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  • Page 1 DVQ-2 USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 SUPER/CIRCUITS 11000 NORTH MOPAC EXPRESSWAY SUITE 300 Austin, TX 78759 Phone 800-335-9777 • Fax 866-2567-9777...

  • Page 3: Warning

    Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference. he lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffi cient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Warning..............................3 1. OVERVIEW ............................6 1.1 General Information ........................6 1.2 Features............................6 1.3 Package Contents........................7 2. FRONT AND REAR PANELS ......................8 2.1 Front Panels..........................8 2.2 Rear Panels ..........................11 3. INSTALLATION GUIDE ......................... 12 3.1 Camera and Monitor Installation....................12 3.2 System Confi guration .........................14 4.
  • Page 5 7.0 NETWORKING..........................38 7.1 Things to do before networking your DVR................38 7.2 Test your connection........................41 7.3 Software Installation.........................43 7.4 Installation..........................43 7.5 Remote Video Server Login Panel...................44 7.6 Control Panel...........................45 7.7 System Confi g..........................47 7.8 Network............................47 7.9 DVR............................49 7.10 Detection..........................49 7.11 Network Backup (Cool Feature).....................50 7.12 Video Backup Player......................51 7.13 Search List..........................52 7.14 Timer Record..........................53...

  • Page 6: Overview

    1. OVERVIEW 1.1 General Information • Video Compression Frame: MJPEG ; • Format CIF: MPEG4 • USB Interface • Backup Device Network remote backup • IR Transmitter • Audio I/O 1 audio input, 1 audio output (Mono) • R.E.T.R. (Remote EventTrigger Recording) •...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    1.3 Package Contents • DVQ unit × 1 • Power Supply × 1 • Power Cable × 1 • Manual × 1 • Software CD-R × 1 DVR-1 Manual Power cord Power Supply * Specifi cations are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 8: Front And Rear Panels

    2. FRONT AND REAR PANELS 2.1 Front Panels 1) LED Indicators The following LEDs will be on when: • HDD (Hard Drive): HDD is reading or recording • HDD Full: HDD is full. • ALARM: Once the alarm is triggered •...
  • Page 9 Press “ ” button to display the 4 channels. Press “-” button to change the setting in the menu. Press “SEQ” button to activate the call monitor, and press again to quit. Press ”+” button to change the setting in the menu. or POWER Press POWER button for 1 to 3 seconds to turn the DVR on or off.
  • Page 10 2.1.2 Playback Press “ ” or “PLAY” button on the front panel, and the device will display the last recorded video. Note: For playback to work properly the DVR needs to record a minimum of 8192 video frames. Playback related operations are described below: •...

  • Page 11: Rear Panels

    2.2 Rear Panel 1) 75 / HI-IMPEDANCE When using LOOP, switch to HI-IMPEDANCE. When not using LOOP switch to 75 . 2) LOOP / INPUT (For channel 1~4) LOOP Video output connector. INPUT: Connect to video sources. Note: For video and audio applications, use inputs 1 or 2 with a audio camera. 3) MONITOR Connect to MAIN monitor.

  • Page 12: Installation Guide

    3.0 Installation Guide 3.1 Camera and Monitor Installation This manual has been carefully written to help you assemble and confi gure your digital video recorder system for optimal performance. It’s easy to setup your digital video recorder just follow the instructions on the following pages. If you have any comments questions about this manual, please feel free to call us at 800-335-9777.
  • Page 13 4. Test each component of your video system prior to installation. Connect each camera directly to the video monitor, using a new power adapter and cable for each camera. This will test each component of your video system prior to installation.

  • Page 14: System Confi Guration

    DVR and Monitor Installation 3.2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION...

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    4.0 GETTING STARTED 4.1 INTRODUCTION This digital video recorder is designed to function right out of the box. We made setting up your DVR easier by adjusting the time, date and record settings for you. Your DVR is set to record for 14 days with the video quality and frame rate set to the highest settings.

