Table of Contents About This Manual...................................................................................................i Chapter 1 Digital Video Recorder Introduction....................................................1 Chapter 2 Getting Started .....................................................................................9 Chapter 3 Quick Guide to Icons on the Main Screen.........................................15 Chapter 4 Configuring the Cameras..............................
About This Manual This manual is designed to assist customers in the use of the Digital Video Recorder produced by our company. Information in this document has been carefully designed and arranged, and also checked for accuracy before publication; however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents in print and depiction. Corrections will be made as necessary in subsequent editions for the benefit of our customers.
Warning It is essential that only the supplied special devices be used, and also only the components approved by the manufacturer or the authorized dealer. The use of unapproved components may cause system damage, or give off / receive over-standard electromagnetic radiation. You are suggested to use the original components produced by our manufacturer for your benefit. Maintenance Follow these steps and you will increase the working lifetime of your DVR. 1.
10.Do not store objects on the top of your Digital Video Recorder. Do not exert pressure on the Digital Video Recorder, it may damage the LCD display. 11.Do not use the Digital Video Recorder near water or other liquids, or in rainy/moist situations. If liquid gets into your Digital Video Recorder, turn it off and take it to your dealer for inspection. 12.Wait for a period of one minute before restarting your Digital Video Recorder after turning it off, in order to avoid damage to the hard disk.
Chapter 1 DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER INTRODUCTION Thank you for your purchasing the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) developed by our company! This product has already obtained CE, FCC, BSMI Class A Certifications . Our company has developed 4-, 8-, 12-, 16-CH DVR system,DVR central monitoring system and various storage devices, aimed at various security surveillance applications.
Unpacking the DVR The DVR comes securely packaged in a sturdy cardboard shipping carton. Upon receiving your DVR, open the carton and carefully remove the contents. If anything is missing or damaged, please contact your DVR dealer immediately, and they will promptly handle the situation. The shipping carton should contain the following items: • The Digital Video Recorder • A Power Cord • The User’s Guide • A Product Warranty Card • A Keyboard and a Mouse Do not throw the packaging materials away.
Chapter 1 • 4 Din/Dout GPIO Cable • Exchangeable IDE Hard Disk/ IDE Expansion Board/ Disk Array/ NAS Devices / DAT Devices • RS-232 Interface Modem • IP sharing device • UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) Overview of the Digital Video Recorder's Hardware Features This section provides an overview of the Digital Video Recorder’s features as follows: CPU The central processing unit (CPU) is the DVR’s key hardware feature; it acts as the brain of the Digital Video Recorder, performing all the computing funct
Identifying External Components Please refer to the text and diagrams below to identify all external components and accessories of the Digital Video Recorder. Front View 4 or 8 Channel Type 12 or16 Channel Type Figure 1-1: Front View of the DVR Front Inside View Please refer to Figure 1-2 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the front side of the Digital Video Recorder.
Chapter 1 1. Removable HDD Tray The metal HDD trays enable a secure fit for the HDD and the air ventilation holes in front ensure that air flows to the HDD thereby cooling the system.(Option) 2. HDD Lock This lock uses a dedicated key to open and close the HDD tray. Use of an incorrect key will cause the HDD lock to malfunction. 3.HDD LED Indicators The Red LED Light indicates that the HDD is in use. The Green LED indicates the HDD is powered on. 4.
Rear View Please refer to Figure 1-3 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the rear side of the Digital Video Recorder.
Chapter 1 1. Power Fan This is used to cool the power supply. 2. System Ventilation Fan This fan ventilates the entire system. 3.BNC Camera Input Use BNC pigtail adaptor to connect NTSC or PAL compatible cameras. See Figure1-3; the position and numbering of the on-screen camera output is determined by the slot and channel numbering sequence of the cards.
11.Power Switch Use this switch to power the machine on or to cut off the power. 12.RS-232 Port Connect this socket to the MODEM to enable the sending of alarm alerts, or to convert RS-232 to RS-485 devices to control the PTZ video camera. 13.USB Port This socket is used to connect USB devices for data output. 14.Speaker This is used to make the alarm sound. 15.Microphone This is used for sound input.
Chapter 2 GETTING STARTED This chapter explains what you need to do after turning on your Digital Video Recorder. Experienced DVR users may skip this chapter and then return to it for reference if there are any problems in reading other chapters. Powering Up the Digital Video Recorder for the First Time 1.Attach the cameras to the BNC inputs of the DVR capture cards according to the desired numbering sequence. 2.Connect the LCD or CRT Display to the VGA Input. 3.
Once the boot process is complete, the Digital Video Recorder will directly display all the connected cameras (see Figure 2-2), enabling the user to check them conveniently. If there is a screen displaying NO SIGNAL in blue, it means the respective camera is either inactive or not working. Please refer to your camera manual for further assistance.
Chapter 2 Understanding the DVR Main Screen When starting the Digital Video Recorder for the first time, please make sure that you understand all of the DVR’s icons before moving on. Here is an explanation of the relevant icons on the main screen. Right-side Toolbar Figure 2-3: Right-side Toolbar 1.System Time / Version Indicator This indicator displays the Date/Month/Year and Time in digital format; and also shows the Version before logging on. 2.Settings Icon Click this icon to enter the Settings Menu.
Clicking this icon will display four camera images on the screen. 7.9-Camera Viewable Icon Clicking this icon will display nine camera images on the screen. 8.16-Camera Viewable Icon Clicking this icon will display sixteen camera images on the screen. 9.Full Screen Icon Clicking this icon will show the viewable cameras in full screen. 10.Total & Remaining HDD Space Indicator The indicator displays total available HDD space and how much space is remaining on the available HDD.
