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HD-SDI DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

 

User’s Manual

 

 

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Summary of Contents for 4CH HD-SDI DVR

Page 1: ...Real time HD SDI DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER User s Manual Visit our website for detailed product spec 12000 Ford Road Suite 110 Dallas Texas 75234 Tel 972 247 1203 Fax 972 247 1291 www idview com 1...

Page 2: ...tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the e...

Page 3: ...G 22 2 2 1 Basic Operation 22 2 3 SEARCH AND PLAYBACK OPERATION 25 2 3 1 Basic operation 25 2 3 2 Calendar 26 2 3 3 Search operation 26 2 3 4 Playback operation 28 3 PTZ CONTROL 29 4 EXPORT VIDEO 30 5...

Page 4: ...EMOTE SEARCH AND PLAYBACK 70 7 4 1 Search by Time 70 7 4 2 Search by Channel 71 7 4 3 Search by Event 71 7 4 4 Web Viewer Playback Operation 72 7 4 5 Web Viewer Setup Menu 73 7 4 6 Remote Export 74 7...

Page 5: ...6 LIVE VIDEO 103 9 7 PLAYBACK VIDEO 105 9 7 1 Search for Playback Videos 107 9 7 2 Search operation 108 9 8 CMS PLAYBACK OPERATION 111 9 9 CMS EXPORT 112 9 9 CMS PTZ CONFIGURATION 114 9 10 CMS SYSTEM...

Page 6: ...ge without requiring having the complicated knowledge of IP based system It is the ultimate solution for high quality and reliable surveillance system 1 1 Features Dual Core CPU demonstrates the extre...

Page 7: ...s at Full HD 1920x1080 Pre Recording 5 seconds Post Recording 300 or above seconds Display mode Full screen Multi screen Playback control Play Pause Step Fast forward Rewind Fast rewind Search Control...

Page 8: ...93 D mm 5mm Description 8x1080p30 H 264 HP w dual streams 8 optional Up to 240 fps at Full HD 1920x1080 16 Alarm in 4 Alarm out 1 Support Pelco D Pelco P Security Yes 3 Levels of User Access Support E...

Page 9: ...0 C 40 C Full screen Multi screen PIP Sequence 1x HDMI 1920x1080p60 1xVGA up to 1920x1080 60Hz Description 16x1080p30 H 264 HP w dual streams Up to 480 fps at Full HD 1920x1080 16 Alarm in 4 Alarm ou...

Page 10: ...hard disk LAN Indicator turns on when network access is connected Alarm Indicator turns on when alarm is detected Status Indicator turns on when system exception alert is detected such as disk full d...

Page 11: ...turns on when network access is connected Alarm Indicator turns on when alarm is detected Status Indicator turns on when system exception alert is detected such as disk full disk error no disk networ...

Page 12: ...D SDI camera s video output to the SDI video input connectors 5 Alarm In Connect up to 4 alarm inputs to the alarm input connectors 6 Alarm Out N C or N O type alarm signal out 7 RS485 Connect a Pan T...

Page 13: ...nnectors 5 Audio Out Connect a speaker or other audio output device to the audio output connector 6 SDI In Connect HD SDI camera s video output to the SDI video input connectors 7 HDMI Connect a HDMI...

Page 14: ...ns 6 Display Button Press to switch the display mode 7 Sequence Button Press to enable disable sequence display mode 8 Zoom Button For digital zoom in out operation under digital zoom mode Or for zoom...

Page 15: ...rive x 8 Screws for mounting bracket x 8 The accessory quantity may be different for some models 8CH 16CH HD SDI DVR packing includes the below Digital video recorder x 1 IR remote control x1 User man...

Page 16: ...attached in the accessory pack to fix the mounting brackets to the hard drive Fix the hard drive to the screw holes indicated as in the below pictures to make sure the hard drive is well installed for...

Page 17: ...mbers and connect the HDD accordingly The DVR will recognize the hard drives according to the SATA port numbers for the disk management The SATA port number will be varied for some models Step 6 Compl...

