H.264 Hybrid DVR User Manual V2.1SC [ 4 / 8 / 16 Channel DVR ] Notice: The information in this manual was current when published. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise and improve its products. All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Safety Warning and Precautions TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS A PPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS A PPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SE RVICING TO QUALIFIED DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SE RVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. SERVICE PERSONNEL. All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the unit is operated. • Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. • Do not block the ventilation opening or slots on the cover. • Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact qualified personnel for service. • Do not attempt to disassemble the appliance. To prevent electric shock, do not remove screws or covers. There are no user‐serviceable parts inside. Contact qualified service personnel for maintenance. Handle the appliance with care. Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance. • Do not expose the appliance to water or moisture, nor try to operate it in wet areas. Do not take immediate action if the appliance become wet. Turn the power off and refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Moisture may damage the appliance and also cause electric shock. • Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body. Use a dry cloth to clean the appliance when it is dirty. When the dirt is hard to remove, use a mild detergent and wipe gently. • Do not overload outlets and extension cords as this may result in a risk of fire or electric shock. • Do not use the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Do not use the appliance in an extreme environment where high temperature or high humidity exists. Use the appliance at temperature within indoor type DVR for 0°C ~ +40°C and humidity below 90%. The input ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Package Contents Please make sure the following parts are all included with the main DVR when you open the product package. If there are any missing items, contact your distributor. Part Name Quantity H.264 Hybrid Standalone DVR IR Remote Control DC Power Adapter Power Cable Install CD 8 Channel Audio Splitter Cable 1 (8ch Model) 2 (16ch Model) AAA Battery RJ‐45 LAN Cable H.264 Hybrid Standalone DVR IR Remote DC Power Adaptor Control LAN Cable Install CD AAA Batteries 8 Channel Audio Cable Power Cable ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 1. Understanding Your DVR 1.1. Basic Security System Configuration ………. Cameras ………. Sensor Inputs Audio Input Alarm Out External HDD DISPLAY Speaker LOCAL NETWORK BACKUP INTERNET CCTV Monitor CD/DVD-RW USB Flash Memory VGA Monitor IP camera Camcorder Client Program Web Browser NVR (NetViewer) WebViewer Note Note You can use general TV or PC Monitor as well as CCTV monitor to operate your DVR. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 1.2. Features of Your DVR • Real‐time 960/480/240fps (16/8/4CH) live display, recording and playback • Pentaplex : simultaneous live, recording, playback, backup and network access • Small recording file size using H.264 video compression and audio technology • Independent channel adjustment and control • Video backup directly to AVI format for easy viewing or to H.264 format for image authentication • High speed network transmission with full screen mode and each camera mode • Dynamic / Static IP address support with own client (NetViewer) / web browser (WebViewer) • Remote view and control via high speed internet • Remote recording, still image capturing and printing via network • Manage multiple DVRs, IP cameras and video servers by client software • PTZ camera control by RS‐485 and via Network • Independent color adjustment for each camera input and VGA output • Mouse and IR remote control unit for user interface • Self‐diagnosis system and hardware watchdog : error checking and restoring functions • Powerful event search function (by manual, schedule, motion, sensor, network or all) • Pre‐alarm recording for motion and/or sensor • Protect file mode from HDD Overwriting •...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 1.3. Front Panel View and Keypads 12 13 14 15 1. DVD burner: To backup video/audio files in a blank CD or DVD. 2. Eject: Eject a CD or DVD. 3. Directional Keys: Move to left/right/up/down when navigating through menus. 4. Enter/Capture: Select the item shown on the display when navigating through menus. Also press this key to capture the image during live or playback mode. 5. Menu: Press to pop up or hide main menu window. 6. Multi: Press to change the display type from various split screen mode. 7. REW: Rewind the video during playback. Select the rewind speed from REW1/2/3/4 by pressing the key. 8. PB/Pause key: Playback and pause the recorded video and audio files. 9. STOP: Stop playback. 10. FF button: Fast forward the video during playback. Select FF speed from FF1/2/3/4 by pressing this key. 11. REC: Start/Stop manual recording. 12. PTZF button: Control PTZ camera(s) connected to your DVR. 13. BACKUP key: Copy your video/audio files from DVR HDD to CD/DVD or USB memory devices. 14. SEQUENCE key: Display live videos (channels) in sequence mode (a.k.a. auto display mode). Press it to turn on/off. 15. INFO key: Display system information. Press the key to on/off (exit). 16. SEARCH key: To search video/audio files. 17. System Indicator LED: Power LED: DVR power indicator. When DVR power is on, a steady red light will be on. REC LED: Recording indicator. When your DVR is recording any cameras (channels), a green light will be on and will be off after completing the recording. PLAYBACK LED: Playback mode indicator. A green light will be on when you playback a recorded file. NET LED: Network connection indicator. A green light will be on when the DVR is connected to the network. 18. IR Remote control sensor 19.USB 2.0 Port: Connect USB mouse or USB memory device for file backup or firmware upgrade. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 1.5. IR Remote Control 1. REC (Record): Start/stop manual recording 2. Remote Control Setting Indicator 3. Number buttons: Select camera (channel) number ***** 4. Zoom/Protect file: (1) Zoom in/out the video when the channel is in full display mode (2) During the playback mode, press this key to save the file as a protected file. Protected file will be saved and will be protected from HDD overwriting. 5. Info: View your system information. 6. Menu: Enter or exit the menu. 7. Multi: change the display mode to 1/4/8/16/32 split screen. 8. PIP (Picture‐in‐picture): Enter and exit PIP mode. 9. Auto (Sequence): Enter and exit auto (sequence) display mode. 10. ◀ Left 11. ▲Up 12. ▶Right 13. ▼ Down 14. Enter/Image capture key (1) To select and save the menu and parameter change. (2) Press to capture an image during live or playback mode. VCR‐like functions 15. Search all: Go to recorded file search menu. 16. Search time: Search recorded files by date and time. 17. Search list: Search recorded files by calendar 18. ■ Stop: Stop playback. 19. REW: Rewind (select a speed from 1, 2, 3 and 4 for faster rewind) 20. FF: Fast forward (select a speed from FF1, 2, 3 and 4) 21. ▶ Play: Play a recorded file. 22. Pause: Pause a video during playback mode Backup functions 23. DVD Backup...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 2. Installation 2.1. HDD Installation Before Installation We recommend setting the current time on your DVR before HDD Installation. Please make sure that the power of DVR is switched off before starting installation. Step 1. Make sure the DVR power is switched OFF Step 2. Open the top cover of DVR using a cross screw driver. Step 3. Take out the HDD mounting plate from DVR. Step 4. Place HDD(s) on the mounting plate and mount it with screws. Step 5. Replace the mounting plate into the DVR and fix it with screws. Step 6. Attach the data and power cable to HDD(s) correctly. Step 7. Replace the top cover of DVR and fix it with screws. After HDD installation ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 2.2. Network Connection Setup 2.2.1 Using a Static IP Address You can use the Static IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway address provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) for your DVR. The Gateway address is the IP address of your broadband modem. Internet 2.2.2 Using a Dynamic IP Address You can use a router with your Dynamic IP broadband modem. In this case, you should set the configuration of a router properly for network connection between DVR and Net/Web Viewer. Please follow the instructions in next section to configure your router correctly. Home/Office Network Internet If your Broadband Modem does not support internal loop back (port forwarding) function and you want to monitor DVR using a PC located in same Intranet, you should use Direct IP instead of DDVRLS in the connection menu of NetViewer. If your PC is located outside of Intranet, you can use both DDVRLS and Direct IP to connect to DVR even though your Broadband Modem has limited features. You will know about DDVRLS and Direct IP in Chapter 7, NVR (NET VIEWER).
