1 Safety Information The safety information is provided for the wellness of the equipment and for the safety of the operator. Please review and observe all instructions and warnings in this manual. Note Keep this manual handy every time you operate this equipment. Also, check with your dealer if you require further assistance and for the latest revision of this manual. Your dealer might provide you with digital version of this manual.
2 Contents 1. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. CHECKING SUPPLIED ITEMS .................................................................................................................................................... 3 CONNECTING PERIPHERAL DEVICE .................................................................................................
3 1. Getting Started 1.1 Checking Supplied Items Make sure that you have following items supplied with your DVR. If any of these items is missing or damaged, notify your vendor immediately. Keep the packing utilities for moving or storage purposes afterwards.
4 1.2 Connecting Peripheral Device This section describes how to connect efficiently to peripheral devices with the DVR. Install the DVR on flat surface. If required, attach a rubber mount for installation. If a 19-inch rack is used with 1.5U Height case, it is recommend to install the system on shelve and use 2.5~3U (1U=1.75 inch or 4.45 cm) space for proper ventilation. Note Install the system in location with good ventilation to prevent overheating.
5 1.3 System Startup and Shutdown 1.3.1. System Startup After connecting peripheral devices such as cameras, monitors and a mouse to the DVR, power up the DVR by connecting DC12V 5A adaptor to the power jack on the rear panel. Login with ‘User Name’ at the login screen will appear as shown below. There is only one Administrator Account configurable in the DVR system. It is assigned with unchangeable User ID marked as ‘admin’.
6 1.3.2. System Shutdown To turn off the DVR, Click “MENU” button and then click “SHUTDOWN” and enter your password in the menu (The default is no password). You do not need to disconnect the power plug. The default password for ‘admin’ account is none. Therefore, just click ‘Enter’ button on the dial pad. If you changed the password for ‘admin’ account, please type in the changed password.
7 2. Explanation for Each Function 2.1 Front Panel [DW-VMAX 4 Compact Case (270 x 71 x 215 mm)] No. Buttons 1 2 Power Button USB Port 3 LED Indicator 4 5 6 7 8 9 Instant-Rec I-backup (Press and hold) Search Instant Play (Press and hold) Mode Freeze (Press and hold) Menu Exit (Press and hold) Direction Button Enter Button Functions System startup or shutdown (shutdown is password protected) USB port (Ver. 2.
8 No. Buttons 1 Power Button 2 USB Port 3 LED Indicator 4 5 6 Fast Rewind Button Play/Pause Button Fast Forward Button Search Instant Play(Press and hold) Instant-Rec Call Mon(Press and hold) PTZ [I-backup] (Press and hold) Mode Freeze(Press and hold) Menu Button Direction Button Enter Button Exit Button 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Note Functions System startup or shutdown USB port (Ver. 2.
9 2.1.5. MODE (Press once) / FREEZE (Press and hold) Button MODE (Press once): to select the Screen display mode FREEZE (Press and hold): Screen display will be paused until the Freeze button is pressed again. 2.1.6. PTZ (Press Once) / I-BACK UP (Press and hold) Button PTZ (Press once): Once pressed, DVR is changed to Pan & Tilt mode. User can control Pan & Tilt operation by using Direction Button. If pressed again, DVR is changed to Zoom & Focus mode.
10 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Note Name Video-In Audio-In Audio-Out Video-Out Spot-Out VGA-Out USB Port LAN Port NTSC/PAL Switch RS-485 Port Sensor Input Alarm Output Power Input Grounding Terminal Description Camera. (Supports NTSC/PAL) Audio input device (with amplifier) Audio output device (with amplifier) Composite Monitor Composite Spot Monitor VGA Monitor USB port (Ver 2.
