Qvis LX ZEUS LITE, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ions 11 3 Basic operation 12 3 1 Turn on 12 3 2 Turn off 12 3 3 System Login 12 3 4 Preview 13 3 5 Desktop shortcut menu 13 3 5 1 Main menu 14 3 5 2 Playback 14 3 5 3 Record Mode 17 3 5 4 PTZ control 18 3 5 5 Color setting 22 3 5 6 Output adjust 22 3 5 7 Logout 23 3 5 8 Window switch 23 4 Main menu 24 4 1 Main menu navigation 24 4 2 Record 25 4 2 1 Record Conig 25 4 2 3 Playback 26 4 2 4 Backup 26...

Page 4: ...ain 42 4 5 6 Restore 43 4 5 7 Upgrade 43 4 5 8 Device Info 43 4 6 Info 44 4 6 1 HDD info 44 4 6 2 BPS 44 4 6 3 Log 45 4 6 4 Version 45 4 7 Shut down system 45 5 FAQ and maintenance 46 5 1 FAQ 46 5 2 Maintenance 51 Appendix 1 Remote controller operation 52 Appendix 2 Mouse operation 52 Appendix 3 Technique parameters 53 WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 5: ... DVR Please brush printed circuit boards connectors fans machine box and so on regularly Before cleaning however please switch off the power supply and unplug it from the mains Do not attempt to disassemble or repair the DVR by yourself Do not attempt to replace any components by yourself Environment Please position and use the DVR in a dry environment between 0o and 40o Do not position or use in ...

Page 6: ...storehouses and many other uses 1 2 Main functions Real time surveillance Analog and VGA interface VGA interface is equipped selectively Surveillance function through a monitor or a display Storage Non working hard disk dormancy processing which is convenient to radiate heat reduce power and extend the life span of the DVR A special storage format which insures the data safety Compression Real tim...

Page 7: ... input and output interface which protects the main machine from damage Communication interface RS485 interface which operates the alarm input and PTZ control Standard ethernet network interface which controls the telecommuting function Intelligent operating Mouse action function Fast copy and paste operating for the same setting WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 8: ...ront panel power wire and the connection between the fan power and the main board Front and rear panel l The key functions on the front panel and the interface speciication for the real panel are in the speciication l Please check the product type described on the front panel whether is the product type you ordered The label on the real panel is very important for after sales service Please protec...

Page 9: ...ight connections 7 Put the top back on 8 Screw on the cover 9 Installation inished 2 3 Front panel may vary on some models 1 Alarm indication light 2 Record indication light 3 Power indication light 4 ESC 5 Menu 6 Direction and OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 10: ...ion line should be a high quality coaxial pair which is suitable for the transmission distance If the transmission distance is too great you should use shielded twisted pair video compensation equipment or transmit by iber optics to insure the signal quality The video signal line should be away from all electro magnetic Interference and other signal line equipment High voltage current should be es...

Page 11: ...arameter of a DVR audio signal is greater than 200mv 1KΩ BNC which can connect a low impedance earphone and active sound box or other audio output equipments through a power ampliier If the sound box and the tone arm can not be isolated a howling phenomena is often experienced Here are some methods to deal with this phenomena 1 Adopt a better directional tone arm 2 Adjust the sound box volume to b...

Page 12: ...normally it can automatically backup video and resume the previous working status after a power failure 2 Replace the hard disk Before replacing the hard disk the power supply switch in the rear panel must be turned off 3 Replace the battery Before replacing the battery the setting information must be saved and the power supply switch in the rear panel must be turned off The DVR uses a button batt...

Page 13: ...n 3 4 Preview You can right click mouse to choose the switch between the windows The system date time and channel name are shown in each viewing window The surveillance video and the alarm status are shown in each window 1 Recording status 3 Video loss 2 Motion detect 4 Camera lock Table 3 1 Preview icon 3 5 Desktop shortcut menu In preview mode you can right click your mouse to get a desktop shor...

Page 14: ...u is shown as below Picture3 3 Main Menu 3 5 2 Playback There are two methods for you to play the video iles in the hard disk 1 In the desktop shortcut menu 2 Main menu Record Playback Note The hard disk that saves the video iles must be set as read write or read only state 4 5 1 WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 15: ... button and operate as followed Note The storage must be installed before the ile backup If the backup is terminated the iles already backedup can playback individually Picture 3 5 detect the storage Detect Detect the storage connected with the DVR such as hard disk or universal disk Erasure Choose the ile to delete and click erasure to delete the ile Stop Stop the backup Backup Click backup butto...

