AVerMedia Technologies LX5000 User Manual

AVerMedia LX5000 User’s Manual

AVerMedia LX5000

Digital Video Recorder &

Remote Surveillance System

User’s Manual

300AAABX / V3.0 / 0612

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• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

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• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................6

1.1 AVERMEDIA LX5000 HIGHLIGHTS ............................................................................ 6

1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS..................................................................................................7

1.3 MANUAL CONVENTIONS ............................................................................................7

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................................8

2.1 HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................8

2.2 INSTALLING THE AVERMEDIA LX5000 VIDEO CARDS ............................................. 11

2.3 ATTACHING CAMERAS.............................................................................................. 12

2.4 CONNECTING EXTERNAL INPUTS/OUTPUTS CONTROL DEVICES .............................. 13

CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ...............................................17

3.1 INSTALLING FROM THE SOFTWARE CD....................................................................17

CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION AND OPERATION...............19

4.1 ENTERING THE SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 19

4.2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................21

4.3.1 Start / Stop Recording..........................................................................57

4.3.2 Playback.............................................................................................. 58

4.3.3 Show / Hide E-MAP............................................................................ 70

CHAPTER 5 USING THE WEBCAM...........................................................78

5.1 ENABLE WEBCAM ................................................................................................... 78

5.2 USE THE WEBCAM................................................................................................... 80

CHAPTER 6 REMOTEMANAGER..............................................................83

6.1 ACCESSING REMOTEMANAGER ............................................................................... 83

6.2 SETUP.......................................................................................................... 86

6.3 OPERATING REMOTEMANAGER ............................................................................... 93

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6.4 START RECORDING .................................................................................... 100

6.5 EXIT REMOTEMANAGER ...........................................................................100

CHAPTER 7 AVERMEDIA FAQS...............................................................102

APPENDIX A REGISTERING DOMAIN NAME ON DDNS SERVER...104

APPENDIX B IMAGE VERIFICATION....................................................106

APPENDIX C REMOTE LOGIN WITH AN MODEM-TO-MODEM

CONNECTION..............................................................................................112

A. WINDOWS 98SE / WINDOWS ME............................................................................. 112

B. WINDOWS 2000....................................................................................................... 113

C. WINDOWS XP.......................................................................................................... 116

LIMITED WARRANTY................................................................................ 119

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 AVerMedia LX5000 Highlights

The AVerMedia LX5000 is the first remote digital surveillance system

that operates under the Linux environment. It integrates the latest in

image processing, digital management, and communication technology.

The AVerMedia LX5000 also employs an auto-integrated interface with

remote control software and uses Intelligent Digital Recording to

produce ultra-high quality images. Advanced motion detection

technology enables the system to use sensing devices to detect motion,

which triggers video recording and external alarm devices.

The AVerMedia LX5000 is adaptable and flexible allowing the

administrator to customize the system based on various trigger events.

These events trigger a variety of action responses necessary to record

information and notify the responsible personnel. The AVerMedia

LX5000 employs a user-friendly operating interface and requires

minimal maintenance. Intelligent programming reduces the need for

manual operation and therefore minimizes the human error factor.

The AVerMedia LX5000 system has been especially designed to allow for

future enhancements in addition to maintaining interfaces necessary to

integrate with legacy surveillance equipment. Taking advantage of

today’s sophisticated communication technology, the AVerMedia LX5000

puts you in control of all of your surveillance activities from anywhere in

the world.

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1.2 Package Contents

AVerMedia LX5000

• LX5000: 1/2 x AVerMedia Video Capture Card

• 1 x LAN Card (REALTEK RTL8139)

• 1 x CD (includes LX5000 software, Linux Operating System,

RemoteManager S/W, and User’s Manual)

• Optional: I/O Box, and I/O Cable

1.3 Manual Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this manual.

Type Stands for Example

[paren.] Keys on the keyboard [Enter]

“Quotes” Words to be typed in “AVerMedia”

Italic User in each authorization level Administrator

Name of a dialo

Bold

Underlined Table columns Time

Sections/O

box/Field names/Buttons

Caution Message: These messages are to advise you to

proceed carefully. Failure to pay attention could result in

tion title in the dialo

box,

Operation

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

2.1 Hardware Recommendati ons

CPU Intel Celeron 800

is recommended)

