VGuard N series User Manual Download

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Chapter 1 : System Specification

VGuard N series

is a new generation embedded DVR system. This system

is using the most advanced H.264 compression technique. This technique

not only holds the best recording quality and high compression rate. Under

the same hard disk sizes, it can save longer video images and audio sounds.

VGuard N series

embedded System uses the super high speed DSP IC

(Digital signal Processor) for its center of compression. It records by using

hardware images compression, of this, it can reach a maximum 30fps (NTSC)

or 25fps (PAL) recording speed per channel. Playback of the recording is

using the same technique to reach its most efficiency.

1.1 System Hardware Specification:

1. Video In (BNC Jacks):

VGN16C:

16 BNC Video In Jacks,

VGN8C:

8 BNC Video In Jacks,

VGN4C:

4 BNC Video In Jacks

2. Audio In (RCA Jacks):

VGN16C-SRT4:

4 RCA Audio In Jacks (Optional 16 RCA Jacks)

VGN8C-SRT4:

4 RCA Audio In Jacks (Optional 8 RCA Jacks)

VGN16C-HRT4:

8 RCA Audio In Jacks,

VGN8C-HRT4:

4 RCA Audio

In Jacks

VGN8C-RT4:

8 RCA Audio In Jacks,

VGN4C-RT4:

4 RCA Audio In

Jacks

3. Monitor Output: 1 BNC Jack

4. Audio Out: 1 earphone output Jack

5. VGA Output: Supports standard VGA D-SUB output jack. Resolution

1024 x 768 at 75Hz.

6. Alarm Input (Optional): 4 input terminals, Detectable loop circuit open /

short.

7. Relay Output (Optional): 4 Output control terminal, AC 125V/12A;

250V/7A; DC 30V/7A

Summary of Contents for N series

Page 1: ...VGuard N Series 16 8 4 Channels Embedded Net DVR User s Manual Please read this user s manual carefully before you use this system Please keep a user s manual handy when needed ...

Page 2: ...ned in this user s manual is based on the products when this user s manual is published Manufacturer owns the right to alter or change this product with or without notification All the products specification will base on the product itself 2 ...

Page 3: ...Power Indicator 10 Recording Indicator 10 Playback Indicator 10 Record Switch to Recording Display Button 10 Setting List Button 10 Leftward Button Playback Backward 11 Upward button Step Playback Pause Playback 11 Rightward Button Playback Forward Output Control 11 Select Backup Button 11 Playback Button 11 Subtract 1 Next Slow Speed Playback 12 Downward Button PIP Function 12 Add 1 Last One Fast...

Page 4: ...ut Terminals Optional 14 2 3 Hard Disk Installation 14 Chapter 3 System Setting 15 3 1 Setup Main Menu 15 3 2 Time Display Setup 16 3 3 Camera Setup 17 3 4 Alarm Setup 18 3 5 System Setup 20 3 6 Network Setup 21 Server Setup 21 Connection 22 WAN Mode 23 DIAL UP Mode 24 DNS Setup 24 DDNS Setup 25 User 26 Network Info 27 3 7 Input Output Setup Optional 27 Output 28 S M A R T Smart Monitoring Analysi...

Page 5: ...Window Location Adjustment 36 Chapter 7 Alarm Log 37 Chapter 8 I O 38 8 1 Input Control Setup 38 8 2 Output Control Setup 39 8 3 Output Control 39 Chapter 9 File Backup 40 Chapter 10 Network Function 41 10 1 Network Setup 42 10 2 Network Connection Setup 43 10 3 Remote File Search 48 10 4 Remote VGuard N series using IE browser 49 Chapter 11 VG Player 58 11 1 Playback Control Panel 59 11 2 Search ...

Page 6: ...cording speed per channel Playback of the recording is using the same technique to reach its most efficiency 1 1 System Hardware Specification 1 Video In BNC Jacks VGN16C 16 BNC Video In Jacks VGN8C 8 BNC Video In Jacks VGN4C 4 BNC Video In Jacks 2 Audio In RCA Jacks VGN16C SRT4 4 RCA Audio In Jacks Optional 16 RCA Jacks VGN8C SRT4 4 RCA Audio In Jacks Optional 8 RCA Jacks VGN16C HRT4 8 RCA Audio ...

