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Panacom H.264 8 / 16CH D1 User Manual
Panacom H.264 8 / 16CH D1 User Manual

Panacom H.264 8 / 16CH D1 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this User’s Manual before using the product. Change without Notice H.264 8 / 16CH D1 DVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 CAUTION Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely We do not warrant all the content is correct. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified before using.
  • Page 3: Install Hard Drive

    Install Hard Drive 1. Unscrew and open the top cover 2. Connect the power and data cables. Place the HDD onto the bottom case as below. 3. Screw the HDD. For the convenience to install, please connect the power and data cables firstly, and then screw to fix.
  • Page 4 Main Features COMPRESSION FORMAT • Standard H.264 compression with low bit rate and better image quality LIVE SURVEILLANCE • Support HD VGA output and HDMI output • Support channel security by hiding live display • Display the local record status and basic information •...
  • Page 5 Front Panel Instructions Power Power indicator, when connection When HDD is writing and reading When access to network LED indicator Backup When backup files and data Play When playing video When recording Audio/+ 1. Control voice 2. Increase the value in setup PTZ/- 1.
  • Page 6 1.3 Rear Panel Instructions The rear Panel interface for 8/16-ch is shown as Fig 2.9: Fig 2.9 Rear Panel for 8-ch Name Description Video out Connect to monitor Video in Video input channels from 1-8(8ch) / 1-16(16ch) Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Spot out Only video display, no menu show Audio out...
  • Page 7 Remote Controller (Optional) It uses two AAA size batteries and works after loading batteries as following: Step1: Open the battery cover of the Remote Controller Step2: Place batteries. Please take care the poles (+ and -) Step3: Replace the battery cover Notice: Frequently defect checking as following 1.
  • Page 8 1.5 Control with Mouse 1.5.1 Connect Mouse It supports USB mouse through the ports on the rear panel, please refer to Fig 2.11 Remote Controller. Notice: If mouse is not detected or doesn't work, check below steps: 1. Make sure the mouse plugs in the USB mouse port not the USB port 2.
  • Page 9 Basic Function Instruction Power On/Off Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connection is good. 2.1.1 Power on Step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power port in the rear panel Step2: the device will be loaded, and the power indicator will display blue Step3: before start, a WIZARD dialogue box will be pop-up (refer to below picture) and show some information about time zone and time setup, IP information, record quick setup and HDD information page.
  • Page 10 Live preview Fig 3-2 live preview interface The explanation of symbol in the live preview interface: symbol meaning symbol meaning Manual record or time Green Alarm record record Yellow Motion detection record Blue Schedule record 2.3.1 Live playback Click Play button to playback the record.
  • Page 11 Main menu setup guide Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the screen, refer to Fig 4-1: Full channel switch, camera 1 ~ 4 or camera 1 ~ 8, camera 1 ~ 16 ①...
  • Page 12 Basic configuration Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system、date& time and DST. 3.1.1 System Step1: enter into system configuration basic configuration system; refer to Fig 4-3: Fig 4-3 basic configuration-basic Step2: in this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format, max network users, VGA resolution and language.
  • Page 13 3.1.3 DST Step1: enter into system configuration basic configuration DST; refer to Fig 4-5: Fig 4-5 basic configuration-DST Step2: in this interface, enable daylight saving time, time offset, mode, start & end month/week/date, etc. Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 14 3.2.2 Main monitor Step1: enter into system configuration live configuration host monitor; refer to Fig 4-8: Fig 4-8 live configuration-host monitor Step2: select split mode: 1×1、2×2、2×3、3×3、4×4 and channel Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group.
  • Page 15 3.2.4 Mask User can setup private mask area on the live image picture, max threes areas. Fig 4-10 live configuration-mask Setup mask area: click Setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask area, refer to below picture.
  • Page 16 Record configuration Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp. 3.3.1 Enable Step1: enter into system configuration record configuration enable; refer to Fig 4-11: Fig 4-11 record configuration-enable Step2: tick off record, audio and record time Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup.
  • Page 17 Note: if the rate value set is over high the maximum resources of the device, the value will be adjusted automatically. Definitions and descriptions of Record stream: Parameter Meaning Rate Range from: 1-30(NTSC)1-25(PAL) Resolution Support CIF and D1 Quality The quality of recorded images. The higher the value is, the clearer the recorded image is.
