Swann SW244-8ML Quick Start Manual
Swann SW244-8ML Quick Start Manual

Swann SW244-8ML Quick Start Manual

A.i.dvr

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QUICK START GUIDE
We've included this convenient Quick start guide to show you basic functions and techniques that will help you quickly master DVR.

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  • Page 1 QUICK START GUIDE We’ve included this convenient Quick start guide to show you basic functions and techniques that will help you quickly master DVR.
  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres- ence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
  • Page 3: Operation

    TABLE OF CONTENTS REMOTE CONTROLLER DISPLAY / SEQUENCE PRIVACY / MUTE / AUDIO RECORD SEARCH BACKUP RS-232 / ALARM REMOTE VIEWER RECORDING SCHEDULE CAMERA REGISTRATION PRE-POST RECORDING 2. INTERNET & NETWORK NETWORK CONNECTION SERVICE PORT & DDNS INFORMATION & UPDATE 5.
  • Page 4: Product Introduction

    PRODUCT INTRODUCTION A.I. DVR is an ideal cost-effective CCTV solution for smallscale surveillance systems. A I DV Easy to install and use, the A.I. DVR performs 5 actions simultaneously. - Monitors 8 or 16 cameras - Records video in MPEG-4 format with audio - Control sensor &...
  • Page 5: Package Contents

    PACKAGE CONTENTS Manual Power Cord NOTICE If anything is missing from the package, please notify the shop you purchased DVR from. REMOTE CONTROLLER PANIC RECORDING - Emergency recording PLAYBACK CONTROL - Search videos SEQUENCE - Sequence On/Off DISPLAY - Change Screen Mode FUNCTION - PTZ mode Enter/Exit FOCUS CONTROL - Focus Near/Far ENTER - Confirm selection or Setting...
  • Page 6: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL RECORDING - Start / Stop recording manually DISPLAY - Change screen mode SEQUENCE - Sequence On/Off OSD - OSD On/Off MUTE - Sound On/Off EJECT - Eject a CD from CD-ROM LED - Power/HDD/CD-RW/Network SEARCH MODE CONTROL - Playback recorded data LIVE/SEARCH - Change Live/Search Mode MENU - Enter/Exit the setup menu or sub-menu DIRECTION BUTTONS - Move cursor...
  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    REAR PANEL (8 CHAN- ALARM IN & OUT CAMERA × 8 CAMERA CONNECTION POWER CONNECTION & POWER SWITCH Camera Connection Connect the CCD cameras to VIDEO IN on the rear panel of the DVR. Audio connection Connect a microphone to AUDIO IN 1 & 2 and speaker to AUDIO OUT on the rear panel of DVR.
  • Page 8: Camera Connection

    REAR PANEL (16 ALARM IN & OUT POWER CONNECTION & POWER SWITCH Camera Connection Connect the CCD cameras to VIDEO IN on the rear panel of the DVR. Audio connection Connect a microphone to AUDIO IN 1 & 2 and speaker to AUDIO OUT on the rear panel of DVR.
  • Page 9 Convention used in this This manual is a setup and maintenance guide that can be used for refer- ence when setting up the unit and for troubleshooting when a problem occurs. Only authorized personnel should attempt to repair this unit. This manual explains about 16 channels DVR.
  • Page 10 OPERATION OPERA How to display DVR information On Screen Display(OSD) To toggle between the all OSD display mode and all OSD hide modes, press the To to button on the remote controller or the OSD Live Mode (Black) Date/Time Disk Space : Audio Off &...
  • Page 11 How to display each channel & multichannel (DISPLAY) It takes about 20 seconds to initialize the DVR after input power. Once the DVR completes the initializing process, it will display the live video on the connected VGA monitor. Press the camera channel number or channel number To change display mode: REMOTE CONTROLLER...
  • Page 12 How to hide monitoring channels for privacy Go to SETUP menu(1.BASIC SETTING - setting the private protection. Press the MENU remote controller. Select ‘On’ in a privacy tab of the channel which you want to set up. Monitoring channels will not be shown on the screen. But the video can be recorded and played in the search mode.
  • Page 13 How to record monitoring channels All channels are recorded automatically when you use DVR at first time. If you want to change the recording schedule, you can change it in the SETUP menu(1.BASIC SETTING - There are four ways for recording; Schedule recording, PANIC recording, Motion Event recording and Alarm Input recording.
  • Page 14 How to playback recorded video (Normal Search) In the playback mode you can playback the video at various speeds and forward or reverse direction. To search the archive of recorded video, press the LIVE/SEARCH on the remote controller or the LIVE/SEARCH select Go search by a mouse on context menu.
  • Page 15 How to search recorded video (Advanced Search) There are three ways in advanced search: STATISTICS SEARCH, SMART SEARCH, and EVENT SEARCH. STATISTICS SEARCH CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS shows size of total data on the HDD by period by time, week or month. Select one category.
  • Page 16: Backup Mode

