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RTDVR-8100-4CIF Series DVR

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...RTDVR 8100 4CIF Series DVR USER S MANUAL Version3 1 0...

Page 2: ...BILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE SENTIOLUX SOFTWARE SENTIOLUX DOES NOT WARRANT GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SENTIOL...

Page 3: ...a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the DVR in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power dow...

Page 4: ...iguring Live Preview Displays 26 Setting Camera Order 28 C H A P T E R 4 29 Record Settings 29 Configuring Settings for Recording 30 Initializing Record Settings 30 Scheduling a Recording 31 Starting...

Page 5: ...Remote Alarm Host 65 Configuring Multicast 66 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports 67 Email 67 C H A P T E R 9 69 PTZ Controls 69 Navigating PTZ Menus 70 Configuring PTZ Settings 70 Setting PTZ Presets...

Page 6: ...ounts 89 Adding a New User 89 Deleting a User 92 Modifying a User 92 Managing System 93 Importing Exporting Configuration 93 Updating System Firmware 93 Restoring Default Settings 95 Viewing System In...

Page 7: ...6 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction...

Page 8: ...ncluding resolution frame rate bit rate image quality Each channel supports normal continuous and event compression parameters Support both composite stream and video only stream Audio and video are s...

Page 9: ...gement Support video clips backup when playback Alarm Exception Support alarm in out arming schedule setting Support various alarm input such as hard disk full illegal access network break IP conflict...

Page 10: ...ts Powerful DVR log including operation alarm and exception log Product Application Diagram Figure 2 Product Application Diagram Operating Your DVR There are numerous ways to navigate and operate your...

Page 11: ...ed in various menus of the DVR Some uses include Switching to the corresponding channel in Preview or PTZ Control mode Inputting numbers and characters in Edit mode Switching between different channel...

Page 12: ...TION Buttons The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In Playback mode the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video The Left an...

Page 13: ...10 MENU Button Same as MENU WIPER button on front panel 11 PREV Button Same as PREV FOCUS button on front panel 12 DIRECTION ENTER Buttons Same as DIRECTION ENTER buttons on front panel 13 PTZ Button...

Page 14: ...ons on the mouse corresponds to 1 Left Button Single Click Select a component of a menu such as a button or an input field This is similar to pressing the ENTER button on the remote front panel contro...

Page 15: ...input is being used Switch to Lowercase Switch to lowercase input Switch to Uppercase Switch to uppercase input Number Designates number input is being used Symbols Switch to symbols input Backspace...

Page 16: ...h VIDEO OUT 4 LINE IN BNC connector for audio input 5 VGA VGA output Display local video output and menu 6 RS232 DB9 connector for RS232 7 LAN Interface Connector for LAN Local Area Network 8 USB Inte...

Page 17: ...16 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started...

Page 18: ...es to message Are you sure you want to shut down now 3 Turn off switch on rear panel OPTION 2 Manual Shutdown 1 Press and hold the POWER button for 3 seconds 2 Enter the administrator s username and p...

Page 19: ...e Setup Wizard at a later time by leaving the Start Wizard when DVR starts checkbox checked Figure 2 Setup Wizard To start using the Setup Wizard 1 Click the Next button on the Wizard window This will...

Page 20: ...stalled select the HDD from the list to initialize it Initializing the HDD will format and remove all data from it 8 After the HDD has been initialized click the OK button which will take you back to...

Page 21: ...will enable the recording schedule and have it record continuously all day Figure 7 Edit Schedule Settings 14 Click the OK button This will take you back to the Schedule tab To copy the schedule to a...

Page 22: ...etup Wizard The next step in the initial setup process is to setup the system date and time Setting Date Time It is extremely important to setup the system date and time to accurately timestamp record...

Page 23: ...22 Figure 9 General Settings 4 Enter the correct date and time under System Time 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings...

Page 24: ...23 C H A P T E R 3 Live Preview...

Page 25: ...ng Front Panel Remote Click PREV button Using Mouse Select Multi Camera in right click menu 3 Manual Switch Using Front Panel Remote To move to the previous screen click the Left direction button To m...

