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Operation Instruction 

 

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Clip-Copy 

 
Video clips can be copied on an internal DVD RW drive, or external USB hard disk or flash drive.  The copied video 
clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista or 7.  Refer to the 

Appendix – 

USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation

 for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy. 

 

Selecting 

EZ Copy 

in the Search – Export menu or pressing the 

COPY

 button during playback will set the starting 

point of the video to be clip copied, and the   icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen.  Selecting 

EZ Copy 

in the Search – Export menu or pressing the 

COPY

 button again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied 

by displaying the 

Clip-Copy

 screen. 

 

Pressing and holding the 

COPY

 button for more than three seconds while in the Search mode initiates the One-Touch 

Clip Copy function.  The last recorded image will be the ending point of video to be clip copied, and the system will 
automatically begin to calculate the possible video data size that the selected storage media can handle. 

 

Select 

Clip-Copy

 in the Search – Export menu or press the 

COPY

 button while in the Search mode or Live Monitoring 

mode, and the 

Clip-Copy

 screen appears to allow clip copy setup. 

 

 

 

Figure 55 :  Clip-Copy screen. 

 

The 

Data Source

 box displays the source from which you make a video clip copy.  The data source can be selected 

from 

Record

 or 

Archive

 in the Search menu. 

 

You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. 

 

Highlight the box beside 

From 

and press the 

 button to toggle between On and Off.  When set to Off, you can enter 

a specific Date and Time.  When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image.  When highlighting   and 
pressing the 

 

button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the starting date and time. 

 

Highlight the box beside 

To 

and press the 

 button to toggle between On and Off.  When set to Off, you can enter a 

specific Date and Time.  When set to On, the search will be to the last recorded image.  When highlighting   and pressing 
the 

 

button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time. 

 

Highlight the box beside 

Channels 

and press the 

 button.  You can select the cameras that you would like to include 

in your video clip. 

 

NOTE:  The channel numbers 1 to 16 are local camera channels and 17 to 32 are network device channels.

 

 

Highlight the box beside 

Password 

and press the 

 button.  A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the 

password for reviewing the video clips. 

 

Highlight the box beside 

Dest. 

and press the 

 button.  You can select the storage device on which you would like 

to record the video clip.  You can choose from 

Internal DVD RW

 and 

USB Storage

 

CAUTION:  The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format.

 

Summary of Contents for D24GS

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Page 3: ...TES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WARNING CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY AP...

Page 4: ...ed 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 change in performance this indicates a need for service 15 Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or that have the same characteristic...

Page 5: ...larm Input Output 5 Audio In Out 6 Video Out 6 Power Cord Connector 7 Chapter 3 Configuration 9 Front Panel Controls 9 Power LED 9 HDD LED 9 Camera Buttons 9 Menu Button 10 Copy Button 10 Esc Button 10 Play Stop Button 10 Alarm Button 10 Sequence Button 10 PTZ Button 10 Mode Button 10 Arrow Buttons 10 Enter Button 10 Jog Dial 11 Shuttle Ring 11 USB Port 11 Remote Control Buttons 11 ID Button 12 Ca...

Page 6: ...onitoring 26 Recording Setup 27 General 27 Schedule 29 Pre Event 31 Archive 32 Event Setup 33 Motion 33 Alarm In 34 Video Loss 35 Video Blind 35 Text In 36 Network 38 Network Setup 38 General 38 IP Address 40 DVRNS 42 RTSP 43 Notification 44 iSCSI 46 Device Setup 48 Local Audio 48 Network Audio 48 Digital Deterrent 49 Alarm Out 51 Remote Control 52 Display Setup 52 OSD 52 Primary Monitor 53 Second...

Page 7: ...e Search 75 Motion Search 77 Text In Search 78 Bookmarks 79 Clip Copy 80 Print 82 Disk Mirroring 82 Appendix 85 USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation 85 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 85 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 85 Text In Search Examples 86 Search Example I 86 Search Example II 86 Speco Remote 87 Web Monitoring Mode 88 Web Search Mode 89 Time Overlap 91 Remote ...

Page 8: ...ral setup screen 39 Figure 26 Network IP Address Manual setup screen 40 Figure 27 Network DVRNS setup screen 42 Figure 28 Network RTSP setup screen 43 Figure 29 Network Notification setup screen 44 Figure 30 Network iSCSI setup screen 46 Figure 31 Device Local Audio setup screen 48 Figure 32 Device Network Audio setup screen 48 Figure 33 Device Digital Deterrent setup screen 49 Figure 34 Device Al...

