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Mace DVR0414 Operational Manual

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Security Products, Inc. Presents:
Digital Video Recorder based on Mpeg4 Technology

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  • Page 1 Mace Security Products, Inc. Presents: Digital Video Recorder based on Mpeg4 Technology...
  • Page 2 Thanks for purchasing products of Mace Security International, Inc. For your convenience in calling for service or technical support, please record the following important information: Model: DVR0414, DVR56MR, DVR15MR (select one) Hard Disk: 80G, or __________ Serial #: Date Purchased:...

  • Page 3: Installation Environment

    General Safety Precautions This manual applies to Mace 4-channel non-realtime series Digital Video Recorders. There are three models in this series, DVR0414, DVR56MR, and DVR15MR. DVR0414 will be used in all illustrations. Installation Environment Open Product Box and Verify Contents...
  • Page 4 Two AAA batteries 3. Before Power-up Make sure the orange tab is set to 110V at the back of the DVR power supply Be sure the UPS power supply is properly connected Be sure to plug power cord into a reliable 110 VAC power source...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1: Product Specifications and Features 1. Product Specification 2. Product Features 3. Storage Matrix Chapter 2: Basic System Operations 1. Start/Stop the DVR 2. Recording 3. Alarm Input/Output 4. Pan-Tilt Control 5. Network Operation Chapter 3: Front Panel Operations 1.
  • Page 6 3. Operation of the Right Click Menu Items 4. Record Search and Playback 5. System Configuration 6. Assistant Chapter 5: System Connections 1. DVR Rear View 2. RS-485 Port Connection Appendix 1 Frequently Asked Questions Appendix 2 Hard Disk Installation LIMITED WARRANTY...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Product Specifications And Features

    Chapter 1 Product Specifications and Features 1. Product Specifications Product Features     Storage Matrix        ...
  • Page 8 1. Product Specifications Parameter Processor Operation system Real-time operation system PSOS Video input Channel Video output Channel Audio input Channel 200-1000mv10K (RCA) Audio output Channel Video display 1,4 ,5 windows display Video standard NTSC 525 line, 60f/s System resource Non real-time recording and simultaneous network operation, independent local playback Image resolution Real-time monitor 704 576, playback 352 288, Motion detection...

  • Page 9: Product Features

    Internally can hold 2 IDE-compatible large capacity Hard disk(HDD) Alternative HDD operations that will reduce the power consumption and heat emission. Overwrite (FIFO) and Stop (HDD Full) modes for DVR HDD recording. Back-up USB port for external back up of records.
  • Page 10 Alarm relay 4 channel external alarm input, video lost alarm and motion detection alarm. Multi channel relay switch alarm output activates alarm relay and on-site light control. Circuit Protection for Alarm inputs and outputs. Pan-tilt Control Supports Camera Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Functions using RS485 Communication Protocol. Integrates multiple protocols to control various PTZ speed domes.

  • Page 11: Storage Matrix

    Resolution Coding Note: DVR0414 supports 30 frames per second recording in total for the whole machine. Users may chose to record a single channel in real time (30 fps) or split the system resources evenly among several channels. Under the LIMITED mode, every one of the four cameras will be recording at a fix rate of 7.5 fps. Under the AUTO mode, depending on the number of channels that are recording, a channel can take 30, 15, 10 or 7.5 fps.
  • Page 12 Image Quality MP4(VBR) 15F/S Days 10F/S 85kb/s 71kb/s 144kb/s 109kb/s 158kb/s 133kb/s 227kb/s 175kb/s 292kb/s 258kb/s 557kb/s 443kb/s Days 7.5F/S Days 69kb/s 92kb/s 114kb/s 159kb/s 200kb/s 333kb/s...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Basic System Operations

    Chapter 2 Basic System Operations 1. Start/Stop the DVR Recording     Alarm Input/Output         Pan-tilt Control         Network        ...
  • Page 14 Start the recorder Plug in the power line; switch on the power button at the back of the recorder; power indicator light on; DVR on; default single window for the video output displays; press Enter the Log-in screen appears on Monitor; If the starting time is within the programmed recording time, the system will start recording function automatically.
  • Page 15 2. Recording The default recording mode after startup of the DVR is 24 hr continuous recording for each channel. The User can program customized recording times for each camera. Instructions for the different recording modes are as follows: a) Schedule Recording: ? Enter the menu, and set the timing period for the recording.

