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4.3.4 Alarm input

When the system gets an external alarm signal, the alarm function is turned on. 

Picture 4.11 Alarm input

Set method: refer to chapter 4.3.1. Motion detect

Note:"Advanced" button is the same as right-click.

4.3.5 Alarm output

 

Refer to chapter 3.5.4.

4.3.6 Abnormal

Analysing and inspecting current software and hardware of the device: When 

some abnormal events happen, the device will make a relative explanation such 

as show a message and sound a buzzer. 

Picture 4.12 Abnormal

(

Event Type

) Selecting the abnormity you want to inspect

(

Enable

) Select it to make sure the abnormal function works

(

Show message

) Automatically an alarm cue dialog box comes up on the main 

screen
(

Buzzer

) The device will have a “di di” noise when the alarm is sounding

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Page 3: ...cations 11 2 7 3 Alarm output port relay perameters 12 2 8 Speed dome connections 12 3 Basic operation 13 3 1 Turn on 13 3 2 Turn off 13 3 3 System Login 13 3 4 Preview 14 3 5 Desktop shortcut menu 14 3 5 1 Main menu 15 3 5 2 Playback 16 3 5 3 Record Mode 18 3 5 4 Alarm output 19 3 5 5 PTZ control 19 3 5 6 Color setting 23 3 5 7 Output adjust 24 3 5 8 Logout 24 3 5 9 Window switch 24 4 Main menu 2...

Page 4: ... 4 5 2 Account 44 4 5 3 Online user 46 4 5 4 TV adjustment 46 4 5 5 Auto maintain 46 4 5 6 Restore 46 4 5 7 Upgrade 47 4 5 8 Device Info 47 4 6 Info 47 4 6 1 HDD info 47 4 6 2 BPS 48 4 6 3 Log 48 4 6 4 Version 49 4 7 Shut down system 49 5 FAQ and maintenance 50 5 1 FAQ 50 5 2 Maintenance 54 Appendix 1 Remote controller operation 55 Appendix 2 Mouse operation 55 Appendix 3 Technique parameters 56 W...

Page 5: ...e DVR Please brush printed circuit boards connectors fans machine box and so on regularly Before cleaning however please switch off the power supply and unplug it from the mains Do not attempt to disassemble or repair the DVR by yourself Do not attempt to replace any components by yourself Environment Please position and use the DVR in a dry environment between 0o and 40o Do not position or use in...

Page 6: ...ront panel power wire and the connection between the fan power and the main board Front and rear panel l The key functions on the front panel and the interface speciication for the real panel are in the speciication l Please check the product type described on the front panel whether is the product type you ordered The label on the real panel is very important for after sales service Please protec...

Page 7: ...95 f 2 Keep at least 15cm space around the DVR to allow air to low 3 Installation is from bottom to top 2 4 Front panel may vary on some models 1 Direction OK 2 Play Pause 1 3 Previous ile 2 4 Next ile 3 5 Playback Pause 4 6 Indication light 7 Playback Stop 5 8 IR remote receiver 9 Record search 6 A Alarm Output 7 B Assistant C Zoom out 8 D Zoom in 9 E Preset point setup 0 F USB G ESC H ScreenSwit...

Page 8: ...tus press left or right to move cursor of function button Enter OK Enter Enter into MainMenu 2 Play Pause II Play or Pause when playback 5 Playback Pause 4 II Reverse the playback Press shift to No 4 channel preview Or input number 2 11 Assistant FN Switch input method Go into assistant menu when preview 14 Preset point 0 PRESET 0 Go into Preset point menu Press shift to No 0 channel preview 16 ES...

Page 9: ...should be away from all electro magnetic Interference and other signal line equipment High voltage current should be especially avoided Insure the connection is stable The signal and shield lines should be connected with a tight connection which will help avoid false signals joint welding and oxidation 2 6 2 Video output connections and options The video output is divided into PAL NTSC BNC 1 0VP P...

