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  • Page 1 Standalone DVR User’s Manual 1   ...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 ................FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 10 1.1 ..............................Features 10 1.2 ............................Specifications 10 2 ..................OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS 14 2.1 ............................... Front Panel 14 2.2 ..............................Rear Panel 18 2.2.1................................Overview 2.2.2................................Connection Sample 2.3 ............................Remote Control 20 2.4 ............................Mouse Control 20 2.5 .......................
  • Page 3     3.4 ........................Desktop and Rack Mounting 25 3.4.1................................Desktop Mounting 3.4.2................................Rack Mounting 3.5 ........................Connecting Power Supply 25 3.6 ..................Connecting Video Input and Output Devices 25 3.6.1................................Connecting Video Input 3.6.2................................Connecting Video Output 3.7 ......... Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio, Looping Video, Matrix 26 3.7.1................................
  • Page 4   4.3 ..........................Search and Playback 37 4.3.1................................Search Menu 4.3.2................................Basic Operation 38 4.3.3................................Calendar 4.4 ......................... Record Setup (Schedule) 40 4.4.1 Schedule Menu..........................40 4.4.2 Basic Operation ...........................40   4.5 .................................Detect 42 4.5.1 Go to Detect Menu........................42 4.5.2 Motion Detect..........................42 4.5.3 Video Loss ............................45 4.5.4 Camera Masking...........................46  ...
  • Page 5 5 ......UNDERSTANDING OF MENU OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS 57 5.1 ..............................Menu Tree 57 5.2 ..............................Main Menu 57 5.3 ................................Setting 58 5.3.1 General ............................58 5.3.2 Encode ............................60 5.3.3 Schedule............................62 5.3.4 RS232............................63 5.3.5 Network ............................63 5.3.6 Alarm ............................71 5.3.7 Detect ............................71 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom ..........................71 5.3.9 Display ............................71 5.3.10 Default ............................73...
  • Page 6 6 ..................ABOUT AUXILIARY MENU 87 6.1 ........................Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu 87 6.1.1 3D Intelligent Positioning Key .......................87 6.2 ....................Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Border Function 88 6.2.1 Preset Setup ..........................89 6.2.2 Activate Preset..........................89 6.2.3 Patrol Setup ..........................89 6.2.4 Activate Patrol..........................89 6.2.5 Pattern Setup..........................89 6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function......................90 6.2.7 Border Setup..........................90 6.2.8 Activate Border Function ......................90...
  • Page 7 7.7 ................................Logout 126 7.8 ..........................Un-install Web Control 126 8 ........ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 127 8.1 ................................. Log in 127 8.2 ............................Enable Monitor 128 8.3 ............................Add New Device 129 9 ...................... RS232 OPERATION 131 9.1 ..........................Network Connection 131 9.2 ..............................
  • Page 8 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This operating manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!  ...

  • Page 9: Important Safeguards And Warnings

    Important Safeguards and Warnings 1．Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. 2．Transportation security Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

  • Page 10: Features And Specifications

     Powerful network software: built-in web server, EPSS. Networking access for remote live viewing, recording, playback, setting, system status, event log, e-mail & ftp function. Specifications Model DVR-LT04120 4 channel unit with 4 channel audio and bidirectional talk DVR-LT08240 8 channel unit with 8 channel audio and bidirectional talk DVR-LT016480...
  • Page 11 Video Video Input 4/8/16 Channel, BNC, 1.0Vp-p, 75Ω, looping(optional), Video Output 2-channel TV output BNC, 1.0Vp- p, 75Ω,1 VGA output Video Standards PAL（625Line，50f/s），NTSC（525Line，60f/s） Video Compression H.264 Video Resolution Format NTSC D1(4CIF) 704 * 480 704 * 576 2CIF 704 *240 704 * 288 352* 240 352*288...
  • Page 12 Hard Disk 8 SATA ports, 8 HDDs supported. Space Occupation Audio ：14.4MB/H Video ：56～700MB/H HDD Management Hard disk hibernation technology, HDD faulty alarm & Raid (Redundancy) Record, Playback & Backup Recording Mode Manual, continuous, video detection (including motion detection, camera masking, video loss), Alarm Recording Priority Manual >Alarm >Video Detection >Continuous.
  • Page 13 13   ...

  • Page 14: Overview And Controls

    Overview and Controls This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first. Front Panel This series DVR has two different front panels. You can refer to Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2.

