Continental Access CADV-H-XP08, User Manual

Page 1: ... EH Series DVRs XP Models CADV H XP16 16 Channel DVR w 250 GB Hard Drive CADV H XP08 8 Channel DVR w 250 GB Hard Drive A Napco Security Group Company 355 Bayview Ave Amityville NY 11701 P 631 842 9400 F 631 842 9135 www cicaccess com ...

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Page 4: ...VIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE...

Page 5: ...uipment C If the equipment has been exposed to rain or water D If the equipment does not operate normally by following the operating instructions adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the equipment to its normal operation E ...

Page 6: ...6 NC NO Normally Closed Normally Open 6 ARI Alarm Reset In 6 Connecting to the RS485 Port 7 Connecting to the USB Ports 7 Connecting to the RS232 Port 8 Connecting to the Ultra Wide SCSI Port 8 Connecting to the Network Port 9 Factory Reset 9 Connecting the Power Cord 10 Chapter 3 Configuration 11 Front Panel Controls 11 POWER LED 12 HDD LED 12 NETWORK LED 12 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 13 PANIC Button...

Page 7: ...1 Storage Screen 23 User Setup Screen 26 Shutdown Screen 29 Logout Screen 29 Network Notification Setup 30 Network Screen 30 LAN Setup Screen 31 Modem Setup 34 DVRNS Setup 35 WebGuard Setup 36 Notification Setup 37 Configuring Devices 39 Camera Setup Screen 39 Audio Setup Screen 42 Alarm Out Screen 43 Display Screen 45 Remote Control Screen 45 Recording Settings 49 Record Screen 49 Schedule Screen...

Page 8: ...Playing Recorded Video 82 RW Rewind Button 83 FF Fast Forward Button 83 BACKWARD Button 83 FORWARD Button 83 SEARCH STOP Button 83 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 83 DISPLAY Button 83 ZOOM Button 83 Shuttle Ring 84 Jog Dial 84 Searching Video 85 Go to the Date Time 86 Calendar Search 86 Event Log Search 87 Text In Search 89 Motion Search 91 Clip Copy Screen 93 Print Screen 96 Disk Mirroring 96 Appendix A U...

Page 9: ...105 Web Search Mode 107 Appendix D Time Overlap 109 Appendix E Troubleshooting 110 Appendix F Connector Pin Outs 111 I O Connector Pin Outs 111 RS485 Connector Pin Outs 111 Appendix G Map of Screens 112 Appendix H System Log Notices 113 Appendix I Error Code Notices 114 Appendix J Specifications 116 ...

Page 10: ...el 11 Figure 21 Infrared remote control 12 Figure 22 Login screen 16 Figure 23 Setup screen 17 Figure 24 Virtual Keyboard 17 Figure 25 Information screen 18 Figure 26 Upgrade screen 19 Figure 27 Setup Import screen 19 Figure 28 Setup Export screen 20 Figure 29 System Log screen 20 Figure 30 Date Time setup screen 21 Figure 31 Holiday setup screen 22 Figure 32 Time Sync screen 22 Figure 33 Storage ...

Page 11: ...3 Figure 73 Event menu 54 Figure 74 Alarm In Settings screen 54 Figure 75 Alarm In Actions 1 screen 55 Figure 76 Alarm In Notify menu 56 Figure 77 Alarm In Actions 2 screen 56 Figure 78 Motion Detection Settings screen 57 Figure 79 Motion Detection Sensitivity screen 57 Figure 80 Motion Detection Min Blocks screen 58 Figure 81 Motion Detection Zone screen 58 Figure 82 Motion Detection Zone menu 59...

Page 12: ... menu 85 Figure 111 Go to the Date Time screen 86 Figure 112 Calendar Search screen 86 Figure 113 Event Log Search screen 87 Figure 114 Event Log Search Option screen 88 Figure 115 Text In Search screen 89 Figure 116 Text In Search Option screen 90 Figure 117 Motion Search screen 91 Figure 118 Motion Search Option screen 92 Figure 119 Clip Copy screen 93 Figure 120 Print screen 96 Figure 121 Stora...

