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USER MANUAL

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    VIO2-16 USER 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. ! THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCUACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
  • 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 ~ +40 C (32 F ~ 113...

  • 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: Ptz Control

    6.10.1 Notification Setup……………..………………………….. 6.10.2 FTP Setup……………..………………………………….. 6.10.3 3G Modem Setup……………………..………………… 6.10.4 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…………………………………….……….………...

  • Page 7: Features

    1. Product Overview The 960H/D1 half-realtime 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 software upgrade ! Free DDNS server ! Support UPnP ! 1 I.E./Firefox software for multiple DVRs ! PTZ control capabilities & RS-422/RS-485 keyboard control capabilities ! Multi-lingual support ! Multi-level password and authentication key protection to ensure high degree of security ! Streaming video for mobile phone or PDA, no Apps required ! N-Streaming internet/intranet remote access...

  • Page 9: Panels And Remote Controller

    2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel 1. USB connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, USB 3G dongle, etc. 2. MODE Button Press this button to toggle between live mode and playback mode in main screen display.
  • Page 10 6. REC Button Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again. 7. Play/Pause Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images, or pause the playback. 8. Stop Button ( Press this button to stop the playback. 9.
  • Page 11 18. Remote I/R Sensor Used to receive signal from I/R remote controller. 19. DVD Writer (optional) Used for backup purpose if installed.
  • Page 12 2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-16) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The internal 75Ω termination is always ON. 2. Video Out (MAIN/CALL) Connect TV monitor to the BNC connectors for main/call monitor display. 3. HDMI Connector Connect HDMI monitor to the HDMI connector for main monitor display.
  • Page 13 6. USB Mouse Connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible mouse. 7. Ethernet Connector Connect this unit to a 10/100Base-T Ethernet network through this port. 8. RS-232 Connector Connect this connector to PTZ camera(s), GPS modem, or POS system. 9. eSATA Connector Connect this port to external SATA storage device for HDD extension.

  • Page 14: Remote

    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. Most of the buttons corresponds to one of those buttons on the front panel.

  • 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 main board according to the local TV system for the system to work correctly.

  • Page 16: Optional

    3.2 Optional Connections ! Audio inputs Connect the Audio In/Out Connector to an Audio In/Out Cable, and then connect the audio input connectors of the cable 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 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 6.4) for call monitor.
  • Page 18 ! 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 19: Main Screen And Basic Operations

    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 system.

  • Page 20: 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 21: Login And Logout

    4.2 Login And Logout There are three preset password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). Besides, the system also provides Customized password level. 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.
  • Page 22 Press this button to cancel alarm activation, i.e. reset the alarm outputs and silence the buzzer. ! MODE (Mouse: (Administrator/Supervisor) 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.

  • Page 23: Digital

    Press these buttons to control the volume. (Mouse: Press these buttons to circulate up/down among the available split-window displays. ! PAGE (I/R remote controller: #, Mouse: current split-window icon) Press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays. ! ENTER (Mouse: Press this button to display the GPS/POS...
  • Page 24 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. The operations in Digital Zoom mode are as below: ! ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click in the video window) Press these buttons to (a) move the zoom window if it’s shown in the video window, or (b) navigate the video window around if the zoom factor is X2 or X4.

  • Page 25: 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 26: Status Display

    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. Press ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to escape from Status display, and return to...

  • Page 27: Volume Control

    5.2 Volume Control Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option Volume, and then press ENTER to call up Volume Control display as shown. The general operations are as below: ! ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click respective item) Press these buttons to select the items. ! ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
  • Page 28 There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below: ! ▲▼ Press these buttons to select the items. ! Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Press these buttons to change the camera. ! +/- Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.
  • Page 29 5.4 Display In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option Display, and then press ENTER call Display dialog as shown. There are several items which can be adjusted, including Resolution, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, etc. Besides, the video ratio 1/4-window display can be set to “Fit Window”...
  • Page 30 Note : To change resolution, please make sure the resolution is supported by the monitor. The resolution will be changed after the DVR reboots. Note : For VGA, the default sharpness setting should be fine; but for HDMI TV, users may need to lower the sharpness setting.
  • Page 31 5.5 Backup Device In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Backup Device, and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below. The system supports 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, DVD-R).

  • Page 32: Backup

    ! Backup Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) when this item is selected to backup the configurations of this unit to the corresponding USB device. The user may enter the directory to backup the configurations to. ! Restore Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) when this item is selected to restore the configuration files in the corresponding USB device to this unit.

