4-Channel 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"...
User’s Manual 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 qualified service personnel under the following conditions: appliance is operated.
4-Channel 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 Video Input......................... 3 Video Loop Through ......................3 Video Out ...........................
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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix E ─ Connector Pin Outs ..................71 I/O Connector Pin Outs ......................71 RS485 Connector Pin Outs ....................71 Appendix F ─ Map of Screens ....................72 Appendix G ─ System Log and Error Code Notices ............73 System Log ..........................
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 ─ Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for four camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 4 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 VGA...
User’s Manual Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video. You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet. There is a USB port that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to external hard disk, CD-RW and flash drives. Figure 1 ─...
4-Channel 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 Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system.
User’s Manual NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. Video Out Connect the main monitor to the Video Out connector A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder RS485 Port 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. Connect RX-/ TX- and RX+/TX+ of the control system to the –...
User’s Manual Power Cord Connector Connect the AC power cord to the DVR and then to a wall outlet. WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 ─ Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 ─ Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 ─ DVR front panel. Power LED HDD LED Alarm Out LED Arrow Buttons Enter/Pause Button Menu Button PTZ/Zoom Button...
User’s Manual 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.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Playback Mode/Clip Copy Button Pressing the button enters the playback mode, and pressing the button again exits Playback Mode/Clip Copy the playback mode. When entering the playback mode, video is paused. Pressing the arrow button plays back video at regular speed.
User’s Manual Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, remote control, record mode, network and password.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters.
User’s Manual 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. Select the desired file and press the button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder The System Log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote site. You can scroll through the log pages by using the Up and Down arrows, or you can go directly to a log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen.
User’s Manual Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format. NOTE: The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button.
4-Channel 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. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the time server. NOTE: You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN.
User’s Manual NOTE: When the storage condition is Bad, the Event Status – Storage screen displays and you can check the storage condition for details. Once the “Bad” message displays, replacing the hard disk drive is recommended, usually within 24 hours. NOTE: Temperature and S.M.A.R.T.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder To add a Group, highlight the + Group… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the Group name. You can use up to 15 characters including spaces in the group name. Enter the name and assign authority levels to the group.
User’s Manual Highlighting the box beside Auto Login allows you to select a User to be automatically logged in when the DVR is powered up. It can also be set to never automatically login a user. Highlighting the box beside Auto Logout allows you to select from a list of times that the user will be automatically logged out.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 23 ─ Network setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Transfer Speed. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Transfer Speed. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips.
User’s Manual Figure 24 ─ LAN (Manual) setup screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder CAUTION: When changing the port settings, you must change the port settings on the PC running RAS or WebGuard as well. Refer to the RAS manual for details. Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Save button reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network.
User’s Manual DVRNS Setup Highlight the DVRNS tab, and the DVRNS screen displays. Figure 28 ─ DVRNS setup screen. NOTE: When LAN settings have been changed, set up the DVRNS after saving your LAN changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting Save and pressing the button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server. Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk. WebGuard Setup Highlight the WebGuard tab, and the WebGuard screen displays. Figure 29 ─...
User’s Manual Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. Highlight the box beside SMTP Server and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight LAN and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When LAN is turned On you can change the IP addresses. Highlight the IP Address box that you want to change and press the button.
User’s Manual Highlight the PTZ tab, and the PTZ setup screen displays. Figure 35 ─ 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. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 38 ─ Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to two audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button.
User’s Manual The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. The Range box allows you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 15-minute increments from 00:00 to 24:00.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Camera Title ─ The camera title displays at the top-left corner of each camera screen. Record ─ The record related icons display on each camera screen. PTZ ─ The icon displays on each PTZ camera screen. Text-In ─...
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 43 ─ Remote Control setup screen. Highlight the box beside Port and select between None, RS232 and RS485.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 45 ─ Record setup screen. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used.
User’s Manual You can save your Record settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Schedule Screen Highlight Schedule in the Record menu and press the button, and the Schedule setup screen appears. Figure 46 ─...
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the Day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place. Choose from: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place.
