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ET-DVR-04100CA2, ET-DVR-08200CA2, 

ET-DVR-16400CA2 DVRs 

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ET-DVR-04100CA2

Page 1: ...ET DVR 04100CA2 ET DVR 08200CA2 ET DVR 16400CA2 DVRs User Manual...

Page 2: ...ny kind on this device Do not put any other equipment on top of this device Do not attempt to repair this DVR yourself please refer all repair to a qualified technician Only use a Hard Disk Drive spec...

Page 3: ...ENU ICONs 17 3 9 LIVE VIEW 18 3 10 RIGHT BUTTON MeNU 19 3 11 MAIN MENU INTRODUCTION 23 3 12 MAIN MENU THE SEARCH MENU 24 3 13 MAIN MENU THE CONFIGURATION MENU 27 3 14 MAIN MENU THESTORAGE MENU 44 3 15...

Page 4: ...5 4 PAN TILT ZOOM 71 5 5 VOICE INTERCOM 76 5 6 HARD DISK REDUNDANCY 76 5 7 HDD S M A R T 77 5 8 DVR FIRMWARE UPDATE 79 5 9 TERMS 80 5 10 HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION 81 5 11 COMMON FAULTS 84 Appendix1 Re...

Page 5: ...pports D1 30 fps resolution RECORDING Recording modes include manual timed alarm and motion detection It supports SATA hard disks and local disk S M A R T technology This DVR also supports USB backup...

Page 6: ...You can control the system using the front panel and the supplied remote control or mouse 3 3 INSTALLATION 3 3 1 CHECK DVR AND ACCESSORIES When you unpack the DVR you should find the following items...

Page 7: ...he mounting holes in the bottom of the DVR Orient the drive so that the power and data cable connectors are facing the front of the DVR and align the mounting holes on the hard disk with the mounting...

Page 8: ...you will need to do the following Place the DVR on a flat stable surface and connect the cameras to the video input jacks on the back panel Connect the VGA video output port to the system display moni...

Page 9: ...Function Keys Function keys and the corresponding number key to switch or exit the function keys 5 Directional keys Directional controls Up Down can jump up or down Activates the digital input box to...

Page 10: ...gital input box to increase or decrease a number Left Right Switches screens Enter Operation confirmation Switches to default button Menu configuration 4 Function Keys Function keys and the correspond...

Page 11: ...RJ45 network cable connector USB Ports USB 2 0 Ports for mouse external device NOTE The bottom USB port is not available 5 VGA VGA output port 6 Power input DC 12V 7 RS 485 Port A B RS 485 port for P...

Page 12: ...at the A and B ports to reduce signal interference when there are several P T Z decoders connected Rear Panel Instruction for 8 16CH 1U case Rear Panel Instruction for 4 8 16CH 1U case DIAGRAM 3 2 RE...

Page 13: ...SB Network USB2 0 and RJ 45 interface 8 Power input DC 12V 9 Power switch Turn on off the DVR main power FORM 3 2 RARE PANEL FUNCTION 3 4 3 RARE PANEL I O INTERFACE DIAGRAM 3 33 8CH I O INTERFACE DIAG...

Page 14: ...wn list will pop up Under 3D P T Z control mode click the mouse and drag to the lower right this will enable 3D P T Z control Drag from the lower right to upper left to make 3D P T Z control narrow Fo...

Page 15: ...s symbols or uppercase and lowercase letters Click the left mouse button to select value back arrow means backspace and the is used to enter a space Letter Input Interface DIAGRAM 3 5 LETTER INPUT INT...

Page 16: ...ds After detection the DVR will sound an alarm and enter into multi screen live view which enables the user to start operation Please refer to the Main Menu Introduction or relevant instructions The R...

Page 17: ...the power switch if you plan to exchange the internal hard disk 3 7 3 OUTAGE RECOVERY If you have to reboot after a power outage or forced shutdown the DVR will have saved any files before the power...

Page 18: ...ected Drop down menu Confirm changes Enter a menu Cancel changes Cancel entering a menu Set parameters Save parameters Restores factory default settings or reverts to the last set of saved parameters...

Page 19: ...tch display screens by using the DVR front panel the remote control or the USB mouse When enabling on screen messages for any external alarms video loss masking motion detection or network and IP conf...

Page 20: ...AM 3 11 RIGHT BUTTON MENU for both 4 8 channel DVR operation 3 10 1 SCREEN SWITCHING A maximum of eight channels can be displayed on one monitor screen The operator can choose to display one four or e...

