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  4CH  DVR 

 

User  Manual   

 

4CH  H.264  DVR  v0.3(M02) 

 

This  document  contains  preliminary  information  and  subject  to  change  without  notice.

 

 

 

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Page 1: ...1 4CH DVR User Manual 4CH H 264 DVR v0 3 M02 This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice ...

Page 2: ... cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Disposal of Old Electrical Electronic Equipment Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems This symbol on the product o...

Page 3: ...G SETUP __________________________________ 25 4 6 1 1 DHCP ___________________________________________ 25 4 6 1 2 LAN _____________________________________________ 26 4 6 1 3 ADSL___________________________________________ 26 4 6 2 HTTP Setup_______________________________________ 27 4 6 3 DDNS Setup ______________________________________ 27 4 6 4 Mail Setup _______________________________________...

Page 4: ...ATION AND USAGE GUIDE___________________ 55 9 1 CMS Installation____________________________________________ 55 9 2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT_____________________________ 58 9 3 DVRs Groups Events_____________________________________ 59 9 3 1 View DVR Group List _________________________________ 59 9 3 2 View Event Logs ______________________________________ 60 9 4 Local PC Information and Control...

Page 5: ...ual V0 3 M02 p5 CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION 1 1 PACKING 1 DVR Note Standard shipping products do not include HDD 3 IR Remote Control 7 Screws x4 4 Batteries x2 2 Quick Start 6 SATA Cord x1 8 Power Adaptor 5 CD ...

Page 6: ...nstallation Standard Shipping products do not include HDD Step 1 Remove the 3 screws from DVR as cycled below Step 2 Remove the front cover from DVR as indicated by the arrow Step 3 Place the HDD on the HDD plate and connect the power and the SATA cables ...

Page 7: ... 3 M02 p7 Step 4 Screw the bottom of the DVR as indicated as cycled Step 5 Place the bottom of DVR and screw NOTE The initialization of new installed HDD is required before recording please refer to manual UTILITY SETUP for detail ...

Page 8: ...B external devices 2 LED Display Power DVR Power is on 3 LED Display HDD Hard disk is in use 4 LED Display LAN Connected to the internet 5 LED Display LOGIN Remote user logged in 6 LED Display REC DVR Recording when recording is on 7 LED Display PLAY DVR Playing back 8 IR Sensor Input sensor for the remote control ...

Page 9: ... for a DC 12V input 2 MAIN monitor BNC port for the main monitor 3 VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras 16 in total 4 AUDIO IN RCA input port for audio signal 5 AUDIO OUT RCA output for audio signal 6 NTSC PAL Switch Switch between NTSC and PAL format 7 LAN Network port 8 VGA VGA port ...

Page 10: ...PLAY Start playing back the most recently recorded segment LOCK Enable Disable the Keypad function 1 2 3 4 Select the channel to monitor in full screen FREEZE Turn on off screen freeze function Switch to quad display ENTER MODE Switch to full screen quad display MENU Enable Disable setup Menu BK UP ESC Enable Disable backup menu SRH Enable Disable search menu MUTE Switch channel 1 output audio tur...

Page 11: ...Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following three menu icons Main menu Search menu Backup menu Turn on off recording Playback Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons FREEZE PIP picture in picture ZOOM double the screen size AUTO sequence LOCK activate the key lock Full screen display Quad display ...

Page 12: ...onnected to the LAN cable Film Normal Recording Clock Schedule Recording AUTO seq is on 2X 2X zoom in is on Freeze is on screen is frozen LOCK is on Shows the current hard disk space has been used 99 mean used 99 remain 1 Lower right of each CH will show the current time Icon Description Image quality High Low Full screen Record Snap shot Photo time in accordance with computer based Record and sna...

Page 13: ... mode Button Description ENTER MODE Switch to full screen quad 9 channel or 16 channel display MENU Turn on off PAUSE PLAY Play back at normal speed SLOW Play back at slower speed The speed will be slowed to 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1 16 of the normal speed Current playback speed is shown in the upper center of the screen Fast rewind Each press...

Page 14: ...Table 3 2 2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode Icon Description Fast rewind Fast forward Play pause SLOW slow playback stop playback Playback channel by channel with snap shot display Full screen display Quad display Zoom in display ...

Page 15: ...456 Please check the Account Setup for related setup of other log in users Table 4 0 1 Some definition of virtual keyboard Item Description Switch between capital and small letters Switch between numbers and letters Press to cancel the setup and re choose the login account Delete the last character Enter to identify the password It will enter the set up menu If the password is verified Space key ...

