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Digital

Video

Recorder

Operation Manual

TR-4516

Summary of Contents for TR-4516

Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual TR 4516 ...

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: ...or 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 software included in this product contains some Open Sources You may obtain the corresponding source code which we have to distribute according to the license policy Go to System Setup About p...

Page 6: ...ext Menu Access 18 Video Recording 18 Panic Recording 18 Audio Recording 19 Video Recording Playback 19 All Channel 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 31 About 32 General 33 Schedule 34 Pre Event 36 ...

Page 7: ...ext In 39 Camera Setup 40 General 40 PTZ 40 Privacy Masking 41 Device Setup 42 Audio 42 Alarm Out 42 Network Setup 43 General 43 LAN 44 FEN 45 RTSP 46 IDIS Web 47 Notification Setup 47 Callback 47 Mail 48 Schedule 49 Display Setup 49 OSD 49 Main Monitor 50 ...

Page 8: ...rching Video 51 Search Menu 51 Context Menu 52 Event Log Search 53 Record Table Search 54 Text In Search 55 Bookmarks 56 Clip Copy 56 Overlapped Recording Search 58 Part 4 IDIS Web 59 Web Live Mode 61 Web Search Mode 63 3 4 ...

Page 9: ...e by e mail and click OK There is no default password 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 th...

Page 10: ... the external monitor You can set split screen and sequence for the selected monitor Display Used to change the screen layout to single screen 2x2 1 5 1 7 3x3 4x4 Camera OSD Status OSD Camera OSD or Status OSD On and Off Previous Next Group Loads the previous next screen group Freeze Freezes the screen Select Freeze again to unfreeze Alarm Pressing this button while the alarm has been activated re...

Page 11: ...ick on the mouse and drag to change the orientation and use the wheel with the left click on the mouse to zoom in out more precisely Audio Enable disable audio Color Control Allows you to control brightness contrast hue and saturation for each camera for the selected camera if a user who has Color Control authority logs into the system Video Position Adjusts the video position in left right direct...

Page 12: ...a menu PTZ Allows you 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 Video Position Adjusts the vide...

Page 13: ...ely 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 cycle through various zoom factors When Zoom i...

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: ... designate 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 C...

Page 17: ...RAID configuration is broken Degrade Event status is displayed when one of the HDDs composing RAID is in error 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 th...

Page 18: ... operation manual For more information on video recording settings refer to the Record Setup on page 33 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 Recording select the Panic Recording icon or press the Panic Recording button again I...

Page 19: ...udio playback of the selected recording is available in full screen mode only Covert protection on cameras also applies to video recording 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 51 Remote Con...

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: ...the current system settings to a storage device connected to the system s USB port 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 on types of system log entries refer to the System Log Types in the installation man...

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: ...l 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 more information on port configuration refer to N...

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: ...e Alarm Out Control button on the remote program 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...

Page 30: ...n another model is displayed as Unformatted when connected Mirror The DVR suppports function that records the same data on the two disks at the same time Up to two Mirrors are supported This function only works if the two internal hard disks have the same capacity and model If you change the setup related to Mirror you must reboot the system A disk problem may cause mirroring to stop The separated...

Page 31: ...ct information about mirroring to check the disk s model and serial number RAID Configuration Error RAID Broken When some of the HDDs that make up RAID are in error and then the defective HDDs are replaced the data cannot be recovered Degrade Confi If the defective HDDs are replaced the data can be recovered by rebuilding the system However performance may be degraded in this case System Event Use...

Page 32: ...aged Set to between 10 and 90 in 10 intervals Disk Temperature Specify the threshold temperature Once any disk reaches this threshold the system will issue an alert Disk S M A R T Monitors disks that support S M A R T and notifies the user if a disk error is detected Disk Config Change It will be highlighted when the DVR reboots after the hard disk drive has been replaced Fan Error Notifies the us...

Page 33: ...select Never If enabled recording data will be stored on the DVR for the specified number of days and then deleted automatically Expired recording data are deleted automatically at midnight and will be deleted even if the system reboots or the Auto Deletion setting has been changed Limit Time Lapse Recording You can store event recording data for longer If you do not wish to use Limit Time Lapse R...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...urs 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 each event the following options a...

Page 36: ...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 37: ...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 and 10 secs or choose Ne...

Page 38: ... does not produce event log entries or issues remote notifications regarding video loss detected during the specified time following the initial video loss detection Set a value between 0 1 sec and 15 secs or choose Never Actions Specify which actions to take when a Video Loss event occurs Record Specify which cameras to begin linked recording on when an event occurs If the schedule is set to Even...

