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AD Series Digital Video Recorder User’s Manual AD416 AD216 AD209 AD116 AD109 AD104 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. - 1 -...
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CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. PLEASE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. W AR NING TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class “A”...
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY This publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement of the third party’s right. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
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PRECAUTIONS Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Use the appliance at temperature within 0 C ~ +45 C (32 F ~ 113...
1.1 Features Up to 16 color and/or B/W cameras can be connected to AD416/216/116 (up to 9 cameras to AD209/109, up to 4 cameras to AD104) Hardware MPEG-4 video compression/decompression with configurable quality Hardware ADPCM audio compression/decompression Real multiple operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, &...
2. Panels and Remote Controller 2.1 Front Panel A: Alpha-numeric Buttons (1-9, 0, *, #) These buttons are used to enter text and number in the way similar to most of the mobile phones. These buttons can also be camera selection in most of the circumstances. During full screen display, press the number to switch to selected camera.
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11. USB connector (USB) Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc. 12. DVR ID Switch Used to set the DVR ID (1-4) of this unit for one I/R remote controller to control up to 4 sets of digital video/audio recorders.
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13. REC Button Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again and go back to schedule recording as setting in the menu. 14. Stop Button ( Press this button to stop the playback. 15. Play/Pause Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images, or to pause the playback.
2.2 Back Panel 1. Video Input Connectors (1-16 for AD416/216/116, 1-9 for AD209/109, 1-4 for AD104) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The corresponding 75 termination must be made unless the video output terminal is connected. 2. Video Output Connectors (1-16 for AD416/216/116, 1-9 for AD209/109,...
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9. CALL-AUX Connectors (CALL-AUX IN/OUT) Used to daisy-chain to TV monitor. CALL-AUX OUT has the same output as CALL OUT, but can be switched off through RS-485 keyboard control. 10. RS-232 Connector Connect this connector to PTZ camera(s). 11. RS-422/485 Selector Switch This switch is used to select RS-485 (2-line) or RS-422/485 (4-line).
2.3 Remote Controller The remote controller ARC-400 is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle.
3. Installations The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 3.1 Basic Connections Please refer to the following diagram for the connections. Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the back panel according to the local TV system for the digital video/audio recorder to work correctly.
record video/audio. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear to format the HDDs. Power Plug 115 VAC or 230 VAC power source into the power socket. 3.2 Optional Connections Audio inputs Connect the audio input connectors to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio sources.
The system supports a variety of different PTZ cameras, including Auviss ASD Series Speed Dome, Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome, etc. But different PTZ cameras can coexist in a system only if they support the same protocol. Please make sure to set the PTZ ID of the camera(s), and setup the camera (Section 6.1), and...
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RS-485 keyboard Connect the RS-422/485 connector to a RS-485 keyboard controller (AKB-200/300) via the appropriate cables. Please refer to the following diagram for the pin definitions of the RS-422/485 connector. Please make sure to set the RS-422/RS485 Selector Switch and setup the RS-422/485 configurations as described in Section 6.9 accordingly.
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MAIN-AUX monitor Please refer to the diagram below to connect the MAIN-AUX monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor or the MAIN-AUX monitor input connector of another digital video/audio recorder. The MAIN-AUX monitor, if enabled, has the same output display as the main monitor, and is typically used with RS-485 keyboard controller for distant monitoring and control (e.g.
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ABox400 Hard Disk Boxes Connect the IEEE 1394 connector to a ABox400 hard disk box via IEEE 1394 cable if IEEE 1394 Extension Card has been installed inside the digital video/audio recorder. Up to 8 sets of ABox400 hard disk boxes can be daisy-chained together.
4. Main Screen and Basic Operations The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are several types of split-window screens, including 1-Window, 4-Window, 7-Window, 9-Window, 10-Window, 13-Window, and 16-Window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in Section 5.5) of the system.
4.1 Text Input There are certain circumstances that the system requires the user to enter text, such as system login, camera title setup, and so on. Please follow the steps below to enter text: (1) Press ENTER to edit the highlighted option. The flashing cursor will be shown to indicate the editing point.
4.2 Login and Logout There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display. The system allows up to 18 user accounts.
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MODE (Administrator/Supervisor) In split-window display, press this button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.
4.4 Digital Zoom The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor X2, and (c) will never be shown at zoom factor X4.
5. Menu Display In split-window display, press MENU to call up Menu display as shown. There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text.
