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  • Page 1: User Manual

    QC40198 & QC40196 User Manual 19” LCD Observation Systems...
  • Page 2 CONTACT US QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please contact a Q-See support representative first regarding any additional information you need help with regarding product features, specification or assistance with setup. Please contact us using the following methods with questions about your Q-See product.
  • Page 3 This combo DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and flammable or explosive substances, etc. 6. Accessories Make sure to only use accessories recommended by Q-See. Before installation, check the package to verify that all the components are included. Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.

  • Page 4: Warranty Information

    WARRANTY INFORMATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual...

  • Page 5: Customer Information Card

    Purchase Date Distributor The material in this document is the intellectual property of Q-See. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without our company’s expressed written consent.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 1. 1. 1. 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFI FEATURES AND SPECIFI FEATURES AND SPECIFI FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS CATIONS CATIONS .................... 1 CATIONS ............................1 ..........................3 2. 2. 2. 2. CONTROLS CONTROLS ........................... 7 CONTROLS CONTROLS ......................
  • Page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual ........................27 4.3.1 Search Menu ..........................27 4.3.2 Playback ............................28 4.3.2.1 Playback Mode ..........................28 4.3.2.2 Accurate Playback ......................... 28 4.3.2.3 Synchronized Playback Function when Playing Back ..............28 4.3.2.4 Digital Zoom ........................... 28 4.3.2.5 File Backup ............................
  • Page 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.3.3 Schedule ............................50 5.3.4 RS232 ............................51 5.3.5 Network ............................51 5.3.5.1 Advanced Network Setup ......................53 5.3.6 Alarm .............................. 58 5.3.7 Detect ............................. 58 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom ..........................59 5.3.9 Display ............................59 5.3.10 Default ............................
  • Page 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7.2.3 Color ............................... 85 7.2.4 Picture Path and Record Path ....................... 85 ............................ 86 7.3.1 System Information ........................86 7.3.2 System Configuration ........................88 7.3.3 Advanced ............................. 106 7.3.4 Additional Function........................112 ............................112 ............................
  • Page 10 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 1. 1. 1. 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS This combo DVR integrates a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and LCD screen together. It is an excellent digital monitor with a sleek appearance and innovative capabilities which are functional and reliable.
  • Page 11 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual User-Friendly LCD Control Functions Front panel button control allows instant booting up and system shut down at the press of a button. LCD monitor can be set to go into energy efficient stand-by mode. Included Mouse and Remote Control In addition to front panel button controls, system can also be booted up and shut down using the included remote control or mouse.
  • Page 12 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Combo Digital Video Recorder QC40198 QC40196 Model High-performance industrial embedded micro controller High-performance industrial embedded micro controller Main Processor Embedded LINUX Embedded LINUX System Multiplex operations: Multiple-channel record, multiple- Multiplex operations: Multiple-channel record, multiple- Resources channel playback and network operation simultaneously channel playback and network operation simultaneously...
  • Page 13 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Cover secret channel with blue screen though system is Cover secret channel with blue screen though system is encoding normally. encoding normally. Channel Lock Screen-lock function to prevent unauthorized user seeing Screen-lock function to prevent unauthorized user seeing secret video.
  • Page 14 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Network Function View monitor channel remotely. View monitor channel remotely. Device configuration through client-end and web browser Device configuration through client-end and web browser Upgrade via client or browser to realize remote Upgrade via client or browser to realize remote maintenance.
  • Page 15 FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Update Tools Web browser and client-end update tool. Web browser and client-end update tool. Login, Logout and Shut Down Password login protection to guarantee safety Password login protection to guarantee safety User-friendly interface when login. Provide the following User-friendly interface when login.

  • Page 16: Controls Controls

    CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 2. 2. 2. 2. CONTROLS CONTROLS CONTROLS CONTROLS This section provides information about the front panel and rear panel. Please refer to this before you install the system. The front panel is shown in Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1 Please refer to the following chart for front panel button information.
  • Page 17 CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Go back to real-time monitor status in playback mode. 10 Confirm current operation. Go to the default button Go to the menu. 11 Bidirectional talk output 12 Bidirectional talk input 13 USB port The rear panel is shown below. See Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information.
  • Page 18 CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual The remote control interface is shown in Figure 2-3 Figure 2-3 Num Name Function Address Click to input device serial number Multiple-window switch Switch between multiple-window and one-window view 0-9 number key Input password, channel or switch channel. Record Start or stop recording manually In record interface, working with the direction buttons to...
  • Page 19 CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Confirm /menu key go to default button go to the menu Cancel Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control) In playback mode, it goes to real-time monitor mode. Direction keys Switch current activated control, go to left or right.
  • Page 20 CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual The mouse control interface is shown in Figure 2-4 82HX Figure 2-4 Left click System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in. mouse In real-time monitor mode, you can go to the main menu. When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu content.
  • Page 21 CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Double Implement special control operation such as double click one item in the file list to playback video. Left Click In multiple-window mode, double left click one channel to view in full-window. mouse Double left click current video again to go back to previous multiple-window mode. Right Real-time monitor mode, pop-up shortcut menu: one-window, four-window, nine-window and Click...

