HD-SDI Hybrid DVRs User’s Manual Model: 4+12-CH 2+8-CH 4-CH Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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PRECAUTIONS Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Use the appliance at temperature within 0oC ~ +40oC (32oF ~ 104oF) and humidity below 85%. The input power source for this appliance is +12 VDC. Performance and lifetime of hard disk drives are easily affected by heat (used at high temperature).
Table of Contents 1. Product Overview………………….……………………….……... 7 1.1 Features…………………..…….…………..…………………... 7 2. Panels And Remote Controller…………...………………….……. 2.1 Front Panel………….……….…………………………….……. 2.2 Back Panel………………….…………………………….…….. 2.3 Remote Controller…………..…….……………………….…… 9 9 12 14 3. Installations…….…….……………………………………….…… 15 3.1 Basic Connections…………….………………………….…….. 15 3.2 Optional Connections…………..………………………….…… 17 4. Main Screen And Basic Operations………….……..……….…... 4.1 Text Input……………………………………….
.10.1 E-mail Setup……………..……………………………….. 6.10.2 FTP Setup……………..………………………………….. 6.10.3 3G Modem Setup……………………..………………… 6.10.4 Advanced Network Setup……………..………………… 74 75 76 77 7. PTZ Control……………………….……………………………… 80 8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor) ……….... 8.1 Search By Time……………………………………….………… 8.2 Search By Event / Log Display………………………….……… 8.3 Smart Search………………………..………….……….……… 8.4 Search Archived Files………………………….……….……… 8.5 POS Search…………………………………….……….……… 8.
1. Product Overview The HD-SDI hybrid digital video/audio recorders are designed for use within a surveillance system and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorders are all based on industry-leading front-end to back-end surveillance infrastructure.
Support privacy mask Powerful alarm processor with configurable triggering conditions and reactions Up to five/two hard disk drives with storage > 3TB/HDD eSATA extension for external hard disk drives Support Advanced format HDD developed by Western Digital Video/audio backup to USB2.
2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. DVD Writer (optional) Used for backup purpose if installed. If DVD is installed, it must be connected to SATA#6 connector. 2. USB Mouse Connector (or on the back panel) Connect to USB 2.0 compatible mouse. 3. USB connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, USB 3G dongle, etc.
4. LEDs Indicators for POWER, HDD, and Net. 5. MODE Button In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. playing, this button is used as “slow backward”. At 6. SEQ Button Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. At playing, this button is used as “slow forward”. 7.
PTZ control if the focus camera is a PTZ camera. For the other models, press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays. 16. Left/Right Buttons (◄,►) In PTZ control, press these buttons to pan the camera. In the other screens, press this button to move the cursor or focus window. 17. Up/BS Button (▲/BS) Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to tilt up the camera.
2.2 Back Panel 1. HD-SDI Input Connectors (1-2/4) Connect HD-SDI cameras to these BNC connectors via RG-6U cables. The internal 75Ω termination is always ON. 2. Analog Video Input Connectors (5-16/3-10/none) Connect analog cameras to these BNC connectors. termination is always ON. The internal 75Ω 3. Video Out (CALL, MAIN) Connect TV monitor to the upper BNC connector for call monitor display, and connect TV monitor to the lower BNC connector for main monitor display. 4.
5. Audio In Connector (AUDIO IN 9-16) Connect to Audio In 9-10 Cable. 6. VGA Connector Connect VGA monitor to the VGA connector for main monitor display. 7. Remote Sensor Connector (optional) Beside the remote controller sensor on the front panel, the user may connect an extended remote controller sensor to this connector. Once this connector is used, the built-in remote controller sensor on the front panel will have no effect anymore to avoid signal interference. 8.
17. USB Mouse Connector (Reserved) Connect to USB 2.0 compatible mouse. 2.3 Remote Controller The remote controller is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle. Most of the buttons corresponds to one of those buttons on the front panel. Please refer to the descriptions in Section 2.1.
