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User’s Manual

Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation.

NOTE: This manual covers the 8- and 16-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are identical except for the

number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras that can be displayed.
For simplicity, the illustrations and descriptions in this manual refer to the 16-camera model.

Summary of Contents for 8-Channel

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Page 3: ...ERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUI...

Page 4: ...chnician to restore the equipment to its normal operation E If the equipment has been dropped or the cabinet damaged F When the equipment exhibits a distinct change in performance this indicates a nee...

Page 5: ...Chapter 3 Configuration 7 Front Panel Controls 7 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 8 HDD LED 8 Alarm Out LED 8 Network LED 8 Clip Copy LED 8 Power LED 9 PANIC Button 9 ALARM Button 9 CLIP COPY Button 9 ZOOM PTZ...

Page 6: ...Status 45 Chapter 4 Operation 47 Turning on the Power 47 Live Monitoring 47 Live Monitoring Menu 48 Active Cameo Mode 49 Zoom Mode 49 PTZ Mode 49 Event Monitoring 51 Covert Camera 51 Spot Monitoring 5...

Page 7: ...re 6 Logout screen 11 Figure 7 Setup screen 12 Figure 8 System menu 12 Figure 9 Information setup screen 13 Figure 10 Date Time setup screen 14 Figure 11 Holiday setup screen 15 Figure 12 Time Sync sc...

Page 8: ...o Loss Settings screen 39 Figure 53 Video Loss Actions 1 screen 39 Figure 54 Video Loss Actions 2 screen 40 Figure 55 Video Blind Settings screen 40 Figure 56 Video Blind Actions 1 screen 41 Figure 57...

Page 9: ...k drive S M A R T protocol Technical Overview In addition to replacing both a time lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation your DVR has many features that make it much more powerful and...

Page 10: ...he 8 and 16 channel digital video recorders The DVRs are identical except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras that can be displayed For simplicity the...

Page 11: ...he DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system Figure 2 16 Channel DVR rear panel Video Input Video Loop Through RS485 Port Alarm Input Output Network Po...

Page 12: ...the C Common and NC Normally Closed or C and NO Normally Open connectors NC NO is a relay output which sinks 2A 125VAC and 1A 30VDC See Chapter 3 Configuration for configuring alarm output ARI Alarm...

Page 13: ...until all the LEDs on the front panel are lit NOTE When the DVR successfully resets to factory defaults all the LEDs on the front panel flash five times 5 Release the reset switch All of the DVR s se...

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Page 15: ...and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer Many of the buttons have multiple functions The buttons on the infrared remote control while laid out differently perform the same functions as...

Page 16: ...n 1 zooms in the screen and the button 2 zooms out the screen pressing the button 3 focuses near and button 4 focuses far and pressing the button 5 moves to the preset and button 6 saves the preset HD...

Page 17: ...ode Pressing the arrow buttons or MENU CAMEO button allows you to control properly configured cameras DISPLAY SPOT Button Pressing the DISPLAY SPOT button toggles between different display formats The...

Page 18: ...Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and The screen displays and respectively When in the pause mode pressing the button moves to the next image and pressing the button moves to...

Page 19: ...es and exit the screen If you do not wish to save the changes highlight Cancel and press the button to exit the screen Press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then...

Page 20: ...title and press the button That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards backspaces and deletes entered...

Page 21: ...n appears The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available The rui indicates that the file is for software upgrades and ofi indicates that the file is for optical drive firmware u...

Page 22: ...ht Date Time in the System menu and press the button The Date Time setup screen appears Figure 10 Date Time setup screen Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button The individual section...

Page 23: ...ver Highlighting allows you to select your time server from a list of registered time servers NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting u...

Page 24: ...SB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips archived data might be lost Highlight the Status tab and the Storage Status s...

Page 25: ...uthority levels being turned On and Off Highlighting the individual authority level boxes and pressing the button will toggle between that authority level being turned On and Off The authority levels...

