Compact H.264 DVRs User’s Manual Model: 16-CH Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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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 0oC ~ +45oC (32oF ~ 113oF) and humidity below 85%. 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).
Table of Contents 1. Product Overview………………….……………………….……... 7 1.1 Features…………………..…….…………..…………………... 7 2. Panels And Remote Controller…………...………………….……. 2.1 Front Panel………….……….…………………………….……. 2.2 Back Panel………………….…………………………….…….. 2.3 Remote Controller…………..…….……………………….…… 9 9 12 14 3. Installations…….…….……………………………………….…… 15 3.1 Basic Connections…………….………………………….…….. 15 3.2 Optional Connections…………..………………………….…… 17 4. Main Screen And Basic Operations………….……..……….…... 4.1 Text Input……………………………………….
.10.1 E-mail Setup……………..……………………………….. 70 6.10.2 FTP Setup……………..………………………………….. 71 6.10.3 Advanced Network Setup……………..………………… 72 7. PTZ Control……………………….……………………………… 75 8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor) ……….... 8.1 Search By Time……………………………………….………… 8.2 Search By Event / Log Display………………………….……… 8.3 Smart Search………………………..………….……….……… 8.4 Search Archived Files………………………….……….……… 8.5 POS Search…………………………………….……….……… 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time………….….….……… 8.
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.
Multi-level password and authentication key protection to ensure high degree of security Streaming video for mobile phone or PDA, no Apps required N-Streaming internet/intranet remote access GPS support POS support Support mouse operation -8-
2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. USB Mouse Connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible mouse. 2. 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”. 3. 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.
) 7. Play/Pause Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images, or pause the playback. 8. Stop Button ( ) Press this button to stop the playback. ) 9. 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. 10. MENU / ESC Button Press this button to display the main menu or escape to the upper level display. At playback, press this button for the snapshot of the playback windows.
Used to receive signal from I/R remote controller. 19. USB connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-16) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. termination is always ON. The internal 75Ω 2. Audio Output Connectors (AUDIO OUT) This connector supplies line-out audio signal to external devices such as speakers. Recorded audio will be supplied from AUDIO OUT during playback. 3. HDMI Connector (optional) Connect HDMI monitor to the HDMI connector for main monitor display. 4.
switches. 10. RS-485 Connector Connect this connector to RS-422/485 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 C for the Keyboard Control Protocol for the digital video recorder. 11. Power Input (DC 12V) Connect to DC 12V power source. 12. Ethernet Connector Connect this unit to a 10/100Base-T Ethernet network through this port. 13.
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. Most of the buttons corresponds to one of those buttons on the front panel. Please refer to the descriptions in Section 2.1. For the other buttons, the descriptions are as below: 1.
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 main board 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.
1. Power off the machine, and then use a screwdriver to uncover it. 2. Connect the cables as shown. 3. Hold the SATA HDD, and use a screwdriver to fix it as shown. 4. Cover the machine. Note 1: The HDD must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 to format the HDD. Power Connect DC 12V power source to DC 12V.
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 output Connect the audio output connector to the audio line-in from speakers. Alarm inputs Connect the alarm inputs to NC and/or NO type of alarm signals.
PTZ Cameras Connect the RS-232 connector or the RS-422/485 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.
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.
4. Main Screen And Basic Operations 36% The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are several types of split-window screens, including 1-Window, 4-Window, 7-Window, 9-Window, 10-Window, 13-Window, and 16-Window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.7) of the system.
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.
4.2 Login And Logout 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 buzzer. ) (Administrator/Supervisor) MODE (Mouse: 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.
+/- (Mouse: ) Press these buttons to circulate up/down among the available split-window displays. PAGE (I/R remote controller: #, Mouse: current split-window icon) Press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays. ) ENTER (Mouse: Press this button to display the GPS/POS data if there’s GPS/POS data fed to the 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.
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. 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.
5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU (Mouse: shown. ) to call up Menu display as 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 Section 4.2 for Login/Logout display. The user’s operations are described as the followings: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
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.
5.2 Volume Control In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Volume, and then press ENTER to call up Volume Control display as shown. The operations below: general are as ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click in the respective item) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
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 (ENTER) (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.
5.4 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 (only 1024x768 for this model), 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.
5.5 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 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.
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.
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5.6 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.
5.7 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.
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. each option, please refer to the following sections.
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 16 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes, which may relate one camera to the others, for all the installed cameras. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items.
Normal Record IPS will always be the same as Event Record IPS in Camera Setup, and Dual Streaming will always be used for network video. Press +/buttons to change the setting. 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.
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 16 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.
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..
/ 30 (NTSC), discrete). Pre-record IPS – the pre-record IPS for this camera if certain event (Video Loss, Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera is recorded at this rate for Pre-record time before the event occurs. (Please refer to the following sections for Pre-record time.) For this DVR, the value is always the same as Event Record IPS.
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.
ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. unchecked. The default setting is “–” - 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.
