INSTRUCTION MANUAL (HDEX Ver 1.1(2011-12-13) H.264 Video Compression Digital Video Recorder HX-800E About this user guide Before installing and using this unit, please read this user guide carefully. Be sure to keep it handy for later reference...
Safety Precautions Explanation of Graphical Symbols This symbol indicates the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. This symbol indicates the presence of uninsulated ”dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
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These precautions must be followed for safety reasons. Warning Do not use if the unit emits smoke, strange sounds are heard, or odor is emitted. Make sure the power cable is not damaged. Make sure there is no dust accumulation on the power plug or the outlet. ...
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Warning Installation and servicing should be performed only by qualified and experienced personnel. Turn off the power of the DVR when connecting cameras, audio or sensor cables. The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage caused by improper use of the product or failure to follow instructions for the product.
Product Components The package contains the main unit and its components as specified below. When you purchase the unit, Please check to ensure the components specified below are included. DVR Set DVD-RW (option) Client Software CD Remote Control Battery1.5V (AAA x 2EA) Quick Guide HDD data power cable HDD mounting bracket &...
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Basic function of the MOUSE ① Left button: SELECT function ② : Right button : menu popup button (live screen) ③ Wheel: Digital zoom function on the playback mode...
Mounting the HARD DISK 1. Before installing bracket and screws onto 2. After installing bracket and screws onto HDD. 3. Installation HDD and Bracket onto base 4. Installation HDD and Bracket onto base case (Inside) case (Outside) 5. After connecting power cable and data 6.
Table of Contents Name, Function and Connection ..................13 1-1. Front Panel ........................... 13 1-2. Rear Panel ........................... 15 1-3. Remote control ..........................16 Setting up the DVR ......................16 2-1. Setup – Main Screen ........................17 2-2. Setup – Display Mode ........................20 2-3.
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5. PTZ Control .......................... 52 6. Back up ..........................53 6-1. Still Image backup onto USB flash memory .................. 53 6-2. Video backup onto USB flash memory ..................54 6-3. Transferring still images or video from the ARCHIVE list .............. 54 6-4.
1. Name, Function and Connection 1-1. Front Panel The following information will help you to operate the front panel controls. Figure 2.1.1. Front panel Name Description Indicating that the system is switched on POWER Indicating that the system is accessing the hard disk. NETWORK Indicating that when Network client connects through the network.
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Press to fast forward the footage in playback mode. 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x Jump/Step forward. In playback mode, the playback position moves 60 seconds forward. Show the information of DVR Press to control Pan/Tilt/Zoom operations Press to capture video in jpeg format or video clip on playback mode Press for temporary storage of the changed value or to return to the previous menu screen.
Select 1/4 channel display USB Port To archive still-image or video into a USB memory or upgrade firmware with USB memory stick, connect a USB memory to the USB terminal. You can connect USB MOUSE as well. ▲(UP) Press to move up the menu in Setup mode. ◀(LEFT) Press to move left or to change the values in Setup mode.
ETHERNET RJ-45 connector for network function USB Port Connector for Mouse or Backup 8 Connectors for sensor device connection SENSOR IN ALARM OUT 2 Connector for alarm device connection. Provides simple On/Off switching by using relay. 0.5A/125V, 1A/30V RS-485 RS-485 control terminal DC12V 5A POWER RS-485...
1. Setting up the DVR The following sections detail the initial setup of a DVR. 2-1. Setup – Main Screen When booting a system at first, the following messages display. To enter the setup menu, select MENU and SETUP on the screen using the mouse or press the SETUP button on the front panel.
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It is highly recommended to assign a new password to protect the system. User can assign a new password in SECURITY setup menu. CONTROL BAR AUTO HIDE: Set to hide automatically or display continuously a control bar on the bottom side in a Live mode.
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– SENSOR TYPE STORAGE – OVERWRITE – DISK FORMAT – DISK INFO – RECORDING LIMIT RECORDING LIMIT DAYS – S.M.A.R.T TEMPERATURE LIMIT ALARM BUZZER SYSTEM – DVR-ID – DESCRIPTION – LANGUAGE – DATE FORMAT – SET DATE & TIME –...
2-2. Setup – Display Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select DISPLAY icon and press SEL button to enter the setup menu item. Navigate through the menu items using ◀...
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COVERT Enable/disable display of the video channel in live display mode. VIDEO Select a video output type for HDMI/VGA. (720p 50Hz, 720p 60Hz, 1080i 50Hz, 1080i 60Hz, 1080p 50Hz, 1080p 60Hz). Default value is OUTPUT 720p 60Hz. If the monitor doesn’t support some output type, it would (HDMI/VGA) be returned to the previous value.
