OCB -DVR404DB User Instruction Manual

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STAND ALONE MULTI- CHANNEL
Digital Video Recorder
OCB-DVR404DB
User Instruction Manual
VERSION 1.0

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  • Page 1 STAND ALONE MULTI- CHANNEL Digital Video Recorder OCB-DVR404DB User Instruction Manual VERSION 1.0...
  • Page 2 Statement Print edition will be provided as a formal attachment. Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
  • Page 3 Warning This apparatus must be earthed. Apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection. The mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable. To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus should not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus.
  • Page 4: Limitation Of Liability

    Limitation of liability This publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement of the third party’s right. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
  • Page 5 INSTALLATION & SAFEGUARDS Please read these instructions before operating the unit. Installation. Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Avoid the following locations for installation. Places exposed to direct water, moisture, or sunlight directly Places subject to having strong vibration or impact Near magnetic field sources such as a television or speakers, magnet, etc.
  • Page 6 When hard disk drive trouble occurs, replace it immediately. Consult your dealer for servicing. When replacing the hard disk drives, take notice of the following. Protect the hard disk drives from static electricity. Do not keep them upright. Do not use an electric screwdriver to fix them. (Tightening torque: Approx.
  • Page 7: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions Read and keep these instructions. Heed all warning. Do not connect this unit to an outlet to which appliances with high power consumption such as an air conditioning or a copy machine is already being connected. Do not use this apparatus near water. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back).
  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Content Chapter I Introduction..........................9 Chapter II System Installation........................11 Section 1 Operating Environment ....................... 11 Section 2 HDD Installation ......................... 11 Section 3 Back panel........................... 12 Section 4 External alarm in/out connection ....................13 Alarm in ..............................13 Alarm out ..............................13 Section 5 PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) control connection ................
  • Page 9 Alarm Elimination............................ 35 Section 9 Playback/Backup........................... 35 Playback..............................35 Backup ..............................37 Section 10 Network Setup..........................37 Static/DHCP............................. 38 PPPoE ..............................39 Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup...................... 39 Section 12 User Management ........................40 Add User ..............................41 Setup the password for new user......................41 Authority Setup ............................
  • Page 10: Chapter I Introduction

    Chapter I Introduction Thank you for choosing our standalone Digital Video Recorder System. Please pay attention to these instructions before using the DVR. The manual explains the operation modes and performance criteria of our standalone H264 DVR. Please read the manual carefully before using the DVR, and install the system according to the instructions. Mainframe software is subject to renewal without prior notice.
  • Page 11: Product Introduction

    Product Introduction 1. Compress Support PAL/NTSC video format, 25FPS (PAL), 30 FPS (NTSC), H.264; Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate. Support dual stream, video config setting. Support motion detection, video shelter area. Support OSD, date and time display. 2.
  • Page 12: Chapter Ii System Installation

    Support log. Set username, password and authority remotely. Chapter II System Installation Section 1 Operating Environment The following operating environment for this DVR must be adhered to: DVR Operating Environment Items Instructions Electromagnetism DVR’ complies with National Electromagnetism Radiation Standards. Temperature -10 to 55 deg Celsius Humidity...
  • Page 13: Back Panel

    Fig. 1 2. Remove HDD mounting bracket. 3. Fit HDD onto bracket using supplied mounting screws. 4. Replace HDD mounting bracket. 5. Connect the ATX power cable to the power connection on the HDD. Pay attention to the correct orientation. 6.
  • Page 14: External Alarm In/Out Connection

    (A OUT)Audio output connect audio output device, standard BNC interface (V OUT) Video output connect monitor, local video signal output Alarm input and output.,RS485 connect alarm input, alarm output device and PTZ and RS232 VGA interface connect VGA display device, such as PC VGA display RJ45 interface(UTP) connect network USB interface...
  • Page 15: Ptz (Pan, Tilt And Zoom) Control Connection

    the alarm output enable. Fig. 4 Note: 24VDC(1A), 120VAC(1A) voltage and current are suggested. Section 5 PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) control connection Fig. 5 A and B ends of RS485 can be connected with the Rx+, Rx- on PTZ or High Speed Dome. After all the above connection, please enter the “PTZ”...
  • Page 16: Section 6 Voice Communication

