Operating Instructions Digital Video Recorder Model: DIR-4108H/xx DIR-4116H/xx
Operating Instructions
Digital Video Recorder Safety Instructions / Maintenance • Read these safety instructions and the operation manual first before you install and commission the unit. • Keep the manual in a safe place for later reference. • The system may only be commissioned and maintained by personnel authorized to do this and it must only be carried out in accordance with relevant standards and guidelines. • Never cover the ventilation slots to avoid overheating.
Operating Instructions Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction........................................................................................ 3 Features ............................................................................................................. 3 Package Contents .............................................................................................. 4 Chapter 2 — Installation & Configuration ................................................................
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction FEATURES Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 8 or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 8 or 16 Composite Input Connectors Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL Auto Detection for VGA Monitor Dual Codec (H.
Operating Instructions PACKAGE CONTENTS The package contains the following: y y y y y y 4 Digital Video Recorder Power Cord USB Mouse Infrared Remote Control and Batteries Rack-mount Kit RAS Software CD and Operating Instructions (This document) Digital Video Recorder Power Cord USB Mouse IR Remote Control and Batteries (AAA Type) Rack-mount Kit RAS Software CD and Operating Instructions
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation & Configuration REAR PANEL CONNECTORS No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other components that make up part of your system. Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. 16-Channel DVR rear panel Video In Factory Reset Switch Video Out RS-485 Port RS232C Port Network Port Alarm Input/Output Power Connector Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment.
Operating Instructions If you prefer to use a standard CCTV monitor, connect it to the Video Out connector. NOTE: The DVR does not support simultaneous operation of a CCTV and a VGA monitor. Connecting to the RS232C Port The RS232C port can be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras. Connecting Alarms NOTE: To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip, press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button.
Digital Video Recorder Connecting to the Network Port The DVR can be networked using the 10/100Mb Ethernet connector. Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ-45 jack to the DVR connector. The DVR can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades. See the Network Setup section in this chapter for configuring the Ethernet connections. CAUTION: The network connector is not designed to be connected directly with cable or wire intended for outdoor use.
Operating Instructions FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Alarm LED HDD LED LAN LED Power LED USB Port Alarm LED The Alarm LED is lit when alarm output or internal buzzer is activated. HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. LAN LED The LAN LED is lit when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. Power LED The Power LED is lit when the unit is On. USB Port Connect the supplied USB mouse to one of the ports.
Digital Video Recorder INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL ID Button DISPLAY Button SEQUENCE Button FREEZE Button ALARM Button CAMERA Buttons PTZ Control Buttons (FOCUS, PRESET, ZOOM) MENU Button PTZ Mode Button Arrow Buttons Enter Button ZOOM Mode Button PLAYBACK Buttons (Stop, Pause, Play, RW, FF, Previous, Next) ID Button If a DVR System ID is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional entries.
Operating Instructions FREEZE Button Pressing the FREEZE button freezes the current live screen. ALARM Button Pressing the ALARM button resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. CAMERA Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords.
Digital Video Recorder PLAYBACK Buttons y y y y Stop: Stops playback and enters the Live Monitoring mode. Pause: Pauses the video. displays on the screen when in the Pause mode. Play: Plays back images at regular speed. The screen displays when the DVR is playing back video. RW (Rewind): Plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , and . , and displays on the screen respectively. y FF (Fast Forward): Plays video forward at high speed.
Operating Instructions MAIN SETUP The Main Setup screen gives you to access to all the DVR’s setup screens. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes. button on the remote control gives you Throughout the screens you will see . Selecting the and pressing the the opportunity to reset that screen to its default settings. You can save your changes by selecting the Save button and pressing the button. Selecting the Cancel button exits the screen without saving the changes.
Digital Video Recorder SYSTEM SETUP System Settings (SYSTEM ¼ System Tab) y System ID: Set the system ID. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons or scroll the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the number. NOTE: It is possible to have multiple DVRs with the same System ID in the same area. In this case, all DVRs with the same System ID will be controlled at the same time when using the infrared remote control for that ID number. y Language: Select the desired language.
Operating Instructions NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed. CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format. y Show System Log…: Displays the system logs (up to 5,000 from the latest). The column for system activities of remote sites.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Selecting the Authority box toggles between all authority levels being turned On an Off. Selecting the individual authority level boxes toggles between that authority level being turned On and Off. Shut Down – The user can shut the system down on a local system. Upgrade – The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running RAS. System Time Change – The user can change the system date and time on a local system or a PC running RAS.
