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User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 14. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel under the following conditions: A.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Feature Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: NOTE: Your DVR can record both analog CCTV video input and network video input. For a list of supported network devices (network cameras and network video transmitters), contact your installer or distributer.
User’s Manual Your DVR supports disk mirroring functions to prevent any unexpected loss of recorded video data that might be caused by disk damage or corruption. Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video. Your DVR can be used to monitor video from network video transmitters and/or network cameras, record monitored video and play back recorded video.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws for Adding Hard Disk Drives ...
User’s Manual Video Loop Through If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video.
Digital Video Recorder eSATA Port An eSATA port is provided to connect external storage devices for recording or archiving video. Connect the external eSATA hard disk drive (RAID) cable to the eSATA port. CAUTION: Do NOT connect or disconnect eSATA devices while the DVR power is on. The DVR must be powered down to connect or disconnect eSATA devices.
User’s Manual NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. The DVR does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with an amplifier. The DVR does not have a pre-amplifier for audio input, so the audio input should be from an amplified source, not directly from a microphone.
Digital Video Recorder Power Cord Connector Connect the AC power cord to the DVR and then to a wall outlet. WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 : 16-Channel DVR front panel. Camera Buttons Enter Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Zoom Button PTZ Button Panic Button...
User’s Manual Figure 4 : Infrared remote control. NOTE: For simplicity, the button descriptions in this manual refer to the front panel buttons. Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords.
Digital Video Recorder ZOOM Button Pressing the button zooms the current image on the screen. A PIP with a rectangle temporarily displays showing ZOOM what area of the screen has been enlarged. You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectangle to another area. NOTE: Entering the zoom mode is NOT supported while in the SD display mode.
User’s Manual Playback Buttons Backward: When in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the previous image. The button is also used to Zoom Out while in the PTZ mode. Forward: When in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the next image.
Digital Video Recorder Clip Copy Button on Remote Control Pressing the button allows you to copy video clips. CLIP COPY Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings.
User’s Manual Setup Screen System Record Network Event Device Display Status Camera Figure 7 : Setup screen. Press the button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select (Setup) in the Live MENU Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles.
Digital Video Recorder Figure 8 : System – General setup screen. In the General screen, you can name the site location, assign a System ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, show the System Log, display recorded time data, and clear all data.
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User’s Manual You can import saved DVR settings or export the current DVR settings. To import saved DVR settings, connect the USB device containing the setup file (.dat) to the DVR. Highlight Setup – Import… and press the button. Select the desired setup file and press the Import button to import the selected settings and change the DVR settings accordingly.
Digital Video Recorder After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. Date/Time Highlight Date/Time and press the button, and the Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 9 : System – Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync. and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. Highlight the box beside Time Server and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the time server. Highlighting allows you to select your time server from a list of registered time servers.
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Digital Video Recorder CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data settings will be lost. Highlighting a User Name and pressing the button allows you to add or change the password assigned to that user.
User’s Manual Storage Highlight Storage and press the button. The Storage setup screen appears and displays information about the DVR’s storage devices. Figure 11 : System – Storage setup screen. The information in the Type column describes the storage device. The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the Capacity column.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the boxes beside Mirror and press the button. The DVR can be set up to mirror Source disks to designated Dest. (destination) disks selected from internal hard disk drives. Refer to the Chapter 4 – Disk Mirroring for further information on setting up disk mirroring.
User’s Manual The DVR can be set to react to system events. Highlight the Actions box beside the desired event and press the button. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the slide bar beside Limit Time-Lapse Recording, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of the maximum storage time for time-lapse recording from 1 to 99 days. The Limit Time-Lapse Recording feature will function when the storage device has enough space to record video data longer than the preset period.
User’s Manual Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen. When turning Schedule recording Off, you will be asked to confirm your decision, and displays at the top-left corner of each camera screen.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Descriptions of the Record icons in the Type column are as follows: Time-lapse (Time) Alarm-In Motion Video Loss Video Blind Text-In Audio (Network Devices Only) Channels that are not defined will use the setting values of the previous schedule item. When multiple events are detected at the same time from a specific channel, the DVR will record event video with the high setting values if the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell values of events are different from each other.
User’s Manual Figure 16 : Record – Pre-Event setup screen. When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event recording. You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight Archive On and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: If you have not set up a storage device for archiving, a message appears notifying you of this. Select the Days and Time Range you want archived. You can accept the Archive Data Range by leaving the default checkmarks in the Last Archived and Continue boxes.
User’s Manual CAUTION: The remote connection will be disconnected temporarily after changing the SSL settings. NOTE: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – bps/ips. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 1Gbps.
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Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside DNS Server. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of the DNS server. Highlight the Port Number Setup… box and press the button. The Port Number Setup screen appears. NOTE: You will need to get the appropriate Port Numbers for each RAS and WebGuard related program (Admin, Callback, Watch and Search) from your network administrator.
