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User’s Manual
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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CAUTION
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER.
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
PLEASE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
WARNING
TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS
APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class “A” digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense.
FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
This Class A digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the
Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations.
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE THIRD
PARTY’S RIGHT.
THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCUACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE ADDED TO THE
INFORMATION HEREIN, AT ANY TIME, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF
THIS PUBLICATION AND/OR THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCT(S).
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SUPPLIER BE LIABLBE TO ANY PARTY OR ANY
PERSON, EXCEPT FOR REPLACEMENT OR REASONABLE MAINTENANCE
OF THE PRODUCT, FOR THE CASES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE FOLLOWINGS:
ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS, INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY,
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PRODUCT;
PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE
USE OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF THE USER;
UNAUTHORIZED DISASSEMBLE, REPAIR OR MODIFICATION OF THE
PRODUCT BY THE USER;
ANY PROBLEM, CONSEQUENTIAL INCONVENIENCE, OR LOSS OR
DAMAGE, ARISING OUT OF THE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH THE
DEVICES OF THE THIRD PARTY;
ANY CLAIM OR ACTION FOR DAMAGES, BROUGHT BY ANY PERSON
OR ORGANIZATION BEING A PHOTOGENIC SUBJECT, DUE TO
VIOLATION OF PRIVACY WITH THE RESULT OF THAT
SURVEILLANCE-CAMERA’S PICTURE, INCLUDING SAVED DATA, FOR
SOME REASON, BECOMES PUBLIC OR IS USED FOR THE PURPOSE
OTHER THAN SURVEILLANCE.
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PRECAUTIONS
Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to
qualified service personnel or system installers.
Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity
or power source ratings.
Use the appliance at temperature within 0 humidity below 85%.
o
C ~ +50 o
C (32
o
F ~ 122 o
F) and
The input power source for this appliance is +12 VDC.
Performance and lifetime of hard disk drives are easily affected by heat (used at high temperature). It is recommended to use this appliance at temperature within +20
o C ~ +30 o
C (68
o F ~ 86 o
F)
Handle the hard disk drives with care.
It is possible to damage them if they are moved while their motors are still running. Do not move them just after turning the power on or off (for around
30 seconds).
Protect the hard disk drives from static electricity.
Do not stack them or keep them upright.
Do not use an electric screwdriver to fix them.
Clean only with dry cloth.
Do not block any ventilation openings.
Do not use the appliance near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other apparatus that produce heat.
Protect the power cord from being stepped on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenient receptacles and the points where they exit from the apparatus.
Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact qualified service personnel for service.
Handle the appliance with care. Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance.
Do not expose the appliance to water or moisture, nor try to operate it in wet areas. Do take immediate action if the appliance becomes wet. Turn the power off and refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Moisture may damage the appliance and also cause electric shock.
Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body.
When the dirt is hard to remove, use a mild detergent and wipe gently.
Do not overload outlets and extension cords as this may result in a risk of fire or electric shock.
Please make a note of your settings and save them. This will help when you are required to change the system configuration, or when unexpected failure or trouble occurs.
Distributing, copying, disassembling, reverse compiling, reverse engineering, and also exporting in violation of export laws of the software provided with this product, is expressly prohibited.
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Table of Contents
1. Product Overview
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1.1 Features
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2. Panels And Remote Controller
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2.1 Front Panel
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2.2 Back Panel
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2.3 Remote Controller
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3. Installations
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3.1 Basic Connections
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3.2 Optional Connections
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4. Main Screen And Basic Operations
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4.1 Text Input
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4.2 Login And Logout
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4.3 Basic Operations
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4.4 Digital Zoom
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5. Menu Display
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5.1 Status Display
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5.2 Video Adjustment
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5.3 VGA Display
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5.4 Backup Device
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5.5 Software Upgrade (Administrator)
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5.6 System Shutdown (Administrator)
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6. Setup (Administrator)
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6.1 Pre-Camera Setup
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6.2 Camera Setup
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6.2.1 Video Loss Setup
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6.2.2 Motion Setup
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6.3 Alarm Setup
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6.4 SEQ Display Setup
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6.5 Scheduled Record Setup
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6.6 HDD Setup
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6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear
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6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup
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6.7 Password Setup
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6.8 System Setup
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6.9 RS-232/422/485 Setup
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6.10 Network Setup
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6.10.1 E-mail Setup
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6.10.2 FTP Setup
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6.10.3 Advanced Network Setup
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7. PTZ Control
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8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor)
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8.1 Search By Time
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8.2 Search By Event / Log Display
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8.3 Smart Search
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8.4 Search Archived Files
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8.5 POS Search
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8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time
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8.7 Playback/Archive For Search By Event
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8.8 Playback/Archive For Smart Search
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8.9 Playback For Archived Files
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8.10 Playback/Archive For POS Search
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9. Remote Access
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9.1 PC Remote Access
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9.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access
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Appendix A – Specifications
Appendix B – Structures Of Menu Displays
Appendix C – Time Zone Table
Appendix D – Keyboard Control Protocol
Appendix E – Recording Table
Appendix F – MS-Windows HEM Utilities
Appendix G – GPS Function in Remote Software with Google Earth
Appendix H – Protocol Converter for Multiple POS
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1. Product Overview
The H.264 digital video/audio recorders are designed for use within a surveillance system and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorders are all based on industry-leading front-end to back-end surveillance infrastructure. With state-of-the-art system architecture, powerful hardware compression/decompression engine, and intelligent recording algorithms, sixfold operation can be easily achieved without sacrificing the increasing demands of functionality, performance, reliability, and availability in the surveillance industry.
1.1 Features
Up to 4 color and/or B/W cameras can be connected
H.264 Baseline Profile video compression/decompression with configurable quality
ADPCM audio compression/decompression
Real sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access
Record capabilities –
Full-D1: up to 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS (Images Per Second)
Half-D1: up to 60 (NTSC) / 50 (PAL) IPS
CIF: up to 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) IPS
Playback capabilities –
Full-D1: up to 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS
Half-D1: up to 60 (NTSC) / 50 (PAL) IPS
CIF: up to 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) IPS
Realtime live display, 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS, for each channel
Event recording, time-lapse recording or both
Playback search by time or event (alarm, motion, & video loss)
Smart search & playback
Versatile display formats: full-screen and 4 split windows
Digital zoom, X2 & X4
Intelligent motion detection with programmable area and sensitivity
Powerful alarm processor with configurable triggering conditions and reactions
Up to two hard disk drives
Video/audio backup to
USB2.0 storage devices , including pen drive, DVD+RW,
DVD+R, and DVD-R
Ethernet interface for remote access through web browser or proprietary remote software, remote alarm notification, FTP video/audio storage, remote setup, and remote software upgrade
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PTZ control capabilities & RS-485 keyboard control capabilities
Multi-lingual support
Multi-level password and authentication key protection to ensure high degree of security
GPS support
POS support
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Remote access through mobile phone or PDA
Support mouse operation
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2. Panels and Remote Controller
2.1 Front Panel
1. DVD Writer (optional)
Used for backup purpose if installed.
2. USB Mouse Connector
Connect to USB 1.1 compatible mouse before the DVR is power on.
3. USB connector
Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
4. LEDs
Indicators for POWER, HDD, and Net.
5. MODE Button
Press this button to toggle between live mode and playback mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
At playing, this button is used as “slow backward”.
6. SEQ Button
Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
At playing, this button is used as “slow forward”.
7. CALL Button
Press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus
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camera in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
8. SEARCH Button
Press this button to display the search menu in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
9. Remote I/R Sensor
Used to receive signal from I/R remote controller.
10. REC Button
Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again.
11. Play/Pause Button ( )
Press this button to play the recorded images, or pause the playback.
12. Stop Button ( )
Press this button to stop the playback.
13. Copy Button ( )
Press this button to copy the playback images to the internal DVD writer or the storage device connected to the USB port. Press this button again to stop copying.
14. MENU / ESC Button
Press this button to display the main menu or escape to the upper level display.
15. PAGE Button
Press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays.
16. Left/Right Buttons ( , )
In PTZ control, press these buttons to pan the camera. In the other screens, press this button to move the cursor or focus window.
