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- Page 1 User’s Manual Continental Access EH-Series DVRs XD Model CADV-H-XD16 (16 Channel DVR w/ 500 GB Hard Drive) A Napco Security Group Company 355 Bayview Ave, Amityville, NY 11701 P (631) 842-9400 ● F (631) 842-9135 ● www.cicaccess.com...
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Page 4: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"... -
Page 5: Important Safeguards
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 13. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel under the following conditions: A. -
Page 6: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ................1 Features ...................... 1 Technical Overview..................1 Chapter 2 — Installation................3 Package Contents ..................3 Required Installation Tools ............... 3 Connecting the Video Input............... 4 Connecting the Loop-Through Video ............4 Connecting the Monitor ................ - Page 7 User’s Manual SEQUENCE Button ................14 FREEZE Button ..................14 PTZ Button....................14 ZOOM Button..................14 SPOT Button................... 14 Enter Button.................... 14 Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons ............15 MENU Button..................15 Shuttle Ring .................... 15 Jog Dial....................15 ID Button on Remote Control..............
- Page 8 Digital Video Recorder Text-In Screen ..................64 System Event Screen ................68 Event Status Screen ................72 Chapter 4 — Operation................73 Turning on the Power ................73 Live Monitoring..................73 Active Cameo Mode ................74 PIP Mode ....................74 Zoom Mode.....................
- Page 9 User’s Manual Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips ............. 101 Appendix C — WebGuard ................. 104 Web Monitoring Mode................105 Web Search Mode .................. 107 Appendix D — Time Overlap..............109 Appendix E — Troubleshooting ............... 110 Appendix F — Connector Pin Outs ............111 I/O Connector Pin Outs................
- Page 10 Digital Video Recorder List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation..................2 Figure 2 — 16-Channel DVR rear panel..................3 Figure 3 — Video input connectors.................... 4 Figure 4 — Video Loop-Through connectors................4 Figure 5 — Video Out connectors....................4 Figure 6 —...
- Page 11 User’s Manual Figure 49 — DVRNS setup screen..................35 Figure 50 — WebGuard setup screen..................36 Figure 51 — Notification Mail setup screen................37 Figure 52 — Authentication setup screen................38 Figure 53 — Notification Callback setup screen..............38 Figure 54 —...
- Page 12 Digital Video Recorder Figure 100 — PTZ Preset screen.................... 76 Figure 101 — Preset view screen.................... 76 Figure 102 — PTZ menu......................77 Figure 103 — PTZ controls ...................... 77 Figure 104 — Spot Monitor menu.................... 79 Figure 105 —...
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Page 14: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 8 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL Multiple Monitor Connectors: 1 BNC Video Out, 1 SVHS, 4 Spot, 1 VGA... -
Page 15: Figure 1 - Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is no need to adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view video after selecting the time or event. -
Page 16: Chapter 2 - Installation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws Guide Rails for Adding Hard Disk Drives Screws for Attaching SCSI Connector Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools... -
Page 17: Connecting The Video Input
User’s Manual Connecting the Video Input Figure 3 — Video input connectors. Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC Video In connectors. Connecting the Loop-Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop-Through connectors. If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. -
Page 18: Connecting Audio
Digital Video Recorder A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. NOTE: The Video Out (BNC), SVHS Out and VGA connectors may be connected to individual monitors for simultaneous operation. -
Page 19: Gnd (Ground)
User’s Manual GND (Ground) NOTE: All the connectors marked GND are common. Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and/or alarm output to the GND connector. AO 2 to 16 (Alarm-Out) Figure 9 — Alarm Output connectors. The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the AO (Alarm-Out) and GND (Ground) connectors. -
Page 20: Connecting To The Rs485 Port
Digital Video Recorder Connecting to the RS485 Port Figure 12 — RS485 connector. The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS485 half-duplex serial communications signals. The RS485 connector can also be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras. -
Page 21: Connecting To The Rs232 Port
User’s Manual Connecting to the RS232 Port Figure 15 — RS232 connector. An RS232 port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, configuration and software upgrades, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) connector to connect to the DVR. -
Page 22: Connecting To The Network Port
Digital Video Recorder Connecting to the Network Port Figure 17 — Network connector. 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. -
Page 23: Connecting The Power Cord
User’s Manual 5. Release the reset switch. All of the DVR’s settings are now at the original settings it had when it left the factory. Connecting the Power Cord Figure 19 — Power cord connector. Connect the AC power cord to the DVR and then to a wall outlet. CAUTION: The power cord must be connected to the DVR before it is connected to a wall outlet, otherwise, the DVR might NOT be powered up properly. -
