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  • Page 1 960H Series DVRs User’s Manual Security Labs, Inc. Customer Support 800-774-0294 www.security-labs.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INDEX Chapter One – Product Introduction 1.1 Specifications 1.2 Rear Panel & Connections 1.3 IR Remote Control 1.4 Mouse functions Chapter Two – Initial Setup 2.1 Powering On / Control Menu Bar 2.2 Selecting monitor to display menus 2.3 Setup Wizard Chapter Three –...
  • Page 3  Please keep dust near the unit to a minimum.  Proper grounding shall be maintained for safe electrical operation. © Copyright Security Labs, Inc. , 2014. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Chapter One Product Introduction

    Chapter ONE Product Introduction 1.1 Specifications Features Description Operating system Embedded LINUX OS Video compression H.264 Video inputs BNC Video (1.0Vp-p,75 Ohm) Video output 1 BNC (1.0Vp-p,75 Ohm), 1 VGA, 1 HDMI Audio 4 RCA In, 1 RCA Out Pentaplex operation Live view, record, network, backup, and mobile phone surveillance.

  • Page 5: Rear Panel & Connections

    1.2 Rear panel & Connections Before powering up your new DVR, please connect cameras to the BNC inputs (2), LAN cable from the Network port (7) to your router (or switch), mouse to a USB port (8) on the back panel (TIP: Leave the USB port empty on the front panel for easier backup drive access), and the VGA (6) or HDMI (7) port to a high definition monitor, or the V-OUT jack (4) to a standard monitor with a video input.

  • Page 6: Ir Remote Control

    1.3 IR Remote control...

  • Page 7: Mouse Functions

    1.4 Mouse Functions To select a menu item Drop a list from a combo box Move a PTZ camera to a selected area Click on a camera in multi-view to make it full screen view To select a character or numeral from an input screen Left button click Displays the shortcut list menu Right button click...

  • Page 8: Chapter Two - Initial Setup

    Chapter Two – Initial Setup 2.1 Powering On / Control menu Bar Facing the front of your unit, the main power toggle switch can be easily located by hand in the top left corner of the back panel. Turn on the power switch and allow approximately 45 seconds for the unit to boot up and do a quick check of the hard drive.

  • Page 9: Setup Wizard

    English is the default. Click <Apply> <Next>. TIP: Setting the correct time on your Security Labs DVR is very important. This is the time setting that will be applied to your recorded video, and make your event searches accurate. Set time screen...
  • Page 10 One remote control is included with the DVR. Leave the Remote Control setting at “0” and the Device Name blank. Use the drop list on “Date Mode” to select the date format you prefer. MM/DD/YY is the most popular. Time mode can be set to a typical 12 hour AM/PM format or 24 hour military style.
  • Page 11 Tip: Select “All” from the Channel droplist for your initial setup. Recording Setup Screen The record setup screen allows you to customize the settings for each camera. The defaults shown will work fine for most situations. If maximizing the period of time covered on the hard drive before overwrite occurs is important, use lower quality, lower frame rates, and CIF (Encoding) for non-critical cameras.
  • Page 12 Channel Overlay Screen Again, the defaults shown on this screen will work fine in most situations. The name for each channel is the channel number, and it is displayed in the lower left corner during live video view. The time and date will be displayed in the upper right corner. To change the name of a channel, click on the Channel Name box and follow the prompts.
  • Page 13 <Next> Network Setup Screen Please be sure the LAN cable included with your Security Labs DVR is connected from the DVR to your router or network switch. Using your mouse, check DHCP, click <APPLY>, uncheck DHCP, then click <Apply> again.
  • Page 14 The settings shown on the menu above are the most commonly used, and will operate Security Labs PTZ cameras out of the box. Further details of the available drop list options are shown in the Main Menu description...
  • Page 15 Video Setup Screen The video setup screen allows you to mask an area of any channel from being viewed, and set the notifications that will happen should the video from a camera be lost. Select a channel and click on <Setup> to mask an area from being seen or recorded. Left click and drag the mouse to create a green rectangle over the area, then click <Save &...
  • Page 16 Motion Detection Screen TIP: Always have “Automatic” selected in the Record Control menu for any channel that will use Motion Detection. Video motion detection is an extremely useful feature. Select a channel from the drop list and click <Setup>. Left click and drag the mouse through the picture changing the squares to green (active).
  • Page 17 User Management Screen The default user for the DVR is “admin” with no (blank) password. Click on <Admin> then <Edit Password> if you wish to password protect the operation of your DVR. Up to eight users can be assigned to the unit, each with their own set of privileges and private passwords. User names and passwords can be up to eight characters, including letters, numbers, and symbols.
  • Page 18 Enter a name, password (twice), then click<Add>. Click on the new name in the User’s list, and check the privileges you wish them to have. Five categories can be selected from the drop list. Click <Save> when you are finished. <Apply><Next> Alarm Setup Screen NOTE: Alarm inputs for connecting the DVR to external triggering devices are optional on some models.
  • Page 19 Output Schedule Screen Left click and drag the mouse to select hours of operation (green segments). Right click and drag the mouse to deselect (white segments). <Next><Apply>. TIP: Any feature or option selected during the Wizard setup process can be changed by accessing the Main Menu Final Screen Manual recording will begin on all active channels when you click <Finish>.

