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CDVS-4100 Series 

Embedded DVR 

Setup And 

Users Manual

Crest Electronics, Inc.

Version 05.23.06

Summary of Contents for CDVS-4100 Series

Page 1: ...CDVS 4100 Series Embedded DVR Setup And Users Manual Crest Electronics Inc Version 05 23 06 ...

Page 2: ...amount of space between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet which is on a separate circuit than that of the receiver Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance with the FCC Rules could void the user s authority to operate this equipment RISK OF ELECTRI...

Page 3: ...epair is not done properly 5 Do not touch product with wet hands as electric shock may occur 6 Product must be installed by a qualified professional Failure to do so could result in malfunction electrical shock or fire 7 Consult the place of purchase if the need for installation arises Poor installation could cause malfunction electric shock or fire 8 Ground applies to video products equipped with a ...

Page 4: ...stall the product on inclined or unstable locations such as an unstable cart slant tripod bracket or table The unit may fall causing serious injury and serious damage to the unit Cautions about the Power Warning 1 This unit should be operated only from the type of power indicated on the power plate If you are not sure of the type of power supply at your location consult your dealer or local power ...

Page 5: ...er 4 1 Setting the ID on the remote controller 4 2 Front Panel Functions 4 4 Screen Display 5 1 Camera Sequence 5 3 Overview of the Main Screen 6 1 Symbols 6 1 Channel Swapping 6 2 Main System Menu Pop Up Box 7 1 Overview of Pop Up Menu 7 1 Setting Up The DVR 7 2 The System Menu 7 3 System Information screen 7 3 System Time Setup Screen 7 4 System Disk Manager 7 5 System User Account 7 6 System Co...

Page 6: ...edule 7 19 Network 7 21 Network IP Setup 7 21 TCP IP Information 7 22 Network E Mail Notification 7 22 Network Web Server Setup 7 23 Event Menu 7 24 Searching Recorded Video 8 1 Search Menu 8 1 Event Calendar Search 8 2 Search Motion Search 8 3 Search Event Search 8 4 Playback Screen Functions 8 5 Backing Up Recorded Video 9 1 Digital PTZ 10 1 Dynamic PTZ 11 1 ...

Page 7: ...owing items If any items are missing please contact your dealer 4100 DVR Power cord Remote controller USB Mouse Utilities Disk Looping Output Cable 16 channel only CDVS 4100 Remote Controller Utilities CD Looping Output Cable 16 channel only USB Mouse ...

Page 8: ...ble connection Video Inputs 1 16 Spot monitor Output Audio Out Audio Input Power On Off Power plug connection Sensor Relay Ground 422 485 connections LAN connection Two way Audio In Out NTSC PAL Mon out S Video Out VGA out USB ports Front Panel Controls Back Panel Controls 4108 8 Channel Embedded DVR The images that follow show the hardware connections for the 16 channel embedded DVR ...

Page 9: ...Outputs 1 8 Video Inputs 1 8 Spot monitor Output Audio Out Audio Input Power On Off Power plug connection Sensor Relay Ground 422 485 connections LAN connection Two way Audio In Out NTSC PAL Mon out S Video Out VGA out USB ports USB Ports CD RW Drive Front Panel Controls On Off Button Front Panel Controls Back Panel Controls ...

Page 10: ...Relay Ground 422 485 connections LAN connection Two way Audio In Out NTSC PAL Mon out S Video Out VGA out USB ports 4104 4 Channel Embedded DVR The images that follow show the hardware connections for the 4 channel embedded DVR USB Ports CD RW Drive Front Panel Controls On Off Button Front Panel Controls Back Panel Controls ...

Page 11: ...relays and PTZ RS 485 data port Pin No Signal Name Pin No Signal Name 1 Sensor 15 15 Sensor 14 2 Sensor 16 16 Sensor 13 3 Common 17 Sensor 12 4 Common 18 Sensor 11 5 Relay 1 A 19 Sensor 10 6 Relay 1 B 20 Sensor 9 7 Relay 2 A 21 Sensor 8 8 Relay 2 B 22 Sensor 7 9 Relay 3 A 23 Sensor 6 10 Relay 3 B 24 Sensor 5 11 Relay 4 A 25 Sensor 4 12 Relay 4 B 26 Sensor 3 13 RS 485 27 Sensor 2 14 RS 485 28 Senso...

