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Active Vision SX-420
USER GUIDE
STAND-ALONE
9/16 channel MPEG-4 Triplex DVR
V. 1.4
This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.

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  • Page 1 User Guide Active Vision SX-420 USER GUIDE STAND-ALONE 9/16 channel MPEG-4 Triplex DVR V. 1.4 This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.

  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of unprotected “dangerous voltage”...
  • Page 3 User Guide WARNING THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL. THE DVR SHOULD BE POWERED OFF WHEN CONNECTING CAMERA, AUDIO, OR SENSOR CABLES. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY IMPROPER USE OF THE PRODUCT OR FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRODUCT.
  • Page 4 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide THE LIST OF CONFIGURATION DVR SET CLIENT SOFTWARE CD REMOTE CONTROLLER BATTERY MANUAL (SERVER & REMOTE CLIENT S/W) RUBBER RINGS & SCREWS (4x4x4EA) IDE HDD CABLE(2EA) HDD BRACKETS(4EA) POWER CABLE 110V & 220V...
  • Page 5 User Guide THE OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROLLER POWER Power On/Off DISPLAY Display of Full, Quad or 9 split view F/REW Jump 60 seconds backward PLAY Play/Pause F/ADV Jump 60 seconds forward FREEZE/CAP Freeze/Capture Fast Forward ALARM Disable alarm operation SETUP Setup menu screen ARCHIVE Display of archive list...
  • Page 6 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide VIDEO SIGNAL SELECT / SETTING Video mode Video output SETTING NTSC NOTICE Do not change the setting when the power is on. When the position of the switch is changed, the DVR should be rebooted to apply the...

  • Page 7: Hdd Installation

    User Guide HDD INSTALLATION HDD installation order 1. Primary Master HDD 2. Primary Slave HDD 3. Secondary Master HDD 4. Secondary Slave HDD NOTICE The brands and models of all HDD should be the same. If the brands and models of each HDD are different with others, the DVR could not recognize HDD.

  • Page 8: Compatible Hdd Models

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Compatible HDD models BRAND CAPACITY BUFFER INTERFACE HITACHI 80GB 7200RPM E-IDE 160GB 7200RPM E-IDE 250GB 7200RPM E-IDE MAXTER 80GB 7200RPM E-IDE 160GB 7200RPM E-IDE 250GB 7200RPM E-IDE SAMSUNG 80GB 7200RPM E-IDE 160GB 7200RPM E-IDE WESTERN DIGITAL...

  • Page 9: Specifications

    User Guide SPECIFICATIONS ITEM Description Channel, 9/16CH, Composite 1.0Vp-p, 75 Ohm Input Level Input Signal Format NTSC/PAL Video Loss Check Video Main Monitor 1 CH BNC, 1 CH S-VIDEO, 1CH VGA Output Output Level Composite 1.0Vp-p +_0.2, 75 Ohm Output Signal Format NTSC/PAL &...
  • Page 10 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Playback Fast Forward / × 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, Max Speed Reverse Search Mode Time, Event, Channels Interface Type EIDE/ATA133 Max Capacity Internal 250GB of 1 HDD Max HDD Number Storage NaFS: Own developed & Designed for never broken...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Features ...........................13 2. Name, Function and Connection....................15 2-1. Front Panel ........................15 2-2. Rear Panel ........................17 3-1. Setup – Main Screen .....................19 3-2. Setup – Live Mode ......................21 3-3. Setup – Recording Mode ....................22 3-3-1. Motion Zones .....................23 3-3-2.
  • Page 12 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 7-5. Search and Playback Viewer ..................51 7-5-1. Main user interface ....................51 7-5-2. Main control panel ....................51 7-6. System configuration .....................53 7-6-1. General........................53 7-6-2. Site ........................55 7-6-3. Event ........................55 7-6-4. Record .........................56 7-6-5. Disk........................56 8. Using DDNS ..........................57 8-1.

  • Page 13: Features

    User Guide 1. Features ● channels real-time live display and 16channels simultaneous playback. 9/16 ● MPEG-4 - Unbeatable recording picture quality and compression ratio has been tuned for years. It best fits for minimizing recording space and networking speed. ● TRIPLEX - Simultaneous Recording, Playback, and Networking ●...
  • Page 14 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide ● The OSD icons on screen provide various helpful and well-explained information. ● Motion detection – Grid 30x24 motion zone per camera is provided. ● USB ports for JPEG, MPEG data backup and software upgrade using USB flash memory stick.

