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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
  • Page 2 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. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class “A”...
  • Page 3 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY  THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE THIRD PARTY’S RIGHT. ...
  • Page 4 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 C ~ +50 C (32 F ~ 122...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Product Overview………………….……………………….……... Features…………………..…….…………..…………………... 2. Panels And Remote Controller…………...………………….……. 2.1 Front Panel………….……….…………………………….……. 2.2 Back Panel………………….…………………………….…….. 2.3 Remote Controller…………..…….……………………….…… Installations…….…….……………………………………….…… 3.1 Basic Connections…………….………………………….…….. 3.2 Optional Connections…………..………………………….…… 4. Main Screen And Basic Operations………….……..……….…... 4.1 Text Input……………………………………….……………… 4.2 Login And Logout………………………………………………...
  • Page 6 6.10.2 FTP Setup……………..………………………………….. 6.10.3 Advanced Network Setup……………..………………… 7. PTZ Control……………………….……………………………… 8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor) ………..8.1 Search By Time……………………………………….………… 8.2 Search By Event / Log Display………………………….……… 8.3 Smart Search………………………..………….……….……… 8.4 Search Archived Files………………………….……….……… 8.5 POS Search…………………………………….……….……… 8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time………….….….………...

  • Page 7: 1.1 Features

    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.
  • Page 8  Remote access through mobile phone or PDA  Support mouse operation...

  • Page 9: Panels And Remote

    2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. DVD Writer (optional) Used for backup purpose if installed. 2. USB Mouse Connector Connect to USB 1.1 compatible mouse before the DVR is power on. 3. USB connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
  • Page 10 camera in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. 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.
  • Page 11 19. ENTER Button This button is used as “enter” key in most circumstances. In PTZ control, this button is used to start/stop the selected PTZ control mode. 20. (Split Windows) +/- Buttons ( In split-window display, press these buttons for next/previous split-window display.
  • Page 12 2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-4) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The internal 75 termination is always ON. 2. Call Monitor Output Connector (CALL OUT) Connect TV monitor to this BNC connector for call monitor display. 3.
  • Page 13 Connect this connector to RS-485 compatible PTZ camera(s) or keyboard. Please refer to the manuals come with the RS-485 compatible devices for the correct settings. Please refer to Appendix D for the Keyboard Control Protocol for the digital video recorder. 9.

  • Page 14: Remote Controller

    2.3 Remote Controller The remote controller is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle. 1.

  • Page 15: Installations

    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 system to work correctly.

  • Page 16: Optional Connections

    3.2 Optional Connections  Audio inputs Connect the audio input connectors to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio sources. Please make sure to associate the audio inputs with the cameras in Camera Setup as described in Section 6.2 accordingly.
  • Page 17  I/R remote controller The user may use I/R remote controller to control the digital video/audio recorder.  Call monitor Connect the call monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor. This monitor displays the full screen images of the cameras associated with the events (alarm or motion) or the images from the installed cameras sequentially according to the SEQ Display Setup (Section...
  • Page 18  RS-485 keyboard or Terminal Connect the RS-485 connector to a RS-485 keyboard controller or VT-100 terminal via the appropriate cables. Please refer to the following diagram for the correct connection. Please make sure to setup the RS-422/485 configurations as described in Section 6.9 accordingly.
  • Page 19  POS system Connect the RS-232 connector to POS system via the appropriate cable. The system supports the POS systems which can be connected to the following printers – Epson-TM200, Epson-TMU295, Epson-TMU300, Epson-TMU675, Epson-TMT882, Epson-RPU420, and Epson-MD332S. Please make sure to setup the RS-232 port (Section 6.9) accordingly.

  • Page 20: Main Screen And Basic

    4. Main Screen And Basic Operations The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are two types of split-window screens, including 1-Window and 4-Window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.6) of the system.

  • Page 21: Text

    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.