Page 21: ...option will automatically switch the color configuration at a set time Make sure to check each box to enable this function Hue adjust the screen image color Brightness Adjust the screen image brightne...

Page 22: ...a common recording when the Manual button is pressed Stop Stops all channel recording To change the record status of one channel first check if the recording status of the channel is selected or not n...

Page 23: ...3456 User user 123456 Hidden default default FORM 3 2 DEFAULT USERS Note Password security An alarm will occur if a password is entered incorrectly three times and there will be a system lockout for 3...

Page 24: ...management settings Storage Hard disk and back up management Output Configure out P T Z alarm output serial and output modes Maintenance Display the system log information version information stream...

Page 25: ...12 MAIN MENU THE SEARCH MENU You can call up the SEARCH interface through the Main Menu as shown in Diagram 3 16 Record Search DIAGRAM 3 16 RECORD SEARCH for both 4 8 channel DVR operation 1 5 2 3 4 9...

Page 26: ...oose to play the previous or next file choose to play the previous or next channel 7 List Choose the start time channel click search and a list will display the results 8 Backup Click to choose a back...

Page 27: ...pause can also switch to normal speed from slow motion playback Backward Backward Key Moves the video playback a single frame backward To go backwards single click again To stop backward play during...

Page 28: ...ss to several additional menus including System Record Network Alarm Account and Abnormity As shown in Diagram 3 17 Configuration below DIAGRAM 3 17 CONFIGURATION 3 13 1 CONFIGURATION MENU THE SYSTEM...

Page 29: ...top recording If you select Overwrite the DVR will overwrite the earliest recorded files and continue recording as if all HDD files are empty If you select the Stop recording option the DVR will stop...

Page 30: ...frame rate scope is different depending on each channel and resolution The Minor Stream supports either CIF or QCIF Main Stream parameters are selectable Frame Rate FPS PAL 1fps 25fps NTSC 1fps 30fps...

Page 31: ...sub menu below with additional configuration options DIAGRAM 3 20 MORE CONFIGURATIONS Channel Name Display Toggles on screen display of the channel name Date Display Toggles on screen date display Not...

Page 32: ...The video feed displays and you can use the cursor to resize the box displayed Preview Sets the masking zone masking zone is shown on the screen when displayed There is no masking zone in the web inte...

Page 33: ...guration to another Set Pops up the setting interface for one of the listed weekdays Diagram 3 22 Edit Plan DIAGRAM 3 22 EDIT PLAN Record Type Sets the recording time segments There are up to six conf...

Page 34: ...IP address assigned by the server The assigned dynamic IP address displays in the IP Address field You can manually enter a static IP address in the IP Address field if there is no DHCP service avail...

Page 35: ...tain a public IP address from your ISP You can then access the DVR s web interface by typing that IP address into Internet Explorer or some other browser DDNS Enables the DVR to update a DDNS hostname...

Page 36: ...following settings Max Connection 0 10 0 indicates that no connections are allowed Network connection NUM Selection options are from 0 32 You need to select it first then browse the real time video on...

Page 37: ...y IP time and channel if there is no remote folder specified FTP username and password Set a maximum file size channel time type and etc Set FTP file length Upload the whole recording if the file leng...

Page 38: ...t functional Detect Tab Settings Detect tab interface Diagram 3 25 Alarm Configurations DIAGRAM 3 25 ALARM CONFIGURATIONS Motion Detection Motion detection and alarm Set Area PAL 22 18 396 NTSC 22 15...

Page 39: ...lick set and then select up to 6 different period times that the alarm is to be activated check the box and then select the times from and to the alarm should be activated selecting 00 00 to 24 00 wil...

Page 40: ...recording using a single frame instead of continuous recording DIAGRAM 3 28 ALARM CONFIGURATION LOCAL ALARM PROCESS MODE ABNORMITY Process enables or disables the alarm method to be used Alarm Out doe...

Page 41: ...y default there are two group levels admin and user User management is controlled on two levels Group level and User level Group and User names cannot be duplicated and a User can only belong to one g...

Page 42: ...p and authorizes 60 items including control panel shut down live view playback record record backup P T Z control account system information alarm in out settings system configuration search log log d...

Page 43: ...30 ABNORMALITY DIAGRAM 3 30 ABNORMALITY There are five items in the Abnormality menu To activate a warning or error message function click on the check box beside it The Process button beside each ite...

Page 44: ...utton accesses the same items as the one for No Disk Net Disconnection Displays a warning when a network is not connected The Process button access Alarm Output Show Message Send Email and Record Chan...