  • Page 15: Name, Function And Connection

    User Guide 2. Name, Function and Connection 2-1. Front Panel The following information will help you operate the front panel controls. Figure 2.1.1. Front panel Table2.1.1. Indication lamps Name Description LED light is on when the system is accessing hard disk. LED light is on when the system is recording video data.
  • Page 16 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide FREEZE/ Press to freeze and capture video in jpeg format in live or playback mode. CAPTURE REW/ Press to rewind the footage at 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, and 32x speed in playback mode or to see the LOG LIST in live display mode.

  • Page 17: Rear Panel

    User Guide 2-2. Rear Panel Figure 2.2.1. Rear Panel Table 2.2.1. Rear panel connections Connection Description VIDEO IN connectors for video input. 9/16 Connect camera output to Video-in (NTSC/PAL) VIDEO OUT connectors for video output.(loop back) 9/16 SPOT Composite video output for spot monitoring. VIDEO Composite video output in NTSC or PAL format S-VHS...
  • Page 18 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Provides simple On/Off switching by using relay. 0.5A/125V, 1A/30V POWER Connect AC115/230V power cable. SWITCHES TEST For future use 422/485 Select 422 or 485 Set to ON when VGA monitor is used. Set to ON when video is PAL CAUTION: Once the position of the switch is changed, 9-16CH should be rebooted to apply the new setting value.

  • Page 19: Setup - Main Screen

    User Guide 3. Getting Started – Setting Up the DVR The following sections detail the initial setup of the DVR 3-1. Setup – Main Screen When you press the SETUP button, the DVR will ask for a password. The default password is 1111, which can be entered by pressing the up button 4 times and then pressing the SEL button.
  • Page 20 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide LIVE SEQUENCE SEQ-DWEL TIME OSD CONTRAST CHANNEL DISPLAY, BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, HUE, SATURATION RECORD RESOLUTION CHANNEL FRAME RATE, QUALITY, RECORDING, MOTION ZONE, MOTION SENSIVITY, SENSOR TYPE, PRE RECORD, POST EVENT RECORD, AUDIO, SCHEDULE DEVICE ALARM-OUT SPOT CHANNEL...

  • Page 21: Setup - Live Mode

    User Guide 3-2. Setup – Live Mode Set the values for live display. Navigate through the menu items by pressing the UP or DOWN button. The value of the menu item may be changed by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT button. Figure 3.2.1.

  • Page 22: Setup - Recording Mode

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 3-3. Setup – Recording Mode Set the values for recording video. Navigate through menu items by pressing the UP or DOWN button. User can change the value of the menu item by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT button.

  • Page 23: Motion Zones

    User Guide MOTION ZONE Select Full Zone or Partial Zone for motion sensing. MOTION SENSITIVITY Set the motion sensitivity for the specified channel. Control the motion sensitivity from 1 to 9. SENSOR Enable setting up to 4 sensors of 9 sensors for the specified channel.

  • Page 24: Recording Schedule

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 3-3-2. Recording Schedule Select SCHEDULE in the RECORD menu to set up the recording schedule. Button functions applied in the recording schedule are summarized in the following table. Navigate through the items to highlight by using the 4 direction key buttons and set up the recording schedule by using the buttons summarized in the following table.

  • Page 25: Setup - Device Mode

    User Guide 3-4. Setup – Device Mode Set the values for device setting. Navigate through menu items by pressing the UP or DOWN button. User can change the value of the menu item by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT button. Figure 3.4.1.

  • Page 26: Alarm-Out

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide REMOTE CONTROL ID Select a ID of remote controller. 1. Select ID. 2. Press the same number as ID set in DVR on a remote controller. 3. Then icon will be displayed on Live screen of DVR that respond to the remote controller.
  • Page 27 User Guide Figure 3.4.2. Alarm-out setup screen...

  • Page 28: Ptzf Control

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 3-4-3. PTZ Setup To control the PTZ functions of the camera, connect the controller to the RS-485 port. For speed dome cameras that supports RS-485, connect them directly to the RS- 485 port. But if the camera is controlled with RS-232C, it is needed to use Signal...

