DSE DX Series, Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...eo recorders DX Series Page 1 Page 1 DSE SRL ITALY WWW DSE EU Video recorders DX Series AHD DVR cameras analog IP Operative manual for the installer and for the user How to use the GUI screen How to set the programming options ...

Page 2: ...y traditional analog and IP It is assumed that the DVR has been connected correctly according to the installation instructions For convenience it will refer to commands by using the mouse Switching on the DVR After having prepared the connections and installed on the hard disk as explained in the installation manual it is possible to proceed to the first ignition Connect the power plug the DVR wil...

Page 3: ...necessary you can always reopen the wizard with the button on the taskbar Enable cloud server is always recommended to facilitate web access operations CONFIGURATION IP CAMERAS The second step of the wizard only occurs if you have chosen in the multi technology options see below a combination of inputs providing for the management of IP cameras and allows you to match the network cameras to the DV...

Page 4: ...ecorders DX Series Page 4 Page 4 DSE SRL ITALY WWW DSE EU The search window and IP camera setup consists of two sections The upper part is used to list the available cameras on the network while the lower part is the DVR channels ...

Page 5: ...nd its data will appear in the fields below in the window As a rule the DVR is able to set itself consistently all the connection data but you can edit them manually In particular you may need to modify the video stream to be used if the camera will support more than one and enter your log in credentials Clicking APPLY the configuration will be saved E can move a camera between the digital channel...

Page 6: ...e subdivision screen 4 8 16 quadrants depending on the version Clicking with the right mouse button you can appear and disappear TASKBAR with buttons at the bottom of the screen The DVR control is password protected to prevent unauthorized access To log in click of a command button in the taskbar any The DVR factory credentials ...

Page 7: ...eave blank E can customize password and user name in the user configuration If you enter incorrect credentials 3 times the DVR beeps After 5 times the DVR hangs and no longer accepts commands before 30 minutes have passed or that a restart takes place If you lose your password please contact our customer service ...

Page 8: ...6 frames depending on the model in question If at this stage the camera images do not appear in the boxes to check connections and power supplies to check the video signal presence Refer to the installation manual TASKBAR Clicking with the right mouse button you can appear and disappear TASKBAR with the buttons at the bottom of the screen With the exception of the 3 leftmost OSD buttons and PLAYBA...

Page 9: ... different screen layout options with the right most button in the taskbar DIGITAL ZOOM The DVR DH series are equipped with a very advanced zoom function that allows you to easily zoom in the particular interest in both live viewing and playback The digital zoom function works only in full screen view of a single camera To zoom drag the mouse in the camera frame to fit around a particular interest...

Page 10: ... movements The setting of these functions may not be effective due to the imperfect homogeneity of the protocols it is always better to set these movements in the camera setup menu PTZ MOUSE Activate the control of the camera movements acting directly on the image with the mouse It is a type of very intuitive and direct command that allows it to move in one direction simply by clicking on the corr...

Page 11: ... the control protocols is possible that some of these advanced commands relating to tour patterns etc not be effective on your camera E can use attachment system presets to call these functions Refer to the camera manual CONTROL MANUAL RECORDING As a rule surveillance DVR recording based on time settings that are programmed into the device configuration In abnormal situations however it may be You...

Page 12: ...ual forced recording or even stop recording forcibly ADJUSTMENTS VIDEO The VIDEO button on the taskbar serves to better adjust the screen image In the upper section adjusts the size of the screen and in the bottom section of the rendered image IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS The COLOR button in the task bar is used to adjust the image rendering of the individual channels Select the channel and press ...

Page 13: ...djust the image parameters and set if desired two daily time slots with different settings eg Day night INFORMATION The INFORMATION button on the taskbar is used to check the DVR status There are five information panels ABOUT VERSION Disk Information BPS LOG EVENTS USERS ON LINE The panels are shown below ...

Page 14: ...ticular relevance in this window are the cloud server address that the DVR and the serial number SERIAL No that are not visible elsewhere in the programming of the DVR and that should be used in the DVR and the serial number SERIAL No that are not visible elsewhere in the programming of the DVR and that should be used in the use of cloud servers as explained in the installation manual DISC INFO co...

Page 15: ... ITALY WWW DSE EU Total and remaining Administrative commands are explained later in the HDD configuration BPS real time displays the bit rate of each channel operated by DVR The LOG events lists all events that have affected the DVR and allows time for research and type ...

