EH1116H-4 Nano 16CH Embedded Hybrid DVR User’s Manual Oct.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................................... 1 1.1 Package Content .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Optional Accessories .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Front Panel ...................................................................................
CONTENTS 3.5 Schedule Setting ................................................................................................................... 47 3.6 Backup Setup ....................................................................................................................... 48 3.6.1 Using QPlayer to Playback Backup Video ........................................................................ 49 3.6.2 To Cut and Save the Portion of the Recorded Video .............................................
.3.1.1 To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video ................................... 104 6.3.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in RealTime Playback ............................................................. 105 6.3.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in Download and Playback ..................................................... 107 Chapter 7 Using Mobile Device to Access DVR Server ....................................... 109 7.1 Using PDAViewer to Access DVR Server ....................................
CHAPTER 1 Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction Package Content (1) EH1116H-4 Nano unit (2) Quick Installation Guide (3) Software CD (User’s Manual is included) (4) Remote Control(Batteries are included) (5) Power adaptor (6) Power cable * The power cable may vary depending on the standard power outlet of the country where it is sold. (7) Screws for HDD installation (8) DVI cable 1.1.
1.2 Front Panel Name Function (1) System Power indicator System power status indicators. Lights when the system is running. (2) Record indicator When DVR system is recording, the light will keep flashing. (3) IR Sensor Receive signal from the remote control to operate the DVR unit (4) IR Sensor port For extended IR sensor cable(optional) (5) USB port(mouse) For USB mouse connection. For connecting USB device, ex: USB pen drive, external hard disk, mouse…and so on.
CHAPTER 1 1.3 Back Panel Name Function (1) Spot Monitor Outputs the analog video signals to SPOT monitor when receive the alarm events. (2) TV Output Outputs the video signals to a TV monitor. (3) Video Input Input the video camera signal (Channel1~16). (4) VGA Output Outputs the camera video signal to a LCD monitor. (5) eSATA port For connecting with eSATA RAID. (6) LAN Port Ethernet connection wit10/100Mbps.
1.4 Setting Up the DVR Unit 1.4.1 Installing the Hard Disk i The external USB hard disk only supports on file backup. Please do not use the external USB hard disk for recording purpose. User can install 1 SATA hard disks inside the DVR unit. Follow the illustrated instructions below to install the hard disk: 1. Loosen all screws(2 sides and rear side) 2. Push the cover backward and lift. The cover is a little bit tight, please be carefully the hands. 3.
CHAPTER 1 5. Hold the cover and connect the power cable and SATA 6. Then, turn the cover over carefully. Hold the cover cable to the hard disk. parallel with DVR unit and put the cover back to the DVR unit and be carefully the hard disk that inside the cover. 7.
1.4.2 Connecting Devices Pen drive and external hard disk must be FAT32 format. i - All connected devices have its own power supply is necessary. - 1.3 MP with H.264/MPEG4/ MJPEG on the first 4 channels and 2.3MP with MJPEG on the 1st channel for IP cam connection. - EH1116H-4 Nano supports IP camera in first 4 channels. The back panel of the DVR unit, user can connect up to 16 cameras in combination of analog and IP camera.
CHAPTER 1 1.5 Audio, Sensor, Relay and RS485 pinhole allocation The Sensor and Alarm enable you to connect 4 sensor inputs, 1 relay outputs and PTZ cameras. Just connect the external sensor, relay, and PTZ camera pin directly to the pinhole. Check the table below and locate which pinhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output. 1.5.1 Audio Out Pin Definition Pin# Definition OUT Audio out signal 1.5.
1.5.4 RS485 Pin Definition When connect PTZ camera through RS485 interface, please refer to the following pin definition to connect the DVR and PTZ. i Pin # DVR site PTZ site TX+ RS485 TX+ signal RS485 RX+ signal TX- RS485 TX- signal RS485 RX- signal RX+ RS485 RX+ signal RS485 TX+ signal RX- RS485 RX- signal RS485 TX- signal If user uses the 2 wires for the PTZ camera connection, please connect to the RS-485 TX+ and TX- of the DVR site.
CHAPTER 1 1.6 Familiarizing the Remote Control Buttons Use the Remote control to operate the DVR unit. Name Function (1) Switch to playback mode (2) Start/stop recording video. To authentication password is required. (3) To call out system setup menu. (4) To rewind the recorded video. (5) stop recording, the To start playback. To pause playback. Name (6) To playback video at faster speed (1x ~ 32x). (7) To select the time and date of playback file.
Name Function (13) + i (14) : Switch to full screen The + , , don’t have any functions. ~ To enable auto pan function. To move the PTZ camera to the preset position. Press button and the “PS+” will (15) show up on screen. And then, press preset position number button ( ~ ). To move PTZ camera to left. To move the mouse cursor to left. (16) To move PTZ camera to right. To move the mouse cursor to right. To move PTZ camera lens up To move the mouse cursor up.
CHAPTER 1 Name Function (21) To focus in PTZ camera lens i The and button doesn’t support at this version.
Chapter 2 2.1 Using the DVR Software First Time Using the DVR Unit 1. Connect the mouse to DVR unit (through USB port). 2. Connect all necessary external devices. DVR unit doesn’t supply the power to connected external devices. 3. Plug the power to turn on the DVR unit. 4. Please wait for a while until start up process is completed. And then, the preview screen will show up on surveillance screen. 5. Format hard disk: If the hard disk is first time installed in the DVR unit, please format the hard disk.