  • Page 29: Setup - System Mode

    User Guide Figure 3.4.5. PTZF control screen Table 3.4.4. Button functions in PTZF control Item Description PAN / TILT Use the UP or DOWN button for TILT and LEFT or RIGHT button for PAN of the selected camera. ZOOM / FOCUS Use the UP or DOWN button for ZOOM in or out and LEFT or RIGHT button for FOCUS near or far of the selected camera.
  • Page 30 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide DESCRIPTION System information. LOAD DEFAULT Select OFF or ON. Select ON to load defaults. DATE FORMAT Select the preferred date and time display SET DATE&TIME Set the current date and time. After setting is done, press the SEL button and select CONFIRM.
  • Page 31 User Guide Figure 3.5.3. DVR information display screen Figure 3.5.4. Date & Time setup screen...

  • Page 32: Setup - Security Mode

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Figure 3.5.5. Daylight Saving setup screen 3-6. Setup – Security Mode In this menu, password and security parameters can be input. Navigate through the menu items by pressing the UP or DOWN button. User can change the value of the menu items by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT button.

  • Page 33: Setup - Network Mode

    User Guide Table 3.6.1. Menu Items in Security Setup Screen Item Description ADMIN PASSWORD Set a password for administrator. Once this menu is selected, the system will ask you current password and new password. Follow the procedure provided by the system. The password numbers can be input by using direction keys.

  • Page 34: Ports

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide DDNS NAME The DDNS sever name is www.hub.co.kr Registration>> Check the MAC address of DVR from SETUP-> SYSTEM-> DESCRIPTION. Please contact a distributor or an installer to register your DVR on DDNS Server. Register your own domain name on DDNS Server.

  • Page 35: Network Types

    User Guide Figure 3.7.1. Network setup screen 3-7-2. Network types There are three network types. Each type requires different settings. To use the LAN option when connecting the DVR to a network, the following information is required. If you do not have this information, see your network administrator. Table 3.7.2.
  • Page 36 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide If the network connection does not allow additional IP addresses, than an IP sharing device will be needed. In this case, forwarding may be needed to allow for a network connection. For more information on port forwarding, see the documentation for your IP sharing device or your network administrator.

  • Page 37: Setup - Storage Mode

    User Guide 3-8. Setup - Storage Mode User can set recording mode in the hard disk drive or initiate format of the hard disk driver. Figure 3.8.1. Storage setup screen Table 3.8.1. storage setup Item Description OVERWRITE Overwrite existing material when hard disk drive is full. FORMAT Format hard disk drive.

  • Page 38: Live & Search

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 4. Live & Search 4-1. Live Window In the Live window, video inputs from the cameras are displayed on the configuration of the live setup. Various indicators showing the status of the DVR are shown as OSD symbols. Refer to Table 4.1.1 for the meanings of the indicators.

  • Page 39: Search Window

    User Guide Button Description SETUP Launch the SETUP menu. Enable/disable the automatic sequential display in full or quad mode. The channel display in quad mode is followed the settings in the setup menu. Launch the SEARCH window. PLAY/PAUSE Use to select channel 1to 4 in full screen mode or to change the quad display in quad display mode by using the LEFT or RIGHT button.
  • Page 40 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Figure 4.2.1. Search mode screen Searching for an event: 1. Select a date of the video to begin searching, Use the LEFT or RIGHT button and UP or DOWN button to navigate through the date.

  • Page 41: Play Mode

    User Guide Figure 4.2.2 Search list 4-3. Play mode During the playback of a recorded event, the mode changes from SEARCH to PLAY. While in PLAY mode, you may return to SEARCH LIST by pressing the ESC button. Figure 4.3.1. Play mode screen...

  • Page 42: Archiving Video Into Usb Memory Device

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Table 4.3.1. Button functions in Play mode Button Description Return to the previous menu screen or exit from the setup menu Press to rewind the footage at 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, and 32x speeds.

  • Page 43: Transferring Still Images Or Video Into Usb

    User Guide Figure 5.1.1. Archive mode screen The still image will be stored into the hard disk drive and can be transferred to the USB storage device later. In playback mode, press the FREEZE/CAPTURE button to launch the archiving function. The system will ask whether to store still image or video.
  • Page 44 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Figure 5.2.1. Archive menu screen Press the SEL button to retrieve a list of archived image or video. Select one of the files in the archived list by using the UP or DOWN button, and then press the FREEZE/CAPTURE button to transfer to the USB storage device.
  • Page 45 User Guide Figure 5.2.2. List of archived files DivX player which supports DivX codec is required for proper playback of the AVI format. DivX player may be downloaded from: http://www.divx.com/divx/download/...

