Table of Contents 1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ................1 1.1 Overview ........................1 1.2 Features ........................1 1.3 System Composition ....................1 2 INSTALLATION ........................3 2.1 ARC5408B Series ....................3 2.2 ARC5408C Series ....................5 2.3 Wiring........................10 3 WEB Login and Logout ....................14 3.1 Login ........................14 3.2 Logout........................
Page 3
Welcome Thank you for purchasing our network video alarm controller! This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our network video alarm controller in a very short time. Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning carefully! Model ARC5408B and ARC5408C...
Page 4
Important Safeguard and Warning 1.Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electric shock caused by improper handling or installation.
Page 5
The device is null resulting from non-schedule maintenance of the alarm system. About Installation Notice The installation engineers are recommended to check the system regularly such as once a month. It is to guarantee system long-term stable operation. ...
1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Overview This series product integrates on-off alarm input and output, and video processing as one multi- functional video alarm controller. It supports protection zone alarm, wireless remote arm/disarm, keypad arm/disarm, emergency alarm, video preview authority management, alarm can trigger pop-up video for you to recheck, video alarm and etc.
2 INSTALLATION 2.1 ARC5408B Series 2.1.1 Appearance Figure 2-1 Video alarm controller appearance is in Figure 2-1 2.1.2 Battery and HDD Installation To install battery: Figure 2-2 Step 1. Tie the two lines symmetrically and pull through pedestal, see Figure 2-2 Step 2.
Page 9
Figure 2-3 2.1.3 Install HDD To install HDD: Step 1. Please use 2.5 inch HDD, fix it on pedestal with screwdriver. Figure 2-4 Step 2. Insert HDD port on motherboard, see Figure 2-4 2.1.4 Wall Mount The device supports wall mount and desktop placement. To mount on wall: Step 1.
Step 2. Dig two holes on wall with distance of 184mm in between. Insert the plastic expansion bolt and fasten self-tapping screw. Step 3. Hand the device on the screw. Figure 2-5 2.2 ARC5408C Series 2.2.1 Appearance Figure 2-6 Video alarm controller appearance is in Figure 2-6...
Page 11
2.2.2 Battery Installation To install battery: Figure 2-7 Step 1. Place battery in the case, position as in Figure 2-7 Step 2. Insert one end of battery line into battery, and insert the other end of battery into external Figure 2-8 backup power port, see Figure 2-8 2.2.3 Power Adaptor Installation...
Page 12
Figure 2-9 Step 2. Place power adaptor inside controller, and adaptor port faces power out hole on case. Figure 2-10 Insert power line into power port on the controller, see Figure 2-10 2.2.4 Install HDD To install HDD: Figure 2-11 Step 1.
Page 13
Figure 2-11 Step 2. Place anti-knock ring into the four slots of HDD bracket, and HDD screw hole faces hole Figure 2-12 on bracket, fasten anti-knock ring screw, see Figure 2-12 Figure 2-13 Step 3. Fix HDD with well installed bracket into the controller, see...
Page 14
Figure 2-13 Step 4. Insert one end of HDD line into hardware, and insert the other end into HDD power port Figure 2-14 and data port on controller, see Figure 2-14 2.2.5 Wall Mount The device supports wall mount and desktop placement.
To mount on wall: Step 1. Open device package, take out plastic expansion bolt and self-tapping screw. Figure 2-15 Step 2. See , dig hole on wall, insert the plastic expansion bolt and fasten self- tapping screw. Step 3. Hand the device on the screw. Figure 2-15 2.3 Wiring 2.3.1 Port...
Page 16
Name Note AUX power, used for detector or alarm keypad power supply ○ 5 Sensor port Support 5-ch sensor connection ○ 6 Ethernet port ○ 7 VGA port Connect to VGA display ○ 8 RCA audio output, talk output Audio output port ○...
Page 17
Press home arm button, after indicator is OFF immediately press emergency alarm button, to instantly arm. 2.3.3 Power Line Figure 2-18 Battery and DC power supply wirings are shown in Figure 2-18 Note: Every 3-5 year, change the lead-acid battery. AUX power supply output 1 and AUX power supply output 2 has voltage change range when not connecting to loading output: 1).
Page 18
Note: Tail wire resistance is connection close to sensor end. Before arming, you must configure sensor type in zone setup, as NO and NC, see Ch 4.3.1. 2.3.5 Alarm Output Wiring Figure 2-20 Alarm output wiring is shown in Figure 2-20...
3 WEB Login and Logout 3.1 Login Before login, make sure the device is plugged to power and boot up. Step 1. Open IE and input alarm controller address in the address column. For example, if your alarm controller IP is 192.168.1.108, then please input http:// 192.168.1.108 in IE address Figure 3- 1 column.
