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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Smartec – sixteen channel DVR STR-1690 User Manual www.smartec-security.eu...

  • Page 2: Compliance Notice Of Fcc

    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 3: Important Safeguards

    Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 13. 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 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ................1 Features ...................... 1 Technical Overview..................1 Chapter 2 — Installation................3 Package Contents ..................3 Required Installation Tools ............... 3 Connecting the Video Input............... 4 Connecting the Loop-Through Video ............4 Connecting the Monitor ................
  • Page 5 Bookmark Button ..................14 Clip Copy Button..................14 FREEZE Button ..................15 Display Button..................15 Sequence Button ..................15 PTZ Button....................15 Zoom Button ................... 15 Spot Buttons (1 to 4)................15 Playback Buttons ..................15 Panic Button ................... 16 ALARM Button ..................
  • Page 6 Object Detection Screen ................. 55 Video Loss Screen.................. 58 Video Blind Screen ................. 60 Text-In Screen ..................62 System Event Screen ................66 Event Status Screen ................69 Chapter 4 — Operation................71 Turning on the Power ................71 Turning off the Power ................71 Live Monitoring..................
  • Page 7 Print Screen .................... 91 Disk Mirroring ................... 91 Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation ........93 Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 ....93 Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98 ......93 Appendix B —...
  • Page 8 List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation..................2 Figure 2 — Rear panel....................... 3 Figure 3 — Video input connectors.................... 4 Figure 4 — Video Loop-Through connectors................4 Figure 5 — Video Out connectors....................4 Figure 6 — VGA connector ......................5 Figure 7 —...
  • Page 9 Figure 49 — DVRNS setup screen..................32 Figure 50 — WebGuard setup screen..................34 Figure 51 — Notification Mail setup screen................34 Figure 52 — Authentication setup screen................35 Figure 53 — Notification Callback setup screen..............35 Figure 54 —...
  • Page 10 Figure 100 — Text-In Actions 1 screen................... 64 Figure 101 — Text-In Actions 2 screen................... 65 Figure 102 — Health Check screen..................66 Figure 103 — Check Recording screen................... 66 Figure 104 — Storage screen....................67 Figure 105 —...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 16 Composite Video Input Connectors Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL Multiple Monitor Connectors: 1 BNC Video Out, 1 SVHS, 4 Spot, 1 VGA Multiple Search Engines (Date/Time, Calendar, Event)

  • Page 12: Figure 1 - Typical Dvr Installation

    User’s Manual Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays. You can replace removable hard disk drives while the system is operating without turning off the unit. While replacing hard disk drives;...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 - Installation

    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 Infrared Remote Control Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws for Adding Hard Disk Drives Screws for Attaching SCSI Connector Hard Disk Drive Rack Key Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR.

  • Page 14: Connecting The Video Input

    Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment. NOTE: You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment. For example you cannot use a PAL camera and an NTSC monitor. Connecting the Video Input Figure 3 — Video input connectors. Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC Video In connectors.

  • Page 15: Connecting Audio

    Figure 6 — VGA connector A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. NOTE: The Video Out (BNC)/SVHS Out, SPOT Out and VGA connectors may be connected to individual monitors for simultaneous operation.

  • Page 16: Gnd (Ground)

    GND (Ground) NOTE: All the connectors marked GND are common. Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and/or alarm output to the GND connector. AO 1 to 12 (Alarm-Out) Figure 9 — Alarm Output connectors. The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the AO (Alarm-Out) and GND (Ground) connectors.

  • Page 17: Connecting To The Rs232 Port

    The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS485 half-duplex serial communications signals. The RS485 connector can also be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras. Each connector may be connected to individual devices for simultaneous operation.

  • Page 18: Connecting To The Network Port

    Connecting to the Network Port Figure 16 — Network connector. The DVR can be networked using the 10/100Mb Ethernet connector. Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ-45 jack to the DVR connector. The DVR can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades.

  • Page 19: Connecting The Power Cord

    The DVR has a Factory Reset switch to the left of the RS485 port on the rear panel. This switch will only be used on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings. CAUTION: When using the Factory Reset, you will lose any settings you have saved.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 - Configuration

    Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 20 — Front panel. HDD Rack Power LED Network LED Mirroring LED HDD LEDs ODD Button Status Display Panel Camera Buttons Enter Button Arrow Buttons...

