iFocus Pte Ltd DVR 8, Manual

Page 1: ...iFocus DVR Manual For Model Software version 1 04 021 onwards DVR8A 16B DVR4 8 16E iFocus Pte Ltd ...

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Page 3: ...ims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The product and software mentioned in this user manual are sold or licensed as is In the event of any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any misuse or mishandling of the product the buyer and not iFocus Pte Ltd assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing and repair Furthermore iFocus Pte Ltd reserves th...

Page 4: ... 4 inches space from the DVR to the cabinet walls Ensure the air temperature around the DVR is below 35 degree Celsius Provide additional fan to maintain good airflow around the DVR if necessary NOTICE Minimum PC Specifications for iFocus DVR remote dial in function Please note that for remote dial in to iFocus DVR either through modem LAN or Internet the following minimum PC specifications would ...

Page 5: ...ng 8 5 4 External Alarm Input Connection 8 5 5 Alarm Output Connection and Disable Alarm 8 5 5 Clear Alarm using External Trigger 8 6 IR Remote Control 10 7 Power Up of DVR 11 7 1 AC Power Input Selector 11 7 2 Power Up of DVR 11 8 Full Screen Live View and DVR Log in 12 8 1 Full Screen Live View 12 8 2 Digital Zoom 12 8 3 Status Bar Display 12 8 4 Hiding of Camera Name 12 8 5 Password Login 13 9 ...

Page 6: ...5 11 7 2 Holiday Setting 26 11 8 Record Quality 26 12 Trigger Settings 27 12 1 External Trigger 27 12 2 Motion Trigger 28 12 2 1 Motion Grid Setting 28 12 2 2 Motion Sensitivity 29 12 2 3 System Trigger Delay Setting 29 12 3 Email Alert 29 13 Playback 30 13 1 Event Playback 30 13 2 Date Time Playback 31 13 3 Playback Screen Setting 31 13 4 Playback Control Function 31 13 5 Camera Source Setting 32...

Page 7: ...Pin 19 Figure 23 Menu Communication 19 Figure 24 Menu Network Setting 20 Figure 25 Menu Archive to Optical Disc 21 Figure 26 Menu Camera Source 22 Figure 27 Date Time Selection for Optical Disc 22 Figure 28 Menu Record 23 Figure 29 Menu Record Info 23 Figure 30 Menu Audio Recording Setting 24 Figure 31 Menu Frame Rate Audio Recording 24 Figure 32 Record Menu Manual Trigger Timer and Quality 25 Fig...

Page 8: ... RAS DVR Dialer 4 36 Figure 60 Procedure Installing RAS DVR Dialer 5 36 Figure 61 Icon RAS DVR Dialer 36 Figure 62 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 1 37 Figure 63 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 2 37 Figure 64 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 3 37 Figure 65 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 4 38 Figure 66 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 5 38 Figure 67 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR D...

Page 9: ...and advancement in DVR design and development high performance DVR such as the DVRE model described in this manual not only has enhanced video quality and recording speed it is also a comprehensive communication device which provides both local as well as anywhere access and control capability to serve modern CCTV applications iFocus DVR has the following outstanding features Secured MPEG4 video c...

Page 10: ... These models can be identified using the following convention DVRvw xyyyz CD DVD Where v Number of Video channels 4 8 or 16 w DVR model A B E x Video Format P for PAL N for NTSC yyy Hard disk capacity in Gigabyte z Type of drive I for Internal R for Removable DVD DVD RW optional As an example DVR16E N500IDVD will mean a Digital Video Recorder with 16 composite video inputs E model NTSC video form...

Page 11: ...tional for 16B Model Audio function Local record and playback remote live and playback 3 2 2 Specifications Input Connector 8 16 BNC Socket CVBS 1 Vpp 75 Ohms 2 TTL Compatible Alarm Inputs NO Terminal 1 Audio Input Jack Output Connector 1 SVGA RGB Monitor Output 1 Composite Video TV Output 1 Dry Contact Output 1 Audio Output Jack 4 TTL Open Collector Alarm Outputs External Interface 1 RS232 Port f...

