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TIMESPACE TECHNOLOGY LTD (TIMESPACE) guarantees this product to be free of defects
in material and workmanship for a period of 1 year from the date of end-user purchase.
During the warranty period TIMESPACE shall, at its sole and absolute option, without charge for
labour or parts, either repair or replace any product that proves to be defective on inspection by
TIMESPACE or, outside the UK and EIRE, the authorised service representative.
In the event of a claim under guarantee:
(1) UK / EIRE
Contact TIMESPACE at the location below with a description of the fault and the product serial
number. After receiving a return authorization number the product must be sent to TIMESPACE,
carefully packed (if possible in original packaging), carriage prepaid, insured and with a copy of the
original invoice / receipt issued on purchase. TIMESPACE reserves the right to update any unit
returned for repair. TIMESPACE reserves the right to change or improve the design of the product
at any time without prior notice.
(2) Outside UK / EIRE
Follow the instructions of the local distributor.
This guarantee does not cover claims for damage due to abuse, neglect, alteration or attempted
repair by unauthorised personnel and is limited to failures arising during normal indoor use that are
due to defects in material or workmanship in the product.
In no event will TIMESPACE be liable for incidental, consequential or other damages resulting
from the breach of any express or implied guarantee of this product.
This guarantee does not affect the consumer's statutory rights under applicable national legislation
in force, nor the consumer's rights against the seller arising from their sales / purchase contract. In
the absence of applicable national legislation, this guarantee will be the consumer's sole and
exclusive remedy.
Timespace Technology Ltd, 89 High St, Huntingdon PE29 3DP, England
Tel: +44 (0) 1480 414147, Fax: +44 (0) 1480 414146, Email: mail@tspace.co.uk

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  • Page 1 In the event of a claim under guarantee: (1) UK / EIRE Contact TIMESPACE at the location below with a description of the fault and the product serial number. After receiving a return authorization number the product must be sent to TIMESPACE, carefully packed (if possible in original packaging), carriage prepaid, insured and with a copy of the original invoice / receipt issued on purchase.
  • Page 2 +PFGZ TGEQTFKPI JQWTU       TGEQTFKPI KPVGTXCN    CNCTO JKUVQT[         TGUGV U[UVGO         CNCTO KPRWV          TGUQNWVKQP       ...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 4 '/%%QPHQTOKV[ Appendix 1OPK$CUG 5RGEKHKECVKQP                  1RVKQPCN 2GTKRJGTCNU                     5CHGV[                              ;GCT  %QPHQTOKV[                  ...
  • Page 5: Operation

    5CHGV[ +PUVCNNCVKQP The OmniBase has been designed to meet the requirements of BS EN60950 (Safety Requirements of Information Technology Equipment). +PVTQFWEVKQP The OmniBase has been designed to be powered from an external power source which complies to the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) The OmniBase is a digital video surveillance recorder for use in security and surveillance applications in locations such as offices, retail outlets, factories The OmniBase has been designed for indoor use in the temperature range 5°C...
  • Page 6 1RVKQPCN2GTKRJGTCNU The 24-hour clock is used for all times and settings. For language options see the RESET SYSTEM menu. 2%.KPM 6 For small-scale storage. A library of images can be down-loaded from the OmniBase via a link cable, and replayed on a PC. Includes T312 75$ +PVGTHCEG -KV 6 Allows downloading of OmniBase recordings to 2.5"...
  • Page 7 Relay output 1 (currently used as alarm out) Pins 14, 15 Relay output 2 (currently unused) Timespace Technology are constantly updating and improving products and reserve the right to alter specifications at any time without notice. 1OPK$CUG +PUVTWEVKQP /CPWCN 1OPK$CUG +PUVTWEVKQP /CPWCN...
  • Page 8 #RRGPFKZ 1OPK$CUG5RGEKHKECVKQP &KIKVCN 8KFGQ 4GEQTFGT Hard Disk 2.5" IDE Format JPEG compression Record Times 12, 24, 48, 72, 168, 480, 960 hour Record Intervals MAX RATE, 1/5, 1/3, 1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60 secs Record Resolution High Res. - Perfect reproduction (50kB / full image) Medium Res.
  • Page 9 #FLWUVKPI(CEVQT[&GHCWNV5GVVKPIU displaying the OmniBase screen. On the OmniBase select the camera from which the images want to be stored and find the first image of the sequence that wants to be recorded. Start the A new unit is supplied with no recording on the hard disk, and with factory video recorder recording and press play on the OmniBase, the sequence is now default settings on recording parameters.
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    9. Type “E:\USBIDE\WIN30” or browse to find the directory (Where E: is 1RGTCVKQP the location of your CD-ROM drive). Click ‘Next’. Windows will find and install the drivers from CD-ROM, follow the on screen instructions. Restart the PC to allow the new drive to be detected. Playing the image files from the cartridge using PCPlayer or PCLink.
  • Page 11 %QPVTQNU The user can format (erase) the disk. Recordings between two times can then be copied to the External disk. Copy rate is 0.8 seconds / Mbyte. >COPY TO EXT. DISK This copies recordings between the times specified onto the external disk. The amount of data to be copied and the length of time it will take are shown in brackets.
  • Page 12 2NC[DCEM4GEQTFKPI 5VQTKPI+OCIGU 1OPK$CUG75$+PVGTHCEG-KV (T309-USB) This accessory is available to allow downloading of OmniBase recordings to Rewind through recorded footage. The normal wind interval is 1 the T401-series 2.5” IDE hard disk cartridges. The recordings can then be minute. Pressing the button again increases the wind interval to 5 accessed via the USB socket on a PC/Notebook.
  • Page 13 4GUGV5[UVGO/GPW %COGTC5YKVEJGT RESET SYSTEM 1) DELETE ALL RECORDINGS ON DISK >NO 2) DELETE THE ALARM HISTORY 3) RESET THE MENU TO THE FACTORY DEFAULT STATE WITH... LANGUAGE ENGLISH QUIT RESET THE ABOVE NOW This is the “Reset System” menu, in which the OmniBase may be reset according to requirements.
  • Page 14: Menu Navigation

