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  • Page 1 The new DVR365 Digital Video Recorder H264 Compression Operations Manual Version 4.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Introduction – Safeguards and Warning Features and Specifications Specifications Overview and Controls Front Panel Rear Panel Remote Control Mouse Control Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel Installation and Connections Check DVR HDD Installation CD/DVD Installation Desktop and Rack Mounting Connecting Power Supply Connecting Video Input and Output Devices Connecting Audio Input &...
  • Page 3 Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Scan 4.10 Dome Menu Control Understanding Menu Operations and Controls Menu Tree Main Menu Setting Search Advanced Information Shutdown About Auxiliary Menu Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Border Function Dome Menu Control Web Client Operation Network Connection Login and Logout Go to Realtime Monitor Mode Video (Right Mouse Menu Operation) Search Configure...

  • Page 4: Introduction - Safeguards And Warning

    DVR365 H264 This Operations Manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as detailed menus. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

  • Page 5: Features And Specifications

    1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Features This series DVR has the following features: H.264 compression algorithm Realtime live display up to 4, 8 or 16 cameras 400 fps recording for CIF, 2CIF 200 fps recording for 4CIF Pentaplex function: simultaneous live monitoring, recording, playback, backup & remote access Dual encoding streams support, providing flexible networking management Intelligent search and playback support, including a facility to play back motion detection video of only a selected area...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    1.2 Specifications Model DVR365 H264 4/8/16 channel audio/video basic model System Main Processor High performance embedded microprocessor Operating System Embedded LINUX System Resources Pentaplex function: live, recording, playback, backup & remote access User Interface GUI, on-screen menu tips. Control Device Front panel, USB mouse, IR remote control, network keyboard.
  • Page 7 Camera masking Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail & FTP Alarm Input 4/8/16 channel, programmable, ground, manual open/closed Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail & FTP Relay output 6 channel, 30VDC, 1A, NO/NC, form-C, Hard Disk Hard Disk 4 IDE ports, 8 HDDs supported.

  • Page 8: Overview And Controls

    2 Overview and Controls This section provides information about the front and rear panels. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first. 2.1 Front Panel This series DVR has two different front panels. You can refer to Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2. Figure 2-1 Name Icon...
  • Page 9 Go to main menu Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys Record or numeric keys, Slow play Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image colour. In PTZ menu, shift PTZ control menu. Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, it can delete the previous character before the cursor.
  • Page 10 Window switch MULT Switch between one-window and multiple-window display modes. confirm current operation Enter ENTER go to default button Go to main menu Cancel Close upper interface or controls. In real-time monitor mode it works as left/right direction key. Shuttle(outer ring) Playback mode, anti-clockwise to go forward and clockwise to go backward.
  • Page 11 In textbox, click this button to switch between numerics, alpha upper case and alpha lower case. Open/close tour numeric keys 0-9 Input password, switch channel and input numeral. When you need to input numeral more than 9. You can follow the Input numeral more steps below, click the first key number and then the next.
  • Page 12 Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, it can delete the previous character before the cursor. In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to setup detection areas. In HDD information menu, switch between HDD record time or other information(Menu prompt) Select other special functions USB port...

  • Page 13: Rear Panel

    2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 Overview Please refer to Figure 2-3 for real panel information. Figure 2-3...
  • Page 14 2.2.2 Connection Sample Figure 2-4...

  • Page 15: Remote Control

    2.3 Remote Control The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5 Serial Number Function Add button Multiple-window switch 0-9 number key Record Auxiliary key Confirm /menu key Cancel Direction key Forward Previous Back Next Slow play Stop Fast play Play/Pause...

  • Page 16: Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

    >: From lower case to upper case <: From upper case to lower case X: Delete all : Confirm the current value and close current panel Double left click mouse Implement current selection Such as double click one file name to playback the video Monitoring mode: In single mode: change to multiple...

  • Page 17: Installation And Connections

    3 Installation and Connections 3.1 Check DVR Please check that you have the required cables and connectors to install the unit.. 3.2 HDD Installation 3.2.1 Choose HDDs We recommend Samsung or Hitatchi HDDs of 7200rpm or higher. 3.2.2 Calculate HDD Size This series has no limit to HDD capacity.
  • Page 18 3. Dismantle the upper HDD bracket 4. Install the HDD. Note the HDD is placed upside down. Please make sure bracket is in correct position. master slave Screw the two bracket parts together 6. Set master/slave on the HDD 7. Fix the HDD bracket into the internal unit 8.

