X4D/X8D/X16D Professional 4/8/16 Camera (4 Audio) H264 Pentaplex DVR USER MANUAL Features • USB Memory Stick Back Up • DVD Back Up • Networking/Internet Access • 3G Mobile Phone Viewing • IR Remote Control • Mouse Support • VGA Output • Full HD monitor support 1 This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS AND INSTALLATION __________________________ 4 1-1 CONTENTS ________________________________________________ 4 1-2 Hard Disk Installation _______________________________________ 6 1-3 DVD-RW Installation ________________________________________ 7 CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION _______________________________________ 9 2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS __________________________________ 9 2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS __________________________ 10 CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPER
CHAPTER 6 Remote Software Installation and Setup____________________ 45 6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction ______________________ 45 6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE ____________________ 47 6-3 AP Software Operation ____________________________________ 49 CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS _____________________________________ 50 CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE _________ 52 8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System52 8-1.
1. DVR 2. Quick Start Guide 5. CD 8. Power Adaptor 3. IR Remote Control 6. Hard Disk Mount x2 9. Power Cord 4.Batteries x2 7.Screws x20 10. SATA Cord 2pcs 11. DB25 Connecter Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
1-2 Hard Disk Installation Step 1) Fix the HDD to rack mount with the screws as indicated. Step 2) Place the HDD on the HDD plate and screw it as indicated. Step 3) Connect the power and the SATA cables as indicated. Note: After installation, please initialize Hard Disk before starting to record. For more detailed information, please check User Manual 4-9 System Tools for reference. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
1-3 DVD-RW Installation Step 1) Remove the front cover from DVR. Step 2) Put the DVD-RW into the DVR as indicated by the arrow. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
Step 3) Screw the bottom of the DVR as indicated to fix the DVD-RW. o Step 4) Connect the power and the SATA cables. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION 2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Control Keys Description 1 DVD Writer Optional DVD-RW backup device. 2 USB 2.0 Port Port for USB external devices (USB flash drive devices use, the mouse behind the back of the USB ports installed).. 3 LED Display (From left to right) 4 Power: Power is on. HDD: Hard disk is in use. LAN: Connected to the internet (in red): Remote user logged in. REC: Recording. PLAY: Playing back. / In SETUP mode, press to move cursor down.
2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS MAIN monitor BNC port for the main monitor. SPOT monitor BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence. VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 8 in total. AUDIO IN RCA input port for audio signal. There are 4 ports available. (corresponding to channel 1 to 4) EXTERNAL I/O EXTERNAL I/O port (see below for pin definition) Fan DC 12V 40mm X 40mm fan NTSC/PAL Switch between NTSC and PAL format. AUDIO OUT RCA output port for audio signal.
CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ. 3-1 LIVE Mode You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen graphical icons under LIVE mode. Table 3-1.
Table 3-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode. Icon Description Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons. Main menu. Search menu. Backup menu. PTZ mode. Turn on/off recording. Playback. Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons. FREEZE. PIP, picture in picture ZOOM, double the screen size AUTO-sequence LOCK, activate the key lock. Full screen display. Quad display. 9-channel display.
Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode Icon Description Recording is on Schedule Recording is on 1~4 Live Audio is on Live Audio is off Motion detected on the channel Sensor triggered on the channel Video loss detected on the channel USB device detected DVD burner is detected Connected to the LAN cable. AUTO-seq is on Freeze is on, screen is frozen LOCK is on PTZ control is on 1~4 Remote control ID has been set to 1 ~ 4. Shows the current hard disk space has been used.
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any location of your screen. Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode Button Description ENTER / MODE Switch to full screen, quad, 9-channel or 16-channel display. MENU / Turn on/off PAUSE.
Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode. Icon Description / Fast rewind / Fast forward Play/pause / SLOW / slow playback stop playback Playback channel by channel with snap shot display Full screen display Quad display 9-channel display 16-channel display Zoom-in display Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
3-3 PTZ Mode Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side of screen. Table 3-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode Description Button / SLOW Move PTZ up. / Move PTZ down. / Move PTZ to the left. / Move PTZ to the right. ZOOM + PTZ zoom-in. ZOOM - PTZ zoom-out. FOCUS + PTZ focus-in. FOCUS - PTZ focus-out. IRIS + PTZ iris-open.
