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Digital

Video

Recorder

Operation Manual

TR-2204

Summary of Contents for TR-2204

Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual TR 2204 ...

Page 2: ...ividuals who are not familiar with its use seek technical assistance from their retailer regarding product installation and use If you need to disassemble the product for functionality expansion or repair purposes you must contact your retailer and seek professional assistance Both retailers and users should be aware that this product has been certified as being electromagnetically compatible for ...

Page 3: ...ug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions A When the power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B If liquid is spilled or objects have fallen into the equipment C If the equipment has been exposed to rain or water D If the equipment does not operate normally by following the operating instructions adjust only those ...

Page 4: ...NCE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WARNING CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT THIS CLASS OF DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN INTERFERENCE CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS WEEE Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment Correct Disposal of This Product Applicable in the European Union...

Page 5: ...respective owners The information in this manual is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication even though explanations of some functions may not be included We are not responsible for any problems resulting from the use thereof The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions or new editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such changes The...

Page 6: ...16 Context Menu Access 18 Video Recording 18 Panic Recording 18 Audio Recording 19 Video Recording Playback 19 All Channel Playback 19 Triplex Playback 19 Remote Control Buttons during Playback 19 Context Menu 19 Part 2 Configuration 20 Menu Use 20 Text Input via Virtual Keyboard 20 Batch Assignment 21 Mouse 21 System Setup 21 General 21 Date Time 27 User 28 System Event 30 General 32 ...

Page 7: ... In 40 Camera Setup 41 General 41 PTZ 42 Clip Privacy 42 Privacy Masking 43 Device Setup 43 Audio 43 Alarm Out 44 Remote Control 44 Network Setup 45 General 45 LAN 46 FEN 47 RTSP 48 IDIS Web 49 VNC 49 NetFS 50 Notification Setup 52 Callback 52 Mail 52 FTP 53 Schedule 54 Display Setup 55 OSD 55 Main Monitor 56 ...

Page 8: ... Menu 58 Event Log Search 58 Record Table Search 60 Motion Search 61 Text In Search 62 Thumbnail Search 63 Bookmarks 63 Clip Copy 64 Print 65 Overlapped Recording Search 66 Part 4 IDIS Web 67 Web Live Mode 69 Web Search Mode 71 Part 5 Appendix 74 Index 74 3 4 5 ...

Page 9: ...d for the admin account Select admin and then OK without entering a password to log in Leaving the admin account unassigned with a password poses a security risk Please assign a password at your earliest convenience A warning message will continue to be displayed until a password is assigned Click on the button next to the password field using the mouse This will bring up a virtual keyboard you ca...

Page 10: ...previous next screen group Freeze Freezes the screen Select Freeze again to unfreeze Alarm Pressing this button while the alarm has been activated resets all DVR outputs including the built in buzzer Panic Recording Activates deactivates Panic Recording Sequence Initiates Sequence in the same manner as pressing the SEQUENCE button while in Live mode To exit select Sequence once more or press the S...

Page 11: ... Control Adjusts the camera s self settings Menu Control is supported only for the cameras that use Pelco C H CProtocol and support UTC Up The Coax function Menu Control is not supported if the port is set to RS232 or RS485 in the PTZ setting Edit Group Enter to the Edit Group mode in the split screen layout Information Displays currently connected camera information and recording status Search Al...

Page 12: ... to control the selected camera as long as it has Pan Tilt and Zoom capabilities It is the same as pressing the PTZ button Zoom Zooms the current image of the selected camera on the screen It is the same as pressing the ZOOM button Selecting Zoom again in the Camera Menu again exits the Zoom mode Color Control Adjusts the camera s color settings Menu Control Adjusts the camera s self settings Menu...

Page 13: ...ntrol s button to exit Edit Group Alternatively press the Menu button and then select Exit Group Edit to exit Edit Group will terminate automatically after 15 seconds of inactivity Zoom Press the ZOOM button on the remote control and select a channel you wish to zoom in on A zoom frame will appear on the selected channel Use the arrow buttons to position the frame Press the Play Pause button to cy...

