Appro DVR-3024M, Installation & Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Before trying to connect or operate this product please read this manual completely INSTALLATION OPERATION MANUAL Digital Video Recorder DVR 3024M DVR 3024MD ...

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Page 3: ...own expense WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture Do not block ventilation openings Do not place anything on top of the unit that might spill or fall into it Do not attempt to service this unit yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards Please refer all servicing to qualified service pe...

Page 4: ...RD Search 22 3 4 6 CD MENU 22 3 5 Backup Operations 24 3 5 1 CD Rewritable unit Backup Operations FOR CD ROM MODEL ONLY 24 3 5 2 Mobile Rack HD Backup Operations 25 3 5 3 SD Card Backup Operations 26 3 6 Key Lock Operation 27 4 MENU SETUP 28 4 1 REC Setting 28 4 2 ALARM MOTION Setting 29 4 3 TIMER SEQ TITLE Setting 30 4 4 COMMUNICATION Setting 32 4 5 DISK Setting 33 4 6 SYSTEM Setting 34 5 NETWORK...

Page 5: ...yback and network access simultaneously Pre alarm image recording Compression MPEG4 Recording Rate NTSC 120 IPS total 30 IPS per channel PAL 100 IPS total 25 IPS per channel Quick search Fast and slow playback of recorded video at various speeds Single picture playback Motion detection Remote control via the RS 232 RS 485 and Ethernet ports Auto power recovery after any interruption Remote viewing...

Page 6: ...eing burnt the display light will be a red flash Power Supply Reading Light When a disc has been ejected the display light will be green When a disc is unable to be read or the device is being repaired the display light will flash 1 Hard disk drive compartment The compartment allows you to install a hard disk drive mostly for backup purposes Make sure the drive is well secured with the mounting sc...

Page 7: ...mode use these buttons to select channel 1 or 2 for display In play mode use these buttons to select channel 1 or 2 as well as zoom in on the desired channel 12 13 Up Down CH4 CH3 buttons Press these two buttons to select the desired contents for programming in the setup menu mode In live mode use these buttons to select channel 4 or 3 for display In play mode use these buttons to select a channel...

Page 8: ...frame by frame in the forward direction 22 POWER Indicator Indicates the power status of the unit The green light indicates the hard disk drive is activating The orange light signals the hard disk drive s power is on stand by 23 Eject button Pressing this controls the insertion and ejection of the tray 24 Emergency Eject Button When the power supply has been interrupted or it is impossible to ejec...

Page 9: ...nk the device s audio input 31 AUDIO IN Connector This connector is used to connect the audio output from a camera or other devices to the DVR 32 ETHERNET 10 100 Connector This is one standard RJ 45 connector for 10 100 Mbps Ethernet networks 33 RS 485 Port The RS 485 communication ports function as connectors when two or more units are serially connected to an external control device 34 ALARM I O...

Page 10: ...his is a disk full output trigger Connect this to external devices such as buzzers or lights 5V 0V Active 4 ALARM RESET INPUT This pin connects to an alarm clear device for clearing an alarm 5V 0V Active 5 RECORD IN INPUT This pin connects to a record trigger device for starting a record 6 ALARM4 IN INPUT This is an alarm input for CH 4 which can be programmed in the menu system to Normally Open o...

Page 11: ... Alarm Reset Normally Open Normally Open Alarm1 in Normally Open Alarm2 in Normally Open Alarm3 in Normally Open Alarm4 in Ground Trigger Out 2 INSTALLATION Please follow the instruction and the diagram below to set up the system 2 1 Basic Connection A CONNECTING WITH 1 to 4 CAMERAS B ATTACHING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE TO DVR Connect an alarm out alarm input and a peripheral device as shown in the diagr...

Page 12: ...r installers If there is only one hard disk drive in the mobile compartment please set the HD2 USAGE option to REC please refer to section 4 5 before proceeding with the recording function The jumper setting arrangement of installed hard disk drives for the system Table 3 2 A is shown in the tables below Note The CD RW model is equipped with a fixed hard disk and a CD RW drive The unit usually com...

