Table of Contents
Advertisement
Quick Links
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Related Manuals for Costar Video Systems CR8025ET
Summary of Contents for Costar Video Systems CR8025ET
- Page 1 Digital Video Recorder User's Manual CR8025ET CR1625ET...
- Page 3 Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
- Page 4 User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 10. Overloading All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result appliance is operated. in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2.
-
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Configuration ..........................1 Turning on the Power ............................ 1 Initial Unit Setup ............................1 Setup Screen ..............................2 System Setup ..............................3 General ..............................3 Date/Time............................... 12 User ............................... 13 Storage ..............................15 System Event ............................ - Page 6 User’s Manual Search Menu ............................55 Event Log Search ........................... 57 Record Table Search ..........................59 Text-In Search ............................61 Bookmarks ............................. 62 Clip-Copy ............................... 63 Appendix ................................65 USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation........................ 65 Text-In Search Examples ..........................65 Search Example I ...........................
- Page 7 Digital Video Recorder Figure 38: Event Status – Event Status screen....................52 Figure 39: Event Status – Storage screen......................53 Figure 40: Select Playback Camera menu....................... 54 Figure 41: Search menu........................... 55 Figure 42: Event Log Search screen........................ 57 Figure 43: Record Table Search screen.
- Page 8 User’s Manual...
-
Page 9: Chapter 1 - Configuration
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Configuration Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 50 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, remote control, record mode, network and password. -
Page 10: Setup Screen
User’s Manual Select FindPW from the Login screen if you do not remember the password. Select a User and enter the E-mail address, and click Get Verification Code. Enter the verification code you receive by e-mail and click Ok. Figure 2: Find Password screen. NOTE: To assure the secure management of the system, setting up a password is strongly recommended. -
Page 11: System Setup
Digital Video Recorder Press the button or move the mouse pointer on the right edge of the screen and then select (Setup) in the Live MENU Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear. - Page 12 User’s Manual The box beside Version displays the software version of the DVR. To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade…. Select USB Storage. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the file is for software upgrades.
- Page 13 Digital Video Recorder Highlight Show System Log… to display the System Log. The System Log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote site. You can scroll through the log pages by using the Up and Down arrows, or you can go directly to a log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen.
- Page 14 User’s Manual Select either Quick wizard or Network wizard and select the Next button to start the selected setup wizard. NOTE: Selecting the Cancel button throughout the screens exits the Quick Setup Wizard without saving your changes and returns to the main setup screen. If you selected the Quick wizard, selecting the Next button starts the Quick Setup Wizard.
- Page 15 Digital Video Recorder Date/Time Setup Date: Set the system date and select the date format. Time: Set the system time and select the time format. Time Zone: Select your time zone. The Time Zone can be selected on the map. ...
- Page 16 User’s Manual Record Video Quality Setup Select the desired video quality profile from: – Higher Video Quality Priority Profile – Standard Recording Profile – Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE: The higher quality setting requires more storage space. NOTE: The recording quality, recording resolution, and recording speed of each camera channel will be set as show below according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set.
- Page 17 Digital Video Recorder If you selected the Go to Network Setup, select the Next button to start the Network Setup Wizard.
- Page 18 User’s Manual Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet. LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Server address).
- Page 19 Digital Video Recorder FEN Setup FEN Name: Enter the DVR name to be registered on the FEN server. NOTE: The FEN Name you entered should be checked by selecting Test, otherwise the FEN changes will not be saved. When entering no name or a name already registered on the FEN server, an error message displays. Select the Finish button to finish the Setup Wizard.
-
Page 20: Date/Time
User’s Manual Date/Time Figure 6: System – Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date. The individual sections of the date will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between month, date and year. Once you have the correct date. -
Page 21: User
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync.. This toggles between On and Off. Highlight the box beside Time Server. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the time server. Highlighting allows you to select your time server from a list of registered time servers. - Page 22 User’s Manual The +/– column is used to collapse and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name.
-
Page 23: Storage
Digital Video Recorder To add a User, highlight the + User… box. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the User Name. Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password. The password can be up to 8 digits. -
Page 24: System Event
User’s Manual You will be able to check the model name, serial number and the time information about recorded data of the selected storage device. If you want to erase recorded data on the selected device, highlight Clear. You will be asked whether or not you want to delete the data. -
Page 25: About
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Settings box beside Check Alarm-In. You can select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Never. Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Almost Full. Select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. -
Page 26: Recording Setup
User’s Manual Recording Setup General Figure 11: Record – General setup screen. Highlighting Recycle toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used. -
Page 27: Schedule
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When the storage device does not have enough space to record video data longer than the preset Limit Time-Lapse Recording period, the DVR records over the oldest video data (time-lapse or event video) as it would in the Recycle mode even if this feature is turned On. The maximum storage time is only an estimate because the amount of space required to store video varies depending on many factors such as motion and image complexity. -
Page 28: Figure 13: Schedule - Settings (Advanced Mode) Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box under the Mode heading to change the recording mode that will be used. Choose from: No Record, Time, Event and Time & Event. (Simple Mode Only) When the DVR is in the No Record mode, it will not record during the preset day and time range as long as the PANIC button is not pressed. - Page 29 Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the heading to delete the recording settings. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the settings. NOTE: The resolution can be set up at a time for each event or separately for each channel of an event(Advanced Mode only).