H.264 Hybrid DVR 2.2.3. Router Configuration If your DVR is connected to the network through a router, you should configure router properly. There are 3 steps as follows. 1. WAN Setting 2. DHCP Setting 3. Virtual Server Setting 2.2.3.1. WAN Setting When you connect to your Router, you can find menu for WAN setting. Please confirm the WAN setting. If you are using DSL service, you should select PPPoE, and you will be directed to a sub‐menu to type in DSL user name and password. 2.2.3.2. DHCP & IP Address Setting To assign an unique private IP address to DVR in your intranet environment automatically, you can enable DHCP option in the Network Setup menu of your DVR and your Router. In this case, you can skip the procedures described on this page. We recommend assigning IP address to DVR manually to prevent unexpected change of IP address. *A router from D‐Link is quoted as an example in this manual. The images of setup menu above may not always match another router’s setup menu. If you have any problem with DHCP function or want to assign the private IP address, please disable DHCP option in the Network Setup menu of your DVR and check the starting and ending IP used by DHCP server of the Router. You can assign any private IP address to your DVR even if it is out of the DHCP range, but the IP address should match with the one entered in the Network Setup menu of your DVR. ...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 2.2.3.3. Virtual Server Setting You should register your DVR as a virtual server. Please enter the information into IP address field of the router (e.g. 192.168.0.110). You can check an IP address of DVR by pressing Info. key on the front panel of your DVR. Protocol Type should be TCP. Private/Public Port numbers should be the same with the Port numbers assigned in DVR. You can change port numbers in Network Setup menu to avoid conflict with other network servers. Your DVR uses 6 port numbers and the default Port numbers are 9350~4 and 80. 9350~4 are for controlling the video, audio and commands of Net Viewer, and 80 is for Web Viewer. You need to register 6 port numbers into the router as network servers. Please make sure that your router does not block those port numbers to/from the DVR with filter and firewall features. 9350 9350...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 3. Main Menu Setup • Go to Main Menu Window using: Front panel – Press MENU, Remote control – Press MENU, Mouse – Right click and click MENU icon. • To go to desired sub menu: Use direction keys and press ENTER (front panel or remote control) • To go to the higher level menu: Front panel – Press MENU, Remote control – Press MENU, Mouse – Right click Main Menu Tree DISPLAY RECORD DEVICE SYSTEM NAME POLICY LANGUAGE INPUT QUALITY SENSOR TIME SEQUENCE SCHEDULE ALARM PASSWORD MOTION SIGNAL AUDIO IR REMOTE WARNING SPOT NETWORK CONFIG...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.1. Display Setup There are 7 sub menus under Display setup. To exit to main menu, press MENU (or right click on the mouse) key again. 3.1.1. Camera (Channel) Name and Display 1) TITLE Create your own title for each camera connected to DVR using on screen keyboard (up to 8 digits). If you skip this setup, channel # will be displayed on the screen. Press MENU or to save and exit. 2) COVERT [ON/OFF] If you select “ON”, the live video from the selected camera will not be displayed on the screen. But the camera will still record normally as you have originally set. 3.1.2. Input (Input Video Quality Setup) Adjust the brightness/contrast/hue/color for each analog camera (ch#1 through 16) connected to DVR. Press direction keys to change the value and press MENU or to save and exit. 3.1.3. Sequence Mode setup (a.k.a. Auto Display Mode) Your DVR can display each live video channel in full screen (or a group of channels) in sequence mode similar to slide show in PC. Select the order, camera# (or group of cameras), and display time from this menu using direction buttons. You can activate sequence display mode (= a.k.a. auto display mode) during the DVR operation...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.1.4. VGA OUTPUT QUALITY SETUP You can adjust the BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST and RESOLUTION for your VGA monitor display. Use direction keys to change the values of brightness, contrast and resolution. Press MENU or right‐click the mouse to save and exit. 3.1.5. PIP (Picture In Picture) SETUP With PIP (Picture In Picture) feature, you can monitor multiple channels while focusing on a specific channel. You can select one main video channel for full screen display and (up to) three other channels as sub channels. Use direction keys and press ENTER to change the channel number. Press MENU to save and exit. MAIN CHANNEL: Select one channel for full screen display. SUB 1/2/3 : Select up to 3 channels for sub display. * You can select MAIN channel from CH#1 – CH#32, and SUB channels(cameras) from CH#1 – CH#16. 3.1.6. OSD (On Screen Display) SETUP You can configure each parameter for on‐screen‐ display using direction keys and ENTER button. To save and exit from this menu, press MENU. 1) CAMERA ID MODE [NUMBER / NAME / OFF] You can display a number or name of your camera on the screen. Select OFF not to display any. 2) BORDER COLOR [WHITE / BLACK / OFF] Select the color of border line on multiple channel ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 4) RECORD ICON [ON / OFF] If you select “ON”, RECORD ICON will be shown at the left top of the screen during recording. OFF will hide the RECORD ICON during the recording. 5) PLAYBACK ICON [ON/OFF] PLAYBACK ICON will be shown at the right top of the screen during playback of recorded video file. Select OFF to hide this icon during the playback. 6) NETWORK ICON [ON / OFF] If you select “ON”, NETWORK ICON will be displayed on the right top of the screen when DVR is connected by any network client(s). Select OFF to hide this icon during network (remote) access to your DVR. 3.1.7. SPOT OUT SETUP The SPOT OUT monitoring is independent of live mode, which monitors a specific channel through the SPOT OUT port. SEQUENCE MODE: ON/OFF SPOT OUT monitoring is in auto sequence mode when it is ON. ORDER/SPOT OUT CHANNEL: Select the order and cameras for auto sequence mode. INTERVAL: Set viewing time for each spot screen. 3.2. Record Setup With this menu, you can set all parameters (see the picture as below) related to recording for each cameras independently. Use direction keys and ENTER button to select the camera (channel) and change the setup value. Press MENU to save and exit. Note: Please stop recording before changing the record setup!
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.2.1. POLICY DVR can record a live video by manual, schedule, event (motion detection and/or external sensor) and by network user’s command. You can set the recording policy for each camera independently. You can copy this setup to other cameras by pressing “APPLY TO ALL CH” button. 1) MANUAL (R) [ON / OFF] ON: When turned ON, you can start recording manually by pressing a REC button (or by clicking REC icon on mouse menu). Press REC key again to stop recording. OFF: Manual recording is disabled on selected camera(s). 2) SCHEDULE (S) [ON / OFF] ON: Schedule record enabled. DVR will record as your schedule setup on page 20. OFF: Schedule record disabled on selected camera and DVR will not record by your schedule setup. This will override schedule setup menu. 3) MOTION (M) [OFF / 10SEC / 20SEC/30SEC/45SEC / 1MIN / 2MIN / 3MIN / ALL CH] OFF: Motion recording disabled. DVR will not record even if it detects a motion. To enable MOTION detection recording mode and set the recording time, please choose one of the followings: 10SEC/20SEC/30SEC/45SEC/1MIN/2MIN/3MIN: Motion recording enabled and recording time selected. DVR will record a live video from selected camera(s) when motion is detected. DVR will keep recording for the selected time (ex; 30sec., 45sec.,…3min.). If DVR keeps detecting the motion, it will continuously record for another selected time and will repeat this process until there is no motion detected. ALL CH: Motion recording enabled with 30 seconds recording time. When selected camera (set to ALL CH) is triggered by the motion, DVR will start recording ALL cameras for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, if DVR still detects the motion, DVR will continuously record for another 30 seconds until no motion is detected by the selected camera. 4) SENSOR (E) [OFF / 10SEC/20SEC/30SEC / 45SEC / 1MIN / 2MIN / 3MIN/ ALL CH] Enable or disable the recording of each camera activated by external sensor. All setup menu and features are same as MOTION (M) setup.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.2.2. RECORD QUALITY Setup the record quality parameters for each camera. (see picture as below) 1) SIZE [D1, Half D1 and CIF] There are three recording resolution modes you can choose from. D1 is the highest resolution. 2) SPEED (F/S) [NTSC: 30 / 15 / 10 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1] Select recording speed in frame (image) per second. Higher F/S requires more HDD spaces. 