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Page 14: ...iendly Graphical User Interface GUI Menu System y Multiple Recording Modes Time lapse Pre event Alarm Motion and Panic y Two way Audio Communications y 4 Channel Audio Recording and 1 Channel Audio Playback y Text Input for ATM and POS y Alarm Connections Include Input Output and Reset Input y Built in Alarm Buzzer y Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet or Modem y Time Synchronization using ...

Page 15: ...it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via modem or Ethernet There is a SCSI port that can be used to record or archive video to external hard disk drives and there are also three USB ports that can be used to upgrade t...

Page 16: ...s for Adding Hard Disk Drives y Screws for Attaching SCSI Connector y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system Figure 2 16 Channel DVR rear panel Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment NOTE You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment For examp...

Page 17: ... connectors are auto terminated Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video Connecting the Monitor Figure 5 Video Out connectors Connect the main monitor to either the Video Out or SVHS Out connector NOTE If your main monitor has an SVHS input use it because it will give you better quality video display Up to four Sp...

Page 18: ... not have amplified audio output so you will need a speaker with an amplifier The DVR does not have a pre amplifier for audio input so the audio input should be from an amplified source not directly from a microphone Connecting Alarms Figure 8 Alarm Input connectors NOTE To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button Afte...

Page 19: ...ly Open Figure 10 Relay Alarm Output connectors Connect the device to the COM and NC Normally Closed connectors or COM and NO Normally Open connectors NC NO is a relay output which sinks 2A 125VAC 1A 250VAC 1A 30VDC NC and 5A 125VAC 2A 250VAC 3A 30VDC NO ARI Alarm Reset In Figure 11 Alarm Reset Input connectors An external signal to the Alarm Reset In can be used to reset both the Alarm Out signal...

Page 20: ...vided to connect external hard disk CD RW or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades One USB port is on the rear panel and the other two are on the front panel Position external drives close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections usually less than 6 feet Use the USB cable provided with the hard disk drive to connect it to the DVR A USB mouse not supplied can be...

Page 21: ...Connect the external SCSI hard disk drive RAID cable to the high density 68 pin female UltraWide SCSI port The length of SCSI cable should not exceed 5 feet 1 5 meters You can connect up to 8 UltraWide SCSI devices with SCSI IDs set from 0 to 15 except for 7 which is assigned as the Host ID NOTE The SCSI bus must be terminated otherwise the DVR will not operate properly NOTE When using low speed S...

Page 22: ...the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings CAUTION When using the Factory Reset you will lose any settings you have saved If you want to use the same DVR name registered on the DVRNS server after initializing the system using the factory reset you need to contact the DVRNS server manager Please record and save the help desk information before facto...

Page 23: ...urned on after connecting the power cord disconnect the power cord wait 10 seconds and restart the DVR by following the proper connection procedures WARNING ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT H...

Page 24: ...mote control while laid out differently perform the same functions as those on the front panel The following describes each button and control Take a few minutes to review the descriptions You will use these to initially set up your DVR and for daily operations NOTE The infrared sensor on the DVR is just to the lower left of the jog shuttle Make certain that nothing blocks the sensor or the remote...

Page 25: ...may not be supported depending on the DVR model POWER LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED flickers when the unit is connected to a network via either Ethernet or modem ...

Page 26: ... in the PTZ mode BACKWARD Button Pressing the BACKWARD button goes to the previous image The button on the front panel is also used for Near Focus in the PTZ mode RW Rewind Button Pressing the RW button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and The screen displays and respectively The RW button on the front panel Zooms In while in the PTZ mode...

Page 27: ... the PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras ZOOM Button Pressing the ZOOM button zooms the current image on the screen A PIP with a rectangle temporarily displays showing what area of the screen has been enlarged You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectangle to another area Pressing the Enter button toggles the zoom size between 2x 3x and 4x SPOT Butto...

Page 28: ...In the Search mode clip copying can be done instantly by pressing and holding the button for two or more seconds Shuttle Ring The Shuttle Ring only functions in the Playback mode The Shuttle Ring is spring loaded and returns to the center position when released Turning the ring clockwise plays video forward Turning the ring counterclockwise plays video backward Playback speed varies with the amoun...

Page 29: ...and date display language camera audio remote control record mode network and password Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes Throughout the screens you will see Highlighting the and pressing the button gives you the opportunity to reset that screen to its default settings Press the MENU button to enter the setup screens The Login screen appears Figure 22 Login screen Select...