  • Page 22: Basic

    There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display. The system allows up to 18 user accounts. The administrator can set up the login name and password for each user.

  • Page 23: Menu

    In split-window display, press this button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen.  SEQ (Mouse: 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.
  • Page 24 DVR. Please select the Type (GPS or POS), Position, Background, Rows, and number of Characters on the screen, and then press ENTER to display the GPS/POS data, or ESC to cancel. For software V6.12 or above, the user may enable/disable OSD display for certain fields in main screen. In GPS/POS display, press for page up/down, press ENTER to close it, or press...
  • Page 25  ENTER (Mouse: Click in the video window) Press this button to zoom in the zoom window, from X1 to X2 or from X2 to X4, if the zoom window is shown in the video window.  X2 (Mouse: Press this button to (a) show/hide the zoom window if the current zoom factor is X1/X2, or (b) zoom out the video window back to zoom factor X1 if the current zoom factor is X4.

  • Page 26: Menu Display

    5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU (Mouse: 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.

  • Page 27: Status

    5.1 Status Display to change the highlighted option to Status, and then In Menu display, press 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. Press ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to escape from Status display, and return to...

  • Page 28: Video Adjustment

    5.2 Video Adjustment to change the highlighted option to Video Adjustment, In Menu display, press and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown. There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation.
  • Page 29  MODE (Mouse: Press this button to restore the values.  ESC (Mouse: or Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. The settings will be saved for future reference.
  • Page 30 5.3 VGA Display to change the highlighted option to VGA Display, and In Menu display, press then press ENTER to call up VGA Display dialog as shown. There are 5 items which can be adjusted, including Resolution (1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480), Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below: (Mouse: Click in the respective item) ...
  • Page 31 5.4 Backup Device to change the highlighted option to Backup Device, and In Menu display, press then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below. The system supports internal DVD for Internal DVD models and a variety of USB 2.0 storage devices, including Storage Disk such as USB 2.0 storage disk drives and DVD Disc (including DVD+RW, DVD+R, and DVD-R).

  • Page 32: Backup

    compatibility. Note 2: Before using USB pen drive, please format it to FAT32 file system by MS-Windows. Note 3: The backup device has to be connected by the system software before it can be used to read/write. If it failed to connect, please unplug the device, and then plug the device in the USB port again.
  • Page 33 LITEON LightScribe DVD Writer SHM-165H6S, 20X DVD Writer DX-20A4P 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 Some DVD Discs Tested – Only single-side, single-layer disc supported Infomedia DVD+R 16X Mitsubishi DVD+RW 1-4X Philips DVD+RW 1-4X...

  • Page 34: Software Upgrade

    5.5 Software Upgrade (Administrator) to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, In Menu display, press and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown. The operations are as below: (Mouse: Left click)  Press these buttons to select the items. ...

  • Page 35: System Shutdown

    5.6 System Shutdown (Administrator) to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then In Menu display, press press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area.

  • Page 36: Setup

    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.) The user’s operations are described as the followings: ...

  • Page 37: Pre-Camera

    6.1 Pre-Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Pre-Camera Setup display. There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes for all the installed cameras.

  • Page 38: Camera

    check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ ” - 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. Please refer to the manual of the camera for the ID setting.

  • Page 39: Alarm

     COPY Press this button to copy all the settings - excluding detailed Motion settings, Video Loss settings, Title/Audio - of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.) ...

  • Page 40: Video Loss Setup

    The default setting is “N/A”.  Record Quality – the record quality for this camera. Press +/- buttons to select the value (1-9, with 1 the lowest (rough) quality, 9 the highest (fine) quality).  Event Record IPS – the IPS (Images Per Second) for this camera if certain event (Motion, Alarm) occurs for this camera.
  • Page 41  COPY Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its Video Loss settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)  ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display.
  • Page 42  E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers at the moment when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ ”...
  • Page 43 settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)  ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving.
  • Page 44  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 “ ”...

