H.264 series DVR User’s installation and operation Manual Edition R1.0 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree.
Directory 1 Production Introduction ..........................5 1.1 Product overview .........................5 1.2 Main functions..........................5 2 Open-package check and cable connections..................7 2.1 Open-package check ........................7 2.2 Hard disk installation........................7 2.3 Front panel...........................8 2.4 Rear panel ...........................8 2.5 Audio and video input and output connections................9 2.5.1 Video input connections.....................9 2.5.2 Video output connections and options ................9 2.5.3 Audio signal input......................10...
1 Production Introduction 1.1 Product overview The series DVR is designed specially for security and defence field which is an outstanding digital surveillance product. It introduces embedded LINUX operating system which is more stable. It introduces standard H.264mp video compressed format and G.711A audio compressed format which insures the high quality image, low error coding ratio and single frame playing.
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Playback individual real-time video recording as well as searching, playback, network surveillance, recording check, downloading and so on multi-playback mode zoom at arbitrary region Net operating through net tele-surveillance in the real time tele-PTZ control tele-recording check and real-time playback Alarm linkage multi-route relay alarm output which is convenient for the alarm linkage and light control at the spot protecting circuits at the alarm input and output interface which protects the main machine from damage...
2 Open-package check and cable connections 2.1 Open-package check When you receive the DVR, please check first . First, please check whether there is any visible damage to the package appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then, please open the box and get rid off the plastic protective materials.
fix the screw of hard disk connect the data wire connect the power wire cover the machine fix the cover 2.3 Front panel (1) Power indicator light (2) Shift indicator light (3) System status (4)Alarm indicator light (5) Record indicator light (6) Outside operation indicator light (7) Network indicator light (8) HDD indicator light (9) Function switch...
2.5 Audio and video input and output connections 2.5.1 Video input connections The video input port is BNC connector plug. The demand of input signal is PAL/NTSC BNC(1.0V ,75Ω). The video signal must be accorded with the state standard which has the high signal to noise ratio, low aberration and low interference.
TV is not a credible replacement as a video output. It demands reducing the use time and control the power supply and the interference introduced by the nearby equipments strictly. The creepage of low quality TV can lead to the damage of other equipments. 2.5.3 Audio signal input Audio port is BNC connection.
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loop it must prevent the big current from relay damage. Use the contact isolator when there is a high-power load 3、PTZ decoder connections ( Option ) The grounding of the PTZ decoder and DVR must be shared otherwise the common-mode voltage will lead to the PTZ control failure.
RS232 port T、R 485communication interface which is connected with the A、B recording control equipments such as the decoder 2.6.1 Alarm input port specification 1 channels alarm input. Alarm input type unlimited. The grounding and the com port of the alarm sensor are parallel (The alarm sensor is external power supply) .
longevity mechanical 50×106 MIN(3Hz) electric 200×103 MIN (0.5Hz) Environment -40~+70 2.7 Speed dome connections ( Option ) 1、Connect the 485 lines of the speed dome with the DVR 485 interface. 2、Connect the video line with the DVR video input. 3、Electrify the speed dome. Page 13...
3 Basic operation Note: The button in gray display indicates nonsupport. 3.1 Turn on Plug the power supply and turn on the power supply switch. Power supply indicator light shining indicates turning on the video recorder. After the startup you will hear a beep. The default setting of video output is multiple-window output mode.
3.3 System Login When the DVR boots up, the user must login and the system provides the corresponding functions with the user purview. There are three user settings. The names are admin, guest and default and these names have no password. Admin is the super user purview; guest and default’s permissions are preview and video playback.
3.5 Desktop shortcut menu In preview mode you can right click mouse to get a desktop shortcut menu. The menu includes: main menu,record mode,playback,PTZ control,High Speed PTZ,Alarm Output,color Setting,Output adjust,Logout,view1/4/8/9/16 screens. Picture 3.2 Shortcut Menu 3.5.1 Main menu When you login, the system main menu is shown as below. Picture3.3 Main Menu Page 16...
3.5.2 Playback There are two methods for you to play the video files in the hard disk. 1、 In the desktop shortcut menu. 2、 Main menu>Record->Playback Note: The hard disk that saves the video files must be set as read-write or read-only state.(4.5.1) Picture 3.4 video playback 1.
