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Page 3: ...EASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES 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 EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN WH...

Page 4: ...uipment C If the equipment has been exposed to rain or water D If the equipment does not operate normally by following the operating instructions adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the equipment to its normal operation E ...

Page 5: ...D Ground 6 AO 1 to 16 Alarm Out 6 ARI Alarm Reset In 6 Connecting to the RS485 Port 7 Connecting to the USB Ports 7 Connecting to the RS232 Port 8 Connecting to the Ultra Wide SCSI Port 8 Connecting to the Network Port 9 Factory Reset 9 Connecting the Power Cord 10 Chapter 3 Configuration 11 Front Panel Controls 11 POWER LED 12 HDD LED 12 NETWORK LED 12 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 13 PANIC Button 13 AL...

Page 6: ...e Screen 23 User Setup Screen 26 Shutdown Screen 29 Logout Screen 29 Network Notification Setup 30 Network Screen 30 LAN Setup Screen 31 Modem Setup 34 DVRNS Setup 35 WebGuard Setup PRO Model Only 36 Notification Setup 37 Configuring Devices 39 Camera Setup Screen 40 Audio Setup Screen 42 Alarm Out Screen 43 Display Screen 44 Remote Control Screen 47 Recording Settings 48 Record Screen 49 Schedule...

Page 7: ...Audio 84 Playing Recorded Video 84 RW Rewind Button 84 FF Fast Forward Button 85 BACKWARD Button 85 FORWARD Button 85 SEARCH STOP Button 85 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 85 DISPLAY Button 85 ZOOM Button 85 Shuttle Ring 85 Jog Dial 86 Searching Video 86 Go to the Date Time 87 Calendar Search 88 Event Log Search 89 Text In Search 91 Motion Search 93 Clip Copy Screen 95 Print Screen 98 Appendix A USB Hard D...

Page 8: ...g Mode 105 Web Search Mode 107 Appendix D Time Overlap 109 Appendix E Troubleshooting 110 Appendix F Connector Pin Outs 111 I O Connector Pin Outs 111 RS485 Connector Pin Outs 111 Appendix G Map of Screens 112 Appendix H System Log Notices 113 Appendix I Error Code Notices 114 Appendix J Specifications 116 ...

Page 9: ...ol 12 Figure 21 Login screen 16 Figure 22 Setup screen 17 Figure 23 Virtual Keyboard 17 Figure 24 Information screen 18 Figure 25 Upgrade screen 19 Figure 26 Setup Import screen 19 Figure 27 Setup Export screen 20 Figure 28 System Log screen 20 Figure 29 Date Time setup screen 21 Figure 30 Holiday setup screen 22 Figure 31 Time Sync screen 22 Figure 32 Storage Information screen 23 Figure 33 Devic...

Page 10: ...e 73 Alarm In Settings screen 55 Figure 74 Alarm In Actions 1 screen 56 Figure 75 Alarm In Notify menu 57 Figure 76 Alarm In Actions 2 screen 57 Figure 77 Motion Detection Settings screen 58 Figure 78 Motion Detection Sensitivity screen 58 Figure 79 Motion Detection Min Blocks screen 59 Figure 80 Motion Detection Zone screen 59 Figure 81 Motion Detection Zone menu 60 Figure 82 Daytime Setup screen...

Page 11: ...109 Go to the Date Time screen 87 Figure 110 Calendar Search screen 88 Figure 111 Event Log Search screen 89 Figure 112 Event Log Search Option screen 90 Figure 113 Text In Search screen 91 Figure 114 Text In Search Option screen 92 Figure 115 Motion Search screen 93 Figure 116 Motion Search Option screen 94 Figure 117 Clip Copy screen 95 Figure 118 Print screen 98 Figure 119 ClipPlayer screen 101...