Page 45: ...which give access to some disk management functions Maintains and manages the DVR s internal hard disk Diagram 3 31 Storage MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM 3 31 STORAGE MANAGEMENT Base Configuration HDD Base as s...

Page 46: ...disk erases all data on the drive Set This controls the hard disk s access mode setting The options are read write read only or redundancy mode with check boxes to enable or disable each mode In read...

Page 47: ...th recording start and stop times DIAGRAM 3 34 HDD MANAGEMENT RECORD 3 14 2 STORAGE MENU THE BACKUP MENU Connect an External USB device to one of the USB ports to back up recordings from the DVR s int...

Page 48: ...Start and End times and click Add to add it to the list Duplicate it by inputting the Start and End times again Click Delete to clear the file list Select the recording you want and click Start to ba...

Page 49: ...the Output menu interface DIAGRAM 3 37 PERIPHERAL MANAGEMENT 3 15 1 OUTPUT MENU P T Z CONFIGURATION Set the Pan Tilt Zoom channel protocol address and baud rate etc for a P T Z camera First set the c...

Page 50: ...ess or the cameras will not work Baud Rate Selects the camera s baud rate and control the default is 9600 Data Bits Default 8 Stop Bits Default 1 Parity default None 3 15 2 OUTPUT MENU RS 232 PORT CON...

Page 51: ...Data Bit Default 8 Stop Bit Default 1 Confirm Default is none 3 15 3 OUTPUT MENU THE DISPLAY MENU Display menu sets the unit s display and polling features The menu has three tabs GUI Output Configura...

Page 52: ...y Info Selects whether overlaying information is displayed on screen The Output Configuration Tab The Output Configuration tab displays several control settings for a video display monitor connected t...

Page 53: ...CHANNEL DVRS This menu sets up the tour mode and intervals between rotations The time interval option is between 5 and 120 seconds and includes mode for single four or eight screen options Motion Tour...

Page 54: ...HE MAINTENANCE MENU The following graphic shows the Maintenance menu interface Diagram 3 43 Maintenance DIAGRAM 3 441 MAINTENANCE 3 16 1 MAINTENANCE MENU THE LOG MENU LOG Displays system log informati...

Page 55: ...also upgrade the DVR s firmware from here Start Connect a USB flash device which contains the upgrade firmware and click Start Note Improperly upgrading the firmware could cause a startup failure Onl...

Page 56: ...will automatically reboot the DVR at days and times specified reset all cameras and auto deletion of old files will delete files that reach the time limitation that is preset 3 16 6 MAINTENANCE MENU T...

Page 57: ...ings earlier in this manual Ensure that the IP address is correct and check whether the DVR is on the network Active x CONTROL SETUP LOG IN LOG Out Using the DVR s network information a User can remot...

Page 58: ...57 Diagram 4 1 A login screen Diagram 4 2 B login screen...

Page 59: ...tall the re open the browser the following tips will shown as below Click the Yes button to access the DVR 4 1 2 WEB OPERATION INTERFACE DIAGRAM 4 3 WEB INTERFACE OPERATION OF THE 4 AND 8 CHANNEL DVR...

Page 60: ...u System configuration recording search alarm setting exit etc DIAGRAM 4 4 DESCRIPTION 4 1 3 LIVE VIEW In the Web interface select the focus window in the live window The focus window has a light blue...

Page 61: ...Diagram 4 5 Function The six icons represent Area Zoom Multi screen switch Local Record Capture Audio and Video Off Area Zoom Video images can be enlarged Multi Screen switch Switch from a single scre...

Page 62: ...upper right lower left lower right DIAGRAM 4 6 P T Z CONTROL Border scan Operation Select the camera line scan of the left right margin using the direction controls and click the Settings button in th...

Page 63: ...T Z controls to modify the zoom focus and iris etc Stop recording in the Pattern setting to save the pattern AUX Open Turn auxiliary components on and off Light Wiper Turn the Light Wiper protocol on...

Page 64: ...ng the recording type starting and ending times and clicking the search button you can obtain a list of files on the DVR Select the desired file and it can be played Play Double click a search result...

Page 65: ...r video mask and external alarms Click Video Pop up open the video loss motion detection hard disk full hard disk failure video block video encoder alarm pop up Click on Prompt open the prompts When a...

Page 66: ...ssional dynamic domain name analysis server embedded in this DVR Please contact your dealer or agent for a DDNS account number Click enable in the configuration window after getting the account number...