Table 3-3.2 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode Icon Description Leave PTZ Mode back to the LIVE mode Pre-set number N. (0~255) Go to pre-set number N. Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N. TOUR PIP press to activate pre-set tour Set current PTZ location as the start FREEZE ZOOM of line-scan. Activate line-scan. Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. To move PTZ in 360° PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out. PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close.
CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for related setup of other users. Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard. Item Description Switch between capital and small letters. / Switch between numbers and letters. Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login account. Delete the last character. Enter to identify the password.
Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu Item MENU ESC ENTER Description Switch to different options under one item Switch to different items Save setup and back to LIVE mode Back to Upper level of menu without saving Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard Note: The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to “4-9 UTILITY SETUP” for detail.
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup Item Normal setup/ event setup Resolution Description Select recording mode Select recording resolution: NTSC:352x240, 704x240, 704x480 PAL:352X288,704X288,704X576 Record Type You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type. No. Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording Quality Select quality: Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest FPS Select recording frame rate.
Item Description Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection Sensor Setup Enter to set up sensor detection 4-2.1 MOTION SETUP Item Description Alarm Duration(Seconds) When motion detect the number of seconds continuous alarm Motion Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. 1~16 You can setup independently for each channel.
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids. The default detection area is full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access. Areas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site. Item Description Mask Mouse Selection Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function All Area Detection Select entire screen as detection area. Mask All Area Deselect entire detection area.
Item Description Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. All Off Set all sensor off All Low Set all sensor polarity low All High Set all sensor polarity high Sensor Polarity Click or press to select between HIGH, LOW voltage for triggering sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel Low Polarity Sensor has not been triggered.
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have detail setup by dates, Time and event. 4-3.2 Holiday Setup Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of your location accordingly. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
4-4 CAMERA SETUP Item Description 1~16 Mask You can setup independently for each channel. Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode Sharpness Drag the bar or press to adjust Sharpness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 1. Brightness Drag the bar or press to adjust Brightness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Contrast Drag the bar or press to adjust Contrast of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 100.
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and password is “admin” and “123456” The default password remains the same after firmware upgrade, however, it requires 8-digits for password length when you setup a new one Item No. Username Password Permissions Change Admin Password Picture Description Check to activate the user’s account.
4-5.2 User Picture Setup User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive. 4-6 NETWORKING SETUP Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
Item Description Connect type Setup mode for network connection: (DHCP LAN ADSL). HTTP Setup Enter to set up HTTP DDNS Setup Enter to set up DDNS Mail Setup Enter to set up mail 4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP There are three ways to connect to the network as followed. 4-6.1.1 DHCP When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
4-6.1.2 LAN Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required. Item Description IP Address Enter IP address provided by ISP Subnet Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP DNS Enter DNS address provided by ISP. (Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function). 4-6.1.3 ADSL Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
Item Description User Name Enter user name provided by ISP Password Enter password provided by ISP 4-6.2 HTTP Setup Item Description Enable HTTP Server Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated. Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80. Auto Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps No. Chanel number Quality Set up record quality.
Item Description Enable DDNS DDNS Server Enable/disable DDNS function. Enter the registered SMTP Server: ez-dn I-DVR.NET DYNDNS.ORG NO-IP.ORG 3322.ORG SMTP Server Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username + Server) If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your server, you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net User Name Enter user name. Password Enter password. For more detailed I-DVR.NET operation instruction, please refer to appendix I. 4-6.
Item Description Enable E-mail Notification User Name Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function. Enter to set up SMTP Server name. (Varies according to the user) Enter to set up User Name. Password Enter to set up Password. Sender E-mail Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers. Trigger Event Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).
Item Description Enable PTZ Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel. Protocol Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH. PTZ ID Click or press to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64. Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64 Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600, 19200 Select Keyboard.
Date/Time Setup Enter to set up Date/Time Device Setup Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay Spot Setup Enter to set up Spot Default ID is ID1. If remote control malfunctions, please press, “DVR1” button to renew corresponding DVR ID. 4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP Item Description Auto-Seq Interval Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under Auto-Seq mode.
Item Description Hour Format 12HOURS/ 24HOURS Date Format MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD Date/Time Position Choose the position of Time and Date display Change Date & Time Setup time and date of DVR Time Zone Setup Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time. Internet Time Setup Setup automatic synchronization with internet server 4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME Setup date and time of DVR manually according to user’s local time. 4-8.2.
Item Description Select Time Zone Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13 Daylight Saving Time Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time 4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server. Item Description Automatic Synchronization Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting.
