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Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"... -
Page 4: Important Safeguards
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. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ......................1 Feature ........................... 1 Technical Overview ........................ 1 Chapter 2 — Installation ......................3 Package Contents ........................3 Required Installation Tools ....................3 Video Input......................... 3 Video Loop Through ......................3 RS485 Port ........................ - Page 6 User’s Manual Network ..........................18 Notification ........................21 Devices Setup ........................22 Camera ..........................22 Audio ..........................23 Alarm-Out Screen ......................24 Display ..........................24 Remote Control ....................... 27 Recording Setup ........................27 Record ..........................27 Schedule .......................... 28 Pre-Event ......................... 30 Event Setup .........................
- Page 7 Digital Video Recorder Search Example I ......................60 Search Example II ......................60 WebGuard ..........................61 Web Monitoring Mode ..................... 62 Web Search Mode ......................63 Time Overlap ........................65 Map of Screens ........................66 Connector Pin Outs ......................67 I/O Connector Pin Outs ....................
- Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 34 — Remote Control setup screen....................27 Figure 35 — Record menu........................27 Figure 36 — Record Settings screen....................... 27 Figure 37 — Panic Record screen......................28 Figure 38 — Schedule setup screen......................29 Figure 39 —...
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Page 9: Chapter 1 - Introduction
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: 8 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors ... -
Page 10: Figure 1 - Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation. NOTE: This manual covers the 8- and 16-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are identical except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras that can be displayed. For simplicity, the illustrations and descriptions in this manual refer to the 16-camera model. -
Page 11: Chapter 2 - Installation
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 and Guide Rails for Adding Hard Disk Drives ... -
Page 12: Rs485 Port
User’s Manual 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. -
Page 13: Audio In/Out
Digital Video Recorder Audio In/Out Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1, Audio In 2, Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks. Connect Audio Out to your amplifier. NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. - Page 14 User’s Manual...
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Page 15: Chapter 3 - Configuration
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 HDD LED Alarm Out LED Network LED Clip Copy LED Power LED Panic Button... -
Page 16: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)
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. -
Page 17: Power Led
Digital Video Recorder Power LED The Power LED is lit when the unit is On. PANIC Button Pressing the button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the PANIC button again will stop panic recording. ALARM Button button has two functions. -
Page 18: Menu/Cameo Button
User’s Manual MENU/CAMEO Button Pressing the button enters the Setup screen. You will need to enter the authorized user and password MENU/CAMEO to access Setup. Pressing the button also closes the current menu or setup dialog box. In the Playback mode, pressing the button displays the Search menu. -
Page 19: Turning On The Power
Digital Video Recorder 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. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, remote control, record mode, network and password. -
Page 20: System Setup
User’s Manual 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. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear. - Page 21 Digital Video Recorder To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press button. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the file is for software upgrades and “.ofi”...
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Page 22: Date/Time
User’s Manual Highlighting Clear All Data… and pressing the button will clear all video data. You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data. Clear All Data… will not clear the System Log. Date/Time Highlight Date/Time in the System menu and press the button. -
Page 23: Storage
Digital Video Recorder 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. -
Page 24: User
User’s Manual If you want to erase recorded data on the selected device, highlight Clear and press the button. You will be asked whether or not you want to delete the data. If you want to use a USB hard disk drive, highlight Use and press the button after connecting the device. -
Page 25: Shutdown
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. -
Page 26: Network Setup
User’s Manual After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. Figure 16 — Shutdown screen. Network Setup Figure 17 — Network menu. Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. -
Page 27: Figure 19 - Lan (Manual) Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN screen displays. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button. -
Page 28: Figure 20 - Dvrns Setup Screen
