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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About This Manual ....................Chapter 1 Digital Video Recorder Introduction ............ Chapter 2 Getting Started ..................Chapter 3 Quick Guide to Icons on the Main Screen ......... Chapter 4 Configuring the Cameras ..............Chapter 5 Schedule Recording ................

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    About This Manual This manual is designed to assist customers in the use of the Digital Video Recorder produced by our company. Information in this document has been carefully designed and arranged, and also checked for accuracy before publication; however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the con- tents in print and depiction.
  • Page 4 2.Make sure the Digital Video Recorder is turned off before unplugging it. 3.It is a good idea to unplug your Digital Video Recorder when it is not in use. 4.Do not use the Digital Video Recorder in a dusty or dirty work area;...
  • Page 5 11.Do not use the Digital Video Recorder near water or other liquids, or in rainy/moist situations. If liquid gets into your Digital Video Recorder, turn it off and take it to your dealer for inspection. 12.Wait for a period of one minute before restarting your Digital Video Recorder after turning it off, in order to avoid damage to the hard disk.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Digital Video Recorder Introduction

    Customers can choose to purchase expand- able modules according to actual needs. This User’s Guide describes all features of the Digital Video Recorder in an easy-to-read yet thorough manner. The primary goals of this chapter are to identify the main components of the Digital Video Recorder and to provide a quick reference of the DVR functions for experienced DVR users.
  • Page 7 DVR for repairs. Opening and Closing the DVR cover If it is the 12-CH/16-CH model, at the front of the Digital Video Recorder, you will find a cover protecting the hard disk drive cage and connectors. Make sure that the cover is in a closed position when the DVR is not in use.
  • Page 8 IP sharing device ninterruptible Power Supply Overview of the Digital Video Recorder's Hardware Features This section provides an overview of the Digital Video Recorder’s features as follows: The central processing unit (CPU) is the DVR’s key hardware feature; it acts as the brain of the...

  • Page 9: Front View

    Figure 1-1: Front View of the DVR Front Inside View Please refer to Figure 1-2 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the front side of the Digital Video Recorder. 4 or 8 Channel Type 12 or 16 Channel Type...
  • Page 10 L D is red, it indicates that the loppy Disk Drive is in use. 7.Power Button Press the power button to turn the Digital Video Recorder on. Press the button continuously for 10 seconds to turn off the DVR.
  • Page 11 Rear View Please refer to Figure 1-3 and the following descriptions to identify the components on the rear side of the Digital Video Recorder. Figure 1-3: Rear View of Digital Video Recorder...
  • Page 12 Chapter 1 1. Power Fan This is used to cool the power supply. 2. System Ventilation Fan This fan ventilates the entire system. 3.BNC Camera Input C pigtail adaptor to connect TSC or PAL compatible cameras. See igure1-3; the position and numbering of the on-screen camera output is determined by the slot and channel numbering sequence of the cards.
  • Page 13 This is used for sound input. Preparing the Digital Video Recorder for Operation To prepare your Digital Video Recorder for operation, you should first con- nect all peripheral devices. Make sure the DVR is turned off before you do this. Once you have connected all peripheral devices, check that the volt- age switch is appropriate for your region (115/230).

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Recorder. Experienced DVR users may skip this chapter and then return to it for reference if there are any problems in reading other chapters. Powering Up the Digital Video Recorder for the First Time 1.Attach the cameras to the C inputs of the DVR capture cards according to the desired numbering sequence.
  • Page 15 Once the boot process is complete, the Digital Video Recorder will directly display all the connected cameras (see Figure 2-2), enabling the user to check them conveniently. If there is a screen displaying NO SIGNAL in blue, it means the respective camera is either inactive or not working. Please refer to your camera manual for further assistance.
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 Understanding the DVR Main Screen When starting the Digital Video Recorder for the first time, please make sure that you understand all of the DVR’s icons before moving on. Here is an explanation of the relevant icons on the main screen.
  • Page 17 Clicking this icon will display four camera images on the screen. 7.9-Camera Viewable Icon Clicking this icon will display nine camera images on the screen. 8.16-Camera Viewable Icon Clicking this icon will display sixteen camera images on the screen. 9.Full Screen Icon Clicking this icon will show the viewable cameras in full screen.
  • Page 18 DVR as following: Re-login When starting the Digital Video Recorder for the first time, the system can only provide "admin" authority for the Supervisor, with no other rights for the remaining users. So initially, you will have to log on with the right of "admin".
  • Page 19 Figure2-5: Logging into the system Shutting Down the System 1. Click the Log-on Icon............... 2. DVR will popup a dialog for you to confirm the logout. 3. Click Confirm to confirm it, then it can be chose to Login or Shut down .

