1 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Safety Information The safety information is provided for the wellness of the equipment and for the safety of the operator. Please review and observe all instructions and warnings in this manual. Note : Keep this manual handy every time you operate this equipment. Also, check with your dealer for further assistance and for the latest revision of this manual. Your dealer might provide you with a digital version of this manual.
User’s Manual | 2 Contents CHAPTER 1 : DVR USER MANUAL 1 GETTING STARTED 5 1.1 Checking Supplied Items 5 1.2 Connecting Peripheral Device 6 1.3 System Startup and Shutdown 7 2 EXPLANATION FOR EACH FUNCTION 9 2.1 Front Panel 9 2.2 Rear Panel 10 2.3 IR Remote Controller 11 3 OPERATION 12 3.1 User Log-in 12 3.2 Quick Startup Wizard 13 3.3 Live Display Mode 14 3.4 PTZ Operation 19 3.5 Freeze Mode 20 3.6 Call Monitor Operation 21 3.7 Playback of Recorded Video 21 3.
3 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 5.4 Web Playback 6 CMS USER GUIDE 62 64 6.1 PC REQUIREMENT 64 6.2 INSTALL 64 6.3 UNINSTALL 66 6.4 BASIC OPERATION 67 6.5 CMS FUNCTIONS 76 6.6 CMS SETUP 82 7 ACS USER GUIDE 89 7.1 System Requirement 89 7.2 Install 89 7.3 Uninstall 91 7.4 Basic Operation 91 7.5 Advanced Operation 7.6 ACS Setup 8 MAC ACS USER GUIDE 97 100 105 8.1 System Requirement 105 8.2 Install 105 8.3 Basic Operation 106 9 FACE STAMP SOFTWARE 9.
User’s Manual | 4 Chapter 1 DVR USER MANUAL
5 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 1 GETTING STARTED 1.1 Checking Supplied Items Make sure that you have the following items supplied with your DVR. If any of these items are missing or damaged, notify your vendor immediately. Keep the packing utilities for moving or storage purposes afterwards.
User’s Manual | 6 1.2 Connecting Peripheral Device This section describes how to connect peripheral devices efficiently to the DVR. Install the DVR on flat surface. If required, attach a rubber mount for installation. If a 19-inch rack is used with 1.5U Height case, it is recommend to install the system on a shelf and use 2.5~3U (1U=1.75 inch or 4.45 cm) space for proper ventilation. NOTE Install the system in a location with good ventilation to prevent overheating.
7 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 1.3 System Startup and Shutdown System Startup After connecting peripheral devices such as cameras, monitors and a mouse to the DVR, power up the DVR by connecting DC12V 6.67A adaptor to the power jack on the rear panel. The boot log will display as shown below. Please wait until the boot process completes. Login with ‘User Name’ at the login window which will appear as shown below. There is only one Administrator Account configurable in the DVR system.
User’s Manual | 8 System Shutdown and change password Click the Shutdown button and input password on pop-up to power off the DVR. The default password for ‘admin’ account is none. Therefore, just click ‘Enter’ button on the dial pad. If you changed the password for ‘admin’ account, please type in the changed password to login. NOTE User can type in the password using the virtual keyboard or the numeric buttons on the IR remote controller.
9 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 2 EXPLANATION FOR EACH FUNCTION 2.1 Front Panel [8/16CH (W)428x(H)93x(D)446mm] No. 1 Buttons Menu / Exit 2 Playback Speed Control 3 Forword & Backward Play Pause 4 Playback Speed Control 5 Search / Instant play 6 Book-mark / Call Moniter 7 PTZ / I-backup 8 Mode / Freeze 9 USB Port 10 LED Indicator 11 12 13 14 Instant Record Enter Direction DVD±RW NOTE Functions Menu/ Exit Toggled button.
User’s Manual | 10 2.2 Rear Panel [8CH (W)360x(H)66x(D)380mm] [16CH (W)360x(H)66x(D)380mm] No.
11 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 2.3 IR Remote Controller In order to use IR Remote Controller, the ID of the IR Remote Controller must be same as the ID of the DVR. (Default ID # for DVR and IR Remote Controller is “1”.) If you have more than two DVRs, you are able to control them individually with just one remote controller by setting up ‘Remote ID’. (The Remote ID is adjustable from ‘1’ up to ‘8’.) The function buttons of the IR Remote Controller are as below. No.
User’s Manual | 12 3 OPERATION 3.1 User Log-in The DVR has various setting categories. The administrator can set the system password and to prevent unauthorized changes to setting values and alteration of recorded file. Enter the or password which had been set by using the virtual keyboard. NOTE 1) window will be permanently displayed in monitor as above picture until user logs in with the right ID and password. 2) If it is set as Auto Log-In, DVR does not require LOG-IN.
13 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 3.2 Quick Startup Wizard Quick Startup Wizard is specially designed to make it much easier for the major DVR settings such as Time/Date setup, Record setup, Network setup and Quick setup. When the DVR boots up, the Quick Startup Wizard operates automatically. It can be disabled by setting in the main menu. Adjust the date & time for the DVR. Setting this before the DVR starts recording will prevent and time conflict, which may result in data loss. See section 4.1.
User’s Manual | 14 3.3 Live Display Mode Full HD(1080p) Live Display Full HD Live Display can be supported in live mode by using its HDMI and VGA output. NOTE In playback mode, the maximum resolution is 960x480 / 960x576(NTSC/PAL). Automatic 5x Signal Extender (Built-in 4CH) The adjustable 4CH built-in 5x Signal Extender Video Amplifier enables to extend the distance coverage upto 900m (2950ft) between camera and DVR.