Page 16: ...TALY WWW DSE EU ONLINE USERS allows to know the users connected remotely to the DVR and possibly disconnect them LOG OUT The LOGOUT button in the task bar is used to give access and request a new LOG IN to control the DVR the Shutdown and Restart buttons are also available ...

Page 17: ...erefore simply leave the password field blank Later you can set a custom administrator password and more users as we shall see GENERAL MENU The configuration menu is divided into six folders that are distinct from some icons at the top of the window GENERAL Contains the general settings of the DVR as date time etc essential for the functioning REGISTRATION Contains settings concerning the recordin...

Page 18: ...uages For convenience in this manual will always refer to the Italian language VIDEO FORMAT Select the video format analog cameras if you plan to connect regular analog cameras to the rear inputs The DVR supports both PAL NTSC used in Italy used for example in the US WARNING The video format is set to NTSC error prevents proper display of PAL cameras Check this setting if the screen appeared a vid...

Page 19: ...ops recording and eventually performs the alarm actions envisaged for DISK FULL If you set OVERWRITE once out of disk space the DVR will overwrite the recorded files starting from the oldest ones in the archive Typically this second option is the most frequent To comply with privacy regulations can limit the number of days in archives in the section SYSTEM selfmaintenance NUMBER DVR E can assign a...

Page 20: ...s and finally the complete screen of the 16 cameras Obviously this long sequence will never be used in full You can eliminate the white squares to remove the sequence steps that you do not want The last two entries in the section TYPE SEQUENCE are relative to the DVR behavior in alarm The interval in this case is that the cyclical scan that can be generated as a result of an alarm see alarm sectio...

Page 21: ...th mobile devices that do not normally have a lot of bandwidth For this DVRs DX series they have the ability to set a sub stream ie a lighter stream with less need for bandwidth ENABLE VIDEO AUDIO Defines whether to enable the recording of the video only or even audio RESOLUTION Defines the resolution of the video stream left main stream right sub stream Here is a summary table Name Frame Size For...

Page 22: ...he stream will automatically change to unaltered Mantener the video quality that is set in the following item QUALITY If you choose CBR bitrate is always constant and is set in the following item Bit Rate Kb S REG AUTOMATIC Here you can set the DVR recording mode depending on day of week and time of day At the top you choose the channel to be configured as each channel has an independent managemen...

Page 23: ...bout the settings used by the network to which you connect After that it is always preferable to set a manual fixed address in order to avoid that the same will automatically change in the future You need to enter IP address and subnet mask as for all network devices as well as the GATEWAY and DNS to connect to the Internet To connect remotely to DX VCRs using 2 ports one is the MEDIA port for acc...

Page 24: ... DSE EU the browser it will indicate the new port in the IP address to be written in the browser for example http 192 168 1 120 8081 to use port 8081 OSD MENU NETWORK NETWORK SERVICES Configuring network protocols PPPOE And the protocol used to log in to Internet services via modem ...

Page 25: ...static type that it is stable over time More often however it has to do with variable IP addresses that may change each time you connect To place an Internet connection even with the DX series DVR variable IP address support our cloud services Tuttavi you can also use the available network services without charge called DDNS DDNS provider provides the user with a domain name that you can type on t...

Page 26: ... you enable UPN function the DVR will be visible between the network resources of the network PC and can also be configured by only the mapping of ports on the router to allow access from the outside if your router supports and enables the function And possible to specify the ports that the DVR will try to automatically map inside the router This function a major bike time has now been superseded ...

Page 27: ... of the camera movement MASKING Events generated by masking a camera VIDEO LOST Events generated by the absence of video signal of a camera ALARM INPUT Events generated by the alarm inputs ALARM OUTPUT rear output drive of the DVR FAULT Events generated by abnormal situations MENU OSD ALARM MOTION DETECTION alarm configuration for motion detection It defines MOTION DETECTION MOTION DETECTION or th...

Page 28: ... define 4 time slots for each happend of the week INTERVAL Defines the duration of the event that flows from the detection from 1 to 600 sec ALARM OUTPUT Clicking the output pane so that white color is expected the rear output activation to occur intrusion TERM Defines the alarm output activation time RECORD CHANNEL Highlight white channels which you want to start recording the occurrence of the i...

