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Ameba DVR-R216 User Manual

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Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this Users Manual before using the product.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder
V.1.0
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  • Page 1 16CH Digital Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this Users Manual before using the product. 16 Channel Digital Video Recorder V.1.0 - 1 -...
  • Page 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN! CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVERS. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. This label may appear on the bottom of the unit due to space limitations. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 BEFORE READING THIS DOCUMENT .............5 2 UNIT DESCRIPTION....................6 2.1F .............................6 RONT ANEL 2.2R ANEL ............................7 2.3C ............................8 ONTROLLER 3 INSTALLATION ......................9 3.1C ........................9 AMERA ONNECTION 3.2M ONITOR ONNECTION OMPOSITE MONITOR ..............9 3.3M (S-VHS) C ....................10 ONITOR ONNECTION 3.4VCR&VIDEO PRINTER C .................10 ONNECTION 3.5N...

  • Page 4: Remote Viewer Software

    Remote Viewer Software MANUAL FOR REMOTE VIEWER SOFTWARE ..........44 ENERAL DESCRIPTION .........................44 2.TCP/IP SETUP .....................44 UNIT ......................45 TATIC YNAMIC ......................47 IVE VIEW VIA NETWORK ..............51 EARCH RECORDED PICTURES VIA NETWORK - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Before Reading This Document

    1 Before reading this document (1) This document is intended for both the administrator and users of stand alone DVR Model. (2) This manual contains information for configuring, managing and using stand alone DVR Model. (3) To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not expose the product to heat or moisture (4) Be sure to read this manual before using stand alone DVR Model.

  • Page 6: Unit Description

    2 Unit Description Front Panel 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. LED (over write/Rec/Play/Setup) 2. 1~16CH Camera 3. REC: REC image data on hard disk drive 4. STOP: stop Recording or playback 5.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    2.2 Rear Panel ALARM INPUT/OUPUT ALARM 1 ALARM 11 ALARM 2 ALARM 12 ALARM 3 ALARM 4 ALARM 13 ALARM 14 ALARM 5 ALARM 15 ALARM 6 ALARM 16 ALARM 7 ALARM 8 RELAY OUT-N.O. RELAY OUT-N.C. ALARM 9 RELAY OUT-COM ALARM 10 CAMERA CONNECTION VIDEO OUT...

  • Page 8: Controller

    2.3 Controller REC: REC image data on hard disk drive STOP: stop REC or playback REW: High speed playback in reverse direction in playback mode, or moving to the start of REC data when it is in stop mode. PLAY: Play-Back 5 FF: High speed playback in forward direction in playback mode, or moving to the last of REC data when it is in stop mode.

  • Page 9: Installation

    3 Installation 3.1 Camera Connection Connect camera to the CAMERA INPUT(1~16)on the rear panel of unit. 3.2 Monitor Connection (Composite monitor) Connect the monitor to the MONITOR OUT on the rear panel of unit. - 9 -...

  • Page 10: Monitor (S-Vhs) Connection

    3.3 Monitor (S-VHS) Connection Connect S-VIDEO monitor to MONITOR OUT(S-VHS)on the rear panel of unit. 3.4 VCR&VIDEO PRINTER Connection Connect VCR or Video printer to VCR OUT on the rear panel of unit. - 10 -...

  • Page 11: Network Connection

    3.5 Network connection RS-232C:Connected to PC to operate with key board RS-485:Connected to P/T Controller or Speed Dome Camera RJ-45:Connected to LAN,WAN or internet. Notice: Teratray connection port must be used for connecting HDD Bay and can not be used for connecting other device. Connection must be done while power supply to DVR unit is cut.

  • Page 12: Hdd Connection

    3.6 HDD Connection Connect main board and HDD using IDE HDD cable and power cable included in the package. If you install just a unit of HDD, jumper setting of HDD MUST BE ON mater, as specified by HDD manufacturer , and you can install it at any location of HDD1 or HDD2.

  • Page 13: Power Connection

    3.7 Power connection Connect DC 12V power to the power connection on the rear panel of DVR unit. DC 12V Selection of video system(NTSC/PJAL system) You can set video system in the process of booing. according to video system of camera, set video system as follows.

