ClearView Panther-16HP Quick Start Manual

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Standalone DVR Quick Start Guide

Version 1.1.0

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1 Hardware Installation and Connection ........................................................... 1

1.1 Check Unpacked DVR .......................................................................... 1

1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel ...................................................... 1

1.3 After Remove the Chassis .................................................................... 1

1.4 HDD Installation ..................................................................................... 1

1.5 Front Panel ............................................................................................. 2

1.6 Rear Panel .............................................................................................. 4

1.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection..................................................... 5

2 Overview of Navigation and Controls............................................................. 7

2.1 Boot up & Shut Down ............................................................................ 7

2.2 Login ....................................................................................................... 7

2.3 Preview ................................................................................................... 9

2.4 Manual Record ..................................................................................... 11

2.5 Search & Playback .............................................................................. 12

2.6 Schedule ............................................................................................... 19

2.7 Snapshot ............................................................................................... 23

2.8 Network ................................................................................................. 27

2.9 Pan/Tilt/Zoom ....................................................................................... 29

3 Web Operation ............................................................................................... 32

3.1 Network Connection ............................................................................ 32

3.2 Login ..................................................................................................... 32

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3.3 Main Window ........................................................................................ 33

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time. Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning carefully!

Important Safeguard and Warning

1．Electrical safety

All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation.

2．Transportation security

Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

3．Installation

Keep upwards. Handle with care. Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation. Do not place objects on the DVR.

4．Qualified engineers needed

All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers. We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.

5．Environment

The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc.

6. Accessories

Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included: Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing in your package.

7. Lithium battery

Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury! When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE.

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DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

CAUTION FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT PASSWORD AFTER YOU FIRST LOGIN!

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1 Hardware Installation and Connection

Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules.

1.1 Check Unpacked DVR

When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories. Please check the items in accordance with the list. (Remote control is optional). Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR.

Note

Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.

1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel

For detailed information of the function keys in the front panel and the ports in the rear panel, please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resource CD. The model label in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase order. The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial number when we provide the service after sales.

1.3 After Remove the Chassis

Please check the data cable, power cable, COM cable and main boar cable connection is secure or not.

1.4 HDD Installation

Important Shut down the device and then unplug the power cable before you open the case to replace the HDD! All figures listed below for reference only!

You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand. Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk. This series DVR max supports 2 SATA HDDs. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher. All the figurers listed below are for reference only. Slight difference may be found on the front or rear panel.

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① Loosen the screws of the

upper cover and side panel. Remove the cover.

② Fix four screws in the HDD

(Turn just three rounds).

③ Place the HDD in accordance

with the four holes in the bottom.

④Turn the device upside down and

then turn the screws in firmly.

⑤Connect the HDD cable and

power cable. .

⑥Put the cover in accordance

with the clip and then place the upper cover back. Secure the screws in the rear panel and the side panel.

Name

Icon

Function

Power button

Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up or shut down DVR.

Shift

In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral, English(Small/Capitalized),donation and etc.

Up/1 Down/4

、

Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and down.

Increase/decrease numeral.

Assistant function such as PTZ menu.

In text mode, input number 1/4 (English character G/H/I)

Left/2

 

Shift current activated control,

1.5 Front Panel

The front panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1

Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.

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Right/3

When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar. In text mode, input number 2(English character A/B/C)/3(English character D/E/F)

ESC

Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation. When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.

Enter

ENTER

Confirm current operation

Go to default button

Go to menu

Record

REC

Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or numeral keys to select the recording channel.

Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Record interface.

Slow play/8

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback. In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).

Assistant

One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color.

Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor.

In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup.

In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English character(small/capitalized) and etc.

Realize other special functions.

Fast play/7



Various fast speeds and normal playback. In text mode, input number 7 (English character P/Q/R/S).

Play previous/0



In playback mode, playback the previous video In text mode, input number 0.

Reverse/Pause/6



In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse playback In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback. In text mode, input number 6 (English character M/N/O)

Play Next/9



In playback mode, playback the next video In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list. In text mode, input number 9 (English character W/X/Y/Z).

Play/Pause /5



In normal playback click this button to pause playback In pause mode, click this button to resume playback. In text mode, input number 5(English character J/K/L).

USB port

To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.

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Network abnormal indication light

Net

Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the light becomes red to alert you.

HDD abnormal indication light

HDD

HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.

Record light

1-16

System is recording or not. It becomes on when system is recording.

IR Receiver

It is to receive the signal from the remote control.

Alarm indication light

Alarm

Here you can view there is external alarm input or not. The light becomes on when there is an external alarm. The light become off when the external alarm stops.

Icon

Name

Note

1 Power switch

Power on/off button.

1～16

Alarm input port 1～16

 There are two types; NO (normal open)/NC

(normal close).

 When your alarm input device is using external

power, please make sure the device and the DVR have the same ground.

NO1～NO3

Alarm output port 1～3

 3 groups of alarm output ports. (Group 1：port

NO1～ C1,Group 2:port NO2～C2,Group 3:port NO3～C3）).Output alarm signal to the alarm device. Please make sure there is power to the

external alarm device.

 NO：Normal open alarm output port.  C：Alarm output public end.

