Comelit AHDVR742A Quick Manual

FULL-HD AHD

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

ART. AHDVR742A / AHDVR782A /

AHDVR762A

QUICK GUIDE

Please read this guide thoroughly before use and keep it handy for future reference.

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Front Panel View

No. Title

1 DVR power indicator

2 REC LED

3 Playback LED

4 Network LED

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IR REMOTE CONTROL

SENSOR

6 USB 2.0 Port

DVR power indicator

Recording indicator

Playback indicator

Network connection indicator

Description

Receives all incoming signals from the remote control

Connect USB mouse or USB memory device for firmware upgrade.

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Rear Panel View

4ch AHD DVR

8h AHD DVR

16ch AHD DVR

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Audio input

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HDMI

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Sensor/Alarm: I/O

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Network port

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Audio out

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VGA out

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RS-485

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Power switch

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Camera input

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USB 2.0

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Power input

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System Setup

When power is turned on, you will see the initializing screen and it may take up to one minute to complete. After initializing is complete, an Easy Setup screen will appear.

Easy Setup Wizard

An Easy Setup screen will appear. If you don’t want to go through the setup steps at this time, click the Exit button and the system will go to the main live screen. When you want to set up the system, just click the Easy Setup Menu or Main menu in the right-click mouse menu. If the Easy Setup is completed and returns to the live screen, the connected camera image will be displayed on the live screen. The DVR system will record automatically as regular recording. * For basic system setup and configuration, it is recommended to complete all the setup steps.

How to setup the Main Menu

You can control the DVR by using the remote control or the mouse. Simply press the MENU key on the remote controller or right click anywhere on the live screen and press MENU icon.

Video / Audio Setup

1) Camera Title: Create channel (camera) name

2) Monitor: Adjust the brightness/contrast/hue/color for a monitor connected to DVR.

3) Sequence/Event Display: Your DVR can display each live video channel in full similar to slide show in PC. Select the interval, channel setup and duration.

4) OSD/Display Position: You can configure each parameter for onscreen-display using direction keys.

5) Screen Mode: You can configure the Live Screens and Split

Screens.

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Record Setup

Record Quality Setup

[

Primary]: Setup the Primary Recording option

1) Resolution [1080p, 720p, 960H, 1/2 960H and 1/4 960H]

There are several recording resolution modes you can choose from. 1080p is the highest resolution.

2) Record Rate (F/S) [NTSC: 30-1] [PAL 25-1]

Select recording speed in frame (image) per second.

Higher F/S requires more HDD spaces.

3) Record Quality

Select recording video quality. You can select level 1 (low) to level 8 (high) for video quality.

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Secondary]: Setup the Secondary Recording option

1) Resolution [CIF]_Default

2) Record Rate (F/S)

Select recording speed in frame (image) per second. You can select 12 fps (highest) to OFF.

3) Record Quality

Select recording video quality. You can select level 1 (low) to level 8 (high) for video quality.

Recording Method

The user can set the recording resolution for both normal and Event condition. That is, the user can set the low resolution for normal condition and high resolution for Event condition respectively for each channel.

Recording Schedule Setup

This menu allows you to create your own recording schedule and trigger type. To enable this feature, schedule recording feature at RECORD->POLICY->SCHEDULE menu must be turned “ON”. Using direction keys and ENTER button, choose preferred record types (such as Continuous, Event, Both (Cont&Evnt) on the selected time and date. Different color will represent different recording types.

1) CH: 1 ~ 4 (or 8/16) : Select channel for schedule recording.

2) Select Day [SUN – SAT, Hol]: Select the desired day for schedule recording.

3) Time: Move the cursor to desired time and press ENTER key to set it highlighted. Press click again to change schedule recording option by color.

4) You can set different recording schedule and type for each camera (channel) or you can apply current schedule setting to all other cameras by pressing “Apply to All CH” button. When the recording schedule setup is done, click OK.

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Motion Setup

This menu allows you to set motion detection area for motion recording.

To start a motion trigger recording, RECORD-> POLICY->MOTION must be enabled

Sensitivity [LEVEL 1 – LEVEL 10] : The higher level is more sensitive to detect motions.

Area [FULL / SETUP]

Full Area: Motion will be detected from full viewing area.

Position: You can setup the detection area manually. To set up the area, go to Position menu

To set up Motion Recording, you will need to do three (3) essential steps. These steps does not have to be in these necessary order but must be executed for Motion Recording.

Under Record menu, scroll down and click the Motion tab. After clicking, you will be in Motion Detection page. Under Mode tab, you will need to enable it (ON). Next, go to Record Schedule. From this page, you can set the days, hours and channels for event. Lastly, you will set need to set the policy. Under Record menu, click on the Policy tab. This will take you to the Policy page. Under Schedule, enable it by clicking it to ON.

