ApoSonic 8-CH, 4-CH+4-CH, 16-CH, 8-CH+8-CH Compact AHD/TVI Hybrid DVR User’s Manual

call up Video Loss Setup display for the camera. Please refer to Section 6.2.1

 Video Loss Settings.. – used to setup the action settings when video loss is detected for this camera. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

in Settings.. to

for the details.

 Motion Detection – whether the motion detection of this camera is enabled or not.

(Note : this field has no effect for the Smart Search information.)

Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Motion Settings.. – used to setup the motion settings,

used for Motion Detection or Smart Search

, for this camera. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

Settings.. to call up Motion Setup display for the camera. Please refer to Section

6.2.2

about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control .

Please note that if the Motion Detection is disabled, the default factory motion settings should work fine for Smart Search.

 Covert – covert or not. If the camera is covert, the video of this camera can only be seen if the user has logged in as Administrator. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse:

Left click)

to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

 Mirror – whether to mirror, flip, or rotate 180 degrees for the video. Press +/- buttons to select one.

 Call By Event – whether to switch the monitor to the video of this camera if certain event occurs for this camera. There are 4 options, including Off, Motion,

Alarm, Both (Motion & Alarm). Press +/- buttons to select one.

 Dwell Time – the dwell time if Call By Event is set to Motion, Alarm, or Both.

Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3-60 seconds, discrete).

 Audio – the AUDIO IN corresponding to this camera. The audio data for the selected AUDIO IN will be recorded with the video data for this camera. Press

+/- buttons to select none (N/A) or AUDIO Inputs (1-4/8). The default setting is

“N/A”.

 Record Quality – the record quality for this camera. Press +/- buttons to select the value (1-9, with 1 the lowest (rough) quality, 9 the highest (fine) quality).

 Event Record IPS – the IPS (Images Per Second) for this camera if certain event

(Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera will be recorded at this rate for Post-record time since the event occurs. (Please refer to the following

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sections for Post-record time.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 – 25 (PAL)

/ 30 (NTSC), discrete).

 Pre-record IPS – the pre-record IPS for this camera if certain event (Video Loss,

Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera is recorded at this rate for

Pre-record time before the event occurs. (Please refer to the following sections for Pre-record time.) For this DVR, the value is always the same as Event

Record IPS.



Normal Record IPS – the normal record IPS for this camera. This camera will be recorded at this rate if no event occurs. Press +/- buttons to select the value

(0 – Pre-record IPS for this camera, discrete). Please note that for High compression ratio in Pre-Camera setup, Normal Record IPS is always the same as

Event Record IPS.

 Actual Event Record IPS – the actual event record IPS set to the cameras because of the limitation of the total system performance.

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6.2.1 Video Loss Setup

In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Video Loss Setup of the selected camera as shown when the highlighted option is

Video Loss Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Video

Loss Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected video loss for the camera.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 Numeric (ENTER)

Press these buttons to select the camera.

 COPY (

)

Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its Video Loss settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-8/16.)

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse:

Right Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm

Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after video loss is detected for this camera. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once the camera returns to normal. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’).

 Camera to go – the camera to go to the preset position in next field after video loss is detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a PTZ camera.

 Goto Preset – to define the preset position to go to for the “Camera to go”

Camera in last field if video loss is detected for this camera. For more details

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 Pre-record – to define how long before video loss is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value

(0-10 seconds, discrete). Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.

 Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when video loss of this camera is detected. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the

Alarm Outputs (NC (1), NO (2)).

 Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when video loss of this camera is detected. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Screen Message – to display the event message on the screen or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers at the moment when the event is triggered. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

 FTP – to send the recorded event video/audio files to FTP server or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

6.2.2 Motion Setup

In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Motion Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Motion Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Motion setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected motion for the camera.

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The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 Numeric

Press these buttons to select the camera.

 COPY (

)

Press this button to copy the Motion settings, including Detection settings, of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its Motion settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-8/16.)

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse:

Right Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm

Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after motion is detected for this camera. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once the camera returns to normal. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’).

 Camera to go – the camera to go to the preset position in next field after motion is detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a PTZ camera.

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 Goto Preset – to define the preset position to go to for the “Camera to go”

Camera in last field if motion is detected for this camera. For more details about

preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control .

 Pre-record – to define how long before motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value

(0-10 seconds, discrete). Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.

 Post-record – to define how long after motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Event Record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value

(0 second - 60 minutes, discrete).

 Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when motion of this camera is detected. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm

Outputs (NC (1), NO (2)).

 Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when motion of this camera is detected. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Screen Message – to display the event message on the screen or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or

+/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

 FTP – to send the recorded event video/audio files to FTP server or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

 Detection Settings.. – used to setup the motion detection settings, including detection area and sensitivity, when motion is detected for this camera.

Please note that the detection area and sensitivity are also used for the Smart Search information. There won’t be any Smart Search information stored outside the detection area. So, it’s better to enable the whole area if the motion detection for the camera is disabled (and only Smart Search is used).

Press

ENTER in Settings.. to call up Motion Detection Setup (as shown) for this camera. In Motion Detection Setup, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the area with

gray grids

is the area which will

be detected for motion

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while transparent grids not detected for motion. Besides, there is a (yellow)

Mask window.

)

Following is a brief description for the operations:

 Numeric

(Mouse:

Press these buttons to select the camera.

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the Mask window.

 +/-

(Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.

 ENTER

(Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window.

 MODE

(Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.

 SEQ

(Mouse: ) / CALL (Mouse: )

Press this button to decrease/increase the sensitivity, 1 – 10, for the motion detection of this camera.

