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INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Sixteen/Nine Channel Video Recorder About this manual Before installing and using this unit, please read this Manual carefully. Be sure to keep it handy for later reference. Date: Sep. 30th 2005 EDR1640/1620/920 V 1.0...
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Important Notice: Do not remove the hard disk while machine is recording. Or stop first before removing the hard disk. Updated on Oct 20 , 2005...
WARNING TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Do not use the appliance in an extreme environment where high temperature or high humidity exists. Use the appliance at temperature within indoor type DVR for 0 C ~ +40 C and a humidity below 90%.
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Safety Precautions The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated ” dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
Important Safeguards Important Safeguards Read Instruction---All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the unit is operated. Retain Instructions---The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings—All warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Follow Instructions—All operating and use instructions should be followed.
1. PRODUCT INTRODUCTION The Digital Video Recorder is the industry’s first full-featured digital video recorder designed specifically for use in security industry. The Digital Video Recorder incorporates all the benefits of digital video recording, is simple to install, and operates just like a VCR.
1.2 SPECIFICATIONS NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR Video Format Video Input 16 camera inputs (BNC), 1Vp-p/75ohm 1 BNC video out (1Vp-p/75ohm)and S-Video out for Main Monitor Video Output 1 BNC video out (1Vp-p/75ohm) for CALL Monitor 16 video out (1Vp-p/75ohm) for Lopping Video Compression MPEG4 720x480 (NTSC:120) / 720x576 (PAL:100)
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RS-232 9-pin female connector for local communication For Keyboard and PTZ connection RS-485 Audio 4 mono input, 1 mono (SPEAKER) output AC100~240V±5% Power Source...
1.3 FRONT PANEL KEYPADS REC: Press this key to start instant recording. STOP: Press this key to stop recording and playing back. PLAY: Play Back. PAUSE: Press this key to pause the playback picture. SEARCH: Press this key to enter the SEARCH MENU. COPY: Press this key to start to copy a still picture under PAUSE mode or video stream into Compact Flash card.
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SELECT: Press this key to select, to assign a camera to a display, to adjust screen display, and so on. MODE: Switch PIP, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13 and 16 displays in Live and Playback modes. ZOOM: Press this key while viewing the full screen image to display a magnified resolution on the monitor.
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Shuttle and Jog Dial Shuttle: In the Playback mode, turn the Shuttle dial to fast forward/rewind Jog Dial: In the Pause mode, turn the Jog dial to forward/rewind the video. System LEDs: LEDs for system active HDD , ALARM and LAN display Channel Key (1~16): Press Channel Key (CH1~CH16) to display video image in the full screen format, the corresponding picture will fill the whole screen of the monitor display.
1.4 BACK PANEL CONNECTORS POWER Main Power plug: Connect the DC 12~ 24V power source to adapter for AC 100~ 240V. AUDIO Audio IN: Audio inputs 1~4 for recording, and it can be set to “YES” or “NO” in the RECORD SETUP MENU.
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VIDEO IN For EDR1640/1620 Series: VIDEO OUT(1~16): BNC connectors for video looping out 1~16. VIDEO IN(1~16): BNC connectors for video input 1~16 . Alarm Input/Output Alarm Input ALM-INPUT: Normal open or normal close type alarm signal inputs. The Alarm Input can be selected as normal open (N.O.) or normal close (N.C.) input in the ALARM SETUP MENU.
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Connect from Cascade out of the DVR to Cascade In of another with BNC connectors. Repeat the same step for all your DVRs until you connect the last Cascade Out to the original DVR’s Cascade In.
1.5 MONITOR DISPLAY The status information of the cameras or machine will show up, and be located at different places on the screen. Channel tag: A channel tag indicates the channel name of the screen. Event sign: Event signals which are small icons with a capital letter and red background show the events on each screen.
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Select sign: You can assign a camera to a display by pressing SELECT key in live mode. Dial Jog to move the select sign to the display you would like to change camera, and then press channel key from the Channel Panel to relocate the camera. Play status bar: The play status bar appears in play back mode if you enable a status bar on the screen (Please see DISPLAY, 8 date, play time and play status are shown in the play status bar.