  • Page 15: Search Menu

    Go to default button Go to main menu Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys Record ● or numeral keys, Slow play Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. In PTZ menu, shift PTZ control menu.
  • Page 16 Function indication light Window switch MULT Switch between one-window and multiple-window display modes. confirm current operation Enter ENTER go to default button Go to main menu Cancel Close upper interface or controls. In real-time monitor mode it works as left/right direction key. Shuttle(outer ring) Playback mode, counter clockwise to forward and clock wise to backward...
  • Page 17 In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral, English(Small/Capitalized),donation, Chinese and etc. Open/close tour numeral keys 0-9 Input password, switch channel and input numeral. When you need to input numeral more than 9. You can follow the Input numeral steps below: click the first key number and then the next.

  • Page 18: Rear Panel

    Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, it can delete the previous character before the cursor. In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup. In HDD information menu, switch between HDD record time or other information(Menu prompt) Realize other special functions USB port...
  • Page 19 Figure 2-3 2.2.2 Connection Sample Here is a connection sample for your reference. See Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 19   ...

  • Page 20: Remote Control

    2.3 Remote Control The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5 Serial Number Function remote switch Multiple-window switch 0-9 number key Record Auxiliary key Confirm /menu key Cancel Direction key forward Previous Back Next Slow play Stop Fast play Play/Pause...
  • Page 21 In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel you can input numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. ＿ stands for space button. In English input mode: _stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.

  • Page 22: Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

    In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value. Press middle Switch the items in the check box. button Page up or page down Move Select current control or move control mouse Select motion detection zone Drag mouse Select privacy mask zone. 2.5 Virtual Keyboard &...

  • Page 23: Installation And Connnections

    3 Installation and Connections Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 3.1 Check Unpacked DVR When you receive the DVR from the shipping agency, please check whether there is any visible damage to the DVR appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation.

  • Page 24: Cd/Dvd Burner Installation

    3. Dismantle the upper HDD bracket. 4. Install the HDD. Note the HDD is placed upside down. Please make sure bracket is in correct position. If the HDD amount is less than four, you do not need to install the HDD bracket. 5.

  • Page 25: Desktop And Rack Mounting

    3.4 Desktop and Rack Mounting 3.4.1 Desktop Mounting To prevent surface damage, please make sure that the rubber feet are securely installed on the four corners of the bottom of the unit. Position the unit to allow for cable and power cord clearance at the rear of the unit. Be sure that the air flow around the unit is not obstructed.

  • Page 26: Connecting Video Output

    Figure 3-1 3.6.2 Connecting Video Output This section provides information about physically connecting video display devices to the DVR. See Figure 3-2. If you connect the DVR with a TV monitor or VGA monitor, the DVR can automatically detects the monitor type. And without any output device, by default, the DVR is configured to use a TV monitor.

  • Page 27: Audio Input/One Audio Out

    For the 25-pin or 37-pin interface, different models include different functions. For example, DVR-LT016480 has 16 audio inputs, 1 audio output, 1 bidirectional audio input. See Figure 3-3. Figure 3-3 3.7.1 Audio Input/One Audio Output Audio input, bidirectional audio input and audio output The DVR encodes audio and video signals simultaneously, which lets you control audio at the monitored location.

  • Page 28: Matrix Video

    3.7.3 Matrix Video Output Video Matrix not supported with this model. 3.7.4 Alarm Input and Relay Output The DVR offers 16 alarm inputs for external signaling devices, such as door contacts or motion detectors. Each alarm input can be either normally open or normally closed. Once configured, an alarm input can invoke many different activities, including triggering a relay device, sending an alert to a security office or storing pre-alarm video to the DVR.

  • Page 29: Alarm Input

    3.7.6 Alarm Output Do not connect alarm output port directly with high power load (no more than 1 A) in case of heavy current. You can use the co-contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load. Please refer to Figure 3-6 for more information.

  • Page 30: Relay Output Description

    Figure 3-7 3.7.8 Relay Output Description 6 ways relay alarm output. Provide external power to external alarm device.  To avoid over loading, please read the following relay parameters sheet  carefully. (See below table) The controllable +12v can be used to restore the smoke detector. ...

  • Page 31: Rs232

    Figure 3-10 Relay Specification Model: JRC-27F Material of Silver the touch Rated switch capacity 30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A Rating Maximum switch power 125VA 160W （resistance Maximum switch voltage 250VAC, 220VDC load） Maximum switch currency between touches with 1000VAC 1minute 50/60Hz same polarity Insulation between touches with...

