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Lorex L224 Series Instruction Manual

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TRIPLEX NETWORK
DIGITAL VIDEO
RECORDER
Instruction Manual
English Version1.0
MODEL:
L224 Series
www.lorexcctv.com
Copyright © 2006 Lorex Technology Inc.

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  • Page 1 TRIPLEX NETWORK DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER Instruction Manual English Version1.0 MODEL: L224 Series www.lorexcctv.com Copyright © 2006 Lorex Technology Inc.
  • Page 2 Recorder. Lorex is committed to providing our customers with a high quality, reliable security product. The L224 Series DVR allows for Triplex Functionality – Record, View and Search for recoded data simultaneously, and supports up to a 500 GB Hard Drive. The system can be viewed and controlled over the internet from a remote location with trouble free access via the Free DDNS Service.
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS...
  • Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS...
  • Page 5 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP BASIC OPERATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP ADVANCED SETTING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DDNS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVR-CAMERA SETTING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEVICE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETECTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWORK BACKUP & PLAYBACK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEARCH LIST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMER RECORD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

  • Page 7: Features

    1.1 FEATURES 1.1 FEATURES L224 SeriesTechnology L224 SeriesTechnology Compression format providing crystal clear images with real time performance Multiplex Multiplex Allow live display, record, playback, backup, and network at the same time Backup Function: Backup Function: Supports image backup with USB flash drives, network remote recording and backup...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    1.2 CONTENTS 1.2 CONTENTS L224 Series DVR with Remote Control Power Adapter Manual and Software CD CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE.

  • Page 9: Specification

    1.3 SPECIFICATIONS 1.3 SPECIFICATIONS Video System Video Compression Format Video Input Video Loop Out Video Output Maximum Recording Rate Adjustable Recording Speed Multi-language OSD Image Quality Setting Hard Disk Storage HDD Quick Cleaning Recording Mode Watermark Refresh Rate Audio I/O R.E.T.R.
  • Page 10 1.3 SPECIFICATIONS 1.3 SPECIFICATIONS Specification Continued… Web Transmitting Compression Format Ethernet Web Interface Remote Alarm Notification Network Connection PTZ control IR Transmitter Dwell Time (Sequential Channel Switch) Alarm I/O Digital Zoom Key Lock Video Loss Detection Camera Title Video Adjustable Date Display Format Power Source Power Consumption...

  • Page 11: Front Panel

    1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL...
  • Page 12 Press “＋ ” button to change the setting in the menu. 9) “ “ or “Power” : Press this button to turn on / off the DVR. (Under the recording mode, please stop recording before turning off the DVR).
  • Page 13 Note: Only Model 1 & 2 & 5 need to be manually switched between PAL and NTSC Note: systems. Model 3 & 4 will automatically detect PAL/NTSC system. 17) Press “MENU” + “ENTER” buttons on the DVR front panel to lock keys and to log in another username. “ button to pause playback.

  • Page 14: Rear Panel

    1.5 REAR PANEL 1.5 REAR PANEL LOOP INPUT LOOP INPUT LOOP INPUT 75Ω / HI-IMPEDANCE: When using Loop function, please switch to HI-IMPEDANCE. When you don’t use Loop function, please switch to 75Ω. VIDEO INPUT (CHANNEL 1 - 4): Connect to video sources, such as cameras. LOOP (CHANNEL 1 - 4): Video output.

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    It takes approximately 10 to 15 seconds to boot the system. Set the date and time on your DVR. Please DO NOT change the date or time on your DVR after the recording function is activated. The recorded data will be disordered and you will not be able to find the recorded file to backup by time search.

  • Page 16: Basic Operation

    There must be at least 8192 images of recorded data for playback to work properly. If not, your DVR will stop the playback. For example, if the IPS is set to 30, the recording time should be at least 273 seconds (8192 images / 30 IPS) for the playback to work properly.

  • Page 17: Playback

    3.2 PLAYBACK 3.2 PLAYBACK Press “ ” or “PLAY” button and the DVR will display the last recorded video. 1) FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (REW): You can increase the speed for fast forward and rewind on the DVR.

  • Page 18: Detailed Menu Configuration

    4.1 MENU TREE 4.1 MENU TREE RECORD TIMER RECORD TIMER DATE MANUAL RECORD DATE MANUAL RECORD ENABLE ENABLE START START EVENT RECORD EVENT RECORD HH : MM HH : MM ENABLE ENABLE TIMER RECORD TIMER RECORD HH : MM HH : MM ENABLE ENABLE OVERWRITE...