17. Up/BS Button ( /BS)
Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to tilt up the camera. In text editing mode, this button is used as “backspace” key.
18. Down/DEL Button ( /DEL)
Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to tilt down the camera.
In text editing mode, this button is used as “del” key.
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19. ENTER Button
This button is used as “enter” key in most circumstances. In PTZ control, this button is used to start/stop the selected PTZ control mode.
20. (Split Windows) +/- Buttons ( )
In split-window display, press these buttons for next/previous split-window display. In the others, press these buttons to change the contents.
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2.2 Back Panel
1. Video Input Connectors (1-4)
Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The internal 75 termination is always ON.
2. Call Monitor Output Connector (CALL OUT)
Connect TV monitor to this BNC connector for call monitor display.
3. Main Monitor Output Connectors (MAIN OUT, MAIN OUT Y/C)
Connect TV monitors to the mini-din S-video connector or the BNC connector for main monitor display.
4. Audio Input Connectors (AUDIO IN 1-2)
These RCA connectors accept line-in audio signals supplied from external devices such as microphone amplifiers.
5. Audio Output Connectors (AUDIO OUT 1-2)
These connectors supply line-out audio signals to external devices such as speakers. Recorded audio will be supplied from AUDIO OUT during playback.
6. Main Monitor Output VGA Connector (MAIN OUT VGA, optional)
Connect VGA monitor to the optional D-SUB 15-pin female connector for main monitor display.
7. RS-232 Connector (RS-232 #1, RS-232 #2 (optional))
Connect this connector to PTZ camera(s), GPS modem, or POS system.
8. RS-485 Connector
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Connect this connector to RS-485 compatible PTZ camera(s) or keyboard.
Please refer to the manuals come with the RS-485 compatible devices for the correct settings. Please refer to Appendix D for the Keyboard Control
Protocol for the digital video recorder.
9. Alarm Output Connectors (ALARM OUT 1-2)
Connect these connectors to 1 Normally Closed (NC) alarm outputs (1) and 1 Normally Open (NO) alarm outputs (2).
10. Alarm Input Connectors (ALARM IN 1-4)
Connect these connectors to external devices such as sensors or door switches.
11. Ethernet Connector
Connect this unit to a 10/100Base-T Ethernet network through this port.
12. NTSC/PAL Selector Switch
Set this unit to NTSC or PAL according to the local TV system.
13. Power Input (+12VDC)
Connect DC 12V power source to +12VDC Power Input.
14. Power Switch (POWER)
Turn the power of this unit on/off.
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2.3 Remote Controller
The remote controller is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel.
The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle.
1. The Buttons
Each of these buttons corresponds to one of those buttons on the front panel, or added for more advanced operations. Please refer to the descriptions in Section 2.1
and Section 4.3
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3. Installations
The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers.
3.1 Basic Connections
Please refer to the following diagram for the connections.
Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the back panel according to the local TV system for the system to work correctly.
Cameras
Connect the camera video input connectors to the video outputs from system cameras or other composite video sources via coaxial cables. The internal 75 termination is always ON.
Main monitor
Power
Connect DC 12V power source to DC 12V Input.
Connect the main monitor output connector (BNC or S-video) to a surveillance
TV monitor, or connect the optional VGA output connector to a VGA monitor.
The TV/VGA monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in any available split window format.
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3.2 Optional Connections
Audio inputs
Connect the audio input connectors to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio sources. Please make sure to associate the audio inputs with the cameras in Camera Setup as described in Section 6.2
accordingly.
Audio outputs
Connect the audio output connectors to the audio line-ins from speakers.
Alarm inputs
Connect the alarm inputs to NC and/or NO type of alarm signals. Please make sure to setup the alarm configurations as described in Section 6.3
accordingly.
Alarm outputs
Connect the alarm output #1 to NC type of alarm signal, alarm output #2 to NO type of alarm signals.
Ethernet
Connect the Ethernet connector to a standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable for remote access via LAN or internet. Please make sure to setup the related configurations as described in Section 6.10 Network Setup .
USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
If the user wants to use USB2.0 peripheral device to retrieve important recorded images and/or audio, please connect it to the USB port connector.
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I/R remote controller
The user may use I/R remote controller to control the digital video/audio recorder.
Call monitor
Connect the call monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor. This monitor displays the full screen images of the cameras associated with the events
(alarm or motion) or the images from the installed cameras sequentially according to the SEQ Display Setup ( Section 6.4
) for call monitor.
PTZ Cameras
Connect the RS-232 connector or the RS-485 connector to PTZ camera(s) via the appropriate cable. The system supports a variety of different PTZ cameras, including Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome,
Bosch AutoDome, etc. But different PTZ cameras can coexist in a system only if they support the same protocol. Please make sure to set the PTZ ID of the camera(s), and setup the camera ( Section 6.1
), and RS-232 or RS-422/485
( Section 6.9
) accordingly.
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RS-485 keyboard or Terminal
Connect the RS-485 connector to a RS-485 keyboard controller or VT-100 terminal via the appropriate cables. Please refer to the following diagram for the correct connection. Please make sure to setup the RS-422/485 configurations as described in Section 6.9
accordingly. Please refer to Appendix D for the
Keyboard Control Protocol for the digital video recorder.
GPS modem
Connect the RS-232 connector to GPS modem via the appropriate cable. The system supports the GPS modems with NMEA0183 protocol. Please make sure to setup the RS-232 port ( Section 6.9
) accordingly.
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POS system
Connect the RS-232 connector to POS system via the appropriate cable. The system supports the POS systems which can be connected to the following printers – Epson-TM200, Epson-TMU295, Epson-TMU300, Epson-TMU675,
Epson-TMT882, Epson-RPU420, and Epson-MD332S. Please make sure to setup the RS-232 port ( Section 6.9
) accordingly.
Top figure: 1-to-1; bottom figure: RS-232/Multiple, 1-to-many
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4. Main Screen And Basic Operations
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The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup.
There are two types of split-window screens, including 1-Window and 4-Window.
The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in
Section 5.6
) of the system. In addition to the split windows, the system time is displayed on the lower-left corner, the system states on the lower-right corner, and the rolling screen messages, if shown while certain event occurs, on the lower corner.
The system states, from right to left, are described as the followings:
(1) Normal recording percentage,
(2) Alarm recording percentage,
(3) Mute state – speaker icon shown for not mute, not shown for mute,
(4) X2 state – X1, X2, or X4,
(5) Manual record ON/OFF – REC icon shown for ON,
(6) Backup state – Backup icon shown for backup, and
(7) SEQ display ON/OFF or playback state – SEQ icon shown for SEQ display ON, other icons for different playback states.
* If mouse is connected, the mouse operation icons will be shown when the mouse cursor is moved to the bottom of the screen.
* Recording icon & Motion may be shown after camera title.
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4.1 Text Input
There are certain circumstances that the system requires the user to enter text, such as system login, camera title setup, and so on. Please follow the steps below to enter text:
(1) Press ENTER to edit the highlighted option. The flashing cursor will be shown to indicate the editing point.
(2) Press to move the cursor to the left/right.
(3) Press code in text editing mode to change text case. (If this entry can accept number only, pressing code will have no effects.) Indicators on the screen show the current setting:
123 = Number only
abc = No capital letters
ABC = All capital letters
CODE = Internal code for the selected language, such as Chinese, Japanese, etc.
(4) Press a number key (1-9, 0) repeatedly until the character you want appears. (1 for 1 or space, 2 for 2, a/A, b/B, or c/C, the others as shown on the keypad) If internal CODE is selected, a CODE box will be shown (after the first code is entered) for each new code to be entered. Please check the internal code table for the selected language. For 2-byte code, e.g. Chinese or Japanese, the code accepted is from 0000 - FFFF.
(5) Press mark to bring up a list of punctuation marks and special characters. The highlighted character in the list shows the selected one. Press the selection.
to change
(6) If you make a mistake, press BS to remove the character to the left of the cursor, or press DEL to delete the character at the current cursor position.
(7) In text editing mode, internal code box, and mark list, press ENTER to exit and save changes, press ESC to exit without making changes.
Note: If the user clicks on the left button of the mouse on the item, a Keyboard
Simulator will be shown. Click on ‘#’ (or “abc”, ..) to change text case.
