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PACOM PDR16-PC User Manual

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  • Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc

    Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...

  • Page 4: Important Safeguards

    User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 10. Lightning All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the For added protection for this equipment during a lightning storm, appliance is operated. or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable 2.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Product Information .................... 1 Features ..........................1 System Types ........................1 System Diagram ........................1 Front Panel .......................... 2 Rear Panel ........................... 2 Turning On the DVR ......................2 Turning Off the DVR ......................2 Chapter 2 —...
  • Page 6 User’s Manual Checking Audio Recording Configuration ..............35 Checking Audio Playback Configuration ............... 35 Playing Recorded Audio ....................36 SmartSearch Environment Setup ..................36 General ......................... 36 Network ......................... 37 About ..........................37 Chapter 4 — SmartBackup ....................39 Manual Backup ........................40 Setup ..........................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - Product Information

    Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Product Information FEATURES  Compatible with color cameras and other standard video sources  Video synchronization not required  Pentaplex operation for simultaneous recording, multi-screen viewing, playback, remote monitoring and archiving  Versatile display formats for convenient user interface ...

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    User’s Manual FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL NOTE: Windows may not operate properly when using the USB connectors on the front panel of the DVR, depending on the model type of the USB device. In this case, connect the USB device after Windows boots properly or use the USB connectors located on the rear panel.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 - Smartguard

    FEATURES  16 channels  Max. 480 images/sec recording (400 images/sec PAL) (PDR16-PC-RT model)  User-friendly interface  Scheduling by camera and time  Time-lapse or event-driven recording ...

  • Page 10: Logging In/Out The System

    User’s Manual ① Monitoring Screen: Displays monitoring video. Various display formats (single-screen, full-screen, quad, 3+4, 3x3, 2+8, and 4x4) are provided for convenient user interface. Each format can be selected by clicking the screen buttons shown below. The camera groups for multi-screen formats are composed of cameras 1 to 16 in order. The following camera groups are displayed on the monitor one at a time according to each display format: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 or 13-16 in quad mode;...

  • Page 11: Ptz

    Digital Video Recorder The DVR provides transmission functions, and you can control popular PTZ devices and dome cameras. NOTE: Up to 128 presets can be set, depending on the specification of installed PTZ devices or dome cameras. Make sure available preset numbers first to make the PTZ preset function work properly. NOTE: If you want to set up the advanced PTZ control, place the cursor on the PTZ control panel, and click the right mouse button.

  • Page 12: Smartguard Setup

    User’s Manual HDD Indicator: Shows the remaining hard disk space and the type of hard disk usage. Go to the SmartGuard Setup – Setting Up the System section (p. 6), and select between Once and Recycle for HDD usage. Placing the mouse cursor on an image displays the total recording days. NOTE: Once (displayed as Disk available: **%) records until the hard disk is full and then stops.
  • Page 13 Digital Video Recorder  Sequence dwell: Set the sequence dwell time for the main monitor by holding down and dragging the pointer. If you set the value to 3 seconds for the Sequence dwell, the camera display will sequence every three seconds on the Main monitor.
  • Page 14 User’s Manual  More…: Set up the spot sequence in detail. (PDR16-PC model only) – Spot Sequence: Select the camera number for each number to sequence or Not Used from a drop-down list. – Hold spot during single-screen mode: Check the box if you do not want the cameras sequence on the Spot monitor while the main monitor is set to the single-screen display mode.

  • Page 15: Setting Up Cameras

    Digital Video Recorder − Use S.M.A.R.T.: Check the box if you want to use S.M.A.R.T. function. − Show an alert dialog if HDD status is unstable: Check the box if you want to display an alert message when the DVR senses that the hard disk drive status is Poor.
  • Page 16 NOT be played. NOTE: The PDR16-PC model has a maximum recording speed of 120 images per second (100 images for PAL), and this maximum recording speed can be decreased when using more than four cameras. Refer to Appendix 11 —...
  • Page 17 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Work hour set in this menu is applied to the normal camera setup established in during the Time-lapse rec. speed, Rec. image resolution and Rec. image quality setup, and all hours except the Work hours will be After hour. ...

  • Page 18: Setting Up Schedules

    User’s Manual Setting Up Schedules  Select a camera: Select a camera icon to set up.  Hour: Set the recording schedule for each day (MON to SUN) and holidays (HOL). Select the hours to record by holding down on the recording start time and dragging to recording finish time. The hour selection will be made through both hours and days.

