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Mobile Digital Video Recorder 

 

 

 
 

           

 

                                                                                 

                                                                                                                   

 

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Page 1: ...User Manual For X5 8CH MDVR GUI Mobile Digital Video Recorder Copyright 2012 2014 Streamax Technology Co Ltd All Rights Reserved ...

Page 2: ...re subject to change without any notice The purpose of this manual is to kindly aid the user for the operation for our MDVR especially for GUI setting The user should have a basic understanding of computer operation and basic knowledge of how to connect peripherals and make some settings Copyright Under copyright laws the content of this manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated o...

Page 3: ...RATION 11 3 1 SEARCH 11 3 1 1 REC SEARCH 12 3 1 2 EVENT SEARCH 15 3 2 SETUP 16 3 2 1 SYSTEM 17 3 2 1 1 DATE TIME 17 3 2 1 2 GENERAL 18 3 2 1 3 REGISTER INFO 20 3 2 1 4 FORMAT 20 3 2 1 5 UPGRADE 21 3 2 1 6 USER SECURITY 23 3 2 1 7 CONFIG 24 3 2 1 8 USER LOG 24 3 2 1 9 GEO FENCING 25 3 2 2 RECORD 26 3 2 2 1 OPTION 26 3 2 2 2 OSD OVERLAY 29 3 2 2 3 CAMERA SETTINGS 30 3 2 2 4 RECORD SETTING 31 3 2 2 5...

Page 4: ...therefore subject to change without notice 3 2 4 EVENT 40 3 2 4 1 SENSOR 41 3 2 4 2 SENSOR OUTPUT 42 3 2 4 3 SPEED 43 3 2 4 4 ACCELERATION 44 3 2 4 5 TEMPERATURE 44 3 2 4 6 CAMERA 45 3 2 4 7 VOLTAGE 46 3 2 5 PERIPHERAL 47 3 2 5 1 PTZ 47 3 2 5 2 EXT COM SETUP 48 3 3 INFORMATION 48 3 3 1 SYSTEM 49 3 3 2 DIAL STATUS 49 3 3 3 HISTORY 49 3 3 4 MODULES 50 ...

Page 5: ...a and avoiding data fragment that affect system efficiency Dual streams one for local recording and one for wireless transmission 4 channel real time D1 at 25 fps 30fps continuous or priority video recording and live view display Semi transparent GUI makes setting for GUI and live display synchronously Mirror recoding makes the hard disk and SD card recording at the same time with same frame same ...

Page 6: ...ller that allows the user to transmit commands to Numeric Input Keys Use the numbers to input Values in the system setup Screen or switch through the channels in QUAD view Navigation Arrows Use the ARROW keys to move between selections input fields and icons Press ENTER to select And EXIT to return and and entering into the OSD screen to check the MDVR working status Next and previous is also used...

Page 7: ...r the GUI to setup If password enabled you have to input default Admin password 88888888 POWER To reset the MDVR to sleep mode You can press power button again to let MDVR start up when it in sleep mode Switch full screen of one channel to quad view Brightness contrast color adjustment for per channel Use button to change the values You have to adjust the values for each channel individually SETUP...

Page 8: ...s available FWD Fast forward the video while playback X2 and X4 modes available CF No use at present F1 Export all the event record files of the day to USB by press F1 key F2 F3 F4 Reserved for future use 4 PTZ Function Key A5 MDVR can support PTZ camera by the protocol PALCO D or PALCO P While the MDVR is connected the PTZ camera by RS485 signal on the RS232 485 expand box following commands can ...

Page 9: ...2013_Q3 More information www streamaxtech com Copyright 2012 2014 Streamax Technology Co Ltd All Rights Reserved All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice 1 3 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE TREE ...

Page 10: ... automatically start up Power is normally supplied to the MDVR as long as the vehicle ignition is ON Display only view of the cameras is immediately available to be viewed in quad mode Normally the power supply for MDVR is about 12V 3A without any accessories System Login for Setup If password is disable press SETUP key on the handheld controller into the setup menu directly If password is enable ...

Page 11: ...when you save successfully After you modify the settings for the network it will restart automatically after the system exits to Quad view The MDVR will stop recording when enter into the MDVR configuration GUI You can input the letters and characters by software keyboard Keyboard Press Enter to use keyboard to type device ID and password 1 0 9 number key press Enter to select the number 2 123 Inp...

Page 12: ...e recording files are saved into Hard disk is the main recording medium for MDVR A5 But this model can support SD card for mirror recording as well TYPE The type of the file including all file alarm file and normal file DATE MDVR system will display the current date automatically Please select the date you want to search from the calendar The date with record files is indicated by green The date w...

