Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview AP-5004 is a rugged mobile DVR dedicated to vehicle applications. There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration when installing mobile DVRs on a vehicle. 1. Power – The power source of a mobile DVR comes from batteries on the vehicles. But the voltage varies widely among different vehicle models and the surge of voltage caused by the engine ignition is really dangerous. The mobile DVR needs to have protection against this. 2.
Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview Central Monitoring System Integration SecuTrack CMS can monitor up to 500 vehicles by 64 per group Remote Live View Remote Playback GPS tracking with e-Map support Two-way audio communication between CMS & the AP-5004 on the vehicle. Video Quality – 720x480 @ 60 fps 360x240 @ 120 fps MPEG4 compression Dual stream support for different video quality / FPS at the local recording and remote transmission operation. Firmware version – MDVR 2.0 1.2 Front panel Fig. 1-1 1.
Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview 2. Installation Please refer to the wiring diagram of Fig. 1-3. Standard delivery of AP-5004 package include The machine itself , 1*AV cable , 1*IO cable and 1*manual CD. There is no hard disk included UNLESS customer requests it at the time AP-5004 is ordered. The RED boxes on Fig. 1-3 are external devices that need to be installed for AP-5004 configuration. Current standard delivery firmware version for AP-5004 is MDVR2.X.
Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview 2.1 Capture-in Insert the AV cable connector that comes with AP-5004 to this plug to retrieve camera video signals and audio inputs. AP-5004 can support 4 cameras. The audio RCA plugs are reserved for future use. Connect camera video outputs to the BNC leads on this connector. 2.2 VGA monitor Although there are two VGA outputs on Fig. 1-3, VGA1 & VGA2, currently only VGA1 is available. VGA2 is reserved for future use.
Chapter 1. AP-5004 Overview 2.6.3 Loosen the 4 screws at the two sides of the hard disk tray and lift up the plastic tape to move tape out the hard disk. Then you can exchange the hard disk or install a new one. Fig. 1-6 screw screw 2.7 USB Mouse - You need a mouse when you want to do the system configuration or back up record files. There are 4*USB ports on AP-5004. Two at the back panel and the other two at front. If you don’t use mouse, you can use IR remote controller to operate it. 3.
Chapter 2. Getting Started Chapter 2. Getting Started Please connect a VGA monitor on “VGA1” or a TV monitor to “S-Video” of AP-5004 back panel for local live screen. AP-5004 has delay power ON / OFF after the vehicle ignition is turned ON or OFF, if the “ACC” signal is connected. ( Please refer to section 2.1, chapter 1).The default delay ON time is 15 seconds and delay OFF time is 30 seconds. So, please wait a little bit for VGA screen to show up after power ON.
Chapter 2. Getting Started you can configure or operate all the advanced functions ONLY at mouse mode. 2.2.1.1 From mouse mode to IR mode You can change it to “IR control” mode from the main screen by clicking the “Setup” button, enter “system configuration”. Under “Running mode”, change the “Control” field from “mouse” to “IR” and then click “OK”. AP-5004 will reboot and change to IrDA control mode. 2.2.1.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.1 Introduction This chapter covers AP-5004 operation. Mouse is used for all of the operations and keyboard is ONLY for data entry, when necessary. Local VGA GUI screen : DVR basic information Camera status Playback Setup Fig. 3-1 full screen sequential page down surveillance page screen panel page up IO control DVR basic information: including date, time, total hard disk size and LAN status.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.2 Surveillance screen panel The Surveillance screen panel enables you to define which live images are displayed on screen. A Fig. 3-2 A. You can select 1 / 4 split-screen display. Fig. 3-3 B C B. Use the sequence button to automatically cycle through all the connected cameras. C. The arrow buttons to page down or page back cameras. D F Fig. 3-4 E D. Enlarge button Click the enlarge button to switch to full screen live video display.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Live Single Camera View 3.2.1 Snapshot You can do snapshot of camera image when viewing single camera window. Right click mouse and the screen will have a “SAVE” button appears. Click it and you will get a pop up window as Fig.3-6 Fig. 3-6 camera select video adjustment overlay text enable IO control Click “OK” and then you will be asked to select a back up device. Then, click “Backup” to save the image.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Basic information indicates date/time & size of current playing file. Calendar Function buttons Play buttons Split-screen buttons Lock file Fig. 3.6 Recording data status information Back to live surveillance Function buttons: 1. Bookmark 2. 4. Thumbnail Browse 5. Alarm log Search by Event 11 3. 6.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) How to play recording file: Step2: Select an hour from time line. Step3: Select camera to playback. Step1: Select a date from calendar. Step4: Click anywhere on recording data score bar to start playback from the required point. Fig. 3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.3.1. Play buttons: Use the Play buttons to control playback of stored footage from the cameras. Step backward Step forward Play Pause Control playback speed(1/8x ~ 4x) The fastest speed of the single image playback is 4x; slowest speed is 1/8x. Click “+” button once to double playback speed from normal. Click “-” button will decrease playback speed. 3.3.2.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Fig. 3-10. You can also zoom in specific point of the image to get clear view. Brightness Contrast Sharpness Zoom-in Restore Smooth 3.3.4. Status Button The status panel displays the playback status of the current record. The aqua line (Data) indicates record data over an one hour time interval, as Fig. 3-8. Click “motion status button” on Fig. 3-10 to show motion status of the record file.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.3.5 Bookmark User can have bookmarks at the specific time during playback. Bookmark: 1. During playing recording file user can click “bookmark” button to mark the specific time point. 2. User can write down the note and click “Add” button to save it. The new bookmark file will be locked. 