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General Safety Precautions This manual applies to Mace 4-channel non-realtime series Digital Video Recorders. There are three models in this series, DVR0414, DVR56MR, and DVR15MR. DVR0414 will be used in all illustrations. 1. Installation Environment 2. Open Product Box and Verify Contents 3.
1. Installation Environment - An UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) with power surge protection is strongly - Avoid extreme heat - Avoid direct sunlight - Avoid excessive humidity - Maintain horizontal mounting - Avoid excessive vibrations - Do not stack other devices on top of the DVR - Operate in well ventilated place, do not block the cooling fan recommended for DVRs and all associated devices (routers, DSL modems, etc) 2.
Table of Contents General Safety Precautions 1. Installation Environment 2. Open Product Box and Verify Contents 3. Before Power-up Chapter 1: Product Specifications and Features 1. Product Specification 2. Product Features 3. Storage Matrix Chapter 2: Basic System Operations 1. Start/Stop the DVR 2. Recording 3. Alarm Input/Output 4. Pan-Tilt Control 5. Network Operation Chapter 3: Front Panel Operations 1. Front Panel Overview 2. Detail Key Function 3. Enter/Leave the Operation Menu 4.
Chapter 4: Operations over Network 1. Setting Up the Client End 2. Login and Logout 3. Operation of the Right Click Menu Items 4. Record Search and Playback 5. System Configuration 6. Assistant Chapter 5: System Connections 1. DVR Rear View 2.
Chapter 1 Product Specifications and Features 1.
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2. Product Features - - Real-time Monitor (Video Displays) o 2 Video output ports to regular Analog Video Monitor o Single window (Full Screen) /4 windows (Quad) /5 windows monitor display. Compression Method o Multiple video compression modes: Variable frame. o Single channel or 4 shared audio/video real-time recording or multi-channel non-real time audio/video recording.
- - - - Alarm relay o 4 channel external alarm input, video lost alarm and motion detection alarm. o Multi channel relay switch alarm output activates alarm relay and on-site light control. o Circuit Protection for Alarm inputs and outputs. Pan-tilt Control o Supports Camera Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Functions using RS485 Communication Protocol. o Integrates multiple protocols to control various PTZ speed domes.
3. Storage Matrix The HDD Capacities and Recording lengths are determined by capacity of the installed HDDs and the selected image level. The following storage time is based on the average use for HDD space for single channel recording.
80G MP4(VBR) Image Quality 15F/S Days 10F/S Days 1 85kb/s 92 71kb/s 108 69kb/s 112 2 144kb/s 56 109kb/s 72 92kb/s 84 3 158kb/s 48 133kb/s 60 114kb/s 68 4 227kb/s 36 175kb/s 44 159kb/s 48 5 292kb/s 28 258kb/s 32 200kb/s 39 6 557kb/s 16 443kb/s 18 333kb/s 24 12 7.
Chapter 2 Basic System Operations 1.
1. Start/close the recorder > ?@> Start the recorder Plug in the power line; switch on the power button at the back of the recorder; power indicator light on; DVR on; default single window for the video output displays; press Enter the Log-in screen appears on Monitor; If the starting time is within the programmed recording time, the system will start recording function automatically. Channel indicator lights will indicate the cameras in record mode. The system will work in a normal manner.
2. Recording The default recording mode after startup of the DVR is 24 hr continuous recording for each channel. The User can program customized recording times for each camera. Instructions for the different recording modes are as follows: a) Schedule Recording: ? Enter the menu, and set the timing period for the recording. See details at Menu>System setting>Schedule b) Manual Record Selection ? Press “Record” button on the remote controller or “Rec” on the front panel.
3. Alarm connection operation ? Connect the alarm input according to the device connection and the instructions. ? Connect the related alarm output relay on the DVR to associated alarm device. Example: lights, beeper, etc. ? Program the associated information in the menu. See details at Menu>System setting>Alarm setting 4. Pan-tilt control operation ? Confirm the proper connection of the pan-tilt-zoom and Communication Protocol. Set the Camera address.
