Swann Digital Video Recorder Manual
Swann Digital Video Recorder Manual

Swann Digital Video Recorder Manual

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  • Page 1 English English 4ch 1080p SDI Digital Video Recorder M4-8000H051212E...
  • Page 2: Before You Begin

    If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you’ll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    English Contents Introduction Search: Backup  Before You Begin  Search: Event  Contents  Search: Log Search  Introduction  The Playback Interface  Connecting the DVR Network: General  Installation Guidelines  Network: Advanced  Front Panel of the DVR  Network: Advanced: DDNS  The Rear Panel of the DVR  Network: Advanced: NTP ...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    For best results, ensure you use the supplied cables. For the DVR to work correctly, ensure that: ONLY Swann SDI cameras are connected to the SDI camera inputs. Composite Video Cameras are not compatible with this DVR.
  • Page 5: Installation Guidelines

    English Installation Guidelines • Do not expose the DVR to moisture. Water is • Use only the supplied power adapter. Other the arch-enemy of electrical components and adapters may cause damage to the DVR or also poses a high risk of electric shock. cause a fire.
  • Page 6: The Rear Panel Of The Dvr

    English The Rear Panel of the DVR 1) SDI Inputs 1 - 4: These are the high-definition video inputs 6) USB/eSATA1 Port: To connect an external hard drive or a flash drive, to which you can backup footage. Accepts both and are where you should connect your 1080p SDI cameras.
  • Page 7: Connection Diagram

    English Connection Diagram Connect your cameras to power, using the a power- splitter (if included). Connect the SDI outputs from your cameras into the marked SDI inputs on the rear of the DVR. Connect the DC12V Output from the Connect an ethernet cable from the LAN power supply to port on the DVR to...
  • Page 8: Connecting Additional Devices

    The PTZ port (RS485) can be used to connect compatible PTZ devices, such as this Swann PTZ SDI dome. The combination USB/eSATA1 Port is used for backing up footage. You can connect: - A USB Flash Drive - A USB Hard Drive - An eSATA Hard Drive Note: If using USB storage media, USB 2.0 (or...
  • Page 9: The Alarm & Sensor I/O Block

    English The Alarm & Sensor I/O Block The Alarm I/O Block The Alarm Ports on the DVR sport a removable terminal block. 12V: Active DC power output. Connect any sensor device inputs which require 12V DC here. The Alarm IN connections The terminal block is used to facilitate easy connection and share common +12V DC connections.
  • Page 10: Sdi: How It Compares To Traditional Cctv

    English SDI: How it compares to traditional CCTV Swann DVRs can feature two different kinds of input channels, To maximize the (many) advantages of SDI while minimizing the high definition SDI channels, and the standard definition (few) drawbacks: composite video channels. This DVR is entirely SDI, so only As much as possible, make use of Motion Detection and/ •...
  • Page 11: Basic Setup: General

    English Basic Setup: General The Setup Wizard will run automatically the first time you start the DVR. The wizard will guide you through all the settings you need to get your DVR up and working, specifically: • Choosing your Language •...
  • Page 12: Basic Setup: Hdd & Networking

    English Basic Setup: HDD & Networking Init.: Initializes the hard drive. You’ll only need to do this for drives once, assuming that it’s not already initialized. If the Mount column reads “No” then choose Init. to initialize the drive. Label: A quick way of differentiating between hard drives.
  • Page 13: Basic Setup: Ddns & Email

    English Basic Setup: DDNS & Email DDNS A Dynamic DNS is a service which will let you assign an address to your DVR so you can access it via the Internet. There’s more information about DDNS, how to configure it and what it means for you when remotely accessing the DVR later in this manual.
  • Page 14: Basic Setup: Ntp & Dst

    English Basic Setup: NTP & DST NTP stands for “Network Time Protocol”. It’s a way for the DVR to automatically update its internal clock and ensure it’s always in sync. There’s no requirement to use NTP, but it’s easy to setup and free to use, so there’s really no reason not to.
  • Page 15: Basic Setup: Account Configuration & Completion

    English Basic Setup: Account Configuration & Completion Account Configuration User Name: The name you’d like to use for the account. An account can be called anything you like (up to 16 characters in length) except the default Admin account, which is always called “Admin”.
  • Page 16: Basic Setup: Installing Mydvr On Pc

