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  • Page 1 Manual Ver 1.1 C820-0019...

  • Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc

    CANADIAN INTERFERENCE-CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS. THE INFORMATION IN THIS MANUAL IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE AS OF THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. ADEMCO VIDEO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM THE USE THEREOF. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

  • Page 4: Important Safeguards

    I M P O RTANT SAFEGUARDS 1. Read Instructions storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long All the safety and operating instructions should be read periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and before the appliance is operated. disconnect the antenna or cable system.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n C o p y r i g h t Before Starting Chapter 1. Product Information Chapter 2. To o l s S m a r t G u a r d S m a r t S e a r c h S m a r t B a c k u p S m a r t P a g e r...
  • Page 6 Digital surveillance systems are quickly replacing traditional analog CCTV systems. To meet the need of the market, ADEMCO Video has developed the AVDR series - AVDR 50, AVDR 100, AVDR 200, AVDR 50E, AVDR 100E and AVDR 200E. Each model has different features for performance (display and recording) and expansion capacity.

  • Page 7: Copyright

    ADEMCO Video; nor does the purchase or use of products from ADEMCO Video convey a license under any patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights or any other intellectual property rights from ADEMCO Video.

  • Page 8: Chapter 1: Product Information

    AVDR User’s Manual Chapter 1: Product Information Features Compatible with color cameras or other standard video sources Video synchronization not required Pantaplex operation for simultaneous recording, multi-screen viewing, playback, remote monitoring and archiving Versatile display formats for convenient user interface; single-screen, full-screen, quad, 3x3, 4x4, 3+4, 2+8 Main and Spot monitor outputs On-screen graphic display includes camera title, location, recording status, mode display...
  • Page 9 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder AVDR System Installation Turning On the AVDR Press the power button located on the back panel to turn the system on. The system goes in to the SmartGuard mode as soon as it finishes its boot process.

  • Page 10: Sensor Input

    AVDR User’s Manual Sensor Input Alarm Output NC: For normally closed device NO: For normally open device C: Common G: Ground RS232 Not Connect Ground Not Connect Not Connect...
  • Page 11 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Connecting RS485 Controller / Devices AVDR RS232/485 Converter RS485 Controller or Device COM1/COM2 RS232 Null Modem Cable Connecting an AVDR to a Controller (RS232) AVDR RS232 Controller or PC COM1/COM2 Null Modem Cable Connecting Multiple AVDRs to a Controller (RS485)
  • Page 12 AVDR User’s Manual Connecting a Dome Camera to a AVDR using RS232 AVDR RS232 Dome Camera COM1/COM2 NOTE: Refer to each dome camera’s manual for specific wiring details. Connecting Multiple Dome Cameras to a AVDR using RS485 RS485 RS485 RS485 RS485 Camera #1 Camera #2...
  • Page 13 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder AVDR System Diagram...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2: Tools

    AVDR User’s Manual Chapter 2: Tools SmartGuard - Monitoring and Recording Software Overview SmartGuard is powerful surveillance software. It provides multiplexer functions, digital time-lapse recording and event-driven recording. SmartGuard also provides motion detection. Note: The first time you turn on the system, it will immediately begin recording. If you have less than 16 cameras, you must enter the setup screen and deactivate any inputs to which cameras are not connected.
  • Page 15 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Monitor: Displays images from selected cameras. System Status: Displays system status. Screen Buttons: Select screen mode. Camera: Selects camera. PTZ: Controls pan, tilt and zoom. Adjust: Adjusts image. Utility Buttons: Auto, Record, Alarm, Setup and Search.

  • Page 16: Screen Button

    AVDR User’s Manual Screen Button To select the screen mode, click one of the buttons shown below. single-screen quad 3 + 4 3 x 3 2 + 8 4 x 4 full-screen To view a specific image in the single-screen mode, move the cursor to that image and double click the left mouse button.
  • Page 17 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Utility Buttons Auto Sequencing: When Auto is clicked, SmartGuard sequences the cameras in order. Whenever you click the button, it toggles between On and Off. You can also set the switching interval manually in the Setup dialog box. Click Setup to access the Setup dialog box.
  • Page 18 AVDR User’s Manual SmartGuard Setup Setting Up the System Camera On/Off: Enables or disables cameras. Location: Title of the location where the system is installed. Clicking the keyboard icon allows you to enter or edit the “Location” name. Spot sequence dwell: Sets the sequencing interval of SPOT Monitor. The AVDR provides one Spot output for a regular television or NTSC or PAL monitor.

