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7900S Series DVR

USER’S MANUAL

Version 1.0

This manual is written for DVR firmware version 1.0.

Summary of Contents for 7900S Series

Page 1: ...7900S Series DVR USER S MANUAL Version 1 0 This manual is written for DVR firmware version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...roperly secured to 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 down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device Improper use or replacement of the battery may res...

Page 3: ... 15 2 3 Configuring Live Feed Displays 17 2 4 Setting Camera Order 18 C H A P T E R 3 Record Settings 19 3 1 Configuring Settings for Recording 19 3 1 1 Configuring Recording Settings 19 3 1 2 Configuring a Quick Recording Schedule 20 3 1 3 Configuring an Advanced Recording Schedule 21 C H A P T E R 4 Playback 23 4 1 Playing Back a Recording 23 4 1 1 Understanding the Playback Interface 23 4 2 Sea...

Page 4: ...tings 35 6 4 Customizing PTZ Presets Patterns and Patrols 36 6 5 Configuring Alarms and Exceptions 37 6 5 1 Setting Up Motion Detection 37 6 5 2 Configuring Exceptions 38 6 5 3 Configuring E mail Settings 39 C H A P T E R 7 Camera Management 40 7 1 To setup privacy zones 40 7 2 Configuring Video Tampering Detection 40 7 3 Configuring Video Loss Detection 41 7 4 Configuring OSD Settings 42 C H A P ...

Page 5: ... P T E R 9 DVR Management 48 9 1 Managing System 48 9 1 1 Upgrading the System Firmware 48 9 1 2 Restoring Default Settings 48 9 2 Exporting Importing Configuration 49 9 3 Viewing System Logs 50 9 4 Locking and Unlocking System Menus 51 ...

Page 6: ...ninterruptible Power Supply UPS be used in conjunction with the unit 2 Connect the DVR to a VGA monitor You will only see the DVR menu system when it s connected to a VGA monitor 3 Press the POWER switch on the back rear panel The Power indicator LED should turn green The unit will begin to start 4 After startup the Power indicator LED will remain green Figure 9 Figure 9 Startup Splash Screen To s...

Page 7: ...you may also reboot or lock your DVR Locking your DVR will return you to the Live Feed mode which will require the correct administrator password to exit out of it The Reboot button will reboot your DVR To reboot or lock your DVR 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by going to Main Menu Maintenance Shutdown 2 Select the Lock button to lock the DVR or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR ...

Page 8: ...xtremely important to setup the system date and time to accurately timestamp recordings and events To setup date and time 1 Enter the System Configuration menu by going to Main Menu System Configuration as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 System Configuration Menu ...

Page 9: ...nable Daylight Savings Time click and check the Enable DST checkbox 5 To acquire the time and date over an NTP Network Time Protocol Server check the Synchronize via NTP server checkbox You may enter your own NTP server or select from one of the default locations from the list of servers as shown in Figure 13 Figure 13 Time Date Menu 6 Click the Save button to save settings and click the Exit butt...

Page 10: ...space of the DVR Free Disk Space Total free disk space of the DVR Uptime The amount of time the DVR has been up and running Messages Displays the overall system status IP Address IP address that is set for the DVR Subnet Mask Subnet mask that is used for the DVR Default Gateway The default gateway that is set on the DVR DNS Server The DNS server that s currently being used on the DVR DVR Domain Na...

Page 11: ... tampering motion detection and or sensor alarm Record Icon Indicates the current channel is recording The recording may have been started manually from a schedule and or triggered from motion or alarm Picture Settings Icon Adjust picture settings for selected display PTZ Control Icon Enter PTZ control mode for the selected display Preset Icon Recall PTZ preset Patrol Icon Recall PTZ patrol Tour I...

Page 12: ...t with each display includes Picture Settings Settings for the brightness contrast saturation and hue of selected display To adjust the picture settings of a display 1 Select display 2 Click the Picture Settings icon This will bring up the Picture Settings menu as shown in Figure 17 Figure 17 Picture Settings Menu 3 Increase decrease amount for brightness contrast saturation and hue The affect wil...