  • Page 19: Main Menu Options_ Record

    4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD 4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD Press “MENU” button to enter the main menu list. The default admin password is 0000. Enter the default password and press “ENTER”. (Users could alter the password later. Please refer to the section “4.11 ADVANCED MENU_SYSTEM”) Move the cursor to “RECORD”...
  • Page 20 EVENT RECORD IPS: Recording is activated by events (alarm and motion trigger). Select the images per second for EVENT RECORD. The options are as following: NTSC: FRAME: 30, 15, 7, 3 NTSC CIF: 120, 60, 30, 15 TIMER RECORD IPS: Recording is activated by timer schedules.

  • Page 21: Main Menu Options_ Timer

    DATE FORMAT DAYLIGHT SAVING DATE: Set the correct time of the DVR ( YEAR / MONTH / DAY / HOUR / MIN / SEC) FORMAT: There are three formats: Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y. DAYLIGHT SAVING: Specify whether to use daylight saving time and time period. ( START / END) Daylight saving time can be adjusted manually.

  • Page 22: Main Menu Options_ Date

    4.5 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE 4.5 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE Move the cursor to “ADVANCE” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. (MENU) RECORD TIMER DATE ► ADVANCE ADVANCE 4.6 ADVANCED MENU ___CAMERA 4.6 ADVANCED MENU ___CAMERA Move the cursor to “CAMERA” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options.
  • Page 23 4.7 ADVANCED MENU ___DETECTION 4.7 ADVANCED MENU ___DETECTION Move the cursor to “DETECTION” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. DETECTION SETUP: TITLE AREA SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP TITLE: Show the camera title of each channel. DET: Select “ON”...
  • Page 24 RE : The value of RE is a reference for detection. The default value is 10, which means DVR will compare 10 continuous images at one time according to the sensitivity of LS, SS, TS simultaneously. The bigger the value, the higher sensitivity for motion detection.
  • Page 25 4.8 ADVANCED MENU ___DISPLAY 4.8 ADVANCED MENU ___DISPLAY Move the cursor to “DISPLAY” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. TITLE DISPLAY DATE DISPLAY HDD INFO LOSS SCREEN PLAYBACK INFO DWELL DURATION (SEC) DE-INTERLACE MONITOR OUT WATERMARK TITLE DISPLAY: Turn the channel title display on / off.
  • Page 26 Press “ENTER” or “＋” or “－” button to set the duration time of alarm recording (5, 10, 20, 40 secs.). PRE-ALARM: Set the pre-alarm function on (8MB)/ off. When pre-alarm and event record functions are both activated, the DVR will record a 8MB file before any alarm / motion is triggered. ALERT ALERT...
  • Page 27 PTZ Camera Connection: Connect the PTZ camera with indicated power supply. Connect the PTZ camera video output to the DVR video input port with a coaxial cable and BNC connector. Connect “RS485-A” line (brown color) to RS485-A port on the rear panel of the DVR.
  • Page 28 Press “ENTER” or “＋” or “－” button to set the control serial type (RS-485, RS-232) of DVR. BAUD RATE: Press “ENTER” or “＋” or “－” button to set the BAUD RATE of DVR (2400, 9600, 19200, 57600). HOST ID: Press “ENTER” or “＋” or “－” button to set the ID of DVR (0 ~ 255).

  • Page 29: Advance Menu_ Remote

    Select NETWORK TYPE, press “＋” or “－” button to set the network type as STATIC, and then press “ENTER” to go to the submenu of the network. In the submenu of network type, use “＋” or “－” button to set all the information needed in the DVR. See the illustration below. GATEWAY NETMASK...
  • Page 30 NOTE: Please use PC to format the USB flash drive as "FAT 32". If the USB flash drive is not supported by the DVR, the “USB ERROR” message will be shown on the screen. We recommend to clear all the files in the USB flash drive before you backup files in your USB flash drive.
  • Page 31 4.14 ADVANCED MENU ___HDD INFO 4.14 ADVANCED MENU ___HDD INFO You can get the capacity information for the connected HDD. HDD NUM MASTER-1 MASTER-2 EXT001 EXT003 EXT005 EXT007 EXT009 EXT011 4.15 ADVANCED MENU ___EVENT LOG 4.15 ADVANCED MENU ___EVENT LOG You can get all the information (event type, time, and channel) on the event list, including video loss list, net list and other lists (such as power on / off, key unlock, reset to default).

