Safety Precautions CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Safety Precautions Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers.
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Safety Precautions Safety Precautions Warning: The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol, within an Electrostatic-sensitive device. Use proper equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CMOS/MOSFET handing precautions to avoid presence of uninsulated ” dangerous voltage” within the electrostatic discharge.
Important Safeguards Important Safeguards Read Instruction---All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the init is operated Retain Instructions---The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings—All warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Follow Instructions—All operating and use instructions should be followed Cleaning—Unplug the unit from the outlet before cleaning.
1. PRODUCT INTRODUCTION The Digital Video Recorder is the industry’s first full-featured digital video recorder designed specifically for use in security industry. The Digital Video Recorder incorporates all the benefits of digital video recording, is simple to install, and operates just like a VCR.
1.2 SPECIFICATIONS Video Format NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR Video Input 16 camera inputs (BNC), 1Vp-p/75ohm 1 BNC video out (1Vp-p/75ohm) for Main Monitor 1 BNC video out (1Vp-p/75ohm) for CALL Monitor Video Output 16 video out (1Vp-p/75ohm) for Looping 1 VGA video out (optional) Video Compression MPEG4 720x240, 720x480 or 360x240 for NTSC...
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Title 12-characters title generator for each camera RJ45 connectors for network communication Ethernet Compact Flash Slot and USB for archiving Archive and Archive through Wireless transmission (Optional) RS-232 9-pin female connector for local communication for Keyboard connection RS-485 Audio 2 mono (MIC) inputs, 2 mono (SPEAKER) outputs Power Rate DC 12V/DC 24V Half size: 320 mm (L) x 215mm (W) x 100mm (H)
Back Panel Connections 2. Back Panel Connections ON/OFF: Main on/off switch. AC100~240V power socket. VIDEO IN: The BNC connectors of video input enables the system to receive the signals from each camera through the 75 ohm coaxial cables. VIDEO OUT: Loop through video outputs for each input channel.
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Back Panel Connections Alarm Input ALM-INPUT: Normal open or normal close type alarm signal inputs. The Alarm Input can be selected as normal open (N.O.) or normal close (N.C.) input in the ALARM SETUP MENU. When an alarm occurs, alarm recording will automatically start.
Front Panel Keypads 3. Front Panel Keypads SHUTTLE Ring and JOG Dial SHUTTLE : In Playback mode, turn the shuttle ring to fast forward/rewind the picture In Pause mode, turn the shuttle dial to slow forward/rewind the picture JOG : In Pause mode, turn the jog dial to step forward/rewind the Picture.
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Front Panel Keypads In the screen display setting menu, we define: (1) CAMERA: The display setting of the current camera. (2) BRIGHTNESS: The bright percentage of the current camera; from 0% to 100%. (3) CONTRAST: The contrast percentage of the current camera; from 0% to 100%. (4) COLOR: The color percentage of the current camera;...
Operation 4. Operation (1) Insert a HDD (IDE) for Video Storage Insert one or two HDD (3.5” IDE) for Video Storage. The HDD should be set as Cable Select. (Normally the default setting of HDD is Master) Note: After hard disk case is inserted into the hard disk tray, be sure to turn the tray key in lock position.Otherwise, HDD will not be detected.
4.1 MONITOR DISPLAY The status information of the cameras or machine will show up, and be located at different places on the screen. 1. Channel tag 2. Event sign 3. Select sign 4. Play status bar 5. Record status bar Channel tag: A channel tag indicates the channel name of the screen.
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Select sign: You can assign a camera to a display by pressing SELECT key in life mode. Dial Jog to move the select sign to the display you would like to change camera, and then press FULL + channel key to relocate the camera. Play status bar: The play status bar appears in play back mode if you enable a status bar on the screen (Check page 6, item 9th, DISPLAY).
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1. Current date: The current date which is set in the TIME/DATE SETUP MENU. 2. Record status: It shows REC and recording hard disk number. “REC”, it shows when machine is recording. “R01”, the recording hard disk number. There is only one hard disk available in this model, so it always shows R01 when recording.
MENU 5.1 TIME / DATE SETUP MENU In the TIME/DATE SETUP MENU, we define : (1) TIME FORMAT: There are two time formats that are 12 HOUR and 24 HOUR to be selected. (2) TIME: Current time Hour: 00 ~ 23 (1 ~ 12 if TIME FORMAT is 12 HOUR) Minute : 00 ~ 59 Second: 00 ~ 59 (3) DATE FORMAT:...
