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Dedicated Micros Digital Sprite 2 Setup Manual

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  • Page 1 Setup Guide Guide d’installation Setup-Handbuch Guía de configuración Guida all'impostazione Installatie Handleiding...
  • Page 2 Warning: Do not move the unit whilst the power is connected.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CCTV and Networking into a single box solution. • Configuring Digital Sprite 2 The Digital Sprite 2 range offers a feature rich product range which has been Using the Menus designed with sufficient flexibility to ensure the unit can fit into any environment whether it is a new installation or is easily integrated into an existing install.

  • Page 4: Digital Video Recorder

    A digital video recorder Features: Installation • Playback and record simultaneously, without affecting recording. • 31 days or more of 24 hour time-lapse recordings in one box*. Auto detect cameras on power up • Instant access to images recorded on the hard disk with no tapes. Auto detect external storage on power up *Refers to the 320GB (or higher) model.

  • Page 5: Important Safeguards

    This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate – giving details of how to install the Digital Sprite 2 and connect external measures.
  • Page 6 LIGHTNING STRIKE The Digital Sprite 2 supports an integrated CD writer, the following are additional warnings associated with installing and operating the CD writer, The Digital Sprite 2 range has some inbuilt protection for lightning strike, please pay particular attention to this information.

  • Page 7: Installing Digital Sprite 2

    Adjusting the number of pictures recorded every second also extends these may cause damage to the unit. the length of time recorded onto the hard disk of a Digital Sprite 2. However, • If the unit is to be installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the...

  • Page 8: Quick Install

    VHS or S-VHS. Digital Sprite 2 allows the image quality to be altered by adjusting the image size, for example, low quality is 14KB, medium A Digital Sprite 2 can be installed in as little as 4 steps, and being plug-and- is 18KB, and high is 25KB*.
  • Page 9 Digital Sprite Front Panel Fast forward / Search images in Playback mode. The following details the keys and LEDs on the front panel of the Additional Keys Digital Sprite 2. EVENT Access Event Log and Event Search Filter menu. EVENT...

  • Page 10: Connecting External Devices

    *The Tour, Patrol, and Auto-pan features are not available when using Pelco coaxitron domes on a Digital Sprite 2. If you require these features you must use either a BBV RX-100 protocol converter or serial telemetry.
  • Page 11 Serial telemetry connection Transmit Data (TX-) There are four, 9-Way D-Type serial ports on the Digital Sprite 2. Serial 1 and 2 are allocated as full RS-232 only, with Serial 3 (BUS A) and 4 (BUS B) able Note: The screen from the cable should be connected to the connector frame.
  • Page 12 For example, a 80GB Digital Sprite 2 Unlike RAID, JBOD units do not offer fault tolerance. Therefore, if a disk fails can record for 8 days at default record rates, but a 320GB Digital Sprite 2 can record for 31 days at the same record rates.
  • Page 13 1. Open your web browser on your PC. remote location. 2. Enter the IP address of the Digital Sprite 2 in the ‘Address’ box of Internet Explorer or Netscape and press Enter. Remove all preceding 0’s, i.e. Network Connection 123.123.123.001 in the Digital Sprite 2 should be entered as 123.123.123.1...

  • Page 14: Connecting Audio Devices

    Digital Sprite 2. locally on the monitor output or via the network connection using the viewing Follow the previous instructions to display the Digital Sprite 2 web page, but software. click on the ‘Live’ option instead of the ‘Software’ option.
  • Page 15 Connecting Alarms and Relays Connecting relays The Digital Sprite 2 supports six relays in total. These are divided between the Connecting alarm inputs 9 Way D-Type (AUX RELAYS) and the screw terminal (R1 / R2). All of the relays are configurable within the menus.
  • Page 16 Connecting additional alarm modules An example of connecting a remote alarm box to the Digital Sprite 2. Optional alarm modules (DM/CI01) can be added to the Digital Sprite 2 to increase the number of alarm inputs. The Digital Sprite 2 can support multiple alarm modules connected to the 485-bus.

  • Page 17: Configuring Digital Sprite 2

    Video switchers allow multiple Digital Sprites to be controlled from a single pair Digital Sprite 2 uses a paged menu system to guide the installer through the of monitors. This allows the flexibility of controlling up to 256 cameras from a installation process.
  • Page 18 Navigating a menu Example of using the menu to change the time: The menus are displayed with options on the left-hand column and settings in 1. Press and hold the Menu key to enter the installer menu. The ‘Time, Date & the right hand column.

  • Page 19: Date Format

    Time, Date & Language 4. Use the button to change the settings, in this example 15:45. Time & Date 15:38 22/12/2204 Time, Date & Language Time, Date & Language Month, Day Date Format Day, Month French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian Language English Czech, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian, Swedish...

