Instruction Manual

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Table Of Contents

Installation
- 2. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.
- 3. Heed Warnings - Comply with all warnings on the video product and in the operating instructions.
- 4. Polarization - Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug.
- 5. Power Sources - This video product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If y...
- 6. Overloading - Do not overload wall outlets of extension cords as this can result in the risk of fire or electric shock. Overl...
- 7. Power Cord Protection - Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items p...
- 8. Ventilation - Slots and openings in the case are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the video product a...
- 9. Attachments - Do not use attachments unless recommended by the video product manufacturer as they may cause a hazard.
- 10. Camera Extension Cables - Check the rating of your extension cable(s) to verify compliance with your local authority regulations prior to installation.
- 11. Water and Moisture - Do not use this video product near water. For example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink or laundry tub, in a wet basement, near a swimming pool and the like.
- 12. Accessories - Do not place this video equipment on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, or table. The video equipment may fall, ...
- 1. All warnings and instructions in this manual should be followed.
- 2. Remove the plug from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid aerosol detergents. Use a water dampened cloth for cleaning.
- 3. Do not use this unit in humid or wet places.
- 4. Keep enough space around the unit for ventilation. Slots and openings in the storage cabinet should not be blocked.
- 5. During lightning storms, or when the unit is not used for a long time, disconnect the power supply, antenna, and cables to protect the unit from electrical surge.
Service
- 14. Conditions Requiring Service - Unplug this video product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:
- . When the power supply cord or plug is damaged.
- . If liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the video product.
- . If the video product has been exposed to rain or water.
- . If the video product does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are co...
- . If the video product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged.
- . When the video product exhibits a distinct change in performance. This indicates a need for service.
Use
- 19. Cleaning - Unplug the video product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
- 20. Product and Cart Combination - Video and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the video product and car combination to overturn.
- 21. Object and Liquid Entry - Never push objects for any kind into this video product through openings as they may touch dangero...
- 22. Lightning - For added protection for this video product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused f...
Basic Setup
- 1. Connect the cameras
Figure 1.0 Connect BNC cameras to the system (*16-channel shown).
- a. Connect BNC cameras to the BNC IN ports on the rear panel.
- 2. Connect a monitor
  - a. Connect up to three monitors to the system using the DVI port, Monitor, or Spot Out port (see figure 1.1).
- NOTE: VGA output requires a DVI to VGA adapter (not included).
- Front Panel
- *PTZ cameras are not included with the system.
  - Front Panel (cont’d.)
Figure 2.01 Front panel (16-channel model shown)
- 4. Playback Buttons:
- . 7: Increase reverse playback speed -1X,- 2X, -4X, -8X, -16X,- 32X, -64X
- . 3: Reverse playback
- . ;: Pause/play
- . 4: Forward playback
- . 8: Increase forward playback speed 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X, 64X
- . p: Menus: Move cursor up; PTZ: Tilt up
- . q: Menus: Move cursor down; PTZ: Tilt down
- . t: Menus: Move cursor left; PTZ: Pan left
- . u: Menus: Move cursor right; PTZ: Pan right
- . : Enter/confirm menu selections / Exit menu selections
  - 5. HOLD button: Press to hold the position of the Jog/Shuttle Wheel during playback (i.e. turn the Shuttle Wheel to increase/decrease playback speed, and then press the HOLD button to maintain the selected speed).
  - 6. Jog Ring/Shuttle Wheel: Use the Jog Ring/Shuttle Wheel during playback and PTZ control:
- . Playback: Turn the Shuttle Wheel clockwise to increase playback speed 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X, 64X; turn the Shuttle Wheel counter-clockwise to decrease playback speed -1X, -2X, -4X, -8X, -16X, -32X, -64X; turn the Jog Ring to advance frame-by-frame
- . PTZ Control: Turn right to zoom IN, turn left to zoom OUT*
  - 7. Channel/Number buttons: Press to view selected channels in full-screen; press to enter passwords in login windows.
  - NOTE: Channel/number buttons may vary depending on model; 16-channel model shown.
- Rear Panel
Keep the exaust fan on the side panel clear for proper ventilation.
Inadequate ventilation causes the unit to overheat.
- Control Devices
Figure 3.2 Remote control buttons
- Using the System
Figure 4.0 Log on to the system after start-up
Figure 4.1 Virtual Keyboard
- 1. Select any desired letter, number, or character.
- 2. Press ENTER on the remote control or front panel.
- NOTE: If desired, select "A" and press ENTER to shift between upper and lowercase letters.
Figure 4.2 Main system display (16-channel model shown)
- 1. Channel Title: Display the channel number or title.
- 2. Recording Status: Different icons represent different recording modes: Continuous, Motion, Schedule, and Panic.
- NOTE: For details, see “Using the Recording Menu” on page 50.
  - 3. Status Bar: Press the SETUP button to open the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen. When the Status Bar is not in use, only the date and time remain on-screen.
Figure 4.3 Date/Time stamp
- NOTE: By default, login is required when opening menus on the system. If desired, you can disable the password requirement from the System Management menu. For details, see “System Management” on page 38.
Figure 5.0 Status Bar. The Status Bar auto-hides after 10-seconds of inactivity.
- 1. Power: Log off the current user or power off the system.
  - NOTE: You must enter your user name and password when logging off or powering off the system.
- 2. Date & Time: Shows the current date and time on the system.
- 3. MENU: Opens the system menu (System Setup, Record Setup). For details, see “Using the System Menu” on page 29.
- 4. ARCH.: Opens the Archive (Backup) menu. For details, see “Archiving” on page 24.
- 5. SEARCH: Opens the Search menu. For details, see “Search” on page 20.
- 6. DISPLAY: Opens the pop-up display window, which allows you to select up to six display modes as well as enable/disable Auto Sequence. For details, see “Changing Display Modes” on page 11.
- 7. PTZ: Opens the PTZ control window. For details, see “PTZ” on page 15.
- 8. ZOOM: Starts/stops zoom mode for selected channel. For details, see “Zoom” on page 14.
- 9. LOG: Opens the Log File menu. For details, see “Log” on page 16.
- 10. REC: Starts/stops Panic Recording Mode. For details, see “Panic Recording” on page 19.
- 11. Network Status: Shows the status of the network connection. Green=network connection is stable; Blue=network connection is experiencing difficulty; Red=network connection is unstable.
- 12. HDD Status: "OW" indicates disk overwrite is enabled. For details, see “Disk Manage” on page 49.
Full-Screen
- 1. Press the DISP button twice. The display pop-up window opens.
- 2. Select one of the following and press the ENTER button:
- NOTE: Select the Quad and Split-Screen buttons repeatedly to change the layout of displayed channels.
Figure 6.0 Quick Menu
- 2. Select one of the following:
- NOTE: Panic Recording applies to ALL connected cameras.
- NOTE: Selecting "10 sec ago ~ 1 min ago" will open the Quick Play main screen-continue to step 4.
- NOTE: Selecting "go to..." will open the Time Selection window-go to step 5.
  - 4. The video immediately begins playing. Use the following buttons to control playback:
  - 5. If you select "Go to..." the Time Selection window opens. Select the year, month, day, hour, minutes, and seconds and adjust by clicking the UP /DOWN arrows.
Figure 6.3 Time Selection window
- 6. When you have selected a date and time, click OK. The Quick Play main screen opens. Use the playback controls as described in step 4.
- 1. Perform any of the following:
- NOTE: Playback speed and direction can also be controlled using the five playback buttons located beside the Jog Ring/Shuttle Wheel on the front panel.
  - 2. Press RETURN on the remote control or front panel to exit playback.
  - 1. From live viewing, select a channel to view in full-screen (press one of the number buttons on the remote control or front panel).
- NOTE: The zoom function will not work if the main display screen is in quad or split-screen configurations.
  - 2. Press the ZOOM button. By default, the system will zoom in to the center of the selected channel.
Figure 8.0 Zoom frame (full-screen only)
- 3. Perform any of the following:
- 4. Click the RETURN button to exit Zoom mode and return to live viewing.
- NOTE: It is recommended to use a mouse (not included) with the PTZ control menu.
Figure 9.0 Zoom frame (full-screen only)
- 1. CAM: Select channels
- 2. PRESET: Select presets.
- 3. SET: Save a preset.
- 4. GO TO: Go to a saved preset position.
Figure 9.1 Zoom frame (full-screen only)
- 5. Pan/Tilt Navigation:
- 6. ZOOM/FOCUS/IRIS: Increase or decrease Zoom, Focus and Iris focusing.
- 7. PARAMETER: Opens the Parameter menu (see figure 9.1).
- 8. OK: Close the PTZ menu.
Figure 10.0 Log menu with Preview window
- NOTE: Log works with mouse only (not included).
  - 1. Move the mouse to open the Status Bar.
  - 2. Click (Log). The Log menu opens.
- NOTE: By default, the Log menu opens with the Preview option enabled.
- Setting the Time
Figure 11.0 Time menu
- 1. Press the SETUP button to open the Status Bar.
- 2. Select MENU and press ENTER.
- 3. Select SYSTEM SETUP and press ENTER. If necessary, login using your ADMIN password (by default, 1234). The Main Menu opens.
- NOTE: For more details, see “Date/Time” on page 38.
- NOTE: If desired, change the Date Format and the Time Format.
  - 7. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your changes.
  - 8. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- Recording
Figure 12.0 Continuous recording on all channels (Quad display mode shown)
Figure 12.1 Motion Recording icons (inactive and active)
- NOTE: Panic Recording will override any functions or operations currently on the system.
Figure 12.2 Panic Recording icon (top-right corner)
- Search
  - 1. Select SEARCH BY TIME and press ENTER.
Figure 13.0 Search menu-Search by Time
- 2. Select the calendar and press ENTER. The calendar is highlighted in YELLOW.
- 3. Press the pqtu buttons to select the date, the month and year. As different days are selected, the timeline display changes to show recorded video from that day. Recorded video is color coded:
- 4. Press RETURN to deselect the calendar.
- 5. Select the Timeline Display and press ENTER.
- 6. Press the pqtu buttons to move the Timeline Cursor. The time of the recorded content appears below the calendar.
- 7. Press RETURN to deselect the Timeline Display.
- 8. Select PLAY and press ENTER. Playback begins. For details, see “Playback” on page 22.
- 1. Select SEARCH BY EVENT and press ENTER.
Figure 13.3 Search menu-Search by Event
- 2. Press the pqtu buttons and the ENTER button to select/deselect individual channels or select ALL.
- 3. Press the pqtu buttons and the ENTER button to select/deselect SETUP, MOTION, SMART (HDD events), SYSTEM, ALARM, V.LOSS, RECORD, or select ALL.
- 4. Under FROM, enter a start time. Under TO, enter a stop time.
- NOTE: Selected items highlight with a GREEN box. Press ENTER on highlighted items to turn the highlight box YELLOW. Once the box turns yellow, you can adjust the settings.
  - 5. Select NEAREST (default) or FARTHEST to help organize the search results.
  - 6. Select SEARCH and press ENTER. The Date/Time and Log fields become populated with the event data.
- NOTE: For 16-channel systems, select PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN to change pages to view other channels.
  - 7. Select an event from the Log list and press ENTER. Playback for the selected event begins. For details, see “Playback” on page 22.
- Playback
  - NOTE: By default, playback begins in split-screen mode (number of split-screen channels varies by model).
Figure 14.0 Playback (16-channel model shown)
- 1. Open the SEARCH menu. If necessary, login using your user name and password.
- 2. Search for recorded video using the calendar and time bars.
- 3. Select PLAY and press ENTER. Playback begins.
- 4. During playback, perform any of the following:
- NOTE: You can use the front panel buttons to control video playback.
- NOTE: If using a mouse:
  - 5. Press RETURN to exit playback
  - 1. During playback, press the ARCHIVE button on the remote control or click . The Archive Setup window opens.
Figure 14.1 Archiving Setup menu-enter a tag and select START
- 2. Select TAG and press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a name/title for the video.
- 3. Under AVI CHANNEL, select/deselect the channel(s) from which to archive the video.
- NOTE: FROM (start time) begins when you select START; TO (stop time) will be set once you manually STOP the archive process (see step 6).
- Archiving
  - NOTE: Only the ADMIN has authority to archive recorded data.
  - Before You Start
Figure 15.0 New Archiving menu (16-channel model shown)
- 1. Press the SETUP button on the remote control to open the Status Bar.
- 2. Select ARCH and press ENTER. If necessary, login using your ADMIN password.
- NOTE: Only the ADMIN has access to the Archiving menu.
- NOTE: Video data is saved in AVI format. Video is compressed with H.264.
  - 1. Select NEW ARCHIVING and press ENTER.
  - 2. Under TAG, press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a name/title for your archive file.
- NOTE: A tag is required for reserving and burning archive data.
- NOTE: You can also tag recorded data using the Playback menu. For details, see “Archiving Video” on page 23.
  - 3. Under DEVICE, select the device for archiving: USB flash drive, USB HDD, or the CD/DVD drive.
- NOTE: The device name may appear and not the device itself. For example, in figure 15.1, "Data Traveller 2.0" is the type of USB flash drive connected to the system.
  - 4. Select FROM and set a start time for the search.
  - 5. Select TO and set a stop time for the search.
Figure 15.1 Set a tag and start/stop times
- 6. Select ALL to select/deselect all channels, or, press the pq buttons to select/ deselect individual channels.
- 7. Select QUERY and press ENTER. The system scans for recorded data based on your selected criteria. The size of the archive data appears under "ARCHIVING INFO."
Figure 15.2 Set criteria and select QUERY
- NOTE: If you receive an error message after selecting Query, please ensure you have entered correct start and stop times.
  - 8. If desired, select RELEASE and press ENTER to clear the search criteria.
Figure 15.3 Log and Memo options
- NOTE: If you have not already done so, please connect a USB device to the system, or insert a blank CD/DVD in the optical drive.
  - 1. Open the NEW ARCHIVING menu and search for recorded data using customized criteria.
- NOTE: Make sure you apply a tag to your query.
  - 2. Select QUERY and press ENTER. The system scans for recorded data based on your selected criteria. The size of the archive data appears under "ARCHIVE INFO."
  - 3. Select BURN and press ENTER. The Burning menu opens.
Figure 15.4 Log and Memo options
- 4. Under DEVICE select your backup media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive, or USB HDD).
- 5. Under BURNING TYPE, select BURN or ERASE&BURN.
- NOTE: If you select BURN, the archive data will be burned/written to the drive/disc; if you select ERASE&BURN, the system will first erase any existing data on the USB device or CD/DVD-RW, and then burn the archive data.
  - 6. Select START and press ENTER. The system will begin to extract data and then write data to the drive or disc. This may take several moments depending on the size of the recorded data.
- NOTE: Once copying is finished, the Burning window will close.
  - 7. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- NOTE: The recorded data is written to the drive/disc in AVI format. The system also copies a Backup player to view the video files on your PC, as well as an AVI codec that allows you to view the video files in Windows Media PlayerTM.
  - 1. Open the NEW ARCHIVING menu and search for recorded data using customized criteria.
- NOTE: Make sure you apply a tag to your query.
  - 2. Select QUERY and press ENTER. The system scans for recorded data based on your selected criteria. The size of the archive data appears under "ARCHIVE INFO."
  - 3. Select RESERVE and press ENTER. A success prompt is displayed on-screen.