15 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Channel selction can be done by following one of the steps below: 1. CH1~CH16 buttons in the IR Remote Control. 2. 1~16 virtual buttons at the bottom of the GUI display. The display mode can be changed by pressing the ‘MODE’ button on the DVR’s front panel. The live images can be displayed in real-time in 1, 4, 9, 16 screen splits. Whenever the left/right arrow button on the front panel or IR remote controller is pressed, the screen will be sequentially changed.
User’s Manual | 16 Icons The live mode display’s icons or messages will be indicated on the screen to indicate the system mode or status. Below are the icon categories that are indicated on the monitor: Icon to be shown at Left-upper corner on each channel screen Icon to be shown at Left-bottom corner on full screen.
17 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Pop-up Menu User can click the right button of the mouse to pop up sub-menu as shown below. DISPLAY- Select the display split from the available options: - 1 Screen- Single channel. Automatically displays CH1. If 1 Screen is selected again, next chronological channel will be displayed. - 4 Screen- Quad mode. Automatically displays channels 1~4. If 4 Screen is selected again, the next chronological 4 channels (5~8) will be displayed.
User’s Manual | 18 - Panorama- change selected channel to panoramic search. SETUP- open the DVR’s main menu. LOGOUT- User logout. When a camera is disconnected, a warning sound may be generated depending on the system settings. Can’t see video loss pop-up message. Is this the correct screenshot? As the Admin user, you can seup up multiple users with different levels of authorization.
19 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 3.4 PTZ Operation Before starting PTZ control, please make sure the camera you wish to control is a supported PTZ camera and is installed and configured properly. See section 4.2.6 PTZ for setup information. To enter PTZ mode, follow one of the options below: 1. Right-click on the screen and select PTZ Control. 2. Click on the joystick button 3. Press the PTZ button on the DVR’s front panel, or 4. Press the PTZ button on the IR remote control.
User’s Manual | 20 User can automatically switch PTZ camera positions according to defined presets by using the GUARD TOUR function. The connected PTZ camera must support touring functions. “GUARD TOUR” on the pop-up menu can be enabled only in full screen mode. See 4.2.6 PTZ for instructions on how to setup the GUARD TOUR.
21 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 3.6 Call Monitor Operation Press the CALL MON button on the front panel, or click the right button on the mouse and select the CALL MONITOR in order to enter call monitor control mode. The numeric panel will pop up at the center of the screen. Click the specific channel button on the numeric panel to display full screen mode out of assigned spot out channels. ▪ Press the close button on the bottom of the numeric panel.
User’s Manual | 22 The picture below shows the system playing back a video. In playback screen, user can make various playback modes, make an instant manual backup (archive), go to calendar search mode, change channel, and change screen modes. By clicking the left mouse button in the colored-time bar, the user can jump to a different time in the recording. In addition, user can move the vertical search bar and release by dragging it back and forth to search the desired time in detail.
23 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 3.8 Single Channel Playback in Live Mode (Cameo) Single channel playback can be displayed while other channels are still in live mode. In live view mode, right-click on the channel that you want to view in playback and select Search Single Channel Search. Hover the mouse’s cursor over the selected channel to display the playback control bar. Use the playback control bar to playback, fast rewind, pause and play the video.
User’s Manual | 24 3.9 Panorama Search Panorama search displays frame-by-frame for a selected channel. This unique search option allows you to pin point the exact moment when an event occurred, an object has been moved, or left in the scene. To enter the Pamorama Search, in live mode, right-click on the channel you would like to search and select search Panorama. Select the date and time you would like to view in Panorama search and press the search button.
25 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 3.10 Quick Backup during Playback User can easily archive video while viewing the video playback. 1. In playback mode, press and hold the “I.BACKUP” button on the front panel to set start time for the backup video. “INSTANT BACKUP START” will appear at the bottom right hand corner of the display. 2. Press the “I.BACKUP”button again to set the backup’s end time. The backup menu window will pop-up. 3. If necessary, adjust the following options: a.
User’s Manual | 26 3.11 Search Recording Image 1 Date/Time Search To search your recorded data by date/ time, follow one of the options below: 1. Click the quick Menu button at the left side of the menu bar, select Search Date/ Time 2. Right-click anywhere on the screen, select Search Date/ Time The calendar window will appear, Days with recorded data available will be indicated in RED. 1. Select from the calendar the date.
27 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder triggered during dwell time. The system will also send a “sensor event” message to the Pivot Client Software over the network. If “SENSOR” is disabled in the “DEVICE” menu, and recording mdoe is set to “CONT + SENS”, the system will record with continuous recording even when a sensor is triggered. Pink - “Motion” + “Sensor”-The system records only when motion is detected AND when a sensor is triggered at the same time.
User’s Manual | 28 3 System Log The system log search allows you to search for any changes made to the system, quickly and easily, displaying the search results in a detailed table format. 8. 9. To open System Log Search, perform one of the following options: a. Click quick menu button, select Search System Log b. Right-click anywhere on the screen ans select Search System Log. Select the date you would like to search. 10. Select which events should be included in the log report.
29 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder NOTE 20 numbers of log record will be shown on one page of the and window. User can click the arrow icon to search the log records on another page. 4 First Data Go to the first screen of the recorded video. This is the oldest video recorded. 5 Last Data Go to the last screen of the recorded video. This is the latest video recorded. 6 Bookmark Go to the bookmark list to search the recorded video data in the bookmark list.