Page 9: ...Digital Video Recorder vii Figure 55 Clip Copy screen 80 Figure 56 Print screen 82 Figure 57 System Storage setup screen 82 ...

Page 10: ...Operation Instruction viii ...

Page 11: ...io Playback Text Input for ATM and POS Alarm Connections Include Input Output and Reset Input Built in Alarm Buzzer Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet Time Synchronization using industry standard protocol Built in DVD RW Drive IR Remote Control Self diagnostics with automatic notification including hard disk drive S M A R T protocol Technical Overview In addition to replacing both a time l...

Page 12: ...o and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet There are eSATA and iSCSI ports that can be used to record or archive video to external hard disk drives and there are two USB ports that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to external hard disk and flash drives Figure 1 Typical DVR installation NOTE This manual covers the 8 and 16 channel digital video recorders The DVR...

Page 13: ...equired to install the DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system Figure 2 16 Channel DVR rear panel Video Input Video Loop Through Factory Reset Switch HD SD Out Selector Network Port iSCSI Port eSATA Port RS232C Port RS485 Port Alarm Input Output Audio In Out Video Out Power Cord Connector Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment NOTE...

Page 14: ... Selector An HD SD Out selector is provided to select the monitor display mode between HD High Definition and SD Standard Definition Setting the selector to the HD OUT position sends HD video to the connected HDMI and VGA monitors and setting to the SD OUT position sends SD video to the connected composite BNC monitor Network Port The DVR can be networked using the 10Mb 1Gb Ethernet connector Conn...

Page 15: ...below 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 above the wire and pull out the wire AI 1 to 16 Alarm In You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI Alarm In and GND Ground connectors The threshold voltage of electrical swi...

Page 16: ...monitors should be connected before the DVR boots and the other monitor should be connected after the DVR boots Your DVR can record audio from up to 16 sources Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1 to Audio In 16 as needed using RCA jacks Connect Audio Out to your amplifier Use the provided audio extension cable to connect the audio sources to Audio In 5 to 16 An HDMI High Definition Multimedia ...

Page 17: ...T INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG DO NOT OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT BY PLUGGING TOO MANY DEVICES IN TO ONE CIRCUIT Your DVR is now ready to operate Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration and Chapter 4 Operation Connect the AC power cord to the DVR and then to a wall outlet ...

Page 18: ...Operation Instruction 8 ...

Page 19: ...ing blocks the sensor or the remote control will not function properly When you use wireless communication devices such as Wi Fi or Bluetooth near the DVR the remote control might not function properly You can also use a USB mouse not supplied to navigate through the screens and menus much like you would on a computer Power LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On HDD LED The HDD LED flickers ...

Page 20: ...d protected Sequence Button When in the live mode pressing the SEQ button displays live channels sequentially PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ button enters the PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom mode and the PTZ icon flickers Pressing the button again exits the PTZ mode Pressing the arrow buttons or MENU button allows you to control properly configured cameras Mode Button Pressing the MODE button toggles between diffe...

Page 21: ...panel are provided to connect external hard disk or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades Position external drives close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections usually less than 6 feet Use the USB cable provided with the hard disk drive to connect it to the DVR A USB mouse not supplied can be connected to one of the ports You can use the mouse to navigate thr...

Page 22: ... the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number s value These buttons are also used to control Pan and Tilt when in the PTZ mode Menu Button In the Live Monitoring mode and Search mode pressing the MENU button displays the menu icons at the top of the screen Playback Buttons Rewind Pressing the button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playba...

Page 23: ...ys back video at regular speed The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video When in one of the multi view formats pressing this button enters the Triplex mode The DVR supports the Triplex function monitoring recording and playing back at the same time Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit The ...

Page 24: ...sing the virtual keyboard To log the user out of the system press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer on the right edge of the screen and then select Logout in the Live Monitoring menu The Logout screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user Figure 6 Logout screen Setup Screen Figure 7 Setup screen System Record Event Network Device Display Status ...

Page 25: ...g display recorded time data and clear all data Highlight the Site box and press the button A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter a Site Name Once you have entered your title highlight OK and press the button Highlight the box beside System ID and press the button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number from 0 ...