Page 24: Chapter 3 - Configuration
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 20 — 16-Channel DVR front panel. The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple functions. -
Page 25: Power Led
User’s Manual Figure 21 — Infrared remote control. NOTE: Some buttons on the infrared remote control may not be supported, depending on the DVR model. POWER LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On. HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED flickers when the unit is connected to a network via either Ethernet or modem. -
Page 26: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)
Digital Video Recorder 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. PANIC Button Pressing the button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the PANIC screen. -
Page 27: Forward Button
User’s Manual FORWARD Button Pressing the button goes to the next image. The button on the front panel is also FORWARD used to load a Preset View in the PTZ mode. DISPLAY Button Pressing the button toggles between different display formats. The available formats DISPLAY are: 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 and PIP. -
Page 28: Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons
Digital Video Recorder Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. -
Page 29: Id Button On Remote Control
User’s Manual ID Button on Remote Control If a DVR System ID is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional operations. (Refer to the System Information setup screen in this chapter for further information on setting the System ID.) If the system ID is 1 to 16, you must to press the button on the remote control and then press the number button (1 to 16) in order to control that DVR. -
Page 30: Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Setup Screen Figure 23 — Setup screen. Press the button to enter the setup screen. MENU While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear. Figure 24 —... -
Page 31: System Information
User’s Manual System Information Highlight Information and press the button. The Information screen appears. Figure 25 — Information screen. In the Information screen, you can name the site location, assign a System ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, show the System Log, display recorded time data, and clear all data. -
Page 32: Figure 26 - Upgrade Screen
Digital Video Recorder To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the file is for software upgrades and “.ofi”... -
Page 33: Figure 28 - Setup Export Screen
User’s Manual Figure 28 — Setup Export screen. 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. Highlight Show System Log…... -
Page 34: Date/Time Setup
Digital Video Recorder Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the System menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 30 — Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight. -
Page 35: Figure 31 - Holiday Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the Holiday tab, and the Holiday setup screen appears Figure 31 — Holiday setup screen. You can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons. Press button to add the date. -
Page 36: Storage Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync. and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. Highlight the box beside Time Server and press the button. Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number value. -
Page 37: Figure 34 - Device Format Screen
User’s Manual The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording (Record) or archiving (Archive). Not Using indicates the device is not used for either recording or archiving. Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. indicates when the device has temporary space set aside so that video clips can be saved on a CD-RW or DVD RW. -
Page 38: Figure 36 - Storage Status Screen
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When disconnecting a USB hard disk drive from the DVR, highlight Don’t Use first and then disconnect the device. CAUTION: Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips. If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips, archived data might be lost. -
Page 39: User Setup Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: Temperature and S.M.A.R.T. information will be available only for IDE hard disk drives supporting the SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) monitoring program. Selecting Close and pressing the button exits the screen. User Setup Screen Highlight User in the System menu and press the button. -
Page 40: Figure 38 - New Group Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder column can be used to delete a User Name or an entire Group. If the is grayed out, that Group or User cannot be deleted. Highlight the and press the button. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the User or Group. To delete the User currently logged into the DVR on a local system or a PC running RAS, log the user out of the system first and then delete the user. -
Page 41: Figure 39 - New User Setup Screen
User’s Manual Covert Camera View — The user can view video from cameras set as Covert while in the Live Monitoring or Search mode on a local system or a PC running RAS. System Check — The user can view the remote system status or check the remote system status as a batch process on a PC running RAS. -
Page 42: Shutdown Screen
Digital Video Recorder Shutdown Screen Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button. The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down. Figure 40 — Shutdown screen. After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. -
Page 43: Network & Notification Setup
User’s Manual Network & Notification Setup In the Main screen, use the Left or Right arrow buttons to display the Network menu. Figure 42 — Network menu. Network Screen Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. The Network setup screen displays. -