Page 13: ...yback locally playback on MDVR device and export export to thumb drive and playback on PC by MINI Player or Ceiba software You have to choose the channel first and then setup the start time and end time UNLOCK you have to select the channel first and then unlock the locked files You can export the MDVR video files to external storage device for playback easily Just please input the start time and ...

Page 14: ...s locked it cannot be deleted by HDD overwrite function Only when you unlock the files first and then HDD overwrite function will delete the files Only the HDD format will delete the locked files By Ceiba software Please connect the external storage device with MDVR by USB port and then press EXPORT for backup Then the following screen will pop up TOTAL total quantity of the files that you selecte...

Page 15: ...ype is different with the setting for the MDVR record last time the video file can not playback for example the video type of record files is NSTC but the MDVR recording system now is c hanged to be PAL you can t playback the video file until you change the video type to NSTC 3 1 2 EVENT SEARCH Search for all the event files LOG as well as the corresponding video file EVENT TYPE The type of the al...

Page 16: ...show the event OSD information the abbreviation The alarm includes such as video loss I O sensor alarm for over speed low speed or high temperature and so on DATE Display the date on which the alarm is triggered TIME The start time when the alarm is triggered REC if there is an R means it has the corresponding alarm video files REV Reversing selection For example If no there are no any files are s...

Page 17: ...ch com Copyright 2012 2014 Streamax Technology Co Ltd All Rights Reserved All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice 3 2 1 SYSTEM 3 2 1 1 DATE TIME DATE FORMAT Press ENTER to select different format MM DD YYYY DD MM YYYY YYYY MM DD ...

Page 18: ... device must have network access connection and assign the NTP IP location TIME ZONE Please choose the correct time zone for MDVR system SYNC TIME This is the time when the unit will sync the system time every day The method depends on the setting on the TIME SYNC SOURCE option NTP SERVER IP Input the IP server does support NTP protocol in order to allow the system can have time synchronization th...

Page 19: ...act time for MDVR shut down every day BOOT UP IN RECORDING TIME ON means timer start up function is linked to record function if you refer to boot up the MDVR and start recording at the same time For example if the record schedule setup is from 6 00 8 00am MDVR will boot up and record automatically if you setup this time on SCHEDULE recording menu during this period even the vehicle ignition is OF...

Page 20: ...MPANY NAME The name of company Press the arrow key on the remote control and highlight this option and then input the name of the company VEHICLE NO The number of the vehicles DRIVER ROUTE NAME The driver s name and the route name DEVICE ID This is the unique ID can be recognized for the message server of PC software for MDVR including CMS Ceiba and ADS If you need to connect MDVR to any PC softwa...

Page 21: ...ding storage For example A5 MDVRs we have hard disk for main recording and SD card for mirror recording If you want to format hard disk please select video storage and if you want to format SD card for mirror please select SD FUNCTION FAST FORMAT SLOW FORMAT and HDD DETECT FAST FORMAT is the same as the fast format on PC SLOW FORMAT means the MDVR system will check whether the hard disk has bad se...

Page 22: ...en copy the firmware upgrade file to this folder 2 Insert the thumb drive into the USB port on the front panel of MDVR 3 Please access into the MDVR GUI menu UPGRADE select FIRMWARE option and press UPGRADE MDVR will upgrade the firmware automatically Please make sure you do not remove the thumb driver or cut of the power for the MDVR during upgrading the firmware as this is very easily to damage ...

Page 23: ...em Initializing interface only and the POWER LED on the MDVR is ON It cannot boot up to quad view interface For this situation please contact Streamax technical support trying to upgrade the firmware by TFTP upgrade MCU UPGRADE The step is the same as upgrade firmware 3 2 1 6 USER SECURITY Setup the password for user and admin PASSWORD ENABLE To active password access Selecting ON will require a p...

Page 24: ... two MDVRs have the same setting Please insert the external storage device to the USB port and then press EXPORT Then the configuration file will backup to external device RESET Reset all the history info to default values IMPORT Follows the operation EXPORT Import the MDVR configuration file to the MDVR except MAC address and IP Please insert the external storage device to the USB port on the MDV...

Page 25: ...d All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice EXPORT SYSTEMLOG The user log exported to USB drive is stored in txt format and it will be save to userlog 00000 0 folder according to date 3 2 1 9 GEO FENCING GEO FENCING SWITCH this is the enable switch for GEO Fencing function This switch is only for MDVR ...