User’s Manual | 30 3.12 DST Setting DST starts at 2:00 local time on 2nd Sunday of March, and ends at 2:00 DST on 1st Sunday of November. During DST (Daylight Saving Time) period, DVR time clock has to be adjusted according to regional time zone. That is, the DVR time clock will be shifted by one hour after the DST settings start, and the DVR will restore the time clock back to normal after DST finishes.
31 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder When user click on such overlapped period, a message titled “Recorded video Selection” will pop up. The user can then select whether to play DST data or Non-DST data. Click OK to play DST image. [“DST” image is displayed on screen] Click CANCEL to play Non-DST image. [“Non-DST” image is displayed on screen] 3.
User’s Manual | 32 4 SETTING General setting structure consists of “System”, “Device”, “Record”, “Network”, “Backup,” and ‘Quick Setup” as shown below. Main Classification SYSTEM DEVICE RECORD NETWORK BACKUP Q.
33 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 4.1 System The system menu button is selected by clicking “TOOL” on the menu bar or clicking the right mouse button. Users can move mouse pointer from “System” through “Quick Setup” to instantly look around the sub-menus on the menu screen. Using the left mouse button, the user can select a desired category for editing.
User’s Manual | 34 - Date/ Time- manually enter the DVR’s date and time, time zone, and enable/ disabled DST. Using the available options, manually adjust the date and time from the calendar, select the display mode for the time, and the date, and select the appropriate time zone. If applicable, check the ‘USE DST’ box. See section 3.12 DST Setting for more information. - HDMI Resolution- Select the DVR’s output resolution.
35 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder - - NTP Setup- Setup the DVR to automatically sync with a Network Time Protocol. There are two types of TIME SYNC MODE: o Server Mode- The DVR is set as a Time Sync Server, which can synchronize its own time with another DVR(s) connected over the same network environment. o Client Mode- The operating DVR is set as the client DVR.
User’s Manual | 36 User Master user of this system is always Admin with factory default of No password. This user cannot be deleted. It is recommended that the Admin change the password for extra security. Admin can designate a new user with different permission levels by: functions, menu access, and live & playback. “Function” options restrict a user’s access to functions such as search, PTZ control, backup, and playback.
37 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Export/Import Users can copy and paste the system configuration values in this menu. “Export” allows the user to copy the settings for this system to USB memory devices. “Import” allows the user to recall the settings saved from other systems using USB memory devices. During import process, make sure that the firmware version of source DVR is the same as the destination DVR.
User’s Manual | 38 Factory Default With an authorized password, users can get the system back to factory default configuration. NOTE Upon clicking “Start” button and entering the admin password, all the configuration values made by the user will be deleted. The system setting will be sent to factory defaults. The recorded video data will not be erased. Face Stamp Set-up The Facestmap is an exclusive Digital Watchdog feature used for employee and time amangement.
39 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Face Stamp User Registration Listed users can be monitored as Faces Stamp events through VMAX960H & VMAX960H when listed users check in and out Face Stamp. To add, delete, or modifty Facestamp users, go to the DVR’s System Settings, Facestamp sbu-menu. 1. Select the channel to which the Facestamp access panel is connected. 2. To add a user, press the add button. 3. Enter a USER ID.
User’s Manual | 40 Face Stamp Search Whenever users check in our out using the Face Stamp access panel, the check in or out will be recorded as an event, and a picture of the user will be stored in the DVR. Managers then can search and review their employee’s time and attendance. To perform a local search on the DVR for all Facestamp events follow these steps: 1. In live mode, right-click anywhere on the sreecn and select Search Face Stamp. 2. Facestamp search window will appear.
41 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 4.2 Device There are Seven sub menus in the Device menu, such as Camera, Audio, Sensor, Motion Alarm, Extra Alarm, and PTZ. Users can easily move to the “Device” menu by selecting the icon on the top right of the menu screen. Camera Users can setup camera title, covert, brightness, contrast, motion sensitivity, and audio mapping for each camera. “Covert,” also called “hidden camera” feature, hides camera display and playback as if there were no camera recording.
User’s Manual | 42 Audio Users can select the audio input and output during live display and match the audio input to a designated channel. (Please refer to Section 4.3.1 Camera Record). Adjust the audio volume using the volume control panel, enable or disable audio recording for each channel, and enable or disable audio during live video.
43 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Preset- User can select the camera to move to a preset position, once the sensor is triggered. (User should setup preset position in PTZ menu 4.2.6 in advance). In addition, users can set multi-preset with a single PTZ camera. Therefore, users can cover a multi-preset zone with a single PTZ camera. Relay- 1~2/Off Relay Output. Dwell Time- Set the recording period from the start of sensor input activation.
User’s Manual | 44 Motion Alarm Select Motion alarm to record only when motion detection is triggered by DVR S/W upon user’s defined motion area. An alarm signal is sent via the selected sensor-out channel. COPY SETTINGS Upon pressing Copy Settings button, Copy Settings popup will appear. In this popup, choose the camera the user wants to copy from at the “From” field. Choose the parameters such as Use, Notify, Relay, and Dwell Time on the check box.
45 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder PTZ Full control of PTZ camera is available in this menu. For details, please refer to Section 3.3 PTZ Operation. Protocol Select the proper protocol of the connected PTZ camera. Address Set the PTZ driver address of the connected camera. Check the below items for proper P/T/Z operation. 1. Check if the protocol of the connected PTZ camera is correct. 2.
User’s Manual | 46 4.3 Record Users can configure various record settings such as Continuous, Event, and Panic for each individual camera channel in the Record Setup Menu. Network Stream settings are independently configured from the Record settings in this menu as well. Therefore, the user can optimize the bandwidth used by configuring the resolution, FPS, and image quality separately. Record Setup 1. Locate RECORD icon from the main menu. 2. On the Record window Click on Record Setup tab. 3.