Page 30: ...cter you want in the name or title and press the button That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards backspaces and deletes entered characters You can use up to 31 characters including spaces in your title Special characters can be created using and a capital letter e g J for NL New Line M for CR Carri...

Page 31: ...ID and press the button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number from 0 to 99 NOTE The System ID number is used to identify the unit when it is connected with other DVRs through the RS485 port You cannot use the same ID number for two or more DVRs that are in the same RS485 network It is possible to have multiple DVRs with Sys...

Page 32: ...E The Upgrade button will be deactivated if the hard disk drive has not been formatted as it requires the space for temporary files when upgrading the system CAUTION The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format You can import saved DVR settings or export the current DVR settings To import saved DVR settings connect the USB device containing the setup file dat to the DVR Highlight Setup Import and ...

Page 33: ...You can scroll through the log pages by using the Up and Down arrows or you can go directly to a log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen Highlight Close and press the button to exit the screen The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the time information of recorded data Highlighting Clear All Data and pressing the button will clear all video data ...

Page 34: ...to save your selected format Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button The individual sections of the time will highlight Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour minutes and seconds Once you have the correct time press the button Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button Select from the three av...

Page 35: ... the button to add the date Dates can be deleted by highlighting the beside the date and pressing the button NOTE Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the current year s holiday has passed Highlighting the Time Sync tab causes the Time Sync screen to display You can set up time synchronization between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in mo...

Page 36: ...t time the DVR was synchronized with the time server Highlight Run as Server and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Storage Screen Highlight Storage in the System menu and ...

Page 37: ...ard disk drive can be formatted and used only for archiving NOTE The DVR does NOT support USB hard disk drives with a version lower than 2 0 NOTE System upgrades require formatting internal or SCSI hard disk drives so do not uninstall internal or SCSI hard disk drives even though they are not used for either recording or archiving The Information column displays whether the device is being used or...

Page 38: ...ab and the Storage Status screen displays Figure 36 Storage Status screen The Type column displays the type of storage device The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device The S M A R T column displays Good Bad or N A depending on storage conditions y Good The stor...

Page 39: ...n front of the Group Name it indicates that the group has been expanded and all of the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name If there is a in front of the Group Name it indicates that the group has been collapsed and all of the User Names within that group are hidden To collapse or expand a group highlight the column in front of the desired group and press the button High...

Page 40: ...d pressing the button will toggle between that authority level being turned On and Off The authority levels that can be turned On and Off are y Shutdown The user can shut the system down on a local system y Upgrade The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running RAS y System Time Change The user can change the system date and time on a local system or a PC running RAS y Data Cl...

Page 41: ...r to a Group and password You can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on either the front panel or remote control to assign the password The password can be up to 8 digits You will be asked to confirm the password Figure 39 New User setup screen NOTE In addition to using the front panel buttons or the infrared remote control you can use the virtual keyboard to assign the password To display the virtual keyb...

Page 42: ... 40 Shutdown screen After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power Logout Screen Highlight Logout in the System menu and press the button The Logout screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user Figure 41 Logout screen After selecting Logout and pressing the button the user will be lo...

Page 43: ...fer Speed Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps Highlight the second box beside Transfer Speed You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between bps and ips Press the button to set the transfer speed Highlight the box beside Quality and press the button You can select the Quality from Very High High Standard and Low Press the button to...

Page 44: ...light the LAN tab and the LAN screen displays Figure 44 LAN Manual setup screen Highlight the box beside Type and press the button You can select the type of network configuration from Manual DHCP and ADSL with PPPoE Select the desired type and press the button Selecting Manual from the Type allows you to set up LAN parameters manually NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP Address Gateway a...

Page 45: ...umbers setup screen Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The factory default Port settings are Remote Admin 8200 Remote Callback 8201 Remote Watch 8016 Remote Search 10019 Remote Audio 8116 NOTE The system restarts automatically after changing the port settings NOTE Do NOT use the same port number for two different progr...

Page 46: ...ll not be selected Figure 47 LAN ADSL setup screen Highlight the box beside ID and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the ID for ADSL connection Highlight the box beside Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for ADSL connection NOTE Entering the ID and Password and highlighting OK reads the current IP address of t...