  • Page 19: Cd/Dvd Installation

    3.3 CD/DVD Burner Installation For built-in burner, you need to dismantle front plate to install CD burner. This built-in burner should be set as MASTER. For USB burners, you need to install USB series burner. This series DVR is compatible with various popular brands of burners but due to the wide variety available on the market, there are some that are not compatible.
  • Page 20 Figure 3-1 3.6.2 Connecting Video Output This section provides information about physically connecting video display devices to the DVR. See Figure 3-2. If you connect the DVR with a TV monitor or VGA monitor, the DVR can automatically detect the monitor type.

  • Page 21: Connecting Audio Input & Output

    3.7 Connecting Audio Input & Output The DVR365 4/8/16 way machines use a 25-pin D-plug interface and come with a universal 16 way audio and 1 audio output connector lead. The 4/8 way models only utilise the relevant live channels. .
  • Page 22 3.7.2 Alarm Input and Relay Output The DVR offers 16 alarm inputs for external signaling devices, such as door contacts or motion detectors. Each alarm input can be either normally open or normally closed. Once configured, an alarm input can invoke many different activities, including triggering a relay device, sending an alert to a security office or storing pre-alarm video to the DVR.
  • Page 23 3.7.5 Alarm Input and Output Details You can refer to the following sheet and Figure 3-7 for alarm input and output information. Parameter Grounding Alarm Ground Ground line Alarm Input 1, 2, …, 16 Relay Output 1,2,3,4: NO and C(Normally Open and Com) 5: NO,C and NC(Normally Open, Com, Normally Closed) 6: Ctrl 12V(This is used for resetting the sensor) 485 communication port.
  • Page 24 Figure 3-9 Please refer to Figure 3-10 for alarm output module information. Figure 3-10...

  • Page 25: Rs232

    3.8 RS232 This unit can use an RS232 interface but is not supported. 3.9 RS485 When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device. RS485 is a single-direction protocol; the PTZ device can’t return any data to the unit.

  • Page 26: Overview Of Navigation And Controls

    4 Overview of Navigation and Controls Before operation, please make sure you have properly installed HDDs and all the cable connections. 4.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu 4.1.1 Login When the system boots up, default video displays in multiple-window mode. Click Enter or left click mouse to see the login interface.

  • Page 27: Recording Operation

    4.1.3 Logout There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see menu shown below. See Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 There are several options for you. See Figure 4-4. Figure 4-4 The other way is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will stop all operations.
  • Page 28 4.2.2 Manual record Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed. 4.2.2.1 Manual record menu There are two ways for you to go to manual record menu. Right click mouse or in the main menu, Advanced->Manual Record.
  • Page 29 When system is in schedule recording, all channels will record and will set schedule menu (Main menu->Setting->Schedule). The corresponding indicator lights on front panel will turn on. Figure 4-7 All channel manual record Please highlight “ALL” after “Manual.” See Figure 4-8. When system is in manual recording, all schedule settings will be cleared in schedule menu.(Main menu->Setting->Schedule).

  • Page 30: Search & Playback

    4.3 Search & Playback 4.3.1 Search Menu There are two ways for you to enter the Search Menu. Click Pause/Play button in the remote control. Click search in the main menu. Search display is shown as below. See Figure 4-10. Usually there are three file types: R: regular recording file.
  • Page 31 4.3.2 Basic Operation 4.3.2.1 Playback There are various search modes: video type, channel number or time. The system can display a maximum of 32 files on one screen. You can use up/down button to turn page. Select the file name and double click mouse (or click enter button). You can then view file content.
  • Page 32 4.3.2.7 Fast forward/fast backward and frame by frame playback Special Functions of Illustration Remarks Shuttle and Jog Fast forward(outer ring When playback, turn the shuttle (outer In forward or clockwise) ring) clockwise one turn: you can view in backward mode, fast level 1 double click Turn it twice and you get fast level 2.

  • Page 33: Record Setup (Schedule)

    Highlighted dates means that there are record files in that day. You can click blue date to view file list. In Figure 4-11, there are video files for March 13th and 14th. Double click date to view file list. Figure 4-11 4.4 Record Setup (Schedule) When the system boots up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode.
  • Page 34 Please highlight icon to select the required recording function. After setup click save button and system will return to the previous menu. At the bottom of the menu, there is a colour bar for your reference. Green stands for regular recording, yellow stands for motion detection and red stands for alarm recording.

