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AT Series

AT-A1600, ST-A1600, ST-A800, ST-A400, ST-S800, ST-S400

Digital Video Recorder

User

s Manual (Rev. 2.0)

Summary of Contents for AT-A1600

Page 1: ...1 AT Series AT A1600 ST A1600 ST A800 ST A400 ST S800 ST S400 Digital Video Recorder User s Manual Rev 2 0 ...

Page 2: ... ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGEY 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...

Page 3: ...lly 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 If the equipment has been dropped or the cabinet damaged F When the equipment exhibits a distinct chan...

Page 4: ...ng the Monitor 19 Connecting Audio 20 Connecting Alarms 20 Connecting to the RS485 21 Connecting to the Network Port 22 Connecting to the RS232 Port 22 Connecting to the USB Port 22 Connecting to the PTZ Camera Unit 23 Chapter 4 Quick Guide 24 How to Install 24 Common User Interface 24 Monitoring 26 How to Record 26 How to Playback 26 How to setup Networking 26 Chapter 5 Operation 27 Log in to DVR...

Page 5: ...4 Camera Setting 65 Setup 65 Adjustment 66 PTZ Setup 67 Spot Setup 68 Sequence 69 Monitor Setup 70 Private Zone 71 Recording Setting 72 Schedule Setup 73 Time Record Setup 74 Event Setup 75 Audio Record Setup 80 Quick Setup 81 Menual Record setup 82 Network Setting 83 Ethernet Setup 84 Serial Setup 85 DDNS Setup 87 Client Setup 88 Email Setup 90 Email Server Setup 91 System Information 92 System L...

Page 6: ...ackup Clip Images 96 Appendix B How to use the Virtual Keyboard 97 Appendix C Using Hot Keys 98 Appendix D Troubleshooting 99 Appendix E Specifications 100 Appendix F DVR FAQ 106 Appendix G PSTN Modem Setting 108 User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...Search Engines Date Time Calendar Event Records up to 480 NTSC Frames per Second 400 PAL Frames per Second Loop Through Video Connectors Continuous Recording in Disk Overwrite Mode Continuous Recording while Archiving Transmitting to Remote Site and during Playback User friendly Graphical User Interface GUI Menu System Various Recording Modes Manual Schedule Event Audio Recording and Playback Alar...

Page 8: ...ou can instantly view video after selecting the time or Event Your DVR can be set up for event or time lapse recording You can define times to record and the schedule can be changed for day night weekend and user defined holidays The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full or it can be set up to record over the oldest video once the disk is full Your DVR uses a proprietary ...

Page 9: ...fer to Chapter 3 Installation 2 1 Front Panel Layout AT A1600 ST A1600 ST A800 A400 Figure DVR front panel Others are similar USB Ports DVD RW NUMERIC KEYPAD Arrow Buttons FAST REWIND PTZ FAST FORWARD PLAY Display REC Menu ESC Power Fan HDD Record Network LED Rotate Backup Search Pause Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 10: ... Figure DVR front panel Others are similar NUMERIC KEYPAD Arrow Buttons FAST REWIND PTZ FAST FORWARD PLAY Display REC Menu ESC USB Ports ROTATE BACKUP SEARCH PAUSE DISPLAY ZOOM FOCUS IRIS User s Manual FAN LED Record Network LED REMOCON SENSOR ...

Page 11: ...ESC button exits the menu screens or moves to the upper menu ROTATE Button Preset When in the live mode pressing the ROTATE button displays another screen whenever you press this button manually Also this button is used to control presets in the PTZ mode BACKUP Button Zoom Pressing the BACKUP button displays the Backup menu Pressing this button again will exit the Backup menu This button is also u...

Page 12: ...high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and and the screen displays and respectively Used for zooming out in the PTZ mode Pressing this button in the Pause mode plays video backward at slow speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from 1 2 1 4 1 8 and 1 16 When pressing this button you can enter into the PTZ mode FAST FORWARD Play Button Pressing the ...

Page 13: ...n the fan is working HDD LED The HDD LED lights when the HDD is being used REC LED The REC LED lights when the DVR is recording NET LED The NET LED lights when the DVR is connected to Network Front LED Display ST S800 ST S400 POWER FAN LED The POWER LED lights when the DVR is turned on and lights when the fan is working Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 14: ...r Panel Layout Figure AT A1600 ST A1600 DVR rear panel CAMERA INPUT 1 16 LOOP OUT 1 16 MONITOR OUTPUT MAIN SPOTS AC POWER INPUT RJ45 ETHERNET PORT RS232 VGA MONITOR OUT S VIDEO OUT AUDIO IN OUT RS485 ALARM OUT ALARM IN User s Manual ...