Page 10: ...e alarm is connected with two DVRs or connected with DVR and other equipments it should be isolated by relay 2 Alarm output Alarm output can not be connected with high power load no more than 1A When forming the output loop it must prevent the big current from relay damage Use the contact isolator when there is a high power load 3 PTZ decoder connections A The earth for the PTZ decoder and DVR mus...

Page 11: ...earth and the com port of the alarm sensor are parallel The alarm sensor has an external power supply The earth of the alarm and the DVR should be shared The NC port of the alarm sensor must be connected with the DVR alarm input port The earth of the power supply and the alarm sensor must be shared when used in an external power supply 2 7 2 Alarm output port speciication 1 channels alarm output T...

Page 12: ...00VAC 1 minute Interface and winding 1000VAC 1 minute Surge voltage Homo polarity 1500VAC 10 160us Turn on time 3ms max Turn off time 3ms max longevity Mechanical 50 106 MIN 3Hz Electric 200 103 MIN 0 5Hz Environment temperature 40 70o C 2 8 Speed dome connections 1 Connect the 485 lines of the speed dome with the DVR 485 interface 2 Connect the video line with the DVR video input 3 Connect the sp...

Page 13: ...If the DVR is shut down abnormally it can automatically backup video and resume the previous working status after a power failure 2 Replace the hard disk Before replacing the hard disk the power supply switch in the rear panel must be turned off 3 Replace the battery Before replacing the battery the setting information must be saved and the power supply switch in the rear panel must be turned off ...

Page 14: ...n 3 4 Preview You can right click mouse to choose the switch between the windows The system date time and channel name are shown in each viewing window The surveillance video and the alarm status are shown in each window 1 Recording status 3 Video loss 2 Motion detect 4 Camera lock Table 3 1 Preview icon 3 5 Desktop shortcut menu In preview mode you can right click your mouse to get a desktop shor...

Page 15: ...WWW DUALSIG COM 15 Picture 3 2 Shortcut Menu 3 5 1 Main menu When you login the system main menu is shown as below Picture 3 3 Main Menu WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 16: ... 1 Listed iles 2 File information 3 File searching 4 File backup 5 Operation hint 6 Playback control Listed iles Look up the listed iles that accord with the searching criteria File information Look up the found ile information File backup Backup the chosen ile Click the button and operate as followed Note The storage must be installed before the ile backup If the backup is terminated the iles alr...

Page 17: ... Pause Click the play button to start the backup and click the pause button to stop the backup Cancel During backup you can exit the page layout to carry out other functions File searching Search the ile according to the searching parameter Picture 3 7 ile searching File type Set the searching ile type Channel Set the searching channel Start Time Set the searching time scan End Time Set the end ti...

Page 18: ...single window full screen playback mode you can drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click your mouse to view this in local zoom You can right click your mouse to exit 3 5 3 Record Mode Please check the current channel status means it is not in recording mode l means it is in recording mode You can use the desktop shortcut menu or click main menu recording function recor...

Page 19: ...the channel in any state Stop Click the stop button and the according channel stops alarming no matter the channel in any state 3 5 5 PTZ control The PTZ Operation interface is as followed The functions include PTZ direction control step zoom focus iris setup operation patrol between spots trail patrol boundary scan assistant switch light switch level rotation and so on Note 1 Decoder A B line con...

Page 20: ... the PTZ will automatically turn to the setting position 1 Preset option To set a location for the preset the procedure is as follows Step 1 In Picture 3 10 use the direction button to turn the PTZ to the preset position click the Settings button to enter Picture 3 11 Step 2 Click on the preset button and then enter the preset point number in the preset box shows 0 in box below Step 3 Click the Se...

Page 21: ... tour will show in the Preset box Step 3 repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have set out all the preset designated cruise positions Remove Preset Please input the preset value in the blank click Remove Preset button then remove the preset points Remove Cruise Line Input the number of cruise line click Remove Cruise Lines button then remove the cruise lines set Picture 3 13 Cruise Between Points Settin...

Page 22: ...ntrol menu as shown in Picture 3 12 Please input the number of the scan in the value blank then click the AutoScan button the PTZ will begin to work on the scan line Click the stop button to stop 4 Boundary Scan 1 Boundary Scan setup Step 1 In Picture 3 10 click the multi arrow direction button to turn the PTZ to a left hand boundary position then click Set button to enter Picture 3 15 select the ...