Chapter 3 Front Panel Operations 1. Front Panel Overview Detail Key Function Enter/Leave the Operation Menu Maneuver in the Operation Menu Menu Overview 6. Operation Description 6.1 Recording 6.2 Playback 6.3 Pan-Tilt and Zoom Camera Control 6.
1. Front Panel Description 1. Up Direction (Ch 1) 2. Left Direction (Ch 3) 3. ESC (Cancel) 4. Down Direction (Ch 2) 5. Enter 6. Right Direction (Ch 4) 7. Play Last Section (#1) 8. Record 9. Slow Play (#2) 10. Function Key 11. Play/Pause (#3) 12. Fast Forward (#4) 13. Play Next Section (#5) 14. Power Switch 15. No.1 Recording Light 16. No. 2 Recording Light 17. No.3 Recording Light 18. No.4 Recording Light 19.
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7 Play last section Play the recording file before the current file #1 9 Slow play 3 levels of slow play speed (?1/2 E ?1/5 E ? 1/30) #2 Play/Pause #3 11 Play/pause / When in monitor, press it to enter recording search menu 12 Fast Forward Adjust to different Fast forward speeds #4 13 Play next section Play the recording file next to the current file #5 Note: (1) The four direction keys can be used to switch channels under the single camera view.
3. Operation Menu Overview To enter the Operation Menu, press Enter key twice, the system will prompt for password. Default Administrator password is “555555”. (Note: Default User password is “444444”. (Note: is the #5 key) is the #4 key) If not touched for 5 minutes, the system will automatically logout the currently user.
4. Maneuver in the Menu System Operation Button-pressing step order 1 Confirm Enter level 1 submenu Enter level 2 submenu Set menu contents Screen display During real-time monitor, press to open the F GIHIJ password prompt, type in the correct password, Enter main menu and Instruction then the menu will auto open. 2 Direction arrows Use arrows to select Icon Choice.
Main menu Menu level 1 RECORD SEARCH LIST ALARM Menu level 2 CH 1 DATE 24-10-2003 TIME 2:20 PM PLAY START Remarks Use DIRECTION arrows to perform settings in menu level 2 See details at 6.4.1 CH 1 DATE 24-10-2003 TIME 2:20 PM LIST SEARCH Use DIRECTION arrows to perform setting in menu level 2. See details at 6.4.1 CH 1 Records associated with Alarm Inputs. DATE 24-10-2003 able to search motion detection records. SEARCH START See details at 6.4.
m[n Menu Main menu SYSTEM Overview Menu level 1 GENERAL SETTING SCHEDULE IMAGE ALARM Menu level 2 DATE 10-28-03 FORMAT MM-DD-YYYY TIME 12:22:01 FORMAT AM/PM SAVE SAVETIME HDDFULL OVERWRITE RECORDLEN 60 MIN REMOTEADDR 008 SAVE CANCEL CH 1 WEEK SMTWTFS TIME1 00:00 – 24:00 STATE ON TIME2 00:00 – 24:00 STATE ON SAVE CANCEL MODE AUTO FRAMERATE AUTO CH 1 QUANTITY 4 VIDEO LOSS OFF NO TIP SAVE CANCEL CH 1 TYPE NORMAL CLOSE RECORD CH 1234 ALMOUT 123 DELAY 1SEC TIME1 00:00 – 24:00 ON TIME2 00:00 – 24:00 OFF
Main menu Menu level 1 PANTILT CONTROL SYSTEM NETWORK SETTING MOTION DETECTION PASSWORD FILE DELETE Menu level 2 CH 1 PROTOCOL NONE BAUDRATE 4800 ADDRRESS 108 SAVE CANCEL Remarks See details at 6.4.3 IP 192.168.001.108 SUBNETMASK 255.255.255.000 GATEWAY 192.168.001.
