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MGDVRs DVR

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Summary of Contents for ACAP series

Page 1: ...Ver 11 10 2 Digital Video Security System Digital Video Recorder www MGDVRs com MGDVRs All contents of this document may change without prior notice MGDVRs DVR Integration Installation and User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...5 2 User Admin 13 5 3 System 14 5 4 Camera 19 5 4 1 General 19 5 4 2 Scheduling 20 5 4 3 Color Motion 22 5 5 Sensor 24 5 6 Backup 25 5 7 Event Setup 26 6 Main 28 7 Search 32 8 Utility 38 8 1 Backup 38 8 2 Backup Viewer 40 8 3 Auth Tool 40 8 4 AVI Viewer 41 8 5 Log Viewer 42 Appendix 1 DVR management 43 2 DB Tool 45 3 Direct Web 47 4 MC Media Control Setup 49 INDEX ...

Page 3: ... was difficult to do DVR provides several options DAT CD DVDs in permanently preserving large amounts of data in digital formats maintaining the integrity of the video for far longer periods than any analog tape The DVR also works in conjunction with sensors to operate security systems relays can close shutters or ring sirens when motion sensors are triggered for instance In addition our DVR makes...

Page 4: ...splay Features w Multi Viewing Multi Viewing allows 1 4 6 9 10 or 16 different camera shots to be displayed onscreen at the same time Other display features include enlarging all displayed cameras or just one 32 channel viewing can be attained with specially configured cards PAN TILT ZOOM FOCUS Capabilities Each connected camera can be manipulated through the MGDVRs main program as long as each ca...

Page 5: ...k access which allows administrators to login to DVR main program and remotely access all the features that are provided locally Integration with Text data from External Devices Data from external devices POS Access Control ATM etc can be recorded with DVR video images Text Search allows to search data from external devices with DVR video image when event occurs This will raise the level of integr...

Page 6: ...o controllers Recommend use of separate video card for 32 channel models Drivers must be updated to the latest version which should be available on manufacturer s website Recommend 40 GB or larger hard disk Recommend Serial ATA type SATA hard disk for 32 channel models Recommend Windows XP Support Windows Vista 32 bit editions only Under Windows Vista User Account Control UAC must be turned off Di...

Page 7: ...GDVRs MPG and MGDVRs MPGAMX can be installed by installer exe which determines DVR model and installs proper Driver When Hardware Wizard message shows up before the installation click Cancel to close Open Driver folder in CD Rom and run Installer Click Next 3 Driver Installation ...

Page 8: ...st CAP series DVR Capture LIVCAP series DVR Live Capture ACAP series DVR Acapture Device MPG series DVR MPEG 4 MPGAMX series Live MPEG Capture Device Click Install The picture above will show up once the installation is completed Click Reboot to restart the system It is required to reboot the system to complete installation of drivers ...

Page 9: ...e the language of the software to be installed Click Next Choose the proper media format NTSC or PAL and continue by clicking Next The last letter of version indicates the type of board i e CAP C LIVCAP L ACAP A MPG M MPGAMX X 4 Program Installation ...

Page 10: ...ount Name Only current user account can use the DVR software USER NAME Enter username for Top Admin PASSWORD Enter password for Top Admin Confirm P W Confirm the password Note Once the Top Admin user is created it cannot be modified from User Admin Setup To change the username or password of Top Admin please refer Appendix 1 DVR Management Once setup of the software has been completed the system w...

Page 11: ...ginal image jpg file has been altered AVI Viewer Viewer for saved video file in MP4 format Backup Data backup program Backup Viewer Allows viewing of data that has been stored as backup Log Viewer Log data viewer program Whenever the DVR main program is exited to either search for data or modify settings a login prompt similar to the following will be appeared in order to ensure that only authoriz...

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Page 13: ...R Main Program must be turned off prior to any database change System Sets system related settings including network connection options initial set of screen sounds automatic rebooting etc Camera Sets up the cameras recording schedule motion detection etc Sensor Sets up the sensors and link options Backup Sets up the automatic and manual backup User admin Sets up and manages authorized users 5 Con...

Page 14: ...s all database volumes in selected hard drive Clear Volume Deletes all stored data on all hard drives dedicated to DVR recordings Create Volume Creates the number of volumes specified in Add Volume Note In order to properly add more volumes to the MGDVRs system be sure to check that the number of volumes to be added has been stored in the right hand column of the bottom table under Add Volume If s...

Page 15: ...14 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m data be backed up prior to the start of the overwriting process ...

