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16 INPUTS STANDALONE H264 DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER ART. 49136 Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it for future reference. Via Don Arrigoni, 5 24020 Rovetta S. Lorenzo (Bergamo) http://www.comelit.it – E mail: export.department@comelit.it...
MEASURES. The information in this manual is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication. Comelit Group S.p.A.. is not responsible for any problems resulting from the use thereof. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions or...
Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 14. 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.
1. Product Overview The H264 digital video/audio recorders are designed for use within a surveillance system and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorders are all based on industry-leading front-end to back-end surveillance infrastructure.
2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. Front Door Conceal Hard Disk Tray (for IDE HDD only). 2. USB connector (USB) Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc. 3.
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9. CALL Button Press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus camera in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. 10. SEQ Button Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
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21. Fast Backward Button ( Press this button for fast backward playback. 22. Play/Pause Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images or pause the playback. 23. Stop Button ( Press this button to stop the playback. 24. Single Step Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.
2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-16) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The corresponding 75 termination (see # 5)must be made unless the video output terminal is connected. 2. Video Output Connectors (1-16) Connect these BNC connectors for looping the corresponding camera video inputs. 3.
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11. RS-422/485 Selector Switch Used to select RS-422/485 4-line or 2-line. 12. RS-422/485 Connector Connect this connector to RS-422/485 compatible PTZ camera(s). Please set the Selector Switch correctly. Please refer to the manuals that come with the RS-422/485 compatible devices for the correct settings. 13.
2.3 Remote Controller The remote controller is an accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle. The Buttons Each of these buttons corresponds to one of those buttons on the front panel.
Cameras Connect the camera video input connectors to the video outputs from system cameras or other composite video sources via coaxial cables. Main monitor Connect the main monitor output connector (BNC) to a surveillance CCTV monitor. The CCTV monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in any available split window format.
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Alarm outputs Connect the alarm outputs 1-2 to NC type of alarm signals, alarm outputs 3-4 to NO type of alarm signals. Ethernet Connect the Ethernet connector to a standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable for remote access via LAN or internet. Please make sure to setup the related configurations as described in Section 6.10 Network Setup.
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Set this unit to 2-line For PTZ cameras Devices TxD- RS485- TxD+ RS485+ RxD- RxD+ MAIN-AUX monitor Please refer to the diagram below to connect the MAIN-AUX monitor output connector to a surveillance CCTV monitor or the MAIN-AUX monitor input connector of another digital video/audio recorder.
The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are several types of split-window screens, including 1-Window, 4-Window, 7-Window, 9-Window, 10-Window, 13-Window and 16-Window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.7) of the system.
4.2 Login And Logout There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display. The system allows up to 18 user accounts.
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Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen. CALL In split-window display, press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus camera.
4.4 Digital Zoom The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor X2 and (c) will never be shown at zoom factor X4.
5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU to call up Menu display as shown. There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text and those disabled in white-colored text.
5.1 Status Display In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Status and then press ENTER to call up Status display as shown. Status display includes Alarm Recording Status, Normal Recording Status, Camera Status, Alarm Input Status, Product Serial Number and Product Version Number. Press ESC to escape from Status display and return to Menu display.
5.3 Video Adjustment In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Video Adjustment and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown. There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below: ▲▼...
5.4 VGA Display In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to VGA Display and then press ENTER to call up VGA Display dialog as shown. There are 5 items which can be adjusted, including Resolution (1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480), Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation.
5.5 Backup Device In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Backup Device and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below. The system supports a variety of USB 2.0 storage devices, including Storage Disk such as USB 2.0 storage disk drives and DVD Disc (including DVD+RW, DVD+R, and DVD-R) (DVD-RW is not supported).
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Restore Press ENTER when this item is selected to restore the configuration files in the corresponding USB device to this unit. Some USB 2.0 Devices Tested USB-Storage Enclosures 5.25” – Macpower’s Alumni Prefect USB 2.0 - PF-U2MS. USB-Disk Storage – Transcend’s JetFlash 150/V60 Series, Apacer’s Handy Steno AH220, Pretec’s i-Disk Wave 512M-Black...