Figure 15.5 Successful reserve prompt
- 4. From the prompt, select OK and press ENTER.
- NOTE: If you do not receive a success prompt, please make sure you have applied a tag to the archive file
Figure 15.6 Reserved Data Mangement menu
- 1. Select RESERVED DATA MANAGEMENT and press ENTER.
- 2. Select a file under AVI ARCHIVING LIST or SNAPSHOT ARCHIVING LIST and press ENTER. The file is highlighted in a light grey frame.
- 3. Select INFORMATION and press ENTER. The file information window contains the following:
Figure 15.7 File information (AVI and snapshot)
- 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 1. Connect a USB device to the system or insert a blank CD/DVD in the optical drive.
- 2. Select RESERVED DATA MANAGEMENT and press ENTER.
- 3. Select a file under AVI ARCHIVING LIST and press ENTER. The file is highlighted in a light grey frame.
- 4. Select BURN and press ENTER. The Burning menu opens.
Figure 15.8 Log and Memo options
- 5. Under DEVICE select your backup media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive, or USB HDD).
- 6. Under BURNING TYPE, select BURN or ERASE&BURN.
- NOTE: If you select BURN, the archive data will be burned/written to the drive/disc; if you select ERASE&BURN, the system will first erase any existing data on the USB device or CD/DVD-RW, and then burn the archive data.
  - 7. Select START and press ENTER. The system will begin to extract data and then write data to the drive or disc. This may take several moments depending on the size of the recorded data.
- NOTE: Once copying is finished, the Burning window will close.
  - 8. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- ATTENTION: The system immediately deletes the files. Please use caution when deleting files from the Archive Lists.
Figure 15.9 Files are immediately deleted when you click DELETE
- 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- Using the System Menu
  - 1. Press the SETUP button. The Status Bar opens
  - 2. Select MENU and press ENTER. The Setup window opens.
Figure 16.0 Select SYSTEM SETUP
- 3. From the Setup window, select SYSTEM SETUP and press ENTER. If necessary, login using your user name and password (by default, user name: ADMIN; password: 1234).
Figure 17.0 Camera Setup menu
- NOTE: If your system has 16 channels, select PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN to change pages.
- NOTE: CH 1~4 refer to audio channels 1~4. If straying from the default configuration, please ensure that you assign the correct ...
Figure 17.1 Color Setup menu
- 1. Select COLOR SETUP and press ENTER.
- 2. Select a channel and press ENTER. The channel opens in full-screen with the color options in a bar at the bottom of the screen.
Figure 17.2 Adjusting color options
- 3. Select BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, TINT, or COLOR and press ENTER.
- 4. Increase/decrease level from 0~100 and press ENTER.
- 5. Repeat steps 3~4 for remaining channels.
- 6. Press RETURN to the Color Setup menu.
- 7. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 8. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- NOTE: Make sure your PTZ camera is properly connected to the system prior to configuring PTZ options. Please refer to your PTZ camera’s instruction manual to determine the correct settings for your PTZ camera.
Figure 17.3 PTZ Setup menu
- 1. Select PTZ SETUP and press ENTER.
- 2. Under ADDRESS, select a channel and press ENTER; select 1~255.
- 3. Under PROTOCOL, select Pel coD, Pel coP MESA-DOME, D-MAX, FastraxII 2, Ganz PT V3 2, Scc641, Scc643a, Spd 3300, Multix, MRX1000, WV-cs850, WV-csr604, PTC-400c, PTC-200, TAKEX, or LPT-A100L.
- 4. Under BAUD RATE, select 9600 (default), 4800, 2400, 115200, 57600, 38400, or 19200.
- 5. Select DETAIL and press ENTER. The PTZ Property window opens.
Figure 17.4 PTZ Setup menu
- 6. In the PTZ Property window, configure the following:
- 7. Select OK and press ENTER. The PTZ Property window closes.
- 8. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 9. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 17.5 Motion Sensor menu
- 1. Select MOTION SENSOR and press ENTER.
- 2. Under SENSITIVITY, select a channel and press ENTER.
- 3. Select 1~10. The higher the number, the greater the sensitivity.
- 4. Select AREA SETUP and press ENTER. The Motion Area Grid opens. Use the Motion Area Grid to assign motion detection to all or specific sectors of the the grid.
Figure 17.6 Motion Grid (mouse)
- 5. Perform the following:
- NOTE: By default, motion is applied to ALL sectors of the grid for each camera.
- NOTE: White squares indicate motion is applied. No squares indicate motion is not applied. Yellow squares are highlighted by the cursor.
  - 6. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 7. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 18.0 OSD menu
- 1. Select OSD and press ENTER.
- 2. Customize the following:
- NOTE: Motion Sensor Display refers to the colored pixels that appear on-screen when motion is detected by one of the cameras.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 18.1 Monitor menu
- 1. Select MONITOR and press ENTER.
- 2. Customize the following:
- NOTE: When recording any channels in D1 resolution (704 x 576), this should be set to ON to prevent judder during playback.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- NOTE: You can create up to 16 sequences.
Figure 18.2 Sequence menu
- 1. Select SEQUENCE and press ENTER.
- 2. Select ADD and press ENTER. The Add window opens.
Figure 18.3 Add window
- 3. Select SEQUENCE TITLE and press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a name for the sequence. Select OK and press ENTER.
- 4. Select ACTIVATION and press ENTER; select ON to enable the new sequence.
- 5. Select SAVE and press ENTER. The Sequence window opens:
Figure 18.4 Sequence window (blank)
- 6. Select ADD and press ENTER. The Sequence Setup window opens
Figure 18.5 Sequence Setup
- 1. Under VIEW TYPE, select a screen configuration (single channel, quad, 6-split, 8-split, 9-split, 16-split) and press ENTER.
- 2. Select CONFIGURE and press ENTER.
- 3. Select a square on the grid and press ENTER. Press the pq buttons to select a channel and press ENTER to assign the channel to the selected square on the grid.
- 4. Select CONFIRM and press ENTER. The customized configuration appears on the previously blank Sequence window.
- 5. Select ADD and press ENTER. Repeat steps 6~11 for additional screen configurations for your sequence.
- NOTE: To edit an existing configuration, select the grid icon on the Add Sequence window and press ENTER.
Figure 18.6 Double-click a grid icon to edit that configuration
- 6. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 7. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 8. From live viewing, press the SEQ button to start the new sequence.
- 1. Under LIST, select a sequence and press ENTER. The EDIT window opens.
- 2. Under ACTIVATION, select ON and press ENTER.
Figure 18.7 Edit an existing sequence
- 3. Select SAVE. and press ENTER. The EDIT window closes.
- 4. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings.
- 1. Under LIST, select a sequence and press ENTER. The EDIT window opens.
- 2. Select MODIFY and press ENTER. The Add Sequence window opens.
- 3. Select a grid icon and press ENTER. From the pop-up window, select MODIFY and press ENTER to edit the configuration in the Sequence Setup window.
- 4. Modify the the sequence using VIEW TYPE and CONFIGURE options.
- 5. Select CONFIRM and press ENTER to save your changes.
- 6. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 7. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 1. Under LIST, select a sequence and press ENTER. The EDIT window opens.
- 2. Select DELETE and press ENTER. The EDIT window closes.
- 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
Figure 18.8 Spot Out menu
- NOTE: You can set up to 16 sequence per spot channel.
  - 1. Select SPOT OUT and press ENTER.
  - 2. Under LIST, select a Spot Out title and press ENTER. The Edit window opens.
Figure 18.9 Spot Out Edit window
- 3. Under SPOT TITLE, press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a name for the Spot Out sequence.
- 4. Under ACTIVATION, select ON/OFF to enable/disable the select Spot Out sequence and press ENTER.
- 5. Select MODIFY and press ENTER. The Sequence window opens.
Figure 18.10 Sequence window (spot out)
- 6. Select a sequence icon and press ENTER. From the pop-up menu, select MODIFY and press ENTER to edit the configuration. The Spot Sequence Setup window opens.
Figure 18.11 Spot Sequence Setup
