PACOM PDRH-440, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INT...

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: ... In Out 5 Power Cord Connector 5 Chapter 3 Configuration 7 Front Panel Controls 7 POWER LED 7 HDD LED 7 ALARM LED 7 Arrow Buttons 7 Enter Pause Button 8 Menu Button 8 PTZ Zoom Button 8 Panic Button 8 Playback Mode Clip Copy Button 8 Camera Buttons 1 to 4 8 USB Port 9 ID Button on Remote Control 9 Turning on the Power 9 Initial Unit Setup 9 Setup Screen 10 System Setup 11 Information 11 Date Time 1...

Page 6: ...ording Video 43 Recording Audio 44 Playing Recorded Video 44 Searching Video 44 Search Menu 45 Event Log Search 46 Record Table Search 48 Motion Search 49 Text In Search 50 Clip Copy 51 Appendix 53 USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation 53 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 53 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 53 Text In Search Examples 54 Search Example I 54 Search Example I...

Page 7: ...ure 22 Notification Mail setup screen 20 Figure 23 Notification Callback setup screen 20 Figure 24 Devices menu 21 Figure 25 Camera setup screen 21 Figure 26 Camera PTZ setup screen 21 Figure 27 Audio setup screen 22 Figure 28 Alarm Out Settings screen 22 Figure 29 Alarm Out Schedule screen 23 Figure 30 Display OSD screen 23 Figure 31 Main Monitor screen 24 Figure 32 VGA screen 24 Figure 33 Remote...

Page 8: ...e 53 System Event Actions screen 36 Figure 54 Event Status screen 37 Figure 55 Live Monitoring menu 39 Figure 56 PTZ Select Camera menu 41 Figure 57 PTZ Preset screen 42 Figure 58 Mouse Display menu 43 Figure 59 Search menu 45 Figure 60 Event Log Search screen 46 Figure 61 Record Table Search screen 48 Figure 62 Motion Search screen 49 Figure 63 Text In Search screen 50 Figure 64 Clip Copy screen ...

Page 9: ...ew 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 video almost instantaneously there is no nee...

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Page 11: ...ut RS232 Port Alarm Input Output RS485 Port Factory Reset Switch Network Port Audio In Out 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 a cable to the Loop BNC unless it i...

Page 12: ...ommon NC NO Relay Alarm Output The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights Connect the device to the C Common and NC Normally Closed or C and NO Normally Open connectors NC NO is a relay output which 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 Alar...

Page 13: ...R can record audio from up to four sources Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1 Audio In 2 Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks Connect Audio Out to your amplifier NOTE It is the user s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio NOTE The DVR does not have amplified audio output so you will need a speaker with an amplifier The DVR does not hav...

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Page 15: ...erently 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 is just to the right of the Menu button Make certain that nothing blocks the sensor or the remote control will not function properly NOTE You can...

Page 16: ...gle shows the area that will be enlarged You can move the rectangle around using the arrow buttons Pressing the Enter button enlarges the area in rectangle In the live monitoring mode pressing and holding the PTZ Zoom button for three seconds or longer enters the PTZ mode and pressing and holding the button again for three seconds or longer exits the PTZ mode When in the PTZ mode pressing the arro...

Page 17: ... such as time and date display language camera audio remote control record mode network and password Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes Throughout the screens you will see Highlighting the and pressing the Enter 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 b...

Page 18: ... Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen While setting up the DVR there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles When making these entries a Virtual Keyboard will appear Figure 5 Login screen Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and then the button There is no default password when logging in the admin user for the firs...

Page 19: ...art Do NOT remove the USB device until the DVR restarts otherwise the system upgrade will not be completed properly CAUTION The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format Figure 9 Information setup screen In the Information screen you can name the site location assign a System ID number select the language the screens are displayed in display software version number upgrade the software show the Sys...

Page 20: ...the DVR Highlight Setup Export and press the button Highlight the box beside File name and press the button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Selecting Export will save the current settings in dat file format on the USB device The System Log screen lists system activities up to 5 000 from the latest that have occurred along with the time and date The icon will be displayed in th...

Page 21: ... the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server Storage Highlight Storage in the System menu and press the button The Storage setup screen appears and displays information about the DVR s storage devices Figure 11 Holiday setup screen You can set up holidays by highlighting and pressing the button The current date appears Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down a...

Page 22: ...to format the device for recording When selecting Not Using from Use As and highlighting the Format button the device will not be used for recording You can also set aside space to store temporary files for CD burning by selecting Partition CD DVD Burn Highlight the box in the Information column for the desired storage device and press the button The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the t...