3. Installations The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 3.1 Basic Connections Please refer to the following diagram for the connections. Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the main board according to the local TV system for the digital video/audio recorder to work correctly. Cameras Connect the camera video input connectors to the video outputs from system cameras or other video sources via coaxial cables.
connect the cables as shown. 3. Cover the machine. Note: Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear to format the HDDs. Note: If DVD is installed, it must be connected to SATA#6 connector. Power Connect DC 12V power source to DC 12V Input.
3.2 Optional Connections Audio inputs Connect the Audio In/Out Connector to an Audio In/Out Cable, and then connect the audio input connectors of the cable to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio sources. Please make sure to associate the audio inputs with the cameras in Camera Setup as described in Section 6.2 accordingly. Audio output Connect the Audio In/Out Connector to an Audio In/Out Cable, and then connect the audio output connectors of the cable to the audio line-ins from speakers.
Call monitor Connect the call monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor. This monitor displays the full screen images of the cameras associated with the events (alarm or motion) or the images from the installed cameras sequentially according to the SEQ Display Setup (Section 6.4) for call monitor. PTZ Cameras Connect the RS-232 connector or the RS-485 connector to PTZ camera(s) via the appropriate cable.
RS-485 keyboard or Terminal Connect the RS-485 connector to a RS-485 keyboard controller or VT-100 terminal via the appropriate cables. Please make sure to setup the RS-422/485 configurations as described in Section 6.9 accordingly. Please refer to Appendix C for the Keyboard Control Protocol for the digital video recorder. eSATA Hard Disk Connect the eSATA connector to an eSATA hard disk for HDD extension. GPS modem Connect the RS-232 connector to GPS modem via the appropriate cable.
POS system Connect the RS-232 connector to POS system via the appropriate cable. The system supports the POS systems which can be connected to the following printers – Epson-TM200, Epson-TMU295, Epson-TMU300, Epson-TMU675, Epson-TMT882, Epson-RPU420, and Epson-MD332S. Please make sure to setup the RS-232 port (Section 6.9) accordingly.
4. Main Screen And Basic Operations 36% The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are several types of split-window screens. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.7) of the system. In addition to the split windows, the system time is displayed on the lower-left corner, the system states on the lower-right corner, and the rolling screen messages, if shown while certain event occurs, on the lower corner.
4.1 Text Input There are certain circumstances that the system requires the user to enter text, such as system login, camera title setup, and so on. Please follow the steps below to enter text: (1) Press ENTER to edit the highlighted option. to indicate the editing point. The flashing cursor will be shown (2) Press ◄► to move the cursor to the left/right. (3) Press code in text editing mode to change text case. (If this entry can accept number only, pressing code will have no effects.
4.2 Login And Logout There are three preset password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). Besides, the system also provides Customized password level. If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display. The system allows up to 18 user accounts. The administrator can set up the login name and password for each user. (Please refer to Section 6.7 for Password Setup.
Press this button to cancel alarm activation, i.e. reset the alarm outputs and silence the buzzer. SEQ (Mouse: ) Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.
Press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays. ENTER (Mouse: ) Press this button to display the GPS/POS data if there’s GPS/POS data fed to the DVR. Please select the Type (GPS or POS), Position, Background, Rows, and number of Characters on the screen, and then press ENTER to display the GPS/POS data, or ESC to cancel. The user may also enable/disable OSD display for certain fields in main screen.
(b) navigate the video window around if the zoom factor is X2 or X4. ENTER (Mouse: Click in the zoom window) Press this button to zoom in the zoom window, from X1 to X2 or from X2 to X4, if the zoom window is shown in the video window. X2 (Mouse: ) Press this button to (a) show/hide the zoom window if the current zoom factor is X1/X2, or (b) zoom out the video window back to zoom factor X1 if the current zoom factor is X4.
5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU (Mouse: shown. ) to call up Menu display as There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text. Please refer to Section 4.2 for Login/Logout display. The user’s operations are described as the followings: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
5.1 Status Display In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Status, and then press ENTER to call up Status display as shown. Status display includes Alarm Recording Status, Normal Recording Status, Camera Status, Alarm Input Status, Product Serial Number, and Product Version Number. Press ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to escape from Status display, and return to Menu display.
