Siemens SISTORE AX4 Lite 1000/100, Configuration & Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Siemens AG Digital Video Recorder SISTORE AX4 Lite 1000 100 V4 0 Configuration Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...nual NOTE This document cannot deal with every possible application Further useful product information as well as application examples and supplementary information to the manuals can be found on our intranet website https psp sbt siemens com Product Support Platform Trademarks SISTORE is a trademark of Siemens Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Al...

Page 3: ... Initial unit setup 18 7 5 Logging out 18 7 6 Setup screen 19 7 7 Recording settings 20 7 7 1 Record screen 20 7 7 2 Schedule screen 22 7 7 3 Pre Event screen 25 7 8 Network setup 26 7 8 1 Network screen 27 7 8 2 LAN setup screen 32 7 8 3 DDNS 35 7 9 Event settings 36 7 9 1 Alarm In screen 36 7 9 2 Motion Detection screen 39 7 9 3 Video Loss screen 43 7 9 4 Video Blind screen 45 7 9 5 Text In scre...

Page 4: ...2 3 Camera Menu 80 8 2 3 1 PTZ mode 80 8 2 3 2 Zoom mode 83 8 2 3 3 Audio 83 8 2 3 4 Colour Control 83 8 2 4 Alarm Reset 83 8 2 5 Panic 83 8 2 6 Setup 84 8 2 7 Search Mode 84 8 2 8 Login Logout 84 8 2 9 Event monitoring 84 8 2 10 Covert camera 84 8 3 Using a mouse 85 8 4 Recording video 86 8 5 Recording Audio 86 8 6 Playing recorded video 87 8 7 Searching video 88 8 7 1 Search Menu 89 8 7 1 1 Even...

Page 5: ...Example I 105 11 2 2 Search Example II 106 11 3 Web Client 107 11 3 1 Web View Mode 108 11 3 2 Web Play Mode 110 11 4 Recording tables 112 11 4 1 Recording times with 250 GB HDD days for PAL images 112 11 4 2 Recording times with 250 GB HDD days for NTSC images 113 11 5 Map of screens 114 11 6 System log notices 115 11 7 Error code notices 116 ...

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Page 7: ... is in good working order and performs service work 1 2 Work safety information z Read the general safety precautions before operating the device z Keep this document for reference z Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the device z Always pass this document on together with the device z Any national or local safety standards or laws that apply to the development design installation oper...

Page 8: ...entilation z Do not block or cover the ventilation openings of the device z Do not stack several devices on top of each other and do not place any objects on the device z Place this equipment only in an upright position This equipment has an open frame Switching Mode Power Supply SMPS which can cause a fire or electric shock if anything is inserted through the ventilation holes on the side of the ...

Page 9: ...e device z Disconnect the device from the mains supply before cleaning z Do not use liquid cleaners or sprays that contain alcohol spirit or ammonia 1 3 Meaning of the written warning notices The severity of a hazard is indicated by the following written warning notices Signal word Type of risk CAUTION There is a risk of minor injuries or damage to property 1 4 Meaning of the hazard symbols The na...

Page 10: ...he Germany European Directive 2004 108 EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Compliance with the European Directive 2004 108 EC has been proven by testing according to the following standards Emitted interference EN 61000 6 4 EN 55022 Class A Interference resistance EN 50130 4 European Directive 2006 95 EEC Low Voltage Directive Compliance with the European Directive 2006 95 EEC has been proven by test...

Page 11: ...IR remote control RAS software Auxiliary inputs outputs RS232 RS485 USB 2 0 Internal buzzer 80 dB at 10 cm Record Playback Compression H 264 technology video ADPCM audio Recording speed Standard resolution up to 100 ips PAL 120 ips NTSC High resolution up to 50 ips PAL 60 ips NTSC 4CIF resolution up to 25 ips PAL 30 ips NTSC Recording resolution CIF 2CIF 4CIF Recording mode Time Lapse Event Pre Ev...

Page 12: ...s W x H x D 340 x 46 5 x 310 mm Approvals CE FCC C Tick RoHS 4 Details for ordering Type Order No Designation Weight SISTORE AX4 Lite 1000 100 S54569 C51 A3 SISTORE AX4 Lite 1000 GB 100 ips 4 5 kg 5 Scope of delivery z Digital video recorder z Power cord z CD ROM including Configuration Operation Manual Multilingual RAS Software and User Manual z Multilingual Installation Manual z Infrared remote ...