Page 26: ...be set to never automatically login a user Highlighting the box beside Auto Logout allows you to select from a list of times that the user will be automatically logged out The options are Never 1 min...

Page 27: ...andard Recording Profile Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE The higher quality setting requires more storage space NOTE The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High V...

Page 28: ...tion for network configuration and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected NOTE Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters IP...

Page 29: ...ing Check otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved NOTE When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server an error message displays Select the Finish button to finish the Set...

Page 30: ...side Remote Audio Channel and pressing the button allows you to select the audio channel that sends audio to the remote site Selecting Select From RAS will send audio of the channel selected from RAS...

Page 31: ...administrator Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The factory default Port settings are Remote Admin 8200 Remote Callbac...

Page 32: ...e between On and Off NOTE When using the NAT Network Address Translation device refer to the NAT manufacturer s instructions for the proper network settings Highlight the box beside DVR Name and press...

Page 33: ...ns to increase or decrease the numbers Figure 25 WebGuard setup screen Notification The DVR can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running RAS Remote Administration System when an eve...

Page 34: ...Highlight the Test box and press the button to test emailing with the current settings you made Highlight the Callback tab and the Callback screen displays Highlight Enable and press the button to tog...

Page 35: ...he PTZ setup screen displays NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 Figure 30 Camera PTZ setup screen Highlight the box in the Product column for the...

Page 36: ...appears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the box under the Type heading allows to set the alarm output for NO or NC normally open or normally closed Highlighting the box beside Dwell Time...

Page 37: ...ce The icon displays while in the Freeze mode and the displays while in the Sequence mode Screen Group The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 4x4 display mode of the 16 channel...

Page 38: ...or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the remaining cameras in a cameo window This can be done with one camera displayed full screen while displaying the cameo window as a PIP pictu...

Page 39: ...ove the VGA screen position in the direction you want Selecting the button at the center returns to the previous position Remote Control Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the butt...

Page 40: ...s The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user defined period under three conditions at midnight whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settin...

Page 41: ...High Half D1 and Standard CIF Schedule Highlight Schedule in the Record menu and press the button and the Schedule setup screen appears Simple Mode Advanced Mode Figure 42 Schedule setup screen You ca...

Page 42: ...the button to define the recording settings You can set the ips Quality and Resolution ips Quality Resolution and Dwell for Advanced Mode setup of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode co...

Page 43: ...Basic and image resolution can be selectable from Very High D1 High Half D1 and Standard CIF You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell You can set the Dwell f...

Page 44: ...that you would like to activate whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input You can also set the DVR s internal buzzer to sound NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and...

Page 45: ...he following functions Select Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion Clear Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion Reverse Activates inactive highlighted blocks and d...

Page 46: ...g and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs appears You can associate as many Alarm Outs with that camera as you wish When the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input it triggers output s...

Page 47: ...cord heading and press the button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras with that camera as you wish If the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera it starts recording vide...

Page 48: ...blinding a camera Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 Never and 1 least sensitive to...

Page 49: ...linded on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box under the...

Page 50: ...ameter boxes for you to enter information Highlight the box beside Transaction Start and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string Refer to the device manufacture...

Page 51: ...Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box beside Alarm Out and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs appears You can associate as many Alarm Outs with the Text Inp...

Page 52: ...each alarm in and pressing the button allows you to change the interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on Alarm Inputs You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Storage...

Page 53: ...p Restart and Shutdown events For the Notify action to work the DVR should be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Event Status Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the but...

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Page 55: ...ration Turning on the Power Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization p...

Page 56: ...uence for the cameo sequence monitoring should be selected in the Display setup screen Main Monitor tab Camera Menu Selecting Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu displays the following Camera Menu...

Page 57: ...the cameo menu displayed when pressing the CAMEO button also exits the Active Cameo mode The active cameo mode will remains in effect for 15 seconds if there is no further operation In active cameo mo...