4 Arm/Disarm 4.1 Arm/Disarm 4.1.1 Before Arming Check wiring at each part and external devices connected. Confirm whether wireless device has been successfully coded wirelessly to controller. Confirm whether zone parameter is set correctly. Arm all once, check whether zone is abnormal. If there is abnormal, you will see prompt as Figure 4- 1 Figure 4- 1 Now you can manually check sensor, and solve abnormality, or force it to arm without...
Page 21
Step 2. Set zone status of each zone. Non-bypass: Zone can alarm in this status. Bypass: The zone is temporarily shielded, when device arm again after be ing disarmed, the bypass zone will go armed. Isolated: The zone is stopped, when device arm again after being disarmed, it will remain stopped.
Page 22
4.1.2.2 Disarm You can disarm arming of alarm controller. Step 1. Select SETUP>Zone Management>Arm/Disarm Zone. Step 2. Set zone type to Global Arm, click OK. Confirmation box pops up. Step 3. Input username and password, confirm. Device has two tone prompt as successfully disarmed.
Step 2. By pressing , select arm/disarm, press Step 3. By pressing , select arm, press Step 4. Input user password, press Device has buzzer for twice, means successfully arm. Quick Disarm When controller is armed or disarmed with zone alarm triggered, in keypad homepage, input user password, device has buzzer, means successfully arm.
Figure 4- 3 Add Wireless Remote Control Click Enter Code Match, and press any key on wireless remote control.If successfully matched, then WEB page will show wireless device info. See After successfully matched, you can modify and delete wireless remote control info. Modify wireless remote control info: Click , pop up parameter window.
Page 25
For zone parameter in each zone (such as type, arm/disarm period, alarm link and etc.) to set. Figure 4- 4 Step 1. Select SETUP>Zone Management>Zone Setup. See Figure 4- 4 Step 1. Click . See Figure 4- 5. Figure 4- 5 Parameter Note Enable alarm...
Page 26
Parameter Note Device Type NO and NC, set according to device. Record Channel Select corresponding record channel no., can re-select. When alarm occurs, system turns on corresponding channel to record. Record Delay Set delay, when alarm ends, alarm record will continue for a certain period. Alarm Output Alarm link output channel Snapshot...
Zone Type Description Application Zone to trigger alarm. gates and other outdoor periphery Step 2. Depends on condition, config parameter. Step 3. Click OK to save. Click Copy to copy setup to other channels. 4.3.2 Zone Delay Config Entry delay: If entry delay time is set to 10s, after user set arming and trigger alarm, the user has 10 s to disarm.
Figure 4- 7 Step 2. Select event type, and set alarm link item. Please refer to Ch 4.3. Step 3. Click OK to save. Fire, duress, robbery, medical emergency alarms need alarm programming keypad to achieve, see: Type Operation Fire Long press key for 3s, buzzer will start to alarm, device sends fire alarm info to alarm controller.
Page 29
Figure 4- 8 Step 2. Input siren output duration (default is 5min). Step 3. click OK. 4.5.2 Relay Output Config Set relay output channel, type and period. Figure 4- 9 Step 1. Select SETUP>Zone Management>Relay Output. See Figure 4- 9 Step 2.
Force Actively enable relay output Stop Actively disable relay output Schedule Config link alarm output, trigger alarm, alarm output will output until auto OFF Step 3. In auto output setup, set auto output date and start/end time. Until the start time, relay will automatically enable, until end time it will disable.
Page 31
Figure 4- 11 Step 2. Select event type and set failure link parameters. Click OK to save. Please refer to Ch 4.3. Failure Type Situation Indicator Status No HDD When HDD has failure, HDD HDD error indicator is ON. Capacity warning Offline alarm When network has failure,...
Step 1. Select SETUP>Event>Alarm Link>Detector Abnormal Alarm. See Figure 4- 13. Figure 4- 13 Step 2. Select failure event, and set parameter. See chart below Figure 4-5. Step 3. Click OK to save. Note: Refer to 2.3.4, if the zones Z1 and G interfaces directly connected in series with the line and short-circuit alarm function is enabled, the device will issue a short circuit alarm signal.
Page 33
Figure 4- 14 Step 2. Select tab you want to config. Step 3. Configure parameter. Step 4. Click OK. Click Copy to copy setup to other channels. Parameter Note Name Enable Select channel to set. Channel Arm/disarm Set motion detection period, as detection is enabled only in the set period. Period Anti-dither Set Anti-dither time, range is 0~600s...
Figure 4- 15 Step 2. Select tab you want to configure. See chart below Figure 4-14. Step 3. Click OK. Click Copy to copy setup to other channels. 4.7.3 Tampering Detection When camera is tempered, or video is only output one color due to light and other factors, it cannot monitor the site.
Page 35
Step 1. Select SETUP>Event>Report Mode. See Figure 4- 17. Figure 4- 17 Step 2. Select network priority and report mode. PRIORITY: apply to TCP/IP protocol transmission, by setting network priority; you can select to transmit via wired Ethernet or 3G/4G wireless network transmission. Setup Note Wired only...