    (1280x720 recommended) Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 NOTE: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Got a Mac? Check out www.swann.com/mydvrmac for the latest Mac-based remote access software.
  • Page 17: Mydvr: Logging In

    If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you’ll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.
  • Page 18: Mydvr: Interface

    English MyDVR: Interface Preview / Playback / Setup default PTZ Controls & MyDVR live view Image Controls Channel List interface showing channel screen. channel screen Main Viewing functionally Area identical, with the same control layout but opens Quad view (2 x rather than All view (3 x 3) as...
  • Page 19: Mydvr: Local Configuration

    English MyDVR: Local Configuration About transcoding to AVI: The local configuration screen is where you can customise how MyDVR will store and process footage on the local PC Don’t be put off by the complex word - transcoding is just a when you download it from the DVR.
  • Page 20: Mydvr: Configuration Overview

    English MyDVR: Configuration Overview Display: Channel Settings (see page 28) Channel Name (Check Box): Whether the channel’s name will be displayed on screen or not. Channel Name: The title you’d like to give that camera. Record Data: Whether the overlays (Channel Name, Date and so on) will be recorded onto the video with your images.
  • Page 21 “position” of your DVR over the Internet. Check out page 39 for more information on DDNS servers. We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service. This is a free service for Swann DVR owners, which we directly support. To create an account with SWANNDVR, go to: http://www.swanndvr.com/...
  • Page 22 English Alarm: Motion Detection (see page 42) Channel: The channel you’re configuring the motion detection settings for. Enable: Whether the motion detection is enabled for the channel currently selected. Sensitivity: A sliding scale between 1 and 50. The number refers to the number of pixels (as a percentage) that have to “change”...
  • Page 23 Australia. This setting will ensure your DVR records at the same frame rate as your cameras. The Swann SDI cameras can be changed between 30/25fps to ensure that they do not see the “flicker” of lights using the different AC power refresh rates.
  • Page 24: Remote Access From A Mobile Device

    The apps for both iOS and Android are free to download and use. To download the latest mobile viewing apps, operating guides and to check the compatibility of your device, log onto: www.swann.com/swannview Above: A screen-capture of SwannView Pro HD running on an Android-based tablet.
  • Page 25: Operating The Dvr Locally

    If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you’ll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.
  • Page 26: Menu Layout

    English Menu Layout Camera Display Output Encode Recording Option Schedule Playback Search Backup Event / Log DDNS General Network Email Settings Advanced Status IP Filter Menu Bar Motion Alarm Video Loss Exceptions Device S.M.A.R.T General System User Information Maintenance Lock Shut Down Shutdown Reboot...
  • Page 27: Advanced Configuration

    If you got your camera as part of a kit with the DVR, then there shouldn’t be much configuration required. Follow the instructions in your Swann PTZ Camera manual. If the camera did not come with the DVR, then you’ll probably need to change the PTZ Configuration page.
  • Page 28: Display: Camera

    English Display: Camera The Display: Camera menu is where you can make adjustments to how the DVR displays the feed coming from your cameras. You can adjust aspects of each channel/ camera, such as: • the camera’s name, • what information will be displayed on-screen, where this...
  • Page 29: Display: Output

    English Display: Output The Display: Output menu is where you can control how the DVR is going to deliver an image to your television, screen or monitor. You’ll be able to adjust items such as: • screen resolution and position on your monitor •...
  • Page 30: Recording: Encode

    English Recording: Encode The Recording: Encode menu allows to alter and customize how the DVR records footage and “encodes” the files. “Encoding” is a term which refers to the compression algorithm (a fancy computer term for “make the file smaller while retaining visual quality”) used by the DVR.
  • Page 31: Recording: Option

    English Recording: Option The Recording: Option menu lets you change some aspects of how the DVR will record footage, such as: • whether the DVR will record a short video before events take place, • how long after events take place the DVR will continue to record for, •...
  • Page 32: Recording: Schedule

    English Recording: Schedule This example image shows some of the DVR’s recording modes. If the DVR was started with this shedule, the selected channel (in this case CH1) would: • Not record anything from midnight (00:00) to 6am (06:00). • Record based on Motion or Alarm signals from 6am (06:00) until midday...
  • Page 33: Search: Playback

