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5. SETUP

 

In this category, there are General, Camera, Event, Schedule, Ethernet and System Information. 

On the Top menu, select the [SETUP] menu.  

After select the menu, the following Log-in window will be appeared.  

Enter the password by the key buttons and press 

the ENTER button. 

(The default password : 1111)   

5.1 GENERAL SETUP 

Select the 

[GENERAL] 

menu.  

In this category, there are General, Alarm, Disk, Monitor, Account, Configuration setup and Shutdown. 

Summary of Contents for DRA SERIES

Page 1: ...DRA Series AHD Hybrid Digital Video Recorder 0 User Manual V1 DRA1600 DRA800 ...

Page 2: ... 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 HARMFUL INTERFE...

Page 3: ...erate normally 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 di...

Page 4: ...tion 9 3 DVR ORGANIZATION 10 3 1 Front Panel 10 3 2 Real Panel 14 3 3 Remote Controller 16 4 LIVE 17 4 1 Live Screen 17 4 1 1 Top Menu 18 4 1 2 Bottom Menu 18 4 1 3 CAMEO Menu 19 5 SETUP 22 5 1 GENERAL SETUP 22 5 1 1 GENERAL 23 5 1 2 ALARM OUT 25 5 1 3 DISK 25 5 1 4 MONITOR 27 5 1 5 ACCOUT 28 5 1 6 CONFIG 29 5 1 7 SHUTDOWN 30 INDEX ...

Page 5: ...9 5 3 3 VIDEO LOSS 40 5 3 4 SYSTEM 41 5 3 5 DISPLAY 42 5 4 RECORD SETUP 43 5 4 1 RESOLUTION 43 5 4 2 SCHEDULE 44 5 4 3 RECORD 45 5 4 4 EVENT 46 5 4 5 AUDIO 46 5 4 6 MANUAL 47 5 5 ETHERNET SETUP 48 5 5 1 NETWORK 48 5 5 2 SERIAL 50 5 5 3 DDNS 51 5 5 4 E MAIL 52 5 5 5 NET FRAME 53 5 6 SYSTEM SETUP 54 5 6 1 SYSTEM LOG 54 5 6 2 STATUS 55 5 6 3 VERSION 57 INDEX ...

Page 6: ... 6 1 4 Overlapped List 62 6 1 5 Panorama Search 63 6 1 6 Section Repeat Search 63 6 1 7 Museum Search 64 7 BACKUP 67 7 1 Play with backup data 68 8 APPENDIX 69 8 1 Firmware Upgrade 69 8 2 Web Client 70 8 2 1 Web Viewer Functions 71 8 3 Specification 72 8 4 Trouble Shooting 73 8 5 Mobile Viewer 75 INDEX ...

Page 7: ...e product or do not install the product near heating devices It may cause fire Do not place the power cord near heating devices The exterior of the cord may peeled off causing electric shock or fire Do not install the product in a place where a large amount of oil smoke or moisture exists Do not install the product in a vehicle or a place where water is present It may cause electric shock or fire ...

Page 8: ...pproval If repair is required contact the reseller Failure to follow this instruction may cause electric shock or fire 1 3 Cleaning and Usage related Unplug the power plug during lightning thunderstorm or when not in use for long periods of time It may cause electric shock or fire When taking the battery out from the remote control keep them away from children to prevent from swallowing incidents ...

Page 9: ...nual Schedule Event Various Search functions Date Hour search Calendar search Event Search Various Playback functions Normal Fast Slow Step Reverse Museum Panorama Repeat Overwrite Recording function The DVR menu structure and on screen display is presented in a simple to use and logical GUI format Support USB mouse control E mail function Alarm Motion detection Video loss HDD fail end etc 2 OUTLI...

Page 10: ...9 2 2 System Organization SMS CAMERA PTZ KEYBOARD MAIN SPOT MONITOR MIC SIREN SENSOR SPEAKER PTZ LCD VGA MONITOR Video out Network Video input Audio Input Audio Output Sensors Input Alarm Out ...