Page 14: ...n the mouse Also it s possible to use the mouse wheel to zoom in out Logging in with an account that has PTZ Control Authority is necessary in order to control PTZ cameras A message will prompt if there is no PTZ camera displayed on the Live screen Zoom in out and shift focus using the PTZ Control ZOOM FOCUS buttons on the remote control To exit PTZ mode press the PTZ button again Setting Up a PTZ...

Page 15: ...ected PTZ camera remain inactive You can use the mouse to control PTZ cameras Left click on the mouse and drag to move the camera in the desired direction and use the mouse wheel to zoom in out While in PTZ mode place the mouse pointer close to the bottom edge of the screen to display the PTZ Tools window PTZ Camera Pan and Tilt Zoom In Out Focus Near Far IRIS Open Close Set Move to Preset Device ...

Page 16: ... cameras as Covert 1 or Covert 2 Covert 1 Hides images from the camera in Live mode but does indicate the camera s title and status via icons Covert 2 The camera is indicated as being inactive Images from the camera are not shown Camera title and status icons are not shown Users that have a cover Covert Camera View are able to view both images from and status icons for all Covert 1 and Covert 2 ca...

Page 17: ...rd disk drive has been replaced Storage Indicates each disk s status Configure Disk Bad and Disk Temperature settings under Setup System System Event Disk Bad Not Formatted A disk that has never been used before Good Disk performing normally If the HDD is partially damaged indicates the bad sector percentage Error If the HDD s bad sector ratio is higher than as designated by the user Generates a s...

Page 18: ... all the connections are made correctly as per information contained in Part 2 of this operation manual For more information on video recording settings refer to the Record Setup on page 32 Panic Recording Select Live or Search menu s Panic Recording icon or press the Panic Recording button on the front panel or the remote control to commence panic recording on all registered cameras To stop Panic...

Page 19: ...g playback All Channel Playback 1 Press the Menu button while in Live mode 2 Select the Search Mode icon and then select All Channels 3 The selected search mode will be initiated For more information on data search refer to the Part 3 Search on page 57 Triplex Playback 1 Press the Menu button while in Live mode 2 Select the Search Mode icon and then select Triplex 3 The DVR supports the Triplex fu...

Page 20: ...on Setup 8 Display Setup 2 Use the remote control s arrow buttons to select an option and then press the remote control s button or left click on the option using the mouse 3 Change the setting and then select Save to save the change To apply default settings select the Default button located on the left bottom corner of the setup window Text Input via Virtual Keyboard Use the remote control s arr...

Page 21: ...er to the Menu Use on page 20 for basic information on using the Setup menus General This Setup menu contains general system options Site Used to enter a description about the system s installation site no description by default You can edit the information using the virtual keyboard System ID Used to identify the DVR apart from other DVRs System ID is also used to control the DVR with the remote ...

Page 22: ...one and Use Daylight Saving Time Export Exports the current system settings to a storage device connected to the system s USB port or the registered FTP site in NetFS You can designate a File Name for the export file For USB flash memory devices the DVR supports the FAT16 and FAT32 files format Show System Log Displays a searchable list of 5 000 most recent system log entries For more information ...

Page 23: ...ta event will be added to the log Wizard Lets you configure basic settings required for operating the system 1 Select the desired Setup Wizard option and click Next Select Cancel from any of the Wizard screen to cancel the setup process and return to the main setup menu Quick Wizard 1 Select Quick Wizard 2 Specify the current date and time and then click Next The new date and time settings will on...

Page 24: ...ows High Video Quality Priority Profile Standard Recording Profile Longer Recording Time Priority Profile Motion Event Record Very high Very high 30 ips High Very High 15 ips Standard High 5 ips Continuous Motion Event Record Very high Very high 30 ips Time Event Time High Very High 15 ips Event Very High Very High 30 ips Time Standard High 5 ips Event High Very High 15 ips Continuous Very high Ve...