(AMD K6, K7 tempor ar il y not supported)

Operating System Linux RedHat, included with the AVerMedia

LX5000 CD

VGA Card

Motherboard Intel Chipset with 6 PCI slots recommended

Hard Disk Space 80GB or higher

System RAM 128 MB (more recommended)

Capable of 1024 x 768 resolution or greater

1. nVidia GeForce 2 / 3 MX series

2. nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4200 / 4600 / 4800 series

3. Ati Radeon 8500 / 9000 / 9700 Pro

List of motherboards tested:

• ASUS P4B533

• ASUS P4B533E

• MSI 854E MAX2

• ABIT-SA6R (PIII/Celeron)

Pentium III 800 MHz or above

damage to the system and may put personnel and environment at risk.

Informational Message: These messages are intended to

provide additional information for the purpose of clarification.

Video Frame Size 320 x 240, 640 x 480

Video NTSC or PAL

Video Input Standard analog video signal

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Modem List of modems supported:

• Lucent Venus Serial Voice Modem

• Rockwell (Connexant) chipset Voice Modem

• Topic chipset Voice Modem

• Zyxel Omni56K Voice Modem

if a modem is to be used with in the AVerMedia LX5000 serv er, it needs to be an external modem)

SCSI Card AHA

Monitor 1024 x 768 (or higher) with horizontal frequenc

of 60 Hz

Mouse 3-button mouse

PTZ Camera List of PTZ cameras tested:

• Lilin PIH-717/7000/7600

• Dynacolor D7700

• Kampro KC-7720

• Pelco SD5TAC Series

Most PTZ cameras use RS-485 as the communications protocol

but most motherboards use RS-232 serial ports. If this is the

case, you need to purchase an RS-232 to RS-485 converter.

If you purchase the AVerMedia LX5000 kit, and you run out of

external COM ports for the speed dome camera, you can use a

10-pin to DB-9 ribbon cable (included with package) with the internal

COM header on the motherboard. First, plug the 10-pin connector into

the internal COM header. Then screw the DB-9 connector into the I/O

bracket (also included in the packaging). Finally use the screws to

attach the I/O bracket to your chassis. You can now connect your

speed dome cameras. See the following figure.

If you want to add an additional hard disk, please first partition

it manually following the rule of LINUX system operation. On

the other hand, note that only the CD-R with IDE interface can be

connected to IDE 1 slave.

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2.2 Installing the AVerMedia LX5000 Video Cards

The following instructions are for installing video cards into the

AVerMedia LX5000.

Before installing the video card, turn off the computer’s power,

unplug the power cable and disconnect all other cables

attached to the back of the computer.

Video card

PCI Slot

NOTE: Orient the red mark

upward.

Connecting the AVerMedia LX5000 Video Cards

Up to four cameras can be connected to each LX5000 video card - one

camera per BNC terminal.

Senso

Inputs

Infrared Sensor

Proximity Sensor

Smoke Detector

Camera 1

D-type 15-pin

Connector

Cable

Relay

Output

Reed Switch

Relay Control

Burglar Alarm

Access Control

Camera 2

Camera 3

Camera 4

Coaxial Cable

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2.3 Attaching Cameras

Cameras must be attached to the

BNC connectors of the server

Remove the computer cover.

Remove the I/O brackets for the four PCI expansion slots. Save the

screws.

Insert the AVerMedia video cards into the available PCI expansion slots.

Replace the computer cover and reconnect all cables.

video cards in a specific order to

avoid transmission problems.

Depending on whether you have

the LX5000 will determine how to

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install your cameras. Video cards are stacked vertically into the chassis.

If all four video cards are installed, the rear panel of the server will

appear as shown in the diagrams below.

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Cameras need to be installed according to the numerical order displayed on the diagrams above for each model. With the LX5000, cameras

will be installed from top to bottom beginning with the left-most column.

2.4 Connecting External Inputs/Outputs Control Devices

Each system and kit comes with four External I/O Boxes and D-type 15-

pin connector cables enabling you to connect sensor inputs and relay

outputs. The pin signals and specifications for the external I/O Box and

the D-type 15-pin connectors are described below.