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP Item Description Key Tone Enable/Disable keystrokes. Buzzer Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss). Relay Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP The DVR has two modes of video output; one is main video output, the other is spot video output. SPOT setup is for controlling the order of channels the system cycles through in SPOT mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode. Item SPOT MODE Interval (Seconds) Skip Video Loss Channel Description Channels display in spot for three different modes: MANUAL: select channels to display manually. SEQUENCE: Auto-sequence for all channels in order.
Item Description HDD Initialization Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that installed in DVR. Check the HDD you’d like to initialize then press “Start”. HDD initialization is successful when the status shows “Succeed” USB Initialization Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and press YES to clean up all data on your USB.
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC Item Description Version The current firmware version of DVR IP The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the screen will display” NETWORK DISCONNECT”. MAC MAC Address of DVR HDD Status No. HDD number Volume HDD Capacity Used Rate Percentage of space used on HDD. Shows HDD status. USING means the HDD is being used for recording now Status GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown format for the DVR.
CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH 5-1 BACKUP SETUP User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Recorded data can also backup into NB/PC through our remote access software: DVRemoteDesktop.exe and be saved in your assigned path. The format of backup file is IRF file that can be played by both “DVRemoteDesktop.
5-2 SEARCH SETUP Item Description Event Search Event search menu Time Search Enter time search menu 5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click your mouse to playback the recording data. P.S.
Item Criteria Page Date/Time Event Type Info Description Setup conditions of event search Switch between pages of events Date/time when event occurred. Event type, defined as following MOTION Motion Detected SENSOR Sensor Detected Video Loss Video Loss Remote Login user log-in over the network Remote Logout user log-out over the network Power On DVR Power on HDD Full HDD Space FULL HDD Error Detect HDD error Reboot DVR Reboot The channel where event occurs or login user 5-2.1.
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a red square “ “System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar will be shown by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”. Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar.
CHAPTER 6 Remote Software Installation and Setup 6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction AP software: DVR Remote Desktop can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC. Note: The system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above & Windows Vista, Windows 7 Step One Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456.
Step Four: Run or Save our AP software. Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC. Step Six: You’ve logged into the DVR Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE Step One Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR. Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “ The user name and password appeared in this image is only for demonstration.
Step Four: DVR images appear. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
6-3 AP Software Operation Open the file “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”; enter the information of DVR “IP address”, “Port” “Username” and “Password” and click “OK”. You should be able to login DVR successfully and start to use the software. The default username and password is admin/ 123456 “DVRemoteDesktop.exe” AP software provides some extra functions for remote users. Please check Table 6-3.1 for minimum system requirements for “DVRemoteDesktop.exe” operation. Table 6-3.
CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS 1. VIDEO Input Level Recording Speed Display Resolution 1.0 Vp-p±10% Composite, 75 Balanced PAL 100 fps (4CH), 200 fps (8CH), 400 fps (16CH) NTSC 720(H) X 480(V) PAL 720(H) X 576(V) Monitor Output 2Vp-p Composite, 75 Balanced 2. RECORDING Compression Method H.
7. ENVIRONMENTAL Operation Temperature 5°C ~ + 40°C Humidity Less than 90% 8. PHYSICAL Dimension 430(W) x 293(D) x 55(H) mm Weight 2.5kg (3.5kg including 1 HDD and DVD-RW) 9. BACKUP Backup USB Stick Video Data, Audio DVD±RW (opt) Video Data, Audio Network Video Data, Audio 10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK Searching Type Event/ Time Playback speed 100 fps 11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE Monitoring Environment Web / Client Software (CMS) Max.
CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0 above and Symbian.
8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run a file called “DVRH264”. Select “Menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile screen, 4 commands, Login Add Modify and Delete, will show up. 8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in DVR information. Find “Add” under the “Menu” then enter logging-in DVR’s IP address, Port number, account name and password.
8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR You can use the “Modify” command to change the login information of DVR. The dialogue is identical to that of the “Add” command. 8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR “Delete” command can be used to remove the DVR information if it is no longer useful. Select the DVR on the name list then choose “Delete” 8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in device. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if it’s oversized. Key 2 4 6 8 Action Scroll Up Scroll Left Scroll Right Scroll Down 8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup Select “Quality” under the “Menu” There will be 5 levels for your to choose: Low Normal Middle High and Highest. 8-1.3.3 Channel Display Select “Single” under the “Menu”, there will be all channels of your DVR in list for you to choose.