- 7. Select CONFIGURE and press ENTER.
- 8. Select a square on the grid and press ENTER. Press the pq buttons to select a channel and press ENTER to assign the channel to the selected square on the grid.
- 9. Select CONFIRM and press ENTER. The customized configuration appears on the previously Sequence window.
- 10. To add a new sequence, select ADD and press ENTER. Repeat steps 7~10.
- 11. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 12. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- NOTE: Audio-capable cameras or self-powered microphones (not included) must be connected to the system in order to use listen-in audio (live audio monitoring).
Figure 19.0 Audio Menu
- 1. Select AUDIO and press ENTER.
- 2. Under LIVE AUDIO, select ON/OFF to enable/disable listen-in audio on the system.
- 3. Under DEFAULT AUDIO CHANNEL, select CH1, CH2, CH3, or CH4.
- 4. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 5. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 1. Under NETWORK AUDIO TRANSMISSION, select ON/OFF to enable/disable the transmission of audio to a a remote PC.
- NOTE: Network audio will consume more bandwidth and may affect the transmission of the video signal. Enable or disable network audio based on your network settings.
Figure 19.1 Buzzer Menu
- 1. Select BUZZER and press ENTER.
- 2. Under KEYPAD, select ON/OFF.
- 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 20.0 Date/Time menu
- 1. Select DATE / TIME and press ENTER.
- 2. Configure the following:
- NOTE: For more details on setting the time on the system, see “Setting the Time” on page 17.
- NOTE: Network connection required. You can set the time on the system using the Network Time Server or through manual configuration. For more details, see “Setting the Time” on page 17.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 20.1 System Management window
- 1. Select SYSTEM MANGEMENT and press ENTER.
- 2. Select INFO and press ENTER. The System Info window opens, containing the following:
Figure 20.2 System Information window
- NOTE: Digimerge DDNS registration required. For details, see “Appendix C: Setting Up DDNS Service” on page 97.
- NOTE: The system name will be the name/ ID of the system on your network.
Figure 20.3 Edit the system name
Figure 20.4 Firmware Upgrade window
- 1. Visit www.digimerge.com and go to the product page for your system. Download the latest firmware update, if available.
- 2. Copy the firmware to a blank USB flash drive.
- 3. Connect the USB flash drive to one of the USB ports on the front panel of the system.
- 4. Open the SYSTEM MANAGEMENT menu. Under F/W UPGRADE, select UPGRADE and press ENTER. The Firmware Upgrade window opens.
- 5. Select the device and the firmware file; select UPGRADE and press ENTER.
- NOTE: Restoring factory defaults will not delete recorded video data.
- NOTE: Please refer to your instruction manual of your device to determine the correct settings.
Figure 20.5 Control Device menu
- 1. Select CONTROL DEVICE and press ENTER.
- 2. Under SYSTEM ID, select from 1~255.
- NOTE: If more than one DVR is connected on the same RS485 bus, each one must have a unique ID.
  - 3. Under PROTOCOL, select D-MAX (default),ICK-3000 MESA-KB, SIEMENS, or GANZ.
- NOTE: The Protocol must match the control device.
Figure 21.0 User Management menu
- NOTE: By default, the system is configured with a user ID of ADMIN, belonging to the group ADMIN and with a password of 1234.
  - 1. Select USER MANAGEMENT and press ENTER.
  - 1. Select ADD and press ENTER. The Add window opens.
Figure 21.1 Add user
- 2. Select USER ID and press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a name/ title for the new user.
- 3. Select PASSWORD and press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter a password for the new user.
- NOTE: Password must be at least 4 characters long.
- NOTE: You can create a maximum of eight users.
  - 1. Under USER ID, select a user name and press ENTER. The Edit window opens.
Figure 21.2 Edit user
- NOTE: You can also open the Edit window by double-clicking the E-MAIL field in the User Management menu.
  - 2. Select PASSWORD and press ENTER to edit the password for the current user.
- NOTE: Password must be at least 4 characters long; password is case sensitive.
Figure 21.3 User Authority menu
- NOTE: Only the ADMIN (administrator) has access to the User Management/User Authority menus.
Figure 21.4 Auto Logout menu
- 1. Select LOG OUT and press ENTER.
- 2. Under AUTO LOGOUT select ON/OFF to enable/disable Auto Logout. If ON, the system will automatically log off the active user after a certain length of time.
- 3. Under DURATION, set the length of time for the system to automatically log off the current user; select 1 MIN (default), 2 MIN, 3 MIN, 5 MIN, or 10 MIN.
- 4. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 5. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- NOTE: Some networking/IP knowledge is highly recommended when configuring the IP setup menu.
Figure 22.0 IP Setup menu
- 1. Select the box next to DHCP and press ENTER.
- 2. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- NOTE: Once you click "Apply," the system will retrieve network information from the router/server.
Figure 22.1 IP Setup menu
- NOTE: Auto port forwarding will work on most UPNP enabled routers.
  - 1. Configure the following:
  - 2. Select PORT TEST and press ENTER to verify the connection via the client and web ports.
- NOTE: If you receive a failure warning, please check your network connections and ensure that you have port forwarded the net client and web ports on your router.
Figure 22.2 Port Test Failure
- 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 1. Click on the SETUP menu.
- 2. Click on SYSTEM SETUP.
- 3. Under SYSTEM SETUP, select NETWORK.
- 4. On RTSP SERVER PORT, click on AUTOPORT. Wait for a SUCCESS message.
- 5. On WEB SERVER PORT, click on AUTOPORT. Wait for a SUCCESS message.
- 6. Press APPLY to save your changes.
- 7. Under ALIAS make sure the DDNS link appears (for example http:// tomsmith.digimerge.net)
- NOTE: If the Web Server Port is taken, you may have to assign the Web Server port a port between 80-1024.
- NOTE: If the RTSP SERVICE PORT is taken, you may have to assign the RTSP SERVICE PORT with a port between 554-1024
Figure 22.3 DDNS menu
- 1. Select DDNS and press ENTER.
- 2. Under DDNS, select ON/OFF and to enable/disable Digimerge DDNS.
- 3. Under DDNS SERVER, select DDNS.DIGIMERGE.NET (default).
- 4. Under USER ID, enter your DDNS user name.
- 5. Under DOMAIN NAME, enter only the first portion of your DDNS domain from the confirmation email. For example, if your domain name is tomsmith@ddns.digimerge.net, you only need to enter tomsmith in the text field.
- 6. Under PASSWORD, enter your DDNS password.
- 7. Select STATUS and press ENTER to verify the DDNS connection.
- NOTE: If you receive a Failure warning, please check your network connections and ensure you have entered the correct DDNS information.
  - 8. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 9. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 22.4 E-Mail menu
- 1. Select E-MAIL and press ENTER.
- 2. Select SERVER, press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter your email server address.
- 3. Select PORT (by default, 25) and press ENTER to open the Virtual Keyboard and enter the port number.
- NOTE: If you change the default port number, you need to port forward the new port number on your router.
- NOTE: If more than one HDD is installed the system, the system will treat the hard drives as one HDD.
Figure 23.0 HDD Event menu
- 1. Select HDD EVENT and press ENTER.
- 2. Under SMART ALARM, select ON/OFF. If ON, an alarm will sound if the system detects errors with the internal HDD.
- NOTE: "SMART"=Self Monitoring and Recording Technology.
Figure 23.1 Alarm Input menu
- NOTE: Make sure you have properly connected an external alarm device to the alarm block on the rear panel of the system prior to configure alarm settings. For more details, see “Appendix F: Connecting Motion / Alarm Devices” on page 103.
Figure 23.2 Alarm Output menu
- 1. Select ALARM OUTPUT and press ENTER.
- 2. Under ALARM OUT, select a channel for alarm output.
- NOTE: Number of alarm out channels varies by system model.
  - 3. Under OPERATION, select ENABLE or DISABLE.
- NOTE: You must select ENABLE in order to configure action settings.
  - 4. Under MODE, select TRANSPARENT or LATCHED.
- NOTE: "Transparent" indicates the output is active only when the trigger criteria is present. "Latched" indicates the output is active for a set period of time after a trigger.