  • Page 22: Installation And Con Installation And Connection Nection

    INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 3. 3. 3. 3. Installation and Connection Installation and Connection Installation and Connection Installation and Connection Note: When installing and operating you should follow common safety guidelines. When you receive the combo DVR, please check for any visible damage. The protective materials used for the packaging of the combo DVR can protect it from most damage during transportation.
  • Page 23 INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual The DVR supports two installation modes: desktop/ wall-mount. The default installation is the desktop type. Refer to Figure 3-1. You will need to purchase the wall mount accessories for wall mount type installation. Figure 3-1...
  • Page 24 INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual This combo DVR supports one SATA Hard Drive of 7200rpm or higher. Refer to the Appendix A for a list of recommended Hard Drive brands and models. Please follow the instructions below to install the HDD: NOTE: If your DVR came with a pre-installed hard drive you do not need these instructions unless you replace or upgrade the hard drive.

  • Page 25: Connecting Video Input

    INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual We recommend you use UPS (uninterrupted power supply) to guarantee steady operation, combo DVR life span, and other peripheral equipment’s operation such as cameras. We also strongly recommend that you plug the DVR and cameras into a transient voltage surge protector (UL-1449 rating). Look for a clamping voltage of 330 or lower, Joule rating of at least 400, and a response time of 10 nanoseconds or less.

  • Page 26: Audio Input

    INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 3-3 3.6.1 Audio Input This product uses BNC ports. Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, keep contacts snug and dry, and away from high tension current. Figure 3-4 3.6.2 Audio Output The audio output signal parameter is usually over 200mv 1K (BNC).
  • Page 27 INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 3-5 Refer to the following chart in Figure 3-6 for alarm input and output connection. X287H287H 287H Figure 3-6 There are two alarm input types for you to select: normally open (NO) and normally closed (NC). 1.

  • Page 28: Alarm Input And Output Details

    INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual How to connect PTZ camera a. Ensure the camera has the same grounding with combo DVR otherwise you may not control the PTZ. Shielded twisted wire is recommended and the shielded layer is used to connect to the ground. b.

  • Page 29: Alarm Input Port

    INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 3.7.2 Alarm Input Port Refer to the following sheet for more information. Normal open or Normal close type Parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external power to the alarm detector). Parallel connect the Ground of the combo DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
  • Page 30 INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Between contacts and 1000VAC 1minute winding Between contacts with same Surge voltage 1500V (10×160us) polarity Length of open 3ms max time Length of close 3ms max time Longevity Mechanical 50×106 times (3Hz) Electrical 200×103 times (0.5Hz) -40 C ~+70 C (-40 F to +158 F) Temperature You can connect the combo DVR with POS or Keyboard through RS232.
  • Page 31 INSTALLATION & CONNECTION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 485 Port Figure 3-9 There are other interfaces on the combo DVR, such as USB ports. You can refer to Figure 3-10 for more information. X290H 290H 290H Figure 3-10...

  • Page 32: Navigation And Contr Navigation And Controls Navigation And Contr Ols

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4. 4. 4. 4. NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS Overview Overview Overview Overview of Navigation and Controls of Navigation and Controls of Navigation and Controls of Navigation and Controls Before operation, please make sure: You have properly installed a hard drive and all the cable connections.

  • Page 33: Logout

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-2 Logout 4.1.3 There are two ways to log out. One is from the main menu: In the main menu, click the shutdown button. This will generate the interface shown below. See Figure 4-3 Figure 4-3 From the drop down menu shown in Figure 4-3, you will be given several log out options.

  • Page 34: Live Viewing

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Live Viewing 4.2.1 After you log in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting->Display) Recording Motion...
  • Page 35 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Enable all channel recording 4.2.2.4 By clicking “○” below “All” (as illustrated in Figure 4-7), you can enable all channel recording. All channel schedule record Click “ALL” next to “Schedule” as illustrated in Figure 4-7. When system is in schedule recording, all channels will record as you have previously set (Main menu- >Setting->Schedule).