Page 26: ... and press the Import button to import the selected settings and change the DVR settings accordingly Highlight Include Network Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off the network settings will not be changed To export the current DVR settings connect the USB device to the DVR Highlight Setup Export and press the button Highlight the box beside File name and press th...

Page 27: ...l data before the DVR erases the video data Clear All Data will not clear the System Log Highlight System Shutdown and press the button The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power Highlight EZ Setup and press the button The EZ ...

Page 28: ...etup Date Set the system date and select the date format Time Set the system time and select the time format Time Zone Select your time zone Use Daylight Saving Time Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time NOTE The Date Time will be set and the clock will start when you click the Next button ...

Page 29: ...n selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile High when selecting Standard Recording Profile and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile The recording quality and recording speed of each camera channel will be set as show below according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set HVQPP SRP LRTPP Motion Event Record Very High 30 ips High 5 ips Standard 3 ips Cont...

Page 30: ... Instruction 20 Select the Finish button to finish the EZ Record and select the Go to EZ Network button to start the EZ Network If you selected the Go to EZ Network select the Next button to start the EZ Network ...

Page 31: ...y The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting Test otherwise the Next button will cannot be selected and you cannot move to the next step Use DSL PPPoE Setup Selecting the box allows you to set up the DSL network Entering the ID and password for DSL connection is required DVRNS Setup Use DVR Name Service Select the box to use the DVR Name Service DVRNS Server Enter the IP addre...

Page 32: ...w buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between month date and year Once you have the correct date press the button Highlight the Format box beside Date and press the button Select from the three available date formats and press the button to save your selected format Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button The individual sections of the time wi...

Page 33: ... IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the Network IP Address Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals Last Sync Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server Highlight Run as Server and press the button Pressing the button toggles between...

Page 34: ...lete the user To add a Group highlight the Group box and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the Group name You can use up to 15 characters including spaces in the group name Enter the name and assign authority levels to the group Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will toggle between all authority levels being turned On and Off Highlighting the in...

Page 35: ...e user can export the current DVR settings to a local system or a PC running Speco Central VNC Setup The user can establish all VNC settings on a local system or a PC running Speco Central To add a User highlight the User box and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the User Name Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password You can use camera buttons 1 to...

Page 36: ...g used or not Other indicates the device has been used for another DVR Highlight the box in the Information column for the desired storage device and press the button You will be able to check the time information about recorded data If you want to erase recorded data on the selected device highlight Clear and press the button You will be asked whether or not you want to delete the data If you wan...

Page 37: ... Inputs You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Almost Full and press the button Select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 80 to 99 Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Bad and press the button Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an a...

Page 38: ...ditions at midnight whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings Selecting Never will disable the Auto Deletion function Highlight the slide bar beside Limit Time Lapse Recording and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of the maximum storage time for time lapse recording from 1 to 99 days The Limit Time Lapse Recording feature will funct...

Page 39: ...nly during certain times based on time day of the week and holidays The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the Schedule On mode the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen When turning Schedule recording Off you will be asked to confirm your decision and displays at the to...

Page 40: ...rding settings Figure 15 Schedule Settings Advanced Mode setup screen You can set the ips Quality and Resolution ips Quality Resolution and Dwell for Advanced Mode setup of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode column If you do not set the ips Quality Resolution and Dwell in the Settings column the DVR will follow the default settings See below for details NOTE The recording speed ips...

Page 41: ... allows you to set the images per second for Time and Event recording You can select from 1 00 to 30 00 ips 25 00 ips PAL Highlighting boxes under Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Time and Event recording You can select from Very High High Standard and Basic Highlighting boxes under Resolution and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded im...

Page 42: ...s the pre event settings and follows the time settings Archive Highlight Archive and press the button and the Archive setup screen appears Figure 17 Record Archive setup screen Highlight Archive On and press the button to toggle between On and Off NOTE If you have not set up a storage device for archiving a message appears notifying you of this Select the Days and Time Range you want archived You ...

Page 43: ... zones by selecting or clearing blocks NOTE You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of 8 individual block groups A block group is positioned within the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons and individual blocks within the block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons Press the button to display the menu screen The menu on the setup screen has the followi...

