QH32DVR4C User’s Manual QH32DVR4C Net DVR Bundle User’s Manual V2.1 Contact Us: Q-See Products 8015 E. Crystal Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 Website: http://www.q-see.com Customer Service: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538 Email: cs@dpsi-usa.com Tech Support: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 539 Email: ts@dpsi-usa.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Index Chapter 1 Product Introduction ..................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Features ......................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2 Installation.....................................................
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 6 Utilities ........................................................................................................................ 71 6.1 Restore Parameters ...................................................................................................... 71 6.2 Upgrade ....................................................................................................................... 72 6.3 Hard Disk Management ......................................................
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual applies to the QH32DVR4C model. Please read this Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice. Contact Us: Q-See Products 8015 E. Crystal Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 Website: http://www.q-see.com Customer Service: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538 Email: cs@dpsi-usa.com Tech Support: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 539 Email: ts@dpsi-usa.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 Summary The QSC26404 network digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance product. It uses embedded MCU and Linux, combining the most advanced technology in the Information Industry such as video and audio encoding/decoding, hard disk recording and TCP/IP. The firmware is burned into flash memory, which is more stable and reliable.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Preview & Playback Functions: Supports one composite and one spot video output, and one VGA output. Supports fast/slow playback, pause, forward, backward, frame by frame, etc. Uses define preview layout. Supports one channel playback Network Functions: Supports TCP, UTP, RTP, Multicast, DHCP, etc. Supports ADSL (PPPoE) dialup function. Remote parameters setup. Remote playback, download the recorded files in DVR. Remotely upgrade DVR firmware. Remotely control PTZ.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 2: Installation Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure the power to the DVR is switched off. 2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories When you get the product, check that all the items are included in your product package.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 2.3 Rear Panel Description Fig 2-1 QSC26404 Rear Panel 1- Video in 4- Alarm out 7-USB 2.0 Port 10- Ethernet port 2- Video out 5- RS485 T+ T- R+ R8- Audio in 11- Alarm in 2.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 3: Operational Instructions 3.1 Front Panel Fig 3-1 Front Panel Form 3-1 Items on Front Panel Index Type 1 Light 2 Status Lights Name IR receiver for remote control. Power STATUS Tx/Rx 4 Numeric Keys Green means DVR is working; Red means DVR is powered off; Green means you can use IR remote control. Blinking means data is transmitting. Input number, lower case, upper case character and symbols.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 1. Manual record; 2. 【SHOT】in PTZ control (adjust preset). 1. Enter into PTZ control mode; SHIFT 2. 【IRIS-】in PTZ control.. 1. 2. Multi screen preview switch; Switch menu mode into preview; 【FOCUS-】in PTZ control. 1. 2. Input switch (number, lower case, upper case and symbol); 【FOCUS+】in PTZ control; 3. In preview mode, display or hide the channel status bar. Switch between numeric keys and function keys 3 Control Keys Direction Keys 1. ENTER 【 】,【 】,【】 and 【 】.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 3.2 IR Remote Control Fig 3-2 IR Remote Control Layout Form 3-2 Functions of Remote Control Index Name Description 1 POWER Turnoff device. 2 DEV Enable/Disable IR remote control 3 Numeric Keys Same as numeric keys on front panel. 4 EDIT Same as EDIT key on front panel. 5 A Same as A key on front panel. 6 REC Same as REC key on front panel. 7 PLAY Same as PLAY key on front panel. 8 INFO Same as INFO key on front panel.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 14 ESC Same as ESC key on front panel. 15 Reserved 16 F1 Same as 17 Lens control IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens control on PTZ camera. 18 F2 Same as 【F1】key on front panel. 【F2】key on front panel. Loading the Batteries Into the Remote Control 1. 2. 3. Remove the battery cover. Insert the battery. Make sure that the poles (+ and -) are correctly positioned. Replace the battery cover.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 3.3 Menu Description 3.3.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 3.3.2 Menu Operation How to Enter Into Menu Mode 【 】key to enter into DVR main menu. Press【PLAY】short key to enter into playback menu. Press【REC】short key to enter into manual record menu. Press【PTZ】short key to enter into PTZ control interface. Press MENU Note: You must input user name and password. The default user name is “admin” and password is “12345”. Main Menu Description The main menu interface is shown in fig 3.3: Fig 3.