  • Page 45: Alarm Setup

     Press these buttons to move the Mask window.  +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag) Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.  ENTER (Mouse: Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window.  MODE (Mouse: Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.
  • Page 46 The general operations are as below: (Mouse: Left click)  Press these buttons to select the items.  Numeric Press these buttons to select the alarm input.  COPY Press this button to copy the settings of the focus alarm input to all the following alarm inputs.
  • Page 47  Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after this alarm input is triggered. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once this alarm input returns to normal.

  • Page 48: Seq Display

    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.
  • Page 49 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:  Numeric (Mouse: Press these buttons to change the camera for the current page. ...

  • Page 50: Scheduled Record

    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. The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system.
  • Page 51 Press +/- buttons to select the desired start time. 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, Audio/Video) when certain alarm input is Press +/- buttons to triggered.

  • Page 52: Hdd Setup

    6.6 HDD Setup to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then In Setup Menu display, press press ENTER to call up HDD Setup as shown. In the surveillance applications, alarm video/audio is much more important than normal video/audio. So, this digital video/audio recorder is designed to allow the user to divide each HDD into alarm partition and normal partition.
  • Page 53 Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:  Size (GB) – the total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and Normal Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 for more detailed information and setup of each individual HDD.

  • Page 54: Hdd

    6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. The HDD must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each HDD, and set the size for Alarm Record partition and Normal Record partition for each HDD.
  • Page 55 according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared.  CALL => Physical Format (Mouse: Left click) Press this button to physically format the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC to cancel.
  • Page 56 6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup In HDD Setup display, press SEQ to call up Advanced HDD Setup display as shown. The HDD Failure Action in Advanced HDD Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected HDD failure, while the Privacy settings allow the administrator to set the DVR to record for Limited Period and the Retention Period of its HDD storage.
  • Page 57 Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ ” - checked.  Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ ”...

  • Page 58: Password Setup

    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. There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest).

  • Page 59: System Setup

    Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:  Guest Level – the access level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or -) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.  Login Name – please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 modify this item.
  • Page 60 Press these buttons to select the items.  ESC (Mouse: Right Click) 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 (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving.
  • Page 61 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. Please refer to the manuals for the connected devices - PTZ cameras or keyboard controllers –...
  • Page 62 Model – PTZ model (for PTZ and PTZ+Keyboard), Keyboard model, GPS  protocol, or POS printer type of the connected devices. The PTZ models supported include Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome, PIH-series, Dynacolor, Bosch AutoDome, Video Trek, etc. The Keyboard models supported include Terminal (EX.

  • Page 63: Network

    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. Please check with your network administrator to set these parameters correctly.

  • Page 64: E-Mail Setup

    described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.  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.
  • Page 65 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.

  • Page 66: Ftp

     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.

  • Page 67: Advanced Network Setup

    Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:  FTP Server – FTP server web/IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.  Username – username for this DVR unit in the FTP server. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
  • Page 68 Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ...

  • Page 69: Ptz Control

    7. PTZ Control The digital video/audio recorder supports a variety of PTZ cameras. The user can easily control the PTZ cameras through the operations described in this Chapter if those PTZ cameras have been connected and setup correctly. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections.
  • Page 70 Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Operations Descriptions Focus (Mouse: focus far/near ENTER auto focus (Mouse: Iris (Mouse: Iris increase/decrease Auto Pan (3) Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed (Mouse: start/stop Auto Pan ENTER set start position set end position SEQ (5 sec.) SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.

  • Page 71: Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor)

     ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from Search Menu display, and return to split-window display. Note: For this series of H.264 DVRs, the system recording rate will not be lowered by playback.
  • Page 72 8.1 Search By Time The screen for Search By Time is shown on the right side: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time based selected Video/Audio before searching - alarm partition if any of Alarm, Motion, or Video Loss, is checked, and normal partition if Normal is checked.