5.2 Volume Control In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Volume, and then press ENTER to call up Volume Control display as shown. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click in the respective item) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
For analog cameras, there are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below: ▲▼ Press these buttons to select the items. Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Press these buttons to change the analog camera. ) +/Press these buttons to adjust the selected item. SEQ (Mouse: ) Press this button to reset the settings for this camera to factory default values. CALL (Mouse: ) Press this button to reset the settings for all cameras to factory default values.
5.4 Display In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Display, and then press ENTER to call up Display dialog as shown. There are several items which can be adjusted, including Resolution, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, etc. Besides, the video ratio of 1/4-window display can be set to “Fit Window” or “Proportional”. The operations are as below: ▲▼(Mouse: Click in the respective item) Press these buttons to select the items. +/Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.
Note : To change resolution, please make sure the resolution is supported by the monitor. The resolution will be changed after the DVR reboots. Note : For VGA, the default sharpness setting should be fine; but for HDMI TV, users may need to lower the sharpness setting.
5.5 Backup Device In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Backup Device, and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below. The system supports internal DVD for Internal DVD models and a variety of USB 2.0 storage devices, including Storage Disk such as USB 2.0 storage disk drives and DVD Disc (including DVD+RW, DVD+R, and DVD-R). (DVD-RW is not supported.) The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items.
Note 3: The backup device has to be connected by the system software before it can be used to read/write. If it failed to connect, please unplug the device, and then plug the device in the USB port again. Note 4: Some backup devices may have compatibility problems. Please contact your local dealer or installer for the supported devices. Note 5: Please do not block the tray from ejecting, esp. while the DVD is in backup process. Blocking the tray from ejecting may damage the DVD writer.
Some DVD Discs Tested – Only single-side, single-layer disc is supported Infomedia DVD+R 16X Mitsubishi DVD+RW 1-4X Philips DVD+RW 1-4X Ritek DVD-R 8X Ritek DVD+RW 1-4X Verbatim DVD+RW 1-4X - 35 -
5.6 Software Upgrade (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown. The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
5.7 System Shutdown (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area. The user may power off the system safely when the power-off message is shown.
6. Setup (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then press ENTER to call up Setup Menu display as shown. (To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.) The user’s operations are described as the followings: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to change the highlighted item. ENTER (Mouse: Left click) Press this button to enter the setup of the highlighted option. each option, please refer to the following sections.
6.1 Pre-Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Pre-Camera Setup display. There are up to 16/10/4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes, which may relate one camera to the others, for all the installed cameras. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items.
Resolution – the (record) resolution of this camera. For HD-SDI camera, it’s auto-detection. For NTSC analog camera, it can be 720x480, 720x240, or 360x240; for PAL analog camera, 720x576, 720x288, or 360x288. Press +/buttons to select the resolution. PTZ ID – the PTZ ID of this camera if it’s a PTZ camera. The PTZ ID has to be consistent with the setting of this camera. Please refer to the manual of the camera for the ID setting. Press +/- buttons to change the value (N/A or 0-255).
6.2 Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Camera Setup display. The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera. There are up to 16/10/4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen.
the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Please note that the estimated total recording time (in days) will be shown in the dialog. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Title – The title (Max. 8 characters) of this camera. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Video Loss Settings.. – used to setup the action settings when video loss is detected for this camera.
(Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera will be recorded at this rate for Post-record time since the event occurs. (Please refer to the following sections for Post-record time.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 – 25 (PAL) / 30 (NTSC), discrete). Pre-record IPS – the pre-record IPS for this camera if certain event (Video Loss, Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera is recorded at this rate for Pre-record time before the event occurs.
copied to those of cameras 6-16.) ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after video loss is detected for this camera.
