AK54 Pro Tracker User Manual Contents 1 Product Introduction ........................3 1.1 Product Summary ..................... 3 1.2 Main Functions of the Product .................. 3 1.3 Technical Parameter ....................4 2 Structure Introduction of the Product Appearance ................ 5 2.1 Front Panel Port Instruction ..................5 2.2 Back Panel Port Instruction ..................
Standalone DVR User Manual 1 Product Introduction 1.1 Product Summary This device is specially designed for the mobile DVR. It adopts embedded processor and embedded operating system, combines the latest technologies in the IT filed like audio and video compression/decompression technology. Its structure adopts special anti-vibration technology. 1.2 Main Functions of the Product ...
Standalone DVR User Manual 1.3 Technical Parameter Model Number AK54Pro Main Processor Hi3512 Operating System Embedded Linux operating system System Resource 4-channel real-time recording simultaneously Video Standard PAL, NTSC Image Compression H.264 Audio Compression ADPCM Recording Mode Manual, schdule, alarm, motion detection. Video Search Time search, event search, channel search Backup Mode...
Standalone DVR User Manual 2 Structure Introduction of the Product Appearance 2.1 Front Panel Port Instruction 2.1.1: Status LED Indicator definition instruction: Power: the power led will turn red when the power is connected; after soft-shutdown the device, the power led will become green. ...
Standalone DVR User Manual 2.3 Remote Control Instruction Instruction of some buttons: 1. Power: used to shutdown the system. It will go into effect after long-pressing 5 seconds. 2. FN: used to select specified file in the recording file list, in order to backup file. used to switch the input method of the soft keyboard.
Standalone DVR User Manual 3 System Operating Instruction 3.1 Start System When connect 12V DC power supply to the device, the system starts. After the system start-up completely, the 【POWER】 indicator will become green, and the RUN indicator will be flashing continually.
Standalone DVR User Manual the remote control or click the left mouse button to enter the submenu. 3.3.3 Exit Menu Mode Press the 【ESC】 key on the remote control or click the right mouse button, you can exit the menu mode and switch to preview mode. 3.4 Main Menu The menu box will pop-up when press the 【MENU】...
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Standalone DVR User Manual 1. Enter the playback operation interface For four-channel preview interface, press the 【PLAY】 key on the remote control; for the main menu interface, press the 【OK】 key on the remote control or click the left mouse button on “Playback”...
Standalone DVR User Manual 【Fast Play】 will speed. There are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 time speed for selection; increase the play speed, there are 2, 4, 8 time speed for selection. 【Last Section】 , the system will play the Last section: when play by time, press last file directly.
Standalone DVR User Manual 3.8 Menu The menu includes Tools (management tools), Setup (system setup), PTZ (PTZ control), Log (log search), ShutDown (shutdown system), Timing (timing switch), BusInfo (bus information) etc.. 3.8.1 Tools Including HDD (HDD management), User (user management), Default (restore to default), Clear (clear alarm), Update (software update), Time (date and time), Export(import and export configuration) and Info (system information).
Standalone DVR User Manual 3.8.1.1 HDD Management Check the current status, capacity and the remaining space of the specified HDD and if the HDD was formatted. Format: used to format the specified HDD or the SD card. Unplug the SD card: before unplugging the SD card, uninstall the software in order to avoid damage to the SD card or SD data;...
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Standalone DVR User Manual On the “User” interface, click “Add”, enter “Add/Modify User” interface, input a new user name (like user), input type supports number, uppercase and lowercase letters and Chinese. 2. Setup Password for the New User On the “Add/Modify User” interface, click “Password” button, enter the password setup interface, input new password directly (password is 6 or less than 6 digits), then confirm password.
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Standalone DVR User Manual 3.8.1.5 Software Update Manual update: system supports USB update: copy the update file to the root directory of the USB disk, insert the USB disk, then click “OK” to upgrade the system manually. Auto update: insert the USB disk with upgrade file first, when the system restarts, it will detect the update program.
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Standalone DVR User Manual 3.8.1.7 System Information Display system related information, mainly include device name, model number, MCU model number and software version. Note: under preview mode, press 【OK】 button on the remote control can display this interface directly. 3.8.1.8 Import and Export Used to export the system configuration to the USB disk, or import the system configuration from the USB disk, in order to facilitate configuring multiple devices in batch.