  • Page 18 3.3.4 Stamp Stamp:User can overlap the channel name and time stamp on video. Step1: enter into system configuration record configuration stamp; refer to Fig 4-13: Fig 4-13 record configuration-stamp Step2: tick off camera name, time stamp; click Set button, user can use cursor to drag the camera name and time stamp in random positions, refer to below Figures: Before drag after drag...
  • Page 19 Schedule configuration Schedule configuration includes three sub menus: schedule, motion and alarm. 3.4.1 Schedule The volume means the seven days of a week from Monday to Sunday, the row means 24 hours of a day. Click the grid to do relevant setup. Blue means checked area, gray means unchecked area. Step1: enter into system configuration schedule configuration schedule;...
  • Page 20 3.4.2 Motion Step1: enter into system configuration schedule configuration motion; refer to Fig 4-16: Fig 4-16 schedule configuration-motion Step2: the setup steps of motion are familiar with schedule; user can refer to 4.4.1 Schedule for details. Note: the default schedule of motion detection is full-selected, that is, the color of schedule setting interface is blue.
  • Page 21 Step2: enable sensor alarm, set the alarm type according to triggered alarm type. Two option: NO and NC. Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 22 ③ Schedule Step1: enter into system configuration alarm configuration sensor schedule; refer to Fig 4-21: Fig 4-21 sensor-schedule Step2: the setup steps of sensor schedule are familiar with schedule; user can refer to 4.4.1 Schedule for details. Note: the default schedule of sensor is full-selected, that is, the color of schedule setting interface is blue.
  • Page 23 whether the sensitivity value and motion area are suitable accordingly(refer to following picture); Click icon, to save the setting; click icon, exit current interface. Note: when user drag mouse to set motion detection area, they have to click icon to clear all set detection area firstly, and then make the operation.
  • Page 24 3.5.4 Other alarm Fig4-26 other alarm Step1: enter into system configuration other alarm; refer to Fig 4-26: Step2: select a hard disk in the pull down list box, when the disk capacity is lower than that value, there will appear some text information on the lower right of the live image. Step3: click “default”...
  • Page 25 3.6.1 Network Step1: enter into system configuration network configuration network; refer to Fig4-28: Fig 4-28 network configuration-network Step2: HTTP port: the default value is 80. If the value changed, user needs to add the port number when typing IP address in IE address blank .i.e. set HTTP port to 82, IP address: http://192.168.0.25, user needs to input that address: http://192.168.0.25:82 into IE browser.
  • Page 26 Definitions and descriptions of network configuration: Parameter Meaning HTTP port The port number of accessing IE browser. The default port is 80 Server port The port number of data. The default port is 6036 Static IP IP address The IP address of the server Subnet mask The subnet mask of the server Gateway...
  • Page 27 3.6.3 Email Step1: enter into system configuration network configuration email; refer to Fig 4-31: Fig 4-31 network configuration-email SMTP Server/Port: the name and port number of SMTP server. If your SMTP server supports the secure connection (SSL), like Gmail, please set the “Port” to 465 and check “SSL Check”...
  • Page 28 User management configuration Step1: enter into system configuration user management configuration; refer to Fig 4-33: Fig 4-33 user management configuration Step2: click Add button, a dialog box will pop-up as Fig 4-34: 16 CH Fig 4-34 add-general ① General: Input user name, password; select user type: normal and advance, input the MAC address of the PC;...
  • Page 29 P.T.Z configuration P.T.Z configuration includes two submenus: serial port and advance ① Serial port Step1: enter into system configuration P.T.Z configuration serial port; refer to Fig 4-36: Fig 4-36 P.T.Z configuration-serial port Step2: tick off Enable, setup the value of address, baud rate and protocol according to the settings of the speed dome.
  • Page 30 Step2: in the Advance interface, click preset “Setting” button, a dialog box will pop-up as Fig 4-38: Fig 4-38 advance-preset setting a. in the preset set interface, click Setting button, a dialog will pop-up as Fig 3-39: Fig 3-39 preset set-setting b.
  • Page 31 a. click Add button to add cruise line in the list box (max 8 cruise line can be added); select a cruise line, click Setup button, a dialog box will pop-up as Fig 4-41: Fig 4-41 cruise set-modify cruise line b.