C1～C3

VGA

VGA video

output

VGA video output port. Output analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video

1.6 Rear Panel

This series DVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

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Icon

Name

Note

port

output.

AUDIO IN

Audio input port

Connect to audio input device such as speaker.

VIDEO IN

Video input port

Connect to analog camera, video input signal.

6 GND

Alarm input ground port.

7 Power input port

Input 12V DC.

8 USB2.0 port

Connect to USB storage device, mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc.

RS485（RS485） communicati

on port

RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.

RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.

HDMI

High Definition Media Interface

High definition audio and video signal output port. It transmits uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.

11 Network port

100M Ethernet port

AUDIO OUT

Audio output port

Connect to video output device such as sound box.

When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.

1.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection

Important Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel. Please note the following contents are based on our 2U series product. For detailed operation instruction of other series products, please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resources CD.

There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).

1.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details

You can refer to the following sheet X for alarm input and output information. Important

The general 2U series product interface is shown as in

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

ALARM 1 to ALARM 16. The alarm becomes active in low voltage. NO1 C1， NO2 C2， NO3 C3，

There are three groups of normal open activation output (on/off button)

Earth cable.

Figure 1-3.

Figure 1-3

You can refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output information.

1.7.2 Alarm Input Port

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

 Normal open or Normal close type.  Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external

power to the alarm detector).

 Use the controllable +12V power to reset the smoke sensor remotely.  Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.  Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)  Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

Figure 1-4

1.7.3 Alarm Output Port

 Provide external power to external alarm device.  For controllable +12V, it can be used to provide power to devices such as reset smoke

sensor.

 To avoid overloading, please read relay parameters sheet in the User’s Manual carefully.  RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

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2 Overview of Navigation and Controls

For detailed operation instruction of other series products, please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resources CD.

Before operation, please make sure:

 You have properly installed HDD and all the cable connections.  The provided input power and the device power are matched.  Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure.

2.1 Boot up & Shut Down

2.1.1 Boot up

Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device.

 Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse.  Connect power cable.  Click the power button at the front or rear panel and then boot up the device. After device

booted up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode by default.

2.1.2 Shut Down Note

 When you see corresponding dialogue box “System is shutting down…” Do not click power

on-off button directly.

 Do not unplug the power cable or click power on-off button to shutdown device directly when

device is running (especially when it is recording.)

There are three ways for you to log out.  Main menu (RECOMMENDED): From Main Menu->Operation->Shutdown, click shutdown

button, you can see device shuts down.

 From power on-off button on the front panel or remote control. Press the power on-off button

on the DVR front panel or remote control for more than 3 seconds to shutdown the device.

 From power on-off button on the rear panel.

2.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure

The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power failure.

2.1.4 Replace Button Battery

Please make sure to use the same battery model if possible. We recommend replace battery regularly (such as one-year) to guarantee system time accuracy.

Note:

Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data completely!

2.2 Login

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After system booted up, system pops up the startup wizard interface. See Figure 2-1. Please refer to the user’s manual for detailed startup wizard operation information.

Tips

Check the box Startup button here, system goes to startup wizard again when it boots up the next time. Cancel the Startup button, system goes to the login interface directly when it boots up the next time.

Figure 2-1

The system login interface is shown as in Figure 2-2. System consists of four accounts:

 Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)  Username: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)  Username: 666666. Password: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback,

backup and etc.)  Username: default. Password: default(hidden user) You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote control (not included in the accessory bag) or

keyboard to input. About input method: Click to switch between numeral, English character (small/capitalized) and denotation.

Note: For security reason, please modify password after you first login.

Continuous three times login failure will result in system alarm and six times login failure will result in account lock!

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Recording status

Video loss

Motion detection

Camera lock

Figure 2-2

2.3 Preview

After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode by default. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->System->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting->Camera->CAM Name)

Tips

 Preview drag: If you want to change position of channel 1 and channel 4 when you are

previewing, you can left click mouse in the channel 1 and then drag to channel 4,

release mouse you can switch channel 1 and channel 4 positions.  Use mouse middle button to control window split: You can use mouse middle button to

switch window split amount.

Preview Control

The preview control function has the following features.

 Support preview playback.

 In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of

current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->Setting->->System->General to set real-time playback time.

 Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback

start time.

 Support playback, pause and exit function.

 Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.  Support digital zoom function.  Support real-time backup function.

You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.

Preview control interface

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Name

Function

Realtime playback

It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->Setting->>System->General to set real-time playback time. System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such record in current channel.

Digital zoom

It is to zoom in specified zone of current channel. It supports zoom in function of multiplechannel.

Click button , the button is shown as . Drag the mouse or use the middle button to select a zone, you can view. Right click mouse to cancel zoom and go back to the original interface.

Real-time backup function

It is to backup the video of current channel to the USB device. System can not backup the video of multiple-channel at the same time.

Click button , system begins recording. Click it again, system stops recoridng. You can find the record file on the flash disk.

Snapshot Click to snapshot once. The snapshot file is

saved on the USB device or HDD. You can go to the Search interface (chapter 2.5) to view.

Mute

Click to mute. Click again to enable audio function when preview. Please note this function is for one-window mode only.