Operating Instructions y y y y Time: Set the system time, and select the time format. Time Zone: Select your time zone. Enable Daylight Saving Time: Selecting the box sets the system to enable daylight saving time. Time Sync…: Set up the time synchronization between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in most time zones and countries, or between the DVR and another DVR. Automatic Sync – Selecting the box enables you to set up the automatic time synchronization.
Digital Video Recorder Disk Bad – Displays the damage status of the storage drive. (Not Formatted (The device is not formatted), Good (%) (The device is working properly though some portion (%) of the storage is damaged.) or Bad (More than 90% of the storage is damaged.)) Temperature – Displays the temperature of the storage drive. (N/A (The DVR cannot read the temperature.), Good (The temperature is normal.) or Bad (The temperature is 70oC (158oF) or higher.)) S.M.A.R.T. – Displays S.M.A.R.T.
Operating Instructions General Settings (RECORD ¼ General Tab) y Recycle When Disk Full: Selecting this box records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When the box is not checked, the DVR stops recording once all available storage has been used. y Codec: Select the codec between H.264 and MPEG-4.
Digital Video Recorder Setting up the Basic Schedule Mode… y Schedule Type: Select the Basic schedule mode. y Record Mode: Select the desired recording mode. ( : Time (Time-lapse) recording, : Event recording, : Time & Event recording) y Record Schedule: Set the recording schedule. y Time Record ips: Set the images per second for Time recording. y Time Record Quality: Set the recorded image quality for Time recording. y Event Record ips: Set the images per second for the pre- and post-event recording.
Operating Instructions y : Adds a schedule item. Up to 20 schedules can be registered. No. – Indicates a schedule number. The higher the number, the higher its priority. Day – Select the days that the recording will take place. Range – Set the time range that the recording will take place. Mode – Select the recording mode. ( : Time (Time-lapse) recording, : Event recording, : Time & Event recording) Channels – Select which cameras will be recorded.
Digital Video Recorder y Zone: Define the area of the image where you want to detect motion; e.g., a doorway. The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video from the selected camera. You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of eight individual block groups. A block group is positioned within the image area using the arrow buttons on the remote control, and individual blocks within the block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons.
Operating Instructions y Daytime Setup…: Select the button and set the Daytime range. The DVR will consider the remaining time range as the nighttime. Alarm-In Event Settings (EVENT ¼ Alarm-In Tab) y y y y No.: Selecting the box toggles each alarm input On and Off. Title: Change the name of all or each alarm input. Type: Set each alarm input as NO (Normally open) or NC (Normally closed). Actions: Set up actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The system performance might be affected when a large quantity of text inputs are detected from several channels at the same time. Port – Select the port from None, RS232, RS485 and USB-Serial (1~8). If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. NOTE: When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running. Setup… – Set the port settings.
Operating Instructions System Event Settings (EVENT ¼ System Tab) y Settings: Set up the DVR to run self-diagnostics. System – Select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the system. Check Recording – Selecting the column allows you to set up the check recording schedule by selecting Schedule On. Selecting allows you to add a check recording schedule by setting the day, time range and interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the recorder.
Digital Video Recorder NETWORK SETUP General Settings (NETWORK ¼ General Tab) y Remote Watch – bps/ips: Set the transfer speed, and select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between bps (bit per second) and ips (image per second). y Remote Watch – Quality: Select the quality of the transferred image. NOTE: The local recording speed might be affected by various network bandwidth (Transfer Speed) conditions. NOTE: The higher Quality settings require higher Transfer Speed settings.
Operating Instructions Network Settings (NETWORK ¼ Network Tab) y Type: Select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Manual – You can select Manual when using a static IP address for network connection. Set up LAN parameters manually. Set the numbers of the IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask. DHCP – You can select DHCP when the DVR is networked through DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
Digital Video Recorder DVRNS Settings (NETWORK ¼ DVRNS Tab) NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows you to connect to the DVR remotely with the dynamic IP address or the domain name. When using this feature, you can access your DVR remotely by using the DVR name instead of IP address. To use the DVRNS feature, the DVR should be registered on the DVRNS server, and the DVRNS server settings on your DVR must match the settings on the registered DVRNS server.
