Chapter 1 Product Introduction ... 5 Summary ... 5 Features ... 5 Chapter 2 Installation ... 7 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories... 7 Hard Drive (HDD) Installation ... 7 Rear Panel Description ... 8 System Setup ... 8 Chapter 3 Operational Instructions ...
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Chapter 6 Utilities ... 71 Restore Parameters ... 71 Upgrade ... 72 Hard Disk Management ... 73 Stop Alarm Out ... 73 Reboot ... 73 Power Off ... 73 View Log ... 74 System Information ... 76 Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade ... 77 FTP Server Setup ...
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Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual applies to the QH32DVR4C model. Please read this Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice. QH32DVR4C User’s Manual...
Chapter 1: Product Introduction Summary The QSC26404 network digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance product. It uses embedded MCU and Linux, combining the most advanced technology in the Information Industry such as video and audio encoding/decoding, hard disk recording and TCP/IP. The firmware is burned into flash memory, which is more stable and reliable.
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Preview Playback Functions & Supports one composite and one spot video output, and one VGA output. Supports fast/slow playback, pause, forward, backward, frame by frame, etc. Uses define preview layout. Supports one channel playback Network Functions Supports TCP, UTP, RTP, Multicast, DHCP, etc. Supports ADSL (PPPoE) dialup function.
Chapter 2: Installation Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure the power to the DVR is switched off. 2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories When you get the product, check that all the items are included in your product package.
2.3 Rear Panel Description Fig 2-1 QSC26404 Rear Panel 1- Video in 4- Alarm out 7-USB 2.0 Port 10- Ethernet port 2.4 System Setup QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 2- Video out 3-VGA video out 5- RS485 T+ T- R+ R- 6- Power switch 8- Audio in 9- Audio out 11- Alarm in...
Chapter 3: Operational Instructions 3.1 Front Panel Form 3-1 Items on Front Panel Index Type Name Light Status Power Lights STATUS Tx/Rx Numeric Keys MENU Function Keys EDIT PLAY PREV QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 3-1 Front Panel Description IR receiver for remote control. Green means DVR is working;...
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 1. Manual record; 1. Enter into PTZ control mode; SHIFT 【 Switch between numeric keys and function keys Control Direction Composed of Keys Keys 1. Menu mode, use ENTER 2. PTZ direction control; 3. Playback speed control. 【...
3.2 IR Remote Control Fig 3-2 IR Remote Control Layout Form 3-2 Functions of Remote Control Index Name POWER Numeric Keys EDIT PLAY INFO VOIP MENU PREV Direction Keys ENTER QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Description Turnoff device. Enable/Disable IR remote control Same as numeric keys on front panel.
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Reserved Lens control Loading the Batteries Into the Remote Control 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the battery. Make sure that the poles (+ and -) are correctly positioned. 3. Replace the battery cover. Starting the Remote Control Press 【...
Menu Description 3.3.1 Menu Options Form 3-3 List of Menu Options Menu Name Function Unit name Device ID Require password Screen saver Video standard Enable scalar Display Brightness Menu transparency VGA resolution Date and Time Preview Overwrite/Stop recording Select camera Stream type Resolution Recording...
3.3.2 Menu Operation How to Enter Into Menu Mode Press 【 M ENU 】 k ey to enter into DVR main menu. Press 【 P LAY 】 s hort key to enter into playback menu. 【 】 Press R EC s hort key to enter into manual record menu.
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Fig 3.4 Camera input adjustments Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small highlighted frame called the “Active Frame” which is used to point to the selected item. This “Active Frame” can be moved by direction keys ( items are: Check Box: Provides two options, “...
c) Use 【 E DIT 】 k ey to delete the character in front of cursor; d) Press 【 E NTER 】 t o save & exit or Button: Trigger a specific function or enter into next sub-menu. For example, press “Policy” button to enter into sub-menu. Press save parameters and return to parent menu.
Chapter 4: Basic Operation Guide Power On Note: Please make sure the power supply is the correct one for the DVR and the AC adapter is connected correctly. Before switching DVR on, please connect one monitor to VOUT or VGA interface, otherwise you can not see graphic user interface and can not operate the DVR.
