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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
VDR MAINTENANCE VIEWER
VR-3000/VR-3000S
Model
This manual is solely for use by the installer. Under no
circumstances shall this manual be released to the user.
The installer shall remove this manual from the vessel after
installation.
This manual contains no password data. Obtain password data
from FURUNO before beginning the installation.
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  • Page 1 This manual is solely for use by the installer. Under no circumstances shall this manual be released to the user. The installer shall remove this manual from the vessel after installation. This manual contains no password data. Obtain password data from FURUNO before beginning the installation. www.furuno.com...
  • Page 2 The paper used in this manual is elemental chlorine free. ・FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya, 662-8580, JAPAN A : JUL 2008 Printed in Japan All rights reserved. J : OCT . 14, 2015 Pub. No. OME-44373-J ( REFU ) VR-3000 CONFIG.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS RECORD OF MODIFICATIONS MADE IN THIS MANUAL..........2 1. HOW TO INSTALL THE VDR MAINTENANCE VIEWER, CONNECT THE PC..3 1.1 Installation by CD (supplied) ................3 1.2 Installation in a Windows 7 PC (32 bit only) ............3 1.3 How to set the PC ....................

  • Page 4: Record Of Modifications Made In This Manual

    Record of Modifications Made in this Manual Version No., Reason for Revision SOFTWARE (PROG. NO.) Date of Modification VR-3000 SYSTEM 2450031-02 Printing 30 June 2008 RAP 2450026-01 VR-3000 SYSTEM 2450031-02 Revision 24 Dec. 2008 RAP 2450026-01 Same as above Revision 3 Aug.

  • Page 5: How To Install The Vdr Maintenance Viewer, Connect The Pc

    1. How to Install the VDR Maintenance Viewer, Connect the PC 1.1 Installation by CD (supplied) Live Player V4 and the VDR Maintenance Viewer Program are included in the accessory CD. Install these programs in the PC. Note: Do not change the default installation folder. 1.

  • Page 6: How To Set The Pc

    How to install the VDR Maintenance Viewer software 1. Double click VR-3000_ver*.exe. (* is version number). 2. The Setup – VR-3000 dialog box appears; click the Next button. 3. Confirm that the install location is C:\Program Files then click the Next button. 4.

  • Page 7: How To Connect A Pc To The Vr-3000

    Windows 7 1. Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Network and Sharing Center. 2. Click the Properties button on the Local Area Connection Status dialog box. 3. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP v4) then click the Properties button. 4.

  • Page 8: Software Configuration

    2. Software Configuration Disconnect the Remote Alarm Panel until the software configuration is completed, otherwise an alarm (grabber failure or no radar video) sounds. Procedure: 1. In the Maintenance Viewer, log in to Serviceman. 2. Download the configuration data from the VDR into the Maintenance Viewer. 3.
  • Page 9 Example of acceptable memory size displays: Backup HDD Information 6GB DRU Information 9GB DRU Information Selected: AREA2 Selected: DRU Selected: DRU Size: 37864 MB Size: 5794 MB or more Size: 8822 MB or more 8. Select PC_RAP from the Tool menu. Confirm Alarm box in PC_RAP.

  • Page 10: Radar

    4. Select a radar model. For example, as in the above illustration, select Radar> Radar Interface>Furuno>FAR-28x7> SXGA(60Hz) and click the OK button. As in the following illustration, FAR-28x7 appears in the Type No. field in the CH. No 1 of the Information Area.
  • Page 11 If your radar model is not in the list, enter the required information manually. The setting values are the same as the previous Web Configuration values. 5. Click the Image Capture button in the Setting Area. Confirm the correct video signal. 6.
  • Page 12 To import the exact settings to another ship, save the settings of the device in the Setting Area to the PC database. 1. Click on Reflect Equipment. 2. Copy the file to the PC by using Maintenance> Equipment Management> Export in the menu.
  • Page 13 Place the cursor above either I, or N, and left click to alternate. With this, I is set to record while N is set to not record. G cannot be changed. 4. After completing setup, click the OK button. 5. To record settings to the database, click Reflect Equipment in the Setting Area. How to Enter Information Manually This VDR system receives in VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) signal.
  • Page 14 Items are as follows: Active: Check a channel to activate it. Brand: Enter brand name. Type No.: Enter type no. Check: Set and activate check. Data Name: Enter data name. Horizontal resolution: Set horizontal resolution. Vertical resolution: Set vertical resolution. Horizontal Offset: Move the picture horizontally.
  • Page 15 Interlace Polarity: Set interlace polarity. ITRP (0-4092 Step4): Enter interlace pulse position. ITRW (0-4092 step4): Enter interlace pulse width. Sampling Rate: Display sampling rate. Fixed at “15 seconds”. Compress Type (viewer): Set compress type (viewer). Color Bit: Display and set Color Bit. Change Pump Current: Set pump current.
  • Page 16 Config Management After all items have been set up, proceed to the final setting management. This can only be executed one time, after all tabs have been set up. 1. Click on VDR Config Management in the Maintenance menu. 2. Click on the Upload button to send all sent data to the VDR memory. 3.