Click on the alpha-numeric characters to enter text (or CODE). Click on ‘*’ for mark.
4.2 Login And Logout
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There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest),
Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display.
The system allows up to 18 user accounts. The administrator can set up the login name and password for each user. (Please refer to Section 6.7
for Password Setup.)
The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the Administrator everything.
To login/logout the system, press MENU in split-window display to call up Menu display, and then press ENTER when the highlighted option is
Login/Logout to enter
Login/Logout display as shown.
In Login/Logout display, follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to enter the Login name and Password, press to highlight and select Login option, and then press ENTER to login the system. If the user wants to logout the system, just press to highlight and select Logout option, and then press ENTER. Press
ESC to exit without making changes.
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.
Should the user have forgotten all the administrator-level passwords, please contact the local dealer or installer to recover from it.
4.3 Basic Operations
The basic user’s operations after he/she has logged into the system are described below:
Numeric
(Mouse: )
Press these buttons to switch to the full-window display for the camera.
Alarm Reset
(Mouse: )
Press this button to cancel alarm activation, i.e. reset the alarm outputs and silence the buzzer.
MODE
(Mouse: )
(Administrator/Supervisor)
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In split-window display, press this button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen.
SEQ
(Mouse: )
Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.
SEARCH
(Mouse: )
(Administrator/Supervisor)
In split-window display, press this button to display the search menus. The system will remember the last one the user chose.
REC
(Mouse: )
Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again. All cameras will be recorded as if the scheduled record is A/V, and REC icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen if manual recording is
ON.
MENU
(Mouse: ) / ESC
In split-window display, press this button to display the versatile menu.
PTZ
(Mouse: )
In split-window display, press this button to enter PTZ control mode if the focus camera is a PTZ camera.
X2
(Mouse: )
In full screen display, press this button to enter Digital Zoom mode. Please refer to Section 4.4 Digital Zoom for the detailed operations in Digital Zoom mode.
Press these buttons to move focus. The title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted as shown on the screen.
MUTE
(Mouse: )
Press this button to mute/not mute the audio.
+/-
(Mouse: )
Press these buttons to circulate up/down among the available split-window displays.
ENTER
(Mouse: )
Press this button to display the
GPS/POS
data if there’s GPS/POS data fed to the
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DVR. 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.
For software V6.12 or above, the user may enable/disable OSD display for certain fields in main screen.
In GPS/POS
display, press for page up/down, press ENTER to close it, or press
MENU/SEARCH/.. to call up the corresponding display as if there’s no
GPS/POS display.
4.4 Digital Zoom
The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button
(Mouse: )
in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor
X2, and (c) will never be shown at zoom factor X4. The operations in Digital Zoom mode are as below:
(Mouse: Click in the video window)
Press these buttons to
(a) move the zoom window if it’s shown in the video window, or
(b) navigate the video window around if the zoom factor is X2 or X4.
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ENTER
(Mouse: Click in the video window)
Press this button to zoom in the zoom window, from X1 to X2 or from X2 to X4, if the zoom window is shown in the video window.
X2
(Mouse: )
Press this button to
(a) show/hide the zoom window if the current zoom factor is X1/X2, or
(b) zoom out the video window back to zoom factor X1 if the current zoom factor is X4.
ESC
(Mouse: or Right Click)
Press this button to escape from Digital Zoom mode, and return to normal full screen display. The video window will always return to zoom factor X1.
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5. Menu Display
In split-window display, press MENU
(Mouse: )
to call up Menu display as shown.
There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text. Please refer to Appendix B for the Structure Of Menu
Displays. Please refer to Section 4.2
for
Login/Logout display.
The user’s operations are described as the followings:
Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
ENTER
(Mouse: Click in the menu item)
Press this button to enter the detailed display of the highlighted option. For the details of each option, please refer to the following sections.
ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from Menu display, and return to split-window display.
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5.1 Status Display
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Status, and then press ENTER to call up Status display as shown.
Status display includes Alarm Recording Status, Normal Recording Status, Camera
Status, Alarm Input Status, Product Serial Number, and Product Version Number.
Press ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
to escape from Status display, and return to
Menu display.
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5.2 Video Adjustment
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Video Adjustment, and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown.
There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and
Saturation. The operations are as below:
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric
(Mouse: )
Press these buttons to change the camera.
+/-
Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.
SEQ
(Mouse: )
Press this button to reset the settings for this camera to factory default values.
CALL
(Mouse: )
Press this button to reset the settings for all cameras to factory default values.
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MODE
(Mouse: )
Press this button to restore the values.
ESC
(Mouse: or Right Click)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. The settings will be saved for future reference.
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5.3 VGA Display
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to VGA Display, and then press ENTER to call up VGA Display dialog as shown.
There are 5 items which can be adjusted, including Resolution (1280x1024, 1024x768,
800x600, 640x480), Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below:
(Mouse: Click in the respective item)
Press these buttons to select the items.
+/-
Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.
MODE
(Mouse: Left click)
Press this button to restore Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation to factory default values.
ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
to exit without saving.
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5.4 Backup Device
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Backup Device, and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below.
The system supports
internal DVD for Internal DVD models
and a variety of USB
2.0 storage devices, including Storage Disk such as USB 2.0 storage disk drives and
DVD Disc (including DVD+RW, DVD+R, and DVD-R) . (DVD-RW is not supported.) The operations are as below:
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous display.
MODE
Eject the tray and disconnect. (for Internal DVD only)
SEQ
Load the tray and connect. (for Internal DVD only)
Connect/Disconnect – If the specific backup device is disconnected (as shown in
Current Status), please plug the USB device in one of the USB ports of the system and/or insert a DVD for DVD device, and then press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to command the system to connect with the device. If the specific device is already connected (EX. Read/write, as shown in Current Status), please press
ENTER (Mouse: Left click)
to command the system software to disconnect with the device, and then unplug the backup device from the backup port.
Note 1: Please DO NOT format the DVD disc for better performance and
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compatibility.
Note 2: Before using USB pen drive, please format it to FAT32 file system by
MS-Windows.
Note 3: The backup device has to be connected by the system software before it can be used to read/write. If it failed to connect, please unplug the device, and then plug the device in the USB port again.
Note 4: Some backup devices may have compatibility problems. Please contact your local dealer or installer for the supported devices.
Note 5: Please do not block the tray from ejecting, esp. while the DVD is in backup process. Blocking the tray from ejecting may damage the
DVD writer.
Backup
Press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
when this item is selected to backup the configurations of this unit to the corresponding USB device.
For software
V6.12 or above, you may enter the directory to backup the configurations to.
Restore
Press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
when this item is selected to restore the configuration files in the corresponding USB device to this unit.
For software
V6.12 or above, you may enter the directory to restore the configurations from.
Some USB 2.0 Devices Tested
USB-Storage Enclosures 5.25” –
Macpower’s Alumni Prefect USB 2.0 - PF-U2MS
USB-Disk Storage –
Transcend’s JetFlash 150/V60 Series
Apacer
’s Handy Steno AH220
Pretec
’s i-Disk Wave 512M-Black
Kingston
’s DataTraveler USB Flash Driver(DTI/512FE)
SanDisk
’s Cruzer micro USB Flash Driver
Sony
’s MICRO VAULT Classic Series
DVD Writer –
Asus DRW-1608P Series
Pioneer DVR-A11, DVR-X152 Series
BenQ EW200G Series
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LITEON LightScribe DVD Writer SHM-165H6S, 20X DVD Writer DX-20A4P
Sony DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model DRX-810UL Series
NEC DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model ND-4550A Series
HP dvd9404e External 18X Super Multi DVD Writer Series
Some DVD Discs Tested – Only single-side, single-layer disc supported
Infomedia DVD+R 16X
Mitsubishi DVD+RW 1-4X
Philips DVD+RW 1-4X
Ritek DVD-R 8X, DVD+RW 1-4X
Verbatim DVD+RW 1-4X
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5.5 Software Upgrade (Administrator)
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown.
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 Menu 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 upgrade. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage.
Upgrade File – press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to start the upgrade process when the highlighted file is a correct upgrade file. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm to upgrade the system software.
Note : After the software is upgraded, the system will restart immediately. The split window display will be shown after restart, please wait a moment.
