Baxall MDR Series User Manual

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MDR Series Multiplexed Digital Recorders
User Manual
Please read this manual before using the equipment

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  • Page 1 MDR Series Multiplexed Digital Recorders User Manual Please read this manual before using the equipment...
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT The first few pages of these instructions contain important information on safety and product conformity. Please read, and ensure that you understand this information before continuing. Page 2...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Important Safeguards ....................................5 Damage Requiring Service ..................................5 Product Safety ......................................6 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ..............................6 Regulatory Notices ..................................... 6 Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformance ............................6 Unpacking ........................................6 Features, Connections and Setup Product Description and Features ................................8 Associated Equipment ....................................
  • Page 4 CONTENTS Audio Setup ........................................ 45 Telemetry ........................................45 Communications ......................................47 Front Panel Lock ......................................49 Factory Settings ......................................49 Passwords ........................................49 The QuickInstall, Operator and SystemView Menus The QuickInstall Menu ....................................51 The Operator Menu ....................................51 The SystemView Menu ....................................51 Alarms Alarm Input .........................................
  • Page 5: Important Safeguards

    IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE Page 5...
  • Page 6: Product Safety

    PRODUCT SAFETY ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) REGULATORY NOTICES MANUFACTURER’S DECLARATION OF CONFORMANCE UNPACKING Page 6...
  • Page 7: Features, Connections And Setup

    FEATURES, CONNECTIONS AND SETUP Page 7...
  • Page 8: Product Description And Features

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT Page 8...
  • Page 9: Passwords

    PASSWORDS REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS ETHERNET RS485/1 10/100 12 VDC RS232 RS232 SCSI IEEE 1394 RS485/2 RS232 Page 9...
  • Page 10 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Alarm Alarm Alarm Input Inputs Input 2-15 Pins Pins 2-15 18-20 Page 10...
  • Page 11 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Ground (Shield) Wire Type 24 AWG, Twisted Pair with Not connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Network +VE shield (2-wire) Not connected Connector Type RJ-45 Not connected Network -VE Max Cable Length 3200 feet / 1000 metres Not connected Not connected Wire Type...
  • Page 12 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Connector 50 Pin, High Density SCSI-2 Gender (on unit) Female Compatible devices MDAe, RAID, DAT, AIT, CD-R, CD-RW SCSI ID Connector 6 position DIP Cable 6 position Firewire Function Ground Not connected Not connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ground Reserved Not connected...
  • Page 13: Powering Up

    POWERING UP MINIMUM RECOMMENDED MENU SETUP ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®ÿ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®ÿ Page 13...
  • Page 14: Basic User Operations

    BASIC USER OPERATIONS Page 14...
  • Page 15: The Front Panel

    THE FRONT PANEL 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 Page 15...
  • Page 16: Live Viewing

    LIVE VIEWING Page 16...
  • Page 17: Playback

    PLAYBACK Page 17...
  • Page 18: Recording

    PLAYBACK RECORDING MONITOR A MONITOR B MONITOR C, D, E LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE PLAY LIVE LIVE LIVE BACK PLAY BACK LIVE LIVE LIVE DISPLAY OPTIONS Button Display 4-Way 6-Way 7-Way 9-Way 10-Way 13-Way 16-Way Page 18...
  • Page 19: Active Cameos

    DISPLAY OPTIONS ACTIVE CAMEOS Page 19...
  • Page 20: Sequencing

    SEQUENCING ®ÿ ®ÿ ON-SCREEN INDICATORS Page 20...
  • Page 21: Triplex Mode

    ON-SCREEN INDICATORS timeleft Timeleft TRIPLEX MODE Page 21...
  • Page 22: The Print Image Feature

    TRIPLEX MODE THE PRINT IMAGE FEATURE ®ÿ ®ÿ ®ÿ Page 22...
  • Page 23: The Menu System

    THE MENU SYSTEM Time/Date Sequencing Record Alarms Macro Motion Detection Camera Setup Archive Setup Audio Setup Telemetry Communications Front Panel Lock Factory Settings Passwords Time and Date Display Monitor A : ON Monitor B : ON Monitor C : ON Monitor D : ON Monitor E : ON [CANCEL]...
  • Page 24: The Main Menu

    THE MAIN MENU Time/Date Sequencing Record Alarms Macro Motion Detection Camera Setup Archive Setup Audio Setup Telemetry Communications Front Panel Lock Factory Settings Passwords Page 24...
  • Page 25: Time/Date