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.
camera. In Motion Detection Setup, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the area with gray grids is the area which will be detected for motion, while transparent grids not detected for motion. Besides, there is a (yellow) Mask window. Following is a brief description for the operations: Numeric (Mouse: Press these buttons to select the camera. ) ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the Mask window. +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag) Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.
Vol+/- ( / ) (Mouse: ) Press this button to increase/decrease the “number of grids treated as motion” for the motion detection of this camera. SEARCH (Mouse: ) Press this button to test the motion detection of this camera. The detected motion will be shown on the screen. Press this button again to stop testing. ESC (Mouse: or Right Click) Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion Setup. 6.
Numeric (ENTER) 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 5, its settings will be copied to those of alarm inputs 6-8.) ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving.
Outputs. 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.
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 up to 7 display types 1-Window, 4-Window, 7-Window, 9-Window, 10-Window, 13-Window and 16-Window - for main monitor.
Page Settings.. – used to set the camera in each viewing window for each page of this SEQ Display Type (only 1-W is supported). Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Display Page Setup as shown. In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown. And the title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted. Following is a brief description for the operations: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to move the focus window.
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.
Start – the start time of this time segment, increment at 30 minutes. (The end time of this time segment is implicitly set as the start time of next time segment, or the start time of the first time segment of the same weekday if it’s the last one.) Press +/- buttons to select the desired start time. Example: If the user sets the start time of T1/MON as 9:00, T2/MON as 18:00, T3-T16/MON as N/A (Not Available), then T1/MON is 9:00-18:00, T2/MON is 0:00-9:00, and 18:00-24:00.
Motion, Normal, and No Record. Video & Audio are all recorded for the selectable Recording Modes except “No Record”. After the Easy Setup, the time segments for each weekday in Scheduled Record will be updated accordingly. The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus. Numeric 1-6 (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the active Recording Mode. The user may also press ENTER when the focus is on the Recording Mode to activate it.
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.
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.
6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. Each of the HDDs 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 note that the HDD IDs for the internal HDDs in the DVR start from ID 1.
If it has been formatted (and recorded), it will be partitioned 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.
6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup In HDD Setup display, press SEQ to call up Advanced HDD Setup display as shown. The HDD Failure Action in Advanced HDD Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected HDD failure, while the Privacy settings allow the administrator to set the DVR to record for Limited Period and the Retention Period of its HDD storage. The HDD Failure Action will be triggered if there’s no available formatted HDD detected.
Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. default setting is “ˇ” - checked. The 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.
6.7 Password Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown. The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level. There are three default password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest).
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: Guest Level – the access level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or -) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.
The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus. If the selected item is not shown on the screen, the screen will scroll up or down. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Password Setup display. The Password Setup contents will be updated accordingly. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Monitor Channel 1-16 – the user can only monitor those channels “checked”.
Setup Camera – to enable the user to do Camera Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Setup Alarm – to enable the user to do Alarm Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Setup SEQ Display – to enable the user to do SEQ Display Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Setup Scheduled Record – to enable the user to do Scheduled Record Setup if “checked”.
6.8 System Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to System, and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown. The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
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. Time – system time.
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. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
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.
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.
Net Mask – Net Mask for the IP address. Please follow the Text Input method 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.
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.
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.
FTP Server – FTP server web/IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. FTP Port – the FTP port. The default value is 21. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Username – username for this DVR unit in the FTP server. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Password – password for this DVR unit in the FTP server.
▲▼(Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Control Port – the control port for remote access. The default value is 67. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.
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.
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.
Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Focus Operations +/ENTER Iris +/- Auto Pan (3) (Mouse: ) +/ENTER * # SEQ (5 sec.) (Mouse: ) +/-, NUMBER ENTER Preset (1) (Mouse: ) Pan Speed (3) (Mouse: ) +/-, NUMBER ENTER +/- Descriptions focus far/near (Mouse: ) ) auto focus (Mouse: Iris increase/decrease (Mouse: ) 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.
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.
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.
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 3000 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.
Please select the backup device, and enter the directory name you want, and then press COPY to copy the event log to the selected backup device. SEQ => Page Up (Mouse: Left click) CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click) Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display. Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown) Press these buttons to select the display page of the event logs, the log list will also be updated.
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.
Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown) Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list. 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.
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. MODE (Mouse: ) Press this button to set/reset the whole video area. or Right Click) ESC (Mouse: Press this button to escape from Motion Area Setting screen, and return to Smart Search screen.
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: USB Device – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up USB Device dialog (if there’s no USB device connected).
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.
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.
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).
Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: ) Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port or internal DVD. 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. ) (Mouse: Left click) Copy Button ( Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous display.
Backup Device – the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no backup device connected. Press +/- buttons on the right selection to select the connected device. Please follow the steps described in Section 5.5 Backup Device to connect the backup device before copying. Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press +/buttons to select the value.
Playback Buttons ( , , , , ) These playback buttons are still operational as described above. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to not show the playback slider bar. 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 .