Page 12: ...ernal USB hard drive or optional thumb disk for use with the DVR VGA Monitor Used to connect the VGA monitor not supplied to view DVR S Video Input Use this connection to connect an optional analog S video monitor to the DVR Analog Monitor Connection Use this connection to connect an optional analog monitor to the DVR PAL NTSC Use this switch to select video format either PAL or NTSC Two way audio...

Page 13: ...nel of the DVR The system will go through a series of self diagnostics after which will bring up the main screen If you have not connected cameras to all the ports you will receive a loss signal warning Click OK to move past the warning screen See image below Click Yes to remove message from screen Default User Name and Password Click the right mouse button or press the menu button on the front pa...

Page 14: ...k Time Setup From the Time Setup Menu shown below set the Time Zone Date Format Date and Time for your particu lar area Time zone is shown from Greenwich Mean Time A listing of the different time zones can be seen in the table that follows Note Failure to set time and time zone when first installing the DVR can lead to lost video when you set the date and time after recording has taken place ...

Page 15: ...ago GMT 03 30 Newfoundland GMT 03 00 Brasilia GMT 03 00 Buenos Aries Georgetown GMT 03 00 Greenland GMT 02 00 Mid Atlantic GMT 01 00 Azores GMT 01 00 Cape Verde Is GMT Casablanca Monrovia GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London GMT 01 00 Amsterdam Berlin Bern Rome Stockholm Vienna GMT 01 00 Belgrade Bratislava Budapest Ljubljana Prague GMT 01 00 Brussels Copenhagen Madrid Paris GMT ...

Page 16: ... Hong Kong Urumqi GMT 08 00 Irkutsk Ulaan Bataar GMT 08 00 Kuala Lumpur Singapore GMT 08 00 Perth GMT 08 00 Taipei GMT 09 00 Osaka Sapporo Tokyo GMT 09 00 Seoul GMT 09 00 Yakutsk GMT 09 30 Adelaide GMT 09 30 Darwin GMT 10 00 Brisbane GMT 10 00 Canberra Melbourne Sydney GMT 10 00 Guam Port Moresby GMT 10 00 Hobart GMT 10 00 Vladivostok GMT 11 00 Magadan Solomon Is New Caledonia GMT 12 00 Auckland W...

Page 17: ...to on Remote controller ID set to 0 Time Zone set to GMT 12 Date format set to YY MM DD Audio channel 1 set not used Audio channel 2 set not used Audio channel 3 set not used Audio channel 4 set not used Two Way Audio set off Alarm set enabled Alarm contact set to normally open Alarm dwell set to 5 sec On Screen Display Camera title enabled HDD indicator enabled Motion Detection enabled Date and ti...

Page 18: ...n Turns DVR on and off ID button used to set controller ID ID set button Used to set controller ID Numeric keypad used to input controller ID Up button Used to move the on screen cursor up Left button used to move the on screen cursor to the left Right button Used to move on screen cursor to the right Down button Used to move the on screen cursor down Esc button Used to back out of a command Enter ...

Page 19: ...t stays on 2 Enter the number on the numeric key pad you wish to set as the ID To use 0 9 you must enter 0 in front of number Example to set ID to 1 enter 01 in the controller 3 Press the ID set button the controller s red light will blink 3 times and go off The controller is now set You must now set the ID in the DVR This can be done using the front panel or the mouse Follow the in structions belo...

Page 20: ...Information screen appears see below System Information Menu Click the up or down arrows to move the ID number 5 Click the up or down arrows to change the setting for the controller ID After changing the ID click the OK button to save the change Click OK at the system menu to get to the main screen 6 The remote controller is now ready for use ...

Page 21: ...ease the playback speed Continued turning to the right will speed up playback The different playback speeds are 2 4 16 32 64 128 256 times normal speed Turning the jog shuttle a small amount to the left will increase the backward playback speed Continued turning to the left will speed up backward playback The different backward playback speeds are 2 4 16 32 64 128 256 times normal speed 9 ESC button...

Page 22: ...he ESC button to move out of a sub menu The ESC button can be pressed to cancel the main menu pop up screen Use the left right up down ar rows to move the on screen cur sor Press enter to select option When working in a sub menu such as the camera setup the menu button can be used to select multiple cameras at one time Move the cursor over the second camera and press the menu button and both camer...