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Quick Guide To Icons On The Main Screen

    The Main Screen is the central hub of your Digital Video Recorder. If you scroll your mouse over any of the icons, a note will appear explaining what that icon does.
  • Page 21 Clicking separate windows will display different settings screens. The first window is the camera screen. Please refer to the instructions later on in this manual. Playback Panel 1.Step 1 Click the Playback Icon on the right-side toolbar------ 2.Step 2 View the video database under the Playback Screen. Click on a selected file and open the recorded data.
  • Page 22 Chapter 3 The DVR system can be configured with a Single View Camera Screen which could display different camera viewpoints at 6-second intervals. More details on this mode are mentioned in Chap 7. Quad Camera View Screen 1.Step 1 Click the uad View Camera Icon on the right-side toolbar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Step 2 The screen will display four camera images in one screen.

  • Page 23: Full Screen Mode

    Full Screen Mode 1.Step 1 Click the ull Screen View Icon on the right-side toolbar ......................2.Step 2 The screen will display all or the selected cameras connected to the DVR in ull Screen Mode. If the system has 16 cameras, sixteen camera images will occupy the entire screen.

  • Page 24: Chapter 4 Configuring The Cameras

    CONFIGURING THE CAMERAS This chapter explains how to set and configure the cameras connected to your Digital Video Recorder. Once you have connected the video cameras you need to your DVR, you need to enter the Setup Menu to configure each individual camera.
  • Page 25 AL in blue, and this condition will waste system resources. So don t enable a camera before installing it. Naming Cameras Rec Mode choice Adding Text & No Recording Text Background Recording Color Scheduled Figure 4-2: Camera Naming Field Setting Recording Mode •...
  • Page 26 Chapter 4 light-source color of the same brightness iii. Brightness - This is the attribute of light-source colors by which emitted light is ordered continuously from light to dark in correla- tion with its intensity iv. Contrast - This is to compare with respect to differences When changes are made the camera image is automatically updated.

  • Page 27: Setting Motion Detection

    Setting Recording Quality Motion Detection Figure 4-5: Recording Quality and Motion Detection Area Setting Motion Detection Under “Motion Detection” users can select: i. Sensitivity - To set the sensitivity relative to the detected motion from 1 to 5 . The higher the value is, the more sensitive the detec- tion will be.

  • Page 28: Scheduling Recording

    SCHEDULING RECORDING This chapter explains how to schedule recording for different cameras con- nected to your Digital Video Recorder. Each camera can be configured to record at different time. There are four choices in all: Once, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. Recording under different modes will affect the overall capacity of the hard disk of your DVR.
  • Page 29 3. nder R C Mode Record Mode , users have four choices i. Once - Provides a recording option for a specified period of time Figure 5-2: Record Mode Selection Bar (Once) ii. Daily - Provides a recording option for ours and Minutes every day.
  • Page 30 Chapter 5 4.After you have selected the record mode and record option, choose the camera you want to configure you can also choose the camera first and then the record mode . 5.Click the Add button. The relative information will be shown in the schedule recording List.
  • Page 31 Daily Scheduling By choosing the “Daily” scheduling mode of the DVR, users can set a par- ticular period for recording during one day. 1.Select the Daily option 2.Select the camera you wish to configure. 3.Select the recording duration. Figure 5-7: Duration Selection 4.

  • Page 32: Chapter 6 Account Settings

    Chapter 6 Chapter 6 ACCOUNT SETTINGS The Account Settings area allows the administrator of the DVR to add users to the system. There are two types of users, one is the Supervisor, and the other is a Normal User. The Supervisor of the DVR system can not only make use of all the functions locally and remotely, but also has the authority to manage normal users.
  • Page 33 9.Click the checkbox next to Remote to give the user remote access. Remote access means users are able to access the DVR over the local LA or Internet. Select which cameras you would like the user to access by clicking the checkbox next to the camera number. Enter the name of the user followed by a specified password...
  • Page 34 Chapter 6 To Modify User Settings 1.Select the user. 2.Make the changes in the Main Account Panel 3.Click the Modify button. 4.Click Apply , then OK to confirm changes To Delete Users 1. Select the user 2. Click delete 3. Click Apply , then OK to confirm the changes...
  • Page 35 - NOTES -...