5.6 Software Upgrade (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown. The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items. Press this button to escape from this screen and return to Menu display.
5.7 System Shutdown (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Shutdown and then press ENTER to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area.
If the user wants to reset all the settings to factory default values, he/she may press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Factory Defaults and then press ENTER. A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER again to make the changes, ESC to not do it. 6.1 Pre-Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼...
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Installed – whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the following items will be settable. Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ” - checked. PTZ ID – the PTZ ID of this camera if it’s a PTZ camera. The PTZ ID has to be consistent with the setting of this camera.
6.2 Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Camera and then press ENTER to call up Camera Setup display as shown. The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera. There are up to 16 cameras which can be connected to the system.
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Video Loss Settings.. – used to setup the action settings when video loss is detected for this camera. Press ENTER in Settings.. to call up Video Loss Setup display for the camera. Please refer to Section 6.2.1 for the details. Motion Detection –...
6.2.1 Video Loss Setup In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Video Loss Setup of the selected camera as shown when the highlighted option is Video Loss Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Video Loss Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected video loss for the camera.
Alarm Out – to define which Alarm Output will be triggered when video loss of this camera is detected. Press +/- buttons to select none (N/A) or one of the Alarm Outputs (1-4). Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when video loss of this camera is detected. Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item.
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Press this button to escape from this screen and return to Camera Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Duration –...
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Following is a brief description for the operations: Numeric Press these buttons to select the camera. ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the Mask window. Press these buttons to resize the Mask window. ENTER Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. MODE Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.
6.3 Alarm Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Alarm and then press ENTER to call up Alarm Setup display as shown. The Alarm Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each alarm input and the actions if it’s triggered. There are up to 16 alarm inputs which can be connected to the system.
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Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after this alarm input is triggered. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once this alarm input returns to normal.
6.4 SEQ Display Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display and then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup as shown. The SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor.
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In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown and the title of the camera for the focus window . Following is a brief description for the is highlighted operations: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus window. Numeric (ENTER) Press these buttons to change the camera for the focus window.
6.5 Scheduled Record Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Scheduled Record and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup as shown. The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system.
Motion – record mode (No, Video or Audio/Video) when motion is detected for certain camera. Press +/- buttons to change the value. Normal – normal record mode, including No, V (Video only) or A/V (Audio/Video). Press +/- buttons to change the value. 6.6 HDD Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼...
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Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Size (GB) – the total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and Normal Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 more detailed information and setup of each individual HDD.
6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each HDD and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for each HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. If it has been formatted (and recorded) before, it will be partitioned according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared.
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The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones and/or modify the user’s name, password and/or level. There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor and Operator (lowest). The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive and the Administrator everything.
6.8 System Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to System and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown. The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc.
TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time Synchronization is enabled. The system will try to do time synchronization with the specified TSP server at the system preset interval. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Baud Rate – press +/- buttons to change the value. Data Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Stop Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Parity –...
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Net Mask – Net Mask for the IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described Section 4.1 to modify these items. Gateway – Gateway IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.
6.10.1 E-mail Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail. The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here.
Mail To #1-5 – the receivers’ e-mail addresses. The system can send the e-mails originated from the triggered events to up to 5 different receivers. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. 6.10.2 Advanced Network Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Advanced Network Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Adv..
7. PTZ Control The digital video/audio recorder supports a variety of PTZ cameras. The user can easily control the PTZ cameras through the operations described in this Chapter if those PTZ cameras have been connected and setup correctly. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections.
Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Operations Descriptions Focus focus far/near ENTER auto focus Iris Iris increase/decrease Auto Pan (3) Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed ENTER start/stop Auto Pan set start position set end position SEQ (5 sec.) SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.
8.1 Search By Time The screen for Search By Time is shown on the right side. The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time based on the selected Video/Audio before searching - alarm partition if any of Alarm, Motion or Video Loss, is checked and normal partition if Normal is checked.
