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4-Camera H.264 Security System Installation and Setup Guide Products: SYRF04, SYRF04LCD SYRF04LCD System Shown with Dome Cameras PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE USING YOUR SYSTEM, and always follow the instructions for safety and proper use. Save this manual for future reference.
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Operate this device only in environments where the temperature or humidity is within the recommended range. Operation at extreme temperatures or in very high or low humidity levels may cause electric shock and shorten the life of the CAUTION product.
SECTION 1: SYSTEM OVERVIEW SECTION 1 Systems Overview Congratulations on purchasing your 4-Camera H.264 Security System! Your system includes: 4–camera networkable digital video recorder (DVR) with a pre-installed 500GB hard drive. The DVR can be configured and • controlled locally, using the operator control panel and mouse or remote control, or across the Internet through the Microsoft® Internet Explorer®...
SECTION 2: GETTING STARTED: UNPACKING THE EQUIPMENT SECTION 2 Getting Started: Unpacking the Equipment Your system includes: 4 channel H.264 networkable DVR w/ 500GB HD and power adapter (SYRF04-KIT) • Cameras • 4 – 60’ video/power extension cables • Power adapter with 5-way splitter •...
SECTION 2: GETTING STARTED: UNPACKING THE EQUIPMENT What you need Although each security system installation is different, most require the following items not included with your system components: Tools to install the cameras and route power and video cables • Fasteners to attach the cameras to the mounting surfaces •...
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM SECTION 3 Installing Your System This section includes an installation procedure for the CD33-2 dome camera. If you purchased a system with other camera models, use the documentation included with those cameras for installation setup. 3.1 Camera installation Your CD33-2 camera is a precision instrument that will provide years of quality service when used properly.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM About weatherproof cameras Weatherproof cameras can be mounted in any open area, such as on a telephone pole or on the side of a building. However, for best results, we recommend you mount your cameras in a sheltered area, such as under the eave or roof of a building. Point the camera in the direction you wish to observe.
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SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM Removal of housing bezel 2. Determine where the camera will be mounted. Using the base as a template, mark the location of the four mounting screw holes. Mounting Screw Hole Camera base 4-Camera H.264 Security System Setup Guide...
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SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM 4. Drill mounting screw holes into the mounting surface. a. If the mounting surface is a soft material, such as a drywall, use a 3/16” bit to drill the mounting holes. Use a hammer to tap the wall inserts provided into each hole until they are flush with the surface.
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SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM Tighten housing bezel 11. Without allowing the camera to hang by the drop cable, place the camera housing with the housing bezel over the camera and fit it onto the base. Screw the housing bezel onto the base until the camera and camera housing are held in place. 12.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM 3.2 Install and setup the monitor (SYRF04LCD systems only) The SYRF04LCD system includes the LCD17-5 monitor. If you did not purchase this monitor, setup your system monitor at this time, then continue at subsection 3.3. 1.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM SOURCE Move up in menu Move down in menu Move right in menu or volume up Move left in menu or volume down MENU (open/close) Power Audio output Monitor control panel 6. Press the SOURCE button on the monitor control panel to open the video source menu. Use the p and q buttons on the control panel to highlight PC, and then press the MENU button to select that interface.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM 3.3.1 Controls and connectors DVR Front Panel Single/Multi Camera CH1 .. CH4 Infrared Display Toggle Camera Select Sensor Enter Menu Record Pan/Tilt/Zoom tqpu Menu Control Escape Navigation Backup Buttons Play/Pause Button Usage Toggles between single camera, multi-camera display. CH1 ..
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM DVR Backpanel IN1 - IN4 CH1 - CH4 Main Out Audio In Video In (VGA) Power Audio Out Main Out Alarm In/Out, Power DC 12V (BNC) RS422/RS485 Connections Connector Usage USB - MOUSE Use these USB ports to connect a mouse, or a backup device such as a flash drive or DVD recorder. AUDIO OUT Audio output from channel AUDIO IN channels 1, 2, 3, or 4.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM Uninterruptible power supplies It is strongly suggested that power to the system be routed through an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). These devices will keep your security system running through most power outages, in addition to providing excellent surge and sag protection. The UPS should support your video recorder and all cameras to ensure normal operation during abnormal power conditions.
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SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM * NOTE: Power cabling shown in the previous diagram is recommended for systems with CD33-2 cameras. If you are not installing CD33-2 cameras, power requirements for your cameras may be different. Refer to the documentation provided with your camera for specific recommendations.
SECTION 3: INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM 3.5 Adjusting the camera Adjust your camera to produce the best performance: While observing video from your camera, use the documentation provided to aim the camera at the surveillance target. • Depending on the features of your cameras, other adjustments, such as focus, zoom, aperture, IR level, etc. may also be •...
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP SECTION 4 DVR Setup Setting up your DVR includes setting the clock, setting administrator and user account passwords, and setting up scheduled and automated motion recording. 4.1 Login to the DVR Initially, two access accounts are provided in your system: Admin and User. With the Admin login, you can make configuration changes to the system, create user accounts and passwords, and control the privileges assigned to each account.