  • Page 32: Rs485

    1. Assemble the KBD keyboard according to the instructions in its accompanying installation manual. 2. Connect the KBD keyboard into one of the RS232 ports on the DVR or through network. 3.9 RS485 When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device.

  • Page 33: Overview Of Navigation And Controls

    4 Overview of Navigation and Controls Before operation, please make sure you have properly installed HDDs and all the cable connections. 4.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu 4.1.1 Login When the system boots up, default video display is in multiple-window mode. Click Enter or left click mouse, you can see the login interface.

  • Page 34: Logout

    Figure 4-2 4.1.3 Logout There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 There are several options for you. See Figure 4-4. Figure 4-4 The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will stop all operations.

  • Page 35: Live Viewing

    4.2.1 Live Viewing When you login, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting- >Display) Recording status...
  • Page 36 You can use mouse or direction key to highlight channel number. See Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6 4.2.2.4 Enable all channel recording Highlight ○ below All, you can enable all channel recording.  All channel schedule record Please highlight “ALL” after “Schedule”. See Figure 4-7. When system is in schedule recording, all channels will record as you have previously set (Main menu->Setting->Schedule).

  • Page 37: Search And Playback

    System stops all channel recording no matter what mode you have set in the menu (Main menu->Setting->Schedule) Figure 4-9 4.3 Search & Playback 4.3.1 Search Menu There are two ways for you to go to search menu.  Click Pause/Play button in the remote control. ...

  • Page 38: Basic Operation

    Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Serial Number Function Play Backward Stop Slow Play Fast Play Previous Frame Next Frame Volume Previous file Next channel Next file Previous channel Search Backup These series DVRs support 2-channel simultaneous playback. 4.3.2 Basic Operation 4.3.2.1 Playback There are various search modes: video type, channel number or time.
  • Page 39 Slow play button ► In playback mode, click this button to (Or you can turn switch between various slow play the outer ring modes such as slow play 1 or slow counter clockwise.) play 2. In slow playback mode, click this 3、Play/Pause button to switch between play/pause modes.

  • Page 40: Record Setup (Schedule)

    Click calendar icon in Figure 4-10, system pops up calendar for your reference. Highlighted date means that there are record files in that day. You can click blue date to view file list. In Figure 4-11, there are video files in March 13th and 14th. Double click the date to view file list.
  • Page 41  Week day: There are eight options: ranges from Saturday to Sunday and all.  Redundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight Redundancy button to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least one HDD as redundant.(Main menu->Advanced- >HDD Management) ...

  • Page 42: Detect

    Figure 4-13 Playback or search in the redundant disk. There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk.  Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu- >Advanced->HDD management). See Figure 4-13.System needs to reboot to get setup activated.
  • Page 43  PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour &pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-16.  Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-17. Here you can set for business day and non-business day.
  • Page 44 Figure 4-15 Figure 4-16 Figure 4-17 44   ...

  • Page 45: Video Loss

    Figure 4-18 4.5.3 Video Loss In Figure 4-14, sele ct video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in Figure 4-19.This function allows you to be informed when video los phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function.

  • Page 46: Camera Masking

    Figure 4-19 4.5.4 Camera Masking When someone viciously masks lens, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Camera masking interface is shown as in Figure 4-20.  Channel: select the channel you want to enable camera mask detection fu nction.

  • Page 47: Alarm Setup And Alarm Activation

    Figure 4-20 4.6 Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as buzzer. 4.6.1 Go to alarm setup interface In the main menu, from Setting to Al arm, you can see alarm setup interface. See Figure 4-21.
  • Page 48  Latch: Here is for you to set proper delay duration. Value ranges from 10 to 300 seconds. System automatically delays specified seconds in turning off alarm and activated output after external alarm cancelled.  Tour: Here you can enable tour function when al arm occurs.

  • Page 49: Backup

    Figure 4-23 Figure 4-24 4.7 Backup DVR support various backup devices such as CD-RW,DVD driver, USB backup and network download. Here we introduce USB backup first. You can refer to Chapter 7 Web Client Operation for network download backup operation. 4.7.1 Detect Device Click backup button, y ou can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-25.

  • Page 50: Backup

    4.7.1 Backup Select backup device and then channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed b elow. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained. See Fi gure 4-26. system only backup files with a √...

