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User Manual For 1C-B4XDD Mobile Digital Video Recorder Page 1 of 59...
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NOTICE The information in this manual was current when published. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise and improve its products. All specifications are therefore subject to change without any notice. The purpose of this manual is to kindly aid the user for the operation for our MDVR (especially for GUI setting). The user should have a basic understanding of computer operation and basic knowledge of how to connect peripherals and make some settings.
Table of Content 1 PRODUCTION CHRACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW 1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1.2 REMOTE CONTROL 1.3 GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE) TREE 2 SYSTEM START UP 3 GUI CONFIGURATION 3.1 SEARCH 3.1.1 REC. SEARCH 3.1.2 EVENT FILES 3.2 SETUP 3.2.1 SYSTEM 3.2.1.1 DATE/TIME 3.2.1.2 OPTIONS 3.2.1.3 REGISTER INFO 3.2.1.4 FORMAT...
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3.2.3 NETWORK 3.2.3.1 LOCAL 3.2.3.2 SERVER NETWORK 3.2.3.3 WIFI 3.2.3.4 MOBILE NETWORK 3.2.3.5 FTP SETTINGS 3.2.3.6 FTP FOR SNAP 3.2.4 EVENT 3.2.4.1 SENSOR 3.2.4.2 SENSOR OUTPUT 3.2.4.3 SPEED 3.2.4.4 ACCELERATION 3.2.4.5 TEMPERATURE 3.2.4.6 CAMERA 3.2.4.7 VOLTAGE 3.2.4.8 EMERGENCY EVENT 3.2.5 PERIPHERAL 3.2.5.1 PTZ 3.2.5.2 EXT.COM SETUP...
1 PRODUCTION CHRACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW 1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW SVT-MDVR-X3A is middle range MDVR model specially designed for vehicle surveillance and remote monitoring, combined with high-speed processor and embedded operating system. The advanced H.264 video compression and decompression, wireless transmission, GPS location make X3A to be a very powerful and perfect solution for vehicles.
1.2 REMOTE CONTROL Numeric Input Keys Use the numeric button to input digital in setup menu or switch the full screen for each channel or the channels QUAD view Navigation Arrows Use the ARROW keys to move between selections, input fields and icons. Press ENTER to select And EXIT to return and entering into the OSD screen to check the MDVR working status.
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and display on screen control menu Remote Control Key Functions: Numeric Keypad [0-9] keys: During setup, number keys are used to input number values. In QUAD view, the user can press 1, 2, 3 and 4 to switch the full screen for each channel, and press 0 to switch to quad view. During full screen view of each camera, the user can press key to adjust contrast, luminance, color and saturation, and then press + and - to make the adjustments.
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Quick search mode when the user playback the record file in MDVR. Press GOTO GOTO button and input the desired time, and the select SURE to jump to the specific time the user want to playback. NEXT Increase volume while playback (if audio is recorded). ...
1.3 GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE) TREE 2 SYSTEM START UP After connecting the MDVR to a vehicle power supply, turn on the vehicle ignition and the unit will automatically start Power is normally supplied to the MDVR as long as the vehicle ignition is ON. “Display only view”...
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System Login for Setup The MDVR GUI is semi-transparent. The user can setup the transparency percentage from the MDVR GUI. During the setting, the user can check the video from each camera as well. Please make sure the user lock the removable hard disk case before connect the power for MDVR, otherwise the MDVR can not boot up.
DEVICE NO.: The unit ID of MDVR. The user can setup the ID for the MDVR in the menu “REGISTER INFORMATION”. After setting, the ID number will appear automatically on the login screen. It’s the number in the bracket PASSWORD: Enter the admin password or user password. Keyboard: Press 【Enter】to use keyboard to type device ID and password.
3.1 SEARCH 3.1.1 REC. SEARCH The user can search all the video files including normal files, alarm files by record date and file type and storage source. Please select the REC.SEARCH and enter into following screen. SOURCE:Source means which storage medium the recording files are stored in. Hard disk is the main recording medium for MDVR X3A.
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DATE: MDVR system will display the current date automatically. The date with record files is indicated by green. The date with alarm file is indicated by red. The date without video files is indicated by background color. 【 】 Please press SEARCH to enter into the below menu CHANNEL:As X3A supports 4CH, the user have to choose the channels from which channel the user want to...
