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USER MANUAL

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Page 1: ...ht differ according to the specification and model Contents of this user manual are protected under copyrights and computer program laws Thank You Before operating the system please read this User Manual and retain it for future reference ...

Page 2: ...WARNING TO REDUCE FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THE UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE The installation should be made by a qualified service person and conformed to all local codes ...

Page 3: ...th wet hands It may cause malfunction or electric shock 5 Product installation must be ensured to a professional for product installation or it may cause malfunction electric shock or fire 6 Ground applies to video products equipped with a 3 wire grounding type plug having a third grounding pin This plug only fits into a grounding type power outlet If grounding is not done it may cause malfunction...

Page 4: ...or use extension cord It may generate heat or cause fire 3 Do not touch the power cord with wet hands It may cause electric shock 4 Keep power cord dry and protect from humidity It may generate heat or cause fire The power cord is not waterproof 5 Hold the body of the plug while removing the power plug Do not pull the power cord Damage to the power cord may generate heat or cause fire 6 Check the ...

Page 5: ...SH 12 3 OPERATION 14 3 1 USER LOG IN 14 3 2 LIVE DISPLAY MODE 14 3 3 PTZ OPERATION 17 3 4 PLAYBACK RECORDED IMAGES 18 3 5 QUICK BACKUP DURING PLAYBACK 19 3 6 SEARCH RECORDED IMAGE 19 3 7 DST SETTING AND IMAGE PLAYBACK 23 4 SETTING 24 4 1 SYSTEM 25 4 2 DEVICE 33 4 3 EVENT 37 4 4 RECORD 41 4 5 NETWORK 46 4 6 BACKUP 51 5 WEB SURVEILLANCE THROUGH M S IE 54 5 1 WEB LOGIN 54 5 2 WEB MONITORING 55 5 3 WE...

Page 6: ...r moving or storage purposes afterwards Items Photo Quantity User Manual and Remote Software Quick Manual and CD 1 Set 12V D C Adaptor Power Cable 1 Set IR Remote Controller or Type of controller may differ depending on the DVR model and can be replaced by USB Mouse 1 Set Terminal Block and Rubber Mount Packed goods may differ depending on the DVR model 1 Pair 2 Pieces 1 Set The picture might diff...

Page 7: ...ess is not necessary Caution It may take a few minutes to startup the system after turning on the power If the network is not connected or the user sets the network configuration as DHCP when no DHCP server is in the network Note 1 Do not forget the administrator s password that was set for the first time In case the password is forgotten please contact your local dealer for help 2 Refer to the Se...

Page 8: ...and model Note User can control multiple DVRs with one IR Remote Controller In order to control multiple DVRs each DVR has different Remote ID The initial ID is set as 0 Note How to setup the ID in IR Remote Controller 1 Keep pressing ID selection button for about 5 seconds 2 Set the ID number by pressing numeric button on IR Remote Controller ID number is available from 000 up to 255 3 You have t...

Page 9: ...recording button to urgently start recording In emergency recording the system records all channels with full frame rate at the maximum resolution regardless of recording mode setting To stop emergency recording click the same icon again Backup Button Click the backup button to archive video clips taken during a specific time frame The video content will be stored onto an external device Please re...

Page 10: ...ton Playback speed control 32x 16x 8x 4x 2x Move backward by one frame Stop button Play button Move forward by one frame Playback speed control 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x Current playback speed Screen Display Mode Button Select the display split mode from the available options You can select 1ch 4ch 9ch or 16ch mode Backup Button Backup recorded video to the external devices Please refer to 4 6 Backup for t...

Page 11: ...n the system And then click YES to confirm shutdown in the pop up screen as below Note User can input password by virtual keyboard IR remote control or front numeric buttons if available 2 Startup Wizard When the DVR is launched for the first time the Startup Wizard will appear automatically This wizard helps you set up the DVR s most basic settings for proper functioning Access the Startup Wizard...

Page 12: ...g Time and time sync mode TIME SYNC MODE There are three types of time sync mode Server Mode The operating DVR is set as a Time Sync Server which can synchronize with the time of other DVRs connected over the same network Client Mode Input the IP address of a designated DVR as a Time Sync Server in SYNC SERVER The DVR s time clock will be synchronized with the server by interval time set in TIME S...