-
Page 30: Pre-Event
User’s Manual Pre-Event Figure 14: Record – Pre-Event setup screen. When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event recording. If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule, a message will display alerting you to this fact. -
Page 31: Event Setup
Digital Video Recorder Event Setup Motion Figure 15: Event – Motion setup screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently. - Page 32 User’s Manual Select – Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion. Clear – Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion. Reverse – Activates inactive highlighted blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks. Select All Blocks – Activates all blocks to detect motion. Clear All Blocks –...
-
Page 33: Alarm-In
Digital Video Recorder Alarm-In Figure 16: Event – Alarm-In setup screen. The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number. Each input can be given a title. -
Page 34: Text-In
User’s Manual Highlighting the box under the Video Loss Interval heading allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Video Loss. The DVR will not consider any signal loss from a camera to be a Video Loss if the detected signal loss is shorter than the interval set on this screen. - Page 35 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running.
-
Page 36: Camera Setup
User’s Manual Camera Setup General Figure 19: Camera – General setup screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. -
Page 37: Ptz
Digital Video Recorder Figure 20: Camera – PTZ setup screen. NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and. -
Page 38: Privacy Masking
User’s Manual NOTE: UTC may not work properly depending on the type of camera. Configure the port’s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer’s instructions. Privacy Masking Figure 21: Camera – Privacy Masking setup screen. Select Privacy Masking to configure privacy masking for the Live and Recording screen. The privacy masking zone can be configured up to 4 areas. -
Page 39: Device Setup
Digital Video Recorder Device Setup Audio Figure 22: Device – Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out. - Page 40 User’s Manual Check the Reverse Relay box to reverse the Alarm Output Type connected to the DVR rear panel (NO→NC). You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading allows you to edit the information in those boxes.
-
Page 41: Network Setup
Digital Video Recorder Network Setup General Figure 24: Network – General setup screen. Highlight Multi Stream to toggle between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR supports more than one stream. You can configure to use a different stream depending on the layout mode or channel in a remote program. Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch –... -
Page 42: Lan
User’s Manual CAUTION: The remote connection will be disconnected temporarily after changing the SSL settings. NOTE: While the SSL function is enabled, the network transfer speed you selected may not be achieved. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). - Page 43 Digital Video Recorder Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. The factory default Port settings are: Remote Admin: 8200 Remote Callback: 8201 Remote Watch: 8016 Remote Search: 10019 NOTE: The system restarts automatically after changing the port settings.
-
Page 44: Fen
User’s Manual Figure 26: Network – FEN setup screen. Highlight Use FEN to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: FEN is the technology that automatically sets up your DVR to work seamlessly for remote viewing via your network internet connection. For FEN to work, naming your DVR will be required. Highlight the box beside FEN Server. -
Page 45: Rtsp
Digital Video Recorder RTSP Figure 27: Network – RTSP setup screen. Highlight Enable RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to toggle between On and Off. You will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled. Highlight the box beside RTSP Port. Set the port number of the RTSP server obtained from your system administrator. -
Page 46: Webguard
User’s Manual WebGuard Figure 28: Network – WebGuard setup screen. Highlight Use WebGuard Service to toggle between On and Off. See Appendix – WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service. Highlight the box beside Port. Set the port number used when accessing WebGuard by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers. -
Page 47: Notification Setup
Digital Video Recorder Notification Setup Callback Figure 29: Notification – Callback setup screen. The DVR can be set up to contact a computer running RAS (Remote Administration System) when an event occurs. Highlight the box under the No. heading to toggle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the IP addresses if No. - Page 48 User’s Manual The DVR can be set up to send an email when an event occurs. The Mail Group and Recipient can be turned On or Off by highlighting the boxes beside the individual mail group and recipient accounts. Highlighting the box beside “Group & Recipient”...
- Page 49 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Highlight the box beside Authentication. An Authentication screen appears. Highlight Use to toggle between On and Off. Highlight the box beside User/Password. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password.