Page 23: ...hing the mode button to display the different screen displays To use the mouse move the mouse button to the bottom of the screen and the screen display bar will appear See image below Move mouse to bottom of screen and the screen display bar will appear Choose the screen display by clicking on one of the images The pictures below will display the different screens available 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1...

Page 24: ...r Camera Display 1 2 3 6 5 4 Six Camera Display 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 Eight Camera Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nine Camera Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ten Camera Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Thirteen Camera Display ...

Page 25: ...played Next push the SEQ button this will activate the screen sequence function Push the SEQ button again to turn off the sequence function To activate with the mouse move the mouse button to the bottom of the screen The different screen layouts will appear Click the one you wish to activate To scroll through the various screens click the right arrow with the left mouse button Use the front panel or...

Page 26: ...y Screen Rotation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Displays the first four cameras then next four until it comes back to 1st four Six Camera Display Screen Rotation 1 2 3 6 5 4 7 8 9 12 11 10 1 2 13 16 15 14 3 4 5 8 7 6 ...

Page 27: ...5 5 9 10 11 14 13 12 1 2 3 16 15 4 5 6 7 10 9 8 11 12 13 16 15 14 Eight Camera Display Screen Rotation 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 9 10 11 12 15 14 13 16 ...

Page 28: ... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 12 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 15 16 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 16 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Continued on next page ...

Page 29: ...4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 15 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ten Camera Display Screen Rotation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 16 1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Continued on next page ...

Page 30: ...3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Continued on next page ...

Page 31: ... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...

Page 32: ...ding video For con tinuous mode the red dot will be displayed continuously During motion or alarm recording the red dot will display only when there is motion or an alarm event The symbol of a running man will appear yellow when there is motion detected but the DVR is set to record in continuous or sensor mode The symbol of a blue running man indicates the DVR is set to record when there is motion...

Page 33: ...he set limit it displays red and turns on internal fans If the temperature does not return to blue steps must be taken to cool the unit or severe damage may occur which will render the unit unusable HDD indicator The hard disk drive indicator will display in blue when the amount of hard disk stor age is below the amount set in the DVR It will change to a yellow color when it gets close to the leve...

Page 34: ...ch Menu contains the all the search features for the embedded DVR The search fea tures are calendar search motion search and event search Back Up Menu The Back Up Menu contains the backup functions which allow the user to back up record ed video to USB HDD thumb drive and CD R CD RW Digital PTZ Function The Digital PTZ function allows the user to zoom in on a particular section of a single camera ...

Page 35: ...ppears with the System Menu selected Main Menu The Main Menu is divided into five sub menus System Menu Contains seven sub menus which are system information time setup hard disk controls and utilities user account management factory default that allows the user to reset all functions and controls log off and shut down the system Device Menu Contains four sub menus which control the settings for cam...

Page 36: ...oller ID See earlier section on how to change ID on remote controller Available numbers are 00 99 Remember when programing the remote to use two digit numbers Alpha Blend Use to make the pop up menus semi transparent Zero 0 is non transparent See image below for an example Menu using Alpha Blend allows images below the menu to be seen Language Allows the user to change the GUI language Choices are...

Page 37: ...R to the current date Please use caution in changing this as it could result in loss of recorded data Time This sets the current time for the DVR Caution should be used in changing the time after the DVR has been set up as this could result in loss of previously recorded data Holiday Setup The DVR allows the user to create special Holidays When a holiday is created the DVR will follow the Recordin...

Page 38: ...rk in box beside the drive you want The system will display the type of format internal or windows total HDD size in GB the amount of free space in GB the type of drive and if it is used for recording or Backup Remove Use the remove button to un dock any USB devices before removing from the USB port Format Use to format a HDD using the DVR s internal format system This system cannot be read by win...

Page 39: ...will use to log into the DVR Password Enter a unique password for the user Can be no more than 10 characters P W Confirm Confirm the password by typing it in again Setup Click this button to assign permissions to the selected user see image below User permissions screen User Permission screen Place a check mark by the function you wish the user to have By default the administrator s account has all ...

Page 40: ...rt camera setup screen System Factory Default Function This function will change all DVR settings back to the default settings that were on the system when it was shipped from the factory This will include users and their passwords The administrator account s password will be changed to the default 1234 System Log Off To log a user out of the system click the Log Off button System Shut Down Click th...