  • Page 19: Setting Up Cameras

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Change password...: Changes the password. (The default is 111.) Set up backup...: To set up for backup, refer to the SmartBackup section in this chapter. Set up pager...: To set up pager information, refer to the SmartPager section in this chapter.
  • Page 20 Hide image: Display option. If the box is checked, the selected camera will not be displayed on the monitor. (The images from that camera will be recorded, however.) SmartCapture: The AVDR Series captures the images very quickly using ADEMCO Video's unique technique, SmartCapture. However, it is possible that some PAL type cameras can have shaky images after executing the program.

  • Page 21: Setting Up Schedules

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Setting Up Schedules Select a camera: Selects a camera to set up Hour chart: Selects the hour(s) to record. Rec. mode: Selects the desired recording mode. Note: The AVDR provides four different recording modes: view only mode, time-lapse mode, event-driven mode, and time and event mode.

  • Page 22: Setting Up Sensors

    AVDR User’s Manual Setting Up Sensors Select a sensor: Selects a sensor to set up. Enable: Enables or disables the sensor. Normally closed: Determines the sensor detection method. Placing a check in this box selects the open detection. Description: Location where the sensor is installed. Sensor type: The type of given sensor (e.g.

  • Page 23: Setting Up Motion Detection

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Setting Up Motion Detection Select a camera: Selects a camera to set up. Enable: Enables or disables the motion detection of the selected camera. Sensitivity: Sets the sensitivity of the motion detection. Detection can be set at five steps from 1 to 5.

  • Page 24: Setting Up The Alarm

    AVDR User’s Manual Rectangle: Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor in any direction. A rectangle appears. Once the rectangle is in the shape you want, release the mouse button and the rectangle fills with boxes. Fill: When using the fill tool, clicking the mouse will fill that area of the image with boxes. If a shape has been drawn with the line tool, clicking inside will fill the area with boxes.
  • Page 25 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Setting Up the Remote Access Note: The user can review recorded video on other systems. Also, the user can view live video or review recorded video on remote systems using the SmartBase program. Refer to Chapter 3: Remote Access for details.
  • Page 26 AVDR User’s Manual SmartSearch - Image Data Searching Software Overview SmartSearch is a powerful tool for SmartGuard. It features playback and search functions for recorded data and consists of three windows: Playback Window, Remocon (Remote Control), and Timetable. Each area displays or controls recorded information. Click Search in the SmartGuard mode to get into the SmartSearch mode.
  • Page 27 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Data Loading in Remocon Data can be loaded from different locations: Local, Remote and Backup. These routes must be set up individually. Refer to the Environment Setup section in this chapter. After loading SmartSearch in SmartGuard, go to Environment Setup.
  • Page 28 AVDR User’s Manual SmartSearch Environment Setup General Local Drive: In most cases the local drive is the C: drive. Even if the software is installed on more than one hard disk, the local drive will be the C: drive, assuming that the operating system (Windows) and AVDR have been installed on the C: drive.
  • Page 29 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Network The Network window sets up the remote playback function. The Remote is found in the Remote Control window. Two types of connections can be made: PSTN (including ISDN) and LAN. The default is LAN. Remove a check from the Using LAN box to use a modem for remote access, and Phone Number and Modem will be activated.
  • Page 30 AVDR User’s Manual Playback Window The playback window shows the current playback image and has the following control buttons on the upper right side: Screen Division: The AVDR provides multi-screen playback function. You are able to review more than one camera at a time. The available multi-screen formats are single-screen, quad, 3x3, and 4x4.
  • Page 31 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Remote Control The Remote Control window plays back and processes images. It has a small playback window, playback control buttons, and additional buttons. Its features are similar to VCR remote control. Close: To quit SmartSearch, click Close.
  • Page 32 AVDR User’s Manual Find Press Find to bring up the following dialog box. Find Range - Camera: Shows the selected camera. - From: The starting time. - Until: The ending time. Find All: Finds all events within the range and then lists them. Find Next: Finds one event at a time.
  • Page 33 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Additional Window There are additional control buttons on Remote Control. Click the arrow icon to reveal these additional image processing buttons. Intpl. (Interpolation): Reduces the alias effect that occurs when using the zoom function. Blur: Blurs the image to reduce noise.
  • Page 34 AVDR User’s Manual Storing Video Clip to an AVI (Audio Visual Interleaved) File Any video clip of recorded data can be saved as an AVI and compression program will be selectable among the ones installed on the current system. How to store AVI file Press Save on remote control in SmartSearch.
  • Page 35 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Timetable Window The timetable window consists of a record timetable, camera label and a calendar/bookmark. You will see the bank file recording information. Various functions of the timetable window enable fast searching. Camera Label Buttons Camera label buttons show camera information. Change the current playback camera by clicking the camera label button.
  • Page 36 AVDR User’s Manual - Click the down button in the upper box, and select the date (only the dates having recorded data are listed in the box). And set the time by clicking up/down buttons in the lower box, and then click OK.
  • Page 37 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Audio Playback (AVDR 50, 100, 200) Note: Move to the SmartGuard mode, and click Setup. And then select Sensor or Motion Detection tab in the Setup dialog box, and make sure that the Record Audio box is checked.