    EVENT SEARCH NOTICE The description of moving cursor or settings see the TABLE 1 (8 page) of front page. How to backup recorded video Context menu will be appeared when you press MENU controller or press MENU at Search mode selects BACKUP in context menu. Orange OSD will be appeared on the screen.
  • Page 17: Ptz Mode

    How to connect & control PTZ The RS-485 connector can be used to control PTZ(Pan, Tilt, Zoom) cameras. Con- nect TRX+ / TRX- of the control system to the TRX+ / TRX- (respectively) of the DVR. Connect PTZ camera to RS-485 at the rear panel of DVR. NOTICE Due to specification of camera is various flowing manufacturer, please refer to the manual of camera for more detailed information about connecting and setting PTZ cameras.
  • Page 18: Set Mode

    SET MODE During PTZ mode, you can enter the SET MODE using Fn button. You can set up PTZ cameras and Pre-set positions at the SET MODE. To enter SET MODE, please press Fn button on remote controller or front panel or click the Fn icon on the screen.
  • Page 19: Screen-Keyboard

    How to connect RS-232 port Connecting to the RS-232 Port Connec Connect to RS-232 port with D-sub 9 pin if the external device uses RS-232 communication signal for control or data communication. Configuring the RS-232 is same as RS-485. For RS-232 setting, see “6. TECHNICAL SETTING – external device, refer to its manufacture’s manual.
  • Page 20 Setting to the motion alarm Go to SETUP menu(6.TECHNICAL SETTING - alarm. Setting to the ETC (Alarm Input method, RS-232). Go to SETUP menu(6.TECHNICAL SETTING - MOTION ALARM OUTPUT) to do setting the motion When motion is detected in each camera channel during active time, alarm output device operates for alarm duration time.
  • Page 21: Installation

    Remote Viewer - Overview INSTALLATION NOTICE When WEB SERVICE PORT was set by 80 in 2. INTERNET & NETWORK - DDNS menus, type IP address or domain into the address bar in Microsoft® Internet Explorer™ However, when port number is not 80, you must type port number behind IP address or domain. (ex.
  • Page 22: Audio Setup

    The button descriptions related with the remote viewer’s operation are as follows: FUNCTIONS CONNECT / DISCONNECT MODE SETUP CAPTURE IMAGE MUTE AUDIO SEQUENCE DISPLAY MODE NEXT GROUP SCREEN MODE (FULL/NORMAL) SETUP Set buffering time for stable video transmission via network. As buffering set time the video transmission is delayed.
  • Page 23 SEQUENCE & DISPLAY MODE When you click a DISPLAY button and SEQUENCE <Default Display Mode> NOTICE If you want to see large screen at some mode which marks with an asterisk click on desired channel. Large screen and small screen will be switched. DVR Remote Viewer (Playback &...
  • Page 24: How To Backup

    HOW TO BACKUP Click button <BACKUP ICON> <BANK PLAYER> NOTICE Show the current mode status. Live Mode ------------------------------------------- Normal Search Mode ----------------------------- Smart Search Mode ------------------------------- Backup Search Mode ----------------------------- PC Requirement for Remote Software(Recommended) MEMORY VIDEO MEMORY RESOLUTION BROWSER Searching for backup interval Click If backup window appears on the screen, you can select date and...
  • Page 26: Mouse Function

    How to move the SETUP menus 1 Press to display the MAIN MENU MAIN MENU NOTICE Move mouse cursor on the screen where you want to set and click to select. MOUSE FUNCTION Left Key : To ENTER or SELECT menu or settings increase Wheel : To scroll up or down Right Key : To controll when view live or search mode or settings decrease LOG IN...
  • Page 27: Basic Setting

    SETUP Press MENU to enter the SETUP menu. Press one more time to exit. 1. BASIC SETTING RECORDING SCHEDULE Press buttons on remote controller to select RECORDING SCHEDULE in SETUP menu. CAUTION If you set to ‘0’ frame, recording will be disabled even though PANIC. So recommend setting over 1 frame.
  • Page 28: Camera Registration

    CAMERA REGISTRATION Press buttons on remote controller to select CAMERA REGISTRATION in SETUP menu. NOTICE If you set to ‘0’ frame, you can not set MOTION AREA and SENSITIVITY. AUDIO Press buttons on remote controller to select AUDIO in SETUP menu. NOTICE Audio is supported only 2 channels.
  • Page 29: Pre-Post Recording