Page 44: ...l range NOTE The record action for motion events will not be affected by the Motion Ignoring function Highlighting Daytime Setup and pressing the button allows you to set up the Daytime range Highlight the box beside Daytime and press the button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Daytime range The DVR will consider the remaining time range as the Nighttime Alarm In Highlight Alarm In and...

Page 45: ...ecks to see if anything is obscuring the camera Highlight the box beside Check Obscuration and press the button A list of sensitivity ranging from 1 to 10 or Never appears The sensitivity can be set from Never to 10 extremely sensitive Highlighting the box beside Video Loss Interval and pressing the button allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Video Loss The ...

Page 46: ...igger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of different devices move PTZ cameras to preset positions and or display a camera on a SPOT monitor Highlight Use Ignoring Time and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to On the DVR will ignore video blind events occurred during the preset period Highlighting Time Setup and press the button allows you t...

Page 47: ...ss the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction End string Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction ends Highlight the more line s box and press the button Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record You can choose from 0 to 10 Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter and press the...

Page 48: ... the button displays events that occurred on the network device channel that you selected NOTE Displaying events is supported when the network device is networked with the DVR Highlighting the box under the Use and pressing the button turns each selected event On and Off Highlighting the box under the Actions and pressing the button selects how the DVR reacts to network devices events The network ...

Page 49: ...ard which does not support the SSL function CAUTION The remote connection will be disconnected temporarily after changing the SSL settings NOTE This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch bps ips Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 1Gbps Highl...

Page 50: ...he same as pressing the Right arrow buttons on the front panel or k Pressing the or k key moves up in the menu It is the same as pressing the Up arrow button on the front panel or j Pressing the or j key moves down in the menu It is the same as pressing the Down arrow button on the front panel m or Windows Pressing the m or key displays the Live Monitoring menu or Search menu on the screen It is t...

Page 51: ...number The factory default Port settings are Remote Admin 8200 Remote Callback 8201 Remote Watch 8016 Remote Search 10019 NOTE The system restarts automatically after changing the port settings Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs otherwise the DVR cannot be connected with the PC running Speco Central or Speco Remote CAUTION When changing the port settings you must change the...

Page 52: ...R remotely using the DVR name instead of its IP address For the DVRNS feature the DVR should be registered on the DVRNS server Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator You can...

Page 53: ...RTP server obtained from your system administrator Highlight the box beside RTP End Port and press the button Set the end port number of the RTP server obtained from your system administrator Highlight Use Mobile and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to on you can access a remote DVR using a Blackberry or other mobile devices NOTE Selecting Use Mobile sets the Speco Remote ser...

Page 54: ...ghlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Highlight the box beside Summary Email Interval and select the interval that you want the DVR to send a summary email The DVR will send an email containing a...

Page 55: ...rs that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the SMTP Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the Network IP Address Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Use the arrow buttons to enter th...

Page 56: ...ost a tweet on Twitter when an event occurs Highlight the box beside User Name Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user name and password The SNS accounts can be deleted by highlighting the beside the account and pressing the button NOTE Posting a tweet might fail because of Twitter limitations iSCSI Highlight iSCSI and press the button The iSCSI setu...

Page 57: ...s its full name in the Full Node Name box Selecting a desired device and selecting OK allows you to use the selected device for recording Highlight the box beside iSCSI CHAP Authentication and press the button An Authentication screen appears Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowi...

Page 58: ...nd you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Network Audio Highlight Network Audio and press the button and the Network Audio setup screen appears Figure 32 Device Network Audio setup screen Highlight the box beside the network device input and press the button A list of local audio channels appears and you can select which audio channel you want associated with that ne...

Page 59: ...cheduled digital deterrent will take place The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Highlight the box under the Associated Event heading and press the button to select which events you want associated with each digital deterrent You can select the audio files associate with each event Highlight the box under the Associated Audio and press the button A list of audio file name appears and...

Page 60: ... press the button You can select the cameras with recorded audio you want to extract audio files from Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recorded audio When highlighting and pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you sel...

Page 61: ...ighlighting the boxes under the Day box and pressing the button allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active The choices are Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat M F Hol and All Highlighting the boxes under the Range box and pressing the button allows you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 15 minute increments from 00 00 to 24 00 Highlighting the boxes under t...