Page 15: ...t Figure ST A800 DVR rear panel CAMERA INPUT 1 8 LOOP OUT 1 8 MONITOR OUTPUT MAIN SPOTS AC POWER INPUT RJ45 ETHERNET PORT RS232 VGA MONITOR OUT S VIDEO OUT AUDIO IN OUT RS485 ALARM OUT ALARM IN NOT AVAILABLE FOR ST A400 Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 16: ... Figure ST S800 DVR rear panel CAMERA INPUT 1 8 MONITOR OUTPUT MAIN SPOTS DC POWER INPUT RJ45 ETHERNET PORT RS232 VGA MONITOR OUT AUDIO IN M1 OUT RS485 ALARM OUT ALARM IN5 8 for ST S800 NOT AVAILABLE FOR ST S400 AUDIO IN M2 M4 USB User s Manual ...

Page 17: ...ller Number Lock Log out Fast Rewind PTZ Fast Forward Play Arrow Panorama Menu Search Backup Rotate Pause Display Escape Figure IR Remote Controller ID REC Arrow Arrow Smart Zoom Focus Iris Preset Enter Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 18: ... not the system may become very slow When installing a DVD CD RW connect it to SATA CONNECTOR If it is connected to or it will not function Caution When installing HDDs disconnect the DVR s power There is a risk of electric shock After connecting the SATA DATA cable be careful not to break the main board s SATA connector Make sure SATA DATA cables and SATA POWER HARNESS does not get caught in the ...

Page 19: ...nect your video source to another device you can use the Loop BNC connectors NOTE The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to another terminated device because it will cause poor quality video 3 3 Connecting the Monitor Figure Video Out connectors Connect the monitor to either Main or VGA connector Connect the spot monitor to the SPO...

Page 20: ...rom an amplified source or directly from a microphone 3 5 Connecting Alarms Figure Alarm Input connector strips NOTE To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole above the button After releasing the button tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected To disconnect a wire press and hold the button below the wire and pull out th...

Page 21: ... Chapter 6 Advanced Settings Alarm Setup 3 6 Connecting to the RS485 Figure RS485 Connector The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system such as a control keyboard using RS485 half duplex serial communications signals The RS485 connector can also be used to control PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras Connect RX TX and RX TX of the control system to the TX RX and TX RX respectiv...

Page 22: ...up and Appendix G PSTN Modem Setting NOTE The DVR is not supplied with a modem cable and many modems are not supplied with cables Make certain you have the correct cable when purchasing the modem 3 9 Connecting to the USB Port Figure USB connector Two USB ports are provided One is for USB Mouse and another is for connecting external hard disk drives or USB memory sticks for clip copying video Posi...

Page 23: ...elco D P NVCC Z42N CyberDome Kalatel Samung Samsung Techwin Dongyang Sungjin Dongyang DRX 500 DS120 Fastrax II Sensormatic PIH 7600 Eyeview Dome ERNA Tech DY 255RXB AcutVista Panasonic WV CS950 PTC 410C 3 10 Connecting to the PTZ Camera Unit DVR Rear Panel RS 485 Connector strips Ground RX TX RX TX PTZ Unit Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 24: ...ched monitor 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 until the user enters another mode The default mode for audio is mute on Please turn off the audio mute to play live audio NOTE Refer to the Chapter 3 Installation for more details 4 2 Common User Interface Icon Remarks Button that allows t...

Page 25: ...eing set Mouse Function Remarks Up Moves mouse pointer up or displays TOP menu at Live or Playback screen Down Moves mouse pointer down or displays BOTTOM menu at Live or Playback screen Left Moves mouse pointer to the left Right Moves mouse pointer to the right Left Button Works as SET from keypad Displays full screen from Live or Playback Right Button Display CAMEO menu at Live or Playback scree...

Page 26: ... to Playback Click the search button of the front panel of DVR to find the date and time of recorded material for playback User is able to search the video using the variety of playback methods of choice NOTE Refer to the Chapter 5 Operation Searching Video Playing Video 4 6 How to set up Networking When using a dynamic IP turn on the Dynamic IP in the Ethernet Setup menu When using a static IP en...