  • Page 16: Reconfi Gure Your Dvr

    4.2 RECONFIGURE YOUR DVR Go into the main MENU and run the FACTORY DEFAULT, CLEAR HARD DRIVE, and set SYSTEM TIME. Set OVER- WRITE, MOTION DETECTION and RECORD settings. 1. FACTORY DEFAULT 2. CLEAR HARD DRIVE 3. SYSTEM TIME 4. OVERWRITE 5.

  • Page 17: Reset To Factory Default

    4.3 RESET DEFAULT Select ADVANCE> SYSTEM> RESET and press the ENTER button. NOTE: (> = hit the ENTER KEY) Reset all system settings to factory default settings. ADVANCE SYSTEM MENU CAMERA SERIAL TYPE RS-485 RECORD DETECTION BAUD RATE 02400 TIMER ALERT HOST ID DATE...

  • Page 18: Date/ Time

    Push the LEFT key to select YES and push the ENTER key and confi rm by pushing the ENTER key again to select OK. CLEAR HDD CLEAR HDD CLEAR HDD CLEAR OK ? ARE YOU SURE ? YES NO Set the DVR time and date. 4.5 DATE/ TIME 8.

  • Page 19: Motion Detection

    4.7 MOTION DETECTION From main MENU select ADVANCE> DETECTION> DETECTION SETUP and press the ENTER key. Select DETECTION, press ENTER key. NOTE: (> = hit the ENTER KEY) MENU ADVANCE DETECTION RECORD CAMERA DETECTION SETUP TIMER DETECTION DETECTION TIMER DATE ALERT ADVANCE REMOTE...

  • Page 20: Record Quality And Ips (Images Per Second)

    4.8 RECORD QUALITY AND IPS Select RECORD from the main menu and press the ENTER key. Set EVENT RECORD ENABLE to YES. RECORD MENU MANUAL RECORD ENABLE RECORD EVENT RECORD ENABLE YES TIMER TIMER RECORD ENABLE DATE OVERWRITE ADVANCE RECORD IMG SIZE FRAME RECORD QUALITY BASIC...
  • Page 21 Use example below to understand how to setup your IPS and QUALITY settings. EXAMPLE: Setup a DVR to record for 14 days using the FRAME RECORD MODE. Go to table 1 and you will see 10 options to choose from. If your preference is video quality, your best option is 21.3 days with a QUALITY of BEST and an IPS of 7.

  • Page 22: Menu Configuration

    5.0 MENU CONFIGURATION 5.1 MENU INTRODUCTION Press the MENU button and enter your password. NOTE: If you get an error message “Password Error”, you have entered an incorrect password. KEY UNLOCK PASSWORD 0000 The default admin password is 0000. Enter the default password, and press “ENTER”. MAIN MENU MENU There are 4 options available in the Main Menu:...

  • Page 23: Timer

    1) MANUAL RECORD ENABLE Start / stop the manual recording. 2) EVENT RECORD ENABLE Start / stop the event recording. When enabled the recording is triggered by motion or external alarm. 3) TIMER RECORD ENABLE Start / stop the schedule recording. 4) OVERWRITE Select to overwrite previous recorded data for automatic continuous recording.

  • Page 24: Date

    1) DATE Schedule up to 7 recording days: SUN / MON / TUE / WED / THU / FRI /SAT / MON–FRI / SAT-SUN / DAILY / OFF. Please see example below to schedule midnight applications. Example 1: To schedule from Sunday 23:30 to Monday 23:30, set Sunday from 23:30 to 23:30. Example 2: To schedule from Sunday 08:00 to Monday 15:00, set Sunday from 08:00 to 24:00, and Monday 24:00 to 15:00.

  • Page 25: Camera

    5.6 Camera Advanced camera settings, change camera title, or adjust the brightness. Select “CAMERA”, and press ”ENTER”. ADVANCE CAMERA CAMERA TITLE BRIG CONT SATU HUE COV REC DETECTION DISPLAY ALERT REMOTE SYSTEM NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO EVENT LOG 1) TITLE Change the default camera name.
  • Page 26 3. Advance motion detection settings. Use AREA to setup motion detection for a selected viewing area. Cameras will pickup areas of movement like moving tree branches in the back ground and trigger false motion alarm recordings. The AREA SETUP feature can be used to block out the tree branches, thereby reducing false motion alarms. Anything around the tree that is moving will trigger the motion detection alarm and start recording.
  • Page 27 You can also up set up multi-detection areas. Press MINUS to set the entire area under motion detection. Press to disable motion detection for the entire area. 4) LS (Level of Sensitivity) Use to set motion detection sensitivity. The smaller the value, the higher sensitivity for motion detection. The highest sensitivity setting is 00, and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15.