  • Page 32: Additional Operation

    5.1 SEARCH 5.1 SEARCH Press “SEARCH” button on the front panel of the DVR to enter the search mode. Then the screen will show the following options. HDD: HDD-Master-1. FULL LIST: Show the time list for all types of the recorded files. The capital letters stand for the following: R: RECORD / S: SYSTEM / A: ALARM / MS: MOTION / T: TIMER.

  • Page 33: Key Lock

    (Press the buttons until the monitor shows video images.) 2) Press “ “ or “Power” button on the DVR front panel to shutdown . Then, press and hold “◄“ first, and press “ (Press the buttons until the monitor shows video images.) Note: The system will automatically detect PAL/NTSC system.

  • Page 34: Usb Upgrade

    UPGRADE HTML NOTE: Please use PC to format the USB flash drive as "FAT 32". If the USB flash drive can’t be detected by the DVR, the “USB ERROR” message will be shown on the screen. 5.6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP 5.6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP...

  • Page 35: Ap Basic Operation

    Double click Key in IP (192.168.1.10), your username (admin), password (admin) and port (80) in the login page. After connecting to the DVR with local LAN, users could modify the network settings in the DVR or in “SYSTEM CONFIG” menu of the licensed software AP.
  • Page 36 AP Control Panel Digital Device Control Panel ~ 4 CH DVR Digital Device Control Panel ~ 4 CH DVR Image Transfer Rate Per Second Data Transfer Rate Connect / Disconnect Resolution: NTSC: 320 × 228 320 × 276 PAL: Image Quality (High, Medium, Low) Snapshot: Press this button to take a snapshot of the image that will be saved in the designated destination you set in “SYSTEM CONFIG - File...
  • Page 37 When the PTZ control is turned on, users could select the PTZ device, and press “OK” button to enter the PTZ control AP screen. (Press “ESC” to exit from the PTZ control AP screen and return to the DVR control AP screen) Menu / Up / Down / Left / Right...
  • Page 38 When the PTZ control mode is turned on, users could select the PTZ device and press “OK” button to enter the PTZ control AP screen. (Press “ESC” to exit from the PTZ control AP screen and return to the DVR control AP screen)
  • Page 39 Playback Operation Playback Operation AP Playback Window : Playback Information : Playback Information Display information such as “Date”, “Time”, “Resolution”, “ Rewind / Forward Speed”, “Status” and “Functions”, etc. Time Progress Bar : Time Progress Bar Show the playback progress status. Functions : Functions De-interlace: Reduce the vibration of the paused picture.

  • Page 40: Ap Advanced Setting

    Hostname dynamic IP address. Please refer to P.38 for details. b) Some router brands may need to restart the DVR to get the IP address. Web Port: Web Port: The DVR can be viewed over the network with the software AP or a web browser.

  • Page 41: Ddns

    User Name: Enter your DDNS user name. Password: Enter your DDNS password. Domain: Enter your host name. System Name: Choose the LOREX system from list. After setting, press “APPLY” to confirm. Note: If the dial-up static IP is provided by your ISP, simply choose “Enable” and do not Note: need to enter the information described above.

  • Page 42: Mail

    Mail Mail When the recording is triggered by an alarm or a motion, a video copy file can be captured. The DVR will send an e-mail notification to the assigned recipients (up to 5 recipients). ***Note***: ***Note***: To activate the e-mail notification function, please enable the function of e-mail notification in the “Alarm”...

  • Page 43: Dvr-Camera Setting

    – Camera Setting – Camera Setting Each camera channel can be adjusted independently. Select the desired camera channel. Press “ Edit” to enter the setting box. Edit Title: Title: Enter the camera channel name up to 6 characters. Adjustment: Adjustment: Adjust the BR (brightness) / CT (contrast) / SU (saturation) / HU (hue) / REC (recording) of the camera.

  • Page 44: Detection

    Detection Detection Select the desired channel, and press “ Edit” to enter the motion Edit detection sensitivity and area setting box. Motion Detection Sensitivity: Motion Detection Sensitivity Set the detection sensitivity in 4 different adjustable factors. LS: The sensitivity of comparing two different images.