  • Page 32 Record search & playback and backup Search configuration includes three submenus: time search, event search and file manager. Time search Step1: enter into Search configuration time search; refer to Fig 5-1: Fig 5-1 Search configuration-time search Step2: select channel, screen display mode, the highlight date in the calendar means have record data Step3: select a date, press Search button, click the time grid to set the play start time or input play record time manually.
  • Page 33 File manager Step1: enter into Search configuration file manager; refer to Fig 5-3: Fig 5-3 Search configuration-file manager Step2: click Search button, the searched files will be displayed in the file list box, user can select date, channels accordingly. ① Lock: checked a file, click Lock button to lock this file, after that, that file will not be deleted or covered. ②...
  • Page 34 Fig 5-5 backup information Step4: in the backup information interface, user can check the relevant information of backup files, storage type, save file type, etc. click Apply button to starting backup. Note: when the monitor resolution is VGA800*600, the file manager interface will appear a hide button, click this button, the whole interface can be expanded.
  • Page 35 5.1.3 Log information In this interface, user can check relevant log information according to set date; refer to Fig 6-3: Fig 6-3 log information 5.1.4 Network information In this interface, user can check relevant parameters of network; refer to Fig 6-4: Fig 6-4 network information 5.1.5 Online information In this interface, user can check the details of the current connection of online users;...
  • Page 36 5.1.6 Disk manager Step1: enter into disk manager interface; refer to Fig 5-7: Fig 6-7 disk manager Note: please format the hard disk before record. If not being formatted, it will show the status of the disk-free space, and total space show OM at the bottom of screen. Step2: click Refresh button to refresh the disk information of the list box;...
  • Page 37 Remote Surveillance Accessing DVR If making remote view, the DVR must connect with LAN or internet. Then enable network server in the unit. Please refer to 4.6 Network Configuration. This unit supports IE browser, without any client software installed. It supports Win 7, XP and Vista. 6.1.1 On LAN Step1: Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway.
  • Page 38 2. Connect the DVR to internet directly. Step1: Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway gotten from your ISP. If using ADSL, please input user name and password, and click OK. The DVR will connect the server and show “connection succeeds”. Step2: The following steps are the same as STEP4-7 of the connection way above. The remote live preview interface as below: Fig 7-2 Remote live preview interface Symbol and function Definitions:...
  • Page 39 Description Buttons Drag the scroll bar to adjust the brightness of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the contrast of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the saturation of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the hue of channel Click this button to recover the default value of brightness, contrast, saturation and hue.
  • Page 40 Remote playback & backup 6.3.1 Remote playback Click button to enter into record playback interface, refer to Fig 7-5: Select the record date and channels; double-click the file name in the record file list box, user can play that file and preview the picture.
  • Page 41 Fig 7-7 Time search playback By Event Search: Step1: Enter into Search event search; refer to Fig 7-8: Fig 7-8 event search interface Step2: click the highlight date and select record channels and then tick off the event type: motion and sensor, click “search”...
  • Page 42 Fig 7-9 file management interface Lock: select certain file item in the file list box, click “Lock” button to lock this file that ca not be deleted or overlaid Unlock: select a locked file, click “unlock” button to unlock this file Delete: select an unlock file, click “delete”...
  • Page 43 Fig 7-11 remote menu setup The sub menu lists and the options in every item are similar with those on the DVR. Please refer to Chapter 3 Main Menu Setup Guide for more details. Click “Apply” button to save above settings; click “default” button will recover the original settings. Remote Management Remote Information Search The system will automatically record the working condition and operation process during the period of work.
  • Page 44 Mobile Surveillance This DVR supports mobile surveillance by Iphone, Gphone or smart phones with WinCE and symbian OS. At the same time, it supports 3G network. We tested Dopod D600 (WM5) and Dopod S1 (WM6), which work fine with the DVR. It wants to make mobile surveillance, need first enable network service on the DVR, and refer to Chapter 4.6 Network configuration.
  • Page 45 Step6:Camera 1 is the default channel after login. Change the channel in rolling-down menu of “Channel”: Notice: User name and password here are the same with that used on the DVR. The default is admin and 123456. By Phones with Symbian Please use the smart phones with symbian version supported by this unit.
  • Page 46 Step8:Input the server’s address, ID and password respectively. Then save. Notice: About Access point, there may be different access points in different countries or from service providers. Step9:Enter Live View, it will connect the server and display pictures. Notice: User name and password here are the same with that used on the DVR. The default is admin and 123456.