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Page 14: ... presets patrols and patterns can be recalled in the PTZ Configuration menu Audio Enable disable audio for selected display To enable or disable audio 1 Select display to enable disable audio 2 Enable audio by clicking the Enable Audio icon and disable audio by clicking the Disable Audio icon An error message similar to the one shown in Figure 19 will pop up if the Enable Audio option is not selec...

Page 15: ...erent display modes and to start stop auto switching of the display modes Figure 20 Live Feed Display Menu 2x2 Mode Click to switch to four channel display mode 3x3 Mode Click to switch to nine channel display mode 4x4 Mode Click to switch to sixteen channel display mode Main Menu Click to go to DVR Main Menu If Lock Main Menu is selected in the Lock Menus menu you must enter the current Admin Pas...

Page 16: ... next nine display Note In order to use auto switching of channels the dwell time must be configured in the Display Configuration menu Note After 20 seconds of inactivity the DVR will automatically exit out of the Display menu and go back into the Live Feed mode Note The Lock Main Menu setting is selected by default meaning the Admin password must be enter to exit out of the Live Feed into the Mai...

Page 17: ... configure for each video output includes Screen Configuration Screen configuration of each video output You may select between a 1x1 2x2 or 4x4 configuration Sequencing Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when Start Sequence is selected in Live Feed Selecting Disable Switching will disable switching in Live Feed Enable Audio Enables disables audio output for the ...

Page 18: ...preview of the screen configuration will have a selection box containing a list of the different cameras that are available on the DVR 1 Pressing the up and down button of each selection box select the camera you would like to show in the particular display Selecting X will disable the display 5 Click the Previous and Next button to go to the next set of displays for the selected screen configurat...

Page 19: ... setting your DVR up for recording certain settings should be configured first These settings can be found in the Recording Configuration menu shown in Figure 23 Figure 23 Recording Configuration Menu The first set of settings to configure in this menu is the recording quality settings To configure the recording quality settings 1 Enter the Recording Quality Settings menu by going to Main Menu Rec...

Page 20: ...t the Save button to save the recording quality settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without saving settings Note When resolution is 4CIF Frame rate can only be set as 12 all the way down to 1 3 1 2 Configuring a Quick Recording Schedule A quick recording schedule allows you to set one time period per day ...

Page 21: ... menu shown in Figure 26 by going to Main Menu Recording Configuration Advanced Schedule Configuration Figure 26 Advanced Schedule Configuration Menu 2 Select the camera to configure from the camera drop down menu If all the cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Check the Enable checkbox to enable the recording schedule If the checkbox is unchecked ...

Page 22: ...this can be seen in Figure 28 Figure 28 Advanced Schedule Configuration Example 9 Repeat steps 4 10 to setup additional time periods for the selected day 10 Select the Save button to save the schedule settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without saving settings Note Creating a schedule in the Quick Schedul...

Page 23: ...access the Playback Interface shown in Figure 29 go to Main Menu Playback Figure 29 Playback Interface Menu Some of the main features of the Playback Interface includes Channel Selector Select the channel to search for recordings on Calendar Select the date to search for recordings on Timeline Select the time to search for recordings on Preview Shows a preview of the selected recording Playback Co...

Page 24: ...in the selected month and channel are displayed in light blue and dates are displayed in yellow when they are on event recording Dates without recordings are dark gray The active selected date is displayed in light gray as shown in Figure 30 Figure 30 Playback Menu Example 4 Click on the desired date that is highlighted in light blue to search for recordings If recordings exist the timeline will b...

Page 25: ...ck the Play button to begin playback of selected recording and the Pause button to pause playback 3 You may slow down or speed up the playback speed by clicking the Decrease Speed Increase Speed button 4 Click the Full Screen button to enter full screen playback mode shown in Figure 32 Figure 32 Full Screen Playback Mode 5 In full screen mode you may hide the toolbars by clicking the Hide Toolbar ...