Page 44: Lan Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder The DVR supports two-way audio communications between a local system and a PC running RAS. Highlighting the box beside Remote Audio Channel and pressing the button allows you to select the audio channel that sends audio to the remote site. Selecting Select From RAS will send audio of the channel selected from RAS. -
Page 45: Figure 45 - Port Numbers Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside DNS Server. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of the DNS server. If you set up the DNS Server, the domain name of the DVRNS server instead of the IP address can be used during the DVRNS Server setup. (Refer to the DVRNS Setup section for details.) Highlight the Port Number Setup…... -
Page 46: Figure 46 - Lan (Dhcp) Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 46 — LAN (DHCP) setup screen. Selecting ADSL (with PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. NOTE: ADSL and modem cannot be configured at the same time. If the DVR is configured by modem, the ADSL (with PPPoE) will not be selected. Figure 47 —... -
Page 47: Modem Setup
User’s Manual NOTE: If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network, the IP address of the DVR might change whenever the unit is turned on. Modem Setup Highlight the Modem tab, and the Modem screen displays. Figure 48 — Modem setup screen. NOTE: If the RS232 port is in use for remote control, networking cannot be configured for a modem. -
Page 48: Dvrns Setup
Digital Video Recorder DVRNS Setup Highlight the DVRNS tab, and the DVRNS screen displays. Figure 49 — DVRNS setup screen. Highlight Use DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows the DVR to use Dynamic IP addresses for remote connection. -
Page 49: Webguard Setup
User’s Manual Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entered can be used. NOTE: The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting Check, otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved. NOTE: When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error message displays. -
Page 50: Notification Setup
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Port and press the button. Set the port number used when accessing WebGuard by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers. You can save your Network changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. -
Page 51: Figure 52 - Authentication Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the button. An Authentication screen appears. Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off. Highlight the box beside User/Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password. -
Page 52: Configuring Devices
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retries. If the modem was enabled in the Network screen, you can set up the DVR to contact a computer running RAS. -
Page 53: Figure 55 - Camera Setup Screen
User’s Manual Figure 55 — Camera setup screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. -
Page 54: Figure 56 - Camera Ptz Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the PTZ tab, and the PTZ setup screen displays. Figure 56 — Camera PTZ setup screen. NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. -
Page 55: Audio Setup Screen
User’s Manual Figure 58 — Port Setup window. Configure the port’s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer’s instructions. You can save your Camera changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Audio Setup Screen Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button. -
Page 56: Alarm-Out Screen
Digital Video Recorder Alarm-Out Screen Highlight Alarm-Out in the Devices menu and press the button. The Alarm-Out screen allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each alarm output from the DVR. Figure 60 — Alarm-Out Settings screen. NOTE: You can change the settings of relay alarm output in the No. -
Page 57: Figure 61 - Alarm-Out Schedule Screen
User’s Manual Figure 61 — Alarm-Out Schedule screen. You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. -
Page 58: Display Screen
Digital Video Recorder Display Screen Highlight Display in the Devices menu and press the button. The Display screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor. Figure 62 — Display OSD screen. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. -
Page 59: Figure 63 - Osd Margin Screen
User’s Manual Audio — The icon displays on each camera screen for which the DVR can play live audio on a local system, and the icon displays on each camera for which the DVR is sending audio to a PC running RAS. PTZ —... -
Page 60: Figure 65 - Spot Monitor Screen
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Any cameras that are Off, have lost video or are set to Covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras) will be excluded from the Cameo sequence. You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts (pages) so that all the cameras will be displayed. -
Page 61: Remote Control Screen
User’s Manual Remote Control Screen Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Figure 66 — Remote Control setup screen. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. -
Page 62: Recording Settings
Digital Video Recorder Recording Settings Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes. You can set it up to record all the time or to only record events. It can be set up to continue recording once the hard disk drive is full by recording over the oldest video, or you can set it up to alert you when the hard disk is full and stop recording. -
Page 63: Schedule Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days. The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three conditions: at midnight, whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings. - Page 64 Digital Video Recorder Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen. When turning Schedule recording Off, you will be asked to confirm your decision, and displays at the top-left corner of each camera screen.