Page 29: ... event WRITE LOG Authorizes writing event in the event memory of the DVR FTP UPLOAD Enable sending its event movie to an FTP server on the network FTP server set in the NETWORK section TELEPHONE ALARM function under development at the moment not available MENU OSD ALARM MASKING Configuring camera sabotage alarm It defines blinding the camera with masking objects or screens for which the video sign...

Page 30: ... WWW DSE EU The alarm options are described in the previous paragraph with respect to the MOTION DETECTION MENU OSD ALARMS ALARM INPUT Configuration of the rear alarm inputs In this section you configure the alarm generated by the activation of the rear alarm inputs of the DVR ...

Page 31: ...here are the following options INPUTS ALARM The DVRs are equipped with 4 programmable rear inputs individually METHOD Defines the way of NC alarm contact functions normally closed or NO normally open An NC input generates alarm when the connection between the two terminals is interrupted MENU OSD ALARMS ALARM OUTPUT Alarm Output Configuration In this section it is possible to control the rear alar...

Page 32: ... settings MANUAL Forces output manual activation in real time You can use this option to remotely control a remote device STOP Forces the output manually deactivated in real time STATUS Displays the current output state V on MENU OSD ALARM FAULT Configuration of the system alarms This section sets the DVR behavior in case of functional abnormalities You can manage five types of abnormality NO DISC...

Page 33: ...ere are the following options LESS Available only in the anomaly DISK SPACE NOT AVAILABLE it sets the alarm threshold OSD MENU DIGITAL multi technology Configuration AHD Analog IP This section and the main important if you want to use the DVR to handle not only local but also cameras IP network cameras In this case it s one of the first sections to be set in order to define the operation of the DV...

Page 34: ...selection table varies depending on the version of the product and proposes combinations of available inputs Select the multi technology configuration you want and press OK The DVR will be rebooted Changing this section already stored recordings could lead to the loss of video in the archives ...

Page 35: ...f multi view technology in the previous section you have chosen an option that provides the network cameras monitoring the OSD window will change as follows including the buttons for the management of IP channels Clicking DIGITAL CHANNELS You can connect the IP cameras on the network to the DVR NVR if you have not already done so with the configuration wizard seen above ...

Page 36: ...can choose single connection or multicast In a single configuration only one camera is assigned to the channel In the multicast connection instead of multiple IP cameras you can be displayed in sequence in one channel only and it is possible to define the scan interval They use multicast you can also get a lot of IP cameras on a single DVR NVR but of course the device will record the scanning came...

Page 37: ...are ready click OK to connect the camera to channel The cameras will appear on the screen once the configuration saved If the video resolution that was not normal check the IP channel DVR resolution 720P or 1080P is supported by the camera Click on the STATE OF CHANNEL button you can see the links in place on digital channels Recall that the configuration of the IP cameras can be done more quickly...

Page 38: ...ccess the hard disk control window where you ll find listed all the disks installed inside the DVR In this section you can select the disk and format it with the button FORMAT It deals with In this section you can select the disk and format it with the button FORMAT It deals with In this section you can select the disk and format it with the button FORMAT It deals with ...

Page 39: ...ameras will be recorded simultaneously on 2 disks to take shelter from data loss in the event of a disk failure It also available PARTITION button to divide a disk into two partitions one for recording and one of definable size archive snapshot images saved OSD MENU SYSTEM CONFIG PTZ the control protocol settings tel speed dome analog DX Series DVRs are able to control the movement of motorized sp...

Page 40: ...stinguished along the bus by his unique address that the program typically through internal switches Insert here the address assigned to the camera 0 to 255 BAUDRATE And the rate to be used on the RS 485 bus to send commands to the camera Specify the bit rate to use in verifying that it is the same set in the camera The DVR support from 1200 to 115200 baud DATA BITS STOP PARITY Remaining protocol ...

Page 41: ...hat appears superimposed After saving the configuration will appear a black overlay frame both in the live and recording To delete the masks created press the number 1 2 3 4 depending on the mask that you want to delete RECORD OVERLAY Here you can define your overlays that will be indelibly present in the recorded video channel Title and Date Time With the SET button POSITION choosing where to mak...

