Vista Triplex2, User Manual

Page 1: ...V Vi is st ta a T Tr ri ip pl le ex x2 2 C CD DR R D DV VD D Digital Video Multiplexer Recorder User Manual...

Page 2: ...y be illegal to dispose of this battery improperly under local state or federal laws Check with your local waste management officials for disposal and recycling options CAUTION Electrostatic Sensitive...

Page 3: ...Playback 17 2 5 Recording 20 2 6 Display Options 21 2 7 Active Cameos 22 2 8 Sequencing 22 2 9 On screen Indicators 23 2 10 Triplex Mode 25 2 11 The Instant Replay Button 27 2 12 The Record CD CVD Bu...

Page 4: ...rm History Box 64 4 7 Searching For Recorded Alarms 64 5 Searching 65 5 1 Disk Analysis Screen 66 5 2 Quick Archive to CD DVD 66 5 3 Search Filters 67 5 4 Retail Search 68 5 5 Search Results 71 6 WebB...

Page 5: ...0150 0319A 5 Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD 10Macro Tables 85 10 1 Macro Functions Table 85 10 2 Scheduled Macro Table 86 11Warranty and Service 87 11 1 Factory Service 87...

Page 6: ...CD or DVD writing Caution This products primary purpose is to furnish video multiplexing and recording Although the unit has alarm handling and motion detection functions they are considered secondary...

Page 7: ...words be changed after installation is complete see section 3 21 Store the passwords in the administrator s secure files Default Passwords Four Channel Units Password Type Access Level Function Change...

Page 8: ...arm Interface Circuit Board P N 0090 0077 Accessory PCB P N 0900 0127 The User Manual P N 0150 0319 A WaveReader Software CD P N 0151 0005 27W21 or later The WaveReader Software Manual P N 0150 0143 W...

Page 9: ...ly using the original packing materials 1 6 Associated Equipment Associated equipment in a typical security system could contain the following items Two monitors Video cameras Composite video 1 volt p...

Page 10: ...there is 75 Ohm termination at the end of the video line if the signal is looped through the Vista Triplex 2 CDR DVD Time base correction is performed during digital capture As a result cameras do not...

Page 11: ...nnel units have 10 active alarm inputs and 16 channel units have 16 active alarm inputs Alarm Input An alarm condition can be activated by devices such as pressure pads passive infrared detectors door...

Page 12: ...er the 12Vdc ve must not be connected Ethernet Port Wire Type Cat 5 Connector Type RJ 45 Max Cable Length 100 meters 328 ft Min Cable Length 6 feet 1 8 meters Hub Wiring Configuration Straight Through...

Page 13: ...rt 2 For Event Generation and ASCII Text Insertion RJ 45 Pin Configuration For RS232 Port 2 Pin Use Pin Use 1 Ground 5 TXD 2 Reserved 6 Not Connected 3 Not Connected 7 Ground 4 RXD 8 Reserved 8 2 3 4...

Page 14: ...re quality is poor check the following items The BNC connections The loop through terminations The video levels of incoming signals The possibility of ground loops Consult the camera s installation in...

Page 15: ...his section 2 2 The Front Panel 1 Power Indicator Indicates power on off condition 2 Monitor Selection Button Monitor A 3 Monitor Selection Button Monitor B 4 Multiscreen Selection Buttons Various Mul...

Page 16: ...reen mode press one of the Multiscreen buttons to activate the multiscreen display on Monitor A Pressing the multiscreen button with the maximum multiscreens i e 16 way or 10 way repeatedly will cycle...

Page 17: ...To control Monitor B press the Monitor B selection button The Monitor B LED will light to indicate that the number keypad now controls Monitor B Press the Monitor A button to return the keypad contro...

Page 18: ...view the frame directly before or after the frame displayed on screen Stop Playback To stop playback and return to Live Multiscreen mode on Monitor A press the Stop button Stop Button Multiscreen Disp...

Page 19: ...Full Screen Display While in a Full Screen display press the Sequence button to begin full screen sequencing The sequence list is programmable For detailed information about programming the sequence l...

Page 20: ...ording press the Record button Recording will be indicated by the LED located directly above the Record button The unit always starts recording at the end of previously recorded data The unit will con...