Page 18: ...ddisk on to the harddisk mounting bracket and fix the screws on to the screw holes as indicated in the diagram Each set of harddisk brackets can mount 2 harddisks Step 3 Remove the screws on the top c...

Page 19: ...drive port numbers and connect the HDD accordingly The DVR will recognize the hard drives according to the SATA port numbers for the disk management Step 5 Connect the harddisk power cable and SATA ca...

Page 20: ...up the virtual keyboard to enter the preset user account and password to login to the system The default user name password is Administrator admin admin Operator operator operator Guest guest guest If...

Page 21: ...user level of the user logged in Authority Instructions based on 3 levels of users Administrator Operator Guest View live Yes Yes Yes OSD Yes Yes Yes Live Multiple up Yes Yes Yes Zoom Yes Yes Yes Pan...

Page 22: ...nctions are A System indicators Channel selection and Audio output selection The system indicator is showing general system status for each input channel 1 The color of the button stands for the statu...

Page 23: ...display the channel will be switched B Display mode control Single view display mode PIP display mode Quad display mode 1 5 display mode 1 7 display mode 9 up display mode 1 12 display mode 16 up disp...

Page 24: ...ick to switch to search and playback mode Under full screen mode click the button to enable Digital Zoom function Right click on the mouse to drag on the screen to zoom in the selected area Click to b...

Page 25: ...how below The display mode controls are the same as under Live View mode The function controls are as below Click to bring up the Export menu Under full screen mode click to enable Digital Zoom functi...

Page 26: ...The recorded file list is showing in the column below the files can be searched by Time Channel and Event Select the search type and the results will show in the list below Double click on the select...

Page 27: ...the event video user would like to view and double click the item to start to play on the display window The system provides the option to search the video by each event type and channel All the even...

Page 28: ...back section Click to playback video Click to pause video Click to reverse playback Click to switch to fast forward playback use and to adjust playback Speed in x0 25 x0 5 x1 x2 x4 and x8 Pause the vi...

Page 29: ...the PTZ device to up down left right up right up left down right down left Zoom Zoom in or Zoom out Focus To adjust focus to near or far Iris To adjust Iris to open or close Speed There are five level...

Page 30: ...the date and input the start time Record Duration Input the data duration to be exported Channel Select the channels to be exported The data contents will be shown in the list The total data size and...

Page 31: ...Vista or Windows 7 5 1 Installation The Export Player can be downloaded from DVR or Web Viewer On the DVR insert the USB pen drive then start the Export page as shown below Click Export Player button...

Page 32: ...ly play multiple channels that are within the same time duration The main functions are Single view display mode Quad display mode Under full screen mode click to enable Digital Zoom function Right cl...

Page 33: ...playback use and to adjust playback speed in x0 25 x0 5 x1 x2 x4 and x8 Click to stop playback video Click to enable or disable audio playback Drag the slide bar to adjust the volume When audio is on...

Page 34: ...functions 6 1 Camera The camera setup menu allows user to configure the behaviors related to the input video 6 1 1 Settings Display the current camera connecting status including camera title camera t...

Page 35: ...ra Note When disable the selected camera DVR will stop recording for the selected camera Camera title Click on the column the virtual keyboard will pop up for user to input the camera title Copy Click...

Page 36: ...2 1 Privacy Mask Settings Click Privacy Mask Setting button to bring up the privacy mask setup page Enabled To enable or disable privacy mask for the selected channel Click on the mouse to drag the ar...

Page 37: ...nables Select On Off to enable or disable the option Sensitivity Select the sensitivity from lowest to highest Target Threshold The target quantity to trigger the motion Click Apply to apply the setti...

Page 38: ...t The corresponding alarm output setting Send E mail Select On to send e mail to the preset mail account when video loss is detected Send Alarm Notification Select On to send alarm notification when v...

Page 39: ...t The corresponding alarm output setting Send E mail Select On to send e mail to the preset mail account when motion is detected Send Alarm Notification Select On to send alarm notification when motio...

Page 40: ...protocol type Baud Rate Select the speed used to transmit instruction or information through the RS485 port on the DVR Data Bit The data bit used for transferring This can be set to 8 or 7 Parity This...