Page 27: ...Admin Password screen appears This system classifies user category as ADMIN SUPERUSER USER limiting the access to system operation Each log in authority level and access level has been summarized as below and ADMIN level overrides all Button Log in Authority Menu Admin REC Admin Backup Superuser Search Superuser Play Superuser Pause User PTZ User The log in window appears when the following button...

Page 28: ...ce log out or click the Log out button from the Top Menu using mouse The DVR system automatically does log out after a certain time is elapsed Menu Timeout that has been set in System Setting is the time for predefined automatic log out Button Remarks Lock It locks DVR as Log out stage User s Manual ...

Page 29: ...ter The Front Panel Display and controls are described in Chapter 2 Digital Video Recorder Layout As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor 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 until the user enters another mode The def...

Page 30: ...r Figure CAMEO CAMERA CHANGE You can select a cameo camera and the video will be swapped to the cameo camera RECORD CHANGE When selecting the RECORD CHANGE on the CAMEO menu the below menu will be popped up Figure CAMEO RECORD CHANGE You can change the recording quality resolution and image quality to the selected channel in this menu User s Manual Live Cameo Menu ...

Page 31: ...screens The cameras being displayed on the other channels will not be rotated on the cameo sequence channel PAGE SEQUENCE Video outputs at current split screen mode will shift into next video outputs Ex At 4 split screen mode 1 4 Æ 5 8 Æ 9 12 Æ 13 16 PTZ If a camera is set as PTZ camera it will enter in PTZ mode ZOOM X 2 ZOOM X 4 Zoom is only active in 1 split screen mode It is possible to zoom in...

Page 32: ...f the screen Figure0 TOP MENU You can enter to any menu of Search Backup Alarm Status Recording and Log out BOTTOM MENU At live mode by pressing the downward arrow key it will show a BOTTOM menu For mouse usage position the mouse pointer to the bottom side of the screen Figure 21 BOTTOM MENU The Bottom Menu will allow you to change the live view formats Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 33: ...ROTATE button displays another screen whenever you press this button manually Pressing the button allows manual screen change in 1 4 9 split screens For example pressing the button in 4 split screen changes into the next 4 different camera inputs Enter Selecting Cameo or displaying Cameo menu Numeric Key Used for selecting the corresponding camera directly 10 Num Key Used for entering number great...

Page 34: ...enu screen will be displayed You can control the Zoom In Out Focus and Iris by pressing the buttons on the below menu Also you can open the PTZ setup screen menu by pressing the menu button on the below Figure PTZ Menu 2 By Front Key Buttons Press the Enter button and move to a PTZ camera channel Press the Enter button once again to pop up the Live Cameo Menu Select PTZ on the Live Cameo Menu Once...

Page 35: ...up to 64 presets Preset Tour You can make a preset tour by listing 6 different presets Press the List and you can make a list with 6 different presets and press On to make the recorded preset tour Pattern Setup You can make a pattern by recording the movements zooming focusing and iris Press the begin button and move or zoom the PTZ camera and then press the end button All the panning and tilting ...

Page 36: ...dvantages of the DVR s many tools See Chapter 6 Advanced Settings for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options Here is a brief description of some of the settings Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio It will record audio when video is recording NOTE Make certain you comply with all local federal laws and regulations when recording audio 5 5 Recording Video Audio Recordi...

Page 37: ... the recorded data on DVR GOTO FIRST Searching the earliest recorded data GOTO LAST Searching the latest recorded data CALENDAR Using the internal calendar program to search for the recorded video data by date time RECORD LIST Prioritized search for recorded date EVENT SEARCH Search for the event occurred by search date OVERLAPPED LIST Search for the data with overlapped date MANUAL RECORD LIST Se...

Page 38: ... use Left and Right arrow buttons to select the time Once the time bar is highlighted you can select minutes by using the Left and Right arrow buttons after pressing the ENTER button NOTE The bar graph colors will be different for each recording mode The blue is by Time slate blue is by audio Red is by Motion Green is by Alarm and Orange is by Video Loss Digital Video Recorder GOTO FIRST When pres...

Page 39: ...ST Once you have pressed the RECORD LIST your DVR will display a list with recorded video and Date information Select a list and press the PLAY button to playback the recorded video User s Manual Figure RECORD LIST ...