Page 16: ...lected Notify Login Set duration of login time for a user when the user connects to the main by remote client triggered by event notification To create a new user click on an empty row on the user list assign username and password adjust Security Level and Authority and press Add button to finish the registration To modify an existing user select a user from the user list change desired option s a...

Page 17: ...16 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m Note Top Admin User cannot be modified or deleted from this section Please refer to Appendix 1 DVR Management ...

Page 18: ...tup Enable automatic startup of DVR Main Program upon system startup Properties Use Auto Logon Select to logon to Windows automatically on system startup if there are multiple user accounts available on the system User Account Name Select a user account which will be used to logon to Windows automatically Only administrators can be selected and you cannot login with any other user accounts if you ...

Page 19: ...ite Record a Log file Log can be viewed with Log Viewer in Utility System log Time information of Main Search Setting start end Sensor log Log for sensor detection Motion log Log for motion detection User log Log information of User login Loss log Log for Video Loss Disk log Log for last recorded time and disk full warning Screen Initial setting for main program Initial screen Number of camera sho...

Page 20: ... only Select Channel Choose number of sound channels Notes 1 The system requires Direct X 8 0 or higher for sound recording 2 In order to use two channel sound recording for a single sound card use the included audio cable and plug it into the sound card s Line In port Amplified microphones must be used in each audio cable input 3 Sound communication with remote client can be done 1 channel at a t...

Page 21: ...isplays warning based on total disk space Current disk Displays warning based on current disk space Warning at a term Allows setting up a warning at a scheduled time and date Start date The date in which the warning countdown begins Warning time The hour in which to issue the warning military time Saving duration days The duration of the countdown Saving options on warning Save on warning Keep rec...

Page 22: ... and Server Server when using IP Server IP Code Give IP address or Code Code when using IP server of remote client to send Notification Use IP Server In case of using IP server check the box Since IP Server uses Code to identify DVR system rather than its IP address it is possible to connect to a DVR system that has a dynamic IP address Code name must be unique for each DVR system IP Server IP add...

Page 23: ... rate for each channel Select frame rate by camera Allows manual setting of the frame rate per second Normal Frame rate when the camera is scheduled as normal Event Frame rate when the camera is scheduled as Motion or Sensor If the camera is scheduled as Normal Event Normal frame rate will be applied without event and Event frame rate will be applied when motion or sensor input is detected Securit...

Page 24: ...otification Video loss Notification Choose event for Video Loss Refer to 5 7 Event Setup Click Apply or Save Close to save and apply changes What s Frame Frame is One still image 5 4 2 Scheduling The recording schedule can be customized on each camera channel to record images at desired time by hour and day of the week Recording schedule Normal Records all images captured by the camera Sensor Reco...

Page 25: ...DVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m Normal Event Records at Event frame rate configured at Select frame rate by camera under General tab when an event is triggered Otherwise images will be recorded at Normal frame rate ...

Page 26: ...desired time and day of the week Example Recording images of camera 5 every Monday from 07 00 to 20 00 Select camera 5 from the buttons on the left select Normal mode then click the chart on the Mon line from 7 to 19 Recording images of camera 5 everyday from 07 00 to 20 00 Select 7 19 for all days of the week Recording will be enabled every day from 7 00 to 19 59 59 Recording images only when mov...

Page 27: ...efer to 5 7 Event Setup Pan Tilt Camera Method Use pan tilt camera Check this box when using PTZ cameras PTZ Camera Choose the make and model of the camera PTZ_ID Choose ID address of PTZ camera Connect Setting Select the serial port that the camera uses to connect to the computer Refer to camera manufacturer s documentation to set these values Speed P T Pan Tilt speed F Z Focus Zoom speed A P Aut...

Page 28: ...et numbers Combination of 2 digit 1 99 Move camera to each preset position DELETE Delete position of PRESET Number PRESET Setup of waypoints can be done by doing the following 1 Select a preset number to setup and click Preset 2 Move the camera view to a desired location 3 Click Preset again to finish SCAN Only available with camera that supports Auto Pan function START Press START from the beginn...

Page 29: ...28 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m Display detected area If selected any regions with motion will show a group of red grids It may be used to test motion sensitivity ...

Page 30: ...reground and background Rate of motion Adjust the rate of motion detected by the camera if the number is higher the camera will be able to pick up slower moving objects better Color Control Brightness Brightness Contrast Contrast Saturation Saturation Hue Hue Default Value Set to default value 5 5 Sensor Select sensor to use Enable or disable the selected sensor Sensor location Description of the ...