8.2 Search By Event / Log Display The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below: There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss and System. Up to 3000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄►...
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Event Type – the type of the events (Record, Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, System) to be shown in the log list. The Event Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off and will not trigger recording.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: USB Device – press ENTER to call up USB Device dialog (if there’s no USB device connected). Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to search the archived files. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage.
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Fast Backward Button ( Press this button for fast backward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the backward playback speed will become faster, from 2X, 4X, 8X, up to 64X and then back to 2X. Single Step Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.
Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press +/- buttons to select the value. Directory – the directory in the backup device to store the archived files. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to input the directory. Cameras –...
The Other Buttons All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations. 9. Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet. Before Logging On Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings (for most PCs, only step 3 &...
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Logon After the above-mentioned items have been done correctly, restart your web browser and enter the domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser. The plug-in software in the system will be downloaded and run automatically in the web browser.
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In video window, right-click the mouse button to call up Camera/Playback/Print Dialog. (Left) click on Playback or Camera number to change the window to the corresponding camera and live/playback mode. The user may also click on the “Print” button to print the video to the printer.
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PTZ control panel. If the camera in the focus window is a PTZ camera, these buttons in the PTZ control panel can be used for PTZ control. The operations include Tilt Up/Down, Pan Left/Right, Zoom In/Out, Focus Near, Focus Far, Iris – (darker), Iris + (brighter). Camera Status indicators for cameras 1-16 (GREEN for normal, RED for motion) for the DVR.
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select it. Click on the OK button to search the recorded video/audio for the highlighted event log. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio. Click on this icon to call up search-PC-video dialog. Please select the file and then click on Open.
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Click on this icon to call up remote Software Upgrade dialog. Please select the DVR device and upgrade file in the PC and then click on Start button to start the software upgrade process. The Upgrade status will be updated according to the progress. When the upgrade file is uploading, the user may click on Stop/Close button to stop the upgrade process.
10. PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can also be remotely accessed by using a web browser installed on a PDA or mobile phone that (1) supports xHTML and MJPEG file format and (2) has screen resolution at 320x240 or above. Please enter the domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser and the remote login display will be shown (for most of the mobile devices, the DVR will automatically redirect to the correct web page, EX.
Appendix A--MS-Windows HemPlayer There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, HemPlayer, KCtrl Simulator and AVI Converter. The HemPlayer is meant to play archived/backed up files on local PC. The AVI Converter utility converts H.264 files to standard *.AVI files. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in your PC and then double click on Setup.exe vcredist_x86.exe...
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To select an archived file for playback, please click on File menu and then select Open. After an archived file is opened, the user may click on the player buttons to play the file. The following diagram shows the screen after the Play button is pressed. The user may print the whole player screen (including the current video image) or the current video image by selecting File menu and then select Print or Print Video respectively.
To select the DVR to control, please click on the button as circled in the above diagram to set the corresponding DVR ID. Please note that the RS-232/422/485 setup (Section 6.9), including the DVR ID, in the DVRs must be configured correctly (Model must be set as Control Protocol). Please use the buttons MAIN-AUX ON, MAIN-AUX OFF, CALL-AUX ON, CALL-AUX OFF to switch on/off the output of the controlled DVR.
Menu Search Escape Sequence Fold tools Fast backward Fast forward Step forward Unfold tools Play/Pause Stop Copy Alarm reset Live/Playback Full screen Volume Page up Page down Close Motion detection setup -> Setup-> -> Camera-> -> Motion setting-> Detection setting. ->...
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Set/Reset Set/Reset Sensitivity Test highlighted area whole area PTZ setup The function is as follows in the PTZ controls the appearance Go to Figure down Zoom Figure up Preset Focus Auto Focus Iris position Auto pan Speed Mark Video adjustment icons This camera default All camera default Default...
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Common icons Down Enter Code Left Right Delete Back space Confirmed Space Mark Reduce/Add Numeral key...
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