5.1 Status Display ▲▼ In Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Status, and then press ENTER to call up Status display as shown. Status display includes Alarm Recording Status, Normal Recording Status, Camera Status, Alarm Input Status, Product Serial Number, and Product Version Number.
5.2 Volume Control Menu display, turn Dial ▲▼ or press to change the highlighted option to Volume, and then press ENTER to call up Volume Control display as shown. The general operations are as below: Jog/Shuttle Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press ▲▼◄►...
5.3 Video Adjustment ▲▼ In Menu display, turn Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Video Adjustment, and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown. There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation.
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Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. - 29 -...
5.4 USB ▲▼ In Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to USB, and then press ENTER to call up USB Connect/Disconnect display as shown below. The system supports a variety of USB 2.0 storage devices, including Storage Disk such as USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, and card reader.
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Press ENTER when this item is selected to restore the configuration files in the corresponding USB device to this unit. Some USB 2.0 Devices Tested TwinMOS-Mobile Disk Z4 USB2.0 FMZ512M, FMZ1GBM (FMZ1GBM is the Standard Options for ADxxx-1HDU, ADxxx-2HDU models) USB-Storage Enclosures 5.25”...
5.5 Software Upgrade (Administrator) ▲▼ In Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown. The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press to select the items.
5.6 System Shutdown (Administrator) ▲▼ or press In Menu display, turn the Jog Dial to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then press ENTER to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area.
6. Setup (Administrator) In Menu display, turn the Jog Dial ▲▼ press to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then press ENTER to call up Setup Menu display as shown. (To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.) The user’s operations are described as the followings:...
6.1 Pre-Camera Setup ▲▼t In Setup Menu display, o change the highlighted option turn the Jog Dial or press to Pre-Camera, and then press ENTER to call up Pre-Camera Setup display as shown. There are up to 16, 9, or 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define some fundamental attributes, which may relate one camera to the others, for all the installed cameras.
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720x288, or 360x288. Press +/- buttons to select the resolution. The default setting is 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL. Watermark – to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the recorded images for all the cameras will have digital watermark embedded. Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item.
6.2 Camera Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER to call up Camera Setup display as shown. The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera. There are up to 16, 9, or 4 cameras which can be connected to the system.
detected for this camera. Press ENTER in Settings.. to call up Video Loss Setup display for the camera. Please refer to section 6.2.1 for the details. Motion Detection – whether the motion detection of this camera is enabled or not. If enabled, the next item Motion Settings.. will be settable. Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item.
6.2.1 Video Loss Setup In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Video Loss Setup of the selected camera as shown when the highlighted option is Video Loss Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Video Loss Setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected video...
The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. Screen Message – to display the event message on the screen or not. Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers at the moment when the event is triggered.
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Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after motion is detected for this camera. However, the Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will be reset immediately once the camera returns to normal.
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Following is a brief description for the operations: ▲▼◄► Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press to move the Mask window. Press these buttons to resize the Mask window. ENTER Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. MODE Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.
Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion Setup. 6.3 Alarm Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Alarm, and then press ENTER to call up Alarm Setup display as shown. The Alarm Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each alarm input, and the actions if it’s triggered.
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Normal State – press +/- buttons to select N/A, Close or Open. Please check the signal type, normally close or normally open, connected to the alarm input terminal on the rear panel of the system. If there’s no signal connected, please select N/A –...
6.4 SEQ Display Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display, and then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup as shown. The SEQ Display Setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in SEQ Display for main monitor and call monitor.
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Page Settings.. – used to set the camera in each viewing window for each page of this SEQ Display Type. Press ENTER to call up Display Page Setup as shown. In Display Page Setup, the split window display for the current page is shown. And the title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted.
6.5 Scheduled Record Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Scheduled Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup as shown. The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system.
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T2/MON is 0:00-9:00, and 18:00-24:00. Alarm – record mode (No, Video, or Audio/Video) when certain alarm input is triggered. Press +/- buttons to change the value. Motion – record mode (No, Video, or Audio/Video) when motion is detected for certain camera. Press +/- buttons to change the value. Normal –...
6.6 HDD Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then press ENTER to call up HDD Setup as shown. In the surveillance applications, alarm video/audio is much more important than normal video/audio.
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saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Size (GB) – the total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and Normal Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to Section 6.6.1 for more detailed information and setup of each individual HDD. Auto Overwrite –...
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6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD Format/Clear screen as shown. Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to format video/audio.
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be partitioned according to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents will all be cleared. Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
6.7 Password Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown. The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level.
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Login Name –...