Page 16: ...on Switch to different options under one item Switch to different items MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode ESC Back to Upper level of menu without saving ENTER Enter the menu or display virtual keyboard PS The initialization of new installed HD is required before recording please refer to 4 9 UTILITY SETUP for detail ...

Page 17: ...begin from the oldest data of HDD and continue to record OSD position X Setup OSD X axis OSD position Y Set up OSD y axis OSD position setup Set up OSD axis Video Preservation Setup the video preservation period Recorded video will be deleted automatically after expiry of preservation period Quality Frame Rate Setup Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal recording and event...

Page 18: ...de No Check uncheck the box enable disable selected channel recording Resolution Select recording resolution NTSC 360x240 720x240 720x480 PAL 352X288 704X288 704X576 Quality Select quality Lowest Low Normal High Highest FPS You can setup FPS separately for each channel Auto Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps 4 2 EVENT SETUP Item Description Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detec...

Page 19: ...ach channel Enable Check the box to Enable Disable motion detection for each channel Sensitivity Drag the white bar or press to set up Sensitivity from valu e 1 to 10 for each channel The lower value you set the highe r sensitivity it will be Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area 4 2 1 1 MOTION AREA SETUP The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids The default detection...

Page 20: ...ue setup Exit Save Save setup and leave Exit Discard Cancel setup and leave 4 3 SCHEDULE SETUP Except from starting recording manually you can also setup the recording time by weeks and schedule including normal motion detect and sensor detect recording type Item Description Page Each page provides 10 schedules for setup 5 pages in total Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday up to 50 days other tha...

Page 21: ...d Setup Click on the time on the left side The setup menu will be displayed You can have detail setup by dates Time and event 4 3 2 Holiday Setup Since holidays are different by different country and region you can setup the holiday of your location accordingly ...

Page 22: ...ightness of your camera from value 1 to 255 The default value is 128 Contrast Drag the bar or press to adjust Contrast of your camera from value 1 to 255 The default value is 100 Chroma U V Drag the bar or press to adjust Chroma of your camera from value 1 to 255 The default value is 128 Hue Drag the bar or press to adjust Hue of your camera from value 1 to 255 The default value is 128 This functi...

Page 23: ...the same after firmware upgrade however it requires 8 digits for password length when you setup a new one Item Description No Check to activate the user s account Username Set up username Password Set up password for each user Password is 8 digits required and can be mixed by letters and numbers with case sensitive Letters can be mixed with capitals or lowercases Permissions Set up Permissions for...

Page 24: ...ndividual user maximum of 2 users role based permissions including access to Setup menu Network operation PTZ function Playback Utility Backup Password expiry date and Mask on specific channels while playing back 4 5 2 User Picture Setup User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive ...

Page 25: ... to connect to the network as followed 4 6 1 1 DHCP When DHCP is selected IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically Item Description Connect type Setup mode for network connection ADSL DHCL LAN HTTP Setup Enter to set up HTTP DDNS Setup Enter to set up DDNS Mail Setup Enter to set up mail ...

Page 26: ... Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP DNS Enter DNS address provided by ISP Note The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function 4 6 1 3 ADSL Select ADSL for network connection the following information is required Item Description User Name Enter user name provided by ISP Password Enter password provided by ISP ...

Page 27: ...ely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000 The default value is 80 Auto Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps No Chanel number Quality Set up record quality There are below basic basic normal high highest FPS Set up record FPS 4 6 3 DDNS Setup ...

Page 28: ...er Enter the completed registered SMTP Server Including username Server If the user name is h 264 and you choose i dvr as your server you should enter h 264 i dvr net User Name Enter user name Password Enter password For more detailed I DVR NET operation instruction please refer to appendix I 4 6 4 Mail Setup When event occurs VLOSS MOTION SENSOR email will be sent to the receiver account automati...

Page 29: ...ter to select events to send out E mail notifications when below circumstances happen Motion Vloss Video Loss and IP access Receiver E mail Enter to set up e mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually 4 7 SYSTEM SETUP Item Description DVR Name The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access DVR Location The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access...

Page 30: ...s under Auto Seq mode Show OSD Turn On Off OSD display Show DVR Status Turn On Off DVR illustration and record status display Show Date Time Turn On Off date and time display Show Channel Name Turn On Off channel name display CRT Deflicker only for CRT monitor Border Color Set up the color of border in LIVE PLAYBACK mode Red Green Blue 4 7 2 DATE TIME SETUP ...