Page 25: ...figuration and then click Test to test the system s current network configuration This test must be performed before proceeding to the next step If the DVR is on a network connected to a network that has a DHCP server selecting Auto Configuration retrieves LAN settings such as IP and DNS addresses automatically Selecting Manual Configuration on the other hand lets you specify the settings manually...

Page 26: ... the registration process The Finish button will then become activated You will be prompted with an error message if you do not enter a name for the DVR or enter a name already registered on the FEN server Depending on the network environment FEN services may not be active and therefore prevent the DVR from connecting to the network In this case you will need to manually configure the ports For mo...

Page 27: ...rver s IP address or domain name or select and then choose a server from the list of registered time servers 3 Specify the server synchronization Interval 4 Select OK to apply and exit If you have configured the DNS Server setting under Network IP Address you can enter the time server s domain name instead of its IP address Selecting Run as Server sets the current DVR as a time server for other DV...

Page 28: ...the virtual keyboard For more information on using the virtual keyboard refer to the Text Input via Virtual Keyboard on page 20 To delete a registered user or group select the icon on the right of the corresponding user group Group Administrator and User admin cannot be deleted Select the icon next to Group User on the top of the screen to delete all groups and users except Group Administrator and...

Page 29: ...ogram Covert Camera View May access covert cameras in Live and Search modes Search Clip Copy The user who has permission for Clip Copy can perform Clip Copy If the user does not have permission Clip Copy is not allowed but only search is allowed Setup System Time Change May change the system s date and time settings Data Clear May clear data stored in the system PTZ Setup May configure PTZ setting...

Page 30: ...rding purposes Disks that were used in different systems will show up as Other Select Information to check the saved data s time information or select Delete to erase the data Select Format to prepare the disk as a storage for data recording Disks formatted with Use As set to Not Using will not be used for data recording This DVR supports SATA2 HDDs System Event Use this option to configure Monito...

Page 31: ... active Disk Almost Full Generates an event if the disk reaches the specified capacity 80 to 99 Disk Full Generates an event when all disks reach their maximum capacity Disk Bad Generates an event when the specified percentage of the disk becomes damaged Set to between 10 and 90 in 10 intervals Disk Temperature Specify the threshold temperature Once any disk reaches this threshold the system will ...

Page 32: ...ou can store event recording data for longer If you do not wish to use Limit Time Lapse Recording select Never This function is activated when data has been stored for longer than as configured because the recording disk has sufficient capacity and saves new data by overwriting Time Lapse Recording data that are older than as specified under Recycle mode If the recording stored on the disk is shor...

Page 33: ...the Panic Record button is pressed no recording will take place during the scheduled time frames on the scheduled days Time The icon appears on the upper left corner of the screen The icon appears at scheduled times to indicate recording is in progress Event The icon appears on the upper left corner of the screen The icon appears when the specified event occurs to indicate recording is in progress...

Page 34: ... after a corresponding event occurs Upper tier schedule s settings apply to unconfigured channels If multiple events take place on a specific channel and different ips Quality Resolution and Dwell Time settings apply highest settings apply to all event linked recordings The resolution can be set up at a time for each event or separately for each channel of an event When setting up at a time for ea...

Page 35: ...rom Very High High and Standard Dwell Specify the duration of pre event recording data If no event mode schedule exists in the schedule a warning message prompting you to add an event mode schedule will be displayed The warning message will appear even in Time Event mode Event Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 20 for basic information on using the Setup menus Motion No Select which cameras to ap...

Page 36: ... the specified number of blocks in order to trigger a Motion Detection event You may select a value between 1 and the number of blocks selected under Zone for daytime and nighttime each Motion Ignoring Time The system does not produce event log entries or issues remote notifications regarding motion detected during the specified time following the initial motion detection Set a value between 1 sec...

Page 37: ... block selection in the selection window Clear Clear the block selection in the selection window Reverse Clear the blocks selected within the selection window and select all unselected blocks within the selection window Select All Select all blocks Clear All Clear all block selections Reverse All Clear all selected blocks within the screen and select all unselected blocks within the screen Zone Vi...