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MENU To set the start month of daylight saving time: Dial the jog to set the start month. To set the start week of daylight saving time: Dial the jog to set the start week. 1 ST 2 ND 3 RD 4 TH LAST To set the start date of daylight saving time: Dial the jog to set the start date.
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(8) TIME SYNCHRONIZE: Select “ON” or “OFF” to enable or disable time synchronize which can let you have correct time automatically when network is connected. (9) TIME SERVER: You can set the time server address where you locate if you connect to network and enable time synchronize.
5.2 CAMERA SETUP MENU In the CAMERA SETUP MENU, we define : (1) TITLE: The title setting allows you to assign a title to each camera input. Titling with 12 characters is supported in each channel. The available alphanumeric characters are: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z, ( ) .
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(5) REC QUALITY: Select an image quality for recording. Normal record image quality and event record image quality can be set individually. There are six different qualities available. A higher image quality needs more HDD space. To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR.
5.3 RECORD SETUP MENU In the RECORD SETUP MENU, we define : (1) RECORD AUDIO: YES: Audio will be recorded when machine is recording. NO: Audio will not be recorded when machine is recording. (2) TIME STEMP: ON: The time stamp will show on the video and picture when recording. OFF: The time stamp will not show on the video and picture when recording.
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(6) RECORD MODE: REWRITE: Continue recording. Disk will be overwritten if it is full. STOP: Stop recording when disk is full. (7)AUTOWRITE WITHIN: You can set DVR autowrite day, so that DVR will autowrite after the day number you set. If you do not wish to use this function, please set it OFF.
MENU 5.4 ALARM SETTING MENU In the ALARM SETUP MENU, we define : (1) ALARM: ENABLE: Enable alarm detection. DISABLE: Disable alarm detection. (2) ALARM TYPE: N. O. : Normal Open alarm. N. C. : Normal Close alarm. N.O. Trans.: When the alarm is triggered, buzzer starts to function no matter how long is the alarm duration set until you set it back to N.O.
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(5) PTZ PRESET: Select PTZ PRESET from “001” to “255”, so that when Alarm occurs, speed dome will turn to this preset position for event recording. This function improves surveillance quality of an alarm event. If you wis disable this function, please simply select “OFF”. (6) DURATION: Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds.
5.5 MOTION SETUP MENU In the MOTION SETUP MENU, we define : (1) MOTION: ENABLE: Enable motion detection. DISABLE: Disable motion detection. Note: Motion only works in live and playback modes. It is invalid when you are setting menus. (2) SENSITIVITY: The sensitivity allows users to adjust to a suitable motion detection sensitivity.
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(6) ALARM EMAIL YES: Send an email when an alarm occurs NO: Do not send an email / Disable alarm network when an alarm occurs. The email address can be set in the NETWORK SETUP MENU. (7)ALARM NETWORK YES: Enable alarm network when an alarm occurs NO: Disable alarm network when an alarm occurs (8) BUZZER: Motion buzzer.
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(11) EDIT MULTIPLE MOTION AREA Enter a desired channel, and press SELECT to edit a motion area. Please make sure that MOTION is set as “Enable” before entering the motion detection area. In the motion edit mode: The default motion area of each camera is entire screen in light green.
5.6 VLOSS SETUP MENU In the VLOSS (Video Loss) SETUP MENU, we define : (1) VLOSS: ENABLE: Enable video loss detection. DISABLE: Disable video loss detection. (2) LOG Select YES if you wish to record Video Loss Events in the Log. Select NO if you do not wish to record Video Loss Events in the Log (3) DURATION Buzzer noise and event record duration of an alarm, from 1 sec to 99 seconds.
5.7 NETWORK SETUP MENU Diagram is a screen shot of the NETWORK SETUP MENU. This menu is for setting up the configurations for networking to the DVR. There are 6 subentries that are CONFIG, ALARM, EMAIL, PASSWORD, PPPoE and DDNS in the NETWORK SETUP MENU.
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(4)SUBNET MASK: This field is to set the subnet mask for your network so as the DVR will be recognized within the network. Example: 255.255.255.000. When DHCP is YES, the DHCP server will assign this value automatically. To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR. Press the Enter key to make your selection.