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 ( , , , , , , MENU, ENTER, MODE, SEQ, SEARCH) (Mouse: , ..) These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time.
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 Buttons ( , ) (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 ( , , , , , MENU, ENTER, MODE, SEQ, SEARCH) (Mouse: , ..) These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.
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.
9. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit. Firefox To use Firefox to access the DVR, please do the followings: 1. Launch Firefox. 2. Visit the web site "http://ietab.mozdev.org" to download and install IE Tab Plugin. 1. Select Tools->IE Tab Options. 2. Select Sites Filter. 3. Check the option "Sites list here will always render using embedded IE", and add DVR's URL into sites list.
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.
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. The user may double click for 1-Window display. Click on these icons for 1/4/9/16/25/36/49/64-Window display. For 4/9 split windows, the user can click on the icon, and select a different display page.
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.
Playback panel for playback buttons, including Fast Backward, Fast Forward, Single 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.
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 of the dialog.) Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio. If there not any camera in playback mode, all cameras will be searched and played. Click on this icon to call up Search-by-event dialog. The event logs will be shown on the screen.
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 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. Video Stream – “Record” – live video same as recording stream, or “Extra” – extra network stream (set as in Sec. 6.10.
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 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.
MicroSoft® DirectX® 9.0 or above. Others Windows XP KB319740 Package if Windows XP SP2 is installed.
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.
Appendix A – Specifications System Video Audio Record Display Playback Storage Alarm (optional) O.S. Multiplex Embedded Linux 2.6 Sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access Certification FCC, CE, LVDS, etc.
Event log Ethernet Web Yes Network 1 RJ-45 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector Remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification, & remote software upgrade 1 I.E./Firefox for multiple DVRs DDNS Free DDNS server E-mail Alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices FTP Alarm video/audio file storage Video 1/4/9/16 split-window & SEQ mode for I.E.
Appendix B – Time Zone Table Time Zone Offset DST Start End Samoa Hawaii Alaska Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 11:00 GMT – 10:00 GMT – 09:00 GMT – 08:00 ˇ ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Arizona, US Mountain Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan Mountain Time (US & Canada) Central America, Saskatchewan Central Time (US & Canada) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey GMT – 07:00 GMT – 07:00 GMT – 07:00 GMT – 06:00 GMT – 06:00 GMT – 06:00 ˇ ˇ May, 1st Sun, 2:00
Time Zone Offset DST Start End Kabul Ekaterinburg Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi Kathmandu GMT + 04:30 GMT + 05:00 GMT + 05:00 GMT + 05:30 GMT + 05:45 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Almaty, Novosibirsk Astana, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Rangoon Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta Krasnoyarsk GMT + 06:00 GMT + 06:00 GMT + 06:30 GMT + 07:00 GMT + 07:00 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar Beijing, Chingqing, H
Appendix C – Keyboard Control Protocol Data Format 5 Bytes – Byte 1 : Synchronization Byte (0xFF) Byte 2 : Address, i.e.
CALL-AUX ON 0x5b (ASCII character ‘[’) CALL-AUX OFF 0x5d (ASCII character ‘]’) UP-LEFT 0x7b (ASCII character ‘{’) DOWN-LEFT UP-RIGHT DOWN-RIGHT 0x7c (ASCII character ‘|’) 0x7d (ASCII character ‘}’) 0x7e (ASCII character ‘~’) - 109 -
Appendix D – Recording Table NTSC Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only System Storage (GB): 200 Resolution Quality 720x480 9 (Full D1) Average Recording Rate (IPS) Picture Size (KB)* 120 60 30 15 10 5 27.7 33 67 134 201 401 8 24.5 38 76 151 227 454 7 21.0 44 88 176 265 529 6 18.4 50 101 201 302 604 5 14.0 66 132 265 397 794 4 11.3 82 164 328 492 983 3 7.7 120 241 481 722 1443 2 5.6 165 331 661 992 1984 1 3.
PAL Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only System Storage (GB): 200 Resolution Quality 720x576 9 (Full D1) Average Recording Rate (IPS) Picture Size (KB)* 100 50 25 12.5 8 4 36.0 31 62 123 193 386 8 32.0 34 69 139 217 434 7 27.3 40 81 163 254 509 6 21.3 52 104 209 326 652 5 18.3 60 121 243 379 759 4 14.7 75 151 302 472 945 3 10.0 111 222 444 694 1389 2 7.3 152 304 609 951 1903 1 4.7 236 473 946 1478 2955 720x288 9 18.
Appendix E – MS-Windows HEM Utilities There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including CMS, 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, and Utilities/Setup.exe to install the utility programs.
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.
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.
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.
Appendix F – 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).
4. Open Google Earth. 5. Add Network Link. 6. Select the Data Exchange File in the remote software as Link.
work correctly. 7. Set Time-Based Refresh. 8. Click on OK button to save the settings.
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.
Appendix G – 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.