Chapter 2 Clicking this icon will zoom in the selected camera images or, just double-click the respective camera image on the main screen. 5.Zoom-out Icon Clicking this icon will zoom out the selected camera images. Or you can just click the right key of the mouse to zoom the images out. 6.Snapshot Icon Clicking this icon will save a single picture of the camera image into the database or for printing. 7.
Figure2-5: Logging into the system Shutting Down the System 1. Click the Log-on Icon....................................................................... 2. DVR will popup a dialog for you to confirm the logout. 3. Click "Confirm" to confirm it, then it can be chose to "Login" or "Shut down". Figure2-6:Shut down the system 4. Enter or choose "admin" in the User name field: enter the password or the default password "admin". 5.Click the “Shut down” to shutdown the system.
Chapter 3 QUICK GUIDE TO ICONS ON THE MAIN SCREEN This chapter explains the quick access icons on the main screen. Some of these icon functions will be explained in depth later in the manual. The Main Screen is the central hub of your Digital Video Recorder. If you scroll your mouse over any of the icons, a note will appear explaining what that icon does. Entering the DVR Main Screen, the icons on the right side may be used to control different functions of your DVR.
Clicking separate windows will display different settings screens. The first window is the camera screen. Please refer to the instructions later on in this manual. Playback Panel 1.Step 1: Click the Playback Icon on the right-side toolbar-----2.Step 2: View the video database under the Playback Screen. Click on a selected file and open the recorded data. (The red circle indicates the playback image). Figure 3-3: The Playback Screen Single View Camera Screen 1.
Chapter 3 The DVR system can be configured with a Single View Camera Screen which could display different camera viewpoints at 6-second intervals. More details on this mode are mentioned in Chap 7. Quad Camera View Screen 1.Step 1: Click the Quad View Camera Icon on the right-side toolbar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------2.Step 2: The screen will display four camera images in one screen.
Full Screen Mode 1.Step 1: Click the Full Screen View Icon on the right-side toolbar ........................................................................................................... 2.Step 2: The screen will display all or the selected cameras connected to the DVR in Full Screen Mode. If the system has 16 cameras, sixteen camera images will occupy the entire screen. 3.Step 3: Click the right key of the mouse to resume original status.
Chapter 4 CONFIGURING THE CAMERAS This chapter explains how to set and configure the cameras connected to your Digital Video Recorder. Once you have connected the video cameras you need to your DVR, you need to enter the Setup Menu to configure each individual camera.
NO SIGNAL in blue, and this condition will waste system resources. So don’t enable a camera before installing it. Naming Cameras Rec Mode choice Adding Text & Text Background Color No Recording Recording Scheduled Figure 4-2: Camera Naming Field Setting Recording Mode • Under “Rec Mode” choose one of the three options: i. No Recording (The camera will stop recording) ii. Recording (The camera records at all times) iii.
Chapter 4 light-source color of the same brightness iii.“Brightness”- This is the attribute of light-source colors by which emitted light is ordered continuously from light to dark in correlation with its intensity iv.“Contrast”- This is to compare with respect to differences When changes are made the camera image is automatically updated.
Setting Recording Quality Motion Detection Figure 4-5: Recording Quality and Motion Detection Area Setting Motion Detection Under “Motion Detection” users can select: i. Sensitivity - To set the sensitivity relative to the detected motion (from 1 to 5). The higher the value is, the more sensitive the detection will be. Thus even a very slight stimulation could be responded to. ii. Differentia - A factor that distinguishes differences among images relating to entity, state or class.
Chapter 5 SCHEDULING RECORDING This chapter explains how to schedule recording for different cameras connected to your Digital Video Recorder. Each camera can be configured to record at different time. There are four choices in all: Once, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. Recording under different modes will affect the overall capacity of the hard disk of your DVR. Schedule your recording according to your requirements.
3.Under REC Mode (Record Mode), users have four choices: i. Once - Provides a recording option for a specified period of time Figure 5-2: Record Mode Selection Bar (Once) ii. Daily - Provides a recording option for Hours and Minutes every day. Figure 5-3: Record Mode Selection Bar (Daily) iii. Weekly - Provides a recording option for users to set the day (Sun. through Sat.) and time for recording every week. Figure 5-4: Weekly Schedule Settings iv.
Chapter 5 4.After you have selected the record mode and record option, choose the camera you want to configure (you can also choose the camera first and then the record mode). 5.Click the “Add” button. The relative information will be shown in the schedule recording List. 6.If you wish to delete a particular entry, select the entry and click the “Delete” button. 8.If you wish to delete all the entries, click the “Del All” button. 9.Click “Apply” , and “OK” to confirm your corrections.
Daily Scheduling By choosing the “Daily” scheduling mode of the DVR, users can set a particular period for recording during one day. 1.Select the “Daily” option 2.Select the camera you wish to configure. 3.Select the recording duration. Figure 5-7: Duration Selection 4. Click the “Add” button. *The settings for Weekly and Monthly are the same as above. Deleting Schedule Settings Deleting recorded data will permanently delete all related information from the hard disk drive, thus freeing-up disk space.
Chapter 6 ACCOUNT SETTINGS The Account Settings area allows the administrator of the DVR to add users to the system. There are two types of users, one is the Supervisor, and the other is a Normal User. The Supervisor of the DVR system can not only make use of all the functions locally and remotely, but also has the authority to manage normal users. A Normal User does not have supervisory powers and is limited to certain user functionality of the DVR system.
9.Click the checkbox next to “Remote” to give the user remote access. (Remote access means users are able to access the DVR over the local LAN or Internet.) Select which cameras you would like the user to access by clicking the checkbox next to the camera number. Enter the name of the user followed by a specified password Click Authority selection Camera Selection Figure 6-2: Account Tab Selection 10.