    English Search: Playback To initiate playback: • Select the channels you’d like to playback. The DVR can playback all 16 channels simultaneously, however displaying so many video feeds simultaneously may cause a reduction in playback framerate from realtime to near-realtime. •...
  • Page 34: Search: Backup

    English Search: Backup To backup footage: • Connect a USB flash drive or a USB or eSATA hard drive (HDD) to the USB/eSATA1 Port on rear of the • Choose the camera(s) you want to backup footage from. From the Video Type menu, select the type(s) of •...
  • Page 35: Search: Event

    English Search: Event The Event Search menu will show you recordings that were triggered by the DVR detecting motion. Typically, the majority of recordings based upon “Events” are likely to be recordings triggered by the DVR’s motion detection feature. The search function operates in the same way as the main playback search: the only difference is you’ll select an Event Type rather than a Video Type.
  • Page 36: The Playback Interface

    English The Playback Interface Hide Console: Maximizes the area on-screen for playing back The Playback interface is quite similar to a computer’s media player, or to the on-screen display of a DVD/Blu-ray player. your footage by hiding the on-screen controls. Most of the controls are quite straight forward, and operate in Exit Playback: Leaves the playback interface and returns to the same way as a standard media player.
  • Page 37: Network: General

    English Network: General Network Access: Here you can choose between the three address of the DVR. To continue the above examples, it might different types of networks that the DVR can be connected to. be something such as: “192.168.1.254”. The three types of networks are: Auto DNS / Static DNS: Choose how you’d like to define your DHCP: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a DNS servers.
  • Page 38: Network: Advanced

    English Network: Advanced DDNS: The place to configure the DVR to automatically HTTP Port: This is the port through which you will be able to update a dynamic DNS service. If you want to remotely access log in to the DVR. the DVR via the Internet, you’ll probably need to configure a Like the server port, it will need to be forwarded properly •...
  • Page 39: Network: Advanced: Ddns

    DDNS server. These do not have to match We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service. your username/password combination in either your DVR This is a free service for Swann DVR owners, which we or router (for the sake of security, we suggest making them directly support.
  • Page 40: Network: Advanced: Ip Filter

    English Network: Advanced: IP Filter The IP Filter can be used to modify which IP addresses have permission to talk to the DVR and which do not. This is an advanced feature, and is recommended for advanced users only. Tinkering with things here - if you’re not sure what you’re doing - is more likely to break things than make anything better.
  • Page 41: Network: Advanced: Email Settings

    English Network: Advanced: Email Settings If you want the DVR to occasionally drop you a line, share news, tell you about its day and - more importantly - tell you what’s going on around your home or business as it happens, then you can configure it to automatically send email alerts as events happen.
  • Page 42: Alarm: Motion

    English Alarm: Motion If you’re planning to use Motion Detection as the primary (or sole) recording mode for the DVR, it’s worth taking a moment to ensure it’s properly configured. If the motion detection sensitivity is too sensitive, then the DVR will record too frequently or continually - any benefit of motion detection will be lost.
  • Page 43: Alarm: Motion Detection Configuration

    English Alarm: Motion Detection Configuration To set the MOTION DETECTION AREA Sensitivity: The Sensitivity setting is controlled by a slider, allowing you to set a value between 0 and 50. The lower the number, the more sensitive the motion detection will be. There are four time periods which you can define different motion sensitivity values for.
  • Page 44: Alarm: Motion Detection Notes

    English Alarm: Motion Detection Notes Motion Detection Compatibility triggers. You’ll be able to use the DVR’s motion detection with almost all Note: The motion detection feature will seem more sensitive static, wired cameras. at night, particularly when using low-light or active infrared cameras.
  • Page 45: Alarm: Motion Detection - Action

    English Alarm: Motion Detection - Action Audio Warning: The DVR will use its internal buzzer to emit an alarm tone. It sounds like an old computer indicating an error, or a large truck backing up. Send Email: The DVR will send an auto-email alert when the event type you’ve selected occurs.
  • Page 46: Alarm: Sensor

