APEC CCTV TVR 3000 Series Embedded DVR USERS MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS GETTING STARTED What is a Digital Video Recorder (DVR)? INSTALLATION AND SAFEGUARDS Environment Condition for Installation Before You Start SUMMARY OF FEATURES SPECIFICATION AND MODEL PACKAGE CONTENTS Internal Unit of Wall-mount Case Main Board (Top View) Standalone DVR (Front View) Side Button Panel DVR Unit (Back View) Remote Controller 5 5 6 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 INSTALLATION HDD Cameras Sensors Relays Network PTZ 15 16 16 17 17 18
REMOTE VIEW Client Login DVR Connection Remote Client OSD Digital Zoom Video Event Log Date and Time Image Control Screen Capture Forced Recording Sensors Relays Audio PTZ Function Presets Pattern Tracking Group Run 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 SEARCH & PLAYBACK Playback Recordings 68 69 CLIENT SETUP DVRs Groups Users System Display 70 70 71 71 72 73 REMOTE SERVER SETUP Setup Menu Options Camera Setup Audio Sensor Mapping
INSTALLATION AND SAFEGUARDS SUMMARY OF FEATURES All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the unit is operated. Live View 1. Real-time Display per Camera: 30fps NTSC / 25fps PAL per channel 2. Different View Layouts: 1 or full screen, 2, 4, 9, 16 3. Cycle Cameras: View cameras/channels in sequence 4. Picture-in-Picture: Display camera/channel view on top of another camera/channel 5. Digital Zoom: Up to 9x digital zoom 6. Display Freeze 7. On-screen Status 8.
SPECIFICATION AND MODEL cont... Summary of Features 16. Event 17. Notification: Red Border and Email 18. Sensor: Set sensor status 19. Relay: Set relay reset mode as manual, time-based or synchronized 20. Motion: Set area for motion detection 21. Mappings: 22. Sensor to Camera 23. Sensor to PTZ Camera 24. Camera to Relay 25. Sensor to Relay 26. PTZ 27. Communication Settings: Baud Rate, Data Bit, Parity and Stop Bit 28. Camera: Set PTZ Camera Status and Protocol 29.
PACKAGE CONTENTS Internal Unit of Wall-mount Case DVR – Internal Unit Description 1. Main Switch To on/off the DVR unit 2. Hard Disk Bracket Holds the hard disks 3. Hard Disk Drives DVR storage device 4. Fan For DVR ventilation 5. IDE cable Connects the HDD to the main board Standalone Digital Video Recorder 6. Video Output Video out terminal 2. Remote Controller DVR Remote Controller 7. Speaker Out Audio out terminal 3. AC Power Cord Power cord (220/110V) 8.
Main Board (Top View) Standalone DVR (Front View) DVR – External Unit Description 1. IR Sensor Infrared Sensor for Remote Controller Side Button Panel DVR – Internal Unit Ref. Des. Description 1. 4-Pin ATX Power Connector J17 2 40-Pin IDE Connector J10 Connection to hard disk (HDD1) 3. Tact Switch “RESET” SW1 For resetting/rebooting system 4.
Remote Controller INSTALLATION *For the remote control, use 1 lithium ion 3V battery DVR – External Unit Description 1. Live Switch to Live View Mode 2. Setup Switch to Setup Mode 3. ENTER / Cycle Save settings or Go to / Cycle cameras 4. Up / Down / Left / Right Arrows Move up / Move down / Move left / Move right 5. Record Start/Stop FORCED recording 6. Search Search and playback recorded video 7. Backup Switch to Backup Mode 8.
Sensors HDD How to Install the HDD: How to Connect Sensors to the DVR: 1. Place HDD1 to the left side of the bracket and connect it using the screws. Note: The jumper setting of your HDD1 should be on Slave. 1. Connect sensors to Sensor Inputs, marked S1 to S4 and Ground. 2. To connect sensors, simply insert the wire inside the connector hole and push the connector button to lock the wire. 2. Place HDD2 to the right side of the bracket and connect it using the screws.
Network PTZ Please call your service provider to identify which type of service they’re providing to determine which type of network scenario you will use. Once you have determined which scenario to use, connect your DVR unit as shown. Case A: Single or Multiple Static IP w/ Personal Router How to connect PTZ Cameras to the DVR: 1. Check if the PTZ camera is connected to a power source to enable operation. 2. Connect your PTZ camera to the DVR’s Video Input.