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 4.1 Recording status Form 4-1 Camera record status Icon Icon Color Status Description White No video signal Yellow Video input Pink Manual recording Green Real time recording Blue Motion detection recording External alarm recording...
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Icon Icon Color White Yellow Pink Green Blue Press numeric keys to switch to individual camera view. For example, press key to view 2 camera. 【 】 Press E DIT key to manually cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode in “Preview”...
User Name and Password Note: When the DVR is delivered from the factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights. Login 【...
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 4.5 Main menu Step 2: Select the user name by using 【 ↑ 】 【 ↓ 】 then move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using 【 】 【 】 k eys. As fig 4.6 shows: Fig 4.6 Change users’...
Step 3: Input new password Use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be blank. It also can be 16 numbers. Press 【 E NTER verify password. Note: In edit box, use 【 【 【 【 the number in front of the cursor. Step 4: Password modified successfully Move the “Active Frame”...
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Currently controlled camera’s name is displayed in the position is selected by the user. Select Channel In PTZ control mode, you can press numeric keys to select channel. For example; press 【 】 k ey to select the PTZ camera on channel 2. After you select the PTZ camera, you can use the control keys to control it.
Start/Stop Auto in PTZ Control Mode In PTZ control mode, press 【 P LAY/AUTO 】 k ey again to stop. When PTZ is in auto mode, if you exit PTZ control mode, PTZ will continue auto function unless you enter into PTZ control mode again, and press 【...
Description Manual record interface has the following parts: channel number, channel status, start/stop record, start all and stop all buttons. Channel: Lists the channel numbers that the DVR has. Status: Channel work status has 4 status options: the channel is recording (including real time recording, alarm recording, motion detection recording).
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Description Select a Channel: Move the “Active Frame” to “chan”, press “edit” button, then 【 ↑ 】 【 ↓ 】 k ey to select a channel. Rec Type: Use 【 ↑ 】 【 ↓ 】 “All”, “All Time”, “Motion Detect”, “Alarm” and “Manual”. Time Section: You can define the search time section.
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At the bottom of the image, there is an information bar and the following information is included: Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time. Display/Hide information bar: Open/Close sound: 【 P LAY Adjust play progress: 【 ← 】 Adjust play speed: Normal speed is “1x”.
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Playback With Mouse Attached If you playback with a mouse attached the interface will be a little different, and you can acquire more functions to operate in the playback menu, shown in fig 4.11: Fig 4.11 Play back control bar There is an additional bar that appears.
4.7 Backup Recorded Files Note: The user must have “Playback” rights. Please connect backup devices before you start to backup. In the playback interface, you can backup the recorded files. In the preview mode, press and input the correct password, you will enter into the playback interface. In the menu mode, just press directly.
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Step 3: Select backup device Please confirm the backup device: USB flash memory, USB HDD, USB DVD/CD-RW, and select the corresponding backup device. Step 4: Start and finish backup Move “Active Frame” to “Save” button and press When backup starts, corresponding message box will pop-up to indicate the result.
Playback the video segment You can use our file player software to playback the video segment on a PC. You can find the player software on the included CD. Exit playback interface Please refer to Chapter 4.6. 4.8 Shutting Down the DVR Note: Do not switch off the power directly by turning off the power switch or unplugging the cable, this can damage the HDD.
Chapter 5: Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need to read this chapter. When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters effective. Other parameters do not require a reboot. Any network parameters Resolution and record schedule External alarm sensor type...
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Fig 5.1 Enter into user menu Move “Active Frame” to “User” icon, press 【 E NTER 】 k ey to enter into “User Management” menu shown in fig 5.2 Fig 5.2 User management...
In the user name list box, by default only “admin” exists. You can use key, to move “Active Frame” to password edit box, and press edit status. Press numeric keys to input a new password. The password is made up of 16 numbers at most.
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Step 2: Add new user name In the “User Management” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Add” button and press 【 E NTER 】 , in the pop-up dialog box input the new user name (refer to Chapter 【 】 3.4), press E NTER and return to “User Management”...