Page 47: ...ight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off You will only be able to change the settings if Modem is enabled Highlight the box beside Baud Rate and press the button A list of baud rates ranging from 300 to 115 200 appears Highlight the box beside Data Bit and press the button Choose between 7 bit and 8 bit formats Highlight the box beside Stop Bit and press the button Choose betw...

Page 48: ... address or domain name of the DVRNS server NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Set the port number of the DVRNS server using the Up and Down arrow buttons to in...

Page 49: ...UTION If you want to use the same DVR name registered on the DVRNS server after initializing the system using the factory reset you need to contact the DVRNS server manager Please record and save the help desk information before factory reset CAUTION The DVRNS registration will be limited to one DVRNS server The DVR cannot be registered to multiple DVRNS servers Please contact your network adminis...

Page 50: ...on screen displays You will be able to change the Mail and Callback settings Figure 51 Notification Mail setup screen Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled Highlight the box beside SMTP Server and press the button Use the arrow buttons to enter the SMTP Server IP address obtained from your system administr...

Page 51: ...ard to enter the e mail address NOTE The e mail address must include the character to be a valid address Highlight the box beside Recipient and enter the recipient s e mail address Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e mail address Highlight the Callback tab and the Callback screen displays Figure 53 Notification Callback setup screen Highlight LAN and press the button to toggle between On and O...

Page 52: ...telephone number of the computer running RAS Highlight the box beside Outside Line Call and enter any numbers that must be dialed for an outside line for your telephone system for example 9 Highlight the box beside Callback Phone Number and enter the telephone number of the DVR You can save your Notification changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen wit...

Page 53: ... Resolution column and select the recorded image resolution from High and Standard NOTE Selecting High resolution will decrease the maximum recording speed of all the cameras within the same camera group 16 channel Model Only The 16 channel model DVR has four camera groups No 1 cameras 1 to 4 No 2 cameras 5 to 8 No 3 cameras 9 to 12 and No 4 cameras 13 to 16 and the maximum recording speed of each...

Page 54: ...tton A list of PTZ devices appears Select your camera from the list and press the button You will need to connect the camera to the RS232 or RS485 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer s instructions Figure 57 PTZ Device list You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button Change the number by highlighting it and u...

Page 55: ... and press the button The Audio setup screen appears Figure 59 Audio setup screen The DVR can record up to four audio inputs Highlight the box beside the input and press the button A list of cameras appears and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the button This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out You can save your...

Page 56: ...h alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the boxes under the Type heading allows to set the alarm output for NO or NC normally open or normally closed Highlighting the box beside Dwell Time and pressing the button allows you to set the dwell time of the a...

Page 57: ... will be active in 15 minute increments from 00 00 to 24 00 The Mode box allows you to set how the alarm reacts during the scheduled time When set to On the Alarm Out is active during the scheduled time When set to Event the Alarm Out is only active when there is an Event during the scheduled time The Channels box allows you to set which alarm outputs will be active You can also select the DVR s i...

Page 58: ... y Freeze Sequence The icon displays while in the Freeze mode and the displays while in the Sequence mode y Screen Group The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 4x4 display mode of the 16 channel DVR and 3x3 mode of the 8 channel DVR y Free Space The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode and the percentage of available storage space displays when the DVR is not i...

Page 59: ...r You can adjust the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor Figure 63 OSD Margin screen Highlight the Main Monitor tab to switch to the Sequence screen Figure 64 Main Monitor screen You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor Highlight the box beside Mode and press the button You can select b...

Page 60: ...ht window as the cameo NOTE Sequence cannot be used in the 4x4 display mode of the 16 channel and 3x3 mode of the 8 channel DVR You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it...

Page 61: ...ne RS232 and RS485 If the RS232 port and RS485 port are in use for PTZ control networking or text input the remote keyboard cannot be configured Highlight Setup and select the correct Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR Highlight the box beside Remote Control Product and select the device from the list You can save your Remote Control settings by h...

Page 62: ...menu and press the button The Record setup screen appears Figure 68 Record setup screen Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the Recycle mode the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used When Recycle is turned off the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used Highlight the Event Record Dwell...