2-3. Setup – Recording Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select RECORD icon and press SEL button to enter the setup menu item. Navigate through the menu items using ◀...
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Table 2.3.1. Menu items in recording mode setup Menu item Description ◀ ▲ ▶ Select a channel for applying the following settings using the control button ( CHANNEL ▼ ). Press SEL button to change the setting value of all channels at once. Once you select an item, and then press SEL to set value for all channels.
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QUALITY Select the recording quality for the specified channel. Options are: Level 1(L), 2, 3, 4 and Level 5(H) RECORDING Assign the recording mode for each channel. Options are: Continuous, By Motion, By Sensor, By Schedule or Disable. ◀ ▲ SENSOR Enable setting up to 4 sensors for the specified channel using the control button ( ▶...
2-3-1. Recording Schedules To setup a recording schedule, select SCHEDULE in the RECORD menu. Navigate through the items using ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ the control button ( Once the channel 1 is selected, SCHEDULE-CH1 screen is displayed. Select ALL or each day using the ◀...
[ALL]: Move the cursor to ALL and select a recording mode C,M or S using the SEL button to set the same setting for every day. [SUN to SAT]: Move the cursor to SUN to SAT and select a recording mode C,M or S using the SEL button to set the same setting for the whole day.
CHANNEL Select specified channel for motion zone setup. MOTION ZONE Select either Full Zone or Partial Zone for motion sensing. MOTION SENSITIVITY Set the motion sensitivity for the specified channel. Control the motion sensitivity from 1 to 9. Enable/disable key tone. KEY TONE REMOTE CONTROL ID Select an ID of remote control.
Item Description ALARM OUT Select an alarm out number. Available NO is just one (1). SENSOR IN Enable setting up to 1 sensor of 4 sensors for each alarm. MOTION ON Enable setting up to 1 camera of 4 cameras for each alarm. VIDEO LOSS ON Enable setting up to 1 camera of 4 cameras for each alarm.
NAME (protocol type) SPEED (19200, 14400, 9600, 4800, 2400) ID (0-63) 2-4-3. Motion Zone Setup ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ Select MOTION ZONE using the control button ( ) and select either PARTIAL ZONE or FULL ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ ZONE using the control button ( ).
2-5. Setup – Storage Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select STORAGE icon and press SEL button to enter the setup menu item. Navigate through the menu items ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ ◀...
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Hard drive information DISK INFO RECORDING Enable/disable recording limit. LIMIT Set the recording limit days.(1- 90 days) RECORDING LIMIT DAYS The data will remove by the hour.
S.M.A.R.T. Set the alarm and buzzer by setting HDD temperature limit. 2-6. Setup – System Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select SYSTEM icon and press SEL button to enter the menu item. Navigate through the menu items using the ◀...
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Table 2.6.1. Menu items in SYSTEM Setup screen Item Description ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ DVR ID Press the SEL button and select DVR ID using the control button ( ), and press SEL button. Press OK to apply the selected DVR ID. SPACE / Caps Lock(Select either Capital or Lower letter) BS(Back space: Erase previous character) / Clear(Erase all characters) DESCRIPTION Press SEL button to view system information.
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◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ Select BEGIN or END using the control button ( ) and press the SEL button. ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ Select the item using the control button ( ), select the setting value ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ using the control button ( ) and press the ESC button to return to SET DATE &...
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Enable/disable the send e-mail function.(ON/OFF) SEND EMAIL TRANSMISSION MODE: Sending an image only of the channel that triggered the alarm when an alarm event is triggered. IP NOTIFICATION: Enable/disable sending e-mail when the IP address of your DVR is changed. EVENT ALARM: Enable/disable sending e-mail reports on the channel that triggered the alarm when an alarm event is triggered.
2-7. Setup – SECURITY Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select SECURITY icon and press SEL button to enter the setup menu item. Navigate through the menu items ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ ◀...
USER PASSWORD ADMIN, NETWORK, USER1, USER2, USER3: Options are ADMIN, USER1, USER2 and USER3. ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ Select USER PASSWORD using control button ( ) and press ◀ ▲ ▶ ▼ SEL button. Select user type using the control button ( ) and SEL button.
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Figure 2.8.1. NETWORK setup screen Table 2.8.1. Menu items in Network Setup screen Item Description PORT Port number (Default: 5445) WEB PORT Web Sever Port number (Default: 80) NETWORK TYPE Select a type of network connection. Options are: DHCP and STATIC Note.