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP icons next to the Admin box to display the account you want to log into. To make configuration changes to 3. Click the the system, you must login to the Admin account. 4. Using the mouse, click the number buttons to enter the account password. For example, to enter the default Admin password, 888888, click the “8”...
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP Settings Manual Record Record Search Single Channel Four Channel Clear Alarm Position 5. Click the Settings button on the Tool Bar. 6. In the Settings window System tab, move the mouse to highlight the TIME FORMAT option. 7.
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 9. For each field in the TIME SETTING window, click the p or q icons to increment or decrement the value in the field. When the current date and time are shown, click OK to reset the clock and close the window. 10.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 3. To change the Admin password, click option field to the right of the PASSWORD SETTING label. The Input old Password window will open. 4. On the Input old Password window, enter the current Admin password by clicking the number buttons. For instance, to enter the default Admin password, click the “8”...
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 7. To change the User default password, click option field to the right of the PASSWORD SETTING label as before. 8. In the Input old Password window, click the t or u icons next to the Admin box until User appears. Notice that the window title will change to New Password.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 3. Highlight the CAMERA CH line, then click the t or u icons to display the channel of the camera whose image you want to adjust. 4. Move the mouse pointer to highlight the COLOR SETTING line. icon at the right end of the COLOR SETTING line to open the video adjustment screen.
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP In the example above, the brightness and contrast was adjusted to produce a crisper image. This setting will be seen as “5 / 7 / 8 / 8” on the COLOR SETTING line. 7. Right click the mouse to return to the Video tab. 8.
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6. Highlight the RECORD SOURCE line. Click the t and u icons to select either Video or, if your camera supports audio and you want to record it, Video & Audio. (Note: The cameras included with the standard SYRF04 system do not support audio recording.)
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 8. Highlight the RECORD RESOLUTION line. The record resolution allows you to define the pixel size of each video frame. Options include CIF (352 x 288), D1 (720 x 480), Half D1 (720 x 240). 9. Highlight the RECORD SCHEDULE line, then click on the white space to the right to open the Record Schedule screen. The Record Schedule screen includes an array of 24 (hours) x 7 (days) blocks, one for each hour of the week.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP Example of a modified record schedule In the example above for camera channel 1 (CH 1): – Recording of CH 1 does not occur between 3 AM and 7 AM (white). – Monday through Friday, the DVR records CH 1 continuously from 7 AM to 6 PM (blue). –...
SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 13. After changing settings in the SUB CODE window, close the window by clicking the X in the upper right corner, then click the Common Settings button to close the Advanced Settings menu. 14. Repeat this procedure for each VIDEO CH you want to configure. 4.5.1 Setting Motion Detection sensitivity and Mosaic (privacy mask) When viewing an image from a surveillance camera, some regions in the image are where motion can occur, and other areas where any movement is unimportant.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 3. Move the mouse pointer to highlight the MOTION DETECTION line. Click the t and u icons to select either Highest Sensitivity, Normal Sensitivity, Low Sensitivity, or Disable . It may require some testing to determine which sensitivity level works best for the your application.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP The motion detection screen is partitioned into an 16 x 12 array of squares. Each square area can be either monitored for motion detection or ignored. Those areas that are configured for monitoring are tinted blue, and the areas ignored are clear (not tinted).
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP icon at the right end of the Mosaic line to open a screen where you can set the privacy mask. 6. Click the With the factory default configuration, no areas of the image are masked. To apply a privacy mask, move the mouse pointer to a corner of the area you want to mask, press and hold down the left mouse button while you form a rectangle over the mask area, then release the mouse button.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP Masked Areas In the example above, two masks were applied. 7. To return to the Video tab, right click outside the areas that are masked. 8. In the Video tab screen, click the Advanced Setting button. In the Advanced Setting screen, you can configure how the DVR responds to motion detection and video loss.
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SECTION 4: DVR SETUP 9. Click the Common Setting button at the bottom of the screen to return to the Video tab. 10. Repeat this procedure for each VIDEO CH you want to configure. 11. Click the Save icon in the upper right corner of the screen, then click the Save & Exit button to retain the new settings. 4-Camera H.264 Security System Setup Guide...
SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR SECTION 5 Networking Your DVR Your DVR supports highly flexible networking configurations including an Ethernet connection, such as to a home network with a broadband router and modem, and a PPoE connection for ADSL dial-up. In this section, only general guidelines for the setup of a DVR on a simple Ethernet broadband home network are included.
SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR controlled from any computer on the network with the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browser software on a Microsoft Windows ® ® XP system or WIndows 7 system. NOTE The DVR web client is not compatible with the Windows Vista operating system. After the DVR is setup on your home network, usually the router can be configured so that the DVR is accessible from a computer on the Internet or from a smartphone.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR Example: Typical use of ipconfig in Windows XP d. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway for your PC’s Ethernet adapter into Table 1. The Ethernet adapter data you see by using ipconfig will probably be different from that shown in the example above. NOTE If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, the IP address is identified as the “IPv4 Address.”...