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Page 65: Pre-Event Screen
User’s Manual Highlight Default… and press the button. The Default screen appears. Figure 70 — Default setup screen. Highlighting boxes under ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for Time and Event recording. You can select from 1.00 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips PAL). Highlighting boxes under Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Time and Event recording. -
Page 66: Archive Screen
Digital Video Recorder You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording. The image speed can be set from 1.00 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips PAL), and image quality can be selectable from Very High, High, Standard and Low. You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell. -
Page 67: Event Settings
User’s Manual Highlight Recycle and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When Recycle is On and the storage device is full, the newest archived video data will overwrite the oldest archived data. When Recycle is Off, the DVR will stop archiving video data until more space is made available. -
Page 68: Figure 75 - Alarm-In Actions 1 Screen
Digital Video Recorder The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button. -
Page 69: Figure 76 - Alarm-In Notify Menu
User’s Manual Highlight the desired box under the Notify heading, and press the button. The Alarm-In Notify menu appears. Figure 76 — Alarm-In Notify menu. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button. -
Page 70: Motion Detection Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the desired box under the Spot Monitor heading, and press the button. A list of SPOT monitors and cameras appears. Each SPOT monitor can be associated with a camera. The DVR will display the associated camera on the SPOT monitor whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input. -
Page 71: Figure 80 - Motion Detection Min. Blocks Screen
User’s Manual You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm. Highlighting the box under the Min. Blocks heading and pressing the button allow you to adjust the minimum number of detection blocks for Daytime and Nighttime independently. -
Page 72: Figure 82 - Motion Detection Zone Menu
Digital Video Recorder Press the button to display the menu screen. The menu on the setup screen has the following functions: Figure 82 — Motion Detection Zone menu. Select — Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion. Clear — Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion. Reverse —... -
Page 73: Figure 84 - Motion Detection Actions 1 Screen
User’s Manual Figure 84 — Motion Detection Actions 1 screen. The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor. -
Page 74: Figure 85 - Motion Detection Actions 2 Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 85 — Motion Detection Actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera’s input. -
Page 75: Video Loss Screen
User’s Manual Video Loss Screen Highlight Video Loss in the Event menu and press the button. The Video Loss setup screen appears. Figure 86 — Video Loss Settings screen. The DVR checks to see if anything is obscuring the camera. Highlight the slider bar beside Check Obscuration, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the setting. -
Page 76: Figure 88 - Video Loss Actions 2 Screen
Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor. -
Page 77: Text-In Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera’s input. Highlight the box under the Spot Monitor heading and press the button. -
Page 78: Figure 90 - Text-In Device Settings Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 90 — Text-In Device Settings screen. Highlight the box beside Port, and press the button. Select from None, RS232, RS485 and USB-Serial (1~8). NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. -
Page 79: Figure 91 - Text-In Actions 1 Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10. Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the button. -
Page 80: Figure 92 - Text-In Actions 2 Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Alarm-Out and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as many Alarm-Outs with the Text Input as you wish. When the DVR detects text input, it triggers output signals on all the associated Alarm-Out connectors. You can also have the DVR’s internal buzzer sound if text input is detected. -
Page 81: System Event Screen
User’s Manual System Event Screen Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears. Figure 93 — Health Check screen. The DVR can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlighting the box beside System and pressing the button allows you to select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the system. -
Page 82: Figure 94 - Check Recording Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 94 — Check Recording screen. Highlighting the box under the Interval heading beside each alarm-in and pressing the button allows you to change the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Never. Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays. -
Page 83: Figure 96 - S.m.a.r.t. Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the Setup… box beside Disk S.M.A.R.T., and press the button. The S.M.A.R.T. Setup screen appears. Figure 96 — S.M.A.R.T. Setup screen. Highlight Enable, and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: If Enable is turned Off, you will not be able to make changes to any of the boxes. Highlight the box beside Check Time, and press the button. -
Page 84: Figure 97 - System Event Actions Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 97 — System Event Actions screen. The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. -
Page 85: Event Status Screen
User’s Manual Event Status Screen Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button. The Event Status screen appears. Figure 98 — Event Status screen. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected. -
Page 86: Chapter 4 - Operation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. -
Page 87: Active Cameo Mode
User’s Manual Pressing the button causes the cameras to display sequentially. When in one of the SEQUENCE multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts (Full Sequence). Or, the bottom, right screen will display live cameras sequentially (Cameo Sequence). -
Page 88: Zoom Mode
Digital Video Recorder Zoom Mode You can enlarge an area of the video by pressing the button. For a few seconds after ZOOM pressing the button, a PIP displays. Inside the PIP, a rectangle shows the area that is ZOOM enlarged. -