2-8-1. Port and Web Port When you connect one or more DVRs to a network through an IP sharing device, each device must have a unique TCP port number for access to each unit from outside the LAN. Also, the IP sharing device must be configured for port forwarding so when each port is accessed on the IP sharing device, it will forward to the appropriate DVR.
Item Description The fixed IP address of the DVR unit. SUBNET MASK The subnet mask for the LAN GATEWAY The IP address of the Gateway DNS (PRIMARY) The address for the DNS server DNS (SECONDARY) The address for the DNS server 2-8-3.
Figure 2.8.3. Network setup screen – DDNS Server 2 If user wants to use other general-purpose DDNS Server, select a Sever 2. Then, user has to input the server name, ID and password using a virtual keyboard. 2-8-4. NETWORK STREAM User can set the Resolution, the frame rate and the quality for a network stream classified by channel.
Figure 2.8.4. Network setup screen – Network Stream 2-9. Setup - CONFIG Mode Press the SETUP button and enter the password. The setup menu is displayed as picture below. Select CONFIG icon and press SEL button to enter the setup menu item. Navigate through the menu items using ◀...
1. Live, Search, and Playback 4-1. Live Viewing Screen In the Live screen, video inputs from the cameras are displayed as they are configured in the Display Setup screen. Various on-screen display (OSD) symbols, which indicate the status of the DVR, are described in Table 4.1.1.
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Table 4.1.1. Status Indicator Icons in Live Viewing Screen Icon Description Click the power icon when you want to shut it off by mouse Click the LOCK icon when you want to lock and unlock the DVR by a mouse Click the SETUP icon on the screen using the mouse to see menu items.
Indicates that lock activated, this icon will be back to black color when unlock. Audio mute. To set audio mute, press the Audio button on the front panel. Single audio display. To set audio single for highlighted channel only, press the Audio button on the front panel. To mix audio display, press the Audio button on the left side.
Figure 4.2.1. Search Screen There are 7 ways of search menu such as TIMELINE, EVENT, GO TO FIRST TIME, GO TO LAST TIME, GO TO SPECIFIC TIME, ARCHIVE and LOG on the screen. 4-2-1. TIME-LINE Search The TIME-LINE search window is used to find the stored video by using the time line bar.
When it clicks a Timeline menu, user can see a calendar which has recording data. Select a specific date and time. Use a drag-and-drop function of the mouse control. User can select a specific minutes using a button in the above red box. Press a PLAY button after setting a specific time. Press the ESC key or a right button of mouse to return to the SEARCH window.
Figure 4.2.2. Event Search screen When it clicks an Event menu, user can see a calendar which has recording data. Select a specific date and then user can see all data. Double-click the specific one to playback the data or a BACKUP button to save the data at once after selecting a specific data.
Figure 4.2.4. Archive Search Screen When it clicks an Archive menu, user can see a calendar which has recording data. Select a specific date and then user can see all data. When it double-clicks the specific data, the still image or the first frame of the selected video is opened and user can save the data.
When it clicks a Log menu, user can see a calendar which has recording data. When it double-clicks a specific date, user can see all log data. Press BACKUP button to save the data and then the data is saved to text file format.
▶-- Jump/Step forward. Playback position moves 60 seconds forward. Press to fast forward the footage at 1x, 2x and 4x speeds. Playback ▶▶ speed is indicated as +1x, +2x and +4x for normal, twice and 4 times of the regular speed at the bottom right of the screen. Press to backup the video.
◀) PRESET Select the PRESET and press the left key ( on the control button. Then, number input window will appear. Set the number (3 digits) using the number key and press the SEL to set the preset number for the current position.
6-2. Video backup onto USB flash memory Video can be captured and archived onto the USB stick or hard drive while playing back recorded video. In playback mode, press the BACKUP button to launch the archiving function. 1. When you press BACKUP button, the DVR will ask whether to archive a Still Image or Video clip. 2.
Figure 6.3.1. Archive Search Screen 6-4. Playback of Backup Video H.264 format: H.264 format video can be played back by the player (the HD player) that the DVR copies on USB thumb drive with video. Three files are copied on USB thumb drive - H.264 file: H.264 format video file.
7. Upgrading Firmware In order to upgrade, the firmware upgrade file must first be downloaded and copied into the USB memory stick. Create a new folder in the USB memory stick and name it “upgrade”. Copy the firmware upgrade file “xxxxxx.bin”...
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3. Go to the Remote Upgrade menu. Then, you can see the current F/W version as follows. To upgrade a new F/W, insert the F/W in your PC and press the UPGRADE button.