  - 5. Under DURATION, select 5 SEC (default), 10 SEC, 15 SEC, 20 SEC, 30 SEC, 40 SEC, 60 SEC, 120 SEC, 180 SEC, 300 SEC, or Until Key (until a key is pressed on the system).
- NOTE: In Latched mode, "Duration" refers to the time that the alarm output remains active after it has been triggered.
Figure 23.3 Buzzer Out menu
- 1. Select BUZZER OUT and press ENTER.
- 2. Under OPERATION, select ENABLE or DISABLE.
- NOTE: You must select ENABLE in order to configure action settings.
  - 3. Under HDD EVENT, select ON/OFF. If ON, an HDD event will trigger an alarm output.
  - 4. Under MODE, select TRANSPARENT or LATCHED.
- NOTE: "Transparent" indicates the output is active only when the trigger criteria is present. "Latched" indicates the output is active for a set period of time after a trigger.
  - 5. Under DURATION, select 5 SEC (default), 10 SEC, 15 SEC, 20 SEC, 30 SEC, 40 SEC, 60 SEC, 120 SEC, 180 SEC, 300 SEC, or Until Key (until a key is pressed on the system).
- NOTE: In Latched mode, "Duration" refers to the time that the alarm output remains active after it has been triggered.
Figure 23.4 E-Mail Notification menu
- 1. Select E-MAIL NOTIFICATION and press ENTER.
- 2. Under NOTIFICATION, select ON/OFF. If ON, the system will send an email notification to selected users.
- NOTE: You must select ON in order to configure action settings.
- NOTE: Frequency sets the time interval that the system will send email notifications.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 25.0 Disk management menu
- 1. Select DISK MANAGEMENT and press ENTER.
- 2. Under RECORD TIME LIMIT, select 12 HOUR, 1 DAY, 2 DAY, 3 DAY, 1 WEEK, 1 MONTH or OFF.
- NOTE: Record Time Limit refers to the length of time data will be kept on the HDD. For example: if the Record Time Limit is set ...
Figure 25.1 Click OK to begin formatting
- NOTE: Please allow a few moments for formatting to complete. This may take several moments depending on the size of the hard drive.
  - 5. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings.
  - 6. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- Using the Recording Menu
  - 1. Press the SETUP button. The Status Bar opens
  - 2. Select MENU and press ENTER. The Setup window opens.
Figure 26.0 Select RECORD SETUP
- 3. From the Setup window, select RECORD SETUP and press ENTER. If necessary, login using your ADMIN password (by default, 1234).
Figure 27.0 Recording Operations menu
- 1. Select RECORDING OPERATIONS and press ENTER.
- 2. Configure the following:
- NOTE: Pre Event Recording is the length of time that the system will record before a triggered event (retreived from video cache).
- NOTE: Post Event Recording is the length of time that the system will record after a triggered event.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 28.0 Continuous/Motion Recording menu
- 1. Select CONTINUOUS/MOTION RECORDING and press ENTER.
- 2. Select SIZE/FPS/QUALITY and press ENTER. The Time Interval bar is highlighted in green (see figure 28.0).
- 3. With the Time Interval Bar highlighted, press ENTER.
- 4. Press the tu buttons to select a time block from 0~24 hours and press ENTER. For an individual block press ENTER again, or first press the tu buttons to select multiple blocks and then press ENTER. The Camera Parameters window opens.
Figure 28.1 Select a time block(s) and configure camera parameters
- 5. From the Parameter window, select and configure the following options for each channel of the selected time block:
- NOTE: If the number of frames remaining in the shared pool is a negative number you will receive an error message. You will need to adjust Size and FPS parameters to ensure a positive number of frames remains in the shared FPS pool.
Figure 28.2 Error message due to negative frames remaining in the shared FPS pool
- NOTE: The system can record a maximum of four audio channels.
  - 6. Select OK and press ENTER to save your settings. The Camera Parameters window closes and the configured time block(s) change color.
- NOTE: Color in the Time Interval Bar simply indicates that recording parameters have been changed for the selected time block. Colors are assigned randomly if you make changes for different time blocks.
Figure 28.3 Changed time blocks
- 7. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 8. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
- 1. Select CONTINUOUS/MOTION RECORDING and press ENTER.
- 2. Select ACTIVATION and press ENTER. The channel grid is highlighted in green.
Figure 28.4 Recording Modes/Schedule activation
- NOTE: Any time blocks you have changed/ configured in the Camera Parameters menu will appear in the Time Interval bar at the top of the window.
  - 3. With the channel grid highlighted, press ENTER.
    - a. Press the tu buttons to select a time block from 0~24 hours for a desired channel and press ENTER.
    - b. For an individual block press ENTER again, or first press the tupq buttons to select multiple blocks across multiple channels and then press ENTER. The Event window opens.
- 4. From the Event window, select CONTINUOUS, MOTION, CONTINUOUS/ MOTION or NONE.
Figure 28.5 Apply a recording mode to the selected time blocks
- NOTE: If you select NONE, the system WILL NOT record during the selected time block(s). Please use caution if applying NONE to your recording schedule.
  - 5. Select OK and press ENTER. The Event window closes and the selected time blocks change color depending on the selected modes (see figure 28.6).
Figure 28.6 Multiple blocks set for Continuous+Motion
- NOTE: In figure 28.6, all the time blocks are orange because Continuous+Motion recording was applied to all time blocks.
  - 6. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 7. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 29.0 Alarm Recording menu
- 1. Select ALARM RECORDING and press ENTER.
- 2. Select SIZE/FPS/QUALITY and press ENTER. The Time Interval bar is highlighted in green (see figure 29.0).
- 3. With the Time Interval Bar highlighted, press ENTER.
  - a. Press the tu buttons to select a time block from 0~24 hours and press ENTER.
  - b. For an individual block press ENTER again, or first press the tu buttons to select multiple blocks and then press ENTER. The Camera Parameters window opens.
- 3. From the Parameter window, select and configure the following options for each channel of the selected time block:
Figure 29.1 Select a time block(s) and set camera parameters
- NOTE: The system can record a maximum of four audio channels.
  - 4. Select OK and press ENTER to save your settings. The Camera Parameters window closes and the configured time block appears light green.
Figure 29.2 Changed time blocks
- 5. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
- 6. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 29.3 Alarm Schedule Activation
- 1. Select ALARM RECORDING and press ENTER.
- 2. Select ACTIVATION and press ENTER. The channel grid is highlighted in green (see figure 29.3).
- NOTE: Any time blocks you have changed/ configured in the Camera Parameters menu will appear in the Time Interval bar at the top of the window.
  - 3. With the channel grid highlighted, press ENTER.
    - a. Press the tu buttons to select a time block from 0~24 hours for a desired channel and press ENTER.
Figure 29.4 Multiple blocks selected for Alarm recording
- b. For an individual block press ENTER again, or first press the tupq buttons to select multiple blocks across multiple channels and then press ENTER.
Figure 29.5 Alarm recording schedule activated
- NOTE: The selected blocks appear light green to indicated alarm recording has now been activated.
  - 3. Select APPLY and press ENTER to save your settings or select CANCEL to restore defaults.
  - 4. Select CLOSE and press ENTER to exit.
Figure 30.0 Panic Recording menu
- NOTE: By default, the system is set to record at the highest quality recording parameters during Panic Recording.
  - 1. Select PANIC RECORDING and press ENTER twice. The Camera Parameters window opens.
Figure 30.1 Panic Recording menu
- 2. From the Camera Parameters window, configure the following:
- NOTE: The system can record a maximum of four audio channels simultaneously.
- Getting Started
- Web Remote Viewer
ActiveX tool bar
- 3. Click the Active X menu bar near the top of the browser. Click Install ActiveX Control.
Click to install ActiveX
- 4. Click Install when the security window opens.
Figure 31.2 Internet Explorer Security Warning window. Click Install to continue.