    Section 6 Voice Communication Fig. 6 In the above illustration, the up icon is an ear phone socket and the down icon is a MIC phone socket. While connect them with ear phone and MIC phone, a two-way communication can be realized when click the intercom icon of the DVR_WEB software which has connected with the host.
  • Page 17 LINK Network connection indicator, lighting constantly when network is connected. REMOTE IR remote receive indicator, flashing when control this DVR with IR controller. ALARM Alarm indicator, flashing when alarm is activated. 1-4ch record indicator (it lights when corresponding channel is recording) Backup Backup indicator, lighting constantly when backup is working.
  • Page 18: Ir Remote Controller

    Section 2 IR remote controller Insert the battery. Please aim the launch end at the receive end of DVR while using IR remote controller. In the control range, if more than one DVR need to be controlled separately, please press “ID” button, then input the host address of which DVR need to be controlled and press “OK”...
  • Page 19: Input Mode Introduction

    After plugging in the mouse the mouse cursor will appear on the screen. User Login Right click on screen and a pop-up login box will appear; Move cursor to the password input frame, double-click left key of mouse to enter the input box, click relevant character to input the password, then click ENTER or right click to reserve and exit.
  • Page 20: Chapter Iv System Operation

    Fig. 9 In the input interface, “ ” means “delete”, “Shift” means “uppercase or lowercase letter input switch”. Press “ESC” in the front panel to save and exit. Chapter IV System operation Section 1 Menu Navigation...
  • Page 21 Fig. 10 Main Menu Sub Menu Function Playback Search recording, playback or backup HDD status check, HDD format and HDD alarm setup System running and alarm information Information Version System firmware version information Online Check online user information, force kick online user Setup recording resolution, codec type, image quality, stream bit, frame rate of General channels, Setup HDD overwrite automatically.
  • Page 22: Section 2 Surveillance View

    Section 2 Surveillance View Status Bar Fig. 11 Status bar button function definition: Icon Function Entering main menu Split screen mode switch Entering “Manual Record” dialog Entering “Playback” dialog Mute mode and cancel mute mode. Press “ENTER” to switch. Cancel buzzer alarm Admin Current login user...
  • Page 23: Screen Switch

    CH01 Current channel Notation Icon description Record status and remote preview switch automatically. ---the current channel is recording manually --- prerecord ---timing recording ---alarm recording ---motion detection recording ---the channel is under remote preview the channel is neither under recording nor preview remotely Screen Switch Under surveillance mode, system default is 4-screen, press to have the first split screen full screen, press...
  • Page 24: System Logout

    Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Fig. 12 In User Login box, language, including Chinese and English. NOTE: 1. System will reject login after three times incorrect password input and activate buzzer automatically. 2. System default administrator “Admin”, password “333333”, possesses the superlative level authority. 3.
  • Page 25: Reboot

    Reboot Enter “Main Menu Advanced Maintenance” and select ‘reboot’ to reboot DVR manually. Please refer Fig. 13. Schedule reboot is available, if it is selected and inputted schedule reboot time (24H) for everyday. Fig. 13 Section 5 OSD Setup Time Modify Enter ”Main Menu Advanced General”...
  • Page 26: Time Display

    Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with System Time Press to get into input interface for time inputting. Time Format Setting the time format and DST. Please refer Fig. 15. Fig. 15 Time Format: 12H and 24H is selectable Data Format: yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd and mm-dd-yyyy is selectable.
  • Page 27: Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup

    interface then channel name can be defined with uppercase or lowercase letter, number and symbol. Channel name display: Display channel name or not is selectable. Enter “Set” menu to adjust display location on the screen. Note: When the Time box and Channel name box are overlapped, the system will separate them automatically. Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu Advanced General”...
  • Page 28: Section 7 Hdd Management

    Alpha Adjust menu contrast. (Range from00 to 99. 99 stands for low contrast). Auto logout: “Off”: Only can logout manually in “Maintain” →”Logout”. “On”: Logout automatically in the time set in idle time box which will show only “On” is chose. Idle time Length of time during which no operation is executed.
  • Page 29: Recording Auto Overwrite

    Fig. 18 Press “Ok” to format HDD. Note: Do not format a disk while it is recording. Formatting a HDD will delete all the data in it. Recording Auto Overwrite Enter “Main Menu Rec. &Alarm General” to setup ‘Auto Overwrite’ function: whether activate overwrite function when HDD is full.
  • Page 30: Manual Recording

    Fig. 19 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Channel Number: choose a channel to setup. Resolution: The higher resolution the clearer image will be. The resolution options from low to high are: QCIF CIF. Default resolution: CIF Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate.
  • Page 31: Schedule Recording

