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Avermedia LX5000 User Manual

Avermedia LX5000 User Manual

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AVerMedia LX5000
Digital Video Recorder &
Remote Surveillance System
User's Manual
300AAABX / V3.0 / 0612
AVerMedia LX5000 User's Manual
FCC NOTICE
This device has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class a digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection
against
harmful
industrial
or
business
environment.
generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for
help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation
is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
CAUTION ON MODIFICATIONS
To comply with the limits for the Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, this device must be
installed in computer equipment certified to comply with the
Class A limits. All cables used to connect the computer and
peripherals must be shielded and grounded. Operation with
non-certified computers or non-shielded cables may result in
interference to radio or television reception.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
grantee of this device could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.
CE NOTICE
This is a Class A product.
2
interference
in
a
commercial,
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equipment
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  • Page 1 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual FCC NOTICE This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class a digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    .................... 7 ANUAL ONVENTIONS In no event will AVerMedia be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........8 inability to use this product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Intelligent programming reduces the need for manual operation and therefore minimizes the human error factor. The AVerMedia LX5000 system has been especially designed to allow for future enhancements in addition to maintaining interfaces necessary to integrate with legacy surveillance equipment. Taking advantage of today’s sophisticated communication technology, the AVerMedia LX5000...

  • Page 4: P Ackage C Ontents

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 1.2 Package Contents Chapter 2 Hardware Installation AVerMedia LX5000 • LX5000: 1/2 x AVerMedia Video Capture Card 2.1 Hardware Recommendations • 1 x LAN Card (REALTEK RTL8139) • 1 x CD (includes LX5000 software, Linux Operating System, Intel Celeron 800 (Pentium III 800 MHz or above RemoteManager S/W, and User’s Manual)
  • Page 5 • Rockwell (Connexant) chipset Voice Modem • Topic chipset Voice Modem If you purchase the AVerMedia LX5000 kit, and you run out of • Zyxel Omni56K Voice Modem external COM ports for the speed dome camera, you can use a...

  • Page 6: I Nstalling The Av Er M Edia Lx5000 V Ideo C Ards

    Depending on whether you have LX5000 Insert the AVerMedia video cards into the available PCI expansion slots. the LX5000 will determine how to Replace the computer cover and reconnect all cables. install your cameras. Video cards are stacked vertically into the chassis.

  • Page 7: C Onnecting E Xternal I Nputs /O Utputs C Ontrol D Evices

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Cameras need to be installed according to the numerical order displayed Sensor Input Specification on the diagrams above for each model. With the LX5000, cameras will be installed from top to bottom beginning with the left-most column.
  • Page 8 1A/125VAC External sensors such as infrared sensors, smoke detectors, proximity Resistive Load 2A/30VDC sensors, door sensors, etc., can be attached to the AVerMedia LX5000’s Contact Material AgNi10 input-signal connectors on the External I/O Box. These devices trigger the system to respond with a predefined action (e.g. record video)

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    1. Go into the BIOS Setup and configure the First Boot Device to be the CD-ROM in order to boot from the AVerMedia LX5000 system CD. Note that when you use this CD to boot the system, the CD-ROM drive can either be the master or slave of any IDE channel.