Page 38: ...me starts and ends Adjust the time frame in 15 minute increments Times outside the specified range will be assumed as nighttime by the system Alarm In No Enable disable alarm ins Title Use the virtual keyboard to enter titles Type Change the alarm in type Actions Specify which actions to take when Alarm In is detected Record Specify which cameras to begin linked recording on when an event occurs I...

Page 39: ...sitivity Allow you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 Never and 1 least sensitive to 15 most sensitive Video blind might NOT be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values Activation Time Allow you to set the duration before the DVR will report a Video Blind The DVR will not consider any blinded c...

Page 40: ...Transaction End has been designated the system will recognize the specified string as the end of a transaction Select 0 more line s next to Transaction End and specify a value between 1 and 10 The system will recognize the specified Transaction End string plus the number of lines as being the end of a transaction Line Delimiter Designate a string to mark the end of a line You can enter control str...

Page 41: ...emote program Camera Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 20 for basic information on using the Setup menus General Enable disable the covert view and rename cameras No Turn the camera number On or Off Title Edit the camera s name Use Set the camera as Normal Covert 1 or Covert 2 Live images and video recordings from cameras that have been set as Covert 1 or Covert 2 will not be available to users ...

Page 42: ...85 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer s instructions Configure the port s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer s instructions Clip Privacy Configure privacy masking zone for CLIP COPY No Turn on off the camera number Privacy Zone Display the full screen live mode of the channel and you can configure the privacy zone area by dragging on the area with the mous...

Page 43: ...te Delete the selected privacy masking area Delete All Delete the all privacy masking area Save Save the changes and exit the privacy masking area options screen Cancel Exit the privacy masking area options without saving the changes SD images can have restrictions when configuring the masking area Device Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 20 for basic information on using the Setup menus Audio T...

Page 44: ...nt occurs On Alarm out is always on Off Alarm out is always off Channels Configure alarm out port and beep settings Remote Control Port Select None RS232 or RS485 and then click the Setup button and then select the correct Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR You can select the device from the Remote Control Product list If the RS232 port and RS485 ...

Page 45: ... Depending on the network environment this speed may not be achieved Network Bandwidth Limit Configure the bandwidth to limit If you configured the Network Bandwidth Limit the live video may not be displayed smoothly in a remote program Remote Audio Channel Transmits the selected channel s audio to the remote program Select Select From Client to stream audio of the channel selected on the remote p...

Page 46: ...he UPnP Universal Plug and Play feature select Use UPnP If using an IP router or NAT UPnP service allows the device to automatically forward the port to the DVR This port is used to access a port that has a private IP address In order to use the UPnP service the IP router or NAT must support UPnP port forwarding and have the relevant options enabled Port number cannot be changed with Use UPnP sele...

Page 47: ...ed to connect remotely at the same time Contact the service center for more information FEN If using a dynamic IP address FEN service makes it easy to connect to the DVR from a remote program without having to configure dynamic IP or router settings Use FEN Check if you wish to use FEN service FEN Server Enter the FEN server s IP address or domain name If you have configured the DNS Server setting...

Page 48: ... RTSP service allows you to monitor real time using the Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP Port Set the port number of the RTSP server obtained from your system administrator RTP Port Set the start end port number of the RTP server obtained from your system administrator Use Mobile Access a remote DVR using a Blackberry or other mobile devices Selecting Use Mobile sets the IDIS Web service to be en...

Page 49: ...Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers VNC VNC service allows you to access the DVR and control it remotely using a PC or mobile devices via Ethernet Use VNC Enable disable VNC You will be able to change the settings if Use VNC is enabled Port Configure the port number of the VNC server Password Configure the Password to use when connecting to the DVR from a remote locale Up to thr...