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Picture 3.5 detect the storage Detect: Detect the storage connected with the DVR such as hard disk or universal disk. Erasure: Choose the file to delete and click erasure to delete the file. Stop: Stop the backup. Backup: Click backup button and the dialog box is popped up. You can choose the backup file according to the type, channel and time.
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Cancel:During backup you can exit the page layout to carry out other functions. 【File searching】Search the file according to the searching parameter. Picture 3.7 file searching File type: Set the searching file type. Channel: Set the searching channel. Start Time: Set the searching time scan. 【Playback control】Refer to the following sheet for more information.
Local zoom:When the system is in single-window full-screen playback mode, you can drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click mouse to realize local zoom. You can right click mouse to exit. 3.5.3 Record Mode Please check current channel status: “○”...
Picture 3.9 alarm output 【Configuration】Alarm is on according to the configuration. 【Manual】Click the all button and the according channel is alarming no matter the channel in any state. 【Stop】 Click the stop button and the according channel stops alarming no matter the channel in any state.
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【Zoom】Click button to adjust the zoom multiple of the camera. 【Focus】Click button to adjust the focus of the camera . 【Iris】Click button to adjust the iris of the camera. 【Direction control】Control the PTZ rotation. 8 directions control is supportive.(4 directions in Front panel is supportive ) 【High speed PTZ】Full-screen show channel image.
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Preset point input blank Preset button Picture 3.11 Preset Settings 2)Preset Point Calls In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, enter PTZ control interface as shown in Picture 3.12. In the input blank, write the preset points, then click Preset button, PTZ turn to the corresponding preset point.
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then click Add Preset Points button, complete setting (also can add and delete cruise line which has been set up) Step 3: repeat step1 and step2 , until set out all the preset designated cruise lines。 Remove Preset:Please input preset value in the blank, click Remove Preset button, then remove the preset points.
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Step4:Click End button to complete setup。Click the right button of the mouse to exit. Scan value blank Scan Button Picture 3.14 Scan Setup 2)Scan Calls In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, then enter PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3.12. Please input the number of scan in the value blank , then click Scan button,PTZ begins to work on the scan line .
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Line scan button border Picture 3.15 Boundary Scan Setup 2)Boundary Scan Calls In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, then enter PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3.12. Please input the number of scan in the value blank , then click Scan button,PTZ begins to work on the scan line .
Picture 3.16 Auxiliary Function Control 【Intuitive Auxiliary Operation】 choose auxiliary equipment, select Open or Close button, switch control; 【 Auxiliary Number 】 The operation of corresponding auxiliary switch according to PTZ agreement; 【Page Shift】 In Picture 3.16, click Page Shift button enter the Picture 3.17 PTZ Main Menu , the menu itself can be control by the menu control buttons 3.5.6 Color setting Set the selective image parameters (current channel for single window display and cursor place for...
3.5.7 Output Adjust Adjust TV output area parameters. You can use the desktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu]> [management tools]> [Output adjust]. Picture 3.19 Output Adjust 3.5.8 Logout Logout, shut down the system or reboot up. You can use the desktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu].
4 Main menu 4.1 Main menu navigation Main menu Sub menu Function Config Set the recording configuration, recording type, recording time section Record playback Set recording look-up, recording play, video file storage backup Detect or format backup equipment, back the selective files Motion Set motion detect alarm channel, sensitivity, area, linkage parameters: detection...
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Set channel, PTZ protocol, address, baud rate, date bit, stop bit, check configuration Serial port Configuration Set serial port function, baud rate, date bit, stop bit, check (RS232) Tour Set patrol mode and interval time Hard disk Set appointed hard disk as read-write disc, read-only disc or redundant management disc, clear data, resume date and so on User...
4.2 Record 4.2.1 Record Config Set the recording parameters in the surveillance channel. The system is set 24 hours consecutive recording in the first startup. You can enter [main menu]> [recording function]> [recording setup] to set. Note:There is at least one read-write hard disk.(refer to chapter 4.5.1) Picture 4.1 Record Config 【Channel】Choose the corresponding channel number to set the channel.
any state. Stop:Click the stop button and the according channel stops recording no matter the channel in any state. 【Period】Set the time section of common recording, The recording will start only in the set range. 【Record type】Set recording type: regular, detection or alarm. Regular:Perform the regular recording in the set time section.