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 Vol+/- (

/ ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to increase/decrease the “number of grids treated as motion” for the motion detection of this camera.

 SEARCH

(Mouse: )

Press this button to test the motion detection of this camera. The detected motion will be shown on the screen. Press this button again to stop testing.

 ESC

(Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion

Setup.



Privacy Mask Settings..

– used to setup the privacy mask settings. Press

ENTER in Settings.. to call up Privacy Mask Setup for this camera. The

Privacy Mask Setup is similar to Motion Detection Setup, except that the grayed area of the camera will be blacked out for live/recorded video.

6.3 Alarm Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Alarm, and then press ENTER to call up Alarm Setup display as shown. The Alarm Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each alarm input, and the actions if it’s triggered. There are up to 8 alarm inputs which can be connected to the system.

The general operations are as below:

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 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 Numeric

Press these buttons to select the alarm input.

 COPY (

)

Press this button to copy the settings of the focus alarm input to all the following alarm inputs. (EX. focus alarm input is 1, its settings will be copied to those of alarm inputs 2-8.)

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:



Normal State – press +/- buttons to select N/A, Close, Open, Close(Level) or

Open(Level). Please check the signal type, normally close or normally open, connected to the alarm input terminal on the rear panel of the system. If there’s no signal connected, please select N/A – Not Available, and the following items will not be settable. The default setting is Open.

Please note that for

Close(Level) and Open(Level), the Duration and Post-record mentioned below will keep being activated when the alarm input is at alarm state.

 Title – The title (Max. 8 characters) of this alarm input. Please follow the Text

Input method described in Section 4.1

details about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control .

 Delay – the alarm input will be treated as if it’s triggered Delay time (0-15 seconds) later after being really triggered, 0 sec. for no delay.

 Focus Camera – the camera corresponding to this alarm input.

 Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm

Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after this alarm input is triggered or returns to normal . Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds -

60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’).

 Goto Preset – to define the preset position to go to for the Focus Camera if this alarm input is triggered and the Focus Camera is a PTZ camera. For more

 Pre-record – to define how long before this alarm input is triggered the Focus

Camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to

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adjust the value (0-10 seconds, discrete). Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.

 Post-record – to define how long after this alarm input is triggered

or returns to normal the Focus Camera shall be intensively recorded at Event Record IPS.

Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (0 second - 60 minutes, discrete).

 Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when this alarm input is triggered. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm

Outputs (NC (1), NO (2)).

 Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when this alarm input is triggered.

Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Screen Message – to display the event message on the screen or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Notification – to notify mobile phones and/or send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The mobile phones with alarm notification from the DVR enabled will be notified, and the e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 FTP – to send the recorded event video/audio files to FTP server or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

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6.4 Main/SEQ Display Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to

Main/SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up Main/SEQ Display Setup.

The Main/SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in

SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor.

Please note that Call Monitor supports 1/4 split window display.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen. If the Save dialog is shown, press

ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Call Monitor 1/4W – select split window of Call Monitor. Press +/- buttons to select the desired value.

 Main Display Type – “Default” for default main display type and “SEQ” for main display to use SEQ settings.

 CVBS – CVBS out for “Main Monitor” or “Call Monitor”.

 Main Display Called By Event – to switch the main monitor to the video of the event camera or not.

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 Total Pages – total pages for this SEQ Display Type. The maximum number varies according to the display type. Press +/- buttons to select the desired number from the available list.

 Dwell Time – the dwell time (3 ~ 60 seconds, discrete) for each page of this display type. Press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Page Settings.. – used to set the camera in each viewing window for each page of this SEQ Display Type. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up Display

Page Setup as shown.

In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown.

And the title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted

. Following is a brief description for the operations:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to move the focus window.

 Numeric

(Mouse:

Press these buttons to change the camera for the current page.

)

 +/-

(Mouse: )

Press these buttons to change the current page for this SEQ Display Type.

 ESC

(Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Display Page Setup, and return to SEQ

Display Setup.

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6.5 Scheduled Record Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to

Scheduled Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup.

The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system. There are up to 16 time segments (T1 – T16) for each weekday.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen.

 COPY (

)

Press this button to copy the settings of (1) the focus camera to all the following cameras, or (2) the focus weekday to all the following weekdays. (EX. focus weekday is TUE, its settings will be copied to those of weekdays WED-SAT.)

 MODE

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to enter Easy Setup for Schedule Record as described in the following paragraphs.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Mode – the schedule below applies to All cameras or Individual camera. Press

+/- buttons to change the value.

 Camera – select the camera if Individual is selected. Press +/- buttons to select the camera.

 Start – the start time of this time segment, increment at 30 minutes. (The end time of this time segment is implicitly set as the start time of next time segment, or the start time of the first time segment of the same weekday if it’s the last one.)

Press +/- buttons to select the desired start time.

Example: If the user sets the start time of T1/MON as 9:00, T2/MON as 18:00,

T3-T16/MON as N/A (Not Available), then T1/MON is 9:00-18:00,

T2/MON is 0:00-9:00, and 18:00-24:00.

 Alarm – record mode (No, Video, Audio/Video) when certain alarm input is triggered.

“OFF” is for alarm detection OFF.

Press +/- buttons to change the value. Please note that the alarm is the alarm for the focus camera (in Alarm

Setup) if Individual is selected.

 Motion – record mode (No, Video, or Audio/Video) when motion is detected for certain camera.

“OFF” is for motion detection OFF.