Page 63: ...he panic recording You can set the dwell from 5 minutes to 1 hour Select No Limit if you want to stop panic recording manually Highlighting the Panic Recording ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for Panic recording You can select from 1 00 to 30 00 ips 25 00 ips PAL Highlighting the Panic Recording Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded imag...

Page 64: ...ant the DVR to record during certain times When the DVR is in the Time mode the icon displays at the top left corner of the screen The DVR will record and displays the icon at the top left corner of the screen during the scheduled times When the DVR is in the Event mode the red icon displays at the top left corner of the screen The DVR will record and displays the icon at the top left corner of th...

Page 65: ...g You can select from Very High High Standard and Low You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Pre Event Screen Highlight Pre Event in the Record menu and press the button and the Pre Event setup screen appears If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule a message will display alerting you to this...

Page 66: ...ettings You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Archive Screen Highlight Archive in the Record menu and press the button and the Archive setup screen appears Figure 72 Archive setup screen Highlight Archive On and press the button to toggle between On and Off NOTE If you have not set up a storage device for...

Page 67: ...eo data until more space is made available You can save your changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Event Settings Your DVR can be set to detect many different events You can also determine how it reacts to these events Figure 73 Event menu Alarm In Screen Highlight Alarm In in the Event menu and press the button The Alarm ...

Page 68: ...r it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors Highlight the desired box under the Record heading and press the button A list of cameras appears Select the cameras that you want the DVR to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup ...

Page 69: ...ing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Figure 77 Alarm In Actions 2 screen Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the prese...

Page 70: ... the screen without saving the changes Motion Detection Screen Highlight Motion Detection in the Event menu and press the button The Motion Detection setup screen appears Figure 78 Motion Detection Settings screen Your DVR has built in video motion detection Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button all...

Page 71: ...eo will be displayed Any detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion e g a doorway Highlight the box under the Zone heading and press the button The Motion Detection Zone screen displays Figure 81 Motion Detection Zone screen The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set ...

Page 72: ... excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals Highlight the box beside Motion Ignoring Interval and press the button A list of intervals ranging from 1 to 10 seconds or Never appears The DVR will not log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range NOTE The record action for mo...

Page 73: ...tup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs appears You can associate as many Alarm Outs with that camera as you wish When the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input it triggers output signals on all the associated Alarm Out connectors You can also have the DVR s internal buzzer sound if motion is detected on the selected camera ...

Page 74: ...cts motion on the selected camera s input Highlight the desired box under the Spot Monitor heading and press the button A list of SPOT monitors and cameras appears Each SPOT monitor can be associated with a camera The DVR will display the associated camera on the SPOT monitor whenever it detects motions on the selected camera You can save your Motion Detection changes by highlighting Save and pres...

Page 75: ... DVR checks to see if anything is obscuring the camera Highlight the slider bar beside Check Obscuration and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the setting The sensitivity can be set from Never to 126 extremely sensitive Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Video Loss Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display Figure 87 Video Loss Actions 1 screen ...

Page 76: ...utton A list of Alarm Outputs appears You can associate as many Alarm Outs with that camera as you wish When the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera it will trigger output signals on all the associated Alarm Out connectors You can also have the DVR s internal buzzer sound if video is lost on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be ...

Page 77: ... Loss changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Text In Screen Highlight Text In in the Event menu and press the button The Text In setup screen appears Figure 89 Text In Settings screen The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs Automated Teller Machines and POS Point of Sale i e cash registers This s...

Page 78: ... for different types of text input devices and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information Highlight the box beside Transaction Start and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts If you want the DVR to react to an...

Page 79: ... Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive If the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters make certain the Case Sensitive box is turned On Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Text In Actions 1 and Actions 2 screens display Figure 91 Text In Act...

Page 80: ...and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Figure 92 Text In Actions 2 screen Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select t...

Page 81: ...interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on the system You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Setup box beside Check Recording and press the button The Check Recording screen appears Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off When set to On you can select the day time range and interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on the ...

Page 82: ...ays or Never Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays Figure 95 Storage screen Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify and press the button Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 10 to 90 Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify and press the button Select the percentage level of disk usage at...

