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  • Page 1 English English 8 Channel SDI Digital Video Recorder M88200H210313E...

  • Page 2: Before You Begin

    If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you’ll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    English Contents Introduction Camera Management: Video Loss Before You Begin  Configuration: General  Contents  Configuration: General: DST Settings  Introduction  Configuration: General: More Settings Connecting the DVR Configuration: Network: General Installation Guidelines  Configuration: Network: PPPoE  Front Panel of the DVR  Configuration: Network: DDNS/NTP The Rear Panel of the DVR ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    This DVR comes with all the professional-grade capabilities To get the most out of your hard drive, we’ve configured the you’d expect from a quality Swann product, but many advanced DVR to record only when it detects motion - that way, you capabilities require detailed setup to function correctly.

  • Page 5: Installation Guidelines

    English Installation Guidelines • Do not expose the DVR to moisture. Water is the arch- • Do not cut or modify any cable for any reason. Doing enemy of electrical components and also poses a high risk so will void your warranty, as well as pose a great risk of of electric shock.

  • Page 6: The Rear Panel Of The Dvr

    English The Rear Panel of the DVR 1) Video Inputs 1 - 8: These are your primary video inputs. The 7) Alarm & Sensor I/O Block: For connecting external alarm channels are labelled by number in the same order as they will sensors and/or alarm output devices (such as sirens or lighting) appear on your DVR’s interface.

  • Page 7: Connection Diagram

    English Connection Diagram Connect your cameras power, using a power splitter (if included). Connect the SDI outputs from your cameras into the BNC inputs on the rear of the DVR. Connect the RS485 multi connection board to the RS485 input on the DVR. cable to + Connect the Connect the power...

  • Page 8: Connecting Additional Devices

    English Connecting Additional Devices The Audio In ports can be used to connect audio devices to the DVR. Obviously, your microphone probably won’t look like that one - they’re often built into cameras. The Audio Out port can be used to connect a stereo, speakers, headphones or other external sound device.

  • Page 9: The Alarm & Sensor I/O Block

    English The Alarm & Sensor I/O Block The DVR has 4 alarm in- puts and 1 alarm output, for connecting external sensors. Alarm In 1 - 4: Connect the output from external sensors here. Only one of the two should be connected here, the other should be connected to the Ground terminal (consult the documentation for the sensor).

  • Page 10: Basic Dvr Operation

    English Basic DVR Operation Starting the DVR for the first time: Shutting Down & Rebooting When you first boot the DVR, it will automatically start the If you want to shut down or reboot the DVR, or simply log out Setup Wizard which will guide you through the various of the user account you’re logged in as, access the Shutdown setup options available.

  • Page 11: The Setup Wizard

    English The Setup Wizard The wizard contains six quick setup screens which will allow you to choose how you want the DVR to behave. Please be patient as it can take up to 45 seconds for the wizard to appear after the DVR is turned on.
  • Page 12 If you do manage to lock yourself out of the NVR, you’ll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.
  • Page 13 English The Setup Wizard Wizard: Time, Date, Location, Live View (ctd) Date Format: How you’d like the date to be displayed. For best results, use the standard format for your location (MM-DD-YYYY for the USA, DD-MM-YYYY for the UK and Australia). System Date: The current date setting on the DVR.

  • Page 14: The Quick Menu

    English The Quick Menu To access the Quick Menu, right click the USB mouse once. Next Screen: Moves to the next channel. Menu: Opens the Main Menu (see page 16). Start Auto-switch: Will periodically display a different video feed from each channel available. Single Screen: Opens a single channel for viewing in full- Start Recording: Begins recording on all channels screen mode.

  • Page 15: Operating The Dvr Locally

    English Operating the DVR Locally If you’re reading this page, it means that either: Quick Reference • You’ve got the DVR setup, but its standard recording Some of the more common reasons to have a look in the program isn’t for you. Fair enough - we cater to all Advanced Configuration include: requirements here.

  • Page 16: Menu Layout

    English Menu Layout Playback: To access recorded images, use the Playback menu. Camera: Adjusts and configures how the DVR looks for There are several playback modes to choose from, such as cameras via the video inputs. Access to Motion Detection standard chronological playback mode, or event playback Configuration is located here.