User’s Manual NOTE: When multiple events are detected at the same time from a specific channel, the DVR will record event video with the high setting values if the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell values of events are different from each other. However, the ips will be reset to the supported maximum value when the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell are all set to the highest value.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording. The image speed can be set from 0.10 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.
User’s Manual Highlight the Actions tab, and the Alarm-In Actions setup screen appears. Figure 53 ─ Alarm-In Actions screen. You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can save your Alarm-In changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Motion Detection Screen Highlight Motion Detection in the Event menu and press the button. The Motion Detection setup screen appears.
User’s Manual Select ─ Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion. Clear ─ Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion. Reverse ─ Activates inactive highlighted blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks. Select All ─ Activates all blocks to detect motion. Clear All ─...
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 61 ─ Motion Detection Actions 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, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions.
User’s Manual Video Loss Screen Highlight Video Loss in the Event menu and press the button. The Video Loss setup screen appears. Figure 62 ─ 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.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the Alarm-Out heading and press the button. Select between Alarm Output and Beep (DVR’s internal buzzer) that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera. NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab).
User’s Manual Figure 65 ─ Text-In Device Settings screen. Highlight the box beside Port, and press the button. Select from None, RS232, RS485 and USB-Serial (1~4). NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. NOTE: When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to ignore. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for text strings that the device sends during transactions, so you will know which ones you do not want recorded. Highlight the Case Sensitive box, and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
User’s Manual Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset positions for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input. button.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays. Figure 69 ─ Storage screen. Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify, and press the button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 10% to 90%. Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify, and press the button.
User’s Manual The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can activate the Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside the desired event (Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, or Disk S.M.A.R.T.), and press the button.
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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode. Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost Full percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu. Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used.
4-Channel 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.
User’s Manual NOTE: Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video. Sequence Mode Pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer causes the cameras to display sequentially. Menu Pressing one of the camera buttons exits the Sequence mode.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu. Refer to the camera manufacturer’s instructions for the proper settings. Depending on the camera specifications, some features may not be supported. Figure 73 ─ PTZ menu. You can save camera position settings as “presets”...
User’s Manual Using a Mouse You can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons to perform many of the DVR functions. The following operations are supported when using a mouse during live monitoring. When in quad (2x2) display mode, clicking the mouse button on a camera image switches that camera to full screen.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 3 ─ Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options. Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording.
User’s Manual The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below: Go to the first image Fast backward play Go to the previous image Play Go to the next image Fast forward play Go to the last image Searching Video Pressing the button or clicking the right mouse button while in the Playback mode displays the Search...
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Move the cursor over the date and time and press the (Enter) button. You can use the Left and Right 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.
User’s Manual Selecting located at the bottom displays the Search menu. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen. Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
User’s Manual Text-In Search Figure 86 ─ Text-In Search screen. 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 (Enter) button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the + and pressing the button allows you to add a new set of search parameter. Set up the desired search parameter. Refer to the Appendix B – Text-In Search Examples for further information on setting up search parameters.
User’s Manual You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 90 ─ Clip-Copy screen. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the (Enter) button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
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User’s Manual You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being backed up. To do this, highlight the Close button. You can return to the Clip-Copy screen at any time to check the progress. button and press the You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix A ─ USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP and Windows Vista is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1.
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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 (Qty) and 40 (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amount category is located on a different line from Item.
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: ®...
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu. Otherwise, some functions of WebGuard might be limited.
User’s Manual ⑥ Click the camera button (1 to 4) to select the camera to be viewed. ⑦ Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. ⑧ Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. ⑨...
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 93 ─ WebSearch screen. ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④...
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User’s Manual ⑫ Click the to reload the recording data. ⑬ The timetable displays recorded data of the selected camera by time (in hour segments). ⑭ Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen. Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix D ─ 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.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix G ─ System Log and Error Code Notices System Log Boot Up Setup Begin Panic Off Shutdown Setup End Clear All Data Restart Remote Setup Change Format Disk Upgrade Remote Setup Fail Disk Full Upgrade Fail Setup Imported Auto Deletion Time Change...
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