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5.6 System Shutdown (Administrator)
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area. The user may power off the system safely when the power-off message is shown.
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6. Setup (Administrator)
In Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then press
ENTER to call up Setup Menu display as shown. (To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.)
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 setup of the highlighted option. For the details of each option, please refer to the following sections.
ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from Setup Menu display, and return to Menu display.
If the user wants to reset all the settings to factory default values, he/she may press
to change the highlighted option to Factory Defaults, and then press ENTER.
A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER again to make the changes, ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
to not do it.
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6.1 Pre-Camera Setup
In Setup Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera, and then press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to call up Pre-Camera Setup display.
There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera
Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes for all the installed cameras.
The general operations are as below:
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric
Press these buttons to select the camera.
ESC
(Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:
REC Resolution – the record resolution for all the cameras in the system. For
NTSC, it can be 720x480, 720x240, or 360x240; for PAL, 720x576, 720x288, or
360x288. Press +/- buttons to select the resolution.
Watermark – to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the recorded images for all the cameras will have digital watermark embedded. Press
ENTER or +/-
(Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.
Installed – whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the following items will be settable. Press ENTER or +/-
(Mouse: Left click)
to
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check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.
PTZ ID – the PTZ ID of this camera if it’s a PTZ camera. The PTZ ID has to be consistent with the setting of this camera. Please refer to the manual of the camera for the ID setting. Press +/- buttons to change the value (N/A or 0-255).
The default setting is “N/A” – Not Available, which means that it’s not a PTZ camera.
6.2 Camera Setup
In Setup Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to call up Camera Setup display.
The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera.
There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system.
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.
Numeric
Press these buttons to select the camera.
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COPY (
)
Press this button to copy all the settings - excluding detailed Motion settings,
Video Loss settings, Title/Audio - of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its settings will be copied to those of cameras
2-4.)
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:
Title – The title (Max. 8 characters) of this camera. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
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 call up Video Loss Setup display for the camera. Please refer to Section 6.2.1
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)
in
Settings.. to call up Motion Setup display for the camera. Please refer to
Section
6.2.2
for the details.
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.
Call By Event – whether to switch the call 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. If selected, 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 the AUDIO Inputs (1/2).
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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 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.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 – Event Record
IPS for this camera, discrete). Please note that the total Event Record IPS /
Pre-record IPS should not exceed the system recording capacity (NTSC:
120/CIF, 60/Half-D1, 30/Full-D1; PAL: 100/CIF, 50/Half-D1, 25/Full-D1), or the system will lower the actual rate automatically at recording.
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).
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
Press these buttons to select the camera.
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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 2-4.)
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 about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control .
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 (1-2).
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.
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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.
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
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settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)
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.
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 (1-2).
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.
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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
transparent grids
is the area which will
be detected for motion
, while gray grids not detected for motion. Besides, there is a (green)
Mask window.
Following is a brief description for the operations:
Numeric
(Mouse: )
Press these buttons to select the camera.
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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.
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
6.3 Alarm Setup
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 4 alarm inputs which can be connected to the system.
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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 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 2-4.)
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 or Open. 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.
Focus Camera – the camera corresponding to this alarm input.
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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. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once this alarm input 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 details about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control .
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 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 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 (1-2).
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.
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.
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6.4 SEQ Display Setup
In Setup Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup as shown.
The SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ
Display for main monitor and call monitor. There are 1 display type - 1-Window for main monitor, and 1 display type for call monitor.
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:
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.
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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:
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 the focus weekday to all the following weekdays. (EX. focus weekday is TUE, its settings will be copied to those of weekdays WED-SAT.)
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:
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.)
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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 newly added for alarm detection OFF. Press +/- buttons to change the value.
Motion – record mode (No, Video, or Audio/Video) when motion is detected for certain camera. “OFF” is newly added 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.
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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 for software V6.12 or above.
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 (1-2).
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 use only HDD with maximum storage size as 500GB, and make
sure there’s no remote user before formatting the HDD.
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 HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record.
If it has been formatted before, 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 yet, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record.
If it has been formatted (and recorded) before, it will be partitioned
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according to the 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, 30% for Alarm record and 70% 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 for software
V6.12 or above.
Normal Record(%) – Normal Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. It equals to (100% - Alarm Record Size). This item is just for information.
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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.
For software V6.12 or above, 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
(1-2).
Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when HDD failure is detected.
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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
Period is “ˇ”. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to 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 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. 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.
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:
Guest Level – the access level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or -) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.
Login Name – please follow the Text Input method described in
Section 4.1
to modify this item.
Password – this item accepts numbers only. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
Level – the password level (Administrator, Supervisor, or Operator) for this user. Press +/- buttons to change the level.
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)
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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 refer to Appendix C for the time zone table.
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.
System Time –
Synchronization – time synchronized with TSP Server or not. Press
ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.
TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time
Synchronization is enabled. 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
to modify these items.
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-232/422/485 Setup
In Setup Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to
RS-232/422/485, and then press ENTER to call up RS-232/422/485 Setup as shown.
The RS-232/422/485 Setup allows the administrator to setup RS-232 control port, and
RS422 or RS-485 control port. Please refer to the manuals for the connected devices
- PTZ cameras or keyboard controllers – to set these items in RS-232/422/485 Setup.
The general operations are as below:
(Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
MODE
Press this button to call up Optional RS-232 Setup screen if it’s built in the DVR.
The operations for Optional RS-232 Setup are the same as RS-232/422/485 Setup.
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. Please note that PTZ can
only be selected for either RS-232 or RS-422/485, but not both.
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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 Appendix-D . The GPS protocol supported is
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 +/- 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,
“Multiple” for POS means multiple POS connected and camera 1 for
POS ID 1, camera 2 for POS ID 2, etc.
Please note that Multiple POS is added for RS-232 port only.
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. DHCP can only be used for intranet
(LAN) access, while Static IP and PPPoE can be used for both internet & intranet access. Press +/- buttons to change the Net Type.
IP Address – Ethernet IP address for the system. To 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 IP address. Please follow the Text Input method
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described in Section 4.1
to modify these items.
Gateway – Gateway IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify these items.
DNS – DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify these items.
Username – PPPoE username for the system if PPPoE is used. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
Password – PPPoE password for the system if PPPoE is used. Please follow the
Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
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.
URL – the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the system if PPPoE is used.
Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
DDNS Username – DDNS username for the system if PPPoE
or Static IP
is used. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
DDNS Password – DDNS password for the system if PPPoE
or Static IP
is used.
Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
E-mail – press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to call up E-mail Setup. Please refer to Section 6.10.1 for the details.
FTP – press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to call up FTP Setup. Please refer to Section 6.10.2
for the details.
Adv. – press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click)
to call up Advanced Network Setup.
Please refer to Section 6.10.3
for the details.
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 E-mail Setup
In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail.
The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent 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.
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
to modify this item.
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
to modify this item.
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Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
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
to modify this item.
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 the Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify these items.
Attachment – attached picture for the e-mail sent. The value could be (N/A,
Original picture, QCIF picture). Press +/- buttons to change 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 corresponding 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. 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
Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to modify this item.
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 be “DVR01-cam..”. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section
4.1
to modify this item.
6.10.3 Advanced Network Setup
In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Advanced Network Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Adv..
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)
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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 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 follow the Text Input method described in
Section 4.1 to modify this item.
WAP Picture Quality – the WAP picture quality if WAP access is supported for the DVR. Press +/- buttons to change the value.
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.
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
blinked
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. The
keypad hint will be shown. 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 00-99.
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
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: For this series of H.264 DVRs, the system recording rate will not be lowered by playback.
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8.1 Search By Time
The screen for Search By
Time is shown on the right side:
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.
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. The search result will be shown on the bottom of this dialog if it failed. 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
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.
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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.
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 1000 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.
SEQ => Page Up
(Mouse: Left click)
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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. (Please note that there are only 1/2/3/4 available for the keypad on the front panel.)
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.
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 100 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)
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Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list.
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 100 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)
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Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list.
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 (date & 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 (
)
(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 ( ) (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(
)
(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(
)
(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 (
)
(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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Copy (
)
(Mouse:
)
Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port or SD card . 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.
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
5.4 Backup Device
to connect the backup device before copying.