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START TIME and END TIME for the video from certain channel for local playback, insert the external storage device by USB port and then click EXPORT, the following screen will pop up. During backing up, the external device is not allowed to be moved. TOTAL: total quantity of the files that the user selected for back up.
After backup, the user can copy the video clips to the computer for playback. This exported video file can be playback easily by Stremax MINI player or Ceiba as following: By Mini player: MINI player is a very simple player developed by ONETECH. With it, user can playback the video files including video, audio, GPS location, alarm information easily.
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EVENT TYPE: The type of the alarm file including I&O ALARM/ACCELERATION/SPPED/TEMP ALARM/BD ALARM/MD ALARM/VL ALARM. The user can please select different alarm type to search the log and playback the corresponding video files. DATE: MDVR system will display the current date automatically. Or the user can input the date the userrself by the soft keyboard.
show the event OSD information (the abbreviation). The alarm includes such as video loss, I/O sensor, alarm for over speed, low speed or high temperature and so on. DATE: Display the date on which the alarm is triggered. TIME: The start time when the alarm is triggered REC: if there is an red “R”...
3.2.1 SYSTEM 3.2.1.1 DATE/TIME DATE FORMAT: Press ENTRE on remote control to select different format MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY,YYYY-MM-DD TIME FORMAT: 12H or 24H, Press ENTER to select different format. TIME SYNC SOURCE: The system can adjust the time in different zone via either “GPS” or “NTP”. A: While selecting the “GPS”, the MDVR device must have GPS connection (Should have GPS module and antenna) and GPS must receive the signal.
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While setting the DST, the former date must be earlier than the later date. If the two setting date is the same, the DST will be invalid. Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid. Page 19 of 59...
3.2.1.2 OPTIONS ON/OFF TYPE: There are ignition, timer and ignition or timer three options. They are the modes to boot up the MDVR device (not for recording). For example, the setting is TIMER from 5:00~12:00am, MDVR will startup automatically at 5:00am and shut down at 12:00am, but after the MDVR starts up, it records or not depending on the setting in the SCHEDULE and RECORD SETTINGS menu.
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C) IGNITION OR TIMER: means include both conditions. BOOT UP TIME: The exact time for MDVR starts to work every day. SHUT DOWN TIME: The exact time for MDVR shut down every day. AUTO BOOT UP ON SCHDULE: ON means TIMER start up function is linked to record function. This means that if the user boot up the MDVR device at certain time and the MDVR system will to start recording at the same time.
3.2.1.3 REGISTER INFO UNIT S/N: The series number for MDVR. Each MDVR has only one S/N. This number is read from special encrypted chipset. UNIT ID: Device ID. Use the NUMERIC keypad on the remote control to enter the system ID from 00000 to 99999.
DEVICE: Please press ENTER to select the target device to format. There are 3 options: HDD, USB and MIRROR SD. Then press 【FORMAT】to format the device. FUNCTION: FAST FORMAT, SLOW FORMAT FAST FORMAT is the same as the fast format on PC. SLOW FORMAT means the MDVR system will check whether the hard disk has bad sectors, if so, the MDVR will make a record and won’t write data here again.
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HOW TO UPGRADE THE MDVR FIRMWARE? 1. Please create one folder named dvrupgrade in root directory in thumb drive and then copy the firmware upgrade file to this folder. 2. Insert the thumb drive into the USB port on the front panel of MDVR. 3.
If the FLASH is damaged or firmware crashes (The MDVR can boot up to System Initializing interface only and the POWER LED on the MDVR is ON. It cannot boot up to quad view interface). For this situation, please contact OneTech technical support trying to upgrade the firmware by TFTP upgrade 3.2.1.6 USER SECURITY Setup the password for user and admin.
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POWER USER PASSWORD: the default user password is 66666666. The authorization for this password is to check the video files, playback the files and make the setting for the MDVR, but not allowed to access below menu FORMAT, USER SECURITY, SYSTEM LOG. ADMINISTRATOR: The default password is 88888888.
3.2.1.7 CONFIG Restore the default setting and export and import the MDVR configuration. EXPORT: Export the all configuration for the MDVR to another MDVR to make sure that two MDVRs have the same setting. Please insert the external storage device to the USB port and then press 【EXPORT】, Then the configuration file will backup to external device.
EXPORT SYSTEMLOG: The user log exported to thumb drive is stored by .txt format and it will be saved to \userlog\00000\0\*** folder according to the date. 3.2.1.9 BLACKBOX FILE This function is used to export the black box file for analysis. Please insert the thumb drive to the MDVR and then the MDVR system will export the black box files to the thumb driver directly.