【Channel】Select the related channel to set,click "all" to set all channels. 【Presnap】Setup presnap picture quantity before recording,default is 5 pieces. 【Record】Set record status,"Schedule","Manual" and "Stop" Schedule:Realise snapshot according to record type(regular,detect and alarm) and period. Manual:No matter what the present channel is in a state,once choose "manual" button,it will have snapshot at related channels.
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Picture 4.3 Backup 【Detect】Detect the storage connected with the DVR such as hard disk or universal disk. 【Erase】Choose the file to delete and click erasure to delete the file. 【Stop】Stop the backup. 【Backup】Click backup button and the dialog box is popped up. You can choose the backup file according to the type, channel and time.
Start/pause:Click the play button to start the backup and click the pause button to stop the backup. Cancel:During backup you can exit the page layout to carry out other functions. 4.3 Alarm Function Alarm functions include: motion detection video blind, video loss, alarm input and alarm output. 4.3.1 Motion Detect When system detects the motion signal that reaches the set sensitivity, the motion detect alarm is on and the linkage function is turned on.
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Picture 4.5 Region 【Period】Trigger the motion detect signal in the set time section. You can set according to week or set uniformly. Each day is divided into four time sections.■ means the set valid. Picture 4.6 set the time section 【Interval】Only one alarm signal is turned on even there are several motion detect signals in the set interval.
signal when the alarm is turned on. Note:Set in the [recording setup] and perform the linkage recording. Start detecting video files in the corresponding time section. 【Tour】■ means that the selective channel is single window alternate patrol preview. The interval is set in the [MainMenu]>[System] >...
Picture 4.9 Video Blind Set method: refer to chapter 4.3.1. Motion detect Note:"Advanced" button is the same as rightclick. 4.3.3 Video Loss When the equipment can not obtain the channel video signal, the video loss alarm is turned on and the linkage function is turned on.
4.3.4 Alarm input When the equipment obtains the external alarm signal, the alarm function is turned on. Picture 4.11 Alarm input Set method: refer to chapter 4.3.1. Motion detect Note:"Advanced" button is the same as rightclick. 4.3.5 Alarm output Refer to chapter 3.5.4. 4.3.6 Abnormal Analysing and inspecting current software and hardware of the device: When some abnormal events happen,the device will make a relative answer such as show message and buzzer.
Picture 4.12 Abnormal 【Event Type】 selecting abnormity you want to inspect 【Enable】 Select it to make sure abnormal function workable 【Show message】 Automatically alarm cue dialog box come out of the main screen 【Buzzer】 Device will have two long nosie “di di” while alarm is happening 4.4 System setup Set the system parameters such as General,Encode,NetWork,NetService,GUI display,PTZ config, RS232 and Tour setup.
4.4.1 General Picture 4.13 General setup 【System time】Set the system data and time. 【Date format】Choose the data format: YMD, MDY, DMY. 【Date Separator】Choose list separator of the data format. 【Time Format】Choose time format: 24-hour or 12-hour. 【Language】English,French,Portugueses,Russian,Italian,S-Chinese, T-Chinese,Spanish,Thai,Greek,Japanese,German,Polish. 【HDD full】Choose stop record: Stop recording when the hard disk is full. Choose overwrite: Cover the earliest recording files and continue recording when the hard disk is full.
Picture 4.14 DST (week) Picture 4.15 DST (date) 4.4.2 Encode setup Set the video/audio code parameter: video file, remote monitoring and so on. Set every independent channel’s coding parameter in the left part, and set the combine encode parameter in the right part. Note: Combine encode introduces video compression technique which combines and compresses multi-channel’s video to a special channel.
【Channel】Choose the channel number. 【Compression】Standard H.264 main profile. 【Resolution】Resolution type:D1/ HD1/CIF / QCIF. 【Frame Rate】P:1 frame/s~25 frame/s; N: 1 frame/s~30 frame/s 【Bit Rate Type】You can choose limited code stream or variable code stream. When you choose the variable code stream there are six image quality options. 【Bit Rate】Set the code stream value to modify the image quality.