    TIME/DATE Time/Date Display Set Time Format Set Date Format Set Time Set Date Set Master/Slave Set Region Network Time Setup Time and Date Display Monitor A : ON Monitor B : ON Monitor C : ON Monitor D : ON Monitor E : ON [CANCEL] [OK]...
  • Page 26 TIME/DATE Master/Slave Select Master Clock Regional Settings Daylight saving : EUR Time Zone : GMT (+1) SUN, 30 MAR 2003 02.48 (+1) SUN, 26 OCT 2003 02.48 (-1) [CANCEL] [OK] Network Time Protocol Setup Update Interval DISABLE NTP Primary Server 10.
  • Page 27: Sequencing

    SEQUENCING Multiscreen Dwell Fullscreen Dwell Group Switching Multiscreen Dwell (Time in Seconds) Fullscreen Dwell (Time in Seconds) Group Enable Group Setup Group Switching ENABLE Group Switching Setup Index : 01 Group : 01 [CANCEL] [OK] Page 27...
  • Page 28: Record

    RECORD Record Timer Record Quality Event Settings Timelapse Record Rate Event Record Rate Activity Record Rate Alarm Record Rate Record Mode Disk Maintenance Record Lock Auto Delete Mode Date Start Stop Macro ON/OFF 16:45 17:05 NONE 07:55 08:10 MON-FRI 09:56 11:05 NONE SAT-SUN...
  • Page 29 RECORD Record Quality Camera 01 : High Camera 02 : High Camera 03 : High Camera 16 : High [CANCEL] [OK] Event Camera Settings Camera : 01 Type : Event + TL Pre Event Duration : 00 Post Event Duration : 000 Event Associated Cameras : -- -- -- [CANCEL]...
  • Page 30 RECORD Timelapse Record Rate Camera 01 : 0.40 pps 2.5 spp Camera 02 : 0.29 pps 3.5 spp Camera 03 : 0.34 pps 2.9 spp Camera 16 : 0.40 pps 2.5 spp 8 days 5 h (TL) [CANCEL] [OK] 8 days 5 h (Total) Event Record Rate Estimate of the % of time each camera Camera 01 : 0.40 pps 2.5 spp...
  • Page 31 RECORD Activity Record Rate Estimate of the % of time each camera Camera 01 : 0.40 pps 2.5 spp %Time: 4% Camera 02 : 0.29 pps 3.5 spp will spend in periods of activity. For Camera 03 : 0.34 pps 2.9 spp example, if you expect to have about 20 total periods of activity each day, each Camera 16 : 0.40 pps 2.5 spp...
  • Page 32 RECORD Unit stops Physical Start Recording when this and End of disk point is reached No Overwrite Mode Unit stops Recording when this point is reached Physical Start of disk Write Once Mode Unit records over all recorded data Continuous Overwrite Mode Page 32...
  • Page 33: Alarms

    RECORD Delete UnDelete Destroy ADM Setting 99 Days ALARMS Input Configuration Alarm Latch Alarm Action Alarm Record Mode Enable / Disable Alarm History Link to a Macro Fullscreen Alarm Relay Configuration Buzzer Setup Videoloss Action Pre Alarm Duration Notification Archive Alarms Alarm Input Alarm 01 : N/OPEN Alarm 02 : N/OPEN...
  • Page 34 ALARMS Latched Transparent Timed Out Alarm Action Setup Input : 01 Freeze : Yes Cameras : 01 16 02 03 Presets : 01 -- 09 -- Relay Intrusion AND/OR : OR Aux Monitor [CANCEL] [OK] Page 34...
  • Page 35 ALARMS Alarm Record Mode Select Mode INTERLEAVED Individual Enable Enable All Disable All Alarms Enable Alarm 01 : ENABLE Alarm 02 : DISABLE Alarm 03 : ENABLE Alarm 16 : DISABLE [CANCEL] [OK] Alarms History 001- 02/04 18:40:32 16 002- 02/15 12:00:10 11 003- 02/28 10:10:20 08 010- 03/15 05:12:16 04 [OK]...
  • Page 36 ALARMS Relay Configuration Relay A : N/OPEN Relay B : N/CLOSED [CANCEL] [OK] Buzzer Setup Global Buzzer : ON Live Alarm Buzzer : ON Videoloss Buzzer : ON Playback Buzzer : ON [CANCEL] [OK] Videoloss Action Camera : 01 Relay 1 : DISABLE Relay 2 : ENABLE...
  • Page 37 ALARMS Email Notification Setup Notify Vidloss: ENABLE Notify Alarm: DISABLE One or more of these fields Notify Record: DISABLE must be set to ENABLE to Notify Archive: DISABLE receive an email notification Notify Menu Access: DISABLE of the selected event. Notify Power Up: DISABLE Notify Connection:...
  • Page 38: Macro

    MACRO Macro Record Timed Macro Start Edit Submacro Macro Record Select Macro Timed Macro Setup Event : 01 : Monday Time : 00:00 Macro : 01 [CANCEL] [OK] Page 38...
  • Page 39: Motion Detection