Page 23: ...ing an alarm by pressing any button on the front panel or remote control on a local system or alarm out control button on a PC running RAS Covert Camera View The user can view video from cameras set as Covert while in the Live Monitoring or Search mode on a local system or a PC running RAS System Check The user can view the remote system status or check the remote system status as a batch process ...

Page 24: ...pplied Highlighting the box beside Auto Login allows you to select a User to be automatically logged in when the DVR is powered up It can also be 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 25 min 30 min and 1 hr S...

Page 25: ...sing the SSL Secure Sockets Layer authentication When using the SSL function the DVR cannot be connected with a remote program or a network keyboard which does not support the SSL function CAUTION The remote connection will be disconnected temporarily after changing the SSL settings NOTE This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl...

Page 26: ...d for DHCP or an ADSL network the IP address of the DVR might change whenever the unit is turned on Highlight the DVRNS tab and the DVRNS setup screen displays 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 Aud...

Page 27: ... display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk Highlight the WebGuard tab and the WebGuard setup screen displays Notification The DVR can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running RAS Remote Administration System when an event occurs Figure 20 DVRNS setup screen Highlight Enable DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off...

Page 28: ...ox beside SMTP Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the SMTP Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN Highlight the box beside Port an...

Page 29: ...isplays the camera title and status icons on the covert video When selecting the Covert 2 the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video NOTE A user who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes Figure 26 Camera PTZ setup screen NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the ...

Page 30: ...PTZ camera manufacturer s instructions Figure 27 Audio setup screen The DVR can record up to four audio inputs Highlight the box beside the input and press the button A list of cameras appears and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the button This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out NOTE The DVR will NOT record au...

Page 31: ...camera screen Text In The text input strings display on the screen You can adjust the Display Dwell time sec for the text input strings displayed on the screen You can adjust the transparency of the setup screens by highlighting Transparency and using the Left and Right arrow buttons Figure 29 Alarm Out Schedule setup screen You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen Highlight the ...

Page 32: ...and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor Figure 31 Main Monitor setup screen You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the DVR will display the...

Page 33: ...he preset period When this feature is On the DVR records over the oldest time lapse video once all available storage has been used in the Recycle mode so more event video can be saved Selecting Never will disable the Limit Time Lapse Recording function Figure 33 Remote Control setup screen Highlight the box beside Port and select between None RS232 and RS485 If the RS232 port and RS485 port is in ...

Page 34: ...You can set the dwell from 5 minutes to 1 hour Select No Limit if you want to stop panic recording manually Highlighting the Panic Recording ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for Panic recording You can select from 0 10 to 30 0 images per second Highlighting the Panic Recording Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Panic ...

Page 35: ...chedule item NOTE When multiple events are detected at the same time from a specific channel the DVR will record event video with the high setting values if the ips Quality Resolution and Dwell values of events are different from each other However the ips will be reset to the supported maximum value when the ips Quality Resolution and Dwell are all set to the highest value Advanced Mode Only High...

Page 36: ...ou to define how to handle pre event recording You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre event recording The image speed can be set from 0 10 to 30 00 ips 25 00 ips PAL and image quality can be selectable from Very High High Standard and Basic 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...

Page 37: ...ras appears Select the cameras that you want the DVR to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the desired box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer tha...

Page 38: ...ttings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks NOTE You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of 4 individual block groups A block group is positioned within the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons a...

Page 39: ...d press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input Video Loss Highlight Video Loss in the Event menu and press the button The Video Loss setup screen appears Figure 43 Motion Detection Actions setup screen The DVR can be set to react to motion detection d...

Page 40: ... to On the DVR will ignore video blind events occurred during the preset period Highlighting Time Setup and press the button allows you to set up event ignoring time Figure 45 Video Loss Actions setup screen The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera Each camera can be associated with another camera trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a ...

Page 41: ...on the selected camera s input Text In Highlight Text In in the Event menu and press the button The Text In setup screen appears Figure 47 Video Blind Actions setup screen The DVR can be set to react to video blind differently for each camera Each camera can be associated with another camera trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of different devices and or ...

Page 42: ...ted using and a capital letter e g J for NL New Line M for CR Carriage Return Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for Line Delimiter character s Highlight the box beside Ignore String and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to ignore Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for text strings that the device sends during t...

Page 43: ...the preset positions for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input System Event Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button The System Event setup screen appears Figure 50 Text In Actions setup screen The DVR can be set to react to text input Text input can be associated with cameras trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s intern...

Page 44: ... sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 10 to 90 Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify and press the button Select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 80 to 99 Highlight the first box beside Disk S M A R T and press the button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to scroll ...

Page 45: ...k Almost Full percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used Fan Error will be highlighted when the cooling fan to the left of the power cord on the rear panel is not working for more than four seconds Highlighting the Storage tab will display the hard disk dr...

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Page 47: ...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 48: ...adjusted prior to making any image adjustments using the DVR s controls NOTE Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video NOTE The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode Alarm Reset Selecting Alarm Reset in the Live Monitoring menu resets the DVR s outputs i...

Page 49: ...d unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor If a camera is set up as Covert 2 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera appears to be Off unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will not be displayed on the...

Page 50: ...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 left side of the toolbar and drag it to where 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 Focus Near ...

Page 51: ...or Recycle 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 the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 120 ips When set to High the DVR has a maxi...

Page 52: ...back speed from and Pressing the button plays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and When in the pause mode pressing the button moves to the next image and pressing the button moves to the previous image Pause Button Pressing the button pauses playing video Playback Mode Button Pressing the Playback Mode button enters the playback mode and pressin...

Page 53: ...ting Go to the Date Time displays the Go to the Date Time screen Move the cursor over the date and time and press the Enter button You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year month day hours minutes and seconds Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video Once you have set the date and time you want press the button Then highl...

Page 54: ...arches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR and selecting Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR Exit Selecting Exit in the Search menu exits the search mode and enters the live monitoring mode Event Log Search You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition Zoom Selecting...

Page 55: ...which you want any report of text input Highlight the box beside Record Channels and press the button You can select the cameras that you want to search for any reports of event recorded data The DVR will display the events not the camera channels that occurred and that also are recorded on the camera channel that you selected If you do not select a camera channel in this field the DVR will search...

Page 56: ...t the bottom displays the Search menu Go to Displays the first or last recorded image or searches by date and time see the previous Searching Video Go To section of this chapter for more details Clip Copy Clips a video segment and saves it see the following Clip Copy section for more details Zoom Zooms the current playback image Enable De Interlace Turns the de interlace filters on Slow Play Plays...

Page 57: ...n 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 be able to select from 1 low sensitivity to 5 high sensitivity Highlight the box beside Min Blocks and press the button You will be able to set the number of sensor...

Page 58: ...settings Select the desired search option settings Highlight Save and press the button to save the current search option settings A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the search option name Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Text In Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the ...

Page 59: ...file a different name Highlight the box beside File Name and press the button A virtual keyboard appears Enter a file name for the video you are backing up and select Close The DVR will automatically add the camera number for example 01 and exe to the file name NOTE When naming a file you cannot use the following characters Highlight Include Text In Data and press the button This will toggle betwe...

Page 60: ...l computer to review the video clips Refer to the RAS manual for instructions on how to review video clips you have copied NOTE During Clip Copy you cannot shut the system down clear data on the storage device or format the storage device CAUTION Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the external drive while copying video clips If the external drive is shut down or the USB cable is dis...

Page 61: ...ard 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 dis...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...k 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 connect to and the WebGuard port number from your network administrator NOTE WebG...

Page 64: ...tatus bars option NOTE When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu Otherwise some functions of WebGuard might be limited NOTE There might be a problem with screen di...

Page 65: ...t menu screen Change Camera Title Changes the camera name Enable Audio Enables audio communication with the remote site When 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 ...

Page 66: ...found within the time parameters The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar If more than one video stream in the same time range you can select the video stream you want to search Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting the allows you to display an image from a specifi...

Page 67: ...p on the remote site to display Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution 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 DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete vide...

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Page 69: ... failed 3 Software version error 3 No media 4 Kernel version error 4 Invalid media 100 Upgrade device mounting failed 5 File already existed 101 Package is not found 6 Not enough space 102 Extracting package failed 7 Creating temporary file failed 103 LILO failed 8 Opening disk failed 104 Rebooting failed 9 Formatting disk failed 105 Invalid package 10 Database has been changed 300 Remote connecti...

Page 70: ...p Composite 4 BNC Auto Terminating Monitor Output Composite 1 BNC 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 USB Port 1 USB 2 0 IR Port 1 Remote Control STORAGE Primary Storage SATA hard disk drive Secondary Storage USB hard disk drive CD RW drive or flas...