Press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Normal – normal record mode, including No, V (Video only), or A/V

(Audio/Video). Press +/- buttons to change the value.

Note: In a time segment, if both Alarm and Motion are set to “OFF”, the audio/video will be treated as Normal unless there’s Video Loss.

Scheduled Record

– Easy Setup

The Scheduled Record – Easy Setup allows the administrator to use a simpler and easier way to setup the scheduled record of the system. In Easy Setup, there are Six

Selectable Recording Modes: Alarm+Motion+Normal, Alarm+Motion, Alarm,

Motion, Normal, and No Record. Video & Audio are all recorded for the selectable

Recording Modes except “No Record”. After the Easy Setup, the time segments for each weekday in Scheduled Record will be updated accordingly.

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The operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the focus.

 COPY (

)

Press this button to copy the settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 2, its schedule settings will be copied to those of the cameras 3-8.)

 Numeric 1-6

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the active Recording Mode. The user may also press ENTER when the focus is on the Recording Mode to activate it. The

Recording Modes are : “1” – Alarm+Motion+Normal, “2” – Alarm+Motion,

“3” – Alarm, “4” – Motion, “5” – Normal, “6” – No Record, and Others (which is not selectable).

 +/-

(Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to set the focus interval (one grid for one hour) upwardly/downwardly to the Active Recording Mode. The user may also press

ENTER to set the focus interval to the Active Recording Mode.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Scheduled Record Setup display. The time segments for each weekday in Scheduled Record will be updated accordingly.

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6.6 HDD Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then press ENTER to call up HDD Setup as shown.

In the surveillance applications, alarm video/audio is much more important than normal video/audio. So, this digital video/audio recorder is designed to allow the user to divide each HDD into alarm partition and normal partition. And, alarm video/audio will be recorded in alarm partition, normal video/audio in normal partition.

The HDD Setup allows the administrator to format/clear each HDD, set Alarm

Record size and Normal Record size of each HDD, and define the behaviors for

Alarm Record and Normal Record if it reaches the end of the last HDD in the system.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 MODE

=> Format/Clear

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to format/clear the HDDs as described in Section 6.6.1

 SEQ

=> Advanced HDD Setup

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to enter Advanced HDD Setup as described in Section 6.6.2

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

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Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Size (GB) – the total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and

Normal Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to

Section 6.6.1

for more detailed information and setup of each individual HDD.

Please note that if the total alarm record size is zero, the alarm video/audio will be recorded in normal record partition. Please note that if the total normal record size is zero, the normal video/audio will be recorded in alarm record partition.

 Auto Overwrite – automatic overwrite of the recorded video/audio from HDD#1 when the Alarm/Normal Record disk drive capacity reaches the end of the last

HDD. If Auto Overwrite is disabled and the Alarm/Normal Record disk drive capacity reaches the end, the system will not overwrite the recorded video/audio, and hence not record Alarm/Normal video/audio, until the user presses the Alarm

Reset button. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 HDD Full Action – actions when Alarm/Normal Record disk drive capacity reaches the end of the last HDD. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm

Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after the corresponding partition, Alarm Record or Normal Record, is full. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’).

 Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when the corresponding partition, Alarm Record or Normal Record, is full. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm Outputs (NC (1), NO (2)).

 Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when the corresponding partition,

Alarm Record or Normal Record, is full. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or

+/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

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6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear

In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown.

The HDD must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The

HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each HDD, and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for each

HDD. Please make sure there’s no remote user before formatting the HDD.

Please note that if NAS device is connected and setup correctly, it will be always the last storage in the HDD list.

The general operations are as below:

 MODE => Format

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to format the HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel. Please note that it

would take about 40 seconds to format a brand new 160GB HDD.

Note: If the HDD has not been formatted, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 100% for Alarm and 0% for Normal. If it has been formatted, it will be formatted according to the Alarm REC Size (%) and

Normal REC Size (%) displayed on the screen, but the previously recorded contents within the new size won’t be cleared and will be accessible.

 SEQ => Clear

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to clear the HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel.

Note: If the HDD has not been formatted, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 100% for Alarm record and 0% for Normal record.

If it has been formatted (and recorded), it will be partitioned according to the

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Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared.

 CALL => Physical Format

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to physically format the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel.

Please note that the recording will be always optimized for performance & lifetime no matter it’s for the first time or for the one hundredth time.

The formatting would take less than 1 minute. We strongly recommend that the

user use this physical format function to format the HDD for the first time.

Note: The HDD will be physically formatted and partitioned with default record size, 100% for Alarm record and 0% for Normal record. All the previously recorded contents will be cleared.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Size (GB) – the total storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for the HDD if it has been formatted. This item is just for information.



Alarm Record(%) – Alarm Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. Please follow the Text Input method described in

Section 4.1

to change the value.

Please note that if the alarm record percentage for all HDDs is zero, the alarm video/audio will be recorded in normal record partition. Please note that if the total normal record size is zero, the normal video/audio will be recorded in alarm record partition.

 Normal Record(%) – Normal Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. It equals to (100% - Alarm Record Size). This item is just for information.

 NAS/Setup – used to setup NAS (Network Attached Storage) related parameters if NAS is connected to the DVR. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

in Setup to call up NAS Setup display as shown.

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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the item.

 ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from the NAS Setup dialog. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

to exit without saving. Please note that if the NAS settings are changed, the user

will be asked to reboot the system for the new settings to take effect.

Please also note that the NAS device will be always the last storage in the

HDD list.

 Type – “NFS” or “N/A”. Press +/- buttons to select.