Chapter 6 To Modify User Settings 1.Select the user. 2.Make the changes in the Main Account Panel 3.Click the “Modify” 4.Click “Apply” button. , then “OK” to confirm changes To Delete Users 1. Select the user 2. Click “delete” 3.
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Chapter 7 SYSTEM SETTINGS The System Settings Panel is the main window for naming and setting basic configurations for the DVR. These very important settings make sure that the DVR system may be correctly viewed both locally and remotely. Incorrect system configuration may result in abnormalities in the system, which could make tech support more complex and time consuming. Follow these steps to set up your DVR machine(s). 1. Click the “Setup” Icon on the Main Screen------------------------2.
5.Click “Apply” , and “OK” . ADSL Dial-up and DDNS Set-up It supports DDNS services for remote site users using fixed host name to connecting with your DVR, no need to know the real IP address that you real been assigned. 1. Check the ADSL dial-up, and enter the account and password of ADSL. Figure: 7-2: System Tab 2. Click the “Dialup” button. IP address will be shown in this column when connecting succeeded. (You can click “Dial On Boot”) 3.
Chapter 7 4. Click “Save” to save your settings, and then click “Manual Register”, if there shows a register success message, which means the domain name (*Note.) will be enabled after 3 mins. Note: A complete domain name is “Account + .dvrsite.net” Ex: Account name is dvr124, enter http://dvr124.dvrsite.net to connect the DVR. Illustrations of DDNS Service Settings 1. Account: Name of domain name. DVR will connect to database server to check if the account exists, and then check the password.
Figure 7-4: Modem Dial-up settings Printer Setting This DVR System is capable of sending static images to a printer. These printed images may reveal more detail than can be seen clearly on the monitor. The system supports a variety of printers; your DVR Supplier will provide related information. To set up a printer, do the following: 1.click “printer setup” 2.and then the window shows a list of system support printer types.
Chapter 7 3.select the “Printer type”, “Paper size”, “Resolution” and “Color depth”. 4.then click “ok” to confirm. 5.then the window will show if you want to print a test image. Figure 7-6: To print a test image 6.click “Confirm” image. to continue and review the resultant test Back-up Setting The DVR system can back up the system configuration files to an external device, which will greatly aid the rebuilding of the system in the future (should that become necessary).
Restoring settings from the Back-up device The DVR system can restore the system configuration settings from the back-up device. The system supports different (user-selectable) back-up devices. 1. Click “Restore Config” . 2.then the screen will show a list of (user-selectable) back-up devices. Figure 7-8: Restore Device Selection 3. select the device you want. 4. then click “OK” . Setting the System Clock The System Clock is automatically adjusted according to the system BIOS.
Chapter 7 Other Settings Recycle Recording The first additional option to explore is “Recycle Rec”, which refers to the recycling of recording. When the hard disk is full, if the system has “Recycle Rec” enabled, it will continue to record over previously recorded data, so that the recording can continue. 1. Click the “System” Tab. 2. Under “Others” click the checkbox next to “Recycle Rec”. Figure 7-10: Recycle Rec Option 3. Click “Apply” , then “OK” to activate the changes.
Figure 7-11:Auto Login, Cam Auto Switch, andMinimize Video Size Cam Auto Switch The third option under “Others” makes it possible to view different cameras automatically. When the DVR is in Single View Mode, Quad View Mode or 9Camera Mode, it can automatically show different cameras at six-second intervals. 1. Click the “System” Tab. 2.Under “Others” click the checkbox next to “Cam Auto Switch”. 3. Select the interval of Auto Switch 4.Click “Apply” , then “ok” to activate the operation.
Chapter 7 frame consists only of the incremental changes necessary to form the next frame, rather than an entire new frame. The greater the number of P frames after each I frame, the more space will be saved on the hard disk, but the more computation will be needed to uncompress the video for playback. To use this setting: 1. click the “system” tab. 2. under the “Others” item, adjust the “Number P Frames after I Frame” setting (29 is the default setting) 3. click “Apply” , then “OK” to apply the change.
1.click the “System” tab. 2.under the “Others” item, uncheck the “Enable telnetd”. 3.Click “Apply” , then “OK” to apply the change. Limit out bandwidth Enable telnetd New HD format Settings Figure 7-13: Enable telnetd Settings Limit out bandwidth Users can restrict the total network outbound bandwidth as following: 1.click the “System” tab. 2.under the “Others” item, adjust the outbound bandwidth(64K Bit is the default setting). 3.Click “Apply” , then “OK” to apply the change.
Chapter 7 should be used through Internet connections, or there are several DVR hosts providing service outwards, then Virtual Server should be an ideal solution. Virtual Server allows multiple applications to share one legal IP, by assigning various application requirements respectively to the interior virtual IP of the company. Basically, functions and setups of Virtual Server are different depending on the machines’ types. So, please refer to the User’s Guide for the Virtual Server you purchased.
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Chapter 8 ALARM SETTINGS The Alarm Settings area allows the administrator of the DVR to set alarms for a number of alarm types. The most important is setting alarms for motion detection and digital input on different cameras. This is a complex task, so in order to understand this area please read over this part carefully. There are also alarms for disk failure, disk capacity limitation, and no camera signals. Take a look at the detailed descriptions below to understand alarm settings.
5.Click the checkbox next to “Enable” first, then click “Enable Trigger Period” again and enter the period. With this function, the users don’t need to be in an alarm environment all day long, and they can set their own desired alarm period according to their actual needs.The “Duration” is for setting the active alarm period (ex: The same kind of alarm will be overleaped during the Alarm Duration) and the recording frame rate when alarm-received.