  • Page 19: Setting Up Sensors

    Digital Video Recorder  Stop Rec. Warning…: Click the button to notify when recording stops. Check the Warning when rec. stops box. − Rec. stoppage reason: Check the Click rec. stop button box to notify when recording stops by clicking the Recording mode button. Check the No rec.

  • Page 20: Setting Up The Motion Detection

     Select a camera: Select a camera icon to set up.  Enable All: Click the button to enable motion detection for all cameras.  Enable H/W All: Click the button to enable hardware motion detection for all cameras. (PDR16-PC-RT model)
  • Page 21 If you want to use the Show results, the Show OSD option should be selected during the System setup.  Enable: Check the box to enable motion detection for the selected camera.  Enable H/W detection: Check the box to enable hardware motion detection for the selected camera. (PDR16-PC-RT model) ...

  • Page 22: Setting Up The Video Loss

    User’s Manual – Sensitivity: Set the motion detection sensitivity from 1 to 5 (1 to 10 for hardware detection) by holding down and dragging the pointer. NOTE: The higher the number, the more sensitive it is. – Min. size: Set the minimum number of blocks from 1 to 100 (1 to 60 for hardware detection). If you set the Min. size value to 10, the DVR will only react to the motion when it detects motion (activity) in at least 10 connected blocks within the selected detection zone.
  • Page 23 Digital Video Recorder  Select a camera: Select a camera icon to set up.  Detect Obscuration: Check the box to use the obscuration detection. And then set the obscuration level from 0% to 50% by holding down and dragging the pointer. The higher the percentage, the more sensitive it is. If the obscuration detection is selected, the DVR will check the obscuration of the target camera, and consider the obscuration on the images as video loss.

  • Page 24: Setting Up The Alarm

    User’s Manual Setting Up the Alarm  Select an alarm: Select an alarm icon to set up.  Enable: Check the box to enable the selected alarm. When selecting Use alert sound on event, the DVR will play alert sound through the attached speaker during alarm output. You can set up the DVR to play different alert sounds for each type of event.

  • Page 25: Setting Up The Text-In

    Digital Video Recorder Setting Up the Text-In  Text-In device: Select a text-in device icon to set up. NOTE: Up to 4 text-in channels are available using the WIBU key.  Use Text-In OSD: Check the box if you want to display text-in information on the image. The box will be activated when a camera is associated with the text-in device.

  • Page 26: Setting Up The Remote Access

    User’s Manual – Transaction End: Enter the character string to be considered as transaction end. NOTE: Entering multiple keywords for Transaction Start/End are supported. Use a semi-colon (;) to delimit each keyword. When the semi-colon is included in Transaction Start/End itself, use a double semi-colon (;;). –...
  • Page 27 If you set 320x240 (352x240 (352x288 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) for the Max image resolution, the image with 640x480 (704x480 (704x576 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) resolution will be converted to the one with 320x240 (352x240 (352x288 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) before transmitting to the remote site.

  • Page 28: Setting Up The Authority

    User’s Manual  Set up Email…: Set up the e-mail notification. Each event can be set individually for e-mail notification. − Use Email: Check the box to enable e-mail notification function. − SMTP Server: Enter an SMTP server IP address. Check the Login box if you want to connect to the SMTP server that requires login procedure, and enter the IP and password for login.
  • Page 29 Digital Video Recorder  Add User: Click the button and the User Information dialog box appears. Set up the user information to register a new user. NOTE: Up to 256 users can be registered. − User ID: Enter the user ID using either the actual keyboard or the virtual keyboard.
  • Page 30 User’s Manual  Remote Monitoring: Select a registered user in the list and check the box if you want to allow the user to access to the POST system from the BASE system.  Remote Search: Select a registered user in the list and check the box if you want to allow the user to play back video recorded on the POST system in the BASE system.

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 - Smartsearch

    Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — SmartSearch OVERVIEW SmartSearch is a powerful tool for SmartGuard. It features playback and search functions for recorded data and consists of Playback Screen, Timetable, Status Window and Utility Buttons. Each area displays or controls recorded information. Click the Search button in the SmartGuard mode to get into the SmartSearch mode.

  • Page 32: Image Adjustment

    User’s Manual ④ Playback Control: Click to display the playback control buttons. You can search and play back recorded video. Refer to the Playback Control Buttons section (p. 26) for details. ⑤ Image Processing Buttons: Click the desired button to enhance played back images. Refer to the Image Processing Buttons section (p.