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Step 3: Setup the rights for new user The new added user does not have any operational rights. You must setup rights for him. In the user’s list box of “User Management” menu, use new user name, then use 【 】 key to “Default Privileges”...
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User rights description “Local”: Local rights are for local operation, such as using the front panel, remote control and RS-485 keyboard. PTZ control: Locally control PTZ cameras; Record: Manual start/stop recording; Set parameters Setup: Locally setup the DVR parameters; Log: Locally view the log on DVR; Utilities: Locally upgrade firmware, format the HDD, reboot the DVR and shut down DVR, etc.
Unit Name and Device ID Unit Name In the “Display” menu, shown as fig 5.8: There is an item called “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press edit status, you can modify the unit name. For instructions on how to input characters, please refer to Chapter 3.4.
Device ID: When you use the remote control to operate the DVR, you must use the device ID to select the DVR. The default device ID is “88”. If there is more than one DVR in one place, please setup different device IDs for each DVR, otherwise the remote control will control all the DVRs with the same device ID at the same time.
5.5 Camera name and OSD (On Screen Display) Setup Camera Name In “Camera” menu, you can input a name for each camera. See fig 5.9 Please note that a camera’s name can not be copied. The steps to setup camera name: Step 1: Select a camera.
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Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu. Step 2: Select a camera. Step 3: Enable the check box on the right side of camera name, then move “Active Frame” to “Position” button, press position setup interface, as shown below, in that interface you can use ...
Date OSD Position In “Camera” menu you can adjust the position where you want the Date to display, move active frame to “Position” on the right side of “Date OSD” and press 【 】 E NTER button. Then you will see the picture below. Use to adjust the position of the date.
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Step 2: Select camera: Please use Step 3: Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and hue: Move “Active Frame” to the “Adjust” button on the right side of Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue, press 【 E NTER 】 k ey, you will enter into the corresponding adjust interface. In the adjust interface, there is one scroll bar at the bottom, you can use adjust and can find the video image will be changed at the same time.
5.7 Mask Area Setup In some cases you might want to mask a sensitive area. This area will not be viewed or recorded. The mask area setup steps are as follows: Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select a camera: You can use Step 3:Enter into “Advanced settings”...
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After you finish setup, press menu. You can press 【 】 k ey to clear all mask areas. Step 5: Save mask area: You can repeat step 2, step 3 and step 4 to setup mask area for other cameras. In “Advanced setting” menu, press the “Confirm” button to save the mask area, press “Cancel”...
5.8 View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, the DVR will send a warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Please use Step 3: Select sensitivity: move active frame to sensitivity item right beside the “View tampering”...
Step 6: Alarm schedule setup: When a view tampering alarm occurs, the DVR will handle the alarm based on the schedule. You can set 4 periods for each day of the week. You can also copy the schedule of any one day to other days. Note: Time periods can not be repeated.
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Fig 5.16 Video signal loss handle setup Step 4: Setup alarm schedule: You can setup a working schedule. The DVR will only respond when the video loss occurs during the schedule. Note: The 4 time periods can not be repeated. Please reboot the DVR to make parameters effective.
5.10 Motion Detection If you enable this function, when there is motion detected by a camera, the DVR will send an alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Use 【 】 【 】 Step 3: Select motion detection sensitivity: On the right side of “Motion Det. Level”, there is a list box for motion detection sensitivity.
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The whole screen is divided into 22*18 panels (NTSC: 22*15). There is one yellow panel on the upper left side. The motion area setup steps are the same as that of mask area setup (refer to Chapter 5.7). The only differences are that you can use the motion sensitive, and multiple motion areas can be setup.
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Fig 5.18 Motion alarm handle setup Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup: When a motion alarm occurs, you can trigger related camera to start to record. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can select one or more 【 recording channels. Please use E NTER Note: In order to make the cameras start recording, in “Recording”...
Step 9: Save motion alarm setup: Press “Confirm” button to return to “Image Setup” menu. In the “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the current camera parameters. Step 10: Save all cameras: You can repeat step 2 to step 8 to setup motion detection parameters for other cameras.
