PACOM PDR-9LX, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ASONABLE 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 AN...

Page 4: ...ipment 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 oper...

Page 5: ...Ground 6 AO 1 to 16 Alarm Out 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...

Page 6: ...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 PRO Model Only 36 N...

Page 7: ...udio 84 Playing Recorded Video 84 RW Rewind Button 84 FF Fast Forward Button 85 BACKWARD Button 85 FORWARD Button 85 SEARCH STOP Button 85 Camera Buttons 1 to 16 85 DISPLAY Button 85 ZOOM Button 85 Sh...

Page 8: ...Mode 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 Scr...

Page 9: ...l 12 Figure 21 Login screen 16 Figure 22 Setup screen 17 Figure 23 Virtual Keyboard 17 Figure 24 Information screen 18 Figure 25 Upgrade screen 19 Figure 26 Setup Import screen 19 Figure 27 Setup Expo...

Page 10: ...73 Alarm In Settings screen 55 Figure 74 Alarm In Actions 1 screen 56 Figure 75 Alarm In Notify menu 57 Figure 76 Alarm In Actions 2 screen 57 Figure 77 Motion Detection Settings screen 58 Figure 78...

Page 11: ...09 Go to the Date Time screen 87 Figure 110 Calendar Search screen 88 Figure 111 Event Log Search screen 89 Figure 112 Event Log Search Option screen 90 Figure 113 Text In Search screen 91 Figure 114...

Page 12: ...User s Manual x...

Page 13: ...cal User Interface GUI Menu System y Multiple Recording Modes Time lapse Pre event Alarm Motion and Panic y 4 Channel Audio Recording and 1 Channel Audio Playback y Text Input for ATM and POS y Alarm...

Page 14: ...t 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 remo...

Page 15: ...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 manu...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...rd video for about 3 seconds while switching the video output between Video Out and VGA Out Connecting Audio NOTE It is the user s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit reco...

Page 18: ...ors marked GND are common Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and or alarm output to the GND connector AO 1 to 16 Alarm Out Figure 9 Alarm Output connectors The DVR can activate external device...

Page 19: ...ided 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 c...

Page 20: ...es for recording or archiving video 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 met...

Page 21: ...are 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 n...

Page 22: ...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 G...

Page 23: ...ote 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...

Page 24: ...ay 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 NETWO...

Page 25: ...ng the button again exits the Search mode You will need to log into the system as a qualified user to enter the Search mode from the Live Monitoring mode The button is also used for Far Focus while in...

Page 26: ...CE Button When in the live mode pressing the SEQUENCE button displays live channels sequentially FREEZE Button Pressing the FREEZE button freezes the current live screen PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ bu...

Page 27: ...back mode pressing the MENU button displays the Search menu In Search mode clip copying can be done instantly by pressing and holding the button for two or more seconds Shuttle Ring The Shuttle Ring o...

Page 28: ...nd 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...

Page 29: ...ter 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 bac...

Page 30: ...D 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 u...

Page 31: ...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 FAT...

Page 32: ...ou 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...

Page 33: ...o 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 L...

Page 34: ...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...

Page 35: ...s time intervals Last Sync Time displays the last 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...

Page 36: ...3 Device Format screen NOTE A USB hard 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 req...

Page 37: ...e copying video clips archived data might be lost Highlight the Status tab and the Storage Status screen displays Figure 35 Storage Status screen The Type column displays the type of storage device Th...

Page 38: ...gn authority levels to the group Figure 36 User setup screen The column is used to collapse and expand user groups If there is a or in this column it indicates the item is a Group Name If there is a i...

Page 39: ...etup screen Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will toggle between all authority levels being turned On and Off Highlighting the individual authority level boxes and pressing the b...

Page 40: ...n A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the User Name Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password You can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on either the front panel or remote contro...

Page 41: ...39 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...

Page 42: ...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 trans...

Page 43: ...m and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The factory default LAN settings are IP Address 192 168 1 129 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Highlight the...

Page 44: ...ly after changing the port settings NOTE Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs otherwise the DVR cannot be connected with the PC running RAS or WebGuard CAUTION When changing the...

Page 45: ...d 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 t...

Page 46: ...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...

Page 47: ...gistered on the DVRNS server Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server NOTE You will...

Page 48: ...isters the DVR on the DVRNS server Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk CAUTION If you want to use the same DVR name registered...

Page 49: ...ter running RAS Remote Administration System when an event occurs Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button The Notification screen displays You will be able to change the Mail a...

Page 50: ...en appears Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and...

Page 51: ...ter running RAS Highlight Modem and press the button to toggle between On and Off When Modem is turned On you can enter a telephone number Highlight the box beside Remote Server Phone Number and enter...

Page 52: ...isplay on the monitors by selecting Normal Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop down list in the Use column NOTE When selecting the Covert 1 the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the cover...

Page 53: ...pears 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...

Page 54: ...appears Figure 58 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 w...

Page 55: ...hting 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 fo...

Page 56: ...en 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 intern...

Page 57: ...archiving recorded data y Date Time The current date and time information displays y User Name The name of the current user logged in displays y Camera No The camera number displays at the top left c...

Page 58: ...to sequence through the different screen layouts pages so that all the cameras will be displayed You can also set up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling thr...

Page 59: ...and press the button You can save your Display settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Remote Control Screen Highlight Remot...

Page 60: ...de Remote Control Product and select the device from the list You can save your Remote Control settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving th...

Page 61: ...an set the dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes Refer to Event Actions screen in this chapter for information regarding event recording Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion and use the Left and...