  • Page 17: Serial Signal

    2.3 Serial Signal The Serial tab sets the RS-422 signals received at the terminal board (SI01-SI08) and the junction box (SI09-SI72). This channel is not only for NMEA but also binary and ASCII data. Set the Serial tab as follows: 1.
  • Page 18 6. After finishing the settings for one channel, click the Set button. Note: Be sure to do this before moving another channel. 7. Repeat steps 2-6 to set up each channel. When running Config Management for Tab Settings: 1. From the Maintenance menu, click VDR Config Management and then Config. 2.

  • Page 19: Analog Signal

    2.4 Analog Signal Analog signal is input via Junction Box IF-8530 (optional for VR-3000S). Receivable signal: –10 to +10 V or 4 to 20mA. Connect the analog signal to V and G terminals on the Junction Box. When 4 to 20 mA signal is connected, make a short circuit between the V and I input terminals with jumper wire.
  • Page 20 In the above image the Engineering Value Unit is set to degrees (deg). The Calibration Point 1 is -10V, corresponding to 0 degrees, Calibration Point 2 is 10V corresponding to 30 degrees. This is set corresponding to the connected analog sensor. When the Apply button is clicked, the New Engineering Value of 29.835V, corresponding to the input Voltage of 9.89V, is displayed in the bottom field.

  • Page 21: Digital Signal

    Note: For #-marked boxes, values that are set at the Analog Calibration dialog box are displayed. Equipment Category*: Set equipment category. Board Name*: Enter board names where channels are present. Note*: Enter note. * Marked Items: For easy identification of input source, enter Equipment Category, Brand, Type No., Data and Name.
  • Page 22 2. Check the active column of the channel group being set. 3. Enter the status in columns 0 and 1 of that group. 4. Click the OK Button. 5. When finished setting up, click the Set button. 6. Repeat steps 2-5 to set up other channels. When using Config Manager with Tabs 1.

  • Page 23: Audio

    2.6 Audio Microphone and VHF audio settings are performed in the Audio tab. Set the items in the Audio tab as shown below: 1. Click the Audio tab. 2. Select channel from the Information Area. 3. Click Select Equipment in the Setting Area. 4.
  • Page 24 When using Config Manager with tabs 1 From the Maintenance menu, click VDR Config Management. 2 Click the Upload button to record to VDR memory. 3 Click the Write buttons to record to DRU, Backup HDD and CF memory. MIC test Do the MIC test to check whether audio is received clearly in adequate level or not.
  • Page 25 Active: Put check in check box to make channel active. Brand*: Enter and display brand name. Type No.*: Set type no. (equipment name) Check*: Do equipment check. Data Name*: Enter data name. Input Type: Enter input type. Sampling Data Bit: Displays sampling data bit rate.

  • Page 26: Alarm

    2.7 Alarm Alarm and Alarm Status settings are found in the Alarm tab. The Alarm tab shows the following information about alarms. Click the Time, Category and Name tabs in the title bar to sort. Time: Time of alarm Category: Alarm category Name: Name of alarm...
  • Page 27 Number: Display information for alarm number entered. Status: Display alarm status for alarm name entered. 3. In the checked items column, input the desired search items. 4. Click the Search Button. Close the Search box to cancel a search. Note: During a search, the upper left Mode changes from Play to Search, and Display search related information.