  • Page 35: Motion Detect

    Figure 4-13 Playback or Search using the redundant disk. There are two ways for you to playback or search using the redundant disk. Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu->Advanced->HDD management). See Figure 4-13. System needs to reboot to get setup activated. Now you can search or playback file in redundant disk.
  • Page 36 Note: In motion detection mode, you cannot use copy/paste to set channel setup since the video in each channel may not be the same. In Figure 4-15, you can left click mouse and then drag it to set a region for motion detection. Click Fn to switch between deployment and withdraw motion detection.
  • Page 37 4.5.3 Video Loss In Figure 4-14, select video loss in the Type item. You can see the interface as shown in Figure 4-17. This function allows you to be informed when video loss occurs. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function. Channel: select the channel you want to enable for video loss alarm.

  • Page 38: Alarm Setup And Alarm Activation

    Note: In this interface, copy/paste function is only valid for the same type, which means you can not copy a channel setup in video loss mode to camera mask detect mode. Figure 4-18 4.6 Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as buzzer. 4.6.1 Go to alarm setup interface In the Main Menu go to Setting then Alarm and you will see alarm setup interface.

  • Page 39: Backup

    Figure 4-19 4.7 Backup Click backup icon in the Main Menu, there are two function items: Detect Device and Backup Files. 4.7.1 Detect Device This menu shows device information. See Figure 4-20. Figure 4-20 4.7.1 Backup Select backup device and then channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search.
  • Page 40 Figure 4-21 Click backup button, system begins burning. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See Figure 4-22. Figure 4-22 Tips: During backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface; but the system will not terminate backup process.

  • Page 41: Ptz Control And Colour Setup

    4.8 PTZ Control and Colour Setup Note: All the operations here are based on the DH-SD protocol. For PELCO protocols, there may be slight differences. 4.8.1 Cable Connections Connect the dome RS485 port to DVR 485 port.. Connect dome video output cable to DVR video input port. Connect power adapter to the dome.
  • Page 42 Figure 4-24 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the menu is shown below. See Figure 4-25. Here you can set the following items: Step: value ranges from 1 to 8. Zoom Focus Iris Click icon to adjust zoom, focus and iris. Figure 4-25 In Figure 4-25, please click direction arrows (See Figure 4-26) to adjust PTZ position. There are a total of 8 direction arrows.

  • Page 43: Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Scan

    Name Function function Shortcut Function function Shortcut Zoom Near Focus Near Iris close Open 4.9 Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan In Figure 4-25, click the “set” button. The interface below is shown. See Figure 4-28. Here you can set the following items: Preset Patrol(Tour) Pattern Border...
  • Page 44 4.9.1 Preset Setup In Figure 4-25, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the required position. In Figure 4-28, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-30. Now you can add this preset to one patrol (tour). Figure 4-30 4.9.2 Activate Preset In Figure 4-29, please input preset number in the No.

  • Page 45: Dome Menu Control

    4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function In Figure 4-29, input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button. 4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup In Figure 4-28, click border button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-23. Please go to Figure 4-25, use direction arrows to select camera left limit Then please go to Figure 4-33 and click left limit button Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

  • Page 46: Understanding Menu Operations And Controls

    5 Understanding Menu Operations and Controls 5.1 Menu Tree This series DVR menu tree is shown as below. 5.2 Main Menu When you login, the system Main Menu shows as below. See Figure 5-1 . There are a total of six icons: Search, Information, Setting, Backup, Advanced and Shutdown.