Page 31: ...user Backup Schedule Select Week Select day of a week to start the backup Select Time Select time of a day to start the backup Backup Method Total Backup Backup based on Volume File Backup all operating cameras Part Backup Backup based on data index Backup selected cameras only Select Choose cameras to backup from Camera 1 16 32 Total Backup is much faster than Part Backup Total Backup is recommen...

Page 32: ...tely backed up 2 Backup at 20 00 every Saturday Data will be backed up at 20 00 every Saturday until data for that week has been completely backed up 5 7 Event Setup Depending on events different actions can be configured and performed Beep Play Beep using sound card Use PC Speaker Play Beep using PC speaker Sound card is not required Mark Display Red dot on camera screen Popup Display a single vi...

Page 33: ...e e mail must be enabled and configured Subject Subject of the e mail Content Content of the e mail Attach Image Attach an image of the video Interval Email will be sent once for every selected time interval Note The following table will help complete the Subject and Content fields Reserved word Contents 0 Camera No 1 Events ...

Page 34: ...ne call and play sound file wav when an event occurs Voice Modem required Number 1 2 3 Enter up to 3 phone numbers If the first number doesn t work it will try next phone number and retry 3rd number if that doesn t work either Wave Select a sound file wav Browse Select a sound file Play Play the sound file Play Time Play the sound file for selected period of time Interval Make a call once for ever...

Page 35: ...34 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m Making Wav File Execute sound recorder from Windows File Æ Properties Æ Convert Now Æ Attributes Choose PCM 8 000 KHz 16 Bit Mono and start recording ...

Page 36: ...ain program Enables instant recording at the push of this button Listen to the sound while you are recording sound Click one of the split image profiles to view multiple cameras at once The screen can display up to 32 different camera images Camera switch Automatic camera switch Enlarge screen buttons ...

Page 37: ...36 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m F5 enlarges the screen same as Enlarge screen button above Pressing F6 under enlarged screen will lead to full screen view without displaying any controls ...

Page 38: ...image lids up Move cursor over the image to view the IP address of net client Indicates backup execution The numbers and bars on the bottom indicate the total number of volumes and the number of volumes being used Number of days for currently recorded data is displayed at the end Displays current version of the software and the number of channels available in the system From the software version c...

Page 39: ... button to load the control box Note Pan Tilt skin may or may not be active subject to the type of camera If proper camera is used Pan Tilt Camera Method section in section 5 4 3 must be configured to activate the control Setting preset locations is also referenced in section 5 4 3 This menu adjusts the various camera color display settings Press Default button to set the color settings back to th...

Page 40: ...it image profiles to view the images Under 32 channel system double click on 16 split image to search channel 17 32 Cameras on 4 or 9 view mode can be selected as desired The following screen will popup by double clicking on the 4 or 9 view mode button Make a left click on any camera numbers to switch with desired camera number Click Reset to load the default camera numbers Change the size of the ...

Page 41: ...abs The camera icon indicates camera mode Clicking the icon will toggle to sound mode searching for sound data is performed in the same way as searching for image data Bookmarks currently searching entry Displays list of bookmarked entries Move to the listed entry by double clicking Goto button Select time and date to search directly and click on Goto button The calendar allows the user to choose ...

Page 42: ... the desired area using right click of the mouse while or before searching Available under single channel search only Save current image The image is watermarked Print image in desired size Save images as a movie clip Make movie clips of desired cameras for selected period of time AVI Format Save as normal AVI avi format file which can be played with Windows Media Player MP4 Format Save as MGDVRs ...

Page 43: ... camera recording into 16 multi view mode in order to search frame by frame Icon Search Divide a single camera recording into multi section based on time frame Each screen represents specific time and it can be divided into even smaller time period This search is useful when a user is not aware of time information of desired data 24hour 10minute 1minute Use double click using left and right mouse ...

Page 44: ...e for searching To End time for searching Camera The camera in which the search will be performed Sensitive Sensitivity level of motion only images that meets this level will be found and displayed Rate Setup the motion ratio Search Search for images by designated date time period camera and rate of motion Stop Stop the searching Clear Area Clear the area selection Skip Frame If it is inconvenient...

Page 45: ... program will be executed ADD File Select files that will be stored on CD ADD Folder Select folders that will be stored on CD Delete Delete the selected file from the list Reload Display size of the free space on CD BURN Start copying files to CD Note 1 If a folder name is assigned on CD folder the files on the list will be stored on the assigned folder 2 Uncheck the check box if you don t want to...