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4. Then, you can see the following progress bar and it would be taken around 150 seconds to upgrade. 5. When finishing the upgrade, the network streaming would be connected again automatically and you can see the following screen. Please check the current F/W version if the upgrade is succeeded.
8. Network access using the Exclusive network viewer, iVMS multi 8-1. Overview The IVMS Multi-Client is a multiple site monitoring client software with; video, audio, and alarm signals from the DVRs over networks. The IVMS Multi-Client does not limit the number of DVR units to register. The program displays to up 256 live videos on one display and even playback videos window on the same or another display monitor.
Network 10/100Base T Others Direct X 8.1 or Higher Before installing the program, check the PC specifications. The DVR remote software may not perform correctly if the PC does not meet the minimum requirements. 8-3. Installing the program 1. Insert the provided CD in the CD drive and double-click “IVMSMultiClient (XXXX).exe” 2.
4. The setup status screen is displayed. 5. After the installation is completed, “iVMS Multi Client” icon displays on the desktop screen. 8-4. Live Window When installation is completed, double click the “IVMS Multi Client” icon on your desktop to start the program.
8-4-2. Control buttons Button Description Click this icon to run a playback window to search and play videos that are recorded in local PC. LOCAL PLAYBACK Click this icon to run a playback window to search and play videos that are recorded in remote DVR.
User can control PAN/TILT & ZOON/FOCUS. PAN left /right TILT up/down ZOOM in/out FOCUS in/out To select the numbers of display channel/channels (Single, quad, 9 channels, and 16 channels) of highlighted site. CHANNEL SPLIT To select the numbers of DVR/DVRs (1 DVR, 4 DVRs, 9 DVRs, 16 DVRs) on main display screen.
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Click this icon to run a playback window to search and play videos that are recorded in local PC. LOCAL PLAYBACK Click this icon to run a playback window to search and play videos that are recorded in remote DVR. REMOTE PLAYBACK Directory window shows site/sites that are pre-registered.
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To select the channel to playback. The calendar shows dates with recorded video in color. To display the recorded data of selected channel or all channels on a time line scale. To change a time line scale from 24 hours to 60 minutes or vise versa. The timeline shows recorded data in color on the bar.
8-6. Setup of iVMS Multi Client Click the setup icon to setup the configuration of IVMS Multi Client software. 8-6-1. General 8-6-1-1. Security Option: Set a password for security options. Select security options and set a password. Then when you access any of selected functions, you need to enter the password. You can also set the save path for capturing and backup.
8-6-2. Event Event log can be archived and searched. 8-6-2-1. Archiving Event Log: Specify the location to save event logs and select event to archive. 8-6-2-2. Archiving Event Log: Event log can be searched from selected time.
8-6-3. Record 8-6-3-1. Record setup: You can set the recording conditions for Always, Event, or Auto record. And you can also select target DVR/DVRs and channel/channels. When you set the recording condition to event, you can set event for motion or alarm with duration. 8-6-3-2.
8-6-6. About “About” provides network client version information. 8-7. Remote Setup The menu settings for the DVR unit can be set from a PC, via network. Put the cursor of the mouse on the channel which is connected to the site and press the right. Then the following window is displayed.
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8-7-1. Display User can set the value on this remote setup page. After setting the value, please press the APPLY button. Then the value would be applied to the system without the system rebooting. RELOAD button is used when user want to bring the value in the system.
8-7-6. NETWORK 8-7-7. UPGRADE Please refer to page 54 for the Remote Upgrade. 8-8. Operation 8-8-1. Addition, Delete, and modify of DVR sites...
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8-8-1-1. Addition of sites 1. Click SITE ADDITION button. And then the following window displays. o Model: User has to select surely a suitable type. SDVR series, H series DVR N series DVR, HD DVR IP Camera o Site Name: Input a name that properly describes a site. o IP Address: Input IP address (Public IP address of a router that DVR is connected.) or Domain name that is registered at www.okddns.com (for Korea), www.ddnscenter.com (for USA) or www.bestddns.com (for other area including EU)
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2. Click SITE DELETE button. And then the selected site/sites is/are deleted. 8-8-1-3. Modify of sites 1. Select the site/sites to modify from the directory window. 2. Click FIND button. And then the following window displays.
3. Click MODIFY button. And then the modified information is applied. 8-8-2. Connect and Disconnect 8-8-2-1. Connect 1. Select site/sites to connect from the directory window. 2. Click CONNECT button, and then site/sites displays/display as connected.