    HDD (Hard Disk Drive) Press buttons on remote controller to select HDD in SETUP menu. CAUTION If you click FORMAT, warning window will be displayed. Once the HDD is formatted, all recorded data, system logs and event logs will be lost. PRE-POST RECORDING Press buttons on remote controller to select PRE-POST RECORDING in SETUP menu.
  • Page 30: Internet & Network

    2. INTERNET & NETWORK Set Network Connection and DDNS in INTERNET & NETWORK. NETWORK CONNECTION Press buttons on remote controller to select NETWORK CONNECTION in SETUP menu. NOTICE When you select DHCP and press APPLY button SERVICE PORT & DDNS Press buttons on remote controller to select SERVICE PORT &...
  • Page 31: Update Server

    UPDATE SERVER Press buttons on remote controller to select UPDATE SERVER in SETUP menu. UPDATE SERVER Type the Update server address. Recover all the settings to the original DEFAULT settings by a manufacturer.
  • Page 32 3. DISPLAY Set ADJUSTMENT, OSD and SEQUENCE in DISPLAY. ADJUSTMENT Press buttons on remote controller to select ADJUSTMENT in SETUP menu. NOTICE If you set ‘0’ frame at SETUP menu (1.BASIC SETTING - SETTING), you can not adjust this channel. Press buttons on remote controller to select OSD in SETUP menu.
  • Page 33 SEQUENCE Press buttons on remote controller to select SEQUENCE in SETUP menu. NOTICE You can not set ‘0 Sec’ all of DURATION. You can not also set DURATION only 16 Channel mode. 4. SYSTEM Set INFORMATION & UPDATE, DATE/TIME, SYSTEM LOG and SHUT- DOWN in SYSTEM menu.
  • Page 34: System Log

    How to update via USB storage WARNING Please note that because updating firmware has potential risk, please do it with caution! Do not turn off power or reset your system at this stage! DATE/TIME Press buttons on remote controller to select DATE/TIME in SETUP menu. WARNING If you set a date and time that is older than some of records, all data dated later than the new date and time will be deleted.
  • Page 35: Password & Parameter

    SHUTDOWN Press buttons on remote controller to select SHUTDOWN in SETUP menu. CAUTION If you turn the power off without shutting down the system, it can lead to data lost or cause physi- cal damage of the HDD. DVR will verify abnormality of HDD at next start up. So, it may take booting time longer. 5.
  • Page 36: Set Factory Default

    PARAMETER Press buttons on remote controller to select PARAMETER in SETUP menu. NOTICE The configuration file “DVRParm.dat” should be saved into a “Parm” folder on the USB storage to load parameter. Load parameter saved on the USB storage. LOAD PARAMETER Save the current parameter on the USB SAVE storage.
  • Page 37: Technical Setting

    6. TECHNICAL SETTING Set PTZ & RS-485, EVENT, ALARM INPUT, MOTION ALARM OUTPUT and REMOTE CONTROL in TECHNICAL SETTING menu. PTZ & RS-485 Press buttons on remote controller to select PTZ in SETUP menu. NOTICE All of settings must be the same as the PTZ camera’s settings. The settings is different from the camera’s models.
  • Page 38: Alarm Input

    ALARM INPUT Press buttons on remote controller to select ALARM INPUT in SETUP menu. MOTION ALARM OUTPUT Press buttons on remote controller to select MOTION ALARM OUTPUT in SETUP menu. REMOTE CONTROLLER Press buttons on remote controller to select REMOTE CONTROLLER in SETUP menu. If several DVRs are installed, you can control DVRs totally or selectively using one remote controller.
  • Page 39: Remote Controller

    How to use DVR ID Press ID and current DVR ID number and then ENTER remote controller. DVR ID (1) ETC. Press buttons on remote controller to select ETC. in SETUP menu. Press the number button same as current DVR ID Current DVR ID SENSOR INPUT Select sensor action way between NC(NORMAL CLOSE) or NO(NORMAL OPEN).
  • Page 40: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Compression Data Size Image Size Video Input/Output TV Output VGA Output Screen Split Control Recording Frame Compression Input/Output Sensor Input Alarm Output Operating System HDD Storage Backup Storage External Control H/W Watchdog Network Serial Recording Mode Search method Motion Detection Software Dimensions (W x H x D) Weight...
  • Page 41: Troubleshooting (Faq)

    TROUBLESHOOTING(FAQ) QUESTION I can’t turn on DVR. What is the correct jumper setting for using a single hard disk drive? DEVICE Can I install two hard drives in DVR? How can I reset DVR to the factory default setting? I forgot my password. What should I do? Can USB memory stick be used? I see nothing after I turn on DVR.
  • Page 42 MEMO NETWORK DVR...

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