Page 26: ...on any of the channels by un checking the checkbox next to the channel Note Up to4 channels can be played back at the same time C H A P T E R 5 Backup 5 1 Backing Up Video Clips Video clips can be backed up to various devices such as USB flash drives USB HDDs or a DVD writer 5 1 1 Selecting Video Clips Video clips can be selected for backup in the Playback Interface using the controls found in the...

Page 27: ...PS 7900 Series User Manual 27 Clear Clip Button Clear the selected video clip ...

Page 28: ...ute or hour at a time 9 Click the Save Clip button to save clip to the DVR Clip must be first saved to the DVR before it can be backed up to an external USB storage device or to a DVD writer Clicking the Clear Clip button will remove the video clip 10 Repeat steps 2 7 to select additional clips If you would like to backup video clips at this point click the Backup button Note The Play Clip Save Cl...

Page 29: ...is important to note that formatting will delete ALL data from the storage device 6 If the available space on the storage device is adequate select the Backup button to begin backup of the selected clips 7 After clips have been backed up you may click the Playback button to return to the Playback Interface or the Done button to return to the previous menu Note Formatting a storage device will perm...

Page 30: ... delete files on the USB storage device to free up additional storage space by clicking the Delete button on the selected file You may also format the device by clicking the Format button Formatting will remove ALL files from the device 6 When there is sufficient storage space for backup click the Backup button A backup progress bar will be shown 7 Click the OK button once backup has completed 8 C...

Page 31: ... of your router DNS Server The preferred and alternate Domain Name System DNS Server to be used with your DVR 5 To enable Dynamic DNS DDNS check the DDNS checkbox Dynamic DNS allows you to create a hostname and associate it to your IP address making access to your DVR over the internet easier To configure DDNS 1 Enable DDNS by checking the DDNS checkbox 2 Select a DDNS provider from the DDNS Provi...

Page 32: ...upport up to 24 network visitors You have no need of checking Extended remote connection when it is 7904 S 6 2 Managing User Accounts By default DVR comes with two user accounts the Administrator account and the Guest accounts The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345 The default password for Administrator should be changed right away for security reasons The Administrator has...

Page 33: ...tings from DVR Video Output Control Configure settings for video output Alarm Control Alert or control the relay output of the DVR Alarm and exception settings must be configured properly to upload to host Shutdown Reboot Shutdown or reboot the DVR Playback Playback recordings remotely All Full permission to use all functions 5 Click the Save button to save user settings and click Done to return t...

Page 34: ...age 54 4 Click Save button to save settings and Done button to exit menu Note Password of Administrator can be modified in User setting menu If password of administrator is changed a dialog box to enter in the older password will appear after clicking save button enter in the right password and click Done button to exit Note User password can be both numbers and characters You can click the button...

Page 35: ...ct the camera to configure in the camera drop down menu on the upper left of the menu If all cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 4 Configure PTZ settings including those of Baud Rate Data Bit Stop Bit Parity Flow Ctrl Protocol and Address according to the parameters of the PTZ camera s 5 Click the Save button to save current settings To test and ver...

Page 36: ...s 4 Double click on a preset number in the upper left corner of the screen The current position of the PTZ camera will be set for the selected preset number 5 To test the newly configured preset first move the PTZ camera to a different position Select Recall Presets and click on the preset number The camera should move to the location that was set for the selected preset number 6 Click the Done bu...

Page 37: ... 1 Enter the Motion Detection Settings menu shown in Figure 45 by going to Main Menu Recording Configuration Motion Detection Settings Figure 45 Motion Detection Settings Menu 2 Select the camera to configure in the camera drop down menu on the upper left of the menu If all cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Check the Enable Motion Detection chec...

Page 38: ...48 Exception Configuration Menu 2 Select the Exception Type to configure The exception type includes HDD Full If selected trigger action when HDD is full HDD Error If selected trigger action when errors on the HDD are detected Network Failure If selected trigger action when a network failure is detected IP Conflict If selected trigger action if an IP conflict is detected Illegal Login If selected ...

Page 39: ...ication Password Password to use for server authentication SMTP Server Address for SMTP server SMTP Port Port for SMTP server From Email Address The From address to use when an e mail is sent out from the DVR Attach JPEG Enabling will attach a small JPEG segment duration can be set next to the Attach JPEG checkbox to the out going e mail SSL Enable Secure Sockets Layer SSL for out going e mail 3 E...