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Step 2: Preview properties: Preview mode: For preview mode item, you can use has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there are “1 Screen” and “4 Screen” options. If DVR has more than 4 but less than 9 channels, there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen”...
5.12 Recording Setup In the main menu, there is an icon called “Recording”. You can enter into recording menu as follows: Fig 5.20 Recording channel configuration “Recording” menu description: If HDD is Full: There are two options: “Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select the “Overwrite”...
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Bit Rate Type: The DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image. The bit rate size is defined in “Bit Rate” option. With this option we can calculate the recorded file size and network bandwidth that we need. The maximum bit rate selection is related to resolution.
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Step 3: Record type For “Rec Type”, the options are: All Time, Motion Detect, Alarm, Motion|Alarm, and Motion&Alarm, command. For all day record mode, only one record type can be selected. Step 4: Copy to other days You can repeat step 2 and step 3 to setup for other days. You can also copy the current day to other days.
5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output For QSC26404 there are 4 alarm in and 1 relay out ports. In “Alarms” menu, you can setup each external alarm input. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to “Alarms” icon and press into alarms menu as shown in fig 5.22 External alarm input setup: Step 1: Select one alarm input Use...
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Fig 5.23 Alarm in handling setup Step 4: Alarm trigger record channel setup You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use 【 】 【 】 E NTER E DIT k ey to enable record channel. “ Note: In order to trigger the channel to record, in “Recording”...
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Step 8: PTZ Linkage Move the “Active Frame” to the “PTZ Linkage” button, press “PTZ Linkage” setup menu as shown in fig 5.24 First select a camera, then select one of following PTZ linkage options: Preset: Set the flag as “ ” to enable preset, in the preset number edit box and input one preset number that has been setup already.
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Alarm relay output setup Step 1: In “Alarms” menu, use Step 2: Select delay time The delay time is when the alarm ends, the alarm output will continue output time. The delay time options are: 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes and Manual Stop.
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Exceptions The exceptions that can currently be handled include: hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal access, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL difference. Enter into the “Exceptions” menu as shown in fig 5.26 Includes the following handle methods: Audible Warning: the DVR will beep.
5.14 Network Parameters If you want to access the DVR over a network you must setup network parameters. Note: If any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot the DVR to make it effective. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to the “Network” icon and press will enter into “Network”...
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Remote Host IP and Port: If you set this IP and port, when there is an alarm and exception happens, the DVR will send information to that host IP. The center with this IP can receive alarm and exception information from the DVR. You can use SDK to develop this center software. HttpPort: The port is for IE browser.
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PPPoE: DVR supports PPPoE dail-up function. Example: To use PPPoE function Step 1: Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2: Select NIC type. Step 3: Input port number. In the port edit box, use numeric keys to input port number. The port number must be more than 2000.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.15 Accessing the DVR over a network To access the DVR through a computer you need to make sure the default gateway on the DVR is the same IP address as your router, and the first three sets of numbers of the DVR IP address are the same as the first three sets of numbers of router’s address.
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual 5.16 Accessing the DVR from a remote computer To access the DVR from a remote computer, in addition to the above steps, you will also need to forward ports 80 and 8000 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR.
5.17 PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) There is one RS-485 port on the DVR rear panel used for PTZ camera control. You can setup RS-485 parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to PTZ icon and press 【...
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Note: In the DVR “PTZ” menu, if you select Pelco-P protocol when you setup PTZ address please plus or minus one compared with Camera ID. For example, if camera ID is 2, the DVR PTZ address is set as ID 3. Preset setup: Preset is using one number to represent the camera’s position, zoom, focus and iris.
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Add preset number: You can input preset number (among 1-128) in the edit box. Then press the “Adjust” button to enter into PTZ control interface. In PTZ control interface, you can use direction keys to adjust PTZ position, and use 【...
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In the “Sequence” setup menu, first input the sequence number. The sequence is from 1 to 16. Each sequence is made up of cruise points, and each cruise point includes a preset number, dwell time and dwell speed. Dwell time is the time staying at that preset number. Dwell speed is the speed that the PTZ camera is moved to that preset number.
Chapter 6: Utilities There are many tools in the “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu as shown in fig 6.1 Restore Parameters Restore factory parameters for the DVR. The IP address, gateway and port number will not be restored.