Page 21: ...Pressing the individual multiscreen button will display the corresponding multiscreen Pressing the 16 way or 10 way button repeatedly will cycle through all the available multiscreens 10 Way 4 Way 4...

Page 22: ...cameo using the Jog Shuttle to navigate the multiscreen Rotating the Jog selects the next screen up or down a row Rotating the shuttle selects the next screen in numerical order The active cameo will...

Page 23: ...ressing the last Number button and the Sequence button determines the dwell time for the final camera in the sequence list Returning To The Default Sequence List The default sequence list is all camer...

Page 24: ...mpleted the unit advances the Status Indicator colour Choose Black White or Grey Title not displayed Status Indicators Status indicators are displayed on the upper right hand corner of the screen Stat...

Page 25: ...unit is in triplex mode Monitor B always displays a fullscreen live display whenever triplex mode is entered Play Forward When in Play Forward mode and the Play Forward button is pressed the unit wil...

Page 26: ...current multiscreen display 4 Way 9 Way 13 Way 16 Way 4 Way PIP 10 Way 4 Way 9 Way PIP 16 Channel 10 Channel 4 Channel E g If the current display is a 4 way multiscreen with the 2 top cameos being pla...

Page 27: ...d non frozen images Zoomed images can also be frozen While Zoomed use the Jog Shuttle to Pan and Tilt across the image Please note the camera does not move during digital Pan Tilt Press the Zoom butto...

Page 28: ...Record CD DVD Button and Live Viewing Pressing the Record CD DVD button while viewing live video will cause the Archive Incident screen to appear The unit takes the latest recording as its stop time a...

Page 29: ...s are required for this feature Front Panel Lock must be set to OFF This menu is found under the Front Panel Lock menu Archive Lock must be set to OFF This menu is also found under the Archive Setup m...

Page 30: ...ected Items Items selected in the menu system are represented in the manual as follows Selected Not Selected Time Date Time Date 3 2 Accessing The Menu System M Enter the menu system by pressing the M...

Page 31: ...nus Rotate the Jog to highlight items in the drop down menus Selecting Menu Items Hit the ENTER button to select the highlighted menu item Exiting Menus Press the Menu button to exit a menu From the m...

Page 32: ...ange the values and the Shuttle to navigate 4 Press the Enter button to confirm the selection and exit the edit mode 5 To save the changes and exit the menu Rotate the Jog to select OK then press the...

Page 33: ...A DST starts at 02 00 on the first Sunday in April DST ends at 02 00 on the last Sunday in October Includes United States except Hawaii American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Virgin Islands parts of Indiana...

Page 34: ...date Never Since Power up Warning Region Time Zone must be set correctly Update Interval NTP Primary Server 3 37 8 26 NTP Backup Server 0 0 0 0 DISABLE CANCEL OK 3 9 Record Use this menu to Specify a...

Page 35: ...amount of disk space required to store the images due to a higher compression scheme There are 3 levels for each quality level Standard 1 being the lowest and High 9 the highest Record Quality Picture...

Page 36: ...optionally inserting ASCII text to mark the Event Activity Detection Event See Setup Parameters in section 3 13 for detailed information about configuring activity detection as an event in the menu s...

Page 37: ...Settings on page 29 Record rates are measured in both Pictures Per Second pps and Seconds Per Picture spp The maximum record rate per camera is inversely proportional to the number of cameras connecte...

Page 38: ...in normal Timelapse Record Mode and activity is detected in the camera scene Activity should not be linked to Event in which case the Event Record Rate will be used Record rates are measured in both...

Page 39: ...alarm record rate The bottom of the menu contains a record duration calculator The top line indicates the estimated recording time of the cameras in Alarm record mode only The bottom line indicates th...

Page 40: ...e Select from 0 to 5 seconds Alarm Record Mode Select from Interleaved or Exclusive ACTIVITY Link to Event Select from Yes or No Main Menu Record Disk Maintenance Use the Jog to select from the follow...

Page 41: ...e selections select OK and press the Enter button to execute The Disk Test will run in the background and will not interfere with normal operations Once the disk test is done a message will appear on...

Page 42: ...Alarms Use this menu to configure the alarm handling features of the unit Caution The Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD s primary function is to furnish video multiplexing and recording with a multiscreen displa...