47 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Users can also configure the Network Stream settings independently from the Record settings under the “Live Stream” tab as shown below. The Live Stream menu enables users to optimize data transmitted over the network by configuring the Resolution, FPS, and Quality without affecting the Record settings.
User’s Manual | 48 Schedule You can set up the record schedule by applying a various record modes to each date and time. Simply select a record mode by mouse and drag it to the desired date and time. Holiday Users can setup a specific day of a month or day of week as a holiday as shown below. Once holiday is selected, the recording setup for those holidays will be affected by the schedule setting in the schedule.
49 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 4.4 Network Network The system has built-in web server. ETHERNET - DVR network system - ETHERNET LAN port Network Type Select network connect type. Select either LAN for fixed (Static) IP or DHCP for dynamic IP. If DHCP is selected, click ‘IP DETECT’ button to detect IP address information. Subnet Mask Subnet Mask address classifies the subnet that the system belongs to. Standard address is 255.255.255.0.
User’s Manual | 50 NOTE TCP/IP Port, Mobile Port, and Web Port should be a different number from each other. UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and Auto Private IP Setup (NAT Traversal) UPnP stands for Universal Plug and Play, which is a relatively new technology that indicates a universal protocol for widespread plug-and-play devices to ease the network implementation. When a PC and a DVR both installed the UPnP function, the PC can automatically recognize the DVR in the same local area network.
51 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder DDNS The User has to mark the “Use DDNS” check box to use it. DDNS Server dwddns.net or dwddns2.net is the fixed domain name of DDNS server. User cannot change the DDNS name. NOTE The standard DDNS domain name is dwddns2.net, and users can use dwddns.net or dyndns.com by drop-down list.
User’s Manual | 52 Notification Remote Notify The system can notify an alarm message to the IP address of Advanced Client Software over the network. User can choose from a selection of different kinds of alarms by pressing “ADD.” Alarms can be generated by Sensor, Motion Detection, Disk Full, Admin PW Changed, Video Loss, and Power On/Off. E-Mail Notify The system can send notification to an Email address or Advanced Client Software and the Central Management System over the network.
53 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 4.5 Backup Backup Users can archive a video clip recorded for a certain period on a selected channel or channels as shown below. Connect an appropriate USB memory device, like USB thumb drive, USB HDD, or a built-in CD or DVD burner and press “SCAN” button to get the system to recognize it before archiving. Necessary file size will be shown before burning. NOTE Backup device shall be a well-known major brand of USB thumb drives formatted by FAT/FAT32 for proper backup.
User’s Manual | 54 Backup Video Retrieve There will be a single file after archiving, if “Auto Player” was selected. User can double click “Player.exe” file to open the video data file (PSF format) in the folder. User can print out, capture a still image, zoom out, or make an ASF file format, by using the icons located on top of the player window. NOTE User also can play the backup-video clips by Advanced Client Software and Central Management System.
55 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 4.6 Quick Setup Quick Setup helps user make simple configuration for recording resolution, entire recording speed by frame, recording mode, and recording periods. The system will put the first priority for configuration on this quick setup and will follow this rule regardless of configurations set in other menus. Users should not fill in the checkbox of Use Quick Setup if he/she wants to utilize full system configuration defined in the other menus.
User’s Manual | 56 5 WEB SURVEILLANCE The VMAX960H DVR has a built-in web server. Using an ordinary web-browser over a network, users can always stay connected to the system for live monitoring, playback, or remote configuration without installing any remote client software. 5.1 Web Login The user is required to input the correct IP address in the web browser after making the web port available in the router.
57 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 5.2 Web Configuration Menu of Web Configuration Main Classification SYSTEM DEVICE RECORD NETWORK QUICK SETUP Sub Classification SYSTEM INFO USER HDD DEFAULT CAMERA AUDIO SENSOR MOTION ALARM EXTRA ALARM RECORD SETUP LIVE STREAM PANIC RECORD SCHEDULE NETWORK DDNS NOTIFICATION QUICK SETUP After logging in with the right ID and password, users can make various configuration changes in the Web Configuration window seen below.
User’s Manual | 58 [Record] [Network] [Quick Setup] NOTE This web CGI screen is directly supported from the built-in web server in the DVR, regardless of Internet connection. NOTE enables user to reboot the system without any changes to the setup. When the network is disconnected due to abnormal operation of the system, user can use this function and try to reconnect. However, the IP number assigned to the system may be changed due to the DHCP mode.
59 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 5.3 Web monitoring The first time you access your DVR via the Web viewer, you will be asked to install Active-X file before monitoring live video. Please follow the installation process to complete the Active-X installation. Without it, you will not be able to view video from any of the DVR’s channels. [Web Active X Install ] User can get into web monitoring after log in as shown below.
User’s Manual | 60 ⑬ ① ② ③ ④ ⑫ ⑪ ⑤ ⑥ No. ⑭ ⑦ Title 1 2 Connection Mode Connection Option 3 PTZ 4 Calendar 5 Playback Controllers 6 Audio 7 Export Options 8 Display Options 9 Channel Selection 10 Time bar 11 Time indicator 12 Main Display Area 13 Remote Setup 14 Logout ⑩ ⑨ ⑧ Function Select to view the DVR in Live or Playback Mode. Select to Connect or Disconnect from the DVR. PTZ control options, including: virtual direction arrows, zoom and focus, and preset.