  • Page 36: Search Menu

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Search Menu 4.3.1 Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown below. See Figure 4-10. Usually there are three file types: R: Regular recording file. A: External alarm recording file. M: Motion detection recording file Playback control bar Select playback mode here: 4-ch or All-channel...

  • Page 37: Playback

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4.3.2 Playback There are various search modes: video type, channel number or time. The system can display a maximum of 128 files on one screen. You can use page up/down button to view if there is more than one page. Select the file name and double click mouse (or click enter button), you can view file content.

  • Page 38: Calendar

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Button Illustration Remarks Reverse play: In normal playback mode, left click reverse play When system is in in playback reverse play or frame button , system begins reverse playback. interface. by frame playback Double click reverse play button again, system mode, you can click goes to pause mode.

  • Page 39: Quick Setup

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Click the icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups, click the save button and the system will go back to the previous menu. At the bottom of the menu, there are color bars for your reference. Green represents regular recording, yellow is for motion detection and red represents alarm recording.
  • Page 40 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-15 Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activate snapshot function. After you have enabled this function, the system can now take snapshots when corresponding alarm occurs. In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and frequency (see Figure 4-16).

  • Page 41: Image Ftp

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Note: The activate snapshot setting takes priority over the schedule snapshot setting. If you have enabled both types of settings at the same time, the system will activate the “activate snapshot” setting when an alarm occurs automatically.
  • Page 42 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Event type: from the dropdown list you can select motion detection type. Channel: select the channel to activate recording function once alarm occurs. Please make sure you have set MD record in encode interface (Main Menu->Setting->Schedule) and schedule record in manual record interface (Main Menu->Advanced->Manual Record) Latch: when motion detection event ends, system auto delays detecting again for a specified time.
  • Page 43 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-22 Period: Click set button (Figure 4-20), you can see the interface shown in Figure 4-23. Here you can set for business day and non-business day as illustrated in Figure 4-24. Click set button to generate the interface shown in Figure 4-24.

  • Page 44: Video Loss

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4.5.3 Video Loss As illustrated in Figure 4-25, select video loss from the Event Type list. This function informs you when video loss has occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function. Tips: You can enable preset/tour/pattern activation operation when video loss occurs.

  • Page 45: Alarm Setup

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-26 Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected any external alarm devices such as a buzzer. Go to alarm setup interface In the main menu, choose Setting, then Alarm to get to the Alarm setup interface illustrated in Figure 4-27. 4.6.1 Alarm setup Alarm interface is shown below in Figure 4-27 Figure 4-27...
  • Page 46 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Alarm in: Here you select channel number. Event type: There are two types. One is local input and the other is network input. Type: normally open or normally closed. PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour & pattern when there is an alarm.

  • Page 47: Detect Device

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time. This is the time you would want the system to delay before starting recording on a motion alarm. Show message: System can display a message to alert you in the local host screen if you have enabled this function.

  • Page 48: Backup Device

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4.7.2 Backup Device Select backup device and then set channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed below. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remaining as illustrated in Figure 4-32. Note that the system will only back up files with a √...

  • Page 49: Ptz Control And Color Setup

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual PTZ Control and Color Setup Note: All the operations here are based on PELCOD protocol. For other protocols, there might be differences. 4.8.1 Cable Connection Please follow the procedures below to connect the cables Connect the dome RS485 port to combo DVR 485 port.
  • Page 50 NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-35 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface below will be displayed. See Figure 4-35. Here you can set the following items: Speed: value ranges from 1 to 8. Zoom Focus Iris Please click icon to adjust zoom, focus and iris. Figure 4-36 In Figure 4-37, please click direction arrows to adjust PTZ position.

  • Page 51: Intelligent Positioning Key

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4.8.2.1 Intelligent Positioning Key In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key (see figure 4-38). This function only works if your protocol supports it, and you need to use mouse to control. Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode.

  • Page 52: Preset Setup

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-40 Note: Preset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameter. You can define it as you require. You need to refer to your speed dome user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it can be used for special processes.

  • Page 53: Activate Patrol (Tour)

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 4-42 4.9.4 Activate Patrol (tour) As shown in Figure 4-42, input patrol (tour) number in the blank and click patrol button H341H341 4.9.5 Pattern Setup As shown in Figure 4-41, click pattern button and then click “begin” button. This will generate an interface as shown in Figure 4-43.