User’s Manual DVRNS Highlight DVRNS and press the button, and the DVRNS setup screen displays. Figure 20 : Network – DVRNS setup screen. Highlight Use DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows the DVR to use Dynamic IP addresses for remote connection. When this feature is On, you can access your DVR remotely using the DVR name instead of its IP address.
Digital Video Recorder RTSP Highlight RTSP and press the button. The RTSP setup screen displays. Figure 21 : Network – RTSP setup screen. Highlight Enable RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled.
User’s Manual Figure 22 : Network – Notification setup screen. You can add and edit notification schedules. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the notification schedule will be active.
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Digital Video Recorder The Mail account can be turned On or Off by highlighting the boxes under the No. heading and pressing the button. Highlight the + and press the button to add a mail recipient. Highlight the first box under Recipient and press the button.
User’s Manual You can add and edit the SNS account on this screen. The SNS account can be turned On or Off by highlighting the boxes under the No. heading and pressing the button. To add an SNS account, highlight the + and press the button.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the iSCSI – Target Port box and press the button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the port number of the iSCSI device that you are connecting to the DVR. Highlight the iSCSI – Target Nodes box and press the button, and the Target Nodes screen appears.
User’s Manual Figure 24 : Event – Motion setup screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently.
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the box under the Actions and pressing the button. The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor.
User’s Manual Video Loss Highlight Video Loss and press the button, and the Video Loss setup screen appears. (Local Cameras Only) Figure 26 : Event – Video Loss setup screen. Highlighting the box under the Actions and pressing the button. The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera.
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to video blind from 1 (least sensitive) to 10 (most sensitive). NOTE: Video blind might NOT be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values.
User’s Manual Figure 29 : Text-In Device screen. Highlight the box beside Port, and press the button. Select from None, RS232, RS485, USB-Serial (1~8) and LAN (1~16). NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running.
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the box under the Actions and pressing the button. The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text input can be associated with cameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor.
User’s Manual Figure 31 : Device – Local Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to 16 audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of local cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Network Audio Highlight Network Audio and press the button, and the Network Audio setup screen appears.
Digital Video Recorder Figure 33 : Device – Alarm-Out setup screen. Highlighting the box beside Dwell Time and pressing the button allows you to set the dwell time of the alarm output. Dwell times range from 5 seconds to 15 minutes. Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting Title…...
User’s Manual Figure 34 : Device – Remote Control setup screen. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. If the RS232 port and RS485 port are in use for PTZ control, networking or text input, the remote keyboard cannot be configured. Highlight Setup…...
Digital Video Recorder Network – The icon displays when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. The icon displays on each camera when audio communication is available between the DVR and a PC running RAS via Ethernet. ...
User’s Manual NOTE: Any cameras that are Off, have lost video or are set to Covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras) will be excluded from the Cameo sequence. You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts (pages) so that all the cameras will be displayed.
Digital Video Recorder Figure 37 : Display – Secondary Monitor setup screen. Highlight the box beside Mode and press the button. You can select between Full Sequence and Cameo Sequence. Pressing the button on the remote control or selecting (Sequence) in the Live Monitoring menu causes SEQUENCE the DVR to sequence cameras, and the DVR can sequence cameras in two modes: “Full”...
User’s Manual Highlight the box in the Channels column and press the button. You can define which cameras display sequentially on the Spot Monitor when in the single-screen display format. Highlighting the box under the Camera and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box under the Dwell and pressing the button.
Digital Video Recorder Fan Error will be highlighted when the cooling fan to the left of the power cord on the rear panel is not working for more than four seconds. eSATA/iSCSI Disconnected will be highlighted when the eSATA or iSCSI device is disconnected. Storage Highlight Storage and press the button, and the Storage setup screen appears.
User’s Manual Figure 41 : Camera – General setup screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column.
Digital Video Recorder You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256.
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User’s Manual NOTE: Event related functions are not supported for network devices that use the ONVIF Conformance protocol, and some other functions may not be supported depending on the settings of the device. Refer to the network device manufacture’s instructions about enabling the ONVIF Conformance protocol in the device, as procedures may differ for each model.
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Digital Video Recorder Proper registration and authentication settings will display registered devices in the list of the Network Camera setup screen. Highlighting the box under the Settings heading and pressing the button allows you to change the device settings. NOTE: The Settings screen will differ depending on the type of protocol that you selected. The following description is for a network device using the iNEX protocol.
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User’s Manual Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When it is On, you will be able to change the device settings. Highlight the box beside Name and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to edit the device name. You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box beside Camera ID and pressing the button.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video.
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user.
Digital Video Recorder Sequence Selecting (Sequence) in the Live Monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially. It is the same as pressing the button on the remote control. When in one of the multi-view formats, selecting will cause SEQUENCE the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts (Full Sequence).
User’s Manual Setup Selecting (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu enters the Main Setup screen. Refer to Chapter 3 ─ Configuration for detailed descriptions of system setup. Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by selecting Edit Group from the Live Monitoring – Display menu or pressing button on the front panel in any multi-view format.
Digital Video Recorder You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the button.