Page 31: ...Date Time Setup time and date of DVR Time Zone Setup Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time Internet Time Setup Setup automatic synchronization with internet server 4 7 2 1 CHANGE DATE TIME Setup date and time of DVR manually according to user s local time 4 7 2 2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to user s DVR location ...

Page 32: ...nchronize your DVR time with internet time server Item Description Automatic Synchronization Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function Effective by this option selected DVR will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting Update Now Effectively Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in internet server 4 7 3 DEVICE SETU...

Page 33: ...4CH H 264 DVR User Manual V0 3 M02 p33 Item Description Key Tone Enable Disable keystrokes Buzzer Enable Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for HDD Error Video Loss and Motion ...

Page 34: ... YES to clean up all data on your USB The initialization is done when it s showed Succeed System Recovery Restore system default values Reset System Events Reset all the recording events in DVR Copy Setup to USB Copy configuration to a USB device There will be a file named sdvr_conf dat on your USB Download Setup from USB Download configuration from a USB device into DVR Upgrade Upgrade DVR throug...

Page 35: ...en will display NETWORK DISCONNECT MAC MAC Address of DVR No HDD number Volume HDD Capacity Used Rate Percentage of space used on HDD Status Shows HDD status USING means the HDD is being used for recording now GOOD BAD means the HDD has a known unknown format for the DVR Note Please initialize your newly installed HDD before using it HDD Status Format Time The latest format time of HDD ...

Page 36: ...yed by ifileplay exe and CMS Item Description From The start time of backup file To The end time of backup file Device Select USB PC as the backup device Free Space The available space in your backup device not available for PC backup Refresh Recalculate the available space of backup device not available for PC backup Required Space Show the size of the backup file Calculate Calculate the size of ...

Page 37: ...channel information included If there is recording data for an event a blue signal will be shown on the left side of time information Rest your cursor under the line and press enter or left click your mouse to playback the recording data P S Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the record function is not activated However the record can t be viewed after se...

Page 38: ... occurred Event type defined as following MOTION Motion Detected Video Loss Video Loss Remote Login user log in over the network Remote Logout user log out over the network Power On DVR Power on HDD Full HDD Space FULL HDD Error Detect HDD error Event Type Reboot DVR Reboot Info The channel where event occurs or login user ...

Page 39: ...square System will start playing back according to the date you selected Calendar will be shown by using mouse to click on year and month Click date to display recording time of that specific date with time bar You can change time hour minute second or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse then press ok DVR will playback the selected recording data AP software DVR Remote Desktop can allow ...

Page 40: ... from PC p s Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Window s Vista Step One Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser Step Two Windows as below will show up Please enter the user name and password Default user name and password is admin 123456 Other related setup about user account and password please check 4 5 Account Setup Step Three Click on the link to start downloadi...

Page 41: ...ave our AP software Step Five If you choose to run the software Start window will be shown up Please enter information of login DVR IP Port Username and Password or choose Play Recorded File to open backup files in your PC Step Six You ve logged into the DVR ...

Page 42: ...56 Other related setup about user account and password please check 4 5 Account Setup The user name and password appeared in this image is only for demonstration Actual user name and password depend on the setup of on site DVR Step Three Click on Internet Explorer 6 7 and 8 to start downloading the AP software The first option is for IE view please refer to next chapter for more information p s Th...

Page 43: ...4CH H 264 DVR User Manual V0 3 M02 p43 Step Four DVR images appear ...

Page 44: ... Needed to support DirectX9 0 Above Note 1 Others DirectX 9 0 above Note 1 Known VGA card that support DirectX9 0 currently NVIDIA Geforce FXseries Geforce 6series Geforce 7series Geforce 8series Geforce 9series Geforce 200series etc Or visit http en wikipedia org wiki Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units ATI Radeon R300series Radeon R400series Radeon R500series Radeon R600series Radeon ...

Page 45: ...al Event Motion Schedule Method By resolution fps and quality Setup fps and quality separately for normal and event recording 3 SATA DEVICE Capacity Internal Storage 1 HDD Type SATA SATAⅡ compatible 4 CONNECTIONS Video Input 4 ports Video Output BNC 1 port VGA 1 port max 1920 X 1080 Audio Input RCA 1 CH Audio Output RCA 1 CH USB 2 0 USB memory stick USB Mouse USB Touch Panel Remote Remote control ...