    1-4 CH Status: “ ” and “ ” on up side stand for recording status. “ ”means recording, “ ”means idle. 1-4 CH Start/Stop recording: Squares on downside are used to start/stop recording of the corresponding channel. Press “ ” and “ ”on the panel to select channels.
  • Page 32 Channel Number: Select a channel for setup All: After setup one channel. Apply this strategy to all channels Calendar: “yy/mm/dd/” can be chose on the left of Calendar. For Example : choose 2008-10-20 Time Period: Setup max two period for one day recording at most Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly System default recording period setup is for Once.
  • Page 33: Recording Alarm Setup

    Fig. 22 Four time modes could be showed in this menu including: One day, Daily, Every Tue., Monthly. One day is equal to ‘Once’ Move cursor to one record with on the front panel then move to the “delete” box. Press ‘ENTER’ to delete the record.
  • Page 34 Fig. 23 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Record Duration: Length of recording whenever alarm or motion detection is activated. Default length: 10 minutes. Pre-record Time: Activate pre-record function including “OFF 5s 15s 25s 30s”. Default pre-record time: External Alarm Input Setting Enter “Alarm In”...
  • Page 35 Fig. 24 Channel Select one channel for setting Motion Select activate mode including: motion detection, video shelter and video lost. Sensitivity Select sensitivity of motion detection or video shelter. Option including: Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest. Area Setup Alarm area should also be set to activate motion detection or video shelter though such function was selected.
  • Page 36: Alarm Elimination

    select ‘ALL’ after finishing the setup of parameters of one channel. The system will prompt a dialog box. When pressing ‘OK’, parameters setup for all channels will be achieved. Note: “Sheltering” and “Video Loss” settings please refer to “Motion” setup. Alarm Elimination Click icon on the status bar to eliminate alarm if the alarm is activating.
  • Page 37 All Recorded files type. The file type options have “All, Timer, Motion, Alarm, Command, and Manual” Option includes both “One_CH” and “Four_CH”. 4 channels playback simultaneously is available if “Four_CH” has been selected. Search Search the matched recorded files and display them in the list box. If there is not matched file, “NO RECORD”...
  • Page 38: Backup

    Backup Plug the USB storage device into the USB port marked . Press on the front panel to enter search interface. In “searching box”, after moved cursor to a certain record section, use “left” or “right” button to choose the section(“...
  • Page 39: Static/Dhcp

    Static/DHCP Fig.26 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Mode: Could choose “Static” or “DHCP”. On “Static Address” status, IP Address, Net Mask, Default Gateway and DNS should input by user self. On “DHCP” status, IP Address, Net Mask, and Multicast IP will be obtained by system automatically.
  • Page 40: Pppoe

    PPPoE Enter “Network” → “PPPoE Setup” as shown in Fig.27 Fig.27 Please “Enable” “PPPoE Setup”, then input the Username and Password provided by ISP. System will use PPPoE protocol to connect the net with an auto-obtain dynamic IP address. Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu Advanced Transfer”, as shown in Fig.28 Fig.
  • Page 41: Section 12 User Management

    QCIF CIF. Default resolution: CIF Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate.
  • Page 42: Add User

    Fig. 29 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with User list: list administrator and new user name. Move cursor to select a user name and press ”ENTER” to enter “User Operation” interface in where to modify password, setup local and remote right, delete user. Admin Administrator who has supreme right on operation.
  • Page 43: Authority Setup

    In “User Operation” menu, select “Modify” to enter into “Authority Setup” menu as shown in Fig. 32. Select “Password Set” to enter into “Password Setup” menu. Password is composed of number, uppercase and lowercase letter with 6 digit maximum. 2. Password can be set after logining system as Normal User. Select “User” and press “ENTER” to modify password in “Password Setup”...
  • Page 44: Delete User

    Fig. 34 Remote Rights: Remote rights are for remote operation. PTZ Control: Remote control PTZ and setup the PTZ parameters; Manual REC: Remote manual start/stop recording; Playback: Remote playback and download the recorded files on DVR, can be set for each channel. Set Parameters: Remote setup the DVR parameters (Except the PTZ parameters).
  • Page 45: Section 13 Display Setup

    Fig. 35 User manages explain: User levels have Administrator and Normal user. Can be set 1 Administrator and 29 normal users; Administrator can modify all users’ password, and Normal user only can modify himself password. After input 3 times wrong password, system will be lock by itself, and Warning, do not allowed login any more.
  • Page 46: Section 14 Ptz Setup