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8-8-2-2. Disconnect 1. Select site/sites to disconnect from the directory window. 2. Click DISCONNECT button, and then selected site/sites disconnected.
8-8-3. Still-image capture during Live 1. Double-click a channel to capture from the display screen. (Otherwise all channels will be captured.). 2. Click CAPTURE button. And then a Capture window displays. 3. Set Save path, File Name, and File Format. And then click OK button. 4.
8-8-4. Recording video on local PC during Live 1. Click SETUP button. And then a setup window display. 2. Select Record and set the values. 3. Select Disk and set the values. 4. Click RECORD ON button. And the color of button is changed.
5. Live video data is recorded as set in Record and Disk setup. These video data can be searched and play-backed with Local Playback. 8-8-5. Local Playback and Remote Playback 8-8-5-1. Playback of recorded video on local PC 1. Click LOCAL PLAYBACK button.
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8-8-5-2. Playback of recorded video on remote DVR 1. Click REMOTE PLAYBACK button. And then Playback Window display over Live Window. 2. Select site to connect from the directory window. 3. Click CONNECT button. And then Green bar displays on Search calendar and slide window.
4. Move scroll bar on where there is video data and Play button. 5. Video data that is recorded on a remote DVR is play-backed. 8-8-6. AVI Backup during playback You can back up the recorded videos in AVI format during playback. 1.
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backup and clicking MARK OUT button. Then, color of the timeline between the beginning time and ending time will be changed into dark Green. 5. Click BACKUP. And then the window appears as below. 6. You can also set the beginning time and ending time on this window. After selecting a channel for backup, click the OK button.
Notice When it does a backup with NSF format, user can do a playback using the DVR player. The DVR player is installed with the S/W in user’s PC. 9. Network – By a web-browser viewer The DVR provides a live remote monitoring feature by web-browser viewer. 1.
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5. Web Browser Viewer is displayed as bellow. 6. Click CONNECT button on the Left upper corner of web-viewer. Then “Connect” dialog is displayed. Enter IP address (or Domain name address that you pre-registered on www.bestddns.com, www.okddns.com or www.ddnscenter.com, Port number and Password and click “Connect” ...
7. Then the cameras connected to the DVR are displayed on the screen. 8. SETUP: The menu settings for the DVR unit can be set from a PC, via network. Refer to the detail of Remote Setup description of IVMS Multi Client. Please check the detail to the page 77, Remote Setup. APPENDIX: How to connect network A.
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2. From PC connected in the same Router, find IP address, Gateway, and Subnet mask by IPCONFIG command in command prompt. 3. But if IP is something else like 192.168.x.xxx., you should change IP address, Subnet, Gateway on the DVR. Go to SETUP>NETWORK>LAN of the DVR and change the IP settings to be like IP: 192.168.XXX.XXX and Gateway: 192.168.XXX.XXX.
iii. End: Enter the last number of the port you need to port forward (Example: 5445) Protocol: Select Both. IP address: Enter the IP address of the DVR on SETUP>NETWORK>LAN>IP ADDRESS. Enable: Check the enable box. 7. Select the Save settings button located on the bottom of the window. Then Port forwarding is finished.
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4. Input Site Name, Site Address(IP address), Port No., and Password on the connect window. And click OK. Then, press button after checking the left check box. Internet (ADSL) Connection using DDNS Connect to the system, using an Router or ADSL modem and an Ethernet cable (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX CAT 5 LAN cable) 1.
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MAC Address: Input the Mac address (EX. 0002690XXXXX) without any space. Serial Number: Input the Serial No. (EX. 43000700XXX.) without any space. 5. Domain Name: Input Domain Name for your DVR system 6. Click the DUPLICATION CHECK button to see if the domain name is available. 7.
C. How to access DVR with iPhone? 9. Mobile Phone Setting iPhone User 1. iPhone “Mgate Install and Manual (iphone Application will be support 2012/2/15) 1. Access to App Store. 2.Search “MGATE” and download 3. Now Run “MGATE” program. & install.
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4.Access to “MGATE 5. Touch “+” button. 6. Input the DVR information 7. Touch “Save” button 8. Touch the name of site among List...
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11. Live access screen 9. Please select channel by touch and then, touch arrow button for connection. [ Explanation for Registration menu ] Site : write site name what you want (For example : Main Lobby) IP/DNS : site IP address or domain name ( ex:office.okddns.com) ...
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4.Please touch “MGATE” to 5. run “MGATE” by touching 6. to register site, please touch download Software. below icon. “Setting”. 7. touch “add” button 8. Input site information . 9. after information, touch “OK”...
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