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DVR:DVR
POS
BACKUP
ALARM
Copyright © 2008 Cascadia Video Products, LLC
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  • Page 1 CTMS DVR:DVR BACKUP ALARM Copyright © 2008 Cascadia Video Products, LLC All rights reserved Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under copyright laws...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS GO TO SHELL ...............56 PRECAUTION ..............3 SHELL SETTING............57 FEATURES ..............4 LOG VIEWER ...............60 COMPONENT ..............5 ETC..................61 FRONT VIEW ..............6 PRINTING..............63 REAR VIEW..............6 COPYING ..............64 REAR VIEW..............7 DATA BACKUP .............66 STARTING/SHUTDOWN..........8 SERVER TO SERVER..........68 z STARTING ..............

  • Page 3: Precaution

    PRECAUTION 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

  • Page 4: Features

    FEATURES Selecting a screen layout Switching live video automatically in order of camera numbers (Sequence) Viewing alarm video in single-screen layout when an alarm event occurs (Event Popup) Viewing live video Viewing live video in full-screen mode (Enlarge) Presetting the layout of video images from cameras (Camera Layout Preset Save) Magnifying video (Zoom) Normal recording Records video continuously during the scheduled time period.

  • Page 5: Component

    COMPONENT DVR package contains the main body and the following accessories. Please note that the components are subject to change without notification. English...

  • Page 6: Front View

    FRONT VIEW Figure 1. Front View Air duct Power indicator Access indicator Drive panel Drive panel key lock CD/DVD drive CD/DVD access indicator CD/DVD eject button USB terminal (2.0) Power switch Please note that the front figure and specification is subject to change without notification. English...

  • Page 7: Rear View

    REAR VIEW Figure 2. Rear View Air duct I In/OUT terminals (video input/output) Standby switch ALARM IN/OUT terminals (alarm input/output) Power socket Air duct MOUSE terminal (Mouse) Standby switch KBD terminal (Keyboard) Power socket RS-232 port MOUSE/KBD terminal (mouse/keyboard) PRINTER port (printer) COM1 serial port VGA port (Monitor) PRINTER port (printer)

  • Page 8: Starting/Shutdown

    STARTING/SHUTDOWN SHUTDOWN STARTING To shutdown the system, you must log into the Open the drive panel with the supplied key and power ON “Administrator” of system. the digital video recorder. The startup screen appears and the digital video recorder Click the [Exit] mode button. starts loading the system program.

  • Page 9: Log In/Out

    LOG IN/OUT LOG OUT LOG IN To log out of the system, you need to perform the The digital video recorder is shipped with the following following operation on the [Live] screen. two default user name settings. If this is the first time you started the digital video Click the [Log In/Out] mode button.

  • Page 10: Mode Button

    MODE BUTTON Currently selected button: Shown with a purple background. Unselectable button: Shown with a black icon. Selectable button: Shown with a gray icon. Button Displayed Screen/Menu Operation Description Displays the LIVE screen, where a monitoring user can monitor live video. Besides monitoring live video, these users can perform one-channel LIVE screen search, and other operations.

  • Page 11: Live Components

    LIVE COMPONENTS The LIVE screen appears first after you log into the Camera Control Panel system. Switching to a single-screen layout when you monitor On this screen, you can monitor live video, operate a PTZ video from a PTZ camera causes the Camera Control panel (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) camera, and playback of recorded video to appear to enable remote control.

  • Page 12: Display Information

    DISPLAY INFORMATION On the LIVE screen, live video from the connected The "NOR" (Normal recording) indicator is not cameras is displayed in the video display area. shown when normal recording performed Each video is displayed with the following information. simultaneously with the Motion, Sensor, or Text recording. To set the Normal, Motion, Sensor, or Text recording mode, access the Schedule settings...

  • Page 13: Screen Layout

    SCREEN LAYOUT To switch the screen layout or the display method of the Although the system shows a 16-screen layout video you are monitoring, use the Screen Selection when powered ON, if you log out and then log in again, it buttons.
  • Page 14 SCREEN LAYOUT Drag Camera01 to the CH2 (Camera02) position. To enable the Event Popup feature, set the Motion, Alarm IN, or Text recording mode for the desired channel Camera02 is replaced with Camera01. in the Schedule settings accessible from the SETTINGS screen.
  • Page 15 SCREEN LAYOUT Deleting a preset camera layout Select the preset name of the camera layout you want to delete. Click Delete. The deletion confirmation dialog box opens. Click the [OK]. The selected preset name disappears from the pull-down menu. English...