Main menu Menu level 1 BACKUP RECORDS BACKUP Menu level 2 DEVICE USB CH 1 If there is no backup device, the BACKUP SPEED NORMAL system will indicate: STARTING DATE 2003-3-18 STARTING TIME 12:18PM ENDING DATE 2003-3-18 ENDING TIME 5:18PM BACKUP DELETE BACKUP Remarks ADD DEVICE USB DELETE CONFIRM LOGOUT 26 START NO BACKUP DVE See details at 6.4.
6. Menu Operation Description 6.1 Recording Operation Model Button-pressing order REC 1. Record Instruction Display Manually start/stop recording. Use number keys to RECORD toggle between On/Off (The numbers keys on the front panel are – from 1 to 5: o p#q r s%t s 2. Related number key , , / , 1 , and 2 A Press to toggle the recording state on/off. The RECORD Record. Enter 4 SELECT CHANNEL highlighted Camera # means Record On or selected to 3 3 1 Press Enter key to save the setting.
6.2.1 Playback fast play Button-pressing order 1 Fast play Instruction During playback press this key to shift between 2X speed, 4X speed, or 8X speed.
6.3 Control of Pan-Tilt and Zoom Cameras *The PTZ Camera # must be selected on DVR before you can control the camera from the DVR or remotely. u } | |; 9 |%vxw y Button-pressing order Instruction 1 Refer to menu operation at In Control setting select the related Channel and Protocol, S T U V WXT Y[Z \ V VI] UX^ see the right picture. Set the Baudrate and Address of the S_ ` a XW T VXT S T Y e _ XS S f f i c d e W c V \ i i ceeW iii Z c j \S c UXS \ Y 6.4.4 PTZ Camera.
6.4 Menu Operation Detail *The following Menu settings must be saved before the changes take effect.* 6.4.1 Record search % ( List The menu for record search is pictured at the right. W \XS T W e Z \ c WXS _ First set the channel#, then date and time you want to search, and then select START, the playback begins.
6.4.2 File Z ZV\ Menu of Information is pictured at right Info Display HDD number HDD capacity, remaining space, recording I] Y \] U XT W c VI] T U start time (the earliest recording time among all the HDDs) and _ee _ee W\ I] Y I] Y recording end time. The information cannot be changed. HARD DISK State Version Display HDD index and the conditions of master drive and slave drive. Note: The HDD being used will be shown as “W”. The issuing date and ID of the operating system.
6.4.3 System Setting Z Z V \ [Z \ V VI] UX^ Picture of the System Setting Menu See screen shot at right: General ^\U\WcY DATE and TIME are used to modify the current system date and time; after the modification reserve the change by selecting SAVETIME; in HDDFULL if selecting OVERWRITE system covers the previous recording files; RECORDLEN can set the length of each recording file(15 mins, 30 mins, 60 mins)Note: 15 minutes is suggested.
In MODE there are two modes AUTO and LIMIT. Under the mode of AUTO, recording rate is equally divided to each recording channel. On the net, for those channels not recording, its monitoring picture won’t be shown on the screen. In CH option select the related channel. Image quality shift in 6 different level of image quality  the image quality of the sixth level is the best.
IP is set by using Network or input the exact numbers to change the IP address. IP address setting can only be here. The related SUBNETMASK and GATEWAY should be set according to the IP address. MONITOR and PLAYBACK can be changed by using TCP/IP or MULTICAST. Save the setting in SAVE, and restart the recorder.
6.4.4 Admin setting Password c e I] U[Z \ V VI] UX^ Menu of Admin setting is pictured at Right: Select GUEST and MANAGE. Press or the number a c Z Z ¤XT W e key to change the password, and then confirm the change by ^ d X\ Z Vgâ â S T U I] W [â c U c ^ \gâ S T U I] W [â inputting the password again. Press ESC to go back to the sub menu. Only MANAGE level user can change the password.