  • Page 45: Network Backup & Playback

    Network Backup Network Backup You can backup the recorded data from the DVR directly to your PC and CD-R disk via the network. The backup file can be played directly in your PC via the supplied licensed AP, or via other media players (Ex: Windows Media Player or RealPlayer) after the file is converted to “AVI”...
  • Page 46 Press “OK” to start making a CD backup, or press “CANCEL WRITING CD” to only make a backup file to your PC. When CD writing is processing, “DVR- Network Backup” window will show the message “Writing cd …” and a status bar will show the writing status.

  • Page 47: Search List

    SUN, MON,TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, MON-FRI, SAT-SUN and DAILY. START: START Enter the start time of timer recording. END: Enter the end time of timer recording. Press “APPLY” if the settings are correct; press “EXIT” to quit without saving. 4CH DVR 4CH DVR...

  • Page 48: Date

    Date Date In this menu, you can set the date for your DVR. Please DO NOT change the date or time when the recording function is activated. See “2.1 GETTING STARTED” at P.10 for details. DATE: DATE Choose the current date from “DATE”...

  • Page 49: Alarm

    Set the duration time of motion trigger recording (5 SEC, 10 SEC, 20 SEC, 40 SEC). Alarm Refresh: Alarm Refresh Clean the alarm message “ on the screen. General General Get the information of the DVR firmware version in this window. Select Select “ “ TURBO TURBO ”...

  • Page 50: Account

    Account Account Set up the user’s account ( Max 5 accounts), password, life time, and authority level ( Max 5 users on line at the Max 5 users on line at the same time). same time User’s level: SUPERVISOR — SUPERVISOR —...

  • Page 51: Operation Via Ie Browser

    5.7 OPERATION VIA IE BROWSER 5.7 OPERATION VIA IE BROWSER The DVR can be viewed over the network with IE web browser. Please install the licensed software AP first. *** This function is suitable in both Windows 2000 and Windows X...

  • Page 52: Troubleshooting

    Update the firmware of the software AP. There must be at least 8192 images of recorded data for playback to work properly. If not, your DVR will stop the playback. For example, if the IPS is set to 30, the recording time should be at least 273 seconds (8192 images / 30 IPS) for the playback to work properly.

  • Page 53: Appendix #1 Install Hdd

    Connect the HDD to the power connector and IDE BUS (make sure to align the HDD precisely for pin connection) And then screw the HDD bracket onto the DVR base. (Refer to Fig. 3) Close the upper cover of the DVR. (Refer to Fig. 4 & 5) –...

  • Page 54: Appendix #2 Pin Configuration

    PIN CONFIGURATION – PIN CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTION DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC by using RS-232 serial communication signals. DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC by using RS-232 serial communication signals. To connect the wire from ALARM INPUT ( PIN 3 -- 6 ) to GND ( PIN 9 ) connector, DVR will start recording and the buzzer will be on.

  • Page 55: Appendix # 3 Rs232 Protocol

    APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 1) Use PC keyboards to simulate DVR keypads. 2) Data: REMOTE PROTOCOL use 8 bit data, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit. (FFH) FUNCTION CODE KEY_MENU 0x4D KEY_ENTER 0x0D KEY_PLUS 0x6b KEY_MINUS 0x6d KEY_UP 0x55 KEY_DOWN...

  • Page 56: Recording Time Table

    APPENDIX #4 APPENDIX #4 Recording time varies depending on the following factors: * Different camera quality * Different picture composition (such as frequency of the object movement) Record mode Quality Frame Best High Normal Basic Best High Normal Basic – RECORDING TIME TABLE –...
  • Page 57 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 Please upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest version to ensure the accuracy of the following table. If the USB flash drive is not supported by the DVR, the "USB ERROR" message will be shown on the screen.
  • Page 58 APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #6 Please upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest version to ensure the accuracy of the following table. Brand Name Brand Name HITACHI Deskstar 7K250, HDS722516VLAT20 HITACHI HITACHI HITACHI Deskstar 7K250, HDS722525VLAT80 HITACHI Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9, Model#6Y160L0...
  • Page 59 It’s all on the web Product Information Specification Sheets User Manuals Software Upgrades Quick Start Guides Firmware Upgrades VISIT w w w . l o r e x c c t v . c o m www.lorexcctv.com Lorex Technology Inc.

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