Page 23: ... Picture 3 16 setting the auxiliary function Set the auxiliary number corresponding to auxiliary switch on the decoder Picture 3 16 Auxiliary Function Control Intuitive Auxiliary Operation choose auxiliary equipment select Open or Close button as the switch control Auxiliary Number The operation of the corresponding auxiliary switch according to the PTZ agreement Page Shift In Picture 3 16 click P...

Page 24: ... 20 Logout Shutdown Reboot the system Logout Quit the menu Re enter the password to log back in Shut down Quit the system Turn off the power supply When you press the shut down button there is a schedule hint After three seconds the system shuts down If you attempt to cancel midway through it will have no effect Reboot Quit the system Reboot up the system 3 5 9 Window switch Preview in a single wi...

Page 25: ...rs defending time section alarm output screen hint recording PTZ patrol Alarm output Set alarm mode coniguration manual shut down Abnormality Set alarm actived by no disk disk error and disk no space System Coniguration General coniguration Set system time data format language hard disk full time operation machine number video format output mode summertime stay time Encode coniguration Set main as...

Page 26: ...time Code stream statistics Display code stream information Log information Clear all log information according to the log video and time Edition information Display edition information Shut down Logout or reboot 4 2 Record 4 2 1 Record Coniguration To set the recording parameters in the surveillance channel The system is set up for 24 hours consecutive recording in the irst startup You can enter ...

Page 27: ...t as the opening recording the detection recording state is on The video ile type is M Alarm This triggers the external alarm signal in the set time section When the above alarm is set as the opening recording the detection recording state is set to on The video ile type is A Note Refer to chapter 4 3 to set corresponding alarm function 4 2 2 Playback Refer to chapter 3 5 2 4 2 3 Snapshot Storage ...

Page 28: ... loss are set as the trigger to activate a snapshot Alarm snapshot at set period when alarm in which is preset for snapshot enable Note for related alarm function pls refer to chapter 4 3 4 2 4 Backup You can backup the video iles to external storage through setup Note The storage must be installed before the ile backup starts If the backup is terminated the iles already backed up can be played ba...

Page 29: ... detects a motion signal that reaches the set level of sensitivity the motion detect alarm is switched on and the linkage function is turned on Picture 4 4 Motion Detect Channel Choose the set motion detect channel Enable means that the motion detect function is on Sensitivity Choose in the six options according to the sensitivity Region Click setup and enter the set area The area is divided into ...

Page 30: ...d on Note Set in the recording setup and perform the linked recording Start detecting video iles in the corresponding time section Tour means that the selected channel is a single window alternate patrol preview The interval is set in the MainMenu System Tour Snapshot Choose record channels when the alarm activates the system triggers the related channels for a snapshot signal Note For snapshot ac...

Page 31: ...al factors such as excessive brightness or reaching the set sensitivy parameter the camera mask function and the linkage function are turned on Picture 4 9 Video Blind Set method refer to chapter 4 3 1 Motion detect Note Advanced button is the same as right click 4 3 3 Video Loss When the equipment can not obtain the channel video signal the video loss alarm is turned on and the linkage function i...

Page 32: ...mal Analysing and inspecting current software and hardware of the device When some abnormal events happen the device will make a relative explanation such as show a message and sound a buzzer Picture 4 12 Abnormal Event Type Selecting the abnormity you want to inspect Enable Select it to make sure the abnormal function works Show message Automatically an alarm cue dialog box comes up on the main s...

Page 33: ...Russian Thai T Chinese S Chinese Turkish Brazilian Bulgarian Farsi French German Hebrew Hungarian Polish Romanian Spanish Swedish Vietnamese HDD full Choose stop record Stop recording when the hard disk is full Choose overwrite Cover the earliest recording iles and continue recording when the hard disk is full DVR No Only when the address button in the remote controller and the corresponding DVR n...