  • Page 47: Setting

    Figure 5-1 5.3 Setting In Main Menu, highlight Setting icon and double click mouse. System Setting interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 5.3.1 General General setting includes the following items. See Figure 5-3. System time: This option sets system time Date format: there are three types: YYYYY-MM-DD: MM-DD-YYYYY or DD-MM-YYYY.
  • Page 48 Auto logout: This is used to set auto logout interval once login user remains inactive for a specified time. Value ranges from 0 to 60 minutes. Note: since system time is very important, and date and time is used to identify files created, do not modify the date and/or time so as to cause the DVR to create files with times already produced.
  • Page 49 Figure 5-4 This DVR supports various settings for channel, resolution and frame: Resolution pixel PAL QCIF=176×144; CIF 352×288; HD1 352×576; 2CIF=704×288; D1 704×576; If we take the 16-channel DVR as an example, there are four groups 1~4, 5~8, 9~12, 13~16. Please refer to the formula resolution×...
  • Page 50 Dual encoding streams: this DVR supports dual encoding streams. Main stream is for local recording, and the extra stream can be used for network transmission. And they don’t affect each other. So for local recording you can use main stream. And for network transmission, you can select main stream or extra stream.
  • Page 51 Authorization: Click Authorisation button then highlight icon Turn on or not? to enable IP authentication function. When you enable this function, only the IPs in the list can login to this DVR. See Figure 5-7. After setup click save button and system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-6 Figure 5-7 5.3.5.1 PPPoE Connection...
  • Page 52 5.3.5.2 FTP FTP can be used to upload video files from alarm or motion detect channels. Windows XP and Vista have FTP facilities. Please refer to the Windows reference documents on FTP or one of the FTP service programs generally available. The example below illustrates one of these products called Serv-U FTP Server.
  • Page 53 System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. In Figure 5-6, select FTP and then click properties button. You can see the following interface. See Figure 5-10. Figure 5-10 Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate FTP function.
  • Page 54 When interval value is 0, system uploads all corresponding files. Period 1 and period 2: you can set two periods for each channel. System file name is shown as in Fig. 5-12. Figure 5-12 5.3.5.3 NTP NTP (Network Timed Protocol) allows the DVR to automatically connect to an NTP server to extract the current date and time and update the DVR automatically.
  • Page 55 Figure 5-13 5.3.6 Alarm Please refer to chapter 4.6 Alarm Setup and Activation. 5.3.7 Detect Please refer to chapter 4.5 Detect. 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 5-14. Protocol: select corresponding PTZ protocol such as DH-SD1. Address: input corresponding PTZ address.
  • Page 56 5.3.9 Display Display menu is shown below. See Figure 5-15. Transparency: This is used to adjust transparency level. Set value from 128 to 255. Channel name: This is used to modify channel name. This will modify DVR at local end. If your DVR is networked you will need to open web or client end to refresh channel name.

  • Page 57: Search

    5.3.10 Default Click Default Menu and system displays a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup. See Figure 5-16. Select all General Encode Schedule RS232 Network Alarm Detect Pan/tilt/zoom Display Channel name Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After setup click save button and system returns to the previous menu.
  • Page 58 Figure 5-17 5.5.1 Hard Disk Management This menu is used for Hard Disk Management. See Figure 5-18. You can set mode for each hard drive from the dropdown list. When you use Redundant backup function, you can set one or more redundant HDD(s). Please note you need to set at least one read-write disk, otherwise system will not record video.
  • Page 59 Figure 5-19 5.5.2 Alarm Output This menu sets the alarm output. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding alarm output. After setup click OK button and system goes back to the previous menu. See Figure 5-20. Figure 5-20 5.5.3 Alarm Input This menu sets the alarm input.
  • Page 60 5.5.5 Account This is the Account Management menu. See Figure 5-22. You can: Add new user Modify user Add group Modify group Modify password. For account management please note: System account adopts two-level management: group and user. No limit to group or users. For group or user management, there are two levels: admin and user.
  • Page 61 5.5.6 Auto Maintain This menu allows you to auto-reboot and auto-delete old files. See Figure 5-23. You can select from dropdown list. After setup click save button and system will return to the previous menu. Figure 5-23 5.5.7 TV Adjust This menu is used to adjust TV output setup.

  • Page 62: Information

    5.6 Information The Info Menu provides system information. There are a total of five options: HDD INFO (hard disk information), BPS (Bits Per Second - data stream statistics), LOG (log information), VERSION (Bios version) and ONLINE USERS. See Figure 5-26. Figure 5-26 5.6.1 Hard Disk Information This menu lists Hard Disk type, Total Space, Free Space, Video Start Time and Status.
  • Page 63 5.6.2 BPS This menu displays current video data stream in (KB/s) and hard disk storage in (MB/h). See Figure 5-28. Figure 5-28 5.6.3 Log This displays the system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 5-29. Figure 5-29 5.6.4 Version This menu displays system and version information.

  • Page 64: Shutdown

    5.6.5 Online Users This menu is for managing online users. See Figure 5-31. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system rights. Figure 5-31 5.7 Shutdown This menu displays a dialogue box for you to select. See Figure 5-32. Logout menu user: log out menu.