  • Page 16: Network Operation

    ? Confirm correct network connections between DVR and computer ? Set the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the computer and DVR separately. If there is no router in the network, only the IP address is needed. If there are routers in the network, please enter the related gateway and subnet mask.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Front Panel Operations

    Chapter 3 Front Panel Operations 1. Front Panel Overview Detail Key Function     Enter/Leave the Operation Menu         Maneuver in the Operation Menu         Menu Overview         6.
  • Page 18 Front Panel Description Up Direction (Ch 1) Enter Slow Play (#2) Play Next Section (#5) No.3 Recording Light Note: Outside Ring of the jog shuttle when turning clockwise is equal to right direction arrow, turning counterclockwise is equal to left direction arrow; inner circle turning clockwise equal to down direction, otherwise equal to up direction.
  • Page 19 2. Keys functions Order Key name Logo Power switch and 14, 19 POWER indication light 15, 18 Recording light 16, 17 2, 6 Left and right 1, 4 Up and down Cancel Enter ENTER Function assistant Function Power switch Power off by pressing the key for 4 seconds Indication light If the light is red ,it means recording Transverse moving, shifting level1and level2 menu;...
  • Page 20 Play last section Slow play Play/pause Fast Forward Play next section Note: (1) The four direction keys can be used to switch channels under the single camera view. (2) The five playback control keys represent numerical key 1 to 5 while changing the system configuration.
  • Page 21 Operation Menu Overview To enter the Operation Menu, press Enter key twice, the system will prompt for password. Default Administrator password is “555555”. (Note: Default User password is “444444”. (Note: If not touched for 5 minutes, the system will automatically logout the currently user. For security reason, the Administrator may choose to manually logout under Menu/ Logout is the #5 key) is the #4 key)
  • Page 22 4. Maneuver in the Menu System Operation Button-pressing step order 1 Confirm Enter During real-time monitor, press to open the password prompt, type in the correct password, Enter main then the menu will auto open. menu and 2 Direction arrows Use arrows to select Icon Choice.
  • Page 23 Main menu Menu level 1 RECORD SEARCH LIST ALARM FILE INFO INFORMATION HARD DISK STATE VERSION Menu level 2 DATE 24-10-2003 TIME 2:20 PM PLAY START DATE 24-10-2003 TIME 2:20 PM LIST SEARCH DATE 24-10-2003 SEARCH START HDD NUM 0 2 HDD CAP 0160086 M FREE SPACE 000000 M...

  • Page 24: Menu Overview

    Menu Overview Main menu Menu level 1 DATE FORMAT TIME GENERAL FORMAT SYSTEM SAVE SETTING HDDFULL OVERWRITE RECORDLEN 60 MIN REMOTEADDR 008 WEEK SCHEDULE TIME1 STATE TIME2 STATE MODE FRAMERATE IMAGE QUANTITY VIDEO LOSS TYPE RECORD CH ALARM ALMOUT DELAY TIME1 TIME2 Menu level 2...

  • Page 25: Playback

    Main menu Menu level 1 PANTILT PROTOCOL NONE CONTROL BAUDRATE 4800 ADDRRESS 108 SUBNETMASK GATEWAY NETWORK SYSTEM WEB PORT TCP PORT SETTING MONITOR PLAYBACK CH 1 DELAY 30 SEC MOTION ALMOUT DETECTION SENS AREA TIME1 00:00 – 24-00 OFF TIME2 00:00 – 24:00 OFF GUEST * * * * * * PASSWORD CONFIRM * * * * * *...
  • Page 26 Main menu Menu level 1 BACKUP RECORDS BACKUP DELETE BACKUP LOGOUT Menu level 2 DEVICE BACKUP SPEED NORMAL STARTING DATE 2003-3-18 STARTING TIME 12:18PM ENDING DATE 2003-3-18 ENDING TIME 5:18PM BACKUP START DEVICE DELETE CONFIRM Remarks If there is no backup device, the system will indicate: NO BACKUP DVE See details at 6.4.5...
  • Page 27 6. Menu Operation Description 6.1 Recording Operation Model Button-pressing order 1. Record 2. Related number key Enter 6.2 Playback operation Button-pressing order 2 Play/Pause Fn key during the playback will shift between Full Screen Mode and 5-Window Mode Instruction Manually start/stop recording. Use number keys to toggle between On/Off (The numbers keys on the front panel are –...
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  • Page 29 6.3 Control of Pan-Tilt and Zoom Cameras *The PTZ Camera # must be selected on DVR before you can control the camera from Button-pressing order 1 Refer to menu operation at 6.4.4 2 Assistant function Fn 3 Direction the DVR or remotely.