Page 43: ...able Use this menu to Enable or Disable the alarm inputs Select from the following options Individual Enable Allow the user to access the Alarm Enable submenu and enable or disable alarm inputs on a p...

Page 44: ...ss the Menu button or select CANCEL then press the Enter button Switching Alarm Screen Use this menu to configure how the unit displays alarms By default the Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD switches to a full...

Page 45: ...y Alarm Notify Archive Notify Power Up SMTP Port john doe somecompany com jane doe somecompany com 0 0 0 0 DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE ENABLE jim doe somecompany com 25 DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE Email Notif...

Page 46: ...0 to keep track of recorded macro functions Keystroke count while in the menu system While recording a macro entering the menu system changing multiple menu items and exiting the menu system are only...

Page 47: ...ubtracted from the time This function will only operate once per time period Function and Sequence Buttons Main Menu Macro Timed Macro Start Use this menu to program scheduled start times for macros U...

Page 48: ...etection Parameters Setup CANCEL OK Camera Motion Detection Type Sensitivity Relay Output Rejection Target Size Link to Alarm 01 ACTIVITY 06 2 LOW 01 NONE Navigate in this menu using the Jog to select...

Page 49: ...e Medium setting will filter out most false alarm situations due to sudden luminance changes over the whole scene clouds passing over The High setting will filter out sudden luminance changes as well...

Page 50: ...es the red bar a motion detection alarm is activated Adjusting Motion Detection Sensitivity Raise and lower the red bar to change the motion detection sensitivity Use the Play Forward button to increa...

Page 51: ...ton to select the desired character set 3 Use the Left Right arrows to navigate the cursor in the camera title 4 Use the Up Down arrows to navigate the cursor in the character bank 5 Press the Number...

Page 52: ...oves cameras from all live displays while continuing to record them so that the users and the public are unaware that the camera is being recorded Covert cameras are still hidden during playback Selec...

Page 53: ...rm duration in minutes in this menu Audio Limitations 1 To record audio at least one the unit s video inputs must be set to record video at a rate of 1pps or faster 2 If all the cameras are set to EVE...

Page 54: ...ng By default this feature is turned OFF To enable the archive lock feature select Archive Setup Archive Lock On from the main menu The message Archive is Locked will display when the Record CD DVD bu...

Page 55: ...t telemetry Current works with Baxall ZR mini receivers Baxall DAX units and the Vista PowerDome Changing the telemetry type is a global function which changes all telemetry outputs Main Menu Telemetr...

Page 56: ...lect the drive type which matches the power used by the remote Pan Tilt head or Dome Consult your camera head equipment documentation or supplier to determine the drive type The default setting for al...

Page 57: ...g CANCEL OK 1 With the Modem Init String highlighted press the Enter button to enter the Edit mode The character bank will appear in the centre of the menu 2 Press the Sequence button to select the de...

Page 58: ...a PC for the viewing of live or recorded images Use this menu to configure the Ethernet communications settings Select from the following Ethernet Select Enable or Disable Hostname The default Hostnam...

Page 59: ...e DDNS update interval must be set to a reasonable value e g 2 minutes The password for the DDNS server has to be set in the Passwords DDNS password menu The password is 3 digits long The Enter button...

Page 60: ...es Press the Menu button 3 21 Factory Settings Return To Factory Defaults Factory Default Password 16 10 Channel 4 1 1 4 Channel 4 1 1 From the Factory Setting menu press the Enter button A password b...

Page 61: ...word The Ethernet Password feature limits access to only those users who access the unit using the password feature of WaveReader versions 2 4 or later When the unit is first setup the default is No P...

Page 62: ...include video archive setup and changing the operator password Operator Menu About the DVR About DVR menu This menu provides information such as Model Designation Serial Number Hostname Software Versi...

Page 63: ...u system to activate a macro when an alarm is detected see Link to Macro in section 3 10 Record Rate Record Rate can be increased by recording at the Alarm Record Rate see section 3 10 and by Interlea...

Page 64: ...the Alarm button is lit for the duration of the alarm Monitor A Multiscreen Each camera in alarm is indicated on screen by a flashing red A in its cameo Alarm LED lights to indicate an alarm conditio...

Page 65: ...0319A 65 Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD 5 Searching The Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD provides a powerful search interface to access video files stored on the hard disk or an external archive device Search Menu Over...

