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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 — Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1

Feature ................................................................................................................................... 1

Technical Overview ................................................................................................................ 1

Chapter 2 — Installation ............................................................................................................. 3

Package Contents .................................................................................................................. 3

Required Installation Tools .................................................................................................... 3

Video Input......................................................................................................................... 3

Video Loop Through .......................................................................................................... 3

Video Out ........................................................................................................................... 4

Audio In/Out ....................................................................................................................... 4

Network Port ...................................................................................................................... 4

Alarm Input/Output ............................................................................................................ 4

RS485 Port ........................................................................................................................ 5

RS232C Port ..................................................................................................................... 5

Factory Reset Switch ......................................................................................................... 5

Power Cord Connector ...................................................................................................... 5

Chapter 3 — Configuration ........................................................................................................ 7

Front Panel Controls .............................................................................................................. 7

Power LED......................................................................................................................... 8

HDD LED ........................................................................................................................... 8

Alarm Out LED .................................................................................................................. 8

Network LED ..................................................................................................................... 8

Clip Copy LED ................................................................................................................... 8

Camera Buttons (1 to 4) .................................................................................................... 9

PLAY/PAUSE Button ......................................................................................................... 9

Arrow Buttons .................................................................................................................... 9

MENU/CAMEO Button ...................................................................................................... 9

PLAYBACK Button ............................................................................................................ 9

ZOOM/PTZ Button ........................................................................................................... 10

DISPLAY/SPOT Button ................................................................................................... 10

GROUP/SEQUENCE Button ........................................................................................... 10

CLIP COPY Button .......................................................................................................... 10

ALARM Button ................................................................................................................. 10

PANIC Button .................................................................................................................. 10

USB Port .......................................................................................................................... 10

ID Button on Remote Control .......................................................................................... 11

Bookmark Button on Remote Control .............................................................................. 11

Turning on the Power ........................................................................................................... 11

Initial Unit Setup ................................................................................................................... 11

Setup Screen ....................................................................................................................... 12

System Setup ....................................................................................................................... 12

Information ....................................................................................................................... 12

Date/Time ........................................................................................................................ 14

Storage ............................................................................................................................ 15

User ................................................................................................................................. 16

Wizard .............................................................................................................................. 18

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Page 3: ...NT 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 IN WHICH CASE USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WARNING CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXP...

Page 4: ...echnician to restore the equipment to its normal operation E If the equipment has been dropped or the cabinet damaged F When the equipment exhibits a distinct change in performance this indicates a need for service 15 Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or that have the same characteristics as...

Page 5: ...or 5 Chapter 3 Configuration 7 Front Panel Controls 7 Power LED 8 HDD LED 8 Alarm Out LED 8 Network LED 8 Clip Copy LED 8 Camera Buttons 1 to 4 9 PLAY PAUSE Button 9 Arrow Buttons 9 MENU CAMEO Button 9 PLAYBACK Button 9 ZOOM PTZ Button 10 DISPLAY SPOT Button 10 GROUP SEQUENCE Button 10 CLIP COPY Button 10 ALARM Button 10 PANIC Button 10 USB Port 10 ID Button on Remote Control 11 Bookmark Button on...

Page 6: ... Status 45 Chapter 4 Operation 47 Turning on the Power 47 Live Monitoring 47 Live Monitoring Menu 48 Active Cameo Mode 49 Zoom Mode 49 PTZ Mode 49 Event Monitoring 50 Covert Camera 50 Spot Monitoring 51 Using a Mouse 51 Recording Video 52 Panic Recording 52 Recording Audio 52 Playing Recorded Video 53 Searching Video 54 Search Menu 54 Event Log Search 56 Record Table Search 57 Calendar Search 58 M...

Page 7: ...Logout screen 11 Figure 7 Setup screen 12 Figure 8 System menu 12 Figure 9 Information setup screen 13 Figure 10 Date Time setup screen 14 Figure 11 Holiday setup screen 15 Figure 12 Time Sync screen 15 Figure 13 Storage Information screen 15 Figure 14 Storage Status screen 16 Figure 15 User setup screen 17 Figure 16 Setup wizard screen 18 Figure 17 Quick Setup wizard screen 18 Figure 18 Network S...