FTP – to send the recorded event video/audio files to FTP server or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “– –” unchecked. 6.2.2 Motion Setup In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Motion Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Motion/Mask Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Motion setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected motion for the camera.
Camera to go – the camera to go to the preset position in next field after motion is detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a PTZ camera. Goto Preset – to define the preset position to go to for the “Camera to go” Camera in last field if motion is detected for this camera. For more details about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 7 PTZ Control. Pre-record – to define how long before motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS.
ENTER in Settings.. to call up Motion Detection Setup (as shown) for this camera. In Motion Detection Setup, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the area with gray grids is the area which will be detected for motion, while transparent grids not detected for motion. Besides, there is a (yellow) Mask window. Following is a brief description for the operations: Numeric (Mouse: Press these buttons to select the camera. ) ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the Mask window.
for the motion detection of this camera. SEARCH (Mouse: ) Press this button to test the motion detection of this camera. The detected motion will be shown on the screen. Press this button again to stop testing. ESC (Mouse: or Right Click) Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion Setup. Privacy Mask Settings.. – used to setup the privacy mask settings. Press ENTER in Settings.. to call up Privacy Mask Setup for this camera.
The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen. Numeric (ENTER) Press these buttons to select the alarm input. COPY ( ) Press this button to copy the settings of the focus alarm input to all the following alarm inputs. (EX. focus alarm input is 5, its settings will be copied to those of alarm inputs 6-16.
buffer size of the system. Post-record – to define how long after this alarm input is triggered the Focus Camera shall be intensively recorded at Event Record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value. Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when this alarm input is triggered. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm Outputs. Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when this alarm input is triggered. ˇ” Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item.
6.4 SEQ Display Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup as shown. The SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor. Please note that Call Monitor supports 1/4 split window display. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.
Page Setup as shown. In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown. And the title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted. Following is a brief description for the operations: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to move the focus window. Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Press these buttons to change the camera for the focus window. ) +/- (Mouse: ) Press these buttons to change the current page for this SEQ Display Type.
6.5 Scheduled Record Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Scheduled Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup. The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system. There are up to 16 time segments (T1 – T16) for each weekday. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Mode – the schedule below applies to All cameras or Individual camera. +/- buttons to change the value. Camera – select the camera if Individual is selected. the camera. Press Press +/- buttons to select Start – the start time of this time segment, increment at 30 minutes.
The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus. COPY ( ) Press this button to copy the settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 2, its schedule settings will be copied to those of the cameras 3-...) Numeric 1-6 (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the active Recording Mode. The user may also press ENTER when the focus is on the Recording Mode to activate it.
6.6 HDD Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then press ENTER to call up HDD Setup as shown. In the surveillance applications, alarm video/audio is much more important than normal video/audio. So, this digital video/audio recorder is designed to allow the user to divide each HDD into alarm partition and normal partition. And, alarm video/audio will be recorded in alarm partition, normal video/audio in normal partition.
Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Size (GB) – the total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and Normal Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 for more detailed information and setup of each individual HDD. Please note that if the total alarm record size is zero, the alarm video/audio will be recorded in normal record partition.
6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each HDD, and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for each HDD. Please note that the HDD IDs start from ID 1 and the NAS device will be the last.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 100% for Alarm record and 0% for Normal record. If it has been formatted (and recorded), it will be partitioned according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared. CALL => Physical Format (Mouse: Left click) Press this button to physically format the selected HDD.
to call up NAS Setup display as shown. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the item. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from the NAS Setup dialog. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Please note that if the NAS settings are changed, the user will be asked to reboot the system for the new settings to take effect.
6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup In HDD Setup display, press SEQ to call up Advanced HDD Setup display as shown. The HDD Failure Action in Advanced HDD Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected HDD failure, while the Privacy settings allow the administrator to set the DVR to record for Limited Period and the Retention Period of its HDD storage. The HDD Failure Action will be triggered if there’s no available formatted HDD detected.
Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. default setting is “ˇ ˇ” - checked. The Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ ˇ” - checked. E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “– –” - unchecked.