 URL – the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the NAS device. Please

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1



Path – the path in the NAS device to store video/audio. Please follow the

Period is “ˇ”. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

Please note that lowercase and uppercase are treated differently. Besides, ‘/’ is used for subdirectory.

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6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup

In HDD Setup display, press SEQ to call up Advanced HDD Setup display as shown.

The HDD Failure Action in Advanced HDD Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected HDD failure, while the Privacy settings allow the administrator to set the DVR to record for Limited Period and the Retention

Period of its HDD storage.

The HDD Failure Action will be triggered if there’s no available formatted HDD detected.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm

Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after HDD failure is detected.

Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for

‘Forever’).

 Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when HDD failure is detected. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm Outputs

(NC (1), NO (2)).

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 Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when HDD failure is detected.

Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

 E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or

+/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

 Limited Period – whether the HDD storage is for limited period or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - No.

 Retention Period (hour) – the retention period of the HDD storage if Limited

modify this item. If this item is set as 0, it will be treated as No Limited Period.

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6.7 Password Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown.

The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level.

There are three default password levels in the system, including Administrator

(highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the

Administrator everything. Beside the default password levels, the user can also set

“Customized” user level as described in the following paragraphs. The system allows up to 18 user accounts.

There is one factory-preset login name/password aa/11 at Administrator level. The user can use it to login the system for the first time.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll up/down if the selected item is not shown on the screen.

 MODE

=> Select/Deselect as default

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to select this user as the default one at login, or deselect if this user is the default login user. An asterisk (*) will be shown preceding the number for the default login user. And this login name/password will be the default one each time the login dialog is shown, so the user doesn’t bother to enter the text to login the system.

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 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Local Guest Level – the local access level (Administrator, Supervisor,

Operator, -, or any user) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.

 Remote Guest Level – the remote access level without login the system. Press

+/- buttons to change the level.

 Auto Logout – auto logout, if there’s no user’s operation in 1 minute to 24 hours, or not (“-“). Press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Login Name – please follow the Text Input method described in

Section 4.1

modify this item.

 Password – this item accepts numbers only. Please follow the Text Input

method described in Section 4.1

refer to Appendix B for the time zone table.

 Level – the password level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or

Customized) for this user. Press +/- buttons to change the level.

 Adv. – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up Advanced User Setup as shown below.

The Advanced User Setup allows the administrator to setup each user’s detailed access right of the system.

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The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the focus. If the selected item is not shown on the screen, the screen will scroll up or down.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Password Setup display. The Password Setup contents will be updated accordingly.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Monitor Channel 1-8/16 – the user can only monitor those channels

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 X2 – to enable the user to do X2 operation for live/playback video if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 PTZ – to enable the user to do PTZ operation if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 GPS/POS/OSD Display – to enable the user to change GPS/POS/OSD

Display if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Volume – to enable the user to change volume if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Video Adjustment – to enable the user to do video adjustment operation if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Display – to enable the user to change display settings if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Playback – to enable the user to playback video/audio if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Backup – to enable the user to backup video/audio if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Configuration Backup/Restore – to enable the user to backup/restore configurations if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

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check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Camera – to enable the user to do Camera Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Alarm – to enable the user to do Alarm Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Main/SEQ Display – to enable the user to do Main/SEQ Display Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Scheduled Record – to enable the user to do Scheduled Record Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup HDD – to enable the user to do HDD Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Password – to enable the user to do Password Setup if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup System – to enable the user to do System Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup RS-232/485 – to enable the user to do RS-232/485 Setup if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Network – to enable the user to do Network Setup if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Setup Factory Defaults – to enable the user to restore factory defaults to all setup related configurations if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse:

Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Software Upgrade – to enable the user to upgrade DVR software if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

 Shutdown – to enable the user to shutdown the DVR if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/-

(Mouse: Left click)

to check/uncheck this item.

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6.8 System Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to System, and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown.

The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving. Please note that if the selected language is

changed, the user will be asked to reboot the system for the newly selected

language to take effect.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Time Zone – press +/- buttons to select the time zone for the system. Please

 Daylight Saving Time – press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default value is set by selecting a different time zone, but the user may check/uncheck this item if the default setting is checked.

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 System Time –



Synchronization – time synchronized with TSP Server or not. Press +/- to change the value. The default setting is “–” - unchecked. Please note that

“Local Server” means this DVR is used as TSP server.

 TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time

Synchronization is set to “TSP Server”. The system will try to do time synchronization with the specified TSP server at the system preset interval.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this

item.

 Date – system date. Press +/- buttons to modify each of these items.

 Time – system time. Press +/- buttons to modify each of these items.

 Display Format – format used for the system time displayed on the lower-left corner of the main screen. Press +/- buttons to select the desired format.

 Language – press +/- buttons to select the language for the system. The languages supported include: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese,

Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Turkish, etc.

 Protection Key – the protection key for the remote access of the system. Please

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

Appendix-C . The GPS protocol supported is

Note: This protection key will be used for authentication when any remote station wants to connect with the system from Ethernet interface, either LAN or internet. So, the same protection key must be entered to install the remote software if it is to be used to access the system.

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6.9 RS-232/485/IR Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to

RS-232/485/IR, and then press ENTER to call up RS-232/485/IR Setup as shown.

The RS-232/485/IR Setup allows the administrator to setup RS-232/RS-485 control port and DVR ID for IR remote. Please refer to the manuals for the connected devices - PTZ cameras or keyboard controllers – to set the items in RS-232/485

Setup.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Device Type – PTZ, Keyboard, GPS, POS,

PTZ+Keyboard or N/A (Not

Available). Press +/- buttons to change the type.