Page 40: ...ou can change the date time and select the channels that you want to search You can search the recorded video by Motion Alarm In and Video Loss by turning on or off Once you have selected the events and channels for searching press the VIEW button and you will be asked to confirm the search of the recorded video with the events You will get a recorded list with events and you can playback by selec...

Page 41: ... the video files in the list and playback Your DVR will create the overlapped video list caused by Date Time changes or the DST Daylight Saving Time User s Manual Figure OVERLAPPED LIST 2 Clicking the play button after selecting from the list will show you the overlapped list pop up Like the HDD play calendar and event search play is available ...

Page 42: ...rt Playback will be activated Smart playback is a function that searches and playbacks the video that has movements Pressing the Down Arrow once again will return to the Normal Playback Mode It is convenient to search and playback the incidents that occurred over a long period of time Panorama Playback Pressing up direction key from a single screen playback mode changes to 4 9 16 screen panorama v...

Page 43: ...r Fast Forward button Low speed Playback After pressing the PAUSE button during playback press Fast Rewind or Fast Forward to have low speed playback It supports up to 4 different speeds x1 2 x1 4 x1 8 and x1 16 Single Step Playback When playback is paused pressing the Rewind or Forward button changes to Single Step Button Pressing the Right or Left Arrow Button allows the playback of the one fram...

Page 44: ...utton during playback or select panorama from the Cameo Menu then select number of screens to be displayed If you press the Up Arrow Button during the single screen display panorama playback is activated The Display button controls the number of splitting screens GoTo Time Search It is the function that allows you to move into the selected time It is possible to jump by hour or minutes It can be d...

Page 45: ...el on the Camera Change menu of the Playback Cameo Menu Playback Cameo Menu PLAY CAM CHANGE Through PLAY CAM CHANGE menu it is possible to see another channel s video image on the channel the users have selected FULL SCREEN Put selected channel into full screen CUT AND SAVE Backup can be done by selecting starting and ending point while playing back reference 5 9 Copying Video Clip ...

Page 46: ...hannel into LIVE image Zoom x2 Zoom x4 Zoom is only active in 1 split screen mode It is possible to zoom into 9 splits or 16 split screens Users can maneuver the screen with the arrow keys AUDIO ON OFF Live audio can be turned on or off by selecting AUDIO ON OFF button In order to hear playback audio audio recording has to be turned ON ...

Page 47: ...layback speed up and down control for backward direction Fast Forward Playback speed up and down control for forward direction Pause Temporary stopping of playback Forward Play Forward playback of video data Reverse Play Backward playback of video data Up Panorama playback for a single screen Down Used for Smart Search PTZ Used for PTZ Control Display Change the split mode of playback screen Digit...

Page 48: ...enu Select START CUT from CUT AND SAVE Select END CUT for copying section Pressing CUT AND SAVE displays the below dialog window Make a copy after confirming the user selected channel and time frame Select CD or USB for storage media from TARGET Using the front keys Click the Backup button to set the starting time Press the Backup button again to set the end time When pressing the Backup button on...

Page 49: ...display it in the box beside DATA SIZE Press the WRITE button and your DVR will start burning NOTE When the data size is bigger than 650MB you will be asked to put a new CD after burning the first one You will be asked to confirm to backup the data to a CD Digital Video Recorder 5 10 Backup Video Data DvrPlayer is copied into backup CD or USB device automatically Backup video can be played by DvrP...

Page 50: ...the vendor model name and target s capacity is shown on the list Auto backup performs backup of the recorded data on the disk to the USB storage device automatically Since it saves the recorded data on the disk the HDD has to be connected and record must be running Unlike Manual Backup USB TARGET can only target USB storage devices Pressing START button starts saving from current time Actual data ...

Page 51: ...u can check the status of the DVR by selecting STATUS from the Top Live Cameo Menu The status screen displays Record Event Network Alarm Disk and Key information Figure STATUS 5 11 Checking DVR Status Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 52: ...using various screens and dialog boxes Press the MENU button to enter the setup screens The Admin Password screen appears Figure ADMIN PASSWORD Enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and then the Enter button The factory default password is 1111 After Log in the menu window is displayed as below Chapter 6 Advanced Settings Figure The screen image after ...