Chapter 8 Alarm Sound Triggering Activating the Alarm Sound parameter enables sounding of the alarm at the time of alarm condition detection. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Sound. 1. Click the “Alarm” Tab first. 2. Select the “Camera”, “Din”, “Disk full”, “Disk failure”, or “No signal”. 3. Select “Enable” or “Enable” “Trigger Period”. 4. Click the “Sound” Tab. Figure 8-3: Sound Tab 5. Click the “Select” button to choose alarm sound from the sound list window.
9. Then click “Add” 10.Click “Apply” . , and “OK” . Alarm Message Triggering Alarm Message may show additional information at the time of detecting the alarm condition. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Message. 1. Click the “Alarm” Tab first. 2. Select the “Camera”, “Din” ,“Disk full”. “Disk failure”, or “No Signal” . 3. Select a “Trigger Period”. 4. Click the “Message” Tab. Figure 8-5: Message Tab 5. Then click “Add” 6. Click “Apply” , the window below will show “Message” , and “OK” .
Chapter 8 Alarm Voice Triggering The Alarm Voice setting will provide a voice warning message to users at the time of detecting the alarm condition. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Voice: 1. Click the “Alarm” tab and select the appropriate triggering event for alarm recording (“Camera” ,“Din”, or “Disk full”, “Disk failure”, or “No signal”). 2. Specify the desired “Trigger Period” . 3.
2. Select a “Trigger Period” . 3. Click the “Fax” Tab 4. Type in the “Fax Number”; if it is along distance call, please add the area code.. 5. Choose from the “Send” drop-down list how many pictures you’d like to fax; 1 to 30 pictures may be chosen (see picture below). Figure 8-8: Fax Tab 6. Then click “Add” , and the window below will show “Fax” with the selections made. 7. Click “Apply” , and “OK” .
Chapter 8 5. Type in the appropriate email address. An additional email address may be specified in “CC”. 6.Adjust the “Send” parameter as desired to specify the number of seconds of video you’d like to send in the email; a value of from 1 to 5 seconds may be chosen, and the default value is 2 seconds . 7. If you click “Attach playback program”, you can attach to the email a playback program of up to 1.78MB, so that the video may be played by the email recipient(s).
Tick off “Enable/Not-enable” the Active Duration the Delay Trigger Figure 8-11: Output Port Field 7. Select the “Delay” time, with a unit of seconds; the delay time may be set from 0 to 999 seconds. 8. Under the “Duration”, there are settings of 0 to 999 seconds to choose from. A setting of 0 seconds means permanent triggering. 9.Then click “Add” , and the window below will show “Dout” with the selections made. 10.Click “Apply” , and “OK” .
Chapter 9 ALARM LOG With the DVR system, the camera frames will keep flashing in red and sending out the alarm when alarm event happens. The Alarm Log provides the administrator of the DVR with a detailed log of the alarm incident, including the reason for the alarm (which camera sent out what kind of alarm), the time the alarm was triggered and the description of the alarm triggering event. Thus you can handle the entire alarm status conveniently.
Figure 9-2: Confirmation Window 5.Click “Confirm” 6.Click “Apply” to continue or “Cancel” , then “OK” to reset. to complete the task. Deleting All Logs 1.Click the “Alarm Log” Tab 2.Click “Del all” . 3.A confirmation pop-up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm . Figure 9-3: Confirmation Window 4.Click “Confirm” 5.Click “Apply” to continue or “Cancel” , then “OK” 52 to reset. to complete the task.
Chapter 10 USER LOG The User Log provides the administrator of the DVR to monitor all users that have accessed the DVR. This database tells the administrator whether the users accessed the system locally or remotely, how long the users were logged on, and what their IP addresses were. This is only a user log; the information cannot be changed. Information in this log can only be deleted, or else the entire log file can be deleted. Follow these few steps to delete files: Deleting One Log 1.
6.Click “Apply” , then “OK” to complete the task. Deleting All Logs 1.Click the “User Log” Tab. 2.Click “Del all” . 3.A confirmation pop-up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm. Figure 10-3: Confirmation Window 4.Click “Confirm” 5.Click “Apply” to continue or “Cancel” , then “OK” 54 to reset. to complete the task.
Chapter 11 CONFIGURING GENERAL PURPOSE I/O The Din/Dout input of DVR can connect the optional Din/Dout cable to enable the connection of multiple sets of alarm equipment through the independent alarm signal line. The 4 channel type DVR may have four DI/DO. the 8 channel type may have eight DI/DO,the 12 channel type may have eight DI/ DO, and the 16 channel type may have 16 DI/DO.
Figure 11-2 Pin definitions Click "DI/DO" in Settings to set related functions Figure 11-3: DIO setting Input Settings Each camera has a corresponding sensor input. This sensor input must be of the dry contact closure type, with a voltage of less than 5V. Depending on their attributes, the sensors can be set to Normal Open (NO) or Normal Closed (NC) according to the users’ application requirements.
Chapter 11 Normal Closed, NC When the sensor is of the NC type, DI is connected to the NC connection of the sensor and GND is connected to the COM connection of the sensor. When the alarm is triggered, the circuit connected to the alarm sensor input of the DVR will be open.
Normal open, NO If the DO relay output is set to be normally open, when an alarm is triggered, The DO relay output of the DVR will transition from open to closed. Normal Closed, NC If the DO relay output is set to be normally closed, when an alarm is triggered, The DO relay output of the DVR will transition from closed to open.
Chapter 12 PAN TILT ZOOM Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) provides the administrator of the DVR with the ability to configure and monitor all PTZ cameras that are connected to the DVR. The DVR can be configured with multiple PTZ cameras. Currently, the system supports the following PTZ models: 1. Lilin Protocol: PIH-7000, PIH-7600, PIH-7625 2. Vido Protocol: CD-55 3. Pelco Protocol: Pelco-D and Pelco-P(Pelco Spectra III series) 4. SAE Protocol: CD-55H.CD-56,CD-65 5.