Model – PTZ model

(for PTZ and PTZ+Keyboard)

, Keyboard model, GPS protocol, or POS printer type of the connected devices. The PTZ models supported include Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel

Cyber Dome, PIH-series, Dynacolor, Bosch AutoDome, Video Trek, etc.

The Keyboard models supported include Terminal (EX. VT-100) and Control

Protocol. For Terminal type, please use the corresponding ASCII characters for code as described in

NMEA0183. The POS printer types supported include Epson General (EX.

Epson-TM200, Epson-TMU300, Epson-TMU675, Epson-TMT882,

Epson-RPU420, and Epson-MD332S) and Epson-TMU295. Press +/-

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buttons to change the supported model (or protocol).

Please note that if

PTZ+Keyboard is selected for Device Type, the Keyboard model is always Control Protocol, and the other settings (Baud Rate, Data Bit,

Stop Bit, and Parity) are the same as the PTZ Model selected.

Please also note that the installer must be sure that the Keyboard

Control Protocol and the PTZ Protocol won

’t conflict with each other.

 Baud Rate – press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Data Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Stop Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value.

 Parity – (Odd, Even, or None). Press +/- buttons to change the value.

 DVR/Camera ID – for PTZ/Keyboard => the device ID for this digital video/audio recorder, and it must not conflict with the other devices connected in the same control port.; for GPS/POS => the Camera ID to receive the GPS/POS data

For IR => the DVR ID to receive the IR control signal, “-” to receive any

DVR ID signal. Press +/- buttons to change the ID.

Some GPS Devices Tested

HOLUX GR-213 G-Mouse GPS Receiver

Garmin GPS 18 OEM

GlobalSat BR-355 Cable GPS

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6.10 Network Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Network, and then press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown.

The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related parameters. Please check with your network administrator to set these parameters correctly.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse: Right

Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Net Type – Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP. For internet access, please make sure

the below IP Address is a public IP address; otherwise, (1) a router with public IP address is required, and the router must be setup for port mapping

(forwarding) to the DVR, or (2) CMS server must be used ( Sec. 6.10.4

Press +/- buttons to change the Net Type.

 IP Address – Ethernet IP address of the “Net Type” above for the system. To

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get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider).

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these

items.

 Net Mask – Net Mask for the Ethernet IP address. Please follow the Text Input

method described in Section 4.1

Input method described in Section 4.1

 Gateway – Ethernet Gateway IP address. Please note that the priority of

Gateway is (1) Ethernet Gateway and (2) 3G Gateway. Please follow the Text

 DNS – DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address for Ethernet. Please follow the

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

 PPPoE Username – PPPoE username for the system if PPPoE is used. Please

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

 PPPoE Password – PPPoE password for the system if PPPoE is used. Please

 P2P – if enabled, the QR code of the DVR will be shown on the upper right corner, and users can scan it to access the DVR remotely through the QR code in the future. Please make sure that TCP hole punching is possible for the NAT,

Full-cone or Address restricted cone, of the router connected to internet for the

DVR or remote software.



DDNS Type – Dynamic, Static, Custom DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) type, etc. Please contact your local DDNS Service Provider to get the DDNS

URL, username, and password. Press +/- buttons to change this item.

If internet is accessible , the user can select “Fly2DNS” for free built-in DDNS server, URL/DDNS Username/DDNS Password will be filled in automatically after the user exits and saves the settings. The user can change the prefix of the URL afterwards.

 URL – the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the system. Please follow the

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

 DDNS Username – DDNS username for the DVR for Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

 DDNS Password – DDNS password for the DVR for Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP.

Please refer to Section 6.10.1 for the details.

 Notification – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up Notification Setup.

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 FTP – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up FTP Setup. Please refer to

Section 6.10.2

 3G – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up 3G Modem Setup. Please

refer to Section 6.10.3

Setup. Please refer to Section 6.10.4

 Advanced – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up Advanced Network

Note: If DDNS Type is FreeDNS, the URL must be appended with “,hash”, where hash is extracted from the grab URL batch file that is downloaded from freedns.afraid.org.

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6.10.1 Notification Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Notification

Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Notification.

The Notification

Setup allows the administrator to set notification (email

& push alarm) related parameters.

When an event occurs and Notification/E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, a notification will be sent based on the parameters set.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse:

Right Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 SMTP Server – SMTP mail server name. Please follow the Text Input method

described in Section 4.1

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 SMTP Port – the SMTP port for e-mail transmission. The default value is 25.

 Authentication – whether the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item.

 Username – username if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

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 Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please

 Mail From – the e-mail address of this DVR unit, i.e. the sender of the e-mails originated from the triggered events. Please follow the Text Input method

described in Section 4.1

the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

 Mail To #1-5 – the receivers’ e-mail addresses. The system can send the e-mails originated from the triggered events to up to 5 different receivers. Please follow

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 Attachment – attached picture for the e-mail sent. The value could be (N/A,

Original picture, QCIF picture). Press +/- buttons to change this item.

 Push Alarm – whether Push Alarm is enabled for network notification. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item.

6.10.2 FTP Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up FTP Setup as shown when the highlighted option is FTP.

The FTP Setup allows the administrator to set FTP related parameters. When an event occurs and FTP is enabled for the action, the recorded video/audio for that event will be sent to the FTP server based on the parameters set here.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse:

Right Click)

to exit without saving.

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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 FTP Server – FTP server web/IP address with or without directory path.