Page 13: ...life time used time and temperature HDD FORMAT A 3E A When the new HDD is installed or there seems to be a problem on the HDD user needs to format the HDD If system resources are occupied such as network connection during format process format may fail It is recommended to reboot the system to release system resources and then try to format again User can select HDD to format by ticking the check ...

Page 14: ...follows the CBR mode And the expected recording period is shown Note 1 VBR Variable Bit Rate It focuses on the image quality rather than data size So in case of complicated high frequency motion image data size is getting bigger and the recording period is getting shorter In this mode user can change each camera s quality by selecting one of the following options Low Standard High Highest 2 CBR Co...

Page 15: ...h button SUBNET MASK Subnet Mask address classifies the subnet that the system belongs to For more information please consult your network administrator or your internet provider GATEWAY This is the IP address of the network router or gateway server It is required when connecting to the NCR through the external router over the internet from another network For more information please consult your ...

Page 16: ...information based on your network environment NETWORK TYPE Select STATIC IP in case of fixed IP IP ADDRESS Assign a local IP to DVR ex 192 168 0 164 SUBNET MASK Input subnet mask of your LAN ex 255 255 255 0 GATEWAY Input gateway of your LAN ex 192 168 0 1 DNS SERVER Input IP of your DNS server You must input the IP for internet connection Please contact your ISP to get this IP You may also input ...

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Page 18: ...er up The images can be viewed in 1 4 9 and 16 screen splits When the up down arrow button on the front panel or IR remote controller is pressed and when the screen display mode button on the tool bar is clicked the screen will be sequentially changed 1 Ch 4 Ch 9 Ch 16 Ch To select channel by mouse simply click To return to previous screen mode after selecting a full channel click of the left mous...

Page 19: ...be shown at right bottom corner on full screen Continuous Recording No HDD Motion Detection Recording Using Emergency Recording Sensor Activating Recording Using PTZ Continuous Motion Alarm Recording Warning for exceeding temperature Continuous Sensor Activating Recording Showing sequence mode Motion Detection Sensor Activating Recording Showing digital zoom mode Emergency Recording Sensor Activat...

Page 20: ...rs can also zoom in zoom out by mouse wheel control Once the image is zoomed in users can move that area by clicking and repeating the preious step To exit from the zoom mode click the right button of the mouse and select ZOOM EXIT in the menu FREEZE Freeze the current live view but allow system clock date time information to continue running at the bottom of the screen Select FREEZE again to resu...

Page 21: ...ller ZOOM FOCUS Zoom in out by rolling the wheel of mouse to up or downward If user changes the mode into Focus in the pop up menu focus can be controlled by rolling the wheel of mouse as well PRESET When the preset menu pops up select the preset number and click Enter button to move to the corresponding preset position Maximum Preset number supported is 255 It can be restricted by the number that...

Page 22: ...nel may not be available depending on the DVR model Date Time Shows date time of the image that is being displayed currently Tool Bar Contains functions such as playback control recorded data check screen mode and more Please refer to 1 3 4 Tool Bar on Playback Mode for details Pop up Menu Display mode Change display mode 1 4 9 16 screen mode Backup Backup recorded data using the backup window Sea...

Page 23: ...o finish archiving and then press the same ENTER button again to set backup end time The backup menu window will be appear to complete the backup Select the backup media such as CD DVD or USB thumb drive and execute archiving Note HELP button can help you understand how to setup several important settings 3 6 Search Recorded Video User can search recorded video with various conditions Note There a...

Page 24: ... the bottom of the window mark in date as above picture means that there is a video data recorded 3 6 2 Search Date Time Enter the desired date and time in the Date Time Search screen Use the arrow button or mouse to move to each day month year and time category for selecting second minute hour month year Days with recorded data will have the mark next to the them as shown on the right 3 6 3 First...

Page 25: ... to search Select log type to search User can search individual events or all at once Click SEARCH to show list with time and event Click EXPORT to copy the list to external device such as USB memory stick as txt file Once the export is completed a date folder will created in USB memory stick There is system log file stored in the date folder ...

Page 26: ...CH to show the search results in list form Click EXPORT to copy the list to an external device such as a USB memory stick as txt file Note 20 records will be shown on one page Click the arrow buttons to search the log records on another page 3 6 7 BOOKMARK Bookmark search allows you to check modify and delete bookmarks Select a bookmark from the search results list and click PLAY to display the co...

