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  • Page 1 Triplex Digital Video Recorder DVR-450 User’s manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright (C) 2005 PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User’s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology, This User’s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanying hardware, software, and documentation are copyrighted.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................1 Overview ........................1 DVR Functions........................ 1 Package Content ......................2 Physical Details......................2 Buttons Definitions......................3 Physical Interfaces......................4 Chapter 2 DVR- 450 Menu Setup ..............9 Introduction ........................9 Menu Tree ........................10 MAIN MENU ........................11 SYSTEM SETUP......................

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Overview The DVR-450 (Triplex Digital Video Recorder) is for recording/playback/Network video streams from up to 4 channels at the same time. It adopts cutting-edge digital image compression technology to compress the analog input channel video streams, and uses HDD to record the compressed video stream.

  • Page 5: Package Content

    Package Content The contents of your product should contain the following items: DVR-450 Power cord Rack Mount Bracket Quick Installation Guide User Manual CD Remote controller Physical Details Front Panel and Rear Panel Connection USB Memory Remote Controller Drive Audio...

  • Page 6: Buttons Definitions

    Buttons Definitions 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. USB port A USB port is provided to connect external USB memory drive for backup video. NOTE: All working functions of DVR will stop while USB port is in use. 2.

  • Page 7: Physical Interfaces

    or terminiate this task otherwise it will cause device damaged. 4) Remote controller sensor input window 11. Direction (Number) buttons It is consists of UP(1), RIGHT(2), DOWN(3), LEFT(4) buttons. NOTE: These buttons is used in numbering input for password , in left/ right movement and increasing/ decreasing parameter for MENU.
  • Page 8 ON, NTSC or PAL video sources can be connected. But NTSC and PAL video sources for 4CH video inputs can not be mixed. If they are mixed, DVR can’ not be operated properly. 3. 4CH Loop through outputs: 4 channel composite video outputs with BNC connectors If the connection of loop-through video outputs into another video equipments is requested, 4CH Loop-Through outputs can be utilized for it.
  • Page 9 The threshold voltage is 4.3V and should be stable at least 0.5 seconds to be detected. • G (Ground), COM (common): G is same as common. Connect the ground side of the Alarm input to G (Ground). Connect the ground side of relay output to COM connector.
  • Page 10 Remote Controller <Buttom Description> Start /Stop recording button Start archiving button 1,2,3,…0, +10 Video channel selection buttons Function key. (Reserved for future development.) Exit to upper menu MENU Enter menu mode 1) UP (▲) LEFT/RIGHT button to move 2) DOWN (▼) UP/DOWN button to change ENTER...
  • Page 11 3) LEFT (◀) to confirm settings. 4) RIGHT (▶) (password number input, Up(1), 5) ENGER Right(2), Down(3), Left(4) ) STOP Stop playback button Search/ PLAY Start playback or search event list button FF, REW Fast Playback buttons Forward/backward by 1 field PAUSE/ 1 field movement backward PAUSE/ 1 field movement forward Video Picture Display mode...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Dvr- 450 Menu Setup

    Chapter 2 DVR- 450 Menu Setup Introduction The DVR-450 OSD menu provides ease-of-use machine configurations; please press the MENU button of the front panel to enter OSD menu. Each setting item can be moved by the up and down buttons.

  • Page 13: Menu Tree

    Menu Tree MAIN MENU SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY SETUP LANGUAGE SYSTEM SETUP ADJUST CHANNEL VIDEO FORMAT DISPLAY SETUP BRIGHTNESS PASSWORD CONTRAST RECORDING SETUP ADMIN LOCK PTZ TYPE ALARM SETUP TIME FORMAT SEQ DWELL TIME MOTION SETUP DATE FORMAT TIME/DATE OSD DATE/TIME SET CAM NUMBER OSD WEEKLY SCHEDULE DEFAULT...

  • Page 14: Main Menu

    MAIN MENU Press MENU/ESC button of DVR front panel. If ADMIN LOCK is set as YES (factory default is YES), below figure will be appeared.Input default password 1111 and press ENTER button. MAIN MENU will be appeared. PASSWORD PASSWORD * *** ▲...