  • Page 33: Image Processing Buttons

    NOTE: The recorded video will be displayed on the playback window with 640x480 (704x480 (704x576 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) as default even though their resolution is 160x120 (176x120 (176x144 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) or 320x240 (352x240 (352x288 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model). At this time, the DVR will interpolate the enlarged video automatically.
  • Page 34 User’s Manual  Find Range: Set the find parameters. – User Setting: Finds event logs between user-defined periods. Set the desired find beginning and ending date/ time in the From and Until boxes. – From the first day of month: Finds event logs from the first day of this month. –...

  • Page 35: Time-Lapse Search

    Digital Video Recorder – (Fill): When using the fill tool, clicking the mouse will fill that area of the image with boxes. If a shape has been drawn with the line tool, clicking inside will fill the area with boxes. Clicking outside the area will fill the outer area with boxes.

  • Page 36: Saving Of Recorded Video

    User’s Manual ① Camera Label Buttons: Shows camera information. You can change the current playback camera by clicking the camera label button. The camera label buttons that do not have recorded data cannot be selected. Only four camera labels are shown at a time. Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the list of cameras. The numbers on the left side of the panel displays eight camera groups.

  • Page 37: Save Current Image

    Digital Video Recorder  Save Current Image: Saves the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file to the local hard disk drive or floppy disk. Refer to the Save Current Image section (p. 31) for details.  Save As Video File: Saves any video clip as an AVI file. Refer to the Save As Video File section (p. 31) for details. ...

  • Page 38: Save As Clip File

    User’s Manual Save As Clip File Click the Save As Clip File radio button in the Save Type dialog box, and click the OK button.  Camera: Select the camera number to save.  AUDIO: Check the box to save audio with video. ...

  • Page 39: Clip Player

    Digital Video Recorder  Burn & Erasing: Select the video files or folders to save after clicking the Add Files or Add Folder. Selected files or folders will be displayed on the list. Clicking the Remove button deletes the selected files or folders. The capacity bar above the list shows the data capacity.
  • Page 40 User’s Manual Goes to the beginning of the video clip. Plays the video clip in fast reverse. Goes back one frame of the video clip. Plays the video clip. Goes forward one frame of the video clip. Plays the video clip in fast forward. Goes to the end of the video clip.

  • Page 41: Printing Current Image

    Digital Video Recorder PRINTING CURRENT IMAGE  Name: Select an installed printer to use from the drop-down list.  Print range: Do not change the setting.  Copies: Set the number of copies using arrow buttons.  Print Image Only: Check the box if you want to print the image without text information.

  • Page 42: Playing Recorded Audio

    User’s Manual Playing Recorded Audio Click a playback button on the main GUI of SmartSearch. An Audio-play icon in the shape of a speaker will display at the top left in the small playback screen if the target camera has recorded audio information. The recorded audio time bar is located below camera 16, and its information is shown on the recording status bar in pink.

  • Page 43: Network

     Show Field Image: Check the box to display recorded video with 640x480 (704x480 (704x576 PAL) for PDR16-PC-RT model) resolution as the field image not the frame image. This option may help to reduce distorted patterns that might occur on frame images.
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  • Page 45: Chapter 4 - Smartbackup

    Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — SmartBackup To initiate the SmartBackup program, click the Setup button in the SmartGuard mode. Move to the System tab, and click the Set up backup... button. The following SmartBackup dialog box appears.  Drive Status –...

  • Page 46: Manual Backup

    User’s Manual MANUAL BACKUP Click the Manual... button in the SmartBackup dialog box to start the manual backup mode. The following Manual Backup dialog box appears. There are two ways to back up data manually; backup by time and backup by list. CAUTION: Executing manual backup might decrease the recording speed or stop recording.

  • Page 47: Setup

    Digital Video Recorder SETUP Click the Setup... button in the SmartBackup dialog box to set up the backup information. The Setup dialog box appears.  Auto-backup: Check the box to set up auto backup. If this box is checked, the DVR will back up automatically according to the established auto backup settings.

  • Page 48: Target Files For Cd/Dvd Burning

    User’s Manual Target files for CD/DVD burning  Image files saved in SmartSearch mode.  Video files saved in SmartSearch mode.  Clip files saved in SmartSearch mode.  Whole ibbank directory on the drive used for backup.  Image files saved in the C:\IDR-Series\temp\RecordExt folder. NOTE: The size of the ibbank directory should be smaller than the capacity of the CD or DVD drive.