Page 27: ...dow shown below Simply check the USE DST box to apply the DST time change Select the proper Time Zone that allows the DST setting to be activated 3 7 2 DST Image Playback When there is an hour overlapped data due to DST the overlapping hour will be indicated in Blue in the Intelli Search Bar during playback To playback data from the overlapped hour select a time in the intelli search bar A Data Se...

Page 28: ...ion SYSTEM INFORMATION USER DISPLAY HDD CONFIGURATION DEVICE CAMERA AUDIO PTZ KEYBOARD EVENT SENSOR MOTION ALARM EVENT ALARM RECORD CAMERA SCHEDULE QUICK SETUP NETWORK NETWORK DDNS NOTIFICATION MOBILE PUSH P2P CLOUD BACKUP BACKUP To access the setup menu click the button in the menu bar or right click anywhere on the screen and select Setup Menu To view the submenus simply move the cursor over the...

Page 29: ...TE ID Setup SITE ID to match the ID settings of a keyboard controller to use it to control DVR Ensure that the keyboard model and BUAD RATE are set up in MENU DEVICE KEYBOARD Please refer to 4 2 5 Keyboard for detail REMOTE ID Setup REMOTE ID to match with the ID setting of IR remote controller in order to use it to control the DVR ...

Page 30: ...e of the client DVR s Input the IP address of designated DVR as a Time Sync Server in SYNC SERVER Then the DVR s time clock will be synchronized with server by interval time set in TIME SYNC CYCLE NTP Mode pool ntp org is the recommended NTP Server To activate set the TIME ZONE of your local area and then click SYNC NOW For DST setting please refer to 3 7 DST Time Setting Note The HELP button can ...

Page 31: ...in any USB port of DVR compatible with USB 2 0 Select USB from the Method drop down options and press the Scan button Once the system detects the USB drive it will display the firmware file under CURRENT VER and the NEW VER Click START to begin the upgrade process It is not allowed to use the partitioned USB memory How to upgrade system firmware using Digital Watchdog s Automatic Firmware Upgrade ...

Page 32: ...system will reboot VIDEO SIGNAL Check the right video signal NTSC or PAL This setting should be matched the NTSC PAL Selection Switch located on the rear panel Video images might heavily shake and blink if NTSC PAL is not properly set IP ADDRESS Shows the DVR s IP Address It can be set at MENU NETWORK NETWORK MAC ADDRESS Shows the unique identity number for the DVR KEY PAD BEEP User can turn on or...

Page 33: ... are visible to monitor by the user To change any settings select user and click the Edit button Delete User Select a user in the list by highlighting their name and clicking the Delete button Option If Auto Logon On Boot is enabled the DVR will not request an ID or password after power up If Auto Logoff is enabled the DVR will log off the current user after the set time of inactivity Then the use...

Page 34: ...HDMI and VGA 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 and 1920x1080 Set the proper resolution in accordance with the monitor resolution OSD Select what information will appear over the display by checking the corresponding boxes SPOT OUT Select channel to be displayed on spot monitor and set dwell time 4 1 4 HDD HDD FULL When an HDD is full select whether to Overwrite or Stop recording Overwrite DVR deletes the...

Page 35: ...oling fan is working properly or temperature around the system is properly kept HDD FORMAT When the new HDD is installed or there seems to be a problem on the HDD formatting the HDD is recommended If system resources are occupied such as network connection while the HDD format is in process formatting may fail In this case reboot the system and try to format again Select the HDD to format by check...

Page 36: ...adjustments made will be deleted and the system settings will return to factory default Recorded video data is protected EXPORT IMPORT System configurations can be copied and pasted in this menu Export Copy the settings of this system to a removable USB memory device Import Transfer the settings found on another system from a CD DVD USB memory device During the import process make sure that the F ...

Page 37: ...nected TITLE In order to distinguish each channel from the others designate a name for each channel The name will appear on both the DVR and the remote monitoring software COVERT Covert also called hidden camera hides a camera display and playback as if there were no camera recording Covert settings apply to both Live and Playback view so only the administrator can view the video ...

Page 38: ...ffer depending on the DVR model Users can hear audio sound under both live display and playback mode depending on the system setting Select USE 2 WAY AUDIO to make voice communication between DVR and remote side 4 2 3 PTZ Full control of PTZ cameras is available in this menu For details please refer to 3 3 PTZ Operation Check the below items for proper PTZ operation Check if the protocol of the co...