    MACRO Submacro Edit Select Submacro Edit Submacro 01 080 066 066 037 --- --- --- --- --- --- [P] [B] [B] [%] [CANCEL] [OK] ENTER key starts submacro edit MOTION DETECTION Enable/Disable Detection Setup Parameters Setup Active Zones Indicate Detection Individual Enable Enable All Disable All...
  • Page 40 MOTION DETECTION Motion Detection Parameters Setup Camera Motion Detection Type ACTIVITY Sensitivity Relay Output Link to Event Rejection Target Size Link to Alarm NONE [CANCEL] [OK] Page 40...
  • Page 41: Camera Setup

    User Manual MDR Series Multiplexer Digital Recorders MOTION DETECTION Setup Active Zones Use this menu item to setup the active zones for motion detection. When this menu item is selected, the menu will be removed from the screen and video from the currently selected camera will be displayed. A 16 x 16 grid is superimposed over the current video image, allowing for precise configuration of active zones.
  • Page 42 MDR Series Multiplexed Digital Recorders User Manual CAMERA SETUP Titles Display Titles Display Use this menu item to specify which monitors will display camera titles. Rotate the Jog to navigate Monitor A: ON between monitors, using the Shuttle to turn camera titles on or off on each monitor.
  • Page 43 User Manual MDR Series Multiplexer Digital Recorders CAMERA SETUP Power Up Disable Power Up Disable Use this menu item to enable or disable the Power Up Disable feature. With this feature turned on, the unit will automatically detect which inputs are experiencing video loss at power-up, and Disable disable them.
  • Page 44: Archive Setup

    MDR Series Multiplexed Digital Recorders User Manual CAMERA SETUP Public Display Monitors Public Display Monitors Use this menu item to specify any individual monitors that are viewable by the public. Rotate the Monitor A: ON Jog to navigate between monitors, using the Shuttle to specify whether each monitor is a public Monitor B: OFF display monitor.
  • Page 45: Audio Setup

    AUDIO SETUP G.711 TELEMETRY Telemetry Enable Telemetry Preset Mode Preset PGM Select AC/DC Telemetry Enable Camera 01 : ENABLE Camera 02 : DISABLE Camera 03 : ENABLE Camera 16 : ENABLE [CANCEL] [OK] Standard Alternate Standard Enhanced Disabled Enabled Page 45...
  • Page 46 TELEMETRY Telemetry Select AC/DC Camera 01 : AC Camera 02 : DC Camera 03 : AC Camera 16 : DC [CANCEL] [OK] Page 46...
  • Page 47: Communications

    COMMUNICATIONS RS232 RS485 Ethernet Port 1 Port 2 POTS Setup Baud Rate POTS Setup POTS :DISABLE Modem Init String :AT&F1&K3M0E1Q0V1S0=0&R2&C1&D0&H1 [Default Modem String] [CANCEL] [OK] @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^ SEQ key selects character bank ‘1’ key inserts blank character ‘2’ key inserts selected character Page 47...
  • Page 48 COMMUNICATIONS 1200 Baud 2400 Baud 4800 Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 38400 Baud 57600 Baud Port 1 Port 2 1200 Baud 2400 Baud 4800 Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 38400 Baud 57600 Baud Network Address Ethernet Settings Ethernet : Enable Hostname : V201E2200362 DHCP...
  • Page 49: Front Panel Lock

    FRONT PANEL LOCK Unlock Keyboard Lock Keyboard FACTORY SETTINGS Password Box Please Enter The Password! _ _ _ _ [OK] Password Box Please Enter The Password! _ _ _ _ [OK] PASSWORDS Installer Password Operator Password Ethernet Password Password Box Enter a new Install Password _ _ _ _ [OK]...
  • Page 50: The Quickinstall, Operator And Systemview Menus

    THE QUICKINSTALL, OPERATOR AND SYSTEMVIEW MENUS Page 50...
  • Page 51: The Quickinstall Menu

    THE QUICKINSTALL MENU Change the time Change the date Edit Camera Titles Camera Disable Telemetry Enable Record Quality Installer Password Auto Disable Now ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®ÿ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®ÿ...
  • Page 52 THE SYSTEMVIEW MENU 1 = Enabled 0 = Open 1 = Freeze 1 = Enabled Camera x 0 = Disabled 0 = Disabled 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled A = Activity None ET = Event and Timelapse High Page 52...
  • Page 53 THE SYSTEMVIEW MENU 24 hour MM/DD/YY Continuous Normally Open Normally Open T = Transparent Interleaved Enable Single 57600 19200 Enable Disable English GMT+00:00 Page 53...
  • Page 54 THE SYSTEMVIEW MENU Disable 3. 37. 8. 26 0. 0. 0. 0 255.255.254. 0 3. 18.172. 1 Disable WINS 3. 18.173. 12 3. 18.173. 13 3. 18.173. 11 Standard Page 54...
  • Page 55: Alarms