    Activate Shielding Provide you to mask the sensitive area. Move cursor to “Shelter Area Set” and set the area. In the shelter area setup interface, there are four small panes. You can press “ ”, “ ”, “ ” and “...
  • Page 47: Section 15 Restore Defaults Setting

    Channel number: connect channel number of decipherer RS-485 parameters: Including baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. PTZ Addr: Each PTZ has one different address. Default system configuration: 001. Protocol: DVR had the following PTZ protocol: PELCO-D PELCO-P2 PELCO-P1 W110 P3 PLD ENKEL YAAN SONY JC4116 PD-NW PD-CONST PIH-1016 KRE301 PELCO9760 LILIN T3609HD HD600 KTD SAMSUNG ELEC PANASONIC FASTRAX DL-0001.
  • Page 48: Section 16 Information Inquiry

    Section 16 Information Inquiry Log Information Enter “Main Menu Information Log” as shown in Fig.39. Fig. 39 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Input start time and stop time and then move cursor to “Search” button and press “ENTER” key to start searching. Type include: Alarm (A), Operate (O), Abnormal (E), and All.
  • Page 49: User Information

    Fig. 40 Check information of current firmware version. User Information Enter “Main Menu Information Online” as shown in Fig.41. Fig. 41 List box: Display the remote user name, State and IP address. Use key to move the cursor. If user presses ‘Enter’ key on one item in list box, affirmation dialog box will appear. When user selects ‘Enter’, the system will terminate the remote user.
  • Page 50: Section 18 Reset

    1 Create a file with a name of “update” in the USB storage, and copy the firmware file to this directory and rename it with special file name, for example: ocb-dvr404d.img. Then insert eternal device into USB port of DVR after modification.
  • Page 51: Chapter Frequency Asked Questions

    Chapter Frequency Asked Questions 1 Can not control DVR with IR controller, but it’s normal while using the front panel. Check whether the battery is exhausted. Replace a new battery. Check whether the address of controller is the same as the ID of DVR. If not, please change the address of controller at 000 or input the same ID of DVR.
  • Page 52: Chapter Specification

    Chapter Specification Model processor Embedded high performance processor operation system embedded RTOS Video Video format PAL/NTSC image compression H.264(Main Profile)/MJPEG Video input 4 Channel BNC(1.0Vp-p,75Ω) 1 Channel BNC (1.0Vp-p,75Ω) Video output 1 Channel VGA 800 600 1024 768 1280 1024 (optional) Audio audio compression...
  • Page 53: Appendix 1 Hdd Capability Calculate

    Input (NO/NC) Output(NO/NC) Other system resource Multi-CH record ,playback ,network operation and monitoring simultaneously network RJ45 auto adapt 10/100M Ethernet ,support PPPoE, DHCP backup 1 USB2.0 ,support flash memory, remote HDD mouse 1 USB1.1 interface ,support mouse operation serial port 1 RS232 port or 1 RS485 port (alternative) power supply DC 12V / 3A...
  • Page 54: Chapter Ie Monitor

    Chapter IE Monitor Section 1 Introduction The DVR can be visit and control by IE browser. IE provides the functions, such as remote monitor, local record, PTZ control, Remote control, etc. Section 2 IE Setting Please follow next steps before monitoring videos on IE at the first time: 1.
  • Page 55 Input IP address of DVR to “Add this Web site to the zone” text box and click off “ ” in the front of “Require server verification(http:) for all sites in this zone”. Click ‘Add’ and then ‘OK’ to finish as shown in following figure.
  • Page 56 4. Click ‘Custom Level’ as shown in following Fig. Please Modify below items Enable/Disable then press ‘OK’ to finish setting. Enable Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls. Enable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe. Enable Download unsigned ActiveX controls. [Disable] Use Pop-up Blocker.
  • Page 59 4. Input Http:// and host IP address in IE address bar. For example: if host IP address is “10.0.0.124” then input Http://10.0.0.124 in IE address bar. FAQ in DVR_WEB Internet: 1 When ‘Click here to activate control’ floating note box show on screen, please click the box to activate the control.
  • Page 60 Information on Disposal for Users of Waste Electronic Equipment (private households) This symbol on the products and /or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling, please take these products to designated collection points, where they will be accepted on a free of charge basis.

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