  • Page 33: Software Upgrade (Administrator)

    5.6 Software Upgrade (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, 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. ! ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.

  • Page 34: System Shutdown (Administrator)

    5.7 System Shutdown (Administrator) In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then 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 35: 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 36: Pre-Camera Setup

    6.1 Pre-Camera Setup Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change highlighted option Pre-Camera, then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) call Pre-Camera Setup display. There are up to 16 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.

  • Page 37: Camera

    buttons to change the setting. ! Watermark – to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the recorded images for all the cameras will have digital watermark embedded. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ”...

  • Page 38: Camera Setup

    6.2 Camera Setup In Setup Menu display, press !"#$ to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Camera Setup display. The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera. There are up to 16 cameras which can be connected to the system.

  • Page 39: Alarm

    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: ! Title – The title (Max. 16 characters) of this camera. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

  • Page 40: Video Loss Setup

    sections for Post-record time.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 – 25 (PAL) / 30 (NTSC), discrete). ! 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.
  • Page 41 ! 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. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ! Duration –...

  • Page 42: Motion Setup

    ! FTP – to send the recorded event video/audio files to FTP server or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ ” - unchecked. 6.2.2 Motion Setup In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Motion Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Motion/Mask Settings..
  • Page 43 value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’). ! Camera to go – the camera to go to the preset position in next field after motion is detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a PTZ camera. ! Goto Preset –...
  • Page 44 the detection area. So, it’s better to enable the whole area if the motion detection for the camera is disabled (and only Smart Search is used). Press ENTER in Settings.. to call up Motion Detection Setup (as shown) for this camera.

  • Page 45: Alarm Setup

    ! Vol+/- ( (Mouse: Press this button to increase/decrease the “number of grids treated as motion” for the motion detection of this camera. ! SEARCH (Mouse: Press this button to test the motion detection of this camera. The detected motion will be shown on the screen. Press this button again to stop testing. ! ESC (Mouse: or Right Click)
  • Page 46 The general operations are as below: ! !""# (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen. ! Numeric (ENTER) 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 Camera shall be intensively recorded at Pre-record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value. 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.

  • Page 48: Main/Seq Display Setup

    6.4 Main/SEQ Display Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Main/SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up Main/SEQ Display Setup. The Main/SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor.
  • Page 49 varies according to the display type. Press +/- buttons to select the desired number from the available list. ! Dwell Time – the dwell time (3 ~ 60 seconds, discrete) for each page of this display type. Press +/- buttons to change the value. ! Page Settings..

  • Page 50: Scheduled Record Setup

    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 Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ! Mode – the schedule below applies to All cameras or Individual camera. Press +/- buttons to change the value. ! Camera – select the camera if Individual is selected. Press +/- buttons to select the camera.
  • Page 52 The operations are as below: ! !""# Press these buttons to move the focus. ! COPY ( Press this button to copy the settings of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 2, its schedule settings will be copied to those of the cameras 3-16.) ! Numeric 1-6 (Mouse: Left click)
  • Page 53 6.6 HDD Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then 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 54 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 55: Hdd Format/Clear

    6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. Each of the HDDs 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 56 Note: If the HDD has not been formatted, it will be formatted and partitioned with default record size, 100% for Alarm record and 0% for Normal record. If it has been formatted (and recorded), it will be partitioned according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared.
  • Page 57 if NAS is connected to the DVR. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) in Setup to call up NAS Setup display as shown. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ! ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click) Press these buttons to select the item. ! ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from the NAS Setup dialog.

  • Page 58: Advanced Hdd Setup

    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 59 Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. ! Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. ! E-mail –...

  • Page 60: Video Display

    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.
  • Page 61 ! 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. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ! Guest Level –...
  • Page 62 The general operations are as below: ! ▲▼◄► Press these buttons to move the focus. If the selected item is not shown on the screen, the screen will scroll up or down. ! ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Password Setup display.
  • Page 63 ! Setup Camera – to enable the user to do Camera Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. ! Setup Alarm – to enable the user to do Alarm Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

  • Page 64: System Setup

    6.8 System Setup In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to System, and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown. The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc.

  • Page 65: Rs-232/422/485 Setup

    ! System Time – ! Synchronization – time synchronized with TSP Server or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked. ! TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time Synchronization is enabled.