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1. Current date: The current date which is set in the TIME/DATE SETUP MENU. 2. Record status: It shows REC and recording hard disk number. “REC”, it shows when machine is recording. “R01”, the recording hard disk number. There is only one hard disk available in this model, so it always shows R01 when recording.
2. INSTALLATION The installations described below should be done by qualified service personnel or system installers. 2.1 PACKING LIST Please check accessories in the packing before the 2.2 SYSTEM FLOORPLAN Please refer to the following diagram for the system connections. Note: Monitor and Camera must be purchased separately.
RJ45 connector Ethernet cable or wireless network (IEEE 802.11b/g). RS232/RS485 Digital Video Recorder is enabled control from the PC or EverFocus keyboard via RS232/RS485. Main/Call Monitor Connect the Main/Call monitor output connector to a Main/Call monitor. The Main/Call monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in any available format.
3. MENU SETUP To set up the machine before using is necessary, especially first time to use. Press MENU key to enter the MAIN MENU. Press MENU key or click on the arrow at the top right corner of the screen with a mouse to quit current setting, and go back to last setting.
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In the TIME/DATE SETUP MENU, we define : (1) TIME FORMAT: There are two time formats that are 12 HOUR and 24 HOUR to be selected. (2) TIME: Current time Hour: 00 ~ 23 (1 ~ 12 if TIME FORMAT is 12 HOUR) Minute : 00 ~ 59 Second: 00 ~ 59 (3) DATE FORMAT:...
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(6) START TIME: To set the start time of daylight saving time. To set the start month of daylight saving time: Dial the jog to set the start month. To set the start week of daylight saving time: Dial the jog to set the start week. 1 ST 2 ND 3 RD...
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(8) TIME SYNCHRONIZE: Select “ON” or “OFF” to enable or disable time synchronize which can let you have correct time automatically when network is connected. (9) TIME SERVER: You can set the time server address where you locate if you connect to network and enable time synchronize.
3.2 CAMERA SETUP MENU In the CAMERA SETUP MENU, we define : (1) TITLE: The title setting allows you to assign a title to each camera input. Titling with 12 characters is supported in each channel. The available alphanumeric characters are: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z, ( ) .
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(5) REC QUALITY: Select an image quality for recording. Normal record image quality and event record image quality can be set individually. There are six different qualities available. A higher image quality needs more HDD space. The theory space needed per second lists below: ESTIMATE BIT SIZE SUPERIOR : 4.0 Mega Bits/sec...
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(7) SUMMARY : Dial Jog to change items in the SUMMERY table. All camera’s statuses are shown in the SUMMARY table. The table is for checking camera overall statuses only, not for setting. You can check the following statues: “Title”, “Install”, “Covert”, “SEQ (Main/Call)”, “Quality”, “TP1~8 Normal Speed”...
3.3 RECORD SETUP MENU In the RECORD SETUP MENU, we define : (1) RECORD AUDIO: YES: Audio will be recorded when machine is recording. NO: Audio will not be recorded when machine is recording. (2) TIME STAMP: ON: The time stamp will show on the video and picture when recording. OFF: The time stamp will not show on the video and picture when recording.
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(6) RECORD MODE: REWRITE: Continue recording. Disk will be overwritten when it is full. STOP: Stop recording when disk is full.
3.4 ALARM SETUP MENU In the ALARM SETUP MENU, we define : (1) ALARM: ENABLE: Enable alarm detection. DISABLE: Disable alarm detection. (2) ALARM TYPE: N. O. : Normal Open alarm. N.C. TRANS. : When the alarm is triggered, buzzer starts to function no matter how long is the alarm duration set until you set it back to N.C.
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(4) RETRIGGER: Re-trigger the alarm. YES : The duration time starts when an alarm is triggered. The duration time restarts from 0 when a new alarm is triggered during an alarm action. NO : The alarm signal will not be triggered again during duration time. (5) DURATION: Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds.