Page 8: ...eo Loss Settings screen 39 Figure 53 Video Loss Actions 1 screen 39 Figure 54 Video Loss Actions 2 screen 40 Figure 55 Video Blind Settings screen 40 Figure 56 Video Blind Actions 1 screen 41 Figure 57 Video Blind Actions 2 screen 41 Figure 58 Text In Settings screen 42 Figure 59 Text In Device screen 42 Figure 60 Text In Actions 1 screen 43 Figure 61 Text In Actions 2 screen 43 Figure 62 Health C...

Page 9: ... drive S M A R T protocol Technical Overview In addition to replacing both a time lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation your DVR has many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard disk drive Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded vi...

Page 10: ...User s Manual 2 Figure 1 Typical DVR installation ...

Page 11: ...o Input Video Loop Through Video Out Audio In Out Network Port Alarm Input Output RS485 Port RS232C Port Factory Reset Switch Power Cord Connector Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment NOTE You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment For example you cannot use a PAL camera and an NTSC monitor Video Input Video Loop Through NOTE The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated Do NOT connect ...

Page 12: ...ch sinks 2A 125VAC and 1A 30VDC See Chapter 3 Configuration for configuring alarm output ARI Alarm Reset In An external signal to the Alarm Reset In can be used to reset both the Alarm Out signal and the DVR s internal buzzer Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the ARI Alarm Reset In and GND Ground connectors The threshold voltage is below 1 1V and should be stable at least 0 5 secon...

Page 13: ...ginal settings it had when it left the factory Power Cord Connector 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 HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG DO NOT OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT...

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Page 15: ...xer Many of the buttons have multiple functions The buttons on the infrared remote 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 above the USB co...

Page 16: ...s 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 Alarm Out LED The Alarm Out LED is lit when alarm output or internal buzzer is activated Network LED The Network LED is lit when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet Clip Copy LED The Clip Copy LED is lit when the DVR is clip copying ...

Page 17: ...utton again toggles the playback speed from and The screen displays and respectively When in the pause mode pressing the button moves to the next image and pressing the button moves to the previous image MENU CAMEO Button Pressing the MENU CAMEO button enters the Setup screen You will need to enter the authorized user and password to access Setup Pressing the button also closes the current menu or...

Page 18: ... to save Presets in the PTZ mode ALARM Button The ALARM button has two functions First it will reset the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm Second it will display the event log when you are in the live monitoring mode unless there is an active alarm This operation can be user password protected The button is also used to load a Preset View in the PTZ mode PANIC Button Pres...

Page 19: ...reens you will see Highlighting the and pressing the button gives you the opportunity to reset that screen to its default settings After you are finished with any setup screen you can highlight Save and press the button to save the changes and exit the screen If you do not wish to save the changes highlight Cancel and press the button to exit the screen Press the MENU button or move the mouse poin...

Page 20: ... 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 Carriage Return Special character...

Page 21: ... screen appears The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available The rui indicates that the file is for software upgrades and ofi indicates that the file is for optical drive firmware upgrades Select the desired file and press the button Highlighting the Install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package Highlighting the Cancel button and pressin...

Page 22: ...ght Date Time in the System menu and press the button The Date Time setup screen appears Figure 10 Date Time setup screen Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button The individual sections of the date will highlight Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between month date and year Once you have the correct date press the b...

Page 23: ...me server Highlighting allows you to select your time server from a list of registered time servers 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 Interval and press the button Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals Last Sync Time displays the last tim...

Page 24: ...USB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips archived data might be lost Highlight the Status tab and the Storage Status screen displays Figure 14 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...

Page 25: ...authority level boxes and 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 Shutdown The user can shut the system down on a local system Upgrade The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running RAS Color Control The user can control brightness contrast hue and saturation for cameras on a lo...