3. Select one of the lists of recording file in bookmark field and click “play” button to playback. Fig. 3.12 3.3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.3.7 Backing up You can back up record files to VCD/DVD RW or USB HDD drives. Click the “backup” icon. Fig. 3-14 shows the back up device found. Here we have “USB Flash Disk”. Then, click “OK” to back up device currently connects to this machine check to select it for back up Fig. 3-14 bring up Fig. 3-15. If you answer “OK”, AP-5004 will clear all data on the USB Flash Disk. Fig. 3-15 Fig. 3-16 If you click “Cancel”, then, Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Then, click “OK” to start file copy as Fig. 3-18. After completed, Fig. 3-19 show you the result of Fig. 3-19 how many files, size and date / time period that was back up. For back up to VCD/DVD RW, the procedure is similar, but you will need to answer the burning speed you want. The default speed is X5. Note: It takes some time for AP-5004 to get video data before it can start the back up process. 3.3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Fig. 3.21 Previous - Search forward Next - Search backward Zoom in - The whole Thumbnail search was divided to three layers. The first layer is hourly based. Each picture on the windows is the first picture of that hourΖWhen select a specific hour to do Zoom in, it goes into second layer. The second layer displays 16 pictures based on evenly divided time slots in this hourΖ Then if any one of these pictures is selected to do Zoom inΔit goes into the third layer.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) selectable Time/GPI/Motion Detection key in the date / time you want to search Fig. 3-22 3.3.9.2 Search by Event Searches the list of recorded files for the specified event such as a specific area of motion or a GPI Trigger that occurred within the specified time interval. Search by GPI Trigger: 1. Select the GPI# you want to search 2. Select “All Time Range”Ε”Today”Ε”Yesterday” or “User Define” for quicker searching. 3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) date/time/camera# indication Back Fig. 3-24 search result list previous record replay next record 3.3.10 Search by Motion On Fig. 3-23, if you select motion detection as Fig. 3-25, the screen of Fig.3-26 will pop up for your selection of the motion detection area. 1. Select motion detection of the camera# you want 2. Select the time period you want. It can be “All Time Range”Ε”Today”Ε”Yesterday” or “User Define” 3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 4. And then select search area by mouse left button drag. 5. Click “ok” to start searching motion files at that specific area. Fig. 3.26 Search result and following operations are the same as Fig. 3-24. 3.3.11 Search by Text ( This function is NOT available on firmware version MDVR 2.0 ) This function is to search record video files that contain specific POS text data for playback. This search can be “transaction based”.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) starting string of a transaction ending string of a transaction the strings you want to search in logical “AND” combination POS device selection default all “ON” Fig. 3-27 The search result is as Fig. 3-28. The first record of the search result is playing on the screen. But the background searching keeps going. After searching completes, the record list shows up at the bottom of the screen. You can then click any one record in the list to play. On Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) overlay POS text POS text panel when checked, enable overlay POS text on video, search result list scroll up/down to see complete POS text Fig. 3-28 Note : Click the “search result list” button to show the record list of search Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.4 Snapshot You can do snapshot to capture one image of current playback file by click “pause” button and then, mouse right click. You will see a “SAVE” button appears on the image screen and mouse cursor becomes “X”. Click “SAVE” button and you will get a pop up image on the playback screen as Fig. 3-30. Fig. 3-30 You need at least one USB pen disk inserted on AP416 as back up device.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.5 Close playback screen Stop playback recording file and back to the recording file list menu. [ System setup] 3.6 Setup Click the Set Up button to enter AP-5004 system configuration menu. There are sub menus, System Setup, Record Setup, Alarm and Motion Detection can be configured. This section explains each of the menu pages in turn. 3.6.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.2 Video The Video menu enables you to set video parameters such as the video standard and so on for each camera. Select the camera from the Camera drop-down box and fill in the details in each field as required using mouse. Fig. 3-33 Standard: sets the video signal format. Choose NTSC in the US, or PAL in Europe and most Asian countries. If you are not sure about this option, select Auto. AP-5004 will detect the video standard automatically.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Hue: adjusts the dominant color for the selected camera. Quality: adjusts the video quality for each camera. The default setting is 80. We recommend that you do not set this to 100 to avoid a slower rate of video transmission and using up a significant amount of hard disk space. Compression Boost: This is ONLY valid for H.263 algorithm. Its purpose is to lower video data rate. But it sacrificed video quality.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.4 TV output Use the TV Output menu to configure the video output of AP416. It can be standard VGA computer monitors or TV type screens. Set the device type, standard, outputs and other parameters. Set the Camera (From) and Camera (To) options to specify the range of cameras that are displayed in the cyclic display mode. Software based De-interlace support.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) To set up the OSD text: 1. Select the desired camera from the Camera drop-down box. 2. Click the Enable field to display the text. 3. Adjust the position of the text display on the image using the X and Y parameters. A value of X=0 and Y=0 would result in the text appearing at the top left corner of the camera image. Increasing the value of Y moves the text down the screen. Increasing the value of X moves the test the right.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) tag the port number following IP address of the unit. Consult your network manager if you don’t understand how to do. normally one set is enough, unless you want to use two network cards May use port other than 80. If this is the case, then, tag port# following IP when using HTTP. Fig. 3-38 3.6.8 Account ( for remote ONLY) Use the Account menu to set up the administrator as well as User name and password. The accounts configured here are all for remote access ONLY.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.9 Audio Mic Gain – Adjust microphone input signal level, Speaker – For speaker volume adjust Mic Timeout and Speaker Timeout – Time out period setting for remote access. Self Test – Local test from microphone to speaker. Camera n – Select audio source that is to relate with the camera. AP-5004 has ONLY one audio source from mother board, so you have ONLY one choice here.