  • Page 54: Activate Auto Scan

    NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 4.9.8 Activate Auto Scan As shown in Figure 4-36, click “Auto Scan” button to begin system auto scan. During scan the auto scan button becomes Stop button. Click stop button to terminate scan operation. As shown in Figure 4-36, click the page switch button to get the interface illustrated in Figure 4-45.

  • Page 55: Understanding Of Men Understanding Of Menu Operations And Conu Operations And Conu Operations And Controls Trols

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5. 5. 5. 5. Understanding of Understanding of Understanding of Understanding of Menu Menu Menu Operations and Controls Menu Operations and Controls Operations and Controls Operations and Controls Menu Tree...
  • Page 56 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual After you log in, the system main menu is shown below in Figure 5-1. There are six icons: search, Information, setting, advanced, backup and shutdown. Move the cursor to highlight the icon, then double click mouse to enter the sub-menu.

  • Page 57: General

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.3.1 General General setting includes the following items. See Figure 5-3 Figure 5-3 System time: Here is where you set system time Date format: There are three types: YYYYY-MM-DD: MM-DD-YYYYY or DD-MM-YYYY. Date separator: There are three options to separate date: dot, beeline and solidus. DST: Here you can set DST time and date.

  • Page 58: Encode

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Language: System supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional. Slight difference may be found in difference models.) HDD full: Here you can select what to do when hard drive becomes full. There are two options: stop recording or overwrite.

  • Page 59: Schedule

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Note: If the 1-channel resolution is D1and the frame rate is more than 6f/s, then the other 15 channels (the second channel to the sixteenth channel) resolution shall be CIF or QCIF. If the 1-channel resolution is D1 and the frame rate is or less than 6f/s, then the other 15 channels (the second channel to the sixteenth channel) resolution shall be D1/CIF/QCIF.

  • Page 60: Rs232

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.3.4 RS232 RS232 interface is shown below. There are five items. See Figure X363H 363H 363H Function: There are various devices for you to select. Console is for serial port or min-end platform to upgrade program.
  • Page 61 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual DHCP: You use this option to have the router the DVR is attached to assign an IP address for you. When you enable the DHCP function, you cannot modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway. These values are assigned by the DHCP function in the router.

  • Page 62: Advanced Network Setup

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.3.5.1 Advanced Network Setup Advanced setup interface is shown in Figure 5-11 . Put a checkmark in the box to enable the corresponding X365H365H365H function and then double click current item to go to setup interface. Figure 5-11 IP Filter IP filter interface is shown in...
  • Page 63 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual NTP Setup You need to install SNTP server (Such as Absolute Time Server) in your PC first. In Windows XP you can use command “net start w32time” to boot up NTP service. NTP setup interface is shown in Figure 5-14 X369H369H369H Figure 5-14...

  • Page 64: Ddns Setup

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual DDNS Setup DDNS setup interface is shown in Figure 5-15 X370H 370H 370H In network DDNS, please select DDNS type and highlight enable item. Then please input the Host name and Password you setup on the DDNS site where you created your account. Click save button and then reboot system. Click save button, system prompts for rebooting to get all setup activated.
  • Page 65 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Auto gets DNS address Please enable DHCP function first and then double click DNS item. If the DHCP function is enabled successfully, system can get the DNS server IP address. See Figure 5-17. First, enable DHCP function here.
  • Page 66 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 5-19 System also supports uploading multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. Figure 5-9 , select FTP and then double click mouse. You will see the following interface. See Figure 5-20 X374H374H374H X375H375H375H...

  • Page 67: Alarm

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Email The email interface is shown below. See Figure 5-21. SMTP server: Input your email SMTP server IP here. Port: Input corresponding port value here. User name: Input the user name to login the sender email box. Password: Input the corresponding password here.

  • Page 68: Pan/Tilt/Zoom

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 5-22. X376H 376H 376H Protocol: Select corresponding PTZ protocol such as PELCOD. Address: input corresponding PTZ address. Baud rate: Select baud rate. Data bit: Select data bit.
  • Page 69 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual After completing the setup click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-23 Figure 5-23, click modify button after channel. You will see the interface shown in Figure 5-24 . Please note all X378H378H378H X379H 379H 379H your modifications here apply to local end only.

  • Page 70: Default

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 5-25 5.3.10 Default Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup. See Figure 5-26. X381H 381H 381H Select all General Encode Schedule RS232 Network Alarm Detect Pan/tilt/zoom Display...
  • Page 71 MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 5-26 Please refer to Chapter 4.3 Search. Double click advanced icon in the main window, the interface is shown below. See Figure 5-27. There are seven X382H 382H 382H function keys: HDD management, alarm output, abnormality, manual record, account, auto maintenance, and TV adjust.