Page 26: ...m Enter Digital Zoom interface Menu Enter Main menu Start Auto switch Enable sequencing in Live Preview mode Note The dwell time of the preview configuration should be set before using Start Auto swit...

Page 27: ...ck Menu Setting Record to access the Display Settings menu The settings available in this menu include Video Output Designates the output to configure the settings for Outputs include Main Vout and Au...

Page 28: ...utput Event Output Port Designates the output to show event video on Event Dwell Time The time in seconds to show event screen Note DVR will automatically detect if a VGA display is connected If VGA i...

Page 29: ...mera order 1 Enter the Display Settings menu shown in Figure 5 Menu Setting Display 2 Click the Set button 3 Select the display mode you would like to set the camera order for under Mode 4 Using the u...

Page 30: ...29 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings...

Page 31: ...u shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 General Record Settings 3 Select the camera you would to configure the settings for 4 Configure settings for Encoding Parameters Select the encoding parameters either Norm...

Page 32: ...edundantly Record Select to enable or disable redundant recording on the particular channel Record Audio Select to record audio of the camera or not 7 Click the OK button to finish and return to the p...

Page 33: ...ing Type Recording type can be based on time and triggered by motion detection and or alarm Motion detected and alarm triggered recordings are further explained in Configuring Alarms 9 Click the OK bu...

Page 34: ...off the HDD It s highly recommended that important recorded events be protected from deletion Recorded files can either be locked or the HDD that the files reside on can be set to read only Locking an...

Page 35: ...unlock 5 Click on the Lock button to lock file If the file is already locked click on the Unlock button to unlock file Locked files will be shown with a closed lock while unlocked files with an opene...

Page 36: ...t set the HDD to R W Read Write in the HDD Property Settings menu If multiple HDDs are used the DVR will automatically record to the next HDD that is not set to read only Configuring Advanced HDD Sett...

Page 37: ...R W read write 6 Click the OK button to save settings and return to the previous menu Figure 11 HDD Property Settings 7 Navigate to the Record Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Record Setting 8 C...

Page 38: ...37 Figure 12 Additional Record Settings 1 Set Redundantly Record to Yes 2 Click the OK button to save settings 3 Repeat steps 8 12 for other cameras you would like to redundantly record...

Page 39: ...38 C H A P T E R 5 Playback...

Page 40: ...e by channel by file type and by log Understanding the Playback Interface There are various controls on the Playback interface that makes viewing recordings more efficient A screenshot of the Playback...

Page 41: ...ch parameters by selecting cameras to search video file type and the start end time as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 Video Search Menu 3 Click the Play button to start playback of all the files found wit...

Page 42: ...ess the Play button to view the day s recording for the selected channel 3 You may also select additional channels up to 16 ch for playback from the channel list on the right hand side of the Playback...

Page 43: ...e Slow Forward button on the Playback Control Panel until the speed changes to Single frame 2 Click the Pause button to advance the video frame by frame Using the Front Panel Remote 1 Rotate the inner...

Page 44: ...43 Figure 7 Digital Zoom Area Selection...

Page 45: ...44 C H A P T E R 6 Backup...

Page 46: ...he Export Video menu shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu Video Export Figure 1 Export Video Menu 2 Select desired parameters to search for files to export 3 Press the Export button This will take you t...

Page 47: ...to export to from drop down list USB Flash Drive USB HDD DVD Writer If backup device is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor 7 Click Start to b...

Page 48: ...e Playback Control Panel select the start and end of the video clip during playback 3 Repeat for additional clips 4 Click the Quit Playback button to exit from the Playback interface You ll then be pr...

Page 49: ...process Managing Backup Devices To manage backup devices you must first be in the Export menu shown in Figure 7 The Export menu can be accessed by following the steps shown in the previous section See...

Page 50: ...49 C H A P T E R 7 Alarm Settings...

Page 51: ...navigating to Menu Setting Camera Select channel to configure motion detection on 2 Select the Advanced tab to open up the Advanced Camera Settings menu shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Advanced Camera Sett...

Page 52: ...shown in Figure 3 The higher value corresponds to the higher sensitivity level Figure 3 Motion Sensitivity Setting 7 Click OK to return to the Camera Settings menu 8 Click the Handle button to open th...