Page 12: ...monitoring and playback PTZ Control Local Remote PTZ Control Spot TV output Sequential and fix mode Archive Build in CD DVD RW optional Audio function Local record and playback remote live and playback 3 2 2 Specifications Input Connector 4 8 16 BNC Socket CVBS 1Vpp 75 ohms 2 TTL Alarm Inputs 1 Audio Input Jack Output Connector 1 SVGA RGB Monitor Output 1 Composite Video TV Output 1 Audio Output J...

Page 13: ...cameras external alarm input devices such as PIR door contacts alarm output devices such as sirens PC monitor CCTV monitor Broadband Modem and LAN Switch Router However if the DVR is used as a stand alone system similar to most of the conventional CCTV application DVR will be connected to Alarm inputs cameras and monitor for most basic security application requirements Figure 1 DVR Full Configurat...

Page 14: ...ors camera sources as well Spot monitor output is only available for E Model DVR Figure 4 Connection Monitors and Camera Sources Note The layout of the cards reflects that of DVR16E Model For details of other models please refer to the labels at the top of DVR casings To spot monitor for E Model DVR only To external IR and circuit To camera sources To TV Monitor To VGA Monitor To External VGA Cabl...

Page 15: ...g devices a A camera with audio recording feature or a separate audio microphone b A mono to stereo splitter c A speaker Before connecting all the devices differentiate the channel connection of the splitter first Steps as follow a Turn a digital multi meter to enable the short circuit beeping function b Use the meter to measure the resistance between one of the RCA connectors and the head portion...

Page 16: ...ut Connection and Disable Alarm There are four alarm outputs provided These outputs are TTL type normally opened which can sink up to 200mA current The details are as follows P1 Video loss P2 Hard disk failure P3 HD Full 98 P4 Alarm Indicator Figure 9 illustrates the connection between a buzzer and the terminal P1 of the DVR During any loss of video signal this output is CLOSED sink up to 200mA cu...

Page 17: ...o T2 Trigger Menu 1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj Cam01 4 Motion Grid Setting 5 Motion Sensitivity High 6 System Trigger Delay 120 7 System Arm Delay 120 0 Exit External Trigger 1 Trigger1 Arm V03 2 Trigger2 Off Off 3 Trigger3 Off Off 4 Trigger4 Off Off 5 Trigger5 Off Off 6 Trigger6 Off Off 9 Trigger 2 Clear Alarm On 0 Exit Main Menu 1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback 4 ...

Page 18: ...channel fast switching for channel number greater than 9 in live view and playback On screen display key To turn on or off menu during menu operation and hide camera title at live view Arrows to move cursor control PTZ cameras see Chapter 15 for details and configure motion grip setting see Chapter 12 for details Zin and Zout to control PTZ cameras see Chapter 15 for details Fin and Fout toggle be...

Page 19: ... designed with watch dog timer which monitors the operation of main program and resets the system if the program fails to perform correctly The system is also designed to recover from unexpected system interruption event The watch dog timer will reset the DVR and the recovering program will load the last valid system setting into the DVR in order to ensure proper system boot up and operation The p...

Page 20: ...de Use arrow keys to browse the enlarged live view Press Stop button to exit the zoom mode Press 0 key to exit the full screen mode 8 3 Status Bar Display The DVR user interface is a menu driven control user interface UI A full function of the DVR menu is attached in Appendix for user reference Once the DVR is powered up the status bar will be displayed at the bottom of the display screen as shown...

Page 21: ...l User 333333 Local Playback and Clear Alarm Remote Live View To enter into the main menu a Press OK key b Use numeric keys to key in password c Press OK key Supervisor should change the password as and when required for greater security protection In the event that the user forgets the user password the supervisor can change the user password However if the supervisor forgets his her own password...