    ALARMS Page 55...
  • Page 56: Alarm Input

    ALARM INPUT ALARM OUTPUT ALARM ACKNOWLEDGE ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS DURING ALARMS SINGLE ALARM SECOND ALARM THIRD ALARM 4-WAY 10-WAY 9-WAY Page 56...
  • Page 57: Alarm Operations During Playback

    ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS DURING ALARMS ALARM OPERATIONS DURING PLAYBACK LIVE MODE PLAYBACK MODE MONITOR A MONITOR B MONITOR A MONITOR B PLAY LIVE LIVE LIVE BACK LIVE ALARM LIVE ALARM LIVE ALARM LIVE ALARM FULL FULL PLAY SCREEN SCREEN LIVE BACK ALARM ALARM ALARM HISTORY BOX...
  • Page 58: Searching

    SEARCHING Page 58...
  • Page 59: Disk Analysis Screen

    DISK ANALYSIS SCREEN Disk Analysis Screen 01/21/2002 20:17:01 Alarm Event Activity Videoloss Present Absent Hit SEARCH again to enter Advanced Search Level 1 QUICK ARCHIVE TO CD Archive Incident 07/31/2003 07/31/2003 Start Stop 02:02:51P 02:20:09P Capacity: 557MB ‘RECORD’ to Archive MOTION SEARCH Motion Search Last 2hrs...
  • Page 60: Search Filters

    MOTION SEARCH Enabled Zones ‘MENU’ : Exit activity setup Cursor ‘ENTER’ : Save and exit activity setup ‘PAUSE’ : Toggle between Enable and Neutral ‘STOP’ : Toggle between Disable and Neutral ‘ZOOM’ : Disable/Enable all zones Disabled Zones SEARCH FILTERS Search Filters The following options are available Operation:...
  • Page 61: Search Results

    SEARCH FILTERS SEARCH RESULTS TIME/DATE SEARCH RESULTS ACTIVITY, TEXT, MOTION, ALARM SEARCH RESULTS Search Results Search Results Start Date Start Time Days HH MM SS 01/21/2002 20:07:10 04:35:15 01/21/2002 20:08:10 00:01:55 01/21/2002 20:09:10 00:00:38 01/21/2002 20:10:10 01:07:22 3/19 06:11 3/19 21:42 3/19 23:51 3/20 06:46 3/20...
  • Page 62: Wavebrowser And Wavelink

    WAVEBROWSER AND WAVELINK Page 62...
  • Page 63: Wavebrowser

    WAVEBROWSER ®ÿ Button Panel Main Viewing Area Drop Down Volume List Box Page 63...
  • Page 64: Wavebrowser Layout And Controls

    WAVEBROWSER LAYOUT AND CONTROLS Page 64...
  • Page 65: Wavelink

    WAVELINK Page 65...
  • Page 66: Technical Specifications And Rs232 Protocols

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND RS232 PROTOCOLS Page 66...
  • Page 67: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page 67...
  • Page 68: Rs232 Alarm/Event Generation And Text Insertion Protocol

    RS232 ALARM/EVENT GENERATION AND TEXT INSERTION PROTOCOL 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 EVENT START EVENT STOP ALARM START ALARM STOP Page 68...
  • Page 69 RS232 ALARM/EVENT GENERATION AND TEXT INSERTION PROTOCOL Page 69...
  • Page 70: Rs232 Remote Control Protocol

    RS232 REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL Page 70...
  • Page 71 RS232 REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL Page 71...
  • Page 72: Appendix: External Archiving Devices

    APPENDIX: EXTERNAL ARCHIVING DEVICES Page 72...
  • Page 73 ARCHIVING TO DISK ARRAYS Page 73...
  • Page 74 ARCHIVING TO CD RECORDERS Page 74...
  • Page 75 ARCHIVING TO TAPE DRIVES Page 75...
  • Page 76 RESTORING TAPE HEADERS TAPE CAPACITY ERASE MEDIUM ARCHIVE ERROR MESSAGES † † † THE ARCHIVING ICON Page 76...
  • Page 77 CD-ROM disks are created by attaching a SCSI CD recording device to the SCSI port of the Digital Recorder. The following CD writers have been tested and approved for use with Baxall Digital Recorders. Some of the models may be phased out by the manufacturer and may no longer be available.
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  • Page 80 Baxall Limited reserve the right to make changes to the product and specification of the product without prior notice to the customer. Issue 2 01/04 HB-MDR-2...

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