Page 39: ...eed Change the PTZ speed 0 100 and apply it by clicking SET button Preset Set Move the camera s position and zoom to the desired position Select the preset number using the button and then press the SET button The system supports preset the number of preset from 1 to 255 Move Select the desired position with the button and click the Move button to move the camera to the preset position of that pre...

Page 40: ...o control additional settings such as Power Light Wiper Pump etc 4 2 4 KEYBOARD When an external keyboard is used select the model and corresponding baud rate from the drop down options The baud rate must match the one set in the keyboard itself Make sure the Keybaord ID in the SYSTEM INFORMATION set up page match the one set in the keyboard ...

Page 41: ... a preset position for the camera to move to when the sensor is triggered See 3 3 PTZ Operation menu for additional information DWELL Post Alarm Set the sensor operation time to between 1 and 15 seconds During this period the corresponding camera will record according to the Record setting The recording stops and alarm output is turned off when the set period is elapsed PRE ALARM Set recording per...

Page 42: ...on alarm enables the system to begin recording when motion is detected by the cameras The system will trigger an alarm signal via the selected sensor out channel ON OFF Turn the sensor on or off CAM Select the associated camera OUT Select the associated alarm output Caution Relay contact can stand up to 24V 1A If it is connected to the external circuit which is over 24V 1A the system may experienc...

Page 43: ...he screen to select multiple blocks Areas where motion detection is activated will appear with a green border line Unselected areas will be shown with a grey border Click SET in the MOTION AREA section to set area After selecting the area of motion click EXIT menu and then click SAVE button A 1E A to save the change To set all channels with the same condition click SELECT ALL button and click SAVE...

Page 44: ...the abnormal operation of the HDD It is recommended to do HDD health check in the HDD menu regularly VIDEO LOSS Triggers an alarm signal when the camera signal is disconnected RECORDING FAILURE Triggers an alarm signal when the system does not record images due to an error in the HDD or system DISK FULL Triggers an alarm signal when the HDD is occupied with a certain percentage of its capacity If ...

Page 45: ...ile size becomes bigger and the recording period will be shorter Thus selecting appropriate resolution according to the situation is important FPS The system automatically calculates frames per second FPS and displays it as Remaining FPS Note 1 VBR Variable Bit Rate Focuses on the image quality rather than data size So in case of complicated high frequency motion image data size is larger and the ...

Page 46: ... quality to be transmitted It is not related to the record setting Higher quality requires the bigger network bandwidth due to its data size AUDIO Select whether or not to transit audio data by clicking Yes or No STREAM LIMIT Allows users to reduce the image quality for transmission by percentage of the standard quality Lower percentages require smaller network bandwidth but image quality will be ...

Page 47: ...motion is not detected If EVENT MOTION ALARM is disabled then the system will record when motion is detected but motion alarm will not be activated ORANGE Sensor Activated Recording The system records only when the sensor is triggered as set in EVENT SENSOR menu If EVENT SENSOR and set this mode then not record anything even though a sensor is triggered SKY BLUE Continuous Motion Detection Recordi...

Page 48: ...rding as set by MOTION ALARM or SENSOR of EVENT menu Note Dark Blue The data recorded during DST Daylight Saving Time will be indicated in Dark Blue color in the Intelli Search Bar on playback mode HOLIDAY SETUP Set up specific days as holidays in HOLIDAY SETUP to assign special recording schedules for those days The system supports up to 32 holidays Press DATE button write a description and then ...

Page 49: ...CAMERA Designate the Input Desired Days recording days The settings for recording resolution fps and quality will be optimally adjusted according to the recording period set in INPUT DESIRED DAYS The user also had the option to adjust the settings under CUSTOMER SETTINGS by manually inputing the settings to get the Recordable Period at DAYS TO RECORD based on the capacity of HDD installed Caution ...

Page 50: ...l automatically adjust to match the network s requriements If STATIC IP is selected users can input IP address by clicking button SUBNET MASK Subnet Mask address classifies the subnet that the system belongs to For more information please consult your network administrator or your internet provider GATEWAY This is the IP address of the network router or gateway server It is required when connectin...

Page 51: ...mber followed by the DVR s IP address UPnP supports auto port forward function NAT TRAVERSAL even if the user does not set port forward in the router It may not be supported in some routers and some network conditions Input necessary information based on your network environment NETWORK TYPE Select STATIC IP in case of fixed IP IP ADDRESS Assign a local IP to DVR ex 192 168 0 164 SUBNET MASK Input...

