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Summary of Contents for Matrix Network DRC816H
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Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"... -
Page 4: Important Safeguards
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 14. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: appliance is operated. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ......................1 Feature ........................... 1 Technical Overview ........................ 1 Chapter 2 — Installation ......................3 Package Contents ........................3 Required Installation Tools ....................3 Video Input......................... 3 Video Loop Through ......................4 RS485 Port ........................ - Page 6 User’s Manual Shutdown ......................... 20 Network Setup ........................21 Network ..........................21 Notification ........................25 Devices Setup ........................26 Camera ..........................26 Audio ..........................27 Alarm-Out Screen ......................28 Display ..........................28 Remote Control ....................... 31 Recording Setup ........................31 Record ..........................
- Page 7 Digital Video Recorder Web Search Mode ......................60 Time Overlap ........................61 Map of Screens ........................62 Connector Pin Outs ......................63 I/O Connector Pin Outs ....................63 RS485 Connector Pin Outs ..................... 63 Troubleshooting ........................63 System Log Notices ......................64 Error Code Notices ......................
- Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 39 — Record menu........................31 Figure 40 — Record Settings screen....................... 31 Figure 41 — Panic Record screen......................32 Figure 42 — Schedule setup screen......................33 Figure 43 — Pre-Event setup screen....................... 34 Figure 44 —...
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Page 9: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Feature Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 8 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors ... -
Page 10: Figure 1 - Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation. NOTE: This manual covers the 8- and 16-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are identical except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras that can be displayed. For simplicity, the illustrations and descriptions in this manual refer to the 16-camera model. -
Page 11: Chapter 2 - Installation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws and Guide Rails for Adding Hard Disk Drives ... -
Page 12: Video Loop Through
User’s Manual Video Loop Through If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. -
Page 13: Rs232C Port
Digital Video Recorder RS232C Port An RS232 port is provided to connect a remote control keyboard. Audio In/Out Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1, Audio In 2, Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks. Connect Audio Out to your amplifier. - Page 14 User’s Manual WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET. THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN. IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE, DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG.
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Page 15: Chapter 3 - Configuration
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 — 16-Channel DVR front panel. Camera Buttons Power LED HDD LED Alarm Out LED Network LED Clip Copy LED Panic Button... -
Page 16: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)
User’s Manual Figure 4 — Infrared remote control. NOTE: For simplicity, the button descriptions in this manual refer to the front panel buttons. Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords. -
Page 17: Clip Copy Led
Digital Video Recorder Clip Copy LED The Clip Copy LED is lit when the DVR is clip-copying. PANIC Button Pressing the PANIC button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the button again will stop panic recording. ALARM Button button has two functions. -
Page 18: Arrow Buttons
User’s Manual Pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer enters the cameo mode. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo. Pressing the desired camera button in the active cameo edits the cameo and displays the video of selected camera. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button exits the Active Cameo mode. -
Page 19: Initial Unit Setup
Digital Video Recorder Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, remote control, record mode, network and password. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes. -
Page 20: System Setup
User’s Manual 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 button. -
Page 21: Date/Time
Digital Video Recorder button. Highlighting the Install button and pressing the Select the desired file and press the button will install the selected software package. Highlighting the Cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without upgrading the software. If the upgrade package file is not installed on the DVR properly, you will get an error message. The system restarts automatically after completing the upgrade. -
Page 22: Figure 10 - Date/Time Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between month, date and year. -
Page 23: Storage
Digital Video Recorder 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 24: User
User’s Manual The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device. The S.M.A.R.T. column displays “Good”, “Bad” or “N/A”, depending on storage conditions. -
Page 25: Wizard
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will toggle between all authority levels being turned On and Off. Highlighting the individual authority level boxes and pressing the button will toggle between that authority level being turned On and Off. The authority levels that can be turned On and Off are: ... -
Page 26: Figure 17 - Quick Setup Wizard Screen
User’s Manual If you selected the Quick wizard, selecting the Next button starts the Quick Setup Wizard. Figure 17 — Quick Setup wizard screen. Date/Time Setup Date: Set the system date and select the date format. Time: Set the system time and select the time format. ... -
Page 27: Figure 18 - Network Setup Wizard Screen
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The recording quality and recording speed of each camera channel will be set as show below according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set. HVQPP* SRP* LRTPP* Motion Event Record Very High / 30 ips High / 5 ips Standard / 3 ips Continuous &... -
Page 28: Shutdown
User’s Manual LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Server address). -
Page 29: Network Setup
Digital Video Recorder Network Setup Figure 20 — Network menu. Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – bps/ips. You can select the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Remote Watch –... -
