iDVR-PRO Video Surveillance DVR Manufactured Exclusively for CCTV Camera Pros
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with a dry cloth. 7) Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus that produce heat.
BEFORE INSTALLATION ● Installation should be carried out only by qualified personnel and in accordance with any electrical regulations in force at the time. ● The DVR must be placed on a stable surface or mounted in an approved cabinet. Adequate ventilation must be provided, taking particular care not to block any of the air vents on the DVR. ● Adequate protection against lightning strikes and power surges must be installed to prevent damage to the DVR.
MAIN FEATURES MOUSE CONTROL Designed to be controlled and easy to use with a mouse. ENHANCED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE [GUI] The DVR menu structure and on screen display is presented in a simple to use and logical GUI format. GENUINE PENTAPLEX OPERATION The DVR will continue to record at full frame rate during local playback, local setup, multi user remote viewing and playback and remote setup. AUDIO 4 audio inputs are supported which can be assigned to any video channel.
MAIN FEATURES TELEMETRY CONTROL Full telemetry control is available from the front panel or remote connection and a wide number of speed dome protocols are supported. Protocols can be set individually for each channel and telemetry speed can be adjusted to suit particular speed domes. EXTENSIVE MONITOR SUPPORT The DVR has 3 main monitor outputs (Composite, VGA and S-Video) which can be used simultaneously.
SYSTEM ORGANIZATION Alarm Sensor Remote Client PC Alarm out Image Printer Alarm Input/Out Camera NETWORK TCP/IP AVI Backup Video In WEB Client Backup Video Out Remote Controller VCR VGA Monitor AV Monitor CD-RW 6 USB
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1. Front panel description.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2. Rear panel description. A D B E H A. F I J C G K L CAMERA INPUTS and LOOP OUTPUTS : Connect up to 16 camera inputs. Loop outputs can be used for connection to other equipment. B. COMPOSITE AND S-VIDEO MAIN : MONITOR CONNECTIONS Both outputs can be used at the same time if more than one main monitor connection is required. C. SPOT MONITOR OUTPUTS : Up to 4 spot monitors can be connected as necessary. D.
SYSTEM CONFIGURE – Remote Controller 3. Remote Controller description.
CONNECT & POWER ON • Connect up to 16 CAMERA INPUTS as necessary. The DVR also has LOOP OUTPUTS so that any signals can be fed to other equipment if required. Termination is automatically set by the DVR depending on connection type. • Connect one or more monitors to the DVR using the COMPOSITE, VGA, S-VIDEO or HDMI connections • Connect power to the DVR. The DVR checks for proper power connection and emits two beeps. Press the POWER BUTTON on the front panel of the DVR to begin operation.
MENU CONTROL All menus can be controlled from above ‘Status Bar’ with mouse or front buttons. LIVE DISPLAY DIVISION SCREEN Select the ‘DISPLAY” button and screen division menu will appear. Select the screen type (1,4,6,8,9,16 and rotation sequence). Sequence mode User can select the type from display menu. Press the SEQ button. Each channel is shown in full screen for a set period of time before switching to the next channel. To stop the sequence on a particular channel, press the SEQ button again.
LIVE DISPLAY PTZ 1) CAM: Select the Channel 2) Sequence: If pressing the “START” button after assigning the “Preset” in advance, sequence will be started. 3) Position name: Input the name after assigning the “Preset” location. 4) Avail. Position: User can see the available Preset location. If clicking the “GOTO” button after selecting it, camera will be moved. Press the “REMOVE” button to delete the saved Preset location. 5) Zoom, Focus, IRIS: User can control each item with + or - button.
LIVE DISPLAY User can see the current log immediately. Click once after selecting log, recorded data will be played. This is in case of selecting the “PREVIEW” option) Panic Recording This menu is used to start and stop the Panic recording. If the panic recording is started, record icon will change to red square with “P”. Select once more to return to previous. - Panic recording setup will be assigned from Record menu.
LIVE DISPLAY Quick Menu User can use quick menu by clicking the right of the mouse on each live channel. Click the right of the mouse on live channel that user wants to control. 1. Freeze On/Off: User can stop the live display of channel that user wants. Even though other channels show live display, this particular channel display is stopped. Click once more to return to previous. 2. PTZ Please refer to “PTZ” menu of Page 12. 3. Zoom Please refer to “ZOOM” menu of Page 12. 4.