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The general operations are as below: Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press ▲▼◄► to select the items. Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
Model – PTZ model or Keyboard model of the connected devices. The PTZ models supported include Auviss ASD Series Speed Dome (AUVISS D Type, Default), Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome, - 56 -...
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PIH-series, Dynacolor, etc. Press +/- buttons to change the supported model. Baud Rate – press +/- buttons to change the value. Data Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Stop Bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Parity –...
6.10 Network Setup ▲▼ In Setup Menu display, turn the Jog Dial or press to change the highlighted option to Network, and then press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown. The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related parameters.
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IP Address – Ethernet IP address for the system. To get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider). Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items. Net Mask – Net Mask for the IP address.
6.10.1 E-mail Setup In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail. The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here.
Press ENTER to check/uncheck this item. Username – username if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item. Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
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If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: FTP Server – FTP server web/IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.
7. PTZ Control The digital video/audio recorder supports a variety of PTZ cameras. The user can easily control the PTZ cameras through the operations described in this Chapter if those PTZ cameras have been connected and setup correctly. Please refer to Section 3.2 Optional Connections for the connections.
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Miscellaneous function specific operations: Active function Operations Descriptions Focus far/near Focus ENTER Auto focus Iris Iris increase/decrease Auto Pan (3) Auto pan speed is shown in parenthesis Increase/decrease speed ENTER Start/stop Auto Pan Set start position Set end position SEQ (5 sec.) SEQ dwell time is shown in parenthesis.
8. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator, Supervisor) There are three ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback: (a) Search by time, (b) Search by event, and (c) Search archived files. In split-window display, press SEARCH button repeatedly, and the supported Search displays will be shown on the screen in sequence for the user to search the recorded video/audio.
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Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display. SEARCH Press this button to switch to the next Search display. MODE Press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time and video/audio type. The search result will be shown on the bottom of this dialog if it failed.
8.2 Search By Event / Log Display The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below: There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, and System. And up to 3000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄►...
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Event Type – the type of the events (Record, Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, System) to be shown in the log list. The Event Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off, and will not trigger recording. Press ENTER to check/uncheck the event type for the log list.
Press this button to switch back to split-window display. Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to search the archived files. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage. Archived File List –...
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Single Step Button ( Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame. Copy Button Press this button to copy the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port. The Copy display will be shown as below. Following is a brief description for the operations in Copy display: Turn the Jog/Shuttle or press ▲▼◄►to select the items.
8.5 Playback/Archive For Search By Event In Log display, press ENTER to enter Event Playback display of the selected event log. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective. The operations are as below: Playback Buttons ( ,Copy)
9. Remote Access The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet. Before Logging On Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings: 1.
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After the plug-in software is downloaded and run in the web browser, you will be asked for ActiveX control to interact with your PC. Please select “Yes”, and the remote login display will be shown. For some PCs, it may be necessary to click in the window with the message in red color, but outside the Login Dialog before the next step.
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Click on these icons for 1-Window, 4-Window, 9-Window, and 16-Window display. ZOOM FOCUS IRIS PTZ control panel. If the camera in the focus window is a PTZ camera, these buttons in the PTZ control panel can be used for PTZ control. The operations include Tilt Up/Down, Pan Left/Right, Zoom–(Out)/Zoom+(In), Focus –(Far)/Focus+(Near), Iris –...
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Copy the “Live picture” or “Playback files” to PC. Click this icon for the Device List. There will be a dialog shown as follows. Click the Properties icon, there will be Device Properties shown as follow. Besides, the user can download/upload the configurations from/to the connected DVR, or open/save the configurations from/to the designated directory.
Click on this icon to mute/not mute the audio output. (V2.00 or latest supported) Click on this icon to mute/not mute the audio input. (V2.00 or latest supported) Playback panel for playback buttons, including Fast Backward, Stop, Play, Single Step, Pause, Fast Forward (from left to right). Camera Status indicators for cameras 1-16 (GREEN for normal, RED for motion).
Appendix C – Time Zone Table Time Zone Offset Start Samoa GMT – 11:00 Hawaii GMT – 10:00 Alaska GMT – 09:00 ˇ Apr, 1st Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 08:00 ˇ Apr, 1st Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Arizona, US Mountain...
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Time Zone Offset Start Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo GMT + 09:00 Yakutsk GMT + 09:00 ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00 Adelaide GMT + 09:30 ˇ Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00 Darwin GMT + 09:30 Brisbane, Guam, Port Moresby GMT + 10:00 Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney...
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