  • Page 14: Operation

    4 Operation 4.1 Basic display Turn on the power switch, and DVR system shows live display from 1 to 16 as following figure. DVR system already started to REC picture data automatically. - 14 -...
  • Page 15 (1). First operation After power supply, DVR system automatically starts to REC on Timer Recording mode. If press PLAYBACK button shortly, playback starts from last stop point. If Press PLAYBACK button once more in playback mode, direction of Playback is reversed. if press PLAYBACK button in long time while DVR system is in stop mode, you can enter into go to menu.

  • Page 16: Dvr System Log-In

    4.2 DVR SYSTEM Log-in (1)After system starts to operate, press MENU button to enter into system menu. (2)Login DVR system is displayed as shown on the left. (3)If you want to input for your own password, just press ENTER button. (4)Then press ENTER button.

  • Page 17: Recording

    4.3 Recording (1)Basic Recording method Press REC button, then Recording icon is displayed on the top of screen. If DVR system is booted again, it is not necessary to set Recording settings, because Recording setting remains unchanged and memorized. (2)FRZ If press FRZ BUTTON,”FRZ”...
  • Page 18 (4)ZOOM If press ZOOM button in full screen of one of 16 channel, system enlarges this picture two times. using direction keys on the left of front panel, you can select area to be enlarged. (5)PIP While you see picture of specific channel in full screen, you can see small size pictures of remaining channels in rotation, if you pres PIP button.
  • Page 19 (6)P/T You can connect PTZ camera or speed dome camera to DVR unit, and you must input protocol of camera to control camera while you see live pictures, using buttons on the front of DVR unit or remote controller. Basic control button: Enter-transmit command while pressed UP/DOWN-Selection of menu item B.

  • Page 20: Playback

    Motion Recording: Recording when motion is detected. Example: Just REC for 30 seconds whenever motion is detected, and stop Recording when HDD is full. Log-in to system setup Mover to REC setup and enter. Using direction keys, ser as figure-b Alarm Recording: Recording when alarm is activated very similar to motion Recording.
  • Page 21 (2)Example of operation In the picture on the right, represents 10.56% of total HDD space is spent for data Recording, and next playback will start from the point of 5.37% of total HDD space. (3)Search When DVR system is in stop mode, press PLAYBACK button for a couple of seconds, and you can enter into go to menu.
  • Page 22 (4)Speed of playback Press FF button As shown on the left, FF 1x is displayed, and you can select high and low playback speed. Press FF button repeatedly to increase playback speed,1,2,4,8,16,32,64. Press FF button to decrease playback speed to 1/2 or 1/4. You can select high speed and low speed when FF 1x is button.
  • Page 23 (5)ZOOM Press ZOOM button in full screen mode, and picture of that channel is enlarged two times. Using direction keys, UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT, you can select area to be enlarged. This function is available for both in live mode and playback mode.

  • Page 24: Setup

    5 SETUP 5.1 Basic operation Setting camera title, colors, motion, and others SYSTEM SETUP Setting date and time in local time CAMERA SETUP Setting recording type TIME/DATE SETUP RECORD SETUP HDD MANAGEMENT Clearing data on HDD or HDD information MISCELLANEOUS SETUP TCP/IP SETUP Setting password, PTZ control, buzzer, and alarm FACTORY DEFAULT...

  • Page 25: Camera Setup

    5.2 CAMERA SETUP Sets camera titles for display in full screen,4-split screen, and 9-split screen. Press ENTER button to move to menu item you want to set. Enter letters using LEFT and RIGHT buttons. Move to next camera for settings using buttons.

  • Page 26: Adjust Color

    5.3 ADJUST COLOR Adjust colors of images from cameras. CH NUMBER :Select camera# from 1 to 16 BRIGHTNESS :Sets brightness (-31~+32) CONTRAST :Adjust color contrast (-31~+32) SATURATION :Adjust color saturation (-20~+32) :Adjust color hue (-31~+32) GAIN :Adjust image signal level (-31~+32) - 26 -...