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR d. Examine the screen capture shown above. If the response to the ping command was “Request timed out . ” like that shown above, use this IP address for your DVR, enter into Table 1, skip steps 2.e and continue at step 2.f. If the response to the ping command was “Reply from 192 .
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 5. Examine the settings on the Net tab. Ensure that the NETWORK option is set to Static IP. If not, click the t or u icons on the NETWORK line to show Static IP. 6. Examine the four numbers shown on the IP ADDRESS line. If any of those numbers are different from those in the IP address found that we can use with your DVR (see Table 1), click in the number in the line, click the number buttons in the popup √...
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 8. Click the Save tab, then click the SAVE & EXIT button. 9. Connect an Ethernet cable between the LAN port on the back of your DVR and any open port on your router. 10. At your PC, use the ping command with your DVR’s IP address to confirm that you can connect to your DVR from your PC. At the DOS prompt in the Command window, enter: ping <IP address>...
SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 5.1.1 Verify local network connectability with IE After your DVR is setup on a local network, IE is used to verify connectability across the LAN. It also increases flexibility for monitoring and configuring your security system. Before you can connect to the DVR with IE, the (default) security settings in IE are modified slightly and an ActiveX control is installed.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 3. Click the Custom Level . . . button. In the Settings list, change the following settings from Disable to Prompt: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting Click OK, then click YES in the Warning window.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR If your computer operating system is Windows Vista or Windows 7, User Account Control can interfere with the normal operation of the DVR user interface. To disable UAC, open the Control Panel > User Account > User Account window, clear the NOTE Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer check box, then click OK.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 6. After login, the DVR web display will appear. To see images from the cameras connected to your DVR, click the Open All button in the lower left corner of the screen. Note: The following picture shows a DVR with only one camera (on CH 1) connected.
SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR When viewing the DVR network browser interface, if the webpage appears normal but the camera images are scrambled, check NOTE your computer’s video adapter settings, or call Supercircuits Support at 1.800.335.9777 for assistance. For specific instructions for using the DVR network browser interface, refer to the DVR User manual. 5.2 Accessing your DVR from the Internet The remote viewing capabilities of your DVR allow you to access and control it from anywhere in the world via the Internet.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR Port forwarded for the DVR: By default, your DVR uses port 5050 for a Command port, 6050 for a Media port, and 7050 for a Mobile port. If any of these ports is assigned to another device on your network, configure your DVR (see Settings > Network) to use a different port. ...
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 5. After setting up a DynDNS account, the (dynamic) IP address specified in the account Hostname must be updated whenever it changes. Depending on your system configuration, either of two options can be used to automatically update the IP address set in your DynDNS Hostname.
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SECTION 5: NETWORKING YOUR DVR 4-Camera H.264 Security System Setup Guide...
SECTION 6: KWEYE SMARTPHONE APP SECTION 6 KWeye Smartphone App KWeye is a free smartphone app for use with your Supercircuits model DMR80U, DMR81U, and DMR82U DVRs. Its features include: Compatible with most models of these phones: Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, Google Android, Symbian, Windows •...
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SECTION 6: KWEYE SMARTPHONE APP App Found Ready to Install Installed To download KWeye to your computer then install it on your iPhone: • Download and Install the latest version of Apple iTunes if not already installed. You can download iTunes from —...
SECTION 6: KWEYE SMARTPHONE APPR After downloading the app, attach your iPhone to your computer, sync the application to your phone. — 6.1.2 Installing KWeye in Android For Android To install applications using Android Market perform the following steps: With your Android phone, go to the Applications menu and open Android Market. —...
SECTION 6: KWEYE SMARTPHONE APP Tap the Settings icon. The splash screen will change to the • Settings screen. In the Device Info fields, enter the appropriate information for your • DVR: Address: IP address used to connect to your DVR modem from —...
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SECTION 6: KWEYE SMARTPHONE APP To view a particular camera, tap the Select Channel button for the camera channel. If you are connected to an 8- and • 16-channel system and the channel button is not shown, tap a Switch Channel Group icon (next group, , or previous ), to change the Select Channel buttons until the channel number is shown, then tap the button for the group...
SECTION 7: CLEANING SECTION 7 Cleaning Clean the camera lens and IR lamp shield with a mild glass cleaning solution and a lint free cloth. Remove all foreign particles, such as plastic or rubber materials, attached to the camera housing. These may cause damage to •...
APPENDIX A: OFF-LOADED VIDEO FILES APPENDIX A Off-loaded Video Files Video files can be off-loaded to a USB flash drive or downloaded using IE. For the best compatibility and performance with Windows operating systems, Supercircuits recommends that you choose MPEG4 file format for all video backups and downloads. Backing up files to a USB flash drive When video files are backed up to a USB flash drive in MPEG 4 format, the DVR also copies the MPEG4 CODEC to the drive.
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