User’s Manual Selecting ADSL (with PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. Highlight the box beside ID and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the ID for ADSL connection. Highlight the box beside Password and press the button. -
Page 29: Notification
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the WebGuard tab, and the WebGuard screen displays. Highlight Use WebGuard Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. See Appendix – WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service. Highlight the box beside Port and press the button. -
Page 30: Devices Setup
User’s Manual Highlight the Callback tab, and the Callback screen displays. Highlight LAN and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When LAN is turned On you can change the IP addresses. Highlight the IP Address box that you want to change and press the button. -
Page 31: Audio
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. Figure 26 — Camera PTZ setup screen. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button. -
Page 32: Alarm-Out Screen
User’s Manual Alarm-Out Screen Highlight Alarm-Out in the Devices menu and press the button. The Alarm-Out screen allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each alarm output from the DVR. Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button. -
Page 33: Figure 30 - Display Osd Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned On or Off: Remote Control – The icon displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared remote control. -
Page 34: Figure 32 - Spot Monitor Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: Sequence cannot be used in the 4x4 display mode of the 16-channel, and 3x3 mode of the 8-channel DVR. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button. You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. -
Page 35: Remote Control
Digital Video Recorder Remote Control Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. -
Page 36: Schedule
User’s Manual The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlighting Record Audio and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons or Up and Down arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 999 days. -
Page 37: Figure 38 - Schedule Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder < Simple Mode > < Advanced Mode > Figure 38 — Schedule setup screen. You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. -
Page 38: Pre-Event
User’s Manual You can set the ips, Quality and Resolution (ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell for Advanced Mode setup) of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode column. If you do not set the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell in the Settings column, the DVR will follow the default settings. -
Page 39: Event Setup
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time or Time & Event mode, it ignores the pre-event settings and follows the time settings. Event Setup Figure 41 — Event menu. Alarm-In Highlight Alarm-In in the Event menu and press the button. -
Page 40: Motion Detection
User’s Manual Highlight the desired box under the Alarm-Out heading, and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs and Beep appear. Select the Alarm Output connectors that you would like to activate whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input. -
Page 41: Figure 46 - Motion Detection Actions 1 Screen
Digital Video Recorder You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion; e.g., a doorway. Highlight the box under the Zone heading, and press the button. The Motion Detection Zone screen displays. The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. -
Page 42: Video Loss
User’s Manual Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button. A list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras with that camera as you wish. If the DVR detects motion on the selected camera, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras. -
Page 43: Video Blind
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Video Loss Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display. The DVR can be set to react to video loss 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... -
Page 44: Figure 51 - Video Blind Settings Screen
User’s Manual The DVR checks to see if anything is blinding a camera. Figure 51 — Video Blind Settings screen. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 (Never) and 1 (least sensitive) to 15 (most sensitive). -
Page 45: Text-In
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS (Remote Administration System). Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press button. -
Page 46: Figure 56 - Text-In Actions 1 Screen
User’s Manual If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device, you will want to turn On Any Character. Highlight Any Character, and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: If Any Character is turned On, you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box. Highlight the box beside Transaction End, and press the button. -
Page 47: System Event
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset positions for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input. Highlight the box beside Spot Monitor and press the button. -
Page 48: Event Status
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify, and press the button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 10% to 90%. Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify, and press button. -
Page 49: Figure 61 - Event Status Screen
Digital Video Recorder The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected. ( Alarm-In), (Motion), (Video Loss), (Video Blind) (Text-In) will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the Alarm-In, Motion Detection, Video Loss, Video Blind and Text-In setup screen on the Event menu. - Page 50 User’s Manual...