  • Page 36: Chapter 7 System Settings

    Chapter 7 Chapter 7 SYSTEM SETTINGS The System Settings Panel is the main window for naming and setting basic configurations for the DVR. These very important settings make sure that the DVR system may be correctly viewed both locally and remotely. Incorrect system configuration may result in abnormalities in the system, which could make tech support more complex and time consuming.
  • Page 37 5.Click Apply , and OK ADSL Dial-up and DDNS Set-up It supports DDNS services for remote site users using fixed host name to connecting with your DVR, no need to know the real IP address that you real been assigned. 1.
  • Page 38 Chapter 7 4. Click Save to save your settings, and then click Manual Register , if there shows a register success message, which means the domain name ote. will be enabled after 3 mins. Note: A complete domain name is “Account + .dvrsite.net” Ex: Account name is dvr124, enter http://dvr124.dvrsite.net to connect the DVR.
  • Page 39 Figure 7-4: Modem Dial-up settings Printer Setting This DVR System is capable of sending static images to a printer. These printed images may reveal more detail than can be seen clearly on the monitor. The system supports a variety of printers; your DVR Supplier will provide related information.
  • Page 40 Chapter 7 3.select the Printer type , Paper size , Resolution and Color depth . 4.then click ok to confirm. 5.then the window will show if you want to print a test image. Figure 7-6: To print a test image 6.click Confirm to continue and review the resultant test image.
  • Page 41 Restoring settings from the Back-up device The DVR system can restore the system configuration settings from the back-up device. The system supports different (user-selectable) back-up devices. 1. Click Restore Config 2.then the screen will show a list of user-selectable back-up devices. Figure 7-8: Restore Device Selection 3.

  • Page 42: Other Settings

    Chapter 7 Other Settings Recycle Recording The first additional option to explore is “Recycle Rec”, which refers to the recycling of recording. When the hard disk is full, if the system has “Re- cycle Rec” enabled, it will continue to record over previously recorded data, so that the recording can continue.
  • Page 43 Figure 7-11:Auto Login, Cam Auto Switch, andMinimize Video Size Cam Auto Switch The third option under “Others” makes it possible to view different cameras automatically. When the DVR is in Single View Mode, Quad View Mode or 9- Camera Mode, it can automatically show different cameras at six-second intervals.
  • Page 44 Chapter 7 frame consists only of the incremental changes necessary to form the next frame, rather than an entire new frame. The greater the number of P frames after each I frame, the more space will be saved on the hard disk, but the more computation will be needed to uncompress the video for playback.
  • Page 45 1.click the System tab. 2.under the Others item, uncheck the Enable telnetd . 3.Click Apply , then OK to apply the change. Limit out bandwidth Enable telnetd New HD format Settings Figure 7-13: Enable telnetd Settings Limit out bandwidth Users can restrict the total network outbound bandwidth as following: 1.click the System tab.
  • Page 46 Chapter 7 should be used through Internet connections, or there are several DVR hosts providing service outwards, then Virtual Server should be an ideal solution. Virtual Server allows multiple applications to share one legal IP, by assigning various application requirements respectively to the interior virtual IP of the company.
  • Page 47 Figure 7-14:Reboot...

  • Page 48: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    Chapter 8 Chapter 8 ALARM SETTINGS The Alarm Settings area allows the administrator of the DVR to set alarms for a number of alarm types. The most important is setting alarms for motion detection and digital input on different cameras. This is a complex task, so in order to understand this area please read over this part carefully.
  • Page 49 5.Click the checkbox next to Enable first, then click Enable Trigger Period again and enter the period. With this function, the users don t need to be in an alarm environment all day long, and they can set their own desired alarm period according to their actual needs.The Dura- tion is for setting the active alarm period ex The same kind of alarm will be overleaped during the Alarm Duration and the recording frame rate when alarm-received.
  • Page 50 Chapter 8 Alarm Sound Triggering Activating the Alarm Sound parameter enables sounding of the alarm at the time of alarm condition detection. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Sound. 1. Click the Alarm Tab first. 2. Select the Camera , Din , Disk full , Disk failure , or No signal .
  • Page 51 9. Then click Add 10.Click Apply , and OK Alarm Message Triggering Alarm Message may show additional information at the time of detecting the alarm condition. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Message. 1. Click the Alarm Tab first. 2.
  • Page 52 Chapter 8 Alarm Voice Triggering The Alarm Voice setting will provide a voice warning message to users at the time of detecting the alarm condition. Follow the instructions below to set the Alarm Voice: 1. Click the Alarm tab and select the appropriate triggering event for alarm recording Camera , Din , or Disk full , Disk failure , or No signal .
  • Page 53 2. Select a Trigger Period . 3. Click the Fax Tab 4. Type in the Fax Number ; if it is along distance call, please add the area code.. 5. Choose from the Send drop-down list how many pictures you d like to fax;...
  • Page 54 Chapter 8 5. Type in the appropriate email address. An additional email address may be specified in CC . 6.Adjust the Send parameter as desired to specify the number of seconds of video you d like to send in the email; a value of from 1 to 5 seconds may be chosen, and the default value is 2 seconds .
  • Page 55 Tick off “Enable/Not-enable” the Active Duration the Delay Trigger Figure 8-11: Output Port Field 7. Select the Delay time, with a unit of seconds; the delay time may be set from 0 to 999 seconds. 8. nder the Duration , there are settings of 0 to 999 seconds to choose from.