Page 62: ...If the RS232 port and RS485 port are in use for PTZ control networking or text input the remote keyboard cannot be configured Highlight Setup and select the correct Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR Highlight the box beside Remote Control Product and select the device from the list Display Setup OSD Highlight OSD and press the button The OSD scre...

Page 63: ...e name of the current user logged in displays Background Panel The background panel at the bottom of the screen displays in black Camera No The camera number displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Camera Title The camera title displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Record The record related icons display on each camera screen Audio The icon displays on each camera scr...

Page 64: ...s at the same time is not supported Highlight the box beside Resolution and press the button You can select from 1280x1024 1440x900 1600x900 1680x1050 and 1920x1080 for NTSC video and 1280x1024 1440x900 1600x900 1680x1050 and 1920x1080 60Hz or 50Hz for PAL video Highlight the box beside Set Resolution to Manual Mode and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On ...

Page 65: ...l be excluded from the Cameo sequence You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts pages so that all the cameras will be displayed You can also set up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the remaining cameras in a cameo window This can be done with one camera displayed fu...

Page 66: ...Off You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box under the Dwell and pressing the button You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 to 20 seconds Pressing the SEQ button or selecting Sequence in the Live Monitoring menu causes the DVR to sequence cameras NOTE Sequence cannot be used in the 4x4 display mode of the 16 channel Monitoring and playing back video from network devices...

Page 67: ...made in the Monitoring setup screen on the System menu Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost Full percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recyc...

Page 68: ...itions are normal however the S M A R T monitoring is not working or supported NOTE When the storage condition is Bad the Event Status Storage screen displays and you can check the storage condition for details Once the Bad message displays replacing the hard disk drive is recommended usually within 24 hours Temperature and S M A R T information will be available only for internal hard disk drives...

Page 69: ...video A user who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes PTZ Highlight PTZ and press the button and the PTZ setup screen appears Local Cameras Only Figure 43 Camera PTZ setup screen NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 Highlight the box i...

Page 70: ...hlight the Setup box and press the button The Port Setup window appears Configure the port s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer s instructions Network Camera Highlight Network Camera and press the button and the Network Camera setup screen appears Network Devices Only NOTE Network Camera includes both network cameras and network video transmitters Figure 44 Camera Network Camera setup sc...

Page 71: ...g NOTE For the Domain Name Scan feature to work the DNS sever should be configured during Network IP Address setup After selecting the desired scan mode highlighting Search and pressing the button the system searches for network devices and displays them in the list Selecting Reset allows you to delete the search results list NOTE Depending on the model of network device the device may not be supp...

Page 72: ...ng the box beside Record Protocol and pressing the button allows you to select the protocol for recording Highlighting the box beside ONVIF Profile and pressing the button allows you to select a preset ONVIFTM profile Highlighting the Port Number Setup box and pressing the button allows you to select the HTTP server s port number and the RTSP server s port number Highlight Authentication and press...

Page 73: ...llowing the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record NOTE Depending on the monitor display mode between HD mode and SD mode the menu layout of monitor screen will be different For simplicity the menus and descriptions in this manual refer to the HD display mode Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attach...

Page 74: ...rk cameras and network video transmitters When video from network devices is not displayed on the screen check the current video resolution DVR s supported resolutions are 352x240 352x288 704x240 704x288 640x480 704x480 704x576 800x600 1280x720 1280x960 1280x1024 and 1920x1080 When monitoring video from network devices in the multiview display formats video at the resolution higher than 704x480 wi...

Page 75: ...meras 13 to 16 the next screen will be local cameras 1 to 4 Selecting again in the Live Monitoring menu exits the Sequence mode While in the Sequence mode the icon displays in bottom left corner if Sequence is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab If all the cameras in a page are Off or have lost video or are set to Covert unless the user has authority to view covert cameras that page will ...

Page 76: ...ameo mode will remains in effect for 15 seconds if there is no further operation In active cameo mode press the button for the camera you want to display in the active cameo After setting the camera number to active cameo the DVR moves the active cameo to the next cameo When the camera number exists on the current screen the active cameo is changed with the existing camera number When the camera n...

Page 77: ... load the preset Set Preset Move to Preset Figure 47 PTZ Preset menu While in the PTZ mode pressing the MENU button and selecting Advanced PTZ in the menu displaying at the top of the screen displays the Advanced PTZ menu Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Refer to the camera manufacturer s instructions for the proper settings Depending on the camera specifications s...