  • Page 51: Ptz Control And Color Setup

    When you click stop button during the burning process, there are two conditions for different devices:  For CD/DVD burn er device, the stop function becomes activated immediately and there is no data in the burner.  For USB device, system can b ackup the data before you click stop button.
  • Page 52 Figure 4-28 After all the setting please click save button In one window display mode, right click mous e (click “Fn” Button in the front panel or click “Fn” key in the remote control). The interface is shown as in Figure 4-29. Figure 4-29 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below.

  • Page 53: Intelligent Positioning Key

    Figure 4-30 In Figure 4-30, please click direction arrows (See Figure 4-31) to adjust PTZ position. There are total 8 direction arrows. Figure 4-31 4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key In the middle of the eight direction arro ws, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 4-32.

  • Page 54: Preset Setup

    Figure 4-33 In Figure 4-30, click page switch button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-34. Here you can activate the following functions:  Preset  Tour  Pattern  Auto scan  Auto pan  Flip  Reset ...

  • Page 55: Activate Preset

    Figure 4-35 .9.2 Activate Preset In Figure 4-34, please i nput preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button. 4.9.3 Patrol setup (Tour Setup) In Figure 4-33, click patrol button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-36.Input preset number and add this preset to a patrol (tour).

  • Page 56: Activate Pattern Function

    4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function In Figure 4-34, input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button. 4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup In Figure 4-33, click bord er button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-28. Please go to Figure 4-30, use direction arrows to select camera left limit Then please go to Figure 4-38 and click left limit button Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

  • Page 57: Main Menu

    5 Understanding of Menu Operations and Controls 5.1 Menu Tree This series DVR menu tree is show n as below. .2 Main Menu After you logged in , the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 5-1 . There are total six icons: search, Information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown.

  • Page 58: Setting

    Figure 5-1 5.3 Setting In main menu , highlight setting icon and double click mouse. System setting interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 5.3.1 General General setting includes the following items. See Figure 5-3.  System time: here is for you to set system time ...
  • Page 59  Language: system supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional. Slight difference maybe found in various series.)  HDD full: Here is for you to select working mode when hard disk is f ull.

  • Page 60: Encode

    Figure 5-5 5.3.2 Encode Encode setting includes the following items. See Figure 5-6. Please note some series do not support extra stream.  Channel: Select the channel you want.  Compression: system supports H.264. O r you can select from the dropdown list. ...
  • Page 61  Bit rate: CBR  Quality: 4  Frame rate: 25f/s Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. Figure 5-6 Figure 5-7 Figure 5-8 For LT series, it supports various settin gs for chan nel, resolution and frame: Resolution：pixel PAL：QCIF =176×144;...

  • Page 62: Schedule

    D1＝704×576; NTSC：QCIF=176×120; CIF ＝352×240; HD1＝352×480; 2CIF=704×288; D1＝704×480; We take 16-channel DVR as an example. There are four groups ：1~4, 5~8, 9~12, 13~16. Please r efer to the formula：resolution× frame rate The resources for one group are: PAL: D1×50 or NT SC: D1×60 D1×50(60)F/s=Half-D1×100(120)F/s=CIF×200(240)F/s You can arrange channel parameter within the specified...

  • Page 63: Rs232

    Please refer to chapter 4.4 schedule. 5.3.4 RS232 RS232 interfa ce is shown as below. Here are five items. See Figure 5-9.  Function: There are various devices for you to select. Console is for se rial port or min-end platform to upgrade program. Keyboard is for you to use special keyboard to control current device.
  • Page 64 Figure 5-10 5.3.5.1 Advanced Setup Advanced setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-11. Please draw a circle to enable corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface. Figure 5-11 5.3.5.2 IP Filter IP filter interface is shown as in Figure 5-12.
  • Page 65 Figure 5-12 5.3.5.3 Multiple Cast Setup Multiple-cast setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-13. Figure 5-13 Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.  IP multiple cast gr oup address -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“D”...
  • Page 66  Like the single broadcast address of RFC1918  Can not be used in Internet transmission  Used for multiple cast broadcast in limited space. Except the above mentioned addresses of special meanin g, you can use other addresses. For example: Multiple cast IP: 235.8.8.3 Multiple cast PORT: 3666.
  • Page 67 American Mountain Time(M.T) GMT-7 American Central Time(C.T) GMT-6 American Eastern Time(E.T) GMT-5 Atlantic Time GMT-4 Brazil GMT-3 Middle Atlantic Time GMT-2 Figure 5-15 5.3.5.6 Email Setup Email setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-16. Here you can set email server information.
  • Page 68 e.g.: http：//10.6.2.85/DVR _DDNS/webtest.htm.) Now you can open DDNSServer web search page. Figure 5-17 5.3.5.8 Alarm Server You can set alarm in a ccordance with different alarm protocols. System can inform the alarm server when alarm occurs. See Figure 5-18. Figure 5-18 5.3.5.9 FTP You need to download or buy FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to...
  • Page 69 Figure 5-19 You can use a PC or FTP login tool to test setup is right or not. For example, you can login user ZHY to FTP://10.10.7.7 and then test it can modify or delete folder or not. See Figure 5-20. Figure 5-20 System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server.
  • Page 70 Figure 5-21 Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate FTP function. Now FTP can upload alarm video and motion detection video. Please note, when you are using this function, please make sure current upload channel is in motion detection or alarm record status and there is video available.