3.2.1.10 GEO-FENCING GEO-FENCING SWITCH: this is the switch to enable GEO-Fencing function. This switch is only for MDVR terminal. To finish the setting for GEO-FENSE, the user need to setup the CMS software as well. For more details, please refer to the manual for CMS. EXPORT and IMPORT: The function can be used in WCMS only (not standard CMS from OneTech).
3.2.2 RECORD Setup the related configuration for record 3.2.2.1 OPTION This menu is used to setup the basic parameters for MDVR recording. VIDEO TYPE: PAL and NTSC optional. The default setting is NTSC RECORD MODE: Record mode, three modes as following: When MDVR is power supplied and starts up, the MDVR will start to record automatically.
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trigged, MDVR will create event record. NORMAL REC RATE: normal record rate, two option: GENERAL: MDVR will start to record according to the setup of RECORD SETTING. I FRAME: MDVR only record by I frame (the key frame for video) in order to take up less space of hard drive. BUT when event is trigged, MDVR will record according to setup of RECORD menu.
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deleted by the HDD/SD overwrite function in the retention days. When the retention day is expired, the locked files will be unlocked automatically and deleted. Locked recording file save time can be configured to be 7, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 days. During the retention time, the locked recording files won’t be deleted.
3.2.2.2 OSD OVERLAY DATE/TIME: Display date and time on OSD. POSITION: Setup the display position for DATE/TIME ALARM: Display alarm information on OSD including the I/O sensor, speed, temperature, motion detection etc… ACCELERATION: Display the information for inertial sensor TEMPERATURE: Display the temperature on OSD FIRMWARE VERSION: Display the current firmware version GPS: Display the GPS information, fixed means it will display the information always, just like date/time.
To get the main information for MDVR working easier, on QUAD view, the user can please just press 【ENTER】 on remote control to show below screen. This screen will show all the important working information for the MDVR including sensor, 3G/GPS/WIFI signal and connection, firmware version, MCU version, SIM dialed up status etc… But the precondition for this OSD is the user must setup the OSD overlay menu to select which information the user want to display.
ROUND: Means channel loop function sequence, if the user setup time as 5 second, which means the video screen will shift to different channel (the sequence is from channel 1 to channel 4) in every 5 seconds. IP INTERCOM: This is the switch for intercom function (we also say 2- way audio) which means that that driver can talk with centre server directly via wireless network 3G.
BAND WIDTH: Setup the band width for the sub-stream, which due to the network bandwidth of the SIM card. ENABLE: Enable the function RES: Resolution. FR: Frame rate, frames per second, 1~25 (1~30 for NTSC) adjustable. SUB MODE: There are 2 options, fixed and adapt. Fixed means that the transmitted resolution and frame is fixed by the network width configured.
TYPE: Press ENTER to change the type of the recording mode: SCHEDULE 1/2: Press the RIGHT ARROW key to enter values using the NUMERIC keypad into any time field; SCHEDULE 1 is the first of two possible ON/OFF cycles that apply to any day in the period chosen under Date.
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CP3 Interface: WATERMARK: Water mark is used to protect original data from illegal modification, as long as the user setup water mark. EXPORT MINIPLAYER: This option is for user to export Miniplayer. IMPORT TTS FILE: This option is for user to import TTS file for the audio announcer. Page 38 of 59...
3.2.3 NETWORK This part will describe how to setup the network parameters for PC software connection. (RJ45 cable /WIFI connection/3G) X3A MDVR can support following PC softare: CMS, Ceiba, ADS. CMS (Central Management Software) is the software to manage the vehicles real time via 3G Ceiba is the playback and analysis software ADS is the downloading software 3.2.3.1...
The user must enter a fixed IP address to use network capabilities, please consult with local Internet Service Provider for the information. Use NUMERIC keypad to enter the TCP/IP address information: Enter the static IP address SUB: Enter the subnet mask GATE: Enter the gateway that the MDVR through to network CLIENT PORT: no use at present...
There are two center servers the user can setup by the practical application. Usually the user need one server for CMS real time monitoring (by 3G) and ADS to download the video file or Ceiba to check the video by WIFI. The user can connect MDVR via WIFI or CABLE and 3G at the same time.