  • Page 16: Caemra Information

    CAMERA INFORMATION Camera information for all channels is listed in a tree format. The tree list contains five folders, each of which can be opened and closed by clicking the +/- button (or double- No sensor input clicking the folder name/camera title). Sensor being input By opening each folder, you can view and change settings for that camera from the context menu.
  • Page 17 CAMERA INFORMATION [DVR Server] folder This folder contains information on networked DVR servers. You can right-click this folder to perform operations related to the "DVR Server" feature from the context menu. Operations on the folder Right-clicking the [DVR Server] folder allows you to perform the following operations from the context menu.

  • Page 18: Zoom/Audio

    ZOOM/AUDIO AUDIO ZOOM In a single-screen layout, you can perform zoom-in and In the Camera Information panel, open the zoom-out operations. [Audio] folder and right-click the desired channel. Note that you can turn "ON" the audio output for only one Click the camera's video you want to zoom in.

  • Page 19: Ptz

    When you monitor video from a PTZ camera in a single screen layout, the Camera Control panel is shown. Now, besides normal PTZ operations, you can register preset positions and auto panning patterns. Before performing PTZ operations, configure the [Protocol] setting in the accessible from the Camera settings SETTINGS screen.
  • Page 20 Registering a preset position Click P-Run. The button is highlighted and the camera starts a preset Camera states such as the orientation and zoom run. magnification can be registered as preset positions. You During a preset run, the preset number for the current can register up to 12 preset positions.

  • Page 21: Information Bar

    INFORMATION BAR The status bar shows information such as hard disk usage USB device connection status rate, DVR server connection, backup status, network Connecting a USB device to one of the USB ports of the connection status, the oldest recorded time, Log in user, digital video recorder changes the appearance of the icon usb connection, and current time.

  • Page 22: 1Ch Search

    1CH SEARCH On the LIVE screen, you can playback recorded video by Playback buttons specifying a single channel. For function of these buttons, refer to the explanation of To play back video from more than one channel the playback buttons in the [One channel search] window. simultaneously, use the [Search menu] on the SEARCH screen.
  • Page 23 1CH SEARCH In the Search panel, specify the point at which Using one channel search you want to start play back by clicking the desired The following explains how to play back recorded video for time bar. the channel you specify. Use the upper time bars to specify the playback start point in units of hours.

  • Page 24: Search Components

    SEARCH COMPONENTS To search and play back recorded video, click the [SEARCH] mode button. The screen changes to the SEARCH screen, where you can play back recorded video from multiple cameras on a multi-screen display. Selecting a single-screen layout initially displays reduced video, which is 0.54 times the actual size.
  • Page 25 SEARCH COMPONENTS Channel selector (Ch) Functions of Search panel components Select the channel from which you want to play back video Clicking Map/Thumbnail toggles the panel appearance as in a single-screen layout. shown below. Map button Click this to show time bars (in hours/minutes) along the time scale.

  • Page 26: Time Search

    TIME SEARCH You can playback recoded video by specifying the recording date and time. Click the [SEARCH] mode button. The screen changes to the SEARCH screen, which contains a still image of the video together with the Search panel. Select the desired Screen Layout button. You can select single-screen, quad-screen, 9-screen, or 16-screen layout.

  • Page 27: Detail Search

    DETAIL SEARCH You can search for the desired scenes of the video from the displayed thumbnails. Use this search method if you want to compare images frame by frame, or choose the images you want to print or copy. Before starting a Detail search, select the channel whose video scenes you search for.

  • Page 28: Smart Search

    SMART SEARCH To adjust the size or position of a set sensing area, Uses the motion sensing feature of the system to search click Move and then drag as follows: scenes containing any motion in the target area. To enlarge or shrink a sensing area horizontally or vertically, drag with the mouse pointer placed at a point Before starting a Smart search, select the channel whose video scenes you search for.

  • Page 29: Map Search

    MAP SEARCH You can list recording information on all channels in the Click the magnifying glass button. [All channel video map] window. The time scale changes to 1 hour map, showing when the Specify the playback start point on the time bar to play recording occurred minute by minute.