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(12) MATRIX MON 1: Display on matrix monitor 1 when an alarm occurs. NO CHANGE: Nothing changes on the display in the matrix monitor 1 when an alarm occurs. CAMERA 1~16: Display an assigned camera in full screen mode to the matrix monitor 1. (13) MATRIX MON 2: Display on matrix monitor 2 when an alarm occurs.
3.5 MOTION SETUP MENU In the MOTION SETUP MENU, we define : (1) MOTION: ENABLE: Enable motion detection. DISABLE: Disable motion detection. Note: Motion only works in live and playback modes. It is invalid when you are setting menus. (2) SENSITIVITY: The sensitivity allows users to adjust to a suitable motion detection sensitivity.
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(6) EMAIL/NETWORK: YES: Send an email / Enable alarm network when an alarm occurs. NO: Do not send an email / Disable alarm network when an alarm occurs. The email address and e-mail server can be set in the NETWORK SETUP MENU. (7) BUZZER: Motion buzzer.
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(13) MATRIX MON 4: Display on matrix monitor 4 when an alarm occurs. NO CHANGE: Nothing changes on the display in the matrix monitor 4 when an alarm occurs. CAMERA 1~16: Display an assigned camera in full screen mode to the matrix monitor 4. (14) SUMMARY: Dial Jog to change items in the SUMMERY table.
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Dial JOG or scroll the tilt wheel of the mouse to select a horizontal area, and press ENTER or tilt wheel of the mouse to switch a horizontal area. To quit the motion area edit, press MENU or right-click the mouse to obtain a selection menu, select “EXIT”...
3.6 VLOSS SETUP MENU In the VLOSS (Video Loss) SETUP MENU, we define : (1) VLOSS: ENABLE: Enable video loss detection. DISABLE: Disable video loss detection. (2) DURATION: Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds. The default value is 5 seconds.
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(6) ALARM NETWORK: YES: Enable alarm network. NO: Disable alarm network. (7) SUMMARY: All video loss’s statuses are shown in SUMMARY table. This table is only for checking video loss overall statuses, not for setting.
3.7 NETWORK SETUP MENU There are 4 subentries that are CONFIG, ALARM, EMAIL and PASSWORD in the NETWORK SETUP MENU. Each of them has to be set up completely before the network functions. 3.7.1 CONFIG Please Note: Since every Network Configuration is different, please contact your Network Administrator or ISP for how to assign those IP addresses and port numbers.
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Please Note: Since every Network Configuration is different, please contact your Network administrator or ISP for how to assign those IP addresses and port numbers. DVR can send out Alarm message to an Alarm Server. In the ALARM of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define: (1) PROTOCOL: Select which communication protocol with Alarm servers or Alarm receiving clients.
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(4) SERVER 1 : assign the IP address of Alarm server 1. (5) SERVER 2 : assign the IP address of Alarm server 2. (6) SERVER 3 : assign the IP address of Alarm server 3. 3.7.3 EMAIL In the ALARM of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : (1) SMTP SERVER: assign the SMTP (e-mail) server’s IP address.
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For example: In Motion Setup Menu, if the “EMAIL/NETWORK” is set to “YES”, this e-mail address will receive a text message and an “ARV” format of a still image from DVR when Motion is triggered. This “ARV” file can be played back by opening “EDRViewer.exe” that you downloaded from the DVR or the Remote Viewer.
3.8 SCHEDULE SETUP MENU In the SCHEDULE SETUP MENU, we define : (1) DAY: MON (Monday), TUE (Tuesday), WED (Wednesday), THU (Thursday), FRI (Friday), SAT (Saturday), SUN (Sunday). WDAY: Weekday, from Monday to Friday. WEND: Weekend, Saturday and Sunday. DLY: Daily. (2) START: The start time of a scheduled record time zone.
3.9 DISK SETUP MENU In the DISK SETUP MENU, we define : (1) DISK INFORMATIONS: Select disks, there are 4 disks in each table. A maximum of 40 disks is available for this model. (2) DISK VIDEO DELETE: The disk you want to delete. Press SELECT to start delete.