Page 53: ...elect the SYSTEM SETUP in the main menu and it s including General Setup Alarm Setup System Manager Password Configuration and Shutdown Configuring System Settings 6 1 System Setting Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 54: ... displays Video Format Language Date Format Time Zone Date Display Date Time Key Tone NTP Unit Address Base Camera Number and Menu Timeout Figure GENERALSETUP 1 Figure GENERAL SETUP 2 Figure GENERAL SETUP 3 Figure GENERAL SETUP 4 Figure GENERAL SETUP 5 Figure GENERAL SETUP 6 User s Manual ...

Page 55: ...lay the date and time information on the screen Date You can change the date by pressing the box beside the Date heading Time You can change the time by pressing the box beside the Time heading NTP NTP reads the UTC standard time from the NTP server and sets the DVR time according to the selected Time Zone pool ntp org is set by default but you can input other NTP servers as well Pressing SYNC NOW...

Page 56: ...utputs Select the ALARM IN button and press the enter button to select the type for alarm in The ALARM IN screen displays the alarm inputs in groups of four 1 4 5 8 9 12 and 13 16 Figure ALARM TYPE ALARM IN You can select proper alarm type from described earlier When pressing the ALARM CLEAR button the system will clear the triggered alarms The ALARM SET button activates the alarm settings again Y...

Page 57: ... you can initialize new hard disk drives by selecting the boxes below INSTALL and pressing the enter button Erase can be done when CD DVD RW is in the tray NOTE You have to initialize the disks when installing new hard disk drives The INSTALL CHECK screen will display the earliest and latest recording information and you can check the files in the period from BEGIN TIME to END TIME by highlighting...

Page 58: ...ED SPACE will be activated You can set up the HDD usage by USED SPACE Refer to the screens below Figure HDD SETUP OVERWRITE 3 NOTE When setting up the USED SPACE to 80 your DVR will stop recording at 80 Your DVR will check the settings of USED SPACE automatically and record as much as possible Your DVR has 3 different warning methods when the disk is full but the DISK FULL WARNING must be turned o...

Page 59: ...ack protect protects data in a certain time interval If set to 3 days data up to 3 days period is not overwritten Can be set from 0 99 days and if set to 0 playback protect is off Digital Video Recorder S W UPGRADE Figure S W UPGRADE ...

Page 60: ... HDD temperature and Fan Speed can be checked according to the configured time interval and warning message can be set to popup buzzer and off Clicking CHECK S M A R T NOW checks the S M A R T status Figure S M A R T INFORMATION 1 Figure S M A R T INGORMATION 2 HDD information shows capacity bad sector temp S M A R T status of the HDD Going into detail shows you more detailed information about the...

Page 61: ...g a new user account you will be asked to enter the new password and to confirm it When deleting a user account you will be asked to confirm NOTE The Admin Superuser and User passwords are composed of up to eight digits using the number buttons The default Admin password is 1111 Changing the name of the first user is allowed but you cannot erase it CAUTION Don t delete the default Admin account be...

Page 62: ...title And press the SAVE button Then the current configuration will be saved and the Save Date will be displayed DELETING CONFIGURATION Select one of saved configuration files and press the DEL button to delete it LOADING CONFIGURATION Select one of saved configuration files and press the LOAD button and you can select the configuration for Camera Record System and Network individually Press the e...

Page 63: ... screen will appear Figure CONFIGURATION CD RW You can save the current configuration to the CD USB or you can also load the saved configuration from the CD USB NOTE You can apply the same configuration to other DVR systems by using this function User s Manual ...

Page 64: ...essing the enter button The following screen will appear Figure1 SHUTDOWN 1 Figure SHUTDOWN 2 Select the RESTART in the SHUTDOWN menu and press the enter button You will be asked to confirm restarting the system You can also shutdown the system by pressing the SHUTDOWN button Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 65: ...isplay or hide the camera number and camera name by selecting ALL NUMBER NAME or OFF from a list on CAMERA LABEL You can assign names to each camera by highlighting the boxes below NAME and pressing the ENTER button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter camera names The camera name can be composed of 13 digits This is the menu for Camera Setup PTZ setup Spot Setup Sequence Monitor Setup and Priva...

Page 66: ...ng the changes ADJUSTMENT Highlight ADJUSTMENT in the main menu and press the ENTER button The ADJUSTMENT screen appears Figure ADJUSTMENT 1 Figure ADJUSTMENT 2 The ADJUSTMENT screen displays the brightness contrast saturation hue and position You can select the live or recorded video by highlighting the box below LIVE and pressing the ENTER button The channel can be selected by highlighting the a...

Page 67: ...rity and stop bit by highlighting the boxes below PORT and press the enter button You can set up IDs for each channel on the ID heading NOTE The IDs must be matched with PTZ units to control the PTZ units Selecting the TYPE causes a list of controllable cameras to display Select your camera from the list and press the enter button You have to connect the camera to the RS485 terminal on the back of...

Page 68: ...pup screen Refer to the Figure 69 SPOT SETUP 2 You can set up the rotating dwell time by highlighting the box below INTERVAL and pressing the enter button It can be set up to 256 seconds Default means the channel number shown when sequence is off and this channel is selected within the sequence When turning on Popup channels that are having events will be popped up to the assigned spot monitor NOT...

Page 69: ... SEQUENCE 1 Figure SEQUENCE 2 The page dwell time is for page sequence in case of 4 or 9 split screens You can select cameras for cameo sequence and set up the dwell time NOTE The cameo sequence means rotating the selected cameras on a camera channel of split screens The cameras being displayed on the other channels will not be rotated on the cameo sequence channel User s Manual ...

Page 70: ...modified Resolution settings with LCD written at the back e g 800 X 600 60Hz LCD can only be seen through VGA monitors BORDER color of border lines between images can be modified into black gray and white ALPHA BLENDING transparency ratio for all menu screens can be modified POSITION by using buttons the whole screen position can be modified to fit inside a monitor Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 71: ...vate Zone can be enable for LIVE only or for both LIVE PLAYBACK ZONE COLOR choices of gray black white and blue CAMERA ZONE setup For each camera a zone can be created Following screen will be shown after pressing Zone setup button After setting up the zone to save and exit from the setup screen press ESC button or right mouse button 71 Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 72: ...des You can set it up to record all the time or to record events only It can be set up to continue recording once the hard disk drive is full by recording over the oldest video or you can set it up alert you when the hard disk is full and stop recording User s Manual 6 3 Record Setting ...

Page 73: ...ays in the HOLIDAY SETUP menu by highlighting the button in the HOLIDAY heading and pressing the enter button You can select the resolution between standard high and highest by highlighting the box beside RESOLUTION and pressing the enter button If you want to change the resolution of certain cameras press the button in the RESOLUTION heading CAUTION Your changes in the main SETUP screens are appl...

Page 74: ...ys recording settings for Day Night and Weekend Highlight the RECORD heading for DAY NIGHT or WEEKEND and press the enter button to toggle between ON and OFF You can set up the recording speed and select the recording quality between LOW NORMAL HIGH and HIGHEST NOTE To select the recording speed use the or buttons in the sub menu You can change the certain details by highlighting the DETAIL button...

Page 75: ...ality and dwell time Figure EVENT SETUP Highlight the INPUT MOTION VIDEO LOSS or TEXT IN in the EVENT INPUT menu and press the enter button to toggle between ON and OFF NOTE When turning off the input you can t select event inputs MOTION ALARM IN VIDEO LOSS or TEXT IN Highlight the button in the EVENT INPUT menu to change the details for certain cameras The following EVENT SETUP INPUT screen will ...

Page 76: ...ds and set up the motion area by pressing Up Down Left and Right cursor buttons on the front panel or remote NOTE When the dot color is Blue you can move that pointer by pressing the arrow buttons without selecting the grids NOTE When the dot color is Red you can select the grids or erase the selected grids by pressing the arrow buttons When pressing MENU button on the front panel or remote in the...

Page 77: ...OUTPUT menu the associated events will be recorded when alarm is activated Digital Video Recorder VIDEO LOSS SETUP Highlight the box below VIDEO LOSS for a channel that you want to set up and press the enter button The following VIDEO LOSS screen will appear Figure EVENT SETUP INPUT VIDEO LOSS You can select a single or multiple VIDEO LOSS camera channels which will be associated with the camera W...

Page 78: ...er seconds When selecting Highest it gives better image quality but the file size will be bigger than LOW NORMAL or HIGH You can set up the Post Recording time up to 100 seconds by highlighting the below box and pressing the enter button Highlight the button and pressing the enter button to change the details in the sub menu The following screen will appear Figure EVENT SETUP RECORD Figure EVENT S...