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Page 13: ...ical User Interface GUI Menu System y Multiple Recording Modes Time lapse Pre event Alarm Motion and Panic y 4 Channel Audio Recording and 1 Channel Audio Playback y Text Input for ATM and POS y Alarm Connections Include Input Output and Reset Input y Built in Alarm Buzzer y Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet or Modem y Time Synchronization using industry standard protocol y Built in CD RW...

Page 14: ...it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via modem or Ethernet There is a SCSI port that can be used to record or archive video to external hard disk drives and there are also three USB ports that can be used to upgrade t...

Page 15: ...s for Adding Hard Disk Drives y Screws for Attaching SCSI Connector y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system Figure 2 16 Channel DVR rear panel Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment NOTE You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment For examp...

Page 16: ... it will cause poor quality video Connecting the Monitor Figure 5 Video Out connectors Connect the main monitor to either the Video Out or SVHS Out connector NOTE If your main monitor has an SVHS input use it because it will give you better quality video display NOTE The Video Out BNC and SVHS Out connectors may be connected to individual monitors for simultaneous operation Up to four Spot monitor...

Page 17: ...ord video for about 3 seconds while switching the video output between Video Out and VGA Out Connecting Audio NOTE It is the user s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio Figure 7 Audio In and Out connectors Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1 Audio In 2 Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jac...

Page 18: ...tors marked GND are common Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and or alarm output to the GND connector AO 1 to 16 Alarm Out Figure 9 Alarm Output connectors The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights Connect the device to the AO Alarm Out and GND Ground connectors AO is an active low open collector output which sinks 5mA 12V and 30 mA 5V See Chapter 3 Configuration for...

Page 19: ...vided to connect external hard disk CD RW or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades One USB port is on the rear panel and the other two are on the front panel Position external drives close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections usually less than 6 feet Use the USB cable provided with the hard disk drive to connect it to the DVR A USB mouse not supplied can be...

Page 20: ...ces for recording or archiving video Connect the external SCSI hard disk drive RAID cable to the high density 68 pin female UltraWide SCSI port The length of SCSI cable should not exceed 5 feet 1 5 meters You can connect up to 8 UltraWide SCSI devices with SCSI IDs set from 0 to 15 except for 7 which is assigned as the Host ID NOTE The SCSI bus must be terminated otherwise the DVR will not operate...

Page 21: ...rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings CAUTION When using the Factory Reset you will lose any settings you have saved If you want to use the same DVR name registered on the DVRNS server after initializing the system using the factory reset you need to contact the DVRNS server manager Please record and save the help desk information before factory r...

Page 22: ...G ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG DO NOT OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT BY PLUGGING TOO MANY DEVICES IN TO ONE CIRCUIT Your DVR is now ready to o...

Page 23: ...mote control while laid out differently perform the same functions as those on the front panel The following describes each button and control Take a few minutes to review the descriptions You will use these to initially set up your DVR and for daily operations NOTE The infrared sensor on the DVR is just to the lower left of the jog shuttle Make certain that nothing blocks the sensor or the remote...

Page 24: ...may not be supported depending on the DVR model POWER LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED flickers when the unit is connected to a network via either Ethernet or modem ...

Page 25: ...ing the button again exits the Search mode You will need to log into the system as a qualified user to enter the Search mode from the Live Monitoring mode The button is also used for Far Focus while in the PTZ mode BACKWARD Button Pressing the BACKWARD button goes to the previous image The button on the front panel is also used for Near Focus in the PTZ mode RW Rewind Button Pressing the RW button...

Page 26: ...NCE Button When in the live mode pressing the SEQUENCE button displays live channels sequentially FREEZE Button Pressing the FREEZE button freezes the current live screen PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ button enters the PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras ZOOM Button Pressing the ZOOM button zooms the current image on the screen A PIP with a rectangle tempor...

Page 27: ...yback mode pressing the MENU button displays the Search menu In Search mode clip copying can be done instantly by pressing and holding the button for two or more seconds Shuttle Ring The Shuttle Ring only functions in the Playback mode The Shuttle Ring is spring loaded and returns to the center position when released Turning the ring clockwise plays video forward Turning the ring counterclockwise ...