11 2.2.11. Sensor Terminal Block Connect sensors (dry contact type) with each ground (GND) line to “G” pin. 2.2.12. Alarm Terminal Block Connect various alarm devices controlled by relay output. Note Support both N/O (Normal Open) and N/C (Normal Close) types of sensor. If connected sensor is not functioning, ensure wiring is correct. The connection method may differ according to the type of P/T/Z controller. Enquire to your vendor for guidance. Note No. 2 3 7 8 4 9 Sensor No.
12 Procedure 2 ‘REMOTE ID’ Setup in the remote controller 1) Press and hold the ‘ID’ button in the remote controller for more than 5 seconds as shown below. *There is no beep sounds when you press ID button. 2) After pressing and holding the ‘ID’ button for more than 5 seconds, release the ‘ID’ button and press the three digit number REMOTE ID, which is same as the REMOTE ID that you set for DVR, for example ‘099’. First, press and hold ‘ID’ button for more than 5 seconds.
13 3. Operation 3.1 User Log-in Check the power connection. The system can be used after power-on. The DVR has various setting categories. The administrator can set the system password and to prevent unauthorized changes to setting values and alteration of recorded file. Enter the or password which had been set. Note 1) window will be permanently displayed in monitor as above picture until user logs in with the right ID and password.
14 3.2 Live Display Mode 3.2.1. Channel Selection Real-time live image can be seen by easy button operation after power-on. The images can be seen on real-time by 1, 4, 9, 16 and PIP screen. Whenever the up/down arrow button on the front panel or IR remote controller is pressed, the screen will be sequentially changed. [1 Ch] [4 Ch] [9 Ch] [16 Ch] [PIP Mode] To select channel by mouse, double click the left mouse button on the desired channel.
15 3.2.2. Icons The live mode display, icons or messages will be indicated on the screen to indicate the system mode or status. Below are the icon categories, which are indicated on the monitor. Icon to be shown at right-upper corner on each channel screen Icon to be shown At right-bottom corner on full screen.
16 Red Circle icon button means “instant (emergency) recording”, which is useful to urgently start recording. In emergency recording, the system allocates the maximum number of recordable frames and distributes them equally across all available channels at CIF resolution. Joystick icon button means “PTZ” mode, which is useful to instantly switch to PTZ control. In PTZ mode, user can move pan/tilt and zooming-in/out by moving the mouse pointer, a virtual joystick.
17 “Digital Watchdog logo” is shown on the display screen when no camera is connected or camera is disconnected on a certain channel. When a camera is disconnected, a warning sound may be generated depending on the system settings. Admin user can set different level of authorization for each user. If a certain user is not allowed to view a certain live and playback channel, then no image is shown on the display screen as below.
18 3.3 PTZ Operation User can get into PTZ mode by clicking right button of mouse and selecting “PTZ” in the pop-up menu as shown below, or select joystick button in the menu bar located in the bottom of the main screen. In PTZ mode, user can control PTZ operation with USB mouse. While pressing the left button of mouse, user can drag the mouse pointer to up/down or left/rightward to move pan/tilt position of the camera.
19 Note User will see numeric pad to select “Preset” number. The preset is defined by setting a PTZ protocol in the setting menu. The maximum number of preset is 255 but the max supported by the PTZ may be less. User can automatically switch PTZ camera positions according to the defined of preset setting by using GUARD TOUR function, the connected PTZ camera must support touring functions.
20 3.4 Freeze Mode Press FREEZE button on the front panel or click the right button on the mouse and select the Freeze mode while viewing a live image, the image then pauses, but the date/ time information does not, and the system clock continues running. Press FREEZE to pause the live view; press FREEZE again or click the right button on the mouse and select the FREEZE again to resume the live view. 3.
21 3.6 Playback of Recorded Video To play a recorded image, press the Play button from the Front Panel or IR Remote Controller. It is easy to use USB mouse to playback recording files. The recorded files can be seen backwards or forwards. Press the rewind and fast-forward buttons and the playback speed can be controlled in steps of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times real time while playing backwards or forwards. User can click the right-forwarded arrow button to automatically play the latest video clip.