CHAPTER 2 c. Select the hard disk from list. d. Click Format button and click Start to begin formatting e. When formatting is done, click OK. 6. Adjust time and date: Setup the DVR system date and time in order to have correct recording time and date. Following the below steps to setup date and time: a. Click Setup and enter the password (If this is the first time, enter the default password [admin]. The default ID [admin]). b. Select System. c.
b. Select camera channel (1~4) and mark Enable to enable the channel. c. Select Input as IP Camera. d. In Camera section, mark Display to allow the live video of camera to display on surveillance screen. Then, enter the Name and Description of the channel. e. In Camera Information section, click Add IPCam for detail setting. f. In IP Camera Setting window, click Protocol radio button, and then, select Protocol, Mode, and Video Format.
CHAPTER 2 2.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in Preview Mode Name Function (1) Logout - (2) Split Screen Mode i Reboot: To restart the DVR system. It is required to enter the password Power Off: To shut down the DVR system. It is required to enter the password Login: Using different ID to login to DVR system. Cancel: To return to DVR application. Select from four (4) different split screen types to view all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen.
Name (9) Function Playback Switch to Playback mode. This allows you to view the recorded video file. (see also Chapter 2.3) (10) Status bar Display the current date, time, hard disk free space and temperature of unit. (11) Camera ID Show the number of cameras that are being viewed. When you are in single screen mode, click the camera ID number to switch and view other camera. (12) Snapshot Capture and save the screen shot in *.jpg format.
CHAPTER 2 2.2.1 Setting Up and Using the Emap E-Map can hold up to 8 maps in *.jpg format. You may locate the camera, sensor and relay on the map. To Set Up the Emap 1. Click Emap button. 2. When the Emap screen appears, click the area number (1 to 8 buttons) on where you want to insert the map. 3. Click Load Map to insert the map. When the open dialog box appears, locate and select the map and click Open. 4. When the inserted map appears on the Emap screen, click Edit.
2.2.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) (6) (11) (7) (8) (9) (10) Name Function (1) Close Exit PTZ camera controller. (2) Setup Configure PTZ cameras.(see also Chapter 2.2.2.1 and Chapter 2.2.2.2) (3) AutoPan Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number. (4) Focus +/- Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image. (5) Zoom +/- Zoom in and out the image.
CHAPTER 2 2.2.2.1 1. 2. 3. 4. Setup the Analog PTZ Camera Select the channel of analog PTZ camera on Preview UI. Click PTZ button from preview UI. And then, the PTZ control panel will show up on screen. In the PTZ control panel, click Setup (see also Chapter 2.2.2). When the PTZ Setup dialog box appears, select the camera number and mark the Use PTZ check box to enable PTZ setting. Use to adjust the lens of PTZ camera for preset position setting. 5.
2.2.2.2 Setup the IP PTZ Camera When IP PTZ camera has successful connected with the DVR system, user can use the PTZ function directly without any configuration. To make connection of IP PTZ camera, please refer to Chapter 3.2.1. In PTZ control panel, user can setup the preset position of the camera. The number of preset positions is depending on the IP PTZ camera has supported. For example: A brand of IP PTZ camera only supports 4 preset positions. Therefore, user only can setup 4 preset positions.
CHAPTER 2 2.2.3 Using Event Log Viewer Show the record of activities that take place in the system. Display the current page of log list. 1. Click the Event Log button on DVR system main interface. The Event log viewer window will show up. 2. Select the Date to view. 3. To filter the records, select and click the select button to display Event, System, Operation, Network or All. 4. Click button to go next page and click button. Click button to go to the last page.
2.2.3.1 Using POSViewer To clear all setting, click Reset button. Click Close button will exit POSViewer window. Name Function (1) POSDB Path The storage path for POS event log. Click Setting to change the storage path. (2) After/Befoer Set a time period before and after of POS event log. (3) Channel Select the POS event log of channel (4) Search String Enter specific key word or word string to search the POS event log.
CHAPTER 2 2.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in Playback Mode To switch in Playback mode, click Playback button at the lower right corner of Preview mode UI. Name Function (1) Split Screen Mode Select from 6 different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the cameras or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen. i – – When you are in single screen mode, Right click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Name Function (5) Date Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. i The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 08 represent the camera ID. The blue colored column indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time. While the red colored column indicates on where to start playing the recorded video file.
CHAPTER 2 2.3.1 1. To Cut and Save a Portion of the Recorded Video Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation, click Segment button again. 3.
2.3.2 To Bookmark a Video Section 1. Click Bookmark button 2. In the Bookmark dialog box, you may do the following: - Add to create the new reference mark in the bookmark list. Click Add button, the Bookmark Editor dialog will show up. Enter the name or short description in Mark column. And then, click OK to complete a bookmark. - Edit to change the mark description. - Delete to remove the selected reference mark in the list. - Delete All to remove all the reference marks in the list.
CHAPTER 2 2.3.3 Using the Event Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Event Search. The Event Search Setting dialog box would appear on the screen. 3. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. Then, click OK to start searching. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click . 4. You may also set to search and list all the result.