Page 13: ... 120G 7200 RPM 6Y200P0 1A 200G 7200 RPM 6Y250P0 1A 250G 7200 RPM 6B300R0 300G 7200 RPM 6L080P0 RoHS 80G 7200 RPM 6L100P0 RoHS 100G 7200 RPM 6L120P0 RoHS 120G 7200 RPM 6L160P0 RoHS 160G 7200 RPM 6L200P0 RoHS 200G 7200 RPM 6L250R0 RoHS 250G 7200 RPM Maxtor 6L300R0 RoHS 300G 7200 RPM WD800AB 80G 5400 RPM WD1200AB 120G 5400 RPM WD800BB 80G 7200 RPM WD1200BB 120G 7200 RPM WD1800BB 180G 7200 RPM WD2000B...

Page 14: ... the Display button 8 again the unit will not display any OSD message Press the button one more time to go back to the default display FIGURE 3 3 A 200 K 1 2 59G Total capacity of installed hard disk 59 GB 12 4 HR Total 12 4 hour recording time available Timer record activated Alarm record activated QUALITY BEST Record quality setting BEST NTSC NTSC system RATE 6 HR Setting of Record time mode 6 h...

Page 15: ...tware which will take approximately 90 seconds to process 5 Restart the unit when the device sounds a tone twice and displays the message PLEASE RESTART The process is complete If you have already followed the procedures 1 5 and the unit is still unable to switch on please first check if the SD card you are using is functioning and the file is intact And then start procedures 1 5 all over again 6 ...

Page 16: ...ST quality at a 30 Frame Sec record rate normally a 80GB hard disk drive will be filled in 41 hours see the gray area in the table If the total capacity of 240GB hard disk drives is in use under the same refresh rate and picture quality it will be filled in 123 hours 3 times the rate of a 80GB hard disk drive NOTE 1 Recording times on the tables below are estimated For the actual available recordi...

Page 17: ...2 Press the REC button 6 for 3 seconds to stop recording any time 3 To access just recorded video please refer to section 3 4 for more details 3 2 2 Timer Recording Timer recording provides 2 periods of time each day in a weekly table which programs the DVR to turn on and off at specified times This way the DVR will start stop recording according to the programmed schedule 1 Press the Setup button...

Page 18: ...Timer Manual Timer Manual 3 2 3 Alarm Motion Recording Take the following steps to activate the programmed alarm recording For the ALM OPERATION AUDIO ALM TYPE ALM DURATION and PRE ALARM settings please refer to section 5 2 for more details 1 Press the Setup button to enter the MAIN MENU 2 Select ALARM MOTION and press the Enter button to enter the ALARM MOTION 3 Set the desired ALM TYPE and ALM D...

Page 19: ...akes Place Timer Recording Actual Recording Speed Alarm Takes Place Normal Alarm Normal Normal Alarm Alarm Normal 3 2 4 Externally Triggered Recording By connecting the RECORD IN of ALARM I O on the rear panel of the DVR you can activate deactivate the recording function of a DVR The file will be kept with a prefixed R NOTE The status of recording operations when an alarm takes place is shown in t...

Page 20: ...k s recorded data STOP press the key for 3 sec PLAY Once playback reaches the end of an HDD s recorded data the DVR will show the ending message use SEARCH functions or rewind to replay the file if required 3 3 2 Fast Forward Backward There are 7 speeds available for playback 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 30x and 100x While playing back recorded video at the recorded speed Forward Turn the Shuttle dial 20 to th...

Page 21: ... the forward direction 3 Press the PLAY button 4 to return to the normal speed of playback 3 3 5 Playback Recorded Video from an HDD of the mobile rack for removable HDD model only To play back a recorded video from an HD2 take the following steps 1 Press the Search button 10 to enter the search mode 2 Press the 12 and 13 v buttons to select a video press the 11 and 14 buttons to flip over a page ...

Page 22: ... R External trigger recording A Alarm recording NOTE The maximum number of indexes in the list for an HDD is 3000 3 4 2 ALARM LIST Search Take the following steps to proceed with the alarm list search function 1 Press the Search button 10 to enter the search mode 2 Select the ALARM LIST and press the Enter button 15 to access the complete list of alarm event recorded video 3 Highlight the specific...