  • Page 73: Search By Event / Log

     Video/Audio – (Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Normal). Check the types of the recorded video/audio you want to search for playback. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item. 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.
  • Page 74  CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click) Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.  Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown) Press these buttons to select the display page of the event logs, the log list will also be updated.

  • Page 75: Smart Search

    8.3 Smart Search The screen for Smart Search is shown below: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching. The general operations are as below: (Mouse: Left click) ...
  • Page 76 Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:  Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Its title is shown on its right side.
  • Page 77 Following is a brief description for the operations:  Press these buttons to move the Mask window.  +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag) Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.  ENTER (Mouse: Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. The area set will be shown with semi-transparent gray area.
  • Page 78 8.4 Search Archived Files The screen for Search Archived Files is shown below: The operations are as below:  (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.  ESC (Mouse: Right Click) 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: ...
  • Page 79 8.5 POS Search The screen for POS Search is shown below: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching. The general operations are as below:  (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items.
  • Page 80 Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:  Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID.

  • Page 81: Playback/Archive For Search By

    8.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Time In split-window display, press MODE button (Mouse: to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mode display live video.
  • Page 82  Copy ( (Mouse: Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port or SD card. The Backup display will be shown as below. Following is a brief description for the operations in Backup display: (Mouse: Left click) ...
  • Page 83  Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press +/- buttons to select the value.  Directory – the directory to store the archived files. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to input the directory.
  • Page 84 8.7 Playback/Archive For Search By Event In Log display, press Play Buttons ( (Mouse: Left click) to playback the selected logs. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective. The operations are as below: ...

  • Page 85: Playback/Archive For Pos

    8.9 Playback For Archived Files In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file, or press Play Button ( (Mouse: Left click twice) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.

  • Page 86: Remote Access

    9. Remote Access 9.1 PC Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet. Before Logging On Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings (For most PCs, only step 4 &...
  • Page 87 Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit. Logon After the above-mentioned items have been done correctly, restart your web browser and enter the domain name or IP address (EX. http://192.168.1.100 if HTTP port is 80, http://192.168.1.100:800 if HTTP port is 800) of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser.
  • Page 88 for Live display, “.P” for Playback, and the camera title with white background has detected motion.) Note 1: The frame rate is limited by the bandwidth of the network and the pre-record IPS of the camera (Section 6.2). Note 2: The picture quality depends on the recording resolution and recording quality of the camera (Section 6.2).
  • Page 89 Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio output from the camera for the focus window, button down for enable, button up for mute. The default setting is ‘mute’. Click on this icon to show/hide the GPS data for (1) the selected DVR, or (2) the DVR for the focus camera, button down to show, button up to hide.
  • Page 90 Step, Play, Pause, Stop, and Copy (from left to right). Please note that the Copy function can be used to archive both live and playback streams. Please check/uncheck the cameras to be archived when the Copy Dialog is shown, and then click on OK or Apply button.
  • Page 91 PTZ Panel (but outside of any object in it) (to call up the Context menu) to move it. Click on this icon to call up Setup dialog. Up to 4 DVRs (MPEG-4 or H.264) can be added to the device list. Following is a brief description for each item: ...
  • Page 92 for the (DVR) device.  Control Port – the control port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 67.  Data Port – the data port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 68.  User Name – the login user name for the (DVR) device. It must be in the list in Password Setup for the (DVR) device.

  • Page 93: Web Browser

    data will be output to the file specified. Please note that Tag and Icon are to be used If COM Port is by GPS software such as Google Earth for display purpose. enabled, the corresponding GPS data will be output through the specified COM port of the PC.
  • Page 94 9.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can also be remotely accessed by using a web browser installed on a PDA or mobile phone (EX. Nokia 5300, 6120C, Sony Ericsson W850i, Z610i) that (1) supports xHTML and MJPEG file format, and (2) has screen resolution at 240x320 or above.