  • Page 71: Alarm

    5.3.6 Alarm Please refer t o chapter 4.6 Alarm Setup and Activation. 5.3.7 Detect Please refer to chapter 4.5 Detect. 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom The pan/tilt/zoom setu p includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 5-24.  Protocol: select corresponding PTZ protocol such as PELCOD. ...
  • Page 72  Interval: Input proper interval value here. The value ranges from 5-200 seconds. In tour process, you can use mouse or click Shift to turn on window switch function. Stands for opening switch function, stands for closing switch function.  Motion tou r type: System support 1/8 window tour.

  • Page 73: Default

    In tour mode, you can see the following interface. On the right corner, right click mouse or click shift button, you can control the tour. There are two icons: stands for enabling window switch and stands for enabling window function. Se Figure 5-27.

  • Page 74: Search

    Figure 5-28 5.4 Search Please refer to chapter 4.3 Search. 5.5 Advanced Double click adva nced icon in the main window, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-29. There are total seven function keys: HDD management, alarm output, abnormity, manual record, account, auto maintain, and TV adjust. Figure 5-29 5.5.1 HDD Management Here is for you to view and...

  • Page 75: Abnormity

    After all the setups please click save button, system needs to reboot to get all the modification activated. Figure 5-30 Click alarm set button, the interface is shown as be low. See Figure 5-31(This interface is just like the abnormity setup). Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

  • Page 76: Alarm Output

     atch: here you can set corresponding delaying time. The value ranges from 10s- 300s. System automatically delays specified seconds in turning off alarm and activated output after external alarm cancelled.  Show message: system can pop up the messag e in the local screen to alert you when alarm occurs.

  • Page 77: Auto Maintain

     Modify group  Modify passwor For account manageme nt please note:  System account adopts two-level ma nagement: group and user. No limit to group or user amount.  For group or user management, there are two levels: admin and user. ...

  • Page 78: Tv Adjust

    5.5.7 TV Adjust Here is for you to adjust TV output setup. See Figure 5-36. Please drag slide bar to adjust each item. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-36 5.5.8 Video Matrix Some series DVR ha ve the matrix and loop outputs.
  • Page 79 Figure 5-38 5.5.8.5 Matrix setup 5.5.8.5.1 Enter Video Matrix Interface In the menu, from “Advanced” to “Video Matrix”. You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-39. Figure 5-39 5.5.8.5.2 Right Mouse Menu In one-window display mod e, right click mouse to select “Video Matrix”. See Figure 5-40.
  • Page 80 You can set for each channel. The function consists of three types. The priority is: alarm>motion detection>schedule. 5.5.8.6.1 Scheduled Video Output (Sch eduled Tour) Please enable corresponding video output item a nd input tour interval, and then set the tour output channel. System maximally supports 16 channels. Now system can implement tour output as you just set.
  • Page 81  Alarm input 1 and alarm input 2 activate video output 1. So, when there is alarm from channel 1, video output 1 beco mes valid. If there is no alarm from alarm input 2 during the same period, then video output 1 can tour between channel1/2/3/4/5/6.

  • Page 82: Information

    Figure 5-43 5.5.8.6.4 General Tour Principle When system is in scheduled t out status, once the alarm occurs, system first check video matrix function has been enabled or not and there is effective matrix or not. System will continue implementing scheduled tour in the following two conditions: ...

  • Page 83: Hdd Information

    Figure 5-44 5.6.1 HDD Information Here is to list hard disk ty pe, total space, free space, video start time and status. See Figure 5-45. Note: Please remove the broken hard disk before you add a new one. Once there is a hard disk confliction, please check hard disk time and system time is the same or not.

