User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR AData Series ATX H.264 DVR User Manual (V2.0) Thank you for purchasing our embedded Net ATX DVR. Please read this User Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice.
AData ATX series DVR has both the features of digital video recorder (DVR) and digital video server (DVS). It can work stand alone, also be used to build a powerful surveillance network, widely used in bank, telecommunication, transportation, factories, warehouse, irrigation, etc.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Support FAT32 file system. Support HDD SMART technology. Support cycle or none cycle record. Support recorded files and clips backup. Support USB memory and IDE CD-R/W. Preview and playback Support analog moniotor and VGA output.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter2 ATX DVR Description ATX DVR boardset When you get the product, check that all the items are included in your product package. There is a list in the package. If any of the items is missing, please contact your dealer.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Rear Panel Description 2.3.1 ATX DVR Rear Panel Notice: This picture is for 16 channels ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ Index Physical Interface Description For PTZ connection RS485 4 relay outputs...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Alarm output connection Please note the usage of jumper JJ1. If you use DC, either of connections is OK. We suggest you to use those DC under 12V, 1A. If you use AC, please open the jumper. There are 4 jumpers (JJ1, JJ2, JJ3 and JJ4) in DVR main board, corresponding with 4 alarm output.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter3 Operational Instructions ATX DVR Boardset Front Panel ① ② ③ Index Type Name Description IR receiver. State Show channels 1-8 and 9-16 status. Green means recording; Lamps 9-16 Red means network transmission; Orange means recording and network transmission.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR IR Controller Index Name Description POWER Turnoff device. Reserved. Input number, lower case, upper case Numeric Keys character and symbols. 1. In edit state, delete the current cursor character; EDIT or × to enable or disable.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR INFO Reserved. VOIP Reserved. MENU 1. Switch preview mode into menu; 1. Multi screen preview switch; PREV 2. Switch menu mode into preview. Direction Keys Composed of 【 】 , 【 】 , 【 】 and 【...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR When IR controller status is on, press【POWER】key for several seconds, the DVR will be powered off. When IR controller can not work normally Check batteries poles. Check the remaining charge in the batteries.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Menu Description 3.3.1 Menu Items Menu Name Function Menu Name Function Camera name and position setup Video standard Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue Brightness and Saturation Menu transparency OSD Display mode, position and Unit name...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 3.3.2 Menu Operation How to enter into menu mode Press【MENU】key on IR control to enter into DVR main menu. Press【PLAY】key on IR control to enter into playback menu. Perss【REC】key on IR control to enter into manual record menu.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small rectangular frame named “Active Frame” which is pointing to the selected item. This “Active Frame” can be moved by 【 】or【 】keys. There are such kinds of menu items: Check Box: Provide 2 options, “...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR to parent menu. Press 【 Cancel】 button to cancel and return to parent menu. The button in grey means it can be operated only after it is enabled. How to exit menu Press【PREV】key to exit menu and return to preview mode.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Character Input In the menu interface, if you enter into edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit box) at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared: Here it means you can press numeric keys to input digital number.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide Power on Note: Please make sure the power supply matches DVR and AC cable connected correctly. Before switch DVR on, please connect one monitor with VOUT or VGA interface.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Preview DVR will enter into preview mode after it is started. On preview screen, you can see date, time, camera name and camera status icon. Set system date and time in “Display” menu, referring to 5.2.9; Change camera name in “Image”...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR External alarm recording Alarm status of camera is as follows: Icon Icon Color Status Description White Video signal lost Yellow View tampering alarm Pink Motion&External alarm Green No alarm Blue Motion alarm External alarm Press numeric keys to switch over individual camera preview.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR User name and password Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Setp 2: Enter into password modification menu Move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using【 】/【 】keys. Press【ENTER】 key to enter into following password menu: Step 3: Input new password Press【EDIT】key to enter into edit box. You can use numeric keys to input new password.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR in front of the cursor. Step 4: Modify password successfully Move the “Active Frame” to “Confirm” button, press【ENTER】key. If the password is modified successfully, you will get the main menu. Or an error dialog will be pop up. You can repeat step 3 to modify again.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 【 0】 【2】 【 1】 【2】 example, press to select 2 camera PTZ, and press to select 12 camera PTZ. After you select the camera PTZ, you can use the short keys to control PTZ.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Manual Record Note: The user must have the corresponding right, DVR has HDD and HDD is formatted already. Manual record In preview mode, press【REC】key, in the pop-up login dialog, select the name and input the correct password, you can enter into the “Manual Record”...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Exit manual record Press【ESC】key to enter into preview mode. Press【MENU】key to enter into main menu. Press【PLAY】key to enter into playback menu. Press【PTZ】key to enter into PTZ control mode. Playback Note: The user msut have “Playback” right.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Rec Type: Use 【 ↑】 or 【 ↓】 to select recorded files type. The file type options have “All”, “All Time”, “Motion Detect”, “Alarm” and “Manual”. Time Section: You can define the search time section. Move “Active Frame” to the time edit box, use numeric keys to input the detail time.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR If the matched files are more than 8, you can use “Page No.” to select page (use numeric keys or【↑】 【↓】keys to select page). In the file list box, use【↑】 【↓】keys to move the scroll bar to the file, press【ENTER】key to playback the file.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR One Channel Playback At the bottom of image, there is an information bar and the following information is included: Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time. Display/Hide information bar: 【MENU】...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR In playback interface, press【ESC】key to enter into preview mode. In playback interface, press 【MENU】 key to enter into main menu, press 【REC】 key to enter into manual record, and press【PTZ】key to enter into PTZ control mode.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Backup Recorded Files Note: The user must have “Playback” right. Please connect with backup devices before you start to backup. In the playback interface, you can backup the recorded files. In the preview mode, press【PLAY】key, in the login dialog, select username and input the correct password, you can enter into the playback interface.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 2: Select the files that you want to backup In the file list box, use 【 ↑】 or 【 ↓】 keys to move the scroll bar. When the scroll bar stays at the file you wan to backup, press 【...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR “Cancel” button, DVR will abort backup. Playback the video segment You can use our file player software to playback the video segment in PC. You can find the player software in attached CD.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Use the power switch of real panel When DVR is run, if you switch off the power, the HDD in DVR will be damaged. Please avoid such operation. Take away the power cable Please avoid taking away the power cable directly.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need read this chapter. When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters take into effective.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Move “Active Frame” to “User” icon, press【ENTER】key to enter into “User Management” menu. In the user name list box, only “admin” is existed. You can use 【 →】 key, move “Active Frame” to password edit box, and press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status. Press numeric keys to input the new password.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Add and Delete User Enter into “User Management” interface. Add user The steps are following: Step 1: Enter into “User Management” menu Please refer to chapter 5.1 Step 2: Add new user name In the “User Management”...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR In the users list box of “User Management” menu, use【 】 【 】keys to select the new user name, then use【 】key to the password edit box. Press【EDIT】key to enter into edit box, use numeric keys to input the new password.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR In the “User Management” menu, press “Confirm” button, the user’s password and rights will be saved and return main menu. If you press “Cancel” button, the user’s password and rights will be aborted.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Unit Name Unit name In the “Display” menu: There is an item named “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status, you can modify the unit name.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Video Output Standard and VGA Setup Video output standard There is one VOUT BNC connector at the rear panel of DVR. It is used to connect with analog monitor and can support PAL or NTSC video output. You can modify video output standard to match video input.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR OSD Setup OSD is abbreviation of “On Screen Display”. For our embedded DVRDVS, it includes displaying system time and camera name. OSD settings include: System time, time format, time display position, camera name, camera name display position, etc.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Display System Time You can setup display properties for each camera, including display status, position and format. Of course, you can copy the properties of one camera to all cameras. In “Image Setup” menu as following, select one camera: Display mode: There are several display modes: Opaque&Steady, Transparent&Steady,...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 22*15) small panes, and OSD position is in red. You can use【 】 【 】 【 】 【 】keys to move the OSD position. Press【EDIT】key to select OSD format. There are following OSD formats:...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 1: Select one camera. Step 2: Move “Active Frame” to camera name edit box, press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status, you can input digital number, uppercase and lowercase characters (refer to Chapter 3.4).
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Video Parameters Setup For different camera and different background, in order to get the best video image, you need to adjust video parameters such as brightenss, saturation, contrast and hue, etc. You can setup the camera individually, and also you can copy the video parameters of one camera to any other cameras.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Mask Area Setup In some cases, maybe you want mask the sensitive area. This area will not be preview and recorded. The mask area setup steps are following: Step 1: Enter into “Image Setup” menu: Step 2: Select one camera: You can use【...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 4: Enter into mask area setup interface: Enable the check box beside “Privacy Mask” item, you can press【EDIT】key to change the flag into “ ”, and active “Area” button. Move “Active Frame” to “Area” button on the right side of mask check box, press 【 ENTER】 key to enter into mask area setup interface.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR key to cancel the mask area. The maximum mask area size is 8*8 panes and the minimum size is only one pane. You can setup 4 mask areas at most. After you finish setup, press【ENTER】key to return “Advanced settings” menu.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, DVR will make warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Image Setup” memu: Step 2: Select camera: Please use【 】 【 】keys to select one camera.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 4: Select sensitivity: You can use【↑】 【↓】keys to select the sensitivity for “View Tampering” item. The sensitivity options are: Low, Normal and High. Select one of them will active “Area Setup” and “Policy Setup” function.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 9: Save alarm setup: After your setup, press “Confirm” button and return “Image Setup” interface. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save current camera parameters and return main menu. Step 10: Save all cameras: If you want to setup other cameras, please repeat from step2 to step 8.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR and press【Enter】to enter into advanced settings interface. Step 4: Enter into “Video Signal Loss Handle” interface: Move “Active Frame” to the list box on the right side of “Video Loss” item, use【 】key to select “Handle” option and move “Active Frame”...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR use 【↑】 【↓】and 【EDIT】key to enable or disable them. “×” is disable and “ ” is enable. Step 7: Save alarm setup: After your setup, press “Confirm” button and return “Image Setup” interface. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save current camera parameters and return main menu.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR “Motion Area Setup” button and “Policy Setup” button. If you select low sensitivity such as 0, only when there are great motion detection, DVR can response. On the other side, for high sensitivity such as 5, DVR will response with small motion detection.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR The kyes used to setup motion areas are following: 【↑】 【↓】 【←】 【→】: Move yellow panel to any position; 【EDIT】:Yellow panel and red panel switch key:; 【→】: Right enlarge red pane; 【←】: Left shrink red pane;...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup: When there is motion alarm happened, you can trigger related camera to start recording. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can select one or more record channels. Please use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable the flag into “ ”.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR cameras. Note: Motion alarm area can not be copied. If you want to disable motion alarm area and motion alarm policy, you just need to select the motion alarm sensitivity as “Off”. Page AData Ltd.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.11 Preview Properties In “Preview” menu, you can setup preview mode, screen switch time, enable or disable audio preview and preview layout. Step 1: Enter into “Preview” menu: In the main menu, move “Active Frame” to “Preview”...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR You can move “Active Frame” among the windows. There is one bar under the square to display the preview order of all cameras. First select the biggest screen preview mode, for example, for 16-channel DVR, select “16 Screen”...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.12 Recording Setup In main menu, there is an icon named “Recording”. You can enter into recording menu as following: “Recording” menu description: If HD Full: There are two options: “Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select “Overwrite”...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Stream Type: “Video” stream only. Resolution: 2CIF is 704*288 for PAL and 704*240 for NTSC. Bit Rate Type: There are two options: “Variable” and “Fixed”. If you select variable bit rate, DVR will adjust the actual bit rate according to the video movement.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR PreRecord Time: When you enable motion detection recording or external alarm recording, you can define prerecord time. The options are: No PreRecord, 5 Seconds (default selection), 10 Seconds, 15 Seconds, 20 Seconds, 25 Seconds, 30 Seconds and Max PreRecord.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 2: Select ond day and enable all day recording option For “Day” item, there are options: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day”...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 2: Select ond day and disable all day recording option For “Day” item, there are options: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day”...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR External alarm input setup: Step 1: Select one alarm input Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one alarm input. Step 2: Alarm type This is sensor type. You can select “Normal Open” or “Normal Close” according to the sensor type.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 4: Alarm trigger record channel setup You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use 【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable record channel. “×” means disable and “ means enable.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Preset: Set the flag as “ ” to enable preset, in the preset number edit box and input one preset number that has been setup already. Please refer to chapter 5.15 for preset setup.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 4: Setup alarm out schedule Like other schedule setup, you can set 4 time periods for one day and 7 days for one week. When you finish setup, press “Confirm” button to return “Alarms” menu.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.14 Network Parameters If you want use network to access DVR, you must setup network parameters. Note: If any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot DVR to make it into effective.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR DNS address: If DVR uses PPPoE function, and get one dynamic IP address. If you set DNS IP with one fixed internet IP, DVR will send some information such as DVR name, DVR serial number, DVR current IP to that fixed IP address.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 1: Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2: Select NIC type. Step 3: Input port number. In the port edit box, use numeric keys to input port number. The port number must be more than 2000.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.15 PTZ There is one RS-485 port at DVR rear panel used for PTZ control. You can setup RS-485 parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to PTZ icon and press【ENTER】key, you can enter into PTZ menu as following:...
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR iris. Move “Active Frame” to “Setup” button on the right side of “Preset” item, press【ENTER】 key to enter into preset setup menu. You can save 128 preset numbers. Please make sure the PTZ support preset function before you setup preset.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR button, you can delete this preset number. After deleting, press “Return” button to “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ” menu, press “Confirm” button to save all modification. Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support preset function.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Press “RecCru” button, you will enter into “PTZ control” interface. You can start controlling PTZ with direction keys, press【ENTER】to save the operation track and return “Cruise” setup menu. Press “StartCru” button to repeat the PTZ track until you press “Stop” button.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.16 RS232 setup There is one RS-232 port at DVR rear panel. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “RS232” icon and perss【ENTER】key, you enter into “RS232” setup menu: RS232 menu description RS-232 parameters: Including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 5.17 Exceptions The exceptions can be handled at present include: hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal access, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL differ. Enter into “Exceptions” menu: Including the following handle methods: Audible Warning: DVR beep warning.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter6 Utilities There are many tools in “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu: Save Parameters Save factory default parameters into FLASH memory. You can reboot DVR to make them into effective.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Please confirm the language is matched. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog, you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode. If you select “FTP” mode, you will enter into “FTP Upgrade” menu: Input the ftp server IP and press【ENTER】key.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Hard Disk Management Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot DVR, otherwise DVR will not work normally.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR View Log To view the log recorded in DVR HDD. In “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu: If you want to view the log based on default option, just press 【 ENTER】 key. DVR will list all matched information.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 2: For “Major Type” option, select “Alarm” option. For “Minor Type” option, select one of following options: All, External Alarm In, External Alarm Out, Motion Detect Start, Motion Detect Stop, View Tamper Start, View Tamper Stop .
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Step 4: Move “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and press【ENTER】key to start searching. Step 5: After finish searching, DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6: Press “Return” button back to “Utilities” menu.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases that you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is update old firmware.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Select “Users/rights” under “Security” menu item. The following dialog box will be pop-up. Create new user. Click “new user’. New user dialog pops up. Input user name “target”. Click “OK”. In the password dialog, input password “target” in “New Password” and “Verify Password”...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR In this example, please place the DVR firmware file (digicap) in the folder named “C:\firmware”. 7. Next time, you need not setup again, just double click and open “wftpd32.exe” to upgrade the DVR firmware.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 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 every hour, unit Mbyte.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Appendix B DVR Connect Cable Definition 1 RS-485 connect cable made method Material and tool One twist cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 connector and one tool special for RJ45. RJ45 introduction Pin definition To make the connect cable according the follows.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR To make the network cable according to the actual situation, there are two options: (1) Use the following method to make the network cable when DVR is connected with network hub or switch.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR 3 RS-232 connect cable made method Material and tool One twisted cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 head, one or more DB25 or DB9 plug-in, a tool for RJ45, one electric iron, and some soldering tin.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Connection for RJ45 and DB25 (DTE) (2) When the serial port of the DVR is connected with DTE device with DB9 plug-in, the corresponding relationship is as follows: Connection for RJ45 and DB9...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Appendix D Quick Search Function Table Type Name Description Index User Create and delete users. System has one default management administrator. The administrator can create 15 users Safety and define their rights. function Password Modify password.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Remote setup Remote setup DVR parameters. Remote Remote record real time stream. record Remote Remote playback the recorded files in DVR playback Download Download recorded files in DVR. Remote Remote upgrade firmware. upgrade...
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Appendix E Troubleshooting Failure Possible reasons After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, Power cable is broken. “POWER” light in front Panel does not turn on, and fan Power supply is broken.
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User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Notes: Place the DVR in well ventilated space so that it operates within the allowed range of temperature and humidity as in specification. If the circuit board is wet, dust on circuit board can cause a short circuit. The circuit board, plug and socket, housing fan and housing should be cleaned by brushing regularly.
User Manual of AData ATX H.264 DVR Appendix F Product Service Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users can enjoy a conditional free repair guarantee service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for the damage caused by non personal acts).
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