  • Page 72: Hdd Management

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.5.1 HDD Management Here you can view and implement hard disk management. See Figure 5-28. X383H 383H 383H You can see current hard drive type, status, capacity and record time. When hard drive is working properly, system is shown as O.

  • Page 73: Abnormality

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.5.2 Abnormality Abnormality interface is shown in Figure 5-30. X385H385H385H Event type: There are several options such as disk error, no disk, disconnection, IP conflict etc. Alarm output: Select alarm activation output port (multiple choices). Latch: Here you set corresponding delaying time.

  • Page 74: Manual Record

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.5.4 Manual Record Please refer to Chapter 4.2.2 manual record. 5.5.5 Account Here you setup account management. See Figure 5-32 X387H 387H 387H Figure 5-32 Here you can: Add new users Modify users Add groups Modify groups Modify passwords.

  • Page 75: Auto Maintain

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.5.6 Auto Maintain Here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. See Figure 5-33. X388H388H 388H You can select proper setup from dropdown list. After the setup is complete click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-33 5.5.7 TV Adjust Here you can adjust TV output setup.

  • Page 76: Hdd Information

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.6.1 HDD Information Here is listed hard drive type, total space, free space, video start time and status. See Figure 5-36. X391H391H391H Figure 5-36 “○” means current HDD is normal. “X” means there is an error. “-“ means there is no HDD. If disk is damaged, system shows a “?”.

  • Page 77: Log

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.6.3 Log Here you can view the system log file. See Figure 5-38. X393H 393H 393H Log types include system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, log clear etc. Select start time and end time, then click search button. You can view the log files. Use page up/down button to view if there are more than ten files.

  • Page 78: Online Users

    MAIN MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 5.6.5 Online Users Here you can manage online users. See Figure 5-40. X395H395H395H You can disconnect a user or block a user if you have proper system rights. Maximum disconnection setup is 65535 seconds. Figure 5-40 Double click shutdown icon, system displays a dialogue box for you to select.

  • Page 79: Auxiliary Menu Auxiliary Menu

    AUXILIARY MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 6. 6. 6. 6. A A A A uxiliary uxiliary uxiliary uxiliary M M M M enu In the one-window surveillance mode, right click mouse (click “fn” Button on the front panel or click AUX key in the remote control).

  • Page 80: Intelligent Positioning Key

    AUXILIARY MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Intelligent Positioning Key In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 6-4. Please make X401H401H401H sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control. Click this button, system goes back to the single screen mode.

  • Page 81: Preset Setup

    AUXILIARY MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 6-6 6.3.1 Preset Setup Note: The following setups are usually operated in Figure 6-2 Figure 6-5 Figure 6-6 X405H 405H 405H X406H 406H 406H X407H 407H 407H Figure 6-2 , use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. X408H408H408H Figure 6-5 , click preset button and input preset number.

  • Page 82: Activate Pattern Function

    AUXILIARY MENU QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 6-9 6.3.6 Activate Pattern Function Figure 6-6 input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button. X419H419H419H 6.3.7 Border Setup Figure 6-5 , click border button. The interface is shown in Figure 6-10 X420H420H420H X421H 421H 421H Please go to...

  • Page 83: Web Operation Web Operation

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7 7 7 7 W W W W EB OPERATION EB OPERATION EB OPERATION EB OPERATION Before web operation, please check the following items: Network connection is right Combo DVR and PC network setup is right. Please refer to network setup (main menu->setting->network) Use order ping ***.***.***.***(* combo DVR IP address) to check connection is OK or not.
  • Page 84 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual...
  • Page 85 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 7-7...
  • Page 86 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual When you access the DVR from a remote computer you also need to use a different address in the Internet Explorer browser window. Instead of entering the IP address of the DVR you need to enter the public IP address of the router the DVR is attached to.

  • Page 87: Pop-Ups And Activex Controls

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7.1.2 Pop-Ups and ActiveX Controls → →...
  • Page 88 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Other plug-ins or anti-virus programs may be blocking ActiveX. Please uninstall or close them NOTE: On many systems you many have another option. You can go into internet options in Internet Explorer, enter the IP address you use to access the DVR as a trusted site, then go to the default level button and set move the bar down to the low setting, click apply and ok.
  • Page 89 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual System pops up warning information to ask you whether install webrec.cab control or not. Please click yes button. After installation, the interface is shown below. See Figure 7-16. X430H 430H430H Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin.