Chapter 3 Customizing the DVR System In the Preview screen mode, click button to customize your DVR. When the DVR configuration setup selection appears, select and click the buttons you want to change the setting. 3.1 System Setup In the System Setting dialog box, click OK to accept the new settings, click Cancel to exit without saving. (1) Storage Path Set the HDD on where to save the data.
CHAPTER 3 (2) Delete recorded data after If you want the system to automatically erase the data after a certain days, enable the Delete recorded data after check box and enter the number of days in Days text box. (3) Delete event and alarm log after If you want the system to automatically erase the event and alarm log after a certain days, enable the Delete event and alarm log after check box and enter the number of days in Days text box.
2. In the POS Mapping dialog box, click OK to accept the settings and Cancel to exit without saving the new setting. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (1) Name: Enter a name to identify the POS. (2) Protocol: Select the protocol. (3) Skip first: Set the number of lines you want to be removed. (4) Font Color: Select the text color of the POS data. (5) Port Setting : Select the Local(Com port) where it is connected and Baud Rate.
CHAPTER 3 (7) Text Filter: Enter the word you want to be removed. (10) Miscellaneous Playback mode: Select the mode of playback the video. – Select date and time: Select the date and time which user wants to playback. – Play the last file: Automatically playback the video from the last hour – Instant Playback: Automatically playback the video which has just recorded Playback with key frame only in 4-split screen: Enable to only playback key frame when in 4-split screen playback mode.
Automatically start video recording when the DVR is executed. - Auto start Network after system boot up Automatically start network connection when the DVR is executed. - Default user Automatically log in to the selected default user when the DVR is executed. (12) Date and Time Setting Mark Daylight Saving Time to enable daylight saving function. - Daylight Saving Time: Click Setting to setup Start and End Date/Time. User can depends on daylight saving time mode in your country to select Mode 1 or Mode 2.
CHAPTER 3 IPCam Module: Update firmware of IP camera. 1. Save the firmware on root directory of USB pen drive. And then, plug USB pen drive to DVR server. 2. Click Update button, a IPCam Module Firmware Upgrade window is displayed. 3. Select the USB pen drive if there is more than one USB storage device from drop down list. The DVR unit will auto detects the firmware. 4. Click OK to start upgrading.
3.2 Camera Setup The DVR system supports 16 cameras in combination of analog and IP cameras or only analog cameras. The DVR system only supports first 4 channels (CH1 ~ 4) for IP camera. 3.2.1 To Setup IP Camera Click Default will back to the factory default value. i - EH1116H-4 Nano only supports first 4 channels (CH1~4) for IP camera. 1.3 MP with H.264/MPEG4/ MJPEG on the first 4 channels and 2.3MP with MJPEG on the 1st channel for IP cam connection.
CHAPTER 3 - Description Add a short comment (5) IP Camera Information To setup IP camera and display current IP camera information. Use IP Camera Motion: Enable to use the motion detection function of IP camera if the IP camera has support motion detection and the motion recording will based on IP camera’s motion detection setting. IP Setting: Click Add IPCam to setup and connect the IP camera. 1. Click the radio button of Protocol to enable the setup of IP camera. 2.
Stream Setting: user can setup Codec, Resolution, FPS, Bitrate Mode, and Quality Bitrate of Stream 2and Stream 3 on the selected IP camera channel. The Stream 1 is stetted in default. Stream Selection: user can setup which stream (Stream 1 ~ Stream 3) to use on Record, Preview(Quad and Single mode), and Remote site. Video Adjustment: user can adjust Brightness and Contrast of IP camera. The selection and adjustment items may vary by the camera supported.
CHAPTER 3 Relay Setting 1. Click Relay button. 2. Click the drop-down list and select the relay ID number. 3. Enter relay name in Name column 4. The system automatically detects the camera and input relates information. In the Content section, enter relay Description. 5. In the test section, click Test to check the relay status. Red is high and Green is low. 6. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
3.2.2 To Setup Analog Camera Click Default will back to the factory default value. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to view. To enable/disable all cameras, click ALL check box. (2) Enable Set to enable/disable the selected camera. When there is no video source on the camera, we suggest disabling it so that the system won’t detect it as video loss error. (3) Input Select the camera type as Analog Camera. (4) Camera - Display Enable/disable to show the video.
CHAPTER 3 (6) Enable De-interlace Enhance the video quality. Set the Enable Deinterlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and select #2, if it captures lots of movement. 3.2.3 To Setup Camera from the Remote DVR User can add the camera from another DVR through the network. i EH1116H-4 Nano only support first 4 channels (CH1~4) for remote DVR’s camera. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to view. To enable/disable all cameras, click ALL check box.
- IP Enter the IP address of the camera - Port The port for connection - User ID Enter the user id that for connecting authority - Password Enter the password that is for connecting authority - Channel Select the channel of connected camera - Connect Click to connect the camera when all configurations are set. 3.3 Recording Setup 3.3.1 Setup IP Camera Record Setting (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box.
CHAPTER 3 - Always Recording Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage device - Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement. Once a motion is detected, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings.
- Always Recording Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage device - Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement. Once a motion is detected, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings.
CHAPTER 3 (8) Mask i Mask and POS function cannot be enabled at the same time. Mark an area on the screen to disregards the motion in the marked area and to only monitor outside the marked area. Enable the Enable Mask and click-and-drag an area on screen that user wants to mask. To clear all mask area, click Clear button. To inverse the mask area, click Invert button. The original selected area will exchanged with un-selected area. To show the mask area on preview screen, enable Show Mask.