  • Page 56: Chapter 9 Alarm Log

    Chapter 9 Chapter 9 ALARM LOG With the DVR system, the camera frames will keep flashing in red and send- ing out the alarm when alarm event happens. The Alarm Log provides the administrator of the DVR with a detailed log of the alarm incident, including the reason for the alarm (which camera sent out what kind of alarm), the time the alarm was triggered and the description of the alarm triggering event.
  • Page 57 Figure 9-2: Confirmation Window 5.Click Confirm to continue or Cancel to reset. 6.Click Apply , then OK to complete the task. Deleting All Logs 1.Click the Alarm Log Tab 2.Click Del all 3.A confirmation pop-up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm . Figure 9-3: Confirmation Window 4.Click Confirm to continue or Cancel...

  • Page 58: Chapter10 User Log

    Chapter 10 Chapter 10 USER LOG The User Log provides the administrator of the DVR to monitor all users that have accessed the DVR. This database tells the administrator whether the users accessed the system locally or remotely, how long the users were logged on, and what their IP addresses were.
  • Page 59 6.Click Apply , then OK to complete the task. Deleting All Logs 1.Click the User Log Tab. 2.Click Del all 3.A confirmation pop-up screen will appear asking you to reconfirm. Figure 10-3: Confirmation Window 4.Click Confirm to continue or Cancel to reset.

  • Page 60: Chapter11 Configuring General Purpose I/O

    Chapter 11 Chapter 11 CONFIGURING GENERAL PURPOSE I/O The Din/Dout input of DVR can connect the optional Din/Dout cable to en- able the connection of multiple sets of alarm equipment through the inde- pendent alarm signal line. The 4 channel type DVR may have four DI/DO. the 8 channel type may have eight DI/DO,the 12 channel type may have eight DI/ DO, and the 16 channel type may have 16 DI/DO.

  • Page 61: Input Settings

    Figure 11-2 Pin definitions Click "DI/DO" in Settings to set related functions Figure 11-3: DIO setting Input Settings Each camera has a corresponding sensor input. This sensor input must be of the dry contact closure type, with a voltage of less than 5V. Depending on their attributes, the sensors can be set to Normal Open (NO) or Normal Closed (NC) according to the users’...
  • Page 62 Chapter 11 Normal Closed, NC When the sensor is of the NC type, DI is connected to the NC connec- tion of the sensor and GND is connected to the COM connection of the sensor. When the alarm is triggered, the circuit connected to the alarm sensor input of the DVR will be open.
  • Page 63 Normal open, NO If the DO relay output is set to be normally open, when an alarm is triggered, The DO relay output of the DVR will transition from open to closed. Normal Closed, NC If the DO relay output is set to be normally closed, when an alarm is triggered, The DO relay output of the DVR will transition from closed to open.

  • Page 64: Chapter12 Pan Tilt Zoom

    Chapter 12 Chapter 12 PAN TILT ZOOM Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) provides the administrator of the DVR with the ability to configure and monitor all PTZ cameras that are connected to the DVR. The DVR can be configured with multiple PTZ cameras. Currently, the system supports the following PTZ models: 1.

  • Page 65: Ptz Device Control

    On the left side of the window you will see a live view from your PTZ camera. This allows you to configure and see a “live” feed so you can adjust the system to your requirements. 2.Select the PTZ camera to configure. Figure 12-2: Camera Selection PTZ TYPES The DVR System supports many PTZ devices, the user may select the type...
  • Page 66 PTZ device, then you could start to learn the following additional PTZ device functionality. Focus When connecting a PTZ camera to your Digital Video Recorder, you have the option to focus in on the picture. Use to focus-in,...
  • Page 67 Grouping Presets The Digital Video Recorder gives users the option to set up to 128 presets. Of the 128 presets, presets 1 to 4 make up Group One, presets 5 to 8 make up Group Two, presets 9 to 12 make up Group Three and presets 13 to 16...
  • Page 68 Chapter 12 in particular directions more conveniently. The main purpose of Group presets is to allow the user to Auto Pan to spe- cific preset points. When the presets are complete, follow these instructions to Auto Pan the PTZ cameras according to the presets in the groups: 1.Create all the presets in the groups.
  • Page 69 PAN SCAN This DVR system allows the user to set up the PTZ camera to scan from the SET START to SET END. 1.AUTO PAN allows the PT camera to move hori ontally from the set start and set end. 2.SET START this parameter is used to set the current preset point as the S T START.