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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
Text Input method described in Section 4.1
to input the directory.
Cameras – the video/audio of the cameras to be archived. Press ENTER or
+/- to select/deselect each of the selectable cameras. If the camera with
GPS data is selected, the GPS data will be saved with the camera video in the same file. The user may save GPS data only (without saving camera
video) by selecting GPS.
GPS File Format – for the backup of GPS data only. The supported formats are TXT and KML. Press +/- buttons to select the value.
End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio for the backup without playback of Search By Time. The files will be backup from the start time to the end time entered here when the user press the COPY button
(Mouse: Left click)
to start copying. Press
+/- buttons to modify each item.
Except the playback buttons, the user can still do all the other operations in split-window display as if there is no playback. Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic
Operations for the operations of the other buttons.
Note : The format of the GPS filename is YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.txt (or .kml), where YYYY stands for year, MM month, DD date, hh hour, mm minute, and ss second. GPS file can be displayed in the archived file list, but cannot be played. Please use GPS applications such as Google
Earth, PaPaGO, etc. to read/convert its contents.
Note : For each camera and each backup, a batch file will be generated as well as the backup files. A directory “/SelfPlayer” will also be generated if it’s not existing in the backup storage device. The user can use the batch file to self-playback the corresponding backup files in a PC. If the PC has not been installed with the required player components, those components will be installed by running the batch file except
Windows Vista. For Windows Vista, please run
/SelfPlayer/SelfPlayerInstall.exe manually to install the required player components. To copy self-playback files, please copy the batch file and the backup files to the destination directory, and copy the whole directory “/SelfPlayer” to the root directory of the destination device.
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8.7 Playback/Archive For Search By Event
In Log display, press Play Buttons (
, ) (Mouse: Left click)
to playback the selected logs . This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (
, , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ )
(Mouse:
, ..)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time .
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .
8.8 Playback/Archive For Smart Search
In Smart Search display, press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback display of the selected matched file, or press Play Button (
) (Mouse: Left click twice)
to playback it directly. Please note that the playback can walk across all the (up to
500 per record partition) matched files. So, it’s not necessary for the user to repeat the process of Smart Search & Playback just for a single file. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (
, , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ )
(Mouse:
, ..)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time .
▲
At playing the video, press this button to call up (show) or hide the Motion Areas set by the user.
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .
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8.9 Playback For Archived Files
In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file, or press Play Button (
) (Mouse: Left click twice)
to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (
, , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ )
(Mouse:
, ..)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time . Please note that COPY button ( ) is not effective in this display.
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .
8.10 Playback/Archive For POS Search
In POS Search display, press ENTER to enter POS Search Playback display of the selected matched file, or press Play Button (
) (Mouse: Left click twice)
to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (
, , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ )
(Mouse:
, ..)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time .
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .
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9. Remote Access
9.1 PC Remote Access
The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet.
Before Logging On
Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings (For
most PCs, only step 4 & 7 is needed!):
1. This unit is connected to the network correctly, and the configurations are all setup correctly. Please refer to Section 6.10 Network Setup for the detailed configurations.
2. DirectXƯ End-User Runtime 9.0 or above has been installed in your PC successfully. If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com
to get the free download of it.
3. Windows XP KB319740 Package has been installed in your PC successfully if the
PC is running Windows XP SP2. If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9B5EDFC8-A4BB-
4080-9063-6518166E2DAB&displaylang=en to get the free download of it, or install it from the corresponding directory in the CD. (This package is a bug fix for Windows XP SP2.)
4. The domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder has been set as
trusted web site
in your PC, and the
(https:) server verification
for trusted web site is unchecked. If not, please go to Tools->Options->Security in your I.E. to do the settings. For I.E. 7, please set the Security level for this zone to Low.
5. The ActiveX control in your PC is not disabled. If you are not sure, please go to
Tools->Options->Security->Custom in your I.E. to enable ActiveX control.
6. Port 67 (control port) or port 68 (data port) is not blocked out by your router or ISP
(Internet Service Provider).
7. If the PC has used I.E. to access earlier software version of DVR, please go to
Tools->Options->General in your I.E. to
delete “Temporary Internet files” and all offline contents
.
8. To have better look-&-feel for your PC, please go to Start->Setup->Control, and select Display->Visual Style->Windows XP Style.
9. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen
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Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit.
Logon
After the above-mentioned items have been done correctly, restart your web browser and enter the domain name or IP address (EX. http://192.168.1.100
if HTTP port is 80, or http://192.168.1.100:800 if HTTP port is 800) of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser. The plug-in software in the system will be downloaded and run automatically in the web browser. Please note that up
to 6 users can logon this DVR simultaneously.
Remote Display and Operations
After the plug-in software is downloaded and run in the web browser, you will be asked (1) to install redistributable software, and (2) for ActiveX control to interact with your PC. Please select Yes, and the remote login display will be shown.
Please note that the PC user must have system administrator password for the
PC; otherwise, the process will fail, and an error dialog will be shown. For some PCs, it may be necessary to click in the window with the message in red color, but outside the Login Dialog before the next step. Please enter the correct login name and password (and control port & data port if they have been changed) for the
DVR to login the system. And the main remote display will be shown as below.
The video images can be displayed in several types of split-window screens, including 1/4/9/16-Window for single DVR and 25/36/49/64 for multiple DVRs.
And the focus window is surrounded by a frame border. In addition to the video windows, there are different icons on the lower corner and the right corner of the screen for status display and control. (The “.L” following the camera title stands
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for Live display, “.P” for Playback, and the camera title with white background has detected motion.)
Note 1: The frame rate is limited by the bandwidth of the network and the pre-record IPS of the camera ( Section 6.2
).
Note 2: The picture quality depends on the recording resolution and recording quality of the camera ( Section 6.2
).
When the user leaves I.E., he/she may be asked to save changes to files, please click on OK or Yes to save the changes. The operations and descriptions for these icons are as below:
In video window, right-click the mouse button to call up Camera/Playback/Print
Dialog. (Left) click on Playback or Camera number to change the window to the corresponding camera and live/playback mode. The user may also click on the
“Print” button to print the video to the printer, or “Snapshot” the video. For
software V6.12 or above, the user may double click for 1-Window display.
Click on these icons for 1/4/9/16/25/36/49/64-Window display.
Click on this icon to switch to or return from SEQ display mode.
Click on this icon to toggle between live mode and playback mode for all the video windows.
Click on this icon to freeze/unfreeze the video images for all the video windows.
Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio input from the PC, button down for enable, button up for mute. If enabled, the audio input from the PC will be sent to the DVR.
The default setting is ‘mute’. (supported since V2.00.)
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Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio output from the camera for the focus window, button down for enable, button up for mute. The default setting is ‘mute’.
Click on this icon to show/hide the GPS data for (1) the selected DVR, or (2) the
DVR for the focus camera, button down to show, button up to hide.
Click on this icon to show/hide the POS data (for 9-split-window or larger video
window) for (1) the selected DVR, or (2) the DVR for the focus camera, button down to show, button up to hide.
Click on this icon to backup video/audio, and the Backup dialog will be shown.
Please select the DVR, cameras, event type, destination directory, execution time, and data range, and then click on “Apply” or “OK” to backup, or “Cancel” to cancel.
Please note that Execution of “Now” or “Once” is one-time backup, while “Daily” is daily backup.
Click on this icon for snapshot of the focus camera.
Click on this icon for audio broadcasting to all connected DVRs.
The device name of the selected DVR is shown. Click on this icon, and the available DVRs will all be shown. Click in one of them to select a new DVR. The
1/4/9/16 split-window video display, the camera status, and the alarm input/output will all switch to correspond to the newly selected DVR.
Playback panel for playback buttons, including Fast Backward, Fast Forward, Single
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Step, Play, Pause, Stop, and Copy (from left to right). Please note that the Copy
function can be used to archive both live and playback streams. Please check/uncheck the cameras to be archived when the Copy Dialog is shown, and then click on OK or Apply button. If the user click on Apply button and select & highlight one of the cameras, the current copying status for that camera will be shown in the dialog.
For “SelfPlayer” (described in Sec. 8.6
) to work correctly, please copy the file “vcredist_x86.exe” in the CD to Windows directory such as
“/WINDOWS” or “WINNT”.