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) AP416 can receive POS text from LAN port. There are two methods: 3.6.10.1 Direct connect – If the POS machine can send out POS text through its LAN Port, then, you can connect it directly to the LAN that AP416 can access it. The configuration procedure is: 3.6.10.1.1 Select POS LAN device – There are 16 devices maximum. 3.6.10.1.2 Select Static or Dynamic IP. When Static IP is selected, key in the IP address and port number of POS machine.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.11.1 Port – You have selections here “COM”, “AP204”, “(SIP)LAN” & “(DIP)LAN”. COM ports are the COM1 & COM2. On AP-5004, COM2 is RS485 dedicated for PTZ camera control. “AP-204” is the RS232 to LAN converter that you set up at section 3.6.10. Only the AP-204 units that were connected successfully will show up here. (SIP) LAN is the LAN connection from POS machine with “static IP” address. (DIP)LAN is the POS machine with “dynamic IP” connection to AP-5004. 3.6.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.13 Date/Time Select your correct time zone at “T.Zone” field. The year/month/date/hour/minute/second also can be configured. AP-5004 will reboot to the new time zone after click “OK”. Time zone select Year / Month / Date / Time set up Fig. 3-44 3.6.14 ISP If you are using dial-up access to the Internet, use the ISP menu to enter the necessary details for login to your Internet Service Provider. The TCP/IP data is assigned by ISP. So, make it automatic here.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.6.15 PPPoE for ISP login If “Yes”, connect to Internet automatically when AP416 start up, if “No, then, you need to click “connect” manually click to connect Fig. 3-46 This section provides another way for connecting AP-5004 to Internet. PPPoE uses your existing LAN to dial up to your ISP for Internet service. You don’t need a telephone line here. But you do need an ISP login account name and password. You can set two DNS( Domain Name Server) IP addresses.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) This function enables AP-5004 to connect to Internet through an external USB 3G modem. You need a 3G account for login. Select the USB port of AP-5004 where 3G modem is plugged. Select the baud rate and enter 3G phone number. The “Apn” field varies with different 3G operators. You need to consult your local 3G service provider to get the number. Some areas may not need it for connection. Other buttons are similar to ISP setting as Fig. 3-45.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Fig. 3-49 3.14.17 Algorithm H.263: frame size is small and suitable for Network surveillance. MPEG4: Video quality good and frame size small. JPEG: Video quality best but frame size big. Selectable MPEG4, H263,MJPEG, JPEG Fig. 3-50 3.14.18 NTP setup This function is used for synchronization the system clock of AP-5004 with a NTP( Network Time Protocol) server. You can set up how many hours you want to do the synchronization.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Clock refresh period select NTP server from the list if you don’t want to use NTP server in the list, you can edit here click to test if the NTP server is alive Fig. 3-51 After making the changes, click on the Test & Save button to verify that the server is operational. Click OK to save changes. 3.14.19 License : ( POS function is NOT available on firmware version MDVR 2.0 ) 1. There are two ways to grant POS license.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Level 2. 4 POS units – Can connect maximum 4 cash registers. Level 3. Full functions – Can connect maximum 16 cash registers. The Hybrid license can be max. 16. After key in the “License key”, click “Register...” to complete the process. 3.14.20 System Log System log includes operations performed at local VGA screen and remote operations. User can search system log by year/date/time. Not all operations have log. Fig. 3-53 3.14.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.14.22 Configuration File: You can backup or restore system configuration into a file for future restore in case of something wrong that causes loss of configuration, or restore it to another machine in case it has similar functions. Backup configuration data: 1. Connect a USB flash to DVR for backup or restore configuration data. DVR will auto detect flash. 2. Select backup section and click a device, which is shown in the field. 3.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) select device to restore select configuration file to restore from Fig. 3-56 3.14.23 Default settings Select “Yes” here and click “OK” button to restore default setting to AP-5004. The default administrator name and password are “webmonitor” and “oyo”. Default IP address is 192.168.10.10. Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.14.24 Revise firmware Here you can do firmware revise from local VGA screen as Fig. 3-58 below. You can put the firmware binary file in a VCD/DVD or USB HDD. You will be asked to select the device that is to be used for revise firmware. Select the device and firmware file, then click “OK” to start the process. After completed, the machine will do reboot into new firmware. Fig. 3-58 3.14.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) 3.15.1 DVR setup Use the DVR menu under the Record Setup tab to set the Digital Video Recorder parameters. selectable “Auto stop” or “Cyclic Recording” Fig. 3-60 Select either Auto Stop or Cyclic Recording. Auto Stop recording stops when disk space runs out. Cyclic Recording continues to record until disk space runs out and then overwrites the oldest records. Click OK to save changes. 3.15.2 Record schedule On Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) as “Yes” are activated. 3.15.2.2 Recording days – Click the week days to select the days for record 3.15.2.3 Recording period – Key in the start and stop time to record. 3.15.2.4 Audio recording – Click “Yes” to record audio 3.15.2.5 Weight recording – “Weight recording” is a feature that records at higher frame rate when something happens. Normally, if nothing happens, you can record at lower frame rate to save disk space.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) set up the recording time for how long you want the cameras to record after GPI trigger. Remember to make “Enable” as “Yes” to activate this function and click “OK” to save the configuration. 3.15.4 Text recording ( This function is NOT available on firmware version MDVR 2.0 ) This function is particularly for POS integration. If you don’t have POS machine connect to AP-5004, you can skip this section. There are two selections for each camera, “POS event” and “Text”.