Page 52: ...DDNS SERVER Select DYNLINK NET TCP IP PORT Default is 80 DOMAIN NAME Assign domain name for your DVR ex DVROFFICE If the same domain name is assigned a message will appear when you click SAVE Note HELP button will help you understand how to setup several important settings For example if you need help about how to set DDNS click HELP button at the right bottom of the menu IP MAPPING and EXTERNAL I...

Page 53: ...ress events ADD EDIT DELETE User can add edit delete e mail addresses which will receive e mail notifications EVENT Activate automatic notifications for specific events When ALL is selected notifications will be sent for every event SENDER Setting SMTP Set sender to send e mail notifications SMTP Input the SMTP server address PORT Input the port number that will be used for e mail sending USER Inp...

Page 54: ...L authentication e g Gmail Yahoomail etc select this option Note Configuration first priority is always on RECORD SCHEDULE menu Thus the system will not email alarm message upon motion alarm or sensor even though the user checks the event selection box To receive motion and sensor e mail notifications set the SCHEDULE RECORD EVENT MOTION ALARM and EVENT SENSOR accordingly Note HELP button will hel...

Page 55: ...ckup file b Adjust the start and end time of the backup file c Press the Estimate button to see the expected size of the backup file d Check the box next to ADD VIEWER to add the backup player to the backup file The backup player allows to play the video clip without installing any programs e Edit the file name and add a protection password if needed f Press BACKUP to start the backup process A pr...

Page 56: ...playback and drag it to the viewing area To playback multiple channels click the MULTI CH tab A 1E A and Search to open folder that keeps SSF file Users can print export an image and zoom in out by using the icons A 2E A on the bottom left of the player window Option MENU Various settings are available in the OPTION window of the backup player software Use DirectDraw There are some PCs that do not...

Page 57: ...n Single CH mode click Pause 2 Click AVI Convert 3 Define the start time and end time When the AVI file is played back in the BackupPlayer verify whether the AVI file has been altered or not by pressing the Watermark button If the file has been altered a popup message will appear No alteration was found on original AVI video clip AVI video clip has been altered ...

Page 58: ...ssword The default user ID and password are admin and no password After login download install Active X file Active X Installation 1 If the P C doesn t have Active X installed an installation guide message will automatically appear prompting you to install the latest version of Active X 2 Click install and follow the installation wizard to complete the Active X installation 3 To avoid download res...

Page 59: ...nable or disable interlace function to improve image quality HIDE MENU SHOW MENU To hide the menu bar press the HIDE MENU button To view the menu bar again press the SHOW MENU button POP UP MENU Right click to open additional options Display Mode change the current split view option from 1x 4x 9x or 16x options Full Screen View current split view in full screen view Right click anywhere on the scr...

Page 60: ...Play Pause is toggled and playback speed is shown on the right box PLAY DST Check this box to play overlapped video during DST Daylight Saving Time period For details please refer to Section 3 7 DST Setting and Image Playback INTELLI SEARCH BAR Move the red vertical line to the desired time you want to search The colors of the time bar are different by each recording mode Please refer to Section 4...

Page 61: ... AUDIO KEYBOARD EVENT SENSOR MOTION ALARM EXTRA ALARM RECORD CAMERA SCHEDULE QUICK SETUP NETWORK NETWORK DDNS NOTIFICATION After logging in with the right ID and password users can adjust various configurations in the Web Setup window shown below This Web Setup is only available to the admin account System Device Event Record ...

Page 62: ...eb server of DVR regardless of Internet connection Note System Reboot enables user to reboot the system without any change of the setup User can use this function when the network is disconnected due to abnormal operation of the system and try to reconnect However the IP number assigned to the system may be changed in case of DHCP mode ...

Page 63: ... distributor 4 How do I establish a PoE connection xDSL cable and so on 1 There is no function to log in at the DVR 2 Please use a router which supports PoE log in 5 Is it necessary to open the port when using DDNS dynlink net or dyndns org Yes it is DDNS is the function that lets remote software acknowledge the changed address of the DVR dynamic IP provided by ISP or to allow connection to the DV...

Page 64: ...ory stick 11 Why won t my Time sync work through NTP server NTP server requires DNS server address Please check if DNS server address is correct at Network tab 12 Why am I not receiving notifications via E mail transmission 1 E mail notification function work based on SMTP service 2 Please check if the sending mail address is correct and if the mail server supports SMTP service 3 In case using SMT...

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