  • Page 84: Log

    Figure 5-46 5.6.3 Log Here is for you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 5-47. Log types inc lude system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, log clear and etc. Pleased select start time and end time, then click search button.

  • Page 85: Online Users

    Figure 5-48 5.6.5 Online Users Here is for you mana ge online users. See Figure 5-49. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you ha ve proper system right. Figure 5-49 5.7 Exit Double cli ck exit button, system pop up a dialogue box for you to select. See Figure 5-50.
  • Page 86 Figure 5-50 86   ...

  • Page 87: Go To Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu

    6 About Auxiliary Menu 6.1 Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu In the one-window surveillance mod e, right click mouse (click “fn” Button in the front panel or click AUX key in the remote control). The interface is shown as below: See Figure 6-1.

  • Page 88: Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Border Function

    In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See __Figure 6-4 . Click this button, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size. Figure 6-4 Here is a sheet for you reference.

  • Page 89: Preset Setup

    Figure 6-6 6.2.1 Preset Setup Note: The following setups are usually operated in the Figure 6-2, Figure 6-5 and Figure 6-6. In Figure 6-2, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. In Figure 6-5, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown in Figure 6-7.

  • Page 90: Activate Pattern Function

    In Figure 6-5, click pattern button and then click begin button. The interface shows like Figure 6-9. Please go to Fig ure 6-2 to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back to Figure 6-9 and click end button. You can memoriz e all these setups as pattern 1.
  • Page 91 Figure 6-11 91   ...

  • Page 92: Web Client Operation

    7 WEB CLIENT OPERATION Please note, all the operation here is taking 16-ch DVR as an example. There might be slightly difference in the interface due to different series. 7.1 Network Connection Before web client operation, please check the following items: ...
  • Page 93 If you can’t download the ActiveX file, please modify your settings as follows. See Figure 7-2. Figure 7-2 After installation, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-3. Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin. Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.
  • Page 94 After you logged in, you can see the main window. See Figure 7-6. This main window can be divided into the following sections.  Section 1: there are five function buttons: configuration (chapter 7.3), search (chapter 7.4), alarm (chapter 7.5), about (chapter 7.6), log out (chapter 7.7). ...

  • Page 95: Real-Time Monitor

    Figure 7-6 7.2.1 Real-time Monitor In section 2, left click the channel name you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. For detailed function key information, please refer to Figure 7-7.   1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 7-7 ...

  • Page 96: Ptz

    Click local play button, system pops up the following interface for you to select local play file. See Figure 7-9. Figure 7-9 7.2.2 PTZ Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please refer to chapter 7.3.2 Setting-> Pan/Tilt/Zoom). Click PTZ button, the interface is shown as in Figure 7-10 .
  • Page 97 7.2.2.3 Zoom/Focus/Iris Here is a sheet for you reference. Name Function Function Function Function Zoom Near Focus Near Iris close Open Then click triangle icon in Figure 7-10, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-11. Figure 7-11 In Figure 7-11, click PTZ setup button you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-12.
  • Page 98 Figure 7-12 7.2.2.4 Auto Scan In Figure 7-12, move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit button. Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to set a right limit. 7.2.2.5 Pattern In Figure 7-12, you can input pattern value and then click start record button to begin PTZ movement.

  • Page 99: Color

    Figure 7-13 7.2.3 Color Click color button in section 3, the interface is shown as Figure 7-14. Here you can select one channel and then adjust its brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. (Current channel border becomes green). Or you can click default button to use system default setup. Figure 7-14 7.2.4 Picture Path and Record Path Click more button in Figure 7-14, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure...

  • Page 100: Manu Interface Switch

    Figure 7-16 Click record path button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-17. Figure 7-17 7.2.5 Menu Interface Switch Put your mouse on the PTZ control bar until you see the following icon. See Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18 Left click your mouse and then drag it to the channel control status bar.

  • Page 101: Configure

    7.3 Configure In the main window, click config button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-20. Figure 7-20 7.3.1 System Information Click device configuration button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-21. 101   ...
  • Page 102 Figure 7-21  Version Click version button, you can see corresponding HDD information for your reference. See Figure 7-22. Figure 7-22  HDD Information Here you can view HDD amount, HDD status, total volume and free space. See Figure 7-23. 102 ...