Page 28: ...and date display language camera audio remote control record mode network and password Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes Throughout the screens you will see Highlighting the and pressing the button gives you the opportunity to reset that screen to its default settings Press the MENU button to enter the setup screens The Login screen appears Figure 21 Login screen Select...

Page 29: ...cter you want in the name or 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 characters You can use up to 31 characters including spaces in your title Special characters can be created using and a capital letter e g J for NL New Line M for CR Carri...

Page 30: ...ID and press the button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number from 0 to 99 NOTE The System ID number is used to identify the unit when it is connected with other DVRs through the RS485 port You cannot use the same ID number for two or more DVRs that are in the same RS485 network It is possible to have multiple DVRs with Sys...

Page 31: ...E The Upgrade button will be deactivated if the hard disk drive has not been formatted as it requires the space for temporary files when upgrading the system CAUTION The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format You can import saved DVR settings or export the current DVR settings To import saved DVR settings connect the USB device containing the setup file dat to the DVR Highlight Setup Import and ...

Page 32: ...You can scroll through the log pages by using the Up and Down arrows or you can go directly to a log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen Highlight Close and press the button to exit the screen The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the time information of recorded data Highlighting Clear All Data and pressing the button will clear all video data ...

Page 33: ...to save your selected format Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button The individual sections of the time will highlight Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour minutes and seconds Once you have the correct time press the button Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button Select from the three av...

Page 34: ... the button to add the date Dates can be deleted by highlighting the beside the date and pressing the button NOTE Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the current year s holiday has passed Highlighting the Time Sync tab causes the Time Sync screen to display You can set up time synchronization between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in mo...

Page 35: ...us time intervals Last Sync Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server Highlight Run as Server and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Storage...

Page 36: ...33 Device Format screen NOTE A USB hard disk drive can be formatted and used only for archiving NOTE The DVR does NOT support USB hard disk drives with a version lower than 2 0 NOTE System upgrades require formatting internal hard disk drives so do not uninstall internal hard disk drives even though they are not used for either recording or archiving e g when using only external SCSI hard disk dri...

Page 37: ...le copying video clips archived data might be lost Highlight the Status tab and the Storage Status screen displays Figure 35 Storage Status screen The Type column displays the type of storage device The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors Not Formatted indicates the device is not formatted The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device The S M A R T column...

Page 38: ...ign authority levels to the group Figure 36 User setup screen The column is used to collapse and expand user groups If there is a or in this column it indicates the item is a Group Name If there is a in front of the Group Name it indicates that the group has been expanded and all of the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name If there is a in front of the Group Name it indi...

Page 39: ...setup screen Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will toggle between all authority 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 that can be turned On and Off are y Shutdown The user can shut the system down on a local system y Upgrade ...

Page 40: ...on A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the User Name Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password You can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on either the front panel or remote control to assign the password The password can be up to 8 digits You will be asked to confirm the password Figure 38 New User setup screen NOTE In addition to using the front panel buttons or the infrared...

Page 41: ... 39 Shutdown screen After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power Logout Screen Highlight Logout in the System menu and press the button The Logout screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user Figure 40 Logout screen After selecting Logout and pressing the button the user will be lo...

Page 42: ... the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps Highlight the second box beside Transfer Speed You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between bps and ips Press the button to set the transfer speed Highlight the box beside Quality and press the button You can select the Quality from Very High High Standard and Low Press the button to set the Quality NOTE The higher Quality settings re...

Page 43: ...em and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The factory default LAN settings are IP Address 192 168 1 129 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Highlight the box beside DNS Server Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of the DNS server If you set up the DNS Server the domain name of the DVRNS server instead of the IP address can be us...

Page 44: ...lly after changing the port settings NOTE Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs otherwise the DVR cannot be connected with the PC running RAS or WebGuard CAUTION When changing the port settings you must change the port settings on the PC running RAS or WebGuard as well Refer to the RAS manual for details Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Save button reads the curre...