Page 67: ...lick on Create Account Create a domain name and click on Add a Host DVR Setting Open Main Menu Configuration Network Advanced DDNS Enable Item Configuration DDNS NO IP DDNS IP dynupdate no ip com Port...

Page 68: ...xx Password xxxxxx 5 1 6 TEST AND VERIFY DDNS After configuring the Embedded DVR wait for a few minutes to allow the analysis records to update Click on Operation in the menu input cmd and click OK to...

Page 69: ...n a user connects to the port of the IP address the server will automatically map the request to the corresponding machine on the LAN With the port mapping function we can map many ports of one machin...

Page 70: ...connect to the IP address or static IP After setting up the IP address click the Advanced Configuration and navigate to the menu with ports and multicast etc Enable UPnP port mapping The third step En...

Page 71: ...ION The NTP function handles time synchronization between the DVR and the GPS clock server to ensure the accuracy of both devices 5 3 1 INTERNET CONFIGURATION Go to CONFIGURATION NETWORK select Advanc...

Page 72: ...above It is best to always make a backup of your registry before attempting any changes NTP Server Set Up Under Linux Due to the differences between Linux distributions for details on how to set up a...

Page 73: ...ns drag from top left to bottom right to zoom in drag from bottom right to top left for zoom out Advanced Functions Click Page Switch to switch to the advanced functions as shown in Diagram 5 4 P T Z...

Page 74: ...d functions Diagram 5 6 Preset setting DIAGRAM 5 6 PRESET SETTING Preset Diagram 5 6 Preset setting it sets up camera positions using the directional keys Click Preset and input a Preset number then c...

Page 75: ...as Pattern X a number click on Begin go back to the P T Z control menu to modify the Zoom Focus and Iris settings etc then back to the menu below to End DIAGRAM 5 8 PATTERN Border setting Click Border...

Page 76: ...it Menu access or quit the camera settings menu Click Page Switch to get back to interface as shown in Diagram 5 3 P T Z control The directional key is mainly used for internal menu control i e the ca...

Page 77: ...e 5 6 HARD DISK REDUNDANCY The hard disk drive HDD redundancy function can backup recorded files The User can then retrieve files from a redundant HDD if a single HDD is damaged This enhanced system d...

Page 78: ...e security situation Detection parameters for a Seagate HDD for example are divided into seven parts ID detection code Attribute Description Threshold Attribute Value Worst Date and Status 1 ID Detect...

Page 79: ...m attribute value is 100 for IBM Quantum and Fujitsu or 253 for Samsung Of course there are some exceptions for example some models produced by Western Digital have two different attribute values and...

Page 80: ...downloaded update file 1 Uncompress the DVR update file e g DeviceUpdate_V1 10 R 20120822 rar 2 Double click the DVR network update tool RECUpgrade exe as below 3 Enter the IP address and TCP port cod...

Page 81: ...pdatepacket bin file to vss bin put it into the root directory of a USB drive then plug the USB drive into the USB port on the DVR Using the DVR s OSD interface go to Main Menu Maintenance Version and...

Page 82: ...echnology Now widely used in hard disk data security technology a monitoring system analyzes motor circuit HDD and disk head when a HDD is running and warns you when there is an abnormality CVBS Compo...

Page 83: ...te File Bit Rate File 96k 42M 320k 140M 896k 393M 128k 56M 384k 168M 1 00M 450M 160k 70M 448k 196M 1 25M 562M 192k 84M 512k 225M 1 50M 675M 224k 98M 640k 281M 1 75M 787M 256k 112M 768k 337M 2 00M 900M...

Page 84: ...her manufacturer s hard disk are suitable too How To Detect Western Digital HDDs a Go to www wdc com choose WD support download SATA SAS WD Caviar GP then download the software as shown in Diagram 5 1...

Page 85: ...ard please contact your supplier 3 There is an HDD error Replace the faulty HDD Remote control does not work Possible reasons 1 Check if the batteries in the remote control are installed properly 2 Ch...

Page 86: ...standard the preview will be blurred Blurred screen in playback mode or failure to play back recordings Possible reasons 1 Procedure error reboot the DVR 2 HDD error test or replace the HDD 3 DVR har...

Page 87: ...the Tools menu and go to the Advanced tab Make sure the memory protection item is not enabled See the following DIAGRAM 5 14 IE TOOL BAR Internet Explorer 9 0 or above Please use a compatible mode if...

Page 88: ...ht and Enter Menu button 5 Record Playback control Control recording playback 6 Record mode Enter short menu as record mode button 7 ADD Input the number of DVR to control 8 FN Assistant function 9 Se...

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