  • Page 21: Hdd Rack

    Figure 21 — Infrared remote control. HDD Rack Figure 22 — Hard Disk Drive Rack.

  • Page 22: Power Led

    Up to four removable SATA-I hard disk drives can be installed in the system. A green LED is lit when power is supplied to the rack, and a red LED flickers when the cooling fan in the rack is not operating. You can replace removable hard disk drives while the system is operating without turning off the unit.

  • Page 23: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)

    displays when a user logs into the system. displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode. The DVR will continue recording when the hard disk drive is full by recording over the oldest video. displays percentage of available storage space when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode. displays when the unit is networked via Ethernet.

  • Page 24: Clip Copy Button

    Clip Copy Button Pressing the button starts clip copy. FREEZE Button Pressing the button freezes the current live screen. Display Button Pressing the button toggles between different display formats. The available formats are: full, 4x4, 1+12, 2+8, 3x3, 3+4, 2x2 and PIP. Sequence Button When in the live mode, pressing the button displays live channels sequentially.

  • Page 25: Panic Button

    Fast Forward: Pressing the button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from . The screen displays respectively and the status display panel displays . The button on the front panel is also used for Far Focus while in the PTZ mode.

  • Page 26: Turning On The Power

    Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR and pressing the power button to the right of the power cord connector 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, audio, remote control, record mode, network and password.

  • Page 27: System Information

    Press the (Menu) button 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. Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button.

  • Page 28: Figure 27 - Upgrade Screen

    NOTE: The System ID number is used to identify the unit when it is connected with other DVRs through the RS485 port. You cannot use the same ID number for two or more DVRs that are in the same RS485 network. It is possible to have multiple DVRs with System ID 0 that are in the same area as long as they are not part of an RS485 network.

  • Page 29: Figure 29 - Setup Export Screen

    Figure 29 — Setup Export screen. NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed. CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format. Highlight Show System Log…...

  • Page 30: Date/Time Setup

    Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the System menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 31 — Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight.

  • Page 31: Figure 32 - Holiday Setup Screen

    Figure 32 — Holiday setup screen. You can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons. Press the button to add the date.

  • Page 32: Storage Screen

    Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button. Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals. Last Sync-Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server. Highlight Run as Server and press the button.

  • Page 33: Figure 36 - Device Information Screen

    NOTE: A USB hard disk drive can be formatted and used only for archiving. NOTE: The DVR does NOT support USB hard disk drives with a version lower than 2.0. NOTE: System upgrades require formatting internal hard disk drives, so do not uninstall internal hard disk drives even though they are not used for either recording or archiving;...

  • Page 34: Figure 37 - Storage Status Screen

    Highlight the Status tab, and the Storage Status screen displays. Figure 37 — Storage Status screen. The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Unformatted indicates the device is not formatted.

  • Page 35: User Setup Screen

    User Setup Screen Highlight User in the System menu and press the button. The User setup screen displays the authorized groups and users. You can add and delete groups and users. When adding a group, you can assign authority levels to the group. Figure 38 —...

  • Page 36: Figure 39 - New Group Setup Screen

    To add a Group, highlight the + Group… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the Group name. You can use up to 15 characters including spaces in the group name. Enter the name and assign authority levels to the group.

  • Page 37: Shutdown Screen

    Highlighting the box beside Auto Login allows you to select a User to be automatically logged in when the DVR is powered up. It can also be set to never automatically login a user. Highlighting the box beside Auto Logout allows you to select from a list of times that the user will be automatically logged out.

  • Page 38: Network Screen

    Network Screen Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. The Network setup screen displays. You will be able to change the Network, LAN, DVRNS and WebGuard settings. Figure 44 — Network setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Transfer Speed. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps.

  • Page 39: Lan Setup Screen

    LAN Setup Screen Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN screen displays. Figure 45 — LAN (Manual) setup screen. 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 40: Figure 46 - Port Numbers Setup Screen

    Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. The factory default Port settings are: Remote Admin: 8200 Remote Callback: 8201 Remote Watch: 8016 Remote Search: 10019 Remote Audio: 8116 Figure 46 —...

  • Page 41: Dvrns Setup

    Figure 48 — LAN (ADSL) setup screen. 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. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for ADSL connection.
  • Page 42 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.