Page 11: ...t LED Recording LED Recording LED is turned on when DVR is recording Network LED Network LED is turned on when DVR is connected by network USB PORT Front LED Record Network Remote Control Sensor Number Buttons Display Record Menu ESC Direction Buttons Fast Reverse Play Button PTZ Fast Play Button REPLAY ROTATE Backup Search Pause Enter Button ...

Page 12: ...t LED Recording LED Recording LED is turned on when DVR is recording Network LED Network LED is turned on when DVR is connected by network USB PORT Front LED Record Network Remote Control Sensor Number Buttons Display Record Menu ESC Direction Buttons Fast Reverse Play Button PTZ Fast Play Button REPLAY ROTATE Backup Search Pause Enter Button ...

Page 13: ... mode MENU button Enter Setup menu User need to Admin access permission Return to previous screen if this button is pressed again ESC button Exit current screen or return to previous screen ROTATE button Preset Display next channel if this button is pressed In PTZ mode It is used Preset function button BACKUP button Zoom Enter Backup menu Return to previous screen if this button is pressed again I...

Page 14: ...ensor Input Camera Input 13 Audio In Network Power on BNC Main Output HDMI Main Output 1 USB 1 Front USB 10 3 7 2 11 1 3 2 Real Panel AA 400 2 4 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 Audio Out 5 VGA Main Output 6 1 Alarm Out 8 9 11 ...

Page 15: ...00 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 PTZ RS 485 4 Sensor Input 1 Alarm Out Camera Input Audio In 1ch 2ch Network Power on BNC Main Output HDMI Main Output 1 USB 1 Front USB 12 7 9 3 5 2 4 Audio In 3ch 8ch 1 VGA Main Output 8 10 11 6 Audio Out 6 ...

Page 16: ... 3 7 11 12 PTZ RS 485 4 Sensor Input 1 Alarm Out Camera Input Audio In 1ch Network Power on BNC Main Output HDMI Main Output 1 USB 1 Front USB 12 6 9 3 5 2 4 Audio In 2ch 16ch 1 VGA Main Output 8 10 11 6 Audio Out 7 4 5 2 8 9 10 ...

Page 17: ...the number 0 as the first digit Example If the unit address is 1 the input value is 01 A single remote controller can change ID from 0 to 19 and independently control up to 20 DVRs ID RECORD ROTATE DISPLAY MENU ESC LOCK LOG OUT REPEAT NUMBER PTZ PRESET PTZ IRIS Direction Key Panorama Play ENTER Direction Key Smart Play Direction Key Play Fast Reverse Play PTZ Fast Forward Play PLAY Direction Key R...

Page 18: ...o input Audio Icon When sound is generated in live mode Freeze Icon When live is paused Sequence Icon When screen is rotated continuously Record Status Icon Camera Name Screen Expand Reduction Window Current Event Information Icon Backup Progress Status Live Screen Sequence Icon PTZ Control Information Current Channel Information Icon Current Date and Time Execution Information Message 4 1 Live Sc...

Page 19: ...ed over the end of the top area the top menu is appeared Search 1 4 7 9 10 13 16 4 1 1 Top Menu Backup Status Setup Log out In Live screen if button of the remote controller or front panel is pressed or if the mouse cursor is placed over the end of the bottom area the bottom menu is appeared 4 1 2 Bottom Menu ...

Page 20: ... The live camera can be changed to the selected channel If the camera number is selected at the pop up menu shown below the camera is changed to the selected channel FREEZE Live screen of the selected channel can be paused FREEZE ALL Live screen of the all channels can be paused SEQUENCE Live screen is rotated ADJUSTMENT Adjust the selected camera color setting PLAYBACK Playback with previous reco...

Page 21: ...nel Press the ENTER button again then the CAMEO menu will be appeared Select PTZ menu on the Live CAMEO menu Press the ENTER button again the above PTZ menu screen will be appeared Zoom Control In PTZ mode press the Zoom Back button Zoom in Fast reverse play button Zoom out The fast forward play button Focus Control In PTZ mode press the Focus Search button Fast reverse play button Fast forward pl...