Page 41: ... user to set the frame rate and image quality per cam era Total available frame rate is 120 fps cif 60 fps 2cif and 30 fps VGA It is with this menu that PTZ cameras can be set up to be controlled by the DVR To set up a camera select the camera from the top of the menu The camera icon turns yellow to indicate that it is the selected camera Any changes made to the set tings will affect the selected c...

Page 42: ...era and press the menu button The other cameras will turn gold After selecting the cameras you want to have the same settings click the manual button If you want all the cameras to have the same settings click the all button after making the changes to the first camera Please note The system will automatically lower the frame rate if you have selected a higher frame rate than the system is capable ...

Page 43: ...l Next use the up and down scroll button to enter the PTZ camera address in the H W Address box 1 255 is available but your particular camera may not support all addresses See camera documentation Next click the setup button to set the baud rate and communication settings Click OK and yes to setup value stored Click return to move to the main Camera Device menu Click PTZ tab to begin PTZ camera se...

Page 44: ... Audio The Embedded DVR comes with four channels of audio To set up the audio physically connect the op tional microphones to the system see hardware setup Select Audio from the main Device menu the audio setup screen will appear see image below Use the up and down arrows to select the camera you want to record audio with for each of the audio channels you have microphones connected The Embedded D...

Page 45: ... screen appears see image below To set up a sensor click the sensor icon will turn gold and click the En able check box Set the type of contact closure normally open or normally closed by using the up and down arrows Next set the camera port if any to be associated with the sensor Third set the relay if any you want to activate when the sensor is activated Lastly set the dwell time in seconds for ...

Page 46: ...Sensor 11 5 Relay 1 A 19 Sensor 10 6 Relay 1 B 20 Sensor 9 7 Relay 2 A 21 Sensor 8 8 Relay 2 B 22 Sensor 7 9 Relay 3 A 23 Sensor 6 10 Relay 3 B 24 Sensor 5 11 Relay 4 A 25 Sensor 4 12 Relay 4 B 26 Sensor 3 13 RS 485 27 Sensor 2 14 RS 485 28 Sensor 1 The Embeded DVR Data Input and Output Terminal Pin Assignment The drawing below shows the pin assignments for the sensors relays and PTZ RS 485 data p...

Page 47: ...a Set dwell time for relay signal Check enable box To set all cameras the same as selected camera click all Select cam eras to set the same and click manual Device Alarm Video Loss This feature allows the DVR to send a relay signal to a device such as an external alarm whenever the system detects video loss To use this feature select Video Loss tab from the Device Alarm menu The video loss alarm s...

Page 48: ...red when the internal temperature exceeds this minimum It is very important to keep the system cool failure to do so could result in damage to the DVR The system also allows the user to set a graphic warning when the amount of disk spaced used reaches a predetermined amount set by the user When the disk usage reaches the set amount the icon will turn from blue to red The image below shows the syst...

Page 49: ...rding mode continuous or schedule pre alarm post alarm HDD overwrite and the motion area setup screen The schedule menu allows for setting of a daily and holiday recording schedule To get to the Record Menu click the Record button from the main menu the Record screen appears Click the Record Menu button Main Menu window Record Menu Record Setup Menu button Record Schedule button ...

Page 50: ...ee options Low CIF MID 2 CIF High D1 Mode There are two types of recording modes continuous or schedule Pre Alarm Pre alarm will capture 200 frames of video before an alarm event The options are on or off Post alarm Post alarm will capture 200 frames after alarm The options are on or off Motion Area Setup This will bring up the motion area setup screen to mask areas to Detect motion Overwrite By che...

Page 51: ...by moving the cursor to either the or icon and clicking the enter button Example to decrease the sensitivity move the cursor to the icon of the sensitiv ity control Press the enter button the blue dot will move to the left Continue to push the enter button until you have obtained the desired sensitivity To increase the sensitivity move the cursor to the icon and push the enter button When the blue...

Page 52: ... has stopped The system will display a running man icon It will be blue when there is no motion indicating that the DVR is in Motion record mode It will turn red when there motion is detected This indicates that the DVR is recording video while the icon is red A yellow running man icon indicates that DVR is not set to record when there is motion but the motion grid is active and will display the y...

Page 53: ...he last line is for setting up a different recording mode for holidays If you are going to record in either sensor or motion mode remember to set up the sensor alarms and the motion grid and sensitivity Failure to do so will result in no recording during that scheduled time The different modes are represented by different colors Red Continuous record mode Blue Motion only record mode Yellow Sensor on...