Page 83: ...ly you will be asked to set the Time Highlight the first box beside Temperature Threshold and press the button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to scroll through the numbers Refer to the hard disk drive manufacturer s documentation for the correct temperature setting If the temperature of hard disk drive exceeds the defined threshold the system triggers an alert Highlight the second box beside Te...

Page 84: ...er sound if an event is detected NOTE Alarm Out action cannot be set to System and Panic Record events Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event System Panic Record Check Recording Check Alarm In Disk Almost Full Disk Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature or Disk S M A R T and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can t...

Page 85: ...p screen on the Event menu Check Alarm In and Check Recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost F...

Page 86: ...ter 2 Installation it is ready to record Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker The default mode is to display all cameras at once Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen It displays live video and plays live audio until the ...

Page 87: ...freeze the current image on the screen until you press the button again While in the Freeze mode the icon displays in bottom left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab To display cameras sequentially on a spot monitor press the SPOT button and select the Spot Monitor and Sequence from the menu Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by pressing the button i...

Page 88: ... the system the user can control PTZ cameras The DVR will control cameras with Pan Tilt and Zoom capabilities Press the PTZ button to enter the PTZ mode and press the button again to exit the PTZ mode You can control the camera using front panel control buttons by setting up presets or by selecting the expanded PTZ features Select the PTZ camera you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Th...

Page 89: ...t dialog box will appear Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name Press the button to load the PTZ preset and the Preset View dialog box will appear Select the desired preset and press the button to load the preset Pressing the MENU button displays the following PTZ menu Set the feature you wish to control by selectin...

Page 90: ... on the toolbar to pan or tilt the camera in the direction you want The other controls on the toolbar perform as described below Zoom In Out Focus Near Far Iris Open Close Set Load Preset Image Adjustment NOTE It is important that cameras and monitors are correctly installed and adjusted prior to making any image adjustments using the DVR s controls If a user who has Color Control authority logs i...

Page 91: ...ne of the camera buttons Covert Camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera will not be displayed unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor If a camera is set up as Covert 2 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera appears to be Off unles...

Page 92: ... Figure 105 Sequence menu When the Spot Monitor is in the sequence mode you can set the camera s display dwell time Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration Display Screen section for details Using a Mouse You can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons to perform many of the DVR functions The following operations are supported when using a mouse during live monitoring When in one of the multi view...

Page 93: ...side the PIP to move to another area of the image you want enlarged Second click and hold the mouse button on the enlarged video and drag the video Selecting Display shows the following menu Figure 107 Mouse Display menu Clicking Camera and selecting the camera number is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel which displays the selected camera full screen When in the...

Page 94: ... resolution is Standard and you can set the resolution for each camera individually When set to Standard the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 240 ips When set to High the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 120 ips Pressing the PANIC button starts panic recording of all cameras and pressing the button again stops panic recording If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Record Screen pan...

Page 95: ...displayed on the screen will be selected and when in the PIP display format the camera displayed on the PIP screen will be selected for the search channel During the Triplex mode the DVR maintains the same display format as it does in the live mode A red outline surrounding the video and the camera title indicates the search channel While in the Triplex Mode the DVR continues recording cameras as ...

Page 96: ...word protected BACKWARD Button Pressing the BACKWARD button goes to the previous image FORWARD Button Pressing the FORWARD button goes to the next image SEARCH STOP Button Pressing the SEARCH STOP button while in the Playback mode returns the DVR to the Live Monitoring mode Pressing the SEARCH STOP button while in the Live Monitoring mode returns the DVR to the Search mode Camera Buttons 1 to 16 P...

Page 97: ...mage by image By turning the jog dial counterclockwise you play video backward image by image You can use a mouse for convenient playback control Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the search screen and the following search toolbar will display Figure 109 Mouse Playback controls Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer...

Page 98: ... video from the event log see below for more details y Text In Search Searches text input strings see below for more details y Motion Search Searches motion events see below for more details y Clip Copy Clips a video segment and saves it see below for more details y Print Allows you to print a selected image see below for more details y Zoom Zooms the current playback image y Slow Play Plays video...

Page 99: ...he selected time a message appears alerting you that no image was recorded at that time The PLAY PAUSE RW FF Jog and Shuttle can now be used to review the surrounding video Calendar Search Figure 112 Calendar Search screen Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons Once you have highlighted a day pre...