  • Page 28: Detection Timer

    NOTE: When using an LCD monitor, and the “MONITOR OUT” setting in the “DISPLAY” menu DISPLAY ADVANCE is set to “MAIN”, the motion detection area setting will be disabled. TITLE DISPLAY CAMERA DATE DISPLAY DETECTION HDD INFO DISPLAY LOSS SCREEN BLUE ALERT PLAYBACK INFO...

  • Page 29: Alert

    4) LOSS SCREEN Set the video loss screen color (BLUE / BLACK). 5) PLAYBACK INFO Position playback information: CENTER or NORMAL 6) DWELL DURATION (SEC) Set CALL MONITOR duration time for each channel. (2 / 4 / 8 / 16 seconds) . 7) DE-INTERLACE DE-INTERLACE ON/ OFF.

  • Page 30: Remote

    3) KEY BUZZER Enable or disable sound when pressing buttons on front panel (ON / OFF). 4) VLOSS BUZZER Enable or disable sound for video loss (ON / OFF). 5) MOTION BUZZER Enable or disable sound when motion alarm is triggered (ON / OFF). 6) ALARM BUZZER Enable or disable sound when internal alarm is triggered (ON / OFF).

  • Page 31: System

    5.11 System Select “SYSTEM”, and press ”ENTER”. 1) SERIAL TYPE Press “ENTER” or “+” / “-” button to set ADVANCE SYSTEM the serial type (RS-485 / RS-232). CAMERA SERIAL TYPE RS-485 2) BAUD RATE DETECTION BAUD RATE 02400 Press “ENTER” or “+” / “-”button to set DISPLAY the baud rate (2400 / 9600 / 19200 HOST ID...

  • Page 32: Network

    5.12 Network See Network Section in this manual, page 36. 5.13 Backup The backup fi le can be played in a PC using the supplied licensed Video Server software. Other media players like Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. can be used after the fi le is converted to an “AVI” format. See Video Backup Player page 42.

  • Page 33: Hdd Info

    • AVAILABLE SIZE Display USB fl ash drive capacity. • CHANNEL • Select channel by pressing the “ENTER” button and use the symbols X or to select or deselect channels for backup. “X” channel is not selected for backup. • “...

  • Page 34: Search

    3) SYSTEM LOG Show system error codes. Reference error code list below: Error Code in “SYSTEM LOG”: Description: 1) SYS ERR 01-YYY #defi ne SYS_ERR_AV087_ERR 1) Compression error A.) YYY=000 Audio chip error B.) YYY=001- AV087 Chip for CH1-4 error 2) SYS ERR 02-XXX #defi...

  • Page 35: Additional Operations

    6.0 Additional Operation 6.1 Key Lock and Unlock • Key Lock On: Press “MENU” + “ENTER” buttons on front panel to lock keys. • AUTO KEYLOCK: Set the time duration for key lock activation (Never / 10 SEC / 30 SEC / 60 SEC). See SYSTEM, AUTO KEYLOCK page 35.

  • Page 36: Audio Backup And Playback

    6.4 Audio Backup and Playback For audio use channel CH1 Audio hardware connections 1. Connect camera audio out to DVR audio in, or if your camera does not have a audio out use an external microphone. To select live or playback sound, press SLOW and ZOOM buttons on the front panel at the same time.

  • Page 37: Ptz Camera Setup And Control

    6.5 PTZ Camera Setup and Control • PTZ connections, see page 61: • PTZ System Setup: ID, protocol, baud rate setting at the DVR side: See lines 1,2 and 3 page 31 • PTZ remote control panel using Video Server software: See page 45 and 57 •...