Page 89: Figure 100 - Ptz Preset Screen
User’s Manual Figure 100 — PTZ Preset screen. You can quickly move PTZ cameras to Preset positions. Press the to view an established camera Preset position. Figure 101 — Preset view screen. 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 PTZ Preset dialog box will appear. -
Page 90: Image Adjustment
Digital Video Recorder Figure 102 — PTZ menu. You can use a mouse for convenient PTZ control. Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen, and the following PTZ toolbar will display. Figure 103 — PTZ controls Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. -
Page 91: Event Monitoring
User’s Manual Event Monitoring When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the 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 the camera full screen. -
Page 92: Using A Mouse
Digital Video Recorder Figure 104 — Spot Monitor menu. If you want to display more than one camera on a Spot Monitor, you can display them sequentially. In the Spot Monitor selection mode, press the button on the front SEQUENCE panel or remote control, or select Sequence On from the menu to start displaying cameras sequentially. -
Page 93: Figure 106 - Mouse Menu
User’s Manual Clicking the right mouse button during live monitoring displays the following menu: Figure 106 — Mouse menu. Selecting Freeze, PTZ… and Spot Monitor… is the same as pressing the FREEZE buttons as described above in the Live Monitoring section of this chapter. SPOT Selecting Zoom…... -
Page 94: Recording Video
Digital Video Recorder Selecting Edit Group supports the active cameo function. Select Edit Group and choose a camera that you want to change display position (e.g., Camera A). Then, click the right mouse button to display the menu. If you select another camera in the menu (e.g., Camera B), the screen displays Camera B instead of Camera A. -
Page 95: Playing Recorded Video
User’s Manual Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded image. Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the button. PLAY/PAUSE The DVR supports the Triplex function: monitoring, recording and playing back at the same time. -
Page 96: Rw (Rewind) Button
Digital Video Recorder RW (Rewind) Button Pressing the button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed between . The screen displays respectively. Entering Fast Backward Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password protected. -
Page 97: Shuttle Ring
User’s Manual Shuttle Ring The Shuttle Ring only functions in the Playback mode. The Shuttle Ring is spring loaded and returns to the center position when released. Turning the ring clockwise plays video forward. Turning the ring counterclockwise plays video backward. Playback speed varies with the amount the ring is turned. -
Page 98: Searching Video
Digital Video Recorder Searching Video Pressing the button or clicking the right mouse button while in the Search mode displays MENU the Search Menu. Figure 110 — Search menu. Go to the First — Displays the first recorded image Go to the Last — Displays the last recorded image Go to the Date/Time…... -
Page 99: Go To The Date/Time
User’s Manual Go to the Date/Time Figure 111 — Go to the Date/Time screen. button. You can use the Left and Right Move the cursor over the date and time and press the arrow buttons to highlight 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. -
Page 100: Event Log Search
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The time bar is in one-hour segments. If a segment is highlighted, it means that some video was recorded during that hour. However, it does NOT mean video was recorded for the entire hour. If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. -
Page 101: Figure 114 - Event Log Search Option Screen
User’s Manual Pressing the button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing PLAY/PAUSE returns to live monitoring. SEARCH/STOP NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the button and change the screen mode to 4x4. -
Page 102: Text-In Search
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Motion and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of motion detection. Highlight the box beside Video Loss and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of lost video. -
Page 103: Figure 116 - Text-In Search Option Screen
User’s Manual The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. -
Page 104: Motion Search
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Text Input Device box and press the button. Select your Text Input Device from the list. NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information. -
Page 105: Figure 118 - Motion Search Option Screen
User’s Manual You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option… button and setting up the new search condition. Figure 118 — Motion Search Option screen. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. -
Page 106: Clip-Copy Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Min. Blocks and press the button. You will be able to set the number of sensor blocks that must be activated. Setting the Min Blocks will only be available if Motion Search is selected. Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Motion Search screen. - Page 107 User’s Manual The Data Source box displays the source from which you make a video clip copy. The data source can be selected from Record or Archive in the Search menu. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates.
- Page 108 Digital Video Recorder Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the Start button and press the button. The confirmation screen displaying data size will appear. When the storage device does not have enough space, the DVR will ask if you want to copy as much of the video clip as possible in the available space.
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Page 109: Print Screen
User’s Manual Print Screen You can print images from the screen. Connect a PostScript™ printer to one of the USB ports. A message appears asking you if you want to print the current image. Figure 120 — Print screen. NOTE: If your printer only supports an LPT connection (parallel), use an LPT to USB converter cable. -
Page 110: Setup Procedures
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The source disk can be designated only from devices formatted for recording. NOTE: A device formatted for archiving cannot be used for disk mirroring. NOTE: The manufacturer, model and capacity of the source disk and the destination disk should be same for the proper mirroring between two disks. - Page 111 User’s Manual...