On the left side of the window you will see a live view from your PTZ camera. This allows you to configure and see a “live” feed so you can adjust the system to your requirements. 2.Select the “PTZ” camera to configure. Figure 12-2: Camera Selection PTZ TYPES The DVR System supports many PTZ devices, the user may select the type of PTZ. Then the user chooses the speed of each connected PTZ under the Baud Rate column.
Chapter 12 2.Using the Dome controls at the bottom left of the “PTZ” window, users can configure their PTZ cameras to move left , right up , and down , . 3.If your DVR system is set up to use a PTZ camera, you can zoom the camera in or out by clicking to zoom in, and to zoom out.
Preset Setup Once you have become familiar with these settings and defined your desired parameters, you are ready to preset your PTZ camera. The Digital Video Recorder provides users with 128 preset positional orientation points for each connected PTZ device. For each preset point, users can adjust the speed and duration interval for the camera. 1.Specify the preset point number (from 0 to 128): 0 means NULL, that’s NO MOTION). 2.
Chapter 12 in particular directions more conveniently. The main purpose of Group presets is to allow the user to Auto Pan to specific preset points. When the presets are complete, follow these instructions to Auto Pan the PTZ cameras according to the presets in the groups: 1.Create all the presets in the groups. 2.Choose the number of your desired group (Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4) under the Pan Group Number. 3.Click “Set Group” . 4.
PAN SCAN This DVR system allows the user to set up the PTZ camera to scan from the SET START to SET END. 1.AUTO PAN: allows the PTZ camera to move horizontally from the set start and set end. 2.SET START: this parameter is used to set the current preset point as the SET START. 3.SET END: this parameter is used to set the current preset point as the SET END. 4.SCAN SPEED: used to select the speed (from 0-255) for PTZ camera AUTO PAN.
Chapter 13 PLAYBACK One of the most important features of any Digital Video Recorder is playback. Playback allows users to view recorded data, as the system is recording or as users view live data remotely. The features within “Playback” are: Blur, Snapshot, Export, Tag, File, Alarm, Fast Forward, Slow Motion, Skip & Rewind. All of these features are covered later in this chapter. Let’s first take a look at how we can review playback.
time search Figure 13-2: Pop-up Database Screen 1.Calendar Search: Clicking the “Calendar” button, users are able to search the desired record files depending on the selected date. 2.Time Search: Clicking the “Time Search” button allows users to select a specific time in which they would like to view the files. 3.Camera Search: Select the camera whose recording files you want to playback; you could choose more than one camera if desired. 4.Select All: click “ALL” to choose all cameras. 5.
Chapter 13 Understanding the Bottom Toolbar The Bottom Toolbar appears only when you click the playback icon. Before a recorded file is selected, the bottom toolbar will be hidden (disabled). Once a recorded file is selected, the toolbar icons will appear (be enabled). Let¡¦s view what each icon means. Figure 13-3: Bottom Toolbar Click this icon to exit playback.
Click this icon to play the file. Click this icon to slow forward the file: press once to go forward at 1/2 speed, press twice for 1/4 speed, press three times for 1/6 speed... Click this icon to fast forward the file, and the optional speeds are 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x. Press once to go at the speed of 2x, press twice at speed of 4x... Click this icon to jump to the next file.
Chapter 13 Figure 13-5: Calendar & Camera Selection 3.Select a camera. 4.Click “Search” to show all the files. , to list the desired files, or click “List” 5.Then the recorded database will be listed on the screen (if the camera is defined with a name, the name will appear in the “Description” field). Figure 13-6: Recording Database 6.Choose the recorded file to play.
7.Double-click the selection or click “Open” . The video from the selected file will appear in the top left-hand corner of the Main Screen. Figure 13-8: Recorded Data Playback 8.Click “Play” from the Bottom Toolbar 9.Double-click the image to enlarge----------------- Figure 13-9: Enlarged Image 10.
Chapter 13 Figure 13-10: Full-size Playback Image 11.To reduce the size or go back to the original size, right-click --- Alarm Recorded Playback Follow these steps to view alarm triggered playback images 1. Click the “Alarm” Icon. 2.A database of all the alarm triggered playback files will appear (Alarm Log) Figure 13-11: Alarm Log 3.Please select the file you want from the alarm video log. Double-click it or click “Open” . The selected file will appear in front of the Main Screen.
4. Click “Play” to view the file. Figure 13-12: Alarm Triggered File Tagging Recorded Data After opening a file, if some important section has been found in the video, that section can be tagged for later reference. While watching the video frames, the tagged section can be operated like this: 1.Click the “Tag” button to enter the window. Figure 13-13: Tag Field 2.Type in the Tag name first. 3.
Chapter 13 Figure 13-14: Tagged Frame 4.The particular image is then saved and can be searched and viewed for later reference by means of the tag. And the camera number and the time is in sync with the tag data. 5.Then a mark will appear at the left bottom of the tagged screen (see the image below). Figure 13-15: Tagged Image Exporting an Image While viewing playback data, if you wish to export a section of a file to save in addition, do the following: 1.
Figure 13-16: Export Image 2.The image highlights the hours, minutes, and seconds. Use the dropdown list to select the time frame when you would like to export. There are two ways to export: (1)DVR Click “Export Playback program” to export video with the DVR export playback program. If you have already downloaded this playback program, you do not need to click the “Export Playback program” tab again.