6.7 Password Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown. The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level. There are three default password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest).
ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Guest Level – the access level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or -) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.
The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus. If the selected item is not shown on the screen, the screen will scroll up or down. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Password Setup display. The Password Setup contents will be updated accordingly. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Monitor Channel 1-16 – the user can only monitor those channels “checked”.
Setup Camera – to enable the user to do Camera Setup if “checked”. ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Press Setup Alarm – to enable the user to do Alarm Setup if “checked”. ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Press Setup SEQ Display – to enable the user to do SEQ Display Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. Setup Scheduled Record – to enable the user to do Scheduled Record Setup if “checked”.
6.8 System Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to System, and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown. The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
System Time – Synchronization – time synchronized with TSP Server / GPS or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “– –” unchecked. TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time Synchronization is enabled. The system will try to do time synchronization with the specified TSP server at the system preset interval. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Date – system date. Time – system time.
The RS-232/422/485 Setup allows the administrator to setup RS-232 control port, and RS422 or RS-485 control port. Please refer to the manuals for the connected devices - PTZ cameras or keyboard controllers – to set these items in RS-232/422/485 Setup. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
Stop Bit, and Parity) are the same as the PTZ Model selected. Please also note that the installer must be sure that the Keyboard Control Protocol and the PTZ Protocol won’t conflict with each other. Baud Rate – press +/- buttons to change the value. Data Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Stop Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Parity – (Odd, Even, or None). Press +/- buttons to change the value.
6.10 Network Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Network, and then press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown. The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related parameters. Please check with your network administrator to set these parameters correctly. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.
get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider). Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. Net Mask – Net Mask for the Ethernet IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. Gateway – Ethernet Gateway IP address. Please note that the priority of Gateway is (1) Ethernet Gateway and (2) 3G Gateway. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.
Advanced – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Advanced Network Setup. Please refer to Section 6.10.4 for the details. Note: If DDNS Type is FreeDNS, the URL must be appended with “,hash”, where hash is extracted from the grab URL batch file that is downloaded from freedns.afraid.org.
6.10.1 E-mail Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail. The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here. The general operations are as below: ▲▼(Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.
Username – username if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Mail From – the e-mail address of this DVR unit, i.e. the sender of the e-mails originated from the triggered events. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: FTP Server – FTP server web/IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. FTP Port – the FTP port. The default value is 21. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Username – username for this DVR unit in the FTP server. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
The general operations are as below: ▲▼(Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Username – username if requested by ISP. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Password – password if requested by ISP. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.
The Advanced Network Setup allows the administrator to set advanced network parameters. If the user is not familiar with network administration, please DO NOT modify the items in this dialog. The general operations are as below: ▲▼(Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving.
item. UPNP Port Forwarding – to use UPnP port forwarding for Control/Data/HTTP port for internet access if the router supports UPnP. Press +/- buttons to change the value. If UPnP port forwarding is used, the DVR will try to connect with UPnP router to set Control/Data/HTTP port after the user exits from this screen. It may take from a few seconds to a few minutes. If successful, new Control/Data/HTTP port will be shown with (*) in front of it.
7. PTZ Control The digital video/audio recorder supports a variety of PTZ cameras. The user can easily control the PTZ cameras through the operations described in this Chapter if those PTZ cameras have been connected and setup correctly. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections. Please refer to Section 6.1 Pre-Camera Setup to set the PTZ ID of each PTZ camera, and Section 6.9 RS-232/422/485 Setup to setup the control port.
Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Focus Operations +/ENTER +/- Iris Auto Pan (3) (Mouse: ) +/ENTER * # SEQ (5 sec.) (Mouse: ) +/-, NUMBER ENTER Preset (1) (Mouse: ) Pan Speed (3) (Mouse: ) +/-, NUMBER ENTER +/- Descriptions focus far/near (Mouse: ) auto focus (Mouse: ) Iris increase/decrease (Mouse: ) Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed start/stop Auto Pan set start position set end position SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.