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) [ Alarm] 3.16.1 Alarm setup The fields set up here at Fig. 3-64 apply to all kinds of alarms except the POS Event Text, which is dedicated to POS integration. Click “Test” button to test if the e-mail can be sent successfully. receiver’s e-mail address how many times you want to send the e-mail when alarm trigger the interval in seconds between consecutive e-mails pop up a camera on VGA screen when alarm for 20 seconds key in the text to be defined as Event 1 Fig.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) select GPI# set the time period you want to generate alert click ON to enable Fig. 3-66 GPI 1 on VGA screen, GPI#1 is related to camera#1, GPI#2 relates to camera#2,...and so on. 3.16.3 Motion Alarm Fig. 3-67 let you set up the motion alarm generates from a specific camera. The setting is similar to Fig. 3-66 except the camera selection. select the camera to generate motion alarm Fig. 3-67 3.16.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) select camera Fig. 3-68 3.16.5 Disk Space Low This alarm is valid ONLY when you set “Auto stop” at section 3.15.1 It triggers when the disk space is full. So that customer can do proper actions to back up or change disks. “Message” , “Beep” alerts and sending e-Mail can be configured. Fig. 3-69 3.16.6 Disk Error This alarm triggers when AP-5004 detects disk error. That means AP-5004 can not access, read or write to the disk.
Chapter 3. Graphic User Interface (GUI) Fig. 3-70 Note: The text was captured from the POS machine; you should check what text will be sent from the POS machine, then set appropriate text in POS Event. 3.17 Motion Detection You can set up Motion detection parameters for each camera on the screen of Fig. 3-71 1 2 3 4 Fig. 3-71 Fig. 3-71 The Procedure is : 1. Camera: Select the camera you want to do configuration. 2. Enable (Yes/No): Turn On/Off the motion detection function. 3.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Chapter 4. IR Remote Control Operation 4.1 Introduction This chapter covers remote control operation using IR remote controller. The AP-5004 must be in IR remote control running mode for this operation. 4.2 Main menu Press the Menu button on the remote control to display the main menu on screen. Menu button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select one of the four options and press OK button to confirm your choice. 4.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Up and Down arrow buttons OK button Prev Page Next Page 4.3.1 Password protect Use the Password Protect option to enable password protection, set administrator and user passwords, set the auto lock period and lock the system immediately. Enabling password protection prevents unwanted users from accessing or configuring the AP-5004. The Password Protect menu has the following choices: Enable - enables password protection. Admin Pass - sets the admin password.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4. Use the Arrow buttons on the remote control to choose a letter and use the OK button to confirm you choice. 5. When the new password has been entered correctly, press the keypad button on the remote control to turn off the on-screen keyboard. 6. Press the OK button to confirm the new password. When user or admin passwords are set and enabled, you will be prompted for a password before going on further functions.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation rate applications.. Auto Gain Control-enables automatic gain control to adjust the video signal strength. Mirror Horizontal flips the video signal from the selected camera along the horizontal axis. Mirror Vertical – flips the video signal from the selected camera along the vertical axis. Max Connection - limits the maximum number of connections allowed to access the AP-5004 over the Internet. Set to zero to allow the maximum number of connections.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 1. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to highlight the Timeout field. 2. Use the Right arrow key to increase the value and the Left arrow key to decrease the value. 3. Press the OK button to confirm the new value. You can set and recall up to 6 preset configurations for each camera using the following buttons in the PTZ control section: Preset - save the current pan, tilt, zoom, and focus settings in one of 6 preset configurations.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation The Add Network Disk menu is displayed, enabling you to set the IP address and volume size of the disk, test its validity, and save the disk parameters. To enter an IP address: 1. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons on the remote control to highlight the IP/Addr option and press the Right arrow button to confirm the choice. 2. Enter an IP address using the number buttons on the remote control.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Deinterlace - Software –> based De-interlace support. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons on the remote control to select any one of the displayed parameters and use the Left and Right buttons to cycle through the available options. Press the OK button when parameters are set correctly. 4.3.6 OSD text A line of text can be displayed with the video from each camera connected to the AP-5004. Use the OSD Text menu to enable the text and alter it.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 5. 6. When your text is complete, press the Keypad button to remove the on-screen keyboard. Press the OK button to save the new text. 4.3.7 TCP/IP Use the TCP/IP menu to set the IP address of the AP-5004, the gateway, the subnet mask, the DNS server IP address, and the HTTP port. If you want to use the AP-5004 on your network, see your network administrator to obtain a valid IP address for the AP-5004.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4.3.8 Account Use the Account menu to set up an administrator name and password as well as user name and passwords. The default administrator name is Webmonitor and the default password is OYO. You can also use this menu to set up to 16 additional users, their passwords and their permissions on the system. Note: It is important that you set up a user name and password. The user is different from the administrator and has access to only the video.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 9. Press the Right arrow button to select Yes to enable the user to record and play back the signal from the selected cameras. 10. Use the Up and Down buttons to select the Audio option. Note: Audio can be disabled for live viewing and playback of recordings using the Audio Disable function. 11. Press the Right arrow button to select Yes to enable the user to hear the live audio from the selected cameras. 4.3.