  • Page 20: Chapter Three - Operation

    Chapter Three – Operation 3.1 Live View At power up your DVR will automatically go to the live, Multi Channel view mode. To switch to a single camera, select the Multi Channel icon on the control bar. The channel view control will then be displayed. Select the single view box on the top left, and click on the desired channel number to view, or scroll through the live cameras with the forward or reverse arrows.

  • Page 21: Recording

    3.2 Recording Click on the Recording Control icon located on the control bar to display the recording control. The recording control (shown below) allows all cameras to be set at once by clicking “All”, or each channel can be selected individually. Automatically = Quickly enables or disables the standby mode for Timer, Video Motion, and Alarm recordings.
  • Page 22 2) Select the date you wish to review (the current date is the default). Dates highlighted with blue contain recordings that can be viewed. Click on a highlighted date, or use the navigation arrows to select another month or year.

  • Page 23: Advanced Playback Options

    3) Select the playback time. 3.4 Advanced Playback Options 1. Synchronous / Asynchronous Playback Synchronous mode plays all selected channels (checked on the left side of the playback control) together in real time. Left click on the top of a column of the playback control screen to select all channels in that time period (right click to deselect) and click <PLAY>.

  • Page 24: Backup Operation

    2. Starts playback after selecting time periods to view. 3. Stop button 4. Slow motion speeds of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/30. 5. Real time playback 6. Fast forward speeds of 2X, 4X, and 8X. 7. Playback time slide control. Allows you to drag the time indicator across the bottom of the screen to quickly pinpoint the time period you wish to view.
  • Page 25 【Zoom】Controls the optical Zoom IN (+) and Zoom Out (-) of the camera. 【Focus】Manual control of the camera’s focus adjustment if needed. Typically better to set the camera for auto-focusing after operating the zoom control. 【Iris】Aperture size adjustment. Again, in most cases it’s better to use the auto-shutter of the camera.

  • Page 26: Alarm Control

    Programming a tour To setup an automatic tour with your PTZ camera, select the Set tab, enter the number 1 in the Set box (for your first tour), and click <Start Tour>. Enter a preset position number in the Preset box and click <Add Preset>. Enter the next preset number and click <Add Preset>. After entering your final preset number, click on <Stop Tour>...

  • Page 27: Display & Camera Adjustments

    inputs and output for an alarm condition. 【Set Alarm】Sets the channel in a “standby mode” that will activate a recording when an alarm trigger is detected. 【Clear Alarm】Deactivates the “standby mode”. 【Alarm Output】Select the channel(s) you want to activate the alarm output relay contact. 【All】Allows you to quickly select all channels in the corresponding row.

  • Page 28: Chapter Four - Main Menu-Making Changes

    (2)Setup You can simultaneously use a standard monitor connected to the Video Out jack, and a higher resolution monitor connected to the VGA or the HDMI output. One output will only show the video from your cameras, and can be connected to a public view monitor. The other output will serve as the main control monitor feed and show the video from your cameras, plus the cursor movement of the mouse and all menus that you access.
  • Page 29 【Channel】Select “All” to adjust all channels at the same time, or use the drop list to select a particular channel. TIP: Most installations have similar settings for all cameras. Use the “All” selection first, set your parameters, SAVE your settings, then go back and edit individual camera channels to customize the system to your needs.