Page 34: ...d H 264 main proile Resolution Resolution type D1 HD1 CIF QCIF Frame Rate P 1 frame s 25 frame s N 1 frame s 30 frame s Bit Rate Type You can choose limited code stream or variable code stream When you choose the variable code stream there are six image quality options Bit Rate Set the code stream value to modify the image quality The larger code stream value the better image quality D1 512 2560kb...

Page 35: ...ddress must be set and reboot then it works TCP port Default 34567 HTTP port Default 80 HS Download Transfer Policy There are three strategies self adaption image quality precedence and luency precedence The code stream will adjust according to the setup Self adaption is the tradeoff between the image quality precedence and luency precedence Fluency precedence and self adaption are valid only when...

Page 36: ...P address to visit the DVR through user port NTP setup Picture 4 20 NTP The NTP server must be installed in the PC Host computer IP Input the IP address installed NTP server Port Default 123 You can set the port according to NTP server Time zone London GMT 0 Berlin GMT 1 Cairo GMT 2 Moscow GMT 3 New Delhi GMT 5 Bangkok GMT 7 Hongkong Beijing GMT 8 Tokyo GMT 9 Sydney GMT 10 Hawaii GMT 10 Alaska GMT...

Page 37: ...e user password Sender Set the senders email address Receiver Send the email to the appointed receiver s when the alarm is turned on You can set up to three receivers Title You can set this as you wish IP Filter setup When choosing from the white list only those IP addresses listed can connect to the DVR Up to 64 IP addresses are supported in this white list When choosing from the black list only ...

Page 38: ...rk setup Picture 4 23 DDNS setup FTP setup FTP is available only when an alarm happens or an alarm activates a record and takes a snapshot it will then upload the related records and snapshot pictures to the FTP server Picture 4 24 FTP setup Enable Click Enable to activate all settings Server IP The IP address for the FTP server Port Domain Port of FTP the default is 21 User Name User name of the ...

Page 39: ...Picture 4 25 Wireless Conig Enable Choose Enable to make all settings available Type Dial type default AUTO Wireless AP 3G access point Dial Number 3G Dial Number User Name User name of 3G Password Password of dial user IP Address IP address got from dial Mobile Monitor Setup To view the device on a mobile please make a router mapping of this port and use CMS to monitor and operate it by this prot...

Page 40: ...e HTTP Route will automatically distribute HTTP port for the device when IE viewing it need this port eg 60 12 9 26 66 TCP Router will automatically distribute TCP port for the device when monitoring via CMS it need this port MobilePort Router will automatically distribute Mobile Port for the device when mobile monitor it need this port WIFI Through wireless network to connect with the DVR Search ...

Page 41: ...e surveillance window Channel Title means the selected state This displays the system channel number in the surveillance window Record Status means the selected state This displays the system recording status in the surveillance window Alarm Status means the selected state This displays the system alarm status in the surveillance window Bitrate info means the selected state The ninth window displa...

Page 42: ...baud rate length You can control the PTZ and monitor Default 115200 Data bits Include 5 8 options Default 8 Stop bits Include 2 options Default 1 Parity Include odd check even check sign check blank check Default void 4 4 7 RS232 setup Picture 4 30 RS232 setup Serial Port Function Common serial port is used to debug and update program or set up speciic serial port Baud rate Choose the correspondin...

Page 43: ...anage Conigure and manage the hard disk The menu displays current hard disk information hard disk number input port type status and overall capability The operation include setup the write read disk read only disk redundant disk hard disk format resume default Choose the hard disk and click the right function button to execute Note Read Write Disk The equipment can write or read data Read only Dis...

Page 44: ...setup includes user admin You can set the team as you wish The user can appoint the purview in the group 3 User management includes group user The group and user name can not be the same Each user only belongs to one group Picture 4 33 Account Modify User Modify the existed user attribute Modify Group Modify the existed team attribute Modify Password Modify a user password You can set 1 6 bit pass...

Page 45: ...e subclass of that team We recommend that the common user s authority is lower than the advanced user Picture 4 35 add user Add Group To add a new user team and set their authority There are 36 different authorities shut down the equipment real time surveillance playback recording setup video ile backup and so on Picture 4 36 Add Group Delete User Delete the current user Choose the user and click ...