Page 53: ...schedule to start recording when motion is detected See Scheduling a Recording Setting up Sensor Alarms Recordings can also be triggered from an external sensor alarm device To setup sensor alarms 1...

Page 54: ...elect cameras to trigger for recording when alarm occurs by checking the checkboxes under the desired cameras as shown in Figure 7 Figure 7 Triggered Cameras Menu 7 Click the OK button to complete set...

Page 55: ...9 Alarm Output Settings 3 Configure the settings for selected output 4 Select OK to save and exit Note If the Hold For option is selected as Manually Stop the alarm will only stop when you manually st...

Page 56: ...ll alarm outputs at once 3 Select OK to return to the previous menu Detecting Video Loss Your DVR can be setup to detect video loss and trigger an action To setup video loss detection 1 Enter Camera S...

Page 57: ...le can be set for all week or any day of the week with up to 8 time periods per day 8 Click the Apply button to finish 9 Repeat above for other channels Detecting Video Tampering Video tampering i e m...

Page 58: ...ure 14 Tampering Area Setup 7 Set detection sensitivity The higher the value set the higher the sensitivity 8 Click OK to return to the Camera Settings Management menu 9 Click the Handle button to ent...

Page 59: ...D are full HDD Errors Errors occurred during writing of the HDD or HDD had failed to initialize Network Disconnected Disconnected network cable IP Conflicted Conflict in IP address setting Illegal Log...

Page 60: ...ously images will be displayed one at a time every 10 seconds default dwell time A different dwell time can be set by going to Menu Setting Display Dwell Time Once the alarm stops cycling of the image...

Page 61: ...60 C H A P T E R 8 Network Settings...

Page 62: ...k Settings menu shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu Setting Network Figure 1 Network Settings Menu 1 Select the General tab 2 If you have a DHCP server running and would like your DVR to automatically...

Page 63: ...e preferred and alternate Domain Name System DNS Server to be used with your DVR 4 Click OK to save and exit the Network Settings menu Configuring PPPoE Settings Your DVR also allows for Point to Poin...

Page 64: ...om your network administrator Once the setup is completed your DVR will automatically dial up into your network after rebooting 7 Click OK button to save and exit Network Settings menu You may now res...

Page 65: ...are three different DDNS type to choose from IpServer PeanutHull and DynDNS IpServer Enter Server Address for IpServer PeanutHull Enter DVR Domain Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull websi...

Page 66: ...tion interval has a range of 1 10080mins normally 60mins If the DVR is used on a public network you should use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function such as the server at the National...

Page 67: ...twork access device A multicast address spans the Class D IP range of 224 0 0 1 to 239 255 255 254 It is suggested that the IP address range of 239 252 0 0 to 239 255 255 254 be used To set up multica...

Page 68: ...the Advanced tab 3 Click the Set button next to Host Others to enter the Host Others menu 4 Enter new Server Port and HTTP Port as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Host Others Menu Note The Server Port h...

Page 69: ...tached JPEG File if you want to send email with alarm images the interval is the time of two adjacent alarm images You can also set SMTP port and enable SSL here 7 Click the OK button to save and exit...

Page 70: ...69 C H A P T E R 9 PTZ Controls...

Page 71: ...Camera Select a PTZ camera Call Preset Call a PTZ preset Call Patrol Call a PTZ sequence Call Pattern Call a PTZ pattern Patrol Setting Enter PTZ sequence configuration menu Pattern Setting Enter PTZ...

Page 72: ...esets patrols and patterns for a connected PTZ camera Understanding PTZ Controls Before setting presets patrols and patterns it s important to understand some of the features of the PTZ control panel...

Page 73: ...tton to enter the Preset Management menu 3 In the Preset Management menu shown in Figure 4 you may Configure Preset Use the PTZ control panel to adjust the position of the preset Select a Preset numbe...

Page 74: ...See Customizing Presets and click the Set button to enter the Patrol configuration menu A sequence should have at least 2 valid presets 3 Set the Key Point No Duration and Speed Figure 6 The Key Point...

Page 75: ...to call the patrol select the stop button to stop the patrol as shown in Figure 7 Figure 7 Patrol Management Menu Customizing Patterns Patterns can be setup by recording the movement of the PTZ To se...

