User`s guide

6 Getting Started
How Do I Configure the DVM2?
The quickest way to configure options like NTSC/PAL, Voltage or Contact
Closure control, serial port protocol, etc… is to use the red DIP Switch on the
back of the DVM2. See the Configuration DIP Switch section in the manual.
(You can also use the DVM2’ s web interface to edit those and other options
like the password, IP address, date and time. You’ll need to configure your
TCP/IP settings on your computer to do this. See the section Networking Your
DVM2 to do this.)
How Do I Make My Own MPEG File?
MPEG2 video is pretty complicated. If you’ve never encoded it before, we
recommend hiring an encoding house to do it. You can buy your own encoding
system, but don’ t be cheap. The last thing you want is to find out the encoding
system you purchased has a bug that causes the video to glitch, audio to drift,
pixelation, etc… The encoding house uses their equipment to optimize the
parameters and filtering of your video to achieve the best possible result. If you
want to make your own, our customers have had positive results with the LSX
MPEG Encoder by Ligos and Optibase’ s hardware-based encoder. Darim’s
DVMPEG is a good encoding solution along with PixelTools’ multiplexer.
How Do I Put Videos onto the DVM2?
One way is to buy a Removable Drive Bay (sold separately) and learn to install
it into your computer. Then you simply pull the drive out of your DVM2 and
put it into the computer’s new removable drive bay. Then you’ll be able to see
(in Windows) another drive letter (like D:\) appear on your PC. Then Drag and
Drop the video files onto the drive while using Windows Explorer.
You can also use File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is a way of copying files
over an Ethernet Cable (like the special red one that came with your DVM2). If
you configured your computer for the web interface as listed above, you’re
already able to use the DVM2’ s FTP interface. You can use any FTP program
you like to talk to the DVM2’s FTP interface. We frequently use WS
FTP(shareware), Cute FTP(shareware), and even the DOS FTP (which comes on
most PC’s).
If you don’t know how to use FTP programs to put the files on your DVM2,
there are plenty of tutorials on the web. Just visit your favorite search engine
and type in “FTP tutorial”. Also see the File Transfers section in the manual.
A basic guide to using DOS FTP follows.
How Do I Transfer a File to the DVM2
Using FTP?
If you’re not familiar with FTP, begin by searching the Internet for an FTP (File
Transfer Protocol)Tutorial. You’ll need to configure your DVM2 and the