Page 22: ...settings 9 2 Spot Monitor Out For DVRE models only iFocus E Model DVR support Spot TV output for additional display of full camera live view for the camera selected Available selections for the output mode are fix sequential and Trig mode For Fix mode a Under the camera view menu press 2 to select Spot TV Out b Use Fin or Fout key to select Fix for the first field c Press right arrow key to move t...

Page 23: ...pot TV is to monitor the cameras equipped with external trigger refer to Chapter 12 1 b Motion trigger setting if Spot TV is to monitor the cameras equipped with motion detection refer to Chapter 12 2 c System trigger delay refer to Chapter12 2 3 d Trigger mode setting this setting cannot be set to Off refer to Chapter 11 6 e Record this setting should be turned On refer to Chapter 11 9 3 Camera D...

Page 24: ...ve to the next character d Press OK to confirm the setting Note this operation is done more easily on remote monitoring system Refer to its manual soft copy in the user CD for details 9 4 2 Turn on or off camera view Camera View allows the user to turn on or off the camera display at the local monitor as well as remote monitoring system under normal user log in mode This is to disable the camera d...

Page 25: ...allows the system adjust the brightness level of individual camera automatically according to the lighting condition thus improves the playback video quality suggested turn on for day night cameras To turn on or off this function a Press 7 for Camera SAE b Use Fin or Fout keys to turn on or off the camera view ...

Page 26: ...firm the new pins 10 3 Storage Option Under Storage Option users could a Clear all video load default setting reboot b Clear All Video reboot c Reset Video Marker Clear all video load default setting reboot all video data will be erased and all system configurations set back to factory default Clear all video reboot all video data will be erased while system configurations remains Reset video mark...

Page 27: ...ion number of the DVR This is an additional security feature to enhance the security on top of the DVR PIN In order to remotely dial in to the DVR the user must enter the correct DVR ID and the Supervisor User Pin Default is 0000000001 10 digits 10 4 7 PTZ modem and matrix switch iFocus DVR has a built in feature for controlling Pan Tilt Zoom PTZ cameras using IR Controller or remote monitoring sy...

Page 28: ...d to forward all the external ports to the internal port of the DVR IP address For DNS setting please refer to the ISP provider The default HTTP port is 80 and video port 33330 To change the network settings a Press 8 for Network Setting under Communication Menu b Use arrow keys to move among different fields c Use numeric keys to key in IP or port number d Use down arrow key to select Confirm e P...

Page 29: ...ferent fields g Use numeric keys to key in start date time and end date time for archiving h Allow the system to transfer the video data into archiving buffer before proceed to set the next segment i Use arrow key and move cursor to Burn CD or Burn DVD and press OK key j Disk will be ejected automatically after burning process is completed To playback the content of the CD refer to Chapter 13 for ...

Page 30: ... Page 22 of 40 Note burning process is completed only when the CD DVD RW drive automatically ejects or when the CD DVD RW LED is completely turned OFF If there is any interruption during the process the optical disc will not be readable ...

Page 31: ...are version of the DVR F W Version the firmware version of the DVR WebDVR Version the remote monitoring system version Figure 29 Menu Record Info To access the Record Info Menu press 1 for Record Info under Record Menu 11 2 Record Mode In the Record Menu record modes can be set Below are the recording resolutions in different modes Main Menu 1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback 4 Trigger 5 Setup 6 Re...

Page 32: ...ys to move among different fields b Use Fin or Fout keys to turn on or off audio recording at the first column of first two channels c Use Fin or Fout keys to set recording frame rate for audio recording channels 11 4 Record Schedule The following record schedule can be programmed independently It should be taken note that the Manual recording will over write the trigger and timer recording as it ...