Page 23: ...d press the Enter button 15 to access the thumbnail page 3 Set the date you wish to search for the recorded video 4 Press the Enter button 15 to start searching for and displaying the concerned image You can set up by using the 11 14 12 and v 13 buttons to move focus You can also set up by using the Shuttle Ring and the Jog Dial to move eye focus is the equal of the button 11 is the equal of the b...

Page 24: ...e Enter button 15 to access the complete list of JPG files 4 Highlight the specific JPG file of your requirement and press the Enter button 15 to display the image 5 If you need another please return to the SD card JPG file list page and repeat steps 3 and 4 again for another search NOTE To delete a JPG file in the SD card please return to the SD CARD JPG FILE list page highlight the specific JPG ...

Page 25: ...N ITEM 6 NOTE If by accident one selects a CD item and forgets to insert it See the picture below for this status and please insert a CD or press the search button to exit the CD menu 3 4 6 2 BACKUP Menu FOR HARD DISK MODEL ONLY Please refer to section 4 4 2 Mobile Rack HD Backup Operations for more details EMPTY SEARCH ALARM LIST TIME SEARCH THUMBNAIL SD CARD FULL LIST CD For CD RW model only SEA...

Page 26: ...ect item 2 EDIT in the CD JPEG menu Now in the EDIT jpeg page press v and buttons to review your selected images As the images move you can decide to delete or not delete any image you find unnecessary or not by pressing the Setup buttons to NO meaning no deletions or YES meaning you re deleting a particular image Press the Search button to exit this page viii If your selection is complete enter i...

Page 27: ...12 and v buttons and button 13 to highlight BACKUP select FULL then press the Enter button 15 to proceed ALARM Duplicate all the alarm event recorded video from HD 1 to HD2 Stay on the DISK SETTING page Use the 12 and v buttons and button 13 to highlight BACKUP select ALARM then press the Enter button 15 to proceed SELECT Duplicate a particular recorded video from HD1 to HD2 Stay on the DISK SETTI...

Page 28: ... in an SD card 1 Insert an SD Card into the SD card slot of the rear unit 2 Start playing back the recorded video 3 Press the PAUSE button 3 to freeze the desired pictures 4 Press the Seq Save button 15 to save the image in the SD Card The quantity of pictures which can be stored depends on the SD card capacity You can have the saved images printed out in any computer The image is stored in the JP...

Page 29: ...e Setup button 9 to enter the setup mode Highlight SYSTEM and press the Enter button 15 to enter the SYSTEM SETTING page Set SD SETUP to SAVE Then the system setting info will auto save into SD card Transfer the system setting info of DVR to another Insert the SD card which has stored the system setting info into the DVR Press the Setup button 9 to enter the setup mode and select the SYSTEM Highli...

Page 30: ...the setup mode 12 and v 13 buttons Press to select the desired item or entry for setting 11 and 14 buttons Press to highlight the desired option or to select the context for setting Enter 15 button Press to enter the selected item and to save the setting Shuttle Ring 20 Turn to highlight the desired option or to select the context for setting Jog Dial 21 Turn to select the desired item or entry fo...

Page 31: ... the hard disk is full the device will stop recording AUDIO This option determines the way to record sound if necessary ON Enables AUDIO recording OFF Disables AUDIO recording 4 2 ALARM MOTION Setting This menu allows users to program the configuration of alarm recording only when an alarm input is activated The device will record as long as the alarm input is activated ALM OPERATION This option d...

Page 32: ...sec ON Enables this function OFF Disables this function NOTE If the device is already under recording mode before an alarm occurs the pre alarm recording will not take effect MOTION SETTING The motion detection function is convenient for people without an alarm trigger input but the function can be used with an alarm trigger input at the same time If this function is enabled the object movement wi...

Page 33: ...light saving time REC ENABLE This option enables disables the programmed scheduled recording ON Enables the scheduled recording OFF Disables the scheduled recording TIMER This entry allows users to program the time each day when the DVR will start and stop recording There are 2 time periods each day available for scheduling The time is displayed in a 24 hour clock format If there is a time overlap...