Page 46: ...Embedded Linux Multi Task Pentaplex Live Record Playback Network Backup Control Device Remote Control 1 to 8 Remote Control Optional Virtual Keyboard Mouse AP Software PC Viewer Direct monitoring of DVR s HDD on PC Numbers of event list 10240 Table 7 1 360 x 240 120 FPS 720 x 240 60 FPS NTSC 720 x 480 30 FPS 352 x 288 100 FPS 704 x 288 50 FPS Recording Speed Independent setting for each channel PA...

Page 47: ... supports GPRS 3G protocol and Java cldc1 0 midp 2 0 environment Please download both DVRH264 jar and DVRH264 jad to operate the function Note that users with Sony Ericsson will only need to download DVRH264 jar 8 1 1 Mobile Application Installation Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function Step 1 The mobile application called DVRH264 jar need to be ins...

Page 48: ...me and password Press Add to save this information after entering 8 1 2 2 Logging Onto the DVR Use the Login command to log onto a DVR and monitor live images If multiple DVRs have been added to the mobile application they will be listed by name you can select one to log onto A confirmation message might show up for network charge before connection The fee rate will depend on the telecom company a...

Page 49: ...The dialogue is identical to that of the Add command 8 1 2 4 Delete the Login Information of DVR Delete command can be used to remove the DVR information if it is no longer useful Select the DVR on the name list then choose Delete 8 1 3 Live Monitoring Operation This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your mobile device ...

Page 50: ...oll Left 6 Scroll Right 8 Scroll Down 8 1 3 2 Image Quality Setup Select Quality under the Menu There will be 5 levels for your to choose Low Normal Middle High and Highest 8 1 3 3 Channel Display Select Single under the Menu there will be all channels of your DVR in list for you to choose PS The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off in local DVR ...

Page 51: ...ill be shown to fit the screen 8 1 3 5 Rotate the image The Live image can be displayed in normal or rotate to 90 degrees Select Rotate under the Menu for this operation 8 1 3 6 Alarm This application not only allows you to remotely monitor through mobile device but receive the alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected Sensor Triggered and Vloss Graphical icons below will be ...

Page 52: ... below to perform the mobile device surveillance function on your mobile device mobile phone PDA etc Step 1 The mobile application called Jrviewer CAB and H264Pocket CAB need to be installed in your mobile device The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturer s website to your mobile or alternatively it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that packed with DVR thr...

Page 53: ...ription Add Add login DVR Enter DVR s name IP address Port Account user Password then press OK Login Logon DVR Choose the DVR that you d like to log on then press OK PS The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off PS Network connectivity will be affected by networking environment and bandwidth flow The fee rate will depend on the telecom company and package fee you go with...

Page 54: ...cal icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected sensor triggered and video loss to be detected on any channel You can also uncheck the Status Bar to inactivate this function Icon Description Motion Detect V Loss Alarm Alarm Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is event to be detected You can also uncheck the Alarm under the ...

Page 55: ...e Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage VGA Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it Please refer to p55 Note 1 Installation 1 Connect to the manufacturer s website and download the CMS software 2 Decompress and execute setup exe 3 If Visual C Runtime Libraries has not been installed before in the operating PC the following sign will suggest an inst...

Page 56: ...4CH H 264 DVR User Manual V0 3 M02 p56 5 Confirm Installation window shows Select Next then the installation starts 6 Select Close to finish installation when the Installation Complete window shows ...

Page 57: ... account and password after CMS upgrade If an error message occurs as shown in the image please follow the instruction to solve the error Step 1 Please enter file manager to enter folder Windows and then folder Systme32 ex C Windows System32 Step 2 Locate file iCMS dat and delete it Step 3 Restart CMS Log in successfully ...

Page 58: ...Events Information about DVRs groups and events See 9 3 Information List for more detail PC information and control Information about local PC s hard disk volume recording etc See 9 4 PC Information and Control for more detail Main Display Live image display area See 9 5 Main Display for detail Display Modes Several choices of display modes supported by CMS Operation Bar A set of 10 operations are...

Page 59: ...roups list On the DVR list double left click on a connected DVR will show its image in main display See 9 6 2 DVR Administration for further information On the Group list double left click on a group will show live image from the channels of the group in the main display See 9 6 3 for Group Administration for further information Left clicking on a connected DVR will expand collapse status of its a...

Page 60: ...een please see the chart below Icon Function Description HDD info Shows the ratio of available space HDD capacity of C drive where CMS is installed Volume PC volume or playback volume control bar Recording Record live image to local PC storage To view locally stored data use Record under the operation bar Also see 9 6 6 recording data for detail Snapshot Take snapshot to save in local PC storage T...

