MGDVRs MGSA-16-DVD, Installation And User Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 1 Digital Video Security System Digital Video Recorder www mgdvrs com MGSA 16 DVD Stand Alone Installation and User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...v 2 www mgdvrs com MG Security Solutions Inc All contents of this document may change without prior notice and actual product appearance may differ from that depicted herein ...

Page 3: ...ng flash with arrow point symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons Power disconnect Units with or without ON OFF switches have power supplied to the unit whenever the power cord is inserted into the main sou...

Page 4: ...ice It is the responsibility of the user to use the needed special accessories supplied with the equipment For a CLASS A digital device or peripheral the instruction furnished the user shall include the following or Similar statement placed in a prominent location in the text of the manual Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a CLASS a digital device pursuant...

Page 5: ...se and touch the inner parts for corrective maintenance a user should contact the place where he she purchased the products to get the help from expert In addition if there are any questions for use or any damage on the product please contact the place where he she purchased the products The pictures and names of the products are subject to change without notification However the usages may be sim...

Page 6: ...0V Connect it to the outlet with the ground terminal Discard the vinyl bag well as it may be dangerous under a child s hands 2 Warning on Usage For the repair contact the company or the place where you purchased the product Read the user manual before using the products Do not open the cover at your discretion since parts are sensitive to the environment within the equipment Arrange the power cord...

Page 7: ...4 7 Schedule Setup 23 4 8 Network Setup 24 4 9 Copy Setup 25 4 10 Hard Disk Setup 26 4 11 Camera Setup 27 5 Live Display Recording 28 5 1 Live Picture Display Mode 28 5 2 OSD On Screen Display on Live Mode 29 5 3 PTZ Control 30 5 4 Recording Options 30 6 Search and Backup 31 6 1 Search List 31 6 2 Search by Recording Type 32 6 3 Search by Time Date 32 6 4 Playback 33 6 5 Backup 34 7 USB Mouse Oper...

Page 8: ...ts At the point of purchase please verify that following contents are included MGDVRs MGSA 16 DVD 16CH MPEG 4 Stand Alone DVR Power Supply 12V 5 8A Power cord Remote controller two AAA batteries included User s manual Quick Install Guide ...

Page 9: ... 480 FPS recording and playback for NTSC at CIF image 400 FPS for PAL Pre recording by event Continuous recording in disk overwrite mode Pentaplex simultaneously monitor record playback back up and network Easy back up to external devices DVD back up and USB 2 0 memory drive support User friendly GUI menu operating with USB mouse PTZ camera control support from the unit and remote access 16 alarm ...

Page 10: ... Front Panel Connection 3 2 Rear Panel Connection 16 Audio Inputs LAN Ethernet Cameras 1 16 Ch PTZ 16 Loop Through outputs Power Supply 12V 5 8 A 3 Composite 1 S Video Output 1 VGA Output FAN RS232 2 Audio Outputs 16 Sensor Inputs 4 Alarm Outputs ...

Page 11: ...n Buttons 1 FUNC This button enables additional features for other buttons when combined FUNC ENTER Display system information video format HDD info IP Address version etc FUNC MENU Opens interface to select a channel for audio output FUNC ESC Turns on off motion detection display for channels with motion recording Power LED turns on red when power is on Network LED turns on green when a connectio...

Page 12: ...cted video display mode For example if this button is pressed under the quad mode the display will be switched sequentially from the quad picture of Ch 1 4 Ch 5 8 Ch 9 12 and then Ch 13 16 6 Display mode buttons Whenever these buttons are pressed display mode can be changed from the quad 9 Ch and 16 Ch display mode If the quad button is pressed again the display will be changed from the quad pictu...

Page 13: ...SB Memory device Device s will be automatically detected upon connection 3 4 Rear Panel Description 1 16 Ch Video Input 16 channels of composite video inputs with BNC connectors MGDVRs MGSA 16 DVD automatically detects video format NTSC or PAL at power on and both NTSC and PAL video sources are acceptable However type of video sources cannot be mixed All 16 inputs in a unit must have unique video ...

Page 14: ...video signal that is identical with MON 1 MON 2 and S Video outputs 9 Alarm Inputs 16 alarm inputs to connect with external devices to trigger various DVR events Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired as inputs The threshold voltage is 4 3V and the signal should be stable at least 0 5 seconds to be detected To make secure connections on the Alarm Connector Strip press and hold the button a...

Page 15: ...nt panel SEARCH PLAY Start pause playback PLAY PAUSE on the front panel Frame Search backward or forward while searching or cancels selected segment while scheduling REW FF fast backward or forward 2 to 16 times while searching or applies selected recording option while scheduling Special Function using F1 button 1 F1 ENTER Display system information video format HDD Info IP address version etc 2 ...

Page 16: ...f front panel in DVR or equivalent button on remote controller If ADMIN LOCK is set to YES which is the factory default the user will be prompted for login as below First select a user enter password using 1 through 10 Buttons press 10 to enter 0 and press ENTER button to log in ENTER button is located in the middle of directional buttons Factory default passwords for all users are 1 Note Under th...