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5.7.2 ALARM Note: Since every Network Configuration is different, please contact your Network Administrator or ISP for how to assign those IP addresses and port numbers In the ALARM of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : (1) PROTOCOL: Select which communication protocol with Alarm servers or Alarm receiving clients.
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5.7.3 EMAIL In the EMAIL of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : (1) SMTP SERVER: assign the SMTP (e-mail) server’s IP address. (2) PORT NUMBER: assign the port number for SMTP server. (3) AUTHENTICATION: select “YES”, if the SMTP server requires Authentication/Login. (4) USER: Input the login user ID if the SMTP server requires Authentication.
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5.7.4 PASSWORD In the PASSWORD of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : User-Name/Password/Level: This category is to set up the users that will log into the network. Please remember that this portion of the Network setting menu is set up in column format. The default User Name = admin The default Password = 11111111 (only numeric ) (1) NAME: assign the login name for remote accessing.
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5.7.5 PPPoE In the PPPoE of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : User-Name/Password/Level: This category is to set up the users that will log into the network. Please remember that this portion of the Network setting menu is set up in column format. The default User Name = admin The default Password = 11111111 (only numeric ) (1) USER:User name that is provided by ISP for PPPoE connection...
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5.7.6 DDNS In DDNS of the NETWORK SETUP MENU, we define : For example: A user had applied for a DDNS account from Http://www.dyndns.org. User name: TEST Password: TEST Domain name ethin.dyndns.org. (1) SERVER: DDNS provider. (2) USER: User name of the account. (3) PASSWD: Password of the account.
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Users can connect to DVR that uses dynamic IP address by entering the domain name “ethne.dyndns.org” in IE browser. They don’t have to know the IP address...
5.8 SCHEDULE SETUP MENU In the SCHEDULE SETUP MENU, we define : (1) DAY: MON (Monday), TUE (Tuesday), WED (Wednesday), THU (Thursday), FRI (Friday), SAT (Saturday), SUN (Sunday). WDAY: Weekday, from Monday to Friday. WEND: Weekend, Saturday and Sunday. DLY: Daily. (2) START: The start time of a scheduled record time zone.
5.9 DISK SETUP MENU In the DISK SETUP MENU, we define : (1) DISK VIDEO DELETE (Disk Formatting): DELETE DISK ? Press SELECT to start delete, A delete disk confirmation window will show up after pressing SELECT button Dial the Jog to move highlighter to YES, and then press SELECT button ; a SELECT TO deleting indicator will show up...
5.10 CONTROL SETUP MENU In the CONTROL SETUP MENU, we define : (1) RS 232: BAUD RATE: There are 5 different speeds that can be used to transmit instruction or information through the RS232 port on the device, which are 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 and 57600 BPS.
5.11 WARNING SETUP MENU 5.11.1 FAN FAULT In Warning Setup Menu, you will be able to do warning setting when the following situations occur: In FAN FAULT, we define: BUZZER: Fan buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when the fan does not work. DISABLE: To disable fan buzzer.
5.11.2 HDD TEMP. In HDD TEMP., we define: BUZZER: HDD TEMPERATURE buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when HDD’s temperature is higher than the temperature set in “SET TEMPERATURE” DISABLE: To disable HDD TEMP. buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: This will transmit a signal to another device. The setting of alarms are NONE = not activated, 1 = output signal 1 transmitted, 2 = output signal 2 transmitted, 3 = output signal 3 transmitted and 4 = output signal 4 transmitted.
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5.11.3 NO HDD In NO HDD, we define: BUZZER: NO HDD buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when no HDD has been found. DISABLE: To disable NO HDD buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: This will transmit a signal to another device. The setting of alarms are NONE = not activated, 1 = output signal 1 transmitted, 2 = output signal 2 transmitted, 3 = output signal 3 transmitted and 4 = output signal 4 transmitted.
5.11.4 HDD FULL In HDD FULL, we define: BUZZER: HDD FULL buzzer. ENABLE: To enable a buzzer when HDD is full. DISABLE: To disable HDD FULL buzzer. ALARM OUTPUT: This will transmit a signal to another device. The setting of alarms are NONE = not activated, 1 = output signal 1 transmitted, 2 = output signal 2 transmitted, 3 = output signal 3 transmitted and 4 = output signal 4 transmitted.