8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator, Supervisor) There are five ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback: (a) Search by time, (b) Search by event, (c) Smart search, (d) Search archived files, and (e) POS search. In split-window display, press SEARCH button (Mouse: Menu display as shown. ) to call up Search The user’s operations are described as the followings: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
8.1 Search By Time The screen for Search By Time is shown on the right side: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time based on the selected Video/Audio before searching - alarm partition if any of Alarm, Motion, or Video Loss, is checked, and normal partition if Normal is checked. The general operations are as below: ▲▼(Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.
Video/Audio – (Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Normal). Check the types of the recorded video/audio you want to search for playback. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item. 8.2 Search By Event / Log Display The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below: There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, and System. And up to 6000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system.
Please select the backup device, and enter the directory name you want, and then press COPY to copy the event log to the selected backup device. SEQ => Page Up (Mouse: Left click) CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click) Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display. Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown) Press these buttons to select the display page of the event logs, the log list will also be updated.
8.3 Smart Search The screen for Smart Search is shown below: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. its right side. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID. Its title is shown on Start/End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio. The files will be searched from the start time to the end time entered here when the user press the SEARCH/MODE button later for the matched files. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.
Following is a brief description for the operations: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the Mask window. +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag) Press these buttons to resize the Mask window. ENTER (Mouse: ) Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. MODE (Mouse: ) Press this button to set/reset the whole video area. ESC (Mouse: or Right Click) Press this button to escape from Motion Area Setting screen, and return to Smart Search screen.
8.4 Search Archived Files The screen for Search Archived Files is shown below: The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Backup Device – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Backup Device dialog (if there’s no backup device connected).
8.5 POS Search The screen for POS Search is shown below: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.
Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID. Key word – the key word for the POS data of the camera to be searched for matched files. The POS data containing the key word will be selected as matched. If key word is empty, all POS data will be selected.
8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time In split-window display, press MODE button (Mouse: ) to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mode display live video. Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic Operations for how to change the camera(s) in the playback windows(s).
Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: ) Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port or internal DVD. The Backup display will be shown as below. Following is a brief description for the operations in Backup display: ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click) Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous display.
The description for each item and its specific operations is as below: Backup Device – the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no backup device connected. Press +/- buttons on the right selection to select the connected device. Please follow the steps described in Section 5.5 Backup Device to connect the backup device before copying. Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed.
Playback Buttons ( , , , , ) These playback buttons are still operational as described above. ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to not show the playback slider bar. Except the playback buttons, the user can still do all the other operations in split-window display as if there is no playback. Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic Operations for the operations of the other buttons. Note : The format of the GPS filename is YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.txt (or .
8.7 Playback/Archive For Search By Event In Log display, press Play Buttons ( , ) (Mouse: Left click) to playback the selected logs. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective. The operations are as below: Playback Buttons ( , , , , , , MENU, ENTER, MODE, SEQ, SEARCH) (Mouse: , ..) These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time. The Other Buttons All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.
8.9 Playback For Archived Files In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback , ) (Mouse: Left click display of the selected file, or press Play Buttons ( twice) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective. The operations are as below: Playback Buttons ( , , , , , MENU, ENTER, MODE, SEQ, SEARCH) (Mouse: , ..) These buttons are all the same as in Section 8.
9. Remote Access 9.1 PC Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet. Before Logging On Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings (For most PCs, only step 4 & 7 is needed!): 1. This unit is connected to the network correctly, and the configurations are all setup correctly. Please refer to Section 6.
9. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit. Note: If trusted web site is not set, please follow the instructions on the screen to download the manual package, logon the PC as administrator, and install the package in the PC. After the package is installed, users should be able to logon to the DVR successfully. Firefox To use Firefox to access the DVR, please do the followings: 1. Launch Firefox. 2.
or http://192.168.1.100:800 if HTTP port is 800) of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser. The plug-in software in the system will be downloaded and run automatically in the web browser. Please note that up to 8 users can logon this DVR simultaneously. Remote Display and Operations After the plug-in software is downloaded and run in the web browser, you will be asked (1) to install redistributable software, and (2) for ActiveX control to interact with your PC.