The MDVR WIFI can be used a CLIENT which means that MDVR system can get online by the WIFI module built-in MDVR. GET IP TYPE: There are two options; STATIC IP means you have to arrange a static IP for WIFI sever, and DYNAIC IP means WIFI will get a dynamic IP, and make sure the DHCP function is OK.
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ACTIVE MODE: There are three options. means when MDVR started up, the wireless module will always dial up and connect to message server. ALWAYS: : means only the user call the phone number of the SIM card or send the message to the SIM, it will CALL/SMS active the wireless module and start to dial up.
INTERCOM SETTINGS: it's a switch for interphone function, which can realize speak to center via SIM card. 3.2.3.5 FTP SETTINGS The MDVR can be used as a FTP server. This means that the user can login IE by the MDVR IP address to check the MDVR equipment video files in the hard disk and download the video file.
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or create file/folder is invalid. If the local IP of MDVR is 192.168.3.233, the user can log in the MDVR FTP server as follow: ftp://192.168.3.233 and the recorded file save path is ftp://192.168.3.233/stm/disk/0/p1/2012-11-23/ The default login username is admin, password is: 88888888, if the user can’t login at the first time, please try again.
3.2.4 EVENT 3.2.4.1 SENSOR These are I/O sensor functions to detect the drivers’ behavior such as braking, turning left/right, closing/opening the door, reversing etc… Once these alarms are generated, they will be sent to central server by 3G network. EN: Enable, to active this function NAME: Press ENTER on the Name field to display the soft keyboard.
SET: LOW (normal close) means the power level is from high to low to trigger the alarm. HIGH (normal open) means the power level is from low to high trigger the alarm. ALARM: Press ENTER to select between OFF or ON: ON means when sensor triggered, alarm LED will flash, OSD will display in the live view, a red “A”...
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3.2.4.3 SPEED Setup the alarm for over speed and some other parameters. SOURCE: MDVR is capable of capturing vehicle speed via GPS antenna or Vehicle--speedometer. Browse between the settings of GPS or speedometer from the list. Please note that the GPS antenna should be connected to MDVR to receive satellite signals for speed.
This function only can be active when the MDVR connected with inertial sensor. 3.2.4.5 TEMPERATURE Inspection for temperature. If the MDVR working temperature is higher than the setting for HIGH TEMP, MDVR will trigger alarm. If the MDVR working temperature is lower than the setting for LOW TEMP, MDVR trigger will alarm 3.2.4.6 CAMERA Display the alarm information from camera.
There are three statuses for camera alarm: blind detect, motion detect and video loss. CH ID: please choose the channel the user want to setup, for motion detect and blind detect. SENSITIVE: this is the detect sensitivity, 1 is the most sensitive. M.D.AREA: this option is for user to setup the detect area, as follow, blank square means the area is selected, please exits to the setup interface to save the settings.
MDVR will disconnect to CMS and shutdown automatically. ENABLE: setup the voltage protection switch, ON means enable, OFF means disable. VOLTAGE: setup the low voltage limited value. VOLTAGE OF START: this means when the voltages of the battery reach this value, MDVR will startup automatically.
3.2.5 PERIPHERAL 3.2.5.1 PTZ CHANNEL: The channel of PTZ connected. PROTOCOL: select the protocol of different PTZ, there are two protocols to switch, and the default is Pelco-D BAUD RATE: select the different baud rate for the PTZ, there are 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 DATA BIT: there are 5,6,7,8 options to select, default setting is 8.
3.2.5.2 EXT.COM SETUP This interface is for external accessory connection, such as control pane, PTZ, Inertia sensor, LED screen, station announcement and so on. MODE: Standard mode means connect OneTech standard accessories to the 485 port. 3.2.5.3 SMART BATTERY To protect the battery, if the battery voltage is lower than 8.0V or so, switch to UPS for power supply automatically.
3.3 INFORMATION 3.3.1 SYSTEM Display the MCU version, firmware version, HDD status and SD card information. 1, NO HDD means No HDD installed or the HDD is defective and cannot work. 2, NO FORMAT means HDD installed but not formatted. All the new hard disk must be formatted after installation 3, showing the detailed information for HDD means HDD works fine.
Capacity: This is the capacity for the hard disk recording after format. Free Space: the spare space for hard disk for recording Record capacity: The time means that how long that the hard disk can recording based on the current configuration of the MDVR (like image quality, resolution, frame rate) with the free space.
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