  • Page 10: Chapter 4 System Configuration And Operation

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Chapter 4 System Configuration and Operation 4.1 Entering the System Before you start running LX5000 system, the system will perform a routine hardware check-up and scan all hard disks. In general, the hard disk scan takes only a few seconds.
  • Page 11 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 4.2 System Configuration Main Screen Alarm Report Network Status The image will turn into red and be Alarm Status flashing once an alarm is triggered. Slow Log An alarm message with the detailed...
  • Page 12 Figure 4 and date in the displayed dialog box besides. Software Version It displays the software version of the AVerMedia LX5000 system Hard Disk Status This information shows the total disk capacity and available disk space Display mode of all the hard disks in the system.
  • Page 13 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 4-Camera Display Full Screen The first click of this button displays cameras 1 through 4 on Click this button displays, you can switch the current audit mode to full the screen. Continue to click to view cameras 5 through 8, 9 through screen.
  • Page 14 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 4.2.1 System Setup System Setup 1. Video signal warning: System configuration If it is selected, system will beep warning when system detect Enter system setting screen, user can do the following: system setting, camera has video loss.
  • Page 15 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 2. Date format: screen resolution for one camera, the other camera in the same team System provide two different date format: will have the identical setting. yy/mm/dd(year/month/day) and mm/dd/yy (month/day/yar) 7. Display recording frame number 3.
  • Page 16 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Key in”123456” (default root password) the on password field for the See tables below for more clarification about the authorization. initial login from root. Click OK to bring the next dialog as follows to 1.
  • Page 17 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual √ √ √ ¡ · ¡ · ¢ ® Intelligent search System setup √ √ √ ¡ · ¡ · ¢ ® Password Setup Change split √ √ √ ¡ · ¡ ·...
  • Page 18 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual ¡ · ¡ · ¢ ® ¡ · ¢ ® ¢ ® Alarm Setup PTZ Control ¡ · ¢ ® ¢ ® ¡ · ¡ · ¢ ® Schedule Setup Start Network Service √...
  • Page 19 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual When neither the enable administrator nor the enable operator √ √ √ Change split buttons are activated, restrictions are as follows. √ √ √ Printer Functional Item Root Administrator Operator ¡ ·...
  • Page 20 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Click Camera Setup. It will show a window like the following: 2. Camera name Name a specified camera in Camera name field 3. Disable camera Turn off Signal: To decide you want to monitor the camera or not is fully depended on this camera is selected or not.
  • Page 21 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 6. PTZ camera After you finish PTZ camera installation, enter manufacture name, COM port and address for PTZ camera setting in camera option, and click save button to finalize the system and camera communication setting.
  • Page 22 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Quality Adjust the recording quality by dragging the scroll bar. Keep in mind E-Map (Electronics Map) Setup: Push this bottom, and get that the more precise the recording quality, the more space is taken up into the manual of electronics map setting.
  • Page 23 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 3. Instruction: You can input the related exploitation and information of electronics map from the instruction column. The map name and instruction the status rows of electronics map Default Value: Set the camera at the default value.
  • Page 24 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual the further information. When you install the fire wall, please enable the fire wall NAT function (network address translation) for the connection of Domain Name & Password Enter the domain name and password given in the process of image transmission.
  • Page 25 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Click Add to create an alarm and the detailed configuration window will motion detection, and camera video loss. pop up: Motion Detection Select the cameras for the trigger according to motion detection This window contains Condition and Action configurations.
  • Page 26 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Phone Alarm You have to Key in two sets of phone numbers for the system to dial when the alarm goes off. If the first number is busy or invalid, the system will switch to the second number.
  • Page 27 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Schedule Recording Setup To setup a recording session click the Schedule Recording button and then click Schedule Setup. Use the diagram below and follow the instructions to set up a recording session.
  • Page 28 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual section you plan as long as the Time is due. To exercise the prior perform the scheduled task on the period. privilege of Scheduler, the Alarm will perform by the scheduled time Click Ok to add a new schedule or Cancel to exit the window without even though it is not enabled in Alarm section of System Configuration.

  • Page 29: Start / Stop Recording

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 4.3 System Operation You must click the Start/Stop Recording button after you finish configuring the LX5000 system to activate surveillance. The system is inactive until you click this button. 4.3.2 Playback Click Playback button to reveal the following window: 4.3.1...
  • Page 30 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 1. Use the searching chart, follow the hard disk-> year, month, day - The playback control buttons are defined as follows: >camera-> display all the file names of the saved recorded files based on hour, minute, and second time period.
  • Page 31 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 4. Search List There are seven columns of information: file time, alarm operation, number of relay/recording, trigger/clear alarm, alarm condition, sensor/camera number and hard disk number. Clicking on the column headers will sort the rows in the order of the column information, alternating between ascending and descending with every click.
  • Page 32 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 7. Search Result Search Detection Sensitivity You can move this scroll bar to adjust the search sensitivity. Less Click Search Result to recall the previously searched list if you have exited Video search list.
  • Page 33 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual number of relay/recording, trigger/clear alarm, alarm condition, Change Split sensor/camera number and hard disk number. Clicking on the This button allows you to change the number of camera displays (max. column headers will sort the rows in the order of the column 16).
  • Page 34 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Backup files Click Create CD to configure the CD-R program. There are hard disk, type, size (KB), use%, total (KB) lists to view all of the files in every hard disk. a. Determine working type of hard disk by clicking Change mode. It is allowed to have the hard disk run either recording or backup.

  • Page 35: Show / Hide E-Map

    *.jpg or *.bmp. Then, the system will name the files based on the recording time automatically. AVerMedia digital monitor system provides the WaterMark function. When you use the save function to save the .bmp file,...
  • Page 36 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Blue Video Loss Activated Camera Sensor Motion Show Cameras Green Yellow Normal Detection Camera Relay Activated Relay E-Map Chose 4. Click Exit to leave for main menu. Cameras, Sensors, Exit State Relays State 4.3.4...
  • Page 37 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Setup Click this button to enter the PTZ Setup Menu to set the desired preset positions. The PTZ Setup Menu dialog box is explained towards the end of this section. Focus in Use this button during surveillance to decrease the focal length for a clearer picture.
  • Page 38 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Stay Time: Use this setting to configure the stay-time in Direction buttons seconds (1~8 seconds), which defines the time the camera stays fixed Use these buttons to navigate the camera’s directional focus during at its previous or next preset position, depending on your PTZ model, surveillance.