Page 40: ...ue and pink Using the mouse click and drag out rectangular boxes defining the desired zones 5 You may clear a privacy zone at any time by clicking on the corresponding Clear Zone button or Clear All button to clear all zones 6 Select the Save button to save the privacy zones settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the...

Page 41: ...Center DVR will notify surveillance center when tampering is detected Send Email DVR will send an email out to the designated recipients when tampering is detected Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when tampering is detected Selecting this option will enable the Alarm Output list where the output to trigger can be selected 6 Select the Save button to save the privacy zones setting...

Page 42: ...DVR will notify surveillance center when video loss is detected Send Email DVR will send an email out to the designated recipients when video loss is detected Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when video loss is detected Selecting this option will enable the Alarm Output list where the output to trigger can be selected 5 Select the Save button to save the privacy zones settings an...

Page 43: ...ed camera Display Camera Name Enable to display camera name in OSD Display Date Enable to display date in OSD Display Week Enable to display week in OSD Date Format Format of date Time Format Format of time OSD Display Display style for OSD 4 Using the mouse click and drag OSD elements on preview screen to desired location 5 Select the Save button to save the privacy zones settings and select Exit...

Page 44: ...all installed disks include local and network and their respective space and status Status Displays the available disk space of all disks combined 3 Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management 8 2 Formatting Disk A newly installed hard disk drive HDD must be first formatted before it can be used with your DVR Formatting the disk will erase all data on it To format a new disk 1 Enter the D...

Page 45: ... 8 2 1 Enabling Disk Overwrite Enabling disk overwrite will allow the DVR to overwrite the installed disks once the disks are full To enable disk overwrite 1 Enter the Disk Management menu shown in Figure 54 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Disk Management 2 Check the Overwrite checkbox 3 Click the Save button 4 Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management 8 3 Managing Files 8 3 ...

Page 46: ... Select the End Time 5 Select the Video Type Video type includes Continuous and On Event recordings 6 Select the File Type File type includes Locked and Unlocked files 7 Click the Search button or if you would like to search for only locked files the Search All Locked Files button 8 A list of results with your search criteria will be shown at the bottom of the menu Figure 57 Figure 57 File Search ...

Page 47: ...or recorded files using the File Management menu See Searching for Recorded Files on page 83 2 Select the file you would like to lock unlock 3 Click the Lock icon for the selected file 4 Click the Done button to exit out of the File Management menu Note Locked files will never be overwritten until they are unlocked ...

Page 48: ...t the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 Select the firmware file The firmware file is named digicap 5 Click the Upgrade button to upgrade the DVR The DVR will automatically reboot after the upgrade is completed If you do not wish to upgrade at this point click the Cancel button 9 1 2 Restoring...

Page 49: ...e Export Import Configuration menu shown in Figure 60 by going to Main Menu Maintenance Export Import Configuration Figure 60 Import Export Configuration Menu 2 Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 Click the New Folder button to create a new folder or the Delete button to delete a fil...

Page 50: ...ur DVR are logged into the system logs To access the system logs and search for these events 1 Enter the System Logs menu shown in Figure 61 by going to Main Menu Maintenance System Logs Figure 61 System Logs Menu 2 Select the date from the Calendar to search for system logs in The current system date is displayed in the upper left corner of the menu 3 Select the log type using the Search Type dro...

Page 51: ...nter the Lock Menus menu shown in Figure 63 by going to Main Menu Maintenance Lock Menus Figure 63 Lock Menus Menu Figure 64 Lock Menus Menu 2 If you select Administrator see Figure 68 there is only Main menu you can choose to lock unlock 3 If you select other users see Figure 69 select the menus you would like to lock unlock by selecting the Lock icon beside the menu s name in the list on the rig...

Page 52: ...PS 7900 Series User Manual 52 Note In the Lock Unlock Menu list you can t modify menus if they appear dark grey Note Lock Menus menu is available when current user is Administrator ...

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