 FTP Port – the FTP port. The default value is 21. Please follow the Text Input

method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 Username – username for this DVR unit in the FTP server. Please follow the

Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 Password – password for this DVR unit in the FTP server. Please follow the

be “DVR01-cam..”. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section

 Prefix Of Filename – the prefix of the filenames for the files sent to the FTP server. If it’s empty, the filenames will be “cam..”; if not, the filenames will be

“Prefix-cam..”. For example, if the prefix is “DVR01”, then the filenames will

4.1

described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

6.10.3 3G Modem Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up 3G Modem Setup as shown when the highlighted option is 3G.

The 3G Modem Setup allows the administrator to set 3G modem related parameters if

USB dongle 3G modem is plugged in the USB port.

The general operations are as below:

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 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Username – username if requested by ISP. Please follow the Text Input method

 Password – password if requested by ISP. Please follow the Text Input method

described in Section 4.1

described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 Dial String – the 3G dial command. Please follow the Text Input method

 APN – (Optional) APN info. Please follow the Text Input method described in

Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 PIN – PIN associated with the SIM card used. Please follow the Text Input

method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 IP Address – 3G IP address for the system. To get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider). This field is for information only.

 Net Mask – Net Mask for the 3G IP address. This field is for information only.

 Gateway – 3G Gateway IP address. Please note that the priority of Gateway is

(1) Ethernet Gateway and (2) 3G Gateway. This field is for information only.

 DNS – DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address for the 3G network. This field is for information only.

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6.10.4 Advanced Network Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Advanced Network Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Advanced.

The Advanced Network Setup allows the administrator to set advanced network parameters. If the user is not familiar with network administration, please DO

NOT modify the items in this dialog.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC

(Mouse:

Right Click)

to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Control Port – the control port for remote access. The default value is 67.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 Data Port – the data port for remote access. The default value is 68. Please

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follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.



HTTP Port – the HTTP (web page) port for remote access. The default value is

80.

Please note that value 0 means to disable HTTP.

 UPNP Port Forwarding – to use UPnP port forwarding for Control/Data/HTTP port for internet access if the router supports UPnP. Press +/- buttons to change the value. If UPnP port forwarding is used, the DVR will try to connect with

UPnP router to set Control/Data/HTTP port after the user exits from this screen.

It may take from a few seconds to a few minutes. If successful, new

Control/Data/HTTP port will be shown with (*) in front of it.

 WAP Picture Quality – the WAP picture quality if WAP access is supported for the DVR. Press +/- buttons to change the value.



Video Stream Resolution – network live video stream resolution. Press +/- buttons to change the value. For V8.07 or above, “Dynamic” is added for dynamic resolution adjustment based on remote video window resolution and network bandwidth.

 Video Stream Quality – network live video stream quality. Press +/- buttons to change the value. Please note that the value cannot be changed due to the limitation of the main chip.

 DVR Name – the “DVR Name” used in the “CMS Server” if CMS Server

(described below) is (to be) connected with the DVR. Please follow the Text

Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

 CMS Server URL #1-2 – the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the CMS

Server #1 and #2. The DVR will connect with up to two CMS servers automatically once it’s running. Please note that with this feature, the DVR

needs not to be a web server, while the CMS server needs to be a web server.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these

items.

 IP Filter #1-4 – the IP filters #1-4 for remote access. Only those PCs with IP addresses matching one of the IP filters can access the DVR remotely. Please

follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.

Note: If the Control Port or Data Port is not available or accessible during remote access, the system will reset the ports to their default values, i.e.

67/68.

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7. PTZ Control

The digital video/audio recorder supports a variety of PTZ cameras. The user can easily control the PTZ cameras through the operations described in this Chapter if

those PTZ cameras have been connected and setup correctly. Please refer to Section

3.2 Optional Connections for the connections. Please refer to

Section 6.1

Pre-Camera Setup to set the PTZ ID of each PTZ camera, and

Section 6.9

RS-232/422/485 Setup to setup the control port.

If a camera is also a PTZ camera, there will be an asterisk (*) preceding its title in its video window in split-window display. Please press PTZ button

(Mouse: )

to enter PTZ control mode if the focus camera is a PTZ camera. The asterisk (*) will be changed to inverse color to indicate that the camera is now in PTZ control mode.

In PTZ control mode, the user’s operations can be divided into general operations and miscellaneous function specific operations, and are described as the followings:

General operations:

 PTZ

(Mouse: )

Press this button to exit PTZ control mode. The asterisk (*) will be changed back to normal color.

 ▲▼

(Mouse: Left-click in the up/down area of the video window)

Press these buttons to tilt the camera up/down.



◄►

(Mouse: Left-click in the left/right area of the video window)

Press these buttons to pan the camera left/right.

 ZOOM (

) +/ (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to zoom in/out the camera.

 GOTO

(Mouse: )

Press this button to move the camera to the preset position. Press numeric buttons 0-9 to enter the number of the preset position to move the camera to.

The range of the preset positions is 00-254.

 NEXT

Press this button for the next miscellaneous function. The miscellaneous functions include Focus, Iris, Auto PAN, SEQ, Preset, and Pan Speed. And the active one will be shown on the lower right corner of the screen. The miscellaneous function specific operations are described in the following table.

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Miscellaneous function specific operations:

Active function

Focus

Operations

+/-

ENTER

Descriptions focus far/near

(Mouse:

Iris +/- auto focus

(Mouse: )

Iris increase/decrease

(Mouse:

Auto Pan (3)

(Mouse:

SEQ (5 sec.)