  • Page 28: Event

    2.8 Event Click the items shown below to sort by item selected. Note: You can sort the items in ascending order (△), descending order (▽) and initialization order (no symbol). Time: Time an event occurred. Category: Category of an event. Name: Name of an event.

  • Page 29: Hardware

    2.9 Hardware The Hardware tab provides information about the system hardware. The buttons in the Setting window work as follows: Self Check Status: Display status of self check. CPU: Display information about the CPU. Memory Size: Display memory size. CPU Board: Display status of CPU board.
  • Page 30 2.10 JB Connect the Junction Box to the DCU before turning on the system. The JB tab functions to set up the Junction Box. The basic procedure for setting up the Junction Box is as follows: 1. Click the JB tab. 2.

  • Page 31: Life Time

    2.11 Life Time The Life Time tab controls consumable parts. The basic procedure for using the Life Time tab is as follows: 1. Click the Life Time tab. 2. Select a Type No. in the Information Area. 3. Set up the chosen part from Setting Area. 4.

  • Page 32: Network

    2.12 Network The Network tab sets the system network. The basic procedure for setting up the system network is as follows: 1. Click the Network tab. 2. Select a port from the Information Area. 3. Set up the network from the Setting Area. 4.

  • Page 33: System

    2.13 System The System tab sets system related functions. The basic procedure for using the System tab is as follows: 1. Click the System tab. 2. Set up the chosen item from the Setting Area. 3. Click the Set button. Note: Be sure to click the Set button before moving to a different tab.

  • Page 34: Software

    Installation Date: Enter the date of the installation. MIC Test Time: Enter the date of the MIC test. Note*: Enter note. *Marked items are optional. USB memory logging: Do not check Enable. IEEE1394 BUS Error Auto Restart function: Not used. IEEE1394 Active Node Count: Do not change the default value of 3.
  • Page 35 The items in the Setting window work as follows: VDR System Program: Display the VDR system program no. Process Version: Display the process version. Power Distribution Unit (PDU): Display the version no. of the PDU. Operation System: Display the version no. of the OS. Audio Driver: Display the version no.

  • Page 36: Gps

    2.15 GPS The GPS tab sets GPS-related parameters. The basic procedure for using the GPS tab is as follows: 1. Click the GPS tab. 2. Set up the chosen channel from the Information window. 3. Set up the chosen item in the Setting Area. 4.

  • Page 37: Vessel

    GPS Delay Time by Time Sync: Enter minimum time delay for time synchronization. Time synchronization is started only in the time set here. GPS Difference Interval: The time set here is added to the GPS time to synchronize the system time. Leave at the default 0 value setting.

  • Page 38: Delivery

    2.17 Delivery The Delivery tab functions to transmit data from the VDR to a PC via Ethernet LAN. Do not use this function during "live" connection. The basic procedure for using the Delivery tab is as follows: 1. Click the Delivery tab. 2.

  • Page 39: How To Back Up Configuration Data

    3. How to Back up Configuration Data This chapter shows how to back up configuration data to various storage media. Configuration data can be opened with Word Pad or any text editor other than Notepad. 3.1 How to Back up Configuration Data to the Startup Compact Flash (CF) Back up data to the startup CF after setting the VDR.

  • Page 40: How To Back Up Configuration Data To A Pc

    For future service ease, it is recommended to backup configuration data to the PC and have the data on board the vessel. Also, it is recommended to upload this data to Furuno SMS (Service Management System). If unable to upload to Furuno SMS, please contact the Service Center, Furuno, Japan.

  • Page 41: How To Upload Configuration Data From A Pc

    4. How to Upload Configuration Data from a PC The procedure below shows how to upload configuration from the PC to a VR-3000/VR-3000S. 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2. Select VDR Config Management. 3. Click the Import from button. 4. The Open window appears. Select configuration data, and then click the Open button. 5.