Setting the Motion Detection Area:

Select <Motion Region>

When “Motion Region” window appears, select a channel for detection and set the area of motion detection. To set the area in “Motion Region” window, select desired region. To set the area cells individually, click

<Individual> button. When selected <Individual>, “Motion Region” window will appear and you can select cells one by one or drag the mouse to desired area to select motion region.

1) Select: Selected cell is set to be a part of motion detection area.

2) Unselected: Selected cell is removed from the motion detection area.

3) Inverse: Unselected cells are set to be the motion detection area.

4) Menu: After selecting individual motion areas, click menu for the “Motion Region” window to appear.

When the motion detection setup is completed, click <OK>. By clicking <OK>, you will exit this Motion region setting.

Important: When setting the Motion Detection, areas in yellow will only detect motion.

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Device Setup

1) Storage: HDD size and percentage used will be shown. You can format each HDD if necessary.

2) Sensor/Video Loss Detection: Select the right type of your external sensors connected to the DVR. There are two different types of sensors. (N.O.-Normal Open and N.C.- Normal Close). Press

ENTER button to change and select the sensor type.

3) Alarm schedule: You can set the condition and operating hours for scheduled alarms.

4) PTZ: DVR supports pan, tilt and zoom control for PTZ cameras or servers. It has RS485 port to connect to PTZ cameras and supports most industrial common protocols.

5) System Controller / Printer Device: You can set the RS485 communicator for use of PTZ Camera with the DVR.

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System Setup

1)

Date / Time: setup the current date and time manually.

2)

Signal/Language: Select preferred language for OSD

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Config: EXPORT, IMPORT, RESET the DVR configuration. You can also upgrade the firmware.

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Log Information: You can browse logs on the system and events

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Authorization Management: sets permission of each user over the

DVR’s specific function and settings

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Setup: Create your own unique network ID (up to 8 digits) and user password. You will need this ID and Password to connect to the DVR through the intranet or internet using Network Viewer or

Web Viewer.

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Network Connection Setup:

DVR Connection

1) Connection Mode: Sets the network connection mode.

2) Bandwidth: Sets the maximum data flow to be transferred (Upload speed). Options will vary depending on the selected connection mode.

3) IP, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS

- For Static IP: You can directly input IP address, Gateway, Subnet

Mask and DNS.

- For Dynamic IP: IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask are set automatically.

4) When the connection setup is complete, click <OK>.

Port / Connection Test:

1) Port (TCP): Initially, 9350-9351 is set. It increases / decreased by

TCP:

2) Web Viewer Port: Enter the port number for the Web Viewer.

Initially, it is set to 80.

3) When the port setup is complete, click OK.

4) UPnP: This function will automatically perform port forwarding to your router. By checking the box, the system will automatically do port forwarding. If your router does not support UPnP, a FAIL message will appear. If the router does support UPnP, then a

SUCCESS message will appear. If the Port is already in use message appears, this indicates that particular port is already in use so you must change to a different port.

DVRNS / Dashboard:

Enter your Network ID and Password to gain network access. By using the virtual keyboard, you may enter your ID and

Password. Dashboard allows you to access, manage and monitor the multiple DVR with single ID from anywhere in the world where you can access the internet. Once you login with your ID, the Dashboard shows the registered DVR list on the web and enables you to access the DVR for real-time monitoring and playback. As free internet service, for using the

Dashboard, you should setup the DVR on the Dashboard by registering your ID and Password.

DDNS:

You can set the DDNS site for a remote user’s network connection.

Live Transfer: You can set the quality of the image that is transferred from the DVR to the network.

General Operation

After Easy Setup is completed or exited from Easy Setup menu, a live screen will appear. When the user does not log-in the system and click on any and it will prompt you to the login dialog. Enter ID and Password by using the virtual keyboard and click OK. By default, the ID / Password is “admin” / “admin”

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Live Menu Description (Right Click Menu)

Screen Mode

Zoom In

Audio On/Off

Freeze

Stop Alarm

Record

Start/Stop

Selects how you would like to view screen

Zoom in for the desired area.

Option to have the audio on or off

Freeze Playback or Live scene

Stops the alarm output and the event monitoring.

Starts/stops the manual recording

Play

Search

Backup

Main Menu

Information

Easy Setup

Shutdown

Hide Launcher

Plays the search result (for 30sec. 1min, 5min,

10min and all)

Search for recorded data (by time, event, etc)

Backup data via USB drive

Access the main menu.

Displays system information

Setup your system with simple.

Completely shut down the unit

Hides the launcher.

Logout Log out the unit.

Live Launcher

In the live mode, the Live Launcher helps you execute commands with by one click without entering into main menu. The

Live Launcher screen can be hidden. If you move the mouse cursor near to the icon, a word bubble is appeared to show the tooltip.

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1 Scene Mode 5 Zoom In 9 Printer

2 Resume Play

3 Record

6 Capture

7 Audio

8 Backup

10 Freeze

11 Alarm Off

12 Menu expansion button 4 Search

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Playback Launcher

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Play bar: displays the time of recorded data in the selected channel for the past 24 hours

Playback display mode: Allows user to playback of desired mode.