Page 50: ...ceUP PageDown Pressing the d or PageUp or PageDown key toggles between different display formats It is the same as pressing the LAYOUT button on the front panel c or Home Pressing the c or Home key allows you to copy video clips F5 Pressing the F5 key refreshes the current VNC screen NetFS It allows you to register NetFS sites for the following functions Upload or download of files for upgrade imp...

Page 51: ...FS site Print It allows you to save images as a PDF file on the NetFS site Site Enter NetFS site information When you delete a FTP site in the NetFS setup screen on the Network menu the FTP site in the FTP setup screen on the Eventupload will be deleted too When you change the usage to other than ALL or Clip Copy a FTP notification function will be disabled Select the icon to delete the existing N...

Page 52: ... select among CBF JPG and MP4 When selecting CBF the DVR will attach an event detected video clip to an email When selecting JPG the DVR will attach the event detected image file JPEG format to an email When selecting MP4 the DVR will attach the event detected video clip MP4 format to an email Mail Add a mail recipient Assign the Recipient to a Group and enter the Recipient s Display Name Enter th...

Page 53: ... user authentication is required by the SMTP server select Use and then enter the User and Password information 2 Select OK to apply and exit This product contains content developed by OpenSSL Project for use in Open SSL Toolkit http www openssl org FTP The FTP feature uploads event detected image or video clip on the FTP site when an event occurs Select the icon at the bottom of the list to add a...

Page 54: ...ill be deleted too If many event occurs during a short period images may not be uploaded on the FTP site The FTP notification is not supported for system events If upload fails several times it deletes the images or video clips When the DVR boots it deletes all images and video clips even if they were not uploaded yet Schedule Select the icon at the lower left corner of the screen to add a notific...

Page 55: ... when audio communication is available between the DVR and a PC running IDIS Center via Ethernet The icon displays when VNC service is running Freeze Sequence The icon displays while in the Freeze mode and the displays while in the Sequence mode Screen Group Displays the number of screen group Free Space The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode and the percentage of available storage ...

Page 56: ...t the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor Main Monitor Configure monitor related settings Interval Select between 1 secs and 1 mins For more information on Sequence refer to the Sequence on page 10 Event Monitoring On With Event Monitoring enabled video feed from the camera configured to start recording when an event occurs is s...

Page 57: ...irst Displays the first recorded image Go to the Last Displays the last recorded image Go to the Date Time Displays the Go to the Date Time screen 3 Bookmarks Add the current playback point to the bookmark list The maximum number of bookmarks that can be saved is 64 4 Display Used to change the screen layout to single screen and 2x2 OSD On Off Enables disables the OSD feature 5 6 Previous Next Gro...

Page 58: ...p Copy Setup window for designating points A and B Print Print a selected image Status Allow you to check the status of the DVR s system event status and storage Selecting Status will only be enabled for a user who has System Check authority Data Source Record Search recording data contained in the main recording device Other Search data recorded while disks used in other systems were connected Ex...

Page 59: ...ected events from the entire From and To range will be searched Camera Filter Alarm In Select which channels to search alarm in events in Motion Select which channels to search motion detection events in Tripzone Select which channels to search Tripzone detection events in Video Loss Select which channels to search video loss events in Video Blind Select which channels to search video blind events...

Page 60: ... Blue Time Lapse Recording Purple Event Recording Yellow Pre Event Recording Red Panic Recording 2 Zoom Select zoom in to compose recording data in 1 minute segments and select zoom out to compose recording data in 3 minute segments Selecting zoom out displays more time in one screen than zoom in screen If recording from points in time prior or after the time frame displayed on the screen is avail...

Page 61: ...een mode Select Option to configure Motion Search options Select First under From and Last under To to search the recording from start to finish Alternatively you can uncheck the First and Last options and specify the search time frame manually Type Motion Search looks for motion in the selected area by comparing individual frames against their preceding frames This means slow and gradual movement...

Page 62: ...m and Last under To to search the recording from start to finish Alternatively you can uncheck the First and Last options and specify the search time frame manually Selecting button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the starting date and time Channels Select a channel Select Any Text In Product to select a device type Add a search variable Option Select whether...