22 3.7 Clean Button during Playback De-interlacing feature is required for smooth playback of video that is recorded by 720x480/576 (D1) resolution. In playback mode, user can press “CLEAN” icon at the menu bar located in the bottom of the main screen or click the right button on the mouse and select “ De-interlace ”. After pressing “CLEAN” icon, it becomes with blue circle around the icon, which means de-interlacing is activated.
23 Press “ENTER” button to set “start” and “end” time of archive during video playback. Note The “HELP” button will help you understand how to setup several important settings even without the user’ss manual book. For example, if you need help about how to set “BACKUP”, click “HELP” button at the right bottom of the BACKUP menu.
24 3.9 Search Recording Image 3.9.1. Calendar Search The user can select the date and time to search for a certain file within the recorded video. User can adjust the white-vertical line to the time that user wants to search. The colors of the time bar differ depending on the recording mode. Please, refer to section 4.3.2 for details on colors. A“*” mark in date as above picture means that there is a video data recorded.
25 3.9.2. Search Date/Time Enter the desired date and time for the user to playback the recorded video. Use the arrow button to move to each day/month/year and time category for selecting second/minute/hour/month/year. 3.9.3. Event Log The Event log search is used to find particular event, quickly and easily. Users can copy this event list to a USB memory device in text file format.
26 To see a particular event, move the arrow button of the Front Panel or Remote Controller to the desired time range. The followings are the categories indicated on the Event Viewer. 1. 2. 3. 4. Note 3.9.4. Alarm by Sensor Alarm by Motion Alarm by Video Loss Alarm by HDD Full If the Alarm does not activate even though the alarm input setting has been done, check the alarm connection port of the DVR rear panel.
27 The followings are the categories indicated on the system log viewer. 1. 2. 3. Note 3.9.5. Log by system Log by setup Log by network 20 numbers of log record will be shown on one page of the and window. User can click the arrow icon to search the log records on another page. First Data Go to the first screen of the recorded video. This is the oldest video recorded. 3.9.6. Last Data Go to the last screen of the recorded video. This is the latest video recorded.
28 3.10 DST Setting and Screen Saver DST starts at 2:00 local time on 2nd Sunday of March, and ends at 2:00 DST on 1st Sunday of November. During DST (Daylight Saving Time) period, DVR time clock has to be adjusted according to regional time zone. That is, DVR time clock will be shifted by one hour after DST setting while DVR will restore the time clock to normal after DST finishes.
29 Click OK to play DST image. [“DST” image is displayed on screen] Click CANCEL to play Non-DST image. [“Non-DST” image is displayed on screen] To make SCREEN SAVER setting on the DVR, go to the menu setup: SYSTEM > SYSTEM INFO and click “SCREEN SAVER” to get the SCREEN SAVER setting window as shown below. Users can select CRT and/or VGA by checking the boxes. Users can set the WAITING TIME that the monitor will automatically turn off.
30 4. Setting General setting structure consists of “System”, “Device”, “Record”, “Network”, “Backup” and ‘Quick Setup” as shown below.
31 4.1 System The system menu button is selected by clicking “TOOL” on the menu bar or the right click pop-up menu. Users can move mouse pointer from “System” through “Quick Setup” to instantly look around the sub-menus on the menu screen. Using the left mouse button, the user can select a desired category for editing. 4.1.1. System Info. Use this submenu to check system information status or change the system-related configuration.
32 Users can name a site by using the virtual keyboard as shown below; In “DATE/TIME SET”, user can activate DST (Daylight Saving Time); select the time synchronization server, and other basic settings like time zone/time format. Note Video images may be shaking and blinking in black & white if NTSC/PAL is not properly set. The user needs to make sure of NTSC/PAL setting according to country power frequency Note There are two types of TIME SYNC MODE.
33 SITE ID: users must setup SITE ID to match with the ID setting in keyboard, if user wants to use a keyboard to control DVR. The user also needs to select the KEYBOARD model and BUAD RATE setting. REMOTE ID: users must setup the REMOTE ID to match with the ID setting in the IR remote controller in order for the remote to function.