  • Page 65: About Auxiliary Menu

    6 About Auxiliary Menu 6.1 Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu In single screen monitor mode, right click mouse or (click “Fn” Button in the front panel or click AUX key in the remote control). The menu below is displayed: See Figure 6-1. Figure 6-1 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as in Figure 6-2.

  • Page 66: Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Border Function

    6.1.1 3D Intelligent Positioning Key In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 6-4 . Click this button and system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size.
  • Page 67 Figure 6-6 6.2.1 Preset Setup Note: The following steps are shown in Figure 6-2, 6-5 and 6-6. In Figure 6-2, use the eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the required position. In Figure 6-5, click preset button and input preset number. The menu is shown as in 6-7. Add this preset to a patrol number Figure 6-7 6.2.2 Activate Preset...

  • Page 68: Dome Menu Control

    Please go to Figure 6-2 to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back to Figure 6-9 and click end button. You can memorise all these setups as pattern 1. Figure 6-9 6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function In Figure 6-6 input mode value in the No. blank field and click pattern button. 6.2.7 Border Setup In Figure 6-5, click border button.

  • Page 69: Web Client Operation

    7 WEB CLIENT OPERATION Please note, that all the operations here in chapter seven are based on the 16-ch DVR as an example. There might be slight differences in the interface with other machines. 7.1 Network connection Before using web client operation, please check the following items: Network connection is made.

  • Page 70: Go To Realtime Monitor Mode

    Input your IP address here. Video display window Figure 7-2 There are six function keys: login, logout, video, search, configuration and assistant. See Figure 7-3. Figure 7-3 Click login and the following interface will be dispalyed. See Figure 7-4. Please input your user name and password.

  • Page 71: Video (Right Mouse Menu Operation)

    7.4 Video (Right Mouse Menu Operation) After login, click video button or right click mouse, the menu below is shown. See Figure 7-6. Real-time monitor: choose the channel you want to view. Start dialogue: click here to begin audio talk. Multi-camera preview: System supports various video preview modes.
  • Page 72 7.4.6 PTZ Control Please click the corresponding direction arrow to adjust zoom, focus and iris. See Figure 7-8. Note: before you operate this function, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol (Main menu->Setting->Pan-tilt Zoom). SIT is 3D positioning button. Around SIT are eight PTZ directions keys.
  • Page 73 7.4.7 Volume Adjustment Please drag volume bar to adjust audio level. You can Mute to turn off audio. See Figure 7-11. Figure 7-11 7.4.8 Alarm Setting Click alarm setting, you can set alarm input and output. See Figure 7-12. Figure 7-12 7.4.9 Network Data Flux This displays the network transmission data flux statistics.

  • Page 74: Search

    7.4.12 Video Windows This is used to select display mode. See Figure 7-15. Figure 7-15 7.5 Search Here you can select video type, channel number and time to search the file you want. Click search button, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-16 Please use page up/down key to view the search results.
  • Page 75 Figure 7-17 7.5.1 Download You can select one or more files you want to download and then click download button. System displays a dialogue box asking you to specify directory. See Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18 Then you can input file name and click save to backup file in your local pc. During the download process, there is a process bar for you reference.

  • Page 76: Configure

    Figure 7-19 Download file name is usually made up of: file name +Channel N +date +time. File extension name is .dav. For example: file name a-0120071205071028.mp4 means: 01: channel 1 20071205: 5 December,2007 071028 :7 o’clock 10 minutes 28 seconds. 7.6 Configure Click configure button, there are in total seven function keys.
  • Page 77 Figure 7-20 7.6.1 Load and Save Configuration 7.6.1.1 Save configuration Click export configuration button in Figure 7-20.You can save current configuration to a directory. The file extension name is CFG. See Figure 7-21. Figure 7-21 7.6.1.2 Load configuration Click import configuration button in Figure 7-20. You can checkbox to load your backup file. See Figure 7-22.
  • Page 78 Figure 7-22 7.6.2 General Click general button, the interface below is shown. See Figure 7-23. Select file length and choose overwrite the previous file or stop recording when disk is full. You can select channel number, protocol, address and baud rate to control a PTZ. Figure 7-23 7.6.3 Schedule Click schedule button and the interface is shown as in Figure 7-24.
  • Page 79 Figure 7-24 7.6.4 Image Click image button and the interface below is shown. See Figure 7-25. Here you can set encode mode, quality and protocol for each channel. You can select from a dropdown list. FPS (PAL): there are several options: 1/2/3/6/12/25. (Some series DVRs only support 25f/s PAL.) Data: there are two data modes: CBR/VBR.
  • Page 80 Figure 7-25 7.6.5 Alarm This is used to choose record channel and output port. See Figure 7-26. There are two alarm types: normally open or normally closed. Delay time ranges from 10 to 300 seconds. You can the check box to enable record camera and output port. Figure 7-26...
  • Page 81 In Figure 7-26 click alarm PTZ button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-27. There are three options: preset, auto scan and tour. Figure 7-27 7.6.6 Motion Detection Motion detection will take effect when you exclude the time you have set in the corresponding schedule recording.
  • Page 82 7.6.7 Network Network interface is shown as in Figure 7-29. 7.6.7.1 PPPoE Connection (NOTE: PPPoE is primarily used in the USA and does not apply in the UK) Set PPPOE as on, and then please input “PPPoE name” and “PPPoE password” you get from your ISP (Internet service provider).