3.4 Network Setup Click Default will back to the factory default value. (1) Server Name Assign a name for the DVR unit. Alphabet letters and numbers only. (2) Transmitting Cameras Select and click on the camera number in the Transmitting Camera section you want to make it accessible via internet using PCViewer, Remote Console, PDA Viewer and JavaViewer (still image). To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. (3) Main Configuration Set the DVR IP address and Remote Console Port.
CHAPTER 3 - Mask: It is a bitmask used to identify the sub network and how many bits provide room for host addresses. Enter the subnet mask of the IP address which user has assigned to DVR system. Gateway: A network device acts as a passageway to internet. Enter the network gateway IP address DNS: Domain Name Server translates domain names (such as www.abb.com.tw) to IP addresses. Enter the IP address of DNS if it is available.
Enable White List - i Without any IP/IP range is assigned in White List table, none of IP address/IP range is allowed to access DVR when White List function is enabled. An access permit list for the remote accessing of DVR server. Enter the IP address and click Add. Or, enter a range of IP address and click Add. To delete the IP from the list, select the IP and click Delete button. To reset the input, click Clear button. - Network Bandwidth Limit By Channel: Set the network bandwidth by each channel.
CHAPTER 3 3.5 Schedule Setting Schedule to record, enable network, reboot and disable alarm of all the cameras either weekly or one time. The number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The left most column display the days in a week. To Set the Schedule Setting: 1. Select the date in the calendar. Use and buttons to shift the calendar to the left or right. 2. Select the condition you want to schedule in the drop down list.
3.6 i Backup Setup While backup, the CPU usage will be near to 100% and might slow down the DVR system response. In the Backup Setting dialog box, the number from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 08 represent the camera number. When you back up the file, if you mark Include Player when backup and you may find Qplayer application included in the backup folder. User need to execute the Qplayer installation on PC for playback (see also Chapter 3.6.1). 1.
CHAPTER 3 3.6.1 Using QPlayer to Playback Backup Video You can playback the backup files by using QPlayer applications on the PC. When you back up the recorded file, QPlayer applications are automatically included in the backup folder if user has enabled the selection of Inculde player when backup when backup recorded file. With QPlayer, it is the same as in Playback mode and supports different split screen types to view all the video at the same time.
Name Function (5) Playback Control Buttons From left to right order: Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X, 1/16X, or 1/32X. Rewind: Wind back the recorded video file. Pause: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file. Play: Play the recorded video file. Faster: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, or 32x. Next: Go to the next frame.
CHAPTER 3 Name Function (12) Full screen View in full screen mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard or click the arrow icon. Click to exit from full screen mode (13) Visual Search (14) Find Next (15) Event Search (16) Intelligent Search (17) Audio (18) De-interlace (19) Watermark When you switch to full screen in multiple-screen mode, Left click to toggle to only display one of the video in the multiple-screen mode or all.
3.6.2 To Cut and Save the Portion of the Recorded Video 1. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation, click Segment button again. 3.
CHAPTER 3 3.6.4 To Search Using the Event Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Event Search. The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click Find Next( ) button. 4. You may also set to search and list all the result.
3.6.5 To Search Using the Intelligent Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Intelligent Search. The Intelligent Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. When the Intelligent Search Setting dialog box and motion detector frame appear, you may adjust the sensitivity bar and the motion detector frame size and location. To set motion detector frame size and location, left click and drag on the screen. Then, click OK to start searching.
CHAPTER 3 3.7 Sensor Setting The I/O device must be installed to use this function. 1. Click the drop-down list and select the sensor. 2. Enter sensor name in Name column. 3. The system automatically detects the card and input number. In the Content section, enter Description of sensor. 4. In the test section, click Test to check the sensor status. Red is high and Green is low. 5. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
3.8 Relay Setting The I/O device must be installed to use this function. 1. Click the drop-down list and select the relay. 2. Enter relay name in Name column. 3. The system automatically detects the card and input number. In the Content section, enter Description of relay. 4. In the test section, click Test to trigger relay. Red is high and Green is low. 5. Click OK to exit and accept the setting and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
CHAPTER 3 3.10 Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, click Add to insert and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, click OK to exit and save the setting, Cancel to exit without saving. Click Default will back to factory default value. 1. Click Add to insert and set a new alarm setting. Click the items in the (7) Alarm Setting List if you want to modify the alarm setting. 2. In (1) No./Name/Description enter alarm name and description. Alarm No.
- Video Loss: click the camera number (01 to 16) to set the alarm condition when video is lost. Click Detail button to setup the system to send out the alarm when video is lost and status last the time that user has entered in Continuous trigger duration. 6. In (4) Sensor, select and click on the sensor number to set the condition for the system to alarm. If the sensor normal status is high, set the sensor condition to low. - IP Camera Sensor: To adjust sensor high/low that is connected on the IP camera.
CHAPTER 3 Network is switched off: when the network connection of DVR system is lost, the system will send out the alarm message. Hard Disk failed: when the hard disk doesn’t work normally, the system will send out the alarm message. 7. In (5) Alarm Reset, click the camera number to set the reset condition of alarm. Once alarm is reset, all alarm action will stop at the moment. If the sensor normal status is high, set the alarm reset condition to low.