34 In “Display Setting”, user can set sequence dwell time, spot-out dwell time, the spot-out channel, camera pop-up and OSD as below picture. User can set Spot-Monitor output and sequence dwell time in this menu as well as OSD show/no-show. Alpha blending is the transparency level of the menu screen. 0% means no transparency at all. “VGA Display” is to get the proper edge alignment of display video depending on the monitor to be used, VGA or CCTV monitor.
35 4.1.2. User Master user of this system is always Admin with factory default of No password. Admin must change the password of the DVR for extra security Admin can designate a new user with different permission levels by: functions, menu access, and live & playback. “FUNCTION” is to restrict a user to control a certain function like shutdown, search, PTZ control, backup and playback.
36 4.1.3. Export/Import Users can copy and paste the system configuration values in this menu. “Export” allows the user to copy the settings for this system to USB memory devices. “Import” allows the user to recall the settings saved from other systems using CD/DVD/USB memory devices. During import process, make sure that the firmware version of source DVR is the same as the destination DVR. 4.1.4. HDD HDD information is displayed at the menu.
37 On the DVR system, DVR HEALTH CHECK is represented in % sign as shown below. It also indicates the lifetime and the temperature of the hard disk drive represented by Celsius. If system resources are occupied with task, such as making a network connection or performing video playback during the format process, the format may fail. If the format fails, reboot the system resources and then try to format again.
38 4.1.5. Factory Default With authorized password, users can get the system back to factory default configuration. Note Upon clicking “OK” button and entering the admin password, all the configuration values made by user will be deleted. The system setting will be sent to factory defaults. The recorded video data will be not be erased.
39 4.2 Device 4.2.1. Camera Users can easily move to the “Device” menu by selecting the icon in right up side of the menu screen. “Covert” is to hide camera display and playback as if there is no camera recording, a so-called “hidden camera” feature. The default motion area setup is the entire camera area. 4.2.2. Audio Users can select the audio input and output during live display, and match the audio input to a designated channel (Please refer to Section 4.3.
40 4.2.3. Sensor ON/OFF Turn on or turn off the sensor CAMERA Select the associated camera OUT Select the associated alarm output Caution Relay contact can handle up to 24V/1A of other devices. If connected to a circuit which is Over 24V/1A, the system may experience problems. INTENSIVE “Intensive” means that the system increases recording speed up to the maximum frame rate at the selected resolution when an alarm is triggered during the selected dwell time.
41 COPY SETTINGS Upon pressing Copy Settings button, Copy Settings popup will appear. In this popup, choose the sensor the user wants to copy from at the “FROM” field. Choose the parameters such as ON/OFF, CAMERA, OUT, INTENSIVE, PRESET, DWELL, PREALARM, and TYPE on the check box. Check on the check box with sensor numbers to apply the copy setting to on “TO” check box selector section.
42 4.2.4. Motion Alarm Select Motion alarm to record only when motion detection is triggered by DVR S/W upon user’s defined motion area. The system records at the maximum recording speed upon motion detection if user sets “Intensive” to “on”. Video will record for the selected post-alarm dwell time and pre-alarm video will also record for the specified time. An alarm signal is sent via the selected sensor-out channel. Note 4.2.5.
43 4.2.6. PTZ Full control of PTZ camera is available in this menu. For details, please refer to Section 3.3 PTZ Operation. “M” (Depending on the model of PTZ camera) If selected, the OSD menu of PTZ camera is imported and shown on the DVR monitor allowing the user to control the full PTZ settings. Protocol Select the proper protocol of the connected PTZ camera. Address Set the PTZ driver address of the connected camera. Check the below items for proper P/T/Z operation. 1.