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 3.4 Camera input adjustments Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small highlighted frame called the “Active Frame” which is used to point to the selected item. This “Active 【↑】【↓】【←】【→】). The different kinds of menu Frame” can be moved by direction keys ( items are: 1. × Check Box: Provides two options, “ ” means enabled and “ ” means disabled. You can use 2. 【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to switch. List Box: Provides more than 2 options.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 【EDIT】key to delete the character in front of cursor; Press【ENTER】to save & exit or【ESC】to exit without saving. c) Use d) 4. Button: Trigger a specific function or enter into next sub-menu. For 【 】 example, press “Policy” button to enter into sub-menu. Press Confirm to 【 save parameters and return to parent menu. Press Cancel 】button to cancel and return to parent menu. A button in grey means it can be operated only after it is enabled.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 4: Basic Operation Guide 4.1 Power On Note: Please make sure the power supply is the correct one for the DVR and the AC adapter is connected correctly. Before switching DVR on, please connect one monitor to VOUT or VGA interface, otherwise you can not see graphic user interface and can not operate the DVR. If 【POWER】light is off, please do the following: Step1: Re-connect power cable; Step2: Switch on the power button on the rear panel.
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 4.2 Alarm status Form 4.2 Camera alarm status Icon Icon Color Status Description White Video signal lost Yellow View tampering alarm Pink Motion & External alarm Green No alarm Blue Motion alarm Red External alarm 【】 Press numeric keys to switch to individual camera view. For example, press 2 key to view 2nd camera. 【 】 Press EDIT key to manually cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode in “Preview” menu, refer to Chapter 5.11.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 4.3 User Name and Password Note: When the DVR is delivered from the factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and the password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights. Login Fig 4.3 Login dialog 【 】【 】 【 】 edit box, input corresponding password, press【ENTER】key to exit edit box. The “Active Frame” will be moved to the “Confirm” button.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 4.5 Main menu 【↑】【↓】 , then move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using【 】/【】keys. As fig 4.6 shows: Step 2: Select the user name by using Fig 4.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 3: Input new password Use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be blank. It also 【 can be 16 numbers. Press ENTER 】to exit edit box, and move to “Verify” item to verify password. Note: In edit box, use 【 】【 / 】to move cursor and【EDIT】key to delete the number in front of the cursor. Step 4: Password modified successfully Move the “Active Frame” to “Confirm” button, press 【ENTER】key.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Currently controlled camera’s name is displayed in the position is selected by the user. Select Channel In PTZ control mode, you can press numeric keys to select channel. For example; press 【2】key to select the PTZ camera on channel 2. After you select the PTZ camera, you can use the control keys to control it.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Start/Stop Auto in PTZ Control Mode 【 】 In PTZ control mode, press PLAY/AUTO key to start PTZ auto function. Press 【PLAY/AUTO】key again to stop. When PTZ is in auto mode, if you exit PTZ control mode, PTZ will continue auto function unless you enter into PTZ control mode again, and press 【PLAY/AUTO】key to stop. Exit PTZ Control Mode 【 】or【ENTER】to exit and return to preview mode. Press ESC 4.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Description Manual record interface has the following parts: channel number, channel status, start/stop record, start all and stop all buttons. Channel: Lists the channel numbers that the DVR has. Status: Channel work status has 4 status options: means idle. Green means the channel is recording (including real time recording, alarm recording, motion detection recording). Red means network transmission. Orange means both recording and network transmission.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Description Select a Channel: Move the “Active Frame” to “chan”, press “edit” button, then use 【↑】or【↓】key to select a channel. 【↑】or【↓】to select recorded file type. The file type options are Rec Type: Use “All”, “All Time”, “Motion Detect”, “Alarm” and “Manual”. Time Section: You can define the search time section. Move “Active Frame” to the time edit box, use numeric keys to input the detail time. Search: Search the matched recorded files and display them in the list box.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual At the bottom of the image, there is an information bar and the following information is included: Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time. 【MENU】 Open/Close sound: 【PLAY】 Adjust play progress: 【←】(Backward),【→】(Forward). The unit is “%”. Adjust play speed: Normal speed is “1x”. Use 【↑】to increase play speed ( 2X, 4X, 8X and MAX). Use【↓】to decrease play speed (1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X and single) Pause/Continue: Press【ENTER】to pause/continue playback.