  • Page 20: System Shutdown

    Note: Shutting down your Digital Sprite 2 by any other method will put the To change the cameras to be viewed integrity of your DVR at risk. If your Digital Sprite 2 is shut down in any uncontrolled manor (power off at mains or removing the power lead) more than Press the button to change the edit field to ‘Selected cameras’.

  • Page 21: Schedule

    Schedule A schedule can be used to record selected cameras at different times, change 7 Day Timer the record rates and determine whether alarms or activity is enabled. This sub-menu allows a schedule to be independently set for each day of the week.

  • Page 22: Standard Recording Schedule

    Standard Recording Rate Rate Active Mode the Digital Sprite 2 is in Day mode operation, when the input is received the Unchanged, Interleave Disabled, Alarms, Both Unchanged unit will switch to Night mode. If it is in Night mode the unit will still switch but it...

  • Page 23: Event Mode

    • Unchanged – This sets the record sequence to remain the same whether internal hard drive. an alarm is present or not. • Exclusive – The Digital Sprite 2 will only record the alarm cameras.

  • Page 24: Image Size

    • Interleaved – This will set the Digital Sprite 2 to record the alarm cameras Maximum record/alarm time more frequently than non-alarm cameras, by interleaving the two i.e. if camera 1 is in alarm the interleave recording would be 1213141516...

  • Page 25: Record Operation

    Variable Recording Schedule For cameras that are selected for variable recording, additional settings can be Record / Alarm Rate allocated to determine how the images are recorded. This is the record rate for cameras selected in variable record rate. Select a record rate in PPS (or ms) to be recorded on the cameras selected for variable Camera Camera 01...

  • Page 26: Network Options

    Disabled, Enabled DHCP Disabled obtained from the network Administrator. A Default gateway will be required if the Digital Sprite 2 is to be accessed from a remote location, such as via a TCP/IP address 172.016.080.007 WAN or dial-up using a router.
  • Page 27 Every network has a different MTU, which is set by the Network Administrator. The Digital Sprite 2 can be configured for a specific value or it can be set to a Ideally, the MTU should be the same as the smallest MTU of all the networks default network setting, for example a WAN connection would automatically set between your machine and the final destination.

  • Page 28: Remote Reporting

    Note: It is recommended that the Remote Reporting feature be configured via PPP Idle Line Timeout the Web interface, refer to the Networking Guide for full configuration This is the time the Digital Sprite 2 will wait before disconnecting the PPP link if information. no data is being transmitted or received.

  • Page 29: Alarm Options

    Only keep protected images for as long as necessary. Main and Spot Alarm Display When an event occurs (Alarm, Activity or Both) on the Digital Sprite 2 it is possible to determine how the alarm images can be viewed by the Operator.

  • Page 30: Alarm Buzzer

    Highlight the relay and select it for test by using the buttons. To test The relays on the Digital Sprite 2 can be configured to automatically trigger the relay, highlight the On / Off option and press to trigger the relay.
  • Page 31 Alarm Zone Config Schedule Activation This allows the Operator to configure when an alarm will be active, i.e. active An alarm zone logically groups alarms and initiates actions when an alarm is during Day and Weekend but inactive at Night. activated.
  • Page 32 This is the minimum time period in seconds from the start of the alarm that will alarm input or the zone OR input for the Digital Sprite 2 to initiate the alarm be protected from being overwritten. This time will include the alarm trigger, the actions.
  • Page 33 Archive Alarms Page This will force the Digital Sprite 2 to automatically download the alarm images This will scroll through all the available actions, there are three pages of via FTP to a central FTP Server or directly to a local CD.
  • Page 34 Close Relay Goto Camera Preset It is possible to force a relay to close on receipt of an alarm trigger. The It is possible to action a camera to be sent to a preset position when an alarm options available are: zone is triggered.

  • Page 35: Vmd Options

    Cell display Disabled General Contact VMD buzzer No, Yes The Digital Sprite 2 has 32 General Contacts that can be accessed and configured within this menu, Use the button to select the required contact. VMD Protect Period Enabled Any VMD event can be protected from being overwritten. The protection period can be set as a number of days or indefinitely, ensuring the files are always Each input can be enabled or disabled.

  • Page 36: Display Options

    Display Options The Digital Sprite 2 places a ‘marker’ in the regular recording that acts as the Display Options Top left, Top right, P in P position Top left start of the pre-alarm recording. The number of images available will be Bottom left, Bottom right dependant on the pre-alarm time set.
  • Page 37 Spot Monitor text Display unit number It is possible to select the information that will be displayed on the Spot When multiple units are controlled from a single keyboard (e.g. using a VS16 monitor. The options are: video switch), the unit number (in the System Options page) is displayed on screen so the operator knows which unit they are controlling.