  • Page 66: Device

    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 – to set these items in RS-232/422/485 Setup. The general operations are as below: ! ▲▼◄►...
  • Page 67 Stop Bit, and Parity) are the same as the PTZ Model selected. Please also note that the installer must be sure that the Keyboard Control Protocol and the PTZ Protocol won’t conflict with each other. ! Baud Rate – press +/- buttons to change the value. ! Data Bit –...

  • Page 68: 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 69 get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider). Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. ! Net Mask – Net Mask for the Ethernet IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.
  • Page 70 ! Advanced – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Advanced Network Setup. Please refer to Section 6.10.4 for the details. Note: If DDNS Type is FreeDNS, the URL must be appended with “,hash”, where hash is extracted from the grab URL batch file that is downloaded from freedns.afraid.org.

  • Page 71: Notification

    6.10.1 Notification Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Notification Setup as shown when highlighted option is Notification. Notification Setup allows the administrator to set notification (email & push alarm) related parameters. When event occurs and Notification/E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, a notification will be sent based on the parameters set.

  • Page 72: 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 73: G Modem 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. ! FTP Port – the FTP port. The default value is 21. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

  • Page 74: Advanced Network

    The general 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 Network Setup display. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: ! Username –...
  • Page 75 The Advanced Network Setup allows the administrator to set advanced network parameters. If the user is not familiar with network administration, please DO NOT modify the items in this dialog. The general 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 Network Setup display.
  • Page 76 item. ! UPNP Port Forwarding – to use UPnP port forwarding for Control/Data/HTTP port for internet access if the router supports UPnP. Press +/- buttons to change the value. If UPnP port forwarding is used, the DVR will try to connect with UPnP router to set Control/Data/HTTP port after the user exits from this screen.

  • Page 77: 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 78 Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Operations Descriptions Focus (Mouse: focus far/near ENTER (Mouse: auto focus Iris Iris increase/decrease (Mouse: Auto Pan (3) Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis increase/decrease speed (Mouse: ENTER start/stop Auto Pan set start position set end position SEQ (5 sec.) SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.

  • Page 79: Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor)

    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, Smart search, (d) Search archived files, and (e) POS search. In split-window display, press SEARCH button (Mouse: to call up Search Menu display as shown.

  • Page 80: Search By Time

    8.1 Search By Time The screen for Search By Time is shown as below: The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time based on the 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 81 background, and the user can still do almost all the operations. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Search Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio. The playback backup) will start from the time entered here button) later.
  • Page 82 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 6000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system. The general operations are as below: (Mouse: Left click) ! ▲▼◄►...
  • Page 83 Please select the backup device, and enter the directory name you want, and then press COPY to copy the event log to the selected backup device. ! SEQ => Page Up (Mouse: Left click) ! CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click) Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.

  • Page 84: 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) Press these buttons to select the items.
  • Page 85 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. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID. ! Start/End Time –...
  • Page 86 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. ! MODE (Mouse: Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.

  • Page 87: Search Archived Files

    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: ! USB Device –...
  • Page 88 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 89 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 90: 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 91 ! MENU (Mouse: ) – Software version V7.92 or above At playback, press this button for the snapshot of the playback video. confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER to snapshot, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without snapshot. The snapshot picture will be saved in the directory /Snapshot in the connected backup device.
  • Page 92 Copy icon will be disappeared. ! ESC (Mouse: Right Click) Press this button to cancel, and return to the previous display. The description for each item and its specific operations is as below: ! Backup Device – the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no backup device connected.
  • Page 93 Press these buttons to select the focus slider. ! "# repeatedly & ENTER Button (Mouse: Left click and drag) Press "# repeatedly and then press ENTER to move the focus slider to a new time. The whole playback slider bar will be updated accordingly. ! Playback Buttons ( These playback buttons are still operational as described above.

  • Page 94: Playback/Archive For Search By Event

    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: ! Playback Buttons ( , MENU, ENTER, MODE,...