- Relay Output Set to enable/disable the relay operation when the alarm is activated and to extend additional time in second before it stops the relay operation. 1. Beside the Relay Output check box, click Detail. 2. In the Alarm Relay dialog box, select from the available relay list and in the Status column, set to on/off the relay operation when the alarm is activated. 3.
CHAPTER 3 (1) Mail Server Enter the SMTP Server and port. If your e-mail system requires user identification, enable Authentication check box and enter ID and Password. (2) Mail Fill the mailing information. Click Test Account button can exam the mail is workable or not. From: Enter the sender e-mail address. To and CC: Enter the recipient email address and separate it with comma or a semicolon (;). Subject: Enter the message title. Message: Type the message.
- Send to CMS (Central Management System) Enable/disable the selected camera to send video to CMS when the alarm is activated. Beside the Send to CMS check box, click Detail. In the CMS Setting, select the camera to enable/disable sending the video to CMS. Enable All to select all cameras. Then, click OK to accept the new settings and Cancel to exit without saving.
CHAPTER 3 3.11 User Setup Only administrator level authority can access User Setting. In the User Setting dialog box, click Add to insert a new user, Delete to remove the selected user, Edit to modify the user control right, OK to exit and accept the setting, and Cancel to exit without saving the setting.
To Add a User Account: 1. In the User Setting dialog box, click Add. 2. Select and fill in the following information. (1) Authorization level Select the status of the user. (2) Control Right Enable the items that would allow the user to access. (3) PCViewer Enable/disable Web Viewer control right that allow the user to operate from a remote location using internet explorer. - Remote Console Allow the user to remote modify DVR system setting. - Remote Record Allow the user to execute recording.
CHAPTER 3 Password Enter the user password. Confirm Password Enter the same user password for confirmation.
Chapter 4 4.1 Using the UPC to Playback Backup File Recommended System Requirements Pentium® 4 2.4GHZ or above Windows® 2000/ XP/Vista/7(32 bit/64 bit) DDR 512 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in Speaker 1 available USB2.0 port 4.2 Installing the USB Playback Console To install the USB Playback Console: 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
CHAPTER 4 4.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in USB Playback Console To run the application, click the icon on the PC desktop Name Function (1) Exit Close the application. (2) Progress bar Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. (3) Split Screen Mode Select from different screen view to playback the recorded video file of the entire camera or one camera on screen.
Name (6) Archive Function To select the video file source for playing. – DVR Recorded File (HD): To playback the recorded video from the hard disk which was recording video on the DVR system. (see also Chapter 4.3.2) – Backup File(.dvr): The file is backup and save in *.dvr file format. (see also Chapter 4.3.3) – Backup File (.avf): The file is backup and save to external USB storage device in *.avf format. Select the file source folder and click OK to playback (EH1116H-4 Nano doesn’t support *.
CHAPTER 4 4.3.1 To Cut and Save the Portion of the Recorded Video 1. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to start the cut. Then, click Segment to set the begin mark. 2. Use the Playback Control buttons or drag the bar on the playback progress bar and pause on where you want to end the cut. Then, click Segment to set the end mark. To cancel segmentation, click Segment button again. 3. 4.
4.3.3 Playback Backup File(*.dvr) 1. 2. Click Archive button. Select Backup File(*.dvr) and click OK. 3. The Select File Type window will show up. Select the way to open the backup file. - Open Date: Open backup file by date. Located the backup file on local hard disk and select the date on calendar to playback. Change Folder: To select different playback file form other folder location.
CHAPTER 4 4.3.4 To Backup Recorded File HDD backup function allows user to backup recorded file from hard disk. 1. Click Advanced → HDD Backup on USB Playback Console UI. 2. Select the source hard disk. 3. In Backup date/time selection windows, select the date and time. 00-24 represents hours and 01-08/01-04 represents channels. Blue block means there has recorded file. Red block means the block has been selected. Click-and-drag can select multiple blocks at once. 4. Click Backup to start backup file.
4.3.5 To Search Using the Visual Search 4. Click Visual Search. 5. In the Visual Search Setting dialog box, select the Camera number and the date. Then click OK. 6. When a series of frames appear by date, click on the frame to display another series of frames and search by every Hour of that date, every 3Minutes of that hour, every 10 Seconds of that minute, every Second of that 10 seconds. To go back, click . To view from the selected frame and close event search, click .
CHAPTER 4 4.3.6 To Search Using the Event Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Event Search. The Event Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. In the Event Search Setting dialog box, check the type of condition you want to search. The video search would stop at the frame that matches the condition. To keep on searching click Find Next ( ) button. 4. You may also set to search and list all the result.
4.3.7 To Search Using the Intelligent Search 1. Click on the video screen on where you want to search. 2. Click Intelligent Search. The Intelligent Search text (red) would appear at the lower left corner of the screen. 3. When the Intelligent Search Setting dialog box and motion detector frame appear, you may adjust the sensitivity bar and the motion detector frame size and location. To set motion detector frame size and location, left click and drag on the screen. Then, click OK to start searching.
CHAPTER 5 Chapter 5 iEnhance The bundled iEnhance is a video editing tool and can only be used with *.dvr and *.avf video file. It allows you to adjust the video picture quality, segment and save the selected portion of the video, zoom in and out the image, and print or save the screen shot. You can also save the setting and apply it on other files. To run iEnhance application, click iEnhance button on USB Playback Console interface. Name Function (1) Open File Access *.dvr and *avf video file.