  • Page 70: Chapter13 Playback

    Chapter 13 PLAYBACK One of the most important features of any Digital Video Recorder is playback. Playback allows users to view recorded data, as the system is recording or as users view live data remotely. The features within “Playback” are: Blur, Snapshot, Export, Tag, File, Alarm, Fast Forward, Slow Motion, Skip &...
  • Page 71 time search Figure 13-2: Pop-up Database Screen 1.Calendar Search Clicking the Calendar button, users are able to search the desired record files depending on the selected date. 2.Time Search Clicking the Time Search button allows users to select a specific time in which they would like to view the files.
  • Page 72 Chapter 13 Understanding the Bottom Toolbar The Bottom Toolbar appears only when you click the playback icon. Before a recorded file is selected, the bottom toolbar will be hidden (disabled). Once a recorded file is selected, the toolbar icons will appear (be enabled). Let¡¦s view what each icon means.
  • Page 73 Click this icon to play the file. Click this icon to slow forward the file: press once to go forward at 1/2 speed, press twice for 1/4 speed, press three times for 1/6 speed... Click this icon to fast forward the file, and the optional speeds are 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x.
  • Page 74 Chapter 13 Figure 13-5: Calendar & Camera Selection 3.Select a camera. 4.Click Search , to list the desired files, or click List to show all the files. 5.Then the recorded database will be listed on the screen if the camera is defined with a name, the name will appear in the Description field .
  • Page 75 7.Double-click the selection or click Open . The video from the selected file will appear in the top left-hand corner of the Main Screen. Figure 13-8: Recorded Data Playback 8.Click Play from the ottom Toolbar 9.Double-click the image to enlarge----------------- Figure 13-9: Enlarged Image 10.Double-click the image again to enlarge-----------------...
  • Page 76 Chapter 13 Figure 13-10: Full-size Playback Image 11.To reduce the si e or go back to the original si e, right-click --- Alarm Recorded Playback Follow these steps to view alarm triggered playback images 1. Click the Alarm Icon. 2.A database of all the alarm triggered playback files will appear Alarm Figure 13-11: Alarm Log 3.Please select the file you want from the alarm video log.
  • Page 77 4. Click Play to view the file. Figure 13-12: Alarm Triggered File Tagging Recorded Data After opening a file, if some important section has been found in the video, that section can be tagged for later reference. While watching the video frames, the tagged section can be operated like this: 1.Click the Tag button to enter the window.
  • Page 78 Chapter 13 Figure 13-14: Tagged Frame 4.The particular image is then saved and can be searched and viewed for later reference by means of the tag. And the camera number and the time is in sync with the tag data. 5.Then a mark will appear at the left bottom of the tagged screen see the image below .
  • Page 79 Figure 13-16: Export Image 2.The image highlights the hours, minutes, and seconds. se the drop- down list to select the time frame when you would like to export. There are two ways to export (1)DVR Click “Export Playback program” to export video with the DVR export playback program.
  • Page 80 Chapter 13 Note3: The rules on naming the exported data files would be as C1_20030306_120000_60.dvr(DVR host site data exporting) or C1_0306_120000_60.dvr(remote site data exporting), meaning camera one, and the recording activities beginning by 2003/03/06 12:00:00, and the length of the recording file is 60 seconds 3.Then click NEXT to continue.
  • Page 81 1. pen the recorded image 2. Click on this icon * to blur the image. 3. Click on this icon * to sharpen the image. *The Blur Icon and the Sharpen Icon are at the same position, only one of them will appear at any given time.
  • Page 82 Chapter 13 Figure 13-20: Viewing More Than One Playback Image Printing an Image 1.Click the snapshot icon to pop up a new window to show the image. Figure 13-21: Snapshot 2.Click the bottom tool bar export icon to save the image individually.
  • Page 83 Figure 13-22: Export Devices Selection 3.Click the print icon to print out the image individually. If you print it out successfully, the screen will pop up a new window to show you. please click Confirm to indicate that the files have printed out.