Page 41: ...event Set the pre event recoding duration The maximum pre recording duration is 5 seconds Post event Set the post event recording duration Normal record Set the recording resolution frame rate and qu...

Page 42: ...ill be shown in the right column Click on the day you would like to set schedule check in the column to enable the timelines and select the recording behaviors User can configure multiple timelines fo...

Page 43: ...Setting The DVR provides the options for user to access to the DVR through DHCP Fixed IP or PPPoE Select the option you would like to use to enable and configure the settings 6 2 1 1 1 DHCP If user ha...

Page 44: ...d configure the fixed IP settings Enter the network information and click Apply to save the settings 6 2 1 1 3 PPPoE The DVR also allows user to use Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PPPoE service...

Page 45: ...Input DDNS provider and enter the required information Click Apply to save the settings 6 2 2 Notification 6 2 2 1 E Mail Notification To Email address 1 3 Allows user to input up to 3 email address...

Page 46: ...server needs to be encrypted by SSL Authentication To enable if the SMTP server requires authentication user name password User name Password Input the login user name and password if the SMTP server...

Page 47: ...Select the trigger type and time duration Timeout The alarm will last for the set time duration Transparent The alarm output remains active until the triggered event ends Non Stop The alarm will be co...

Page 48: ...er temperature Fan failed Power loss and IP conflict Select the exception and define the behaviors as below Buzzer Select On to enable buzzer when the exceptional events occur Trigger Alarm Out Select...

Page 49: ...language to be use on the DVR IR Remote Set the IR remote control ID for remote control use Each IR remote controller can control up to 9 DVRs Enable Authentication Select On to active the user login...

Page 50: ...the system The default user name password are admin admin operator operator and guest guest Double click the selected user or click on to edit the user settings Click on to delete the user However at...

Page 51: ...p on screen for user to adjust the system date and time Click Apply to enable the settings Time Zone Set the time zone that the DVR adjusts to when updating from the time server Date Format Select dat...

Page 52: ...Start time Set the start date and time of daylight saving time End time Set the end date and time of daylight saving time DST Bias This allows users to select the amount of time to move forward from...

Page 53: ...utomatically updates the time Click the button Sync Now if immediately synchronization is needed NTP Server Input the time server address for time synchronize The default NTP server is time stdtime go...

Page 54: ...e the monitor display type for HDMI and VGA output Both monitor output can be for main monitor or call monitor output Monitor resolution Select the proper resolution for the connected monitor output T...

Page 55: ...re the main monitor display mode and the contents Sequence enabled Select On to enable sequence display on main monitor Dwell Input the dwell time in seconds for sequence display Camera Select the cam...

Page 56: ...sequence display Camera Select the cameras to be appeared on the sequence display Call monitor setup Click to bring up the call monitor setup menu as below i Show Title Select On to enable display tit...

Page 57: ...57 User can select 1 up or 4 up if sequence display is disabled Also user can assign the display video in each cameo by clicking the channel icons on the right side...

Page 58: ...settings of the DVR 6 4 5 1 General Settings Overwrite Select On to enable hard disk overwrite when it s full Auto delete The hard disk will automatically erase the data after the selected number of...

Page 59: ...ormation of all the available hard disk The information is including the hard disk total storage size current temperature usage status available data start end time Click Format to format the selected...

Page 60: ...60 6 4 6 Miscellaneous 6 4 6 1 Shutdown User can select to reboot or shutdown the system from this page...

Page 61: ...SB flash device which contains the firmware version you would like to update Click Upgrade to start the firmware upgrading The system reboot is required to complete the firmware upgrade NOTE Do not di...

Page 62: ...alues User Configuration Select the configuration name and click Save to save the current configuration settings Or user can select the configuration from the list and click Restore to restore the sel...

Page 63: ...system information The information includes model name firmware version serial number LAN IP address and MAC address 6 5 2 Log This page allows user to filter and review the system event log Click th...

Page 64: ...e items you would like to review and to show in the event log The filtered log will be displayed in the page Click Save to USB with a USB flash device connected to the unit the filtered log will be sa...