Page 63: ...kward or forward through the day hour minute images When there is no matching images on the selected date the message NO IMAGE is displayed Double click on the image to change the date unit Bookmarks Select Bookmarks from the Search menu to bring up the Bookmarks Setup window Select the icon to add a bookmark to the current playback position Use the virtual keyboard to enter the bookmark name and ...

Page 64: ...FS site the capacity of NetFS site and Disk cannot be found The DVR displays the volume as 30GB regardless of the actual disk volume and the maximum size limit on Clip Copy files is 30GB If the video clip is uploaded after being clip copying video clips will be deleted If there are same files the video clips cannot be copied File name Designate a name for the file The name may be up to 63 characte...

Page 65: ...alfunction or critically damage the external USB device s file system You may be prompted with an error message when trying to back up on the device If so you will need to restart the DVR If the USB hard disk s file system has been damaged restarting the DVR will not solve the problem and the aforementioned error message will continue to be displayed each time you attempt a backup If this is the c...

Page 66: ...5 00 6 00 Segment 1 Segment 2 When searching overlapped video recordings you can choose a specific point in time or a time frame If you use the Go to the Date Time option and select a point within the overlapped time period 4 o clock for example you must specify 4 o clock in which of the two existing segments If you use the Event Log Search or Motion Detection option and select a time frame within...

Page 67: ...ernet Explorer Ver 7 0 or above 32 Bit IDIS Web only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with other browsers IDIS Web does not work in Microsoft Windows 8 metro UI 1 Launch Internet Explorer and then enter the following information in the address bar http IP Address Port Number DVR system s IP address and IDIS Web port number configured under Network General Default Value 1208...

Page 68: ...llow websites to open windows without address or status bars Enable To use IDIS Web on Microsoft Windows Vista or above launch Internet Explorer by right clicking on the icon and selecting the Run as administrator option Otherwise certain IDIS Web functions might not be available Launching a new version of IDIS Web for the first time can cause Internet Explorer to load information from the previou...

Page 69: ...e places the selected camera in the first cell of the layout that will be changed 5 Click to print the current video screen using a printer connected to the computer 6 Click to save the current video screen as an image file 7 Click TYPE 1 to configure rendering mode and OSD settings Select rendering mode to adjust the video output rate or select which OSD elements to display on the screen from the...

Page 70: ...ocale via microphone Enables playback of audio from the remote locale on speakers Enables two way audio communication with the remote locale Disables audio transmission If the remote locale connected to supports audio transmission icon appears on the corresponding camera screen Aspect Ratio Changes the aspect ratio of the video displayed on the screen Fit to Screen Fit the video to the size of the...

Page 71: ...nter on the logo to check IDIS Web s version 3 Displays time information of the video recording from the remote DVR 4 Select the desired mode 5 Click to print the current video screen using a printer connected to the computer 6 Click to save the video recording as an executable file 7 Click to save the current video screen as an image file 8 Click TYPE 1 to configure rendering mode and OSD setting...

Page 72: ...e calendar The time table at the bottom displays recording data information for the selected date Select a point in time to display video from that moment If multiple recordings are available for the selected point in time you can select the desired segment Select to enable event search mode and search for events matching user designated parameters Use the playback controls to play back video TYPE...

Page 73: ...ystem If no name is entered for the camera the name used at the remote locale is shown on the screen Enable Audio If audio was recorded with the video enabling this option plays audio upon playback limited to single screen playback Aspect Ratio Changes the aspect ratio of the video displayed on the screen Anti Aliasing Screen Removes stair step effect blocks that is caused when zooming a video to ...

Page 74: ...io Recording 19 E Event Monitoring 16 L LAN 46 M Motion Search 58 60 Mouse 21 O OSD 55 P Panic Recording 18 Pre Event 35 Print 65 R Recording 18 S Search 57 Storage 30 T Text In 40 Text In Search 62 V Video Analytics 35 Part 5 Appendix V1 6 ...

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