Name Function (13) Sharpness Improve the overall image by enhancing edges. This gives the image more depth. (14) Effects Gray Scale: convert the image into black and white (monochrome). Normalize: adjust the brightness intensity. Equalize: automatically adjust the images that are too dark. De-interlace: smooth out the overlying frames. - Static: de-interlace for motionless scene. - Dynamic: de-interlace for moving scene.
CHAPTER 6 Chapter 6 Using the Remote Programs User can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access DVR system by entering the IP address. To use this feature, make sure that your PC and DVR server both are connected to the internet and the Network feature is enabled. Accessing this feature for the first time you will be prompted by your browser to install WebCamX.cab, allow the installation and you should be able to connect and login afterwards.
After login, the PCViewer interface is displayed.
CHAPTER 6 6.1 Familiarizing the Buttons in PCViewer 6.1.1 PCViewer Screen Right-clicking on the PCViewer video screen, enables you to start video recording, change video quality, switch camera and enable/disable DirectDraw. Name Function (1) DirectDraw i Enhance the video quality. Not all graphic cards can support this function. If you cannot see the screen display correctly or screen is messed, please check with VGA card vendor.
6.1.2 PCViewer Control Panel Name Function (1) Select cameras to view Select to the view camera from different server. In Select Camera dialog box, Display column, click to enable/disable viewing the camera. Click Add Server and select the server type between DVR and IP Cam to add. Click Delete Server to delete the selected item. Click Import to load the previous saved list. Click Export to save the list. Click Apply All to change all the camera video quality based on the selected setting.
CHAPTER 6 Name Function (3) Snapshot Capture and save the screen shot in *.bmp format. (4) Audio Enable/disable remote sound. (5) Remote setup Change the DVR server settings (see also Chapter 6.1.3) (6) Remote Emap To call out the Emap of remote DVR server to view. (7) Remote Console Initiate Remote Console. It allows you to control DVR server (see also Chapter 6.2). (8) Event Log Viewer Display the Event logs, Operation logs, System logs, and Network logs.
6.1.3 To Setup Remote System Setting The setting here applies to Remote DVR only. Select function to configure. 6.1.3.1 System Setting In the System Setting windows, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting.
CHAPTER 6 - Playback Mode Select the mode of playback the video. Select date and time: Select the date and time which user wants to playback. Play the last file: Automatically playback the video from the last hour Instant Playback: Automatically playback the video which has just recorded - Date Format Select the date format which wants to display in Select date and time playback mode - Auto Scan Period Set the time gap of the Auto Scan function from 3 to 10 seconds.
6.1.3.2 Camera Setting Select the camera from remote DVR servers to modify settings. In the Camera Setting windows, click Update to save and apply the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving. IP Camera Setting (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to adjust the video setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon. To select one camera only, Left click on the camera icon.
CHAPTER 6 - Description Add a short comment (5) IP Camera Information To setup IP camera and display current IP camera information. IP Setting: Click IP setting to add the IP camera. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click the radio button of Protocol to start setup IP camera. Select the Protocol, Model, Video Format, and Channel of the IP camera. Enter IP address and connecting port in IP Camera Site column. Also, user can enter URL of IP camera instead of IP address.
Analog Camera Setting Select the camera from remote DVR servers to modify settings. In the Camera Setting windows, click Update to save and apply the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to view. To enable/disable all cameras, click ALL check box. (2) Enable Set to enable/disable the selected camera. When there is no video source on the camera, we suggest disabling it so that the system won’t detect it as video loss error.
CHAPTER 6 Remote DVR Camera Setting Select the camera to modify settings. In the Camera Setting windows, click Update to save and apply the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving. (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to view. To enable/disable all cameras, click ALL check box. (2) Enable Set to enable/disable the selected camera. When there is no video source on the camera, we suggest disabling it so that the system won’t detect it as video loss error.
- Port The port for connection - User ID Enter the user id that for connecting authority - Password Enter the password that is for connecting authority - Channel Select the channel of connected camera 6.1.3.3 Record Setting In the Recording setup windows, click OK to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. IP Camera (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting.
CHAPTER 6 blocks. When the system starts recording a red triangle mark would appear at the upper left corner of the screen. The recording modes are listed below: - Always Recording Record the video from the selected camera and save it to the designated storage path - Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement.
Analog Camera (1) Camera Icons Select the camera number you want to set the recording setting. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. To select more than one camera, Right click on the camera icon. To select one camera only, Left click on the camera icon. The camera icon turns purple when it is selected. (2) Recording Mode The horizontal blocks from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock and the vertical block 1 to 7 represent the day in the week block (Sunday to Saturday).
CHAPTER 6 - Motion Recording Start recording the video from the selected camera only when the system detects movement. Once a motion is detected, the system automatically saves the previous frames and stop based on the Start Record Prior and Stop Record After settings. - Smart Recording Automatically switch to recorded at the maximum frame rate setting once a motion is detected and if there is no motion, it records at the minimum frame rate setting. - No Recording The system won’t do any recording.
6.1.3.4 Network Setting In the Network Setting dialog box, click Update to accept the new settings, click Exit to exit without saving, and click Default to revert back to original factory setting. For the network service ports that use by DVR server, please see Appendix A. (1) Server Name Assign a name for the DVR unit. Alphabet letters and numbers only.