  • Page 27: Motion Setup

    5.4 MOTION SETUP Sets motion detection area and sensitivity of motion to be detected. - 27 -...
  • Page 28 Basic display: Press MENU button repeatedly until you find menu item to set, and select by pressing ENTER button. In basic display of MOTION SETUP, green Colored cell represent motion detection area. CELL Sets motion detection area cell by cell. ON(OFF) Using direction keys, select cell to set and press ENTER button.

  • Page 29: Set Time/Date

    5.5 SET TIME/DATE Sets YEAR/Month/Day/Hour/Minute/Second Using UP and DOWN buttons, move to menu item, and change value using LEFT and RIGHT buttons. - 29 -...

  • Page 30: Rec Setup

    5.6 REC SETUP Setting for Recording Input password to enter REC setup. Select REC type. -TIMER: Recording at a certain time interval(DEFAULT) -MOTION :Recording when a motion detected -ALARM: Recording when an alarm is activated Decide to overwrite or not when HDD is full. -OFF: Stop Recording when HDD is full.
  • Page 31 REFRESH RATE: In motion or alarm Recording mode, DVR system RECs, pictures at a certain time interval(refresh rate) even though there is no motion detected or alarm activated. -20 SEC: RECs pictures from all channels at time interval of 20 sec, regardless of motion detected or alarm activated.

  • Page 32: Hdd Management

    5.7 HDD MANAGEMENT (1)Clear data stored on HDD. When “HDD clear IN USE is displayed, press ENTER button and input password you already set. If you entered correct password, HDD shall be cleared and “HDD CLEAR EMPTY” is displayed. (2)Show information of HDDS installed inside DVR unit or HDD Bay. - 32 -...

  • Page 33: Miscellaneous Setup

    5.8 MISCELLANEOUS SETUP (1)BUZZER ON/OFF Press buttons to move to item you want to set, and select using LEFT and RIGHT button. Press ENTER button to set. To set altogether at ON or OFF ,move to all buzzer and set at on or off. (2)Set type of sensor(alarm) - 33 -...
  • Page 34 Set type of alarm sensors connected to DVR unit. Set no(normal open)or NC(normal close)for alarm sensors. set at disable or enable for relay output. Move to item you want to change using buttons, change type using LEFT and RIGHT button. To set altogether as a whole, locate curser at”...
  • Page 35 (4)PAN/TILT CMD SETUP Input protocol of PTZ camera or speed dome camera which shall be controlled by data communication Via RS-485. Max. length of protocol for each command is 15 byte, baud rate is 9600.Max.4 PTZ cameras can be connected to DVR unit.
  • Page 36 Setting sequence Device selection: from 1 to 4. Select command] Set byte of command:max.15.byte of commands not used for each device must be set at 0. Input protocol of selected command Repeat process from 1 to 4 until you complete to input protocol for all commands you need.
  • Page 37 (5)Baudrate setup Set baudrate of PTZ camera to be connected.(1200,2400,4800,9600and 19200BPS) If you connect DVR unit to your PC by 485 to232 converter, you can see data transmitted using program like windows hyper-terminal. (6)Password setup To input user’s own password in the first operation or to change pwassword. Current password : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CURRENT PASSWORD...
  • Page 38 (7)Factory setup Initialize system setup as settings done by manufacturer(FACTORY DEFAULT). You can set all groups of settings as a whole or set them group by group. Move to menu items using buttons and select ”YES” or ”NO” and then move to “RUN”.

  • Page 39: Hdd Box

    6 HDD BOX (1)1 or 2 HDD as per customer requirement. (2)EIDE, 3.5 inch, 7200 rpm. (3)In case 2 HDDs installed in a DVR unit is not sufficient and needs to increase storage capacity, connect HDD Bay to DVR unit. If each of 22 HDD is 120GB in capacity, total HDD capacity connected to a unit of DVR is 2.64 TG.We can add huge capacity of HDD storage to a unit of DVR just at the price level of normal EIDE HDD.