  • Page 15: System Setup

    Operation Buttons ◀(LEFT/ 4), ▶(RIGHT /2), ▲(UP /1), ▼(DOWN /3) and ENTER buttons. ▲(UP /1), To enter or escape the DVR Main Menu, press MENU/ESC. Buttons for movement in Menu are ▼(DOWN /3) ◀(LEFT/ 4), ▶(RIGHT /2 .Buttons for changing parameter of selected item are Button for selection is ENTER.
  • Page 16 Since DVR will detect the video format automatically, please do not mix the NTSC/PAL cameras, otherwise, display will be abnormal 3) PASSWORD: ▲(UP /1), ▼(DOWN /3) Move Highlight bar to PASSWORD item using button. ◀(LEFT/ 4), ▶(RIGHT /2), And then press ENTER to change four-digit password, press ▲(UP /1), ▼(DOWN /3) buttons to input digits SYSTEM SETUP...
  • Page 17 SYSTEM SETUP DATE/TIME SET Year is changed by DOWN or UP button. 2004:01:11 10:50:11 By LEFT or RIGHT button to move to next selection SYSTEM SETUP DATE/TIME SET Month is changed by DOWN or UP button. 2004:01:11 10:50:11 By LEFT or RIGHT button to move to next selection SYSTEM SETUP DATE/TIME SET Date is changed by DOWN or UP button...

  • Page 18: Display Setup

    DISPLAY SETUP To access DISPLAY SETUP, press ENTER button after moving highlight bar to this item in MAIN MENU. Below menu will appear on monitor. DISPLAY SETUP ADJUST CHANNEL BRIGHTNESS 1-99 % CONTRAST 1-99 % PTZ TYPE SEQ DWELL TIME NONE, 1-60 SEC TIME/ DATE OSD ON/ OFF...
  • Page 19 4) CAM NUMBER OSD: ON/ OFF When it is set as OFF, camera number character will disappear on monitor. 5) VIDEO LOSS OSD: ON/ OFF When it is set as OFF, black pictures will be displayed in the cameo with video loss. When it is set as ON, “VIDEO LOSS”...

  • Page 20: Recording Setup

    RECORDING SETUP RECORDING SETUP QUALITY FRAME RATE AUDIO STOP KEY ▲ ▼ ◀ ▶ ENTER EXIT To access RECORDING SETUP, press ENTER when RECORDING SETUP in MAIN MENU using DOWN or UP is highlighted with blue color. The menu above will appear on monitor. 1) QUALITY: LOW / STANDARD / STANDARD PLUS / HIGH The DVR supports four recording qualities depending on practical bandwidth.

  • Page 21: Alarm Setup

    4) STOP KEY: DISABLE/ ENABLE Disbale STOP KEY can protect the DVR from pressing the recording toggle key unintentionally to stop recording. ë While DVR is in recording mode, changing the settings Note related to recording function is not effective, such as recording quality, frame rate, audio and date/ time setup in SYSTEM SETUP.

  • Page 22: Motion Setup

    If external alarm sensor(s) be triggered, beep sound from buzzer would be occurred during two seconds while choosing ENABLE. MOTION SETUP DVR has built-in video motion detection function. Motion detection area can be selected separately for each camera. When your DVR detects motions, it begins to record multiplexed video signals from the camera which motion is detected and display that camera image with up to 30 seconds while selecting è...
  • Page 23 button. 4) CAM1, CAM2, CAM3, CAM4: DISABLE/ ALL/ SETUP DISABLE means that function of motion detection is unavailable. ALL means that entire image area is selected for motion detection. SETUP can determine image area where want to be monitored. Total motion area consists of 14x10 blocks.

  • Page 24: Weekly Schedule

    WEEKLY SCHEDULE To access WEEKLY SCHEDULE, using DOWN or UP button to select the item in MAIN MENU, then press ENTER into setup menu when WEEKLY SCHEDULE is highlighted with blue color. The menu below will appear on monitor. WEEKLY SCHEDULE WEEK START DURATION 00: 00...
  • Page 25 For example, the blue bar movement by LEFT or RIGHT Button like below. When blue bar is placed on START, DURATION and OFF/ ON, you can change value by pressing DOWN or UP button WEEKLY SCHEDULE WEEKLY SCHEDULE START DURATION START DURATION 00: 00...