4.4.3 Network setup Picture4.17 Network 【Net Card】You can choose cable network card or wireless network card. 【DHCP Enable】Obtain IP address automatically(not suggested) Note:DHCP server is preinstalled. 【IP address】Set the IP address. Default: 192.168.1.10. 【Subnet mask】Set the subnet mask code. Default: 255.255.255.0. 【Gateway】Set the default gateway.
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valid only when the assistant code stream is turned on. Otherwise image quality precedence is valid. 4.4.4 NetService Choose the network service option and click the set button to configure the advanced network functions or double click the service button to configure the parameters. Picture 4.18 NetService 【PPPoE setup】...
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【NTP setup】 Picture 4.20 NTP The NTP server must be installed in the PC. Host computer IP:Input the IP address installed NTP server. Port:Default: 123. You can set the port according to NTP server. Time zone:London GMT+0 Berlin GMT +1 Cairo GMT +2 Moscow GMT +3 New Delhi GMT Bangkok GMT +7 Hongkong Beijing GMT +8 Tokyo GMT +9...
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Picture 4.21 EMAIL SMTP server:Email server address. It could be an IP address or domain name. Domain name can be translated only it is the correct DNS configuration. Port:Email server port number. SSL:Decide whether using Secure Socket Layer protocol to login. User Name:Apply the email server user name.
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Picture 4.22 IP IP FILTER 【DDNS】 It is the abbreviation of dynamic domain name server. Local domain name:Provide the domain name registered by DDNS. User name:Provide the account registered by DDNS. Password:Provide the password registered by DDNS. When the DDNS is successfully configured and start, you can connect the domain name in the IE address column to visit.
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Picture 4.24 FTP setup 【Enable】Click Enable,then all settings will be available 【Server IP】 IP address for FTP server 【Port】 Domain Port of FTP,default 21 【User Name】User name of FTP 【Password】Password of user 【Max File Length】Max length for upload files at every packed,default 128M 【DirName】Directory of uploading files 【Wireless Config】ADSL through 3G net card,use CMS to visit and config the device Page 49...
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Picture 4.25 Wireless Config 【Enable】Choose Enable to make all settings available 【Type】Dial type,default AUTO 【Wireless AP】3G access point 【Dial Number】3G Dial Number 【User Name】User name of 3G 【Password】Password of dial user 【IP Address】IP address,got from dial 【Mobile Monitor Setup】 To visit the device by mobile,pls make a router mapping of this port and use CMS to monitor and operate it by protocol.
【Enable】 Select it to make sure abnormal function workable 【Port】 It’s a port of mobile monitoring which you need to make a router mapping of if want to visit it by mobile 【UPNP】UPNP protocol can auto port forwarding on router,make sure UPNP is running on router before use it.
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Code output:In the network surveillance and video file mode include: channel title, time display, channel title, record status, alarm status,bitrate info, transparency and region cover. Picture 4.28 GUI Display 【Channel Title】Click the channel name modify button and enter the channel name menu. Modify the channel name.
【Region Cover】means the selective state. Click the cover area button and enter the corresponding channel window. You can cover the arbitrary using mouse. (Black region is for output) 【Time display】and 【Channel Title】 4.4.6 PTZ setup Picture 4.29 PTZ setup 【Channel】Choose the dome camera input channel. 【Protocol】Choose the corresponding dome protocol.
Picture 4.30 RS232 setup 【Serial Port Function】Common serial port is used to debug and update program or set up specific serial port. 【Baud rate】Choose the corresponding baud rate length. 【Data bits】Include 5-8 options. 【Stop bits】Include 2 options. 【Parity】Include odd, even, mark, space. 4.4.8 Tour setup Set the patrol display.
Picture 4.31 tour setup 【interval】Set the patrol switch interval. The set range is 5-120 seconds. Note: means turn off/on the patrol. 4.5 Advanced 4.5.1 HDD Manage Configure and manage the hard disk. The menu displays current hard disk information: hard disk number, input port, type, status and overall capability.
Picture4.32 HDD Manage 4.5.2 Account Manage the user purview. Note:1. The character length is 8 bytes at most for the following user and user team name. The blank ahead or behind the character string is invalid.The middle blank in the character string is valid. Legal characters include: letter, number, underline, subtraction sign, dot.