Page 22: ...an be created If the created preset lists are set to ON recording is made with preset tour PATTERN SETUP Pattern can be created by movement zoom focus and iris After pressing the BEGIN button adjust the PTZ camera position or zoom and then press the END button All directions up down left and right zoom and iris settings are recorded PATTERN TOUR PTZ camera moves according to the saved pattern AUTO...

Page 23: ... select the SETUP menu After select the menu the following Log in window will be appeared Enter the password by the key buttons and press the ENTER button The default password 1111 5 1 GENERAL SETUP Select the GENERAL menu In this category there are General Alarm Disk Monitor Account Configuration setup and Shutdown ...

Page 24: ...E CAMERA NO Set the beginning number of camera If set this value to 17 the camera number start with 17 MENU TIMEOUT Keep the Menu screen for this value then escape from Menu PLAYBACK PROTECT Prohibit the playback of passed data Select 0 to 99 days If set 3 days can not playback the data that elapsed 3 days BACKUP CONFIRM Confirm the backup process Log in process HDD OVERWRITE Select on off to over...

Page 25: ...DATE DISPLAY Display date on live screen or not DATE TIME Change date and time NTP Select the usage of NTP setting DVR time is synchronized with NTP server and get the standard time The default server is pool ntp org and User can input other server Sync now Synchronize immediately Auto Sync Synchronize every day automatically HOLIDAY Add or delete holiday 5 1 1 GENERAL ...

Page 26: ...erly or not Press the SET button then alarm device will be operated ALARM CLEAR Press the CLEAR button then alarm device will not be operated INSTALL Display initial HDD install and information NOTE When install HDD first time after install HDD should format by the INSTALL button 5 1 2 ALARM OUT 5 1 3 DISK ...

Page 27: ...iest recorded data information LATEST RECORD Display the latest recorded data information DISK CHECK Check the data from the earliest recorded to the latest recorded USB RESET Reset the USB connection USB FORMAT Format the connected USB 5 1 3 DISK ...

Page 28: ...tion for connected monitor BORDER COLOR Change the border color ALPHA BLENDING Set the transparency of menu Set 1 to 20 and 20 is closer to the more transparent RESOLUTION selected screen ALPHA BLENDING selected screen 5 1 4 MONITOR ...

Page 29: ...firm again NOTE Default ADMIN password is 1111 Initial user name can be modified but can not delete CAUTION Default Admin account must not be deleted before add new user If delete default Admin user before add new Admin user can not access on SETUP menu By the PERM menu can give permission to each ID 5 1 5 ACCOUNT ...

Page 30: ...y default setting DATE Display the latest saved date LOAD Load the saved data SAVE Save the set data DEL Delete the saved data on Slot EXPORT Export the set data to USB or DVD IMPORT Import the set data to USB or DVD DEFAUAA selected screen EXPORT selected screen 5 1 6 CONFIG ...

Page 31: ...30 RESTART Restart the DVR SHUTDOWN Shutdown the DVR 5 1 7 SHUTDOWN ...

Page 32: ...ard will be appeared INSTALL Select On Off button to use camera HIDDEN Select On Off button to hide camera on live view Record operate correctly NOTE If select INSTALL OFF Camera name and number are not displayed 31 In this category there are Camera PTZ Spot Sequence and Private Zone setting 5 2 1 CAMERA 5 2 CAMERA SETUP Select the CAMERA Menu ...

Page 33: ...board PTZ PORT Select the Baud Rate for using PTZ camera ID Select the ID for using PTZ camera TYPE Show the PTZ protocol list NOTE baud rate data bit parity stop bit ID and protocol depend on PTZ camera for using CAUTION When connect the camera on the RS 485 port refer to the manual of camera manufacture 5 2 1 CAMERA 5 2 2 PTZ ...

Page 34: ...nce is off SEQUENCE Select On Off for sequence screen INTERVAL Select the interval time to move next channel The max value is 256 sec POPUP Select On Off for pop up screen when event is occurred NOTE Same channel image can not be displayed on each spot monitor CAMERA selection screen INTERVAL selection screen 5 2 3 SPOT ...

Page 35: ...ct the dwell time for CAMEO sequence NOTE CAMEO sequence means selected camera is rotated in select cameo of division screen Camera image which is shown on the other CAMEO of division screen is not included in CAMEO sequence DWELL TIME selected screen CAMERA SELECT 선택화면 5 2 4 SEQUENCE ...