Page 79: ...pressing the enter button You can associate the Alarm Out Alarm Delay and Dwell time for each camera You can also associate presets for installed PTZ cameras and set up the dwell time up to 100 seconds by highlighting the DISPLAY and pressing the enter button NOTE When turning on the IMAGE your DVR will send the event images to the client software SMS Server Management Software You can turn on or ...

Page 80: ...io channels can be recorded by selecting RECORD button at once and each individual channel also can be recorded by turning on each audio Camera and Audio connection setup can be modified Figure AUDIO RECORD SETUP AUDIO 16CHANEL All audio channels can be recorded by selecting RECORD button at once and each individual channel also can be recorded by turning on each audio User s Manual ...

Page 81: ...SETUP in he main menu and press the enter button The QUICK SETUP screen appears Figure QUICK STEUP In quick setup both fps and quality of time event record can be configured Event record Event action can be also configured User s Manual ...

Page 82: ...ghlight the MANUAL RECORD SETUP in he main menu and press the enter button The MANUAL RECORD SETUP screen appears Figure MANUAL RECORD STEUP Through REC button users can modify MANUAL RECORD settings for recording User s Manual ...

Page 83: ...trol communication related setting from DVR It not only sets for commonly using Ethernet and PSTN but also monitors the status of server from a remote site through the Client and E mail setting 6 4 Network Setting Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 84: ...highlighting the sub menu button and pressing the enter button Refer to the screen below Figure ETHERNET SETUP 2 Enter the host name to the box beside HOST NAME by highlighting the box and pressing the enter button The virtual keyboard will appear for typing You can save your changes and return to the main menu by highlighting SAVE and pressing the button Selecting CANCEL exits the screen without ...

Page 85: ...nnect the RS 232 devices like external modem external keyboard controller or POS Point Of Sale device to the RS 232 terminal on the back of the DVR by following the modem keyboard or POS manufacturer s instructions Figure SERIAL SETUP 1 You can connect the external modem to the RS232 terminal on the back of the DVR following the modem manufacturer s instructions Reset the external modem and the mo...

Page 86: ... keyboard controller or POS Point Of Sale device to the RS 485 terminal on the back of the DVR by following the keyboard or POS manufacturer s instructions Figure SERIAL SETUP 2 You can connect the external modem to the RS232 terminal on the back of the DVR following the modem manufacturer s instructions Reset the external modem and the modem will be activated When selecting External Controller or...

Page 87: ... Name User Name Password and Router Ip on off When selecting the boxes beside Host Name User Name Password or Router Ip on off the virtual keyboard will be popped up and you can type in After entering required information please visit the domain address ex http secube dyndns org on the Internet Explorer Then the Web browser client as shown below will appear on the Internet Explorer Figure WEB CLIE...

Page 88: ...eed can be set from 50kbps up to 100Mbps Select the user account by highlighting the USER ACCOUNT and pressing the enter button Refer to the Figure 96 The DVR supports 2 admin Ids and 4 user Ids Playback live ptz can be set for each user You can create new accounts by highlighting ADD button and pressing the enter button Type the new account by using the virtual keyboard When saving a new account ...

Page 89: ...the client Figure CLIENT SETUP ACCESS RANGE 1 Figure CLIENT SETUP ACCESS RANGE 2 When an IP address is not in the access range the IP address can t access the server and the default range is ALL NOTE The default range ALL is allowing any IP address to access the DVR Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 90: ...ou can associate events for the e mail notification Highlight the box below SEND and press the enter button The event list will appear Refer to the Figure 101 Also you can select cameras for emailing as in Figure 102 Your DVR will notify events for the selected cameras only You can set up the trial time for e mailing You can type the e mail addresses you want to assign by using the virtual keyboar...

Page 91: ...cted e mail is sent directly to the specified e mail address When SMTP server is selected e mail is sent to a SMTP server and then sent to the specified e mail address Figure E MAIL SEVER SETUP 1 Figure E MAIL SERVER SETUP 2 Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 92: ...92 You can check the system log status and version information 6 5 SYSTEM INFORMATION Checking System Information User s Manual ...

Page 93: ... SYSTEM LOG menu STATUS You can check the status of the DVR by selecting STATUS from the Top Live Cameo Menu The status screen displays Record Event Network Alarm Disk and Key information Figure STATUS 1 Figure 110 STATUS 2 In record fps and quality of currently recording time event record of each channel can be checked In event you can sea the status information about event input and event action...