Page 45: ...nd press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the ID for ADSL connection Highlight the box beside Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for ADSL connection NOTE Entering the ID and Password and highlighting OK reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by the ADSL network NOTE If the DVR is configured for DHCP or ...

Page 46: ...u will only be able to change the settings if Modem is enabled Highlight the box beside Baud Rate and press the button A list of baud rates ranging from 300 to 115 200 appears Highlight the box beside Data Bit and press the button Choose between 7 bit and 8 bit formats Highlight the box beside Stop Bit and press the button Choose between 1 and 2 Stop Bits Highlight the box beside Parity and press ...

Page 47: ...egistered on the DVRNS server Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting...

Page 48: ...gisters the DVR on the DVRNS server Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk CAUTION If you want to use the same DVR name registered on the DVRNS server after initializing the system using the factory reset you need to contact the DVRNS server manager Please record and save the help desk information before factory reset CAUTION Th...

Page 49: ...uter running RAS Remote Administration System when an event occurs Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button The Notification screen displays You will be able to change the Mail and Callback settings Figure 50 Notification Mail setup screen Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled Highli...

Page 50: ...een appears Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password Figure 51 Authentication setup screen Highlight the box beside Sender and enter the sender s e mail address Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e mail address NOTE The e mail address must ...

Page 51: ...uter running RAS Highlight Modem and press the button to toggle between On and Off When Modem is turned On you can enter a telephone number Highlight the box beside Remote Server Phone Number and enter the telephone number of the computer running RAS Highlight the box beside Outside Line Call and enter any numbers that must be dialed for an outside line for your telephone system for example 9 High...

Page 52: ...display on the monitors by selecting Normal Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop down list in the Use column NOTE When selecting the Covert 1 the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video When selecting the Covert 2 the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video NOTE A user who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or...

Page 53: ...ppears Select your camera from the list and press the button You will need to connect the camera to the RS232 or RS485 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer s instructions Figure 56 PTZ Device list You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow b...

Page 54: ...n appears Figure 58 Audio setup screen The DVR can record up to four audio inputs Highlight the box beside the input and press the button A list of cameras appears and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the button This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out NOTE The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed ...

Page 55: ...ghting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the boxes 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 and pressing the button allows you to set the dwell time of the alarm output Dwell times range from 5 seconds to 15 ...

Page 56: ...hen set to Event the Alarm Out is only active when there is an Event during the scheduled time The Channels box allows you to set which alarm outputs will be active You can also select the DVR s internal buzzer The box allows you to delete an alarm output schedule You will be asked to confirm whether or not you really wish to delete the schedule You can save your Alarm Out changes by highlighting ...

Page 57: ...s archiving recorded data y Date Time The current date and time information displays y User Name The name of the current user logged in displays y Camera No The camera number displays at the top left corner of each camera screen y Camera Title The camera title displays at the top left corner of each camera screen y Record The record related icons display on each camera screen y PTZ The icon displa...

Page 58: ...R to sequence through the different screen layouts pages so that all the cameras will be displayed You can also set up the DVR to display one camera 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 picture in picture or displaying the cameras in a grid p...

Page 59: ...r and press the button You can save your Display settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Remote Control Screen Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard Figure 65 Remote Control setup screen ...

Page 60: ...ide Remote Control Product and select the device from the list You can save your Remote Control settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Recording Settings Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes You can set it up to record all the time or to only record events It can be set up to continue recording once the ha...

Page 61: ...can set the dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes Refer to Event Actions screen in this chapter for information regarding event recording Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user defined period under three conditions ...

Page 62: ...e 68 Schedule setup screen You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time day of the week and holidays The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the Schedule On mode the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen When turning Schedule recording Off you...

Page 63: ... the top left corner of the screen when any event occurs When the DVR is in the Pre Event recoding mode the yellow icon displays when there is no event and the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the Pre Event mode the red and display when any event occurs and the DVR starts recoding When the DVR is in the Time Event mode the DVR will follow the Time settings and the icon displays The DVR foll...