(Mouse:

Preset (1)

(Mouse:

, )

Pan Speed (3)

(Mouse:

)

+/-

ENTER

+/-, NUMBER

ENTER

+/-, NUMBER

ENTER

+/-

)

Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed start/stop Auto Pan set start position set end position

SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.

If SEQ mode is on, the camera will goto preset position 0-9 (or 1-10) sequentially. change dwell time start/stop SEQ mode, an asterisk (*) will be shown if SEQ mode is on

Preset location is shown in parenthesis change Preset location set Preset location clear Preset location

Manual pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed

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8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator, Supervisor)

There are five ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback:

(a) Search by time,

(b) Search by event,

(c)

Smart search

(d) Search archived files, and

(e) POS search.

In split-window display, press SEARCH button

(Mouse:

Menu display as shown.

)

to call up Search

The user’s operations are described as the followings:

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.

 ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to enter the corresponding Search display of the highlighted item.

The Search displays and their operations are described in the following sections, followed by the playback operations of the searched video/audio.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Search Menu display, and return to split-window display.

Note: In split-window display, the user can press PLAY button (Mouse:

) to call up Instant Playback Menu, and then select the time for instant playback.

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8.1 Search By Time

The screen for Search By Time is shown as below:

The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time based on the selected

Video/Audio before searching - alarm partition if any of Alarm, Motion, or Video

Loss, is checked, and normal partition if Normal is checked. Above the status field is the 24H time slider and alarm/motion/video loss/normal recording status (from top to bottom).

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

 Play Button (

) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start playing the recorded video/audio with the selected search time and video/audio type.

If there’s no camera in playback mode, all the

cameras in the current split window will be set to playback mode.

 Copy Button (

) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to backup (copy) the selected type of recorded video/audio starting from the Search Time (described below) in the HDD to the connected backup device without playback. The Backup display (described in

Section 8.6

)

will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup is performed in the

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background, and the user can still do almost all the operations.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:



Search Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio.

The playback ( or backup ) will start from the time entered here when the user press the playback buttons ( or Copy button ) later. Press +/- buttons to modify each item. User can also select the calendar on the left by mouse click or

ENTER key, and select the time by mouse dragging the slider icon, or ◄► key for one-minute decrement/increment and

-/+ key for thirty-minute decrement/increment.

 Video/Audio – (Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Normal). Check the types of the recorded video/audio you want to search for playback. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item.

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8.2 Search By Event / Log Display

The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below:

There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, and System. And up to 6000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

 MODE => Refresh

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to refresh the log display. If there are new event logs after the screen is last updated, the log list shown will be updated accordingly.

 SEARCH => Log

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to export the event log to backup device. The Log File dialog will be shown as below.

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Please select the backup device, and enter the directory name you want, and then press COPY to copy the event log to the selected backup device.

 SEQ => Page Up

(Mouse: Left click)



CALL => Page Down

(Mouse: Left click)

Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.

 Numeric (ENTER)

(Mouse: Left click in the page number shown)

Press these buttons to select the display page of the event logs, the log list will also be updated.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Event Type – the type of the events (Record, Alarm, Motion, Video Loss,

System) to be shown in the log list. The Event Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off, and will not trigger recording.

Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck the event type for the log list.

 Source ID – the source which triggered the event. For Alarm, it’s the alarm input number; for Motion and Video Loss, it’s the camera number. It’s used to filter the events to be shown in the log list. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item.

You may check/uncheck “All” for faster operation.

 Log List – the event logs according to the Event Type and Source ID selected.

The user may (1) press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to select/deselect the highlighted log in this list, (multiple logs can be selected in this way) (2) press

Play Buttons (

, ) (Mouse: Left click) to playback all the selected logs, or (3) press Copy Button (

) (Mouse: Left click)

to backup (copy) all the selected recorded video/audio to the connected backup device without playback.

The Backup display (described in Section 8.6) will be shown. Please note that

this kind of backup without playback is performed in the background, and

the user can still do almost all the operations. Please refer to Section 8.7

Playback For Search By Event for the detailed operations for event playback.

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8.3 Smart Search

The screen for Smart Search is shown below:

The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

 SEARCH / MODE

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time, camera, and motion masks. The search result will be shown on the right half of this dialog. To prevent the system from overloading by Smart

Search, up to 500 matched files or 200 GB of HDD storage for each record

partition, alarm or normal, from the start time will be searched.

 SEQ => Page Up

(Mouse: Left click)

 CALL => Page Down

(Mouse: Left click)

Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Matched file display.

 Numeric (ENTER)

(Mouse: Left click in the page number shown)

Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list.

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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Its title is shown on its right side. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID.

 Start/End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio. The files will be searched from the start time to the end time entered here when the user press the SEARCH/MODE button later for the matched files. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.

 Matched file List – the matched files (HDD ID & time are shown) according to the selected search time, camera, and motion masks. The files are shown from the oldest to the newest, and its page number is shown on the lower-left corner.

The user may (1) press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback display of the selected matched file in this list, (2) press Play Button (

) (Mouse: Left click twice)

to playback it directly, or (3) press Copy Button (

) (Mouse:

Left click)

to backup (copy) the selected recorded video/audio to the connected

backup device without playback. The Backup display (described in Section 8.6)

will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup without playback is

performed in the background, and the user can still do almost all the

operations. Please also note that the playback (or backup) can walk across

all the matched files. Please refer to Section 8.8 Playback For Smart Search for

the detailed operations for smart search playback.