PTZ control panel. If the camera in the focus window is a PTZ camera, these buttons in the PTZ control panel can be used for PTZ control. The operations include Tilt Up/Down, Pan Left/Right, Zoom In/Out, Focus Near, Focus Far,
Iris – (darker), Iris + (brighter).
Camera /
Status indicators for cameras 1-16 (GREEN for normal, RED for motion) for the selected DVR. Click on any of these icons to select the corresponding camera of the selected DVR to be displayed in the focus window.
Alarm In /
Status indicators for alarm inputs 1-4 (GREEN for normal, RED for alarm) for the selected DVR.
Alarm Out /
Alarm outputs 1-2 (GREEN for normal state, RED for triggered state) for the selected
DVR. For Administrator, click on any of these icons to control the corresponding alarm output from normal to triggered, or from triggered back to normal.
Click on this icon to call up Search-by-time dialog. Please select the time (Year,
Month, Date, Hour, and Minute) and recorded video/audio type (Alarm, Motion,
Video Loss, and Normal) to search for playback. Click on Search button to start the search of the recorded video/audio. (If it failed, the result will be shown on the title
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of the dialog.) Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio. Please note that there must be some cameras in playback mode for
the search to succeed.
Click on this icon to call up Search-by-event dialog. The event logs will be shown on the screen. Please select the DVR device, event type, and source ID to search for the event logs. Click on Refresh, Up, or Down to update the event logs. Click on the desired event log to highlight and select it. Click on the OK button to search the recorded video/audio for the highlighted event log. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio.
Click on this icon to call up search-PC-video dialog. Please select the
file(s)
, and then click on Open. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio in the file(s).
Click on this icon to call up POS-Search dialog. Please select the DVR, camera, key word, and start/end time, and click on “Search”, then the matched POS data will be shown. Please select the desired POS data, and click on “Backup” or “Play” to backup or play the recorded video/audio corresponding to the POS data.
Click on this icon to show/hide full PTZ control panel. The user can click on the
PTZ Panel (but outside of any object in it) (to call up the Context menu) to move it.
Click on this icon to call up Setup dialog. Up to 4 DVRs (MPEG-4 or H.264) can
be added to the device list. Following is a brief description for each item:
Device Name – any meaningful name for the (DVR) device.
Address – IP address or URL domain name for the (DVR) device. It should be the same as the IP address (for Static IP) or URL (for PPPoE) in Network Setup
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for the (DVR) device.
Control Port – the control port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 67.
Data Port – the data port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 68.
User Name – the login user name for the (DVR) device. It must be in the list in Password Setup for the (DVR) device. Please note that different levels of
users have different available operations.
Password – the corresponding password for the login user name for the (DVR) device.
Auto Connection – whether the user wants to connect automatically to this
(DVR) device.
Connected – whether this PC is connected with the (DVR) device now.
If a
DVR is connected, the user may select it, and click on “Reboot” to reboot it.
The other properties in the dialog are similar to those described in Chapter 6 . Please refer to Chapter 6 for the detailed descriptions. Besides, the user can
download/upload the configurations from/to the connected DVR, or open/save the configurations from/to the designated directory.
Click on this icon to call up remote Software Upgrade dialog. The current software version of the DVR(s) will be shown in the “status” field.
Please select the DVR device and upgrade file in the PC, and then click on Start button to start the software upgrade process. The Upgrade status will be updated according to the progress.
When the upgrade file is uploading, the user may click on Stop/Close button to stop the upgrade process.
Note : There must be at least one formatted HDD in the DVR for the remote upgrade to succeed. After the software in the DVR is upgraded, the DVR will restart immediately and the PC will be disconnected from the DVR. Please do step 7 in Before Logging On, and then re-run the I.E. to connect to the DVR
again.
Click on this icon to call up GPS Configuration dialog. Please select the DVR device. Then select Display attributes and Output attributes for Live &
Playback respectively. If Data Exchange File is enabled, the corresponding GPS
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data will be output to the file specified. Please note that Tag and Icon are to be used by GPS software such as Google Earth for display purpose. If COM Port is enabled, the corresponding GPS data will be output through the specified COM port of the PC. The output data can be used as input by GPS application software such as
Google Earth. Please refer to Appendix G for using Google Earth in more details.
Click on this icon to call up POS Configuration dialog. Please select the DVR device. Then select Video Window or Pop-up Window to show the POS data.
All the other attributes are similar to those for the DVR.
System Requirements of Remote PC
It is recommended to access the digital video/audio recorder using a PC that meets the following system requirements. If you use a PC that does not meet the following system requirements, it may cause problems such as slow imaging or the browser unable to operate.
PC
IBM PC/AT compatible with IntelƯ PentiumƯ 4, 1.7 GHz or above CPU.
OS
MicroSoftƯ WindowsƯ XP, WindowsƯ 2000 with SP4, or WindowsƯ Vista.
Monitor
1024 x 768 or above.
Memory (DRAM)
512MB, or 1024MB for WindowsƯ Vista.
Web Browser
MicroSoftƯ Internet ExplorerƯ 6.0 or above.
DirectX
MicroSoftƯ DirectXƯ 9.0 or above.
Others
Windows XP KB319740 Package if Windows XP SP2 is installed.
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9.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access
The digital video/audio recorder can also be remotely accessed by using a web browser installed on a PDA or mobile phone (EX. Nokia 5300, 6120C, Sony
Ericsson W850i, Z610i) that (1) supports xHTML and MJPEG file format, and (2) has screen resolution at 240x320 or above.
Please enter the domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder in the
Location/Address field of the web browser, and the remote login display will be shown. (For most of the mobile devices, the DVR will automatically redirect to the correct web page, EX. http://192.168.1.89/wap.htm
for IP address http://192.168.1.89
.
If not, please enter the full address with /wap.htm.) Please enter the correct login name and password for the digital video/audio recorder to login the system, and the screen will be shown as below.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:
: 1-Window display for the selected channel (camera).
: Quad display.
-- for snapshot, 1S-30S for auto-refresh of 1 second to 30 seconds, 0S for
fast auto-refresh that supports HTML4.01.
: Status indicators for alarm inputs 1-4 (unchecked for normal, checked for alarm).
: Alarm outputs 1-2 (unchecked for normal, checked for triggered).
Administrator can check to trigger the alarm output, uncheck for back to normal.
: Click on this button to submit the content to the digital video/audio recorder.
The new settings will take effect, and the screen will refresh.
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Appendix A – Specifications
System
Video
Audio
Record
O.S.
Multiplex
Certification
Format
Input
Main monitor
Embedded Linux 2.6
Sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access
FCC, CE, LVDS, etc.
NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR
4-CH, BNC, 1Vp-p/75ohm
BNC x 1, S-video x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm
Optional VGA D-SUB 15-pin connector
Call monitor
Loss detection
BNC x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm
Yes
Motion detection Yes, with configurable detection area & sensitivity
Input 2 RCA-jack connectors, line-in level (100mV-2Vrms)
Output
Compression
2 RCA-jack connectors, line-out level (up to 2Vrms)
Video:
H.264
Frame rate (IPS)
& Resolution
Audio: ADPCM
NTSC – 30 / 720*480, 60 / 720*240, 120 / 360*240
PAL – 25 / 720*576, 50 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288
Mode Manual/Schedule/Alarm/Motion
Pre-record time 0 - 10 seconds
Post-record time 0 - 60 minutes
Display
Playback
Storage
Resolution
Split windows
Frame rate
Freeze
NTSC – 720*480, PAL – 720*576
1/4
Up to 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS per display window
Yes
Sequential switch User adjustable
Digital Zoom
Frame rate (IPS)
X2, X4
NTSC – 30 / 720*480, 60 / 720*240, 120 / 360*240
& Resolution
Search
PAL – 25 / 720*576, 50 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288
Smart search
, Date/time, Camera, Alarm, Motion, &
Video Loss
Operation
HDD
Play, Fast Forward, Backward, Pause, Stop, etc.
Remote I.E. and HEM can also Print
Up to 2 sets of 3.5” SATA type HDDs
Max. 1TB / HDD
Partitions
Backup
Configurable alarm partition size
Configurable auto-overwrite or not
1 USB 2.0 port for USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW,
DVD+R, DVD-R
, card readers, HDD, etc.