Page 34: ...f the Dest ID within the code is the same as the COMM ID in which case the particular command can be accepted RS 232 The RS 232 communication port can be either in an importing or exporting mode according to your applications ON Enables the RS 232 communication port When you wish the unit to be controlled by an external device please select this entry for use OFF Disables the RS 232 communication ...

Page 35: ...you to clear out all the data in the hard disk drive You will be required to enter the pre set password before proceeding with clearing out the data Enter the standard password 9999 if you don t set your individual password To set your individual password please refer to section 4 6 System Setting PASSWORD option HD 1 2 Clears out all the data stored in HD 1 and HD 2 BACKUP HD Clears out all the d...

Page 36: ...imit being 300 images for every file You can stop recording whenever you want and if you don t recording will automatically stop at the optimum of 300 images NOTE To save images please refer to section 3 5 3 for more details SD REFORMAT This option allows you to clear out all the data in the SD card 4 6 SYSTEM Setting This page is used for accessing the history of the operation status setting the ...

Page 37: ...r activate deactivate Recording switching between HDDs PASSWORD This option allows you to set a password to prevent any unauthorized re formatting of the hard disk drives or use by the Viewer Software The standard password is 9999 OLD PASSWORD Enter the pre set password or the standard password if this is the initial setting to access the password setting system NEW PASSWORD Enter a 4 digit number...

Page 38: ...36 MAC 00 0C 0C 00 E1 A0 BIOS 1 00 SW 1 00 DATE Sep 10 2004 VERSION This item is in the setup menu revealing the network MAC the BIOS version the software version and the last updated date ...

Page 39: ...A Connect to a PC Use a crossover LAN cable to connect directly to a PC B Connect to a LAN Hub Intranet The RJ 45 PIN configuration for connecting with a LAN Hub is shown below C Connect to WAN Internet The RJ 45 PIN configuration for connecting to a WAN is the same as that for connecting to a LAN 5 NETWORK RJ 45 CROSSOVER CABLE SD Card RS 232 ALARM DC12V RS 485 hi z 75 AUDIO IN IN OUT OUT MONITOR...

Page 40: ...highlight NET ENABLE select ON Then press the Enter button to proceed 5 1 2 2 Enable DHCP Function Use the 12 and v 13 buttons to highlight NET DHCP select ON NOTE This function can only work if the LAN to which the unit is connected to has a DHCP server If the DHCP server is working the DVR will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server In that case please skip section 5 1 2 3 Set I...

Page 41: ...nd correctly configure the MASK and GATEWAY settings according to your network architecture If you have any questions regarding those settings please contact a qualified MIS professional or your ISP 2 Connecting to a network each connected DVR must be assigned a unique IP which must be in the same class type as your network address IP addresses are written as four sets of numbers separated by peri...

Page 42: ... Point to the Local Area Connection and click the right bottom of the mouse Click the Properties to enter the Local Area Connection 3 Click the Configuration tag check if the TCP IC is included among the network component list If the TCP IP is included please process step 5 If it is not included please follow step 4 to install the TCP IP 4 TCP IP installation During the installation you will be re...

Page 43: ...provider If you are using a DHCP server please select Obtain an IP address automatically Any assigned IP address for the connected DVRs must be in the same class type as the server If there is no DHCP server please select specify an IP address and type in the IP address of your PC This IP address must be different from the DVR IP but in the same class type NOTE The IP address of a DVR in a network...

Page 44: ...his IP is the DVR IP address which is assigned for the connected DVR 3 If you receive a response as in the sample screen below the connection hasn t been successfully established Please re check all the hardware and software installations by repeating steps 1 to 5 If you still can t establish the connection after rechecking please contact your dealer 4 If you receive a response as in the sample sc...

Page 45: ...arch recorded data for the event time you want It supports your local PC simultaneously with the DVR backup data The programs can be operated by a selected PC equipped with the following requirements Intel Pentium III 750MHz at least 128 MB RAM Windows 98 NT ME 2000 and XP 4 MB Video card capable of 24 bit true color display 160 MB free hard disk space for software installation 10 base T network f...