3.10 CONTROL SETUP MENU In the CONTROL SETUP MENU, we define : (1) RS 232: BAUD RATE: There are 5 different speeds that can be used to transmit instruction or information through the RS232 port on the device, which are 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 and 57600 BPS.
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DATA BIT: Select data bit : 7or 8. The default setting from the factory is 8. Note: RS 485 pin definition is shown in APPENDIX B. (3) RS 232 / RS 485 ID: Select ID : from 001 to 255. (4) PTZ PROTOCOL: Select PTZ Protocol: EVERFOCUS, PELCO-D, PELCO-P or ED22002250.
3.11 WARNING SETUP MENU In Warning Setup Menu, you will be able to do warning setting when the following situations occur: 3.11.1 FAN FAULT In FAN FAULT, we define: BUZZER: Fan buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when the fan does not work. DISABLE: To disable fan buzzer.
3.11.2 HDD TEMP. In HDD TEMP., we define: BUZZER: HDD TEMPERATURE buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when HDD’s temperature is over 70 ° C. DISABLE: To disable HDD TEMP. buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: The setting of alarms which are NONE, 1, 2, 3 and 4. ALARM DURATION: PERMANENT NETWORK ALARM: YES: To enable network alarm.
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3.11.3 NO HDD In NO HDD, we define: BUZZER: NO HDD buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when no HDD has been found. DISABLE: To disable NO HDD buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: The setting of alarms which are NONE, 1, 2, 3 and 4. ALARM DURATION: Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds.
3.11.4 HDD FULL In HDD FULL, we define: BUZZER: HDD FULL buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when HDD is full. DISABLE: To disable HDD FULL buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: The setting of alarms which are NONE, 1, 2, 3 and 4. ALARM DURATION: Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds.
3.12 SYSTEM SETUP MENU In the SYSTEM SETUP MENU, we define : (1) SYSTEM VERSION: Current system firmware version. (2) SYSTEM VIDEO FORMAT: NTSC or PAL System can detect the input signal type automatically from camera 1 while system is booting up. Users do not need to set it up. Note: The signal type is detected by camera 1, so camera 1 input has to be connected.
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(5) LANGUAGE: System language can be set in different languages. Note: The available language depends on the different areas and countries. (6) QUICK PLAY: Set up the start play time of the normal play mode. TIME: Quick play time, 5 to 59 minutes ago. The default value is 10 minutes. ON: Enable quick play.
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Note: After upgrading system software, please do the following actions before recording: Load System Default in System Setup Menu. Delete disk in Disk Setup Menu. LEVEL LEVEL-3 RIGHT ADMINISTRATOR DISPLAY MODE ZOOM SELECT CALL MENU COPY SEARCH PLAY STOP PAUSE Note: The above table will be updated if there is any change.
4. RECORDING 4.1 INSTANT RECORDING Press the Record key to start to record immediately. When REC is pressed, the pictures being monitored will be recorded in the HDD. •The recording rate, recording quality and recording speed can be set in the CAMERA SETUP MENU.
4.2 SCHEDULE RECORDING Set up the DAY, START time, END time and then enable the SET in the SCHEDULE SETUP MENU. Please refer to SCHEDULE SETUP MENU, to see setting procedure and more details. 4.3 EVENT RECORDING We define two event types which are ALARM and MOTION events can be recorded. After the event recording is enabled, the EDR1640/1620/920 will start an event recording when an event occurs.
2. After enabling an event, you need to set a time zone in the SCHEDULE SETUP MENU. An event recording has to be included in a scheduled time zone. You can refer to SCHEDULE SETUP MENU to set up a time zone which you would like to record when an event occurs. 3.
5. PLAYING BACK 5.1 NORMAL PLAYBACK (1) Playback Press the PLAY key to start playing back the stored image/audio. The video start time depends on the immediate play setting in the SYSTEM SETUP MENU. PLAY (2) STOP Press the STOP key to stop playing back. STOP (3) Fast Forward/Reverse Playback Press the PLAY key to start playing back.