1 2 3 4 5

Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops up the preview control interface. See Figure 2-3. If your mouse stays in this area for more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.

Figure 2-3

You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

Playback control

The playback control has the following features.

 Support play, pause, and exit and drag function.  During the preview playback process, you can not see the channel title and record status

of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the

preview playback.  During the preview playback, you can not switch the displayed channel or change

current window-display mode.

 System closes preview control interface when you are switching split mode.  Please note the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. You can

not control the preview playback until the tour function ended.

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2.4 Manual Record

Note:

You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDD has been properly installed. There are three ways for you to go to manual record menu.

 Right click mouse and then select Manual->Record.  In the main menu, from Storage->Record.  In live viewing mode, click record button in the front panel or record button in the remote

control. Manual record menu is shown as in Figure 2-4.

2.4.1 Record Operation

System supports main stream and sub stream. There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Please highlight icon“○” to select corresponding channel.  Manual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary

recording.  Schedule: Channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu->Setting-

>System->>Schedule)

 Stop: Current channel stops recording.  All: Check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel

schedule/manual record or enable/disable all channels to stop record.

Figure 2-4

2.4.2 Snapshot Operation

Check the corresponding box to enable/disable schedule snapshot function. See Figure 2-5.

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Figure 2-5

Tips

You can check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel snapshot function.

2.5 Search & Playback

Click search button in the main menu, or right click mouse and then select Search button when you are previewing, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-6. Usually there are three file types:

 R: Regular recording file.  A: External alarm recording file.  M: Motion detection recording file.

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Name

Function

Display window

Here is to display the searched picture or file. Support 1/4/9/16-window playback.

Search type

Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file. You can select to play from the read-write HDD, from peripheral device or from

redundancy HDD.

Before you select to play from the peripheral device, please connect the

corresponding peripheral device. You can view all record files of the root directory of the peripheral device. Click the Browse button; you can select the file you want to play.

Important Redundancy HDD does not support picture backup function, but it

supports picture playback function. You can select to play from redundancy HDD if there are pictures on the redundancy HDD.

Calendar

The blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no

picture or file.

In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the corresponding

record file trace in the time bar.

Playback mode and channel selection pane.

Playback mode：1/4/9/16. (It may vary due to different series.)  In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels.  In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your

requirement.

 In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16 channels.  In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32

channels.

The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel

Figure 2-6

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

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option.

Card number search

The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.

Mark file list button

Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can view all mark information of current channel by time. Please refer to chapter 2.5.3 for detailed information. Please note only the product of this icon supports mark function.

File list switch button

Double click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day. The file list is to display the first channel of the record file. The system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the │and │ or the

mouse to view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click the ENTER button to playback.

You can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search. File type：R—regular record； A—external alarm record； M—Motion detect

record.

Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock. The file

you locked will not be overwritten.

Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file. Return: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and channel setup

interface. Please note: For the file that is writing or overwriting, it can not be locked.

Playback control pane.

►/

Play/Pause There are three ways for you to begin playback.

 The play button  Double click the valid period of the time bar.  Double click the item in the file list.

In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.

■

Stop



Backward play In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play. Click it again to pause current play. In backward play mode, click ►/ to restore normal play.

│/ │

In playback mode, click it to play the next or the previous section. You can click continuously when you are watching the files from the same channel. In normal play mode, when you pause current play, you can click │ and │ to begin frame by frame playback. In frame by frame playback mode, click ►/ to restore normal playback.

►

Slow play In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow play 1, slow play 2, and etc.



Fast forward In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and etc.

Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.

Smart search

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The volume of the playback

Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot 1 picture. System supports custom snap picture saved path. Please connect the peripheral device first, click snap button on the full-screen mode, you can select or create path. Click Start button, the snapshot picture can be saved to the specified path.

Mark button. Please note this function is for some series product only. Please make sure there is a mark button in the playback control pane. You can refer to chapter 2.5.3 for detailed information.

Time bar

It is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.

In 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other

playback mode, there is only one time bar. Use the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system begins

playback.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file. The green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the

external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.

Time bar unit

●The option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file.

Backup

 Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. You can check from the

list. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup menu. System supports customized path setup. After select or create new folder, click the Start button to begin the backup operation. The record file(s) will be saved in the specified folder.

 Check the file again you can cancel current selection. System max supports to

display 32 files from one channel.

 After you clip on record file, click Backup button you can save it.  For one device, if there is a backup in process, you can not start a new

backup operation.

Clip

It is to edit the file.

●Please play the file you want to edit and then click this button when you want to edit. You can see the corresponding slide bars in the time bar of the corresponding channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end time.  After you set, you can click Clip button again to edit the second period. You

can see the slide bar restore its previous position.

 Click Backup button after clip, you can save current contents in a new file.  You can clip for one channel or multiple-channel. The multiple-channel click

operation is similar with the one-channel operation.

Please note:

 System max supports 1024 files backup at the same time.  You can not operate clip operation if there is any file has been checked

in the file list.

Record type

In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.

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Other Functions

Smart search

 When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin smart

search. Click the motion detect button to begin play.

 Once the motion detect play has begun, click button again will terminate

current motion detect file play.