61 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder User can monitor live video in 1, 4, 9 or 16 screen modes. If user wants to see single channel in full screen, double-click on the live video screen. User can change to single mode by clicking the mode icon located at the bottom left. NOTE The image resolution in “Live monitoring” in this web browser can be adjusted from the DVR’s ‘Live Stream’ sub-menu under the ‘Record’ Setup Menu.
User’s Manual | 62 5.4 Web Playback Users can remotely playback the DVR images by clicking “SEARCH” button in the middle of bottom window. In order to connect to DVR, the user has to click “ Connect ” button which is located at the top left corner. Playback Time Select the date and time on Time Search, located at the middle of left side of window, and click button. Playback Icon Play/Pause is toggled and playback speed is shown on the left box.
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User’s Manual | 64 6 CMS USER GUIDE 6.1 PC REQUIREMENT Recommended PC Requirement Windows XP, Vista, 7 OS CPU VGA RAM HDD Pentium Dual core 1.8Ghz or higher 1024X768, 256MB supporting DirectX 1GB 20MB for installation, 10GB for Remote Backup Minimum PC Requirement OS CPU VGA RAM HDD Windows XP, Vista Pentium 4, 2Ghz 1024X768, 64MB 24bit color graphic card 1GB 20MB Free Space 6.2 INSTALL Run Central Management Software Setup.exe saved on the included CD. When clicked, the Setup Menu will appear.
65 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Press to move to the next screen. Press to move to the next screen. Select what Icons and shortcuts you wish to install on your desktop. Press to move to the next screen.
User’s Manual | 66 Select to begin installation. When the installation is complete, the below message will appear. Select whether you want to launch the software and select “finish”. 6.3 UNINSTALL To uninstall CMS, press UNINSTALL CMS from the Start Menu of your PC. A window will appear in Windows7 or Windows Vista. Press YES to begin the process.
67 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder When the process is complete, the below message will appear. 6.4 BASIC OPERATION Click on the CMS icon on the Desktop or click START on Windows PC and go to the CMS Folder.
User’s Manual | 68 LOG IN The default ID is Administrator, and there is no default password. The administrator account has the highest level of authority on the CMS.
69 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder No Item Description 1 Main Toolbar (Setup Tab) The Main Toolbar has three (3) selectable tabs named "Main", "Export" and "Setup". In the Setup tab, there are CMS setup and Remote setup. 2 Main Toolbar (Export Tab) In the Export tab, users can save JPEG, AVI and Print images of selected video. 3 Main Toolbar (Main Tab) In the Main tab, users can connect to Live and Search views, disconnect, change display mode and sequence, Panorama Search and Thumbnail Search.
User’s Manual | 70 MAIN TOOLBAR (EXPORT) No Item Description 1 Image Capture an image of the selected (focused) channel. 2 Movie Save the selected channel in ASF format movie file. 3 Print Print the selected channel. MAIN TOOLBAR (MAIN) No Item Description 1 Live 2 Search 3 Disconnect 4 Disconnect All Disconnect all of the connected sites and channels. 5 Display Mode Choose the display mode from single, 4 split, 9 split, 16 split, 20 split, 36 split, 64 split.
71 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder SITE LIST The Site List displays all of the DEVICES that are currently setup for remote connection with the CMS application. To select and view a desired camera or device, simply drag it from the site list panel onto the viewing area. Then, select the options Live or Search ( ). If a DEVICE site is dragged onto the viewable area, then the selected DEVICE or all cameras from the DEVICE will be displayed. PTZ CONTROL PTZ camera control is only available in Live mode.
User’s Manual | 72 No. Button Description 1 Navigation Key 2 Zoom Zoom In and Zoom Out. 3 Focus Adjust the focus of the PTZ camera. 4 Virtual PTZ If Virtual PTZ is activated, it enables users to control the PTZ camera’s movement, Zoom and Focus. PTZ can be controlled with the mouse on the channel screen directly. 5 PTZ Speed Adjust the PTZ camera response speed. Getting Faster as moves to the right. 6 Preset 8 directional arrows allow the user to move the PTZ camera.
73 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Click the time or move the time bar to the time you want to playback in the search panel. For a more detailed search as seen below, double-click the time that you want to jump. Detailed search is available on a 6 minute basis as shown below. Playback Control Panel No. Button Description 1 Go to First. 2 Forward Playback : Decrease the speed / Reverse Playback : Increase the speed. 3 Step Forward. 4 Reverse Playback. 5 Pause. 6 Forward Playback.
User’s Manual | 74 0 DISPLAY In live mode, the text LIVE will be displayed in white, and the channel will be bordered in blue. In search mode, the text SEARCH will be displayed in red, and the channel will be bordered in red. A selected channel will be bordered in yellow. The site name will be shown at the lower left hand corner of the screen. 1 EVENT SEARCH CMS can receive any event data from the DEVICE as shown below. You can select a desired date to view the event list for the selected date.
75 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 2 INFORMATION The current date/time, site name, IP address, ID, channel and Live/Search status will be shown for a selected channel. 3 FAVORITE Cameras currently displayed on the screen can be added, deleted and edited as a favorite site group. Place cameras of DEVICE site into a desired channel location of the screen and then click to create a new favorite site group. Then, you can simply place those cameras on the same channel location by drag & drop as shown below.
User’s Manual | 76 6.5 CMS FUNCTIONS EVENT SEARCH When you right click on a site in the site list, a quick access menu will appear. Select EVENT SEARCH to run Event Search. No Item Description 1 System Connection Info The information of the DEVICE you are connected to will be filled out automatically. 2 Event Download Status Right after connecting to the DEVICE, event information will be downloaded automatically. The download progress bar will be shown.