Page 7: ...67MIN fps PAL VGN16C HRT4 240fps NTSC 200fps PAL VGN8C HRT4 120fps NTSC 100fps PAL VGN8C RT4 240fps NTSC 200fps PAL VGN4C RT4 120fps NTSC 100fps PAL 5 Image Compression Rate Dynamic Compression Rate 40 1 240 1 Automatic Changes depends on the image s moving situation Average Dynamic Compression Rate 40 1 2400 1 6 Recording Quality 10 Levels Adjustment available 7 Audio Recording 24Kbps ADPCM recor...

Page 8: ...ame playback Paused Forward Skip Playback Reverse Skip Playback 20 Playback Display Full Screen display 4 split windows display 21 File Backup Function Supports USB disk for backup or retrieving files from appropriative remote software 22 Playback backup files Playback using VG Player V5 4 or above directly from a computer 23 Remote monitoring software Installed Chateau V5 0 or above on a PC for R...

Page 9: ...tage item when opened please contact immediately with the agents sale representatives or customer service department Chapter 2 System Introduction 2 1 System Front Panel System s front panel includes Numbers and Display control Area and Control Button area All button arrangements as above This is mainly used to operate the main system The functions are as followed USB Press once for the panel to o...

Page 10: ...windows in different pages Camera numbers depends on the pages Power Indicator When power is on this indicator will shown as green Recording Indicator When system is under recording mode this indicator will be shown as red Playback Indicator When system is under playback mode this indicator will be shown as yellow Record Switch to Recording Display Button 1 When system not under recording status p...

Page 11: ...usting PIP sub window Move the PIP sub window to the right 4 Not under playback or setting mode Active output control button This will display relay output status also can stop playing alarm sound Detail information will be described later on Select Backup Button 1 Under normal operation This is for selection and confirm button to select and confirm the correct setting 2 Not under playback or sett...

Page 12: ...r on Note PIP function can only be done when connecting VGA output to VGA monitor TV output to TV Monitor will not display this function Add 1 Last One Fast Speed Forward 1 Under normal operation Add 1 when setting numbers or last one selection button 2 Under playback mode Playback speed will be changes each time you press the button to 2 4 6 8 fast speed playback Cancel Stop Alarm Log Button 1 Un...

Page 13: ... has 2 USB sockets This is for connecting to USB devices for backup images or update firmware Power Mark 4 Power on off To turn on off the system power VGA Output Mark 5 VGA Output to connect to VGA monitor Video Input BNC jacks In RT4 System Mark 6 Video Input 1 4 From left to right Mark 10 Video Input 5 8 From top to bottom In HRT4 System Mark 6 Video Input 1 4 From left to right Mark 10 for 3 s...

Page 14: ...round connection Output Terminals Optional Mark 13 Relay Output 1 4 for users to connect for controlling of external device Signal from top to bottom 2 connections for 1 relay output are output1 output2 output3 and output4 2 3 Hard Disk Installation Please take extra notice that the system does not include a hard disk So before you start operating this system it is suggested you install a hard dis...

Page 15: ...n setup the system to suit your needs Detail information as below 3 1 Setup Main Menu SETUP 8102 060510 RT4 1 TIME DISPLAY 2 CAMERA 3 ALARM 4 SYSTEM 5 NETWORK 6 I O 7 PROGRAM 8 ADVANCE The first line shown on the main menu First set of number means the firmware version of this system Second set of numbers mean the last update date of this firmware The third set is the system model System model RT4...

Page 16: ...eft side or you can use add subtract button for setup Time Setup hour minutes and seconds Setting is as above Time Zone Use add subtract button for setup For example Taiwan s time zone is GMT 08 System Time The defaulted is on activate system will display the system time on the monitor Camera Name Defaulted is on activate system will display the camera name on the monitor Camera name will need to ...