IN 1

IN 2 IN 3 IN 4

Video Card

D-type 15-pin Connector Cable

External I/O Box

Sensor Input Specification

Relay Output Specification

Surge strength: 1500 VAC

Nominal power: 200mw ~ 360mw

Operating power: 110mw ~ 200mw

D-type 15-pin connector

Sensor Input 2

Sensor Input 1

Sensor Input 3

Relay Output 1

External I/O Box

Sensor Input 4

Relay Outputs 3

COIL RATINGS (at 20

Coil Nominal

Voltage

(VDC)

C )

Coil

Resistance

( 10% )

5 125 3.75 0.5 40

* Max Continuous Voltage at 20

Pick-up Voltage

(VDC)

C : 110% of Coil Nominal Voltage

Drop-Out

Voltage

(VDC)

Nominal

Current

(mA)

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CONTACT RATINGS

Contact Arrangement 1 Form C (SPDT)

max. Switch Power

max. Switch voltage

125VA 60W

125VAC 30VDC

max. Switch current

Contact Resistance 100m

1A/125VAC

Resistive Load

2A/30VDC

Contact Material AgNi10

External I/O Box pin signals

Pin # Definition

1 INPUT SIGNAL 1+

2 INPUT SIGNAL 2+

3 INPUT SIGNAL 3+

4 INPUT SIGNAL 4+

5 OUTPUT 3 – Normally Closed

6 INPUT SIGNAL 1-(GND)

12 OUTPUT 1 – Common

13 OUTPUT 2 – Normally Open

14 OUTPUT 2 – Common

15 OUTPUT 3 – Normally Open

Sensor Inputs

External sensors such as infrared sensors, smoke detectors, proximity

sensors, door sensors, etc., can be attached to the AVerMedia LX5000’s

input-signal connectors on the External I/O Box. These devices trigger

the system to respond with a predefined action (e.g. record video) Relay Outputs The AVerMedia LX5000’s output connectors (relay output) can be

attached to external output control devices such as alarms. The system

can be configured to activate or deactivate these devices. Each

AVerMedia video card supports three relay outputs. Two of them are

normally open relays with one being a toggle switch.

7 INPUT SIGNAL 2-(GND)

8 INPUT SIGNAL 3-(GND)

9 INPUT SIGNAL 4-(GND)

10 OUTPUT 3 – Common

11 OUTPUT 1 – Normally Open

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Chapter 3 Software Installation

3.1 Installing From the Software CD

This section describes the instructions for installing the OS and system

software from the AVerMedia LX5000 system CD.

Before you starting to install the system, please confirm that

the time in the system is met to the current time.

1. Go into the BIOS Setup and configure the First Boot Device to be

the CD-ROM in order to boot from the AVerMedia LX5000 system CD.

Note that when you use this CD to boot the system, the CD-ROM

drive can either be the master or slave of any IDE channel.

2. After boot-up, you will need to choose one of the options from the

menu below.

************** Option Menu ***************

(1) Make Hard Disk and Install. . (0) Exit & Shutdown.

Which you want:

The system will display a warning message to remind you to install

the hard disk as IDE 0 master:

(0) Exit & Shutdown: This option exits the setup mode and then

proceeds to shutdown.

3. Reboot the computer to run the system.

(1) Make Hard Disk and Install : This option installs the Linux OS and

AVerMedia LX5000 software onto the hard disk. Before running this

option, make sure that you have installed the hard disk as IDE 0

master.

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Chapter 4 System Configuration and Operation

4.1 Entering the System

Before you start running LX5000 system, the system will perform a

routine hardware check-up and scan all hard disks. In general, the hard

disk scan takes only a few seconds. But if the hard disk was abnormally

shutdown or had been damaged, the system will do a complete scan.

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The scan time is dependent on the hard disk size. (with a complete scan,

it takes about 1 minute to scan 30GB).

If you re-installed your LX5000 system and forgot your

previous password, you can choose to remove the previous

password setting when the first time you enter the system after the re-

installation.

Remove password setting (y/n)?

After the hardware check-up is finished, a dialogue box will display prompting you to set some basic configurations. You only have 15

seconds to finish all the selections on this screen.

For Select Language, you can select from

English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified

Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Polish,

and Czech.

After your selection, a pop-up window

besides will allow you to utilize the system

application.