6.4.5 Backup Menu of Backup is pictured at Right: Backup records Move the cursor to select the backup device, channel number, backup speed, starting data and time, ending date and time, and then select to start the backup, and system will display the backup processing. If the user does not connect the backup device correctly, the system will display: No backup disk; if the device is full, it will display: Disk is full. During the backup, it will display the time.
Chapter 5 Operation Over Network There are two ways to access the DVR over the network: Using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) or Mace Remote Client Software. Using IE, no special software needs to be installed on the PC. A web control unit will be downloaded to the computer automatically the very first time a connection to DVR is initiated. The Mace Remote Client Software needs to be installed properly to use the second option. But the graphical user interface menu items are identical.
1. Setting up the client end No special software is needed to install on the DVR, PC or other devices in order to access DVR using the IE browser. If the IE responds back “Page Cannot Be Displayed” or “Server not Found”, check your network connection carefully. 2. Login and logout Please input the IP address of the DVR in the address column of the browser. Take the DVR’s IP address: 192.168.0.168 as an example: Input http://192.168.0.168.
Login þ Please select login, and the following dialogue box will pop up. Input the username and password. There are three types of Users: Administrator, User, and Guest. For detailed information please refer to User manage ÿ in Assistant setting. The default username is admin, & password is admin. For Security purposes, please change the administrator password. If after the input of the username and password, the following box pops up (6-3).
Log out: If the logged in user needs to log out, please click logout button. The popup dialogue box appears. Please choose Yes. See 6.5. 6.5 3. Operation of the Right Click Menu Items After you log in as Administrator, the buttons of login , video, logout, search, config & Assistant are activated.
The right key menu includes: Real time monitor, Decode quality, Video windows, Playback control bar, Pan-tilt control, Set volume, Net data flux, Full screen, Resize video and so on. Real time monitor Among the displayed channels, you may select the channel you want to see. Note: When the recording mode is set to MODE (under Menu/System Setting/Image ), over the network, users will only be able to view the channels that are scheduled (or set to be event triggered) to record at the time.
Set volume Audio volume is User selectable. User can drag the bar to adjust or select Mute to cancel the sound. Net data flux Display the statistics of the network transmission data flux. When there is no network data transmission the statistics shows zero. Full screen There are two ways to view full screen monitor: One is to double click on the blue window directly; the other is to select Full screen among the right click menu items.
4. Records Search and Playback Click on search, and then fill in the required info on the pop up dialogue box for the records search. 6-11 Input recording time, channel number and searching type: Record or Alarm Search, and the results will display in the dialogue box. It displays 15 records from the search time and forward. Click Pageup and Pagedown to display the matched records. Double click the desired record, and system will play the selected record.
Download See 6-12, select the desired record and click Download. 6-12 The software supports the downloading of several records simultaneously. The default format of the downloaded records’ name is: file name, Channel #, date, time, extension name is .mp4 (Example: a-0120021205071028.mp4, 01 means channel 1, 20021205 means December 5th of 2002, 071028 means 7 o’clock 10 minutes 28 seconds).
To Save a file located in the Search Record Display, Select File, press the Download button. A Save Window opens. Input the file name and choose Save. The screen shows the processing of the downloading until the completion. 6-14 5. System Configuration Click Config button and a pop up the dialogue box appears. There are General Schedule Image Alarm Motion Detection tabs of the five menu configuration screens.
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Image With this menu, user can select the recording mode and the level of quality for each channel. Style: There are two recording modes: LIMITED and AUTO. Under LIMITED mode, each channel is allocated 7.5 frames per second. All channels will be recording at the fixed frame rate disregard the number of channels that are actually recording.
Alarm When there are alarm input signals, the user can select the recording channel(s) and the output port for the actual need.