Page 46: ...er is locked until next boot strap Picture 4 38 Online User 4 5 4 TV adjust Refer to chapter 3 5 7 4 5 5 Auto Maintain The user can set the auto reboot time and auto ile deleting time limit Picture 4 39 Auto maintain 4 5 6 Restore The system is restored to the default setup You can choose the items according to the menu Picture 4 40 Restore WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 47: ...eeds upgraded 4 5 8 Device Info Provide device interface info like audio in alarm in out to be conveniently used for user Picture 4 42 Device Info 4 6 Info 4 6 1 HDD info Display the hard disk state hard disk type overall capability residual capability the recording time and so on Picture 4 43 HDD Info WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 48: ... BPS Displays the code stream Kb S and hard disk capability MB H in real time It displays as a wave sketch map Picture 4 44 BPS 4 6 3 LOG Look up the system log according to the set mode Log information includes the system operation the coniguration operation data management alarm affairs recording operations user management ile management and so on Set the time section to look up and then click t...

Page 49: ...DUALSIG COM 49 4 6 4 Version Display the basic information such as hardware information software edition issue data and so on Picture 4 46 Version 4 7 Shut down system Refer to chapter 3 5 8 WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 50: ... the hard disk lines are broken 3 The power of the switch power supply is low 4 Frontal video signal is not stable 5 Bad heat radiator or too much dust or bad running circumstance for the DVR 6 The hardware of the DVR is damaged 3 System cannot detect a hard disk Possible reasons are as followed 1 The hard disk power supply line is not connected 2 The cables of the hard disk are damaged 3 The hard...

Page 51: ...ed 5 The recording is not on 7 The local video is not clear Possible reasons are as followed 1 The image quality is too bad 2 The reading program is wrong Reboot up the DVR 3 The data line of the hard disk is damaged 4 The hard disk is damaged 5 The hardware of the DVR is damaged 8 There is no audio signal in the surveillance window Possible reasons are as followed 1 It is not an active tone arm 2...

Page 52: ...et is not correct 3 The sensitivity is too low 4 Limited by some hardware edition 13 I can not login via web or CMS Possible reasons are as followed 1 The system is windows 98 or win me We recommend updating to win dows 2000sp4 or higher Version or installing the software for low edition 2 ActiveX is hold back 3 The version is not exceeded dx8 1 Update the display card driver 4 Network connection ...

Page 53: ...r supply is not large enough Please give each transformer individual power supply 4 The distance is too far 18 Alarm cannot be recessional Possible reasons are as followed 1 The setting of the alarm is not correct 2 The alarm output is turned on manually 3 The input machine is damaged or the connections are not correct 4 There are some problems for speciic program edition Please update the program...

Page 54: ...ice We will offer the service according the machine type and the program edition 5 2 Maintenance 1 Please brush the printed circuit boards connectors fans machine box and associated parts regularly 2 Please keep the earth well conected to prevent the video or audio signal from interfering with the DVR and from static or inductive electricity 3 Do not pull out the video signal line or RS 232 port o...

Page 55: ... an example The mouse in USB connection is supported Operation Function Double left click Double click one item in the ile list to playback the video Double click the playback video to zoom in or out the screen Double click the channel to make it full screen display double click again to resume the multi window display Left click Choose the according function in the menu Right click Pop desktop sh...

Page 56: ...ing speed 200 240fps D1 400 480fps CIF 100 120fps D1 Motion detect 192 16 12 detection areas multiple sensitivity Audio Audio compression G711A Bidrectional Talk Support Record And Playback Recording mode manual alarm motion detect timing Playback Any channels playback multiple channels playback Search mode Time searching calendar searching affair searching channel searching information searching ...

Page 57: ...cameras with realtime display Pentaplex function giving live recording playback backup remote access Supports Dual stream giving mobile monitoring and network transmission Smart video detection motion detection camera blank video loss Smart camera settings privacy masking camera lock colour setting title display Live recording playback backup Pan Tilt Zoom and speed dome control supports many prot...

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