Enter user serial number in Serial Number field to further use

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4.2 System Configuration

Main Screen

Display Mode

Full Screen

Auto Scan

Show E-Map

Start Network Service

PTZ Control

Playback

Setup

Start / Stop Monitor

Exit

Network Status

Click this button to show the

current network status where you

can see every client connecting to

the server. Click 'clear all' to

delete the record; click 'save to disk' to save the record.

Sna

Shot

Select Camera

Network Status Alarm Status Slow Log

Monitoring Status

Enlarged Display

Time / Date

V Hard Disk Status

Alarm Report

The image will turn into red and be

flashing once an alarm is triggered.

An alarm message with the detailed

alarm status will be seen after you

click on it. It will help you control

the situation of surveillance. Click

'clear all' to delete the record; click

'save to disk' to save the record.

Show Log

To display record, click this button

so that you can replay the record

and save for further process.

Monitoring Status

Sensor / Relay Status

The panel provides the real time monitoring control

on the sensor and relay surveillance system. The

numbers of the grids on the status bar present as

follow as the rule of 4 sensor inputs and 3 relay

outputs supported by each video card. Once a relay is triggered, one of

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the grids will turn yellow on which the further information will be shown. With the information go to System setup Alarm setup Relay →→ alarm to find out the generated sensor.

Time/Date

This field contains the

current time (hour:minute:second)

and date (year/month/date). You can

double-click here to reset the time

and date in the displayed dialog box

besides.

Software Version

It displays the software version of the AVerMedia LX5000 system

Hard Disk Status

Since that one image was enlarged the total number of remaining

images will be reduced. In the example below, the 16-image display

(figure 1) is reduced to a 13-image display after one of the images was

enlarged. You can repeat this process until you are left with 7 images

(3 large and 4 small – figure 8). If you further click on any image, the

screen will remain as 7-camera display placing the last double-clicked

image in the upper left corner. You can also do this with the 9-Camera

Display mode, but the initial double-click will turn the 9-screen display

into a 16-screen display.

Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 1 Figure 4

This information shows the total disk capacity and available disk space

of all the hard disks in the system.

Enlarging Display

Click “1-Camera Display” this button to view image from a single

camera and switch any camera into a specific camera. Double clicking

on any of the images will enlarge that image and move it into a corner.

Display mode

The following grid shows how camera images are positioned on the

monitor when in the different split screen modes. The numbers in the

squares correspond to the camera numbers.

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4-Camera Display

The first click of this button displays cameras 1 through 4 on

the screen. Continue to click to view cameras 5 through 8, 9 through

12, 13 through 16, and finally returning to cameras 1 through 4. The

cycle goes on as illustrated in Figures 5 through 4. Double-clicking any

camera image under the 4-Camera display will take you to the full-

screen display and begin the Auto Scan function

Figure 5

9-Camera Display

Clicking this button displays cameras 1 through 9

concurrently.

Figure 6

Figure 7

Figure 8

Full Screen

Click this button displays, you can switch the current audit mode to full

screen. If you witch to switch back to audit mode, right click on mouse

button so that you can exit full screen mode.

Auto Screen

In screen splitting mode, click this button to enable auto scanning

function. It will enable camera to repeat scanning according to camera

setting. Click on this button again will stop scanning function.

Camera option button

During scanning, click option button to select one camera from

the list, and screen will switch for designated camera, then go

back to original loop to continue scanning function; click drop

down menu

and disable the selected camera.

16-Camera Displa y

Clicking this button displays all sixteen cameras

concurrently.

Screen capture

Click this button to save the current auditing screen to a jpg file, and

the saved time will be used as the file name. During the file saving, click

on the button and its color would change to red color. After

file saving is done and its color will go back to normal.

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4.2.1 System Setup

System configuration

Enter system setting screen, user can do the following: system setting,

change password, camera setting, record setting, e-map setting,

network setting, alarm setting, schedule setting and printer setting

System Setup

1. Video signal warning:

If it is selected, system will beep warning when system detect

camera has video loss.

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2. Date format:

System provide two different date format:

yy/mm/dd(year/month/day) and mm/dd/yy (month/day/yar)

3. Repeating scanning interval:

After selecting the camera, enter the number of seconds for all

cameras staying during repeat scanning.