  • Page 43: Webguard Setup

    WebGuard Setup Highlight the WebGuard tab, and the WebGuard screen displays. Figure 50 — WebGuard setup screen. Highlight Use WebGuard Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. See Appendix C — WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service. Highlight the box beside Port and press the button.

  • Page 44: Figure 52 - Authentication Setup Screen

    Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. Highlight the box beside SMTP Server and press the button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the SMTP Server IP address obtained from your system administrator.

  • Page 45: Configuring Devices

    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. Enter the IP address of the computer you want contacted during an event.

  • Page 46: Figure 56 - Camera Ptz Setup Screen

    NOTE: A user who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes. Highlight the PTZ tab, and the PTZ setup screen displays. Figure 56 —...

  • Page 47: Alarm-Out Screen

    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. Figure 59 — Alarm-Out Settings screen. Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing button.

  • Page 48: Display Screen

    The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. The Range box allows you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 30-minute increments from 00:00 to 24:00.

  • Page 49: Figure 62 - Osd Margin Screen

    Free Space — The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode, and the percentage of available storage space displays when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode Archive — The icon displays when the DVR is archiving recorded data. Mirror —...

  • Page 50: Figure 64 - Spot Monitor Screen

    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.

  • Page 51: Remote Control Screen

    Remote Control Screen 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. Figure 65 — Remote Control setup screen. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 1, RS232 2, RS485 1 and RS485 2.

  • Page 52: Record Screen

    Record Screen Highlight Record in the Record menu and press the button. The Record setup screen appears. Figure 67 — Record setup screen. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used.

  • Page 53: Figure 68 - Audio Record Setup Screen

    You can turn individual audio inputs On and Off. Highlighting the Record box and pressing will toggle between all audio inputs turned On and Off. The camera matching the selected number will be associated with that audio input, and the DVR will record audio from the selected audio input when video from the associated camera is recording.

  • Page 54: Schedule Screen

    Schedule Screen Highlight Schedule in the Record menu and press the button, and the Schedule setup screen appears. Figure 69 — Schedule setup screen. You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays.

  • Page 55: Figure 70 - Default Setup Screen

    When the DVR is in the Time & Event mode, the DVR will follow the Time settings and the icon displays. The DVR follows the Event settings and the icon displays. NOTE: When set to Time & Event, the pre-event settings for the selected channel will be released. Highlight the box under the Channels heading and press the button to select which cameras will be recorded.

  • Page 56: Pre-Event Screen

    Highlighting boxes under Resolution and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image resolution for Time and Event recording. You can select from: Very High (D1), High (Half D1) and Standard (CIF). You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button.

  • Page 57: Archive Screen

    Archive Screen Highlight Archive in the Record menu and press the button, and the Archive setup screen appears. Figure 72 — Archive setup screen. 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.

  • Page 58: Event Settings

    Event Settings Your DVR can be set to detect many different events. You can also determine how it reacts to these events. Figure 73 — Event menu. Alarm-In Screen Highlight Alarm-In in the Event menu and press the button. The Alarm-In setup screen appears. Figure 74 —...

  • Page 59: Figure 75 - Alarm-In Actions 1 Screen

    Figure 75 — Alarm-In Actions 1 screen. You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button. A list of cameras appears. Select the cameras that you want the DVR to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input.

  • Page 60: Motion Detection Screen

    Figure 77 — Alarm-In Actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input.

  • Page 61: Figure 79 - Motion Detection Sensitivity Screen

    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. There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive. Figure 79 —...

  • Page 62: Figure 82 - Daytime Setup Screen

    Highlight the box beside Daytime and press the button. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Daytime range. The DVR will consider the remaining time range as the Nighttime. Figure 82 — Daytime Setup screen. You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm.

  • Page 63: Figure 85 - Motion Detection Actions 2 Screen

    NOTE: For the Record action, the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time & Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen. Highlight the box under the Alarm-Out heading and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as many Alarm-Outs with that camera as you wish.

  • Page 64: Object Detection Screen

    Object Detection Screen Highlight Object Detection in the Event menu and press the button. The Object Detection setup screen appears. Figure 86 — Object Detection Settings screen. Object 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 object detection.

  • Page 65: Figure 88 - Object Detection Zone Menu

    Select — Activates highlighted blocks to detect an object. Clear — Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect an object. Reverse — Activates inactive highlighted blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks. Select All — Activates all blocks to detect an object. Clear All —...