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Playback With Mouse Attached If you playback with a mouse attached the interface will be a little different, and you can acquire more functions to operate in the playback menu, shown in fig 4.11: Fig 4.11 Play back control bar There is an additional bar that appears. We call it the control bar. Control Bar Functions: : You can click these buttons to skip backward or forward 3% at a time. : You can click these buttons to select the play speed : Click this button to pause.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 4.7 Backup Recorded Files Note: The user must have “Playback” rights. Please connect backup devices before you start to backup. In the playback interface, you can backup the recorded files. 【 】 In the preview mode, press PLAY key, in the login dialog box, select username and input the correct password, you will enter into the playback interface. 【 】 In the menu mode, just press PLAY key, you can enter into playback interface directly.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 4.12 Playback list Step 3: Select backup device Please confirm the backup device: USB flash memory, USB HDD, USB DVD/CD-RW, and select the corresponding backup device. Step 4: Start and finish backup 【 】 Move “Active Frame” to “Save” button and press ENTER key to start backup. When backup starts, corresponding message box will pop-up to indicate the result. Backup video segment You also can backup the image segments when the image is being played back.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Playback the video segment You can use our file player software to playback the video segment on a PC. You can find the player software on the included CD. Exit playback interface Please refer to Chapter 4.6. 4.8 Shutting Down the DVR Note: Do not switch off the power directly by turning off the power switch or unplugging the cable, this can damage the HDD.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 5: Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need to read this chapter. When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters effective. Other parameters do not require a reboot.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.1 Enter into user menu Move “Active Frame” to “User” icon, press 【ENTER】key to enter into “User Management” menu shown in fig 5.2 Fig 5.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual In the user name list box, by default only “admin” exists. You can use 【 【→】 】 key, to move “Active Frame” to password edit box, and press EDIT key to enter into edit status. Press numeric keys to input a new password. The password is made up of 【 】 16 numbers at most. After you finish inputting password, press ENTER key to exit. Move “Active Frame” to “Verify password” edit box, input the new password.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.4 user management Step 2: Add new user name In the “User Management” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Add” button and 【ENTER】, in the pop-up dialog box input the new user name (refer to Chapter 3.4), press【ENTER】and return to “User Management” menu. A total of 15 users can press be added. See fig 5.5. Fig 5.5 Input user name Step 3: Setup the password for new user After you add a new user, the password is blank. You can skip this step if you do not want to setup a password.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 3: Setup the rights for new user The new added user does not have any operational rights. You must setup rights for him. 【 】【 】keys to select the new user name, then use【 】key to “Default Privileges” button, press【ENTER】, the In the user’s list box of “User Management” menu, use user will have default rights. The default rights include local playback, remote playback and view log.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual User rights description “Local”: Local rights are for local operation, such as using the front panel, remote control and RS-485 keyboard. PTZ control: Locally control PTZ cameras; Record: Manual start/stop recording; Set parameters Setup: Locally setup the DVR parameters; Log: Locally view the log on DVR; Utilities: Locally upgrade firmware, format the HDD, reboot the DVR and shut down DVR, etc.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.7 Delete user 5.3 Unit Name and Device ID Unit Name In the “Display” menu, shown as fig 5.8: Fig 5.8 Display menu There is an item called “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press 【EDIT】key to enter into edit status, you can modify the unit name. For instructions on how to input characters, 【ENTER】key to finish modification.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Device ID: When you use the remote control to operate the DVR, you must use the device ID to select the DVR. The default device ID is “88”. If there is more than one DVR in one place, please setup different device IDs for each DVR, otherwise the remote control will control all the DVRs with the same device ID at the same time. In “Display” menu, move “Active Frame” to the device ID edit box, in the edit status, you can use numeric keys to input a new device ID.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.5 Camera name and OSD (On Screen Display) Setup Camera Name In “Camera” menu, you can input a name for each camera. See fig 5.9 Please note that a camera’s name can not be copied. Fig 5.9 Input camera number The steps to setup camera name: Step 1: Select a camera. 【 】 Step 2: Move “Active Frame” to camera name edit box, press EDIT key to enter into edit status, you can input digital number, uppercase and lowercase characters (refer to Chapter 3.4).