Operating Instructions y Enable: The DVR can be set up to send an e-mail when an event occurs. Selecting the box enables the Mail function. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. y SMTP Server: Set the SMTP server IP address or domain name obtained from your system administrator. NOTE: You will need to get the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server from your network administrator.
Digital Video Recorder y Covert: Select the camera usage from Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 to determine which camera will display on the monitors. NOTE: When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video. When selecting the Covert 2, the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video. A user who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes.
Operating Instructions OSD Settings (DISPLAY ¼ OSD Tab) y Status/Camera: Check each OSD item box to turn it On or Off. Remote Control – The icon displays when the DVR can be controlled using the infrared remote control. Zoom – The icon displays on the enlarged video. Network – The icon displays when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. Freeze & Sequence – The icon displays while in the Freeze mode, and the icon displays while in the Sequence mode.
Digital Video Recorder y Sequence – Mode: Select the sequence mode between Full Sequence and Cameo Sequence. (8- and 16-channel Model Only) Selecting the Sequence menu icon at the top of the screen or pressing the SEQUENCE button on the remote control causes the DVR to sequence cameras. The DVR can sequence cameras in two modes: “Full” and “Cameo.” In the Full mode, the DVR sequences through the cameras with predefined screen layouts.
Operating Instructions Chapter 3 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapter 2. LIVE MONITORING As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin displaying live video on the attached monitor. The default mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button on the remote control will cause that camera to display full screen.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Full Sequence for the full sequence monitoring and the Cameo Sequence for the cameo sequence monitoring should be selected in the Display setup screen (Main Monitor tab). Camera Menu Selecting the (Camera Menu) icon displays the following Camera Menu. y PTZ: Selecting PTZ and choosing the camera number allows you to control the selected camera as long as it has Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Selecting PTZ is the same as pressing the PTZ button on the remote control.
Operating Instructions Login/Logout icon accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log Selecting the into the system. Selecting the icon displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user. DISPLAY MENU In the Live Monitoring mode or Search mode, moving the mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen displays the following Display menu icons.
Digital Video Recorder OSD Selecting the (OSD) icon toggles OSD On and Off. EVENT MONITORING When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with that event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). How the cameras are displayed depends on the number of cameras associated with the event. If one camera is associated with the event, the DVR will display that camera full screen.
Operating Instructions You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the button on the remote control. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name. Press the button to load the PTZ preset and the Move to Preset dialog box will appear.
Digital Video Recorder PLAYING RECORDED VIDEO While in the Live Monitoring, pressing the MENU button on the remote control displays the menu icons on the screen. (Search Mode) icon at the top of the screen exits the Live Monitoring mode and enters the Search mode. Selecting the Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the (Play) button on the remote control in the Search mode. When playing video for the first time, the DVR will display the most recent image.
Operating Instructions SEARCHING VIDEO While in the Search mode, pressing the MENU button on the remote control displays the following menu icons at the top of the screen. Pressing the MENU button again hides the menu icons. Search Go To Export Camera Menu Alarm Off Data Source Exit NOTE: The menu icons also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen.
Digital Video Recorder Alarm Off: Resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. Selecting the same as pressing the ALARM button on the remote control. icon is the Data Source: Selects the data source to be searched. Selecting Record searches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR, and selecting Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR. Exit: Exits the Search mode and enters the Live Monitoring mode.
Operating Instructions y To: Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be to the last recorded image. button toggles between On and Off. You will be able y Check Time Overlap: Selecting the box and pressing the to turn the Check Time Overlap on or off only if user-defined date and time have been set in the From and To boxes.
Digital Video Recorder Selecting or located at the bottom zooms the record table. Selecting displays eight hours (1-minute based), and selecting displays 24 hours (3-minute based) at once. To move to earlier or later times that are not shown in the current record table screen, select the arrows located at the end of the times by using the arrow buttons on the remote control.
Operating Instructions You also can narrow your event search by selecting Option… and setting up new search conditions. y From: Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image. button to toggles between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. y To: Pressing the When set to On, the search will be to the last recorded image.
Digital Video Recorder Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. Pressing the (Play) button on the remote control button will start playing the “event” video segment. If you want to return to live monitoring, press the MENU button on the remote control and select the (Exit) icon at the top of the screen. You also can narrow your event search by selecting Option… and setting up new search conditions.