 Area.. – the motion areas for the camera to be searched for matched files. The

files with motion covering all the motion areas will be selected as matched.

Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

in Area.. to call up Motion Area Setting screen as shown below. In Motion Area Setting screen, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the gray areas shown on the screen are the areas which will be checked for matched motion. Besides, there is a (yellow) Mask window. Please note that based on the search algorithm, there will be more

matched files for smaller areas.

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Following is a brief description for the operations:

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the Mask window.

 +/-

(Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.

 ENTER

(Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. The area set will be shown with semi-transparent gray area.

 MODE

(Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.

 ESC

(Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Motion Area Setting screen, and return to

Smart Search screen.

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8.4 Search Archived Files

The screen for Search Archived Files is shown below:

The operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Backup Device – press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

to call up Backup Device dialog (if there’s no Backup device connected).

 Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to search the archived files. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage.

 Archived File List – the archived files in the selected Disk Storage. Please select the file, and then press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file in this list, or press Play Button (

) (Mouse: Left click twice)

to playback it directly. Please refer to

Section 8.9 Playback For Archived

Files for the detailed operations. Besides, you may press MODE

(Mouse: Left click)

to delete the selected file.

Note : The format of the filename is camNN-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.h264, where

NN stands for camera number, YYYY year, MM month, DD date, hh hour, mm minute, and ss second.

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8.5 POS Search

The screen for POS Search is shown below:

The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

 SEARCH / MODE

(Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time, camera, and key word. The search result will be shown on the right half of this dialog. To prevent the system from overloading by POS Search,

up to 500 matched files or 200 GB of HDD storage for each record partition,

alarm or normal, from the start time will be searched.

 SEQ => Page Up

(Mouse: Left click)

 CALL => Page Down

(Mouse: Left click)

Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Matched file display.

 Numeric (ENTER)

(Mouse: Left click in the page number shown)

Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list.

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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID.

 Key word – the key word for the POS data of the camera to be searched for matched files. The POS data containing the key word will be selected as

matched. If key word is empty, all POS data will be selected. Please follow

the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to input this item.

 Start/End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the POS data for the recorded video/audio. The files will be searched from the start time to the end time entered here when the user press the SEARCH/MODE button later for the matched files. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.

 Matched file List – the matched files (HDD ID & time are shown) according to the selected search time, camera, and key word. The files are shown from the oldest to the newest, and its page number is shown on the lower-left corner. The user may (1) press ENTER to enter POS Search Playback display of the selected matched file in this list, (2) press

Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click twice)

to playback it directly

, or (3) press Copy Button (

) (Mouse: Left click)

to backup (copy) the selected recorded video/audio to the connected

backup device without playback. The Backup display (described in Section 8.6)

will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup without playback is

performed in the background, and the user can still do almost all the

operations. Please refer to Section 8.10 Playback/Archive For POS Search for

the detailed operations for POS search playback.

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8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time

In split-window display, press MODE button

(Mouse:

)

to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mode display live video.

Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic Operations for how to change the camera(s) in the

playback windows(s). After the playback windows and cameras are all set as you want, you may use the following buttons to control the playback:

 Play/Pause Button (

)

(Mouse:

)

Press this button to play the recorded video/audio searched at forward speed 1X, or pause the playback. If the playback is paused, press this button again to resume playing. Note that audio can only be played at forward speed 1X.

 Stop Button (

) (Mouse:

)

Press this button to stop playing the recorded video/audio. If the user press button later, the playback will start from the beginning.

 Fast Forward Button (

)

(Mouse:

) , Slow Forward Button (SEQ)

(Mouse: ) => (Mouse: to toggle)

Press this button for fast/slow forward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the forward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X, 8X, up to 64/16X, and then back to 2X.

 Fast Backward Button (

)

(Mouse:

) , Slow Backward Button

(MODE) (Mouse: ) => (Mouse: to toggle)

Press this button for fast/slow backward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the backward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X,

8X, up to 64/16X, and then back to 2X.

 Single Step Button (

)

(Mouse:

)

Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.

 ENTER

(Mouse:

)

Press this button to display the GPS/POS data if there’s GPS/POS data accompanied with the playback camera. Please select the Type (GPS or POS),

Position, Background, Rows, and number of Characters on the screen, and then press ENTER to display the GPS/POS data, or ESC to cancel. Press ENTER again to not display it.

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 MENU (Mouse:

)

At playback, press this button for the snapshot of the playback video. A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER to snapshot, ESC (Mouse:

Right Click) to exit without snapshot. The snapshot picture will be saved in the directory /Snapshot in the connected backup device.

 Copy (

)

(Mouse:

)

Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port. The Backup display will be shown as below.

Following is a brief description for the operations in Backup display:

 ▲▼◄►

(Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

 Copy Button (

) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous display. There will be a Copy icon on the lower-right corner indicating that the selected video/audio is being archived to the storage device. For DVD disc, the files won’t be written to

the disc until the storage size reaches 1 GB or the user stop copying.

Writing to the disc may take more than 1 minute for every 100 MB

(depending on the disc type).

 Stop (

) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to stop copying and return to the previous display. The

Copy icon will be disappeared.

 ESC

(Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to cancel, and return to the previous display.

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The description for each item and its specific operations is as below:

 Backup Device – the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click)

on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no backup device connected. Press +/- buttons on the right selection

to select the connected device. Please follow the steps described in

Section

5.5 Backup Device

to connect the backup device before copying.

 Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press +/- buttons to select the value.

 Directory – the directory to store the archived files. Please follow the