User’s Manual Event monitoring lasts for the dwell time set for event recording. After the dwell time has elapsed, the monitor returns to the previous screen unless another event has occurred. If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed, press the button or one of the camera buttons.
Digital Video Recorder Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options.
User’s Manual NOTE: Only the administrator and users with Covert Camera View authority can view video from covert cameras. The covert cameras in the playback mode are determined by the current camera settings. Camera Buttons (1 to 16): Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Playback Buttons ...
Digital Video Recorder Search Go To Display Alarm Panic Camera Menu Export Data Source Exit Figure 48 : Search menu. NOTE: The Search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen. Search Menu Search ...
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User’s Manual Network Camera: Selecting (Display) → Network Camera and choosing the camera number displays the selected network camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image when in one of the multiview formats (i.e., 2x2, 3x2, 3x3, 4x3 or 4x4).
Digital Video Recorder Data Source Selecting (Data Source) in the Search menu allows you to select the data source to be searched. Selecting Record searches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR, and selecting Archive searches archived data on secondary storage installed in the DVR.
User’s Manual You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
Digital Video Recorder < Expanded View > Figure 50 : Record Table Search screen. Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey vertical line indicates the current search position. To search specific video, move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired segment.
User’s Manual Selecting located at the bottom displays the Search menu. Go To: Displays the first or last recorded image, searches by date and time, or adds the current playback point to the bookmark list (see the previous Searching Video – Go To and Bookmarks sections of this chapter for more details).
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image. Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
User’s Manual NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the button and change DISPLAY the screen mode to 4x4. You will be able to easily see the camera have recorded video during target time. Text Input information will be overlaid on the image while the recorded video is played at regular speed.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Add Current Position box and press the button to add the current playback point to the bookmark list. Highlight the Title box and enter the name of the registered bookmark. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the bookmark name. NOTE: Up to eight bookmarks can be registered.
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User’s Manual Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be to the last recorded image. When highlighting and pressing button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time.
Digital Video Recorder CAUTION: Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the external drive while copying video clips. If the external drive is shut down or the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips, THE DVR SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK NORMALLY OR THE EXTERNAL DRIVE COULD BE DAMAGED, and you will get an error message the next time you try to copy video clips.
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User’s Manual You can enable mirroring between two disks by designating the source disk and the destination disk from a list of internal hard disk drives. Up to two Mirrors are supported. Highlighting the boxes under Source and Dest. and pressing the button allows you to select the source disk and the destination disk for the selected Mirror.
Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Window Vista and Window 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer.
Digital Video Recorder In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17th (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 (Qty) and 40 (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amount category is located on a different line from Item.
User’s Manual You will need to enter the DVR IP address in the DVR ADDRESS field when running the WebGuard program by entering http://www.dvronline.net. Selecting the Use DVRNS option allows you to enter the DVR name registered on the DVRNS server instead of the IP address. You must enter the DVRNS server address and port number in the SETUP setting when selecting the Use DVRNS option.
Digital Video Recorder ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web search mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information window displays the login information of WebGuard. ⑤...
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User’s Manual ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of WebGuard.
Digital Video Recorder ⑭ Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen. Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name. Enable Audio: Plays audio while playing back recorded video that has recorded audio. (Single-Screen Layout Only) ...
User’s Manual Remote Setup of Network Devices The following describes how to set up the network devices using the ONVIF Conformance protocol on the DVR. button and move to the Camera menu and then to Network Camera While in the Live Monitoring mode, press the MENU setup.
Digital Video Recorder Security Setup User: Adds or deletes a user. Media Setup ONVIF Profile: Adds or deletes an ONVIF profile. Video: Sets up the video source and encoder. The frame rate cannot exceed 15 ips when recording video with the H.264 codec and 4CIF resolution if the device is a network video transmitter.
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User’s Manual TCP/IP: Sets up the device’s IP address and DNS server. DDNS: Sets up the DDNS function. Zero Configuration: Automatically allocates an appropriate IP address for the current network conditions (supported only for devices that provide the function). ...
User’s Manual Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Check power cord connections. No Power Confirm that there is power at the outlet. Check camera video cable and connections. Check monitor video cable and connections. No Live Video Confirm that the camera has power. ...
Digital Video Recorder Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related Description Description Unknown error. Unknown error. File version error. Device error. Operating system version error. Mounting failed. Software version error. No media. Kernel version error. Invalid media. Upgrade device mounting failed. File already existed.
User’s Manual I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (5 connectors) Relay Alarm Output (Normally Closed) Relay Common Relay Alarm Output (Normally Open) Alarm Reset In Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Video Input Ethernet: 8 or 16 network devices (100Mbps/1Gbps Ethernet)
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Digital Video Recorder INPUTS/OUTPUTS Alarm Input 8 or 16 terminal, programmable as NC or NO, 2.4V (NC) or 0.3V (NO) threshold, 5VDC Alarm Output 4 relay output, programmable as NC or NO, 2A@125VAC, 1A@30VDC Alarm Reset Input 1 TTL, terminal block Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity...
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