Page 66: ...s indicated on screen with an L Pressing the Enter button will start Playback from the cursor location 5 2 Quick Archive to CD DVD Archive to CD or DVD from the Disk Analysis Screen by selecting the t...

Page 67: ...ode X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X CANCEL START SEARCH EDIT MODE Hit Camera buttons to select deselect individual cameras Use the Zoom button to globally select deselect cameras to search To acce...

Page 68: ...le to identify a category All strings below a category are interpreted as sub levels of that category until another category appears The creator of the retail text file is responsible for putting the...

Page 69: ...clicking the link to the retail text file The user can download the retail text file to a PC by right clicking the link and by choosing Save Target As The user can only upload one retail text file and...

Page 70: ...Category List Vanilla selected from Sub Level X The following operations can be performed on this screen Select category in the categories list Select and deselect sub levels of the currently highligh...

Page 71: ...ts Activate Search From the Search Filters menu use the Jog to navigate to the Start Search parameter With the Start Search parameter highlighted press the Enter button to begin the search operation W...

Page 72: ...page RECORD to archive 9 matches found Some options may be unavailable depending on the type of search performed These options are not displayed When archiving the unit will not allow the amount of se...

Page 73: ...t both Download unsigned ActiveX controls and Initalize and Script ActiveX controls not marked as Safe are set to Prompt 6 Click the OK button 7 Click on the Yes button in the Warning message 8 Click...

Page 74: ...st Allows the selection of available Disk volumes The Main Viewing Area Pictures are displayed in this area in Multi Camera and Single Camera formats Picture display order is according to the informat...

Page 75: ...viewing before connecting 12 Password box If an Ethernet password has been set enter the number here to allow connection to the unit 13 Connect Disconnect button Click on this button s to connect to...

Page 76: ...ssi The following table specifies the supported options Name Code Description Example Camera c n Describes either the camera number for fullscreen 1 Camera 1 16 Camera 16 or the type of the multiscre...

Page 77: ...like videoloss alarms etc When in record mode the Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD software version 5 00 will add a WaveBrowser link in the email notification Clicking this link initiates WaveBrowser to be star...

Page 78: ...Connector RS232 Port 1 DB 9 Male Connector RS232 Port 2 RJ 45 Connector Camera Inputs BNC connectors Auto Terminating Colour Mono Monitor A Output Composite BNC Connector Monitor B Output Composite B...

Page 79: ...tputs On screen Indicators Status Retrievable via RS232 port Motion Detection Zones Per Camera 256 16 x 16 grid Sensitivity Settings 10 levels Grey Levels Per Zone 256 levels Motion Detection Status O...

Page 80: ...of the message Data Length is sent using Intel byte ordering Little Endian The Check Sum byte is the result of XORing all the bytes in the message Check Sum 8 2 Message Type 0xFF 0x14 0x40 Data Length...

Page 81: ...will be initiated Every Start Alarm command should subsequently be followed with a Stop Alarm command at some point Failure to do so will render that alarm input useless even if the alarm was latched...

Page 82: ...l as any pre event video to be recorded at the Event Record Rate Stop Event 0000 0010b If only the stop bit is set the current event on the selected camera will be terminated This will start the post...

Page 83: ...ved 25 40 Menu 41 Enter 42 Reserved 43 Macro 44 Reserved 45 49 Monitor B 50 Reserved 51 63 Left Arrow 64 Right Arrow 65 Up Arrow 66 Down Arrow 67 Reserved 68 74 Alarm and Sequence 75 Alarm and Camera...

Page 84: ...bytes for block 255 must be set to 0 iii Requesting data from the Triplex When a message of type 0xBB is sent to the Triplex it will respond by sending 16 bytes of requested data a Read Alarm History...

Page 85: ...is page and use it to keep a record of the programmed macro functions 10 1 Macro Functions Table Macro Number Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Function Sequence Daylight Savings Time...

Page 86: ...0150 0319A 86 Vista Triplex2 CDR DVD 10 2 Scheduled Macro Table Event Day Time Macro to Run 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20...

Page 87: ...turer of the unit as detailed below and request a Return Material Authorization number RMA The unit s serial number must be provided before a RMA number can be issued Units returned to the factory for...

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