  • Page 38: User Password

    Passwords The Digital Sprite 2 can be password protected to ensure only authorised Make a note of your passwords here: personnel can gain access to the configuration menus of the system. User / Playback password: ......... Local Password Off, On...

  • Page 39: System Options

    System logs Edit When the IR receiver is enabled the IR LED on the Digital Sprite 2 is solid Status page green, when it is disabled the IR LED switches to solid amber. The LED flashing green signifies an IR signal being received.
  • Page 40 Serial & Telemetry Ports • Text In Image - The Digital Sprite 2 supports the ability to integrate text information from third party application with the video recorded on the This allows each serial port (Serial 1, 2, 3 (Bus A) and 4 (Bus B)) to be Digital Sprite 2.

  • Page 41: System Logs

    The supported PTZ / Dome camera protocols are: System Logs Option Manufacturer Model There are a number of system logs supported on the Digital Sprite 2, these logs can be viewed and used for Administration purpose. BBV 485 All models System Logs...

  • Page 42: Record Options

    . You will be presented with a prompt. Highlight ‘Confirm’ and press the Menu or Mode key. The entries within the list section will be removed. It is possible to protect images stored on the Digital Sprite 2 hard drives. These images will not be overwritten.
  • Page 43 The download option determines when the download will occur, the available options are: • Scheduled - It is possible to force the Digital Sprite 2 to archive images at a scheduled time daily. • Polled - This will set the Digital Sprite 2 to activate archive download at regular intervals.

  • Page 44: Record Mode

    Loop Record Mode Write Once Options This is the default setting for the Digital Sprite 2 and identifies how the unit stores images on the internal hard drives. The recorded images will be saved Reset write once rec.
  • Page 45 This read only setting identifies the existing number of entries within the event Operator that the disk is full. database. • Stop Recording - The Digital Sprite 2 will stop recording. A warning will also be displayed. Maximum Number of Entries This sets the maximum entries within the event database.

  • Page 46: Camera Setup

    Bus A, Bus B Telemetry Title The Digital Sprite 2 supports control of coaxial and serial telemetry. This option Each camera can be allocated a title. Use the buttons to scroll allows the connected dome/PTZ camera to be configured.

  • Page 47: Alarms And Presets

    Select whether you are using an external alarm module or the AUX inputs on the Digital Sprite 2. Up to 16 alarm modules can be connected to the 485-bus network. Select the relevant module number or Aux (the default setting is the Aux input).

  • Page 48: Activity Camera Setup

    Activity Camera Setup Sensitivity Activity Camera Setup Camera 1 Detection Off, On There are 5 levels of sensitivity for activity detection to ensure any scene Schedule activation Edit environment can be covered. Indoor high, Indoor low, Outdoor high, Sensitivity Indoor high Note: When setting the sensitivity it is recommended that an Activity test is run Outdoor low, Very Low to ensure the correct sensitivity is selected.
  • Page 49 When you enter the Activity Grid screen, a 16 x 16 grid will overlay the image. Actions Edit the grid so that it covers the areas of the image that require monitoring for activity detection and remove the monitoring from the areas where there may Actions to be automatically activated when VMD is identified can be configured be continuous movement (e.g.
  • Page 50 Archive Event Advanced VMD Zones This will force the Digital Sprite 2 to automatically download the alarm images This option allows the advanced VMD zones 1 to 16 to be configured for each via FTP to a central FTP Server, or directly to a local CD/DVD.
  • Page 51 VMD Zones Zone XX Pixel Change This setting is a percentage value of the overall change required in the This option allows the VMD Zone configuration options to be accessed. greyscale to be included in the pixel count. The percentage change is defined over the complete range of black to white, 100% pixel change would be a Camera 01 VMD Zones Zone...

  • Page 52: Text Insertion Setup

    ‘Record Options’ menu. Once the VMD Camera Settings have been configured, it is possible to test the The Digital Sprite 2 supports the option to include text information, received configuration. from a peripheral device, alongside the recorded video. The images can then Note: VMD must be enabled on the selected camera for the Walktest option to be searched on the text data, for review via web page.

  • Page 53: Appendix 1 - Rack Mounting Kit

    Rack mounting kit Installation A rack mounting kit is supplied with this product. It is important to use this Before connecting cables to the back of the Digital Sprite 2; correctly. The kit contains: 1. Attach the rear supports to the rack.
  • Page 54 ATTENTION: Ne jamais déplacer l'unité lorsque celle-ci se trouve sous tension.

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