3) QUALITY [Basic / Normal / Good / Very Good / Excellent] Select recording video quality. Higher video quality requires more HDD space. Important: Same record quality will be set for a group of four channels (cameras). Channel #1~#4 (#5~#8,..) will have the same value of record quality. 3.2.3. SCHEDULE RECORD SETUP This menu allows you to create own recording schedule and trigger type . To enable this feature, schedule recording feature at RECORD‐>POLICY‐>SCHEDULE menu must be turned “ON”. Using direction keys and ENTER button, choose preferred record types (such as ALWAYS, MOTION, SENSOR or MOT+SEN) on the selected time and date. Important: Schedule record is superior than other recording policy. If you set SENSOR recording on certain day and time, the DVR will not start recording even though your set MOTION recording is enabled during that period. Manual recording is available at all times if RECORD‐>POLICY‐>MANUAL is “ON”. 1) CAMERA Select channel for schedule recording. 2) SELECT DAY [DAILY / SUN – SAT] Select the desired day for schedule recording. 3) TIME Move the curser to desired time and press ENTER key to set it highlighted. Press ENTER again to ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.2.4. MOTION RECORD SETUP This menu allows you to set motion detection area for motion recording. To start a motion trigger recording, RECORD‐> POLICY‐>MOTION must be enabled. 1) SENSITIVITY [LEVEL 1 – LEVEL 16] The higher level is more sensitive to detect motions. 2) AREA [FULL / SETUP] FULL : Motion will be detected from full viewing area. CUSTOM : You can setup the detection area manually. To set up the area, go to CUSTOM AREA menu. 3) CUSTOM AREA To set the motion detection area, go to desired area using direction keys and press ENTER key to select or to release, or click and hold the mouse and drag to cover the desired area. Once you select the area, it will remain the same unless you change it manually. Important: Motion detection area will be displayed in TRANSPARENT. Yellow area will be blocked and will not detect a motion . 3.2.5. AUDIO RECORD SETUP OUTPUT AUDIO CHANNEL / VOLUME Select one audio channel for live audio output and adjust the volume. The selected output channel will be applied to both live and default playback audio. To listen to the live audio, the speaker device must be connected to DVR audio output port on the back.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.2.6 WARNING SETUP You can enable/disable HDD overwriting feature and set warning method when HDD is full and overwriting is disabled. 1) HDD OVERWRITE [ON / OFF] If you select “ON”, DVR will delete the old recorded files (from the oldest file) and will record the new video file when the HDD is full. If you select “OFF”, the DVR will stop recording when the HDD(s) is full. 2) DISK WARNING [ON / OFF] If HDD OVERWRITE is OFF when the HDD is full, the DVR will warn you to change the setup or replace the HDD. If DISK WARNING is “ON”, a Yellow “F” sign will be flashing on the screen. If then, enable the HDD overwrite feature or replace your HDD(s) immediately. 3) WARNING METHOD [OSD / BEEP+OSD] Select a preferred DISK WARNING method. 3.3. DEVICE SETUP With this menu, you can configure the peripherals in your DVR such as HDD, external sensor, alarm, PTZ cameras,IR remote control and printer. 3.3.1. HDD INFORMATION/FORMAT HDD‐MASTER: Master HDD size and percentage used will be shown. HDD‐SLAVE: Slave HDD size and percentage used will be shown (if installed). HDD‐EXT: External HDD information will be displayed if connected. FORMAT: You can format each HDD if necessary. Check the HDD you want to format. But you do not ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.3.2. SENSOR SETUP Select the right type of your external sensors connected to DVR. There are 2 different types of sensors. (N.O.‐ Normal Open and N.C.‐ Normal Close). Press ENTER button to change and select the sensor type. 1) CHANNEL [CH1 ‐ CH16] Select the CHANNEL which the sensor is connected to. 2) TYPE [N.O. / N.C.] N.O. : “Normal mode‐Open”. Two sensor lines are not connected (=open) in the normal mode. Sensor lines will be connected (=close) in the activation mode. N.C. : “Normal mode‐Close”. Two sensor lines are connected (=close) in the normal mode. Sensor lines will be disconnected (=open) in the activation mode. Press MENU to save and exit. 3.3.3. ALARM SETUP If you use external alarm devices and connect them to DVR, you should enable/disable ALARM OUT and BUZZER setup. 1) ALARM OUT [ON / OFF] If external alarm devices (Max 4 alarm outputs for 16ch model). It will be activated during event recording (MOTION and/or SENSOR) are connected to your DVR, you can activate it from this menu. Go to setup and you can set alarm schedule for each channel and trigger type. 2) BUZZER [ON / OFF] You can also enable or disable the internal buzzer. Select “ON” to activate the buzzer when DVR warns external alarm device. 3) KEYPAD VOLUME Control the keypad volume for the DVR front panel. 3.3.4. PTZ CONTROL SETUP DVR supports Pan, Tilt, Zoom and Focus control for PTZF cameras or servers. It has RS485 port to connect ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 1) TYPE : Select the correct protocol for each PTZ camera connected to DVR. 2) BPS : Set the Baud Rate (BPS). 3) ID : You can create own ID number for each PTZ camera (up to 16 cameras). 4) SPEED : Select the speed of camera movement (1‐5). The higher number indicates faster speed. 3.3.5. IR REMOTE setup and Printer setup You can assign a control ID number matching with IR remote control. Then the IR remote control will only control the DVR(s) having same control ID. Factory default for DVR and IR remote control are 001. When you change the control ID, make sure to change it on both DVR and the IR remote control. To change the control ID on IR remote control, press “setting” (on IR remote control) button for 3 seconds. Enter desired numbers and press ‘setting’ button again to save and exit. NOTE: On the IR remote control, ’10’ key is for 0 and/or 10. To print captured images from DVR to your printer directly, connect your local printer to one of the USB port on the DVR front panel. If you have a network printer, please select NETWORK. Then enter printer IP address and port. 3.4. SYSTEM SETUP This menu helps you to configure DVR for basic operation. You can set the current time for your area, network parameters, and password for security purposes. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.4.1. LANGUAGE DVR supports several languages. Select your preferred language using ENTER button and press MENU to save and exit. Changing the language setup of the DVR will cause it to reboot. 3.4.2. DATE/TIME SETUP You can setup the current date and time manually. 1) DATE FORMAT Select display type of date. MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD are available. 2) DATE You can set or adjust current date and time. 3) TIME FORMAT: 12H / 24H You can select 12 Hours or 24 Hours type for display on the screen. 4) H : M : S You can set or adjust your current time. 3.4.3. PASSWORD SETUP There are 2 different levels of password. ADMIN password can use and set all menu items and functions. USER password can access to the limited information and does not have an authority to change the system configuration of DVR. 1) SECURITY MODE [ON / OFF] If you set it ON, you need to enter password to use MENU feature. 2) ADMIN [combination of 4 numbers] Set your ADMIN password. Press ENTER and use direction buttons to select desired numbers. 3) USER 1 ‐ USER 5 [combination of 4 numbers] User 1 through 5 are in the same security level. Set your USER password. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.4.4. VIDEO SIGNAL TYPE [NTSC / PAL] Select your video signal format type: NTSC or PAL. Use ENTER key to select the type and press OK button. Changing the video signal setup of the DVR will cause it to reboot. 3.4.5. LOG Your DVR keeps over 64,000 logs and you can review the details of each log. Click LOG button, then you will see all event logs from the latest one. There are 5 groups of logs by incidents: menu setup change, network connection, event recording (by motion or external senor), DVR power on/off, and record start/stop (by manual, schedule or network driven). To see detailed information of each log, press ENTER or click it with a mouse. To remove all list, press REMOVE button shown on the bottom of the screen. PREV: To retrieve previous log NEXT: To retrieve next log REMOVE: Delete all current log EXIT: Exit the current menu For faster search, you can sort the logs by incident. Press MENU (Menu Setup change), NET (Network connection), EVT (Motion, External sensor recording), PWR (Power on, off), and REC (Manual, Schedule, Network driven recording) buttons to narrow down your search.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.5. NETWORK SETUP With this menu, you can setup the network for DVR and also IP cameras (if applicable). Before starting this setup, the DVR and IP cameras must be connected to the router by LAN cable. Also, please make sure that internet is working properly. Important: If you are not familiar with network configuration and find any difficulties during this setup, please consult with your IT specialist or contact your distributor. 