44 4.3 Record 4.3.1. Camera “On/Off” switches “recording” on and off in each channel. If recording is not required on the selected channels, even if a camera signal is connected, set the recording of the corresponding channel as [OFF]. This will shut off recording for the camera without disconnecting the camera BNC cable from the DVR. Either [ON] or [OFF] can be selected. The default is [ON]. FPS means, “Frame per second”. The system automatically calculates “Remained FPS”.
45 will be deleted by the system. On August 21, the system will keep video from August 12 to August 21 for 10days. Note The storage capacity for the same image will be different. Image per byte is ratio to the image dimensions (horizontal x vertical), thus 720×240/288(2CIF) is twice the size of 352×240/288(CIF) and 720×480/576(D1) takes about 4 times the storage capacity.
46 4.3.2. Schedule Set the recording schedule for each camera. First, select the camera to set a schedule, or “All”. Recording can be set by each hour from 00 through 23 a day. No color - Off “Off” means no recording. Even though user set recording frames to and on in “CAMERA”, the DVR will not record if SCHEDULE is set [OFF] Yellow color - Continuous recording In continuous recording mode, the system records all the time as set by “CAMERA”.
47 Note If the recording schedule is set to “CONT + MOT” or “MOT + SENS”, then the system records by continuous or motion detection mode in normal operation. However, when the motion occurs in motion area or alarm is activated, then recording mode will be automatically switched to intensive recording as set by “MOTION” or “SENSOR” in the “DEVICE” menu. Users can add holiday in HOLIDAY SETUP as below picture to up 32 holidays.
48 4.4 Network 4.4.1. Network The system has built-in web server. Network Type Select network connect type. Select either LAN for fixed (Static) IP or DHCP for dynamic IP. If DHCP is selected, click ‘IP DETECT’ button to detect IP address information. Subnet Mask Subnet Mask address classifies the subnet that the system belongs to. Standard address is 255.255.255.0.
49 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and Auto Private IP Setup (NAT Traversal) UPnP stands for Universal Plug and Play, which is a relatively new technology that indicates a universal protocol for widespread plug-and-play devices to ease the network implementation. When a PC and a DVR both installed the UPnP function, the PC can automatically recognize the DVR in the same local area network.
50 4.4.2. DDNS DDNS is to use Dynamic IP server is managed by Digital-Watchdog The User has to tick on “Use DDNS” check box to use it. DDNS Server cctv-link.net is the fixed domain name of DDNS server managed by Digital-Watchdog User cannot change the DDNS name. Note 4.4.3. The standard DDNS domain name is cctv-link.net and users can use dyndns.com by drop-down list. How to Set DDNS The Setting in DVR As shown below, user can select the DDNS default. is [CCTV-LINK.NET] Users can change the [DYNSNS.
51 -Technical Tips1. If your DW-VMAX is connected behind the router be sure to login to your router to open TCP/IP:port,Mobile:Port;Web: port and forward them to the DVR IP address 2. If the [DNS SERVER] IP address is using an internal IP(Example:192.168.0.2 or 10.10.10.2), 3. DDNS registration information might be blocked, due to Router setting error or network security reasons in DHCP setting. Therefore, using a public DNS is recommended instead of using an internal IP. 4.
52 The Setting in Advanced Client Software In “Setting” in the “Option” menu in the Advanced Client Software, users need to make sure to enter the correct DDNS IP and port. In this Remote Options Setting window, you can change options. In addition, you can set up FTP server for VMAX ACS software automatic upgrade by connecting to FTP server. Note If you are using dual monitors, uncheck the check box saying “Use DirectDraw for image display”.
53 The Setting in Web browser User can just type the DVR Name + cctv-link.net, for example, http://mydvr.cctv-link.net.
54 4.4.4. Notification Remote Notify The system can notify an alarm message to the IP address of Advanced Client Software over the network. User can choose various different kinds of alarms by pressing “ADD” for such as Log-in/Out, System start, Sensor, Video loss, Recording failure, Setup, Shutdown, Motion alarm, S.M.A.R.T., and HDD full. Up to 5 message recipients are allowed. Note Configuration first priority is always given to “SCHEDULE” of the “RECORD” menu.