SYSTEM SETUP Click the “MENU” and click the SYSTEM SETUP menu. To navigate around any items in the setup menu, use the CURSOR KEYS and the ENTER and RETURN buttons. In general, the ENTER button is used to select and change a particular item and the RETURN button is used to cancel a change or exit from a particular setup screen. To setup all main system functions, highlight SYSTEM SETUP and press ENTER.
SYSTEM SETUP CAMERA Click the CAMERA menu. CAMERA : CAMERA SETUP To setup the various camera options, highlight CAMERA and press ENTER. TITLE: Input the camera title. COVERT: When it is set to ON, the camera image is not displayed in live display but continues to record. AUDIO: Determines the audio recording channel. CAMERA : COLOR SETUP Brightness, contrast, tint and color can be adjusted for each individual channel. Highlight each channel to modify and press ENTER.
SYSTEM SETUP Click each value with button. The selected channel is displayed in full screen. BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, TINT and COLOR can be changed as necessary. To modify a different channel, highlight CAMERA and choose the desired channel. Press RETURN when all changes are complete. CAMERA : PTZ SETUP Click the PTZ SETUP menu and click each value on the ADDRESS, PROTOCOL and BAUD RATE menu. Change each value with ADDRESS: The unique ID of the PTZ device. PROTOCOL: The protocol of the PTZ device.
SYSTEM SETUP Click the “DETAIL” button and change the detail value with button. Note that some settings, such as AUTO FOCUS, may not be compatible with particular PTZ equipment. If this is the case, changing the value will have no effect on PTZ control. Click the “TOUR” button and set the MODE to [AUTO] to use TOUR function. First of all, please set PRESET number on the live PTZ mode. Then set the PRESET number 1 to 16 and DWELL Time.
SYSTEM SETUP CAMERA : MOTION SENSOR Click the MOTION SENSOR menu and click the value on the SENSITIVITY menu. Change the value with button. SENSITIVITY : Between 1 (Lowest) and 10 (Highest) and determines the degree of motion required before recording is activated. Click the button. AREA SETUP : Choosing this option allows the operator to define which areas of the image are monitored for motion detection.
SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY To setup the various display options, highlight DISPLAY and press ENTER. DISPLAY - OSD Click the OSD menu. Then click the button for ON/OFF and change the value. STATUS BAR : Determines the time to turn from the menu of status bar to time display. CAMERA TITLE : Determines whether the camera title is displayed. RECORDING MODE ICON : Determines whether the DVR recording status is shown at the top right of each channel display window.
SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY : MONITOR Click the MONITOR menu Then click the button for ON/OFF and change the value SEQUENCE DWELL : The time each screen is displayed in a sequence operation. SPOT DWELL : The time each screen is displayed on the spot monitor outputs. DE-INTERLACE MODE : When recording any channels in D1 resolution (704 x 576), this should be set to ON to prevent shudder during playback.
SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY : SEQUENCE Click the SEQUENCE menu. When the SEQ button is pressed, the default sequence will cycle through all 16 channels, one by one. Sequence setup allows the operator to define a custom sequence, using mixed multi screen views and any desired channels. Click the ADD menu. To add a new sequence, highlight ADD and press ENTER. Sequence title is highlighted – press ENTER to bring up the virtual keyboard and key in a name or reference number for the new sequence.
SYSTEM SETUP Press ADD. Then, “Sequence Setup” menu appears. Determine the “VIEW TYPE” and assign “CONFIGURE”. Then, click CONFIRM. To add an additional mode, click ADD continuously. After finishing the setup, press CLOSE. To modify the current one, double click that mode. Then ‘Sequence Setup” window will appear again. The new sequence is now saved and can be started by pressing the SEQ button when in live view.
SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY : SPOT-OUT Click the SPOT-OUT menu and click the camera channel for ON/OFF. The DVR has 4 SPOT MONITOR OUTPUTS (Digital Spot). User can assign the SPOT OUT display for each channel. Double click the spot out channel that requires to be assigned. SPOT TITLE: input the title. ACTIVATION: Determines ON/OFF. Press MODIFY. (Below is default setup) To modify the current display, double click the display. Then ‘Spot Sequence Setup” window will appear. How to setup is same as Sequence setup.