Page 78: ...w authority logs into the system However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor If a camera is set up as Covert 2 in the Camera setup screen General tab that camera appears to be Off unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will not be displayed on the monitor NOTE When a camera is set up a...

Page 79: ...o take advantages of the DVR s many tools See Chapter 3 Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options Panic Recording Selecting Panic in the Live Monitoring menu or Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras Selecting again stops panic recording If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Panic Record setup screen panic recording will stop automatically according ...

Page 80: ...ividual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen Arrow Buttons In the playback mode pressing the Left arrow button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and The screen displays and respectively Pressing the Right arrow button plays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from...

Page 81: ... Search section for details Text In Search Selecting Search Text In Search selects text input strings See the following Text In Search section for details Go To Go to the First Selecting Go To Go to the First displays the first recorded image Go to the Last Selecting Go To Go to the Last displays the last recorded image Go to the Date Time Selecting Go To Go to the Date Time displays the Go to the...

Page 82: ...rk devices enters the display mode for local cameras Selecting each display mode is the same as pressing the MODE button or scrolling the mouse wheel up and down when in one of the multiview formats Previous Group Next Group Selecting Display Previous Group or Next Group moves to the previous or next page Selecting Next Group while in 4x4 display format for local cameras moves to 4x4 display forma...

Page 83: ... See the following Clip Copy section for details Digital Deterrent Recording Selecting Export Digital Deterrent Recording allows you to extract audio files from recorded audio on the DVR Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration Digital Deterrent section for details Print Selecting Export Print allows you to print a selected image See the following Print section for details Data Source Selecting Data Sourc...

Page 84: ...heck Time Overlap on or off if a user defined date and time is set to From and To If the DVR s date and time have been reset it is possible for the DVR to have more than one overlapping start and stop time When set to On you will be asked to select one of the overlapping start and stop time When set to Off the DVR will display search results from all start times to all stop times Highlight the box...

Page 85: ...e 51 Record Table Search screen Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar A grey vertical line indicates the current search position To search specific video move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired segment If the DVR s time and date have been rese...

Page 86: ...tes different recording modes Red for Panic Yellow for Pre Event Purple for Event Blue for Time and Green for Irregular Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen Selecting Menu in the top right corner displays the Search menu Go To Displays the first or last recorded image searches by date and time or adds the current playback point to the bookmark list see the previous S...

Page 87: ...d Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recorded image Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be to the last recorded image Highlight the box beside Type and press the button You can select between Motion ...

Page 88: ...previous search results from the list Text In Search Figure 53 Text In Search screen The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input The Text In Search screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event Pressing the Pl...

Page 89: ...button This will toggle between On and Off When this feature is On the search will find only those text strings in which the case matches Highlight Load and press the button to load saved search option settings Select the desired search option settings Highlight Save and press the button to save the current search option settings A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the search opti...

Page 90: ...you make a video clip copy The data source can be selected from Record or Archive in the Search menu You can search video from the first to last recorded images or you can set the start and stop times and dates Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recor...

Page 91: ...py starts you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the screen by selecting Close When selecting Close Clip Copy continues and a confirmation screen will display when complete NOTE Only 4 7GB DVD media is available To clip copy video on DVD media using remaining space the size of previously recorded data on the DVD media should be less than 4GB Select the Full Erase option when erasing recorde...

Page 92: ... printer only supports an LPT connection parallel use an LPT to USB converter cable The printer cable is not provided Disk Mirroring The DVR supports disk mirroring to prevent unexpected loss of recorded video data that might be caused by disk damage or corruption You can set up disk mirroring by highlighting Storage in the System menu and pressing the button Figure 57 System Storage setup screen ...

Page 93: ...start NOTE Resynchronization will pause while searching video Once disk mirroring starts you can cancel it by highlighting Stop and pressing the button Selecting Stop displays a confirmation screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to stop mirroring for the selected disk NOTE Once disk mirroring stopped the destination disk will be set to Not Used If resynchronization has been finished...

Page 94: ...Operation Instruction 84 ...

Page 95: ...rd disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98 1 Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable 2 Turn on your computer The Add New Hardware wizard window will appear 3 Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions provided with your USB hard disk drive 4 If the USB hard disk...

Page 96: ...Unit price mark will be ignored automatically 28th Qty and 40th amount characters including spaces from the left In this case you can enter 17 28 and 40 in each Column box For example if you want to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over 8 the following search condition can be set Search Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456...