Page 46: ... button to complete the installation process Step 6 After completing installation you can double click the file shown below Or click the Start Menu in the computer and select Programs to open the Program Selection page Then click the Viewer Software tag to start the 4 channel DVR Viewer Software Program 5 2 2 Short introduction Now the Login page appears Enter the default User name admin and the P...

Page 47: ...tically search the whole local LAN 4 channel DVR device to see a list NOTE If you want to create a new DVR connection via the Internet please press the button Enter the DVR s Host name or IP address and its port then press OK to add the DVR connection The default of the port is 80 Step 2 Double click your selected device to see a window as on the right Enter the Username and Password the default n...

Page 48: ...to enter the Save Page window Give the file name If you want to exit click Cancel Print Click the Print Preview button and go to the Preview option to adjust the image size Go to the Print Settings area and then go to Mark Date and Time if you wish to stamp the date and time of the image on the image itself Select Dimension to scroll the Original Image Size from the drop down list Click Print to s...

Page 49: ...ntroller 2 The right hand set has four buttons each of which upon being clicked will turn the camera all the way without stopping in one of the four designated directions The fifth button in the center will stop the camera at any point you prefer The left hand set of buttons has four buttons each of which upon being clicked will move one short step only in any of the four designated directions 3 S...

Page 50: ... the date and time you want Channel ID To choose the camera Play Monitor Use the panel below to play or stop etc If you already want to back up click the Start backup button If you want to stop click the Stop backup button Edit AVI File Path To set the backup file and the file name check the Browser button on the right Click Edit Selected File to start editing Frame Rate Modification To see the to...

Page 51: ... To choose the camera Play Monitor Use the panel below to play or stop etc If you already want to back up click the Start backup button If you want to stop click the Stop backup button 5 2 3 4 Web Page Viewer This device also provides the IE Browser function Open the browser and view the images directly via the browser Please refer to section 5 3 for more details ...

Page 52: ...vers 30 to 1000 seconds 4 Users Management Click the Save User button to add the new user s name and password under Add New User Enter the User Name and Password and click Save User again Your new user and his password will appear on the User Name Password list to the left If you proceed to enter a new user and then click Cancel Edit no new name will be added to your list If you wish to delete any...

Page 53: ...for viewing Click to open the control panel and remote control the pan tilt zoom function camera live over a local area network or the Internet Recorded video list box This box allows you to access all recorded video which are stored in the HDD of the connected devices To review a recorded video simply select an entry from the list and click the button PgUp PgDn Enables you to scroll up and down t...

Page 54: ...nable the TIMER RECORD function 4 There are two time periods available for scheduling each day The Timer Record setting page allows users to program the time each day that the DVR will start and stop recording The time is displayed in a 24 hour clock format If there is a time overlap showing between two continual time period settings the device will automatically combine the two time period settin...

Page 55: ... No Parity 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit 6 1 2 Communication Protocol 6 1 2 0 General Command Format Lead Code 0x41 Dest ID Src ID Main category Second category Number of parameters Parameter 1 Parameter 2 End Code 0x4f Lead Code 0x41 Dest ID 0x01 Src ID 0x20 Main Category 0x01 Keys and Signals 0x02 Command Second Category 0x01 Handshake 0x02 Request Time Set Time 0x06 Request System State 0x0b Time Sear...

Page 56: ...B 2x 1 2x KEY_SHUTTLE_R2 140 0x 8C 4x 1 2x KEY_SHUTTLE_R3 141 0x 8D 8x 1 4x KEY_SHUTTLE_R4 142 0x 8E 16x 1 4x KEY_SHUTTLE_R5 143 0x 8F 30x 1 8x KEY_SHUTTLE_R6 144 0x 90 100x 1 8x KEY_SHUTTLE_R7 145 0x 91 100x 1 16x SIGNAL_REC_IN 163 0x A3 SIGNAL_ALARM_RESET 165 0x A5 SIGNAL_REC_OUT 169 0x A9 SIGNAL_ALARM_IN 189 0x BD SIGNAL_ALARM_OUT 209 0x D1 6 1 2 2 COMMAND Main Category 0x02 A Handshake Second ...