  • Page 30: Pos Search

    POS SEARCH You can use keywords to search for playback video, by Click Search. searching through data recorded by a POS or ATM. The digital video recorder searches recorded data that matches the specified search criteria and shows them in Before starting a POS search, select the channel the Text List area whose video scenes you search for.

  • Page 31: Event Search

    EVENT SEARCH The Alarm Log list allows you to search and play back recorded video. Before starting an Event search, select the channel whose video scenes you search for. Click the [SEARCH] mode button. The screen changes to the SEARCH screen, which contains a still image of the video together with the Search panel.

  • Page 32: Backup Search

    BACKUP SEARCH In the Search panel, specify the point at which DVR supports the Data Search and Backup Search. can you want to start play back by clicking the desired playback the backup video on DVR. map. Default search on the search mode is the [Data Search]. Use the upper time bars to specify the playback start point in units of hours.

  • Page 33: Setting Components

    SETTING COMPONENTS It is used to set the detailed settings of the digital video recorder. Clicking the [CONFIG] mode button causes the CONFIGURATIONS screen to appear. Use the setting buttons provided at the right end of the screen to access the desired settings. Configuration buttons Clicking each setting button displays the corresponding settings screen.

  • Page 34: Camera Setting

    CAMERA SETTING Click the [Camera] setting button to display the Camera If you set the camera type ([Camera]) to "Network" settings. Size: Shows each camera's size setting Here, you can set the operation conditions of each camera automatically. connected to the digital video recorder. Quality: Honors each camera's quality setting, which is not shown in the setting table, however.
  • Page 35 CAMERA SETTING In the [Linked alarm] section, click the button Using the radio buttons, specify whether to (labeled as None by default). define the sensing area by yourself. The [Select linked alarm from camera] setting dialog box appears. When [User defined] is selected: The [Add] button becomes selectable, allowing you to Click the Alarm OUT number of each terminal define the sensing area as desired.
  • Page 36 CAMERA SETTING Noise Filter: Select this check box to enable noise filtering. Specify the address and other information on Watermark: the camera. Select this check box to enable water marking to prevent "Camera Address" (IP address or Domain Name) interpolation. Port (Default setting: 80) User ID (Default setting: guest) Password (Default setting: guest)
  • Page 37 CAMERA SETTING Configuring PTZ camera positions (PTZ Preset) Button to set PTZ camera options (PTZ Option) Setting a protocol in the Camera setting table (in the Click PTZ Option. [Protocol] column) allows you to configure the operation You can orient the camera to a preset position, linked to settings of a PTZ camera.
  • Page 38 CAMERA SETTING <Other buttons> Beep type: Select a beep sound to work with alarm.. Configuring the video quality (Video Quality) Listen in advance: Listen the selected beep sound in Configure the quality of the video displayed on the monitor. advance. All camera config copy: Applies the settings on the tab to all cameras.

  • Page 39: Schedule Setting

    SCHEDULE SETTING Click the [Schedule] setting button to display the recording schedule settings. Normal: Records video continuously during the scheduled time period. Motion: Records video whenever a motion is sensed in the target by the motion sensor. Sensor: Records video whenever an alarm signal is input from an external sensor.
  • Page 40 SCHEDULE SETTING <Other buttons> All days: Applies the set recording schedule to all days of the week. To cancel, click the button again. All cam: Applies the set recording schedule to all cameras. To cancel, click the button again. Default: Sets Normal recording for all time periods in each day of the week.

  • Page 41: Alarm/Sensor Setting

    ALARM/SENSOR SETTING This links the camera number to sensor. You can select Click the [Alarm] setting button to display the Alarm more than one camera number. settings. Click OK. Each Sensor/Alarm OUT number A shown on this The dialog box closes. On the [Sensor] tab, the button screen represents the corresponding sensor/alarm output next to the [Linked Camera] button now shows the setting terminal located on the rear panel of the digital video...
  • Page 42 ALARM/SENSOR SETTING <Other buttons> <Other buttons> Default: Resets the all settings on the tab to the Default: Resets the all settings on the tab to the defaults. defaults. Reset: Cancels all settings on the tab and restores Reset:Cancels all settings on the tab and restores the previous conditions.