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation COM1 Device - selects the type the serial device. You can select external modems, GPIO, voice call modems, etc. COM1 Speed - sets the speed (1200 to 115200 bps) for the serial device. COM1 Flow Control - enables or disables the flow control for the device. COM1 Data Bits - Sets the number of data bits (6, 7, or 8) for the device. COM1 Parity - Sets odd or even parity. COM1 Stop Bits - Sets 1 or 2 stop bits for the device. To change the serial port parameters: 1.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 2. Use the Left arrow to decrease the value and the Right arrow to increase the value for that field. 3. Press the OK button when the values are set correctly. Note: The AP-5004 reboots to save the changes, if you modify the time zone. 4.3.13 Alarm Use the Alarm menu to define what constitutes an alarm condition and how the AP-5004 reacts when such a condition occurs.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Name - Type your user name. Pass - Type your password. Sender - Type the e-mail address of the sender. Test - Checks the validity of the provided E-mail address by sending E-mail. 5. Press the Right arrow button to confirm your selection. 6. Press the Key Pad button on the remote control to display the on-screen keyboard. 7. Use the Arrow keys to select the letters you need to complete the field and press the OK button to confirm. 8.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4. 5. Press the Right arrow button for the required action to view the submenu. After enabling the action, set up the Start and End Hour, Minute, and Second to make the feature active during the specified time interval of the day. The default settings have the feature enabled throughout the whole day. 6. If you selected the E-Mail option as the desired action, you have to set up the recipient of the E-mail, the subject and the text matter of the E-mail.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 2. Press the Right arrow button to confirm. 3. Press the Key Pad button on the remote control to display the on-screen keyboard. 4. Use the Arrow buttons to select letters and numbers from the on-screen keyboard and use the OK button to confirm. 5. 6. When the field is correct, press the Key Pad button to turn off the on-screen keyboard. Press the OK button to confirm the new field. 4.3.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Test&Save? - tests the server and saves the changes. To change NTP settings: 1. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select a field to change from the NTP menu. 2. 3. 4. Press the Right button to confirm. Press the Key Pad button on the remote control to display the on-screen keyboard. Use the Arrow buttons to select letters from the on-screen keyboard and use the OK button to confirm. 5.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4.4.1 AP-5004 Setup Use the AP-5004 menu to set the AP-5004 (Digital Video Recorder) mode. Choose Cyclic Recording to keep recording on the hard disk continuously. Choose Auto Stop to stop recording when the disk is full. You can set an alarm to be generated when the hard disk is full and send notification through a beep, E-mail, or text message. To change the AP-5004 mode: 1.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 3. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select a field to change, from the following options: Enable -enables the recording schedule. Mon through Sun - enables recording on the specified days of week. Start Hour/Minute/Second - sets the exact time when the recording starts. Stop Hour/Minute/Second - sets the exact time when the recording ends. Camera 1 through 16 - sets the recording mode for the selected camera. Select Normal Record to record continuously.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation • Disable all area –set no area is motion detect area. 3. Select the Enable field and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to toggle between Yes, to enable the motion detection feature, and No, to disable it. 4. Select the Sensitivity choice and use the Left/Right arrow buttons to decrease/increase the sensitivity. We recommend that you keep the sensitivity level to its default setting.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 2. When the text record menu appears, Use the number buttons on the remote control to enter a new value. The minimum record time is 30sec. 3. Press the Right arrow button to confirm. 4. Uses the Up and Down Arrow buttons to select POS Event or Text to record only when POS event or text was detected. 5. Press the OK button when the value is set correctly. 4.4.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation track is played. Use the Prev Page and Next Page buttons on the remote control to move between pages. 4.5.1 Playback list Use the Playback list function to display a list of all recordings stored on the AP-5004 as follows. 1. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select a recording to play back. The alarm condition which caused the file to be recorded is indicated in the list.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation the next motion detection or alarm trigger event, press the Right/Left arrow buttons. Motion Detection – The yellow bars represent where motion detection was set off. Searching for a file: The AP-5004 playback list can be searched for a specific file. You can conduct the search based on time, event, or text. 4.5.2 To search for a recorded file: 1. While viewing the play list, press the Menu button to display the menu. 2.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 3. Press the Right arrow button to view the submenu for the selected option. 4. Select each of the options such as Year, Month, Day, and so on using the Up or Down arrows. 5. Modify the settings as required using the Left and Right arrow buttons. Note: If you select the Search by Event option, choose an event from GPI 1~16. If you choose the Select by Text option, enter the text using the Key Pad button. 6. Press OK when done to conduct the search. 4.5.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation Note: The AP-5004 will begin to collect data as soon as the above screens are displayed. When the required data has been collected, the backup can begin. 4.6 System Maintenance Press the Menu button on the remote control to display the main menu on screen. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select one of the five options and press the OK button to confirm your choice. 4.6.1 Alarm log Any alarm will be written into alarm log include video loss, disk error….etc.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4.6.2 System log Any operation will be written into system log include local operation and remote operation. User can search system log by specific time. 4.6.3 Default settings Use the Default Settings option to reset all configurable parameters to their factory default settings. When the Default Settings option is chosen from the System Setup menu, a message is displayed asking you to confirm.