Page 64: ...you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule a message will display alerting you to this fact Figure 70 Pre Event setup screen When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs The Pre Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre event recording You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre event recording The image speed can...

Page 65: ...ing the default checkmarks in the Last Archived and Continue boxes If you wish to enter specific times and dates in From and To toggle the checkmarks Off and then enter the time and date Highlight Recycle and press the button to toggle between On and Off When Recycle is On and the storage device is full the newest archived video data will overwrite the oldest archived data When Recycle is Off the ...

Page 66: ... On any data recorded below 15 ips require more storage space and will reduce storage capacity because there are more key frames during the same period NOTE The archiving speed might be slower than the recording speed when a large quantity of recorded data is being archived In this case the old data can be overwritten by the latest data being recorded To prevent unwanted data overwriting please us...

Page 67: ... button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter a title name Each input can be set as NO normally open or NC normally closed You can set up the DVR to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors Highlight the box beside Panic Record and press the button A list of Alarm Inputs appears and you can select which alarm input you want associated with p...

Page 68: ... set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the desired box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs and Beep appear Select the Alarm Output connectors 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 ...

Page 69: ... be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Figure 76 Alarm In Actions 2 screen Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input Highlight the desired box under the Spot Monitor heading and p...

Page 70: ...he box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive Figure 78 Motion Detection Sensitivity screen You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm Highlight...

Page 71: ... The Motion Detection Zone screen displays Figure 80 Motion Detection Zone screen The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks NOTE You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of 8 or 16 individual block groups 9 and 16 channel DVR respectively A block group is positioned within t...

Page 72: ...ected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals Highlight the box beside Motion Ignoring Interval and press the button A list of intervals ranging from 1 to 10 seconds or Never appears The DVR will not log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range NOTE The record action for motion events will not be affected by the Motion Ignoring functio...

Page 73: ... you select should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading 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 signals on all the associated Alarm Out connectors Yo...

Page 74: ...tion for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input Highlight the desired box under the Spot Monitor heading and press the button A list of SPOT monitors and cameras appears Each SPOT monitor can be associated with a camera The DVR will display the associated camera on the SPOT monitor whenever it detects motions on the sele...

Page 75: ...n The DVR checks to see if anything is obscuring the camera Highlight the slider bar beside Check Obscuration and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the setting The sensitivity can be set from Never to 255 extremely sensitive Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Video Loss Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display Figure 86 Video Loss Actions 1 screen ...

Page 76: ... A list of Alarm Outputs appears You can associate as many Alarm Outs with that camera as you wish When the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera it will trigger output signals on all the associated Alarm Out connectors You can also have the DVR s internal buzzer sound if video is lost on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set t...

Page 77: ...ideo Loss changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Text In Screen Highlight Text In in the Event menu and press the button The Text In setup screen appears Figure 88 Text In Settings screen The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs Automated Teller Machines and POS Point of Sale i e cash registers Th...

Page 78: ... different types of text input devices and there will be different parameter 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 manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts If you want the DVR to react to any ch...

Page 79: ...ase Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive If the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters make certain the Case Sensitive box is turned On Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Text In Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display Figure 90 Text In ...

Page 80: ... pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Figure 91 Text In Actions 2 screen Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the ...

Page 81: ... the interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on the system You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Setup box beside Check Recording and press the button The Check Recording screen appears Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off When set to On you can select the day time range and interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on...

Page 82: ...or Never Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays Figure 94 Storage screen Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify and press the button Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 10 to 90 Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify and press the button Select the percentage level of disk usage at whi...

Page 83: ...t Daily you will be asked to set the Time Highlight the first box beside Temperature Threshold and press the button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to scroll through the numbers Refer to the hard disk drive manufacturer s documentation for the correct temperature setting If the temperature of hard disk drive exceeds the defined threshold the system triggers an alert Highlight the second box besi...