The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select “Size” under the “Menu” to choose from “Original” or “Fit Screen” to resize the display image. Item Original Fit Screen Description The image will be shown in original size. The image will be shown to fit the screen. 8-1.3.5 Rotate the image The Live image can be displayed in normal or rotate to 90 degrees. Select “Rotate” under the “Menu” for this operation. 8-1.3.
8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264 compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your mobile device. System Requirement: Mobile device OS Windows mobile system 5.0 above. Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS 3G Wifi… etc. 8-2.
“Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket”. This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor DVR. Press “OK” to bring up the operation menu, see below chart to further information. Item Function Description Enter DVR’s name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password Add Add login DVR then press “OK” Choose the DVR that you’d like to log on , then press “OK” PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile Login Logon DVR when the recoding is off. PS.
choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn on/off the status bar, alarm, full screen display….etc Item Function Channel 1~16 Display for CH 1~16 Status Bar Status Bar Description Choose from CH1~16 to display. (Show only supports a single partition) Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and video loss to be detected on any channel.
CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE 9-1 CMS Installation System Requirement: Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent. Microsoft Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Server. Besides OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above. 512MB memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR) 20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage. VGA Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it.
5.”Confirm Installation” window shows. Select ‘Next’ then the installation starts. 6. Select ‘Close’ to finish installation when the “Installation Complete” window shows. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
Instructions for Log-in Failure to CMS After Upgrade Log in to CMS with the default account and password after CMS upgrade. If an error message occurs as shown in the image, please follow the instruction to solve the error. Step 1: Please enter file manager to enter folder, “Windows” and then folder “Systme32” (ex:C:\Windows\System32) Step 2: Locate file, “iCMS.dat” and delete it. Step 3: Restart CMS. Log-in successfully. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT To enter CMS, the administrator’s user name and password are required. The defaults are ‘admin’ and ‘123456’. After successful login, the following image shows on your screen: : DVRs, Groups & Events Information about DVRs, groups and events. See “9-3 Information List” for more detail. PC information and control Information about local PC’s hard disk, volume, recording...etc. See “9-4 PC Information and Control” for more detail. Main Display Live image display area.
9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events Icon Description View list of logged in DVR Group. View Logs: list all the event information of DVR 9-3.1 View DVR Group List Single left click on ‘DVR’ or ‘Group’ will expand/collapse the entire DVRs and groups list. On the DVR list, double left click on a connected DVR will show its image in main display. See “9-6.2 DVR Administration” for further information.
9-3.2 View Event Logs Under this page, all the events of a DVR can be expanded/collapsed in the order of Re mote in/Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor, Others (Power Reset, Key Lock, Key Unlock, HD Full). 9-4 Local PC Information and Control Located at the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below: Icon Function Description HDD info Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of C:\ drive (where CMS is installed). Recording Directory Setting Recording Directory.
9-5 Main Display The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change the location of screen for each channel and turn on/off audio signal with mouse-click. 9-5.1 Audio Control In live mode, you can turn on/off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4: Audio signal is On Audio signal is Off Turn on/off by clicking on the graphical icon, please note there can allow only one chan nel’s audio signal to be on at one time. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9-5.2 eMAP Display In Live mode, pressing will bring the e-MAP drag-down menu. If the channel has been set up to use e-MAP, the menu will show all the e-MAP titles that have been entitled to this channel; otherwise, “No eMaps” will be shown. Please check “9-6.4 eMAP administration” for setup information. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9-5.3 PTZ Control In the main display, right click on the channel will bring up PTZ control panel as below. Icon 8 direction key Description Rotate the PTZ ZOOM+ Zoom in ZOOM : Zoom out Setup the PTZ spot as pre-set N. FOCUS+ : Focus in FOCUS- Focus out Move to pre-set N. Set PTZ Preset Goto PTZ Pres et Setup 16 pre-set N. Move to specific pre-set N. Activate auto pre-set tour PTZ Sensitivity Setup PTZ sensitivity Setup the “start” and “end” of liner scan. Activate the liner scan cruise.