  • Page 84: Chapter14 Remote Surveillance

    Host port. Once you have set up the local LAN and Internet functionality from the System Window, you are able to easily and conveniently operate your Digital Video Recorder remotely. 1.Click the Setup icon from the Main Screen of the DVR system --- 2.Click the System Tab.
  • Page 85 enter the password enter the name click login Figure 14-2: DVR Remote logon Window 10.The next screen is the Main Remote Surveillance Screen. No motion over 10 minutes after login, users will be auto-logout. Figure 14-3: The Main Remote Surveillance Screen...
  • Page 86 Chapter 14 The Main Remote Surveillance Screen has four sections to it. They are Monitor, Playback, Setup, and Logout. • Monitor — Click this area to monitor image preview and real-time recording. • Playback — Click this area to view playback of the recorded files. •...
  • Page 87 to show logining user’s name Figure 14-5: Remote Monitor Screen - Remote Monitor This screen provides a view of the static preview images from all cameras by default. The user may select which camera’s video to monitor as live video. This screen also displays the name of the current user.
  • Page 88 Chapter 14 5.Click Save Selected Camera to save the image you need. 6.Save the image and the next time you log in with same user name will be able to open the window and see the image you previously saved. 7.Click Monitor to view the particular camera you choose.
  • Page 89 Click < > to adjust the Max. speed (0-30 FPS) as below: Figure 14-8: Adjust maximum display speed Click icon to export images to HDD or print it out via printer: (as below) Figure 14-9: Focused camera image export (1)
  • Page 90 Chapter 14 Figure 14-10: Focused camera image export (2) as the icon for displaying bandwidth, click it to display the bandwidth, click again to hide the information Figure 14-11: show the bandwidth The second icon on the upper right side of the real time monitor window may be used to minimize the window.
  • Page 91 Note: two icons will be shown when minimizing the window. The first is to turn on or off the real time monitor; clicking the icon will restart the real time monitor window. Another icon is the DVR status monitor and PTZ control icon; when clicked will start the DVR status monitor and PTZ control window).The second icon is the DVR status monitor and PTZ control icon ( );...
  • Page 92 Chapter 14 When the user clicks on the first tab, the upper right side of the window shows the following information: 1.Recording time is displayed. 2.If recycling recording is taking place, then a green recycling recording icon is also displayed. 3.the amount of space which has been used on each hard disk and the space remaining, for up to a total of 7 hard disks.
  • Page 93 Figure 14-13: Understanding the Playback Toolbar Understanding the Playback Toolbar The playback sidebar gives users the freedom to manipulate the image to their benefit. Let’s take a closer look at these icons: 1.Play Button: Click this button to play the file 2.Reverse Button: Click this button to rewind the played image 3.Pause Button: Click this button to stop playing for a pause 4.Last Section Button: Click this button to rewind to last section...
  • Page 94 Chapter 14 Speed Screen The first time you enter the Record Playback mode of the remote monitor system, a warning window will appear concerning the problems associated with using ActiveX. For more information please refer to Appendix F. Figure 14-14: The Remote Playback Screen There is a horizontal scroll bar on the bottom of the playing window, which facilitates users in searching films quickly.
  • Page 95 Figure 14-15: Playback by File Remotely 3.Click the Search button to list all recorded data for that particular time frame. 4. ou may also click the List button to list all the recorded files. Figure 14-16: Information on File Selection 5.Move the mouse to the file you want to play, and double-click the file to play it.
  • Page 96 Chapter 14 Figure 14-17: Remote Playback - Enlarged Image Alarm File “Alarm File” allows users to see the time and camera numbers concerned with an alarm, and all the alarm files can be deleted. 1.Click Alarm . 2.Select one alarm file, click Open to play it.
  • Page 97 Taking a Snapshot Whenever you find an abnormal status on the screen, you may take a snap - shot of the screen immediately using the “Snapshot” function. 1.Click the Snap button. 2. rom the pop-up window, select the resolution si e of your print. The system provides three resolution options, 320x240 480x360 and 640x480...