  • Page 17: Playback: Normal

    English Playback: Normal To initiate playback: Analog: Select the camera that you’d like to playback. Up to eight cameras can be selected. Start/End time of record: This will display the start time and date and the end time and date from when the DVR was first configured to record video.

  • Page 18: Playback: Event / Tag

    English Playback: Event / Tag The Event Search menu (above) will show you recordings The Tag search menu (below) will isolate video events based that were triggered either by an alarm sensor being triggered on the tag information that video carries. It’s similar to Event or by the DVR detecting motion.

  • Page 19: Export: Normal / Event

    English Playback: Smart Search (ctd) 1 2 3 4 5 1) Mute: Mutes audio playback. 5) Tag management: This button allows you to edit or delete tags that you have added to the video. 2) Start clipping: This button allows you to set mark in and 6) Play controls: These are your play, pause, rewind and mark out points on your video which you can then export to a USB flash drive or USB hard drive.

  • Page 20: Manual: Record

    English Manual: Record The Manual: Record menu allows you to override any default recording will fill your hard drive very quickly. (The DVR does recording schedules in place. The recording schedule for each record the equivalent of a DVD film every two hours on every camera connected, can be changed.

  • Page 21: Record: Schedule

    English Record: Schedule Important Guidelines Recording Modes: The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel There are four types of recording to choose from. only. Normal: The DVR will constantly record for any period where Use the Copy function to quickly assign identical schedule Normal is selected.

  • Page 22: Record: Encoding

    English Record: Encoding Encoding Parameters: Each video feed of the DVR is just caching a few seconds of video which it adds to event comprised of two components, the Main Stream and the recordings as they occur). SubStream. If you’re using Motion Detection (recommended) and/or Both the Main Stream and the SubStream are always active - Alarm based recording as your primary recording method(s), you don’t have to choose one for the DVR to use as it’s always...

  • Page 23: Record: Advanced

    English Record: Advanced Overwrite: When enabled, the DVR will record over the files already stored on the hard drive. The DVR will always record over the oldest files on your hard drive first. Using the overwrite option is advisable, as the DVR will always be able to record events as they happen.

  • Page 24: Record: Holiday

    English Record: Holiday There are times when you won’t want the DVR to record using its normal programming. Perhaps you require it to record more, or less, or just at different times. The Record: Holiday screen allows you to define periods of time where the DVR will employ an alternate recording mode (perhaps at a different quality and on a different schedule as well).

  • Page 25: Camera Management: Osd (On-Screen Display)

    English Camera Management: OSD (On-screen Display) The Camera Management: OSD screen is where you can con- Time Format: Choose between 12-hour and 24-hour time. figure the on-screen display for the display name, display date, Display Mode: How you would like the OSD to be displayed. date format, time format and font size.

  • Page 26: Camera Management: Ptz

    SwannView mobile viewing app. Baud Rate: Check the documentation that came with your PTZ device to learn this value. Most Swann PTZ units operate Please note: due to the latency (a fancy word for “delay”) caused at 2400 or 9600bps.

  • Page 27: Camera Management: Ptz: More Settings

    OSD menus - many more than we can talk about here, and we’re constantly adding tweaking options to ensure you have the best experience possible. Download a guide to the advanced OSD features of this camera from www.swann.com/osdpro if you want to know more.

  • Page 28: Camera Management: Motion

    English Camera Management: Motion As Motion Detection is the default recording mode for the How Motion Detection Works DVR, it’s worth taking a moment to ensure it is properly The way that the DVR looks for motion is quite straight forward configured.
  • Page 29 English Camera Management: Motion (ctd) False Triggers Which is the bigger problem - a dozen false triggers per day, or missing one critical event? Setting the motion detection at high sensitivity levels increases the frequency of false alarms. On the other hand, low sensitivity There’s no magic setting which will make motion detection work levels increase the risk that a significant motion event (such as perfectly.

  • Page 30: Motion Detection Area Configuration

    English Motion Detection Area Configuration To set the MOTION DETECTION AREA Sensitivity: The Sensitivity setting is controlled by a slider, allowing you to set a value between L (low) and H (high). The In the MOTION DETECTION menu, select the AREA SETUP closer to H the slider is set, the more sensitive the motion (shown above) for the channel you wish to setup the MOTION detection will be.

  • Page 31: Camera Management: Privacy Mask

    English Camera Management: Privacy Mask A Privacy Mask can be used if you want to obscure part of your image. You can also use this option to minimize false triggers for motion detection. You can define up to four areas per channel to mask.