- 5. Click the ActiveX toolbar when the main Web Remote Viewer window opens. Click Install ActiveX Control.
Click the ActiveX tool bar; click Install ActiveX control
- 6. Click Install when the security window opens.
Security Window. Click Install to continue.
Viewer window
Figure 31.6 System Tabs.
Figure 32.0 Navigation Bar.
Figure 33.0 Live Tab, main view in single channel mode.
- 1. Click in the Navigation Bar. The Setup window opens.
- 2. Under Audio, select Sync.
- 3. Click the Live CH drop-down menu, and select the desired audio channel (CH 1~4).
- 4. Click Save.
- 1. Click in the Navigation Bar. The Setup window opens.
Figure 33.1 Settings Window.
- 2. Click to open a directory tree, and select the desired save location.
- 1. Click on the channel you wish to record. The channel outlines in red.
- 2. Click to begin saving the video. Click again to stop recording.
- 1. Click in the Navigation Bar. The Print window opens.
- 2. Select desired print settings, and press OK to print.
- 1. Click. The Settings window opens.
Figure 33.2 Settings Window.
- 2. Select GDI and then press Save.
Figure 33.3 Monitor your cameras using the Status tab.
Figure 33.5 View events in a list by using the Log tab.
- 1. Click the PTZ tab to open the configuration window (Figure 34.0).
Figure 33.6 PTZ tab.
- 1. Click the Search tab near the top of the window. The Search window opens.
Click the Search tab to open the search window
- 2. Click the Search By Time tab (default).
Figure 34.1 Search By Time tab.
- 3. Click the drop-down menus and select the year, month, date and time of the event you wish to search for. Click Play to start video viewing.
Figure 34.2 Click the drop-down menus to select the time and date of the event.
- 4. Drag the vertical, blue bar left or right to scan through the video time frame.
Drag blue search bar to scan through video time.
- 5. Use the video playback toolbar underneath the video window to control video playback, and viewing modes.
Figure 34.3 Video playback toolbar.
- 1. Click the Search By Event Tab.
Figure 34.4 Search By Event tab.
- 2. Under Event, select/de-select the criteria you want to search your video with.
- 3. Under Period, select the year, time, and date range you wish wish to search your video with.
- 4. Beside Search button, click the drop-down menu, and select whether you want to search the video Nearest or Farthest to the event.
Figure 34.5 Click the drop-down menu to search the event nearest, or farthest date and time to the video event.
- 5. Click Search to populate the search list (Figure 34.6).
Populated search results
- 6. Click on the desired event in the populated search result list. Video playback begins.
- 1. Under the Search Tab click the Search By Time tab and then click Backup.
Backup Button
- 2. The Backup window opens. Using the drop-down menus, select the day, month, year and time range (Figure 34.8).
- 3. Under Channel Select, select what channels you wish to back up.
Figure 34.8 Backup menu.
- 4. Click Start to begin video backup.
Figure 35.0 Navigation Menu
- 1. Click the Setup Tab near the top of the window. The Camera settings window opens.
Figure 35.1 Camera Settings: Change camera title, enable/disable Covert recording mode, and enabling audio.
- 2. Under Camera Title, enter in a name of the camera. Enter in a name beside the All field to give all your cameras the same name.
- 3. Under Covert, select ON or OFF.
- 4. Under Audio select desired audio channel (Channels 0~4) to use with the specific channel.
- 5. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Color sub-menu (Camera>Color). The Color-Setting window opens.
Figure 35.2 Adjust camera color settings.
- 2. Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Tint and Color by entering values between 0~100.
- 3. Click OK to save the settings.
- 1. Click the PTZ sub-menu (Camera> PTZ). The PTZ sub-menu opens.
Figure 35.3 PTZ settings menu.
- 2. Under CH Protocol select the desired PTZ protocol to use from the drop-down menu.
- 3. Under Address Baudrate, select the desired baudrate from the drop-down menu.
- 4. Under Auto Focus / Auto Iris, select ON or OFF from the drop-down menu.
- 5. Under PT Speed / Zoom Speed, select values between 1~10 from the drop-down menu.
- 6. Under Focus Speed/ Iris Speed, select values between 1~10 from the drop-down menu.
- 7. Click OK near the bottom of the window to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Motion sub-menu (Camera>Motion). The Motion window opens.
Figure 35.4 Motion Settings menu.
- 2. Under CH No select the channel number from the drop-down menu you wish to configure.
- 3. Under Sensitivity select sensitivity levels (1~10) from the drop-down menu.
- 4. Drag your cursor in the Grid Window, of where you wish to increase motion sensitivity. The grids turn light-blue when you hold down the mouse, and turn light yellow when you release the mouse.
Figure 35.6 Adjusting motion sensitivity.
- 5. Click the Select All button to highlight the entire grid or;
- 6. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Display on the navigation bar on the left. The OSD Settings window opens.
Figure 36.0 OSD Setting window.
- 2. Under the Status Bar Timeout drop-down menu, select the duration of when the status bar in the DVR menu "hides" or times out.
- 3. Under the Camera Title drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to toggle the camera name display on or off when viewing video.
- 4. Under the Recording Mode Icon drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to toggle the recording mode icon on or off when viewing video.
- 5. Under the Border drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to toggle a border around a viewing window when a window is clicked.
- 6. Under the Border Color drop-down menu, select the color you want the border to be.
- 7. Under the Motion Sensor Display drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to turn the motion sensor display on or off.
- 8. Under the Motion Color drop-down menu, select the color the grid turns when the DVR detects motion.
- 1. Click the Monitor sub-menu (Display>Monitor). The Monitor Setting window opens.
Figure 36.1 Monitor Setting window.
- 2. Under the Sequence Dwell drop-down menu, select the duration you want a sequence to remain on screen.
- 3. Under the Spot Dwell drop-down menu, select the duration you want the spot dwell to last.
- 4. Under the De-interlace Mode drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to turn on or off de-interlacing mode.
- 5. Under the Alarm Pop-up Mode drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to turn on or off Alarm Pop-up.
- 6. Under the Alarm Pop-up Dwell drop-down menu, select the duration of the Alarm Pop-up.
- 7. Under the Motion Pop-up Mode drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to turn on or off Motion Pop-up Mode.
- 8. Under the Motion Pop-up Dwell drop-down menu, select the duration of the motion pop-up window.
- 9. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Sound on the navigation bar on the left. The Audio Setting window opens.
Figure 36.2 Audio Setting window.
- 2. Under the Live Audio drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable live audio.
- 3. Under the Default Audio Channel drop-down menu, select an audio channel between channel1~4.
- 4. Under the Network Audio Transmission (2-way audio) drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable two-way audio.
- 5. Under the Network Audio Receive (1-way audio) drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable one-way audio.
- 6. Under the Keypad drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable the button ’beeps’ on the DVR.
- 7. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click System on the navigation bar on the left. The Date/Time setting window opens.
Figure 36.3 Date/Time setting window.
- 2. Under the Date Format drop-down menu, select the format you want the dates to display.
- 3. Under the Time Format drop-down menu, select 24-hour to enable 24-hour clock display. Select AM/PM to enable 12-hour clock display.
- 4. Under Network Time Server Setup, type in the address you want the DVR to retrieve the time (by default: POOL.NTP.ORG).
- 5. Under the Time Zone Setup drop-down menu, select your local time zone.
- 6. Under the D.S.T drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable daylight savings time.
- 7. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Management sub-menu (System>Management). The System Information Setting window opens.
Figure 36.4 Management window.
Figure 36.5 System Information Setting window.