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(4) Slow Forward/Reverse Playback During playback mode, press PAUSE key to freeze the playing back picture. PAUSE Turn the Shuttle dial clockwise, to start slow forward playback. The speed will show on the status bar of the bottom screen. >> 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and press ENTER at the same time to fasten the play speed.
5.2 SEARCH PLAYBACK Press the SEARCH key to enter the SEARCH MENU. SEARCH In the SEARCH MENU, Dial the Jog clockwise or counterclockwise to change subentry values. Press the ENTER key to go next subentry in search menu setting, and press the DISPLAY key to go last subentry in search menu setting.
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(2) EVENT Search Playback You can change different event search methods if you select “BY EVENT” instead of “BY TIME / DATE”. 7 events which are ALARM, MOTION, VLOSS, A/M, A/V, M/V and A/M/V can be selected. The indications of events show below. EVENT ALARM Search ALARM events...
6. COPY TO A VIDEO FILE Insert a USB pocket driver into USB slot on the front panel to copy. USB SLOT: Digital Video Recorder allows users to select the camera for copying image to movie file or copying EDR Viewer player.
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In the COPY MENU, we define: COPY: Select Image for copying images to movie file. Select Viewer for copying EDR viewer player. DISK NO: Disk number. It is fixed as “01” in this series. CAMERA NO: Camera number. You can select the video of camera you would like to copy. START DATE &...
7. CALL Press the CALL key and the CALL MENU will pop up as below. In the CALL MENU, we define : (1) SEQ: Sequence display on the Call/Matrix monitor. Press SEQ to switch “ON” or “OFF” of the sequence status. (2) OSD: Channel name display on the Call/Matrix monitor.
8. SCREEN DISPLAY SETTING In a full screen display, press SELECT key to pop up the display adjustment window as below: In the screen display setting menu, we define: (1) CAMERA: The display setting of the current camera. (2) BRIGHTNESS: The bright percentage of the current camera; from 0% to 100%. (3) CONTRAST: The contrast percentage of the current camera;...
10. REMOTE VIEWER Basic Operations and Login Display: Go to the Internet Explorer, key in the network IP address, for example, http://220.228.98.9 (must be the same IP address as the one assigned to the unit from the Network Setting Menu. please contact your ISP or MIS for the IP assignment) The LOGIN dialog will be shown on the screen.
Main Screen The above diagram is the main screen display. The icons on the lower corner of the screen are mainly for control and configuration, those on the right corner are for status indication. If any icon is grayed, it means that the specific function is not accessible in the current mode. The followings are a brief description for each of the icons.
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7. The system allows up to 3 ways to playback video, by EVENT LIST, Time and PTZ Control. (Playback by EVENT LIST, click “Update” button to show list) (Playback by Time) (Playback by PTZ Control)
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Search from EVENT LIST: Select Event Type from Alarm, Motion and Vloss. Press Update button to refresh the event list. III. All events of the selected type will be displaying along with Date/Time, event type (represents by a capital letter), camera number (represents by a number), e.g.
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14. Quad screen view. 15. Nine split screen view. 16. A pop-up menu to select camera to view will be shown by right-clicking the mouse. 17. Download viewer I. To download viewer, press “EverFocus” logo on the right top corner of the screen.
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II. Select “Run” or “Save” the file. III. Open the EDRViewer.exe for loading the archived EDR MPEG Files (.arv)
APPENDIX A : RS232 specifications This Digital Video Recorder can be controlled by a computer or a terminal via a RS232 standard D-SUB 9-pin RS-232 connector. D-SUB 9-pin connector The pin assignment of the 9-pin D-SUB connector Digital Video Recorder PIN # NAME NOT CONNECTED...
APPENDIX B : RS-485 (RJ45) specifications There are two RS-485 (RJ-45) connectors of one port on the back panel of the DVR. Please refer to the following pin assignment for application. APPENDIX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...
Each alarm input requires two wires, one wire connects to the desired alarm input pin, the second wire connects to the ground.The alarm signal assignment is shown at the following. <Figure 1> D-SUB 37 pin female connector (DVR) PIN # NAME...
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