SYSTEM SETUP SOUND Click the SOUND menu. To setup the various sound options, highlight SOUND and press ENTER SOUND : AUDIO Click the AUDIO menu and click the ON/OFF menu. Then, click the button for ON/OFF. LIVE AUDIO : When it is set to ON, the selected audio channel can be monitored on the AUDIO OUTPUT. AUDIO MONITORING CHANNEL : Specify which one of the 4 AUDIO INPUTS is routed to the AUDIO OUTPUT. NETWORK AUDIO TX : When set to ON, live and playback audio is transmitted to a remote PC connection.
SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM Click the SYSTEM menu. To setup the various system options, highlight SYSTEM and press ENTER. DATE / TIME Click the DATE / TIME menu. DATE TIME : Allows the operator to set or modify the current date & time. DATE FORMAT : Determines how the date is displayed. TIME FORMAT : Determines how the time is displayed. NETWORK TIME SERVER SETUP : If the DVR is connected to the Internet, the time and date can be accurately set by selecting SYNC and pressing ENTER.
SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM : SYSTEM MANAGEMENT Click the SYSTEM MANAGEMENT menu. SYSTEM INFORMATION: User can see the system information as below. F/W version : Shows the firmware version of the DVR. H/W version : Shows the hardware version of the DVR. VIDEO SIGNAL TYPE : The DVR automatically switches between PAL and NTSC depending on the channel 1 input signal at power on.
SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM NAME : It is used so that notification emails can be identified. F/W UPDATE : Firmware updates may be released periodically to enhance system performance and add extra features. The operator can upgrade the firmware using a USB memory stick. After inserting the F/W in USB or CD/DVD, Press UPDATE. Then , below menu will appear. After selecting the F/W from F/W list, press UPGRADE. Then, F/W upgrade is started.
SYSTEM SETUP USER Click the USER menu. To setup the various system options, highlight USER and press ENTER. USER: USER MANAGEMENT By default, the DVR is configured with a user ID of ADMIN, belonging to the ADMIN group and with a password of 1234. As well as the ability to add new users, existing user details can be modified. To modify user details, highlight the user with the green cursor and press ENTER. The maximum number of users that can be created is 8. For editing, double click on the each tab.
SYSTEM SETUP USER ID : Edit the user ID using the virtual keyboard. PASSWORD : Change the password using the virtual keyboard. GROUP : Users can be assigned to one of three groups - ADMIN, MANAGER or USER. E-MAIL : Enter the user’s email address if email notification is required. E-MAIL NOTIFICATION : Enable or disable email notifications for the specified user. USER: USER AUTHORITY User can give the authority to the MANAGER and USER. To select authority, click the APPLY button after selecting each item.
SYSTEM SETUP NETWORK Click the NETWORK menu and determine each value. NETWORK: IP SETUP Click the IP SETUP menu. DHCP : When enabled, the DVR will obtain an IP address automatically if it is connected to a DHCP server or router. WEB SERVICE : When enabled, it allows remote connections using Internet Explorer or other web browsers. IP ADDRESS : If DHCP is not being used, the IP address can be manually set. GATEWAY : If DHCP is not being used, the gateway IP address can be manually set.
SYSTEM SETUP NETWORK: DDNS DDNS : When enabled, the DVR can be accessed through a Dynamic DNS server. Commonly used if a broadband connection does not have a static IP address. NETWORK: E-MAIL Click the E-MAIL menu. SERVER : The SMTP outbound email server that should be used to send email notifications. PORT : The outbound email port number. SECURITY : Set to OFF if the SERVER does not require a username and password to connect. USER : Enter a username to identify the DVR in email messages.
SYSTEM SETUP EVENT / SENSOR Click the EVENT / SENSOR menu. To setup the various event handling options, highlight EVENT/SENSOR and press ENTER. EVENT / SENSOR: HDD EVENT Click the HDD EVENT menu. The DVR can monitor the hard drives and detect problems that may be developing. SMART ALARM : Enables SMART disk monitoring. CHECK INTERVAL : Can be adjusted as desired. DISK FULL EVENT: Determines ON/OFF. EVENT / SENSOR : ALARM INPUT Click the ALARM INPUT menu and click the OPERATION and TYPE value.
SYSTEM SETUP EVENT / SENSOR : ALARM OUTPUT Click the ALARM OUTPUT menu and click each value. Determines the behavior and actions that will trigger each of the 8/16 alarm outputs. Behavior settings ALARM OUT : Choose which alarm output to configure. OPERATION : The selected alarm output can be enabled or disabled. MODE : Can be either TRANSPARENT (the output is active only when the trigger criteria is present) or LATCHED (the output is active for a set period of time after a trigger).