  • Page 38: Smartbackup

    AVDR User’s Manual SmartBackup Use SmartBackup for backing up data. Data can be saved to a DVD-RAM or network drive. The AVDR provides auto and manual backup capabilities. Stored Image Information Drive Status - Drive: Shows all attached hard disk(s). - Recording Period: Shows the recording period of each (source or target) drive.

  • Page 39: Manual Backup

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Manual Backup This button starts manual backup mode. If the AVDR is set to Auto Backup mode, clicking this button will release the auto backup mode. Click Manual... to go to the following dialog box. There are two ways to back up manually; backup by time and backup by list.
  • Page 40 AVDR User’s Manual ID: Serial number of recording banks Recording Start Time: Recording start time of a target bank Recording End Time: Recording end time of a target bank Type: Displays the type of recording banks (NORMAL: time-lapse recording, PRExx: pre-alarm recording).
  • Page 41 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder SmartBackup Setup Click Setup... to set up auto-backup, manual backup, or backup path. Auto-backup: If this box is checked, the AVDR will back up automatically according to the setup. When this box is checked, all the necessary menus will be activated. If the Auto-backup is not checked, the AVDR is in manual backup mode.

  • Page 42: Smartpager

    AVDR User’s Manual SmartPager SmartPager pages the system manager when something happens to video input, such as a video signal loss or system reboot. SmartServer and SmartPager cannot be run at the same time because they both need the modem. Two modems must be installed to run both. Access the SmartPager dialog box from the Setup dialog box in SmartGuard.

  • Page 43: Chapter 3: Remote Access

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Chapter 3: Remote Access For remote access, we provide the SmartBase program which has three major functions: Remote playback, remote monitoring, and remote control. Remote playback makes it possible to play the recorded images at remote sites. Remote monitoring makes it possible to do real-time monitoring of remote sites.

  • Page 44: Post System Setup

    AVDR User’s Manual POST System Setup Set up the POST system (except Network setup) by clicking Setup in SmartGuard and then clicking the Remote tab to see the following dialog box. Refer to the SmartGuard section in Chapter 2 for System, Camera, Schedule, Sensor, Motion Detection and Alarm setup. To use PSTN, refer to Appendix 3: Dial-up Networking Setup.

  • Page 45: Base System Setup

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder BASE System Setup Click Setup in SmartBase of the BASE system, and you will see the following dialog box. The system's default is Local. If you want to change to a remote site setup, click the circle next to Remote and then choose one of the registered sites.
  • Page 46 AVDR User’s Manual Camera assignment: There are blanks for 16 cameras. (16 cameras can be monitored at the same time.) Select the POST and the Camera number. Each POST has a maximum of 16 cameras. Set up network...: Refer to Appendix 2: Network Setup. Set up site...

  • Page 47: Appendixes

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Appendixes Appendix 1: SmartShell SmartShell is very easy and dependable software for maintaining your AVDR system. This software will help the AVDR system to recover from unexpected system failures. SmartShell is also the only way to access Windows.

  • Page 48: Execute Menu

    AVDR User’s Manual Execute Menu This menu allows you to access all AVDR programs. Restart All: Restarts the programs. SmartSetup: Refer to the IBank Setup section in Chapter 2. SmartScan: This is invisible software. It scans the hard drive for recording. SmartGuard: Refer to SmartGuard section in Chapter 1.
  • Page 49 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder System Menu Close: Closes SmartShell and accesses Windows. Restart: Restarts the system. Shutdown: Shuts down the system. About... Menu This menu shows the software version information.