  • Page 49: Chapter 5 - Remote Access

    Digital Video Recorder Chapter 5 — Remote Access You can view video or control the DVR remotely via modem or LAN. For remote access, we provide the SmartBase program. It has three major functions; remote monitoring, remote playback and remote control. NOTE: A BASE system can view live video or review recorded video on POST systems.

  • Page 50: Smartbase

    User’s Manual – Clear: Starts initializing the bank of the selected drive and deletes all recorded data. – Exit: Closes the IBankSetup screen. NOTE: You can change the bank allocation for recording by running the IBankSetup program after completing the →...
  • Page 51 Digital Video Recorder ④ PTZ: Displays PTZ control buttons. Controlling PTZ from the SmartBase mode changes the PTZ setup of the remote DVR. Only the administrator and authorized users for PTZ control can change PTZ setup from a remote site. ⑤...

  • Page 52: Remote Monitoring

    User’s Manual Event Logging: Displays event logs and callback messages of the remote system. To scroll up and down the list, hold down the left mouse button on the list and move the cursor up and down, or roll the mouse wheel on the list. The display information of the event log is as follows: Event Log –...

  • Page 53: Smartbase Setup

    Digital Video Recorder − Site ID: Enter the site name to register using either the actual keyboard or the virtual keyboard. − Network address: Enter the IP address of the remote DVR, acquired from your network administrator. Move to Use modem, and check the box when using a modem for remote access, and then select the operating system on the BASE system;...
  • Page 54 User’s Manual Setting up System  Show VLoss Dialog: Check the box if you want to show the video loss acknowledge dialog when the video loss is detected.  Event log: Displays the event log list of the BASE system. ...
  • Page 55 Digital Video Recorder Setting up Remote  Connect with the registered password: If this box is checked, the remote DVR will be connected automatically with registered user ID and password. If there is no registered password, the login dialog box will appear. The connection fails when an incorrect password is entered.

  • Page 56: Remote Setup

    User’s Manual After you have changed the settings, you can save your changes by clicking the OK button. Selecting Cancel exits the dialog box without saving the changes. NOTE: Refer to the Chapter 2 — SmartGuard section for setting up Camera and Schedule menus. Remote Setup Click the (Setup) button in the Utility Buttons on the main GUI of SmartBase, and the Select a system to set up...

  • Page 57: Local Playback Of Recorded Video

    Digital Video Recorder NOTE: During the remote playback on the BASE system, the information about recorded audio will be shown on the timetable. 1. Click the (Setup) button in the Utility Buttons on the main GUI of SmartSearch, and the Environment Setup dialog box appears.
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  • Page 59: Appendix 1 - Accessing Windows

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 1 — Accessing Windows Since the DVR is new technology, it might be unfamiliar to many users. Many problems can occur from incorrect Windows settings. The DVR requires specific Windows settings for optimal performance. That is why the Windows mode has been blocked.

  • Page 60: Configuration Menu

    User’s Manual Appendix 2 — SmartShell SmartShell is very easy and dependable software for maintaining your DVR. The software will help the DVR recover from unexpected system failures. SmartShell is also the only way to access Windows. How to Access SmartShell If you release the automatic shutdown mode in the hidden dialog box, clicking the POWER button in the SmartGuard mode enters the SmartShell mode.

  • Page 61: Appendix 3 - Network Setup (Lan)

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 3 — Network Setup (LAN) 1. Run the SmartGuard program and click the (Setup) button on the main GUI. 2. Select the Remote tab and the Remote Monitoring setup screen appears. Click the Set up network… button. 3.

  • Page 62: Appendix 4 - Webguard

    User’s Manual Appendix 4 — WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ®...

  • Page 63: Web Monitoring Mode

    Digital Video Recorder NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer.

  • Page 64: Web Search Mode

    User’s Manual ⑩ : Click to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, and select OSD information to be displayed on the screen. ⑪ : Click to save the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file format. ⑫...
  • Page 65 Digital Video Recorder ⑤ : Click to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. : Click to zoom out or zooms in the recorded image. : Click to adjust the brightness of the recorded images. NOTE: Image processing works only in the pause mode. ⑥...
  • Page 66 User’s Manual Web Server Setup The DVR includes a personal web server. If you do not want to run a web server, turn it off by clicking the Set up Web Server... button under the System tab of the Setup dialog box in the SmartGuard mode and follow the instructions.