  • Page 103: Setting

    Figure 7-23  Log Click log button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-24. Here you can view current device log information. Figure 7-24 7.3.2 Setting 103   ...
  • Page 104 Setting includes the following items:  General  Encode setup  Schedule  RS232  Network  MUL-DDNS  FTP  Alarm setup  Detect  Pan/Tilt/Zoom  Tool Please note: setups for different device series may vary. Please refer to the corresponding user’s manual.
  • Page 105 Figure 7-25  Encode Encode setup includes the following items. See Figure 7-26. Here you can select  Channel: Here is for you to select a channel.  Channel name: Modify channel name.  Data stream: Regular and extra data stream. ...
  • Page 106 Figure 7-26  Schedule Schedule includes the following interface. See Figure 7-27. When DVR boots up, it is in 24-hour continuous record. In this interface you can set record type, record time and period. Record type includes regular record(R), motion detection record (M) and alarm record (A).
  • Page 107 Figure 7-27 Figure 7-28 Tip: After you finished setup for one channel, you can click “save as” button, system pops up the following interface. See Figure 7-29.Now you can copy one channel setup to other channels. 107   ...
  • Page 108 Figure 7-29  Network Network interface is shown as in Figure 7-30. This interface includes the following items: Max: Here you can set max connection amount. The value ranges from 0 to 10. 0 means no network connection is allowed. TCP port: default setup is 37777.
  • Page 109 Figure 7-30  Enable DDNS You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there is the DDNS software running in this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server).see Figure 7-31. Please enable DDNS function and then input PC IP. Click save button and then reboot device.
  • Page 110 Figure 7-32  Mul-DDNS Here you can select DDNS type. This operation needs DVR device supported. See Figure 7-33. 110   ...
  • Page 111 Figure 7-33  After you completed setup here, system upload scheduled data to the specified FTP server regularly. Need device supported. In Figure 7-34, you need to input FTP server address, port, log in user name and password. Then you need to specify the destination directory to save files. ...
  • Page 112 Figure 7-35  Alarm Please note before alarm setup, you need to properly connect alarm input and output device, send address and receive address. Click save button confirm current setup. Alarm setup includes the following items. See Figure 7-36.  Event Type: you can select event type from the drop down list: Local alarm/Net alarm.
  • Page 113 Figure 7-36 Figure 7-37  Detect Detect interface is shown as in Figure 7-38. Here includes the following items:  Channel: Select channel name from the dropdown list.  Type: There are three types: motion detection/Video loss/Camera mask detection.  Record channel: Here you can select record channel (Multiple choices). Please make sure you have set MD record in encode interface(Main Menu->Setting- >Schedule) and schedule record in manual record interface(Main Menu- >Advanced->Manual Record)
  • Page 114  Period: Here is for you to set record period. Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-39. In Figure 7-39, click time set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-40. Here you can set time period. ...
  • Page 115 Figure 7-39 Figure 7-40 Figure 7-41 115   ...
  • Page 116 Figure 7-42  Pan/Tilt/Zoom Pan/Tilt/Zoom interface is shown as in Figure 7-43. Please note you have properly set dome address and all connections are right.  Decoder: Select the dome connected channel.  Protocol: select the corresponding dome protocol.(such as Pelco) ...
  • Page 117 Save configuration data: Click export config button to save current setup as a file. Extension name is CFG. See Figure 7-45. Load configuration data: Click import config button, you can load a setup file. Figure 7-44 Figure 7-45 7.3.2.1 Advanced Advanced includes the following items.
  • Page 118 Figure 7-46 Click add group button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-47. Here you can add one new group, and then select corresponding rights for the whole group accounts. 118   ...
  • Page 119 Figure 7-47 Click add user button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-48. Here you can input a new user and then select corresponding rights. Please note one user must belong to one group and user right shall not exceed group rights limit.

  • Page 120: Record Control

    Figure 7-48  Record Control Record control interface is shown as in Figure 7-49. Record control: Here you can enable record status for corresponding channel. Alarm output channel: Here you can select alarm output channel. DVR output channel can not support large overload. (It shall be less than 1A). Too heavy current may result in relay damage.

  • Page 121: Auto Maintenance

    Figure 7-50  Auto maintenance Auto maintenance interface is shown as in Figure 7-51. Here you can enable auto reboot or auto delete old files function. (Need DVR supported) Figure 7-51  Video Matrix 121   ...

  • Page 122: Snap Picture

    Video matrix interface is shown as in Figure 7-52. Please note this function needs DVR supported. Figure 7-52  Snap Picture Snapshoot interface is shown as in Figure 7-53. Please note this function needs DVR supported. Figure 7-53 122   ...