Chapter 4: IR Remote Control Operation 4.6.5 Revise firmware Use the Revise Firmware option to upgrade the firmware in the AP-5004. The firmware can be revised through an external read-write CD drive, a USB flash drive, or a USB thumb drive. Connect the device to the AP-5004 and then use this option. 4.7 System Shutdown Use the System Shutdown option to shut down or reboot the system. To shut down or reboot the system: 1. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select either Shutdown or Reboot. 2.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation Chapter 5. APEC Network Operation 5.1 Introduction AP-5004 can also be configured over a network using a PC running standard web browser. This chapter covers network operation. Before you can access AP-5004 from remote PC client, you need to install DCS Plug-in software. This is a one time effort. Please refer to Chapter 6 for how to install it. 5.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation 5.3 Surveillance screen panel 1 4 9 16 split windows select Group sequencing Fig. 5-6 The split windows selection icons are there for your selection to show the camera videos on local screen. It can be 1/4/9/16 splits. The group sequencing icons are for changing camera videos shown on the local screen in grouping sequence. 5.4 Playback button Click the Playback button on Fig. 5-7 to playback record files. Please refer to section 5.12 for detail operations.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation middle speed Click to bring up advanced PTZ functions as Fig. 5-9-1 camera select snapshot full screen audio Fig. 5-9 5.5.1 Advanced PTZ function Fig. 5-9-1 is the screen for Pelco D type PTZ control. You can do “Auto Pan”, “Patrol” Fig. 5-9-1 and open OSD menu, in addition to what you can do on Fig. 5-9 The PTZ functions and screen layout here is different for different brands.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation 5.6 System Setup Click the SETUP button to display the setup screen as Fig. 5-11. set up Fig. 5-10 Use the setup screen to change user definable parameters for the AP-5004. Choose a submenu from the list on the left and click the link to display it. Fig.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation 5.6.1 Camera Setting Select the camera that you want to adjust from the “Video Source” field. Video standard is NTSC or PAL selectable. Values of “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Saturation” and “Hue” are default at “50”. The “Quality” is set default at “80”, an acceptable level. You can adjust it higher for better quality. But, please remember, do NOT make it at “100”.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation Fig. 5-13 5.6.3 Alarm & remote control The GPI state can be NO(normally open) or NC(normally close). When NO is selected as shown below, AP-5004 generate alarm if the GPI state changes to “close” by external event. There are maximum 8 GPI and GPO points in a AP-5004 depends on the IO device installed. The state of GPO can be “ON” or “OFF” . When “OFF” is selected as below, it means the output points are “open” and when “ON”, it means “close”.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation This is ONLY good for compression algorithm selected as JPEG when this is checked, AP-5004 will use the TCP/IP settings you filled in and don’t care about ISP’s value. Fig. 5-15 • Account Setting – This is for remote login account set up. Here you can have one administrator and one user. • Set Video Compression Algorithm – Selectable MPEG4 / H264 / JPEG / MJPEG here.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation When you access http://www.apecdvr.com , you will get the screen as Fig. 5-17. You can then enter the MAC ID or server name of the AP-5004 that you want to search. In this example, we used server name “DVR” and we did get one machine. You then need to login using proper user name and password to see the video. Please be noted, it is better to search by MAC ID or using a unique server name in order to get the machine you really want. Fig. 5-17 5.6.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation enter sequence number here, 1 - 256 list only remote created users Fig. 5-18 5.6.6 Audio setting AP-5004 can support ONLY one audio source from mother board or sound card. So, on Fig. 5-19, the audio source is either “NULL” or “Audio1(MB)”. The “Microphone Gain” and “Speaker Volume” are for audio signal level adjustment. The “Timeout” fields of Microphone and Speaker Control are the number of seconds that a remote login user can access the microphone and speaker.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation microphone ON/OFF click to stop click for two way audio data rate transmission speed Fig. 5-19 select source Fig. 5-20 5.6.7 Set serial port AP-5004 has 2 serial ports built-in. COM1 is RS232, 9 pin D type. COM2 is RS485, 2 pin at the back panel slot. COM1 is default for modem connection and COM2 for PTZ control. You probably need to enter modem initialization string for successful modem connection.