-
Page 50: Schedule
User’s Manual Schedule Figure 31: Notification – Schedule setup screen. You can add and edit notification schedules on this screen. Highlight the + to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the notification schedule will be active. -
Page 51: Display Setup
Digital Video Recorder Display Setup Figure 32: Display – OSD setup screen. Highlighting an item toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned On or Off: ... -
Page 52: Main Monitor
User’s Manual Main Monitor Figure 33: Display – Main Monitor setup screen. Highlight the box beside Mode. You can select between Full Sequence and Cameo Sequence. Pressing the button causes the DVR to sequence cameras, and the DVR can sequence cameras in two SEQUENCE modes: “Full”... -
Page 53: Spot Monitor
Digital Video Recorder Spot Monitor Highlight Spot Monitor and press the button, and the Spot Monitor setup screen appears. Figure 34: Display – Spot Monitor setup screen. Highlight the box in the Channels column and press the button. You can define which cameras display sequentially on the Spot Monitor when in the single-screen display format. -
Page 54: Chapter 2 - Operation
User’s Manual Chapter 2 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. -
Page 55: Live Monitoring Menu
Digital Video Recorder Live Monitoring Menu Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user. - Page 56 User’s Manual Selecting again in the Live Monitoring menu exits the Sequence mode. While in the Sequence mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if Sequence is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). If a camera is Off, or has lost video or is set to Covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras), that page will be excluded from the sequence.
-
Page 57: Active Cameo Mode
Digital Video Recorder Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by selecting Edit Group from the Live Monitoring – Camera menu or pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer in any multi-view format. The yellow outline surrounding MENU the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo. -
Page 58: Event Monitoring
User’s Manual You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset. - Page 59 Digital Video Recorder If a user who has Covert Camera View authority logs into the system, the user can view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 including the camera titles and status icons.
-
Page 60: Status Monitoring
User’s Manual Status Monitoring Selecting (Status) in the Live Monitoring menu or Search menu displays the Event Status screen. Figure 40: Event Status – Event Status screen. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected. -
Page 61: Recording Video
Digital Video Recorder Figure 41: Event Status – Storage screen. The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device. The S.M.A.R.T. -
Page 62: Recording Audio
User’s Manual Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording. NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio. Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded image. -
Page 63: Searching Video
Digital Video Recorder You can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen, and the following Record Table Search (Compact View Mode) screen will display. The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below: Go to the previous image Play/Pause Go to the next image... - Page 64 User’s Manual Go To Go to the First: Selecting (Go To) → Go to the First displays the first recorded image. Go to the Last: Selecting (Go To) → Go to the Last displays the last recorded image. ...
-
Page 65: Event Log Search
Digital Video Recorder Export A–B Clip-Copy: Selecting (Export) → A–B Clip-Copy will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, and the icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Selecting A–B Clip-Copy again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied and displays the Clip-Copy screen. - Page 66 User’s Manual Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing returns to live monitoring. SEARCH NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the button and change DISPLAY the screen mode to 2x2.
-
Page 67: Record Table Search
Digital Video Recorder Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Record Table Search < Compact View > < Standard View > <... - Page 68 User’s Manual Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen. Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. The first recorded image of the selected date will pause on the screen.
-
Page 69: Text-In Search
Digital Video Recorder Text-In Search Figure 46: Text-In Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing returns to live monitoring . -
Page 70: Bookmarks
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside To to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image. When highlighting the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time. -
Page 71: Clip-Copy
Digital Video Recorder Clip-Copy Video clips can be copied on an external USB hard disk or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7. Refer to the Appendix – USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy. - Page 72 User’s Manual NOTE: The DVR displays the volume as 30GB regardless of the actual disk volume, and limits the file size for clip copy to 30GB. If upload fails after video clips are copied, the copied video clips will be deleted. If the same file exists, video clips will not be copied.
-
Page 73: Appendix
Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation NOTE: The following description is for preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows 2000. Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Window Vista and Window 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. -
Page 74: Search Example Ii
User’s Manual Search Example II 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price amount ================================================== Coke 2.20 | 1(s) 2.20 Fanta 2.20 | 1(s) 2.20 Hotdog 3.50 | 3(s) 10.50 Pepsi 1.95 | 1(s) 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.85 Thank you~~ In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17th (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 (Qty) and 40 (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amount... -
Page 75: Webguard
Digital Video Recorder WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using various web browsers anytime from virtually anywhere. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: Operating System: Microsoft ®... -
Page 76: Web Live Mode
User’s Manual NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions (Go to the Start Menu ... -
Page 77: Web Search Mode
Digital Video Recorder ⑫ Used to adjust live video quality. ⑬ Used to configure camera easy setup. Select from presets or custom setup for the video mode according to daytime/nighttime. Preset: Select from Natural, Vivid or De Noise. User Custom: Manually configure the values of each setting (Sharpness, Contrast, Colors and Brightness). ⑭... - Page 78 User’s Manual ② Displays the current date and time. ③ Displays the login information of WebGuard. ④ Click the screen format to select the desired display mode. When changing the screen format, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout. ⑤...
-
Page 79: Time Overlap
Digital Video Recorder Time Overlap If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment. - Page 80 Digital Video Recorder...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the CR8025ET and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers