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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. PLEASE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual PRECAUTIONS Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Use the appliance at temperature within 0...
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 1. Product Overview The H.264 digital video/audio recorders are designed for use within a surveillance system and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorders are all based on industry-leading front-end to back-end surveillance infrastructure.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. Front Door Conceal Hard Disk Tray (and internal DVD for DVD models), Reset Button, USB Connector, and DVR ID Switch. For internal DVD, please open the front door in order not to block the tray from ejecting, esp. while it’s in backup process.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 8. SEARCH Button Press this button to display the search menu in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. 9. CALL Button Press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus camera in main screen display.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 19. Up/BS Button (▲/BS) Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to tilt up the camera. In text editing mode, this button is used as “backspace” key.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-16/1-9) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The corresponding 75Ω termination must be made unless the video output terminal is connected. 2. Video Output Connectors (1-16/1-9) Connect these BNC connectors for looping the corresponding camera video inputs.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 9. CALL-AUX Connectors (CALL-AUX IN/OUT) Used to daisy-chain to TV monitor. CALL-AUX OUT has the same output as CALL OUT, but can be switched off through RS-485 keyboard control. 10. RS-232 Connector Connect this connector to PTZ camera(s), 11.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 21. VGA Connector (optional) Connect VGA monitor to the VGA connector for main monitor display. 22. Remote sensor connector (optional) Beside the remote controller sensor on the front panel, the user may connect an extended remote controller sensor to this connector. Once this connector is used, the built-in remote controller sensor on the front panel will have no effect anymore to avoid signal interference.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 3. Installations The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 3.1 Basic Connections Please refer to the following diagram for the connections. Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the back panel according to the local TV system for the digital video/audio recorder to work correctly.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Note 2: Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear to format the HDDs. Note 3: Please refer to the following diagrams if IDE-to-SATA converter board is used.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, card reader, etc. If the user wants to use USB2.0 peripheral device to retrieve important recorded images and/or audio, please connect it to the USB port connectors (one on the front panel, the other on the back panel).
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Set this unit to 3-line or 2-line according to the connected devices. For 4-line devices (such as keyboard) Devices TxD- TxD- TxD+ TxD+ RxD- RxD- RxD+ RxD+ For PTZ cameras Devices TxD- RS485- TxD+ RS485+...
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual CALL-AUX monitor Please refer to the diagram below to connect the CALL-AUX monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor or the CALL-AUX monitor input connector of another digital video/audio recorder. The CALL-AUX monitor, if enabled, has the same output display as the call monitor, and is typically used with RS-485 keyboard controller for distant monitoring and control (e.g.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 4. Main Screen And Basic Operations The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are several types of split-window screens, including 1-Window, 4-Window, 7-Window, 9-Window, 10-Window, 13-Window, and 16-Window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.7) of the...
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 4.1 Text Input There are certain circumstances that the system requires the user to enter text, such as system login, camera title setup, and so on. Please follow the steps below to enter text: (1) Press ENTER to edit the highlighted option. The flashing cursor will be shown to indicate the editing point.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the Administrator everything. To login/logout the system, press MENU in split-window display to call up Menu display, and then press ENTER when...
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 4.4 Digital Zoom The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor X2, and (c) will never be shown at zoom factor X4.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU to call up Menu display as shown. There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 5.1 Status Display In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Status, and then press ENTER to call up Status display as shown. Status display includes Alarm Recording Status, Normal Recording Status, Camera Status, Alarm Input Status, Product Serial Number, and Product Version Number.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Mute – to mute the selected audio channel. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “-” - unchecked.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Press this button to reset the settings for this camera to factory default values. CALL Press this button to reset the settings for all cameras to factory default values. MODE Press this button to restore the values.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Connect/Disconnect – If the specific backup device is disconnected (as shown in Current Status), please plug the USB device in one of the USB ports of the system and/or insert a DVD for DVD device, and then press ENTER to command the system to connect with the device.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual DVD Writer – Asus DRW-1608P Series, Pioneer DVR-A11 Series. LITEON LightScribe DVD Writer Model SHM-165H6S Series. Sony DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model DRX-810UL Series. NEC DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model ND-4550A Series. HP dvd9404e External 18X Super Multi DVD Writer Series.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to upgrade. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage. Upgrade File – press ENTER to start the upgrade process when the highlighted file is a correct upgrade file. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm to upgrade the system software.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6. Setup (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then press ENTER to call up Setup Menu display as shown. (To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.)
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.1 Pre-Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera, and then press ENTER to call up Pre-Camera Setup display as shown. There are up to 16, 9, or 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes, which may relate one camera to the others, for all the installed cameras.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Installed – whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the following items will be settable. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. PTZ ID – the PTZ ID of this camera if it’s a PTZ camera. The PTZ ID has to be consistent with the setting of this camera.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.2 Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER to call up Camera Setup display as shown. The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Title – The title (Max. 8 characters) of this camera. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Pre-record IPS – the pre-record IPS for this camera if certain event (Video Loss, Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera. This camera is recorded at this rate for Pre-record time before the event occurs. (Please refer to the following sections for Pre-record time.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 –...
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after video loss is detected for this camera.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items. Numeric (ENTER) Press these buttons to select the camera. COPY ( Press this button to copy the Motion settings, including Detection settings, of the focus camera to all the following cameras.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Pre-record – to define how long before motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (0-60 seconds, discrete). Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for the operations: Numeric Press these buttons to select the camera. ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the Mask window. Press these buttons to resize the Mask window. ENTER Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion Setup. 6.3 Alarm Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Alarm, and then press ENTER to call up Alarm Setup display as shown. The Alarm Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each alarm input, and the actions if it’s triggered.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Normal State – press +/- buttons to select N/A, Close or Open. Please check the signal type, normally close or normally open, connected to the alarm input terminal on the rear panel of the system.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.4 SEQ Display Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup as shown. The SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown. And the title of the camera for the focus window . Following is a is highlighted brief description for the operations: ▲▼◄►...