Page 26: ... set to never automatically login a user Highlighting the box beside Auto Logout allows you to select from a list of times that the user will be automatically logged out The options are Never 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min and 1 hr Wizard Highlight Wizard and press the button The Wizard setup screen appears The Wizard setup guides you through configuring the system for basic operati...

Page 27: ...rofile Standard Recording Profile Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE The higher quality setting requires more storage space NOTE The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile High when selecting Standard Recording Profile and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE The recording quality and recording speed ...

Page 28: ...ation for network configuration and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected NOTE Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters IP address Gateway Subnet Mask and DNS Server address Selecting Manual Configuration allows you to set up LAN parameters manually NOTE The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting Te...

Page 29: ...therwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved NOTE When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server an error message displays Select the Finish button to finish the Setup Wizard Shutdown Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down After selecting Shutdown and press...

Page 30: ...udio Channel and pressing the button allows you to select the audio channel that sends audio to the remote site Selecting Select From RAS will send audio of the channel selected from RAS NOTE Depending on network conditions audio might be interrupted or out of synchronization during transmission Highlight Enable SSL for Transferring Data and press the button to toggle between On and Off When it is...

Page 31: ...inistrator 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 Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs otherwise ...

Page 32: ...le between On and Off NOTE When using the NAT Network Address Translation device refer to the NAT manufacturer s instructions for the proper network settings Highlight the box beside DVR Name and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the DVR name to be registered on the DVRNS server Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entere...

Page 33: ...f See Appendix WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Set the port number used when accessing WebGuard by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers Figure 25 WebGuard setup screen Notification The DVR can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running RAS Remote Administration System w...

Page 34: ... 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 Test box and press the button to test emailing with the current settings you made Highlight the Callback tab and the Callback screen displays Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off You will only be able to ...

Page 35: ... and the PTZ setup screen displays NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 Figure 30 Camera PTZ setup screen Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button 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 RS4...

Page 36: ...pears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the box 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 alarm output Dwell times range from 5 seconds to 30 minutes Figure 32 Alarm Out Settings screen Highlighting the Schedule tab causes the S...

Page 37: ... the DVR and a PC running RAS via Ethernet Freeze Sequence The icon displays while in the Freeze mode and the displays while in the Sequence mode Screen Group The number of screen group displays 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 in the Recycle mode Date Time The current date and time informati...

Page 38: ...s display sequentially on the Spot Monitor Highlight the box in the Channels column and press the button Figure 36 Spot Monitor screen Highlight the VGA tab to switch to the VGA screen Highlight the box beside Resolution and press the button You can select from 800x600 1024x768 and 1280x1024 Highlight Full Screen and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the...

Page 39: ...e keyboard Highlight the box beside Port and select from None 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 f...

Page 40: ...under three conditions at midnight whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings Selecting Never will disable the Auto Deletion function Highlight the slide bar beside Limit Time Lapse Recording and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of the maximum storage time for time lapse recording from 1 to 99 days The Limit Time Lapse Recording fea...

Page 41: ...chedule Highlight Schedule in the Record menu and press the button and the Schedule setup screen appears Simple Mode Advanced Mode Figure 42 Schedule setup screen You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time day of the week and holidays The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the...

Page 42: ... the button to define the recording settings You can set the ips Quality and Resolution ips Quality Resolution and Dwell for Advanced Mode setup of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode column If you do not set the ips Quality Resolution and Dwell in the Settings column the DVR will follow the default settings See below for details NOTE Descriptions of the Record icons in the Type col...

Page 43: ...rd and Basic and image resolution can be selectable from Very High D1 High Half D1 and Standard CIF You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell You can set the Dwell from 5 seconds to 30 minutes The longer the dwell set the fewer maximum ips can be set NOTE When the DVR is in the Time or Time Event mode it ignores the pre event settings and follows the time s...

Page 44: ...p DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the desired box under the Notify heading and press the button The Alarm In Notify menu appears You can toggle the entire list On...

Page 45: ...functions Select Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion Clear Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion Reverse Activates inactive highlighted blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks Select All Activates all blocks to detect motion Clear All Deactivates all blocks so that they will not detect motion Reverse All Activates inactive blocks and deactivates acti...