Page 30: Figure 22 - Lan (Manual) Setup Screen
User’s Manual 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. Selecting Manual from the Type allows you to set up LAN parameters manually. -
Page 31: Figure 23 - Dvrns Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Save button reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network. Selecting ADSL (with PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. Highlight the box beside ID and press the button. -
Page 32: Figure 24 - Rtsp Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside DVR Name and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the DVR name to be registered on the DVRNS server. Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entered can be used. NOTE: The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting Check, otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved. -
Page 33: Notification
Digital Video Recorder Notification The DVR can be set up to contact a computer running RAS (Remote Administration System) or to send an email when an event occurs. Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button. The Notification screen displays. You will be able to change the Callback and Mail settings. -
Page 34: Devices Setup
User’s Manual NOTE: You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN. Highlight the box beside Port and press the button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the SMTP Server port number obtained from your system administrator. -
Page 35: Audio
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. Figure 30 — Camera PTZ setup screen. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and button. -
Page 36: Alarm-Out Screen
User’s Manual Alarm-Out Screen Highlight Alarm-Out in the Devices menu and press the button. The Alarm-Out screen allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each alarm output from the DVR. Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button. -
Page 37: Figure 34 - Display Osd Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned On or Off: Remote Control – The icon displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared remote control. -
Page 38: Figure 36 - Spot Monitor Screen
User’s Manual You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button. You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button toggles between On and Off. When button. -
Page 39: Remote Control
Digital Video Recorder Remote Control Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. -
Page 40: Schedule
User’s Manual The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlighting Record Audio and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons or Up and Down arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 999 days. -
Page 41: Figure 42 - Schedule Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. -
Page 42: Pre-Event
User’s Manual Pre-Event Highlight Pre-Event in the Record menu and press the button, and the Pre-Event setup screen appears. If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule, a message will display alerting you to this fact. When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. -
Page 43: Motion Detection
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs, and the Actions 1 and Actions 2 setup screens appear. 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 button. -
Page 44: Figure 48 - Motion Detection Settings Screen
User’s Manual Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Figure 48 — Motion Detection Settings 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. -
Page 45: Video Loss
Digital Video Recorder 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. Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Motion Detection Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display. The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. -
Page 46: Figure 51 - Video Loss Settings Screen
User’s Manual Highlighting the box under the Video Loss Interval heading allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Video Loss. The DVR will not consider any signal loss from a camera to be a Video Loss if the detected signal loss is shorter than the interval set on this screen. -
Page 47: System Event
Digital Video Recorder System Event Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears. 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 48: Event Status
User’s Manual Highlight the Actions tab, and the System Event Actions screen displays. The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. -
Page 49: Chapter 4 - Operation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. -
Page 50: Live Monitoring Menu
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button. Pressing any button except for the MENU ALARM PANIC... -
Page 51: Active Cameo Mode
Digital Video Recorder Alarm Selecting (Alarm) in the Live Monitoring menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing the button. ALARM Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting again stops panic recording. -
Page 52: Figure 59 - Ptz Select Camera Menu
User’s Manual To use the front panel buttons, press the Left and Right arrow buttons to pan left and right. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press the button to zoom in, and press the button to zoom out. -
Page 53: Event Monitoring
Digital Video Recorder Event Monitoring When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (Main Monitor 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 54: Figure 62 - Mouse Display Menu
User’s Manual Full Screen Previous Group Next Group Figure 62 — Mouse Display menu. Full Screen Selecting (Full Screen) in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image when in one of the multiview formats (i.e., 2x2, 1+5, 1+7, 3x3 or 4x4). -
Page 55: Recording Video
Digital Video Recorder Recording Video Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 — Installation, it is ready to record. The DVR will start recording based on the settings you made in the Record setup screen. See Chapter3 — Configuration. Recycle On or Recycle Off. -
Page 56: Searching Video
User’s Manual When playing video for the first time, the DVR will display the most recent image. When playing video subsequent times, the DVR will start playing video from the last recalled image. Recorded audio will be played when the DVR displays a camera with recorded audio in full screen mode. -
Page 57: Search Menu
Digital Video Recorder Search Go To Bookmark Export Camera Menu Alarm Panic Data Source Exit Figure 64 — Search menu. NOTE: The Search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen. Search Menu Search Selecting (Search) in the Search menu displays the following Search menu. -
Page 58: Event Log Search
User’s Manual A–B Clip-Copy: Selecting A–B Clip-Copy will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Selecting A–B Clip-Copy again and the will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied and displays the Clip-Copy screen. ... - Page 59 Digital Video Recorder You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option… button and setting up the new search condition. 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.