  • Page 38: Networking

    2. To connect to the world wide area network for remote viewing you must confi gure your router to allow port forwarding. Super Circuits does not provide technical support for router setup. Contact your service provider/ router manufacturer for support on setting up port forwarding. Use port number 8000.
  • Page 39 2. Select “NETWORK”, and press ”ENTER”. ADVANCE NETWORK CAMERA NETWORK TYPE STATIC DETECTION 168. 95. 1. 1 DISPLAY PORT 0080 ALERT REMOTE SYSTEM NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO EVENT LOG 3. NETWORK TYPE There are 3 network types: STATIC, PPPOE and DHCP. •...

  • Page 40: Setting Up Ddns

    • PPPOE PPPoE needs one “username” and “password” subscribed from ISP provider. NETWORK PPPOE NETWORK TYPE PPPOE 160 . 121 . 346 . 236 168. 95. 1. 1 GATEWAY 160 . 121 . 346 . 236 PORT 0080 NETMASK 255 . 255 . 255 . 254 •...

  • Page 41: Test Your Connection

    2) Set the DVR network setting in “SYSTEM CONFIG” using Video Server → select “PPPOE” in “IP TYPE”. Type the “User Name” and “Password” given to you from your ISP. Press ”APPLY” button to confi rm the setting. 3) Set the DVR DDNS settings in the “SYSTEM CONFIG” → using Video Server: •...
  • Page 42 4. The Dos window will display “Reply from” the IP address 3 to 4 times. You will see “Packets sent = X, Received = X and Lost = X. This will tell you that, you’ve successfully connected to your DVR and we can proceed. Like FIG.2 below.

  • Page 43: Software Installation

    7.3 Software Installation 7.4 Installation 1) Install the software: Place the included CD disk into the CD-ROM drive, and install the Video Server and JAVA programs on to your PC. During the software installation you will step through the dialog sequence below. In some installations JAVA might not install because the fi...

  • Page 44: Remote Video Server Login Panel

    2. After setup, you will see the Video Server S shortcut icon on the desktop. For the latest AP software updates, please check with your distributor. 7.5 Remote Video Server Login Panel 3. Double click “ “ (Video Server ) on your PC to enter the login page. Key in IP address (192.168.1.10), username (admin), password (admin) and port (8000) in the login page.

  • Page 45: Control Panel

    Remote Video Server LOGIN WINDOW Address Book Press Address Book button to add a new IP address into the IP address book, or choose any preset IP address to access the software AP software. Copy Press Copy button to copy all the software installation fi les, and keep all the settings of the video web server for next software installation on another PCs.
  • Page 46 h. System Confi g : Allows you to confi gure Network, DVR, Alarm and General settings. Very powerful tool for remote control of your DVR. Will discuss the System Confi g in more detail in this section. i. Number of Online Users j.

  • Page 47: System Confi G

    7.7 System Confi g Allows you to remotely confi gure Network, DVR, Alarm and General settings. Double click on System Confi g 7.8 NETWORK: The network confi guration allows the DVR to connect to an LAN or Internet using Static IP, PPPoe or DHCP. Static IP is highly recommended because of the reliability.

  • Page 48: Enable Ddns

    • PPPoE: PPPOE stands for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Obtain ADSL service from ISP. Obtain and install PPPoE software. Choose “PPPOE” and enter the “User Name”, “Password” from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and “Web Port”. Select “Network DDNS to set DDNS settings (see DDNS”...

  • Page 49: Dvr

    7.9 DVR Camera channels can be adjusted independently. Select the desired camera channel and press “Edit” to enter. DVR: Selecting DVR will allow you to make changes to cameras, motion, create backup fi les, search fi le options, schedule recording and record settings. DEVICE: Remotely title or name your cameras.

  • Page 50: Network Backup (Cool Feature)

    Select AREA to setup motion area. a. DETECT (motion detection): Select motion detection function ON / OFF. b. AREA (motion detection area): Set the motion detection area by selecting the area grids with your mouse. Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent blocks are the area under detection.

  • Page 51: Video Backup Player

    After pressing “Start”, “Write CD Setting” pop-up window will display. Select “Close Disc” if your done burning. Select “Append Player” to install a video player software on the CD, allowing you to play the CD from any PC. Press “OK” to start CD backup, or press “CANCEL WRITING CD” to backup fi...