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Standalone DVR User Manual System setup includes Setup (system parameter), Record (recording setup), Image (image setup), Alarmin (alarm input), Schedule (schedule setup), Expection (expection handling), MTD (motion detection), PTZ (PTZ configuration) and Network. 3.8.2.1 System Parameter Overwrite: Select “Yes”, when the HDD or SD card is full of recording, the system will overwrite the earliest video information to achieve the purpose of cycle recording.
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Standalone DVR User Manual transparency between preview image and the menu by adjusting the level of the menu transparency. Low, middle, high and opacity can be set. Language: Menu language type can be set according to the requirement of user. There are English, simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese options.
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Standalone DVR User Manual CBR/VBR: There are VBR and CBR options. When set VBR, you can configure the image quality. BitRate: There are 128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512Kbps, 1Mbps (unit is bps) options. The specific limit size of the bit rate will be adjusted according to the scene and the camera condition and the requirement on the image quality.
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Standalone DVR User Manual Clear All: Press the【MENU】 key on the remote control to clear all the blind areas of the channel. CopyTo: Used to copy the parameters of this channel to other channel so as to configure quickly. 3.8.2.4 Alarm Input Input: Select the number of the target channel number to be set up.
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Standalone DVR User Manual Recording Type and Time Period: There are four time periods and different recording types, timing recording (red), motion detection recording (green), alarm recording (yellow) can be set up within each time period. The status of each time period will display at the bottom as well as the overall plan from 0 to 24 hours.
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Standalone DVR User Manual channel. Delay: When the motion detection is ended, how long will the related processing (such as recording, buzzer, alarm output) delay. Rec. CH: Setup which channels to be triggered to record. To record, you have to set the time periods in the schedule interface.
Standalone DVR User Manual Thus, the settings of the cruise path include the parameter settings of the cruise point, preset point, retention time and cruise time etc, then enter “set” to set the cruise path and cruise path number. At present, one device supports the setting of 16 cruise path numbers.
Standalone DVR User Manual time. Type: Select the log type, including all, alarm, expection, local operation and remote operation. Start/End: Set the start and end time of searching log. Prev: Used to go to the preview page. Next: Used to go to the next page. Goto: Used to go to the specified page.
Standalone DVR User Manual 3.8.7 Bus Information DeviceID: Used to set the ID number of every device. DeviceName: Used to set the device name which is the same as the device name set up in “Info”. BusNo: Used to set the bus number of the vehicle, facilitating management. Note: All information in this item can’t be restored to the factory setting, but you can manually modify the relevant information.
Standalone DVR User Manual 4 Client Software User Manual 4.1 Instruction of Client Main Functions (1) The “RecordFile” interface realizes the search and playback functions of the recording file in the storage medium: search and playback the recording file in the storage medium (HDD or SD card) by channel number, start and end time, recording type and car number.
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Standalone DVR User Manual 1.1 Playback by file After set up the channel number, start and end time, recording type (event) and car number, click “Search” button, all the recording files which meet the conditions will display in the list box. Select the recording file you want to playback, double-click this file or click “FilePlay”...
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Standalone DVR User Manual Select the recording file which you want to backup from the list box, then click “BackupFile” button, select the storage path to backup. When the backup is complete, there will be a succeed prompting. The backup file can be with ifv and avi format. 1.4 Backup by Time: After set up the channel, recording type and the start time and end time of the file, click “BackupByTime, realize multi-file backup at the same time.
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Standalone DVR User Manual 2.2 Pause, Frame Forward: “Pause” button controls pause or play recording file; frame forward: each click will play one frame forward. 2.3 Playback Speed: It can play in normal speed (1 time), fast forward (2 times, 4 times, 8 times, 16 times), slow forward (1/2, 1/4, 8, 1/16).
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Standalone DVR User Manual 3.1 Browse: Used to setting the path of the log file (log.bin), click “Search Log” to view the log file. Without setting the path, it will default to search the current log information in the storage medium.
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Standalone DVR User Manual 4.1 Browse: Used to set the file which save the recording files in local. 4.2 Search: Select the car number and the start time and end time which you want to search, click “Search” button, all the recording files of a vehicle within a time period will display in the list box.
Standalone DVR User Manual 5 Frequently Asked Question 1. How to operate the motion detection recording? A: There are mainly two steps for setting the motion detection recording: Set the sensitivity, area and the recording channel to be triggered of the corresponding channel in the “MTD”...
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