  • Page 26: Network Setup

    NETWORK SETUP To access NETWORK SETUP, using DOWN or UP button to select the item in MAIN MENU, then press ENTER into setup menu when NETWORK SETUP is highlighted with blue color. The menu below will appear on monitor. NETWORK SETUP CONNECT : STATIC/ DHCP IP ADD...
  • Page 27 6) PORT: Defaut is 5000. Port number is used for TCP/IP connection between DVR and remote computers. ë Computers installed with NetViewer utility should us e the Note same port number to access remote DVR through network. Do NOT block this port in firewall or personnal firewall software.

  • Page 28: Archiving

    2. Access to your DVR by NetViewer software. 3. Input User ID, password, DDNS server (Ex: members.dyndns.org ) and “DDNS enable” received from company which support DDNS service in DDNS setting of remote setup of NetViewer. DVR will be updated as soon as DDNS setting in NetViewer software is finished. 4.

  • Page 29: Playback Archived Video Files

    MOTION: it can be captured during the time duration when you set in ARCHIVE TIME. ë Archiving operation through USB Memory Drive can be executed Note only in live mode or playback mode. All working functions of DVR will stop while using archiving. EX: recording. 2) ARCHIVE TIME: 1 to 60 seconds and 30 Minute.
  • Page 30 USB Memory driver usually will be recognized as removable disk in most of computer. An example of recognizing USB Memory drive in computer: Removable Disk Playback icons introduction:...

  • Page 31: Hdd Information

    NetViewer main screen 1. Search Button: This button can be used to find local recorded image files. After searching the image files, double-click the file. And then it will be playbacked. 2. Slide bar; In order to move faster to playback the necessary video, just drag this slide bar forward or backward. 3.
  • Page 32 ë All the video files in the HDD will be formatted and can Note not be recovered. Please backup the important video files before format the HDD. 3) OVERWRITE: ON / OFF DVR can enable cycle recording when HDD has not enough free space.

  • Page 33: Playback Configurations

    PLAYBACK Configurations If you’d like to view the recorded video files, the front panel buttons can be used to operate various playback functions. Press „ button, then the playback time /events selection menu as the below figure appears on the screen. Or you can simply press „...
  • Page 34 Change the date by highlighting them and using the DOWN or UP button to increase or decrease the number for year/ month/ date after moving to date, EX, 2005-10-15 using LEFT or RIGHT Button. SEARCH LIST 10/ 10 LIST TYPE 10-15-2004 10:20 10-15-2004...

  • Page 35: Display Mode

    Display mode There are three kind of display modes: single (as full), QUAD, sequential mode regardless recording mode. When there are motion detection or alarm triggering, the video channel which motion is detected or alarm is triggered would be display as a full screen on monitor during 30 seconds, then back to previous display mode such as full, QUAD or sequential picture.
  • Page 36 Picture Display Mode A) Full Picture If each video channel selection is pressed, the channel will be displayed as full screen. The video channel from CH11 to CH16 in remote controller can be selected with “+10 ” button and 1 digit button together.

  • Page 37: Recording Mode

    Recording mode There are several kinds of recording modes such as Manual, Schedule, Alarm event, Motion Detection mode. Recording quality including high, standard plus, standard, low for all of recording is set up in QUALITY setting of RECORDING SETUP menu. Frame rate, motion / alarm recording duration can be separately selected in each of RECORDING SETUP, ALARM SETUP, and MOTION SETUP menu.

  • Page 38: Playback Mode

    Playback mode ▶ Normal playback can be started by pressing PLAY/ STOP button ( ) to enter into search list. While DVR is in playback mode, the camera channel which want to watch could be selected by UP(1), RIGHT(2), DOWN(3), LEFT(4) button.

  • Page 39: Ptz Control Procedure

    PTZ control Procedure a) Select the camera (which PTZ camera is connected) to control PTZ using UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT buttons of front panel in your DVR. b) Press ENTER button to select PTZ mode. PTZ MODE OSD will be displayed on upper right corner of monitor.