Page 46: ...een Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button You can associate Alarm Output connector and or Beep DVR s internal buzzer with that camera When the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input it triggers output signals on the associated Alarm Out connector and or Beep NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in...

Page 47: ... on a SPOT monitor Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras with that camera as you wish If the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera it starts recording video from all the associated cameras NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Recor...

Page 48: ...s blinding a camera Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 Never and 1 least sensitive to 15 most sensitive NOTE Video blind might NOT be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values Highlighting the box under the Activation Time heading all...

Page 49: ... the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight ...

Page 50: ...ation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device you will want to turn On Any Character Highlight Any Character and press the button to toggle between On and Off NOTE If Any Character is turned On you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box Highlight the box beside T...

Page 51: ...nector and or Beep DVR s internal buzzer with the Text Input When the DVR detects text input it triggers output signals on all the associated Alarm Out connector and or Beep NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box beside Notify and press the button You can toggle the entire list ...

Page 52: ...R to run self diagnostics on Alarm Inputs You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays Figure 63 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 Ful...

Page 53: ...e registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Event Status Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button The Event Status screen appears Figure 65 Event Status screen The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR s systems and inputs Events will be highlighted and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected Alarm In Motion Video Loss Video...

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Page 55: ...onfiguration Turning on the Power Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 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 ...

Page 56: ...uration for each camera for the selected camera if a user who has Color Control authority logs into the system It is the same as pressing and holding a camera button for a few seconds NOTE It is important that cameras and monitors are correctly installed and adjusted prior to making any image adjustments using the DVR s controls Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video...

Page 57: ...nt screen the active cameo is changed with the existing camera number When the camera number does not exist on the current screen the active cameo is replaced by the camera number You can change the screen layout in this way Zoom Mode You can enlarge an area of the video by pressing the ZOOM button For a few seconds after pressing the ZOOM button a rectangle displays on the screen A rectangle show...

Page 58: ... image in the direction you want to by dragging the mouse Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen and the following PTZ toolbar will display Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the le...

Page 59: ...stop sequencing on the Spot Monitor Any cameras that are Off have lost video or are set to Covert unless the user has authority to view covert cameras will be excluded from the sequence 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 Figure 69 Sequence menu Using a Mouse You can use a mous...

Page 60: ...cycle Off The factory default is Recycle On It does this by recording over the oldest video once the hard disk is full Setting the DVR to Recycle Off causes it to stop recording once the hard disk is full Standard CIF High Half D1 or Very High D1 The factory default resolution is Standard When set to Standard or High the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 120 ips When set to Very High the DVR ha...

Page 61: ...ideo from covert cameras The covert cameras in the playback mode are determined by the current camera settings Camera Buttons 1 to 4 Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen Arrow Buttons Pressing the button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and Pressing the button plays video forward at ...

Page 62: ... Figure 72 Search menu NOTE The Search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen Search Menu Search Selecting Search in the Search menu displays the following Search menu See the following Event Log Search Record Table Search Calendar Search Motion Search and Text In Search sections for details Event Log Search Selecting Event Log Search selects video from the...

Page 63: ... Select Clip Copy and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Print Selecting Print allows you to print a selected image Camera Menu Selecting Camera Menu in the Search menu displays the following Camera Menu NOTE The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the search mode Alarm Reset Selecting Alarm Reset in the Search menu resets ...

Page 64: ... pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the starting date and time 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 When highlighting and pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark...

Page 65: ...ping time range in the record table will be separated by a yellow vertical line NOTE The recorded data in the time range located after the yellow vertical line is the latest There are three view modes Standard view Expanded view and Compact view Standard view default displays combined recording information of all camera channels currently displayed on the screen In the Standard view mode selecting...

Page 66: ...ents If a segment is highlighted it means that some video was recorded during that hour However it does NOT mean video was recorded for the entire hour If the DVR s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range Move to Select a Segment and select the video stream you want to sear...