Page 100: ...hlight GO and press the button The selected date and time will display The PLAY PAUSE RW FF Jog and Shuttle can now be used to review the surrounding video NOTE It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen Press the DISPLAY button and change the screen mode to 4x4 You will be able to easily see the camera have recorded video during target time Event Log Search Figure 113 Ev...

Page 101: ...ween On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recorded image Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the last recorded image Highlight the box beside Check Time Overlap and press the button It t...

Page 102: ...orts of event recorded data The DVR will display the events not the camera channels that occurred and that also are recorded on the camera channel that you selected If you do not select a camera channel in this field the DVR will search events that are not associated with cameras You can also toggle On and Off self diagnostic events as part of your search The choices are y Panic Record y Check Rec...

Page 103: ... Input information will be overlaid on the image while the recorded video is played at regular speed You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition Figure 116 Text In Search Option screen You can search video from the first to last recorded images or you can set the start and stop times and dates Highlight the box beside From and press ...

Page 104: ...ff When this feature is On the search will find only those text strings in which the case matches Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Text In Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Motion Search Figure 117 Motion Search screen The Motion Search can be selected from the Search menu...

Page 105: ... in the defined area Museum Search detects if a defined object has moved Highlight the box beside Zone and press the button An image from the video appears with a grid overlaid You can turn sensor blocks On and Off to define the area of the picture in which you want to search for motion NOTE Defining the area of the image in which you want to search for motion is nearly identical to setting up the...

Page 106: ...r XP Refer to the Appendix A USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy The clip copy can be simply done by pressing the MENU button or the FREEZE button Press and hold the MENU button for more than two seconds while in the Search mode and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Pressing the FREEZE button during the playback will set...

Page 107: ... select the storage device on which you would like to record the video clip You can choose from Internal CD RW Internal DVD RW USB Storage and USB CD RW CAUTION The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format NOTE While copying video clips on the CD RW or DVD RW the recording speed might decrease NOTE While copying video clips on the CD RW or DVD RW the DVR will stop archiving video da...

Page 108: ...ed up To do this highlight the Close button and press the button You can return to the Clip Copy screen at any time to check the progress Refer to Appendix B Reviewing Clip Files for instructions on how to review video clips you have copied NOTE During Clip Copy you cannot shut the system down clear data on the storage device or format the storage device CAUTION Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or ...

Page 109: ...g to prevent unexpected loss of recorded video data that might be caused by disk damage or corruption You can set up disk mirroring by highlighting Storage in the System menu and pressing the button Figure 121 Storage Information screen In the Information screen you can enable mirroring between two disks by designating the source disk and the destination disk from a list of internal hard disk driv...

Page 110: ...e source disk will be copied to the destination disk If the source disk is formatted and has no data the disks will not be resynchronized Resynchronization takes about 40 minutes per each 10GB of capacity After resynchronization is complete disk mirroring writing data on the two disks at the same time will start Once disk mirroring starts you can cancel it by highlighting Stop and pressing the but...

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Page 112: ...erties General File System If the file system is NOT FAT32 format format the USB IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format 5 If the USB IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and launch Computer Management Open Disk Management in Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB IDE hard disk drive Then click Create Partition 6 In the Create Part...

Page 113: ...Run the FDISK utility by clicking Start then RUN Type fdisk and click OK 6 When the MS DOS command prompt appears type Y and hit the enter key 7 In the FDISK Option menu choose 5 Change current fixed disk drive 8 Choose the appropriate letter corresponding to the USB IDE hard disk drive 9 In the FDISK Option menu choose 1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive 10 In the Create DOS Partition or ...

Page 114: ...recordable CD insert the CD in your computer s CD drive Double clicking the target clip file starts the ClipPlayer program NOTE It is suggested that the computer used for the ClipPlayer program has at least an 800MHz Pentium III If your CPU is slower than this video clips recorded at maximum speed with very high image quality will be played back slowly Also DirectX 8 0 or higher is required to run...

Page 115: ...inning of the video clip Click the to play the video clip in fast reverse Click the to go back one frame of the video clip Click the to play the video clip Click the to go forward one frame of the video clip Click the to play the video clip in fast forward Click the to go to the end of the video clip Click the to show the previous page Click the to cycle through the screen layouts It cycles throug...