Page 94: ...ecked Alarm shows the status of Alarm in and Alarm output Disk shows earlist recording time latest recording time disk capacity used space and remaining recordable time length Key shows descriptions about keys and repeated keys Figure STATUS 3 Figure STATUS 4 Figure STATUS 5 Figure STATUS 6 User s Manual ...

Page 95: ...95 VERSION You can check the version of your DVR in the VERSION menu Refer to the screen below The VERSION screen will display the version information Figure VERSION Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 96: ... the Mini Player with the backup files automatically You can play the backup files with the DVR Mini Player on your PC and convert the files to JPG or AVI format Save Print Open video file Backward frame by frame Forward frame by frame Full Screen Show Play List Audio On Off User s Manual ...

Page 97: ...OARD You will be using the virtual keyboard when setting up the DVR Highlight the button and press the enter button to enter The button will switch the page to the 2nd page showing Capital letters the button is deleting and X button is clearing Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 98: ...an change the screen to 2x2 3x3 4x4 formats by pressing the Display button in the Panorama mode Audio Playback Press the Log out button when playing back video that has recorded audio The audio control menu will be displayed Cut Save BACKUP Æ BACKUP Æ BACKUP You can set up the start time by pressing the Backup button first time and set up the end time by pressing the Backup button again Press the ...

Page 99: ...tor video cable and connections Check camera power Check camera lens settings Live Video Too Bright If a cable is attached to the Loop connector make sure that it is properly terminated Mouse is not working Press the FREEZE to reset the mouse DVR has stopped recording If hard disk is full you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 100: ...anced MPEG 4 Mode iMotion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal 4 x SATAII Type HDD Option i CD RW or DVD RW or Removal HDD Option Audio i4 Channel 16 Channel Extended Option PCM 64Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 16ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Senso...

Page 101: ...otion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal 4 x SATAII Type HDD Option i CD RW or DVD RW or Removal HDD Option Audio i4 Channel 16 Channel Extended Option PCM 64Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 16ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Sensor events Remote Moni...

Page 102: ...n iEnhanced MPEG 4 Mode iMotion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal 4 x SATAII Type HDD Option i CD RW or DVD RW or Removal HDD Option Audio i4 Channel PCM 64Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 8ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Sensor events Remote Monito...

Page 103: ...Mode iMotion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal 4 x SATAII Type HDD Option i CD RW or DVD RW or Removal HDD Option Audio i4 Channel PCM 64Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 4ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Sensor events Remote Monitoring S W iServer Ma...

Page 104: ... 672x272 VGA 672x544 Compression iEnhanced MPEG 4 Mode iMotion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal Max 2 x SATAII Type HDD Option Audio i4 Channel ADPCM 32Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 8ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Sensor events Remote Monitorin...

Page 105: ... Compression iEnhanced MPEG 4 Mode iMotion detection Sensor Schedule iVariable compression rates recording frame motion sensitivity Storage media iInternal Max 2 x SATAII Type HDD Option Audio i4 Channel ADPCM 32Kbps Playback Mode i Multi channel playback Max 4ch Simultaneous Panorama Smart playback Searching iBy Channel Time Date Motion detection Sensor events Remote Monitoring S W iServer Manage...

Page 106: ...t is possible to see using Live Cam Change from CAMEO Menu during the playback Q Is it possible to copy the wanted section of video during the playback A Yes select starting and ending time with Spot key then using the Backup key to save Backup Q Is it possible to backup to DVD media A Yes if you have DVD RW installed in your DVR Q Can USB memory stick be used A Yes General Q What does Embedded Li...

Page 107: ...ent out A Please check all the setting in Ethernet Setup Miscellaneous Q Is it possible to use either mouse joystick or keyboard through the USB port A Mouse inputs device and memory sticks are supported as the primary device Q What types of cameras can be used A NTSC or PAL system cameras are OK to use Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 108: ...ck Next button 9 Click the short cut DVR of desktop Do not save User ID and Password for other user Enter the password pppsetup on each connection 10 Set Run Script to Generic Login in Security Tab in DVR Property 11 After step 10 type in ID ppp Password pppsetup to connect to DVR If you set Modem s setting correctly and get only dialing tone then you will see the following picture The DVR is rece...

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