  • Page 90: Real-Time Monitoring

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Section1 Section 3 Section 4 Section 2 Section 5 Figure 7-18 7.2.1 Real-time Monitoring In section 2, left click the channel you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. On the top left corner, you can view device IP, channel number, network monitor bit stream. Figure 7-19 On the top right corner, there are six function buttons.
  • Page 91 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Refer to Figure 7-21 for main stream and extra stream switch information. X435H 435H 435H Figure 7-21 Open All You can click it to open all channels. Refresh You can use button to refresh camera list. Start Dialogue You can click this button to enable audio talk.

  • Page 92: Ptz

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7.2.2 PTZ Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please refer to chapter 7.3.2 Setting- > Pan/Tilt/Zoom). Click PTZ button, the interface is shown in Figure 7-23 X437H 437H 437H 3D Intelligent Positioning You can click this icon to display or hide the PTZ...

  • Page 93: Auto Scan

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual In Figure 7-17, click PTZ setup button you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-24. X438H 438H 438H Figure 7-24 Auto Scan Figure 7-18, move the camera to your desired location and then click left limit button. X439H439H439H Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to set a right limit.

  • Page 94: Color

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7.2.3 Color Click color button in section 3, the interface is shown in Figure 7-26. X444H 444H 444H Here you can select one channel and then adjust its brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. (Current channel border becomes green).

  • Page 95: System Information

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Click reboot button, system displays the following dialogue box. See Figure 7-30, Please click OK to reboot. Figure 7-30 If there is a local user logged into the system menu, or the Web logged in user has no right to reboot the device, system pops up a dialogue box to alert you.
  • Page 96 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual HDD information Here you can view local storage status and network status including free capacity and total capacity. See Figure 7- X450H 450H 450H Figure 7-32 Here you can view system log. See Figure 7-33. X451H 451H 451H Figure 7-33 Click backup button, the interface is shown in...

  • Page 97: System Configuration

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 7-34 Please refer to the following chart for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data Type management, alarm event, record operation, user management, log clear and file operation. You can select log type from the drop down list and then click search Search button to view the list.
  • Page 98 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 7-36 Figure 7-37 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can change system time. Please click Save button after your System completed changing Time Sync PC You can click this button to save your PC current time as the system time Here you can select data format from the dropdown list.
  • Page 99 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Encode Encode interface is shown in Figure 7-38. X454H 454H 454H Figure 7-38 Figure 7-39 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select a monitor channel. Channel Displays current channel name. You can modify it. Channel Name Compression H.264...
  • Page 100 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Parameter Function For the main stream, recorded file only contains video by default. You Audio/Video need to put a checkmark here to enable audio function. For extra stream, you need to put a checkmark to select the video first and then select the audio if necessary.
  • Page 101 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Parameter Function You can enable this function so that system overlays channel Channel Title information in video window. OSD transparent value ranges from 0 to 255. 0 means completely transparent. You can use the mouse to drag the channel tile position. Copy This is a shortcut menu button.
  • Page 102 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 7-42 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Select a channel first. Channel Pre-record Input pre-record value here. System can record three to five seconds of video before activating the record operation into the file. (Depends on data size). Setup Figure 7-29 , click set button, you can go to the corresponding...
  • Page 103 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual RS232 The RS232 interface is shown in Figure 7-43 X461H461H461H Figure 7-43 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function RS232 There are two options: COM 01 and keyboard. Console is to upgrade the program or debug via COM or Function mini terminal software.
  • Page 104 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Network Network interface is shown in Figure 7-44. X462H 462H462H Figure 7-44 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Function Select the network card first. Dynamically get IP address. You can get the device IP from the router if you enable this function.
  • Page 105 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Email The email interface is shown in Figure 7-45. X463H 463H 463H Figure 7-45 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Input server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port Please input port value here.
  • Page 106 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual DDNS The DDNS interface is shown in Figure 7-46. X464H464H464H Figure 7-46 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Server Type You can select DDNS protocol from the dropdown list and then enable DDNS function.
  • Page 107 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual NAS interface is shown in Figure 7-47. X465H 465H 465H Figure 7-47 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Select network storage protocol and then enable NAS NAS enable function. Server IP Input remote storage server IP address.
  • Page 108 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual The NTP interface is shown in Figure 7-48. X466H 466H 466H Here you can activate network time synchronization. Please enable current function and then input server IP, port number, time zone and update interval. Please note the SNTP supports TCP transmission only and its port shall be 123.The update interval ranges from 1 to 65535.
  • Page 109 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Alarm Alarm setup interface is shown in Figure 7-49. X467H 467H 467H Make sure you have connected the corresponding alarm output device such as the light, buzzer etc. Figure 7-49 Figure 7-50...
  • Page 110 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Event Includes local alarm/network alarm. Type Local alarm: Device detects alarm from input port. Network: Device detects alarm from network. Alarm in Select corresponding alarm channel. Enable You need to put a checkmark here so that system can detect the alarm signal.
  • Page 111 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Motion Detection The detection interface is shown in Figure 7-51. X468H 468H 468H Figure 7-51 Figure 7-52...
  • Page 112 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information: Parameter Function Event There are three types: Motion detection/video loss/Camera Masking. Type Channel Select channel name from the dropdown list. Enable You need to put a checkmark to enable motion detection function. There are six levels.
  • Page 113 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Parameter Function Tour Display the selected video in local monitor window. Tour interval and tour mode are set in combo DVR local menu (chapter 5.3.9 Display ) Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to Activation preset x when there is an alarm.
  • Page 114 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function You can select monitor channel from the dropdown list. . Channel Select the corresponding dome protocol.(such as PELCOD) Protocol Set corresponding dome address. Default value is 1. Your setup here Address must comply with your dome address;...