Chapter 13 Note3: The rules on naming the exported data files would be as C1_20030306_120000_60.dvr(DVR host site data exporting) or C1_0306_120000_60.dvr(remote site data exporting), meaning camera one, and the recording activities beginning by 2003/03/06 12:00:00, and the length of the recording file is 60 seconds 3.Then click “NEXT” to continue. 4.The DVR then asks you to choose the media and the destination for the file to and the name of the file. Once complete, click “OK” to confirm.
1. Open the recorded image 2. Click on this icon * to blur the image. 3. Click on this icon * to sharpen the image. *The Blur Icon and the Sharpen Icon are at the same position, only one of them will appear at any given time. When the Blur Icon appears, you can use it to blur the image; when the Sharpen Icon appears, you can use it to sharpen the image. Figure 13-19: Blur Image Moving playback frames While viewing several playback screens, the entire screen or background screen may be shut out.
Chapter 13 Figure 13-20: Viewing More Than One Playback Image Printing an Image 1.Click the “snapshot” image. icon to pop up a new window to show the Figure 13-21: Snapshot 2.Click the bottom tool bar “export” icon to save the image individually. The system will let you choose the ways to export and the place to save, and also the file name. After keying in the information, please click “OK” 77 to confirm.
Figure 13-22: Export Devices Selection 3.Click the “print” icon to print out the image individually. If you print it out successfully, the screen will pop up a new window to show you. please click “Confirm” have printed out.
Chapter 14 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE The DVR allows users to view the cameras connected to the DVR and the recorded file playback remotely through browsers. The DVR system is able to provide users with all functions available on the Host port. Once you have set up the local LAN and Internet functionality from the System Window, you are able to easily and conveniently operate your Digital Video Recorder remotely. 1.Click the “Setup” icon from the Main Screen of the DVR system --2.Click the “System” Tab.
enter the password enter the name click login Figure 14-2: DVR Remote logon Window 10.The next screen is the Main Remote Surveillance Screen. No motion over 10 minutes after login, users will be auto-logout.
Chapter 14 The Main Remote Surveillance Screen has four sections to it. They are Monitor, Playback, Setup, and Logout. • Monitor — Click this area to monitor image preview and real-time recording. • Playback — Click this area to view playback of the recorded files. • Setup — This section has 8 different settings: Camera, Schedule, Account, System, Alarm, Alarm Log, User Log and GPIO. • Logout — Click this area to close all operations and return to the login screen.
to show logining user’s name Figure 14-5: Remote Monitor Screen - Remote Monitor This screen provides a view of the static preview images from all cameras by default. The user may select which camera’s video to monitor as live video. This screen also displays the name of the current user. 2.Click “Select All” all cameras in the new window. to view monitoring screens from Four degrees of image quality may be selected: Low, Mid, High, Best.
Chapter 14 5.Click “Save Selected Camera” to save the image you need. 6.Save the image and the next time you log in with same user name will be able to open the window and see the image you previously saved. 7.Click “Monitor” choose. to view the particular camera you 8.Then click “Refresh” to refresh the static preview images. Real Time Monitor Window The Real Time Monitor Window is the key window of remote monitoring, user can monitor selected cameras.
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Chapter 14 Figure 14-10: Focused camera image export (2) as the icon for displaying bandwidth, click it to display the bandwidth, click again to hide the information Figure 14-11: show the bandwidth The second icon on the upper right side of the real time monitor window may be used to minimize the window.
Note: two icons will be shown when minimizing the window. The first is to turn on or off the real time monitor; clicking the icon will restart the real time monitor window. Another icon is the DVR status monitor and PTZ control icon; when clicked will start the DVR status monitor and PTZ control window).The second icon is the DVR status monitor and PTZ control icon ( ); when clicked during real time monitoring, the right side of the window will show the following information: 1.Recording time is displayed.
Chapter 14 When the user clicks on the first tab, the upper right side of the window shows the following information: 1.Recording time is displayed. 2.If recycling recording is taking place, then a green recycling recording icon is also displayed. 3.the amount of space which has been used on each hard disk and the space remaining, for up to a total of 7 hard disks. 4.A hard disk damage icon is displayed if there is damage to a hard disk.
Figure 14-13: Understanding the Playback Toolbar Understanding the Playback Toolbar The playback sidebar gives users the freedom to manipulate the image to their benefit. Let’s take a closer look at these icons: 1.Play Button: Click this button to play the file 2.Reverse Button: Click this button to rewind the played image 3.Pause Button: Click this button to stop playing for a pause 4.Last Section Button: Click this button to rewind to last section 5.
Chapter 14 Speed Screen The first time you enter the Record Playback mode of the remote monitor system, a warning window will appear concerning the problems associated with using ActiveX. For more information please refer to Appendix F. Figure 14-14: The Remote Playback Screen There is a horizontal scroll bar on the bottom of the playing window, which facilitates users in searching films quickly.
Figure 14-15: Playback by File Remotely 3.Click the “Search” particular time frame. button to list all recorded data for that 4.You may also click the “List” button to list all the recorded files. Figure 14-16: Information on File Selection 5.Move the mouse to the file you want to play, and double-click the file to play it. Or, you can click it, and press the “Open” button below to play the file. 6.When you want to see an enlarged image, just click on the operation options to enlarge it.
Chapter 14 Figure 14-17: Remote Playback - Enlarged Image Alarm File “Alarm File” allows users to see the time and camera numbers concerned with an alarm, and all the alarm files can be deleted. 1.Click “Alarm”. 2.Select one alarm file, click “Open” 3.Click the “Delete” to play it. button to delete one alarm file.
Taking a Snapshot Whenever you find an abnormal status on the screen, you may take a snapshot of the screen immediately using the “Snapshot” function. 1.Click the “Snap” button. 2.From the pop-up window, select the resolution size of your print. The system provides three resolution options, 320x240 480x360 and 640x480 , . Figure 14-19: Snapshot Resolution - 640x480 3.Choose the Resolution and click “Print” to select a printer from a pop-up window. 4.Select your printer and click “Print” .