  • Page 52: Search List

    (5) Confi g. Setting Enter confi guration settings, and set fi le path, text color, and progress status text color. * Mute: Play the video without audio. * AV sync. : Play the audio and video synchronously. (6) Watermark is used prove the authenticity of the backup video. In the playback mode press this button to check authenticity of the BACKUP VIDEO.

  • Page 53: Timer Record

    Press Apply to create backup fi le Use Video Backup Player to view backup fi le 7.14 Timer Record Timer Record”, you can schedule up to 7 time events. • DATE Select a day from “DATE” dropdown menu. Options: OFF, SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, MON-FRI, SAT-SUN and DAILY.

  • Page 54: Date

    7.15 Date Set the date for your DVR. DO NOT change the date or time when the recording. • DATE Select the current date from “DATE” drop-down menu and enter the current time. • FORMAT Select the format for date display: Y-M-D, D-M-Y and M-D-Y. •...

  • Page 55: Alarm

    7.17 Alarm Enable of disable email or ftp and fi le back up alarm notifi cation. • Alarm Trigger Enable or Disable alarm trigger. • Alarm Method Select alarm notifi cation method when any alarm is triggered: Email or FTP. a) Email When an alarm is triggered an MJPEG email notifi...

  • Page 56: Account

    7.19 Account View the account information, set the maximum user number, and add / delete / edit user accounts. • Set the maximum number of users in Max User(s) setting. (1 ~ 5). • Create a new account by pressing “ADD”. To confi...

  • Page 57: Operation Via Ie Browser

    7.22 Operation via IE Browser You can view the images or operate your DVR using a IE (Internet Explorer) web browser. Note: Operating systems that support Video Web Server Browser are Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 1. Go to your Internet Explorer and type in your DVR IP address in the URL address box and press Enter.

  • Page 58: Remote Ptz Camera Control Panel

    Note: Down load lastest AP and Java 8.0 Remote PTZ Camera Control Panel a ~ i: Same as the DVR control panel a ~ i. J. Preset 1 ~ 16 Use Preset 1 ~ 16 positions to pre-defi ned camera views. k.

  • Page 59: Faq/ Troubleshooting

    9.0 FAQ/ TROUBLESHOOTING Please refer to the table below when troubleshooting. Problem Solution No power Check power cord connection. Make sure you have out let power. DVR is not responding when pressing keys. You might be under “Key Lock” mode. Press any key and enter the password to exit mode.

  • Page 60: Default Value

    9.1 Default Values Item Default Value ADMIN Password 0000 Detection GUEST Password 1111 Detection - LS Camera - BRIG Detection - SS Camera - CONT Detection - TS Camera - SATU Detection - RE Camera - HUE Detection - Alarm Camera - COV Network - IP Address 192.168.1.10 Camera - REC...

  • Page 61: Appendix 2 Pin Configuration

    Appendix 2 Pin Confi guration EXTERNAL DEVICES Connecting External Alarms devices - example using a Siren: Use pins 7, 8 inputs and 15 COM when connecting external alarms like sirens, or horns. NO (Normally Open): Under standby mode the DVR COM pin 8 is disconnected with the normally open (NO) device.

  • Page 62: Appendix 3 Rs-232 Protocol

    9 GND Signal GND 10 RS485-B DVR pin is used to serially communicate with remote PC using the RS-485 PROTOCOL. 11 RS485-A DVR pin is used to serially communicate with remote PC using the RS-485 PROTOCOL. 12 ~ 13 PIN OFF 14 ALARM RESET (PIN 14) and GND (PIN 9) are used to disable DVR alarm outputs and internal buzzer sounds.

  • Page 63: Appendix 4 Recording Time Table

    Appendix 4, RECORDING TIME TABLE...

  • Page 64: Appendix 5 Compatible Usb Flash Drive Brand

    Appendix 5, Compatible USB Flash Drives. Upgrade to the latest DVR fi rmware version. If the USB fl ash drive is not supported by the DVR will notify you of a non supported fl ash drive by displaying the error message, “USB ERROR”. Note: Format the USB fl...

  • Page 65: Appendix 7 Menu Tree

    Appendix 7, MENU TREE...

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