    English Alarm: Sensor The Alarm: Sensor menu will allow you to customize and configure how you’d like the DVR to interpret input from and respond to the sensor input panel on the rear of the DVR. Alarm Input No.: The connection that corrosponds to the input you’ve connected the sensor to.
  • Page 47: Alarm: Alarm Output

    English Alarm: Alarm Output Schedule: You can alter the alarm output to only be active on Here you can control the operation of the DVR’s two Alarm Out ports (NO1 and NO2). certain days and for certain times. The schedule operates in the same way as the recording schedule, except it contains Note that both alarm outputs on the DVR are Normally Open only two possible states.
  • Page 48: Alarm: Exception

    English Alarm: Exception An Exception is any deviation from the DVR’s normal Audio Warning: The DVR will use its internal buzzer to emit an behaviour - phrased another way, it’s like saying the DVR’s alarm tone. It sounds like an old computer indicating an error, been working fine except for these events or a large truck backing up.
  • Page 49: Device: Hdd

    English Device: HDD Here you’ll find a comprehensive list of hard drives connected to the DVR. Typically, there will be one entry here, and it will be the hard drive that came with the DVR (if one was included) - you’ll get many years of usage out of the included hard drive.
  • Page 50: Device: Ptz

    PTZ icon on the menu bar. The DVR is compatible with many - but not all - PTZ devices available. For the best results, we suggest using a Swann PTZ camera, as we know what they’re compatible with and we’ll be able to offer support for both devices at once (should you need it).
  • Page 51 English PTZ Controls PTZ Context Menu Arrows: Moves the camera in the direction selected. Camera No: Switch quickly between cameras. Speed: How fast the camera will move. The higher the Call Preset: Returns the camera to a Preset point. number, the faster the movement. Note that the actual Call Patrol: Initiates a patrol of your choice.
  • Page 52: System: General

    Don’t change this setting Auto Lock Time: When the password protection is enabled, unless advised to do so by Swann Technical Support. You the DVR will automatically time-out, whereafter it will ask for may not be able to see the DVR’s output on your screen a password before returning to normal functioning.
  • Page 53: System: User

    English System: User The System: User menu is where you can define and configure the different levels of access various users have to the DVR. We suggest that at minimum the admin account be password protected, as it has access to all aspects of the DVR’s operation.
  • Page 54: System: System Information

    IP address with your DHCP host. The remaining information is for use by Swann’s Technical Support, in the event that you require assistance. The various model and build numbers help us track down any known issues, or catalogue new issues as they come to light.
  • Page 55: System: Maintenance

    Firmware Upgrade (Upgrade): Instructs the DVR to update its firmware. You’ll only need to use this option if instructed to do so by Swann Technical Support. (Remember to Export your configuration first so you don’t have to re-set everything!) Default Settings (Restore): Loads the factory default settings.
  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    - contact Swann technical support (contact details are on the rear cover). Q: I’m getting too many email alerts from the DVR.
  • Page 57: Addendum: Third Party Hardware

    English Addendum: Third Party Hardware Assigning the IP Address information to the DVR. Due to it’s nature as a networked device, the DVR is often required to operate with third party hardware. We do We recommend doing this locally (on the DVR itself) even if you everything we can to ensure the DVR is compatible with as can access the DVR via the network (using the MyDVR software) many third party devices as possible, there will always be...
  • Page 58: Technical Specifications

    Approx. 3.2Kg/7 lbs [varies by HDD installed ] Get up to Date Information We’re constantly making improvements to our products, firmware, software, user manuals, video tutorials and more. To ensure you’re up to date with the latest documentation for your DVR, check out our website: www.swann.com...
  • Page 59: Warranty Information

    Any unit which proves defective during the stated period will be repaired without charge for parts or labor or replaced at the sole discretion of Swann. The end user is responsible for all freight charges incurred to send the product to Swann’s repair centers. The end user is responsible for all shipping costs incurred when shipping from and to any country other than the country of origin.
  • Page 60: Helpdesk / Technical Support Details

    English Helpdesk / Technical Support Details Swann Technical Support All Countries E-mail: tech@swann.com Telephone Helpdesk USA toll free AUSTRALIA toll free 1-800-627-2799 1300 138 324 (Su, 2pm-10pm US PT) (M 9am-5pm AUS ET) (M-Th, 6am-10pm US PT) (Tu-F 1am-5pm AUS ET)

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