6.2 Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog box you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode as shown in fig 6.3 If you select “FTP” mode, you will enter into “FTP Upgrade” menu: Input the ftp server IP and press the network and download the firmware file.
Hard Disk Management Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot the DVR, otherwise DVR will not work correctly. 6.4 Stop Alarm Out Clear the alarm output manually.
6.7 View Log To view the log recorded on the DVR HDD. In the “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu as shown in fig 6.6 If you want to view the log based on the default option, just press all matched information.
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For exception major type, the minor type includes: Video Signal Loss, Illegal Access, Hard Disk Error, Hard Disk Full, IP Conflict, DCD Lost. For example: The steps of viewing alarm log. Step 1: For “Query” item, select “By Type” to active “Major Type” and “Minor Type” items. Step 2: For “Major Type”...
Step 3: Input start time and stop time. Step 4: Move the “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and press searching. Step 5: After finishing search, the DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6: Press “Return” button to return to “Utilities” menu. System Information Press the “System Info”...
Chapter 7: Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use the DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases where you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is to update old firmware, the other is when the code in DVR FLASH has crashed.
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Select “Users/rights” under the “Security” menu item. The following dialog box will be displayed. Create new user. Click “new user’. New user dialog box is displayed. Input user name “target”. Click “OK”. In the password dialog box input password “target” in “New Password” and “Verify Password”...
7. Next time, you do not need to setup again, just double click and open “wftpd32.exe” to upgrade the DVR/DVS firmware. Upgrade Mode Use client software to upgrade the firmware file. You do not need to use ftp server software. Please refer to the client software user manual for detail information. Use “FTP”...
Appendix A: Mouse Control Function 1. In the preview interface Double-click the left key 1. Switch to the most pictures when viewing single picture. 2. Switch to full screen mode when viewing multi-pictures. Back to previous multi-pictures when you double click again Scroll wheel forward Switch to previous screen Scroll wheel backward...
5. Test input interface Click the left key 1. pop up soft keyboard 2. Input text 3. Save and exit Click the right key Cancel the text and exit the edition Scroll wheel forward Cursor goes to the front character 6.
Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation To calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: Use Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity needed for every hour: unit Mbyte. In the formula: Step 2: After video time requirement is confirmed, according to Formula (2) to calculate the storage capacity...
Appendix C: DVR Connect Cable 1 How to Make a RS-485 Connect Cable Material and tool One twist cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 connector and one special tool for RJ45. RJ45 introduction Pin definition Make the connect cable according the following; to left point of RJ45 head, 1 are the anode and cathode line for sending, 3 receiving, 7 is the shared grounding line: Pin definition for Standard RS-485 serial port RJ45 plug-in...
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QH32DVR4C User’s Manual The corresponding relationship of the direct cable (2) Use the following method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client-end PC. The corresponding relationship of cross cable...
Appendix D: DVR Specifications Model Name Video compression Preview resolution Playback resolution Video input Composite video output Spot video Output Max frame rate Audio compression Audio input 1-ch RCA (Electrical Level: 2.0Vp-p, Resistance: 1000 ) Audio output Stream type Max bit rate HDD IDE interface 1 IDE interface, support 1 IDE HDD (2000GB maximum) Network interface...
Appendix D: Camera Specifications MODELS QOCDC60 QOCDC36 Image Pick-up Devices Picture Element Sync Mode Horizontal Resolution Video Output S/N Ratio Gamma Characteristic White Balance Lens Minimum Illumination Electronic Shutter Power Source Operation Temperature Storage Temperature QH32DVR4C User’s Manual...
Appendix E: Troubleshooting Failure After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, “POWER” light in front Panel does not turn on, and fan does not work. After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, “POWER” light in front panel turns to green while fan does not work.
Appendix F: Product Service & Warranty Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for manufacturing defects).
QH32DVR4C User’s Manual Appendix G Customer Information Card User’s Name Mr./Mrs. Company Name Postal Address Postal code Phone Number E-mail Model Number of Product Serial Number of Product Purchase Date Distributor...
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