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation The NETI/O Setting is used only when you have VP-204 connected to this AP-5004. VP-204 is a RS232 to LAN converter for POS till machine integration with AP-5004. When connect VP-204 to the same LAN segment of VP-5004, it will detect VP-204 and you can then select it at the “Port” field of Fig. 5-22. You can have multiple VP-204 units on the LAN. The “Device Type” for VP-204 is “Data Capture”.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation select serial device to connect with POS machine select camera for POS text overlay select POS machine model click to browse font table after selected, font name will be put here automatically Fig. 5-23 5.6.9 System information Click the System Information link to display the System Information page. Fig. 5-24 No information on this page is changeable. 5.6.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation Use the Set Time and Date page to set the time and date. Select a time zone from the drop down menu and enter new local time and date using the keyboard. Click Done when all fields are updated. Click Undo to revert to original settings. If you change the time zone, the system will reboot. time zone select Fig. 5-25 5.6.11 Set NTP server You can use “Set NTP Server” to configure a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server for synchronization of AP-5004 internal system clock.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation Fig. 5-27 5.6.13 Alarm Log Any alarm will be written into alarm log including motion triggerǵGPIO triggerǵDisk errorǵVideo loss ǵPOS event.…..etc. User can search alarm log by specific time and double click one of the alarm log on the list to play specification-recording data. Fig. 5-28 5.7 Record Set Up 5.7.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation Fig. 5-29 5.7.2 Record schedule You can set up max. 16 record schedules here. The combination of the schedules are in “OR” rule. For example, if you set a camera to record on Monday 13:00 to 16:00 at schedule#1 and at schedule#2, you set this camera to record on Monday also, from 09:00 to 12:00. If you enable both these two schedules, then, this camera will record on Monday, from 09:00 to 16:00.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation to turn “OFF” Auto Speed. Weight recording is a special feature of APEC machines for efficient use of system resources. When turn “ON” “Weight rec:” field, the camera that receives event trigger, such as Motion Detection, or GPI trigger , will record at the frame rate set on “W. RecFPS” field. This function makes cameras able to record at higher frame rates when something happen and lower frame rate when nothing.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation select POS event or text. When POS event, only special text string defined as “event” triggers the record. When text, any POS text received, triggers the record Fig. 5-32 5.7.5 Set Pre-alarm You can set each camera to record before alarm happens. The maximum number of frames a camera can record for “Pre-Alarm” is 300 frames. set number of frames to record before alarm trigger Fig.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation 5.8 Alarm Set Up 5.8.1 E-mail set up AP-5004 can send E-mail with camera snapshots when alarm happens. The alarm includes GPI, Motion Detection, Video Lost, Disk Space Low, Disk error and POS event. You select from “Type” field of Fig. 5-34 for the alarm type that you want to send e-mail. The “Start Time” and “Stop Time” fields for your selection of the time period that you want to send e-mail when alarm. At “To:” field, enter the destination e-mail address.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation selectable GPI, Motion Detection, Video Lost, Disk Space Low, Disk error, POS event destination e-mail address Please remember to set up DNS IP in “System Configuration” if you use a domain name here in stead of physical IP Fig. 5-34 5.8.3 GPO Alarm set up No need to do anything here. 5.9 Set Motion Detection The red rectangle in the upper left corner of Fig. 5-35 indicates that motion is being detected.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation 5.10 Search This is the same as Fig. 5-32. Please refer to section 5.6.17, playback. 5.11 FTP Upload AP-5004 can upload snapshots from the camera using FTP to a predefined location in the event of an alarm. Use the FTP Upload page to set FTP details.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation selected for listing on Fig. 5-30 today Fig. 5-37 select time and click “Play file” to get the file Fig. 5-38 Fig. 5-39 click to play click to bring up Fig. 5-32 3. By search – On Fig. 5-37, click “Search” to bring up Fig. 5-40. You can query by “Start” / “Stop” time or by POS text. The search based on POS text is a kind of “Transaction” search. You can define the starting and ending text strings.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation see Fig. 5-42 status bar Fig. 5-41 stop pause status bar selection speed selection step forward play snap shot save to disk( one camera Only) On Fig. 5-41, there are some selections: 1. Dimension – You can select 320x240,640x480,800x600,1024x768 to meet the resolution of your VGA screen. 2. Display – You can select 1/4/8/16 cameras here. This is the number of camera video you want to show on the screen. 3. Camera – Selection here is related to Display.