Internal DVD models: DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R
Alarm Input
Output
Buzzer
Triggered by
Event log
Network Ethernet
4 contact or TTL/CMOS signal, polarity selectable
1 Normally Open, 1 Normally Closed relay output
Yes
Sensor input, Video loss, & Motion
Yes
1 RJ-45 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector
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Control /
GPS /
POS
Setup
Reliability
Weights &
Measures
Power
Web
FTP
Video
Alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices
Alarm video/audio file storage
1/4 split-window & SEQ mode for I.E. and HEM
Audio
Protocol
Remote users
Bandwidth
Dynamic electronics maps for HEM
Bidirectional
TCP/IP, HTTP, PPPoE, DHCP, DDNS, FTP, TSP
Up to 6 users simultaneously
TCP/IP type dynamic sliding window control
Remote stations PC, mobile phone, or PDA
I/R
RS-232
RS-485
Local
1 I/R remote controller
1 D-type female connector for PTZ, GPS, or POS
1 optional D-type female connector for PTZ or GPS
2-pin for keyboard or PTZ control
On screen setup via keypad, I/R remote controller,
mouse
, and/or RS-485 keyboard controller
Remote
Multi-lingual
Setup & upload via Windows application software
Yes
System recovery Auto power on after power loss recovery
Watch Dog
Timer
Yes
Timer
Security
Dimension
Weight
Source
Consumption
Operating Temperature
Remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification,
&
remote software upgrade
1 I.E. for multiple DVRs
Built-in real time clock
Multi-level password (3 levels, up to 18 accounts) protection with authentication key for remote access
430(W) x 330(D) x 66(H)mm
4.0 KG (without HDD)
+12 VDC
50W Max.
0 o
C ~ +45 o
C
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Appendix B – Structures Of Menu Displays
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Appendix C – Time Zone Table
Time Zone
Samoa
Hawaii
Alaska
Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Arizona, US Mountain
Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan
Mountain Time (US & Canada)
Central America, Saskatchewan
Central Time (US & Canada)
Offset
GMT – 11:00
GMT – 10:00
GMT – 09:00
Guadalajara, Mexico City,
Monterrey
GMT – 06:00
Bogota, Lima, Quito, Indiana (East) GMT – 05:00
Eastern Time (US & Canada) GMT – 05:00
Atlantic Time (Canada)
Caracas, La Paz
Santiago
Newfoundland
GMT – 08:00
GMT – 04:00
GMT – 04:00
GMT – 04:00
GMT – 03:30
DST Start
ˇ
End
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
GMT – 07:00
GMT – 07:00
ˇ
May, 1st Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00
GMT – 07:00
GMT – 06:00
GMT – 06:00
ˇ
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
ˇ
May, 1st Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Oct, 2nd Sun, 0:00 Mar, 2nd Sun,
0:00
ˇ
Apr, 1st Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00
Brasilia GMT – 03:00
Buenos Aires, Georgetown
Greenland
Mid-Atlantic
Azores
Cape Verde
Casablanca, Monrovia
Dublin, London
Western Europe, Central Europe
West Central Africa
Eastern Europe
Cairo
GMT – 03:00
GMT – 03:00
GMT – 02:00
GMT – 01:00
GMT – 01:00
GMT + 00:00
GMT + 00:00
GMT + 01:00
GMT + 02:00
Harare, Pretoria GMT + 02:00
Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn GMT + 02:00
Jerusalem
Baghdad
GMT + 02:00
Kuwait, Riyadh, Nairobi GMT + 03:00
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd GMT + 03:00
Tehran
Abu Dhabi, Muscat
GMT + 01:00
GMT + 02:00
GMT + 03:00
GMT + 03:30
GMT + 04:00
ˇ
Oct, 3rd Sun, 2:00 Feb, 3rd Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Oct, 3rd Sun, 2:00 Feb, 2nd Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 1:00 Oct, last Sun, 1:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
Mar, last Sun, 1:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00
ˇ
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 0:00 Oct, last Sun, 1:00
ˇ
Apr, last Fri, 2:00 Sep, last Fri, 2:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
Apr 1, 2:00 Oct, 2nd Sun, 2:00
ˇ
Apr 1, 3:00 Oct 1, 4:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
Mar, 4th Tue, 2:00 Sep, 4th Thu, 2:00
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Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
Time Zone
Kabul
Ekaterinburg
Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi
Kathmandu
Almaty, Novosibirsk
Astana, Dhaka, Sri Lanka
Rangoon
Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
Krasnoyarsk
Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
GMT + 04:00
Offset
GMT + 04:30
GMT + 05:00
GMT + 05:00
GMT + 05:30
GMT + 05:45
GMT + 06:00
GMT + 06:00
GMT + 06:30
GMT + 07:00
GMT + 07:00
GMT + 08:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
DST Start End
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
Beijing, Chingqing, H. K., Urumqi GMT + 08:00
Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Singapore
Taipei
GMT + 08:00
GMT + 08:00
Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo
Yakutsk
GMT + 09:00
GMT + 09:00
Adelaide
Darwin
Brisbane, Guam, Port Moresby
Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Hobart
Vladivostok
Magadan, Solomon Is.
Auckland, Wellington
Fiji
Kamchatka
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
GMT + 09:30
GMT + 09:30
GMT + 10:00
GMT + 10:00
GMT + 10:00
ˇ
ˇ
ˇ
Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00
ˇ
Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00
Oct, 1st Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00
GMT + 10:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
GMT + 11:00
GMT + 12:00 Oct, 1st Sun, 2:00 Mar, 3rd Sun, 2:00
ˇ
GMT + 12:00
GMT + 12:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
Anadyr GMT + 13:00
ˇ
Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00
GMT + 13:00 Nuku’alofa
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Appendix D – Keyboard Control Protocol
Data Format
Code
0 – 9
*/mark
#/code
5 Bytes –
Byte 1 : Synchronization Byte (0xFF)
Byte 2 : Address, i.e. Device ID (0 – 0xFF)
Byte 3 : Code (see below)
Byte 4 : Reserved (0x00)
Byte 5 : Checksum (sum of Bytes 2 – 4)
Value (MSB set for key press, MSB reset for release)
0x30 – 0x39 (ASCII characters ‘0’ – ‘9’)
0x2d (ASCII character ‘–’ – Minus sign)
0x3d (ASCII character ‘=’ – Equal sign)
Alarm Reset
MODE
SEQ
CALL
0x71 (ASCII character ‘q’)
0x77 (ASCII character ‘w’)
0x65 (ASCII character ‘e’)
0x72 (ASCII character ‘r’)
SEARCH
REC
0x74 (ASCII character ‘t’)
0x79 (ASCII character ‘y’)
Fast Backward 0x61 (ASCII character ‘a’)
Fast Forward
Single Step
Play/Pause
Stop
Copy
MENU
ESC/PTZ
MUTE/NEXT
X2/GOTO
0x73 (ASCII character ‘s’)
0x64 (ASCII character ‘d’)
0x66 (ASCII character ‘f’)
0x67 (ASCII character ‘g’)
0x68 (ASCII character ‘h’)
0x75 (ASCII character ‘u’)
0x6f (ASCII character ‘o’)
0x6e (ASCII character ‘n’)
0x2c (ASCII character ‘,’ – Comma)
/BS
/DEL
ENTER
Vol –
Vol +
–
+
0x69 (ASCII character ‘i’)
0x6d (ASCII character ‘m’)
0x6a (ASCII character ‘j’)
0x6c (ASCII character ‘l’ – small L)
0x6b (ASCII character ‘k’)
0x7a (ASCII character ‘z’)
0x78 (ASCII character ‘x’)
0x63 (ASCII character ‘c’)
0x76 (ASCII character ‘v’)
MAIN-AUX ON 0x62 (ASCII character ‘b’)
MAIN-AUX OFF 0x70 (ASCII character ‘p’)
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CALL-AUX ON 0x5b (ASCII character ‘[’)
CALL-AUX OFF 0x5d (ASCII character ‘]’)
UP-LEFT 0x7b (ASCII character ‘{’)
DOWN-LEFT 0x7c (ASCII character ‘|’)
UP-RIGHT 0x7d (ASCII character ‘}’)
DOWN-RIGHT 0x7e (ASCII character ‘~’)
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Appendix E – Recording Table
NTSC Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only
System Storage (GB): 200
Average Recording Rate (IPS)
Resolution Quality
Picture Size (KB)* 120 60 30 15 10 5
360x240
(CIF)
720x480
(Full D1)
720x240
(Half D1)
1.8
8.0
7.0
5.2
4.6
3.5
2.9
2.0
1.4
3.6
16.1
13.9
10.5
9.2
7.0
5.7
3.9
2.8
0.9
32.2
27.7
21.0
18.4
14.0
11.3
7.7
5.6
8
7
6
5
1
9
4
3
2
1
7
6
5
4
3
2
5
4
3
2
1
9
8
9
8
7
6
58 115 173 345
67 134 201 401
88 176 265 529
101 201 302 604
132 265 397 794
164 328 492 983
241 481 722 1443
331 661 992 1984
514 1029 1543 3086
58 115 230 345 690
67 133 266 400 799
88 176 353 529 1058
101 201 403 604 1208
132 265 529 794 1587
162 325 650 975 1949
237 475 950 1425 2849
331 661 1323 1984 3968
514 1029 2058 3086 6173
58 115 230 463 694 1389
67 133 266 529 794 1587
88 176 353 712 1068 2137
101 201 403 805 1208 2415
132 265 529 1058 1587 3175
162 325 650 1277 1916 3831
237 475 950 1852 2778 5556
331 661 1323 2646 3968 7937
514 1029 2058 4115 6173 12346
* Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.