Page 33: ...e frame rate during idle period when there is no motion or external trigger and detection period is different The table below shows the frame rate of different periods for each available trigger selections Trigger Selections Idle Period Detection Period Off N A N A Trg0 0FPS Ch User defined Trg1 1FPS Ch User defined Trg2 0 5FPS Ch User defined Trg3 User defined Highest 25FPS Ch Note to set the use...

Page 34: ...Focus DVR Normal High and Super When setting the recording quality users should consider their desire video quality and the recording period according to their needs in the CCTV application Record Menu 1 Record Info 2 Record Mode MIX 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual On 5 Trigger Off 6 Timer On 7 Timer Setting 8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality High 0 Exit Timer Setting 1 Weekday Timer 2 Start 09 00 3 End 09 00 4 We...

Page 35: ...gger ARM To activate email alert upon trigger Note Network settings must be correct in order for DVR to perform email alert Refer to Chapter 12 3 or iFocus Remote Monitoring System User Manual for details Trigger Menu 1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj Cam01 4 Motion Grid Setting 5 Motion Sensitivity High 6 System Trigger Delay 120 7 System Arm Delay 120 0 Exit Main Menu 1...

Page 36: ... zone When dots are grouped as shown in Group A in Figure 37 only areas within the dot area is equipped with VMD When dots are spread as shown in Group B full screen VMD is enabled To set the motion grid for a channel through remote control a Use Play Key to toggle between Group A and B b Use arrow keys to change the position of the dot area c Use fast forward and rewind key to change the coverage...

Page 37: ... to the users upon external trigger motion trigger or system events Upon alert the event name and four video frames for motion trigger events only will be sent out Refer to iFocus Remote Monitoring System User Manual for the setup The email alert can be triggered by the following events Video Motion Detection VMD Alarm External Trigger Alarm System Event video drop record on etc To program email a...

Page 38: ...d before 5 00pm on 01 Dec 2006 based on event playback a Press 8 under Playback Menu b Use numeric keys to change the date field to 01 12 2006 c Press Down arrow key d Use numeric keys to change the time field to 17 00 00 e Use arrow keys to move the cursor to 7 Event List and press OK f Use numeric keys to select an event g Press 3 under Playback Menu to start playback h Press stop button to exit...

Page 39: ...VR Users are recommended to set the Playback Screen to Auto mode in normal application 13 4 Playback Control Function Once in Playback mode the MENU will disappear and the playback control is transfer to the Playback Control Keys located on lower part of the IR controller Key functions a Play Play the next frame under Single Frame Playback SFP mode or resume playback when the video has been paused...

Page 40: ...e channel number greater than 9 c Press 0 to return to the screen splitting mode 13 7 Playback with IFS Player Only iFocus IFSPlayer can be used to playback video archived into CD DVD R downloaded by the remote monitoring system on a PC 13 7 1 Installing IFS Player To install the software in the PC a Run the file CLIENT iFxIFSPlayer EXE in the User CD Figure 47 Procedure Installing IFS Player 1 Pl...

Page 41: ...ntinue when Welcome message popped Figure 48 Procedure Installing IFS Player 2 c Click Next to continue To choose another directory click the Browse button Figure 49 Procedure Installing IFS Player 3 d Click Next to continue Figure 50 Procedure Installing IFS Player 4 ...

Page 42: ...the DVR Player icon When the program starts running double click on the CD ROM The video segment that has been archived will display To playback the CD double click on the segment During playback double click on a particular video for a full screen display To return to the multiplex display of the video double click on the screen again The buttons on the menu bar and their functions are shown belo...

Page 43: ...pplication is for dialing to the DVR through modem 14 1 1 Installing RAS DVR Dialer Application Software To install the dial up program a Run the file CLIENT iFxIFSPlayer EXE in the User CD Figure 55 Icon RAS DVR Dialer b The following dialogue box will appear Click Next Figure 56 Procedure Installing RAS DVR Dialer 1 c Choose Destination Directory for installation and click Next Figure 57 Procedu...

