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Operation English Audio and video recorder DMS 80 Bank DMS 160 Bank DMS 240 Bank DMS 240 HSR Bank Rev. 2.0.0 / 091218...
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Table of contens This document ....................5 Validity ......................5 Documents ......................5 Conventions ....................5 Safety instructions..................7 General notes ....................9 Intended use ....................9 Performance Features ..................9 Certifications ....................9 Display and connections................10...
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 7.2.2 Playback with audio ..................28 Magnifying glass (zoom) ................29 Stopping the recording ..................29 Printing a image ....................30 Exit playback mode ..................30 Search functions ..................31 Simple search ....................31...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank This document Validity This document applies to the H.264 audio and video recorder DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank. It has been produced on the basis of version 7.0.0 (software).
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank CAUTION CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. NOTICE NOTICE indicates practices for preventing property damage, incorrect con- figurations or faulty operations.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Safety instructions Only use this unit if it is technically in proper working order, to the intended purpose and while keeping safety and potential dangers in mind.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Foreign bodies If objects or liquids get into the unit, immediately disconnect it from the power supply (pull out the power plug). Contact the sales partner responsible for your area.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank General notes Intended use The DMS is a stand-alone H.264 audio and video recorder with up to 24 analogue chan- nels. Each basic version can be expanded with additional analogue camera inputs.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Display and connections Fig. 4-1 : Front view 1 Filter pad (behind the panel) 2 Power (blue) Always lights up while the unit is switched on.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Sequencer/Live mode Initially, the recorder is in the Sequencer/Live mode after switch-on and boot up. Depending on the splitter configuration (see Configuration), live images of the connected cameras will be displayed in a certain split window.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 5-2 : Task bar for selecting the split type Changing the split type (CVBS monitor) To change the displayed split type on the CVBS monitor, please proceed as follows: ¾...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Functions of the multi split types ¾ Right-click into a split. The split will be marked with a yellow frame. The context menu of the multi split types will be displayed Fig.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 5-5 : Context menu – Single split Sequencer If the recorder has been configured for alternately displaying various cameras (sequence), this sequence will run in the single split after clicking on Sequencer.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 5-6 : Login Group ¾ Enter the password. ¾ Confirm with OK. 5.5.2 Login User ¾ Left-click into a split. The Login dialog will be displayed.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Playback/Live mode After you have logged in successfully, the recorder is in the Playback/Live mode. The gra- phical user interface will be displayed. Depending on the splitter configuration (see Con- figuration), live images of the connected cameras will be displayed in a certain split type.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Split types 6.2.1 Changing the split types ¾ Click on one of the buttons for selecting the split type to activate another split. Fig. 6-2 : Selecting a split type The currently displayed split type is marked in blue.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 6-4 : Camera buttons 6.3.2 Toggling in multi split types The context menu for toggling between the cameras is also provided for multi split types.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 6-6 : Context menu for saving a preset ¾ Select Save/Preset X. The virtual keyboard will be displayed. ¾ Enter a name for the preset.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Click on the Camera control button. The camera control panel will be displayed. 6.4.1 Functions Fig. 6-9 : Camera control panel 1 Control buttons (left, right, up, down)
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Position name ¾ Right-click on the button of a PTZ preset. The context menu of the button will be displayed. Fig. 6-11 : Kontextmenü Festposition – Name ändern ¾...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Position name ¾ Right-click on the button of a PTZ preset. The context menu of the button will be displayed. ¾ Select Change name.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank ¾ Click the VGA/Audio settings button. Fig. 6-16 ¾ Select the Audio tab. ¾ Set the local speaker’s Volume. ¾ Set the volume of the output signal with Level OUT.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Playback mode The recorder changes from Playback/Live mode to Playback mode when selecting a track. The full functionality for track playback and analysis is available. Unnecessary functions are disabled (e.g.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 7-1 : Select track button ¾ Click the Select track button. The recorder will switch to Playback mode. The latest image in the LP track of the corres- ponding camera will be displayed.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 7.1.3 Changing the track There a different methods for changing the displayed track: Context menu ¾ Open the context menu of the split window.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Information window 12 Picture by picture backwards Delete all images of the track 13 Stop playback Recording on/off 14 Picture-by-picture forward Image export 15 Playback forward...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank ¾ Turn Audio on or Audio off. Magnifying glass (zoom) The magnifying glass function of the recorder is a digital section enlargement. Fig. 7-8 : Zoom button ¾...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Printing a image ¾ Click the Print image button to print the currently displayed image. Fig. 7-10 : Print image button This function is also provided when using the magnifying glass.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Search functions You can search for specific pictures and events via various functions. Fig. 8-1 ¾ Click the Search functions button. 5 tabs, corresponding to the search functions, are available for selection: •...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 8-3 ¾ You select the time by clicking the arrow buttons next to the hours, minutes and seconds. ¾ The picture search is started by clicking Start.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank ¾ Click the Search functions button and select the Index Search tab. Fig. 8-5 ¾ Then click the Events button (A). Fig. 8-6 You will now find seven events before and after the “Current Position”. The current position is the starting picture determined by the quick search or simple search before the search function is called up.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 8-7 ¾ Click A You can select the search criteria. You can select 4 search criteria used as an AND link for the search (B).