Page 58: ...dvanced PTZ in the menu displaying at the top of the screen displays the Advanced PTZ menu Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Refer to the camera manufacturer s instruct...

Page 59: ...een Settings tab that camera appears to be Off unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will not be displayed on the mo...

Page 60: ...yed in the top left You can select the camera you want to display on the main channel screen Select a channel on the screen and click the right mouse button to display the Camera Menu Selecting Go To...

Page 61: ...not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used panic recording will not operate Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio it will record audio from up to four inputs...

Page 62: ...Edit in the cameo menu displayed when pressing the MENU CAMEO button also exits the Active Cameo mode NOTE A cameo is defined as any cell within multi screen display The cameo mode allows you to chang...

Page 63: ...e First displays the first recorded image Go to the Last Selecting Go to the Last displays the last recorded image Go to the Date Time Selecting Go to the Date Time displays the Go to the Date Time sc...

Page 64: ...y storage installed in the DVR and selecting Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR Exit Selecting Exit in the Search menu exits the search mode and en...

Page 65: ...e When set to On you will be asked to select one of the overlapping start and stop time When set to Off the DVR will display search results from all start times to all stop times Highlight the box bes...

Page 66: ...the icon in the Expanded view mode switches to the Standard view mode Selecting or located at the bottom zooms the record table Selecting displays eight hours 1 minute based and selecting displays 24...

Page 67: ...search highlight Go and press the button The selected date and time will display NOTE It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen Press the DISPLAY button and change the scre...

Page 68: ...he box beside Sensitivity and press the button You will be able to select from 1 low sensitivity to 5 high sensitivity Highlight the box beside Min Blocks and press the button You will be able to set...

Page 69: ...d press the button This will toggle between On and Off When this feature is On the search will find only those text strings in which the case matches Highlight Load and press the button to load saved...

Page 70: ...he ending date and time Highlight the box beside Channels and press the button You can select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip Highlight the box beside Password and press...

Page 71: ...on how to review video clips you have copied NOTE During Clip Copy you cannot shut the system down clear data on the storage device or format the storage device CAUTION Do NOT disconnect the USB cable...

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Page 73: ...d disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98 1 Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable 2 Turn on your...

Page 74: ...nt to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over 8 the following search condition can be set Search Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 12345678901234567890123456789...

Page 75: ...e WebGuard port number default 12088 set in the Network setup screen WebGuard tab Or http DVRNS server address DVR name The DVRNS server address and the DVR name registered on the DVRNS server Or http...

Page 76: ...Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu Otherwise some functions of the WebGuard might be limited to use There might be a problem with screen display or screen...

Page 77: ...udio control panel displays click the to send audio to the connected remote site and click the button again to stop sending audio Click the to monitor live audio from the connected remote site through...

Page 78: ...nd within the time parameters The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar If more than one video stream in the same time...

Page 79: ...e In this case you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment For example when the DVR has recorded video from one to five o clock and the user changes the time...

Page 80: ...User s Manual 72 Map of Screens...

Page 81: ...Check camera video cable and connections Check monitor video cable and connections Confirm that the camera has power Check camera lens settings Live Video Very Bright If a cable is attached to the Loo...

Page 82: ...xport Failure Callback Fail Setup Export Cancel Print Begin Schedule On Print End Schedule Off Print Cancel Panic On Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related No Description No Descr...

Page 83: ...tions VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL Auto Detect Video Input Composite 8 or 16 looping inputs 1 Vp p auto terminating 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs Composite 1 BNC 1 Vp p 75 Ohms SPOT 1 BNC 1 Vp p 75 Ohms...

Page 84: ...rive or flash drive When installing an internal DVD RW drive connect the SATA I O cable to the SATA3 socket GENERAL Dimensions W x H x D 16 9 x 3 5 x 15 9 430mm x 88mm x 405mm Unit Weight 16 8 lbs 7 6...

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