  • Page 40: Chapter 3 Utility Administration

    Chapter 3 Utility Administration NetViewer utility This Triplex Digital Video Recorder allows system administrator to manage machine from a remote location to view live and recorded video over private network or the Internet connection. Also, you can capture the video from the unit and play the stored video later on.
  • Page 41 3) When the following dialog box appears, click Next...
  • Page 42 4) Please fill in user name and company name,click Next. 5) Please select installation type in following dialog box. Recommend that “Typical” installation type for normal installation. And then click Next.
  • Page 43 6) Please click Next. 7) Installation is finished.
  • Page 44 2. NetViewer Program Operations 1) NetViewer Features Live pictures monitoring and remote recording in local HDD. DVR file list searching remotely to DVR or local file searching Fast Playback by time selecting Remote configuration of the DVR menu Pan, tilt and zooming Control JPEG &...
  • Page 45 3) Network Connection A) Connection Button When this connection icon is clicked, below “Log-in” window will be appeared. B) Admin Account C) IP Address of DVR D) DVR Port number (Default Port is 5000) E) Password Input (This password number is as same as the password of the DVR, default is 1111) F) Start Connection G) Cancel the connection...
  • Page 46 4) Image Display Window Selection A) Single Picture Display B) QUAD Pictures Display D) 16 Pictures Display C) 9 Pictures Display (for 16CH Expansion) (for 9CH Expansion) 5) The Storage of pictures transmitted through network in local HDD The pictures received through network from remote DVR can be saved in local Hard Disk Driver.
  • Page 47 6) Viewer Program Set-up A) User selection B) IP Address Input (or Changing) C) PORT Input D) Video Format Selection (NTSC or PAL). It needs to select Video Format NTSC or PAL for better video quality. F) Exit without saving set-up parameters.
  • Page 48 8) Remote Searching For searching recorded files in remote DVR, DVR search icon (in above figure) can be pressed. If this icon is pressed, below figure will be appeared. 1) File List Window It displays recorded file lists which is transmitted from remote DVR.
  • Page 49 9) Local Searching 1) “LOCAL” means Local Search Mode 2) Current time Display 3) Network Status Display (Connection or Disconnection) 10) Playback Icons for local playback STOP/ PAUSE Playback Move to Previous frame Move to Next Frame Decrease Increase playback Speed playback Speed Local Recorded File Searching Playback Speed:...
  • Page 50 11) Print 1) Select a displaying channel which would like to be printed, click the “Print icon” 2) A window for printing preview will be appeared as below. Selected image will be printed by clicking this icon.
  • Page 51 3) To save a standard JPEG file, click “Save” icon, after selecting image. 4) If “Save” icon is pressed, below window will be appeared. Input a file name like “image1.jpg” which want to be saved. And press “SAVE(S), then the image will be converted as JPEG file and will be saved.
  • Page 52 5) The saved file can be opened in any computer using any graph editing software.
  • Page 53 12) Remote Configuration 1) SYSTEM SETTING A) ADMIN LOCK: YES/ NO If ADMIN LOCK is selected as YES, password is required whenever user goes into menu. If NO, password isn’t requested. B) Change password C) Automatic time setting by GMT+Hour time Server in worldwide (it is not supported for 4CH DVR) D) Exit without saving set-up E) Save set-up value.
  • Page 54 3) RECORDING SETTING A) Recording Quality Setting. B) Frame rate Setting D) AUDIO: ON/ OFF DVR can select whether to record audio signal with video signal together or not. E) STOP KEY: DISABLE/ ENABLE Enable this STOP KEY then DVR can not stop recording by press stop button intentionally.
  • Page 55 5) MOTION RECORDING SETTING A) Camera Selection for motion setting B) Motion Area Setting: Y: Active Motion Area N: inactive motion Area C) Motion Area SET/RESET C) Motion Type Disable/ All area/ Motion Area Setting D) Sensitivity: 5 steps from very low, low, normal, high to very high.
  • Page 56 7) HDD SETTING 1. HDD Information Display It displays total HDD capacity with HDD manufacturer. 2. On(enable) / off (disable) recycle recording. 8) DDNS SETTING DDNS Setting for IP address. First, enroll www. dyndns. Org which supports DNS service with free of charge for DDNS setting.
  • Page 57 9) AVI conversion The saved files in local HDD, which is M-JPEG format can be converted into AVI file for playback in any PC using Avi Converter which is generated by installing NetViewer software. Path is Start > Programs Files > Planet NetViewer > Avi Converter or simply click on the shortcut on desktop. Then “AVI converter 1.0”...
  • Page 58 c) AVI Conversion Program can be executed channel by channel. First, select the channel which is converted. Then press “MAKE AVI” to convert into AVI file. Below window will be appeared. d) Input file name and press “ Save (S)”. Then below window will be appeared. If compression type is selected, AVI Conversion Program can start AVI conversion.
  • Page 59 e) If conversion is finished, below figure will be appeared. To finish it, press “Confirm”. For another channel conversion, same procedure will be requested. f) Converted file can be played in any PC using any graph editing software.
  • Page 60 II. Remote Viewing by Internet Explorer 1. Open Internet Explorer with IP address which is set-up in NETWORK SETUP of DVR. Then below dialog box will be appeared. Input IP address with port number. For example, http://192.168.0.20:5002 2. Please press “Connect” icon on the right corner to access remote DVR. Then below dialog box will be appeared.
  • Page 61 Please input IP Address, Port number and password in below dialog box. Note: Password is the number which is stored in DVR. Default is 1111 3. You can view live image of remote DVR through Internet Explorer as below dialog.
  • Page 62 4. How to control PTZ Camera and picture display mode. PTZ Control Icons - Left and Right - Up and Down - Zoom In/ Out - Focus Near/ Far Picture Display Mode - 4CH/ 9CH/ 16CH In order to control PTZ Camera, correct PTZ Camera protocol should be selected in DVR web. The picture area (Cameo) (which PTZ function is needed to control) is selected by mouse.
  • Page 63 6. How to search recorded files of remote DVR. 1) Read List Icon: It is used to read recorded files of remote DVR. All of reading files can be sorted by “Type” which includes Manual, Alarm, Motion and Schedule. 2) Play: It is used to play one of file selected by mouse from all of lists <...