5.12 SYSTEM SETUP MENU The is a screen shot of the SYSTEM SETUP MENU. This menu is for setting up any additional options and restoring defaults to the digital recorder. In the SYSTEM SETUP MENU the following fields are defined as follows Note: The signal type is detected by the camera 1, so camera 1 input has to be connected.
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(6) SYSTEM PASSWORD ENABLE : YES: Select YES to enable the password function. NO: Select NO to disable the password function. (7) PASSWORD and RIGHTS : The login passwords here are used to operate and set up this machine. The different login passwords indicate the different level of users, and no login name is necessary.
6. RECORDING 6.1 INSTANT RECORDING Press the Record key to start to record immediately. When REC is pressed, the pictures being monitored will be recorded in the HDD. •The recording rate, recording quality and recording speed can be set in the CAMERA SETUP MENU.
We define two event types which are ALARM and MOTION events can be recorded. After the event recording is enabled, the TP-S1016MDR will start an event recording when an event occurs. In order to start an event recording, you need: 1.
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2. After enable an event, you need to set a time zone in the SCHEDULE SETUP MENU. An event recording has to be included in a scheduled time zone. You can refer to SCHEDULE SETUP MENU to set up a time zone which you would like to record when an event occurs. 3.When the event and schedule are set, enter the CAMERA SETUP MENU to set the event recording speed (IPS) of the camera in the time period (TP) section.
7. PLAYING BACK 7.1 NORMAL PLAYBACK (1) Playback Press the PLAY key to start playing back the stored image/audio. The video start time depends on the immediate play setting in the SYSTEM SETUP MENU. PLAY Press the REV. PLAY key to start reverse playing back the stored image/audio from the last segment.
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(4) Slow Forward/Reverse Playback During playback mode, press PAUSE key to freeze the playing back picture. PAUSE Turn the Shuttle dial clockwise, to start slow forward playback. The speed will show on the status bar of the bottom screen. >> 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/600and press ENTER at the same time to fasten the play speed.
7.2 SEARCH PLAYBACK Press the SEARCH key to enter the SEARCH MENU. SEARCH In the SEARCH MENU, Dial the Jog clockwise or counterclockwise to change subentry values. Press the ENTER key to go next subentry in search menu setting, and press the DISPLAY key to go last subentry in search menu setting.
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(2) EVENT Search Playback You can change different event search methods if you select “BY EVENT” instead of “BY TIME / DATE”. 7 events which are ALARM, MOTION, VLOSS, A/M, A/V, M/V and A/M/V can be selected. The indications of events show as below. EVENT Indication ALARM...
8. COPY TO A VIDEO FILE Insert a into the slot on the front panel, or insert a USB pocket driver into USB slot on the back panel to copy. Digital Video Recorder allows users to select the camera for copying image to movie file. The camera title will be displaying at the top of the screen.
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In the COPY MENU, we define: COPY: IMAGE or VIEWER (viewer of play image) DISK NO: Disk number. It is fixed as “01” in this series. CH NO: Camera channel number. You can select the video of camera you would like to copy. START DATE &...
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Note: If you are unable to play “AVI” file downloaded from “DVRViewer”, your PC is required to install “CODEC”, please go to the following URL: http://www.cole2k.net/ and click “Advanced”, then “Download Direct” for downloading “Cole2k.Media.-.Codec.Pack.V6.0.6.-Advanced-.Setup.exe.”. This will enable you to play “AVI” file successfully.
9. CALL Press the CALL key and the CALL MENU will pop up as below. In CALL MENU, we define : (1) SEQ: Sequence display on the call monitor. Press SEQ to switch “ON” or “OFF” of the sequence status. (2) OSD: Channel name display on the call monitor.
10. REMOTE VIEWER Basic Operations and Login Display: Go to the Internet Explorer, key in the network IP address, for example, http:// 162.168.001.200(must be the same IP address as the one assigned to the unit from the Network Setting Menu. please contact your ISP or MIS for the IP assignment) The LOGIN dialog will be shown on the screen.
Main Screen The above diagram is the main screen display. The icons on the lower corner of the screen are mainly for control and configuration, those on the right corner are for status indication. If any icon is grayed, it means that the specific function is not accessible in the current mode. The followings are a brief description for each of the icons.
10.2 SEARCH 10.2.1 Search by Time There are 3 ways to do search by time. Press Pick a date first. 1. Press the button of M for changing Month to be searched, D for day, h for hour, m for minute and s for second. The “-“...