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Using The Webcam

    Remote AVerMedia LX5000 server has finished the following settings. Manager. IE setting: Access Internet Options setting from Control Panel as the following dialog. 4.3.6. Quit System Press this button: then you can quit the AVerMedia LX5000 digital monitor system.

  • Page 40: Use The Webcam

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 5.2 Use the WebCam Select Security page to configure Internet and Local internet sectors respectively. Click Custom Level button to pup up the following dialog. Check Enable or Prompt radio button both in Download...
  • Page 41 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual When the remote transmitting cameras are more than the split display You can also change the display sequence by assigning different number, you can click to switch the screen to display the following cameras to different channels.

  • Page 42: Chapter 6 Remotemanager

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Login Chapter 6 RemoteManager Once you first start the program by clicking the shortcut of Remote Manager on your desktop, a Login dialog right side 6.1 Accessing RemoteManager will prompt you to enter the user ID and password to access to the program.
  • Page 43 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual If a camera is not enabled, the image Setup from this camera will show as the image above (gray scale) on the screen. If a camera is disconnected to the server signal...
  • Page 44 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 1. Click User Management. The following window will appear: Minimum Space & Safety Quota 2. Use Add/Delete/Rename button to arrange User field. Next you need to provide the minimum space and safety quota for hard 3.
  • Page 45 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 2. Change channel’s names by directly click on 2.Check the recording by date or by 3. Arrow down the list to select the Server’s and Camera’s names for weekday and choose the time by each channel.
  • Page 46 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 6.2.6 Sensor Status sensor status viewed consequent window by clicking this button. 6.2.7 Relay Status The relay status is viewed on the consequent 1. First determine a UDP port (Default 9190) to receive the images window by clicking this button.

  • Page 47: O Perating R Emote M Anager

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual 6.3 Operating RemoteManager Connection via TCP/IP Once the function “Enable Remote View server via TCP/IP” in the setting of Networking section has been checked, you are allowed to 6.3.1 Center Management add a new server via TCP/IP.
  • Page 48 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Consequently, the files ranged within the selected time will be listed If the port number has in time sequence in the file directory. been changed in server end, please delete the server and set a new one.
  • Page 49 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Slide Bar You can drag the slide bar directly to the frame you want to play. Zoom In/Out Click the buttons to zoom in or out the images. Image Quality You can adjust the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation.

  • Page 50: Start Recording

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Group Direction Speed Each PTZ camera has 4 groups to comply with the position sequences There are four speeds to decide the moving speed of the PTZ camera as follows: during adjusting Direction Control...

  • Page 51: Chapter 7 Avermedia Faqs

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Chapter 7 AVerMedia FAQs Q: What is the limit for the length of the camera cable that is used to connect the camera to the LX5000 system? A: The maximum length is 150m for 5C coaxial cables. If a longer cable is needed, a repeater is required.

  • Page 52: Appendix A Registering Domain Name On Ddns Server

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Q: Why can’t I add a new mask? Appendix A Registering Domain Name on A: You cannot add a new mask when previous masks are hidden. Q: Do you offer a development kit for the LX5000 system? DDNS Server A: We will provide Center SDK in the near future.

  • Page 53: Appendix B Image Verification

    Name Domain Name Follow the steps to verify image file (AVerMedia.avers.com.tw) are the replacement for Internet a. setup/start program address while a remote client tends to search a dynamic server. b. Load the image file. Click “open” button to start verifying file...
  • Page 54 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual D. result (1) If file is not modified, same picture will show in the right side result picture box This program can only verify un-compressed bmp image file (2) If the file is modified, it will display a warning dialog box.
  • Page 55 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Using ImageVerify program in Window 98SE / ME / 2000 Pro / XP Pro environment If you are using Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 Pro / XP Pro system, please open 'tools' folder in Digital video surveillance system CD and execute 'ImageVerification.exe' to start the program.

  • Page 56: Appendix C Remote Login With An Modem-To-Modem

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Appendix C Remote Login with an Modem- to-Modem Connection To run RemoteManager over a direct Modem-to-Modem connection between the Linux server and the remote client, follow the instructions in the section of the operating system you are using.

  • Page 57: Windows 2000

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Go back to the Dial- Select Dial-up to up Networking private network and window and double- click the Next button. click the connection you just created. In the Connect to dialog box, enter any User...

  • Page 58: Windows Xp

    AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual C. Windows XP Click the Finish Go to Start Programs button to complete Accessories the connection Communications and setup. click New Connection Wizard. Click the Next button. Select Connect to the Go back to the Network and Dial-...
  • Page 59 AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual Enter any User name and the Password set in step F of the Select Connect using a server’s ISDN setup procedure. dial-up modem and click Click the Next button to the Next button.

  • Page 60: Limited Warranty

    SERVICE AND LOSS OF BUSINESS) OR LIABILITY LIMITATIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. AVerMedia TECHNOLOGY, Inc. warrants that this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacturing or components There are no other oral or written warranties, expressed or implied,...

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