  • Page 83: Assistant

    7.6.8 Video Parameter Video parameter setup interface is shown as in Figure 7-30. Before setup please select channel number first Audio enable: You can select to close or open audio. Auto white balance: You can select to close or open white balance. Image: You can adjust colour, contrast, brightness, saturation etc.
  • Page 84 This interface allows you to manage users and user groups. See Figure 7-32. You can click ’+’ to see the whole group list. Figure 7-32 7.7.1.1 Add Group Click “add group” button to input group name. See Figure 7-33. Figure 7-33 Click “Power”...
  • Page 85 Figure 7-35 7.7.1.4 Add User Click “Add User” button using the interface shown in Figure 7-36. Input user name, password, and then input password again to confirm. Figure 7-36 7.7.1.5 Power When you add new user or new group (such as in Figure 7-33,Figure 7-36. ), click “power” button, the interface is shown as in Figure 7-37.
  • Page 86 Figure 7-38 7.7.1.7 Delete user Select one user and then click “delete user” button, you can see the following dialogue box. See Figure 7-39. Click “Yes” to delete current user. Figure 7-39 7.7.2 Record Control Click “record control” button the interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-40. You can select mode for each channel.
  • Page 87 Figure 7-41 7.7.4 Date and Time Here you can modify system date and time. See Figure 7-42. Figure 7-42 7.7.5 System Information Here you can view basic system information. See Figure 7-43. Here you can Turn on/off audio Select video type Select preview image Preview image Close or open auto tour monitoring...
  • Page 88 7.7.6 Alarm Prompt This interface allows you to choose different alarm audios. See Figure 7-44. You can select system AlarmSound.wav file from folder system32 as your audio sound. Figure 7-44 7.7.7 Channel Name The interface below allows you to modify channel name. The revised channel names will be displayed on the screen.
  • Page 89 Figure 7-46 7.7.9 Reboot Click reboot button, system displays a warning dialogue box to alert you. See Figure 7-47. Figure 7-47 7.7.10 About This interface gives you basic system information. See Figure 7-48. Figure 7-48 7.7.11 Mail (Applies to 16-ch Only) In the Assistant Setup, select Email function.
  • Page 90 Figure 7-49 Now you can set alarm information for future upload. For motion detection, you can enable Email function in detection interface. For external alarm, you can enable Email function in alarm setup interface. See Figure 7-50. Figure 7-50...

  • Page 91: Un-Install Web Control

    After setup, you can receive Email from client end. The email content is shown below: Alarm Matter: Email Test... Alarm In Channel: 255 Alarm Start Date (Day/Month/Year Hour:Minute:Second): 12/12/2006 16:30:20 Alarm Device Name: localhost Mail_Sender IP : 10.6.3.8 In motion detection mode, you can set Email function (Enable/disable) for each channel. The email content is shown below.

  • Page 92: Sightboss System

    8 sightBoss System The sightBoss system allows you to manage a lot of DVRs remotely. 8.1 Features The sightBoss system has the following features: Manages devices conveniently Supports multiple-device connection, real-time surveillance and playback Device management, log review and user management PTZ control and device alarm, video record Supports multiple-device upgrade simultaneously E-map and network backup support...
  • Page 93 There are a total of six sections: Section 1: There are five function keys: monitor, record, device, system and e-map. Please refer to chapter four for detailed information. Section 2: View channel video. Section 3: Select display mode. System supports the following display modes: full-screen /single window/four-window/six-window/eight-window/nine-window/sixteen-window.