  • Page 115: Advanced

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Select All Restore factory default setup. Export Export system configuration to local PC. Configuration Import Import configuration from PC to the system. Configuration 7.3.3 Advanced HDD Management HDD management includes net storage management and local storage management.
  • Page 116 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Format Clear data on the drive. Read/write Set current SD card as read/write Read only Set current card as read only. Recover Recover data after error occurs. Please note system needs to reboot to activate current setup.
  • Page 117 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Alarm output There are three output channels (Multiple choices). Activate Enable/disable alarm output device. After the Web activated the alarm, you need to cancel the channel and then click the trigger button to cancel the alarm, or you need to cancel the alarm in the pop-up dialogue box in local-end.
  • Page 118 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Account Here you can add, remove user or modify password. See Figure 7-58. X475H475H475H Figure 7-58 Auto Maintenance Here you can select auto reboot and auto delete old files from the dropdown list. See Figure 7-54. X476H476H476H Figure 7-59...
  • Page 119 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Snapshot Snapshot interface is shown in Figure 7-60. X477H 477H 477H Figure 7-60 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel It is the monitor channel. There are two modes: Timing and activation. Snapshot mode Frame rate You can select from the dropdown list.
  • Page 120 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Abnormality The abnormality interface is shown below. See Figure 7-61. Figure 7-61 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Event The abnormal events include: no disk, no space, disk error, net error. Type You need to put a checkmark to enable this function.(Multiple choices) Normal...

  • Page 121: Additional Function

    WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 7.3.4 Additional Function Here you can set server or local operator DNS address. See Figure 7-62. X478H 478H 478H Figure 7-62 Click search button, you can see an interface is shown in Figure 7-63 X479H 479H 479H Select record playback mode, and then select start time, end time and channel.
  • Page 122 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Select the file(s) you want to download and then click download button, system displays a dialogue box shown in Figure 7-59, then you can specify file name and path to download the file(s) to your local pc. X480H 480H 480H Figure 7-64 Now the system begins download and the download button becomes stop button.
  • Page 123 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual When download completes, you can see a dialogue box shown in Figure 7-66. Please click OK to exit. Figure 7-66 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Parameter Function Type Record Search general record, alarm record and motion detection record. Alarm Search alarm record.
  • Page 124 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 1: Play 2: Pause 3: Stop 4: Slow play 5: Fast play Playback device IP address and channel number. Playback control bar Figure 7-67...
  • Page 125 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Click alarm function, you will see the interface shown in Figure 7-68. X483H 483H483H Here you can set device alarm type and alarm sound setup. Figure 7-68 Please refer to the following chart for detailed information. Please make sure current device can upload the alarm.
  • Page 126 WEB OPERATION QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Click about button, you can view current web client information. See Figure 7-69. X484H484H 484H Figure 7-69 Click log out button, system goes back to log in interface. See Figure 7-70. X485H485H 485H You need to input user name and password to login again. Figure 7-70 You can use web un-install tool “uninstall web.bat”...

  • Page 127: Setup Myq

    MY Q-SEE DDNS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 8. 8. 8. 8. SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP MYQ MYQ- - - - SEE SEE DDNS DDNS DDNS DDNS Figure 8-1...
  • Page 128 MY Q-SEE DDNS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 8-2 → Figure 8-3...
  • Page 129 MY Q-SEE DDNS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Figure 8-4 DDNS Type: You can select Q-SEE DDNS from the dropdown list. Server IP: You can use ping command to get server’s IP Port: input server port here. Domain Name: Get the domain name you get from your DDNS service provider.