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu. Step 2: Select a camera. Step 3: Enable the check box on the right side of camera name, then move 【ENTER】to enter into camera name position setup interface, as shown below, in that interface you can use【 】 【 】【 】 【 】 keys to move camera name position. When the position is fixed, press 【ENTER】and return to “Camera” menu, and press “Confirm” button to save it.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Date OSD Position In “Camera” menu you can adjust the position where you want the Date to display, move active frame to “Position” on the right side of “Date OSD” and press 【 the ENTER 】 button. Then you will see the picture below. Use 【↑】【↓】【←】【→】 to adjust the position of the date. Fig 5.11 Set position of Date & Time 5.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.12 Color setup Step 2: Select camera: Please use 【 】【 】keys to select a camera. Step 3: Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and hue: Move “Active Frame” to the “Adjust” button on the right side of Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue, 【ENTER】key, you will enter into the corresponding adjust interface. In the adjust interface, there is one scroll bar at the bottom, you can use【 】【 】keys to press adjust and can find the video image will be changed at the same time.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.7 Mask Area Setup In some cases you might want to mask a sensitive area. This area will not be viewed or recorded. The mask area setup steps are as follows: Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select a camera: You can use 【 】【 】keys to select the camera. Step 3:Enter into “Advanced settings” enable the check box beside “Privacy Mask”, you can press the 【Enter】or【edit】 key to change the flag into “ ”, and activate “Area” button.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual After you finish setup, press 【ENTER】key to return to “Advanced settings” 【】 menu. You can press A key to clear all mask areas. Step 5: Save mask area: You can repeat step 2, step 3 and step 4 to setup mask area for other cameras. In “Advanced setting” menu, press the “Confirm” button to save the mask area, press “Cancel” button to abort. Here is an example of the mask area function shown as fig 5.14: Fig 5.14 Area masked Disabling the mask check box cancels the mask area.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.8 View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, the DVR will send a warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: 【 】【 】keys to select a camera. Step 2: Select camera: Please use Step 3: Select sensitivity: move active frame to sensitivity item right beside the “View tampering” item. Press 【edit】key, then you can use【↑】【↓】keys to select the sensitivity for “View Tampering”. The sensitivity options are: Low, Normal and High.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 6: Alarm schedule setup: When a view tampering alarm occurs, the DVR will handle the alarm based on the schedule. You can set 4 periods for each day of the week. You can also copy the schedule of any one day to other days. Note: Time periods can not be repeated. Please reboot DVR to make the parameters effective. Step 7: Setup alarm policy: If a view tampering alarm occurs in a schedule, the DVR will respond based on the policy.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.16 Video signal loss handle setup Step 4: Setup alarm schedule: You can setup a working schedule. The DVR will only respond when the video loss occurs during the schedule. Note: The 4 time periods can not be repeated. Please reboot the DVR to make parameters effective. Step 5: Setup alarm policy: You can select one or more response options, including “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm Output”.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.10 Motion Detection If you enable this function, when there is motion detected by a camera, the DVR will send an alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: 【 】【 】key to select a camera after pressing【edit】key. Step 2: Select camera: Use Step 3: Select motion detection sensitivity: On the right side of “Motion Det. Level”, there is a list box for motion detection sensitivity. There are 7 options, from 0 (the lowest) to 5 (the 【↑】【↓】keys to select one.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual The whole screen is divided into 22*18 panels (NTSC: 22*15). There is one yellow panel on the upper left side. The motion area setup steps are the same as that of mask area setup (refer to 【 】 motion sensitive, and multiple motion areas can be setup. Press【A】key to clear all motion areas. Setup multiple areas: After you setup one motion area, press the【EDIT】key, the yellow Chapter 5.7).