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.5 Scheduled Record Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Scheduled Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup as shown. The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Example: If the user sets the start time of T1/MON as 9:00, T2/MON as 18:00, T3-T16/MON as N/A (Not Available), then T1/MON is 9:00-18:00, T2/MON is 0:00-9:00, and 18:00-24:00. Alarm – record mode (No, Video, or Audio/Video) when certain alarm input is triggered.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items. MODE => Format/Clear Press this button to format/clear the HDDs as described in Section 6.6.1. Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual SEQ => Clear Press this button to clear the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel. Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.7 Password Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown. The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Login Name – please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Password – this item accepts numbers only.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving. Please note that if the selected language is changed, the user will be asked to reboot the system for the newly selected language to take effect.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.9 RS-232/422/485 Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to RS-232/422/485, and then press ENTER to call up RS-232/422/485 Setup as shown. The RS-232/422/485 Setup allows the administrator to setup RS-232 control port, and RS422 or RS-485 control port.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.10 Network Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Network, and then press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown. The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related parameters.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Gateway – Gateway IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. DNS – DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 6.10.1 E-mail Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail. The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Mail From – the e-mail address of this DVR unit, i.e. the sender of the e-mails originated from the triggered events.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual HTTP Port – the HTTP (web page) port for remote access. The default value is 80. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Note: If the Control Port or Data Port is not available or accessible during remote access, the system will reset the ports to their default values, i.e.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual NEXT Press this button for the next miscellaneous function. The miscellaneous functions include Focus, Iris, Auto PAN, SEQ, Preset, and Pan Speed. And the active one will be shown on the lower right corner of the screen.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator, Supervisor) There are five ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback: (a) Search by time, (b) Search by event, (c) Search archived files In split-window display, press SEARCH button to call up Search Menu display as shown.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The general operations are as below: ▲▼ Press these buttons to select the items. Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display. SEARCH / MODE Press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time and video/audio type for playback.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 8.2 Search By Event / Log Display The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below: There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, and System. And up to 3000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Event Type – the type of the events (Record, Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, System) to be shown in the log list. The Event Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off, and will not trigger recording.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to select the items. Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: USB Device –...
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Stop Button ( Press this button to stop playing the recorded video/audio. If the user press button later, the playback will start from the beginning. Fast Forward Button ( Press this button for fast forward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the forward playback speed will become faster, from 2X, 4X, 8X, up to 16X, and then back to 2X.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Note: For internal DVD, please open the front door in order not to block the tray from ejecting, esp. while it’s in backup process. Blocking the tray from ejecting may damage the DVD writer. Stop ( Press this button to stop copying and return to the previous display.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 8.5 Playback/Archive For Search By Event In Log display, press ENTER to enter Event Playback display of the selected event log, or press Play Buttons ( ) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 8.7 Playback For Archived Files In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file, or press Play Buttons ( ) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual 4. The domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder has been set as trusted web site in your PC, and the (https:) server verification for trusted web site is unchecked. If not, please go to Tools->Options->Security in your I.E. to do the settings.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual The video images can be displayed in several types of split-window screens, including 1/4/9/16-Window for single DVR and 25/36/49/64 for multiple DVRs. And the focus window is surrounded by a frame border. In addition to the video windows, there are different icons on the lower corner and the right corner of the screen for status display and control.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Click on this icon to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. Click on this icon to toggle between live mode and playback mode for all the video windows. Click on this icon to freeze/unfreeze the video images for all the video windows.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Click on these icons to switch to the selected DVR, button down for selected. The 1/4/9/16 split-window video display, the camera status, and the alarm input/output will all switch to correspond to the selected DVR.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Alarm Out Alarm outputs 1-4 (GREEN for normal state, RED for triggered state) for the selected DVR. For Administrator, click on any of these icons to control the corresponding alarm output from normal to triggered, or from triggered back to normal.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Device Name – any meaningful name for the (DVR) device. Address – IP address or URL domain name for the (DVR) device. It should be the same as the IP address (for Static IP) or URL (for PPPoE) in Network Setup for the (DVR) device.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual System Requirements of Remote PC It is recommended to access the digital video/audio recorder using a PC that meets the following system requirements. If you use a PC that does not meet the following system requirements, it may cause problems such as slow imaging or the browser unable to operate.
SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Appendix F – MS-Windows HEM Utilities There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including DP-9010, HEM Player, Keyboard Control Simulator, and M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in your PC, and then double click on DP-9010/Setup.exe in the CD to install DP-9010, and...
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual type if it’s on those enabled function icons. The operations and their descriptions are the same as in Chapter 9. Remote Access. To select an archived file for playback, please click on File menu, and then select Open.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual Keyboard Control Simulator To run the Keyboard Control Simulator under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->KCtrlSimulator, and the screen will be shown as below. Please note that most of the buttons correspond to the keypads on the front panel. If you connect the PC through RS-232 and use an RS-232/RS-485 converter to connect to multiple DVRs, you would be able to control multiple DVRs via the simulation software.
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SCW-7709 & SCW-7716 Users Manual M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility To run the M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->M4V2AVI or double-click on the file AVI_Converter.EXE, and the screen will be shown as below. Please select the source files – .M4V/.H264 files archived from DVR, remote I.E., HEM, and select the target directory to save the converted files, and then click on OK to do the conversion.
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