Operating Instructions Go to the Date/Time You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons on the remote control to select the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once you have set the date and time, button. Then select Go and press the button to display the image recorded press the at the selected time. The Playback buttons on the remote control can now be used to review the surrounding video.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When naming a file, you cannot use the following characters: \, /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, |. y Include Text-In Data: Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When this feature is On, you can include text-in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-in data. button. A confirmation screen displaying Once you have given the video clip a file name, select Start and press the data size will appear.
Operating Instructions Select between the WEBWATCH (Web monitoring) and WEBSEARCH (Web search) modes and enter the appropriate port number of the program. Entering ID and PASSWORD and clicking the [LOGIN] button logs in using the selected mode. Selecting Save ID saves the ID you entered. You will need to enter the DVR IP address in the DVR ADDRESS field when running the WebGuard program by entering http://www.dvronline.net.
Digital Video Recorder WEB MONITORING WebWatch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real-time from the remote DVR. ① Click the icon to log out of the WebGuard program ② Click the icon to access the web search mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version number of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information window displays the login information of WebGuard. ⑤ Click the screen format to select the desired display mode.
Operating Instructions y Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name. y Aspect Ratio: Changes the image aspect ratio. y Deinterlacing: Using a deinterlace filter for interlaced video enhances image display quality by eliminating horizontal scan lines and noise in areas with motion. y Anti-Aliasing Screen: Enhances image display quality by eliminating stair stepping (aliasing) effects in the enlarged image.
Digital Video Recorder ⑧ Click the icon to enter the time-lapse search mode which allows you to search for recorded data by time and then play back images found within the time parameters. The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar. If there is more than one video stream in the same time range, you can select the video stream you want to search. Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen.
Operating Instructions TEXT-IN SEARCH EXAMPLES Search Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.
Digital Video Recorder Search Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.
Operating Instructions Appendix FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS MENU ITEM System SYSTEM Date/Time General RECORD Schedule EVENT 52 Motion PARAMETER System ID Language User Management Administrator Operator Date Format Time Format Time Zone Enable Daylight Saving Time Time Sync… Automatic Sync Run as Server Holiday… Recycle When Disk Full Codec Resolution Auto Deletion Schedule Type Basic Schedule Mode Record Mode Record Schedule Time Record ips Time Record Quality Event Record ips Event Record Quality Eve
Digital Video Recorder Alarm-In Text-In EVENT System General Network NETWORK DVRNS Mail No. Title. Type Actions Alarm-Out… Notify… PTZ Setup Title Actions Record Alarm-Out… Notify… PTZ Settings System Check Recording Check Alarm-In Disk Almost Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature Actions System Check Recording Check Alarm-In Disk Almost Full Disk Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature Disk S.M.A.R.T.
Operating Instructions Camera DEVICE Remote Control OSD DISPLAY Main Monitor 54 No. Title Covert PTZ ID PTZ Port Setup… Baud Rate Data Bit Stop Bit Parity Port Setup… Baud Rate Data Bit Stop Bit Parity Remote Control Product Status Remote Control Zoom Network Freeze & Sequence Screen Group Free Space Date Time User Name Camera No.
Digital Video Recorder ERROR CODE NOTICES SYSTEM UPGRADE RELATED CLIP COPY RELATED No. Description No. 0 1 2 3 4 100 101 102 104 105 300 301 302 303 304 400 401 402 500 Unknown error. File version error. Operating system version error. Software version error. Kernel version error. Upgrade device mounting failed. Package is not found. Extracting package failed. Rebooting failed. Invalid package. Remote connection failed. Remote network error. Remote upgrade is not authorized.
Operating Instructions TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POSSIBLE SOLUTION No Power y Check power cord connections. y Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video y y y y No Live Video on the VGA Monitor If the DVR does not detect a VGA monitor automatically, press and hold the DISPLAY button on the remote control for 5 seconds or longer to switch the video output from Video out to VGA out. DVR has stopped recording.
Digital Video Recorder SPECIFICATIONS Type Art. No. Series Operation mode Video standard Video inputs (amount) Video inputs Main exits Video outputs Spot monitor IP channels Audio inputs Alarm inputs Activity detection Covert Camera Recording Alarm outputs Alarm notification Alarm reset input Event Logs System log Max. recording resolution Resolution Compression standard Image size Max. recording rate Recording speed Digital storage media Harddisk capacity (internal) Max.
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