Chapter 5: APEC Network Operation select the camera you want. The file name is automatically created as “yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.d01”. 9. Download & save – Click here to download the entire recording file for save to disk. You can enter the time slot of interest then click “Download >>>” . File name is default as “IP-yyyymmddhhmmss.d01”. You can change it. The “From” field counts from the beginning of that hour and the “To:” field counts from the start of “From:” field. Fig. 5-42 5.
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Chapter 6: DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 Chapter 6. DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 This DCS plugin will allow us to view remotely APEC DVR’s using IE. Uninstall your current DCS, apply the patch to the DVR and after that connect to the DVR using IE. It will download and install the DCS. Requirements: PC OS: Windows Xp/Vista Guides: Installation in Windows Vista Installation in Windows XP + IE7 Windows Vista 1. 2. 3. Login to Windows Vista using an Administrator level account.
Chapter 6: DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 Fig. 6-3 Fig. 6-4 6. The DCS will start to install after downloading the dcs.cab. Please be aware that the download can take a few minutes depending on the bandwidth of your connection to AP-5004 DVR. Fig.
Chapter 6: DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 7. After the installation, you will be able to access remotely the AP-5004 DVR Fig. 6-6 Windows XP + IE7 1. 2. 3. 4. Login to Windows XP using a Administrator level account. If you have DCS / Secuwatch / Secuwatch Client installed in the PC, please uninstall it first. Open Internet Explorer and key in the IP of the DVR. It will ask you for the username and password same thing as Fig. 6-7. Fig. 6-7 5. It will ask you to install the "dcs.
Chapter 6: DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 Click here Fig. 6-9 Fig. 6-10 6. The DCS will start to install after downloading the dcs.cab. Please be aware that the download can take a few minutes depending on the bandwidth of your connection to AP-5004 DVR. Fig.
Chapter 6: DCS Plugin Installation Guide v3.0 Fig. 6-12 7. After the installation, you will be able to access AP-5004 DVR remotely. Fig.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration Chapter 7. AP-5004 Mobile DVR 3G / GPS configuration 3G or GPRS communication is important for access AP-5004 mobile DVR from control center because it is difficult to use Wi-Fi while the vehicle is moving. It is helpful to consult the document “3G Basic Knowledge” before proceed to do the configuration. 7.1 Requirements For AP-5004 to work on 3G / GPS , you need the followings available: 3G USB modem AP-5004 with FW MDVR 2.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration Fig. 7-1 After installed, run the software to get the data of “Dial number”, “User name”, “Password”, and “APN”. If the SIM card uses on the 3G modem has a PIN code, you need to disable it using this software, as Fig. 7-2 Un-check to disable Fig. 7-2 7.4 Configure AP-5004 7.4.1 3G modem Enter “advanced set up “ -> “system configuration” ->”3G” to get Fig. 7-3.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration Fig. 7-3 Fig. 7-4 Other fields of Fig. 7-3 are as below: Baud rate : 921600 by default. Phone: Phone number to dial. In Taiwan is *99#. It may vary depending on the ISP. APN: Access Point Name. Provided by ISP. Blank for Taiwan ISP provider. Boot Connection: Γ Yes: AP-5004 will try to connect automatically during the startup using 3G modem as configured. Γ No: It does not connect automatically.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration 7.4.2 How to check IP address of AP-5004 Enter “System Setup” and click “System info”, then, you can get Fig. 7-5 and see the IP address of this AP-5004 there. Fig. 7-5 When AP-5004 connects to Internet through 3G modem, the IP address assigned by ISP will be dynamic. You will need to use the “registration” function so that the external world can access it from remote. Please refer to section 5.6.4 for more detail about using “registry”.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration 7.5 Important notes when using 3G connection 1. Username & Password blank are supported. 2. Make sure that this 3G provider will give you a public IP with port 80, 4128 are unblocked. 3. Disable the PIN of the Sim card, if it has the PIN blocking enabled. You can do this with the dialing software (for Windows XP) inside the 3G USB Stick. 4. The 3G connection will disconnect the LAN connection. 5. The "LAN" status will become gray as Fig.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration AP-5004 will reboot after you click “OK”. After reboot, if you are at a place that can receive GPS signals, you will be able to see the GPS coordinate text at the bottom left of the video window as Fig. 7-12. Fig. 7-12 7.6.5 GPS USB modem supporting list Theoretically, all modem that uses Profilic USB-Serial driver is compatible with the firmware of AP5004.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration Appendix A: Auto re-connect feature A.1: Auto re-connect process Following diagram shows 3G re-connect procedure of AP-5004. This feature will be activated ONLY if AP-5004 had connected successfully to 3G before the connection broken. Fig. 7-14 A.2: How to disable auto re-connect feature When auto-connect feature is activated, and AP-5004 had been connected successfully to 3G, go to "System Setup ", "3G ", to check its status.
Chapter 7: AP-5004 Moible DVR 3G / GPS configuration Fig. 7-15 Appendix B. FAQ Q1: Can't connect to the 3G network! A1: Please check these following things: 1. Check if the SIM card is inserted correctly. 2. Check if you SIM card has 3G/GPRS/UTMS service and check if your USB modem can support that network service. 3. Check the USB modem model & brand. 4. Please check the username / password / APN / Phone Number. Contact your 3G provider company if you are not sure if these information are correct. 5.