  • Page 42: Media Management

    5. Media Management The media management feature deletes data from recording media; initialization the system, etc. There are two method; LAN connection and Direct connection. The Direct connection takes longer time than the LAN connection. Basically, use the LAN connection method.
  • Page 43 7. Click the Analyze button. A list of recording media connected to the VDR appears. Put a checkmark in the checkbox of the Select column for the DRU in the Name column. Note: If there are several flash memories in the DRU, all flash memories are shown. Check all flash memories shown.
  • Page 44 Delete data from the Backup HDD as follows (LAN connection): 1. Set the Playback/CPU switch in the DCU to the CPU position. 2. Check that an Ethernet cross cable is connected between J14 in the DCU and the PC. 3. Open the Tool menu. 4.

  • Page 45: Creation

    5.2 Creation The Creation feature initializes recording media. Note1: This feature deletes ALL configuration data. Backup all VDR configuration data. Note2: When you initialize medium that is a different format for the DRU or Backup HDD, delete all partitions with the disk management tool of Windows. Note3: When the Creation is failed, try again.
  • Page 46 Initialize the DRU as follows (Direct connection): 1. Start Live Player V4 software. 2. Open the Tool menu and select Source Select. Select Live from the pull-down menu. 3. Click the Alarm tab and open Alarm History. 4. Set the Playback/CPU switch in the DCU to the Playback position. 5.

  • Page 47: How To Enable Recording Area On The Backup Hdd

    5.3 How to Enable Recording Area on the Backup HDD This function enables writing over a recording area. To prevent falsification of data, all recording areas must be saved, otherwise this function is disabled. To use this function, push the SAVE button four times (V2.xx) or once (V1.5X). Save the data before doing this procedure.

  • Page 48: Other Functions

    6. Other Functions 6.1 Software Management The software download feature downloads VDR system software to the PC. To download software: 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2. From the Software Management menu, click Software Download to show the Software Download window. 3.

  • Page 49: Password Management

    This feature is available after updating the software. 6.2 Password Management The password can be changed for a serviceman to access the equipment. Contact FURUNO to get the default password to use during installation. Serviceman password 1. Click the Maintenance menu.

  • Page 50: Record Comparison

    6.3 Record Comparison The integrity of the DRU and Backup HDD recordings can be compared. This function is used by the R&D engineer for debugging. Follow the procedure as shown below: 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2. Select Record Comparison to show the Record Comparison window. The results are shown every 15 seconds in the Record Comparison window.

  • Page 51: Software History

    6.4 Software History This section shows you to save and configure software history (communications record). How to save software history Note: When the error dialog appears while saving the software history, restart the VDR Maintenance Viewer. 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2.

  • Page 52: Easy Setup

    6.5 Easy Setup This feature sets equipment settings in batch and creates a data file of those settings. Default template: The default template is created with the settings entered at installation. 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2. Select Easy Setup to show the Template Selection window. 3.

  • Page 53: Equipment Management

    Specific template: Use a file already created 1. Click the Maintenance menu. 2. Select Easy Setup to show the Template Selection window. 3. Check Specified Template. 4. Click the Select button, and then select the file to edit. 5. Click the Start button to show the Easy Setup window. 6.

  • Page 54: Pc_Rap

    6.7 PC_RAP This feature enables the same operation of the RAP (Remote Alarm Panel) from a PC. Select PC_RAP from the Tool menu to show the PC_RAP window. The buttons in the PC_RAP window function as shown below: SAVE: Stop recording in the area where recording is currently being done. ACK: Silence audio alarm.
  • Page 55 Backup HDD Information: Display status of backup HDD: Selected: Display current recording area and its status in green for normal operation, and in red for abnormal operation. Size: Display capacity of backup HDD. Alarm area displays unconfirmed alarms: Time: Display time alarm was generated. Number: Display number of alarm.

  • Page 56: Other

    6.8 Other Status Monitor The status monitor feature provides comprehensive data about the status of the VDR. From the menu bar, click Tool> Status Monitor to show the Status Monitor window. The buttons in the Status Monitor window work as shown below: Reload: Settings for automatic refreshing of the status monitor.
  • Page 57 VDR Error List This feature compiles all the errors shown on the RAP for easy reference. Access from Menu>Tool>VDR Error List. The VDR error list contains the following information: NO.: Display the number of the error. Title: Display the name of the error. Detail: Display details about the error.

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