Page 84: ...und if an event is detected NOTE Alarm Out action cannot be set to System and Panic Record events Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event System Panic Record Check Recording Check Alarm In Disk Almost Full Disk Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature or Disk S M A R T and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle...

Page 85: ... setup screen on the Event menu Check Alarm In and Check Recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Alm...

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Page 87: ...ter 2 Installation it is ready to record Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker The default mode is to display all cameras at once Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen It displays live video and plays live audio until the ...

Page 88: ...freeze the current image on the screen until you press the button again While in the Freeze mode the icon displays in bottom left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab To display cameras sequentially on a spot monitor press the SPOT button and select the Spot Monitor and Sequence from the menu Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by pressing the button i...

Page 89: ... the system the user can control PTZ cameras The DVR will control cameras with Pan Tilt and Zoom capabilities Press the PTZ button to enter the PTZ mode and press the button again to exit the PTZ mode You can control the camera using front panel control buttons by setting up presets or by selecting the expanded PTZ features Select the PTZ camera you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Th...

Page 90: ... dialog box will appear Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name Press the button to load the PTZ preset and the Preset View dialog box will appear Select the desired preset and press the button to load the preset Pressing the MENU button displays the following PTZ menu Set the feature you wish to control by selecting...

Page 91: ...e you want it located on the screen Use the arrow buttons on the toolbar to pan or tilt the camera in the direction you want The other controls on the toolbar perform as described below Zoom In Out Focus Near Far Iris Open Close Set Load Preset Image Adjustment NOTE It is important that cameras and monitors are correctly installed and adjusted prior to making any image adjustments using the DVR s ...

Page 92: ...s to the previous screen unless another event has occurred If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed press the DISPLAY button or one of the camera buttons Covert Camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera will not be displayed unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system However the ...

Page 93: ...nt panel or remote control or select Sequence On from the menu to start displaying cameras sequentially Press the SEQUENCE button or select Sequence On again to stop sequencing on the Spot Monitor Any cameras that are Off have lost video or are set to Covert unless the user has authority to view covert cameras will be excluded from the sequence Figure 104 Sequence menu The Spot Monitor 1 supports ...

Page 94: ...he same as pressing the FREEZE PTZ and SPOT buttons as described above in the Live Monitoring section of this chapter Selecting Zoom zooms in on the live image While in the zoom mode there are two ways to move around the enlarged portion of the video First there is a PIP located in right bottom corner The PIP has a rectangle showing what area of the image has been enlarged Click inside the PIP to ...

Page 95: ... B the screen displays Camera B instead of Camera A When in the 4x4 format Camera A and Camera B will switch positions Recording Video Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record The DVR will start recording based on the settings you made in the Record setup screen See Chapter3 Configuration Recycle On or Recycle Off The factory defaul...

Page 96: ...and federal laws and regulations when recording audio Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system the user can view recorded image Once video has been recorded you can view it by pressing the PLAY PAUSE button When playing video for the first time the DVR will display the most recent image When playing video subsequent times the DVR will start playing video from ...

Page 97: ...ns the DVR to the Search mode Camera Buttons 1 to 16 Pressing a camera button will display that camera full screen DISPLAY Button Pressing the DISPLAY button will cycle the display through the different screen layouts The display modes are 4x4 PIP 3x3 and 2x2 not all formats are available for the 9 channel DVR ZOOM Button Pressing the ZOOM button zooms the current playback image on the screen Shut...

Page 98: ... exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer on the screen Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the right side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it located on the screen The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below Go to the first image Fast backward play Go to the previous image...

Page 99: ...rings see below for more details y Motion Search Searches motion events see below for more details y Clip Copy Clips a video segment and saves it see below for more details y Print Allows you to print a selected image see below for more details y Zoom Zooms the current playback image y Slow Play Plays video at low speed x1 2 x1 3 x1 4 x1 6 and x1 8 y Data Source Allows you to choose between record...