    Please consult remote system specifications. The control protocol is available from Timespace on request. The serial rate must be set to 115200 and the serial address to 0 when the OmniBase is to be operated with PCLink software.
  • Page 15 #FXCPEGF/GPW ,WORVQ6KOG5ETGGP ADVANCED JUMP TO TIME 24 / 48 / ... HOUR MODE TIME: 12:24:00 RECORDING RATE BASED ON DATE: 01/12/98 PREVIOUS: >10 MINUTES RECORDING >JUMP TO TIME ABOVE JUMP TO OLDEST SHOW IMAGE INFO: >NO JUMP TO LATEST SERIAL RATE: 115200 SERIAL ADDRESS: EXIT...
  • Page 16 ':#/2.' 6JG/GPW5[UVGO As an example the OmniBase disk might record cameras 123 continuously. The menu system is used to configure the OmniBase. Configuration With a timer the T401 cartridge could be set to record cameras 123 during parameters include recording resolution, camera sequencing, timer settings working hours (Normal menu), camera 3 outside working hours (via Timer) and alarm triggering and alarm triggered recording.
  • Page 17: Main Menu

    /GPW0CXKICVKQP If there are less cameras in the Normal / Timer / Alarm order list these get picked off as required. For example using the previous example but replacing the T401 cartridge (Normal/Timer/Alarm) order list with 123, gives: Recording sequence selected OmniBase (high speed) 123412341234123412341234..
  • Page 18: Timer Recording Menu

    /CKP/GPW This is always high. The resolution settings on the RESOLUTION: Normal / Alarm / Timer Recording menus are ignored. This is either full image update or conditional refresh as FORMAT: governed by the Normal / Alarm / Timer Recording menus. MAIN MENU This is governed by the Normal / Alarm / Timer Recording ORDER:...
  • Page 19 &WCN4CVG/GPW 0QTOCN4GEQTFKPI/GPW DUAL RATE NORMAL RECORDING DUAL RATE: >OFF INTERVAL: >48 HOUR RESOLUTION: HIGH INTERVAL: MAX RATE FORMAT: COND. REFRESH RESOLUTION: HIGH FULL UPDATE EVERY: 1 MIN FORMAT: FULL UPDATE ORDER: 1234 ORDER: 1234 RATE REDUCTION: x 3 EXIT EXIT The OmniBase has three recording modes: The dual rate menu is accessed from the external disk men described earlier..
  • Page 20 'ZVGTPCN&KUM/GPW MAX RATE, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, - This specifies the time interval between image 30, 60 SECS captures from each camera in the list. Choose MAX RATE to ORDER record at maximum update rate. With this form of specification the EXTERNAL DISK (DISCONNECTED) unit has a fixed update rate, but a variable total recording time (dependant on image file size).
  • Page 21 5VCVKUVKEU/GPW of motion images. This is especially significant in 168 / 480 / 960 hour modes. 10 minutes; Difficult to find footage because start points every 10 minutes, BUT efficient on disk usage as full images are infrequent. STATISTICS A keyframe rate is automatically provided when the user edits the OPERATING SYSTEM V2.36 NORMAL MENU.
  • Page 22 %WTTGPV&CVG/GPW 20 minute intervals (as specified by the line (FULL IMAGE EVERY n MIN) in the Normal / Alarm recording menus). These full images are sometimes known as keyframes and are used as reference points in playback. The calculation above is affected by the recording of keyframes and typically the number of images calculated above should be reduced by 15 % to take this CURRENT DATE into account.
  • Page 23 %COGTC6GZV 6KOGT4GEQTFKPI/GPW TIMER RECORDING CAMERA TEXT DISABLED 1>RECEPTION INTERVAL: >48 HOUR 2 FRONT CAR PARK RESOLUTION: HIGH FORMAT: COND. REFRESH FULL UPDATE EVERY: 1 MIN ORDER: 1234 WHEN TIMER STOPS: STOP RECORDING EXIT JUMP TO TIMER MENU This is the “Timer Recording” menu, which applies when recording is Allows up to 25 optional digits of text per camera.
  • Page 24: Alarm Input Menu