  • Page 95: Playback For Archived

    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 Buttons ( (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 96: 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 97 9. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit. Note: If trusted web site is not set, please follow the instructions on the screen to download the manual package, logon the PC as administrator, and install the package in the PC.
  • Page 98 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. The plug-in software in the system will be downloaded and run automatically in the web browser. Please note that up to 8 users can logon this DVR simultaneously. Remote Display and Operations After the plug-in software is downloaded and run in the web browser, you will be asked (1) to install redistributable software, and (2) for ActiveX control to interact...
  • Page 99 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). When the user leaves I.E., he/she may be asked to save changes to files, please enter the directory name (or use default if only one profile is needed), click on OK or Yes to save the changes.
  • Page 100 Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio input from the PC, button down for enable, button up for mute. If enabled, the audio input from the PC will be sent to the DVR. The default setting is ‘mute’. Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio output from the camera for the focus window (or DVR), button down for enable, button up for mute.
  • Page 101 Click on this icon for full video display (without any icon). The device name of the selected DVR is shown. Click on this icon, and the available DVRs will all be shown. The user may type alphanumeric characters to get the matched DVRs. Click in one of them to select a new DVR.
  • Page 102 Alarm In Status indicators for alarm inputs (GREEN for normal, RED for alarm) for the selected DVR. Alarm Out Alarm outputs (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.
  • Page 103 then click on Open. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio in the file(s). Click on this icon to call up POS-Search dialog. Please select the DVR, camera, key word, and start/end time, and click on “Search”, then the matched POS data will be shown.
  • Page 104 (DVR) device. Connected – whether this PC is connected with the (DVR) device now. If a DVR is connected, the user may select it, and click on “Reboot” to reboot it. The other properties in the dialog are similar to those described in Chapter 6.

  • Page 105: Web Browser

    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.

  • Page 106: Pda/Mobile Phone Remote

    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 107: Appendix A - Specifications

    Appendix A – Specifications System O.S. Embedded Linux 3.0 Multiplex Sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access Certification FCC, CE, etc. Video Format NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR Input 16-CH, BNC, 1Vp-p/75ohm Main monitor HDMI, with resolution up to 1920x1080, VGA D-SUB 15-pin, with resolution 1920x1080, BNC x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm Call monitor...
  • Page 108 DVD+R, DVD-R, card readers, HDD, etc. Internal DVD models: DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R Self playback for backup files Alarm Input 16 contact or TTL/CMOS signal, polarity selectable Output 2 jumper (on I/O board) selectable Normally Open/Closed relay outputs Buzzer Triggered by Sensor input, Video loss, &...

  • Page 109: Appendix B - Time Zone Table

    Appendix B – 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 ˇ Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 08:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00 ˇ...
  • Page 110 Time Zone Offset Start Kabul GMT + 04:30 Ekaterinburg GMT + 05:00 Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 ˇ Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent GMT + 05:00 Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi GMT + 05:30 Kathmandu GMT + 05:45 Almaty, Novosibirsk GMT + 06:00 Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00...

  • Page 111: Appendix C - Keyboard Control Protocol

    Appendix C – 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 112 ▼/DEL 0x6d (ASCII character ‘m’) ◄ 0x6a (ASCII character ‘j’) ► 0x6c (ASCII character ‘l’ – small L) ENTER 0x6b (ASCII character ‘k’) Vol – 0x7a (ASCII character ‘z’) Vol + 0x78 (ASCII character ‘x’) – 0x63 (ASCII character ‘c’) 0x76 (ASCII character ‘v’) MAIN-AUX ON 0x62 (ASCII character ‘b’)

  • Page 113: Appendix D - Ms-Windows Hem Utilities

    Appendix D – MS-Windows HEM Utilities There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including CMS, CMS Player, Keyboard Control Simulator, H.264 to AVI/MP4 Conversion Utility, and DVR Browser Utility. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or CMS/Setup.exe DVD-ROM drive in your PC, and then double click on in the CD to...
  • Page 114 backup, some of the functions are disabled. The mouse cursor will change to “Hand” 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.
  • Page 115 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 116 H.264 to AVI/MP4 Conversion Utility To run the H.264 to AVI/MP4 Conversion Utility under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->Media Converter or double-click on the file Media_Converter.EXE, and the screen will be shown as below. Please select the target format – AVI or MP4, the source files – .H264 files archived from DVR, remote I.E., HEM, and FTP file transfer –...
  • Page 117 DVR Browser Utility Browser Utility under MS-Windows, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->DVR Browser or double-click on the file DVR_Browser.EXE, and the screen will be shown. The utility will scan all the DVRs which support UPnP in the LAN. Please select the desired DVR device, and its detailed information will be shown on the right as above.

  • Page 118: Appendix E - Gps Function In Remote Software With Google Earth

    Appendix E – 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 119 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...
  • Page 120 work correctly. 7. Set Time-Based Refresh. 8. Click on OK button to save the settings.
  • Page 121 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 122: Appendix F - Protocol Converter For Multiple Pos

    Appendix F – 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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