- 1. Click the Management sub-menu (System> Management). The System Information Setting window opens.
Figure 36.6 System Management Settings.
- 2. Under the System Name field, enter in your desired DVR name.
- 1. Click the Management sub-menu (System> Management). The System Information Setting window opens.
- 2. Under the Password drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable your DVR’s password prompt during login (Figure 36.6).
- 3. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Control Device in the sub-menu (System>Control Device). The Control Device Setting window opens.
Figure 36.7 Control Device Setting window.
- 2. Under the System ID drop-down menu, select an ID between 00~255.
- 3. Under the Protocol drop-down menu, select desired protocol (D-MAX, Ganz, Simens, Mesa-KB)
- 4. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Record on the navigation bar on the left. The Record Operation Setting window opens.
Figure 36.8 Record Operation Setting window.
- 2. Under the Pre Event Recording Time drop-down menu, select the duration of the pre-event recording (0~5 seconds)
- 3. Under the Post Event Recording Time drop-down menu, select the duration of the post-event recording (0~5 seconds)
- 4. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Record on the navigation bar on the left. The Record Operation Setting window opens.
- 2. Under the Schedule Mode drop-down menu, select the duration you want to enable Schedule Mode for (Daily or Weekly).
- 3. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Continuous/Motion sub-menu (Record>Continuous/Motion). The Continuous/ Motion Recording Setting window opens.
Figure 36.8 Continuous/Motion Recording Settings window.
- 2. Under Time, drag your cursor across the grayed out boxes to highlight what time you want to activate continuous/motion recording. When you release the cursor, the boxes turn pink to confirm your selection. This applies the recording time globally.
Selected Recording Time
Figure 37.0 Activation tab.
- NOTE: You can mix recording types in a channel. See Figure 37.0.
Figure 37.1 Alarm Recording Setting window.
- 2. Under Time, drag your cursor across the grayed out boxes to highlight what time you want to activate Alarm recording. When you release the cursor, the boxes turn pink to confirm your selection. This is a global setting, and applies to all cameras.
Figure 37.2 Alarm Activation window.
- 3. Under the Resolution drop-down menu, select the desired resolution for the specific channel.
- 4. Under the Frame Rate drop-down menu, select the desired frame rate for the specific channel.
- 5. Under the Quality drop-down menu, select the desired video quality for the specific channel.
- 6. Under the Audio drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable audio in a specific channel.
- 7. Under the Alarm drop-down menu, select the alarm you wish to activate (Alarms 1~4).
- 8. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Panic sub-menu on the navigation bar on the left (Record>Panic). The Panic Recording Setting window opens.
Figure 37.3 Panic Recording Setting window.
- 2. Under the Resolution drop-down menu, select the desired resolution for the specific channel.
- 3. Under the Framerate drop-down menu, select the desired frame rate for the specific channel.
- 4. Under Quality, select the quality of video during panic recording for the specific channel.
- 5. Under Audio, select ON or OFF to enable or disable audio for the specific channel.
- 6. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click User on the navigation bar on the left. The User Management Setting window opens.
Figure 37.4 User Management Setting window.
- 2. Under the User ID field, enter in the desired user name. By default, the ADMIN user name is grayed out.
- 3. Under the Password field, enter desired user password.
- 4. Under the Group drop-down menu, select the desired user level: ADMIN, MANAGER, USER.
- 5. Under the E-mail field, enter a desired e-mail address to receive e-mail notifications from the DVR.
- 6. Under Notification, select the blank checkbox to enable e-mail notification for the particular user. De-select the checkbox to disable e-mail notification for the particular user.
- 7. Under Del/Add, click the Add button to add user to the list.
- 8. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Authority sub-menu on the navigation bar on the left (User>Authority).The User Authority Setting window opens.
Figure 37.5 User Authority Setting window.
- 2. Under Manager, select what type of menus the manager account will have access to.
- 3. Under User, select what type of menus the user account will have access to.
- 4. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Log Out sub-menu on the left navigation bar (User>Log Out). The Log Out Setting window opens.
Figure 37.6 Log Out Setting window.
- 2. Under the Auto Logout drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable auto logout.
- 3. Under the Duration drop-down menu, select the duration a user has to wait before the DVR automatically logs out.
- 4. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Network on the navigation menu on the left. The IP Setup Setting window opens.
Figure 37.7 IP Setup Setting window.
- 2. Under the Bandwidth drop-down menu, select the desired bandwidth speed. It is recommended to leave this at the highest setting (8192 Kbyte).
- 3. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Network on the navigation menu on the left. The IP Setup Setting window opens.
- 2. Under the DDNS drop-down menu, select ON to enable ddns.
- 3. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Network on the navigation menu on the left. The IP Setup Setting window opens.
- 2. Click DDNS. The DDNS Setup Setting window opens.
Figure 37.8 DDNS Configuration.
- 3. In the DDNS drop-down menu, select ON
- 4. In the User ID field, enter the User ID of your DVR.
- 5. In the Domain Name field, enter the sub-domain of your DDNS address.
- 6. In the Password field, enter your DVR login password.
- 7. Click the Status button to confirm DDNS is functional.
- 1. Click the E-mail sub-menu on navigation bar on the left (Network>E-mail).The E-mail setting window opens.
Figure 37.9 E-mail Setting window.
- 2. De-select the Default Server checkbox to manually input your e-mail server information.
- 3. Fill in the blank fields with the appropriate information.
- 4. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click Sensor on the navigation menu on the left. The HDD Event Setting window opens.
Figure 37.10 HDD Event Setting window.
- 2. Under the Smart Alarm drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable the hard drive’s SMART alarm.
- 3. Under the Check Interval drop-down menu, select how many hours in between the hard drive should monitor itself. For example, you may want the hard drive to monitor itself every hour, or every five hours.
- 4. Under the Disk Full Event drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable the hard drive from notifying you via e-mail, if the hard drive is full.
- 5. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Alarm Input sub-menu on the navigation bar on the left (Sensor>Alarm Input). The Alarm Input Setting window opens.
Figure 38.0 Alarm Input Setting window.
- 2. Under the Operation drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable alarm input on the particular channel.
- NOTE: To apply changes across all channels, use the ALL drop-down menu.
Use the ALL tab to apply changes across all channels.
- 3. Under the Type drop-down menu, select if the alarm is normally open (N/O) or normally closed (N/C).
- 4. Under the Text field, enter in the message you want to receive if an alarm is triggered.
- 5. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Alarm Output sub-menu on the left navigation bar (Sensor>Alarm Output). The Alarm Output Setting window opens.
Figure 38.2 Alarm Output window.
- 2. Under the Operation drop-down menu, select Enable or Disable to turn on or off alarm the alarm output.
Grayed out by default
- 3. Under the Mode drop-down menu, select Latched or Transparent.
- 4. Under the Type drop-down menu, select N/O (normally open) or N/C (normally closed).
- 5. Under the HDD Event drop-down menu, select ON or OFF to enable or disable a hard disk failure to send out an e-mail notification.
- 6. For each channel, select which events you want to trigger an alarm (Figure 38.4).
Figure 38.4 Alarm output selection.
- 7. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the Buzzer Out sub-menu on the navigation bar on the left (Sensor>Buzzer Out). The Buzzer Out Setting window opens.