77 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder REMOTE BACKUP When you right click on a site in the site list, the quick access menu will appear. Select REMOTE BACKUP to run Remote Backup. No Item 1 System Connection Info 2 Recording Directory 3 System Recording Info 4 Backup Setting 5 Channel 6 Backup Progress 7 Backup Status Window Description The information of the DEVICE you are connected to will be filled out automatically. Decide the recording directory to backup.
User’s Manual | 78 FIRMWARE UPGRADE When you right click on a site in the site list, the quick access menu will appear. Select FIRMWARE UPGRADE to run Firmware Upgrade. No Item 1 DEVICE Connection Info 2 Firmware File Directory 3 DEVICE Name/ Current Version 4 New Version to upgrade 5 Upgrade Progress 6 Upgrade Status Window Description Input the information of DEVICE you are connected to. Select the firmware file directory to upgrade. Displays the current DEVICE Name and Firmware Version.
79 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder MULTI MONITOR Click MULTI MONITOR in the Main Toolbar to run the Multi Monitor function. When you select MULTI MONITOR, you will see an additional window with the same split display as the main window. This setup is useful if your monitor center has more than one monitor screen. PANORAMA SEARCH Click PANORAMA in the main tool bar to run the Panorama View. In Live mode or Search mode, the panorama view will show frame by frame display of the selected channel.
User’s Manual | 80 THUMBNAIL SEARCH Click THUMBNAIL in the main toolbar to run the Thumbnail Search. This feature is available only in Search mode. First, select a channel and click THUMBNAIL. The Thumbnail Search Pop-up window will come up. No Item Description 1 Date 2 Time Interval 3 Image Size Adjust the Thumbnail Image size by using the slide bar. Moving the slide bar to the right will increase the image size, and moving it to the left will decrease image size.
81 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder BOOKMARK Click data. icon in the bottom right corner under the video display screen to bookmark a selected one channel search Once the selected search data is bookmarked, the bookmark data is listed with an image in the bookmark list as shown below. Select a bookmark list and click search or double click it to search the bookmarked data. Click REMOVE to remove a selected bookmark from the list and click DELETE ALL to delete the entire bookmark list.
User’s Manual | 82 DIGITAL ZOOM IN/OUT In Live/Search mode, digital zoom can be activated in a single full screen mode by using the mouse wheel. Scroll up the mouse wheel, to zoom in. Scroll down the mouse wheel to zoom out on selected channel. 6.6 CMS SETUP Options for DEVICE Registration, Network, User, Display, Event and other options. REGISTRATION Add, Modify, Import, Export or Remove DEVICE site information.
83 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder ① ② ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑩ ③ ⑨ No Item Description 1 Name The name of the site. 2 IP The site’s IP Address. 3 Search 4 Port 5 Web port 6 ID 7 Password 8 Channel 9 Model 10 Aspect Ratio Search all DEVICE sites in the same local network. (UPnP function) Port of the site. (Default: 9010) Web Port of the site. (Default: 80) User ID to access the site. Password to access the site. Number of channel of the site.
User’s Manual | 84 ADDING IP CAMERAS The Pivot V5.5 supports live video from leading IP Camera models and OnVIF compatible IP Cameras. To add cameras using the ONVIF option form the DEVICE drop-down menu: 1. Right-click on the Sites List and select ‘Add Site’ 2. From the Model Drop-down Options, select ONVIF Device 3. Enter the camera’s IP address, or use the ‘Search’ button to automatically detect all ONVIF conformant cameras in your network. 4. Select which camera you want to add and click ok.
85 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder NETWORK Enables users to setup RECONNECT and AUTO CONNECT to the network. Enable Reconnect: When the network is unstable or disconnected, it will try to reconnect periodically. When the network gets stable again, it’s reconnected. Enable Auto Connect: When you restart the CMS program again, it will reconnect to the last sites seen before logging off. USER User authority can be changed by Administrator.
User’s Manual | 86 DISPLAY Options for OSD setting. Users can modify what information will be displayed on the video screens. Title: Turn on/off the DEVICE title and channel number. Date/Time: Turn on/off the Date/Time of the site. DEVICE Name: Turn on/off the name of the site. Time Format Sync: Synchronize the DEVICE time format to CMS. Record Status: Able to turn on/off the Record Status of the site. Live/Search: Able to turn on/off the Live/Search of the site. Sequence: Able to set Sequence interval.
87 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder MISC. Setup the Recording Directory, Language, Auto Upgrade, and Auto Login. ① ② ③ ④ No Item 1 Recording Directory 2 Language 3 FTP Information 4 Auto Login Description Decide the recording directory to save images. Select a desired language. In order to have Auto Upgrade, input FTP information. Once the FTP setup is done, CMS will detect the latest firmware is in the FTP and start upgrading automatically.
User’s Manual | 88 Chapter 3 ACS CLIENT SOFTWARE USER MANUAL
89 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 7 ACS USER GUIDE 7.1 System Requirement Recommended System Requirement OS CPU VGA RAM HDD WindowXP, Vista Pentium 4, 2Ghz 1024*768, 64MB 24bit color graphic card 1GB 20MB Free space Minimum System Requirement. OS CPU VGA RAM HDD WindowXP, Vista Intel Core i5 cpu 2.80GHz ATI Radeon HD 512 4GB 20MB Free space 7.2 Install a. Run Advanced Client SoftwareSetup.exe on the included CD. Follow the setup wizard to complete the installation. b.