  • Page 123: Search

    7.4 Search Here you can select video type, channel number and time to search the file you want. Click search button, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-54 Please use page up/down key to view the search results. Double click file name, you can view the file and system will automatically backup the image in you installation directory.

  • Page 124: Download

    Figure 7-55 7.4.1 Download You can select one or more files you want to download and then click down load button. System pops up a dialogue box asking you specify directory. See Figure 7-56. Figure 7-56 Then you can input file name and click save to backup file in your local pc. During the download process, there is a process bar for you reference and you can see download button becomes stop button.

  • Page 125: Alarm

    Figure 7-57 7.5 Alarm Here you can set alarm type and alarm prompt audio file. See Figure 7-58. Figure 7-58 7.6 About Click about button, you can view current web client information. See Figure 7-59. 125   ...

  • Page 126: Logout

    Figure 7-59 7.7 Log out Click log out button, system goes back to log in interface. See Figure 7-60. Figure 7-60 7.8 Un-install Web Control You can use web un-install tool “uninstall web.bat” to un-install web control. Please note, before you un-installation, please close all web pages, otherwise the un-installation might result in error.

  • Page 127: Enterprise Professional Surveillance System

    8 Enterprise Professional Surveillance System In this chapter, we introduce how to add devices and how to enable monitor function. For detailed operation, please refer to enterprise professional enterprise surveillance system user’s manual. 8.1 Log in Double click enterprise profession surveillance platform icon ( ).If it is your first time to use the system, you can see the following interface.

  • Page 128: Enable Monitor

    Figure 8-2 8.2 Enable Monitor After successfully logged in, please select the device and then click connect/disconnect button（ ）. Select the channel you want to view, click connect/disconnect button（ ） again. Section 5 Section 1 Section 2 Section 6 Section 3 Section 4 128 ...

  • Page 129: Add New Device

    Figure 8-3 There are totally six sections:  Section 1: There are eight function keys: monitor, E-map, record, save, alarm, configuration, log and system.  Section 2: Here is for you to view channel video.  Section 3: Here is for you to select display mode. System supports various display modes.
  • Page 130 Add device   Add organization structure Figure 8-5 130   ...

  • Page 131: Rs232 Operation

    9 RS232 Operation 9.1 Network Connection Before serial port operation, please connect matrix with DVR through RS232. Then set DVR serial port protocol to the corresponding matrix protocol. Note: please contact you local retail to confirm the DVR supports matrix protocol or not.

  • Page 132: Faq

    10 FAQ 1. DVR can not boot up properly. There are following possibilities:  Input power is not correct.  Power connection is not correct.  Power switch button is damaged.  Program upgrade is wrong.  HDD malfunction or something wrong with HDD ribbon. ...
  • Page 133 6. Can not search local records. There are following possibilities:  HDD ribbon is damaged.  HDD is broken.  Upgraded program is not compatible.  The recorded file has been overwritten.  Record function has been disabled. 7. Video is distorted when searching local records. There are following possibilities: ...
  • Page 134  When there are several decoders, please add 120 Ohm between the PTZ decoder A/B cables furthest end to delete the reverberation or impedance matching. Otherwise the PTZ control is not stable.  The distance is too far. 12. Motion detection function does not work. There are following possibilities: ...
  • Page 135 16. Burn error /USB back error. There are following possibilities:  Burner and DVR are in the same data cable.  System uses too much CPU resources. Please stop record first and then begin backup.  Data amount exceeds backup device capacity. It may result in burner error. ...
  • Page 136 22. Can not playback the downloaded file. There are following possibilities:  There is no media player.  No DXB8.1 or higher graphic acceleration software.  There is no DivX503Bundle.exe control when you play the file transformed to AVI via media player. ...

  • Page 137: Appendix Ahdd Capacity Calculation

    Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity i q that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.

  • Page 138: Appendix Bcompatible Usb Drive List

    Appendix B Compatible USB Drive List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. If you use the USB drive, please confirm the format FAT or FAT32. Manufacturer Model Capacity Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512M Sandisk...

  • Page 139: Appendix Ccompatible Cd/Dvd Burner List

    Appendix C Compatible CD/DVD Burner List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And you can use the USB cable with the model recommended to set USB burner. Manufacturer Model Interface Type Sony...

  • Page 140: Appendix Dcompatible Sata Hdd List

    Appendix D Compatible SATA HDD List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And SATA HDD should be used for the DVR with SATA port. Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Type Seagate Barracuda.10 ST3750640AS...

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