Page 100: ...ghlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons Once you have highlighted a day press the button to select it A time bar displays at the bottom of the calendar Hours in which video was recorded will be highlighted with blue You can use the Up and Down arrow buttons to highlight the time bar Once the time bar is highlighted you can select the time by using the Left and Right arrow b...

Page 101: ...tivated The Event Log Search screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video The Event Log Search screen can also be accessed by pressing the ALARM button unless there is an alarm There is no determined user authority to display the Event Log Search screen however the event video will not be played unless a user with Search authority log...

Page 102: ...etween On and Off You will only be able to turn the Check Time Overlap on or off if a user defined date and time is set to From and To If the DVR s date and time have been reset it is possible for the DVR to have more than one overlapping start and stop time 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 fro...

Page 103: ... y Check Alarm In y Disk Almost Full y Disk Bad y Disk Temperature y Disk S M A R T Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Text In Search Figure 113 Text In Search screen The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input The Tex...

Page 104: ...s Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recorded image Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the last recorded image Hig...

Page 105: ...results in the Text In Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Motion Search Figure 115 Motion Search screen The Motion Search can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displays the camera full screen The Motion Search screen displays a list of motion events Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video and press the ...

Page 106: ...th a grid overlaid You can turn sensor blocks On and Off to define the area of the picture in which you want to search for motion NOTE Defining the area of the image in which you want to search for motion is nearly identical to setting up the DVR for Motion Detection Please refer to Motion Detection Screen in Chapter 3 Configuration for more detailed instructions on setting up the detection blocks...

Page 107: ...tton or the FREEZE button Press and hold the MENU button for more than two seconds while in the Search mode and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Pressing the FREEZE button during the playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied and the icon displays at the bottom left corner of the screen Pressing the FREEZE button again will set the ending point of the ...

Page 108: ... device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format NOTE While copying video clips on the CD RW or DVD RW the recording speed might decrease NOTE While copying video clips on the CD RW or DVD RW the DVR will stop archiving video data until clip copy is finished NOTE When the error message Firmware update of the optical drive is required displays update the firmware of the installed CD RW drive or...

Page 109: ...ed up To do this highlight the Close button and press the button You can return to the Clip Copy screen at any time to check the progress Refer to Appendix B Reviewing Clip Files for instructions 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 or ...

Page 110: ...nect a PostScript printer to one of the USB ports A message appears asking you if you want to print the current image Figure 118 Print screen NOTE If your printer only supports an LPT connection parallel use an LPT to USB converter cable The printer cable is not provided ...

Page 111: ...erties General File System If the file system is NOT FAT32 format format the USB IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format 5 If the USB IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and launch Computer Management Open Disk Management in Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB IDE hard disk drive Then click Create Partition 6 In the Create Part...

Page 112: ...Run the FDISK utility by clicking Start then RUN Type fdisk and click OK 6 When the MS DOS command prompt appears type Y and hit the enter key 7 In the FDISK Option menu choose 5 Change current fixed disk drive 8 Choose the appropriate letter corresponding to the USB IDE hard disk drive 9 In the FDISK Option menu choose 1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive 10 In the Create DOS Partition or ...

Page 113: ...recordable CD insert the CD in your computer s CD drive Double clicking the target clip file starts the ClipPlayer program NOTE It is suggested that the computer used for the ClipPlayer program has at least an 800MHz Pentium III If your CPU is slower than this video clips recorded at maximum speed with very high image quality will be played back slowly Also DirectX 8 0 or higher is required to run...

Page 114: ...inning of the video clip Click the to play the video clip in fast reverse Click the to go back one frame of the video clip Click the to play the video clip Click the to go forward one frame of the video clip Click the to play the video clip in fast forward Click the to go to the end of the video clip Click the to show the previous page Click the to cycle through the screen layouts It cycles throug...

Page 115: ...icons display in bottom right corner indicates the clip file has not been tampered with and indicates the system has detected tampering NOTE If the VGA card or monitor for your PC does not support 640x480 video resolution Full Screen might not display properly when selected If this happens press the ESC key on your PC to return to the normal screen mode Click the slider bar and move it left or rig...