  • Page 95: Appendix A - Specifications

    Output 2 RCA-jack connectors, line-out level (up to 2Vrms) Record Compression Video: H.264 Audio: ADPCM Frame rate (IPS) NTSC – 30 / 720*480, 60 / 720*240, 120 / 360*240 & Resolution PAL – 25 / 720*576, 50 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288...
  • Page 96 Remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification, & remote software upgrade 1 I.E. for multiple DVRs E-mail Alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices Alarm video/audio file storage Video 1/4 split-window & SEQ mode for I.E. and HEM Dynamic electronics maps for HEM Audio Bidirectional Protocol...

  • Page 97: Appendix B - Structures Of Menu Displays

    Appendix B – Structures Of Menu Displays...

  • Page 98: Appendix C - Time Zone Table

    Appendix C – Time Zone Table Time Zone Offset Start Samoa GMT – 11:00 Hawaii GMT – 10:00 Alaska GMT – 09:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 08:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 Arizona, US Mountain GMT –...
  • Page 99 Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan GMT + 04:00 Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Time Zone Offset Start Kabul GMT + 04:30 Ekaterinburg GMT + 05:00 Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent GMT + 05:00 Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi GMT + 05:30 Kathmandu...

  • Page 100: Appendix D - Keyboard Control Protocol

    Appendix D – Keyboard Control Protocol Data Format 5 Bytes – Byte 1 : Synchronization Byte (0xFF) Byte 2 : Address, i.e. Device ID (0 – 0xFF) Byte 3 : Code (see below) Byte 4 : Reserved (0x00) Byte 5 : Checksum (sum of Bytes 2 – 4) Code Value (MSB set for key press, MSB reset for release) 0 –...
  • Page 101 CALL-AUX ON 0x5b (ASCII character ‘[’) CALL-AUX OFF 0x5d (ASCII character ‘]’) UP-LEFT 0x7b (ASCII character ‘{’) DOWN-LEFT 0x7c (ASCII character ‘|’) UP-RIGHT 0x7d (ASCII character ‘}’) DOWN-RIGHT 0x7e (ASCII character ‘~’)

  • Page 102: Appendix E - Recording Table

    162 325 650 1277 1916 3831 237 475 950 1852 2778 5556 331 661 1323 2646 3968 7937 514 1029 2058 4115 6173 12346 * Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.
  • Page 103 150 300 601 1201 1877 3754 222 444 889 1778 2778 5556 292 585 1170 2339 3655 7310 463 926 1852 3704 5787 11574 * Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.

  • Page 104: Appendix F - Ms-Windows Hem Utilities

    Appendix F – MS-Windows HEM Utilities There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including software, CMS 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 CMS/Setup.exe...
  • Page 105 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. After an archived file is opened, the user may click on the player buttons to play the file. The following diagram shows the screen after the Play button is pressed.
  • Page 106 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.
  • Page 107 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->AVI Converter 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 FTP file transfer –...

  • Page 108: Appendix G - Gps Function In Remote Software With Google Earth

    Appendix G – GPS Function in Remote Software with Google Earth The GPS output for the DVR and its remote software can be used by GPS software such as Google Earth. The user may use the following paragraphs as an example. 1.
  • Page 109 4. Open Google Earth. 5. Add Network Link. 6. Select the Data Exchange File in the remote software as Link. Please note that the directory & filename MUST be in English for old version of Google Earth to work correctly.
  • Page 110 7. Set Time-Based Refresh. 8. Click on OK button to save the settings.
  • Page 111 9. Now, the GPS data will be fed from the DVR remote software to Google Earth, and the GPS position will be continuously updated in Google Earth.

  • Page 112: Appendix H - Protocol Converter For Multiple Pos

    Appendix H – Protocol Converter for Multiple POS Multiple POS devices can be connected through the RS-232 port of the DVR. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections. Please refer to page 22/23 of 7524 Hardware User’s Manual for the pin assignment of I-7523, which is similar to protocol converter I-7524.

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