Page 61: ...ange the location of screen for each channel and turn on off audio signal with mouse click 9 5 1 Audio Control In live mode you can turn on off the audio signal of Ch1 Ch4 Audio signal is On Audio signal is Off Turn on off by clicking on the graphical icon please note there can allow only one chan nel s audio signal to be on at one time ...

Page 62: ...mode pressing will bring the e MAP drag down menu If the channel has been set up to use e MAP the menu will show all the e MAP titles that have been entitled to this channel otherwise No eMaps will be shown Please check 9 6 4 eMAP administration for setup information ...

Page 63: ...Please see 8 6 2 DVR Administration Group Administration Please see 8 6 3 Group Administration eMap Administration Please see 8 6 4 eMap Administration Remote Playback Please see 8 6 5 Remote Playback HDD Playback Please see 8 6 6 HDD Playback File Playback Please see 8 6 7 File Playback Event Playback Please see 8 6 8 Event Playback Snapshot Data Please see 8 6 9 Snapshot Data Recording Data Plea...

Page 64: ...on Add a user account The default authority is with none permission Delete a user account Language Switch display language 9 6 2 DVR Administration DVR connections can be added to or deleted from the CMS and their information can be edited DVR s channel names can be entered here or downloaded from the DVR by pressing From DVR Select OK to save the information Name DVR Name Unrepeatable Model DVR M...

Page 65: ... and description 2 Click Select which will bring up a new window 3 Check the specific channels that you d like them to be included in the group To include all channels of a DVR just check the DVR 4 Click OK to return to the previous window 5 Select a display mode 6 Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location Or change the channel location in the main disp...

Page 66: ... can be picked by the user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture Steps to follow 1 Click and a path for the picture will be prompted 2 Select a picture click OK and the picture will show in the right panel 3 Drag channels in the left lower corner onto the picture to any position 4 To delete a channel already on the picture right click the channel and click...

Page 67: ... on a DVR can be displayed on a remote CMS With Remote Play function select a DVR and a display mode on top of the screen After the recorded segments are listed below double click on one to show its image on the right Icon Description Start playing Pause Fast forward Fast rewind ...

Page 68: ...recording data in list that s separated by hour and the right part is main display You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or rewind 9 6 7 File Playback You can play the recorded irf files by File Play in CMS It allows you to change the display mode forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar Icon Description Start Playback Pause Stop playback Fast forward Fast rewind ...

Page 69: ...teps to follow 1 Select a DVR and a display mode 2 Select a date 3 Double click an event and play back the images on the right Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback 9 6 9 Snapshot Data It can display all the snapshots you ve taken in line in Snapshot Data You can review delete or save as other files here ...

Page 70: ...n line in Recording Data You can play or delete them here Steps to follow 1 Choose the recording time at upper left corner it will be played on the main display 2 You can choose the display mode 3 Time bar will be shown at right lower corner please drag the time bar to specify the recording time you d like to play ...

Page 71: ... address of the DVR Input known IP address if any or press the Add New button if none Step 3 The Host Manager dialog will show Your new host record was created when user setup successfully The host domain column will show up the setup just entered If DDNS set up at DVR side successfully the website will update the IP information in one minute The IP column will be renewed to the corresponding IP a...

Page 72: ...4CH H 264 DVR User Manual V0 3 M02 p72 Step 4 Enter DVR Main Menu Network Setup DDNS Activate DDNS functions and input related information ...

Page 73: ...r remote monitoring for the first time IE ActiveX Control is needed to be downloaded 1 When remote monitoring on IE for the first time an alert message occurs Install ActiveX control on the tool bar 2 Click at this alert message and select Install ActiveX Control 3 Do you want to install this software alert pops up Select Install ...

Page 74: ...ote monitoring image appears 5 If message Your security Settings do not allow web sites to use ActiveX controls installed on your computer pops on when logging in please follow the next instruction 6 First select Tools on the tool bar and then select Internet Options ...

Page 75: ...ual V0 3 M02 p75 7 Select Security Trusted Sites Sites 8 Enter DVR address This address is only for demonstration Please use the address depends on the setup of on site DVR into the blanks shown in picture and then press add ...

Page 76: ...4CH H 264 DVR User Manual V0 3 M02 p76 9 Newly added website will appear at the trusted web sites list Press close 10 Go back to IE window press refresh button or F5 ...

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