SYSTEM SETUP EVENT / SENSOR : BUZZER OUT Click the BUZZER OUTPUT menu and click each value. Determines the behavior and actions that will trigger the internal buzzer. Behavior settings OPERATION : The internal buzzer can be enabled or disabled. HDD EVENT : Determines whether a hard drive event sounds the buzzer. MODE : Can be either TRANSPARENT (the buzzer sounds only when the trigger criteria is present) or LATCHED (the buzzer sounds for a set period of time after the trigger).
SYSTEM SETUP EVENT / SENSOR : EMAIL NOTIFICATION Click the EMAIL NOTIFICATION menu and click each value. Determines the behavior and actions that will send an email to a remote user. Behavior settings NOTIFICATION : Email notification can be turned ON or OFF. SETUP CHANGE: Determines whether a setup change sends an email. HDD EVENT : Determines whether a hard drive event sends an email. BOOTING EVENT: Determines whether a booting event sends an email.
SYSTEM SETUP DISK MANAGE Click the DISK MANAGEMENT menu. Then, click the PRESS menu for FW Upgrade, Factory Default and System Data. To manage the internal hard drives, highlight DISK MANAGE and press ENTER. RECORD TIME LIMIT : In certain circumstances, it may be necessary to limit the amount of footage stored on the DVR (to comply with data protection laws for example). Recording can be limited to 12 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week or one month.
RECORD MENU RECORD MENU Click the “MENU”. Input the password . Then main menu will appear. Click the RECORD menu. To setup the recording behavior of the DVR, highlight RECORD MENU and press ENTER. RECORD : RECORDING OPERATIONS Click the RECORDING OPERATION menu and click each value. Then, click the value with button to change. SCHEDULE MODE : Either DAILY (one schedule will apply to every day of the week) or WEEKLY (each day of the week has its own schedule).
RECORD MENU RECORD : CONTINUOUS/MOTION Click the CONTINUOUS/MOTION SETUP menu. This setup screen allows the operator to configure scheduled and motion detection recording. There are 2 sections: SIZE/FPS/QUALITY : Recording settings for each channel can be defined across a 24 hour period, in blocks (for example between 09:00 and 18:00) or for each individual hour. Note that when SCHEDULE MODE is set to WEEKLY, each day of the week can also be selected.
RECORD MENU Click the TIME BAR that user wants to have the values changed. Press ENTER to display the green cursor. The green cursor shown represents one hour. The table below the time bar shows the recording settings for this time period. Drag the time that user wants to have the values changed. Example: To change the recording settings between 09:00 and 18:00. Use the CURSOR KEYS to move the green cursor to the 09:00 position and press ENTER. The cursor changes to orange to show the start position.
RECORD MENU Click the SIZE, FPS, QUALITY and AUDIO value. Then click the value with button to change. Press ENTER. Recording settings for the selected time period are displayed. 16 channels are divided into two groups. Maximum recording frame rate for each group is 240FPS at resolution of 1CIF (352x240). 4 channels can be recorded in full D1 (4CIF@704x480) resolution, maximum 2 channels from each group. SIZE : Recording resolutions of 352x240, 704x240 or 704x480(NTSC) can be selected for each channel.
RECORD MENU ACTIVATION Click the ACTIVATION menu. To change ACTIVATION settings, highlight CONTINUOUS/MOTION RECORDING and press ENTER. Use the CURSOR KEYS to highlight ACTIVATION and press ENTER. The schedule box is highlighted in green. Drag the Time and Channel with left mouse click. After selecting the area, determines the recording type. The schedule screen has 4 symbols to show the different recording modes. NO COLOR blocks: No scheduled or motion recording.
RECORD MENU RECORD : ALARM SETUP Click the ALARM RECORDING menu. The setup is the same as CONTINUOUS/MOTION RECORDING This setup screen allows the operator to configure alarm input activated recording. SIZE/FPS/QUALITY : Recording settings for each channel can be defined across a 24 hour period, in blocks (for example between 09:00 and 18:00) or for each individual hour. Note that when SCHEDULE MODE is set to WEEKLY, each day of the week can also be selected.
RECORD MENU RECORD : PANIC SETUP Click the PANIC RECORDING menu. Select the Size, Frame, Quality and audio. During panic recording mode, the DVR will override all other recording settings and record continuously on all channels at the settings configured here.