55 Note Configuration first priority is always for “SCHEDULE” of the “RECORD”. Thus, the system will not email alarm message upon motion or sensor alarm even though the user ticks the check-box in the above event selection, unless the user sets the “SCHEDULE” in the “RECORD” menu and “MOTION”/”SENSOR” in the “DEVICE” menu accordingly. For example, If user sets just “Continuous” only in “SCHEUDLE” of “RECORD” and tick “All” check-box of “REMOTE NOTIFY”, then the system will not send email notification.
56 4.5 Backup 4.5.1. Manual Backup Users can archive a video clip recorded for a certain period on a selected channel or channels as shown below. Connect an appropriate USB memory device like USB thumb drive/USB HDD, built-in CD or DVD burner and press “SCAN” button to get the system recognize it before archiving. Necessary file size will be shown before burning. Users can select the “ADD VIEWER” check box to automatically save with an executable viewer file.
57 4.5.2. Backup Video Retrieve After archiving, there will be multiple files created as seen in the picture below if “ADD VIEWER” was selected. User can double click the “BackupPlayer.exe” file to open the video data file (SSF format) in the folder of date. The folder is named by the date recorded. User can drag a SSF file (Video data file) and drop it in the empty screen of Backup Player as shown picture to begin video play. Alternatively, the SSF file can be opened by clicking the bottom-left button.
58 Users can check or uncheck “De-interlace” or verify video resolution by bringing up a popup using right mouse button. Users must select “Audio Play” to retrieve audio data along with video playback in this sub-menu. De-interlacing feature is required for smooth playback of video that is recorded by 720x480/576 (D1) resolution. The picture comparison below shows the difference between “Interlace” video and a “De-interlace” video clip.
59 4.6 Quick Setup Quick Setup helps user make simple configuration for recording resolution, entire recording speed by frame, recording mode, and recording periods. The system will put the first priority for configuration on this quick setup and will follow this rule regardless of configurations set in other menus. Users should not tick in the check box of USE QUICK SETUP if he/she wants to utilize full system configuration defined in the other menus.
60 5. Web Surveillance The system has a built-in web server. Users can stay always connected to the system using an ordinary web-browser over a network for live monitoring, playback or remote configuration without installing the Advanced Client Software (ACS). 5.1 Web Login The user is required to input the correct IP address in the web browser after making the web port available in the router. After allowing the download of the Active-X file, users can find the login page view seen below.
61 After logging in with the right ID and password, users can make various configuration changes in the Web Configuration window seen below. This Web Configuration menu is only available to the “admin” account. [System] [Device] [Record] [Network] [Quick Setup] Note This DVR system has its own built-in web server. This web CGI screen is directly supported from the built-in web server in the DVR regardless of Internet connection.
62 Note 5.3 enables user to reboot the system without any change to the setup. User can use this function when the network is disconnected due to abnormal operation of the system and try to reconnect. However, IP number assigned to the system may be changed due to the DHCP mode. Web monitoring User has to download Active-X file from DVR and install it at workstation P/C before monitoring live video.
63 User can monitor live video in 1, 4, 9 or 16 screen modes. If user wants to see single channel in full screen, then user can make double-clicks of the left mouse button positioned on the live video screen. Note Note The image resolution in “Live monitoring” in this web browser is directly transferred from DVR. Therefore, user will see original resolution size set in DVR in single channel mode.
64 5.4 Web Playback Users can remotely playback the DVR images by clicking “SEARCH” button in the top-right corner of the window. In order to connect to DVR, a user must select the channel number or select “ALL CHANNEL” and then click the “CONNECT” button. Playback Time Select the date, time, and click “GO” button. Playback Icon Play/Pause is toggled and playback speed is shown on the right box. Play DST Check this box to play overlapped images during DST (Daylight Saving Time) period.