Page 46: ...Files directly from the list based on date and hour It is a very fast backup process for large volume of data although it can t select the partial cameras Part Able to backup desired camera date hour and minute from the list Able to choose desired camera and minute but it is much slower than Total backup for large volume of data Backup Directory Destination of backed up files CD DVD Network drive ...

Page 47: ...hes from each backup folder Calc Calculate the size of the data of selected items from the list Available if selected Total not Part Retrieves updated recording data and resets all settings Allows selection of desired date hour and camera number Unable to use with Total Following screen will appear and it works similar to AVI saving in search Start backup Stop backup Execute CD Burn program based ...

Page 48: ...47 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m In order to view backup data from other PC copy the backup folder install Utility to the PC and run Backup Viewer to view search the data ...

Page 49: ...ackup Viewer program All functions in Backup Viewer Program are as same as the Search Program except the data path must be assigned before searching Browse through existing backup data Backup folder name starts MB or AB time backup started i e MB20041206_xxxx or ABxxxxxx 8 3 Auth Tool ...

Page 50: ...tion as above screenshot otherwise no information will be shown 8 4 AVI Viewer This program is used to play back mp4 format data created by MGDVRs software Go to beginning of the clip Play by 1 frame at a time back Play with sound if exist Pause Play by 1 frame at a time forth End Open file Display Windows type Menu and frame Adjust image size Double click on the screen for Full screen mode When t...

Page 51: ...and termination of program Main Search and setting motion and sensor log time and camera number user login and logout record disk warning message DB overwrite warning message and video loss log Reload log data Popup Search software when double clicked on Sensor and Motion log Runs Popup search software when double clicked on Sensor and Motion log ...

Page 52: ...t changing these configurations to inappropriate values may cause malfunction of the system USER NAME User name that was used in installation of the program Top Admin User PASSWORD Password that was used in installation of the program Depending on board type different window will be displayed 1 1 User Change user name and password of the Top admin USER NAME Input the name of Top Admin PASSWORD Inp...

Page 53: ... information transmission 4th port Audio data transmission 5th port Network transmission speed and bandwidth control Default Restore port numbers to the default values show in the figure WatchDog Option Restarted Sets the waiting time to restart the system after Main software is turned off Use Beep Sound if on computer will beep when DVR Main is off Restart Computer upon closing software by user i...

Page 54: ...53 MGDVRs w w w MGDVRs c o m Once information has been changed make sure to enter the user login information and click OK to apply changes Admin level user information must be entered ...

Page 55: ... anything other than OK please contact your vendor for support z DB file found in Disk Lists all the drives that contain DB files Check the box next to each drive that will be used and searched z DB Information of the system Press button so that the drive names checked in DB file found in Disk can be added on the DB information list Press button to transfer the drives checked in DB file found in D...

Page 56: ... from Select a drive to start saving data 7 Press Apply to finalize Note Make sure that the drives checked in DB file found in Disk are shown in the list of drives listed in DB Information of the system as well z After using this tool to reconfigure the drives it will be possible to search through the files located on imported drives z By copying or transferring the M4DATA folder to another machin...

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Page 58: ...hich ports you would like to open for outside connections As for the root setting it is recommended to use the default 3 2 Client Main Enter the IP address of an available server in the URL bar of Internet Explorer version 5 or higher If this is the first time using Direct Web client it will take several minutes to load all the necessary files Note After all files have been loaded it might be nece...

Page 59: ...NG Click AVI SAVING and play through video and the video is saved as AVI file To stop AVI saving click AVI SAVING one more time MOTION SEARCH Allows users to search recorded images with movements It might take a while on slow network connections SOUND SEARCH Click speaker icon and the timeline will display sound recording if sound recording exists with blue bar as shown in above Select blue sectio...

Page 60: ... Before running MCSepup exe make sure to connect speaker and microphone and verify the connection using sound utility tool provided with the motherboard or sound card The following instruction and pictures are based on SigmaTel Audio device and terms for controls may be different for other devices Note The color set of the audio ports may be different depending on the motherboard However most moth...

Page 61: ...ut components as shown above Select Speaker and select a component from the list of components on the left hand side Then select a matching control from the list of controls available below the device name Make sure to assign different controls for each component The Check box below each control mutes the control if checked Make sure to mute only the control that is for incoming sound to record ...

Page 62: ...he same procedure for input components and click on Next Save and Finish Setup Click on Save Done to store data and finish Media Control Setup Once Media Control Setup completed DVR Main will use this information to operate Sound Recording ...

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