Page 116: ...icons display in bottom right corner indicates the clip file has not been tampered with and indicates the system has detected tampering NOTE If the VGA card or monitor for your PC does not support 640x480 video resolution Full Screen might not display properly when selected If this happens press the ESC key on your PC to return to the normal screen mode Click the slider bar and move it left or rig...

Page 117: ...t number set in the Network setup screen WebGuard tab in the address field http ip address port number NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to connect to and the WebGuard port number from your network administrator NOTE WebGuard only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with Netscape Figure 123 WebGuard login screen Select between the WEBWAT...

Page 118: ... run WebGuard again Web Monitoring Mode WebWatch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real time from the remote DVR Figure 124 WebWatch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard program Click the to access to the web search mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program The DVR information window dis...

Page 119: ...lay mode When changing the screen format the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout Click the camera button 1 to 16 to select the camera to be viewed Click the to adjust the brightness contrast saturation and hue of monitoring image Click the to control pan tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site Click the to control alarm out devices at th...

Page 120: ...ically be disconnected if there is no activity for a specified amount of time Figure 125 WebSearch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard program Click the to access to the web monitoring mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information...

Page 121: ...ges found within the time parameters The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar If more than one video stream in the same time range you can select the video stream you want to search Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting the allows you to display an image from a spe...

Page 122: ...deo streams by selecting a specific time or time range If you want to search recorded video at four o clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as Go to the Date Time select the segment you want to search If you want to search recorded video from four to five o clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as Event Log Search Text In Search or Motion Searc...

Page 123: ...s settings Live Video Very Bright If a cable is attached to the Loop connector make certain it is connected to a properly terminated device DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode The icon displays however the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the Pre Event recording mode the yellow and display when there ...

Page 124: ...o 16 Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 GND Chassis Ground 6 connectors NC Relay Alarm Output Normally Closed COM Relay Common NO Relay Alarm Output Normally Open AO 2 to 16 Alarm Outputs 2 to 16 ARI Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit J To J TX J To J TX J To J RX J To J RX ...

Page 125: ...User s Manual 112 Appendix G Map of Screens ...

Page 126: ...at Disk Time Zone Change Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Fail Search Begin Disk Bad Search End Login Clip Copy Begin Logout Clip Copy End Setup Begin Clip Copy Cancel Setup End Clip Copy Fail Remote Setup Change Callback Fail Remote Setup Fail Print Begin Setup Imported Print End Setup Import Failure Print Cancel Setup Exported Archive On Setup Export Failure Archive Off Setup Export C...

Page 127: ... found 102 Extracting package failed 103 LILO failed 104 Rebooting failed 105 Invalid package 106 ODD firmware upgrade failed 300 Remote connection failed 301 Remote network error 302 Remote upgrade is not authorized 303 Saving remote package failed 304 Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user 400 USB device mounting failed 401 Reading upgrade package on the USB device failed 402 Copying upgrade pa...

Page 128: ... File already existed 6 Not enough space 7 Creating temporary file failed 8 Opening disk failed 9 Formatting disk failed 10 Database has been changed 11 Appending failed 12 Bad sector 13 No executable file 14 Opening executable file failed 15 Writing executable file failed 16 Creating image failed 17 Burning failed 18 Burning is out of time ...

Page 129: ... images per second 240ips NTSC 200ips PAL INPUTS OUTPUTS Alarm Input 8 or 16 TTL programmable as NC or NO Alarm Output 7 or 15 TTL open collector terminal block programmable as NC NO 30mA 12VDC 1 relay output 2A 125VAC 1A 250VAC 1A 30VDC NC 5A 125VAC 2A 250VAC 3A 30VDC NO Alarm Reset Input 1 TTL Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 RS232C for external modem ...

Page 130: ...torage EIDE hard disk drive up to 4 up to 3 with an internal CD RW drive or DVD RW drive Secondary Storage UltraWide SCSI hard disk drive RAID Built in CD RW drive USB hard disk drive CD RW drive or flash drive When installing an internal CD RW drive or DVD RW drive set the jumper to Master and connect to the Secondary IDE channel GENERAL Dimensions W x H x D 16 9 x 3 5 x 15 9 430mm x 88mm x 405mm...

Page 131: ...t or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business user...