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Page 60: Record Table Search
User’s Manual Record Table Search Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey < Compact View > vertical line indicates the current search position. To search specific video, move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired segment. -
Page 61: Calendar Search
Digital Video Recorder Calendar Search 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 (Play/Pause) button to select it. A time bar displays at the bottom of the calendar. -
Page 62: Bookmarks
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image. When highlighting pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time. -
Page 63: Figure 70 - Clip-Copy Screen
Digital Video Recorder Pressing and holding the button for more than three seconds while in the Search mode or Live Monitoring CLIP COPY mode initiates the One-Touch Clip Copy function. The last recorded image will be the ending point of video to be clip copied, and the system will automatically begin to calculate the possible video data size that the selected storage media can handle. - Page 64 User’s Manual NOTE: Only 4.7GB DVD media is available. To clip copy video on DVD media using remaining space, the size of previously recorded data on the DVD media should be less than 4GB. Select the Full Erase option when erasing recorded data on DVD media, otherwise the media will not operate properly when rewritten.
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Page 65: Appendix
Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP and Window Vista is almost identical to Windows 2000. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. - Page 66 User’s Manual Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ® ® ® ® Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 3), Microsoft Windows Vista x86 (32 Bit) ® ® (Service Pack 1), Microsoft Windows 7 x86 (32 Bit) ...
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Page 67: Web Monitoring Mode
Digital Video Recorder 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. ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web search mode. ③... -
Page 68: Web Search Mode
User’s Manual Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name. Enable Audio: Enables audio communication with the remote site. When the audio control panel displays, click the to send audio to the connected remote site and click the button again to stop sending audio. -
Page 69: Time Overlap
Digital Video Recorder ⑦ Click the screen format to select the desired display mode. ⑧ Click the to enter the time-lapse search mode which allows you to search for recorded data by time and then play back images found within the time parameters. The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar. -
Page 70: Map Of Screens
User’s Manual From four o’clock of the first segment to five o’clock of the first segment From four o’clock of the first segment to five o’clock of the second segment From four o’clock of the second segment to five o’clock of the second segment Map of Screens... -
Page 71: Connector Pin Outs
Digital Video Recorder Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (6 connectors) Relay Alarm Output (Normally Closed) Relay Common Relay Alarm Output (Normally Open) Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit ... -
Page 72: System Log Notices
User’s Manual System Log Notices Boot Up Remote Setup Fail Disk ‘No.’ : Removed Shutdown Setup Imported Auto Deletion Restart Setup Import Failure Search Begin Upgrade Setup Exported Search End Upgrade Fail Setup Export Failure Clip-Copy Begin Power Failure Setup Export Cancel Clip-Copy End Time Change Schedule On... -
Page 73: Specifications
Digital Video Recorder Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs SPOT: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution... - Page 74 User’s Manual GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.9" x 3.5" x 15.9" (430mm x 88mm x 405mm) Unit Weight 16.8 lbs. (7.6kg) Shipping Weight 26.3 lbs. (11.9kg) Shipping Dimensions 21.3" x 11.4" x 23.2" (540mm x 290mm x 590mm) (W x H x D) Operating Temperature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)
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