Chapter 14 Figure 14-20: Export Duration 4.Click “Export” to choose path for saving the file and enter the file to save this file to disk. name, then click “Save” * If the time for exporting is a little long, please wait for a while patiently. Inserting a Tag Inserting a tag allows users to mark an important section of a file specially. Once it’s opened, the tagged file will be played from the marked place.
3.Click the “Tag” on the Playback Side Toolbar. 4.Select the file you wish to view. 5.Click Open (to view the image) or Delete to discard a useless Tag. Figure 14-22: Tag Window NAS Click this button, you can playback the video clips that back up in NAS. Configuring Setup Remotely The functions for remote setup are basically the same as those used locally. The following instructions outline this in detail. 1.On the Main Remote Screen click “Setup” 2.The next screen is the Camera setup window. 94 .
Chapter 14 Figure 14-23: Main Remote Screen - Setup Screen Remote Camera Configuration When configuring cameras remotely for the first time, please install the related Active-X Object , according to the information provided in Appendix F. All remote functionality is set up similarly to the local machine. The major difference is the way the interface looks. On the left side of the viewing area are the function keys for setup. Clicking any of the keys will lead you into the related setup screen.
Additionally, in the camera configuring screen users may have the following selections: 1.Cameras 2.Activate the camera and the camera name 3.Status Display — the Camera Number, the Date and the Time will be displayed on the monitoring screen on the left Figure 14-25: Remote Camera Configuration(1) 4.Character Color — the optional colors are Black, Red, Green, Blue and White NOTE: It will change the text and background color of DVR site, not your browser site. 5.
Chapter 14 b. “Draw Area” button frames can be drawn. : up to 6 motion detection c. “Clean Area” button . Figure 14-26: Remote Camera Configuration(2) 9.Speed — Users can select the speed to adjust the direction of the PTZ cameras from 0 to 7 10.Camera Direction — users can use the UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT icons to move the cameras 11.Zoom In button & Zoom Out button 12.Iris — Enlarge Iris button & Reduce Iris button 13.Focus — Nearer Focus button & Further Focus button 14.
19.Motion Detection — a. Sensitivity — from 1 to 5 b. Differentia — from 1 to 10 After changing the settings, click the “OK” button to complete the setting; or click the “Cancel” button to reset. Remote Schedule Configuring Click the “Schedule” tings link to view the Remote Schedule Set- Figure 14-27: Remote Scheduling Window The remote schedule screen is divided into various parts for easy configuration. Select the “Rec Mode”, and “Camera” to start the configuration. 1.
Chapter 14 Figure 14-28: date 2.Then click to choose the right Hour and Minute. Figure 14-29: Remote Schedule Window 3.Once complete, click “Add” to activate the settings. After you have completed all schedule settings you can view a log of all changes at the bottom of the window. Modifying Scheduled Settings 1.Click the data you wish to modify 2.Click the “Modify” scheduled settings.
3.Then you can see the recording schedule after the modifications at the bottom of the window. Delete/Delete all scheduled Settings Choose the scheduled setting items of and then click “Delete” / “Delete All” to delete the files. Remote Account Settings Entering the Account Settings screen as the Administrator, you can see the authority settings of all the users. Of course, you are able to Add / Delete a user, and to modify a user’s setting. And all your modifications will be saved to the local Host. 1.
Chapter 14 a.Type Authority: Administrator or Normal user b.Access Authority: User can give the rights for control PTZ camera, playback recording data, and access the accessible cameras. Remote user can give the rights for changing password, remote setup furthermore. As a normal user, your access authority is limited in some aspects. When you log on, a window will appear as below. Figure 14-32: Normal Account Screen Click “Monitor” fied during setup time.
If no authority is granted at the time of account setup, then you cannot change the password.
Chapter 14 1.Click on the “System” link in the browser window to enter the Remote System Settings screen. In this screen, you are provided with the capability of remote system settings, including: 1.DVR Host and LAN - You are able to see all network settings of the Host, and among them is the IP address that’s relative to remote monitoring. Once have you entered this IP address in the browser window, you can connect to monitor the DVR Host.
Remote Alarm Settings Remote Alarm Setting functions give the administrator the opportunity to change alarm functions from a remote site. Figure 14-36: Remote Alarm Settings The operation of remote alarm setting is the same as with local setting. Once you have added all the alarm modes, click “OK” in the right corner to save the changes to the Host and make them effective.
Chapter 14 Figure 14-37: Remote Alarm Log If you would like to delete all logs, click in the checkbox next to “Select All”, then press “Delete” , and click “OK” in the pop-up inquiring window. Figure 14-38: Delete Alarm Log Remotely Remote User Log All the users having entered the system will be recorded, with the data notes of their entering and leaving the system.
As previously, check individual logs respectively or click in the checkbox next to “Select All”, and then click “Delete” to delete unwanted logs. Remote GPIO Settings The operation on remote GPIO is the same as with local settings on the DVR host. Once you have added all the GPIO modes, click “Submit” in the right corner to save the changes to the Host and make them effective.
Appendix A Backup to NAS (Network Attached Storage) Backup to NAS(Network Attached Storage) Because the image data of the DVR are larger than text file, plenty storage space are demanded. NAS can connect to IP network, therefore users can backup their DVR data to NAS through Internet / LAN at anytime and anywhere. Traditional DAS (Direct Attached System) cannot meet these requirements anymore. Steps: 1.Click the ‘’Setup’’ icon on the main screen. 2.Click the ‘’System’’ tab. 3.