Page 67: ... the detection blocks When setting the Museum Search Zone the zone should be placed inside of the border line of the target object If the selected block is placed on the border line the sensitivity of the Museum Search may decrease The zone should be placed or focused on the centre or at least within the outline of targeted object Highlight the box beside Sensitivity and press the button You will ...

Page 68: ...n setting up search parameters The column can be used to delete a set of search parameter or entire sets of search parameters Highlighting the Option box and pressing the button allows you to select whether or not the search will find only text strings in which the case matches find only exact words that match with the word you entered during text in setup or delete transactions duplicated within ...

Page 69: ...age When highlighting and pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the starting date and time 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 When highlighting and pressing the button the bookmark list ...

Page 70: ... media otherwise the media will not operate properly when rewritten NOTE The file size for clip copy is limited to 30GB When copying video clips larger than 2GB the video clips will be save in units of 2GB For example 3 individual 2GB files will be created when saving a 6GB video clip However the file size for the One Touch Clip Copy is limited to 2GB You can use other functions on the DVR while v...

Page 71: ...OTE Images saved as PDF files can be printed on any printer connected to your PC Highlight the box beside Paper Size and press the button You can select the paper size Once you have selected the printer model and paper size highlight the Print button and press the button A message appears asking you if you want to print the current image Highlight the Continue button and press the button to print ...

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Page 73: ...SB hard disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98 1 Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable 2 Turn on your computer The Add New Hardware wizard window will appear 3 Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions provided with your USB hard disk drive 4 If the USB hard...

Page 74: ...ant to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over 8 the following search condition can be set Search Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount Coke 2 20 1 s 2 20 Fanta 2 20 1 s 2 20 Hotdog 3 50 3 s 10 50 Pepsi 1 95 1 s 1 95 total 16 85 Thank you In the above text in data you can fin...

Page 75: ...The DVR IP address and the WebGuard port number default 12088 set in the Network setup screen WebGuard tab Or http DVRNS server address DVR name The DVRNS server address and the DVR name registered on the DVRNS server Or http www dvronline net Entering the DVR IP address or the DVR name will be required when logging in NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to co...

Page 76: ...t Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu Otherwise some functions of the WebGuard might be limited to use There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system In this situation it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your co...

Page 77: ... the audio control panel displays click the to send audio to the connected remote site and click the button again to stop sending audio Click the to monitor live audio from the connected remote site through the attached speaker and click the button again stop monitoring live audio Clicking both and allows two way communication Clicking the disables audio communication Aspect Ratio Changes the imag...

Page 78: ...und 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 specific ...

Page 79: ...pping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment For example when the DVR has recorded video from one to five o clock and the user changes the time backward from five to three o clock and then continues recording until six o clock there will be two video streams and segments from three to five o clock You can search overlapping video streams by selecting a specific time or time ran...

Page 80: ...l 72 I O Connector Pin Outs NO Relay Alarm Output Normally Open COM Relay Common NC Relay Alarm Output Normally Closed GND Chassis Ground 2 connectors AI 1 to 4 Alarm Inputs 1 to 4 ARI Alarm Reset In Map of Screens ...

Page 81: ...xported Clip Copy Camera Setup Export Failure Callback Fail Setup Export Cancel Print Begin Schedule On Print End Schedule Off Print Cancel Panic On Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related No Description No Description 0 Unknown error 0 Unknown error 1 File version error 1 Device error 2 Operating system version error 2 Mounting failed 3 Software version error 3 No media 4 Kern...

Page 82: ...on No Power Check power cord connections Confirm that there is power at the outlet No Live Video Check camera video cable and connections Check monitor video cable and connections Confirm that the camera has power Check camera lens 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 h...

Page 83: ...NC VGA 1 VGA Audio In 4 RCA connector Audio Out 1 RCA connector Alarm Input Output Terminal Blocks Ethernet Port RJ 45 RS232C Serial Port DB9 P RS485 Serial Port Two connector terminal block IR Port 1 Remote Control USB Port 2 USB 2 0 STORAGE Primary Storage SATA hard disk drive up to 4 up to 3 with an internal DVD RW drive Secondary Storage Built in DVD RW drive USB hard disk drive or flash drive...

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