CHAPTER 6 - Network Bandwidth Limit By Channel: Set the network bandwidth by each channel. All: Set the total network bandwidth consumption limit.
6.1.3.5 Alarm Setting In the Alarm Setting dialog box, click Add to insert and set new alarm setting, click Delete to remove the selected alarm setting, click Update to save the setting, Exit to exit without saving, and Default to revert back to original factory setting. 1. Click Add to insert and set a new alarm setting. Click the items in the (8) Alarm Setting List if you want to modify the alarm setting. 2. In (1) No./Name/Description enter alarm name and description. Alarm No.
CHAPTER 6 - Video Loss: click the camera number (01 to 16) to set the alarm condition when video is lost. Click Detail button to setup the system to send out the alarm when video is lost and status last the time that user has entered in Continuous trigger duration. 6. In (5) Sensor, select and click on the sensor number to set the condition for the system to alarm. If the sensor normal status is high, set the sensor condition to low.
- Enlarge Camera View Switch to only display video in Preview mode from where the alarm is activated. a. Select the camera from drop down list to specify which camera video to be enlarged on screen when the alarm is triggered. b. Retrieve time: set the waiting duration before system switching back to original Preview mode. If the retrieve time is un-mark, the alarm video will keep enlarging until user switch back to Preview mode manually. The retrieve time range is 0~ 600 seconds.
CHAPTER 6 (3) Snapshot When send out the email, the DVR system will snapshot image of the selected camera channel. Select Camera: Select the channel that will be snapshot when alarm email is sending out. Video Size: Select the size of video that will be taken when snapshot. Auto means default size that chosen by DVR system. - Start Recording Record the video from the selected camera. 1. Beside the Start Recording check box, click Detail. 2.
6.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in Remote Console Name Function (1) DirectDraw i Enhance the video quality. Direct Draw function supports for certain VGA card. For more information, please contact your VGA card vendor. (2) Exit Close the Remote Console. (3) Audio button Enable/disable the sound. (4) Split Screen Mode Select from four(4) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen.
CHAPTER 6 Name Function (15) Event Log Display the Event logs, Operation logs, System logs, and Network logs. (16) Auto Scan Enable/disable channel switch cycle. (17) Full screen Use the entire area of the screen to only display the video. To return, Right-click the mouse or press ESC on the keyboard. (18) Alarm Alert and display warning info. 6.2.1 To Setup Remote Console Setting Click Setup button to call out the System Setting windows.
number to view the camera signal on Remote Console screen. To select all the cameras, enable the ALL check box. 6.2.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) (6) (11) (7) (8) (9) (10) Name Function (1) Close Exit PTZ camera controller. (2) Setup Select the PTZ camera to operate. (3) AutoPan Operate the PTZ cameras automatically based on the selected camera group preset position number. Adjust the focus manually to produce clear image.
CHAPTER 6 6.3 Using the Remote Playback To use this feature, first you need to select the source of the file. In the Select Playback Mode dialog box, choose Local Playback to open the file that is recorded in the Remote Console, and Remote Playback to open the file that is recorded in the DVR server. When you choose Remote Playback, select RealTime Playback if your internet bandwidth is fast and big enough, otherwise choose Download and Playback. Click OK to proceed and Cancel to void this operation.
16 video thumbnails. In the Time Selection screen, click on the video thumbnail you want to download (see also Chapter 6.4.3). 6.3.1 Familiarizing the Buttons in Local Playback Name Function (1) Exit To close the application (2) Split Screen Mode Select from four(4) different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of all the camera, or one camera over the other or alongside on a single screen.
CHAPTER 6 Name Function (3) Progress bar Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. (4) Hour Buttons Select and click to playback the recorded video file on the specific time frame. i The Hour buttons represent the time in 24-hour clock. The blue bar on top of the hour button indicates that there is a recorded video file on that period of time.
Name Function (13) Full screen View in Playback-compact mode. To return, press the right button of the mouse or ESC on the keyboard. (14) Event Log Show the record of activities that take place in the system. (15) Visual Search Search from a specific camera by Date, Hour, Minute, 10 Seconds and Second (also see Chapter 4.3.5). (16) Find Next Search for the next event. You can use this when you are using Event Search function.
CHAPTER 6 6.3.2 Familiarizing the Buttons in RealTime Playback Name Function (1) Exit (2) Split Screen Mode To close the application Select from 6 different split screen type to playback the recorded video file of the entire camera, or one camera. i - If there are only 8 cameras enabled, you won’t be able to switch to 13 and 16 split screen mode. To zoom in an area on the screen, Right click and Drag a square on the area you want to enlarge.
Name Function (6) Archive Select the date on the calendar and the time from 00 to 23 to where to start playing the recorded video file. - Channel 01~16/Channel 17~32: Click it to switch between channel group 1~16 and 17 ~32 of recorded data calendar. - Open File: To open the recorded file from other direction/storage path. i The numbers from 00 to 23 represent the time in 24-hour clock. The numbers from 01 to 16 represent the camera ID.
CHAPTER 6 6.3.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in Download and Playback Name Function (1) Exit (2) Progress bar To close the application. Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track. Begin: Move at the beginning of the recorded video file. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the recorded video file at the speed of 1/2x, 1/4x, or 1/8x. Rewind: Wind back the recorded video file. Pause: Briefly stop playing the recorded video file.