  • Page 50: Appendix 2: Accessing Windows

    AVDR User’s Manual Appendix 2: Accessing Windows Since digital surveillance systems are new technology, they might be unfamiliar to many users. Many problems can occur from incorrect Windows settings. The AVDR requires specific Windows settings for optimal performance. That is why the Windows mode has been blocked. This section describes the steps to get into the Windows mode.

  • Page 51: Appendix 3: Network Setup (Lan)

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Appendix 3: Network Setup (LAN) 1. Under Start in Windows, go to Settings then to Control Panel and then Network. Under the Configuration tab, select Windows Logon under Primary Network Logon. 2. Under the same tab, select TCP/IP and click Properties. Select Specify an IP address and enter the appropriate IP address and subnet mask, acquired from the system administrator.
  • Page 52 AVDR User’s Manual 3. Click on the Gateway tab and enter the appropriate gateway address, acquired from the system administrator. Click Add and then OK. 4. In the Network dialog box, click OK to reboot the system.

  • Page 53: Appendix 4: Dial-Up Networking Setup

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Appendix 4: Dial-up Networking Setup 1. Check whether the software is installed. (This needs to be done for both the POST and the BASE system) 1.1. Under Start in Windows, go to Programs, to Accessories, and to Communications.
  • Page 54 AVDR User’s Manual 2.3. Choose Microsoft under Manufacturer, Dial-Up Adapter under Network Adapters and then click OK. 2.4. If TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter is already installed, go to Step 2.6. Otherwise select Protocol and click Add. 2.5. Choose Microsoft under Manufacturer, TCP/IP under Network Protocols, and then click OK.
  • Page 55 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder 2.6. In the Network dialog box, select TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter and then click Properties. 2.7. Enter the IP address as "10.10.10.11" for the POST system and enter "10.10.10.10" for the BASE system. The Subnet Mask for both is "255.255.255.0."...
  • Page 56 AVDR User’s Manual 3.4. Click Server Type... and make sure that PPP: Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows 98 is selected under Type of Dial-Up Server. Do not check any box under Advanced options. Click OK, and then close the dialog box. 4.
  • Page 57 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder 4.3. Click Finish. 4.4. Select the newly created connection icon, and click the right mouse button. Open the dialog box by selecting Properties. Note: Remove a check in the Use area code and Dialing Properties box when using an extension.
  • Page 58 AVDR User’s Manual Dial-Up Networking Troubleshooting Problem: Dial-up networking disconnects in SmartGuard or SmartSearch. Solution: Sometimes dial-up networking disconnects due to the condition of installed modem and telephone line. Close the System and follow instructions to test dial-up networking. 1. Go to My Network under Windows Explorer/Dial-Up Networking. Click the right button on the mouse and select the Properties.

  • Page 59: Appendix 5: Avdr Models

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Appendix 5: AVDR Models ADVR Series consists six models. Model No. Specification ADVR 50E Standard Model + 50GB HDD ADVR 100E Standard Model + 100GB HDD ADVR 200E Standard Model + 200GB HDD ADVR 50 Premium Model + 50GB HDD...

  • Page 60: Appendix 7: Webguard (Avdr 50, 100, 200)

    AVDR User’s Manual Appendix 7: WebGuard (AVDR 50, 100, 200) Overview WebGuard, remote web monitoring program, allows users to access the remote systems and monitor live video images on it through Internet web browser any time from virtually anywhere. Features Remote monitoring live video images by using a web browser Accessing up to 16 remote systems 16-channel live monitoring...
  • Page 61 ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder How to connect WebGuard Start the Web browser (Internet Explorer) in your local PC and enter the IP address of the AVDR system, aquired from the system administrator, in the location/address filed. WebGuard runs automatically. Note: WebGuard only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with Netscape.

  • Page 62: Appendix 8: Troubleshooting

    2. Scan the hard disk with the System tools under Programs/Accessories in Windows. 3. Install the new software. Problem: The ADEMCO Video logo appears and then freezes. Sometimes the screen is black. Solution: There is a problem with the Main Board. Reboot the system. If it happens often, call your dealer or installer.

  • Page 63: Appendix 9: Contact Information

    ADEMCO Video Digital Recorder Appendix 9: Contact Information...

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