Page 76: ...of the movements of the PTZ Use the PTZ control panel to move the PTZ The PTZ movements will be recorded until the Stop Record button is clicked 5 To run a pattern click the Run Pattern button on a va...

Page 77: ...76 C H A P T E R 1 0 Camera Management...

Page 78: ...Setting Camera 2 Select channel to setup OSD settings under Channel 3 Configure desired OSD settings as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 OSD Settings Menu Setting up Privacy Mask You may setup privacy mask...

Page 79: ...k area as shown in Figure 3 Up to 4 areas can be set Figure 3 Setting Mask Area 7 Select OK to save and exit mask setup Adjusting Display Settings Display settings such as the brightness contrast satu...

Page 80: ...t display settings under Channel 4 Click the Set button next to the Image Settings label 5 Adjust the display settings as shown in Figure 4 Brightness contrast saturation and hue can be adjusted The a...

Page 81: ...80 C H A P T E R 1 1 HDD Management...

Page 82: ...lize 3 Click the Init button 4 Select OK button to begin initialization After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Abnormal to Normal Setting HDD Groups Your DVR can sep...

Page 83: ...e status of a HDD can be set to redundancy read only or read write R W Setting HDD to Read Only A HDD can be set to read only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD beco...

Page 84: ...ct OK to save and exit menu Note The HDD that is set to redundancy is used to store an extra copy of the recording If a HDD is set to redundancy at least one HDD should be set to the R W status Checki...

Page 85: ...ter Start Time and End Time 5 Click the Search button to begin log search A result list similar to that of Figure 5 will be returned Figure 5 Log Search Results 6 Select log item to view and click the...

Page 86: ...uninitialized or in an abnormal state To set HDD alarms 1 Enter Exception menu shown in Figure 7 by clicking Menu Settings Exception Figure 7 Exception Menu 2 Select HDD Error under Exception Type 3 S...

Page 87: ...86 C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management...

Page 88: ...Default language used in DVR menus CVBS Output Standard Video output standard NTSC and PAL VGA Resolution VGA output resolution Time Zone Time zone to use for DVR Menu Date Format Format to use for da...

Page 89: ...ss Transparency Menu transparency Operation Timeout Set timeout time for menu inactivity For example if timeout time was set to 5 minutes after 5 minutes of inactivity in the General Settings menu you...

Page 90: ...ial device Note Please note that the remote control features through the RS 232 port are limited Managing User Accounts By default your DVR comes with one user account the Administrator account The Ad...

Page 91: ...enabled the user may only access the DVR from that particular MAC address 5 Select the Permission button to enter the Privilege Settings menu shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Privilege Settings Menu 6 Conf...

Page 92: ...r video output Two Way Audio Ability to use two way audio between the remote client and the DVR Remote Alarm Control Remote alert or control the relay output of the DVR Alarm and exception settings mu...

Page 93: ...u Note If you forget the password to your DVR contact your supplier with the serial number of your DVR to obtain a secure code to reset your DVR Deleting a User To delete a user from the DVR 1 Enter t...

Page 94: ...Export Configuration Menu 2 Click Export to export a configuration file to USB device USB device must be connected at this point to the DVR 3 To import a configuration file select the file from the US...

Page 95: ...boot the DVR To update via a FTP server 1 Configure PC running FTP server and DVR to be in the same Local Area Network Run the 3rd party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root dir...

Page 96: ...restore factory defaults Note Network information such as IP address subnet mask and gateway will not be restored Viewing System Information To view system information 1 Enter into the Information me...

Page 97: ...click the Details button 5 If applicable you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking the Play button 6 Log files can also be exported onto a USB device To export a log...

Page 98: ...97 Figure 17 Log Search Export Menu 7 Click Cancel to exit out of menu...

Page 99: ...98 C H A P T E R 1 3 Appendix...

Page 100: ...ADSL transceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks DDNS Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router...

Page 101: ...luorescent lamps in use Why does the PTZ seem unresponsive If the PTZ seem unresponsive please check 1 Check that the RS 485 cable is properly connected 2 Check that the dome decoder type is correct 3...

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