  • Page 30: Menu Detail

    6.4 Menu Operation Detail *The following Menu settings must be saved before the changes take effect.* 6.4.1 Record search The menu for record search is pictured at the right. First set the channel#, then date and time you want to search, and then select START, the playback begins.

  • Page 31: File Info

    6.4.2 Menu of Information is pictured at right Display HDD number HDD capacity, remaining space, recording File Info start time (the earliest recording time among all the HDDs) and recording end time. The information cannot be changed. HARD Display HDD index and the conditions of master drive and slave drive. DISK State Note: The HDD being used will be shown as “W”.
  • Page 32 6.4.3 System Setting Picture of the System Setting Menu General DATE and TIME are used to modify the current system date and time; after the modification reserve the change by selecting SAVETIME; in HDDFULL if selecting OVERWRITE system covers the previous recording files;...
  • Page 33 In MODE there are two modes AUTO and LIMIT. Under the mode of AUTO, recording rate is equally divided to each recording channel. On the net, for those channels not recording, its monitoring picture won’t be shown on the screen. In CH option select the related channel. Image quality shift in 6 different level of image quality the image quality of the sixth level is the best.
  • Page 34 IP is set by using Network the IP address. IP address setting can only be here. The related SUBNETMASK and GATEWAY should be set according to the IP address. MONITOR and PLAYBACK can be changed by using TCP/IP or MULTICAST. Save the setting in SAVE, and restart the recorder.
  • Page 35 When out. If SHUT PASSWORD is ON, correct manage level password is needed to be input before turning off the power of DVR. .If SHUT PASSWORD is off, the DVR will be closed 4 minutes after pressing the power button. MONITOR OSD , when it is on, real time monitoring channel characters are displayed while it is off, no display.
  • Page 36 6.4.5 Backup Menu of Backup is pictured at Right: Backup records Move the cursor to select the backup device, channel number, backup speed, starting data and time, ending date and time, and then select to start the backup, and system will display the backup processing.

  • Page 37: Chapter 4: Operations Over Network

    DVR is initiated. The Mace Remote Client Software needs to be installed properly to use the second option. But the graphical user interface menu items are identical. The Remote Client software is included on the utility CD in the accessory box, or you can directly download/install from http://www.mace.com/, under Support.
  • Page 38 1. Setting up the client end No special software is needed to install on the DVR, PC or other devices in order to access DVR using the IE browser. If the IE responds back “Page Cannot Be Displayed” or “Server not Found”, check your network connection carefully.
  • Page 39 Login Please select login, and the following dialogue box will pop up. Input the username and password. There are three types of Users: Administrator, User, and Guest. For detailed information please refer to is admin. For Security purposes, please change the administrator password. If after the input of the username and password, the following box pops up (6-3).
  • Page 40 Log out: If the logged in user needs to log out, please click logout button. The popup dialogue box appears. Please choose Yes. See 6.5. 3. Operation of the Right Click Menu Items After you log in as Administrator, the buttons of login , video, logout, search, config & Assistant are activated. Click the right mouse key and the following interface Display:...
  • Page 41 Pan-tilt control The Arrows control the moving direction of the pan-tilt and the zoom, iris & focus of the lens. See 6.8. Press the related buttons to control. Note: Before the PTZ will operate you must set the correct protocol of the pan-tilt on the DVR configuration menu. ), over the network, users...
  • Page 42 Set volume Audio volume is User selectable. User can drag the bar to adjust or select Mute to cancel the sound. Net data flux Display the statistics of the network transmission data flux. When there is no network data transmission the statistics shows zero. Full screen There are two ways to view full screen monitor: One is to double click on the blue window directly;...
  • Page 43 4. Records Search and Playback Click on search, and then fill in the required info on the pop up dialogue box for the records search. Input recording time, channel number and searching type: Record or Alarm Search, and the results will display in the dialogue box.
  • Page 44 Download See 6-12, select the desired record and click Download. 6-12 The software supports the downloading of several records simultaneously. The default format of the downloaded records’ name is: file name, Channel #, date, time, extension name is .mp4 (Example: a-0120021205071028.mp4, 01 means channel 1, 20021205 means December 5 of 2002, 071028 means 7 o’clock 10 minutes 28 seconds).
  • Page 45 Motion Detection tabs of the five menu configuration screens. Note: The grayed part of the menus that cannot be changed can only be modified directly at the DVR. General: Include the recording length setting. In Control Column select the channel number and its PTZ decoder’s protocol, as well as the related address for the control of the PTZ Camera.
  • Page 46 .33333 0 0 Sched...
  • Page 47 Image With this menu, user can select the recording mode and the level of quality for each channel. Style: There are two recording modes: LIMITED and AUTO. Under LIMITED mode, each channel is allocated 7.5 frames per second. All channels will be recording at the fixed frame rate disregard the number of channels that are actually recording.
  • Page 48 Alarm When there are alarm input signals, the user can select the recording channel(s) and the output port for the actual need. 6-20...
  • Page 49 Motion detection When the user sets the time period for Motion Detection, the motion detection will take effect. The blue area is the selectable motion detection area. The User can move the dialogue box to choose the correct area and can also set the sensitivity of the area due to the need. Click Full screen or press right key on the area to display the motion detection area in full screen mode.