Page 97: ... 32 Bit Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows Vista x86 32 Bit Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows 7 x86 32 Bit CPU Intel Pentium III Celeron 600MHz or faster RAM 128MB or higher VGA 8MB or higher 1024x768 24bpp or higher Internet Explorer Version 6 0 or later Start Internet Explorer on your local PC You can run the Speco Remote program by entering the following information in the address field http IP ad...

Page 98: ...ernet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu Otherwise some functions of the Speco Remote might be limited to use There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system In this situation it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of...

Page 99: ...les audio communication with the remote site When the audio control panel displays click the to send audio to the connected remote site and click the button again to stop sending audio Click the to monitor live audio from the connected remote site through the attached speaker and click the button again stop monitoring live audio Clicking both and allows two way communication Clicking the disables ...

Page 100: ...back images found within the time parameters The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar If more than one video stream in the same time range you can select the video stream you want to search Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting the allows you to display an image fr...

Page 101: ...ange In this case you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment For example when the DVR has recorded video from one to five o clock and the user changes the time backward from five to three o clock and then continues recording until six o clock there will be two video streams and segments from three to five o clock You can search overlapping video streams b...

Page 102: ...k Camera setup screen highlight the box under the Settings heading and press the button Highlight the Device Remote Setup box and press the button The Device Remote Setup screen appears NOTE The setup menu and options may differ depending on the device model Refer to the network device manufacturer s documentation for correct device settings System Setup Information Displays the device information...

Page 103: ...F Profile Adds or deletes an ONVIFTM profile Video Sets up the video source and encoder The frame rate cannot exceed 15 ips when recording video with the H 264 codec and 4CIF resolution if the device is a network video transmitter Audio Sets up the audio source and encoder Network Setup ...

Page 104: ...ess for the current network conditions supported only for devices that provide the function Network Protocol Changes the port numbers for the network protocols that are used in the device supported only for the protocols that are used in the device WS Discovery Sets up the WS Discovery function I O Setup I O Sets up the input and output devices PTZ Setup PTZ Sets up the PTZ ...

Page 105: ...Digital Video Recorder 95 Map of Screens ...

Page 106: ...deo Upgrade Schedule On Clip Copy Camera Upgrade Fail Schedule Off Callback Fail Power Failure Panic On Print Begin Time Change Panic Off Print End Time Zone Change Clear All Data Print Cancel Time Sync Clear Disk Archive On Time Sync Fail Format Disk Archive Off Disk Bad Disk Full Mirror 1 2 Started Login Auto Deletion Mirror 1 2 Start Failed Logout Search Begin Mirror 1 2 Stopped Setup Begin Sea...

Page 107: ...urning is out of time 402 Copying upgrade package on the USB device failed 19 Connecting device failed 403 USB device is not connected 20 Device is busy 404 USB device is being used 21 Unsupported file system 405 Unsupported file system 22 Verify failed 500 System is busy clip copying 23 No Recorded Data Connection Failure Related Network Devices Only No Description No Description 0 Unknown case 2...

Page 108: ...ecording If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode The icon displays however the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the Pre Event recording mode the yellow and display when there is no event and the DVR is not recording The red and display when any event occurs and the DVR starts recording While upgrading the system the DVR keeps rebo...

Page 109: ...0Mbps 1Gbps Ethernet Audio Output RCA Output 1 Line Out Text Input POS Interface ATM Interface CONNECTORS Video Input Composite 8 or 16 BNC Ethernet 16 network devices Video Loop Composite 8 or 16 BNC Auto Terminating Monitor Output HDMI 1 HDMI Composite 1 BNC VGA 1 VGA SPOT Composite 1 BNC Audio In Local 8 or 16 RCA connector Network 16 100Mbps 1Gbps Ethernet Audio Out 1 RCA connector Alarm Input...

Page 110: ...ting Temperature 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Operating Humidity 0 to 90 Power 100 to 240 VAC 2 0 1 0 A 50 60Hz Power Consumption Max 100W Approvals FCC UL CB CE CAUTION Risk of Explosion if Battery is replaced by an Incorrect Type Dispose of Used Batteries According to the Instructions This equipment is indoor use and all the communication wiring are limited to inside of the building Specifications ...

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