Page 54: ...otification Web Server Setup Network port Network IP Setup To set the DVR up on a IP network click the IP Setup button The IP setup window is broken down into two parts the network connection type and the TCP IP information Select the Network type The DVR sup ports Static IP DHCP or xDSL With most xDSL connections a user name and password are required to login to the internet host s system The imag...

Page 55: ...NS number Mac Address Network E Mail Notification The system has the ability to send e mail notification upon a sensor or video loss event This menu is the setup window for setting up the sender and receiver E Mail account information The image below shows the Network E Mail Notification menu Enable E Mail Notification Receiver Sender To set up the e mail notification enter your POP Server name in the ...

Page 56: ...sure to set the remote computer s internet browser security to allow unsigned active X controls to be downloaded and installed Failure to do this will cause the web server to fail Please refer to the Web browser software manual for more information Click check box to enable web server function Web port Setting the Network Port The main Network Menu has a section for changing the software port The ...

Page 57: ...Video Loss and System To view the different logs click on the desired log and the log will be displayed Sensor log Video Loss log System Log main event log menu Sensor event log file Use scroll button to move the log window Use scroll button to move the log window Video loss log screen System event log ...

Page 58: ...h Menu The main search menu consist of three sub menus Calendar search Motion search Event Search Calendar search lets the user search video by date and time regardless of the record mode Motion search allows the user to search only the video that was recorded in motion mode Event search allows the user to search only the video that was recorded in sensor mode The image below shows the main Search...

Page 59: ...urrently selected day The hour and minute bar is used to select the hour and minute for playback The hour highlighted in green indicate that there is recorded video for that hour The minute bar will display green where there is recorded video The white rectangle indicates the currently selected hour and minute Selected Date and Time Display This gives the user an easy display of the currently sele...

Page 60: ...ted in red is the currently selected day The hour and minute bar is used to select the hour and minute for playback The hour highlighted in yellow indicates that there is video recorded in motion mode for that hour The minute bar will display yellow when there is video recorded in motion mode The white rectangle indicates the currently selected hour and minute Selected Date and Time Display This g...

Page 61: ...The day highlighted in red is the currently selected day The hour and minute bar is used to select the hour and minute for playback The hour highlighted in red indicates that there is video recorded in sensor mode for that hour The minute bar will display red when there is video recorded in sensor mode The white rectangle indicates the currently selected hour and minute Selected Date and Time Disp...

Page 62: ...eo at 4x speed Click again to play at 16x speed Click again to play at 32x speed Continuous clicking will cycle through 4x 16x and 32x speeds Reverse play frame by frame button Will play back one frame of video per mouse click Example if you recorded video for 10 fps the you would have to click 10 times to reverse the video 1 sec ond Reverse play button Will reverse play video at normal speed when...

Page 63: ...tions they control Push search button to bring up search menu Use to control the direction forward or reverse and speed of playback Controls the on screen cursor movement Menu button used to bring up playback menu Play reverse normal speed Play forward normal speed Pause playback Play reverse fast 4x 16x 32x Reverse frame by frame Forward frame by frame Play forward fast 4x 16x 32x ...

Page 64: ...When pushed will play video forward at normal speed 5 Pause button When pushed will cause the playback to stop 6 Jog Shuttle Control When turned to the left will reverse play video at fast speed when turned to the right will forward play video at fast speed The more the user turns the control to the left or right the faster the video playback will be Options are 1x 2x 4x 16x 32x 64x 128x 256x Play...

Page 65: ...k drive Select the backup media type The display to the right shows available space on backup media Select the date to backup click a day in the calendar Days highlighted in blue contain video Select the hour and minute in the time bar where the video begins that you want to back up Click the From button the selected date and time are displayed to the right of the From button Select the hour and m...

Page 66: ...ontinue clicking will continue to increase image size Move the mouse to the edges of the screen the cursor will turn into an large arrow click the mouse the screen moves in the direction of the arrow To get out of digital PTZ mode right click the mouse the pop up menu appears click digital PTZ The images below demonstrate the digital PTZ function Right click the mouse button to bring up pop up men...

Page 67: ...ra s movement select the PTZ camera the image border will turn red indicating that it has been selected Move the mouse icon to the edges of the screen the icon will turn into a directional arrow click and the camera will move in that direction Move the mouse to the center of the screen and the zoom in and zoom out pop up buttons will appear Click these buttons to zoom in or out From the front pane...

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