User’s Manual | 90 c. Select what Icons and shortcuts you wish to install on your desktop. Press screen d. Select to move to the next to begin installation. When the installation is complete, the below message will appear. Select whether you want to launch the software and select “finish”.
91 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 7.3 Uninstall To uninstall ACS, press UNINSTALL ACS from the Start Menu of your PC. A window will appear in Windows7 or Windows Vista. Press YES to begin the process. When the process is complete, the below message will appear. 7.4 Basic Operation Click on the ACS icon on the Desktop , or click START on Windows PC and go to the ACS Folder.
User’s Manual | 92 Log In The default ID is Administrator, and there is no default password. The administrator account has the highest level of authority on the ACS. Screen Layout No.
93 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Tool Bar No. Icons Description 1 ACS Setup Option setup for Advanced Client Software 2 Live Connect to a DVR in Live mode 3 Search Connect to DVR in Playback mode 4 Disconnect Disconnect from a selected channel 5 Disconnect All Disconnect from all channels in the display area 6 Image Export a selected image. Default file type is JPEG, saves to “My Documents” by default 7 Movie Save a selected video in .
User’s Manual | 94 PTZ control Panel PTZ camera control is only available in Live mode. No. Button Description 1 Navigation Key 8 directional arrows to move the PTZ camera. 2 Zoom Optical Zoom. 3 Focus Manually adjust the focus of the PTZ camera. 4 Virtual PTZ Control the PTZ camera’s movement, Zoom and Focus with the mouse on the channel’s screen directly. 5 PTZ Speed Adjust the PTZ camera’s response speed. Higher number= faster camera movement.
95 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Search Panel The Search Panel is only available in search mode. The Search panel displays the record information for each channel from a date selected in the calendar panel. Each color represents a different recording mode: No Record White Continuous (Yellow Color) Panic(Red Color) Alarm(Orange Color) Motion(Green Color) To jump to a specific time in the playback using the Search Panel: 1.
User’s Manual | 96 Additional Control Options (Audio On/Off): Turn On or Off for Audio channel. Two-way Audio : Two-Audio between ACS and DVR. Relay: Turn On or Off for Relay. NOTE When options are not properly setup on the DVR side, these buttons will be disabled. 0 Event List Panel Event List Panel will display all evets related to the DVR currently connected. See section 6.6.4 Event for more information on setting up events recording on the ACS.
97 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 7.5 Advanced Operation Event Search Right-click on a site in the site list to view the quick access menu. Select EVENT SEARCH to run Event Search. Description No. Function 1 System Connection Info Input the information of Device and click ‘connect’. 2 Event Download Status Right after connecting to Device, event information will be downloaded automatically. The download progress bar will be shown.
User’s Manual | 98 Remote Backup Right-click on a site in the site list to view the quick access menu. Select REMOTE BACKUP to run Remote Backup. ③ ① ⑦ ④ ② ⑥ ⑤ Description No. Function 1 System Connection Info Input the information of Device and press ‘Connect’ 2 Recording Directory Enter the recording directory to backup. Enter a desired file name and select where the file will be saved. 3 System Recording Info Displays the start and end time of the available recorded data in the system.
99 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Firmware Upgrade Right-click on a site in the site list to view the quick access menu. Select FIRMWARE UPGRADE to run Firmware Upgrade. Firmware Upgrade allows you to update the DVR’s firmwqare remotely. Description No. Function 1 DEVICE Connection Info Input the information of Device and click ‘connect’. 2 Firmware File Directory Select the firmware file directory to upgrade. 3 DEVICE Name/ Current Version Displays the DVR’s current Model and Firmware Version.
User’s Manual | 100 7.6 ACS Setup The ACS Setup menu allows you to adjust the software’s settings such as: Device Registration, Network, User, Display, Event and other options. DVR Registration Add, Modify, Import, Export or Remove DVRs from the site List. 1. To add a DVR, click ‘Add’ button, and input all required information If a DVR is set to UPNP, it can be automatically detected by using the ‘Search’ button. The DVR must be on the same network as the ACS to be able to be detected.
101 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder User User authority can be changed by the Administratoruser only. “admin” is the built-in account for administrating the DVR and ACS program. (default password for the admin user is no password). 1. To edit a user’s presmissions, check the box next to the desired user and select ‘EDIT’. The User seupt page will appear. Here you can: a. Change the user’s ID and Password b. Set which permissions current user will have.
User’s Manual | 102 Display The Display setup menu allows you to modify the OSD as it appears on the ACS. Using the check boxes, select which information will be displayed on the video displayed on the ACS software: - Title: Show/ Hide the Camera’s title and channel number. - Date/Time: Show/ Hide the Date/Time - DEVICE Name: Show/ Hide the DVR’s name. - Time Format Sync: Synchronize the DVR’s time format to ACS. - Record Status: Show/ Hide the Recording Mode for each channel.
103 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Misc. Setup the Recording Directory, Language, Auto Upgrade, and Auto Login options. No. Function Description 1 Recording Directory Select the recording directory to save images (saved as .jpg) and video clips (saved as .ASF or .MP4). 2 Language Select a desired language from the drop-down options. 3 FTP Information Enter the FTP’s information.
User’s Manual | 104 Chapter 4 MAC ACS CLIENT SOFTWARE USER MANUAL
105 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 8 MAC ACS USER GUIDE 8.1 System Requirement Recommended System Requirement OS CPU VGA RAM HDD Mac OS X 10.6(snow leopard) Built-in Intel CPU MAC Recommended More than 128MB Recommended More than 1GB 20MB Free Space Minimum System Requirement. OS CPU VGA RAM HDD Mac OS X 10.5( Leopard) Built-in Intel CPU MAC 64MB 512MB 20 MB Free space 8.2 Install a. Run MAC ACS.pkg installed on the CD. A Setup Menu will appear as below.