Page 16: ...lick the pause button to stop the backup Cancel During backup you can exit the page layout to carry out other functions File searching Search the ile according to the searching parameter Picture 3 7 ile searching File type Set the searching ile type Channel Set the searching channel Start Time Set the searching time scan Playback control Refer to the following sheet for more information WWW DUALSI...

Page 17: ...ngle window full screen playback mode you can drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click your mouse to view this in local zoom You can right click your mouse to exit 3 5 3 Record Mode Please check the current channel status means it is not in recording mode l means it is in recording mode You can use the desktop shortcut menu or click main menu recording function recordi...

Page 18: ...efault range 1 8 Zoom Click button to adjust the zoom multiple of the camera Focus Click button to adjust the focus of the camera Iris Click button to adjust the iris of the camera Direction control Control the PTZ rotation 8 directions control is supportive 4 directions in Front panel is supported High speed PTZ Full screen shows channel image Left mouse click to control the PTZ rotation and orie...

Page 19: ...tch button enter PTZ control interface as shown in Picture 3 12 In the input No type the preset point then click the preset button the PTZ will turn to the corresponding preset point Picture 3 12 PTZ Control 2 Cruise between Points A PTZ camera can be set to cruise between a series of preset points This is called a cruise To set the PTZ up to do this is as follows 1 Cruise Between Points Settings ...

Page 20: ...the patrol number of the cruise in the value blank then click the Cruise between Points button The PTZ will cruise from point to point on the cruise line Click the Stop button to stop the cruise 3 Scan The PTZ can also work on the preset scan line repeatedly 1 Scan setup Step1 In Picture 3 10 click the Setup button which takes you to Picture 3 14 Step2 Click the Pattern button and input a patrol v...

Page 21: ...e setup the position of left and right boundary are now set right button click to exit Picture 3 15 Boundary Scan Setup 2 Boundary Scan Calls In Picture 3 10 click the Page Shift button to enter the PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3 12 Please input the number of the scan in the value blank then click the AutoScan button the PTZ will begin to work on the scan line Click the stop button to stop...

Page 22: ...ol by the menu control buttons 3 5 5 Color setting Set the selective image parameters the current channel for the single window display and cursor placed for the multi window display You can use the desktop shortcut menu to enter the interface The image parameters include tonality brightness contrast saturation You can set different parameters at different time sections Picture 3 18 Color Setting ...

Page 23: ...p shortcut menu or enter main menu Picture 3 20 Logout Reboot the system logout Quit the menu Offer password next entrance reboot Quit the system Reboot the system 3 5 8 Window switch Preview in a single window four windows eight windows nine windows sixteen windows according to your choice WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 24: ...ant coding parameter code mode resolving ability frame rate code stream control image quality type code stream value frame between value video audio enable Network coniguration Set basic network parameters DHCP and DNS param eters network high speed download NetService PPPOE NTP Email IP purview DDNS parameter GUI display Set channel name preview hint icon state transparency cover area time title ...

Page 25: ... the channel Choose the all option to set every channel to the same Redundancy Choose the redundancy function option to implement the ile double backup function Double backup is writing the video iles to two hard disks When you do the double backup make sure that there are two hard disks installed One is read write disk and the other is redundant disk refer to 4 5 1 Length Set the time length of e...

Page 26: ... opening recording the detection recording state is set to on The video ile type is A Note Refer to chapter 4 3 to set corresponding alarm function 4 2 2 Playback Refer to chapter 3 5 2 4 2 3 Backup You can backup the video iles to external storage through setup Note The storage must be installed before the ile backup If the backup is terminated the iles already backed up can be played back indivi...

Page 27: ...Detect When the system detects a motion signal that reaches the set level of sensitivity the motion detect alarm is switched on and the linkage function is turned on Picture 4 4 Motion Detect Channel Choose the set motion detect channel Enable means that the motion detect function is on Sensitivity Choose in the six options according to the sensitivity Region Click setup and enter the set area The...

Page 28: ...oose the recording channel multiple options are supported Trigger the video signal when the alarm is turned on Note Set in the recording setup and perform the linked recording Start detecting video iles in the corresponding time section Tour means that the selected channel is a single window alternate patrol preview The interval is set in the MainMenu System Tour Snapshot Choose record channels wh...

Page 29: ...ervice and send email 4 3 2 Video Blind When the video image is inluenced by the environment such as excessive brightness or reaching the set sensitivy parameter the camera mask function and the linkage function are turned on Picture 4 9 Video Blind Set method refer to chapter 4 3 1 Motion detect Note Advanced button is the same as rightclick 4 3 3 Video Loss When the equipment can not obtain the ...

Page 30: ... device When some abnormal events happen the device will make a relative answer such as show message and buzzer Picture 4 12 Abnormal Event Type Selecting the abnormity you want to inspect Enable Select it to make sure the abnormal function works Show message Automatically an alarm cue dialog box comes up on the main screen Buzzer Device will have two long nosie di di while the alarm is happening ...

Page 31: ...Russian Thai T Chinese S Chinese Turkish Brazilian Bulgarian Farsi French German Hebrew Hungarian Polish Romanian Spanish Swedish Vietnamese HDD full Choose stop record Stop recording when the hard disk is full Choose overwrite Cover the earliest recording iles and continue recording when the hard disk is full DVR No Only when the address button in the remote controller and the corresponding DVR n...

Page 32: ...e P 1 frame s 25 frame s N 1 frame s 30 frame s Bit Rate Type You can choose limited code stream or variable code stream When you choose the variable code stream there are six image quality options Bit Rate Set the code stream value to modify the image quality The larger code stream value the better image quality D1 1000 1500kbps CIF 384 1500kbps QCIF 64 512kbps Video Audio When the icons are all ...

Page 33: ...ddress must be set and reboot then it works TCP port Default 34567 HTTP port Default 80 HS Download Transfer Policy There are three strategies self adaption image quality precedence and luency precedence The code stream will adjust according to the setup Self adaption is the tradeoff between the image quality precedence and luency precedence Fluency precedence and self adaption are valid only when...

Page 34: ...P address to visit the DVR through user port NTP setup Picture 4 20 NTP The NTP server must be installed in the PC Host computer IP Input the IP address installed NTP server Port Default 123 You can set the port according to NTP server Time zone London GMT 0 Berlin GMT 1 Cairo GMT 2 Moscow GMT 3 New Delhi GMT 5 Bangkok GMT 7 Hongkong Beijing GMT 8 Tokyo GMT 9 Sydney GMT 10 Hawaii GMT 10 Alaska GMT...

Page 35: ...e user password Sender Set the senders email address Receiver Send the email to the appointed receiver s when the alarm is turned on You can set up to three receivers Title You can set this as you wish IP Filter setup When choosing from the white list only those IP addresses listed can connect to the DVR Up to 64 IP addresses are supported in this white list When choosing from the black list only ...

Page 36: ...larm happens or an alarm activates a record and takes a snapshot it will then upload the related records and snapshot pictures to the FTP server Picture 4 24 FTP setup Enable Click Enable to activate all settings Server IP The IP address for the FTP server Port Domain Port of FTP the default is 21 User Name User name of the FTP Password Password of user Max File Length Max length for upload iles a...

Page 37: ...e when IE viewing it need this port eg 60 12 9 26 66 TCP Router will automatically distribute TCP port for the device when monitoring via CMS it need this port MobilePort Router will automatically distribute Mobile Port for the device when mobile monitor it need this port 4 4 5 GUI Display Conigure the video output parameters including the front output mode and code output mode Front output In the...

Page 38: ...indow Alarm Status means the selected state This displays the system alarm status in the surveillance window Bitrate info means the selected state The ninth window displays the code stream information in the nine window preview status Transparency Choose the background image level of transparency The range is 128 255 Resolution set the display resolution Channel Choose the set code for the output ...

Page 39: ...n choose the single window four windows nine windows sixteen windows patrol display or single display Picture 4 31 tour setup Interval Set the patrol switch interval The set range is 5 120 seconds Note means turn off on the patrol 4 5 Advanced 4 5 1 HDD Manage Conigure and manage the hard disk The menu displays current hard disk information hard disk number input port type status and overall capab...

Page 40: ...user deinition The factory setup includes user admin You can set the team as you wish The user can appoint the purview in the group 3 User management includes group user The group and user name can not be the same Each user only belongs to one group Picture 4 33 Account Modify User Modify the existed user attribute Modify Group Modify the existed team attribute Modify Password Modify a user passwo...

Page 41: ...he account can be used by multiple users at the same time Once you choose the team the user authority is in the subclass of that team We recommend that the common user s authority is lower than the advanced user Picture 4 35 add user Add Group To add a new user team and set their authority There are 36 different authorities shut down the equipment real time surveillance playback recording setup vi...

Page 42: ... 37 Delete Group 4 5 3 Online User Look up the network user information in the local DVR You can choose the network user and cut the connection Then the user is locked until next boot strap Picture 4 38 Online User 4 5 4 Output adjustment Refer to chapter 3 5 7 4 5 5 Auto Maintain The user can set the auto reboot time and auto ile deleting time limit Picture 4 39 Auto maintain WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 43: ...according to the menu Picture 4 40 Restore 4 5 7 Upgrade Picture 4 41 Upgrade Upgrade choose USB interface Upgrade ile choose the ile which needs upgraded 4 5 8 Device Info Provide device interface info like audio in alarm in out to be conveniently used for user Picture 4 42 Device Info WWW DUALSIG COM ...

Page 44: ... means that there is no hard disk If the user needs to change the damaged hard disk then you must shut down the DVR and remove all the damaged hard disks before installing a new one behind serial number means the current working disk such as 1 If the corresponding disk is damaged the information will show as 4 6 2 BPS Displays the code stream Kb S and hard disk capability MB H in real time It disp...

Page 45: ...n Set the time section to look up and then click the look up button The log information will display as a list one page is 128 items Press Page up or Page down button to look up and press delete button to clear all the log information Picture 4 45 LOG 4 6 4 Version Display the basic information such as hardware information software edition issue data and so on Picture 4 46 Version 4 7 Shut down sy...

Page 46: ...hard disk is damaged or the hard disk lines are broken 3 The power of the switch power supply is low 4 Frontal video signal is not stable 5 Bad heat radiator or too much dust or bad running circumstance for the DVR 6 The hardware of the DVR is damaged 3 System can not detect hard disk Possible reasons are as followed 1 The hard disk power supply line is not connected 2 The cables of the hard disk ...

Page 47: ...ered 5 The recording is not on 7 The local video is not clear Possible reasons are as followed 1 The image quality is too bad 2 The reading program is wrong Reboot up the DVR 3 The data line of the hard disk is damaged 4 The hard disk is damaged 5 The hardware of the DVR is damaged 8 There is no audio signal in the surveillance window Possible reasons are as followed 1 It is not an active tone arm...

Page 48: ...et is not correct 3 The sensitivity is too low 4 Limited by some hardware edition 13 I can not login via web or CMS Possible reasons are as followed 1 The system is windows 98 or win me We recommend updating to win dows 2000sp4 or higher Version or installing the software for low edition 2 ActiveX is hold back 3 The version is not exceeded dx8 1 Update the display card driver 4 Network connection ...

Page 49: ...er supply is not large enough Please give each transformer individual power supply 4 The distance is too far 18 Alarm can not be recessional Possible reasons are as followed 1 The setting of the alarm is not correct 2 The alarm output is turned on manually 3 The input machine is damaged or the connections are not correct 4 There are some problems for speciic program edition Please update the progr...

Page 50: ...lation A may cause 1 Manual install IE plug in not as administrator identity installation lead to installation does not completely or invalid The right mouse button click need to install the control and then select installation as an administrator 2 Automatic download control of time is intercept system Can the computer on the following operation start run input msconig and then select tools chang...

Page 51: ...al line or RS 232 port or RS 485 port with the power on 4 Do not use a TV in the local video output port VOUT of the DVR It will easily damage the video output circuit 5 Do not turn off the power directly Please use the turn off function in the menu or press the turn off button in the panel 3 seconds or longer to protect the hard disk 6 Please keep the DVR away from any heat resource 7 Please keep...

Page 52: ... an example The mouse in USB connection is supported Operation Function Double left click Double click one item in the ile list to playback the video Double click the playback video to zoom in or out the screen Double click the channel to make it full screen display double click again to resume the multi window display Left click Choose the according function in the menu Right click Pop desktop sh...

Page 53: ...1 PAL 1f s 25f s NTSC 1f s 30f s CIF PAL 1f s 25f s NTSC 1f s 30f s Motion detect 192 16 12 detection areas multiple sensitivity Audio Audio compression G711A Bidrectional Talk Support Record And Playback Recording mode Manual Alarm Video Detection Continuous Playback 4 8 channels playback simultaneously pause stop rewind fast play slow play next ile previous ile repeat shufle backup selection Sea...

Page 54: ...r supply 12V 3A external power supply Power consumption 10W without hard disk Working temperature 0ºC 55ºC Working humidity 10 90 Air pressure 86kpa 106kpa Size 340 x 95 x 270mm Weight 2kg without hard disk Installation Desktop WWW DUALSIG COM ...