Page 42: ... type of recording search among ALL ALARM INPUTS EXTERNAL ALARM MOTION INPUT ALARM MOTION MANUAL RECORD GENERAL normal scheduled recording Next to select the disk you want to search CHANNEL Select the channel of interest or possibly the ALL option ARRIVAL Define the time space research ADD Start the search and adds the results in the list below REMOVE Deletes events from the list found to allow a ...

Page 43: ...elected channel at the same time the hard disk inside the DVR and the external storage medium synchronized recording It is a mirror image recording can be useful for those who want to record some occurrence such as a sporting event and place it at the end of an instant copy on external support During synchronized recording you can exit OSD and use the DVR without it stops To stop synchronized reco...

Page 44: ...ires a little explanation The first DVR divides users into groups Each group has its own level of access to system functions By default the DVR has already set up two groups of users ADMIN users with total access and USER users with restricted access only to the live view of the cameras E can change the settings of these groups with the buttons CHANGE GROUP ADD GROUP DELETE GROUP The DVR has a sop...

Page 45: ...vidual users with ADD USER button Each user is assigned a NAME and a PASSWORD to be entered 2 times Also you can combine a clear description and one of the preset GROUPS Once chosen the membership of the user group the permissions of the group will appear in the list and are associated with the user E can optionally for the specific user ...

Page 46: ...neously access from multiple locations Click OK to save the user that will be added to the list and will be immediately ready to be used both locally and remotely There is no limit to the number of groups and users who want to create OSD MENU SYSTEM DEVICE INFO Hardware DVR Endowment This section contains information on the provision of the equipment that is available for information OSD MENU SYST...

Page 47: ...is intended to restore the factory configuration of the DVR should you not be satisfied with the changes E can choose all types of settings or limit the recovery to a single section Press OK to confirm the reset OSD MENU SYSTEM selfmaintenance Auto Delete video recorded and programmed automatic restart ...

Page 48: ...the DVR will automatically reboot on a regular basis every day or every week at a certain time It is a required function in certain applications but that is not necessary to enable AUTO DELETE FILES MORE OLD You can program the DVR to delete the oldest video files after a certain number of days 1 to 99 This way the DVR will store only a limited history It is a required function for privacy OSD MEN...

Page 49: ...orm this operation you need to get from our technical service for the upgrade file and copy it to a USB key to be inserted into the DVR I recommend that you never run an update without first contacting our technical service Improper update can lead to non operation of the device and void the warranty OSD MENU SYSTEM IMPORT EXPORT Saving the DVR configuration ...

Page 50: ...ile containing the log in TXT format SETTINGS Allows you to export the entire DVR configuration that will be saved in a CFG file This function is particularly useful for installers to quickly replicate a standard configuration and then simply adapt it to the specific need of installation It also recommends however users especially those with other authorized users to perform a backup of your confi...

Page 51: ... playback configuration remote access backup etc The DVR DX series are equipped with a search system with time line that the search for movies also makes it simple and fast during the long periods The recordings search page is divided into several sections that we describe below Note that all of the components that are used to set the search criteria are not active with the current playback should...

Page 52: ...AID CALENDAR On the right of the screen there is the calendar E can choose one day to taste and it will automatically be shown in the timeline at the bottom of the screen SWITCH CHANNELS Under the calendar you can define which channels will be playing The maximum number of channels simultaneously reproducible may be limited depending on the model and the functional configuration of the DVR TIMELIN...

Page 53: ...eo will automatically start playing in the top pane And possible to click elsewhere on the time line to scroll to other times of the day In the bottom of the timeline there are in addition to the buttons on the right scale the selectors ALL CONTINUE ALARM MANUAL which serve to hide in the timeline of the recording types that do not interest It also have the option MODE SYNCHRONOUS that if you turn...

Page 54: ... repeatedly to select the speed x1 2 x1 4 x1 8 x1 16 6 Play fast forward click repeatedly to select the speed x2 x4 x8 x16 7 Back frame by frame Enabled only pause playback 8 Forward frame by frame Enabled only paused playback 9 previous file Moves to the previous video file 10 next file Moves to the next video file 11 continuous playback 12 Full Screen Maximize the playback area by closing the lo...

Page 55: ...NFIGURATION MANUAL Video recorders DX Series Page 55 Page 55 DSE SRL ITALY WWW DSE EU Double clicking on a file will start playing E can also select one or more files and save them directly to USB memory ...