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.18 Motion alarm handle setup Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup: When a motion alarm occurs, you can trigger related camera to start to record. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can select one or more recording channels. Please use 【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to change the flag into “ ”enabled. Note: In order to make the cameras start recording, in “Recording” menu you must enable recording schedule and set “Rec Type” as “Motion Detection” or “Motion | Alarm”.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 9: Save motion alarm setup: Press “Confirm” button to return to “Image Setup” menu. In the “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the current camera parameters. Step 10: Save all cameras: You can repeat step 2 to step 8 to setup motion detection parameters for other cameras. You can also copy the parameters of one camera to any other cameras. Note: Motion alarm area can not be copied.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 2: Preview properties: 【↑】【↓】key to select one mode. If DVR Preview mode: For preview mode item, you can use has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there are “1 Screen” and “4 Screen” options. If DVR has more than 4 but less than 9 channels, there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen” and “9 Screen” options. If DVR has 16 channels, there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen”, “9 Screen”, “12 Screen” and “16 Screen” options.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.12 Recording Setup In the main menu, there is an icon called “Recording”. You can enter into recording menu as follows: Fig 5.20 Recording channel configuration “Recording” menu description: If HDD is Full: There are two options: “Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select the “Overwrite” option, when the HDD in the DVR is full, the DVR will overwrite the earliest recorded files and continue recording.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Bit Rate Type: The DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image. The bit rate size is defined in “Bit Rate” option. With this option we can calculate the recorded file size and network bandwidth that we need. The maximum bit rate selection is related to resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate. For CIF resolution, the typical maximum bit rate is 384K-768Kbps.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 3: Record type For “Rec Type”, the options are: All Time, Motion Detect, Alarm, Motion|Alarm, and Motion&Alarm, command. For all day record mode, only one record type can be selected. Step 4: Copy to other days You can repeat step 2 and step 3 to setup for other days. You can also copy the current day to other days. Step 5: Save Press “Confirm” to return to “Recording” menu. Press “Confirm” again to save the parameters and return to the main menu.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output For QSC26404 there are 4 alarm in and 1 relay out ports. In “Alarms” menu, you can setup each external alarm input. 【 】key to enter In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to “Alarms” icon and press ENTER into alarms menu as shown in fig 5.22 5.22 Alarms setup External alarm input setup: Step 1: Select one alarm input Use 【↑】【↓】keys to select one alarm input. Step 2: Alarm type This is the sensor type.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.23 Alarm in handling setup Step 4: Alarm trigger record channel setup You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use 【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable record channel. “×” means disabled and “ means enabled. Note: In order to trigger the channel to record, in “Recording” menu, you must enable recording and select record type as “Alarm” or other related type. Please refer to Chapter 5.12.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 8: PTZ Linkage 【 】key to enter the Move the “Active Frame” to the “PTZ Linkage” button, press ENTER “PTZ Linkage” setup menu as shown in fig 5.24 Fig 5.24 PTZ linkage setup First select a camera, then select one of following PTZ linkage options: Preset: Set the flag as “ ” to enable preset, in the preset number edit box and input one preset number that has been setup already. Please refer to Chapter 5.15 for preset setup.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Alarm relay output setup Step 1: In “Alarms” menu, use 【↑】【↓】keys to select one alarm output. Step 2: Select delay time The delay time is when the alarm ends, the alarm output will continue output time. The delay time options are: 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes and Manual Stop. If you select the “Manual’ option, the alarm output will not stop until you press the “Clear Alarm” button in the “Utilities” menu.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Exceptions The exceptions that can currently be handled include: hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal access, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL difference. Enter into the “Exceptions” menu as shown in fig 5.26 Fig 5.26 Exceptions setup Includes the following handle methods: Audible Warning: the DVR will beep. Upload to Center: Send exception information to center host PC. Trigger Alarm Output: trigger local relay output.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.14 Network Parameters If you want to access the DVR over a network you must setup network parameters. Note: If any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot the DVR to make it effective. 