Page 26: ...one config file for Go fence you can import a Geo fencing config file from CMS software or from another MDVR also export to another MDVR Remark Geo fencing means you can setup a special virtual area for the vehicle when the vehicle enters into or out of this area the MDVR system will trigger the alarm For more details please check the CMS manual 3 2 2 RECORD Setup the related configuration for rec...

Page 27: ...ent record NORMAL REC RATE normal record rate two option NORMAL MDVR will start to record according to the setup of RECORD SETTING I FRAME MDVR only record by I frame the key frame for video in order to take less space of hard drive BUT when event is trigged MDVR will record according to setup of RECORD menu RECORD FILE TIME MIN Recording file packing size 15 30 45 60 minutes optional ALARM DURATI...

Page 28: ...hicle accident like fire and the maximum temperature can be 500 Celsus degree can last 15 minutes MIRROR REC TO SD CARD The enable switch for mirror recording HDD SD OVER WRITE To make the HDD or SD card overwrite when there is only 8GB for hard disk or 1G for SD card spare space left ON when hard drive space less than 8G according to First in first out rule the MDVR system will start to delete th...

Page 29: ... record is 30min when alarm trigger at 10 30 then the record file start from 10 00 to 10 30 will pack as alarm record 3 2 2 2 OSD OVERLAY DATE TIME Display date and time on OSD POSITION Setup the display position for DATE TIME ALARM Display Alarm information on OSD including the I O sensor speed temperature motion detection etc ACCELERATION Display the information for inertial sensor TEMPERATURE D...

Page 30: ...channel name and vehicle NO into the record files To get the main information for MDVR working easier on QUAD view you can please just press Enter on remote control to show below screen This screen will show all the important working information for the MDVR including sensor 3G GPS WIFI signal and connection firmware version MCU version SIM dialed up status etc But the precondition for this OSD is...

Page 31: ...o display it in QUAD view ROUND Means channel loop function sequence if you setup time as 5 second which means the video screen will shift to different channels the sequence is from channel 1 to channel 4 in every 5 seconds IP INTERCOM This is the switch for intercom function we also say 2 way audio which means that that driver can talk with server directly via wireless network 3G When this switch...

Page 32: ...NTSC and 704 240 for PAL CIF resolution is 352 288 for NTSC and 352 240 for PAL FR Frame rate frames per second 1 25 or 1 30 for NTSC can be adjustable QUANLITY Image quality 8 levels optional Level 1 is the best Normal quality is the quality for normal record and alarm quality is for alarm record 3 2 2 5 SUB STREAM Sub stream is the settings for 3G wireless transmission you can setup the bandwidt...

Page 33: ...am which due to the network bandwidth of your SIM card ENABLE Enable the channel or not RES Resolution CIF QCIF optional FR Frame rate frames per second 1 25 1 30 for NTSC adjustable 3 2 2 6 SCHEDULE Date To select the exact date for MDVR recording Single Day Choose the day to create a recording schedule Every Day Choose Every to apply a schedule to every day of the week Weekday Schedule will only...

Page 34: ...RROW key to enter values using the NUMERIC keypad into any time field Schedule 1 is the first of two possible ON OFF cycles that apply to any day in the period chosen under Date Schedule 2 is the second cycle for any day in the period There is no need to overlap times of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 Ending at 23 59 of one day and beginning with 00 00 of the next day will provide continuous recording ...

Page 35: ...ence when we analysis the record files EXPORT MINIPLAYER This option is for user to export Miniplayer IMPORT TTS FILE This option is for user to import TTS file for the audio announcer 3 2 3 NETWORK This part will explain how to setup the network function RJ45 cable connection WIFI connection 3G for MDVR First we need to know the PC software that the MDVR supports for A5 MDVR CMS Ceiba ADS CMS Cen...

Page 36: ...r the information Use NUMERIC keypad to enter the TCP IP address information IP Enter the static IP address SUB Enter the subnet mask GATE Enter the gateway that the MDVR through to network CLIENT PORT no use at present WEB PORT this port is for IE access you have to add this port when you want to access to MDVR through IE browser of example you have to access MDVR like that http 192 168 3 155 100...

Page 37: ...her is MOBILE NETWORK Please select the correct option MESSAGE SERVER This server IP must be the IP of the PC that installed message server when you want to create CMS connection You can setup it as Static IP or Dynamic Domain name it s due to the server PORT please use the default port 5556 here MEDIA SERVER IP AND PORT NO use at present 3 2 3 3 MOBILE NETWORK This interface is to setup the wirel...