  • Page 98 Chapter 14 Figure 14-20: Export Duration 4.Click Export to choose path for saving the file and enter the file name, then click Save to save this file to disk. * If the time for exporting is a little long, please wait for a while patiently. Inserting a Tag Inserting a tag allows users to mark an important section of a file specially.
  • Page 99 3.Click the Tag on the Playback Side Toolbar. 4.Select the file you wish to view. 5.Click pen to view the image or Delete to discard a useless Tag. Figure 14-22: Tag Window Click this button, you can playback the video clips that back up in NAS. Configuring Setup Remotely The functions for remote setup are basically the same as those used locally.
  • Page 100 Chapter 14 Figure 14-23: Main Remote Screen - Setup Screen Remote Camera Configuration When configuring cameras remotely for the first time, please install the related Active-X Object , according to the information provided in Appendix F. All remote functionality is set up similarly to the local machine. The major difference is the way the interface looks.
  • Page 101 Additionally, in the camera configuring screen users may have the following selections: 1.Cameras 2.Activate the camera and the camera name 3.Status Display the Camera umber, the Date and the Time will be displayed on the monitoring screen on the left Figure 14-25: Remote Camera Configuration(1) 4.Character Color the optional colors are lack, Red, reen, lue...
  • Page 102 Chapter 14 b. “Draw Area” button : up to 6 motion detection frames can be drawn. c. “Clean Area” button Figure 14-26: Remote Camera Configuration(2) 9.Speed sers can select the speed to adjust the direction of the PT cameras from 0 to 7 10.Camera Direction users can use the P, D W , L T and...
  • Page 103 19.Motion Detection a. Sensitivity — from 1 to 5 b. Differentia — from 1 to 10 After changing the settings, click the “OK” button to complete the setting; or click the “Cancel” button to reset. Remote Schedule Configuring Click the “Schedule” link to view the Remote Schedule Set- tings Figure 14-27: Remote Scheduling Window...
  • Page 104 Chapter 14 Figure 14-28: date 2.Then click to choose the right our and Minute. Figure 14-29: Remote Schedule Window 3. nce complete, click Add to activate the settings. After you have completed all schedule settings you can view a log of all changes at the bottom of the window.
  • Page 105 3.Then you can see the recording schedule after the modifications at the bottom of the window. Delete/Delete all scheduled Settings Choose the scheduled setting items of and then click “Delete” / “Delete All” to delete the files. Remote Account Settings Entering the Account Settings screen as the Administrator, you can see the authority settings of all the users.
  • Page 106 Chapter 14 a.Type Authority: Administrator or Normal user b.Access Authority: User can give the rights for control PTZ camera, playback record- ing data, and access the accessible cameras. Remote user can give the rights for changing password, remote setup furthermore. As a normal user, your access authority is limited in some aspects.
  • Page 107 If no authority is granted at the time of account setup, then you cannot change the password. Figure 14-34: Normal User Change Password Window Remote System Setup Figure 14-35: Remote System Settings...
  • Page 108 Chapter 14 1.Click on the System link in the browser window to enter the Remote System Settings screen. In this screen, you are provided with the capability of remote system settings, including: 1.DVR ost and LA - ou are able to see all network settings of the ost, and among them is the IP address that s relative to remote monitoring.
  • Page 109 Remote Alarm Settings Remote Alarm Setting functions give the administrator the opportunity to change alarm functions from a remote site. Figure 14-36: Remote Alarm Settings The operation of remote alarm setting is the same as with local setting. Once you have added all the alarm modes, click “OK” in the right corner to save the changes to the Host and make them effective.
  • Page 110 Chapter 14 Figure 14-37: Remote Alarm Log If you would like to delete all logs, click in the checkbox next to “Select All”, then press “Delete” , and click “OK” in the pop-up inquiring window. Figure 14-38: Delete Alarm Log Remotely Remote User Log All the users having entered the system will be recorded, with the data notes of their entering and leaving the system.
  • Page 111 As previously, check individual logs respectively or click in the checkbox next to “Select All”, and then click “Delete” to delete unwanted logs. Remote GPIO Settings The operation on remote GPIO is the same as with local settings on the DVR host.