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Page 18: ...10 to enter 0 Factory default passwords for all users are 1 4 ADMIN LOCK Allow the user to select YES or NO When YES login will pop up to access main menu search and control PTZ However some setting such as Sub Users cannot be adjusted if it is set to NO 5 SUB USERS Allow the user to change sub users name and authority accessibility There are 10 sub users available and only ADMIN user can access t...

Page 19: ...file information in search list will be updated together 8 DATE FORMAT Select MM DD YY DD MM YY or YY MM DD format to display date 9 DATE TIME SET Allow user to change the date and time Setting a date and time prior to existing images date and time may cause corruption on recorded files Therefore it is recommended to set the date and time properly before start recording 10 UPGRADE Display the firm...

Page 20: ...he main display and OFF to hide 5 VIDEO LOSS OSD Select ON to display VIDEO LOSS with blue screen for disconnected input s If set to OFF disconnected channels will be displayed black 6 POP UP DISPLAY Select number for the period in second to allow pop up display by event trigger such as motion or alarm Set to OFF to turn off pop up display If more than one channel needs to be popped up at the same...

Page 21: ...d VERY HIGH FPS Select from a recording frame rate from 1 to 30 on NTSC 1 to 25 PAL REC Select from MANUAL SCHEDULE EVENT OFF for recording type Audio Select ON or OFF for audio recording Lock Select ON or OFF to prevent overwriting for the specific channel This lock overrules overwriting under HDD setting Therefore it must be used for a short period of time with caution LOCK must be turned off to...

Page 22: ...ding ON or OFF When it is set to ON buffered images before the motion will be recorded Duration Assign recording time after the event triggered from 30 sec up to 60 min 2 SETUP 2 Sensitivity Select the level of sensitivity for motion detection from VERY LOW LOW STANDARD HIGH and VERY HIGH Sensor Select sensor type between NO and NC Input Select an input from 1 16 Out Select a relay output from 1 4...

Page 23: ...nt will be marked to detect motion A segment will be deselected if it changes to remove mark Direction Buttons Move focus to the proper direction While the focus is set to direction mark the focus only moves to the direction that is pressed If the focus is set to add remove mark the focus will move to the proper direction and a segment will be selected or deselected respectively Change the channel...

Page 24: ...an be set to MANUAL or EVENT Press ENTER to switch between MANUAL and EVENT and use direction buttons to browse on the table Selected recording mode can be applied by buttons and canceled by buttons While using remote controller press to apply and to cancel 3 MONTHLY SET Allow the user to schedule by days of a month 01 through 31 Each hour segment can be set to MANUAL or EVENT and setting controls...

Page 25: ... 10020 and these ports should be opened and forwarded to the DVR system For the configuration of network devices please contact the network administrator or service provider 4 PPPOE Display PPPoE ID if available Only accessible and required if CONNECT is set to PPPoE Once selected and ENTER is pressed it will prompt to enter proper ID and password 5 TIME ZONE Select a proper location from the list...

Page 26: ...o BACKUP media message will be displated Once the log file is created the file can be reviewed from notepad or any other text editors 4 CD DVD RW FORMAT Execute media format Before make a copy of recorded files it is recommended to format the media if it is rewritable and not empty The built in optical drive will support most CD R CD R W and DVD R W 5 BACKUP INFO Display media and connected device...

Page 27: ...oldest files by its maturity First recorded area in HDD can be replaced with new recording data 2 FORMAT HDD Execute formatting HDD Once the formatting is done Format Complete message will be displayed 3 INFO Display installed HDD information including a number of HDD installed total HDD capacity mounted and available space on it ...

Page 28: ...DSC230s KRE 302 301 GC755NP TOA CC 554 RAS716 LS LPF100 KD INTR M LILIN MLP2 and so on 4 PTZ ID Configure the camera ID between 0 and 255 This ID needs to match with the physical ID set on the camera mostly by dip switches 5 PTZ BAUD RATE Baud rate for the camera connected Ranges from 2400 to 19200 BPS and needs to match with the actual camera setting 6 PAN TILT SPEED set pan tilt speed between 0 ...

Page 29: ...ront panel or by remote controller On remote controller Ch 10 16 the 10 button may be used for the tenth digit For example press 10 and then press 5 to select Ch 15 2 Quad Picture Display 4 video channels at a time starting from Ch 1 4 By pressing the quad button repeatedly the display will rotate from Ch 5 8 to Ch 9 12 Ch 13 16 and then back to Ch 1 4 so on and so forth 3 9 Picture Display Displa...

Page 30: ...channel between 0 and 16 or Mute to turn off the audio 5 2 OSD On Screen Display on Live Mode 1 Time information is displayed on top center of the screen 2 Camera ID is displayed on the bottom left of each channel 3 Recording status is diplayed on the bottom center of each channel 4 Video Loss is displayed on the center of each channel 5 Other Icons Function Symbol Details Recording or Displayed o...