3.5.1. DVR NETWORK SETUP You should complete your network setup to control and manage the DVR through the internet and/or local network just like you are next to the DVR. ABCHOME ABCHOME ID not ID registered to registered DDVRLS server to DDVRLS server 1) DHCP [ON/OFF] When DHCP is “OFF”, you can manually assign an IP address for your DVR. If DHCP is “ON”, DVR can get available IP address from your router automatically by pressing OK button at the bottom of the menu screen. It is recommended to set DHCP “OFF” to save correct router port forwarding to your DVR IP address. 2) IP ADDRESS [000.000.000.000] (factory default : 192.168.000.008) Press “ENTER” key and use direction keys to set IP address. This IP address should be the same as the one you used for port forwarding from your router. Static IP address users: Use the available IP addresses, subnet mask and gateway address that you received from your ISP.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Important: Your NETWORK ID registered to DDVRLS server in this section will be required when you remotely log in to your DVR through the network via Net Viewer or Web Viewer site. 6) ADMIN PASSWORD [Up to 8 letters] Press ENTER key and use direction keys to create ADMIN PASSWORD and press OK button. If you log in to NetViewer or Webviewer with ADMIN PASSWORD, you will be able to monitor and fully control the DVR through the network. ABCHOME 7) USER PASSWORD [Up to 8 letters] Press ENTER and use direction keys to create USER PASSWORD. Log in to Net viewer or Web viewer with USER PASSWORD will have only limited access such as monitoring the DVR through the network. 8) E‐MAIL SERVICE Set up email notification. Your DVR will send you an email when there is an event and/or power/video loss or recovery. Note Note Check Mac Address, Server Domain, Client Port and Webport. To go to this menu, press INFO on IR remote control or on the DVR front panel at DVR NETWORK setup mode. Click DVR SETUP menu on the menu bar using a mouse. This menu is recommended for network administrators only. CLIENT PORT: Your DVR automatically reserves 5 ports (default 9350 to 9354). To install another DVR at the same site, please DO NOT use CLIENT PORT (9350 plus 4) ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR DDVRLS: If you already registered your IP camera to DDVRLS server with ID and password, please select ‘ON’. Enter USER NAME and PASSWORD. Otherwise, please select ‘OFF’. IP ADDRESS: If DDVRLS is selected ‘OFF’, please enter camera IP address. PORT NUMBER: default 9350. You can change it if necessary. USER NAME: Enter user name (You can create it). PASSWORD: Enter password (You can create it). ABCHOME 3.5.3. IP VIDEO CONNECT (Channel 17 – Channel 32) CONNECT or DISCONNECT the channel(s) (ch#17‐ Ch#32) from this menu. Please check desired channel(s) and then click CONNECT or DISCONNECT for all channels. 3.6. CONFIGURATION SETUP With this menu, you can EXPORT, IMPORT, COPY, RESET your DVR configuration. You can also upgrade your firmware from this menu. 1) Export Configuration : Export current DVR configuration to USB memory stick. You can import this file from other DVR(s) and clone the configuration from other DVR(s) 2) Import Configuration : Import and copy the DVR configuration file from a USB memory stick. 3) Copy Configuration : Copy sequence time recording channel/quality/schedule/motion setup from certain camera (channel) to all or other selected channels. 4) Reset [YES / NO] : You can restore all configuration to factory default values. (Except current time and network setup configuration) 5) Upgrade : Upgrade DVR firmware with USB memory stick at local USB port How to upgrade firmware with USB memory stick : ‐ Check you current firmware version before starting upgrade. Press INFO key to confirm the version. ‐ Have a newer version of firmware software in a USB memory stick. ‐ Insert a USB memory stick to the USB port on DVR front panel. ‐...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.7. SEARCH and PLAYBACK One of the benefits of Pentaplex DVR is that it allows user to enter search mode while DVR is in another operation such as recording. You do not need to stop recording to search and playback recorded files. There are two 2 Search modes: Calendar Search and Date/Time Search. Press SEARCH button on the front panel or ALL/TIME/LIST SEARCH button on the remote controller. Select your preferred search method from CALENDAR/TIME/PROTECT/CAPTURE and press ENTER button. You can stop playback at any time by pressing “STOP” button. You can Pause, FF, REW and PAUSE during the playback. If you installed more than 1 HDD, DVR will show you all events and Date/Time for all HDDs on a single screen. 3.7.1. Calendar Search Select the date that you want to see the events. Use direction keys to change the month and select the date. Press ENTER button to see recorded files on that date. Note: When there is recorded file, date will be displayed in RED. Date in white indicates that there are no recorded files. Colored time blocks indicate that there is (are) a (some) recorded file(s). Each color represents the trigger type of recorded file (e.g. by schedule, motion, sensors or network client).
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.7.2. Time Search You can designate a specific date and time to retrieve recorded video files. Select date and time in between first and last. If there is no recorded file at your designated time, DVR will display the recorded video file earlier and closest to that time. FIRST: Date and time of the oldest recorded file in your HDD. LAST: Date and time of the most recent recorded file in your HDD. 3.7.3. Protected File Search How to retrieve Protected files Any recorded files (video/audio/captured images) you set as protected will be stored under this list and will no longer available by regular CALENDAR/TIME search. You can search, playback, backup, remove from this menu. Click SEARCH ‐> PROTECT. You will see the file list with recording start time, recording trigger type, and file location (master or slave HDD). Select a file and click PLAY button. Channel (camera) name will be displayed in BLUE to notify you that this is a protected video file (non‐protected file will show channel (camera) name in yellow during the 3.7.4 Captured Image File Search Playback). How to retrieve captured image files Click SEARCH ‐> CAPTURE. You will see the list of captured image files. It will ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 3.8. BACKUP SETUP You can copy recorded Video/Audio files from DVR(HDD) to CD/DVD or USB memory stick. Backup process will not prevent DVR from any other operation. You can select a backup file type either AVI or H.264 (H4V). If you need a file with authentication, select H264 file type. Otherwise, select AVI file type for an easy playback with a Microsoft Media Player or any other popular media players. 1. Insert a blank CD/DVD into CD/DVD‐burner or insert USB memory stick to USB port on front panel. 2. Select CD backup or USB Backup 3. Set the STARTING and ENDING time. Select the camera (channel) # to backup. 4. Select the file type: AVI or H264 5. Press OK button. Then total files size and available space of CD or USB memory stick will be shown on the screen. 6. Press START for backup. You will see Backup icon on the left‐top of the screen until it completes Backup. Error message #1 : If your selected data size exceeds the current available storage space, an error message : Data size is too big for CD/DVD/USB will be shown. Error message #2 : If starting/ending time is not set correctly or there is no recorded file during selected time or camera (channel), you will see this error message : Not Available. BACKUP MAIN SCREEN ATHENTIC IMAGE PAYER Important: Backup time may take longer than normal if the DVR is in an operation of recording, playback and/or network transmission. AIP (Authentic Image Player) will be automatically installed when you backup files in H264 format. You do not have to install this player separately. You can just bring your CD/DVD or USB memory stick to any PC and playback your H264 backup files. To playback backup file, double click AIPlayer.exe from the file list.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 4. General Operation 4.1. Getting Started IMPORTANT: Turn DVR power off your before connecting all the necessary devices to DVR. Turn the DVR power on. If you see any failure message during system diagnostics, please contact the supplier. You can check system information including IP address of DVR, current available hard drives, DVD burner, USB device as well as firmware version when you press INFO button. To exit to normal display, press INFO button again. 4.2. Controlling the DVR DVR can be controlled by front panel keypads, by a remote control unit, or by a USB mouse. To operate the DVR with a mouse, please right‐click and main menu window will be popped up. Use left button to select a sub menu or change the setting values. If you want to display a full size screen of certain channel on the screen, click the left button on certain channel picture. To return to multi screen mode, click left button again on any position of the screen.