Page 36: ...be appeared NOTE Move the blue dot to a desired location and press the OK button Drag and move it to include the desired area and press the OK button TIP On the screen click the right button of mouse a menu will appear Using this menu a selected area can be delete or saved or returned previous menu ZONE selected screen Mouse right button selected screen 5 2 5 PRIVATE ZONE ...

Page 37: ...itive for motion trigger Select 1 to 5 level AREA Select the motion area TIP If select the ACTIVE LEVEL AREA menu can change all settings at once In this menu there are Motion Alarm in Video Loss System and Display setup 5 3 EVENT SETUP Select the EVENT menu 5 3 1 MOTION ...

Page 38: ... buttons NOTE When the status is Red square can move any direction to select When the status is Green color can select motion area or cancel the set area After set the motion area if select the MENU button the following screen will be appeared SELECT ALL Select all motion area CLEAR ALL Clear all motion area SAVE Save the changed setting CLOSE Close the pop up screen EXIT Exit the motion area setu...

Page 39: ...or alarm BUZZER Select On Off for buzzer PRESET Set the preset number When motion is triggered the PTZ camera move to the set preset number position E MAIL Select On Off for e mail notification TIP If select to the DEFAUAA only record the channel which is occurred event ...

Page 40: ...LARM IN TIP If select the ACTIVE TYPE menu can change all settings at once ACTION RECORD Select the channel for record ALARM Select On Off for alarm BUZZER Select On Off for buzzer PRESET Set the preset number When motion is triggered the PTZ camera move to the set preset number position E MAIL Select On Off for e mail notification ...

Page 41: ...nu can change all setting at once ACTION RECORD Select On Off for record ALARM Select On Off for alarm BUZZER Select On Off for buzzer PRESET Set the preset number When motion is triggered the PTZ camera move to the set preset number position E MAIL Select On Off for e mail notification ...

Page 42: ...ING Select the alarm out channel for Alarm warning THRESHOLD Select the warning temperature C 0 to 100 F 32 to 212 CURRENT TEMP Display current temperature 5 3 4 SYSTEM DISK DISK FULL WARNING Select On Off to disk full warning USED SPACE Display the used space ALARM Select the channel for alarm out BUZZER Select On Off for buzzer MESSAGE Select On Off for message ...

Page 43: ...event icon EVENT POPUP Select On Off to pop up MAIL Select option On Off for e mail notification POWER MENU LOGIN FAIL DISK FULL LOG IN SMART E MAIL Select On Off to send e mail notification with each item POWER On Off Menu Change Login Fail Disk Full Log in and SMART information 5 3 5 DISPLAY ...

Page 44: ...RECORD SETUP In this menu there are Resolution Schedule Record Audio Manual Filter setup Select the RECORD menu 5 4 1 RESOLUTION RESOLUTION Select the resolution by each channel STD CIF HIGH Half D1 HIGHEST D1 ...

Page 45: ...time zone WEEKEND Set the weekend zone CUSTOM selected screen CUSTOM Set 3 different recording setup by day and time REC0 REC1 REC2 This is related with RECORD menu so CUSTOM mode should be matched with RECORD menu TIP For REC0 REC1 REC2 recording change the setting SETUP MODE to TYPICAL and enter to the RECORD menu then change the setting 5 4 2 SCHEDULE ...

Page 46: ...ing Frame Resolution Post recording time 5 to 100 second TIP The frame can be set by the direction button in setup screen If set to Typical in SCHEDULE menu the DAY NIGHT WEEKEND menu will be changed to REC1 REC2 REC3 Also set the frame and resolution RECORD screen after select TYPICAL menu 5 4 3 RECORD ...

Page 47: ...dio recording by channel 5 4 4 EVENT TIP If select the RECORD menu can change all setting at once 5 4 5 AUDIO PRE RECORD Select the pre recording time by second 0 60 SEC POST RECORD Select the post recording time by second 0 100 SEC ...

Page 48: ...47 5 4 6 MANUAL SPEED Select the recording frame by each channel Quality Select the resolution by each channel AUDIO Select On Off for audio recording by each channel ...