Page 62: ...68 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 Schedu...

Page 63: ...the top left corner of the screen when any event occurs When the DVR is in the Pre Event recoding mode the yellow icon displays when there is no event and the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in t...

Page 64: ...ou do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule a message will display alerting you to this fact Figure 70 Pre Event setup screen When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it...

Page 65: ...ng the default checkmarks in the Last Archived and Continue boxes If you wish to enter specific times and dates in From and To toggle the checkmarks Off and then enter the time and date Highlight Recy...

Page 66: ...On any data recorded below 15 ips require more storage space and will reduce storage capacity because there are more key frames during the same period NOTE The archiving speed might be slower than the...

Page 67: ...button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter a title name Each input can be set as NO normally open or NC normally closed You can set up the DVR to start panic recording whenever it senses...

Page 68: ...set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the desired box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs and Beep appear Sel...

Page 69: ...be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System Figure 76 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 p...

Page 70: ...e box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently There are five settings with 1 being the least...

Page 71: ...The Motion Detection Zone screen displays Figure 80 Motion Detection Zone screen The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set up motion detection zones b...

Page 72: ...cted 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 second...

Page 73: ...you select should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button A list of Alarm Outputs appear...

Page 74: ...ion for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input Highlight the desired box under the Spot Monitor heading and press the butt...

Page 75: ...The 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 f...

Page 76: ...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 assoc...

Page 77: ...deo 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 T...

Page 78: ...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...

Page 79: ...se 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 betw...

Page 80: ...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...

Page 81: ...the 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 Reco...

Page 82: ...r Never Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays Figure 94 Storage screen Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify and press the button Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at...

Page 83: ...t Daily 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 di...

Page 84: ...nd 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 Di...

Page 85: ...setup 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 Pani...

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Page 87: ...er 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...

Page 88: ...reeze 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 dis...

Page 89: ...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...

Page 90: ...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...

Page 91: ...you want it located on the screen Use the arrow buttons 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 Foc...

Page 92: ...to the previous screen unless another event has occurred If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed press the DISPLAY button or one of the camera buttons Cove...

Page 93: ...t panel or remote control or select Sequence On from the menu to start displaying cameras sequentially Press the SEQUENCE button or select Sequence On again to stop sequencing on the Spot Monitor Any...

Page 94: ...e same as pressing the FREEZE PTZ and SPOT buttons as described above in the Live Monitoring section of this chapter Selecting Zoom zooms in on the live image While in the zoom mode there are two ways...

Page 95: ...B the screen displays Camera B instead of Camera A When in the 4x4 format Camera A and Camera B will switch positions Recording Video Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chap...

Page 96: ...nd federal laws and regulations when recording audio Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system the user can view recorded image Once video has been recorded you ca...

Page 97: ...s the DVR to the Search mode Camera Buttons 1 to 16 Pressing a camera button will display that camera full screen DISPLAY Button Pressing the DISPLAY button will cycle the display through the differen...

Page 98: ...exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer on the screen Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the right side of the toolbar and drag it...

Page 99: ...ings 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...

Page 100: ...hlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons Once you have highlighted a day press the button to select it A time bar displays at the bottom of the calendar Hours in which video was...

Page 101: ...ivated The Event Log Search screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video The Event Log Search screen can also be accessed by pressing th...

Page 102: ...tween On and Off You will only be able to turn the Check Time Overlap on or off if a user defined date and time is set to From and To If the DVR s date and time have been reset it is possible for the...

Page 103: ...y Check Alarm In y Disk Almost Full y Disk Bad y Disk Temperature y Disk S M A R T Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in th...

Page 104: ...Highlight the box beside From 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 first recorded image...

Page 105: ...esults in the Text In Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Motion Search Figure 115 Motion Search screen The Motion Search can be selected from the Search menu wh...

Page 106: ...h 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 mot...

Page 107: ...ton 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 t...

Page 108: ...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 D...

Page 109: ...d 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 ho...

Page 110: ...ect a PostScript printer to one of the USB ports A message appears asking you if you want to print the current image Figure 118 Print screen NOTE If your printer only supports an LPT connection parall...

Page 111: ...rties 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 Tool...

Page 112: ...un 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 d...

Page 113: ...ecordable 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...

Page 114: ...ng 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 c...

Page 115: ...cons 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 640x...

Page 116: ...R and the WebGuard port 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 t...

Page 117: ...g Mode WebWatch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real time from the remote DVR Figure 121 WebWatch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard progr...

Page 118: ...ust 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 the remote site The...

Page 119: ...cally be disconnected if there is no activity for a specified amount of time Figure 122 WebSearch screen Click the to log out the WebGuard program Click the to access to the web monitoring mode Positi...

Page 120: ...es 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 sam...

Page 121: ...eo 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...

Page 122: ...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...

Page 123: ...ector Pin Outs I O Connector Pin Outs AI 1 to 16 Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 GND Chassis Ground 9 connectors AO 1 to 16 Alarm Outputs 1 to 16 ARI Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Uni...

Page 124: ...User s Manual 112 Appendix G Map of Screens...

Page 125: ...t 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 Fa...

Page 126: ...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...

Page 127: ...eady 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...

Page 128: ...r 5mA 12V 30mA 5V Alarm Reset Input 1 TTL Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 RS232C for external modem Audio Input RCA Input 4 Line In Audio Output RCA Output...

Page 129: ...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 Unit Weight 22 5 lbs 10 2kg Shipping Weight 27 6 lbs 12 5kg Shippi...

Page 130: ...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 shou...