SEARCH SEARCH To search for a particular section of recorded footage, press the SEARCH button. To protect unauthorized viewing of footage, only ADMIN and MANAGER user levels can playback footage. To login as ADMIN, enter the default password of 1234 and press ENTER. SEARCH : TIME SEARCH Click the date that user wants to have the values changed. The DVR uses a calendar and timeline search method for quick access to recorded footage. The calendar displayed on the left shows the current month.
SEARCH Drag the time bar with left mouse click. Press ENTER to select the calendar and use the CURSOR KEYS to move to the required day. As different days are selected, the timeline display also changes to show recorded footage on that day. Press ENTER to choose the day and move to the timeline. Click the PANO(Thumbnail mode) PLAY(Multi View) buttons Use the CURSOR KEYS to move the timeline cursor left or right to select the time segment required.
SEARCH SEARCH MODE : PANO PANO( Thumb nail) : Each Screen show s 3 hour data. CH1 : 0~3 O’clock CH2 : 3~6 O’clock : CH8: 21~24 O’clock User can select different channels and playback with faster speed of up to x64. SEARCH MODE : Multi Playback PLAY(Multi view): The default playback mode is 16 screen display. By pressing DISPLAY or using the CHANNEL SELECTION buttons, it is possible to display single screen or other multi screen formats in a similar way to the live display mode.
SEARCH During playback, user can reserve the recorded data that needs to be archived. Press button at the time the archive is to be started. Then playback is stopped and menu below will appear. After inputting “TAG” name, press START. Then display is returned to playback. Press button again to end archiving. Then menu below will appear again. RESERVE: Press this to reserve current data. CONTINUE: Press this to reserve more data. Then display will return to playback.
SEARCH To exit playback mode and return to the search screen to choose another time and date, press RETURN. To exit the search screen and go back to live view, repeatedly press RETURN. SEARCH : EVENT SEARCH The DVR event log stores events such as motion and alarm activated recording, video loss, etc. To search for an event and playback the recorded footage, press the SEARCH button and log in as ADMIN with the default password of 1234.
SEARCH To playback footage for a particular event, select the event from the list using the CURSOR KEYS and press ENTER. Playback resumes from the moment when the selected event occurred and continues until stopped by the operator. During event search playback, the SHUTTLE WHEEL, JOG RING and playback buttons can be used as normal. To stop playback and return to live view mode, repeatedly press RETURN.
ARCHIVING NEW ARCHIVING To archive recorded footage to USB memory stick or CD/DVD, press the ARCHIVE button. To protect unauthorized viewing and distribution of footage, only the ADMIN user level can archive footage. To login as ADMIN, enter the default password of 1234 and press ENTER. Click each desired channel. Then click the times with button to change. Click the QUERY menu. Make sure to press QUERY first before selecting BURN or RESERVE. Press RELEASE to reset after QUERY.
ARCHIVING RESERVED DATA MANAGEMENT AVI ARCHIVING LIST: User can see the AVI archiving data that was reserved from new archiving menu or archiving of search. INFORMATION: The detailed information of Reserved AVI data. DELETE: User can delete the reserved AVI data BURN: Backup the selected AVI data. SNAPSHOT ARCHIVING LIST: User can see the snapshot of archived data. INFORMATION: The detailed information of Reserved snapshot data.
WEB CONNECTION SETUP • WEB Connection Setup For using web connection, 554 and 8080 ports should be port forwarding in Router. HOW TO CONNECT Input the IP Address or URL of the DVR in the Internet Explorer Address Bar. If user uses the DDNS, input the URL as below. http://1234.dvrlink.
WEB CONNECTION SETUP LIVE MODE Explanation of function button in LIVE mode Select live division screen. Move to next screen and make full screen. Select live channel. Save the live image. Print the current screen. Snapshot the current screen.
• Status : Can see the current DVR status. • Log : Can see the log. • PTZ : Can control connected PTZ camera.
SEARCH SEARCH BY EVENT 1. Refresh : Refresh the data. 2. Play : After select the date and time, can play the data. 3. Backup : Can backup special channel and time.
SEARCH BY EVENT 1. Event : Select necessary event to playback. 2. Period : Select the date an time of Start to End. 3. Search : Start the selected data. SETUP MODE All settings are same as DVR setup.
INFORMATION Check DVR model name and WEB version.