Page 49: ...ynamic IP is OFF DVR get IP address from router automatically HOST NAME Type any Host name IP ADDRESS Type IP address Available when DYNAMIC IP is OFF SUBNET MASK Type Subnet mask Available when DYNAMIC IP is OFF GATEWAY Type Gateway Available when DYNAMIC IP is OFF DNS SERVER Type DNS server Available when DYNAMIC IP is OFF CHECK INTERNET Check internet status for use ...

Page 50: ... BEGIN ADDRESS END ADDRESS When select RANGE option type the IP address to accept Input the acceptable IP address SMS PORT TCP Select SMS port WEB PORT TCP Select Web port REMOTE RESTART Select On Off to restart DVR at remote REMOTE CONFIG Select On Off to change configuration ...

Page 51: ...50 5 5 2 SERIAL RS 485 INPUT SETUP SERIAL TYPE Select external device MODEL Select the protocol to use PORT Select the Baud Rate DATA bit Parity Stop Bit ...

Page 52: ...US Check the connection status NOTE For using DDNS server firstly connect the DDNS server and register Host name User name password then input those information on above menu Example for DDNSDVR a In web browser visit www ddnsdvr com b Click the New Account menu on the left menu c Input the User Email Password that user wants d Click the Log In menu on the left menu and log in by the created new a...

Page 53: ...IL ADDRESS Input the E mail address to receive SERVER MAIL SERVER Select the mail server to send SMTP server DVR System PASSWORD Input the SMTP server password E MAIL Input the e mail address to receive SMTP SERVER Input the SMTP server address SMTP PORT Input the SMTP server port MAIL TEST Check and send a test e mail ...

Page 54: ...53 5 5 5 NET FRAME FPS Select the frame for the network transmission QUALITY Select the image quality for the network transmission ...

Page 55: ...54 5 6 SYSTEM SETUP In this menu there are System Log Status Version Select the SYSTEM menu 5 6 1 SYSTEM LOG Check the system log by the left right direction button ...

Page 56: ...55 5 6 2 STATUS DISK Display HDD Status HDD INFORMATION Display the HDD status DVR check the HDD bad sector automatically and if there is bad sector skip the bad sector then record continuously ...

Page 57: ...56 56 5 6 2 STATUS RECORD Display RECORD Status AUDIO Display AUDIO Status ...

Page 58: ...57 5 6 3 VERSION Display DVR version and information ...

Page 59: ...ress the ENTER button The default password 1111 QUICK SEARCH Search by selecting exact date and time CALENDAR Search by date and time with Calendar EVENT SERARCH Search by event OVERLAPPED LIST Search the overlapped data by changing time MUSEUM SEARCH Search by specific area GO TO FIRST Search with initial saved data GO TO LAST Search with the latest saved data ...

Page 60: ...arch Date Time Backup Progress Repeat Time Information Execution Information Message Search Screen Recorded Audio Information Icon When mouse cursor is placed over on the bottom side the Search menu is appeared 6 1 1 Search Menu Fast reverse play Reverse play Pause Play Rotate screen Repeat Exit Search mode Fast forward play Division Screen Preview mode Setup menu Select motion area ...

Page 61: ...splayed the orange color 6 1 2 CALENDAR SEARCH b Select the time by the direction button After select hour minutes will be appeared NOTE The time graph color is different by the recording mode Continuous Recording Blue Audio Recording Light Blue Event Recording Red ...

Page 62: ...O Display the image by selected event 6 1 3 EVENT SEARCH DATA Select Date to search MOTION Select On Off event for search ALARM IN Select On Off event for search VIDEO LOSS Select On Off event for search SELECT CAMERA Select the camera for search VIEW SEARCH LOG Display selected event log ...

Page 63: ...62 6 1 4 OVERLAPPED LIST If user change the time or applied DST Daylight Saving Time there will be overlapped data After select the list if select the PLAY button can search QUICK SEARCH or EVENT SEARCH ...

Page 64: ... and click the PANORAMA Search Playback with frame by frame 6 1 6 SECTION REPEAT SEARCH During normal search press the LOCK button or Click the below red circle button by mouse When press one time the start position is set press one more time the end position is set In search screen display the following mark ...