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PAL Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only
System Storage (GB): 200
Average Recording Rate (IPS)
Resolution Quality
Picture Size (KB)* 100 50 25 12.5 8 4
360x288
(CIF)
720x576
(Full D1)
720x288
(Half D1)
3
2
1
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
6
5
4
9
8
7
5
4
3
2
1
9
8
7
6
4.7
21.0
18.0
13.6
10.7
9.2
7.4
5.0
3.7
42.0
36.0
27.3
21.3
18.3
14.7
10.0
7.3
2.4
10.5
8.5
7.2
5.7
5.0
4.0
2.8
2.2
1.4
53 106 165 331
62 123 193 386
81 163 254 509
104 209 326 652
121 243 379 759
151 302 472 945
222 444 694 1389
304 609 951 1903
473 946 1478 2955
53 106 212 331 661
62 123 247 386 772
82 163 327 511 1021
104 208 415 649 1298
121 242 483 755 1510
150 300 601 938 1877
222 444 889 1389 2778
300 601 1201 1877 3754
463 926 1852 2894 5787
53 106 212 423 661 1323
62 123 247 494 772 1543
82 163 327 654 1021 2042
103 206 412 823 1286 2572
121 242 483 966 1510 3019
150 300 601 1201 1877 3754
222 444 889 1778 2778 5556
292 585 1170 2339 3655 7310
463 926 1852 3704 5787 11574
* Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.
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Appendix F – MS-Windows HEM Utilities
There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including
CMS software
, CMS Player, Keyboard Control Simulator, and M4V/H.264 to AVI
Conversion Utility. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in your PC, and then double click on
CMS/Setup.exe
in the CD to install CMS software, and
Utilities/Setup.exe
to install the utility programs. Please follow the instructions on the screen to install the software in the default directory “Program Files\Hyper
Electronics Mappers” or the directory entered by the user. For DP-9010, please refer to the manual for HEM. For the other utility programs, please refer to the following paragraphs.
HEM Player
Before running HEM Player in your PC, please make sure the followings:
1. DirectXƯ End-User Runtime 9.0 or above has been installed in your PC successfully.
If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com
to get the free download of it.
2. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen
Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit.
To run the HEM Player under MicroSoftƯ WindowsƯ XP or WindowsƯ 2000, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->HemPlayer, and the screen will be shown as below.
Since this utility is a free player utility for the archived files, from USB backup or remote backup, some of the functions are disabled. The mouse cursor will change to “Hand”
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type if it’s on those enabled function icons. The operations and their descriptions are the same as in Chapter 9. Remote Access .
To select an archived file for playback, please click on File menu, and then select Open.
After an archived file is opened, the user may click on the player buttons to play the file.
The following diagram shows the screen after the Play button is pressed.
The user may print the whole player screen (including the current video image) or the current video image by selecting File menu, and then select Print or Print Video respectively.
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Keyboard Control Simulator
To run the Keyboard Control Simulator under MS-Windows, please select
Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->KCtrlSimulator, and the screen will be shown as below.
Please note that most of the buttons correspond to the keypads on the front panel. If you connect the PC through RS-232 and use an RS-232/RS-485 converter to connect to multiple DVRs, you would be able to control multiple DVRs via the simulation software.
Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections to connect/cascade the DVRs to the PC.
To select the DVR to control, please click on the button as circled in the above diagram to set the corresponding DVR ID. Please note that the RS-232/422/485 setup (Section
6.9) , including the DVR ID, in the DVRs must be configured correctly (Model must be set as Control Protocol).
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M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility
To run the M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility under MS-Windows, please select
Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->AVI Converter or double-click on the file AVI_Converter.EXE, and the screen will be shown as below.
Please select the source files – .M4V/.H264 files archived from DVR, remote I.E., HEM, and FTP file transfer – to be converted from, select the target directory to save the converted files, and check “Merge files” if you want chained backup files to be converted into one AVI file , and then click on OK to do the conversion. The converted .AVI files can be played by Windows Media Player if DivX or the other MPEG-4 decoder
(for .M4V) or H.264 decoder (for .H264) is installed in the PC.
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Appendix G – GPS Function in Remote Software with Google Earth
The GPS output for the DVR and its remote software can be used by GPS software such as Google Earth. The user may use the following paragraphs as an example.
1. Open remote software such as IE Browser, and log on to the DVR or open and playback the archived file with GPS information.
2. Select GPS Configuration ( ).
3. Enable Output with Data Exchange File, and set the related items (File, Tag, & Icon).
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4. Open Google Earth.
5. Add Network Link.
6. Select the Data Exchange File in the remote software as Link. Please note that the
directory & filename MUST be in English for old version of Google Earth to
work correctly.
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7. Set Time-Based Refresh.
8. Click on OK button to save the settings.
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9. Now, the GPS data will be fed from the DVR remote software to Google Earth, and the GPS position will be continuously updated in Google Earth.
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Appendix H – Protocol Converter for Multiple POS
Multiple POS devices can be connected through the RS-232 port of the DVR. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections. Please refer to page
22/23 of 7524 Hardware User’s Manual for the pin assignment of I-7523, which is similar to protocol converter I-7524.
Please note that the RS-485 module address of the protocol converter must be 1, 5, 9 or
13(Hex 0D), and the addresses of the POS devices connected are 1/2/3/4, 5/6/7/8,
9/10/11/12, and 13/14/15/16 respectively. The corresponding cameras for POS device addresses 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16 are cameras
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16.
The default RS-485 module address of the protocol converter is 1. If the user wants to change the RS-485 module address of the protocol converter to 5/9/13, please do the following steps:
1. Connect the protocol converter to the RS-485 network of a host PC. (Please refer to page 9 in I-7524 Software User’s Manual. RS-232-to-RS-485 converter can be used in place of 7520.)
2. Execute 7188X.EXE in the host PC. (Please uncompress the file
\Napdos\MiniOS7\utility\7188xw_20050127.zip in the bundled 7000/7188/8000
CD to get the executable.)
3. Select the active COM port of the host PC by pressing Alt-1 for COM1 or Alt-2 for COM2.
4. Change the baud rate to 38400 by pressing Alt-C first, then enter b38400 to set baud rate to 38400.
5. Change to Line-Command-Mode by pressing Alt-L.
6. Change the RS-485 module address by entering $01AXX. (01 is the original module address, XX is the new module address such as 01/05/09/0D.)
Please note that the other settings for the protocol converter are Baud Rate = 38400, Data
Bit = 8, Stop Bit = 1, and Parity = None. Those settings cannot be changed, and have nothing to do with the RS-232/422/485 Setup (which is related to the settings of the POS printers connected).
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