  • Page 67: Appendix 5 - Time Synchronization

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 5 — Time Synchronization In general, each DVR system may have a different time because of the accuracy of its internal clock. The Time Synchronization function synchronizes the time between POST systems and any time server when they are networked. Any POST system or BASE system can run as a time server.
  • Page 68 User’s Manual 3. Click the Set up Time Sync… button.  Server: Enter the IP address of target time server.  Automatic: Check the box if you want to synchronize the time between the POST system and a time server automatically, and enter the synchronization interval (1 to 300 minutes).

  • Page 69: Query Example I

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 6 — Text-In Query Set up the find condition of text-in.  Name: Enter the text to find.  Comp: Enter the comparison operator.  Value: Enter the comparison value. NOTE: The tab and line can be used for more specific search of the text-in data. Use a symbol ‘^’ indicating the location of each individual category, and ‘]’...

  • Page 70: Query Example Ii

    User’s Manual In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 (Qty) and 40 (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left. In this case, you can enter “17”, “28”...

  • Page 71: Sensor Input

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 7 — Connector Pin Outs Sensor Input Connector Connector S1 (Sensor 1) S9 (Sensor 9) S2 (Sensor 2) S10 (Sensor 10) S3 (Sensor 3) S11 (Sensor 11) S4 (Sensor 4) S12 (Sensor 12) GND (Ground) GND (Ground) S5 (Sensor 5) S13 (Sensor 13) S6 (Sensor 6)

  • Page 72: Appendix 8 - Event Log Notices

    User’s Manual Appendix 8 — Event Log Notices Start Start Rec. Stop Rec. Begin Backup End Backup Sensor Motion Video Loss Video On Text-In User ID : User Login Fail User ID : Login Fail (3 times) User ID login User ID logout [Remote] User ID login [Remote] User ID logout...

  • Page 73: Appendix 9 - Protocol For Remote Controlling Dvr

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 9 — Protocol for Remote Controlling DVR Message Format <BOM><ID>:<Class>:<Code>[:Operands]:<Checksum>[EOM] where Symbol Value Description Field delimiter <BOM> Beginning of message (for command) < Beginning of message (for reply) <ID> 00~99 Device ID <Class> Device Class (“DR” for DVR systems) <Code>...
  • Page 74 User’s Manual Multiplexer (Display/Audio) Functions Function Code Operands Reply Reply data Screen Format viii Set Screen Format/Group 01~99 (format):01~99(group) Prev/Next Format -/+(prev/next) Prev/Next Group -/+(prev/next) Full Screen Y/N/T(on/off/toggle) Camera Selection 00~99(camera) Spot Camera 00~99(spot):00~99(camera) Spot Sequence 00~99(spot):Y/N/T(on/off/toggle) Sequence Y/N/T(on/off/toggle) Change OSD mode 0~9(mode) (0:off, 1:on) Image Brightness +/0/-(direction):Y/N(step)
  • Page 75 Digital Video Recorder Telemetry Extended Functions Function Code Operands Reply Reply data PTZ Select Camera 00:00~99 (camera number) PTZ Pan Speedy Left 01:00~16(Speed 00 is “Stop”):Y/N(step) PTZ Pan Speedy Right 02:00~16(Speed 00 is “Stop”):Y/N(step) PTZ Tilt Speedy Up 03:00~16(Speed 00 is “Stop”):Y/N(step) PTZ Tilt Speedy Down 04:00~16(Speed 00 is “Stop”):Y/N(step) PTZ Zoom Speedy Tele...

  • Page 76: Revision History

    User’s Manual Revision History May 5, 2003 (Version 1.2) – Added ss command for getting the status of system – Added ao command for getting the status of alarm out October 6, 2003 (Version 1.3) – Added PX for specifying the speed at which PTZ moves –...

  • Page 77: Appendix 10 - Troubleshooting

    Digital Video Recorder Appendix 10 — Troubleshooting Following are some frequent problems and solutions related to the DVR. Read this section before calling the dealer or installer. Problem: There is no image on the screen. Solution: Check the camera cables. If the background of the DVR system is blue, something is wrong with the camera cable or power.

  • Page 78: Appendix 11 - Specifications

    PDR16-PC-RT model: 704x480, 704x240, 352x240, 176x120 (704x576, 704x288, 352x288, 176x144 for PAL) Display / Record Speed PDR16-PC model: max. 120ips / 120ips (100ips / 100ips for PAL) (images per second) PDR16-PC-RT model: max. 480ips / 480ips (400ips / 400ips for PAL)

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