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Picture 4.33 Account 【Modify User】Modify the existed user attribute. 【Modify Group】Modify the existed team attribute. 【Modify Password】Modify the user password. You can set 1-6 bit password. The blank ahead or behind the char string is invalid. The middle blank in the char string is valid. Note:The user who possess the user control purview can modify his/her own or other users password Picture 4.34 Modify Password...
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means that the account can be used by multiple users at the same time. Once choose the team the user purview is the subclass of the team. We recommend that the common user’s purview is lower than the advanced user. Picture 4.35 add user 【Add Group】Add a user team and set the purview.
【Delete User】Delete the current user. Choose the user and click delete user button. 【Delete Group】Delete the current group. Choose the group and click delete group button. Picture 4.37 Delete Group 4.5.3 Online User Look up the network user information in the local DVR. You can choose the network user and cut the connection.
4.5.5 Auto Maintain The user can set the auto reboot time and auto file deleting time limit. Picture 4.39 Auto maintain 4.5.6 Restore The system restore to the default setup. You can choose the items according to the menu. Picture 4.40 Restore Page 60...
4.5.7 Upgrade Upgrade Picture 4.41 【 Upgrade】choose USB interface. 【Upgrade file】choose the file which needs upgraded. 4.5.8 Device Info Provide device interface info like audio in,alarm in/out to be conveniently used for user. Picture 4.42 Device Info. 4.6 Info 4.6.1 HDD info Display the hard disk state: hard disk type, overall capability, residual capability, the recording time and so on.
Picture 4.43 HDD Info Clue:○ means that the hard disk is normal. X means that the hard disk is broken-down.- means that there is no hard disk. If the user need to change the damaged hard disk, you must shut down the DVR and take up all the damaged hard disks,then install a new one.
Picture 4.44 BPS 4.6.3 LOG Look up system log according to the set mode. Log information include: system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm affair, recording operation, user management, file management and so on. Set the time section to look up and click the look up button.
4.6.4 Version Display the basic information such as hardware information, software edition, issue data and so on. Picture 4.46 Version 4.7 Shut down system Refer to chapter 3.5.8. Page 64...
5 FAQ and maintenance 5.1 FAQ If the problems are not listed, please contact the local service or call the HQ service. We are willing to offer the service. 1、 The DVR can not boot up normally. Possible reasons are as followed: The power supply is not correct.
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4、 There are no video outputs in single channel, multiple channels and all channels. Possible reasons are as followed: The program is not matched. Please update the program. The image brightness is all 0. Please restore the default setup. There is no video input signal or the signal is too weak. The channel protection or the screen protection is set.
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Possible reasons are as followed: It is not an active tone arm. It is not an active sound box. The audio lines are damaged. The hardware of the DVR is damaged. 9、 There is audio signal in the surveillance window but no audio signal in the playback state. Possible reasons are as followed: Setting issues: the audio option is not chosen.
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The motion detect area set is not correct. The sensitivity is too low. Limited by some hardware edition. 13、 I can not login via web or CMS. Possible reasons are as followed: The system is windows 98 or win me. We recommend updating to windows 2000sp4 or higher Version or installing the software for low edition.
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The rewritable machine and the hard disk are shared the same data lines. The data is too much. Please stop recording and backup. The data exceeds the backup storage. The backup equipment is not compatible. The backup equipment is damaged. 17、...
21、 The storage time is not enough. Possible reasons are as followed: Front vidicon quality is bad. The lens is too dirty. The vidicon is in backlighting installation. The hard disk capability is not enough. The hard disk is damaged. 22、...
Appendix 1.Remote controller operation (6) (1) (5) (7) (4) (3) (2) Serial Name Function number Multi-window Same function as Multi-window button in the front button panel Numeric button Code input/number input/channel switch 【Esc】 Same function as【Esc】button in the front panel Direction button Same function as direction button in the front panel Record control...
Appendix 2.Mouse operation *Take right hand as an example The mouse in USB connection is supported. Operation Function Double click one item in the file list to playback the video Double click the playback video to zoom in or out the Double left click screen Double click the channel to make it full screen display...
Appendix 3.Hard disk capability calculation Make sure the hard disk installed to the DVR for the first time. Pay attention to the IDE hard disk lines connection. 1、 Hard disk capability There is no limit for recording machine. We recommend 120G~250G size to keep better stability.
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