Specifications

4. VP-24/28/216 Series DVR Card Installation Procedure

4.1 Summary of the installation:

Before install VP-24/28/216 series DVR card to your PC platform, please make sure the PC’s Hardware is

compatible with the motherboards, which we have recommended in the appendix.

VP-2x series contains one of VP-24 or VP-28 or VP-216 capture card and a CD for installing

firmware and a Quick reference manual. First, Plug VP-2x series DVR card onto the PC’s PCI slot ,

you need a CD-ROM device on primary IDE for installing Firmware. Maximum of two hard disk units

install on secondary IDE slot is recommended.

Connect video signals to the camera input ports of VP-2x. These signals can be Camera, VCR, TV or

VCD/DVD player as long as they are NTSC/PAL compatible composite videos.

4.2 Installation:

Step 1 : Installing Motherboard

We recommend motherboards that support Linux device drivers. If you purchased a non-recommended

motherboard yourself make sure it works. We are not responsible for non-approved motherboards. We

carry recommended motherboards for system integrators to use. Put the motherboard together just like a

regular PC.

Step 2: Installing CPU

We recommend any Pentium 4 Class CPU. Install as usual and attach the heat sink and fan.

Step 3: Installing Memory

We recommend installing a good brand name 256MB DDR memory.

Note: If you choose MPEG4 compression Standard, please install 512MB DDR memory.

Step 4 : Installing VGA Card

We recommend VGA cards as in supporting list (Please check appendix) .We carry VGA cards for system

integrators. Insert the VGA card into the AGP slot. Not all VGA cards will work due to unsupported

Linux device drivers.

DDR Memory