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 8.5.1 Basic procedure Steps A to D first show the basic course of the search function. Further settings can be found in the Advanced search options section.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 8.5.2 Advanced search options The search function is always carried out in accordance with the course described (A to D). However, the search result can be influenced by means of the settings in the Advanced Search Options dialog.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 8-12 : Rectangle not activated Intersection • If you have activated Intersection in the draw mode, only those rectangles are dis- played that are linked correspondingly with the marking drawn by you, depending on the search method (see Search mode).
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Balance Point Search • The rectangles that mark a figure change have an imaginary geometric balance point assigned. • If Balance Point Search is activated, a hit is always listed when this geometric balan- ce point lies within the marking drawn by you.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank General comparison of the search modes If one compares the two search modes, it becomes clear that more search results (hits) result during an intersection search than during a balance point search.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Export and Import Export The recordings can be saved (exported) on an external medium as single image or se- quence. NOTICE The recorder supports CD / CD RW / DVD + R / DVD + RW blanks only.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank The Cameras dialog will be displayed. Fig. 9-2 ¾ Select further cameras, if you want to export their corresponding images. ¾ Proceed analogous for each additional sequence you want to add to the export list.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Change file name The file name of every element in the export list may be changed arbitrary. ¾ Click with the left mouse button into the File Name column of the relevant list element.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank t3 t2 t4 t5 Traxk X Export sequence 1 Exportsequenz 1 Export sequence 1 Total sequence t3 t2 t4 t5 Fig. 9-5 ¾ Activate the Export as sequence checkbox.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank If the export medium already contains files they will be displayed in a list (A). Single (USB stick) or all files (CD/DVD-RW) can be erased with a click on the delete (B) button.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 9-8 : Search image ¾ Select the relevant track with a click on the appropriate camera button. ¾ Search the first image of the relevant sequence (B) (see chapter Playback control).
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 9-10 : Export dialog ¾ Activate the checkboxes (D) in order to display the export details. The completion of the export will be displayed by the messages Export finished.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 9-11 ¾ Select the relevant medium as Device. ¾ Select the relevant file (A). ¾ Confirm with the start import button (B). The Select Device for Import will be closed. The evaluation can be conducted analogous to the evaluation of a recorder track (see chapter Playback).
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 10 Erasing tracks Images that have already been recorded can be erased at any time. However, distinctions must be made between long play, secure and saved tracks.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 10-2 : Select track panel / Saved Track tab Click on the Saved Hold Up Tracks tab. ¾ Left-click the relevant track. ¾ Click on the Delete button.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 11 Reference image memory The reference image memory is used for comparing image quality and camera angle with revisions. It can then be determined whether the lens was adjusted or the physical position of the camera changed.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank The virtual keyboard will be displayed. ¾ Enter a name for the reference image set. The reference image set will be created and displayed with date and time in the Memory Selection field.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank The Reference Image Memory dialog will be hidden. The reference image will be dis- played as maximized single split. Fig. 11-5 : Reference image as maximized single split ¾...
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 12 System messages The protocols summarized as system messages cover user actions, results of the system integrity tests (e. g. camera failure) and messages from the internal system surveillance (e.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank This is different for a user with access level 3 or 4 (administrator, installer). If he logs in the warning dialog will be displayed showing all messages that have not been finally confirmed.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank • Actions System messages relating to actions carried out by the user will be displayed (e.g. chan- ging a setting, track playback). Click on Apply after selecting the message categories to start displaying the message list.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 12.4 Exporting system messages The system messages displayed in the Messages list can be exported to an USB stick. The system messages which are exported depend on the category selection and lower and upper time settings.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 12-7 ¾ Enter the maximum of messages you wish to save (max. 10.000). This setting will only take effect when the system updates the system messages, in other words when it writes a new message to the protocol file.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 13 Info dialog The information dialog displays many details related to the recorder, software, components and to the device status. ¾ Open the Info dialog via Setup > System > Info.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank The Activations dialog is solely an information dialog on the outfitting of the system, and no extensions can be made here. Functions which are not activated with a check are either not integrated in your system or are not enabled.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank CPU Information The CPU Information tab provides detailed information on the used CPU. Fig. 13-5 : CPU Information tab Recording The Recording tab provides information on recording duration and occupation of each track.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 13-7 Housekeeping tab ¾ The data will be actualised with a click on the Refresh button. Housekeeping Statistics ¾ Click on the Statistics button on the Housekeeping tab.
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 13-9 : HDD Status tab USB Devices This tab shows all USB devices connected to the USB bus of the recorder. Both internal and external devices will be shown.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 14 Browser The recorder allows the display of live images and the evaluation of track with a web brow- ser via the network. Note that •...
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DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Fig. 14-2 : Live image A Hide/show title bar B Switch display function C IP address of the recorder F Logout Note the detailed descriptions of the display functions in the documentation WebConfig.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 15 Switching unit off NOTE Data can be permanently lost if the device is switched off without being shut down. Ensure that the DMS is properly shut down.
DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank 16 Maintaining the unit Changing the filter mat and possibly occasional cleaning of the housing are the only main- tenance work that you have to carry out at your system.
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Hybrid audio and video recorder Types: DMS 80 Bank / DMS 160 Bank / DMS 240 Bank / DMS 240 HSR Bank Hereby the equipment is confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagne- tic Compatibility (2004/108/EG) and the Council Directive relating to Low Voltage (2006/95/ EG).
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