【 】 In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to the “Network” icon and press ENTER , you will enter into “Network” menu as shown in fig 5.27 Fig 5.27 network setup “Network” menu description: IP address: This IP address must not be conflict with another IP address on the router.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Remote Host IP and Port: If you set this IP and port, when there is an alarm and exception happens, the DVR will send information to that host IP. The center with this IP can receive alarm and exception information from the DVR. You can use SDK to develop this center software. HttpPort: The port is for IE browser. The default value is 80. It can be modified. Advanced setup: Move “Active frame” to “Advanced” then press “enter” to enter into the configure interface as shown in fig 5.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual PPPoE: DVR supports PPPoE dail-up function. Example: To use PPPoE function Step 1: Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2: Select NIC type. Step 3: Input port number. In the port edit box, use numeric keys to input port number. The port number must be more than 2000. Step 4: Input IP Server: Input one fixed Internet IP address where the IP analyst software (IPServer) is run. 【 】【 】 Step 5: Input PPPoE parameters.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.15 Accessing the DVR over a network To access the DVR through a computer you need to make sure the default gateway on the DVR is the same IP address as your router, and the first three sets of numbers of the DVR IP address are the same as the first three sets of numbers of router’s address. Example: if your router’s default gateway is 192.168.1.1 then the default gateway setting in the DVR should be 192.168.1.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.16 Accessing the DVR from a remote computer To access the DVR from a remote computer, in addition to the above steps, you will also need to forward ports 80 and 8000 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR. How you would do this depends on the brand and model number of your router. You can go to www.portforward.com to get instructions on how to forward ports on most popular routers.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.17 PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) There is one RS-485 port on the DVR rear panel used for PTZ camera control. You can setup RS-485 parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to PTZ 【ENTER】key, you will enter into PTZ menu as shown in fig 5.29 icon and press Fig 5.29 PTZ parameters setup PTZ menu description Select channel: Select a PTZ camera. RS-485 parameters: Including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Note: In the DVR “PTZ” menu, if you select Pelco-P protocol when you setup PTZ address please plus or minus one compared with Camera ID. For example, if camera ID is 2, the DVR PTZ address is set as ID 3. Preset setup: Preset is using one number to represent the camera’s position, zoom, focus and 【 】 iris. Move the “Active Frame” to “Setup” button on the right side of “Preset”, press ENTER key to enter into preset setup menu. You can save 128 preset numbers.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Add preset number: You can input preset number (among 1-128) in the edit box. Then press the “Adjust” button to enter into PTZ control interface. In PTZ control interface, you can use 【 】【IRIS-】【FOCUS+】【FOCUS-】【ZOOM+】 【ZOOM-】keys to adjust iris, focus and zoom. After you finish adjusting, press【ENTER】, then direction keys to adjust PTZ position, and use IRIS+ press the “Save” button to save the preset number. You can repeat this step to setup other preset numbers.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual In the “Sequence” setup menu, first input the sequence number. The sequence is from 1 to 16. Each sequence is made up of cruise points, and each cruise point includes a preset number, dwell time and dwell speed. Dwell time is the time staying at that preset number. Dwell speed is the speed that the PTZ camera is moved to that preset number. Press “Add” button to add one cruise point. Press “Confirm” button to save the cruise point into the sequence.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 6: Utilities There are many tools in the “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu as shown in fig 6.1 Fig 6.1 Utilities 6.1 Restore Parameters Restore factory parameters for the DVR. The IP address, gateway and port number will not be restored. Shown as fig 6.2 Fig 6.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 6.2 Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog box you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode as shown in fig 6.3 Fig 6.3 Upgrade If you select “FTP” mode, you will enter into “FTP Upgrade” menu: Fig 6.4 FTP IP setup 【 】 Input the ftp server IP and press ENTER key. DVR will connect with FTP server through the network and download the firmware file.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 6.3 Hard Disk Management fig 6.5 Hard Disk setup Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot the DVR, otherwise DVR will not work correctly. 6.4 Stop Alarm Out Clear the alarm output manually. 6.5 Reboot Reboot the DVR. 6.6 Power Off Shut down the DVR.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 6.7 View Log To view the log recorded on the DVR HDD. In the “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu as shown in fig 6.6 Fig 6.6 View log 【 】 If you want to view the log based on the default option, just press ENTER key. The DVR will list all matched information. You can also select options to search “By Type”, “By Date”, or “By Type&Date”. By Type To view log information of the desired type. Type is divided into “Major type” and “Minor type”.