Page 17: ...amera 1 Other cameras can be setup using the same way Users can use leftward rightward buttons to changes to different camera setup menu Note When setting up the camera the images correspondence to the camera will be displayed as full sizes for adjusting brightness contrast saturation and hue Press to save the setting Camera Name You can only setup the camera name using English or alphabet You can...

Page 18: ...ue Hue adjustment Defaulted is 128 setting range from 0 255 Video Configuration Default When users want to get back to the defaulted brightness contrast saturation and hue press the select confirm button and press to save the setting 3 4 Alarm Setup This system supports alarm functions which include sensor input trigger alarm video lost trigger alarm and motion image trigger alarm Alarm setup is t...

Page 19: ...em s built in 4 different alarm sound you can use add subtract or the number1 4 to setup different alarm sound or off to disable alarm sound Alarm Interval This is used to setup the alarm interval defaulted is 120seconds setting range from 100 999seconds Mask 1 4 You can setup maximum of 4 detection areas for each camera Each images is seen as 22 x 15 NTSC or 22 x 18 PAL so you can set a maximum o...

Page 20: ...rom 1 10 Quality 10 means the best quality however the largest the recorded file sizes User s can change the video quality to your needs However low quality also will influence the playback quality Scan Type This is to setup the auto scan type FULL DISPLAY single camera full screen display recycling for every channels or QUAD DISPLAY 4 split window 2 pages display or Eighth Display as 9 split wind...

Page 21: ...ow showing on the VGA monitor Then both recording and playback images can be see at the same time Press the bottom again then the sub window will be disappeared Note PIP function can only support by VGA output connects to VGA monitor TV monitor does not support this function 3 6 Network Setup NETWORK SETUP SERVER SETUP 1 HOST NAME VGN8C 2 CONNECT SERVER ON 3 SERVER 192 168 16 127 4 SERVER PORT 400...

Page 22: ...est setting the communication port for the Server program as defaulted 40000 when setting the remote connection Please do not change it if not necessary If alteration is a must then you will require changing all three communication ports to the same value for VGuard N Server Program and Remote server for Chateau V5 0 Disconnect Alarm Output When connect server is set as on if system is not able to...

Page 23: ...AN 3 GET IP MANUAL SETUP IP 4 LOCAL IP 000 000 000 000 5 NET MASK 000 000 000 000 6 GATEWAY 000 000 000 000 Manual Get IP Under LAN Mode users can manually setup IP Local IP Net Mask Gateway The IP address for Local IP Net Mask and Gateway for the System NETWORK SETUP CONNECTION 1 LISTEN PORT 50000 50000 2 MODE WAN 3 LOCAL IP 000 000 000 000 4 NET MASK 000 000 000 000 5 GATEWAY 000 000 000 000 WAN...

Page 24: ...hateau you will require to enter as C H A T E A U Auto Connect When activated system will auto connect when system restarts DNS Setup User can use left right to enter DNS Domain Name Server setup DNS will let the domain name correspond to the correct IP address If the connected server is a domain name then DNS setup is required NETWORK SETUP DNS SETUP 1 GET IP AUTO GET IP GET IP There are Auto Get...

Page 25: ... from NETWORK SETUP CONNECTION MODE WAN or DIAL UP After DDNS is set when monitoring through IE browser then IP address is not necessary domain name will be required Firstly users will require applying for a DDNS account and password and a domain name There are 4 DDNS suppliers that is supported at this moment you can select any one of the below dyndns org no ip com freedns afraid org zoneedit com...

Page 26: ...2 PASSWORD AAAA 3 SETUP ON 4 DOWNLOAD ON 5 OUTPUT OFF 6 CAMERA1 4 ON ON ON ON 7 CAMERA5 8 ON ON ON ON 8 CAMERA9 12 ON ON ON ON 9 CAMERA13 16 ON ON ON ON User Name This is to setup the user s name who allows connecting to this system Password This is to setup the user s password which allows connecting to this system Setup This is to authorize remote user to enter system setup and Video Configurati...