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Main Menu Window for a mouse control Click the MENU icon for parameter setup. The setup menu window will pop up as shown in the picture below. To use a remote control unit or front panel keypads, simply press MENU key to go to setup menu window directly. Setup Menu Window 4.3. Live View 4.3.1. Multi Channel Display On the mouse MENU (Right‐Click), press MULTI key or direction keys (up and down). You can display 1/4/8/16/32 live cameras(channels) on one screen. Select preferred display type by pressing MULTI direction keys (up and down) repeatedly. After selecting a preferred display type (1/4/8/16/32CH), you can use direction keys (left and right) to change the camera (channel) or a group of cameras (channels). Full screen mode : CH1 CH2 CH3 ……… CH32 4CH Display mode : Group1 (CH1,2,3,4) Group2 (CH5,6,7,8) …….… Group8 (CH29,30,31,32) 8CH Display mode : Group1 (CH1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) ……… Group4 (CH25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32) 16CH Display mode : Group1 (CH1,2, …. ,15,16) ……… Group2 (CH17,18, …. ,31,32) 32CH Display mode : CH1…….32...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR [ 32 CH display Mode] [ 8 CH display Mode] [ 4 CH display Mode] [ 1 CH display Mode] 4.3.2. PIP Display Mode To activate PIP Display Mode, press PIP button. Main channel is displayed on the full monitor screen at the same time as one, two or three other channels are displayed in inset windows. You can change 1 / 2/ 3 PIP mode with 4 different display positions by pressing direction keys (up and down) button repeatedly. To exit from this mode, press PIP. To change PIP mode and display position with a mouse, right‐click and press MULTI icon and select your favorite PIP display. Only analog camera input channels are available for main channel in PIP model. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 4.3.3. Auto Display Mode (=Sequence Display Mode) If you activate Auto Display Mode (Sequence Display Mode), live channels (cameras) will be displayed on the monitor screen in accordance with your sequence setup. To change the camera (channel), viewing time and sequence, please go to MENU ‐> DISPLAY ‐> SEQUENCE setup (see page 22. sequence set up). When Auto Display Mode is activated, an auto mode icon will be shown on the upper left corner of the screen until you stop this mode. To activate this mode, press “AUTO” button on the remote controller or press SEQUENCE key on DVR front panel. To exit from this mode, press the same button again. 4.3.4. Pan/ Tilt/ Zoom/ Focus Camera Control Controlling an external PTZ camera connected to DVR. 1. To use this feature, press P/T/Z/F button on the front panel or remote control unit. If you are using a mouse, please click PTZF icon from the main menu window. 2. Press ENTER to select the sub mode, PT control, ZF control or PRESET for your PTZ camera control. Or just click the sub mode icon with your mouse. 3. The number shown on the center of PT and ZF icon is the channel number of PTZ camera you set in the PTZ setup menu. Please check MENU ‐> DEVICE ‐> PTZ menu. (see PTZ setup on page 33.) 4. You can save your favorite PT and ZF parameters using PRESET feature. You can store up to 10 presets per PTZ camera. Select the Preset number and press SET button using ENTER button and direction keys, or use the mouse and click on the preferred setup icon. 6. You can clear preset parameters by pressing CLR button. 7. You can go to preset value by pressing GO button. 4.3.4.1. Pan / Tilt control pan/tilt control key 1. Select your desired channel by pressing the number from remote control unit or click PT icon on the screen using left button on the mouse. 2. Control the camera with the arrow buttons (Up/ Down/ Right/ Left) of remote control unit or arrow icon on the screen using left button of mouse. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 4.3.4.2. Zoom/ Focus Function zoom/focus control key 1. Select your desired channel #. Press the number from remote control unit or click PT on the screen using the left button on the mouse. 2. Control the camera with direction keys (Up/ Down/ Right/ Left) of remote control unit or arrow icon on the screen using the left button on the mouse. preset key 4.3.4.3. PRESET Function 1. Select your desired channel on the screen. 2. Set the preferred viewing area of camera with PTZF control button. 3. Go to PRESET control mode and select number from 1 to 10. 4. Press SET button to save setting location or press Clear to delete setting location. 5. Press GO button to move camera to the desired preset location. IMPORTANT: PRESET requires admin password when the system is locked by password enabled. 4.3.5. Digital Zoom Display Mode You can zoom a certain area from the live mode up to two time. 1. Select the desired channel. 2. Press a ZOOM button, then you will see 2x2 enlarged video on the screen. 3. Select the viewing area using direction keys or on screen direction keys. 4. To exit and go to normal display mode, press ZOOM button again. 4.3.6. Video Loss (L) If there is no video signal, you will see ‘L’ (indicating video loss) displayed on that channel. Please check video cables and connection of each camera to confirm the signal loss. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Video Loss Indicator 4.4. Recording : (R) (S) (M) (E) (N) Manual Recording Icon: If DVR starts recording by manual trigger, recording indication icon (R) will be displayed on the left top of the screen. To stop recording, press RECORD button again. Audio Icon: This audio icon (see upper right corner of picture above) is not displayed if you set MUTE on. The number indicates the selected audio channel for the output to speaker. Event Recording Icon: When DVR starts recording by events (Schedule Recording(S), Motion Recording(M), External Sensor driven Recording(E), and NVR driven Recording(N)), the recording icon will be activated. Recording will stop when the event is terminated. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 4.5. Playback (P) and Track Mode (Pause / FF/ REW / Frame Advance) Playback Icon: To playback any recorded files, press PB button, ‘▶’. Icon will be displayed on the right‐top of the screen during the playback. Recorded time will be displayed in yellow under current time. To stop playback and go to live view, press “STOP” button. Playback Audio Icon: This icon indicates an audio for the file being playback. You can FF, REW and pause during the playback mode. FF and REW have 4 different speeds. During the playback, you can watch pictures in frame by frame mode. To view next or previous I‐ Frame video still image, press PAUSE button and press FF or REW in pause mode. To watch a certain channel in full screen mode, press a channel number from a remote controller. To go back to the original playback mode, press the current channel number again. If you use a mouse, click the certain channel screen to display in full screen. Click the screen again to go back to original playback mode. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 4.6. Network ‐ Remote Monitoring and Control You can connect to your DVR from anywhere through the internet. To monitor and control the DVR from remote sites, you must install Net Viewer program into your PC. Net Viewer program is our own CMS (Central Monitoring System) program which will provide the user a full access to multiple DVRs through the network. Net Viewer program is included in the install CD. You can also connect to your DVR using a web browser (IE) but there are some limited features. Using IE, you can connect to our Web Viewer site to connect to your DVR. Net Viewer program supports multi DVRs and multi clients at the same time. When any remote users (clients) connect to your DVR, network connection icon will be displayed on the top of screen. For detailed operations of Net Viewer and Web Viewer, please see Chapters 7 and 8. [ Web Viewer main screen ] [ Net Viewer main screen]...
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 5. Protect Video/Audio File 5.1. Protect Registration You can protect important recorded files from HDD overwriting. Register important files to protect list. How to protect important files from HDD overwriting? During the playback of recorded file, you can transfer current retrieving file to PROTECT LIST. This file will not be erased when it is under PROTECT LIST, which is a safe space of your HDD. Using a remote control, press ZOOM button during the playback. Press YES on the PROTECT LIST REGISTER window. With a mouse, right click to pop main menu window. Click LOCK icon. Click YES on the PROTECT LIST REGISTER window. IMPORTANT: 1.You can register up to 5 files per each HDD in your DVR under the PROTECT LIST. If you installed 2 internal HDDs and 1 external HDD, you can register total of 15 files under the PROTECT LIST. 2. You can not register the file still in recording. You must finish recording to register this file to PROTECT LIST. 2. LOCK Button has two functions. During playback, use PROTECT LIST button. In other operation modes, use SECURITY MODE button to enable password mode. 5.2. Playback and Remove Protected File Your can manage protected files separately from regular recorded files (clips) stored in HDD. How to search and playback protected files? Press SEARCH button and select PROTECT LIST.