  • Page 32: Camera Management: Tamper Proofing

    English Camera Management: Tamper Proofing Tamper Proofing can be used in scenarios where someone may cover up the camera’s field of view or if they are attempting to tamper with the video signal. Camera: Select the channel that you want to enable for tamper proofing.

  • Page 33: Camera Management: Video Loss

    English Camera Management: Video Loss Camera Management: Video Loss Camera Management: Video Loss - Handling Video Loss is regarded as a potential alarm event, and is Full Screen Monitoring: When the video signal has re- considered to occur any time that the DVR doesn’t receive an established connection, the camera will display a full screen active video signal on any of its inputs.

  • Page 34: Configuration: General

    English Configuration: General Language: The language that the DVR’s menus, alerts and which don’t have that many pixels can still display the image, other communications will use. English is the only language just with less detail. Check your television’s documentation available.

  • Page 35: Configuration: General: Dst Settings

    English Configuration: General: DST Settings Enable DST (check-box): Enable this setting if you’d like the NOTE: Some NTP servers are NOT fully compatible with DST DVR to adjust the time when daylight savings time begins. (Daylight Savings Time). This may cause your system to double- count adding one or removing one more hour than they should, From / To: Here you can define when daylight savings applies or cancel each other out.

  • Page 36: Configuration: General: More Settings

    English Configuration: General: More Settings Device Name: The name that the DVR considers to be its own Operation Timeout: Here you can change the time the DVR and what it will use to register an IP address with your DHCP will exit the menu screen and return to the camera viewing host.

  • Page 37: Configuration: Network: General

    English Configuration: Network: General NIC Type: The DVR has the ability to connect to your LAN IPv4 Default Gateway: This is the address of the “way to the (Local Area Network) at various speeds and can adjust Internet” - to continue the road analogy, this is like your local itself accordingly depending on the network traffic.

  • Page 38: Configuration: Network: Pppoe

    English Configuration: Network: PPPoE PPPoE is an advanced protocol that allows the DVR to be more directly connected via a DSL modem. This is an option for advanced users only. Username: Enter the username for your DSL account provider. Password: Enter the password for your DSL account provider.

  • Page 39: Configuration: Network: Ddns/Ntp

    The password is whatever you selected when you registered. We recommend using SwannDNS as your DNS service. This is a free service for Swann DVR/DVR owners, which we directly support. NTP: Network Time Protocol. If you’ve got the DVR connected NTP Server: The server you’d like to use for NTP.

  • Page 40: Configuration: Network: Email

    English Configuration: Network: Email smtp.gmail.com Name for sender account outgoing@email address Name for receiver account receiver@email address We suggest using Gmail as your email client - it’s quite easy If you want to use your ISP’s outgoing email, then you’ll need to to set up an account and use it solely for the DVR.

  • Page 41: Configuration: Network: Upnp/Snmp

    English Configuration: Network: UPnP / SNMP UPnP (Above) SNMP (Below) Enable UPnP: UPnP makes configuring your network easier SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol. If your and faster. To use the UPnP setting on the DVR, you’ll need a network is setup to use SNMP (if you’re not sure, your network router which supports this feature, with UPnP enabled.

  • Page 42: Configuration: Network: More Settings

    English Configuration: Network: More Settings Alarm Host IP: The location on your network where an IP- • You’ll need to know this port value when logging within your network or remotely - so, if you change it, based alarm system is hosted. remember what it is! Alarm Host Port: The port associated with the IP-based alarm Multicast IP: Multicast IP is a technique for one-to-many...

  • Page 43: Configuration: Alarm: Status

    English Configuration: Alarm: Status Alarm: Input List Alarm: Output List The Alarm: Sensor menu will allow you to customize and Here you can control the operation of the DVR’s Alarm Out configure how you’d like the DVR to interpret input from and port(s).

  • Page 44: Configuration: Alarm: Input/Output

    English Configuration: Alarm: Input / Output Alarm: Input (above) Handling: Here you can define what will happen when the alarm input has been alerted. The Alarm: Sensor menu will allow you to customize and configure how you’d like the DVR to interpret input from and Alarm: Output (Below) respond to the sensor input panel on the rear of the DVR.

  • Page 45: Configuration: Live View: General

    English Configuration: Live View: General Video Output Interface: The default output is VGA/HDMI. Enable Audio Output: This will enable the audio output on the DVR. Live Video Mode: 3 x 3 is the default mode for live video Event Output: The default output is VGA/HDMI. mode.

  • Page 46: Configuration: Live View: View

    English Configuration: Live View: View Stop: Pressing the Stop button will stop the live view of all In Live View, you can change the display order of each camera connected - cameras connected to the DVR. 1. Select an available viewing window on the right-hand side. Please note: Pressing the stop button means that you will not see a real-time view of all the cameras connected to the 2.

  • Page 47: Configuration: Exceptions

    English Configuration: Exceptions An Exception is any deviation from the DVR’s normal Illegal Login: This will occur if the DVR detects a login with an behaviour - phrased another way, it’s like saying the DVR’s incorrect username or password. been working fine except for these events Input/recording resolution mismatch: If the camera Exception Type: What event type you’d like the DVR to react connected is not capable of matching the resolution selected...

  • Page 48: Configuration: User

    English Configuration: User The Configuration: User menu is where you can define and User’s MAC Address: To restrict remote user access, you can configure the different levels of access various users have to input the MAC address of the remote computer that will be the DVR.

  • Page 49: Maintenance: System Info

    Camera: Displays the cameras connected to the DVR. If you’re looking at the System Information screen, you’ve probably been directed to do so by Swann Technical Support. Record: Displays the current recording settings. If we haven’t told you to come here, you might be wondering Alarm: Displays the current alarm status.

  • Page 50: Maintenance: Log Information

    English Maintenance: Log Information The Maintenance: Log Information menu contains 6. If you want to export the log file, click the Export button to enter the Export menu. Click the Search button first otherwise information for operation, alarm, exceptions and information the Export button will not be active.

  • Page 51: Maintenance: Import/Export

    English Maintenance: Import / Export The Maintenance: Import / Export menu allows you to To import a previously saved configuration file, select the backup device from the Device Name dropdown list. Select import or export your current configuration settings. This will the configuration file - it will be called devCfg_(serial come in handy as it will save you time if you have to reset the DVR back to factory default settings.

  • Page 52: Maintenance: Upgrade

    DVR. You’ll only need to use these options if FTP server. Make sure that both your computer and DVR are instructed to do so by Swann Technical Support. connected to the same Local Area Network (LAN). You will need...

  • Page 53: Maintenance: Default

    English Maintenance: Default The Maintenance: Default menu allows you to reset the DVR and load factory default settings. The DVR will reboot after pressing the OK button. Please note, all data on the HDD will remain.

  • Page 54: Maintenance: Net Detect

    English Maintenance: Net Detect The Maintenance: Net Detect menu allows you to check network traffic and to obtain real-time information from the DVR such as network detection, network status and sending and receiving network traffic.

  • Page 55: Hdd: General

    If you’re looking at this screen, Each camera can be allocated a certain amount of space that you’ve probably been directed to do so by Swann Technical is available on the HDD. If you have multiple HDDs installed, Support.

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    - contact Swann This indicates that the DVR is functioning properly, but that technical support (contact details are on the rear cover).

  • Page 57: Addendum: Third Party Hardware

    English Addendum: Third Party Hardware Assigning the IP Address information to the DVR. Due to its nature as a networked device, the DVR is often required to operate with third party hardware. We do We recommend doing this locally (on the DVR itself) even if you everything we can to ensure the DVR is compatible with as can access the DVR via the network (using the SwannView Plus many third party devices as possible;...

  • Page 58: Warranty Information

    Any unit which proves defective during the stated period will be repaired without charge for parts or labour or replaced at the sole discretion of Swann. The end user is responsible for all freight charges incurred to send the product to Swann’s repair centres. The end user is responsible for all shipping costs incurred when shipping from and to any country other than the country of origin.

  • Page 59: Notes

    English Notes ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________...

  • Page 60: Helpdesk / Technical Support Details

    English Helpdesk / Technical Support Details Swann Technical Support All Countries E-mail: tech@swann.com Telephone Helpdesk USA toll free AUSTRALIA toll free 1-800-627-2799 1300 138 324 USA Exchange & Repairs NEW ZEALAND toll free 1-800-627-2799 (Option 1) 0800 479 266 (M-F, 9am-5pm US PT) 0203 027 0979 ©...

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