  • Page 112: Appendix A Backup To Nas

    Appendix A Appendix A Backup to NAS (Network Attached Storage) Backup to NAS(Network Attached Storage) Because the image data of the DVR are larger than text file, plenty storage space are demanded. NAS can connect to IP network, therefore users can backup their DVR data to NAS through Internet / LAN at anytime and anywhere.
  • Page 113 Figure A-2: NAS setting Note: One NAS can connect multiple DVR hosts, in order not to confound the back-up data, their folders’ names should be different. 6.User ill in the login user account on AS. 7.Password: ill in the password for the corresponding user. 8.Overwrite: If you want to recycle your backup AS storage when storage is full, click the Overwrite checkbox to enable it.

  • Page 114: Appendix B Ntp

    Appendix B Appendix C NTP (Network Time Protocol) NTP (Network Time Protocol) The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the clock of DVR to another reference time source in the network. Steps: 1. Click the Setup icon on the main screen. 2.
  • Page 115 Figure B-2: NTP setting 4.NTP Server: ill in the NTP Server and click the Add button to put the TP server into the list. DVR can have their own time server added for keeping DVR synchroni ed. Several TP servers have been added by default 5.Active: Active the selected TP server.

  • Page 116: Appendix C Audio

    Appendix C Appendix C Audio Audio DVR supports for only 1-CH audio recording. Providing audio recording and audio playback via built-in audio device of mothboard. Steps: 1.Click the Setting icon on the main screen. 2.Select System Settings 3.Click the Audio button to pop up the setting window. : Click the sound button Figure C-1...
  • Page 117 Related settings as below: Figure C-2:Sound Setling screen Recording Property 1. Camera select only support 1C audio for the first one camera. 2. Selecting Audio device If select no recording, it will no sound when playback. 3. uality select igh or Low . The better quality, the bigger file si e is needed.
  • Page 118 Appendix C Figure C-3: Real-time monitoring screen with audio Figure C-4: Playblack screen with audio 2.The real-time monitoring and playback screen in mute mode. Click the mote icon to switch to audio mode.
  • Page 119 Figure C-5: Real-time monitoring screen in mute mode Figure C-6: Playback screen in mute mode...

  • Page 120: Appendix D Multi-Playback

    Appendix D Appendix D Multi-Playback Multi-Playback Let’s take a look at how we can use the multi-playback function. 1.Click the playback button on the main screen, and then click multi-playback , you ll see the Multi-Playback windows as below. Figure D-1: Multi-playback screen 2.Click to select the playback clips according to cameras and date/time.
  • Page 121 3. Click the slice4, slice9, or slice16 to select 4-camera, 9-camera, or 16- camera synchronous multi-playback respectively. 4. Click OK and then click the icon to playback. 5. ou can use our and Minute to change the start playback time. x.

  • Page 122: Appendix E Troubleshooting

    Try to isolate the problem and identify the defective device (hardware) or improper setting (software). When you have a problem, you should do a thorough visual inspection of the Digital Video Recorder. If none of the indicators are lit and you cannot hear the HDD spinning, then the Digital Video Recorder is probably not receiving power.
  • Page 123 If the outlet is controlled by a wall switch, make sure that the switch is on. If your Digital Video Recorder is plugged into a power strip with an n/ ff switch, make sure the switch is on. With the Digital Video Recorder’s power switched off, check all cable connections.
  • Page 124 In general, if the POST detects a system board failure (a critical error), the Digital Video Recorder halts and sends out a series of beeps. If failure is detected in an area other than the system board (such as the display, key- board or mouse) an error message is displayed on the screen and testing is stopped.
  • Page 125 - NOTES -...

  • Page 126: Appendix F Configuring Activex

    Appendix F Appendix F CONFIGURING ACTIVEX ActiveX is one type of VBscript. ActiveX is used for client-side communica- tion with the main application. ActiveX Settings The relative settings of ActiveX can be configured in the manner described below:When you get into the system, the window will pop-up a warning screen which is about the Active X setting;...
  • Page 127 Choose which features of DVR Active X installer you want to install 1.DVR ActiveX: to copy the file to the computer 2.Start Menu Shortcuts Figure F-3: Objects Selection Figure F-4: Install Location Selection Figure F-5: Installation Window After finishing installation, then click “Close”...

  • Page 128: Copyright Notice

    Copyright Notice Third Party Software Licenses This system includes third party packages licensed under the GNU Gen- eral Public License (GPL), the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, GNU Lesser General Public License(LGPL) Version2.1, XFree86 License, Artistic License, and CGIC License. Please see the related Copyright No- tice for the terms of these licenses.
  • Page 129 58.LPRng-3.7.4-22.src.rpm PL and 45.slang-1.4.2-2.src.rpm Artistic 46.libstdc -2.96-81.src.rpm 59.V lib2-2.25.1-12.src.rpm 60.samba-client-2.0.7-36.src.rpm 47.info-4.0-20.src.rpm 48.mgetty-1.1.25-2.src.rpm 61.logrotate-3.5.4-1.src.rpm L PL 49.mingetty-0.9.4-16.src.rpm 62.chkconfig-1.2.22-1.src.rpm L PL 63.glibc-common-2.2.2-10.src.rpm 50.linuxconf-1.24r2-10.src.rpm L PL 64.audiofile-0.1.11-1.src.rpm L PL 51.dip-3.3.7o-22.src.rpm 65.gtk -1.2.9-4.src.rpm L PL 52.ntsysv-1.2.22-1.src.rpm 66.gdk-pixbuf-0.8.0-7.src.rpm L PL 53.mutt-1.2.5i-9.src.rpm 67.glib-1.2.9-1.src.rpm L PL 54.time-1.7-13.src.rpm ree86-devel-4.0.3-5.src.rpm 55.dialog-0.9a-4.src.rpm ree86...

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