Sentry LE Series, Manual

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Page 3: ...Series DVR 10 Advance Setting 11 a System Information 11 b Camera Settings 11 c Audio Setting 12 d Set Date Time 13 e Set NTP Server 13 f System Configuration 13 g Serial Ports 15 h Set User s Authority 16 i DVR Setup 16 j Record Schedule 16 k Motion Detection 17 l Set Pre Alarm 17 m Playback and search 18 n Send Mail 19 o FTP Upload 20 p View Video without Plugins 20 Chapter 5 Configuring DVR usi...

Page 4: ... 29 p Running Mode 29 q Algorithm Setting 30 r NTP Setup 30 Configure recording in IR Mode 31 Motion Detection 32 Playback with IR Controller 33 System Shutdown 35 Chapter 6 Configuring LE LE HC Series DVR using GUI mode 36 Playback Viewing recorded events 40 System Setup Configuration 45 a System Setup 45 b Record Setup 56 c Motion Detection 59 Chapter 7 Using PTZ Cameras in IR Mode 61 Appendix A...

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Page 6: ...ot be corrupted Adding additional cameras to the system is as simple as turning off the DVR plugging in another four camera connector card and turning it back on Configuration is done in GUI mode with a mouse by the included remote controller in full screen mode or through a remote PC This remote PC control allows users to switch cameras control any PTZ cameras installed and change all the feature...

Page 7: ...ines LE MPEG4 H 263 JPEG M JPEG LE HC MPEG4 Networking is supported and allows remote access Dynamic IP support for Internet access Direct Dial up available with optional external modem Backup CD or DVD writer Alarm function Motion detection Event trigger Schedule Pre alarm recording E Mail FTP and Voice Call alarm notification Optional GPI O for alarm control Customization Supports HTML file uplo...

Page 8: ...guration from an alternate PC First time starting the LE LE HC Series DVR Before turning the DVR on connect the appropriate video inputs monitor and network adapter to the back of the DVR The system will automatically detect the video mode NTSC or PAL of the cameras connected default is NTSC if no cameras are connected Symptoms of incorrect video configuration are B W video when color is expected ...

Page 9: ... to another networking device finding another machine on the network and attempting to ping that IP address will tell if there is a unit already connecting on that specific IP if it says no IP found it s a good indication that there is no unit connected at that IP Use the ping method in figure 3 1 but instead of times 1ms or similar up to 200ms look for Request Timed Out This indicates that there ...

Page 10: ...up a DOS prompt Type in ipconfig all and press enter If all goes well Figure 3 2 The information needed is the subnet mask default gateway and DNS Servers Note the IP addresses The number after the last dot e g in 192 168 0 20 the number 20 is the one to change for the DVR Picking a number above 200 max is 254 should be OK unless the unit is being installed in a large networking environment In tha...

Page 11: ...ding on what was configured The default Administrator name is admin and the password is sentry This will allow remote access to the LE LE HC Series DVR To view live video from a LE LE HC Series DVR remotely a Live Video Active X Component is required If the Active X Component has never been installed or a previous version is on the remote machine a window will pop up which requests downloading LVS...

Page 12: ...s can take 3 to 4 minutes Each of the items in the list in Figure 4 4 are covered in the following subsections of Section 4 3 a System Information This page gives information about the LE LE HC Series DVR Most of this information isn t required on a day to day basis but may be required by a network administrator or Technician should the occasion arise b Camera Settings 1 Video Source Select camera...

Page 13: ...te bps Select the correct PTZ camera baud rate 3 PTZ ID Enter the PTZ ID set directly on the camera 4 Timeout sec Select desired timeout default is 120 seconds Other Settings 1 Max connections for this camera Limit the maximum number of concurrent remote connections to this camera 2 Max bandwidth for this camera Bytes sec Limit the maximum bandwidth in Bytes second allocated to this camera 3 Max b...

Page 14: ...rs should be sufficient if required at all Keep in mind that this is a service offered by educational and government institutions and abuse will result in our loosing these public time servers This feature is not generally required but a neat feature none the less f System Configuration This section is broken down into several parts as this page is longer than one screen capture will permit Each o...

Page 15: ...k Mode settings are set in TCP IP Settings These need to be configured to have the LE LE HC Series DVR communicate over a network or the Internet This area really should not need to be changed once set as the connection to the network is functional Account Setting Under account setting there are two levels of users Privileges for the user are configured in the Set User s Authority section covered ...

Page 16: ... the smallest recorded files and satisfactory video quality When setting video resolution remember that 640X480 resolution needs 4 times the physical bandwidth than that required to produce the same frame at 320X240 Once again look at the video and see if the speed loss of frames is worth the increase in resolution quality Set IP Registry Host IP Address Path is used where static IPs are unavailab...

Page 17: ...hen configure the desired privileges for that user Below the box is a URL marked Users Listing which gives a list of all the users on the DVR i DVR Setup DVR Setup Defines whether the LE LE HC Series DVR will record based on a first in first out recording process oldest video getting deleted to make room for new video circular recording or if it will stop when the drive is full Auto Stop j Record ...

Page 18: ...p together cannot be higher than the LE LE HC Series DVR is capable of recording k Set Motion Detection When motion detection recording is selected in Section 4 3 0 the specifics of motion detection are configured in this section Select the video source camera The camera image will show on the left hand side of the screen as in Figure 4 15 Use the left mouse button to click on squares to set detec...

Page 19: ...dow that says player not found and attempt to play the video file again Once the ActiveX component is successfully installed the video display screen should appear as in Figure 4 17 Use the Dimension pull down button to configure the size of the video on the display The Display button will select the number of cameras displayed on the screen at any one time and the Camera button will select which ...

Page 20: ...d on motion GPI will play video that was recorded by an alarm trigger Seek Allows specific times to be entered and the video will zoom to that time Speed Playback speed Use the slider bar above this image to move around within the time selected Please note that using the slider bar or the seek option will cause a delay of several seconds while the video switches n Send Mail The mail settings confi...

Page 21: ... can be used or a new account can be created Please get this information from the network administrator or Internet Service Provider It is very important to note that if the mail server is not an IP address then a DNS domain name server must be identified in system configuration o FTP Upload FTP Upload allows the DVR to send pictures to an FTP Site The functionality is identical to the mail settin...

Page 22: ...ork or to the Internet in cases where it needs to be connected the following steps must be taken On the remote control press the menu button The top option is System Setup Select this and press OK on the remote Control Use the Down Arrow below the OK button to move down to TCP IP Press OK Enter IP address Subnet Gateway IP and DNS from Section 5 3 g below Use the arrow keys to select each item and...

Page 23: ...ing menu For numeric characters use the number buttons near the bottom of the remote Pressing the Enter button will save the number into the system and move on to the next number c View the Previous Next Page In a Setting menu users can press the Prev Next Page buttons to skip to the previous or the next page in the setting menu d Exit the Menus After changing the setting values users can press OK...

Page 24: ...sword b Video These settings are per camera Use the Next Page button to advance to the next camera to be Setup Standard AUTO the LE LE HC Series will detect the type of video input to this channel automatically The DVR can also be set to NTSC PAL or SECAM NTSC is the standard used in North America Brightness The higher the value the brighter the video applied to current camera Contrast The higher ...

Page 25: ...remote connection of this camera Dimension Set frame size to 320x240 or 640x480 pixel resolution Watermark Turn Watermarking on off only with MJPEG compression Local Display Turn local display on off for this camera Display off allows the camera to be recorded without live display PTZ Control Use the right arrow button to bring up Figure 5 6 PTZ Device Use the left right buttons on the controller ...

Page 26: ... the camera to a Preset from 1 to 9 Press Next button for Set Preset Use a Number key to set the camera s present position zoom and focus as a Preset from 1 to 9 move camera to desired position zoom first Note Controlling a PTZ camera with the remote is very cumbersome Far better to use the DVR in GUI mode and control the PTZ with a mouse Click the OK button to save the configuration Pressing Canc...

Page 27: ...rica Output to Choose between Composite and S Video Delay Sec Sets the dwell time for camera switching activated using the switching button on the controller Camera From Sets the cameras to be switched Camera To Screen Split Allows selection of the number of camera window displayed Time Stamp Allows choice of whether a time stamp will be displayed recorded on each camera s video and where this wil...

Page 28: ...can be thought of as the volume going out to the speakers Mic Timeout and Speaker Timeout work the same as the PTZ control Each user has access to the component for the number of seconds defined by the timeout After the 1st user reaches the timeout any requests by other users will transfer the request to the 2nd user j Serial Ports There are two setup screens for COM1 and COM2 These screens are id...

Page 29: ...ed A Test item is included Video Popup If it is desired that Video Popup full screen display of the alarmed camera on Alarm detection set the length of the Popup in seconds Set Action Set what action is to take place for various alarm types by camera Alarm types are Motion Detection Video Lost Disk Space low Disk Error Action types are Message On Off When turned On Start and Stop times for this ac...

Page 30: ...he DVR tells the server that the IP has changed Remote users wishing to access their DVR access through the Registry Server to get the new IP which is always current This is a great idea in concept but sometimes it is difficult to implement as when the service provider changes the IP sometimes it takes the LE LE HC Series DVR or any PC a while to update the IP address it could be hours and for tha...

Page 31: ...PEG is a good standard but is bettered by M JPEG or MPEG4 where there is more motion in the video In instances where there is very low movement H 263 or JPEG may provide better compression MPEG4 or M JPEG are best if the resolution of the images is 640X480 Each camera can be independently set to either 320x240 or 640x480 pixel resolution dimension in the Video sub menu of System Setup Please Note ...

Page 32: ...e week and the start time that this particular schedule will begin recording Press the Next Page button to go to Figure 5 23 Select the Stop time for this schedule the cameras to record in this schedule and whether Motion Detection recording or Normal Continuous recording will be used for each camera or Off for no recording In addition if Audio is enabled in System Setup Audio On Off can be select...

Page 33: ...disable part of this area press the right arrow key on Set Detect Area A small blinking square will appear in the top left hand corner of the camera field of view Move this square with the arrow keys to where you want to start disabling motion detect Press OK The square turns blue showing motion detection is disabled for that portion of the image Move the square with the arrow keys and press OK ag...

Page 34: ...arm device GPI or Motion Camera Motion using the right and left arrow keys Choose a From date and a To date and time using the Up Down keys to position the cursor and the left right keys to change the parameter Press OK to search and play the associated video if searching for GPI based recordings If searching for Motion based recordings press OK to bring up the Set Search Area Screen This powerful...

Page 35: ...e can be used to backup video from the DVR From the Playback Menu Figure 5 28 select Backup and use the arrow keys to select either CD R RW or DVD RW Figure 5 32 will be displayed Set the Start date time Stop date time and select which camera recordings are to be backed up using the ON OFF switch beside each camera Press O K A message Loading Disk followed by Copying Files will display When files ...

Page 36: ...ows the current DVR configuration to be backed up to a selected USB attached or network device Restore Configuration allows a saved configuration to be installed into the DVR from a USB or network drive Revise Firmware allows a new version of the DVR firmware to be installed into the DVR from a CD or over a network System Shutdown Use the Up Down arrow keys access System Shutdown from the main men...

Page 37: ... 6 1 are explained below DVR basic information includes date time total hard disk size and LAN status Camera status Three columns of square indicators R Regular M Motion G Alarm input beside each camera indicate the recording status by color R M G Color Status of each DI and DO device Gray DI or DO not detected Red DI or DO was detected Full screen monitoring Live surveillance Color Recording Mode...

Page 38: ...n to automatically cycle through all the connected cameras C The arrow buttons are used to cycle through all connected cameras Single Video Monitoring Enter Single Video Monitoring single camera live display by double clicking any camera image in multi camera display mode or by selecting the single camera icon on the Surveillance Screen Panel The different areas of the screen as shown in Figure 6 ...

Page 39: ...lected PTZ camera PTZ OSD menu patrol auto pan Use an OSD menu to control the PTZ The button is ok button is cancel Pan and tilt buttons Move the selected PTZ camera horizontally vertically and at 45 degrees to either To set a camera configuration Preset 1 Select a camera using the numbered buttons 1 16 on the Surveillance Panel at bottom right 2 Adjust the Zoom Focus Speed Pan and Tilt buttons un...

Page 40: ...We recommend that you do not set this to 100 to avoid slowing the rate of video transmission and using up a significant amount of hard disk space GPI O button When an alarm has been triggered the GPI alarm inputs and GPO alarm outputs that are connected will show the status of the input or output device GPI devices will show NC normally closed or NO normally open as the status of the switch while ...

Page 41: ...ile can not be deleted or over written Date Time Indicates the date and time this file was created M Motion Detection An M in this column indicates this file was created by Motion Detection A Alarm for GPI Trigger An A indicates this file was created by Alarm Trigger Size MB File size in MB Any time segments not displayed in the menu do not have recordings during that time Lock file button Click t...

Page 42: ...t cameras 4 Click anywhere on recorded data status bar to start playback from that point The status panel displays the playback status of the current recording Blue bars indicate continuous normal recorded video Yellow bars indicate recordings under motion detection Green bars indicate recordings on alarm input GPI The moving yellow line indicates the current playback position Click anywhere on th...

Page 43: ...brightness contrast or sharpness of the paused frame of video and digitally zoom areas of the image Click the Zoom in button then click the area of the image to zoom Repeat for greater zoom Click the Restore button to restore all the original parameters of the image The buttons in the Function Panel provide the following functions Search Recorded Files Search by Event Searches the list of recorded...

Page 44: ...e layers The first layer is hourly based Each picture in the windows is the first picture of a particular hour When a specific hour is selected for Zoom In the system enters the second layer The second layer displays 16 pictures based on evenly divided time slots in the selected hour If any one of these pictures is selected for Zoom in it goes into the third layer This layer displays 16 pictures f...

Page 45: ...a USB hard drive can be used for backup Note The DVR will take time to organize data for backup When the required data has been collected backup will begin Return to the live video GUI Bookmark 1 While playing a recorded file the user can click the bookmark button to mark a specific time point 2 A note can be written and saved by clicking the Add button 3 Select one of the lists of recorded files ...

Page 46: ...e are three parts to the Setup menu System Setup Record Setup and Alarm Setup This section explains each of the menu pages in turn Figure 6 5 a System Setup Password Protect The Password Protect screen helps you to enable password protection set administrator and user passwords set the auto lock period and lock the system immediately Enabling password protection prevents unwanted users from access...

Page 47: ...the on screen keyboard icon Double click the field to display the on screen keyboard below Use the mouse to enter characters for the required field Video The Video menu enables the setting of video parameters such as the video standard for each of the connected cameras Audio and Multicast function enable or disable Select the camera from the Camera drop down box and fill in the details in each fie...

Page 48: ... range of cameras that are displayed in the cyclic display mode Use the keyboard or mouse to set each field Ensure each field is set correctly before clicking OK If parameters are set incorrectly it could result in the display becoming unreadable and very difficult to correct GPIO The GPIO General Purpose Input Output menu enables you to view the status of the input and output devices such as swit...

Page 49: ...e LE LE HC DVR Use the keyboard or mouse to complete each field and click OK to save changes Account Use the Account menu to set up an administrator name and password as well as the super user name and passwords You can also use this menu to set up to 256 additional users their passwords and their permissions on the system Select the user number and assign a Name and password to it Click the PTZ P...

Page 50: ...d to change the authorities of Internet users Use the keyboard or mouse recommended to complete all the fields and click OK to save changes Serial ports The RS232 serial ports COM1 and COM2 are used to attach PTZ camera control cables external modems or GPIO modules to the LE LE HC DVR Use the Serial Port menu to set parameters for the two serial ports Use the keyboard or mouse to set all paramete...

Page 51: ... page Click OK or Cancel to leave the screen Date Time Use the Date Time menu to set the correct time and date on the system You can also set the local time zone in the T Zone field Use the keyboard or mouse to set all fields and click OK to save changes ISP If you are using dial up access to the Internet use the ISP menu to enter details of your Internet Service Provider Use the keyboard or mouse...

Page 52: ...up the device to post its IP address to the DVR registry server You can then look up your IP from the MAC address or server name You can use the registry server to give a name to the LE LE HC DVR also Use the keyboard or mouse to complete all fields and click OK to save changes Running mode Use the Running Mode menu to switch between Network Mode and ISP Mode and between Mouse Mode and IR Remote C...

Page 53: ...to complete each field and click OK to save changes NTP Setup Use the NTP Setup menu to enter details of the Network Time Protocol NTP server used to synchronize the time of the device with the network Use the keyboard or mouse to complete all fields After making the changes click on the Test Save button to verify that the server is operational Click OK to save changes Firewall only on LE HC The f...

Page 54: ...he contrary if the default is ACCEPT and HTTP is NOT checked that means the HTTP port of this IP address is open FTP Same as HTTP Rule table Rules in the table are checked by top down sequence When any one of the rules is satisfied checking will NOT go further down For Example Default Rule ACCEPT 1 10 11 100 151 24 HF means IP s coming from 10 11 100 are all rejected 2 10 11 100 154 32 means ports...

Page 55: ...et all configurable parameters to their factory default settings Click Restore Defaults Yes to restore defaults Click Cancel or No to retain the current settings Revise firmware Use the Revise Firmware menu to upgrade the LE LE HC DVR firmware Click Revise Firmware Yes to start the firmware upgrade process Click Cancel or No to abort the attempt ...

Page 56: ...anual V1 4 October 2006 55 Reboot system Use the Reboot System menu to reboot or shutdown the system Use the keyboard or mouse to select either Shutdown or Reboot Click Yes to perform the operation Click Cancel or No to abandon ...

Page 57: ...for each camera and audio You can set up to 16 record schedules that automatically record at given times and days Auto Speed can be set to Yes for automatic recording frame rates or each camera can be individually set Just remember to set the auto speed setting to No if manually setting each camera s recording speed Use the keyboard or mouse to complete all fields and click OK to save changes c Al...

Page 58: ...he serial port setup menu Make sure that a voice modem is enabled in the device field in the Serial Ports menu item in order to place voice calls Voice call features A voice call message can be recorded using an internal or external microphone and can be played back using an internal or external speaker Up to 60 voice messages can be recorded and stored on the LE LE HC DVR and used for different a...

Page 59: ...nd the start and stop times Click OK to save changes Video lost Use the Video Lost menu under the Alarm tab to set what actions are taken when video signal from a camera is lost You can set up the alarm through a message a beep a video popup a voice call or E mail Use the keyboard or mouse to select the required camera for video lost from the Camera drop down box and complete all fields as describ...

Page 60: ...rror menu under the Alarm tab to set what actions are taken if there is an error while accessing the disk You can set up the alarm through a message a beep a video popup or E mail Use the keyboard or mouse to complete all fields as described in GPI alarm Click OK to save changes c Motion Detection Use the Motion Detection page to set motion detection parameters for each camera ...

Page 61: ...ual V1 4 October 2006 60 Each small square on the displayed grid can be set to detect motion Use the left mouse button to make a square sensitive to motion Use the right mouse button to make it insensitive Click OK to save changes ...

Page 62: ...ions Second page Zoom in Zoom out control Use Up and Down keys to zoom in or zoom out Press Prev or Next button to change pages Third page Focus control Use Up and Down buttons to adjust focus Press Prev or Next button to change pages Fourth page Movement speed control Press Left and Right button to adjust the camera Pan and Tilt speeds Press Prev or Next button to change pages Fifth page Preset P...

Page 63: ...ion Boost None Mirror Horizontally Unchecked Mirror Vertically Unchecked Auto Gain Control Unchecked Automatic Unchecked Mirror Horizontally Unchecked Mirror Vertically Unchecked MAX connections for this camera 0 MAX bandwidth for this camera Bytes sec 0 MAX bandwidth of each connection for this camera Bytes sec 0 Audio Source 1 Microphone Gain 50 Speaker Volume 50 Microphone Control Timeout 0 Spe...

Page 64: ...1 4 October 2006 63 Register HTTP Port Nil Registry Host Path Cgi Visibility in Registry Server Listed on Registry Server Alarm Status GPI 1 2 3 4 NO Time Stamp Low center Time Stamp Format MM DD YY Send Mail Disable FTP Upload Disable ...

Page 65: ... VP 202 VP 203 Canon VC C3 PIH 717x Acqutek DOM 1 Pelco D VP 202 Canon VC C4 Kalatel KTD 3 Test VP202 PT Test Canon VC Pelco D PTZ DynaColor 772 NICECAM MD 10 PIH 7600 Custom PTZ Pelco P Custom means configuration of individual settings is possible however not supported and in most cases do not give full functionality ...