Page 65: ...64 6 1 7 MUSEUM SEARCH Select MUSEUM SEARCH menu by cameo function or playback bottom menu Select the Museum search area ...

Page 66: ...65 6 1 7 MUSEUM SEARCH Select the Start time and End time to search then select SEARCH button By playback bottom menu displayed event list Select the event then playback with selected event ...

Page 67: ...CAMEO menu FAST REVERSE When reverse play up and down play speed FAST FORWARD When forward play up and down play speed PAUSE Pause the playback FORWARD PLAY Playback the data REVEERSE PLAY Reverse Play the data DISPLAY Display division screen 1 4 7 9 10 13 16 Remote Controller or Front button Button Explanation in Search mode ...

Page 68: ...mera for backup EARLIEST RECORD Display the earliest record LATEST RECORD Display the earliest record REQUIRE SPACE Display the data capacity for selected data WRITE Start the backup On the Top menu select the BACKUP menu After select the menu the following Log in window will be appeared Enter the password by the key buttons and press the ENTER button The default password 1111 ...

Page 69: ...68 After backup the DVR Player is copied with data Backup data only can be played on DVR Player at PC Can export to JPEG still shot 7 1 Play with backup data ...

Page 70: ...grade window is appeared select the START button After upgrade remove the USB and select OK button Then DVR is restarted If select OK button without removing USB DVR upgrade is started again after restart After restart DVR can check that upgrade is finished Memory Stick 8 APPENDIX 8 1 Firmware Upgrade ...

Page 71: ... IP address or Domain name of DVR http 210 58 xx xx http test ddnsdvr com In case of other Web port input the address as http test ddnsdvr com XXXX XXXX is assigned web port number 3 User Have to allow download ActiveX In case of Windows not allow to download the ActiveX Go to the Security Tab on IE and check all ActiveX to Enable 4 Install the ActiveX 5 Input ID Password then click the Connect bu...

Page 72: ...71 Division screen Control Brightness control Contrast control PTZ Zoom In Zoom Out ALARM SEARCH Open data Exit Search Connect Disconnect 8 2 1 Web viewer Functions ...

Page 73: ...eo Video is hidden in Live view but it is recorded Private Zone Block the private zone in live camera view Auto Time Synch By NTP Network Time Protocol Firmware Update Via USB Auto firmware upgrade via Network SMART Alarm Auto Detect Monitoring HDD s problem Event Source Motion Alarm In Video loss Action E Mail notification Log Send message to Remote Buzzer Pop Up Alarm out PTZ preset Pre Post Ala...

Page 74: ... default O K O K Caution DVR will be set to factory default back up any important configuration settings before restoring default settings No mouse control USB mouse USB 2 0 Supported Mouse should be connected to mouse USB port Reset USB device in settings menu No recording If the recording LED does not flicker check the below items HDD could be full Reformat HDD or change the HDD OVERWRITE settin...

Page 75: ...t connections Turn on the Live Audio for the individual camera channel Individual camera menu will be appear with right click of mouse No audio playback Set to audio to ON Although the record icon appears if there is no audio input no audio source will be recorded or played back Check all audio source connections No smart search For smart search event record should be set If event record is not se...

Page 76: ...ple Android Download the Talos Connect App for iPhone or iPad Free software Download the Talos Connect App on Google Play Free software Execute the Talos Connect or then appears the below screen Press the button and move to next step ...

Page 77: ... DVR information press the button On the DVR list press the below red circle area then connections is started ADD Press the button for other DVR After enter DVR information press the button EDIT Press the button and modify the DVR information Delete or modify ...

Page 78: ...lit screen By the screen touch change 1 screen or multi screen Horizontal view Vertical view are supported Exit application Playback by date time After select date and time press the button for playback Return to live mode ...

Page 79: ... live view image is paused by this button Paused Icon Press this button again Pause is stopped by this button Screen Split Change to 2 8 16 split screen by this button For 1 screen view double touch on the channel PTZ Control PTZ camera by this button Camera position is changed by the direction mark ...

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