Page 27: ...nnels system support camera 9 12 Camera 13 16 This is to display the camera that the remote user is allowed to monitor From left to right are camera 13 camera 14 camera 15 camera 16 16 channels system support camera 13 16 Network Info User can use left or right buttons to enter the Network Info NETWORK SETUP NETWORK INFO 1 LOCAL IP 000 000 000 000 2 DNS SERVER 000 000 000 000 3 MAC ADDRESS 000 000...

Page 28: ...he setting is off then under normal condition relay output short and if activated then the relay output open S M A R T Smart Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology System will auto detect analysis and reporting the status of HDD When there is any unusual situation then an alarm will be outputted User will be able to use this output signal to control external alarm equipment There are 4 sets ...

Page 29: ... is triggered You can use the 4 built in sounds for setting Output 1 4 This setting is to send out control signal to control external alarm devices when input terminals had been triggered each input terminals can setup 1 4 output control Output setting means disable ON means active Please refer to the output setup instruction above for setting 3 8 Program PROGRAM SETUP PROGRAM 1 1 ENABLE OFF 2 SUN...

Page 30: ...tup Auto Record function when log out system will not be operating and will not be able to start recording even if you press the recording button on the front panel You can then use this setup to activate recording when log out Password Users can setup the password yourself to avoid any operating from unauthorized person Please log out after you set the password for it to be valid Update Firmware ...

Page 31: ...rmat HDD After installing of the hard disk Suggest not to partition or format the HDD before installed system will automatically detect and automatically partition and format the hard disk When user wants to format it again this function can be used Note HDD display HDA1 HDB2 A means the master HDD HDD number1 B means the slave HDD HDD number2 The number 1 means the 1st partition and 2 means the 2...

Page 32: ...played Camera Name The camera name will be shown on the top left hand side of the image for every camera Active If symbol is displayed on the image this means that this camera is selected Active If this camera is with audio recording you will be able to hear the sound when this camera selected Record When symbol is displayed this means that this camera is under recording status Audio If symbol is ...

Page 33: ...g Chapter 5 Playback This system is with multi task capability You can also playback images when recording But a maximum of 4 images can be played back at once channel 1 4 or channel 5 8 Playback image as below Camera Name On playback images camera name will be shown on the top left hand side of the image for every camera Active If symbol is displayed on the image this means that this camera is se...

Page 34: ...AMERA 1 4 Use up down left right add subtract select buttons to changes the numbers You can change the playback file start date start time or camera number After setting press the playback button again to start playback 5 2 Date List for Playback Users can also press button and then press list button to playback files from the date and time lists PLAYBACK DATE LIST DATE HDD 2006 05 05 HDA1 2006 05...

Page 35: ...o playback 160frames forward each time this button is pressed Playback Slow Speed Playback speed will be changes each time you press the button to 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 8 slow speed playback Playback Fast Speed Playback speed will be changes each time you press the button to 2 4 6 8 fast speed playback Step Playback Pause Each time this is pressed a single frame will be played back and then paused Stop Pl...

Page 36: ... function to display Before using the VGA PIP functions please activate the VGA PIP setting from the system setup to ON Press the PIP button under recording Main window is the recording images and Sub Window is the playback images If under playback and this button is pressed then the main window will be playback images and sub window will be recording images Press this PIP button again to cancel P...

Page 37: ...igger Alarm Move Sensor Input Trigger Alarm Input and Video Lost Trigger Alarm Loss Any alarm triggered wills results an alarm messages in the alarm log User can then user this alarm log to check for the alarm situation Press Alarm Log button the following will be displayed ALARM LOG DATE LIST DATE HDD 2006 05 05 HDA1 2006 05 04 HDA1 2006 05 03 HDA1 2006 05 02 HDA1 2006 05 01 HDA1 2006 04 30 HDA1 ...

Page 38: ...Output control is the relay output You can use the relay output to control external devices which include external alarm devices or even as usage of power switch 8 1 Input Control Setup An input terminal is mainly connected to the switch devices Switching devices is separate into NO Open OPEN and NC Close Short Input detection is also separate into High potential and Low Potential Inputs itself is...