3 Return button: redirects to Search Menu

4 Record: records all channels in Live Mode.

5 Audio: turns off all sound/ Audio off

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Playback control button: control playback of desired function.

Capture: capture video image either in Playback

Mode or Live Mode

Protect: protect recorded data from HDD overwriting.

Backup: backup your data by using USB Drive or

External HDD

Menu expansion button: open or hide menu buttons

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Printer: print image either in Live or Playback

Mode

Remote Monitoring (via Web Viewer)

1) Open your internet browser.

2) Type your DVR’s IP address in your internet browser (ex: http://192.168.0.30) or click the detected DVR in the “Smart

Manager”. You will be directed to screen as above.

3) Default ID / password: admin / admin

4) Select the connect mode (Web viewer or Setup)

5) If you select the Web Viewer mode, there will be JAVA initializing stage.

* Before running your Web viewer, JAVA will need to initialize. If the JAVA is not installed in your PC, please install it first from the CD tile or internet web site.

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COMELIT RAS Solution (Remote Monitoring)

Using the client software that is included in the CD-title, you can monitor the DVR from remote site.

First, install COMELIT RAS Solution in your PC and run the client.

Enter the ID and Password. (Default ID and PW is “admin” / “admin”.)

In order to connect DVR, please click the icon corner and click the System Setup menu.

on the top-left

To register DVR at Comelit Ras Solution, “Device Group” must be created first. Right click the Device folder to add device group.

Enter the desired group name.

And search DVR at “Discovery” Tab. DVR will be automatically searched and displayed at “Discovery” list. If

DVR is not in the list, click the Refresh button.

Select a device in the Discovery list, and drag and drop it by mouse in the desired group folder.

* Further detailed information, please refer to the CMS manual.

Drag & Drop

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COMELIT IP RAS (Mobile Viewer)

Access App store from your iPhone or Android phone. Type “COMELIT” in the search bar. Select “Comelit IP Ras” to install it. After installation, open the App. Push the “Start” button. Push the Add button on the top right corner. Select the

“Recorder” section and select as follows;

- Device Type: NVR

- Model: Standalone NVR

- Codec: Default

- Address Type: Select Static IP/ DVRNS/ DNS

- Max Channel: Select the number of channel (4ch/8ch/16ch)

- Stream: Select Primary or Secondary stream (MJPEG is for NVR option.)

- Name: Input the desired device name.

- IP/URL: Input IP address

- Port: Input connection port (default : 9350)

- Web Port: Input the Web port (default: 80)

- ID & Password: Input registered ID and Password.

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Model

Video

Input

Display Output

Input

Audio

Display

Output

Display FPS

(NTSC/PAL)

VGA Display

Resolution

Screen Split Mode

PIP and Zoom

Pentaplex Mode

Frame Rate

Recording

Recording Ways

Recording FPS

Protect Video/Audio

File

Still Image Capture

Internal Hard Drive

Remote Monitoring/Control

Playback

Alarm

Control

Others

Playback Screen

Mode

Search Mode

External Sensor

Input

Alarm Output

Data Backup

Video Content

Analysis

NTP Server/Client

System Keyboard

Printer

Control

Event Log & Pre-

Alarm Record

Auto Deletion

Languages

Power Supply

Dimension

AHDVR742A

4 BNC

4 Channel

120fps

AHDVR782A

8 BNC

VGA, HDMI

8 Channel

1 RCA

240fps

AHDVR762A

16 BNC

16 Channel

480fps

Up to 1920x1080

1/4 1/4/6/8/9

PIP/Zone (x2, x4, x6, x8)

1/4/6/8/9/13/16

Simultaneous Live, Recording, Playback, Backup, Network

Adjustable Frame Rate for Each Camera

Manual, Schedule, Event(Motion, Sensor)

30fps (each CH) 30fps (each CH) 15fps (each CH)

Protect Video/Audio from HDD Overwrite

Live or Playback Image Local Capture and Backup for Legal

Evidence

1xSATA 2xSATA 2xSATA

10/100 Base Ethernet

Dynamic/Static

Web Viewer and COMELIT RAS Solution Support

Dual Streaming for Live and Recording

E-Map Support

1/4 1/4/6/8/9 1/4/6/8/9/13/16

Date/Time, Calendar, Event, Motion, Protect, Capture, VCA, Text

4CH NC/NO 8CH NC/NO 16CH NC/NO

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USB Flash Memory

AVI Format for Easy Viewing, Private Format for Image

Authentication

Yes (with Specific Cameras)

Yes

USB and Support

USB or Network Printer

IR Remote Control, USB Mouse, Client Software

System/Event Log Management, Pre Recording for

Motion/Sensor

Setup Recording Duration Per Channel

300x47x209mm

48 Languages Support

12VDC, 2A

378x47x317mm

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