LIVE VIEW Main Menu Display Components The Main Menu is the primary access point for many of the DVR features. In LIVE VIEW, the Main Menu will be displayed when [MODE] is pressed on the Control Panel. Below are the components for Live View. Note that all of the above functions have equivalent buttons on the remote controller. Hence, when using the remote controller, the Main Menu is not needed. Use [UP] and [DOWN] buttons on the control panel to navigate through the Main Menu.
Picture-In-Picture (PIP) Camera Layout Procedure Using Remote Controller: 1. When in Full Screen display, you may press on [PIP] to view another channel in a smaller window. 2. Press [1], [2], or [3] … to view camera 1, 2 or 3 in a smaller window. 3. Press [UP], [DOWN], [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to move the smaller window. 4. To exit PIP, just press [PIP] again. The PIP function is available only on the remote controller.
Display Freeze Manual / Forced Recording Procedure Using the Remote Controller: Procedure Using the Remote Controller: 1. Press [FREEZE] to pause display. 2. To exit, press on [FREEZE] again. Press [RECORD] to start manual or forced recording. Press [RECORD] again to exit or stop recording. This function is available only on the remote controller. Procedure Using the Control Panel: 1. In LIVE VIEW, press [MODE]. 2. Select Forced Recording by pressing [SELECT]. This will bring you back to LIVE VIEW.
Relay Control PTZ Control Relay Control is used to manually toggle relays as ON or OFF. A red-colored relay is ON. A transparent relay is OFF. A relay with a heavy border is the currently selected relay. To use PTZ Control, ensure that your camera is a PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) camera. An alert stating, NOT A PTZ CAMERA will display when you try to use PTZ Control for non-PTZ cameras. Procedure Using Remote Controller: Procedure Using the Remote Controller: 1. Press [RELAY]. 2.
SEARCH AND PLAYBACK Event Search Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. Under SEARCH and PLAYBACK, select Event Search by pressing on [ENTER] or [SELECT]. 2. Under Event Search, press [UP] or [DOWN] to select option that you want to change. For instance, if you want to edit day, simply press [DOWN] until you highlight the Day option. 3. Press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [+] or [-] to change the values of the given option. 4. Press [ENTER] or [SELECT] to run search.
SETUP MODE System Login Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. Enter SETUP by pressing the [SETUP] button on the remote controller or selecting Setup from the Main Menu. 2. Choose your User Name using [LEFT], [RIGHT], [+] or [-] and then press [DOWN]. Only ADMIN has access rights to Setup. Default system user names are ADMIN, USER1 TO USER9. 3. Key-in Password and press [ENTER]. The default password for ADMIN is 5678. Refer to page 37 to learn how to change password.
Information cont... Date and Time This section displays hardware and software version. It also shows hard disk capacity as well as used and free hard disk space. Date and Time Date and Time indicate settings for year, month, day, hour, minute, second and timezone. Ensure that you set the date and time before you operate the system to match your local time. Default year is set at 1970. After setting the date and time, you can also set the timezone accordingly.
Network TCP/IP Setting Please fill out the following information: STATIC IP ADDRESS, NET MASK, DEFAULT GATEWAY AND DNS. Network configuration allows you to define your IP address, Netmask, Gateway and DNS information (if using static IP). Please consult with your service provider or network administrator for the values that you need in order to setup your network. Next pages explain several network scenarios.
Case B: Single Static IP Directly Connected to the DVR DDNS Enter the relevant information to connect to the DDNS server. The DVR ID field cannot be blank. You can use the onboard keyboard to enter the desired DVR ID. a. Under Network Setup, assign a public IP address (ex. 24.108.1.192) on the space provided. This STATIC IP address is provided to you by your service provider. Please consult with your ISP if you do not know such information. b.
OSD To edit Camera Labels, please follow the steps below: 1. Enter SETUP > OSD. 2. Select Camera Label and press [ENTER/SELECT]. 3. Select which camera you want to change by pressing [LEFT], [RIGHT], [+] or [-], then press [ENTER/ SELECT]. 4. Using the On-Screen Keyboard, fill in your new camera label and press [ENTER/SELECT] to save your settings. Up to 6 characters for camera labels are allowed and only English characters are allowed. OSD sets screen display for the DVR.
Tools To Update the Version of your DVR Server, please follow the steps below: This provides tools for formatting hard drives, changing the video signal type and updating the DVR Server firmware. 1. Under System settings, select Tools->Update DVR. 1. To format new hard disk, select Format New Hard Disk. You will be asked to confirm your request, select YES to confirm or NO to cancel. 2. To format USB hard disk, select Format USB Hard Disk.