 There is no motion detect zone by default.  If you select to play other file in the file list, system switches to motion detect

play of other file.

 During the motion detect play process, you can not implement operations such

as change time bar, begin backward playback or frame by frame playback.

 Please refer to chapter 2.5.1 Smart Search for detailed operation.

Other channel synchroni zation switch to play when playback

When playing the file, click the number button, system can switch to the same period of the corresponding channel to play. 16

Digital zoom

When the system is in full-screen playback mode, left click the mouse in the screen. Drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click mouse to realize digital zoom. You can right click mouse to exit.

Manually switch channel when playback

During the file playback process, you can switch to other channel via the dropdown list or rolling the mouse. This function is null if there is no record file or system is in smart search process.

Note:

All the operations here (such as playback speed, channel, time and progress) have relationship with hardware version. Some series DVRs do not support some functions or playback speeds.

2.5.1 Smart Search

During the multiple-channel playback mode, double click one channel and then click the button, system begins smart search. System supports 396(22*18 PAL) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. Please left click mouse to select smart search zones. See Figure 2-7.

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Figure 2-7

Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops smart search playback.

Important

 System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen mode.  During the multiple-channel playback, system stops playback of rest channels if you

implement one-channel smart search.

2.5.2 Accurate playback by time

Select records from one day, click the list, you can go to the file list interface. You can input time at the top right corner to search records by time. See image on the left side of the Figure 2-8 For

example, input time 11:00.00 and then click Search button , you can view all the record files after 11:00.00 (The records includes current time.). See image on the right side of the Figure

2-8. Double click a file name to playback.

Note

 After you searched files, system implement accurate playback once you click Play for the

first time.

 System does not support accurate playback for picture.  System supports synchronization playback and non-synchronous playback. The

synchronization playback supports all channels and non-synchronous playback only supports accurately playback of current select channel.

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Figure 2-8

2.5.3 Mark Playback

Please make sure your purchased device support this function. You can use this function only if you can see the mark playback icon on the Search interface (Figure 2-6).

When you are playback record, you can mark the record when there is important information. After playback, you can use time or the mark key words to search corresponding record and then play. It is very easy for you to get the important video information.  Add Mark

When system is playback, click Mark button , you can go to the following interface. See Figure 2-9.

Figure 2-9

 Playback Mark

During 1-window playback mode, click mark file list button in Figure 2-6, you can go to mark file list interface. Double click one mark file, you can begin playback from the mark time.

 Play before mark time Here you can set to begin playback from previous N seconds of the mark time.

Note

Usually, system can playback previous N seconds record if there is such a kind of record file. Otherwise, system playbacks from the previous X seconds when there is such a kind of record.

 Mark Manager

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Click the mark manager button on the Search interface (Figure 2-6); you can go to Mark Manager interface. See Figure 2-10. System can manage all the record mark information of

current channel by default. You can view all mark information of current channel by time.

Figure 2-10

 Modify Double click one mark information item, you can see system pops up a dialogue box for you to change mark information. You can only change mark name here.  Delete Here you can check the mark information item you want to delete and then click Delete button, you can remove one mark item. .

Note

 After you go to the mark management interface, system needs to pause current playback.

System resumes playback after you exit mark management interface.

 If the mark file you want to playback has been removed, system begin playbacking from the

first file in the list.

2.6 Schedule

Note:

You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed. After the system booted up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set record type and time in schedule interface.

In the main menu, from Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to schedule menu. See Figure 2-14.

Please note you need to go to main menu->Setting->System->General->Holiday to set holiday date first, otherwise, there is no holiday setup item.

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 Channel: Please select the channel number first. You can select “all” if you want to set for

the whole channels.

 : Sync connection icon. Select icon of several dates, all checked items can be

edited together. Now the icon is shown as .

 : Click it to delete a record type from one period.  Record Type: Please check the box to select corresponding record type. There are four

types: Regular/MD (motion detect)/Alarm/MD&Alarm.

 Week day: There are eight options: ranges from Saturday to Sunday and all.  Holiday: It is to set holiday setup. Please note you need to go to the General interface (Main

Menu->System->General) to add holiday first. Otherwise you can not see this item.

 Pre-record: System can pre-record the video before the event occurs into the file. The value

ranges from 1 to 30 seconds depending on the bit stream.

 Redundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight Redundancy

button to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least one HDD as redundant. ( Main menu->Setting->Storage->HDD Manager). Please note this function is null if there is only one HDD.

 Period setup: Click button after one date or a holiday, you can see an interface shown

as in Figure 2-15.There are four record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.

Please following the steps listed below to draw the period manually.

a) Select a channel you want to set. See Figure 2-11.

Figure 2-11

b) Set record type. See Figure 2-12.

Figure 2-12

c) Please draw manually to set record period. There are six periods in one day. See Figure

2-13.

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Figure 2-13

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. There are color bars for your reference. Green color stands for regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm recording. The white means the MD and alarm record is valid. Once you have set to record when the MD and alarm occurs, system will not record neither motion detect occurs nor the alarm occurs.