Figure 38.5 Buzzer Out Settings window.
- 2. Under the Operation drop-down menu, select Enable configure buzzer settings.
- 3. Under the Mode drop-down menu, select Transparent or Latched.
- 4. Under the HDD Event drop-down menu, select ON to enable to trigger the buzzer when an HDD event occurs.
- 5. For each channel, select which events you want to trigger the buzzer (Figure 38.4).
- 6. Click OK to save your settings.
- 1. Click the E-mail Notification sub-menu on the navigation bar on the left (Sensor>E-mail). The E-mail Notification Setting window opens.
Figure 38.6 E-mail Notification Setting window.
- 2. Under the Notification drop-down menu, select ON to enable e-mail notification.
- 3. Under the HDD Event drop-down menu, select ON to enable the DVR to send out an e-mail notification when a hard drive event occurs.
- 4. Under the Setup Change drop-down menu, select ON to enable the DVR to send out an e-mail when a user changes a setting in the setup menu.
- 5. Under the Booting Event drop down menu, select ON to enable the DVR to send out an e-mail when the DVR reboots.
- 6. Under the Frequency drop-down menu, select the interval of how often e-mail notifications are sent to you when an event occurs.
- 7. For each channel, select which events you want to trigger an e-mail notification (Figure 38.4).
- Appendix A: System Specifications
- Appendix B: Setting up Remote Viewing
  - 1. With the system powered off, connect the system to the router using an Ethernet cable.
  - NOTE: You must connect the system to the router prior to turning on the system. This allows the system and router to communicate over the network.
Figure 39.1 DVR Status screen
- 1. Open the MAIN MENU and select SYSTEM.
- 2. Under the INFO tab you will find your system’s IP address and MAC address.
- 3. Press ENTER NOT WORKING
  - NETWORK EXAMPLE
- Appendix C: Setting Up DDNS Service
  - 1. In your browser, go to http:// ddns.digimerge.net and click Create Account.
Figure 39.3 Create a DDNS account
- 2. Complete the Account Information fields with your personal information. Complete the Warranty Information with your purchase details (optional).
- 3. Complete the System Information fields:
- 4. Click Create New Account to create a new account and save your settings.
- 5. Your Account information will be sent to you at the email Address you used in step 2
Figure 39.5 System information
Figure 39.6 DDNS menu
- 1. Press the SETUP button twice on the remote control. Select SYSTEM SETUP and press ENTER. If necessary, log in with your user name and password (by default, user name: ADMIN; password: 1234).
- 2. Select NETWORK and press ENTER.
- 3. Select DDNS and press ENTER.
- 4. Under USER ID, enter your DDNS user name.
- 5. Under DOMAIN NAME, enter only the first portion of your DDNS domain from the confirmation email. For example, if your domain name is tomsmith@ddns.digimerge.net, you only need to enter tomsmith in the text field.
- 6. Under PASSWORD, enter your DDNS password.
- NOTE: Select STATUS and press ENTER to verify the DDNS connection.
- . Press the button twice on the remote control.
  - I have enabled Port Forwarding on my router:
- . Port 80 & 554
- Appendix D: Connecting PTZ Cameras
- Appendix E: Connecting Additional External Monitors
  - NOTE: Monitor Out displays the exact on-screen display of the system.
  - NOTE: For details on configuring the Spot Out sequence, see “Spot Out” on page 36.
- Appendix F: Connecting Motion / Alarm Devices
- Appendix G: Full Connectivity Diagram
*Number of cameras varies by model.
- Appendix H: Replacing the Hard Drive
  - 1. Remove the two short black screws on the side panels of the housing and the three short black screws on the rear panel. Keep these sets of screws separate.
Figure 41.0 Remove the screws on the side panels and the rear panel. Gently slide cover off.
- 2. Carefully slide the cover away from the front panel and lift off from the housing.
Figure 41.1 Gently remove cover. Be careful of sharp edges on the cover.
- 3. Disconnect the SATA power and data cables from the hard drive(s). Pinch the metal connectors to unplug the SATA power and data cables.
Figure 41.2 Unplug the SATA data and power cable from the hard drive.
- 4. Remove the four black screws at the bottom of the mounting bracket(s). Keep these sets of screws separate.
Figure 41.3 Unscrew the four black short screws on the hard drive bracket.
- 5. Carefully remove the mounting bracket from the housing.
- 6. Remove the chrome screws from the sides of the mounting bracket and remove the hard drive.
Figure 41.4 Unscrew the four chrome screws on the hard drive bracket.
- 1. Carefully place the new hard drive in the mounting bracket and secure with the four chrome screws.
- NOTE: Each mounting bracket can hold two HDDs (top and bottom).
- NOTE: The DVR includes a ONE (1) hard drive. The second hard drive is optional.
Figure 41.5 Insert the new HDD and secure with screws
- 2. Place the mounting bracket (with hard drive) in the housing, securing the bracket with the four blacks screws.
- NOTE: You may need to reposition the mounting bracket slightly to secure all four screws to the mounting posts at the base of the housing.
  - 3. Connect the SATA power and data cables.
Figure 41.6 Connect the SATA power and data cables
- 4. Replace the cover-slide the cover towards the front panel and carefully lower over the housing. Make sure all sides are flush with the front panel.
- 5. Replace the three short black screws on the rear panel and two short black screws on the side panels.
- 6. Following the prompt, please format the new hard drive(s). See “Formatting the Hard Drive” on page 108.
- 1. From the SYSTEM SETUP menu, select DISK MANAGE and press ENTER.
- 2. Select the DISK MANAGEMENT tab and press ENTER (default).
- 3. Under FORMAT, select START and press ENTER.
- 4. Log in with your administrator user name and password (by default, user name: ADMIN; password: 1234).
- 5. From the prompt, select OK and press ENTER. Formatting begins. This could take several moments depending on the size of the hard drive(s).
Figure 42.1 Click OK to begin formatting
- 6. Once formatting is complete, select APPLY and press ENTER.
- 7. Close any remaining windows to exit.
- NOTE: Restart is not required.
- Appendix I: Connecting Audio Devices
- Appendix J: Remote Viewing On Mobile Devices
Data charges may appear on your phone bill as a result of browsing streaming video.
Always check with your cell phone carrier on how your data plan works.
Digimerge is not responsible for data plan fees that may result.
- 1. Touch the Safari icon() to start web browsing.
Viewing Window
- 2. In the address bar, enter in your DDNS address in full (For example tomsmith@ddns.digimerge.net).
- 3. Touch the blue GO button on the bottom-right corner of the screen.The Mobile View window opens (Figure 44.0).
- 4. Touch the Start Live button to connect to your DVR. A channel of your DVR appears in the Viewing window.
- 5. Touch the channel drop-down menu access a list of channels (Figure 44.1).
Channel drop-down menu.
- 6. Touch a channel (ie. 02 CH) to switch channels. A checkmark appears beside the selected channel.
- 7. Touch the blue Done button to return to normal view.
- 1. Open your web browser, and enter in the DDNS address of your DVR. The Mobile Viewer page opens.
Channel list drop-down menu
- 2. Click the Start Live button to connect to your DVR.
- 3. Enter in your user name and password when the authentication window appears (Figure 44.2). Click OK.
- 4. Click the channel list drop-down menu to view a list of DVR channels.
Channel list drop-down menu
- NOTE: The Auto checkbox refers to auto-refreshing of images. Leave this option selected.
- Troubleshooting
  - . Connecting the power cable to another outlet
  - . Test the outlet with another plugged device (such as an electric calculator or phone charger)

Using the System

On-Screen Display

By default, the system launches with a live, split-screen view:

1. Channel Title: Display the channel number or title.

2. Recording Status: Different icons represent different recording modes: Continuous, Motion, Schedule,

and Panic.

NOTE: For details, see “Using the Recording Menu” on page 50.

3. Status Bar: Press the SETUP button to open the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen. When the

Status Bar is not in use, only the date and time remain on-screen.

Figure 4.2 Main system display (16-channel model shown)

Continuous Recording

Motion Recording

Panic Recording

Alarm Recording

Figure 4.3 Date/Time stamp