Name Function (11) De-interlace To enhance the video quality. Set the de-interlace mode to #1, if you are capturing motionless picture and select #2, if it captures lots of movement.
CHAPTER 7 Chapter 7 7.1 Using Mobile Device to Access DVR Server Using PDAViewer to Access DVR Server Users can also use a PDA to access the DVR through Internet. Make sure your PDA support IE browser and is connected to the internet. To use this feature, you need to install the PDAViewer software either thru ActiveSync connection or download it from the internet. Please check if your PDA meets the 2 requirements below. OS: MS Windows CE 4.
7.1.2 To Use the PDAViewer 1. Run the PDAViewer on your PDA. 2. Familiarizing the PDAViewer buttons. (2) (1) (3) (4) (5) (10) (9) (8) (6) (7) Name Function (1) Connect Hook up to the DVR server. Make sure you are connected to internet. When the iView screen appears, click Add to add DVR server. Enter the server IP, port, user ID, password and select the connection type. Then, click OK. User can playback the recorded video from remote DVR server in PDAViewer.(see also Chapter 7.1.
CHAPTER 7 3. To change the video quality, enable/disable audio, and select to display different camera, tap on the video screen longer the pop-up menu will appear. 4. User also can view and change status of I/O devices. 5. On the preview screen, tap on video screen longer the pop up menu will appear. 6. Select the Remote IO. 7. The sensor and relay devices will list as below: 8. User can change the relay status.
7.1.3 To Playback in PDAViewer 1. Run the PDAViewer in the Programs. 2. Hook up to the DVR server. 3. Click Connect icon and select the DVR server 4. Click Playback to enter playback option screen 5. Select the camera, data, and time 6.
CHAPTER 7 7.2 Using JavaViewer to Access DVR Server Using the mobile phone within Symbian Smart Phone OS or Java MIDP 2.0 above to access the DVR through Internet. To use this feature, you need to install the JAVA Viewer program that it can be downloading it from the DVR server through the internet. 7.2.1 To install JavaViewer from the DVR Server 1. Open the web browser and enter the DVR server IP (http://DVR server IP: port/Java-Viewer.html). Then click Connect. 2.
6. To switch to different camera view, select menu and select the channel. 7. The JavaViewer support PTZ control function. If the camera has enabled PTZ function, the camera name has a word “PTZ”. Using button 2 to move PTZ camera up, 8 to move down, 4 to move to left, 6 to move to right, 7 to zoom in, 9 to zoom out, 1 to focus in, and 3 to focus out. User also can refer to Help file for detail function control key. Select menu and go the way down to select the Help file.
CHAPTER 8 Chapter 8 Using the Web Tools The bundled Web Tools includes Dispatch Server, Remote Backup, and Remote Setup program. To install Web Tools, place the CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Web Tool. In selection window, user can select the application(Rmote iSetup, Remote iBackup) to install. 8.1 Remote iSetup Remote iSetup is a tool for configuring DVR server from remote site.
- Name: give a name for remote DVR server for easy managing - IP: fill in remote DVR server’s IP address - Port: the port use to connect to remote DVR server. The port number is same the PCviewer port on the remote DVR server. The default is 80. - User ID: fill in the remote DVR server’s login account - Password: fill in the remote DVR server’s login password - Description: fill in a short description for the remote DVR server 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Click OK to complete adding remote DVR server.
CHAPTER 8 8.2 Remote iBackup Remote Backup is purely for backing up the *.dvr file from the DVR sever. You can select between Auto Backup and Manual Backup. Auto Backup continuously archives one hour of the recorded data at a time, starting from the specified date. As for Manual Backup, it only archives the recorded data of selected date. i To back up the data, you must have at least 2G hard disk space. 8.2.1 To back up the recoded data from the DVR server 1.
5. Select the Backup mode: Auto Backup mode: the backup will automatically execute when the setup is completed - In Begin Date drop down calendar, select the date from where to start - Click Add to set the storage path. - Click Delete to remove the selected storage path. - Click Schedule to select/unselect the time you want to backup. The red block turns white when it is unselected.
CHAPTER 8 8. For manually backup, click file select button and select the DVR to backup.
Appendix A Registering Domain Name DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) is a data query service mainly used on the Internet for translating domain names into Internet addresses. It allows remote clients to intelligently search dynamic servers without any previous enquiring for servers’ Internet addresses. In order to take advantage of this intelligent service, first register your domain name on the following Web site I. Register the Domain Name on http://ddns.avers.com.
APPENDIX I. Register the Domain Name on http://www.dyndns.com 1. Open the browser on your PC and enter the URL http://www.dyndns.com 2. Select the Create Account from the main page. 3. Enter the Username, Email, Retype Email, Password, Retype Password, and read the policy agreement. 4. Click Create Account.
5. User need to do the email verify in order to complete the account apply. Go to your mail account that user has used to register the account to find the confirm mail. 6. After account has been confirmed, user can login to your account. 7. Select Add Zone/Domians Service to register the domain name.
APPENDIX Appendix B Network Service Port The following table shows the ports that DVR server uses for certain network service.
WARRANTY NOTICE LIMITED WARRANTY AVer Information, Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacture or components under the following terms: WARRANTY LENGTH Labor is warranted for (3) three year from the date of purchase. Parts are warranted for (2) two year from the date of purchase.