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Figure 2-14

Figure 2-15

2.6.1 Quick Setup

Copy function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting in channel 1, click Copy button, you can go to interface Figure 2-16. You can see current channel name is grey such as channel 1. Now you can select the channel you wan to paste such as channel 5/6/7. If you wan to save current setup of channel 1 to all channels, you can click the first box “ALL”. Click the OK button to save current copy setup. Click the OK button in the Encode interface, the copy function succeeded.

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Figure 2-16

2.6.2 Redundancy

Redundancy function allows you to memorize record file in several disks. When there is file damage occurred in one disk, there is a spare one in the other disk. You can use this function to maintain data reliability and safety.  In the main menu, from Setting->Storage-> Schedule, you can highlight redundancy

button to enable this function.

 In the main menu, from Main menu->Setting->Storage->HDD Manager, you can set one or

more disk(s) as redundant. You can select from the dropdown list. System auto

overwrites old files once hard disk is full. Please note only read/write disk or read-only disk can backup file and support file search function, so you need to set at least one read-write disk otherwise you can not record video.

Note About redundancy setup:

 If current channel is not recording, current setup gets activated when the channel begin

recording the next time.  If current channel is recording now, current setup will get activated right away, the current file

will be packet and form a file, then system begins recording as you have just set. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Playback or search in the redundant disk.

There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk.  Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu->Setting->Storage-

>HDD Manager). System needs to reboot to get setup activated. Now you can search or

playback file in redundant disk.  Dismantle the disk and play it in another PC.

2.7 Snapshot

2.7.1 Schedule Snapshot

 On the preview interface, right click mouse and then select Manual->Record, or in the main

menu, from Setting->Storage->Record, check the box to enable snapshot function of

corresponding channels. See Figure 2-17.  In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input

snapshot mode as regular, size, quality and frequency. See Figure 2-18.  In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Schedule interface, please enable snapshot

function. See Figure 2-19.

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Please refer to the following figure for detailed information.

Figure 2-17

Figure 2-18

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Figure 2-19

2.7.2 Trigger Snapshot

Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred.  In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input

snapshot mode as trigger, size, quality and frequency. See Figure 2-20.  In main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, please enable snapshot function for specified

channels (Figure 2-21). Or In main menu, from Setting->Event->Alarm (Figure 2-22) please

enable snapshot function for specified channels.

Figure 2-20

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Figure 2-21

Figure 2-22

2.7.3 Priority

Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.

2.7.4 Image FTP

In the main menu, from Setting->Network->FTP, you can set FTP server information. Please enable FTP function and then click save button. See Figure 2-23. Please boot up corresponding FTP server.

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Please input the corresponding information here, if you just upload the image FTP.

Please enable schedule snapshot (Chapter 2.7.1) or activation snapshot (Chapter 2.7.2) first, now system can upload the image file to the FTP server.

2.8 Network

Here is for you to input network information. The single network adapter interface is shown as in Figure 2-24 and the dual network adapters interface is shown as in Figure 2-25.  IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 and IPv6. Right now, system supports these two IP

address format and you can access via them.  MAC address: The host in the LAN can get a unique MAC address. It is for you to access in the

LAN. It is read-only.  IP address: Here you can use up/down button () or input the corresponding number to

input IP address. Then you can set the corresponding subnet mask the default gateway.  Subnet prefix: The input value ranges from 0 to 128. It is to mark a specified network MAC

address. Usually it includes an organization of multiple-level.

 Default gateway: Here you can input the default gateway. Please note system needs to

check the validity of all IPv6 addresses. The IP address and the default gateway shall

be in the same IP section. That is to say, the specified length of the subnet prefix shall

have the same string.

 DHCP: It is to auto search IP. When enable DHCP function, you can not modify IP/Subnet

mask /Gateway. These values are from DHCP function. If you have not enabled DHCP

function, IP/Subnet mask/Gateway display as zero. You need to disable DHCP function to

view current IP information. Besides, when PPPoE is operating, you can not modify

IP/Subnet mask /Gateway.  MTU: It is to set MTU value of the network adapter. The value ranges from 1280-7200 bytes.

The default setup is 1500 bytes. Please note MTU modification may result in network

Figure 2-23

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adapter reboot and network becomes off. That is to say, MTU modification can affect current

network service. System may pop up dialog box for you to confirm setup when you want to

change MTU setup. Click OK button to confirm current reboot, or you can click Cancel button

to terminate current modification. Before the modification, you can check the MTU of the

gateway; the MTU of the DVR shall be the same as or is lower than the MTU of the gateway.

In this way, you can reduce packets and enhance network transmission efficiency. Right

now, the value here is for read-only.

The following MTU value is for reference only.

 1500: Ethernet information packet max value and it is also the default value. It is the

typical setup when there is no PPPoE or VPN. It is the default setup of some router, switch or the network adapter.

 1492: Recommend value for PPPoE.

 1468: Recommend value for DHCP.  Preferred DNS server: DNS server IP address.  Alternate DNS server: DNS server alternate address.  LAN download: System can process the downloaded data first if you enable this function.

The download speed is 1.5X or 2.0X of the normal speed.

 Dual network adapters mode:

 Multiple-address mode: eth0 and eth1 operate separately. You can use the services

such as HTTP, RTP service via etho0 or the eth1 usually you need to set one default card(default setup is etho) to request the auto network service form the device-end such as DHCP, email ,FTP and etc. In multiple-address mode, system network status is shown as offline once one card is offline.