User’s Manual | 106 b. Select the directory where you would like the ACS software to be installed to. Press the [Continue] button to move to the next screen. c. Press the [Install] button to Install MAC ACS. d. Enter the password and Click [OK] to begin installation. When the installation is complete, the message appears as below. 8.3 Basic Operation To run the ACS on your MAC, click on ACS icon in Application Folder.
107 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Screen Layout No. Description Item Main Toolbar Device Management, Connect & Disconnect, Print Image, Export Image or Video, and Dicpaly Options. 2 DVR List Panel Registered DVR Site List. Possible to connect by Dragging 3 Live/Search Click Live or Search mode to connect the panel 4 PTZ Panel PTZ Camera Control in Live mode 5 Calendar Panel Search by Time and Date 6 Search Panel Recorded information is displaed in Search.
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109 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder PTZ Panel PTZ camera controls in Live Mode. PTZ Camera can control if the channel is activated on PTZ operation. No. Description Button 1 Navigation Key PTZ camera can be moved in 8 directions. 2 Zoom Optical Zoom In and Out. 3 Focus Adjust the focus of PTZ camera. 4 Preset Select the preset location. Go to the preset location. 5 Calendar Panel The calendar is enabled only in Search mode.
User’s Manual | 110 Search Panel The Search panel is enabled only in Search mode. - The Search panel shows the record information for each channel. - Each color represents a different recording mode: No Record Background Color Continuous (Yellow Color) Panic(Red Color) Alarm(Orange Color) Motion(Green Color) - Click the time or move the time to the time you want to playback in the search panel.
111 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Site Manager Add, Modify, or Remove DVR site information. Press add a DVR entry. The system will fill out the information automatically.
User’s Manual | 112 To change the default values, double-click on the item. For example, double-click “ New Site “ to change the name. After all the necessary modifications have been made, press the No. button.
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User’s Manual | 114 9 FACE STAMP SOFTWARE Indepandant Face Stamp SW is supplied in the DVR’s accessory CD to manage the face stamp events search, various reports, user management and work hour calculation. 9.1 Face Stamp Software Set-up System Connection Info In order to operate this S/W after installation, access the target VMAX960H or VMAX960H Flex. Input the DVR’s IP address, Port No, DVR login ID and pass word to connect. See section 4.4 Network for more information.
115 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Work Time Set-up Administrator can set-up the company’s work time by day when Go▶ button is pressed. Starting & end time of work and break. After setting of work time, save this list. Administrator can edit and delete the pre-saved list in drop-down list. User List When Face Stamp data is downloaded from VAMX960H / VMAX960H flex, registered user list in DVR will be automatically displayed. User list and IDs can be added and deleted in Face Stamp S/W.
User’s Manual | 116 Daily Search Set desired date to search Face Stamp events. You may also filter the results by selecting other conditions such as name, id, or in and out. Click Search to view the search results. Face Stamp events will be displayed with still image by time. When an image is double-clicked, up to three (3) seconds of pre-event recording video will be played back. Period Search You can also perform search on longer periods of time.
117 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder Report Face Stampl SW supplies daily, weekly, and monthly reports by face stamp event as well as work hours calculation. In the user tree, you can select a specific user to see individual reports. If you select the root group, all users will be displayed in the reports. Daily & Weekly Report Select user and daily or weekly repot. Target date/week can be selected in the calendar and it should be within the predefined downloaded period.
User’s Manual | 118 Monthly Report Monthly Report will display events lists only. 0 Print Report Printed report will supply user information. Picture is available when it is uploaded in user list. Report will show all record of In/out Face Stamp event and calculated work hours.
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User’s Manual | 142 APPENDIX : DYNDNS SITE REGISTRATION 1) Go to www.dyndns.
143 | H.264 Digital Video Recorder 7) Confirm the domain name and IP address 8) Check the connection status Tip 1. It may take a little time to be completely done for DNS deployment after changed sub domain. 2. Please recheck DVR’s IP address registered in the My Service Menu, if you can’t access DVR using dyndns. 3. If you are using dyndns to change the IP address for the DVR to the update request, dyndns update by the circumstances that may be late. 4.
User’s Manual | 144 APPENDIX : NETWORK SETUP FOR EXTERNAL USAGE Please note: The following information are general guidelines. These may vary by networkand router specifications. Contact your installer or ISP for additional information. If you are not connecting to your DVR from within the same network, you will have to perform port forwarding on your router to be able to access the DVR externally, via the internet. 8. 1. In the [Network] menu set “Network Type” to [Dynamic IP] and click [IP DETECT].
145 | Appendix : Specification APPENDIX : SPECIFICATION MODEL DWB-VF9H8 DWB-VF9H16 Photo Compression Algorithm H.
User’s Manual | 146 MODEL DWB-VF9H8 DWB-VF9H16 240/192 fps @ 960*480(576), 480/400 fps @480*240(288) Network Transmission Video Dual-Stream (Local Recording & Network Transmission) Function Live Monitoring, Remote Playback and File Backup (Triplex-on-Remote) Remote & E-Mail Notification with JPEG, Remote System Reboot by Client(ACS&CMS) Mobile Device support iPhone, iPad, Backberry, Android, 3G mobile Remote PTZ Control Pan / Tilt / Zoom / Focus / Iris 5x Signal Extender Video Equalizer 1~4Ch up