Motion detection When the user sets the time period for Motion Detection, the motion detection will take effect. The blue area is the selectable motion detection area. The User can move the dialogue box to choose the correct area and can also set the sensitivity of the area due to the need. Click Full screen or press right key on the area to display the motion detection area in full screen mode. After setting the area the user can Save channel or Clear the area.
6. Assistant Assistant Click on Assistant setting, as following, there are User manage - Record control - Apply for control right - Log information - System information - Channel name - Upgrade BIOS, etc. 6-22 User manage: displays the user (Log-In) information of the DVR. The buttons to the right can let an administrator user save, add, modify, delete and cancel the information.
Add Click Add to show the following dialogue box s The Admin User can add user information in this dialogue box, assign the user power level. Note: There is only one administrator allowed. Modify Select this button to show the following. User can modify the filled-in information. Record control Manually control the recording of each channel. 6-26 Apply for control power Web client software can supply the login of multiple users.
control, the new user has to apply and gain the authorization of the existing user with control. If the logged-in users are all normal users, the first logged-in user gains the control power automatically. If a higher lever user logs in later, they can gain the control power automatically. If only one user logs in or the logged-in user is the user with control, the box is gray. The picture below (6-28) is the pop-up window when other user send request to the existing user with control.
System information Check the basic information of the system. When sound is not needed, you can turn off the audio. Due to the bandwidth considerations, the user can select the different Video transport modes, Video type PAL or NTSC has to be selected correctly, 110vac, 60hz is normally NTSC, 220vac, 50hz is normally PAL. If Auto recycle monitoring is on, system will sequence between all the channels automatically with a user selectable dwell time.
About Version information – This palette displays information about the DVR and may be vital when contacting MACE Support.
Chapter 5 System Connections DVR Rear View RS-485 Port Connection 55
1. DVR Rear View 1- Alarm – RS485 (DB-15) 2- Fan 3- RS232 (DB-9) 4- Internal Modem (Not available) 5- USB 6- RJ45 (10 Base-T) 7- Audio Out 8- Audio In 9-10 Video Out (BNC) 11-14 Video In (BNC) 15- Power Switch 16- Power Socket Network connection note: When connecting directly to the network card of a computer, please use CAT-5 Crossover Cable; when connecting to a LAN or Router use CAT-5e cable.
If you want to control Camera pan-tilt-zoom (P/T/Z) or activate the DVR Output relay, the 25-pin RS485 connection must be used. See detail below. The RS485 port connection can control various (P/T/Z) Cameras, and the specific model or protocol can be selected from the Control Menu in System settings. The DB25 pin outs are marked below.
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Appendix 1 1. Frequently Asked Questions After Power up, “No HDD” message is flashing on the local monitor This is an indication that either the harddisks are not installed correctly or no harddisk is installed at all. Refer to Appendix 2 Hard disk installation. Also inside the DVR there is a yellow sticker with instructions on harddisk installation. 2.
situation, the current HD should be changed. 6. Why the screen is black after I switch off and on the power? The power supply comes with the DVR has a built-in protection mechanism. After the power is shut down, you have to wait for at least 5 seconds before turn it on again. Turn off the power, wait for 5 seconds, and turn it on again. If this does not correct the problem, contact your Mace technical support hotline. 7.
Appendix 2 Hard Disk Installation Hard disk installation There is one 40G hard disk (HD) preinstalled in the Mace DVR, unless you ordered a special configuration. So normally you DO NOT have to go through these steps. This procedure only applies to cases where there is no built-in hard disk in the DVR or additional hard disks need to be installed. In total, a maximum of 4 large capacity hard disks can be installed inside the machine if a CD burner is not needed.
LIMITED WARRANTY Mace Security Products, Inc. (MACE) warrants to the original purchaser of this product that it shall be free of defects resulting from workmanship or components fro a period of one (1) year from the date of sale. Defects covered by this Limited Warranty shall be corrected wither by repair or, at MACE’s discretion by replacement. In the event of replacement, the replacement unit will be warranted for the remainder of the original one (1) year period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer.