Note 1: The frame rate is limited by the bandwidth of the network and the pre-record IPS of the camera (Section 6.2). Note 2: The picture quality depends on the recording resolution and recording quality of the camera (Section 6.2). When the user leaves I.E., he/she may be asked to save changes to files, please enter the directory name (or use default if only one profile is needed), click on OK or Yes to save the changes.
Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio input from the PC, button down for enable, button up for mute. If enabled, the audio input from the PC will be sent to the DVR. The default setting is ‘mute’. Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio output from the camera for the focus window (or DVR), button down for enable, button up for mute. Click on this icon to show/hide the GPS data for (1) the selected DVR, or (2) the DVR for the focus camera, button down to show, button up to hide.
Click on this icon for full video display (without any icon). The device name of the selected DVR is shown. Click on this icon, and the available DVRs will all be shown. The user may type alphanumeric characters to get the matched DVRs. Click on one of them to select a new DVR. The 1/4/9/16 split-window video display, the camera status, and the alarm input/output will all switch to correspond to the newly selected DVR.
Alarm In / Status indicators for alarm inputs (GREEN for normal, RED for alarm) for the selected DVR. Alarm Out / Alarm outputs (GREEN for normal state, RED for triggered state) for the selected DVR. For Administrator, click on any of these icons to control the corresponding alarm output from normal to triggered, or from triggered back to normal. Click on this icon to call up Search-by-time dialog.
then click on Open. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio in the file(s). Click on this icon to call up POS-Search dialog. Please select the DVR, camera, key word, and start/end time, and click on “Search”, then the matched POS data will be shown. Please select the desired POS data, and click on “Backup” or “Play” to backup or play the recorded video/audio corresponding to the POS data. Click on this icon to show/hide full PTZ control panel.
Auto Connection – whether the user wants to connect automatically to this (DVR) device. Connected – whether this PC is connected with the (DVR) device now. If a DVR is connected, the user may select it, and click on “Reboot” to reboot it. The other properties in the dialog are similar to those described in Chapter 6. Please refer to Chapter 6 for the detailed descriptions.
System Requirements of Remote PC It is recommended to access the digital video/audio recorder using a PC that meets the following system requirements. If you use a PC that does not meet the following system requirements, it may cause problems such as slow imaging or the browser unable to operate. PC IBM PC/AT compatible with Intel® Pentium® 4, 1.7 GHz or above CPU. OS MicroSoft® Windows® XP, Windows® 2003, Windows® Vista, or Windows® 8/7. Monitor 1024 x 768 or above.
9.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access To access the DVR through iPhone/iPad/Android software application, please refer to the respective manual come with the CD. The digital video/audio recorder can also be remotely accessed by using a web browser installed on a PDA or mobile phone (EX. Nokia 5300, 6120C, Sony Ericsson W850i, Z610i) that (1) supports xHTML and MJPEG file format, and (2) has screen resolution at 240x320 or above.
Status indicators for alarm inputs 1-5 (top row), 6-10, and 11-16 (unchecked for normal, checked for alarm).
Appendix A – Specifications System Video O.S. Multiplex Certification Format Input Main monitor Audio Call monitor Loss detection Motion detection Privacy mask Input Output Record Display Playback Compression Max frame rate & resolution Mode Pre-record time Post-record time Resolution Split windows Frame rate Sequential switch Digital Zoom Max frame rate & resolution Search Operation Storage HDD HDD Extension Partitions Embedded Linux 3.
Backup 1 USB 2.0 port for USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, card readers, HDD, etc.