    #NCTO4GEQTFKPI/GPW $TKIJVPGUUCPF%QNQWT%QPVTQNU ALARM RECORDING BRIGHTNESS DISABLED ° ° INTERVAL: >MAX RATE RESOLUTION: HIGH ® ® ¯ ¯ COLOUR COLOUR FORMAT: FULL UPDATE DOWN ± ± ORDER: 1234 USE ORDER ABOVE BRIGHTNESS TRIGGER: DOWN SEE ALARM INPUTS MENU PRE-TRIG RECORD: OFF KEYS 1-8 = CAM, OTHER = EXIT POST-TRIG RECORD: 30 SECS WRITE PROTECTION: ON...
  • Page 25 /QPKVQT/GPW OmniBase record in the order 121314 121314 e.t.c. Camera 1 is effectively prioritised over the other cameras. - the alarm recording is triggered by the alarm inputs (See the TRIGGER alarm input menu). [Old versions of OmniBase (pre year 2000) do not have the Alarm MONITOR inputs menu and only have a single alarm input which is set up on this line].
  • Page 26 The password for the unit when the unit is shipped is 0000. This may be are still marked with an ‘A’ character (Alarm) and a log is still placed in changed as described previously. Note also that Timespace Technology hold the Alarm History) a unique escape key sequence for each OmniBase.
  • Page 27 2CUUYQTF/GPW #NCTO*KUVQT[/GPW ALARM HISTORY PASSWORD 1: 12:01:30 09/10/99 PASSWORD PROTECTION FOR: 2: 09:30:45 11/11/99 MENU: >NO RECORDING: NO PLAYBACK: SWITCHER: CHANGE PASSWORD EXIT 1% OF DISK DEL TO DELETE, < TO EXIT This is the “Password” menu, which restricts user access to the four key parts The “Alarm History”...
  • Page 28: Other Menus

    #NCTO+PRWV/GPW 1VJGT/GPWU2CIG ALARM IN OTHER MENUS TRIGGER ALARM RECORDING AND/OR VIDEO SWITCHER > PASSWORD WHEN ALARM IN TRIG MONITOR DATE 1 >IGNORED STATISTICS IGNORED EXTERNAL HARD DISK IGNORED ADVANCED IGNORED RESET SYSTEM IGNORED IGNORED EXIT IGNORED IGNORED This is the “Alarm Input” menu, which governs the relay conditions for each This is the “Other Menus”...
  • Page 29 8KFGQ5YKVEJGT/GPW #NCTO1WVRWV/GPW VIDEO SWITCHER ALARM OUTPUT CAMERA DWELL TIME (SECS) ALARM OUTPUT: >CLOSED >2 WHEN... CAMERA DISCONNECTED: SKIP ALARM INPUT CLOSED: SKIP SKIP ALARM OCCURRED: SKIP SHOW ALARMED CAMERAS: NO EXIT EXIT This is the “Video Switcher” menu controlling the automatic switching of This is the “Alarm Output”...
  • Page 30 6KOGT/GPW EXAMPLES TIMER DEFINE WORKING HOURS... MON: >09:00 17:00 TUE: 09:00 17:00 WED: 09:00 17:00 THU: 09:00 17:00 FRI: 09:00 17:00 SAT: 09:00 17:00 SUN: 09:00 17:00 EXIT This is the “Timer” menu, from which the period of timer recording can be set.