  • Page 130: Smartphone Access Smartphone Access

    SMARTPHONE ACCESS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 9 9 9 9 SMARTPHONE ACCESS SMARTPHONE ACCESS SMARTPHONE ACCESS SMARTPHONE ACCESS This software supports Windows Mobile OS (5.0 or higher); Please refer to the following brand list: Dopod: C730 H TC Touch H KC Pearl H TC6800, HTC6900, ，...
  • Page 131 SMARTPHONE ACCESS QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Technically speaking, based on the Symbian development manual, this software can support all Symbian S60_3 OS mobile phones. Recommended S60_3rd FP2&FP1 mobile phone includes: NokiaN85, NokiaN82 and etc. Important For Nokia Symbian S60_3 base version and Nokia Symbian S60_3rd FP1 version, please download the s60plugins.rar file and install all three Nokia official plug-ins (glib.SIS /pips_nokia_1_3_SS.sis /stdcpp.SIS) If you cannot use the monitoring software after installation, please connect your mobile phone to the...

  • Page 132: Troubleshooting

    The screen is damaged during the transportation resulting from heavy vibration. You have pressed the M button, but there is no PC signal input. Please press M again to resume. The LCD connection is loose. Please contact Q-see for help. Updated firmware using wrong file.

  • Page 133: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 6. Real-time video color is distorted. Possible causes: When using BNC output, NTSC and PAL setup is not correct. The real-time video becomes black and white. Combo DVR and monitor resistance is not compatible. Video transmission is too long signal is becoming degraded. Combo DVR color or brightness setup is not correct.
  • Page 134 TROUBLESHOOTING QC40198/QC40196 User Manual 12. Combo DVR cannot control PTZ. Possible causes: Front panel PTZ error PTZ decoder setup, connection or installation is not correct. Cable connection is not correct. PTZ setup is not correct. PTZ decoder and combo DVR protocol and/or address do not match. When there are several decoders, please add 120 Ohm between the PTZ decoder A/B cables furthest end to deter reverberation or impedance matching.
  • Page 135 22. Can not playback the downloaded file. Possible causes: There is no media player. Need Divx Codec in file player 23. Forgot local menu operation password or network password Contact Q-See tech support and we can generate a new password for the unit.
  • Page 136 TROUBLESHOOTING QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Daily Maintenance The device needs to be soundly grounded to avoid audio/video disturbance. Keep the device away from static electricity or induced voltage. Unplug the power cable before you remove the audio/video signal cable, RS232 or RS485 cable. Always shut down the device properly.

  • Page 137: Appendix A: Hdd Capacity Calculation

    APPENDIX A QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Appendix A: HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.

  • Page 138: Appendix B: Compatible Usb Drive List

    APPENDIX B QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Appendix B: Compatible USB Drive List NOTE: USB Drives that we have tested successfully with the combo DVR. Manufacturer Model Capacity Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512M Sandisk Cruzer Micro Sandisk Cruzer Micro Sandisk Cruzer Freedom 256M Sandisk Cruzer Freedom 512M...

  • Page 139: Appendix C: Compatible Cd/Dvd Burner List

    APPENDIX C QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Appendix C: Compatible CD/DVD Burner List NOTE: Drives tested successfully with the combo DVR. Please confirm the drive is formatted as FAT32. Manufacturer Model Port Type Type Sony DRX-S50U DVD-RW Sony DRX-S70U DVD-RW Sony AW-G170S SATA DVD-RW Samsung...

  • Page 140: Appendix D: Compatible Sata Hdd List

    APPENDIX D QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Appendix D: Compatible SATA HDD List NOTE: SATA drives that we have tested successfully with the combo DVR Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Port Mode Seagate Barracuda.10 ST3750640AS 750G SATA Seagate Barracuda.10 ST3500630AS 500G SATA Seagate Barracuda.10 ST3400620AS 400G...
  • Page 141 APPENDIX D QC40198/QC40196 User Manual Series Manufacturer Model Capacity Port Mode Caviar Western Digital WD1600AABS2 160G SATA Caviar Western Digital WD800BD SATA Caviar SE16 Western Digital WD7500KS2 750G SATA Caviar SE16 Western Digital WD5000KS2 500G SATA Caviar SE16 Western Digital WD4000KD2 400G SATA...

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