Page 31: ...6 channels of video and audio simultaneously real time 30 FPS for each channel Also each channel can be independently configured for its resolution recording quality frame rate audio recording and so on Recording can be initiated by manually by triggered event of motion detection or alarm input or by weekly or daily schedule created by user Recording Mode Description Manual While recording mode is...

Page 32: ...ser to select date to search recorded data 3 GO TO Allow to access specific time to search This button is accessible with USB mouse only if available The feature is accessible by pressing MENU button on the front panel or remote controller 4 Calendar Display days with available data based on OPTION selected The calendar displays the month that corresponds to the selected DATE 5 EXIT Return to the ...

Page 33: ...t a desired segment to search Recorded data are blocked in 15 minutes Once segment is selected press ENTER to playback Refer to 6 4 Playback for detail instruction on playback 6 3 Search by Time Date From Search List press MENU button to search a specific date and time The following screen will be displayed The user is able to select specific date and time to start playback Once the date and time ...

Page 34: ...nce playback is paused the user can move frame by frame using LEFT and RIGHT direction buttons on the front panel or Frame Search buttons on the remote controller 4 Jog and Shuttle It is convenient controller to control playback speed easily Works same as fast forward and rewind explained above 5 Live audio selection for speaker output MGDVRs MGSA 16 DVD allows the user to retrieve video and audio...

Page 35: ... example if 9 50 AM 10 05 AM needs to be backed up the user must perform copy twice once for 9 50 00 AM 9 59 59 AM and then 10 00 00 AM 10 05 00 AM Finally the user will be prompted with the menu below which displays free space of currently selected backup device size of selected data to copy and available data per each channel Icons next to each channels indicates available video and audio data f...

Page 36: ...NU on the front panel 3 Press this icon to enable the system lock same as LOCK on the front panel 4 Press this icon to start manual recording same as REC STOP on the front panel 5 Press this icon to enter PTZ Control mode similar to PTZ on the front panel PTZ control with USB mouse allows the user to operate the preset feature of PTZ camera in addition to the basic operation the feature needs to b...

Page 37: ...to select an audio channel to playback same as FUNC MENU on the front panel 2 Press this icon to toggle between play and pause same as PLAY PAUSE on the front panel 3 Press this icon to stop playback and back to search screen same as STOP on the front panel 4 Press these icons to control playback direction and speed 16 16 same as REW and FF on the front panel 5 Press this button to close this icon...

Page 38: ...firmware file such as dvr535352xx tgz into a USB Memory Drive 2 Insert the USB Memory Drive into a USB port on the front panel 3 Enter Main Menu and select UPGRADE under System Setup refer to the Chapter 4 3 System Setup The following message will be prompted Select check mark and press ENTER 4 While update is in progress Please wait will be displayed and when it is done the system will be automat...

Page 39: ...uous Scheduled Motion Alarm Recording Alarm Selectable recording CH pre recording Event Motion Duration 30sec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 min Recording Alarm In Relay Out 16 NO or NC Alarm Inputs 4 NO or NC Relay Outputs Normal x1 speed Fast Forward x2 x4 x8 x16 NTSC PAL Fast Backward x2 x4 x8 x16 NTSC PAL Playback speed 480 NTSC 400 PAL FPS Playback Search list sorting support All alarm moti...

Page 40: ... 1 Pin description Pin NO SHIELD 5 GND 4 D TX 3 D TX 2 VCC 1 Pin description Pin NO 1 USB Pin Descriptions Front panel 2 VGA Pin Descriptions GND 1 GND 4 RS485 D TX 3 RS485 D TX 2 Pin description Pin NO 3 RS232 Pin Descriptions GND GND RS485 D RX RS485 D RX Pin description Pin NO DVR Slave Unit like PTZ Camera 1 15 1 9 1 5 ...

Page 41: ...input 09 11 GND Common 10 Sensor input 08 9 Sensor input 07 8 Sensor input 16 19 GND Common 20 Sensor input 15 18 Sensor input 14 17 Sensor input 13 16 GND Common 15 Pin description Pin NO GND Common 6 Relay output NC2 5 Relay output NO2 4 GND Common 3 Relay output NC1 2 Relay output NO1 1 Relay output NC4 11 GND Common 12 Relay output NO4 10 GND Common 9 Relay output NC3 8 Relay output NO3 7 Pin ...

Page 42: ...ot Used 4 RXD 3 TXD 2 TXD 1 Pin description Pin NO 6 LAN port RJ 45 Pin Descriptions GND 1 GND 4 RS485 D TX 3 RS485 D TX 2 Pin description Pin NO 5 RS485 Pin Descriptions GND GND RS485 D RX RS485 D RX Pin description Pin NO DVR Slave Unit like PTZ Camera 1 8 1 4 ...