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Page 51: Chapter 4 - Operation
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. -
Page 52: Live Monitoring Menu
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button. Pressing any button except for the MENU ALARM PANIC... -
Page 53: Active Cameo Mode
Digital Video Recorder Alarm Reset Selecting (Alarm Reset) in the Live Monitoring menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing the button. ALARM Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting again stops panic recording. -
Page 54: Figure 63 - Ptz Select Camera Menu
User’s Manual To use the front panel buttons, press the Left and Right arrow buttons to pan left and right. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press the button to zoom in, and press the button to zoom out. -
Page 55: Event Monitoring
Digital Video Recorder Event Monitoring When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). How the cameras are displayed depends on the number of cameras associated with the event. If one camera is associated with the event, the DVR will display the camera full screen. -
Page 56: Recording Video
User’s Manual Full Screen Previous Group Next Group Figure 66 — Mouse Display menu. Full Screen Selecting (Full Screen) in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected 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, 3x3 or 4x4). -
Page 57: Panic Recording
Digital Video Recorder Panic Recording Selecting (Panic) in the Live Monitoring menu or pressing the button starts panic recording of all cameras, PANIC and selecting or pressing the button again stops panic recording. If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Panic Record setup screen, panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset duration as long as not selected or the button is not pressed. -
Page 58: Searching Video
User’s Manual CAMEO Button: Pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer enters the cameo mode. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo. Pressing the desired camera button in the active cameo edits the cameo and displays the video of selected camera. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button exits the Active Cameo mode. -
Page 59: Search Menu
Digital Video Recorder Search Menu Search Selecting (Search) in the Search menu displays the following Search menu. See the following Event Log Search, Record Table Search, Calendar Search, Motion Search and Text-In Search sections for details. Event Log Search: Selecting Event Log Search selects video from the event log. ... -
Page 60: Event Log Search
User’s Manual Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting again stops panic recording. It is the same as pressing the button. PANIC 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 Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR. -
Page 61: Record Table Search
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Motion and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of motion detection. Highlight the box beside Video Loss and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of lost video. -
Page 62: Calendar Search
User’s Manual There are three view modes. Standard view, Expanded view and Compact view. Standard view (default) displays combined recording information of all camera channels currently displayed on the screen. In the Standard view mode, selecting the icon located at the bottom switches to the Expanded view mode. The Expanded view displays the recording information of each camera channel currently displayed on the screen. -
Page 63: Motion Search
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the button and DISPLAY change the screen mode to 4x4. You will be able to easily see the camera have recorded video during target time. -
Page 64: Text-In Search
User’s Manual Text-In Search The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. -
Page 65: Clip-Copy
Digital Video Recorder Clip-Copy Video clips can be copied on an internal DVD RW drive, or external USB hard disk or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista. Refer to the Appendix – USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy. -
Page 66: Print
User’s Manual Highlight Verify After Burning and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is On, you can verify that the data is written on the DVD RW properly. Highlight Use Site Name and press the button. -
Page 67: Appendix
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 and Window Vista is almost identical to Windows 2000. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. -
Page 68: Text-In Search Examples
User’s Manual Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price amount ================================================== Coke 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $... -
Page 69: Webguard
Digital Video Recorder For example, if you want to search for Coke with a Qty (Quantity) of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over $8, the following search condition can be set. WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. -
Page 70: Web Monitoring Mode
User’s Manual NOTE: The port numbers for WEBWATCH, WEBSEARCH and Audio should be the same port numbers used for Remote Watch, Remote Search and Remote Audio set during Network setup. When running the updated WebGuard for the first time, Internet Explorer might occasionally load the information of the previous version. -
Page 71: Web Search Mode
Digital Video Recorder ⑤ Click the screen format to select the desired display mode. When changing the screen format, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout. ⑥ Click the camera button (1 to 16) to select the camera to be viewed. ⑦... - Page 72 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.
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Page 73: Time Overlap
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) ... -
Page 74: Map Of Screens
User’s Manual Map of Screens... -
Page 75: Connector Pin Outs
Digital Video Recorder Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 AI (1 to 16) Chassis Ground (6 connectors) Relay Alarm Output (Normally Closed) Relay Common Relay Alarm Output (Normally Open) Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit ... -
Page 76: System Log Notices
User’s Manual System Log Notices Boot Up Panic On Shutdown Panic Off Restart Clear All Data Upgrade Clear Disk Upgrade Fail Format Disk Power Failure Disk Full Time Change Auto Deletion Time Zone Change Search Begin Time Sync Search End Time Sync Fail Clip-Copy Begin Disk Bad... -
Page 77: Specifications
Digital Video Recorder System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related Description Description Remote upgrade is not authorized. Opening executable file failed. Saving remote package failed. Writing executable file failed. Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user. Creating image failed. USB device mounting failed. Burning failed. - Page 78 User’s Manual CONNECTORS Video Input Composite: 8 or 16 BNC Video Loop Composite: 8 or 16 BNC (Auto Terminating) Composite: 1 BNC Monitor Output VGA: 1 VGA SPOT (Composite): 1 BNC Audio In 4 RCA connector Audio Out 1 RCA connector Alarm Input/Output Terminal Blocks Ethernet Port...
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