  • Page 40: Specification And Configuration

    7 Specification and configuration MODEL NO 16 Channel Digital Video RECODER INPUT 16CH INPUT 1.0VP-P,75OHM UNBALANCED(BNC TYPE) OUTPUT 3 OUTPUT VBS:1.0VP~P.75OHM UNBALANCED(BNC TYPE) VIDEO I/F HORIZONTAL 480TV LINES RESOLUTION S/N RATION MORE THAN 4DB COLOR 16.7MILLION SLIT SCREEN FULL,QUAD,9SPLIT,16SPLIT DISPLAY ZOOM LIVE&PB AVAILABLE AVAILABLE...
  • Page 41 BACK-UP VCR,TIME LAPS VCR:VCR OUTPUT THERS RS232C,RS485,16ALARM INPUT,1 RELAY OUTPUT CAMERA CONTROL PAN/TILT/ZOOM AND FOCUS REMOTE OTHER FUNCTION CONTROL:EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT,WIPER,PUMP,FAN AND HEATER CONFIURATION PLUG&PLAY 4HDD INTERNAL1 OR 2 HDD OPTIONAL HDD BAY SUPPORT MAX 20 HDD POSSIBLE HDD MIX USGE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES OPERATION 41F~104(5C~+40C)
  • Page 42 RS-232C Hex-codes table Following ASCII-codes are for programmers who want to control the DVR via RS-232C port. 1 Byte ASCII-code. - 42 -...
  • Page 43 Remote Viewer Software Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this User ＊ s Manual before using the product 16 Channel Digital Video Recorder V.1.0 - 43 -...

  • Page 44: Manual For Remote Viewer Software

    Manual for Remote Viewer Software 1.General description TCP/IP option enables users to view live pictures, search recorded pictures, or control PTZ camera via Internet line, far apart from the DVR unit, and users can store selected recorded pictures on HDD of client PC. Our stand-alone DVR does not adopted web browser method for access to DVR unit via Internet line, and you must install Remote Viewer software included in the package on client PC before you try to access to DVR unit over IP network...
  • Page 45 3.Static IP and Dynamic IP Practical guideline not to be confused in running Remote Viewer due to mistake in assigning right IP Address, Gateway and Subnet mask to DVR unit. (a)Window 2000 First you need to get to the command prompt using the command shell. The best way is from the run menu.
  • Page 46 (c)Windows 98 and ME To run winipcfg, grab the Run item from the Start menu and type winipcfg into the Open: box. Hit OK (or return). Those comfortable with DOS can launch it from a DOS prompt. When winipcfg launches, you'll get a window like this one: Now, hit the "Release"...
  • Page 47 4.Live view via IP network Click Remote Viewer icon to view live pictures via IP network. You will see then following window. Function of each button in live-view window : 1 : Power switch. Press power switch to quit. Before press power switch button, press disconnect button first.
  • Page 48 For seeing live pictures of DVR unit. : Screen division button. You can select 1 or 4 or 9 or 16 to see live pictures of any single channel or 4 channels or 9 channels or 16 channels, in case of 16 channel DVR.
  • Page 49 Input IP Address you already input into DVR unit(TCP/IP SETUP) in IP ADDRESS. Input Port number you already input into DVR unit in PORT. Just input 80, which is default port number. Input Your ID in DVR. Input the same password you set into DVR in PASSWORD. Input the Path that you want to record Video.
  • Page 50 (2)User Pantilt Command tab: You can control PTZ via remote PC and here u can edit PZT command to control Menu： (New PT Command): you can type the command in (Add PT Command) : (Save PT Command): Save the current command value. (Delete PT Command):Delete the command which you selected.

  • Page 51: Ip Network

    5. Scan Button Press scan button to enter into search window. Using variousoperation buttons, you can search recorded pictures, save selected pictures on client PC, or print pictures. Refer to following paragraph “3. Search recorded pictures over IP network” fordetails. 6. PTZ control. You can control Zoom, Focus, and Pan/Tilt of PTZ camera while you see live pictures via IP network.
  • Page 52 Function of each button in search window : 1 : Power switch. Press power switch to quit. 2 : Full screen button. Press full screen button to search recorded picture channel by channel in full screen. 3 : Quad button. Press Quad button to search recorded pictures in quad screen, 4 pictures from 4 channels at the same time.
  • Page 53 Notice : We recommend you to click operation buttons one after the other with enough time interval to give enough time for DVR unit to execute commands from client PC. Too fast clicking operation buttons one after the other with too short time interval may cause system hang-up in client PC.

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