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Contents
Limitation of liability ........................................................... 3
Disclaimer of warranty ....................................................... 3
Important safety instructions ............................................. 4
Preface .............................................................................. 6
About the user manuals .................................................... 6
System requirements for a PC .......................................... 7
Trademarks and registered trademarks............................. 7
GPL/LGPL ......................................................................... 8
Copyright ........................................................................... 8
Network security ............................................................... 8
Precautions ....................................................................... 9
Precautions for installation ................................................ 11
Major operating controls and their functions .................... 12
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Front view .................................................................... 12
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Inside the front cover ................................................... 14
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Rear view ..................................................................... 16
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Power cord plug brace.............................................. 16
Outline of functions ........................................................... 17
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HDD (Hard disk drive) .................................................. 17
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Mega-pixel camera compatibility/Large amount
of storage .................................................................. 17
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Replacement of the HDD units ................................. 17
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HDD management .................................................... 17
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HDD fault-tolerance system ...................................... 18
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Recording/Playback .................................................... 18
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Stable image recording and playback ...................... 18
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Schedules ................................................................. 19
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How the event action is taken ................................... 19
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Major functions ......................................................... 20
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Setup menu and its items ......................................... 20
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Network ....................................................................... 20
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Remote operation ..................................................... 20
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Network security function ......................................... 21
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SD memory recording ............................................... 22
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Maintenance (Software upgrade) .............................. 22
Operations flow ................................................................. 23
Install the recorder in a rack .............................................. 24
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Installation procedure .................................................. 24
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Position in the rack ...................................................... 25
Connections ...................................................................... 26
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Connection between cameras and PCs ...................... 26
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1-port operation ........................................................ 26
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2-port operation ........................................................ 27
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Connection example for 1-port operation ................ 28
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Connection example for 2-port operation ................ 30
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Connecting the extension units ................................ 32
About the connectors ........................................................ 33
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How to use the terminals of the ALARM/CONTROL
connector .................................................................... 33
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Pin configuration ....................................................... 33
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Connection for emergency recording ....................... 34
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Connection for external recording switching ............ 34
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Connection 1 for the auto adjustment time
function ..................................................................... 35
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Connection 2 for the auto adjustment time
function ..................................................................... 35
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Connection of the control output .............................. 36
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Connection with the Uninterruptible Power System
(UPS) ......................................................................... 36
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How to use the terminals of the ALARM connector .... 37
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Pin configuration ....................................................... 37
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Alarm connection ...................................................... 38
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Time and polarities of the ALARM/CONTROL
terminal and the ALARM terminal ............................... 39
Turn on/off the power of the recorder ............................... 40
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Turn on the power of the recorder ............................... 40
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Turn off the power of the recorder ............................... 40
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During recording ....................................................... 40
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During playback ........................................................ 40
Operations using the buttons on the front panel............... 41
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Basic operations .......................................................... 41
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Check the system information .................................... 42
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Check the IP address .................................................. 43
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Set the IP address ....................................................... 44
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How to configure the settings for each item ............. 44
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Enable/disable the key lock ........................................ 44
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HDD unit ...................................................................... 45
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Handle the hard disk drives ......................................... 46
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Install the HDD units ................................................. 47
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Install (link) all the HDD units in the extension
unit at the same time ................................................ 48
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Remove the HDD units ............................................. 50
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Remove all the HDD units in the extension
unit at the same time ................................................ 51
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Determine the operational mode .............................. 52
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Data recovery (in the RAID 5/RAID 6 mode) ................ 54
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Replacement of a faulty hard disk drive in the
RAID mode ................................................................ 55
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Reboot ......................................................................... 56
Troubleshooting ................................................................. 57
Specifications .................................................................... 60
Standard accessories ........................................................ 61
Index .................................................................................. 62