Page 65: ...gs System Requirement The following are minimum system requirements for web viewer Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Support Internet Explorer 8 and above 32 bit CPU Minimu...

Page 66: ...User name and Password Users can also select the OSD language date format and time format from the login page Click Login to enter the web viewer The user name password are the same as the DVR login...

Page 67: ...en show the system status channel status and for user to control the audio display channel Please refer 2 2 1 Basic Settings The basic operation icons are showing on the main screen the functions are...

Page 68: ...click to zoom in out of the selected video in 2x 4x and 8x Click to take a snapshot of the selected video Note For remote snapshot please disable the protected mode in the IE browser as below 2 steps...

Page 69: ...69 Step 2 Please un click Enable Protected Mode to disable protected mode Then snapshot will perform normally in un protected mode...

Page 70: ...rch by Time The calendar on the screen shows the recorded data contains in the DVR hard drives The date highlighted in orange means there s recorded data of the date in the hard drives The red highlig...

Page 71: ...er would like to view The event video list of the selected channel will be shown on the screen Double click on the selected recorded file to start the playback 7 4 3 Search by Event Search by event al...

Page 72: ...below The progress bar shows the current playback status and timeline Drag the time indicator on the progress bar to move to the selected timeline to playback On the time bar it also indicates the ini...

Page 73: ...ig menu icon to switch to the setup menu page as below User can configure all the DVR settings remotely through the web viewer The setup menu operation is the same as in the DVR Please refer to the Ch...

Page 74: ...l off to enable or disable all channels Input the duration time you would like to export the maximum search duration is 60min Click Search to start the searched video files will be listed on screen Th...

Page 75: ...iew the exported file on the Export Player If the user does not have the Player installed in the PC click Export Player button to download the player to the PC Please refer to Chapter 5 for Export Pla...

Page 76: ...TZ Control Click the PTZ icon to enable the PTZ control panel This allows user to control the connected PTZ camera The basic operation is the same as the DVR PTZ control Please refer to Chapter 3 for...

Page 77: ...77 7 4 8 Remote Snapshot Click the Snapshot button in live mode or playback mode to store the current image as a still image and save in the PC folder...

Page 78: ...allows user to enlarge the live video at 2x 4x and 8x in live mode or in playback mode Move the focus to the selected video Click Full Screen button first and then click Digital Zoom icon and the sele...

Page 79: ...is running Google Android 2 2 or later and the device is with wireless network supported Download the APP Step1 Launch Google Play Store Step2 Search for VS Viewer tap Install the system will pop up t...

Page 80: ...80 Step3 Tap VS Viewer icon to launch the APP Step4 Tap Add to add new DVR Step5 Input DVR name Host IP Address Port User name and Password Tap on Save to activate the settings...

Page 81: ...81 To operate the APP Tap on the DVR or NVR that user would like to open the view window Rotate the screen the orientation of the screen rotates with the tablet as you turn it...

Page 82: ...t user would like display in the selected display window Tap on again to hide the selections PTZ Control Tap on in full screen to enable PTZ control 8 way pan tilt zoom control To pan tilt the PTZ dev...

Page 83: ...83 Preset Tap on to bring up the preset menu for operations...

Page 84: ...function To operate place two fingers at once on the display window and pinch them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in The zoom in out display ratio will be shown on the screen fro...

Page 85: ...on and the device is with wireless network supported Step1 Select App Store Step2 Search for VS Viewer Pro tap on Install APP the system will pop up the request for user to enter login password to sta...

Page 86: ...86 Step4 Tap on to add new DVR or NVR Step5 Input DVR NVR name Host IPAddress Port User name and Password Tap on Save to activate the settings...

Page 87: ...etween full screen and quad screen display Select the display mode and indicate the channel by tap on the number that user would like display in the selected display window Tap on again to hide the se...

Page 88: ...88 To adjust Iris to open or close Tap to go to Home position Preset Tap on to bring up the preset menu for operations...

Page 89: ...function To operate place two fingers at once on the display window and pinch them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in The zoom in out display ratio will be shown on the screen fro...

Page 90: ...compatibility with the operating system user are running this installation on System Requirement The following are minimum system requirements for CMS Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Windows Vis...