Page 116: ...VR and the WebGuard port number set in the Network setup screen WebGuard tab in the address field http ip address port number NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to connect to and the WebGuard port number from your network administrator NOTE WebGuard only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with Netscape Figure 120 WebGuard login screen Se...

Page 117: ...ring Mode WebWatch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real time from the remote DVR Figure 121 WebWatch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard program Click the to access to the web search mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program The DVR information window displays the time information of ...

Page 118: ...just the brightness contrast saturation and hue of monitoring image Click the to control pan tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected from the remote site ...

Page 119: ...ically be disconnected if there is no activity for a specified amount of time Figure 122 WebSearch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard program Click the to access to the web monitoring mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information...

Page 120: ...ges found 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 range you can select the video stream you want to search Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting the allows you to display an image from a spe...

Page 121: ...deo streams by selecting a specific time or time range If you want to search recorded video at four o clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as Go to the Date Time select the segment you want to search If you want to search recorded video from four to five o clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as Event Log Search Text In Search or Motion Searc...

Page 122: ...s settings Live Video Very Bright If a cable is attached to the Loop connector make certain it is connected to a properly terminated device DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode The icon displays however the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the Pre Event recording mode the yellow and display when there ...

Page 123: ...nector Pin Outs I O Connector Pin Outs AI 1 to 16 Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 GND Chassis Ground 9 connectors AO 1 to 16 Alarm Outputs 1 to 16 ARI Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit J To J TX J To J TX J To J RX J To J RX ...

Page 124: ...User s Manual 112 Appendix G Map of Screens ...

Page 125: ...at Disk Time Zone Change Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Fail Search Begin Disk Bad Search End Login Clip Copy Begin Logout Clip Copy End Setup Begin Clip Copy Cancel Setup End Clip Copy Fail Remote Setup Change Callback Fail Remote Setup Fail Print Begin Setup Imported Print End Setup Import Failure Print Cancel Setup Exported Archive On Setup Export Failure Archive Off Setup Export C...

Page 126: ... found 102 Extracting package failed 103 LILO failed 104 Rebooting failed 105 Invalid package 106 ODD firmware upgrade failed 300 Remote connection failed 301 Remote network error 302 Remote upgrade is not authorized 303 Saving remote package failed 304 Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user 400 USB device mounting failed 401 Reading upgrade package on the USB device failed 402 Copying upgrade pa...

Page 127: ...ready existed 6 Not enough space 7 Creating temporary file failed 8 Opening disk failed 9 Formatting disk failed 10 Database has been changed 11 Appending failed 12 Bad sector 13 No executable file 14 Opening executable file failed 15 Writing executable file failed 16 Creating image failed 17 Burning failed 18 Burning is out of time 22 Verify failed ...

Page 128: ...or 5mA 12V 30mA 5V Alarm Reset Input 1 TTL Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 RS232C for external modem Audio Input RCA Input 4 Line In Audio Output RCA Output 1 Line Out IR Port 1 Remote Control CONNECTORS Video Input Composite 9 or 16 BNC Video Loop Composite 9 or 16 BNC Auto Terminating Monitor Output Composite 1 BNC SVHS 1 Y C VGA 1 VGA SPOT Composite ...

Page 129: ... set the jumper to Master and connect to the Secondary IDE channel GENERAL Dimensions W x H x D 16 9 x 3 5 x 15 9 430mm x 88mm x 405mm Unit Weight 22 5 lbs 10 2kg Shipping Weight 27 6 lbs 12 5kg Shipping Dimensions W x H x D 21 3 x 11 4 x 23 2 540mm x 290mm x 590mm Operating Temperature 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Operating Humidity 0 to 90 Power 100 to 240 VAC 2 A 60 50Hz Power Consumption Max 85W ...

Page 130: ...t or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business user...

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