  • Page 50: Assistant

    - Log information - System information - Channel name - Upgrade BIOS, etc. User manage: displays the user (Log-In) information of the DVR. The buttons to the right can let an administrator user save, add, modify, delete and cancel the information.
  • Page 51 Click Add to show the following dialogue box The Admin User can add user information in this dialogue box, assign the user power level. Note: There is only one administrator allowed. Modify Select this button to show the following. User can modify the filled-in information. Record control Manually control the recording of each channel.
  • Page 52 control, the new user has to apply and gain the authorization of the existing user with control. If the logged-in users are all normal users, the first logged-in user gains the control power automatically. If a higher lever user logs in later, they can gain the control power automatically. If only one user logs in or the logged-in user is the user with control, the box is gray.
  • Page 53 System information Check the basic information of the system. When sound is not needed, you can turn off the audio. Due to the bandwidth considerations, the user can select the different Video transport modes, Video type PAL or NTSC has to be selected correctly, 110vac, 60hz is normally NTSC, 220vac, 50hz is normally PAL.
  • Page 54 About Version information – This palette displays information about the DVR and may be vital when contacting MACE Support.

  • Page 55: Chapter 5 System Connections

    Chapter 5 System Connections DVR Rear View     RS-485 Port Connection        ...
  • Page 56 DVR Rear View Alarm – RS485 (DB-15) Internal Modem (Not available) Audio Out 11-14 Video In (BNC) Network connection note: When connecting directly to the network card of a computer, please use CAT-5 Crossover Cable; when connecting to a LAN or Router use CAT-5e cable.
  • Page 57    S R U W F R Q Q H F W L R Q If you want to control Camera pan-tilt-zoom (P/T/Z) or activate the DVR Output relay, the 25-pin RS485 connection must be used. See detail below.
  • Page 58 8 channel alarm inputs with NO or NC alarm (normally open or normally close type). The power out of the alarm sensor can be provided by the DVR (Low current only) or (External alarm power supply) nstructions for alarm device power from DVR: N/O or NC alarm outputs refer to information below.
  • Page 59 nstruction of RS485 A & B line: Used to connect the A and B line of the PTZ units.
  • Page 60 odule sketch of the alarm input end Relays’ parameter of the alarm output end Model: G6H Relay Material Rating, resistance & Rated switch capacity load. Maximum switch power Maximum switch voltage Maximum switch Current Insulation Pins with same polarity pins with different polarity between relay and loop Surge voltage between relays with same polarity...

  • Page 61: Appendix 1 Frequently Asked Questions

    When I power down the DVR, why do I have to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds? First of all, using the front orange power button to shut down the DVR will make sure the DVR properly finish and close all it operation and file system, thus eliminate many possible causes for harddisk errors leading to data loss.
  • Page 62 Why the screen is black after I switch off and on the power? The power supply comes with the DVR has a built-in protection mechanism. After the power is shut down, you have to wait for at least 5 seconds before turn it on again. Turn off the power, wait for 5 seconds, and turn it on again.

  • Page 63: Appendix 2 Hard Disk Installation

    Hard disk installation There is one 40G hard disk (HD) preinstalled in the Mace DVR, unless you ordered a special configuration. So normally you DO NOT have to go through these steps. This procedure only applies to cases where there is no built-in hard disk in the DVR or additional hard disks need to be installed.

  • Page 64: Limited Warranty

    To be eligible for warranty service, a defective product must be sent to and received by MACE within twelve (12) months of the date of sale and be accompanied with proof of purchase. MACE does not warrant that this product will meet your requirements; it is your sole responsibility to determine the suitability of this product for your purposes.

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