Page 91: ...to install NET Framework 4 0 to ensure CMS operation After click yes there will pop up the installation progress bar to indicate the progress The NET Framework 4 0 installer will ask user to review th...

Page 92: ...92 Please click Next to proceed further...

Page 93: ...93 Once NET Framework 4 0 software install successfully it will pop up the below complete message Then user can begin to install CMS Pro software...

Page 94: ...ework 4 0 install successfully user can begin the installation by clicking Next The CMS Pro installer will ask user to review the license terms After user accept the license terms please click I Agree...

Page 95: ...he program in a default directory User can either accept the default or choose the directory user would like to save the installer And click install to proceed with the installation The CMS Pro instal...

Page 96: ...omplete click Finish to exit the CMS Pro installer 9 2 Start CMS Pro from the PC The program automatically creates a shortcut icon on user s PC after CMS Pro install successfully Simply double click t...

Page 97: ...an pan tilt zoom the selected PTZ cameras D System Information It provides the information of CMS version User can change the date format time format and login authentication per user s requirements E...

Page 98: ...users to enter the User name and Password Click OK to enter CMS Pro Software The default user name password for CMS Pro is Administrator admin admin The program provides multi language support To chan...

Page 99: ...icon and Add Device will pop up in the same page to add it manually It is required for the information shown below before successfully adding the device to the program Please input device IP address H...

Page 100: ...it Device Name User can edit the device name by simply click on the mouse right button on the selected device to Edit Device Name After input the new device name click Edit and the new device name wil...

Page 101: ...ess Add Group and the default Group 1 will be generated The group number is increased by numerical order Click the mouse right button on Group 1 and the below drop down menu will be displayed 9 5 3 1...

Page 102: ...ntent click Open Group Stream on the desired group to play the video streaming 9 5 3 3 Edit Group Name User can modify the group name 9 5 3 4 Delete Group User can remove the group from the group list...

Page 103: ...eo window The menu bar provides the following functions The basic operations are showing on the main screen the functions are Full screen display mode Quad display mode 9 up screen display mode 16 up...

Page 104: ...e snapshots of the live video and save them on user s local computer Move the focus to the selected video and click Snapshot icon User can save the file to a desired directory Digital Zoom The functio...

Page 105: ...back Video The program supports 1 device synchronous playback in full screen or multi screen view To start looking for playback videos click Playback button first The menu bar is available for each vi...

Page 106: ...isplay mode Click to turn on off recorded audio Show Hide OSD Two way audio Click to take a snapshot of selected recorded video Click to digital zoom the selected recorded video Click to stop or play...

Page 107: ...ll pop up the calendar 9 7 1 1 Calendar The calendar on the screen shows the recorded data contains in the hard drives The date highlighted in red means there s recorded data of the date in the hard d...

Page 108: ...date and click Search button The results will show in the list Double click on the selected file then the video will start to play on the display window 9 7 2 1 Search by Time The recorded section li...

Page 109: ...r to search the event video by channel Select the date from the calendar and select the channel user would like to view The event video list of the selected channel will be shown on the screen Double...

Page 110: ...ect the channel user would like to view user can also click All On or All off to enable or disable all channels then select the event type Alarm Motion and Video Loss the event video list of the selec...

Page 111: ...o the selected timeline to playback On the time bar it also indicates the initial and end time of the current playback section Click to playback video Click to pause video Click to switch to fast forw...

Page 112: ...f to enable or disable all channels Input the duration time user would like to export the maximum search duration is 60min Click Search to start the searched video files will be listed on screen The m...

Page 113: ...iew the exported file on the Export Player If the user does not have the Player installed in the PC click Export Player button to download the player to the PC Please refer to Chapter 5 for Export Pla...

Page 114: ...PTZ settings from all cameras connected to the NVR on the network or user can create and add new PTZ preset points to those cameras through CMS Pro The basic operation is the same as the NVR PTZ cont...

Page 115: ...M YYYY MM DD YYYY or YYYY MM DD Time Format Select time format between 12 Hours and 24 Hours Login Authentication User can change CMS Pro password Please input the old password and input the desired n...

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