H.264 Hybrid DVR How to delete protected files? If there are 5 protected files in your HDD and you try to protect new video/audio files during Playback, you will see warning message, “PROTECT LIST FULL ON MASTER (or SLAVE) HDD”, on the screen. To remove old files from PROTECT LIST, go to PROTECT LIST menu. Select file(s) you want to remove. Click REMOVE and YES to remove it permanently. IMPORTANT: If you click YES, the file will be erased from HDD permanently and will not be recovered. 5.3. Protected File Backup Protected files are very important and are valuable evidences for any incidents. You can make a copy of protected files into CD/DVD or USB memory same as ordinary backup function of your DVR. How to backup protected files? 1) Go to PROTECT LIST menu. 2) Select a file to backup 3) Press COPY button. Then, choose CD or USB backup. 4) Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB memory stick to USB port 5) You DO NOT have to select the starting/ending time for backup. It will be automatically detected when you select a file for a backup. 6) Select the channel(s), format type, and press OK. You will see the file size for which to be backup. 7) To start backup, click START button.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 6. Capture Video Still Image 6.1. Still Image Capture You can capture and save up to 100 still images and retrieve, delete, or back them up easily. You can capture videos instantly using a mouse, remote control unit or front panel keypads. How to capture video images? During playback mode (including FF, REW and Pause) or live display, you can capture current video image using a mouse, remote control unit or front keypads. Mouse : Click Capture (camera icon) button at the main menu window Remote controller : Press ENTER button Front keypads : Press ENTER button When you click capture button, DVR stores all channels immediately into temporal buffer. Once you click capture, you will see a channel select menu to select channels to save into HDD. Using direction keys or a mouse, and ENTER button, you can designate which channels to save. You can select multiple channels to save. After selecting all desirable channels, press OK button to store pictures into HDD. 6.2. Retrieve and View Captured Image Your DVR keeps and manages captured files separately from other video files stored in HDD. You can retrieve them at any time unless you remove them from CAPTURE LIST. You can store up to 100 captured images in master HDD. How to retrieve captured files? When you capture video images, you should go to CAPTURE LIST to search, view, backup or erase captured images. Click SEARCH button and select CAPTURE LIST. Then you will see captured file list which will show you captured time and channel information.
H.264 Hybrid DVR How to view captured images? Press SEARCH ‐> CAPTURE Select a file and press VIEW button. There, you can retrieve selected image. To identify this image from CAPTURE LIST, CAPTURED message will be displayed on left‐bottom of the screen. The captured time and channel Information displayed in yellow on the screen. 6.3. Remove Captured Image You can save up to 100 captured images into our HDD. You should erase some saved images to save new captured images. How to remove captured image files? IMPORTANT: If there are 100 captured images in your HDD and you try to capture new video images, the oldest image will be erased automatically to save new images. To protect your captured images, please maintain your captured images not to exceed 100 images. To erase image files from CAPTURE LIST, press SEARCH ‐> CAPTURE. Select a file to remove. Press DELETE button at the bottom. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 6.4. Backup Captured Image Captured image files are very important and are valuable evidences for any incidents. You can make a copy of captured files into a USB memory stick. How to backup captured image files? Press SEARCH ‐> CAPTURE LIST menu. Select a file to backup from captured file list. Insert a USB memory stick to a USB port. Press COPY button. When the backup is completed, COPY DONE message will be appeared on the screen.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 7. NVR (NetViewer) 7.1. Getting Started 7.1.1. System Requirement ‐ Pentium 4 or above recommended ‐ O/S : Microsoft Windows XP or Vista ‐ 1GB RAM (16CH Display), 2G (32CH Display) & 4G (64CH display) or above recommended ‐ Super VGA 128M or above recommended ‐ 10/100/1000Mbps network card for LAN operation 7.1.2. Network Environment Client PC Minimum More than 128Kbps More than 128 Kbps Recommend More than 3 Mbps More than 3 Mbps 7.1.3. Net Viewer Program Installation To start network viewer installation: 1. Turn your PC ON. 2. Insert installation CD into the CD‐ROM drive. 3. Execute Setup.exe, so it installs Net Viewer automatically and generates Icon on the desk top screen. * In the installation CD, there are two setup.exe files for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Please confirm the OS of your PC 4. Click the Net Viewer Icon, then network viewer will appear on the screen as below. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.2. Buttons and Functions 14 15 16 1. Date / Time : Displays current date and time video coming from DVR. 2. CH Status : DVR (green) and client PC (orange) will be shown in different colors. DVR Recording Local record 3. Backup Viewer : A control key for playback from a DVR or client PC. 4. Event Viewer : A control key for event log from a DVR or client PC. 5. Connect / Disconnect / Local Setup / Device Setup : Connect key: Connect to cameras registered in current channel group. Disconnect key : Disconnect from cameras registered in current channel group. Local Setup key : Manage recording policy, schedule setup, and recording directory for a client PC. Device Setup key: Update/revise your DVR configurations. 6. DVR : To navigate DVR list and cameras. 7. Group : To navigate group list and cameras. 8. Add DVR : Menu button for configuration of connection for DVRs. 9. Add IP Cameras : Menu button for configuration of IP Cameras.
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 10. Add Video Server : Reserved menu button for configuration of connection for Video Server 11. Save Group : You can combine any cameras from same or different DVRs into a certain group. 12. PTZF Control & Preset : You can control PTZ cameras. After controlling PTZ cameras to find the preferred view, press Preset key to save the setting. Select a number from 1 to 10 with spin button. Press Set button to save it to preset location you selected. You can go back to that setting anytime when you press Go button and it will take you to the preset location of the camera. 13. Audio : You can adjust speaker and microphone volume. 14. DVR Record : Control button for remote recording for DVR(s). 15. Local record : Control button for local recording for client PC. 16. Capture : Capture video still images. 17. Multi Screen Display : Displays in 4, 6, 8, 9,16,32, 64, and a full screen mode. You must complete network setup before using Net Viewer program. Note Note 1. During the network setup, you must create and register your own network ID and password for each DVR. This setup is required only once for the first connection. If you will use more than one DVR through the same network, you should assign a different port number (router port forwarding) to each DVR. You should also create and register different network ID for each DVR. 2. ID and password you set up for each DVR will be used when you connect to that DVR using NetViewer or WebViewer. 4. If you want to use static IP address for DVR, please type DVR IP address into IP address field manually. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.3. Registering DVR(s) and IP Cameras (Channels) Before connecting to DVR(s) using NetViewer program, you must register DVR(s) and cameras (channels) to NetViewer program. First, click button to register DVR(s) and click to add IP cameras (channels), you will see pop‐up window as below. Follow the step 3.1. to 3.3. 1) How to register your DVR and IP camaera to NetViewer program? Click ADD DVR icon or ADD CAMERA icon , then Add Device window will pop up. Create DVR name (or IP camera name) and fill out other information. To save this information and register this DVR , press OK button. The registered DVR and its cameras will be shown on the DVR List. 2) How to delete DVR (Group) or IP camera from the Net Viewer program? Right‐click on DVR name or IP camera name in the DVR list and properties menu will pop up. Click delete. You can find the property information when you click properties. 