  • Page 46: Network

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 6. Network The DVR provides a live remote monitoring feature. Remote monitoring requires installation of a software client program on your PC. A LAN connection using the RJ45 connector on the rear panel is mandatory for remote connection. For detailed features of the client program, please refer to the client program user guide.

  • Page 47: Minimum Pc Requirements

    User Guide 7-2. Minimum PC requirements Minimum Recommended Intel Pentium Intel Pentium 500Mhz 2Ghz Memory 128MB 256MB 16MB 64MB Resolution 1024x768 1024x768 Disk space 10MB 10MB Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Professional, XP Professional, XP Network 10/100Base T 10/100Base T Others Direct X 8.1 or Higher Direct X 8.1 or Higher Before installing the program, check the PC specifications.

  • Page 48: Main User Interface

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 7-4-1. Main user interface 7-4-2. Main control panel Button Description Display of current time. Display of current connected IP address Click this icon to connect to the DVR CONNECT Once you click the connection icon, this pop up window appears.
  • Page 49 User Guide Click this icon to disconnect to the DVR DISCONNECT Click this icon to search for recorded videos. SEARCH Click this icon to see a live video. LIVE Click this icon to lock all operations of client software LOCK Click this icon to unlock all operations of client software.
  • Page 50 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Click this icon to capture a still image CAPTURE Once you click the capture icon, this pop up window appears. A still image is captured in bmp file format. Click this icon to setup configuration of client software.

  • Page 51: Search And Playback Viewer

    User Guide 7-5. Search and Playback Viewer 7-5-1. Main user interface You can access to search window by clicking the search icon on the upper left of main user interface. 7-5-2. Main control panel Button Description It shows the recording time of the selected data by adjusting of scale in the middle of the bottom of the main user interface.
  • Page 52 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Click this icon to exit from the operations of client software EXIT Click this icon to capture a still image of recorded video. CAPTURE Once you click the capture icon, this pop up window appears. A still image is captured in bmp file format.

  • Page 53: System Configuration

    User Guide It shows the recorded data in green bar. You can adjust the time line scale and click the play icon to display the recorded video Click this icon to play the recorded video Click to pause/stop the displaying video Click to fast forward the displaying Click to rewind the displaying Click to backward by 1frame...
  • Page 54 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide Set a password for security options.

  • Page 55: Site

    User Guide 7-6-2. Site It shows the channel information connected to DVR and you can change the channel title 7-6-3. Event You can set event items, the capacity of local disk and save path for log.

  • Page 56: Record

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide 7-6-4. Record You can set the recording conditions for always, event and auto recording. And you also can set each or all channels for recording. When you set the recording condition to event, you can set event for motion or alarm with duration.

  • Page 57: Using Ddns

    User Guide 8. Using DDNS 8-1. DDNS Registration Procedure [Step 1] [Step 2] Enter the DDNS Web site (http://www.esthub.co.kr) . Input ID, Password, Name, E-Mail [Click] [Click] [Step 3] . Start registration Procedure. [Click] [Step 4] .MAC Address : Label means the Mac Address of .

  • Page 58: Dvr Setup

    Active Vision SX-420 User Guide [Step 5] [Step 6] . Able to confirm the present status of domain . When need to change the information of User, name(entel.esthub.co.kr) in Server List. Select Personal Info. Change button. 8-2. DVR SETUP [Step 1] [Step 2] .

  • Page 59: Using Client Program

    User Guide 8-3. Using Client Program [Step 1] [Step 2] . Execute the Program. . Program will be executed. . xxxxx.exe in desktop [Click] [Step 3] . Program will be executed. [Click] [Step 4] . IP Address : Domain Name(entel.esthub.co.kr) or .
  • Page 60 Active Vision SX-420 User Guide [Step 5] . In Desttop of Windows. Start -> Run -> CMD [Enter] [Step 6] . In order to check the status is normal, Use Ping Ping entel.esthub.co.kr [Enter] Test This picture shows 61.73.18.198 is bound to...

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