 Network fault-tolerance: In this mode, device uses bond0 to communicate with the

external devices. You can focus on one host IP address. At the same time, you need to set one master card. Usually there is only one running card (master card).System can enable alternate card when the master card is malfunction. The system is shown as offline once these two cards are both offline. Please note these two cards shall be in the same LAN.

 Load balance: In this mode, device uses bond0 to communicate with the external device.

The eth0 and eth1 are both working now and bearing the network load. Their network load are general the same. The system is shown as offline once these two cards are both offline. Please note these two cards shall be in the same LAN.

Important For the IP address of IPv6 version, default gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS, the input value shall be 128-digit. It shall not be left in blank.

After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 2-24

Figure 2-25

2.9 Pan/Tilt/Zoom

Please note:

 Slight difference may be found in the user’s interface, due to various protocols.  Please make sure the speed domes A/B cables are properly connected to the A/B ports of

DVR.

 You have properly set PTZ information.  Please switch camera monitor channel to current window.

2.9.1 PTZ Setup

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In the main menu, from Setting->System->PTZ, you can see the following interface. The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 2-26.

 Protocol: Select corresponding PTZ protocol such as PELCOD.  Address: Input corresponding PTZ address.  Baud rate: Select baud rate.  Data bit: Select data bit. Default value is 8.  Stop bit: Select stop bit. Default value is 1.  Parity: There are three choices: none/odd/even. Default value is none.

Figure 2-26

After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

2.9.2 PTZ Operation

In one window display mode, right click mouse (click “Fn” Button in the front panel or click “Fn” key in the remote control). The interface is shown as in Figure 2-27.

Figure 2-27

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Name

Function key

function

Shortcut key

Function key

function

Shortcut Key

Zoom

Near

► Far



Focus

Near



Far

►

Iris close



Open



Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-28. Here you can set the following items:

 Step: value ranges from 1 to 8.  Zoom  Focus  Iris

Click icon and to adjust zoom, focus and iris.

Figure 2-28

In Figure 2-28, please click direction arrows (See Figure 2-29) to adjust PTZ position. There are total 8 direction arrows. Please note if you use remote control, you can use just four directions (Up/down/left/right). The speed value ranges from 1 to 8.

Here is a sheet for you reference.

Figure 2-29

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3 Web Operation

Slightly difference may be found in the interface due to different series.

3.1 Network Connection

Before web client operation, please check the following items:

 Network connection is right  DVR and PC network setup is right. Please refer to network setup(main menu->Setting-

>Network)  Use order ping ***.***.***.***(* DVR IP address) to check connection is OK or not. Usually

the return TTL value should be less than 255.  Current series product supports various browsers such as Safari, fire fox browser, Google

browser. Device supports multiple-channel monitor, PTZ control, DVR parameter setup on

the Apple PC.

3.2 Login

Open IE and input DVR address in the address column. For example, if your DVR IP is

10.10.3.16, then please input http:// 10.10.3.16 in IE address column. System pops up warning information to ask you whether install control or not. Please click Install button. See Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1

After installation, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 3-2. Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin.

Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.

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3.3 Main Window

Figure 3-2

3.3.1 LAN Login

For the LAN mode, after you logged in, you can see the main window. See Figure 3-3. Click the channel name on the left side; you can view the real-time video.

Figure 3-3

3.3.2 WAN Login

In WAN mode, after you logged in, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 3-4.

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Figure 3-4

For detailed operation information, please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resources CD.

Note  For detailed operation introduction, please refer to our resource CD included in your

package for electronic version of the User’s Manual.

 Slight difference may be found in user interface.  All the designs and software here are subject to change without prior written notice.

 All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned are the properties of their

respective owners.

 If there is any uncertainty or controversy, please refer to the final explanation of us.  Please visit our website for more information.

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HD-AVS Standalone DVR User’s Manual

V1.3.0

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1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 1

1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Features .............................................................................................................................. 1

1.3 Specifications ..................................................................................................................... 2

2 OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS ................................................................. 5

2.1 Front Panel ......................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Rear Panel .......................................................................................................................... 6

2.3 Remote Control .................................................................................................................. 8

2.4 Mouse Control .................................................................................................................. 10

2.5 Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel................................................................ ....................... 12

2.5.1 Virtual Keyboard .......................................................................................................... 12

2.5.2 Front Panel ................................................................................................................... 12

3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS .................................................. 13

3.1 Check Unpacked DVR ..................................................................................................... 13

3.2 About Front Panel and Real Panel ................................................................................. 13

3.3 HDD Installation ............................................................................................................... 13

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3.4 Connecting Power Supply ................................ ............................................................... 14

3.5 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices ................................................................. 14

3.5.1 Connecting Video Input ............................................................................................... 14

3.5.2 Connecting Video Output ............................................................................................ 15

3.6 Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio .................................................. 15

3.6.1 Audio Input ................................................................................................................... 15

3.6.2 Audio Output ................................................................................................................ 15

3.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection ............................................................................... 15

3.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details .................................................................................. 16