3) Make and save a group of channels (cameras) Before making a group, you must drag and drop the cameras (channels) you wish to make a group to the display panel. Then, Select from the left column. New Group : Select New Group button to create a new group. Overwrite : You can revise the existing group name. You can combine any channels (cameras) from any DVRs registered to NetViewer program.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.4. Local PC (Client PC) Configuration You can set your own configuration regarding record enabling, schedule setup, and recording directory for your client PC. This setup is for your local PC and will work independently from your DVR setting. To start setup, Click , and you can configure all Recording Setup for Client PC from a pop‐up window as below. IMPORTANT: Local PC recording will be immediately activated when you completed local PC recording setup and enable the motion/sensor/schedule recording. 7.4.1. General Setup Beep Setup : Enable or disable beep sound warning. Disk space to Remain : HDD space need to be remained for your PC. NetViewer will use rest of your HDD space for a local recording except this space. Motion Recording Time (10Sec. ~ 5Min.) : Minimum recording time when the camera (channel) is triggered by a motion. Sensor Recording Time (10Sec ~ 5Min) : Minimum recording time when the camera (channel) is triggered by an external sensor. Force Recording Time : Maximum manual recording time to protect your HDD space. Recording File Format : H264 Format or AVI Format. Choose a file format for local recording. Recording File Directory : You can save recording files into selected file directory in local PC Capture File Directory : You can save capture image files into selected file directory in local PC 7.4.2. Record Setup 7.4.2.1. Record Enable Select a channel and parameters for Motion/Sensor/Schedule driven recording for ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.4.2.2. Schedule Setup Setup your desirable recording schedule for your client PC. Choose the channel first then click Always. Point starting time and drag to ending time. To cancel the schedule, click Clear box. After schedule setup, click OK button to save and activate it. Click Apply To All button to copy same schedule to all other channels easily. 7.5. DVR Configuration You can remotely control and manage your DVR from NetViewer program. We strongly recommend not to use this function in normal operation. If you change the configuration of DVR to wrong value, the DVR may not work properly and can cause unexpected problems. This feature is for a professional administrator who manages its remote site. To control the DVR remotely, click , then click DVR Config button on the pop‐up window as below. DVR Config feature is only available when Net Viewer is connected to the DVR. After connecting to the DVR, select a channel on the screen to select the right DVR. 7.5.1 Device 7.5.1.1. HDD Overwrite / Warning Overwrite [ON / OFF] To enable or disable HDD overwriting. Disk Warning [ON / OFF] To enable or disable the warning message on the screen when HDD is full and overwrite is OFF. Warning Method [OFF / OSD / BEEP+OSD] To select warning message method. ...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.5.1.2. External Sensor CHANNEL [CH1 ‐ CH16 / ALL CH] Select the type of external motion sensors or door/window and any other kind of sensors. TYPE : N.O. / N.C. N.O. : “Normal mode‐Open”. N.C. : “Normal mode‐Close”. 7.5.1.3. Alarm ALARM OUT [ON / OFF] You can enable or disable the alarm signal output through external alarm device. It will be activated during event recording (MOTION and/or SENSOR) if it is turned “ON”. BUZZER [ON / OFF] You can also enable or disable the internal buzzer. If you select “ON”, the BUZZER will be activated when DVR warns external alarm device. 7.5.1.4. Audio RECORD [ON / OFF] To enable or disable an audio record mode. 7.5.1.5 PTZ Camera TYPE : Select correct protocol for each PTZ cameras connected to DVR. BPS : Set the Baud Rate (BPS). ID : You can create own ID number for each PTZ cameras (up to16 cameras). SPEED : Select the speed of camera movement (1 – 5). The higher, the faster.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.5.2. Display 7.5.2.1. Camera (Channel) Name Display NAME: You can create own name for each camera connected to DVR. BLANK [ON/OFF]: You can hide certain cameras from viewing on the screen. If you select “ON”, the video from selected camera will not be displayed on the screen of DVR. However, the camera will record normally as you originally set. 7.5.2.2. Camera Input INPUT: You can set up the quality of the video input by adjusting the value of brightness/contrast/ hue/color for each camera connected to DVR. 7.5.2.3. Sequence SEQUENCE (DISPLAY): Your DVR can display the each live video channel (or a group of channels) in sequence mode similar to slide show in PC. You can select order , camera # (or a group of cameras) and display time from this menu. 7.5.2.4 Display Misc. CAMERA TITLE [NUMBER / NAME / OFF]: You can display camera #, name, or leave it blank. BORDER COLOR [WHITE / BLACK / OFF]: Select border line color from white/black/none. DATE/TIME [TOP / BOTTOM / OFF]: Select the position of date/time on the screen. RECORD ICON [ON / OFF]: Recording icon will be shown during recording if you select “ON”.
H.264 Hybrid DVR PLAYBACK ICON [ON / OFF]: Playback icon will be displayed during the playback if you select ‘ON”. NETWORK ICON [ON / OFF]: If you select ‘ON”, Network icon will be displayed when the DVR is connected to any network client. FAVORITE SKIN [BLUE / GREEN / RED]: Select the color for menu skin. 7.5.2.5 Display VGA BRIGHTNESS [1 ~ 99]: To control the color tone of VGA output. CONTRAST [1 ~ 99]: To control the light and the shade of VGA output. 7.5.2.6. PIP (Picture In Picture) mode With PIP (Picture In Picture) feature, you can monitor multiple channels while focusing on a specific channel. You can select one main video channel for full screen display and (up to) three sub channels. MAIN : Select one channel as a main display SUB 1/2/3 : Select up to 3 channels for sub display 7.5.3. System 7.5.3.1. Time Setup (View Only – Current DVR Time & Date) You can check the current time of your DVR.
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.5.3.2. Password Setup There are 2 different levels of password. With ADMIN password, you can access all information of DVR and fully control the system. USER password allows you to access to the limited information and is not authorized to change the system configuration of DVR. 1) ENABLE [ON / OFF]: To enable or disable System Lock (password) function. If you set it ON, you need to enter password to use MENU feature. 2) ADMIN [combination of 4 numbers]: Set your ADMIN password. 3) USER 1 ‐ USER 5 [combination of 4 numbers] User 1 through 5 are in the same security level. Set your USER password. 7.5.3.3. Network (View Only ‐ Current DVR Network Setup) BANDWIDTH : Free/2Mbps/1Mbps/256Kbps / 128 Kbps / 56 Kbps You can limit the DVR’s bandwidth to protect your other network devices from slow internet speed. 7.5.3.4 .Misc. LANGUAGE : Please click language until you find your preferred language. FACTORY RESET : You can restore all configuration to factory default values. Current time and Network Setup Configuration will remain the same after factory reset. PASSWORD MODE : You can enable/disable password protection On/Off for system setting. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.5.3.5. Information (View Only ‐ System Information) 7.5.4 Record 7.5.4.1 Motion Record Setup SENSIBILITY : LOW / NORMAL / HIGH / HIGHEST The higher level is more sensitive to detect motions of each channel. AREA : FULL / SETUP You can select either FULL or SETUP for motion detection area. You can not change the detection area from NetViewer program. 7.5.4.2. Schedule Record This menu allows you to create own recording schedule and trigger type . To enable this feature, schedule recording feature must be turned “ON”. Choose your preferred record types (such as ALWAYS, MOTION, SENSOR, or MOT+SEN) on the selected time and date. Important: If you select SENSOR (or MOTION) recording on certain time and date, the DVR will not start recording even if MOTION(or SENSOR) is ON and the camera is triggered by a motion(or a sensor) during that period. After that schedule, it will go back to normal MOTION(or SENSOR) mode. Manual recording is available at all times if RECORD‐>POLICY‐>MANUAL is turned “ON”.