Page 39: ...ecify a string to ignore from transaction records Case Sensitive Ignores case in strings designated under Transaction Start Transaction End Line Delimiter and Ignore String Case Sensitive does not apply to control strings Time Out Once Time Out has been enabled the system will assume the end of a transaction if no new string is entered within the specified duration of time Select between 5 secs an...

Page 40: ...he type supported by the camera Mode Select the width resolution supported by the camera among Auto 720 960 HD Full HD 3MP 4MP and 5MP Selecting Auto allows the DVR to automatically detect the width resolution supported by the camera When selecting Auto the 720 HD Full HD 3M 4M and 5M mode are supported The input resolution is applied without rebooting the system If the camera s width resolution i...

Page 41: ...Live and Recording screen 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 mouse The privacy masking zone can be configured up to 4 areas Delete Delete the selected privacy masking area Delete All Delete the all privacy masking area Save Save the changes and exit the privacy m...

Page 42: ... add a schedule You can apply different schedules for different Days of the week Select icon to delete the schedule Dwell Time Select a value between 5 secs and 15 mins as the alarm out duration Title Designate a name for the alarm out Reverse Relay Reverse the alarm out type connected to the DVR rear panel NO NC Range Change the schedule time frame Mode Select Event On or Off Event Generates an a...

Page 43: ...ransfer speed you set is the maximum speed 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 aud...

Page 44: ...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 selected Sta...

Page 45: ...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 46: ...es to register the DVR s name to the FEN server If FEN has been configured correctly the FEN server s help desk information will be displayed in the Help Desk field the next time you access the FEN Setup screen RTSP 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 Se...

Page 47: ...IDIS Web by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers Notification Setup Callback Configure Callback settings LAN Enter the IP address of the receiving server and set Retry to between 1 and 10 in case of connection failure Push Send out event related messages to mobile phone Enable to receive the event occured in DVR on the mobile phone Android iOS The DVR must be reg...

Page 48: ...ect the icon to remove the account SMTP Setup Select SMTP Setup at the bottom right corner of the screen to configure an SMTP server 1 Enter the SMTP Server s IP address or domain name and then configure the Port and Sender settings Default SMTP server port number is 25 Select Test to send out a test mail using the current settings Select SSL TLS or STARTTLS depending on the security connection wh...

Page 49: ... Display information on the bottom of the screen Status Remote Control The icon displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared remote control Zoom The icon displays on the enlarged video Network The icon displays when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet The icon displays on each camera when audio communication is available between the DVR and a PC running IDIS Center via Ether...

Page 50: ...een Full Sequence and Cameo Sequence In the full sequence mode the DVR sequences through the cameras and displays them full screen In the cameo sequence mode the bottom right window in a multi screen format sequences through the cameras 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...

Page 51: ...st 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 2x2 1 5 1 7 3x3 4x4 OSD On Off Enables disables the OSD feature 5 6 Previous Next Group Loads ...

Page 52: ...cking the right mouse button on the screen while in the search mode 0 Export A B Clip Copy Designate a start point and an end point and copy the data in between Clip Copy Open up the Clip Copy Setup window for designating points A and B 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 D...

Page 53: ...nged and the designated From or To point exists at more than one location you will have to choose one Only the events that took place between the selected From and To points will be searched If Check Time Overlap has not been selected 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 s...

Page 54: ...ing Data Bar Colors 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 ...

Page 55: ...t rate X16 X32 X64 X128 X256 Press to cycle through and the speed Text In Search Select Text In Search from the Search menu to bring up the Text In Search window Select a Transaction to display the video recording that corresponds to the selected time and date paused state Text in information is superimposed on the screen at normal playback speed The information is not shown under any other playba...

Page 56: ...he arrow buttons to highlight the bookmark point for which you would like to see video The icon can be used to delete a Bookmark The maximum number of bookmarks that can be saved is 64 Clip Copy Clip Copy Select Export Clip Copy from the Search menu or press the remote control s BACK UP button for more 3 seconds while in Live or Playback mode to open up the Clip Copy setup window Specify the From ...

Page 57: ... with a confirmation window Press the remote control s BACK UP button for more 3 seconds while in Live or Playback mode to open up the Clip Copy setup window with One Touch mode One Touch Clip Copy configures the storage range automatically based on the storage drive s capacity If there is insufficient space available on the selected storage device you will only be able to Clip Copy an amount of d...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...rnet Explorer Version 10 or later 32 bit Chrome Google Chrome 22 0 1229 0 or above 59 xxx or above recommended Edge 98 0 1108 43 or above 1 Launch the web browser 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 12088 http fen idisglobal com FEN Name FEN Name DVR n...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...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 settings Select rendering m...

Page 64: ...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 1 Go to First TYPE ...

Page 65: ...tem 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 im...

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