Page 13: ...e 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 remotely by connecting via Ethernet There is a USB port that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to external hard disk CD RW and flash drives Your colour digital video recorder DVR provides recording capabilities for four camera inputs It...

Page 14: ... of Sales Alarm connections include input output and reset input Built in alarm buzzer Live or recorded video access via Ethernet Time synchronization using industry standard protocol Self diagnostics with automatic notification including hard disk drive S M A R T protocol Infrared remote control ...

Page 15: ...st to reset alarm output The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer Many of the buttons have multiple functions The buttons on the infrared remote 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 these to initially s...

Page 16: ...ode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video The button is also used to load a Preset View in the PTZ mode Pressing and holding the Play Clip button for three seconds or longer allows you to copy video clips Panic button Pressing the Panic button starts panic recoding of all camera channels and displays on the screen Pressing the button again will stop panic recording NOTE When t...

Page 17: ...ays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from and and the screen displays and respectively When in the pause mode pressing the button moves to the next image and pressing the button moves to the previous image ID button on remote control If a DVR System ID is set to 0 the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional operations Ref...

Page 18: ...sword 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 first time NOTE To assure the secure management of the system setting up a password is strongly recommended NOTE You can use a mouse not supplied to access the Login screen in addition to using the front panel buttons or the infrared remote ...

Page 19: ...ig 6 Virtual Keyboard Use the arrow keys to highlight the character 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 backspaces and deletes entered characters You can use up to 31 characters including spaces in your title Special characters can be created ...

Page 20: ... the Record menu and press the button Î The Record setup screen appears Fig 8 Record setup screen Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the Recycle mode the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used When Recycle is turned off the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used 1 Highlight the Resolu...

Page 21: ... 5 seconds to 15 minutes Refer to the System Event Actions screen in Section 7 9 6 for information regarding event recording 3 Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days Î The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user defined period under three conditions at mid...

Page 22: ... second for Panic recording You can select from 0 10 to 25 0 30 0 for NTSC images per second Highlighting the Panic Recording Quality box and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Panic recording You can select from Very High High Standard and Basic Î You can save your Record settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen wi...

Page 23: ... each event 1 Highlight the and press the button to add a schedule item 2 Highlight the box under the Day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place Î Choose from Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat M F Hol and All 3 Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place Î The sm...

Page 24: ...ecorded Simple Mode only 6 Highlight the box under the Settings heading and press the button to define the recording settings Î You can set the ips and quality of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode column If you do not set the ips and quality in the Settings column the DVR will follow the default settings See below for details Fig 12 Schedule setup screen Advanced Mode Time lapse T...

Page 25: ...g boxes under Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Time and Event recording You can select from Very High High Standard and Basic Highlighting boxes under Dwell and pressing the button allows you to set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event Advanced Mode only Î You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the b...

Page 26: ...cted 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 dwell set the fewer maximum ips can be set NOTE When the DVR is in the Time or Time Event mode it ignores the pre event settings and follows the time settings Î You can save your changes by highlighting Save...

Page 27: ...t the box beside Quality and press the button Î You can select the quality from Very High High Standard and Basic 6 Press the button to set the Quality 7 The DVR supports two way audio communication between a local system and a PC running RAS Highlighting the box beside Remote Audio Channel and pressing the button allows you to select a camera channel associated with the audio channel that sends a...

Page 28: ...remote program which does not support the SSL function NOTE 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 org 9 Highlight the Mail tab and the Mail screen displays Î The DVR can be set up to send an email when an event occurs Fig 17 Mail setu...

Page 29: ...n email via an SMTP server requiring SSL Secure Sockets Layer authentication 8 Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the button Î An Authentication screen appears 9 Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off 10 Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button Î A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password Fig 18 Authenticatio...

Page 30: ... Highlight the IP Address box that you want to change and press the button 3 Enter the IP address of the computer you want contacted during an event Î You can enter up to five IP addresses 4 Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer running RAS Î You can select from 1 to 10 retries 5 You can save your notification changes by ...

Page 31: ...ient for detailed descriptions of the Web Client service 2 Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Î Set the port number used when accessing Web Client by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers Î You can save your Network changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes ...

Page 32: ...ropriate IP Address Gateway and Subnet Mask from your network administrator 3 Change the numbers by highlighting them 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 4 Highlight the box beside DNS Server Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address o...

Page 33: ...omatically 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 Web Client NOTE When changing the port settings you must change the port settings on the PC running RAS or Web Client as well Refer to the RAS manual for details Î Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting the Save button r...

Page 34: ... enter the ID for ADSL connection 8 Highlight the box beside Password and press the button Î A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for ADSL connection NOTE Entering the ID and Password and highlighting OK reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by the ADSL network NOTE If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network the IP address of the DVR might change whe...

Page 35: ...ighlight the box beside Confirm and press the button Î A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password again to confirm it 5 Highlight Use NAT and press the button to toggle between On and Off Î Status displays a message to inform you whether or not the setting you entered is correct after the settings are saved by highlighting Save and pressing the button NOTE One DDNS server is cur...

Page 36: ...n screen Highlight Alarm In in the Event menu and press the button Î The Alarm In setup screen appears Fig 27 Alarm In Settings screen The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm You can set up each input on the Alarm In screen You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button Each input can be given a title ...

Page 37: ...tinue panic recording until an input on the selected alarm input is released as long as the Panic button is not pressed to stop the panic recording You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors 2 Highlight the desired box under the Record heading and press the button Î A list of cameras appears 3 Select the cameras that you want the DVR ...

Page 38: ...lighting that item and pressing the button 7 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 be registered in the RAS Remote Administration System 8 Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button Î A list of PTZ presets appear 9 Select the prese...

Page 39: ... Settings Your DVR has built in video motion detection Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera Highlighting the 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 sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive Fig 31 Motion Detection Se...

Page 40: ...een Any detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion e g a doorway Highlight the box under the Zone heading and press the button Î The Motion Detection Zone screen displays Fig 33 Motion Detection Zone screen The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set up motion detectio...

Page 41: ...e notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals Highlight the box beside Motion Ignoring Interval and press the button Î A list of intervals ranging from 1 to 5 seconds or Never appears Î The DVR will not log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range NOTE The record action for motion events will not be affecte...

Page 42: ...ll the associated cameras 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 2 Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button 3 Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s i...

Page 43: ... You can save your Motion Detection changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes 7 9 3 Video Loss screen 8 Highlight Video Loss in the Event menu and press the button Î The Video Loss setup screen appears Fig 37 Video Loss Settings screen Settings 9 Highlight the box under the Video Loss Interval to set the duration of a signal...

Page 44: ... in the Record Schedule setup screen 2 Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button 3 Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen ...

Page 45: ...hlight Video Blind in the Event menu and press the button Î The Video Blind setup screen appears Fig 39 Video Blind Settings screen Î The DVR checks to see if anything is blinding obscuring the camera Settings 1 Highlight the slider bar beside Sensitivity and adjust the DVR s sensitivity to video blind Î The sensitivity can be set from 1 least sensitive to 15 most sensitive 2 Highlight the box und...

Page 46: ...nd and Whit Blind Detection NOTE Video Blind might NOT be detected for a camera with very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values 4 Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button 5 Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera NOTE For the Alar...

Page 47: ... the button Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes 7 9 5 Text In screen Highlight Text In in the Event menu and press the button Î The Text In setup screen appears Fig 41 Text In Settings screen Settings The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs Automated Teller Machines and POS Point of Sale i e cash registers This screen allows you to configure t...

Page 48: ... description is for a Generic Text Device The screen changes for different types of text input devices and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information 8 Highlight the box beside Transaction Start and press the button 9 Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device first se...

Page 49: ...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 transactions so you will know which ones you do not want recorded 19 Highlight the Case Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation to determine if the text s...

Page 50: ...whenever the DVR detects text input NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab 4 Highlight the box under the Notify and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that i...

Page 51: ...u to select 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 1 Highlight the Setup box beside Check Recording and press the button Î The Check Recording screen appears 2 Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off Î When set to On you can select the day time range and interval that you want the DVR to run ...

Page 52: ...l that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on Alarm Inputs You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never 3 Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage screen displays Fig 46 Storage screen Storage 1 Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify and press the button Î Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels range from 10 to 90 ...

Page 53: ...he button 7 Highlight the Actions tab and the System Event Actions screen displays Fig 47 System Event Actions screen Actions The DVR can be set to react to system events System events can activate the Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer and or notify a number of different devices 1 Highlight the Alarm Out box beside the desired event Check Recording Check Alarm In Disk Almost Full...

Page 54: ...t saving the changes 7 9 7 Event status Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button to display the Event Status screen Fig 48 Event Status screen The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR s systems and inputs Events will be highlighted and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected Alarm In Motion Video Loss Video Blind and Text In will be...

Page 55: ... will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used 7 10 Display Fig 49 Display Menu 7 10 1 OSD screen Highlight OSD in the Display menu and press the button Î The OSD screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor Fig 50 OSD screen Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off When an...

Page 56: ...ach camera screen Camera Title The camera title displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Record The record related icons display on each camera screen PTZ The icon displays on each PTZ camera screen Text In The text input strings display on the screen You can adjust the display dwell time s for the text input strings displayed on the screen by highlighting Display Dwell and using the ...

Page 57: ...lect from 800x600 1024x768 and 1280x1024 3 Highlight Full Screen and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the screen of the VGA monitor displays in full screen mode 4 Highlight the box Test and press the button to test how the screen will be displayed with the resolution set Fig 53 Resolution change confirmation screen 5 Highlighting OK and pressing the but...

Page 58: ...he box beside Interval and pressing the button Î You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute 3 Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button 4 Pressing the button toggles between On and Off Î When it is On the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs 5 You can save your Display settings by highlighting Save and pressing the button 6 Selec...

Page 59: ...ppears Fig 56 Camera setup screen You can turn the camera number On or Off and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard You can also determine which cameras will display 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 covert video Whe...

Page 60: ...le to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 3 Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button Î A list of PTZ devices appears 4 Select your camera from the list and press the button Î 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 61: ...s Î You can save your Camera changes by highlighting OK and pressing the button Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes 7 11 2 Audio Setup The DVR can record up to four audio inputs 1 Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button Î A list of cameras appears 2 You can select which cameras associated with that audio input 3 Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the b...

Page 62: ...ings screen The alarm output can be given its title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the box under the Type heading allows you to set the alarm output for NO or NC normally open or normally closed Highlighting the box beside Dwell Time and pressing the button allows you to set the dwell t...

Page 63: ...at the alarm schedule will be active in 15 minute increments from 00 00 to 24 00 The Mode box allows you to set how the alarm reacts during the scheduled time When set to On the Alarm Out is active during the scheduled time When set to Event the Alarm Out is only active when there is an Event during the scheduled time The Alarm Out box allows you to select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s inter...

Page 64: ... from None RS232 and RS485 Î If the RS232 port and RS485 port are in use for PTZ control networking or text input the remote keyboard cannot be configured 2 Highlight Setup and select the correct Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR 3 Highlight the box beside Remote Control Product and select the device from the list Î You can save your Remote Contr...

Page 65: ...ys information about the DVR s storage devices Fig 65 Storage Information screen The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the box beside Capacity The Format column displays whether the information is used for recording Record or not Not Using Not formatted indicates the devices is not formatted indicates when the device has temporary space set aside so that video clips can be saved on a ...

Page 66: ...in the Information column for the desired storage device and press the button The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the time information of recorded data Highlighting Clear and pressing the button will clear all video data You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data Clear All Data will not clear the System Log Fig 67 Recorded Data Inform...

Page 67: ...working or supported NOTE When the storage condition is Bad the Event Status Storage screen displays and you can check the storage condition for details Once the Bad message displays replacing the hard disk drive is recommended usually within 24 hours NOTE Temperature and S M A R T information will be available only for internal hard disk drives supporting the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Re...

Page 68: ...e displayed in display software version number upgrade the software import and export the setup show the System Log display recorded time data and clear all data 1 Highlight the Site box and press the button Î A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter a Site Name 2 Once you have entered your title highlight Close and press the button 3 Highlight the box beside System ID and press the bu...

Page 69: ...ce containing the upgrade package file to the DVR 1 Highlight Upgrade and press the button Î The Upgrade screen appears The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available The rui indicates that the file is for software upgrades 2 Select the desired file and press the button Highlighting the Install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package Highlig...

Page 70: ...etwork settings will not be changed Fig 72 Setup Import screen 7 13 1 3 Exporting settings To export the current DVR settings connect the USB device to the DVR 1 Highlight Setup Export and press the button 2 Highlight the box beside File name and press the button Î A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Î Selecting Export will save the current settings in dat file format on the USB d...

Page 71: ...g page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen Highlight Close and press the button to exit the screen The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the time information of recorded data Highlighting Clear All Data and pressing the button will clear all video data You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data Cl...

Page 72: ...ect from the three available date formats and press the button to save your selected format 4 Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button Î The individual sections of the time will highlight Î Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour minutes and seconds 5 Once you have the correct time press the button 6 Highlight...

Page 73: ...ht the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons 3 Press the button to add the date Î 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 year s holiday has passed Highlighting the Time Sync tab causes the Time Sync screen to display You can set up ti...

Page 74: ...nge the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number value 4 Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button 5 Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals Î Last Sync Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server 6 Highlight Run as Server and press the butt...

Page 75: ... To collapse or expand a group highlight the column in front of the desired group and press the button Highlighting a Group Name and pressing the button allows you to change the authority levels assigned to the group NOTE Write down the new password and save it in a secure place If the password is forgotten the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset button and all data settings will be lost Hi...

Page 76: ...S Alarm Out Control The user can reset the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm by pressing the Alarm button 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 Search The user can access the Search mode on a lo...

Page 77: ...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 Î You can save your changes by highlighti...

Page 78: ...u are watching previously recorded video The front panel controls are described in Section 7 Configuration 8 1 Turning on the power Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in the Installation Manual it is ready to record 8 2 Live Monitoring Menu As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor The default mode is to...

Page 79: ...m left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab 8 2 2 Sequence Mode Selecting Sequence in the Live Monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially It is the same as pressing and holding the Menu button for three seconds or longer Selecting again in the Live Monitoring menu or pressing one of the camera buttons exits the Sequence mode While in the Sequence mode th...

Page 80: ...ain from the Camera Menu or press and hold the PTZ button for three seconds or longer again to exit the PTZ mode 4 Select the PTZ camera you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Î The icon displays on the PTZ camera screen You can control the camera using front panel control buttons by setting presets or by selecting the expanded PTZ features The front panel button functions are as follow...

Page 81: ...ssign to the preset and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name 8 Press the POS button on the front panel to load the PTZ preset and the Preset View dialog box will appear Fig 86 Preset view screen 9 Select the desired preset and press the button to load the preset ...

Page 82: ...cameras Fig 87 PTZ menu 12 You can use a mouse for convenient PTZ control Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen and the following PTZ toolbar will display Fig 88 PTZ controls 13 Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen 14 Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the...

Page 83: ... Selecting Color Control and choosing the camera number allows you to control brightness contrast hue and saturation for the selected camera if a user who has Color Control authority logs into the system It is the same as pressing and holding a camera button for a few seconds NOTE It is important that cameras and monitors are correctly installed and adjusted prior to making any image adjustments u...

Page 84: ...ording After the dwell time has elapsed the monitor returns 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 one of the camera buttons 8 2 10 Covert camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera will not be displayed unless a user with Covert Camera View ...

Page 85: ...n Selecting Full Screen in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected camera full screen It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel 2x2 Selecting 2x2 in the Mouse Display menu displays the cameras in the quad 2x2 screen mode It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons in the full screen mode Previous Camera Next ...

Page 86: ...mum recording speed of 25 ips 30 ips for NTSC Pressing the Panic button starts panic recording of all cameras and pressing the button again stops panic recording If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Record Screen panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset duration as long as the Panic button is not pressed NOTE When the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all availabl...

Page 87: ... plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback 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 Play button P...

Page 88: ...n or by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen displays the Search Menu Pressing the Menu button again hides the menu You can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow buttons Fig 91 Search menu 1 Search 5 Alarm Reset 2 Go To 6 Panic 3 Export 7 Data Source 4 Camera Menu 8 Exit ...

Page 89: ... Event Log Search Fig 93 Event Log Search screen The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated The Event Log Search screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video Pressing the button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event Pressing the button will start playing the event video segme...

Page 90: ...gles between 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 DVR to have more than one overlapping start and stop time When set to On you will be asked to select one of the overlapping start and stop time When set to Off the DVR will display search resul...

Page 91: ...ss the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen Î Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes 8 7 1 2 Record Table Search Fig 95 Record table search screen Compact View Fig 96 Record table search screen Standard View Fig 97 Record table search screen Expanded View Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the ...

Page 92: ... 3 minute based at once To move to earlier or later times that are not shown in the current record table screen select the arrows located at the end of the times by using the arrow buttons on the front panel NOTE If the DVR has images recorded in more than one recording mode in the same time range the recording status bar displays recording information in the following priority order Panic Æ Pre E...

Page 93: ...1 6 and x1 8 The individual playback controls at the bottom perform the following functions as described below Go to the previous image Play Pause Go to the next image Fast backward play Fast forward play Selecting located in top left corner exits the recording table screen 8 7 1 3 Motion Search Fig 99 Motion Search screen The Motion Search can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displa...

Page 94: ...ill be from the last recorded image 3 Highlight the box beside Type and press the button Î You can select between Motion Search and Museum Search Motion Search detects motion in the defined area Museum Search detects if a defined object has moved 4 Highlight the box beside Zone and press the button Î An image from the video appears with a grid overlaid Î You can turn sensor blocks On and Off to de...

Page 95: ... 7 1 4 Text In Search Fig 101 Text In Search screen The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input The Text In Search screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event Pressing the button will start playing the event...

Page 96: ...the list 7 Highlighting the and pressing the button allows you to add a new set of search parameter Î Set up the desired search parameter Refer to Section 11 2 Text In Search Examples for further information on setting up search parameters The column can be used to delete a set of search parameter or entire sets of search parameters 8 Highlight Case Sensitive and press the button Î This will toggl...

Page 97: ...creen 1 Move the cursor over the date and time and press the button Î You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year month day hours minutes and seconds Î Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video 2 Once you have set the date and time you want press the button 3 Then highlight Go and press the button Î The selected date and ti...

Page 98: ...he copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP or Vista Refer to the Appendix Section 11 1 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy The clip copy can be simply done by pressing the Clip Copy button Pressing and holding the Clip Copy button for three seconds or longer during the playback...

Page 99: ...AT16 or FAT32 format NOTE While copying video clips on the CD RW the recording speed might decrease The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip However you can give the video clip file a different name 6 Highlight the box beside File Name and press the button Î A virtual keyboard appears 7 Enter a file name for the video you are backing up and select Close Î The DVR will automatica...

Page 100: ... must reformat the hard disk drive 8 7 4 Camera Menu Selecting Camera Menu in the Search Menu displays the following Camera Menu Fig 107 Camera Menu Zoom Selecting Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current playback image of the selected camera on the screen It is the same as pressing the ZOOM button on the front panel Audio In full screen mode selecting Audio toggles audio playback On ...

Page 101: ...ing of all cameras and selecting again stops panic recording It is the same as pressing the Panic button on the front panel 8 7 7 Data Source Selecting Data Source in the Search Menu allows you to select the data source to be searched Selecting Record searches the recorded data on the primary storage installed in the DVR and selecting Other searches recorded data used for another DVR then installe...

Page 102: ... the DVR does not detect a VGA monitor automatically press and hold the Panic button on the front panel or remote control for 5 seconds or longer to switch the video output from Video out to VGA out DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode The icon displays however the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the ...

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Page 104: ...es General File System 4 If the file system is not FAT32 format format the USB hard disk drive using the FAT32 format 5 If the USB hard disk drive is not partitioned go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and launch Computer Management 6 Open Disk Management in Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB hard disk drive 7 Then click Create Partition 8 In the Create Partition wiza...

Page 105: ...1 95 1 s 1 95 total 16 85 Thank you In the above text in data you can find that the comparison value is located at 17th Unit price mark will be ignored automatically 28th Qty and 40th amount characters including spaces from the left In this case you can enter 17 28 and 40 in each Column box For example if you want to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount tota...

Page 106: ... that the comparison value is located at 17th Unit price mark will be ignored automatically 28th Qty and 40th amount characters including spaces from the left but the value of amount category is located on a different line from Item In this case you can enter 17 28 and 40 in each Column box and enter 1 in the Line box for the next line For example if you want to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity...

Page 107: ...ress field NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to connect to and the Web Client port number from your network administrator NOTE Web Client only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with Netscape or other browsers Select between the WEBVIEW Web monitoring and WEBPLAY Web search modes Entering your ID and PASSWORD and clicking the LOGIN butt...

Page 108: ... screen update caused by low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system In this situation it is recommended you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions Go to the Start Menu Æ Accessories Æ Command Prompt Æ Click the right mouse button and select the Run as administrator option Then ente...

Page 109: ...ck the button to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode and select OSD information to be displayed on the screen Click the button to save the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file format The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected from the remote site Selecting a camera on the screen ...

Page 110: ...gram Click the button to access to the web monitoring mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebPlay logo to see the version of the Web Client program The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of Web Client Click the button to blur sharpen equalize and interpolate playback images Click the button to zoom out or zoom in the rec...

Page 111: ...the image drawing mode and OSD display You can change the display speed by adjusting the image drawing mode and select OSD information to display on the screen Click the button to save any video clip of recorded data as an executable file Click the button to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG file format Click the button to print the current image on a printer connected to your computer Cl...

Page 112: ...d Very high 14 4 KB High 12 KB Standard 9 6 KB Basic 7 2 KB 50 ips 16 1 19 3 24 1 32 2 25 ips 32 2 38 6 48 2 64 3 20 ips 40 2 48 2 60 3 80 4 15 ips 53 6 64 3 80 4 107 2 12 5 ips 64 3 77 2 96 5 128 6 10 ips 80 4 96 5 120 6 160 8 5 ips 160 8 192 9 241 1 321 5 2 5 ips 321 5 385 8 482 3 643 0 1 ips 803 8 964 5 1 205 6 1 607 5 0 5 ips 1 607 5 1 929 0 2 411 3 3 215 0 0 25 ips 3 215 0 3 858 0 4 822 5 6 4...

Page 113: ...0 7 716 0 0 1 ips 9 645 1 11 574 1 14 467 6 19 290 1 Recording quality very high resolution Recording speed Very high 24 KB High 20 KB Standard 16 KB Basic 12 KB 30 ips 16 1 19 3 24 1 32 2 20 ips 24 1 28 9 36 2 48 2 15 ips 32 2 38 6 48 2 64 3 10 ips 48 2 57 9 72 3 96 5 5 ips 96 5 115 7 144 7 192 9 2 5 ips 192 9 231 5 289 4 385 8 1 ips 482 3 578 7 723 4 964 5 0 5 ips 964 5 1 157 4 1 446 8 1 929 0 0...

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Page 115: ...in Logout Setup Begin Setup End Remote Setup Change Remote Setup Fail Setup Imported Setup Import Failure Setup Exported Setup Export Failure Setup Export Cancel Schedule On Schedule Off Panic Record On Panic Record Off Clear All Data Format Disk Disk Full Auto Deletion Search Begin Search End Clip Copy Begin Clip Copy End Clip Copy Cancel Clip Copy Fail Callback Fail ...

Page 116: ...ge failed 304 Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user 400 USB device mounting failed 401 Reading upgrade package on the USB device failed 402 Copying upgrade package on the USB device failed 500 System is busy clip copying Clip Copy Related Number Description 0 Unknown error 1 Device error 2 Mounting failed 3 No media 4 Invalid media 5 File already exists 6 Not enough space 7 Creating temporary fi...

Page 117: ...e SMTP server 107 SMTP protocol error STARTTLS 108 SMTP protocol error HELO Without user authentication 109 SMTP protocol error EHLO With user authentication 110 SMTP protocol error AUTH LOGIN 111 SMTP protocol error Parameter delivery of AUTH LOGIN protocol failed User name 112 SMTP protocol error AUTH LOGIN failed Wrong user ID and password 113 SMTP protocol error MAIL FROM mail address 114 SMTP...

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