Page 44: ...S DVR Dialer 3 e Click Next to Start Copying Files Figure 59 Procedure Installing RAS DVR Dialer 4 f Click Finish when installation is completed Figure 60 Procedure Installing RAS DVR Dialer 5 14 1 2 Setting up The RAS DVR Dialer a On the desktop double click RAS DVR Dialer to run the program Figure 61 Icon RAS DVR Dialer ...

Page 45: ...ect Add New to add a new dial up number Figure 62 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 1 c Select Dial up to Private Network Figure 63 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 2 d Select Modem that is installed in the PC Figure 64 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 3 ...

Page 46: ...ed enter a name for the Dial Up Connection When dialing key in the DVR ID as the USER NAME default 0000000001 The password is 333333 Figure 67 Procedure Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 6 14 2 Modem Dial in Setting To set the DVR for modem dial in a Connect a modem to DVR COM port c Power ON the Modem d Log in to the Main Menu using the default password 222222 e Make sure the recording has been turned of...

Page 47: ...ration of RAS DVR Dialer 1 d Key in the DVR ID as the USER NAME default 0000000001 Use the DVR normal user password as the RAS Dialer password e Key in the Dial as the Phone Number f Click on Dial Note For the details of the IE dial in refer to the IE Dial in Manual in the CD Setup Menu 1 Date Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option 6 Communication 7 Key Lock Off 8 ...

Page 48: ... at Communication menu to highlight PTZ protocol selection b Use Fin or Fout key to select PTZ protocol To control PTZ a Select the PTZ camera for full screen live view b Follow figure 71 for PTZ control using remote control Setup Menu 1 Date Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option 6 Communication 7 Key Lock Off 8 Re Init Off 9 Archive to optical disc 0 Exit Communi...

Page 49: ...segments Video will be automatically burnt if there s a blank disc inside the CD DVD RW drive afterwards If there is no blank disc inside the drive a dialogue box will appear prompting a blank disc Should the video size exceeds the capacity of the optical disc system will display the starting time of the video being archived in a dialogue box after the burning process Note Burning process is compl...

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Page 51: ...k Screen Auto 2 Camera Screen 3 Play 4 Direction 5 Speed 1 6 Event Option 7 Event List 8 Date 19 10 2007 9 Time 17 00 00 0 Exit Setup Menu 1 Date Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option 6 Communication 7 Key Lock Off 8 Re Init Off 0 Exit Are You Sure to Power Down Confirm Cancel Refer to Appendix P 2 Refer to Appendix P 2 Refer to Appendix P 2 Refer to Appendix P 3 ...

Page 52: ... 09 00 4 Weekend Timer 1 Sat 5 Start 09 00 6 End 09 00 7 Weekend Timer 2 Sun 8 Start 09 00 9 End 09 00 0 Exit Playback Camera Source 1 Camera 1 On 9 On 2 Camera 2 On 10 On 3 Camera 3 On 11 On 4 Camera 4 On 12 On 5 Camera 5 On 13 On 6 Camera 6 On 14 On 7 Camera 7 On 15 On 8 Camera 8 On 16 On 9 Audio Ch 1 On 2 On 0 Exit Event Option 1 Event List 2 Motion Vid 1 3 External Trigger Trig2 4 Video Drop A...

Page 53: ...Date Time selection for CD 2 Date Time selection for DVD 3 Camera Source 0 Exit Date Time Selection for CD 1 Start 1 02 10 2004 16 22 00 2 End 1 02 10 2004 17 22 00 3 Start 2 dd mm yyy hh mm ss 4 End 2 dd mm yyy hh mm ss 5 Start 3 dd mm yyy hh mm ss 6 End 3 dd mm yyy hh mm ss 7 Burn CD Usage 30 0 Exit Camera Source 1 Camera 1 On 9 On 2 Camera 2 2 On 10 On 3 Camera 3 3 On 11 On 4 Camera 4 4 On 12 O...