  • Page 64: Appendix A Pin Description Of Connectors

    Appendix A Pin Description of connectors 1. USB Pin Descriptions 2. LAN port (RJ-45) Pin Descriptions Pin description Pin description TXD+ D- (TX-) TXD- D+(TX+) RXD+ No connected SHIELD No connected RXD- No connected No connected 3. RS485 Pin Descriptions Slave Unit like PTZ Camera Pin description Pin description...
  • Page 65 4. RS232 Pin (DB-9) Descriptions External Communication Unit Pin description Pin description No connected. (DCD) No connected. RXD (Receive Data) TXD (Transmit Data) No connected. (DTR) No connected. GND (System Ground) No connected No connected No connected No connected No connected No connected No connected No connected...

  • Page 66: Appendix B Software Upgrade Procedure

    Appendix B Software Upgrade Procedure 1. S/W Upgrade procedure 1) Copy upgrading zip file into USB Memory Drive using PC in advance. DVR will automatically unzip the files. 2) Insert the USB Memory Drive into USB port in front panel of DVR. 3) Go to menuà...
  • Page 67 5) Go to menuà 1. SYSTEM SETUPà 9. REV STATUS. Press RIGHT button to change UPGRADEà CONFIRM. SYSTEM SETUP LANGUAGE : ENG VIDEO FORMAT NTSC : **** PASSWORD ADMIN LOCK TIME FORMAT 24HOURS DATE FORMAT : MM-DD-YY DATE/TIME SET 05: 20: 2005 10:50:11 DEFAULT REV STATUS...
  • Page 68 After completing S/W upgrade, DVR will be re-booted. NOTE: 1. After pressing ENTER button for upgrading, USB Memory Driver should not be plugged out before displaying “INITIALIZING” message in your DVR. 2. Please remove USB Memory Drive from front panel of DVR, when DVR reboot and “INITIALIZING” character is displayed on monitor.

  • Page 69: Appendix C Specification

    Appendix C Specification Video Input 4 Ch, NTSC/PAL, 1V peak-to-peak, 75 Ohm, BNC Audio Input/ Output 1 Ch Input/ 1 Ch Output Video Output 4Ch loop-through Output. 1 Monitor Display Resolution Display Resolution NTSC: 720x480, PAL: 720x576 Display Mode Single, QUAD, Sequential Recording Resolution Full Mode, 4Ch Multiplexing Recording NTSC: 720x480, PAL: 720x576...
  • Page 70 Move 1 image per pushbutton at still image (STILL Button) Searching function: Move to search list, Time/ Manual/ Event/ Schedule Network (GUI or Internet Protocol: TCP/IP, PPP, and DHCP Explorer) GUI or Internet Explorer viewing and configuration support Communication Protocol RS485 (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) HDD Type EIDE, ATA-6, 3.5 inch, 7200rpm...

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