3.7.2 Alarm Input Port ........................................................................................................... 16

3.7.3 Alarm Output Port ................................................................................................ ........ 17

3.8 RS485 ............................................................................................................................... 18

3.9 Other Interfaces ................................................................................................................ 18

4 OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS .................................. 19

4.1 Boot up and Shutdown .................................................................................................... 19

4.1.1 Boot up ......................................................................................................................... 19

4.1.2 Shutdown ..................................................................................................................... 19

4.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure .............................................................................. 19

4.1.4 Replace Button Battery ............................................................................................... 19

4.2 Startup Wizard .................................................................................................................. 20

4.3 Manual Record ................................................................................................................. 23

4.3.1 Live Viewing ................................................................................................................. 23

4.4 Right-Click Menu .............................................................................................................. 25

4.4.1 Window Switch ............................................................................................................. 26

4.4.2 PTZ Control .................................................................................................................. 26

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4.4.3 Color ............................................................................................................................. 32

4.4.4 Search .......................................................................................................................... 34

4.4.5 Record Control ............................................................................................................. 34

4.4.6 Alarm Output ................................................................................................................ 34

4.4.7 Remote Device ............................................................................................................ 34

4.5 Navigation Bar .................................................................................................................. 34

4.5.1 Main Menu.................................................................................................................... 34

4.5.2 Output Screen .............................................................................................................. 34

4.5.3 Favorites ....................................................................................................................... 34

4.5.4 Tour .............................................................................................................................. 35

4.5.5 PTZ ............................................................................................................................... 35

4.5.6 Color ............................................................................................................................. 35

4.5.7 Search .......................................................................................................................... 35

4.5.8 Alarm Status ................................................................................................................. 35

4.5.9 Channel Info ................................................................ ................................................. 35

4.5.10 Remote Device ........................................................................................................ 36

4.5.11 Network .................................................................................................................... 36

4.5.12 HDD Manager.......................................................................................................... 36

4.5.13 USB Manager ................................ .......................................................................... 36

4.6 USB Device Auto Pop-up ................................................................................................ 36

4.7 Main Menu ........................................................................................................................ 37

4.8 Operation .......................................................................................................................... 37

4.8.1 Search .......................................................................................................................... 37

4.8.2 Backup .......................................................................................................................... 45

4.8.3 Shut Down .................................................................................................................... 47

4.9 Information ........................................................................................................................ 47

4.9.1 System Info .................................................................................................................. 47

4.9.2 Event............................................................................................................................. 51

4.9.3 Network ........................................................................................................................ 52

4.9.4 Log ................................................................................................................................ 54

4.10 Setting ............................................................................................................................... 56

4.10.1 Camera .................................................................................................................... 56

4.10.2 Network .................................................................................................................... 66

4.10.3 Event ........................................................................................................................ 84

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4.10.4 Storage .................................................................................................................... 98

4.10.5 System ................................................................................................................... 111

5 WEB OPERATION ............................................................................... 132

5.1 Network Connection ....................................................................................................... 132

5.2 Login................................................................................................................................ 132

5.3 LAN Mode ....................................................................................................................... 133

5.4 Real-time Monitor ........................................................................................................... 135

5.5 PTZ .................................................................................................................................. 136

5.6 Image/Relay-out ............................................................................................................. 137

5.6.1 Image .......................................................................................................................... 137

5.6.2 Relay output ............................................................................................................... 137

5.7 WAN Login ...................................................................................................................... 138

5.8 Setup ............................................................................................................................... 139

5.8.1 Camera ....................................................................................................................... 139

5.8.2 Network ...................................................................................................................... 146

5.8.3 Event........................................................................................................................... 162

5.8.4 Storage ................................................................................................ ....................... 170

5.8.5 Setting ........................................................................................................................ 174

5.9 Information ...................................................................................................................... 188

5.9.1 Version ....................................................................................................................... 188

5.9.2 Log .............................................................................................................................. 188

5.9.3 Online User ................................................................................................................ 189

5.10 Playback ......................................................................................................................... 190

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5.11 Alarm ............................................................................................................................... 193

5.12 Log out ............................................................................................................................ 194

5.13 Un-install Web Control ................................................................................................... 195

6 PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ...................................... 196

7 FAQ ...................................................................................................... 197

APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION ....................................... 205

APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE BACKUP DEVICES ....................................... 207

Appendix B-1 Compatible USB list .......................................................................................... 207

Appendix B-2 Compatible SD Card list ................................................................................... 208

Appendix B-3 Compatible Portable HDD list .......................................................................... 208

Appendix B-4 Compatible USB DVD List ............................................................................... 208

Appendix B-5 Compatible SATA DVD List .............................................................................. 208

Appendix B-6 Compatible SATA HDD List ............................................................................. 209

APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD BURNER LIST ............................. 213

APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE DISPLAYER LIST ....................................... 214

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APPENDIX E COMPATIBLE SWITCHER ................................................... 215

APPENDIX F COMPATIBLE WIRELESS MOUSE LIST ........................... 216

APPENDIX G EARTHING ......................................................................... 217

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing our HD-AVS DVR! This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series standalone DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguards and Warnings

1．Electrical safety

2．Transportation security

Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

3．Installation

Keep upwards. Handle with care. Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation. Do not place objects on the DVR.