4. Video format:

Please setup your camera video format: NTSC，PAL，SECAM

5. Screen resolution 640x480

System default resolution is 320x240. For those who wish to use

640x480 resolutions, you can switch the setting in this dialog box. If

the resolution is higher, you need more hard drive space as well. And

if you select more than one camera, the system performance would

be degraded.

Product Camera Sets

LX5004

1、2、3、4

screen resolution for one camera, the other camera in the same team

will have the identical setting.

7. Display recording frame number

According to audit environment, you can set camera display frame

number and record frame number. Frame number setting has five

different levels. Higher level will cause faster display and record, but it

requires more hard drive space.

Password Setup

Password Setup enables/disables

the three user levels and sets the

password for each level.

LX5000 provides three users Levels: root, administrator, and operator.

Obtaining Authorization

Click Password Setup,

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6. For 16 splitting screen setting, system will distribute the resource

for two cameras as one team. Therefore, if you set frame number or

1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8

(1、9) (2、10) (3、11) (4、12) (5、13) (6、14) (7、15) (8、16)

Which will display a dialog box as

shown in the figure below to login:

The system will ask for User ID and

Password before accessing certain

configuration screens when either administrator and or operator

authorization has enabled.

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Key in”123456” (default root password) the on password field for the initial login from root. Click OK to bring the next dialog as follows to

change password:

In the Change password field of the root’s configuring area, type the

new password and retype it to confirm the password. Follow the same

steps to change administrator’s and operator’s passwords. After initial configurations you can enable administrator and operator authorization levels by clicking the enable administrator and enable operator buttons. Click OK to save the setup or Cancel to back to the menu of

System setup without saving.

If you do not set the passwords and enable the administrator and operator, there is no password security and users will have unrestricted access to system configurations. However, it is

recommended to do it only after the initial configurations. This is done

to avoid having to always enter passwords when entering and exiting

configuration screens.

See tables below for more clarification about the authorization.

1. When both the enable administrator and the enable operator

buttons are activated, access to the following configurations are

restricted as follows.

Functional Item Root Administrator Operator

Start/stop record

Setup

System setup

Password Setup

Camera Setup

Recording Setup

Setup E-Map

Network Setup

◎ ◎ ◎

√ √ √

◎ ◎ ◎

◎ ◎ ╳

Higher-level users can set/change passwords for lower level

users. For example, the root can set/change the passwords for the administrator and operator, and the administrator can set/change the password for the operator. The authorization order is ：root > administrator > operator.

Alarm Setup

Schedule Setup

Printer Setup

Playback

Event search

◎ ◎ ╳

◎ ╳ ╳

√ √ √

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Intelligent search

Change split

Printer Setup

Backup

Save to floppy

Show E-Map

PTZ Control

Start Network Service

Exit

√ : No password needed

◎ : Needs password ╳ : Not authorize

2. When only the enable administrator button is activated, accesses

to the following configurations are restricted as follows.

Functional Item Root Administrator Operator

Start/stop record

setup

√ √ √

◎ ◎ ╳

√ √ √

◎ ◎ ╳

◎ ◎ ◎

√ √ √

System setup

Password Setup

Camera Setup

Recording Setup

E-Map Setup

Network Setup

Alarm Setup

Schedule Setup

Printer Setup

Playback

Event search

Intelligent search

Change split

Printer

Backup

Save to floppy

Show E-Map

◎ ◎ ╳

◎ ╳ ╳

√ √ √

◎ ╳ ╳

√ √ √

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PTZ Control

Start Network Service

Exit

◎ ◎ ╳

√ √ √

√ : No password needed

◎ : Needs password ╳ : Not authorize

3. When only the en able operator button is activated, accesses to the

following configurations are restricted as follows.

Functional Item Root Administrator Operator

Start/stop record

Setup

System Setup

Password Setup

Camera Setup

E-Map Setup

Recording Setup

Network Setup

◎ ╳ ◎

√ √ √

◎ ╳ ╳

◎ ╳ ◎

◎ ╳ ╳

Alarm Setup

Schedule Setup

Printer Setup

Playback

Event search

Intelligent search

Change split

Printer

Backup

Save to floppy

Show E-Map

PTZ Control

Start Network Service

Exit

√: No password needed

◎ : Needs password ╳ : Not authorized

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