  • Page 43: Communication

    COMMUNICATION Click the [Communication] setting button to display the Configuring the TCP/IP settings Communication settings. Using the following radio buttons, select how you want to Allows you to configure the communication conditions and set the TCP/IP address. other settings necessary to establish a network connection. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) Select this to use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically.
  • Page 44 COMMUNICATION By using the DDNS service, you can automatically Configuring the system controller access and connect to your digital video recorder from To connect a system controller to the digital video recorder, Internet Explorer by simply entering the domain name you need to enter necessary information.

  • Page 45: User/Password

    USER/PASSWORD Camera control Click the [User/Password] setting button to display the Specify the camera number of the camera for which you User/Password settings. want to grant the user the operating authority on the LIVE On this screen, register users who use this system and screen.
  • Page 46 USER/PASSWORD In the [User Info] section, Click User ID modify. When you add a new user, the user is registered as In the [User ID] field, the name of the current user a monitoring user with the operating authorities for all appears and the label of the [User ID modify] button cameras (Camera controls 1 to 16 are selected).
  • Page 47 USER/PASSWORD Changing the password In the user list (in the [User Setting] section), select the user whose name you want to change. In the [User Info] section, Click Password modify. The [New password] and [Password confirm] fields are enabled and the label of the [Password modify] button changes to [Cancel].

  • Page 48: System Setting

    SYSTEM SETTING Click the [System] setting button to display the System Using the radio buttons, select the addressing settings. method and enter address information. Allows you to configure the basic system conditions, When "Standard NTF" is selected system behaviors when an event occurs, backup conditions, and other settings.
  • Page 49 SYSTEM SETTING The [Automatic Backup Drive Setting] dialog box opens. The digital video recorder, when stopped in the "Overwrite OFF" mode, will resume recording if you change the setting to "Overwrite ON". However, when recording in the "Overwrite ON" mode, the digital video recorder will stop recording with a warning message if you change the setting to "Overwrite OFF", because the drive capacity is already full.
  • Page 50 SYSTEM SETTING Network Drive Setting Select the network drive name for the Sets the network drive setup for backup or autobackup. selected folder. <Setting the network drive> In the [Drive] setting, Click the Network Drive Setting. The [Net Drive Setting] dialog box opens. Input the user ID and password and then click the Map Network Drive.
  • Page 51 SYSTEM SETTING No video signal This tab provides the transmission settings for the "No Configuring the signal/E-mail transmission video signal" event that occurs when the video signal is at event occurrence (Event) interrupted. You can send a signal or an E-mail to networked Turn On/Off the transmission for each camera number.
  • Page 52 SYSTEM SETTING Error NTP This tab provides the transmission settings for the NTP server error event that occurs when an error occurs in the NTP server to which the digital video recorder is connected. CMS: (Transmits text information networked computers.)/Off (No transmission) E-Mail: On (Transmits an E-mail to the specified E-mail address.)/Off (No transmission)

  • Page 53: Pos Setting

    POS SETTING All camera: Click the [Text] setting button to display the Text settings. Selects all camera numbers. On this screen, you can configure settings used, when the Reset: digital video recorder is connected to a text input device Deselects all camera numbers. such as a POS or ATM, to record text information from Cancel: receipts or payment vouchers together with monitoring...
  • Page 54 POS SETTING End text Email sending The printing of a receipt ends when this text is detected. Select this check box to enable the transmission of text You can specify a single text string only. information included in each receipt via E-mail. Skip text The printing of a receipt is skipped when this text is You can specify the destination address(es) of this...

  • Page 55: Pos Setting

    POS SETTING Saves the settings and closes the dialog box. Deleting a registered preset (Text input device) Cancel: Cancels the settings and closes the dialog box. In the Device settings, select the preset name When finished, Click OK. in the [Preset] setting. The dialog box closes.

  • Page 56: Go To Shell

    GO TO SHELL Click the [Go To Shell] button on the SETTINGS screen and then Click OK in the confirmation dialog box. Then, the system's operation window closes and the Shell screen (desktop) appears. On the Shell screen, you select operations from five menu icons.