Recording Frame Rate Recording settings provide you access for configuration of camera, frame rate and resolution, audio recording, recording schedule and watermark. Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. In SETUP, use [UP] or [DOWN] to select Recording. 2. Press [ENTER], [SELECT] or [RIGHT] to expand the sub-menus. 3. To view/modify settings under the sub-menus, use [UP] or [DOWN] to select the sub-menu and press [ENTER] or [SELECT]. 4.
Resolution Audio Resolution setup allows you to set recording resolution per camera. This DVR supports three different resolutions – CIF, Half-D1 and D1. The actual sizes of these resolutions in pixels are described in detail in the specifications section which is found near the start of this document. The Audio Setup menu sets the status of audio recording for the DVR. Check the status of the audio if you want audio recording. Uncheck it if you want to disable audio recording.
To set recording time for each time interval using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: Watermark 1. In SETUP, select Recording->Schedule. 2. In Recording Schedule Setup, use [UP], [DOWN], [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to navigate through the menu. 3. Use [ENTER], [SELECT], [+] or [-] to change values. On the remote controller, there are shortcuts available: This DVR can add watermark to key frames in the recorded video. Watermarking protects the video from tampering.
Sensor Notification Under Sensor setup, you can modify sensor settings, view sensor logs and enable sensor onboard. Under Event Notification, you may choose to be alerted by a red border, system beep* and/or via SMS or email*. Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: (NOTE: *Some notifications might not be available.) Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In SETUP, select Event->Notification.
Relay Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: Under Relay setup, you can modify relay settings. A relay may be reset or returned to its original state in 3 different ways – time-based, sensor-synchronized or manual. With time-based reset, the relay will be reset after a specified duration (in seconds). With sensor-synchronized, the relay will be reset when the corresponding sensor is reset. With manual reset, the relay will be reset only with manual intervention.
Sensor to Camera Camera to Relay This mapping allows you to match sensors and cameras. This mapping allows you to match cameras and relays. Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. In SETUP, select Mappings->Sensor To Camera. 2. In Sensor To Camera Setup, use [UP], [DOWN], [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to navigate through the menu. 3. Use [ENTER], [SELECT], [+] or [-] to change the values. An “x” means mapped.
Video Lost to Relay PTZ This mapping allows you to activate your relay(s) when there is no video signal. Before a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera can be operated using the DVR, certain parameters must be set. You may need to consult the manual of your PTZ camera for details about the physical connection with the DVR. Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. In SETUP, select Mappings->Video Lost To Relay. 2.
Camera Presets This function enables the user to access/ modify presets. Note that you will not be allowed to use this function if no PTZ cameras are connected. Under Camera settings, you can indicate which camera is a PTZ camera. For PTZ cameras, you must indicate the communication protocol used by it. Procedure Using the Remote Controller or Control Panel: 1. In SETUP, select PTZ->Camera. 2. In PTZ Camera Setup, use [UP], [DOWN], [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to navigate through the menu. 3.
BACKUP MODE cont... Video Backup Users can back up the recorded data or video onto external hard drives or via USB connection to an external hard drive. NOTES: 1. Ensure that your backup device is attached (and turned on, if necessary). 2. The supported file system formats of the attached backup device are as follows: • VFAT – This is a Windows-supported file system. • EXT 2 & EXT 3 – These are Linux-supported file systems. 3. You may not be able to change the Storage Medium on certain models.
REMOTE VIEW Client Login 1. To login, click on the DVR Client on your desktop to open the Remote Client. 2. Enter username and password. 3. Click on the Login button or press ENTER to login. Click on the X button to exit. Gain remote access to the DVR Server by installing the Remote Client on the PC that you wish to have remote connection to the DVR. NOTE: The factory default for username is “Admin” and for password is “password” respectively.
Remote Client OSD Video Event Log 1. Camera label – Indicates camera label. To modify, please go to Setup. 2. Recording Status and Recording Type [REC] appears when there is an ongoing recording. The [REC] label is color-coded based on the type of recording. Types of Recording: Continuous Recording - Magenta Sensor-triggered Recording - Yellow Motion-triggered Recording - Cyan Object Detection-triggered Recording - Orange Forced Recording - Red 3.
Image Control Sensors Via Image Control, you can change brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation settings of the cameras currently displayed. 1. Simply click on + or – to increase or decrease the selected image control option on the cameras currently displayed. 2. To apply the changes to all cameras, click on the Apply to All button. 3. Click the Restore Defaults button to return settings to the factory default settings for all cameras. To know which sensors are active, click on the Sensor button.
