button to connect the DVR server 5 9 Camera List The Mo...

Page 71: ...buttons the PTZ camera will move up down right and left Note Please try 5 button on your phone if pressing OK does not work Zoom Zoom Control the zoom function of the PTZ camera Focus Focus Overrides...

Page 72: ...l This color key is other function control PTZ control Key Function Up Down Left in the status of preview Play last frame in the status of instant playback Right in the status of preview Play next fra...

Page 73: ...screen mode Equivalent to pressing space key except Instant Playback mode Ctrl 0 Enter local playback Ctrl 1 9 Instant playback minutes Shift 1 8 Select screen partition 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 WIN Z Mi...

Page 74: ...or upgrade the DVR software you should install or update the card driver The steps are as follows 1 Find the driver folder and run driver Install program 2 A dialog will show on the screen 3 Click In...

Page 75: ...e folder In installation CD there is a file named CopyFile If you want to replace some files in installation directory you can copy new files into CopyFile when you finished the installation the new f...

Page 76: ...ou install more cards you can t run the server program Possible reasons PC Motherboard compatibility issue please check the Intel chipset motherboard and display card 3 Can t view image of cameras Pos...

Page 77: ...ss if you need to have the DVR available online Internet 2 Configure a static local IP address on your DVR Step to assign static local IP address Close the DVR software program Click on Start RUN on t...

Page 78: ...o 3001 PTZ control 3003 Setting changes 3005 Event Notification Default Pswd admin admin Mini DVR System 80 Web and Client Software DVRM DVRMR Series 80 Web and Client Software DVR R Series 80 Web 400...

Page 79: ...us problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly Use Registry Editor at you...

Page 80: ...re applies only to the first logon To enforce this setting for future logoffs the administrator must set the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft WindowsNT CurrentVersion Winlo...

Page 81: ...d again 10 Wait until it finish loading the program then press Enter when you see OK on the front page of the program About Ghost 11 Press L for local 12 Press D for disk 13 Press F for from image 14...

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