9-6 Operation Bar 10 Operations to be listed as below: Table 9-6.1 description of 10 operations: Icon Description User Administration. Please see “9-6.1 User administration” DVR Administration. Please see “9-6.2 DVR Administration” Group Administration. Please see “9-6.3 Group Administration” eMap Administration. Please see “9-6.4 eMap Administration”. Remote Playback. Please see “9-6.5 Remote Play”. HDD Playback. Please see “9-6.6 HDD Play” File Playback. Please see “9-6.7 File Play” Event Playback.
9-6.1 User administration Before the CMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper authority. Each user should also be assigned a password and optionally a description. If a user does not have certain authority assigned, he/she will not be able to operate the corresponding function on the Operation Bar. The default is none of the authority is assigned. The administrator should assign proper authority to each user. These user accounts can be deleted or edited later on.
Name: DVR Name(Unrepeatable) Model: DVR Model Generic: For General Models Generic MainStream: For DualStream Model DUAL SDVR: For MPEG4 2U Models Address: DVR IP Address Port: DVR Network Port Channel: DVR Camera Number ID: DVR Login Account Password: DVR Login Password Description: Other Description Camera Description: Carera Description From DVR: Load Camera name from DVR 9-6.
8. Click “OK” to save the setup. 9-6.4 eMap Administration If geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background, eMap can be used for the purpose. With eMap, the background picture can be picked by the user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture. Steps to follow: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click and a path for the picture will be prompted. Select a picture, click OK and the picture will show in the right panel.
9-6.5 Remote Play Video images recorded on a DVR can be displayed on a remote CMS. With Remote Play function, select a DVR and a display mode on top of the screen. After the recorded segments are listed below, double click on one to show its image on the right. Icon Description Start playing. Pause. Fast forward. Fast rewind. Select the clip you want to watch the number of minutes and seconds,Press the right button Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9-6.6 HDD Playback You can directly play the recording data in the HDD that’s uninstalled from DVR by CMS. See the picture below, the left part of screen is recording data in list that’s separated by hour and the right part is main display. You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or rewind. 9-6.7 File Playback You can play the recorded .irf files by “File Play” in CMS. It allows you to change the display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar.
9-6.8 Event Playback Event recordings on the DVR can be played back in CMS. Steps to follow: 1. Select a DVR and a display mode. 2. Select a date. 3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right. Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback. 9-6.9 Snapshot Data It can display all the snapshots you’ve taken in line in “Snapshot Data”. You can review, delete or save as other files here. *Capture images of the date and time will follow the PC-time display Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9-6.10 Recording Data It can play all the recording files you’ve recorded in line in “Recording Data”. You can play or delete them here. Steps to follow: 1. Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display. 2. You can choose the display mode. 3. Time bar will be shown at right lower corner, please drag the time bar to specify the recording time you’d like to play. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION DDNS Registration on I-DVR.NET In the package of each DVR, you will find a sticker shows account information including username and password that allows users to login I-DVR.NET for registration. To register DDNS on I-DVR.NET, please follow the steps as shown. Step 1. Please open IE browser and then enter “ http://i-DVR.NET/logon.asp ” in IE browser bar. Next, “Control Panel Logo” dialog will appear.
“host.domain” is named by your choice. “icatchddns.idvr.net” is what the main server generates Step 4. Enter DVR Main Menu input related information. If DVR IP has any changes, there are updates Here at the same time. Press, “F5: Refresh” And then IP column will update automatically to it’s real IP Address. Network Setup DDNS. Activate DDNS functions and DDNS work properly when this option selected. This part of the information required and the same within the i-dvr.net Step 5.Back to the i-dvr.
APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction When using IE for remote monitoring for the first time, IE ActiveX Control is needed to be downloaded. 1. When remote monitoring on IE for the first time, an alert message occurs “Install ActiveX control” on the tool bar. 2. Click at this alert message and select “Install ActiveX Control” 3. “Do you want to install this software” alert pops up. Select “Install” Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
4. After installation, IE remote monitoring image appears. 5. If message, “Your security Settings do not allow web sites to use ActiveX controls installed on your computer.” pops on when logging in, please follow the next instruction. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
6. First select “Tools” on the tool bar and then select “Internet Options” 7. Select Security Trusted Sites Sites Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
8. Enter DVR address (This address is only for demonstration. Please use the address depends on the setup of on-site DVR.) into the blanks shown in picture, and then press “add.” Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
9. Newly added website will appear at the trusted web sites list. Press close. 10. Go back to IE window, press refresh button or F5. Xvision X4/8/16D User Manual V1.