Setup Note and call center 1 and call center 1 Step 3. Click OK to save. 4.9 Event Info View You can view alarm info via WEB or alarm programming keypad, Via WEB: Select ALARM>Zone Event, you can view each zone’s arming/disarming info and detector abnormality.
Page 37
Figure 4- 19 Step 2. Configure parameters, click OK. See Parameter Note Call Group By default there are two groups of call, you can select in the dropdown list. Center Name Customize center name. Center Number Call center number. Protocol Type Use default value, default is CID Signal Transmission Use default, default is DTMF 5/S...
Page 38
Figure 4- 20 Step 2. Click check box, enable this function. Step 3. Configure controller IP address, port and sub device ID. Parameter Note Host IP Need to register to server IP or server domain. Port Port of server used to auto register Sub-device ID Allocated by server, used as the controller ID Step 4.
Page 39
Figure 4- 21 Step 2. Click check box to enable P2P. Step 3. Click Save. After setup is done, “status” is online, as P2P registration is successful. When P2P registration is successful, you can scan QR code via mobile phone or directly enter SN to add controller, to access and manage controller, please refer to Smart Phone Client User’s Manual.
5 Wireless Alarm Programming Keypad Operation Wireless alarm programming keypad model is ARK20C-MW, applicable for ARC5408B-W, ARC5408B-CW, ARC5408B-EW, ARC5408C-W, ARC5408C-CW, ARC5408C-EW controller models. 5.1 Key Figure 5-1 Name Note Click this key to: Menu Enter main menu Enter *.
Name Note In menu, click this key to page down. Long press this key to view zone alarm info. Click this key, you can: Enter sub menu Save setup. Restart keypad. 5.2 Wireless Match Code Before use, you must wireless match code with alarm controller.
Page 42
Sub Function Sub Function Function Function Network Arm/Disarm Disarm Bypass isolate Type Siren Zone Output Link Alarm output Zone Reset Access control Key tone Version Other Status ...
Page 43
1 10 888888 ① ② ③ Note Encode address, means the operation is to modify ① password, default is 1 User encode,range is 00~22. 00 is admin user,01~20 ② is operator user,21 is installer user,22 is duress user. New password, composed of 6 digits of number. ③...
5.4 Arm When alarm controller and detector work as normal, via wireless alarm keypad to arm zone, alarm controller will respond to alarm signal in zone. Quick Arm Operation method: Before you enter any menu, click and press administrator password/opertor password. Operation result:If successfully arm, keypad shows “A/S”...
Bypass: This zone is shielded for the arming, when disarm, the zone will resume non -bypass status. Isolate: The zone is stop, when device arm again after disarming, the isolated zone is still stop Operation method: [Encode command]+[OK]+[Admin password/operator password] Encode command is composed as follows: 1 001 ①...
Zone Type Code Zone Type Code Instant zone All-day zone Fire zone Internal zone Medical zone External zone Duress zone Not alarm Delay zone 24-hour sound zone Enter/exit 24-hour mute zone 1 zone Enter/exit Emergency zone zone 2 Track zone 5.7.2 Link Setup You can set zone alarm link parameter.
You can set system date and time. Operation: [code command] +[OK]+[installer password]. Code command includes date command and time command, see below: 2015 ① ② ③ ④ Note Code address, means the operation is to set system date, ① default is 2. Year , range is 2000~2043.
1 192#028#006#009# ① ② Note Network parameter code:1-IP address,2-subnet ① mask,3-gateway,4-port Address code, format is XXX#XXX#XXX#XXX#;or port, ② format is [port] + [#]. Note: “#” can be replaced with “*”. 5.9.2 Telephone You can set 2 groups of tel alarm center and tel alarm center enable option. Operation method: [code command]+[OK]+[installer password].
Note Code address, means this operation is to set alarm output ① mode, default is 2. Alarm output mode:0-auto,1-force,2-OFF ① Alarm output no., range is 001~064. ② Control alarm output In auto mode, you can enable or disable alarm output. Operation method: enter [code command]+[installer password].
Page 50
5.11.4 Communication You can search controller IP address, subnet mask, gateway, port and RS485 address. Operation method: enter [code command] + [OK] +[administrator/operator password] Search IP address, subnet mask, gateway and port no. commands are shown below. ① ② Note Code address, means this operation is to search IP ①...
Appendix 1Contact ID Event Code CID Code Description Medical Fire SOS sound Duress 24-hour mute 24-hour sound Robber External zone Internal zone Entrance/exit zone Main power outage Low battery Communication failure(MAC conflict, IP conflict, offline) PSTN offline Arm/disarm Auto arm Force to arm Instant arm Home arm...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the ARC5408C-W and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers