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13. Mac Set

When the cursor moves to Mac Set then push enter button, the Mac Set window will appear, 
which is illustrated as below.

If you have more than one DVR in a local area network, you have to set each DVR to have an 
exclusive mac address, but remember that you have only one chance to modify the mac 
address, once you have changed the mac address, this menu will not appear again. If you want 
to change the mac address again, please load the factory set, then you can change the mac 
address again.

14. Alarm Setup 

When the cursor moves to Alarm Set, then push enter button, the alarm setup window will 
appear, which is illustrated as below. Push upward or downward button to move the cursor. 
Push “

+

” or “

-

“ to change the value.

ALARM ENABLE:

 alarm trigger switch, can be set to off, low lever or high lever. If users set it 

to off, the DVR will ignore the alarm input.

MOTION ENABLE:

 Motion alarm switch, can be set to on or off, if set to off, the motion 

alarm will be ignored.

MOTION LEVEL:

 motion sensitivity level, if the figure in the picture is small, please set to 

high or very high, the default is normal.

BUZZER SOUND: 

buzzer sound time when there is a sensor or motion alarm.

Note: Users must press the Schedule button after setting up the parameters to activate 
the settings.

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Setup 

window 

for each 

item 

Setup items 

Default setup 

Selectable setup 

Year/Month/Day/ 

Hour/Minute 

2005/01//01 

12/00/00 

2000

~

2099/Common sense 

rules

 

Auto Time 

1 second 

0~99second 

Buzzer Sound 

ON 

ON/OFF 

Password 

0000 

N/A 

Play Repeat 

YES 

YES/NO 

General 

setting 

Video Input 

NTSC format 

NTSC/PAL 

Quality 

Normal 

Very high/High/Normal/Low 

Overwrite Enable 

YES 

YES/NO 

Rec Speed 

30f/s(NTSC) 

25f/s(PAL) 

60f/s~1f/2s(NTSC) 

50f/s~1f/2s(PAL) 

Resolution 

360 

360/720 

PB Speed 

NO use 

60f/s~no use(NTSC) 

50f/s~no use(PAL) 

Audio Enable 

CAM 1 

CAM1~CAM4/OFF 

Recording 

Para 

A/M REC Time 

1 Minute 

0~99minute 

Sub Net 

255.255.255.0 

N/A

 

Gate Way 

192.168.1.1 

N/A

 

IP Address 

192.168.1.167 

N/A 

Net Work Speed 

Fast 

Fast/Normal 

N/W Enable 

ON 

ON/OFF 

Net Work 

Setting 

Mac Address 

0a0b0c0d0e0f 

N/A 

Alarm Enable 

OFF 

ON/OFF 

Motion Enable 

OFF 

ON/OFF 

Motion Level 

Normal 

Very low/Low/ 

Normal/High/Very high 

Buzzer Sound 

No Use 

0~99 second 

Alarm 

setting 

Schedule setting 

A/T/- 

Baud Rate 

2400 

2400/4800/9600/19200/38400

 

Protocol 

PTC1 

PTC1/ PTC2/ PTC3/ PTC4 

 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 




 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Protocol 

Setting 

Address 

01 

0~0xff 

 

Summary of Contents for DIGITAL GUARDIAN DVR4-NET

Page 1: ...Thurs US Central Standard Time UTC GMT 6 6pm 02 30am Sun Thurs US Eastern Standard Time UTC GMT 5 Subtract one hour from local US time during Australian Daylight Saving period approx Last Sunday of October to last Sunday of March Add one hour to local time during Daylight Savings period in the USA when it applies in your region FCC Notice We Swann Communications of 10612 Shoemaker Avenue Bldg B Sa...

Page 2: ... Quick User Guide 22 1 Start the DVR4Net 22 2 Turn off the DVR4Net 22 3 Normal Recording 22 4 Alarm Recording 22 5 Time Recording 23 Using the Setup Menu ight trast W 4 1 38 Specifications Item Specification Videosignal NTSC PAL Videoinput Composite 1 0Vp p 75Ω BNC 4 Videooutput Composite 1 0Vp p 75Ω BNC 2 Audioinput 8Db22KΩ RCAconnector 4 Audiooutput 8Db3KΩ RCAconnector 1 Alarminput 4 Alarmoutput...

Page 3: ...s second you push the call button on the keypad then enter the number according to the Var table above then push the enter button Note The above figures are from our test results using a default setup and are for the users reference Actual recording times may vary depending on hard disk size subject complexity camera resolution and movement within the frame Byte1 Byte2 Byte3 Byte4 Byte5 Byte6 Byte...

Page 4: ...t alarm records and time records from ordinary records be able to search by time by segment or by event Support various playback modes pause several fast forward and backward play modes Support zoom auto and PIP function 4 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output Equipped with IR remote control Supports video loss and motion detection functions Supports watermark image security protection Triplex oper...

Page 5: ...cess the menu please push Menu button on the front panel it will display the password input window The password is a random combination of 4 digits of 0 9 The default is 0000 To enter the menu below you have to input the correct password by pushing the digit buttons If the password you input is incorrect the system will automatically return to the main screen If you want to cancel the input of the...

Page 6: ... Q I see nothing but a blue screen after I turn on the DVR A Check the camera input and video output connection on DVR back panel If you can t find a problem with these connections check whether the camera power cable is firmly connected Make sure the system format for NTSC and PAL is set to your TV standard Q I see a fatal error message on the screen A If you see the error messages such as System...

Page 7: ...et menu A Please stop the connection of the PC View software from the Internet before you access the Network Set menu Q I push the record button but the DVR does not start recording why A Push the display button to see if there is a hard disk detected also if the DVR is in schedule mode there is a S on the screen in yellow you cannot start recording by pushing the record button you have to push th...

Page 8: ...oftware is in local search mode click local search window will display it can play the video on HDD of you computer Click select one video file the click it will play the video file HDD Scan Connect the HDD that used in the DVR to a PC and then select HDD Scan if the software is in HDD scan mode click local search window will display Click and Select one HDD then click it will scan all video infor...

Page 9: ...o move the cursor push and button to modify the value When the setting changes are complete press the MENU button to save the changes and return to the previous menu 31 Net Search operation if the software is in net search mode click and the net search window will display it includes event search start stop search and time search Event Search click beside the Event List then click the event list w...

Page 10: ...ne record channel you can select one in four channels the default is channel one A M REC TIME when a motion or sensor alarm occurs this option sets the DVR recording duration the default is one minute 30 Enter the correct IP address of the DVR4Net if connecting over the Internet you will need to enter the IP address of your Broadband Modem or Router and select PAL or NTSC according to the TV syste...

Page 11: ... The settings for your SUB NET GATEWAY and IP ADDR ess and will vary depending on the settings applied to your current network Please compare the settings in the properties of your computers network connection to help you set the DVR4Net network address The first three groups of numbers in IP ADDR must be the same on both PC and DVR4Net but the last three digits must be different on each machine e...

Page 12: ...o high or very high the default is normal BUZZER SOUND buzzer sound time when there is a sensor or motion alarm Note Users must press the Schedule button after setting up the parameters to activate the settings 28 Setup window foreach item Setupitems Default setup Selectablesetup Year Month Day Hour Minute 2005 01 01 12 00 00 2000 2099 Commonsense rules AutoTime 1second 0 99second BuzzerSound ON O...

Page 13: ...il you get the desired motion detection result 27 13 Information Display If you push display button the main information of the DVR will display on screen HDD SIZE the size of the hard disk you insert to the DVR HDD USED the usage of the hard disk OVERWRITE hard disk overwrite enable 00 HDD full count time REC SPEED record frame rate speed QUALITY record picture quality RESOLUTION record resolutio...

Page 14: ...tically when there is an alarm input including both motion and sensor alarms This period will not record unless you push the record button Push the LEFT button or RIGHT button to move the cursor then push or button to change the value Push the ENTER button to set all the values the same as selected one Note Manual record mode and schedule record mode including motion detection record mode sensor r...

Page 15: ...ent Search then push the ENTER button the event search window will appear which is illustrated below There are four types of event list MOTION ALARM SCH and NETWORK MOTION means motion triggered alarm recording ALARM means external sensor triggered alarm recording SCH means scheduled time recording NETWORK means network activated recording Push the UP and DOWN button to move the cursor among the e...

Page 16: ...ng and stop will work simultaneously on all four channel s images This button doesn t work while Time recording and Alarming recording are enabled 3 Pause Push this button to stop playing temporarily push the play button to continue to play 4 Rew Fast backward button Push this button to start fast backward playing Push play button to start normal playing from the present position 5 Forward Fast fo...

Page 17: ... Frame Forward button to play a frame at a time and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held During playback mode press the Single Frame Rewind button to play back a frame at a time and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held Push the PLAY button again to resume normal playback speed or push the STOP button to stop ...

Page 18: ...or VCR Push the Display button to check spare space of the hard disk if there is not much space please consider changing your hard disk first or select Overwrite mode Check recording parameter setup before recording select video quality frame rate Note that you cannot change record setting during the process of recording Manual recordings are the normal recording condition Under the manual mode no...

Page 19: ...tall the hard disk Note If the DVR comes with a HDD skip the following steps Pull out the hard drive rack from the DVR side panel 2 Open the top cover of the drawer 3 Jump HDD to Master Jump to Master 4 Connect the ribbon cable IDE cable power cable 5 Close the top cover of the drawer and put the hard drive drawer back into the DVR Make sure the cables are firmly pressed onto the HDD interface 6 L...

Page 20: ...ou cannot connect audio to any of the sockets for cam 2 to cam 4 You should disconnect them 20 3 Alarm Connection The DVR can support up to 4 alarm inputs and three alarm outputs Alarm input There are two types of alarm input 1 Voltage output 5V and 0V A If the sensor outputs high voltage 5V normally and outputs low voltage when triggered 0V then users must set DVR for low voltage alarm B If the s...

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