PTZ Function Pattern Tracking To use PTZ Function, ensure that your camera is a PTZ (Pan/Tilt/ Zoom) camera. 1. Pan/Tilt buttons – Pans/Tilts camera 2. PTZ Schedule – Indicates that there is/are scheduled PTZ command(s) 3. Auto Pan – Executes a pre-programmed sequence of PTZ commands 4. Camera Selector – Selects camera 5. Zoom Control – Zooms In/Zooms Out 6. Focus Control – Adjusts focus 7. Iris Control – Adjusts amount of light entering the camera 8. Pan/Tilt Speed – Adjusts pan/tilt speed 9.
SEARCH & PLAYBACK Playback Recordings 1. To search and playback recorded video, choose the type of event from the Event Filter drop list menu. You may choose from ALL, CONTINUOUS, SENSOR, MOTION, EVENT, or FORCED RECORDING. 2. Select the date from the Calendar. You may specify the month, year and date. 3. Select the camera by clicking on the camera number. (Simply click on the camera number again to unselect camera.
CLIENT SETUP Groups In order to use the Remote Client to access DVR servers, you will first have to setup the connection settings of the DVR servers that you want to connect to. This can be done by clicking on the Client Setup button once logged in to the Remote Client application. Add a Group 1. Click on the Group tab. 2. Click on Add button. 3. Enter the Group Name. 4. Select from the dropdown the DVR you want to add to the group. 5.
System Display Set Alarm Sound 1. To enable Alarm Sound, select “System”. This will enable the system beep. 2. Or select “None” if otherwise. 3. Click the OK button to save your settings. On Screen Display Options The user has the option to display various OSD labels on the video whether in Live View or in Search and Playback. OSD modifications will take effect even while connected to a DVR. Set Recording Path 1. Under the File System box, click on Browse to open the search dialog box. 2.
REMOTE SERVER SETUP Camera Setup The DVR Remote Server Setup for Embedded DVRs can be accessed through the Remote Client application. NOTE: Use of the DVR Setup function is only allowed if current user’s Login ID is authorized for this function. User Login 1. Enter the username and password. 2. Click on the Login button or press ENTER to login. Click on the X button to exit. NOTE: The factory default for username is “Admin” and for password is “5678” respectively.
Sensor Mapping cont... Camera Setup 10.Video Size – Indicates the resolution size the video will be recorded/streamed at. For NTSC the settings are 720x480 (D1), 720x240 (1/2 D1) and 360x240 (CIF). For PAL the settings are 720x576 (D1), 720x288 (1/2 D1) and 360x288 (CIF). The higher the resolution, the bigger the size in the recording file size. There is a limitation on the combination of settings for the Video Size in conjunction with the With Event FPS.
Sensor PTZ Mapping Motion Mapping 1. Map Preset – Indicates if the sensor will be mapped to a PTZ preset when it is triggered. If this is unchecked, then the Camera, PTZ On, PTZ Off and Dwell Time options are also disabled. 2. Camera – Displays a drop down list menu of available cameras that can be called when the sensor is triggered. 3. Preset On – Displays a drop down list menu of available presets from the selected camera that can be called when the sensor is triggered. 4.
Alarm Notification Relay Reset Mode 1. Unique settings checkbox – Indicates whether unique settings are used per relay or otherwise. If checked, unique settings are used per relay. To have all relays use the same settings, keep this option unchecked and modify the settings in Relays All. 2. Reset Mode – Displays a drop down list menu for the types of reset modes available. Relays can be reset either based on a specified amount of time, synchronized to the sensor or manually by the user. 3.
PTZ Settings Recording Schedule 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Baud Rate – Displays a drop down list menu for baud rate settings. Parity – Displays a drop down list menu for parity settings. Data Bit – Displays a drop down list menu for data bit settings. Stop Bit – Displays a drop down list menu for stop bit settings. With PTZ – Indicates the PTZ status of the camera. If checked, it means that the camera is equipped with PTZ capabilities. 6. Protocol – Displays a drop down list menu for supported PTZ protocols.
System Settings Network 1. DVR Name – This is the name to be used by the DVR server. If the DVR server will be registered to the DDNS server, then the DVR Name must be unique per client account. 2. Location – The location of where the DVR server is. DDNS Server Settings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. DVR Name – This is the name to be used by the DVR server. Location – The location of where the DVR server is. Description – The description of the specific DVR server.
Users 1. User selector – Selects the specific user either for editing. 2. Edit – Opens a new page to edit the selected user. Edit User To edit a user, just click on the Edit button in the users setup page and a new page will open up where the user information can be edited. Saving the data will then display the list of users once again. When editing an existing user, the Login Name of the user can no longer be modified.