Figure A-2: NAS setting Note: One NAS can connect multiple DVR hosts, in order not to confound the back-up data, their folders’ names should be different. 6.User: Fill in the login user account on NAS. 7.Password: Fill in the password for the corresponding user. 8.Overwrite: If you want to recycle your backup NAS storage when storage is full, click the ‘’Overwrite’’ checkbox to enable it. Once overwrite enabled, NAS will initiate deleting files.
Appendix B C NTP (Network Time Protocol) NTP (Network Time Protocol) The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the clock of DVR to another reference time source in the network. Steps: 1. Click the ‘’Setup’’ icon on the main screen. 2. Click the ‘’System’’ tab. 3.Click the ‘’NTP’’ button to popup the NTP setup windows.
Figure B-2: NTP setting 4.NTP Server: Fill in the ‘’NTP Server’’ and click the ‘’Add’’ button to put the NTP server into the list. DVR can have their own time server added for keeping DVR synchronized. (Several NTP servers have been added by default) 5.Active: Active the selected NTP server. 6.Deactive: Not to active the selected NTP server. 7.Delete: Delete the selected NTP server in the list. 8.
Appendix C Audio Audio DVR supports for only 1-CH audio recording. Providing audio recording and audio playback via built-in audio device of mothboard. Steps: 1.Click the Setting icon on the main screen. 2.Select “ System Settings” 3.Click the Audio button to pop up the setting window.
Related settings as below: Figure C-2:Sound Setling screen Recording Property 1. Camera select: only support 1CH audio for the first one camera. 2. Selecting Audio device: If select no recording, it will no sound when playback. 3. Quality: select “High” or “Low”. The better quality, the bigger file size is needed. Playback Property Click “Mute” for mute mode or adjust the “volume” slider for volume control. Note: The volume is irrelative with the file’s capacity. 1.
Appendix C Figure C-3: Real-time monitoring screen with audio Figure C-4: Playblack screen with audio 2.The real-time monitoring and playback screen in mute mode. Click the mote icon to switch to audio mode.
Figure C-5: Real-time monitoring screen in mute mode Figure C-6: Playback screen in mute mode 114
Appendix D Multi-Playback Multi-Playback Let’s take a look at how we can use the multi-playback function. 1.Click the ”playback” click below. button on the main screen, and then (multi-playback), you’ll see the Multi-Playback windows as Figure D-1: Multi-playback screen 2.Click date/time.
3. Click the slice4, slice9, or slice16 to select 4-camera, 9-camera, or 16camera synchronous multi-playback respectively. 4. Click “OK” and then click the icon to playback. 5. You can use “Hour” and “Minute” to change the start playback time. (Ex. Click the hour, the playback time will be changed from 14:00 to 15:00.) 6. You can click any camera view to zoom out its image.
Appendix E TROUBLESHOOTING Your Digital Video Recorder has passed through a series of rigorous quality assurance tests to guarantee reliable performance. However, your new Digital Video Recorder is a sophisticated piece of equipment; the system malfunction might occur if it is used incorrectly or if one of its components fails. Included here are important tips and information you will need to help locate and solve some of the problems you may encounter.
messages. It is important to determine whether the software error message you are getting is from the operating system. Once you know this, you can refer to your dealer for a solution to the problem. Checking Cables and Connections Start by performing a careful visual inspection of the exterior of the Digital Video Recorder. If no lights are displayed, make sure that your Digital Video Recorder and its peripherals are getting power and communicating with each other properly.
Appendix E message appears on your display screen. A memory test message appears next; as the test continues, memory size increases until all installed memory is tested. Two classifications of malfunctions can be detected during the POST: • Error messages that indicate a failure with the hardware, the software, or the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). These critical malfunctions prevent the Digital Video Recorder from operating at all or could cause incorrect and apparent results.
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Appendix F CONFIGURING ACTIVEX ActiveX is one type of VBscript. ActiveX is used for client-side communication with the main application. ActiveX Settings The relative settings of ActiveX can be configured in the manner described below:When you get into the system, the window will pop-up a warning screen which is about the Active X setting; the details are as follows: Figure F-1: Warning Window The user could check “Always trust content from Softwell Technology to continue. Co., Ltd.
Choose which features of DVR Active X installer you want to install 1.DVR ActiveX: to copy the file to the computer 2.Start Menu Shortcuts Figure F-3: Objects Selection Figure F-4: Install Location Selection Figure F-5: Installation Window After finishing installation, then click “Close” 122 .
Copyright Notice Third Party Software Licenses This system includes third party packages licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, GNU Lesser General Public License(LGPL) Version2.1, XFree86 License, Artistic License, and CGIC License. Please see the related Copyright Notice for the terms of these licenses. Specifically, the following third party softwares are included in this product: 1. glibc-2.2.2-10.src.rpm(GPL) 23.setserial-2.17-2.src.
45.slang-1.4.2-2.src.rpm(GPL) 46.libstdc++-2.96-81.src.rpm (GPL) 47.info-4.0-20.src.rpm(GPL) 48.mgetty-1.1.25-2.src.rpm(GPL) 58.LPRng-3.7.4-22.src.rpm(GPL and Artistic) 59.VFlib2-2.25.1-12.src.rpm(GPL2) 60.samba-client-2.0.7-36.src.rpm (GPL2) 49.mingetty-0.9.4-16.src.rpm (GPL) 61.logrotate-3.5.4-1.src.rpm(LGPL) 50.linuxconf-1.24r2-10.src.rpm (GPL) 63.glibc-common-2.2.2-10.src.rpm (LGPL) 51.dip-3.3.7o-22.src.rpm(GPL) 64.audiofile-0.1.11-1.src.rpm(LGPL) 52.ntsysv-1.2.22-1.src.rpm(GPL) 65.gtk+-1.2.