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Page 112: Appendix A - Usb Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Digital Video Recorder Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. -
Page 113: Preparing The Usb-Ide Hard Disk Drive In Windows 98
User’s Manual Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. -
Page 114: Appendix B - Reviewing Video Clips
Digital Video Recorder Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. The copied video clip contains the ClipPlayer program. If you used a USB device, disconnect either the external USB-IDE hard disk drive or USB flash drive from the DVR, and connect it to your PC. - Page 115 User’s Manual NOTE: Proper image display depends on the display settings of your PC. If you are experiencing display problems, click the right mouse button on the background screen and select Properties Settings then set the Color quality to “32 bit”. Then select Advanced Troubleshoot and set Hardware Acceleration to “Full”.
- Page 116 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: If you are not sure about the appropriate Video Format option, try each option until the image displays properly. to select from Normal and Double screen views. Clicking the left mouse button Click the on the enlarged image moves its position. Click the to display the image full screen.
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Page 117: Appendix C - Webguard
User’s Manual Appendix C — WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ®... -
Page 118: Web Monitoring Mode
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When running the updated WebGuard for the first time, Internet Explorer might occasionally load the information of the previous version. In this case, delete the temporary internet files by selecting Tools Internet Options General tab, and then run WebGuard again. - Page 119 User’s Manual Click the to send audio to the connected remote site and click the button again to stop sending audio. Click the to monitor live audio from the connected remote site through the attached speaker and click the button again stop monitoring live audio. Click the screen format to select the desired display mode.
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Page 120: Web Search Mode
Digital Video Recorder Web Search Mode WebSearch is a remote web search program that allows you to search recorded video on the remote DVR. NOTE: The remote site connection in the Web Search mode will automatically be disconnected if there is no activity for a specified amount of time. Figure 125 —... - Page 121 User’s Manual Click the to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the zoom out or zoom in the recorded image. Click the to adjust the brightness of the recorded images. NOTE: Image processing works only in the pause mode. The playback function buttons include fast backward, pause, play, fast forward, go to the first image, go to the previous image, go to the next image, and got to the last image.
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Page 122: Appendix D - Time Overlap
Digital Video Recorder Appendix D — Time Overlap If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment. -
Page 123: Appendix E - Troubleshooting
User’s Manual Appendix E — Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Check power cord connections. No Power Confirm that there is power at the outlet. Check camera video cable and connections. Check monitor video cable and connections. No Live Video Confirm that the camera has power. Check camera lens settings. -
Page 124: Appendix F - Connector Pin Outs
Digital Video Recorder Appendix F — Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (6 connectors) Relay Alarm Output (Normally Closed) Relay Common Relay Alarm Output (Normally Open) AO (2 to 16) Alarm Outputs 2 to 16 Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs... -
Page 125: Appendix G - Map Of Screens
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Page 126: Appendix H - System Log Notices
Digital Video Recorder Appendix H — System Log Notices Boot Up Schedule On Shutdown Schedule Off Restart Panic On Upgrade Panic Off Upgrade Fail Clear All Data Power Failure Clear Disk Time Change Format Disk Time Zone Change Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Fail... -
Page 127: Appendix I - Error Code Notices
User’s Manual Appendix I — Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Number Description 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. LILO failed. Rebooting failed. - Page 128 Digital Video Recorder Clip Copy Related Number Description Unknown error. Device error. Mounting failed. No media. Invalid media. File already existed. Not enough space. Creating temporary file failed. Opening disk failed. Formatting disk failed. Database has been changed. Appending failed. Bad sector.
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Page 129: Appendix J - Specifications
User’s Manual Appendix J — Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, Video Input 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms SVHS: 1 Monitor Outputs SPOT: 4 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution... - Page 130 Digital Video Recorder CONNECTORS Video Input Composite: 8 or 16 BNC Video Loop Composite: 8 or 16 BNC (Auto Terminating) Composite: 1 BNC SVHS: 1 Y/C* Monitor Output VGA: 1 VGA SPOT (Composite): 4 BNC Audio In 4 RCA connector Audio Out 1 RCA connector Alarm Input/Output...
- Page 131 WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Correct Disposal of This Product (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.