Page 39: ... Control Setup Output control is mainly controlling the relay output Relay output itself is only the on off device It is not with any power signal output So other than connect it to the needed devices necessary power will need to connect as well If output setting is ON this means under normal condition relay output is open loop circuit after activated relay output will become close loop circuit If...

Page 40: ...e files please format the USB flash disk and USB Hard Disk as FAT32 otherwise it might not be able to detect from the system It is suggest to format the DVD disks on this Embedded DVR Connect the USB device to the USB sockets at the back of the system press USB backup function the following picture will be shown FILE BACKUP DATE LIST DATE HDD 2006 05 05 HDA1 2006 05 04 HDA1 2006 05 03 HDA1 2006 05...

Page 41: ...ll require setting the start time and end time then using up and down button to select the camera number for backup And press select button on top of the camera name System will then backup files to USB devices You will then be able to read the file using VG Player V5 4 or later Backup files do not require copying full files You will only need to set the start time and end time to cut the file for...

Page 42: ... on a computer this computer is better to have a fixed IP address 2 If the server is set on a real IP on internet etc 211 172 12 34 If the server s IP is 211 172 12 34 and the communication port is 40000 All the network setting for all VGN embedded DVR or Chateau system address setting on the internet the Server IP will need to be 211 172 12 34 3 If the server is set on a virtual IP on internet et...

Page 43: ...p System Administers name and password when activate Server program Lost of the password will require to uninstall the software and reinstall Server s default communication port is 40000 If this port would conflict with other programs user can alter this port setting To alter port setting you will require login the server program as administer File Shutdown Server Manage Listening port setup When ...

Page 44: ...red site is under the same LAN VGN Embedded DVR network setting is as follow Communication Port Setup LAN 50000 WAN no special value required Chateau Network setting as follow Communication Port setup LAN 40001 WAN no special value required 3 If the recording hosts VGN Embedded DVR Chateau Hosts is under LAN with virtual IP address i e 192 168 2 20 the remoted host is not under the same LAN and is...

Page 45: ...92 168 2 20 50000 211 175 21 43 60001 192 168 2 21 50000 211 175 21 43 60002 192 168 2 22 50000 211 175 21 43 60003 192 168 2 23 40001 211 175 21 43 60004 192 168 2 24 40001 211 175 21 43 60005 192 168 2 25 40001 211 175 21 43 60006 Chateau Network Connection Setup User must setup the network connection for the computer system which installed with Chateau program to monitor or monitored Installed ...

Page 46: ...lted is 40000 PC DVR port is based on the LAN port setup for Chateau Software Defaulted is 40001 Embedded DVR port is based on the LAN port setup for VGN Embedded DVR Defaulted is 50000 Click to link to remote access you should be able to see the list of the Address book setting above Double click on this TCP IP list if network setting is correct a connected will be shown This means you had succes...

Page 47: ...n if password correct the following Remote Channel Select will be shown as below Select and choose whether to record or monitor for each camera and click the OK button system will then display according to your selection for remote recording monitoring 47 ...

Page 48: ...d status click playback button and then click File mode button you will be able to search for the database from the system hard disk Enter the file mode you can search file directly You can Open it for playback or Download it for backup 48 ...

Page 49: ...ated which IP address is 192 168 16 107 IP address here is an example only please refer to your own IP address for setup You will require to setup Security from Internet Options 1 Select Internet options 2 Select custom level setup 3 Enable or prompt Download Unsigned ActiveX Controls as below 4 Also select Enable or prompt for Initialize and Script ActiveX Control not mark as safe as below 49 ...

Page 50: ...ification http for all sites in this zone 7 Add the IP address that you would like for monitoring 192 168 16 107 Please enter the IP address according to your own IP to Add this website to the zone and click Add as below 8 Select Custom level setup 50 ...

Page 51: ...9 Enable or prompt Download Unsigned ActiveX controls 10 Select Enable or prompt for Initialize and Script ActiveX Control not mark as safe as below 51 ...