  • Page 30: Channel Overlay

    4.1.2 Channel Overlay – On Screen Display 【Channel】Select a channel to edit the name, or position of the name / time on a recording. 【Channel Name】Click on the Channel Name box and use the pop-up keyboard to enter a name (up to eight characters) for the channel. Click <Save>. 【Channel Display / Time Display】Use the drop lists to change the position of a channel’s name or time on a recording.

  • Page 31: Camera Tab

    There is no industry standard for the default settings used by a PTZ camera. The settings shown above are the most popular and are the default settings for a Security Labs PTZ camera. The task here is to match the settings in the DVR to the settings used by your PTZ camera.

  • Page 32: Video Setup

    4.2.2 Video Setup 【Video Mode】NTSC mode is the default setting for North America and this unit. 【Channel】Select a channel to modify the settings below. 【Reserved Section】Click on the Setup button, left-click and drag your mouse over any area that you want to hide from a camera’s view. Remember to SAVE your changes using the icon on the top right corner of the screen.

  • Page 33: Sequential Camera Display

    【Channel】Select a channel to add or modify video motion detection settings. 【Sensitivity Setting】Choose from five selections. TIP: Cameras mounted outdoors can be false triggered by changes in daylight from fast moving clouds, large insects crawling on a camera’s lens, or by car headlights at night. Consider these factors when placing your cameras;...

  • Page 34: Network Tab

    DVR HTTP port. This allows the router to automatically send requests to your DVR when you connect remotely. For more information on port forwarding, go to portforward.com or call Security Labs customer service to help you configure your system. 【UPnP】”Universal Plug and Play” When checked, the DVR will send discovery information to the network.

  • Page 35: Pppoe & 3G (Dial Up) Setup

    The WAN is also often called the ‘Internet’. Each device (computers, cell phones, etc) on your LAN has a unique IP address. 【Subnet Mask】 Server subnet mask. All devices on your LAN need to have the same subnet mask in order to communicate with each other. 【Default Gateway】...

  • Page 36: Ddns

    You will need to provide the APN “Access Point Name”, the connection number, the account, and password. These items are avaialble from your 3G card service provider. 4.3.3 DDNS Setup 【DDNS Service】 ”Dynamic Domain Name System” Is helpful if your IP address is dynamic and not static.

  • Page 37: E-Mail

    4.3.4 E-mail 【SSL Protocol】”Secure Socket Layer” Check this box only if your email server requires it to connect. 【Email Address】The recipient's email address. There are two boxes for two recipients. 【Send Email】The sender’s email address . 【SMTP Server】”Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” server. The server, designated by your service provider, is used to send mail.

  • Page 38: Access Control

    4.3.5 Access Control 4.3.5 Access Control Determines which computers have access to your DVR. 【List Rule】Default is “not used”. With the table, you can refuse or grant access to your DVR based on the computer’s IP address. 【Starting IP】Display starting IP address of a group of addresses you are selecting. 【Ending IP】Display ending IP address of a group of addresses you are selecting.

  • Page 39: Hard Drive Management

    【Remote Control – Device Name】If only using 1 or no remote controls leave the Remote Control setting at “0”, and the Device Name blank. 【Date Mode】Select the date format you prefer to use. 【Time Mode】Choose from 12 hour (AM-PM), or 24 hour time format 【System Date / Time】Click on these items to manually enter the date and time.

  • Page 40: User Management

    quality of any camera to gain more available hours on your hard drive. 【Formatting】Click this button during record mode to show the current bit rate and recording time for one cycle (loop) of the hard drive. If you would like to format the hard drive (erase all data) stop all recording and highlight the drive in the list by clicking on its name.

  • Page 41: Alarm Setup

    【Alarm Input】Similar to other setup menus, select a channel to modify (or All). 【Input Type】All alarm trigger switches or devices are categorized as: Normally Open (NO) = A switch, sensor, or other circuit that triggers an alarm when it is closed (contacts touching).