  • Page 66: Figure 90 - Object Detection Actions 1 Screen

    Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Object Detection Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display. Figure 90 — Object Detection Actions 1 screen. The DVR can be set to react to object 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.

  • Page 67: Video Loss Screen

    Figure 91 — Object Detection Actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects an object on the selected camera’s input.

  • Page 68: Figure 93 - Video Loss Actions 1 Screen

    Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Video Loss Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display. Figure 93 — Video Loss Actions 1 screen. 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 SPOT monitor.

  • Page 69: Video Blind Screen

    Figure 94 — Video Loss Actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera’s input.

  • Page 70: Figure 96 - Video Blind Actions 1 Screen

    Highlight the box under the Activation Time heading allow you to set the duration to detect video blind. The DVR will not consider any blindness on camera video to be Video Blind if the blindness does not last during the preset Activation Time after detected. Turning Status View On will display OSD text on the screen when the DVR detects video blind on the selected camera.

  • Page 71: Text-In Screen

    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). Figure 97 — Video Blind Actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button.

  • Page 72: Figure 99 - Text-In Device Settings Screen

    The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of Sale; i.e., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure the DVR for each text-in device. Highlight the box under the Setup heading, and press the button.

  • Page 73: Figure 100 - Text-In Actions 1 Screen

    Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10. Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the button.

  • Page 74: Figure 101 - Text-In Actions 2 Screen

    NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab). Highlight the box beside Notify and press the button. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button.

  • Page 75: System Event Screen

    System Event Screen Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears. Figure 102 — Health Check screen. The DVR can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlighting the box beside System and pressing the button allows you to select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the system.

  • Page 76: Figure 104 - Storage Screen

    Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays. Figure 104 — Storage screen. 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 the button.

  • Page 77: Figure 106 - System Event Actions Screen

    Highlight the second box beside Temperature Threshold, and press the button. Select either ºC (Celsius) or ºF (Fahrenheit), and press the button. The box beside Last Check-Time displays the Date and Time of the last S.M.A.R.T. check. Highlight OK, and press the button to accept the changes.

  • Page 78: Event Status Screen

    Event Status Screen Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button. The Event Status screen appears. Figure 107 — Event Status screen. 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.

  • Page 79: Chapter 4 - Operation

    Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video.

  • Page 80: Active Cameo Mode

    If all the cameras in a page are Off, have lost video or are set to Covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras), that page will be excluded from the sequence. NOTE: The Full Sequence for the full sequence monitoring and the Cameo Sequence for the cameo sequence monitoring should be selected in the Display setup screen (Sequence tab).

  • Page 81: Ptz Mode

    PTZ Mode If a user who has PTZ Control authority logs into the system, the user can control PTZ cameras. The DVR will control cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Press the (PTZ) button to enter the PTZ mode and press the button again to exit the PTZ mode.

  • Page 82: Image Adjustment

    Pressing the (Menu) button displays the following PTZ menu. Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu. Refer to the camera manufacturer’s instructions for the proper settings. Depending on the camera specifications, some features may not be supported. Figure 111 —...

  • Page 83: Event Monitoring

    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 84: Triplex Function

    Figure 113 — Sequence menu. The Spot Monitor 1 supports multi-view formats and displays live video using the same settings as the main monitor. Press the button and then the (Display) button on the front panel or remote Spot 1 control, or select Main Monitor from the sequence menu.

  • Page 85: Using A Mouse

    During Triplex mode, the DVR maintains the same display format as it does in the live mode. A red outline surrounding the video and the camera title indicates the playback channel. While in the Triplex Mode, the DVR continues recording cameras as they were set up in the recording schedule. Also, live monitoring will continue except for the camera that has been selected for playback.

  • Page 86: Recording Video

    Selecting Display shows the following menu: Clicking Camera and selecting the camera number is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel which displays the selected camera full screen. When in the PIP display mode, clicking the right mouse button and selecting PIP changes the location and the size of the PIP.

  • Page 87: Recording Audio

    Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to 16 inputs when video of the camera with the same number is recording. The DVR will not record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips.

  • Page 88: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)

    Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing a camera button will display that camera full screen. Display Button Pressing the button will cycle the display through the different screen layouts. The display modes are: full, 4x4, 1+12, 2+8, PIP, 3x3, 3+4 and 2x2. Zoom Button Pressing the button zooms the current playback image on the screen.