Page 52: ...r function for ChateauServer type in http 192 168 16 107 8080 Connection to ChateauServer use the 8080 communication port the IP address are for demonstration please setup according to your own IP address If you are using floating IP address and had applied DDNS then you can inset the Domain Name directly and add 8080 Then enter the below windows Click ENTER and enter the host selection window If ...

Page 53: ...hree is set as off means that these users are not authorize to remote this camera 3 Select the camera for remote and click submit button 4 If you have select for your ActiveX control setting and this is your first time using IE to remote DVR The system will require you to install ActiveX Please follow the instruction and install ActiveX control software Restart IE and the following will be shown 5...

Page 54: ...en DVR is real IP address ISP will provide fixed real IP address or the IP address received from ADSL connection or DVR and the computer using IE browser is under stand LAN network If DVR is under Router or IP share You will require to setup up NAPT Network Address Prot Translation from your Router or IP share As of the 54 ...

Page 55: ...mote You will require few setup details Assume that there are 2 DVR DVR_1 and DVR_2 behind router 1 IP address Outside for this router is 111 112 113 114 Please setup the IP address using your own network IP address Setup as below 2 IP address Inside for the router is 192 168 1 1 and the IP address for all internal network is 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 Please setup the IP address using your own net...

Page 56: ..._2 IP address 192 168 1 108 Network communication setting port LAN50000 WAN 60001 Please setup the IP address using your own network IP address Note Wan setting port numbers have to be different 5 Router RX3041 will require for the setting as below User will require to setup according to your own router system Private Port 80 is for use as Web Server 56 ...

Page 57: ...twork address To open the webpage for DVR_2 please type in http 111 112 113 114 65001 Please setup according you re your own network address If monitoring through the web server function under ChateauServer and the ChateauServer is under LAN assume that the virtual IP address is 192 168 1 109 the NAPT setup is as below 192 168 1 109 8080 111 112 113 114 65002 Type in http 111 112 113 114 65002 to ...

Page 58: ...and status Host name and time zone Recording date for the recorded file Operating Status Status for this program includes playing or pause Playback Image When playing back except for the images it also includes time VGuard card number and camera names etc Display files start time date Display files end time date Display the time date when images recorded Playback time scroll bar Display the time p...

Page 59: ...ayback re click this button or playback button Backward Search This button function the same as the Rewind button of traditional video player Click this button and the video will move backward for a number of frames 160 frames Forward Search This button functions the same as the Forward button of traditional video player Click this button and the video moves forward for a number of frames 160 fram...

Page 60: ...y capture still images during video playback If there is caption text on the video the captured images will contain the caption text information The captured image is stored in BMP format System will allow user to type in your own file name and saving directory for the snapshot Caption Click the button the playback window shows the name of the camera the starting time ending time and current time ...

Page 61: ...is save select camera and date or time Quad playback can select 4 cameras at once for simultaneously playback 11 3 Color Configuration VG Player supports a great color configuration function You can adjust the image s Brightness Contrast Saturation and Hue for better image effect Under Main Screen select Color and select Color configuration function then the following window will be shown for the ...

Page 62: ...detected is selected playback will pause and keep searching until play button is clicked If Pause when motion detected is not selected when motion detected playback will be back to normal speed until the movement is stopped Then fast forward to search for other movement To cancel all mask area click once on the left mouse button on the playback images 11 5 Continuous Playback Under setup command s...

Page 63: ...G files are very large it will consume a great amount of hard disk spaces and also need longer time for the converting Therefore we suggest selecting the required fragment using the start video clip function to edit into shorter video files and then proceed with the converting to save time and hard disk spaces Select Image File Click the Browse button an open file dialog will pop up Then search fo...

Page 64: ...u click OK button The files after the conversion then can be playback using Windows image player Note The compression program is different in every computer depending on the image software it had installed Window will provide few standard formats i e Intel Indeo format it is recommended to select this format to avoid incapable of playback from other computers 64 ...

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