  • Page 47 Step 3: Click SuperCam, enter into “introduce” interface and click FREE”, it will change into “INSTALL” Step 4: Enter into iTunes Store password, click “OK”will display below interface Note: if it was the first time for user to operate please enter into user ID; if there is no Store account, user need to apply one.
  • Page 48 Step 7: Click Live View, the default Cam1 picture will be displayed. Click to capture picture. Step 8: On function interface, click Image View to view the captured picture. Click to switch to next or previous picture. Click to delete the current picture. Iphone help Pic1 Pic2...
  • Page 49: Appendix A Faq

    Pic 4 Pic 5 Item Buttons Explanations Item Buttons Explanations Item Buttons Explanations Previous Next Picture The first picture Picture The last Delete Search picture Pictures, search page as Pic 5 Appendix A Q1. Why the DVR cannot start after connected to the power? a.
  • Page 50 Q7. Cannot download ActiveX control. a. IE browser blocks activeX. Please do setup following below. ① Open IE browser. Click Tools-----Internet Options…. ② select Security------Custom Level….Refer to Fig 7-1 ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins” refer to Fig 7-2 ④...
  • Page 51 Q11: Why is the hard disk used in a DVR identified a new hard disk if directly used to another same type DVR? And why must we format it again? When DVR only uses one hard disk, the hard disk removed from one to another same type DVR can work normally without format.
  • Page 52 Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity Users can calculate the size of hard disk according to the saving time and DVR recording settings. The DVR uses fixed video bit rate. The below are the details at different settings. Video Frame Rate Bit Rate Used Resolution...
  • Page 53 Appendix C Compatible Devices Compatible Devices Compatible USB drive after test. Brand Capacity A-DATA 512MB, 1G, 2GB Transcend Kingston Toshiba SanDisk 2. Compatible external USB CD/DVD writers after test Brand Model Wyvo SAF-588S...
  • Page 54 3. Compatible HDD 4/8CH (Brand) (Quantity) (Model) 20EVDS, FW:63T3B0 2001FASS, FW:00U0B0 20EARS, FW:00S8B1 1.5T 15EARS, FW:00Z5B1 10EURS, FW:630AB1 Western 10EVDS, FW:63U8B0 Digital 500G 5000AVJS, FW:63YJA0 (WD) 500G 5000AVVS, FW:63M8B0 500G 5000AVDS, FW:63U7B0 500G 5000AAKS, FW:00V1A0 500G 5000BUDT, FW:63G8FY0 160G 1600AAJS, FW:00L7A0 ST31000528AS, FW:CC38 Seagate 500G...
  • Page 55 3. DDNS setup procedure (Take DynDNS as an example) *Take “DynDNS” as an example. 1. Visit DynDNS website, Click “Sign In” to login or create an account. If you already have an account, please jump to step 5. 2. If you choose to “create an account”, you will get into register procedure. You need to fill the following information to register.
  • Page 56 3. DynDNS website will send an e-mail to your e-mail address to verify the registration. 4. Click the URL Link in mailbox to activate your DDNS account. 5. Visit DynDNS website, Click “Sign In” to login. Fill the Username and Password then click “Log in”. 6.
  • Page 57 7. Choose a hostname and extension name of DynDNS service then click “Add To Cart”. For example: Hostname: dvr4093.dyndns.org Service Type: Host with IP address (Default) IP Address: 192.168.1.1 (Suggestion) Mail Routing: Do not need to check. (Suggestion) What do you want to use this host for? Work From Home Office or VPN: vpn (Suggestion) Hosting and Design For Web Sites and Blogs: web page (Suggestion) Remote Access For Devices: dvr (Suggestion)
  • Page 58 8. Shopping cart preview page for double-checking, click “Next” to continue. 9. Click “Activate Services” to Finish. 10. DDNS activated. You can also see some detail information below.
  • Page 59 11. Fill all setting on DVR then click “Test” to verify. Then click “Apply” to Finish DVR network setting. (Menu-> Network -> Other Settings) DDNS: Check DDNS Server: www.dyndns.org (select) User Name: dvruser (your account on DynDNS website, as step 2) Password: xxxxxx (your account password on DynDNS website, as step 2) Host Domain: dvr4093.dyndns.org (you create on DynDNS website, as step 7) Update Interval [M]: 12x60 (a time period to sync with DynDNS service)