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual For exception major type, the minor type includes: Video Signal Loss, Illegal Access, Hard Disk Error, Hard Disk Full, IP Conflict, DCD Lost. For example: The steps of viewing alarm log. Step 1: For “Query” item, select “By Type” to active “Major Type” and “Minor Type” items. Step 2: For “Major Type” option, select “Alarm” option.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Step 3: Input start time and stop time. 【 】 Step 4: Move the “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and press ENTER key to start searching. Step 5: After finishing search, the DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6: Press “Return” button to return to “Utilities” menu. 6.8 System Information Press the “System Info” icon in the “Utilities” menu, you will get DVR system information as shown in fig 6.7 Fig 6.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Chapter 7: Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use the DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases where you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is to update old firmware, the other is when the code in DVR FLASH has crashed. Note: Make sure you are using the correct firmware for your DVR model before you upgrade. 7.1 FTP Server Setup You can download FTP server software through internet. Here we use wftpd32.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 7.2 setup parameters 3. Select “Users/rights” under the “Security” menu item. The following dialog box will be displayed. Fig 7.3 Setup username 4. Create new user. Click “new user’. New user dialog box is displayed. Input user name “target”. Click “OK”. Fig 7.4 username 5. In the password dialog box input password “target” in “New Password” and “Verify Password” edit box. Click “OK” to save and exit the dialog box. Fig 7.8 Password 6.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 7.9 Setup home directory 7. Next time, you do not need to setup again, just double click and open “wftpd32.exe” to upgrade the DVR/DVS firmware. 7.2 Upgrade Mode 1. Use client software to upgrade the firmware file. You do not need to use ftp server software. Please refer to the client software user manual for detail information. 2. Use “FTP” function of “Upgrade” sub menu in “Utilities” menu.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix A: Mouse Control Function 1. In the preview interface Double-click the left key 1. Switch to the most pictures when viewing single picture. 2. Switch to full screen mode when viewing multi-pictures. Back to previous multi-pictures when you double click again.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5. Test input interface Click the left key 1. pop up soft keyboard 2. Input text 3. Save and exit Click the right key Cancel the text and exit the edition Scroll wheel forward Cursor goes to the front character 6. Playlist interface Click the left key Select the file to copy or cancel Scroll wheel forward Select the front file Scroll wheel backward Select the next file Signal-click the right key Cancel and return to the preview interface.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation To calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: Use Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity qi that is the capacity of each channel needed for every hour: unit Mbyte.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix C: DVR Connect Cable Definition 1 How to Make a RS-485 Connect Cable Material and tool One twist cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 connector and one special tool for RJ45.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual The corresponding relationship of the direct cable (2) Use the following method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client-end PC.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix D: DVR Specifications Model Name QSC26404 Video compression Preview resolution Playback resolution Video input Composite video output Spot video Output Max frame rate Audio compression Audio input Audio output Stream type Max bit rate HDD IDE interface Network interface USB interface H.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix D: Camera Specifications MODELS QOCDC60 QOCDC36 Image Pick-up Devices 1/4" CCD Picture Element NTSC: 510(H)X492(V) Sync Mode Internal Sync Horizontal Resolution 420 TV Lines Video Output 1.0 V p-p, 75 ohm S/N Ratio >48 dB Gamma Characteristic 0.45 White Balance Auto Lens 2 with 6 mm / 2 with 3.6 mm Minimum Illumination 0 Lux (w/ IR LED) Electronic Shutter Auto: 1/60 to 1/100.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix E: Troubleshooting Failure Possible reasons After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, “POWER” light in front Panel does not turn on, and fan does not work. 1) 2) Power cable is damaged. Power supply is damaged. After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, “POWER” light in front panel turns to green while fan does not work. 1) Front panel damaged. Fan is broken.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix F: Product Service & Warranty Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for manufacturing defects). Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix G Customer Information Card User’s Name Mr./Mrs.
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