  • Page 57: Shell Setting

    SHELL SETTING In this dialog box, configure the system environment of Type the name of the application you want to the digital video recorder. When finished, Click OK to close register. the dialog box. Default setting: App1 to App5 Click the button and select the storage location of the application files.
  • Page 58 SHELL SETTING 2) Saves the data currently in memory to the hard disk. 3) Shuts down the digital video recorder if the battery runs out. The history of these operations is saved as operation logs. Button to update the system program (Upgrade) Button to load the stored configuration files Click Upgrade.
  • Page 59 SHELL SETTING Button configure printer tasks (Printer Setting) <Other buttons> All: Selects all check boxes. Reset: Deselect all check boxes. Cancel: Cancels the settings and closes the dialog box. Button to configure the date and time settings (Date/Time Setting) Button to show the system version (DVR System Version) If this is the first time you powered ON the digital Click this button to view the program version and the...

  • Page 60: Log Viewer

    LOG VIEWER Query condition Allows you to set the query conditions to search for the logs. Date: Click the Calendar button and specify the year, month, and day of the operations you want to query for. User ID: Select the user name in the pull-down menu. Mode: Select the operation mode in the pull-down menu.

  • Page 61: Etc

    Clicking the [ETC] mode button causes the following pull- Event popup time down menu to appear, presenting various options. Provides options related to the Event Popup feature. Set the time during which alarm video is displayed if an alarm event occurs. Options: 1 to 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, and 30 sec Layout sequence time Provides options related to the automatic screen switching...
  • Page 62 Full screen clock OSD option Event Spot Mode: To display the clock information in the full-screen mode, Displays alarm video if an alarm event occurs. turn On the "OSD On" radio button and then select the The alarm video will be retained until the next alarm event desired display position (upper/lower part).

  • Page 63: Printing

    PRINTING The SEARCH screen allows you to print and copy the video images being played back. You can print still images of the video you searched for playback. Before starting printing, you must install a printer driver in the digital video recorder. Click the [PRINT] mode button while the searched video is being played back or suspended.

  • Page 64: Copying

    COPYING You can copy the video being played back to a CD/DVD, File Name: Type a file name if you want to name it by USB memory, removable hard disk, or other recording yourself. media. By default, the system sets the following Select the copy-destination drive and then perform the file name: following operation.
  • Page 65 COPYING Click Save. The system starts copying the specified portion of the video. Until the copying is finished, you cannot perform any operation on the SEARCH and SETTINGS screens. If the copy-destination medium becomes full during coping, the system will cancel the copying process and present a message dialog box.

  • Page 66: Data Backup

    DATA BACKUP You can back up the data recorded from the specified channel in 64-Mbyte files. On the LIVE screen, click the [DATA BACKUP] mode button. The [DATA Backup] screen appears. List All: Selects all recorded data listed. List Reset: Deselect all recorded data listed. In the [Target] setting, select the backup- destination drive.
  • Page 67 DATA BACKUP Click Close. The [Backup] screen closes. Other buttons Eject/Inject: Opens and closes the tray if the backup destination is the E drive (CD-R/CD- RW/DVD). Format: Formats the backup medium if the backup destination is the E drive (CD-R/CD- RW/DVD).

  • Page 68: Server To Server

    SERVER TO SERVER REGISTERING A DVR SERVER This digital video recorder offers the "Server to Server" feature, allowing you to emulate up to four networked Modifying a registered DVR server setting DVR servers. You can register DVR servers on the [Server List] screen. The [Server List] screen can be displayed using either of the following methods.

  • Page 69: Connecting To A Dvr

    SERVER TO SERVER CONNECTING TO A DVR You can connect to DVR servers from the Camera Information panel. On the Camera Information panel, open the "DVR Server" folder. The currently registered DVR names appear below the folder name. Right-click the DVR server you want to connect The context menu appears.

  • Page 70: Components & Functions

    SERVER TO SERVER COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS Playback speed indication You can emulate other DVR servers on the network from a Shows the playback speed in six steps (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, DVR server. 4.0, and 5.0). If your target DVR server is connected to two or more DVR servers and its screen is in a cascading display, bring Playback buttons it to the front by clicking.

  • Page 71: Playing Back Video

    SERVER TO SERVER PTZ Preset Use the PTZ preset buttons to run the camera with registered preset settings. In the Calendar window, select the day on which the video you want to play back was Sets the camera orientation to a registered P-Run recorded.

  • Page 72: Backing Up Data

    SERVER TO SERVER BACKING UP DATA Right-click the video from the channel you want to back up and, in the context menu, select [Data Backup]. The [Data backup] screen appears. Click the [Camera] button (shown as None by default) and specify the camera number for the data you want to back up.

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