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H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.5.4.3 Enable/Disable Recording Methods 1) MANUAL (R) [ON / OFF] ON: You can start recording the live video manually. OFF: Manual recording is disabled on selected camera(s). 2) SCHEDULE (S) [ON / OFF] ON: Schedule record enabled. DVR will record live video on selected camera as your schedule setup. OFF: Schedule record disabled on selected camera and DVR will not record by your schedule is setup. This menu is superior to schedule setup menu. 3) MOTION (M) [OFF / 10SEC / 20SEC/ 30SEC / 45SEC / 1MIN / 2MIN / 3MIN / ALL CH] OFF: Motion recording disabled. DVR will not record a live video from selected camera even if it detects a motion. To enable MOTION detection recording mode and set the recording time, please choose one of the followings: 10SEC/20SEC/30SEC/45SEC/1MIN/2MIN/3MIN: Motion recording enabled and recording time selected. DVR will record a live video from selected camera(s) when motion is detected. DVR will keep recording for the selected (ex; 30sec., 45sec.,…3min.) time. If DVR detects the motion again, DVR will continuously record for another selected time and will repeat this process until there is no motion detected. ALL CH: Motion recording enabled with 30 seconds recording time. When selected camera (set to ALL CH) is triggered by the motion. DVR will start recording ALL cameras for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, if DVR still detects the motion, DVR will continuously record another 30 seconds until no motion is detected by the selected camera. 4) SENSOR (E) [OFF / 30SEC / 45SEC / 1MIN / 2MIN / 3MIN/ ALL CH] Enable or disable the recording of each camera which is activated by external sensor. All setup menu and features are same with MOTION (M) setup. 7.5.4.4 .Record Quality 1) SIZE [D1, Half D1 and CIF] There are three recording resolution modes you can choose from. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 2) SPEED (F/S) [30 / 15 / 10 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 ] Select recording speed in frame/image per second. Higher F/S requires more HDD spaces. Set lower F/S for longer recording time. Recommended speed is 30 F/S with CIF resolution. 3) QUALITY [Normal / Good / Very Good / Excellent] Select recording video quality. Higher video quality requires more HDD space. 7.6. Backup Viewer There are two backup file search modes: DVR Search (for recorded files in DVR) and LOCAL Search (for your local recorded files in your PC HDD). To playback recorded files, you need to find the files using the appropriate search mode. 7.6.1.DVR Search After selecting target DVR, press DVR SEARCH button. The backup viewer will connect to selected DVR and get recorded file information from the DVR. The backup viewer will show available dates in red on the calendar as below. Choose the month, date and press OK button. It will display the graphic time bar. The time with recorded file(s) will be displayed in color. Each color indicates different trigger type of the record. ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR TIME LINE : You can show/hide the time line graphic bar. Press TIME LINE button to show/hide the time table. 7.6.1.1. DVR Play Back To playback recorded files at specific time and triggered by specific event, click the time block and Backup Viewer will start to play back the files in selected time block. You can stop the video at any time by pressing “STOP” button. FF, REW, PAUSE are available during playback. 7.6.2. Local Search Press LOCAL SEARCH button. Select the month date & time and press OK button. After selecting date and time, the Backup Viewer will display the local backup files (from your PC HDD). ...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.6.2.1 Local Play Back To playback recorded files at specific time and triggered by specific event, click the time block and Backup Viewer will start to play back the files in selected time block. You can stop the video at any time by pressing “STOP” button. FF, REW, and PAUSE are available during playback. 7.7. Event Viewer There are two Event Search modes: Event Tracking Mode and Event Search Mode. 7.7.1. EVENT TRACKING MODE You can track the event by trigger mode. After select DVR(s) with event, press Tracking button. Then the event viewer will display the event files.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.7.1.1. Save Event Files After event viewer displays the event files, you can save the file to local PC Data Base. Data Base : Default directory is C:\CMS\DB. You can change the directory by pressing Backup Database : Press Backup Database button to start backup the data 7.7.2. EVENT SEARCH MODE You can search the event after selecting DVR(s) and search options. Click Search button. The event search will display event Index files. 7.7.2.1 Search Database You can retrieve a specific search index file by using Search Database button.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.8. General Operation 7.8.1. DVR or Group Selection To connect to DVR(s)/camera(s), select a DVR or GROUP you want to connect by clicking a DVR or GROUP selection window in the top left of Net Viewer. 7.8.2. Connect to DVRs and Cameras Step 1 : First, select DVRs / camera, then drag and drop to right side of screen. Step 2: Click Connect button , to get all selected cameras at once. Or go to selected channel and right‐click on the mouse and select CONNECT. Then you will see live video coming from selected camera on the screen. You can watch multiple videos from other GROUP using a GROUP selection window at any time. 7.8.3. Audio Control You can control the audio using AUDIO button.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 7.8.4. PTZF Control / Preset You can control pan/tilt/zoom/focus of PTZ camera connected to your DVR remotely. See the control panel as below. Before start controlling PTZF, please make sure the PTZ camera is connected properly. 7.8.5. Disconnecting the DVR (s) / camera(s) from NetViewer You can disconnect all cameras at once with Disconnect button . Or go to selected channel and right‐click on the mouse and click Disconnect. 7.8.6. Local File Backup and Playback Just like file backup at your DVR, you can also backup recorded files from your PC HDD to USB memory stick, or some other directories in yosur local HDD. (Backup to other remote PC or CD/DVD are not supported.) The backup file type is H264 format for authentication purpose. Available HDD or USB memory size for backup Go to Backup Viewer main screen, and click Backup button. And Backup Dialog window will pop up. Select your backup directory (Local HDD or USB memory stick). Select the start and end time for backup. And click Backup button. If the backup file size is bigger than available memory size, an error message will appear. Please change the memory size or date and time to change backup file size. To playback your backup files, go to backup file directory and click AIP player.
H.264 Hybrid DVR Chapter 8. Web Viewer – Connect to DVR via Internet Explorer 8.1. Getting Started 8.1.1 System Requirement ‐ Pentium 4 or above recommended ‐ O/S : Microsoft Windows XP, Vista ‐ 1GB RAM or above recommended ‐ Super VGA 16M or above recommended ‐ 10/100/1000Mbps network card for LAN operation 8.1.2 Network Environment Client PC Recommend More than 3 Mbps More than 3 Mbps 8.2. Web Viewer Setup Please visit http://www.h264viewer.com Install required ActiveX for first time visit. If you experience ActiveX installation problem, please check the security option of your PC if it prevents any Active‐X installation. Web Viewer main screen...
H.264 Hybrid DVR 8.3. Connect to DVR using Web Viewer (IE) 8.3.1. Connect to DVR via Web Browser using URL 1) Make sure your DVR network setup is completed. Registering your Network ID and Password is required before connecting to DVR via web browser. 2) Open your internet browser. Go to http://sc.h264viewer.com, then you will see the screen as below. 3) After click Connect button, type Network ID and Password then click OK button. DO NOT type IP to use DDVRLS server. 8.3.2 Connect DVR via Web Browser using Direct IP. 1) Open your internet browser. 2) Type your DVR’s IP address in your internet browser (ex: http://192.168.0.30). You will be directed to screen as below. 3) At the log in page, type your network ID and password and click Login button. Then you will be directed to the Web Viewer main screen.
H.264 Hybrid DVR 8.4. General Operation of WebViewer When you connect to your DVR, you will see a screen as below. 1. Connect/Disconnect Button Connect to DVR which is designated in Login pop‐up window. To disconnect or connect to other DVRs, please click this button again. 2. AVI Recording Button Recording current videos into your PC (client PC) in AVI format. 3. Channel Selection Button You can choose any channel to display in 1CH display mode. 4. Multi Screen Button You can set display mode in Full (1CH), 4, 9 or 16 channels. To display other channels, click Next button. 5. REC. and Playback Button You can record and retrieve videos to/from your client PC. 6. Record File Search Button You can search recorded video files from DVR. 7. PTZF Control : Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Focus control for PTZ cameras connected to your DVR.
H.264 Hybrid DVR APPENDIX ‐ NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING You must set your network environment properly to use remote control software (Net Viewer or Web Viewer). 1.Ping Test through your Router Ping is a command‐line tool used to check whether another computer is reachable from your own. You can use the command either from the Windows Command Prompt or from a Linux terminal. The following shows the sample output under Windows: Type “ping DVR IP address” (e.g. ping 192.168.0.26). If DVR and your computer are in same intranet (LAN) and are connected each other through router, you will see successful ping test. If you get time out message at ping test, you should fix this problem before going to next step. • Check if DVR and computer are in same intranet. • Check if there are other computers or devices that have same IP address in same intranet. • Check if IP address, subnet mask and gateway address are correct. 2. Direct ping test without Router You can do ping test simply with direct connection between PC and DVR. If it fails, please check your intranet (LAN) configuration. • Connect PC and DVR using Crossover LAN cable (usually orange color).
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H.264 Hybrid DVR • Set IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway address of your PC. ‐ Open Network Connections ‐ Select Properties of Local Area Connection ‐ Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ‐ Select Properties...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR ‐ Click on Use the following IP address ‐ Type in Subnet mask and Gateway address of DVR into these fields. ‐ Type in IP address like example. • Do ping test again. With the test result, you can figure out whether or not the setup has been successful.
H.264 Hybrid DVR TERMS / ICONS GLOSSARY AVI ‐ Audio Video Interleave. Contains both audio & video data in a file container which allows synchronous audio‐with‐ video playback. Composite Video ‐ A format of an analog television (picture only) signal before it is combined with a sound signal. DHCP ‐ Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network application protocol used by devices to obtain configuration into for operation in an internet protocol network. Also a source of IP addresses. DSL ‐ Internet connection that can be used at the same time and on the same telephone line with a regular telephone. Dynamic IP Address ‐ IP address used when a computer's IP address is assigned automatically and can change. Fps ‐ Frames per second. H.264 ‐ The latest block‐oriented motion‐compensation‐based codec standard for video compression. IP‐ Internet Protocol. A set of rules used for communicating data across a packet‐switched internetwork) for communication between its nodes IP Address ‐ Internet Protocol Address. A numerical identification and logical address that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP). LAN ‐ Local area network. A computer area that is limited to a particular space or area. NTSC ‐...
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H.264 Hybrid DVR Audio Enable Audio Playback Processing backup HDD Full Manual Recording Motion Recording Sensor Recording Recording Networking Network Recording Schedule Recording Sequence Recording Warning Playback Playing Net Viewer DVR Recording Local Recording Speaker On Speaker Off Connect Disconnect Add DVR Device Add IP Camera Add Video Server Microphone On...
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