Page 57: ...0x02 0x10 0x00 0x4f DVR Response 0x41 0x20 0x01 0x02 0x10 0x32 0x00 0x00 48 Bytes Data 0x4f 48 Bytes Data 4 HDD Status Primary Master Slave Secondary Master Slave Every HDD uses 12 Bytes 0 HDD Exists if 1 1 Active HDD if 1 2 Current HDD for REC if 1 3 Current HDD for PLAY if 1 4 7 Capacity 8 11 REC PLAY Position G Request REC Position Second Category 0x11 PC message 0x41 0x01 0x20 0x02 0x11 0x00 0...

Page 58: ...ng screws on the mobile rack of the unit and detach it 2 Carefully lift the mobile rack to a vertical position 3 Unscrew the secured screws to detach the hard disk rack 4 Setting the jumper of your hard disk driver The way to set the jumper of the drive varies between manufacturers please refer to the instructions on the driver to set the jumpers in the master position 5 Place the hard disk in the...

Page 59: ...57 9 Place the mobile rack back onto the device and screwing in all the 4 screws 6 2 2 Mobile Rack FOR REMOVABLE HDD MODEL ...

Page 60: ...o set the jumpers in the master position 5 Attach the interface connector and the power connector to the drive Please note the red lining of the IDE cable and the red wire of power cable must line up side by side 6 Place the HDD inside mobile rack Use four of the provided screws 7 Place the top cover back to the carrier body by sliding forward to secure 8 Slide the carrier body back in the mobile ...

Page 61: ...ton or uses the SEARCH function but no video can be played 17 SET TO NTSC PLS RESTART System has to be set to NTSC please reboot PAL is similar 18 SOFTWARE UPDATE Software update 19 PLEASE RESTART The system should be rebooted after the software has been updated 20 NO DISK The user has pressed the Save key without putting in an SD card or there is a disk error 21 DATA NOT CONTINUOUS The system fin...

Page 62: ...h a case an index for the recent recorded data will be generated and the index of the next oldest data will be erased so that the list does remain 3000 in total And the next oldest data will be kept in the index of the corresponding oldest data For any newly recorded data this approach will be applied until the disk becomes full In the rewrite recording mode when the archived hard disk drive is fu...

Page 63: ...ard only Slow 1 16 X 1 8 X 1 4 X 1 2 X Forward only Fast 1X 2X 4X 8X 16X 30X 100X Record Search Alarm Time Event list Filter thumbnail SD card OSD Language English Chinese T Set up Menu Multi layer Network setting Log list 2000 records Alarm In Out 4 Alarm Inputs 1 Alarm Output Built in Buzzer Yes Motion Detection Yes Communication Port RS 232 RS 485 and Ethernet Port Network Interface Ethernet RJ...

Page 64: ...ts to display the desired changes instantly 4 Do you want to execute an automatic search for free IP If and when you want to auto search the free IP select Yes or No If clicked Yes the software will provide the Free IP Address boxes to the right of the window If you click No these address boxes will not show 5 Manual insertion of Free IP Address If you have clicked No please manually type in inser...

Page 65: ...ess box on the right to enter it into an IP Address on the left 2 To change any IP address type in the new address in the Free IP Address box on the right as well as the device Login Name and Password in their respective blanks at bottom left then click UPDATE and the new address will automatically be sent to the device 9 Click Exit at bottom right to shut the device ...

Page 66: ...the caddy lightly at the middle of its front and push gently to insert Ejecting The Disc 1 Press the eject button 2 Carefully lift out the disc 3 Press the eject button or lightly touch the center of the tray and the tray will automatically reenter its position within the CD RW recorder Caution After the tray has been ejected and the disc has been retrieved from the caddy or put in the caddy inser...

Page 67: ...allation As suggested in your specifications please do not install in an unstable position or in one that causes vibrations 2 Do not install in high humidity direct sunlight or damp conditions 3 Do not use near magnetic fields or place near a television or a radio signal as the performance of the device may be affected 4 Do not open to try to repair as the laser may be harmful RMN0400040v1 0 ...