Appendix B – Time Zone Table Time Zone Offset DST Start End Samoa Hawaii Alaska Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 11:00 GMT – 10:00 GMT – 09:00 GMT – 08:00 ˇ ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Arizona, US Mountain Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan Mountain Time (US & Canada) Central America, Saskatchewan Central Time (US & Canada) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey GMT – 07:00 GMT – 07:00 GMT – 07:00 GMT – 06:00 GMT – 06:00 GMT – 06:00 ˇ ˇ May, 1st Sun, 2:00
Time Zone Offset DST Kabul Ekaterinburg Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi Kathmandu GMT + 04:30 GMT + 05:00 GMT + 05:00 GMT + 05:30 GMT + 05:45 Almaty, Novosibirsk Astana, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Rangoon Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta Krasnoyarsk Start End ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 GMT + 06:00 GMT + 06:00 GMT + 06:30 GMT + 07:00 GMT + 07:00 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar Beijing, Chingqing, H
Appendix C – Keyboard Control Protocol Data Format 5 Bytes – Byte 1 : Synchronization Byte (0xFF) Byte 2 : Address, i.e.
▼/DEL ◄ ► ENTER 0x6d (ASCII character ‘m’) 0x6a (ASCII character ‘j’) 0x6c (ASCII character ‘l’ – small L) 0x6b (ASCII character ‘k’) Vol – Vol + – + 0x7a (ASCII character ‘z’) 0x78 (ASCII character ‘x’) 0x63 (ASCII character ‘c’) 0x76 (ASCII character ‘v’) MAIN-AUX ON MAIN-AUX OFF CALL-AUX ON 0x62 (ASCII character ‘b’) 0x70 (ASCII character ‘p’) 0x5b (ASCII character ‘[’) CALL-AUX OFF 0x5d (ASCII character ‘]’) UP-LEFT 0x7b (ASCII character ‘{’) DOWN-LEFT UP-RIGHT DOWN-RIGHT 0x7c (ASCII characte
Appendix D – MS-Windows Utilities There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including CMS, CMS Player, Keyboard Control Simulator, H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility, and DVR Browser Utility. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in your PC, and then double click on CMS/Setup.exe in the CD to install CMS, and Utilities/Setup.exe to install the utility programs.
type if it’s on those enabled function icons. The operations and their descriptions are the same as in Chapter 9. Remote Access. To select an archived file for playback, please click on File menu, and then select Open. After an archived file is opened, the user may click on the player buttons to play the file. The following diagram shows the screen after the Play button is pressed.
Keyboard Control Simulator To run the Keyboard Control Simulator under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->KCtrlSimulator, and the screen will be shown as below. Please note that most of the buttons correspond to the keypads on the front panel. If you connect the PC through RS-232 and use an RS-232/RS-485 converter to connect to multiple DVRs, you would be able to control multiple DVRs via the simulation software. Please refer to Section 3.
H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility To run the H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->AVI Converter or double-click on the file AVI_Converter.EXE, and the screen will be shown as below. Please select the source files – .H264 files archived from DVR, remote I.E.
DVR Browser Utility To run the DVR Browser Utility under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->DVR Browser or double-click on the file DVR_Browser.EXE, and the screen will be shown. The utility will scan all the DVRs which support UPnP in the LAN. Please select the desired DVR device, and its detailed information will be shown on the right as above.
Appendix E – GPS Function in Remote Software with Google Earth The GPS output for the DVR and its remote software can be used by GPS software such as Google Earth. The user may use the following paragraphs as an example. 1. Open remote software such as IE Browser, and log on to the DVR or open and playback the archived file with GPS information. 2. Select GPS Configuration ( ). 3. Enable Output with Data Exchange File, and set the related items (File, Tag, & Icon).
4. Open Google Earth. 5. Add Network Link. 6. Select the Data Exchange File in the remote software as Link.
work correctly. 7. Set Time-Based Refresh. 8. Click on OK button to save the settings.
9. Now, the GPS data will be fed from the DVR remote software to Google Earth, and the GPS position will be continuously updated in Google Earth.
Appendix F – Protocol Converter for Multiple POS Multiple POS devices can be connected through the RS-232 port of the DVR. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections. Please refer to page 22/23 of 7524 Hardware User’s Manual for the pin assignment of I-7523, which is similar to protocol converter I-7524.