Page 38: ...SIM card or send the message to the SIM it will active the wireless module and start to dial up SENSOR means you can setup one sensor to active the wireless module only when you triggered the sensor the wireless module will start to dial up and then connect to internet DIAL PARAMETER settings for SIM Card please check the setup as follow form INTERCOM SETTINGS it s a switch for interphone function...

Page 39: ... 4 FTP SETTINGS The MDVR can be used as a FTP server it can be in IE remote login check equipment in hard disk video and download video file This interface is to setup the name and password to control the server limit If the local IP of MDVR is 192 168 3 233 you can log in the MDVR FTP server as follow ftp 192 168 3 233 and the recorded file save path is ftp 192 168 3 233 stm disk 0 p1 2012 11 23 ...

Page 40: ...Copyright 2012 2014 Streamax Technology Co Ltd All Rights Reserved All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice The default login username is admin password is 88888888 if you can t login at the first time please try to relogin 3 2 4 EVENT ...

Page 41: ...y in live view Please press Enter into the soft keyboard The label also identifies the type of event when doing a quick search using EVENT SEARCH option SET LOW normal close means high to low trigger the alarm HIGH normal open means low to high trigger the alarm ALARM Press ENTER to select between OFF or ON ON means when sensor triggered alarm LED will flash OSD will display in the live view a red...

Page 42: ...MDVR supports 2 sensor outputs All the alarm inputs can trigger the two sensor output such as sensor1 8 over speed temperature video loss and so on please enter into GUI SETUP EVENT SENSOR OUTPUT as follow Remark Sensor out means when there is an event triggered the corresponding sensor out will give 12V 2A output and the duration is the alarm time you have setup so you can associate different sen...

Page 43: ...cations are therefore subject to change without notice ON means this input can trigger this output OFF means can t 3 2 4 3 SPEED Setup the alarm for over speed and some other parameters SOURCE MDVR is capable of capturing vehicle speed via GPS antenna or Vehicle speedometer Browse between the settings of GPS or speedometer from the list ...

Page 44: ...he vehicle reach to 80 KM H shown in vehicle meter or dash board and keep this speed at 30 seconds then press the Check to make the system calibrate the second area HZ set as first area data 80 SPEED UNIT MPH or KPH MILEAGE is the total mileage that the MDVR has run OVER SPEED If the vehicle exceeds the SPD MDVR will trigger the alarm signal when the following option ALARM set as YES until the dri...

Page 45: ...re is lower than the setting for LOW TEMP MDVR trigger will alarm 3 2 4 6 CAMERA Display the alarm information from camera There are three statuses for camera alarm blind detect motion detect and video loss CH ID please choose the channel you want to setup for motion detect and blind detect SENSITIVE this is the detect sensitivity 1 is the most sensitive M D AREA this option is for user to setup t...

Page 46: ...status MDVR will disconnect to CMS and shutdown automatically ENABLE setup the voltage protection switch ON means enable OFF means disable VOLTAGE setup the low Voltage limited value VOLTAGE OF START this means when the voltages of the battery reach this value MDVR will startup automatically INTERVAL TIME FOR CMS means when MDVR in low voltage for so long time device will disconnect to CMS server ...

Page 47: ...onnected PROTOCOL select the protocol of different PTZ there are two protocols to switch and the default is Pelco D BAUD RATE select the different baud rate for your PTZ there are 1200 2400 4800 and 9600 DATA BIT there are 5 6 7 8 options to select default setting is 8 STOP BIT there are 1and 2 to select the default setting is 1 VERIFY there are None Odd Even Mark Space to select the default setti...

Page 48: ...ternal accessory connection such as control pane PTZ Inertia sensor LED screen station announcement and so on MODE There are STANDARD and BUS MODE two options Standard mode the accessories connected to the ports are not fixed Bus mode COM1 can only be used for station announcement COM2 can only be used for amplifier board they are unchangeable COM3 and COM4 is changeable And 485BUS is switch for s...

Page 49: ...s HDD installed but not formatted All the new hard disk must be formatted after installation 3 showing the detailed information for HDD means HDD works fine Capacity This is the capacity for the hard disk recording after format Free Space the spare space for hard disk for recording Record capacity The time means that how long that the hard disk can recording based on the current configuration of t...

Page 50: ... streamaxtech com Copyright 2012 2014 Streamax Technology Co Ltd All Rights Reserved All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice Press CLEAR to delete all the current data 3 3 4 MODULES Display the GPS module information ...

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