  • Page 94: Frequently Asked Questions

    5. My DVR is very hot, is there any problem? The DVR365 does generate considerable heat. It is very important that the environment where the unit is installed is dry and free from dust. Always ensure the unit is installed in a well-ventilated position and that air vents are not covered.
  • Page 95 9. I cannot login via web There are two conditions: Network connection failure Check your DVR and PC connections are correct. Please check DVR IP address, network cable and Gateway address. Use ping facility to check PC can see DVR. Invalid password or username.

  • Page 96: Recording Times For 4/8/16 Channel Dvrs

    10. Days Recording Per HDD Size Based on 4 Channel Machine 80Gb 160Gb 250Gb 300Gb 400Gb 750Gb 1000Gb 1.22 4.88 0.79 3.16 13.2 0.36 1.44 11.6 21.7 28.9 0.67 2.68 0.43 1.72 18.2 24.2 0.35 11.9 22.3 29.8 0.66 2.64 11.9 22.3 29.8...
  • Page 97 Days Recording Per HDD Size Based on 8 Channel Machine 80Gb 160Gb 250Gb 300Gb 400Gb 750Gb 1000Gb 1.22 9.76 0.79 6.32 0.36 2.88 10.9 14.5 0.67 5.36 12.1 0.43 3.44 12.1 0.35 11.2 14.9 0.66 5.28 11.2 14.9 0.43 3.44 12.1 0.15 10.4...
  • Page 98 Days Recording Per HDD Size Based on 16 Channel Machine 80Gb 160Gb 250Gb 300Gb 400Gb 750Gb 1000Gb 1.22 19.52 0.79 12.64 0.36 5.76 0.67 10.72 12.9 24.1 0.43 6.88 0.35 0.66 10.56 0.43 6.88 0.15 13.0 17.4 0.36 5.76 0.23 3.68 11.3 0.11...

  • Page 99: Networking A Digital Video Recorder

    11 Networking a Digital Video Recorder Only 1 Does the site already have How many PCs need access or require Internet access ? to the DVR ? Option 1 More than 1 Option 2 Option 3 You must be able to perform some basic tasks in order to connect your Digital Video Recorder to a PC and subsequently the Internet.
  • Page 100 11.1.1.1.1 How do I set my PC to ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ ? Control Panel, Network Connections, Local Area Connection, Properties, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Properties, Select ‘Obtain IP Address Automatically’ 11.1.1.1.2 How do I set my PC’s IP Address Manually ? Control Panel, Network Connections, Local Area Connection,...
  • Page 101 11.1.1.1.6 How do I find the On-Line Support ? http://www.systemq.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?display=user2 Detailed descriptions are available there for all these questions plus more besides, including … How to find a device’s MAC address (Tip 3) How to implement Dynamic DNS (Tip 56) Setting Internet Explorer Security Settings to install an Active-X (Tip 94) How to control a PTZ from a DVR How to play back recordings from various DVRs...
  • Page 102 11.2 Option 1 : Connect a DVR Directly to a Single PC Figure 1 Computer Digital Video Recorder RJ45 cross over cable IP Address = 192.168.1.108 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0 IP Address = 192.168.1.10 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0 Tasks : Configure network settings in DVR manually Configure network settings in PC manually Connect DVR &...
  • Page 103 11.2 Option 2 : Connect a DVR to a PC via a Switch or Hub Figure 2 Computer No 1 Switch or Hub 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 10M100M UPLINK patch cable SWITCH 131415161718192021222324 IP Address = 192.168.1.10 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0 Computer No 2 patch cable...
  • Page 104 Connect DVR & PC together using an RJ45 cross over cable Install and configure the DVR client software Reboot both DVR & PC Test the PCs connection to the DVR using ‘Ping’ Connect using the client software...
  • Page 105 11.2 Option 3 : Connecting for Internet Access Figure 3 Telephone Computer BT Wall Socket ADSL Filter Ideally : Set PC to Obtain IP Address Automatically Alternatively : RJ11 cable with IP Address = 192.168.1.10 BT Adapter Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0 Gateway = 192.168.1.1 Modem / Router RJ45 patch cable...
  • Page 106 Be aware that when connected to the internet, the router has two IP addresses: internal and external. The internal address is seen by devices connecting to it’s Ethernet ports, the external address represents it’s connection to the local exchange via the telephone line. Tasks : Find out what the external IP address is, this is assigned by the customer’s Internet Service Provider...

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