  • Page 89: Searching Video

    Searching Video Pressing the (Menu) button or clicking the right mouse button while in the Search mode displays the Search Menu. Figure 118 — Search menu. Go to the First — Displays the first recorded image Go to the Last — Displays the last recorded image Go to the Date/Time…...

  • Page 90: Go To The Date/Time

    Go to the Date/Time Figure 119 — Go to the Date/Time screen. Move the cursor over the date and time and press the button. You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video.

  • Page 91: Calendar Search

    Calendar Search Figure 121 — Calendar Search screen. Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press the button to select it.

  • Page 92: Event Log Search

    Event Log Search Figure 122 — Event Log Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. The Event Log Search screen can also be accessed by pressing the (Alarm) button unless there is an alarm.
  • Page 93 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.

  • Page 94: Text-In Search

    Text-In Search Figure 124 — Text-In Search screen. 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 button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event.

  • Page 95: Motion Search

    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.

  • Page 96: Figure 127 - Motion Search Option Screen

    Highlighting Close and pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Motion event and display the first image of the event. Pressing the (Play/Pause) will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing the (Search/Stop) button returns to live monitoring. You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option…...

  • Page 97: Clip-Copy Screen

    Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Motion Search screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. When you search for motion events of another camera, you will be asked whether or not you want to delete the previous search results from the list.
  • Page 98 Highlight the box beside Channels and press the button. You can select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip. Highlight the box beside Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for reviewing the video clips.

  • Page 99: Print Screen

    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.

  • Page 100: Figure 131 - Mirroring Setup Screen

    In the Information screen, you can enable mirroring between two disks by designating the source disk and the destination disk from internal hard disk drives. The disk installed in the top-left removable hard disk drive rack is named “Internal 1”, the bottom-left drive is “Internal 2”, the top-left drive is “Internal 3”...

  • Page 101: Appendix A - Usb Hard Disk Drive Preparation

    Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2.

  • Page 102: Appendix B - Reviewing Video Clips

    Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. The copied video clip contains the ClipPlayer program. If you used a USB device, disconnect either the external USB-IDE hard disk drive or USB flash drive from the DVR, and connect it to your PC.
  • Page 103 Clicking the X exits the Player program. Click the to go to the beginning of the video clip. Click the to play the video clip in fast reverse. Click the to go back one frame of the video clip. Click the to play the video clip.

  • Page 104: Appendix C - Webguard

    Appendix C — 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. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ® ® ®...

  • Page 105: Web Monitoring Mode

    Web Monitoring Mode WebWatch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real-time from the remote DVR. Figure 134 — WebWatch screen. Click the to log out the WebGuard program. Click the to access to the web search mode. Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program.

  • Page 106: Web Search Mode

    Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site. The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected from the remote site. Web Search Mode WebSearch is a remote web search program that allows you to search recorded video on the remote DVR.
  • Page 107 The DVR Info. window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of WebGuard. Click the to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the to zoom out or zoom in the recorded image. Click the to adjust the brightness of the recorded images.

  • Page 108: Appendix D - Time Overlap

    Appendix D — Time Overlap If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment.

  • Page 109: Appendix E - Troubleshooting

    Appendix E — 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. Check camera lens settings.

  • Page 110: Appendix F - Connector Pin Outs

    Appendix F — Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (7 connectors) AO (1 to 12) Alarm Outputs 1 to 12 Alarm Reset In C (1 to 4) Relay Common 1 to 4 NC (1 to 4) Relay Alarm Outputs 1 to 4 (Normally Closed) NO (1 to 4)

  • Page 111: Appendix G - Map Of Screens

    Appendix G — Map of Screens...

  • Page 112: Appendix H - System Log Notices

    Appendix H — 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 113: Appendix I - Error Code Notices

    Appendix I — Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related Number Description Number 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.

  • Page 114: Appendix J - Specifications

    Appendix J — Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 16 BNC, 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms SVHS: 1 Monitor Outputs SPOT: 4 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution...
  • Page 115 STORAGE Primary Storage SATA hard disk drive (removable, up to 4) Ultra2 SCSI hard disk drive (RAID) Secondary Storage Built-in DVD RW drive USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or flash drive GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.9" x 7.0" x 19.9" (430.0mm x 177.0mm x 504.2mm) Unit Weight 39.3 lbs.
  • Page 116 WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Correct Disposal of This Product (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

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