  • Page 42: Output Schedule

    4.4.5 Output Schedule Left click and drag your mouse to quickly select the time periods of the day when you want the internal buzzer, e-mail, and alarm output functions to operate. <Save> when finished making your selections.

  • Page 43: System Management Tab

    4.5 System Management 4.5.1 System Upgrade Rarely is a software upgrade needed for your unit. Should you experience any unusual symptoms with your unit, please contact Security Labs customer service at 1-800-774-0284 for help. 4.5.2 Log Search A text database log is kept for Control, Setup, Alarms, and Operational Errors. The date search...

  • Page 44: Online Users

    4.5.3 Online Users Click <Online Users> to show a list of user names and their IP addresses that are currently connected to the DVR via a LAN or WAN (internet) connection. The Administrator also has the option to disconnect a current user. 4.5.4 Exception Handling (Buzzer Warning) Exception handling is a feature that enables you to set the internal warning buzzer to activate in the event of a problem with the hard drive, other hardware (circuit), or a network failure.

  • Page 45: Default

    4.5.5 Default This DVR series has the unique ability to return groups of settings back to the factory default (versus the entire unit). Select the group (or All) that you wish to return the factory default, click <Restore Settings>. Click <OK> and <Exit>. Note Language, time date format, video format, IP address, and user accounts will not be restored.

  • Page 46: Chapter Five-Web Browser Connections

    Chapter FIVE: Web Browser Connections 5.1 Connecting to the DVR The web browser viewing utility supports multiple browsers. Using Internet Explorer (IE), Google Chrome, or Firefox, enter the IP address of your DVR into the address bar of the browser (near the top of the window). When IE connects to your DVR, you will be prompted to download or run ‘NetDVR3 ActiveX Control Module’.
  • Page 47 By clicking on the ‘Net Search’ tab, you can have the program automatically search for your DVR on the local network. You can also enter the IP address manually into the ‘IP address’ box. The default port (unless it has been changed on the DVR) is 7777. The default User Name is: admin.

  • Page 48: System Settings

    5.2 System Settings Click the ‘Setup’ button on the right panel to enter the configuration screen. Tabs are provided for each of the different sections. When choosing enable boxes, a left click on the box will enable (green) and a right click will disable (white). To set a folder to keep recordings from the DVR on your computer hard drive, click the box with three dots on it to the right of the directory path (under Record Setting).
  • Page 49 If you have a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera connected to your DVR, you can set the PTZ protocol under the ‘PTZ Setting’ tab. Refer to the PTZ camera manual for the correct protocol and programming for each box. The PTZ camera can be controlled from the view screen.

  • Page 50: Status Control

    The ‘Alarm Setting” tab allows you to determine which channels (cameras) will enable the DVR to go into record when an alarm input on the back of the DVR is active. An alarm input is different than the motion detection input. An alarm input could be a PIR motion detector, door switch, or other device.

  • Page 52: Viewing The Dvr With Pc Software

    6.0 Viewing the DVR with PC Software (without a web browser) Included on the CD that came with your DVR is a ‘stand alone’ PC program that can connect to your DVR. This program is identical to the web browser viewing program described in the previous chapter (5.0).
  • Page 53 Open the CD on your computer and open the folder named “Mobile Client”. In this folder are the mobile viewing programs for Android, BlackBerry, and Symbian. iPhone Instructions: Click on App Store icon on your iPhone or iPad. Seach for ASee+, download, and follow the instructions provided with the app to connect remotely to your DVR.
  • Page 54 Symbian Instructions: Search ASee+ on the Marketplace and install the free download. This will install the most current version of the app on your smart device. You may also install the program offline by copying the ‘Asee.sisx’ file in the Symbian folder to your phone via the phone cable. After installing the program, follow the online help to connect to your DVR.

  • Page 55: Customer Service

    Security Labs, Inc. Limited Product Warranty DVR: ONE YEAR PARTS AND LABOR – HARD DRIVE: MAY VARY WITH MODEL. Should this product proves to be defective in material or workmanship under normal usage, we will provide without charge to the consumer, parts and/or labor necessary to remedy the defect for the period of ONE YEAR from the date of purchase.

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