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10.3 Search by EVENT 1. Select Event Type from Alarm, Motion and Vloss. 2. Note: Please keep at least one event type checked. 3. Press Update button to refresh the event list. All events of the selected type will be displaying along with Date/Time, event type (represents by a capital letter), camera number (represents by a number), e.g.
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10.4 PTZ control 1.Select the PTZ camera from drop-down menu. 2.Select Action Mode. 4 options are available: Continuous, Step x10, Step x5 and Step x1. 3.Use Direction Arrows (up, down, left, right) to move/adjust the focus to your desired direction and angle.
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10.5 ARCHIVE 1.Select Disk No. 2.Start Time/End Time indicates the start and end time of the disk selected 3.Camera: Select the camera that you wish to archive files. 4.Start: Select the start time to be archived. 5.END: Select the end time to be archived. 6.There are 3 ways to search either Start or End time to be archived.
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1. Press on the button of M for changing Month to be searched, D for day, h for hour, m for minute and s for second. The “-“ sign at the left-hand side is to decrease the value, whereas the “+” sign at the right-hand side is to increase the value.
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II. Select “Run” or “Save” the file. III. Open the DVRViewer.exe for loading the archived MPEG Files (.arv)) Detailed explanation of DVRViewer is as follows...
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1.Load File: to load the archived MPEG Files (.arv). 2.Stop: to stop playing “.arv” file. 3.Play: to play “.arv” file. 4.<<Step: step backward of the playing file. 5.Pause: to pause playing. 6.Step>>: step forward of the playing file. 7.Capture: to capture the playing image as “.jpg” file. 8.Save to Avi: to save the archived MPEG File as “.AVI”...
APPENDIX APPENDIX A : RS232 specifications This Digital Video Recorder can be controlled by a computer or a terminal via a RS232 standard D-SUB 9-pin RS-232 connector. D-SUB 9-pin connector The pin assignment of the 9-pin D-SUB connector Digital Video Recorder HOST PIN # NAME...
APPENDIX Remote Control Protocol A computer can be used to control the DVR by sending the packet as follows ========================================================= 485/232 Control Code Protocol ========================================================= 1-1. Sample control code packets Example1: A packet that send "REC" key to DVR(ID=5) 0x85 (length) 0x00 (Receiver ID high byte) 0x05 (Receiver ID low byte) 0x4B (OPcode = key)
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APPENDIX 0000000 1111110 ID = 126 0000000 1111111 ID = 127 0000001 0000000 ID = 128 0000001 0000001 ID = 129 0000001 1111111 ID = 255 0000010 0000000 ID = 256 ..0000011 1111111 ID = 511 ..16382 1111111 1111110 ID = 16382 ---------------------------------------------------------- 2).
APPENDIX APPENDIX B : RS-485 (RJ45) specifications There are two RS-485 (RJ-45) connectors of one port on the back panel of the DVR. Please refer to the following pin assignment for application. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN # NAME...
APPENDIX APPENDIX C : Alarm I/O Assignment Alarm I/O pin assignment The alarm connector, Figure 1, is used to provide one sensor alarm input for each camera input. For easy operation, an alarm extension board, Figure 2, is provided to connect to the alarm connector. Each alarm input requires two wires, one wire connects to the desired alarm input pin, the second wire connects to the ground.The alarm signal assignment is shown at the following.
APPENDIX APPENDIX D : Lapse Mode Recording Table Resolution: 720 x 480 System storage: 250 GB Terms of Use The HDD size required in your DVR may vary from this calculated test result under some conditions. Total storage capacity may vary depending on complexity of video scenes, DVR specifications and features used on the actual installation sites.
APPENDIX APPENDIX E DDNS This chapter will cover a few simple configurations for setting up DDNS. Please understand we do not support this product and will not give tech support on it. If you need Technical support on DDNS you must call Linksys or D-Link. This Chapter is to offer some help to the installer and end user nothing more Creating a DDNS Account The first step is to open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type:...
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APPENDIX link right next to Dynamic DNS The next step is to add a host name with an extension. Example: Company.homeip.net The IP address should already be entered for you. All you have to do is click add host and you are done registering DDNS You may refer to the previous two chapters to set up DDNS within your router.
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APPENDIX To access the DVR from a computer simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type: http:// The DDNS you created example company.homeip.net.
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