4．Qualified engineers needed

All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers. We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.

5．Environment

The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc.

6. Accessories

Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included. Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.

7. Lithium battery Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury! When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

CAUTION FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT PASSWORD AFTER YOU FIRST LOGIN!

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1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

1.1 Overview

The hybrid standalone series DVR is an excellent digital monitor product designed for security field.

It adopts embedded Linux OS to maintain reliable operation. Popular H.264 compression algorithm and G.711 audio compression technology realize high quality, low bit stream. Unique frame by frame play function is suitable for detailed analysis. It has various functions such as record, playback, monitor at the same time and can guarantee audio video synchronization. This series product has advanced technology and strong network data transmission function.

This series device adopts embedded design to achieve high security and reliability. It can work in the local end, and at the same time, when connecting it to the professional surveillance software (PSS), it can connect to the security network to realize strong network and remote monitor function.

This series product can be widely used in various areas such as banking, telecommunication, electric power, interrogation, transportation, intelligent resident zone, factory, warehouse, resources, and water conservancy.

1.2 Features

This series product has the following features:

 Real-time surveillance Support VGA port and HDMI port. Realize the surveillance through displayer. Support HDMI, VGA, and TV output at the same time.

 Storage function Special data format to guarantee data security and can remove the risk of the vicious data modification. Support digital watermark.

 Compression format Support multiple-channel audio and video. An independent hardware decodes the audio and video signal from each channel to maintain video and audio synchronization.

 Backup function Support backup operation via USB port (such as U disk, portable HDD, burner) Client-end user can download the file to local HDD to backup via network.

 Record & playback function

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Model

Parameters

Panther-16HP-Tri

System Main Processor

High-performance industrial embedded micro controller

Embedded LINUX

Video

Video Encode Standard

H.264

Encode Resolution

1080P(1-15fps) /720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF

Video Frame Rate

HD-AVS：1~25f/s（PAL）； 1~30f/s（NTSC） CVBS：1~25f/s（PAL）； 1~30f/s（NTSC）

Support each channel real-time record independently, and at the same time it can support search, forward play, network monitor, record search, download and etc. Support various playback modes: slow play, fast play, backward play and frame by frame play. Support time title overlay so that you can view event accurate occurred time Support customized zoom function during the preview.

 Network operation Support network remote real-time monitor, remote record search and remote PTZ control.

 Alarm activation function Several relay alarm outputs to realize alarm activation and on-site light control. The alarm input port and output has the protection circuit to guarantee device safety.

 Communication port RS485 port can realize alarm input and PTZ control. RS232 port can connect to keyboard to realize central control, and can also connect to PC COM to upgrade system and realize maintenance, and matrix control. Standard Ethernet port can realize network access function. The dual-network port has the multiple-access, fault-tolerance, load-balance setup mode.

 PTZ control Support PTZ decoder via RS485.

 Intelligent operation Mouse operation function In the menu, support copy and paste setup function

 UPNP (Universal Plug and Play) Establish mapping connection between LAN and WAN via UPNP protocol.

Slight function differences may be found due to different series.

1.3 Specifications

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Model

Parameters

Panther-16HP-Tri

Video Bit Rate

2048Kbps-4096Kbps For 1080P/720P:default value is 2Mbps，max value is 4Mbps For 960H:default value is 1Mbps，max value is 3Mbps

Bit Stream Type

Video stream/composite stream

Dual-Stream

Support

Audio

Encode Standard

G.711A, G.711U, PCM

Audio Sampling Rate

8KHz，16Bit

Audio Bit Rate

64Kbps

Video Port

Analog Video Input

8-ch, BNC port

Network Video Input

Max 2 IPC connections（8Mbps）

Video Output

1-ch VGA output, 1-ch HDMI output， HDMI/ VGA video output at the same time (VGA/HDMI of the same video source)

Loop Output

N/A

Matrix Output

N/A

Audio Port

Audio Input

4-ch，RCA port, audio via coaxial cable

Audio Output

1-ch，RCA port

Bidirectional Talk Input

Support（Reuse the audio port）

Record

Record Mode

Auto record, manual record, motion detect record, alarm record

Record Playback

Max 8-ch playback

Backup Mode

HDD, burner, flash disk, network backup.

Alarm Alarm Input

8-ch alarm input

Alarm Output

3-ch alarm output

HDD HDD Port

2 SATA ports. Does not support eSATA port.

Space/HDD

Communication Port

Network

1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port

Communication

RS485 port

USB

2 USB ports

Other

Power

DC12V/4A

Power Consumption

≤30W（No HDD）

Working Temperature

-10℃－＋55℃

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Model

Parameters

Panther-16HP-Tri

Working Humidity

10%~90%

Dimension

1U case，375mm（W）×280mm（D）×50mm（H）

Weight

1.5-2.5kg（No HDD）

Installation Mode

Desk installation

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Name

Icon

Function

Power button

Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up or shut down DVR.

Shift

In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral, English(Small/Capitalized),donation and etc.

Up/1 Down/4

、

Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and down.

Increase/decrease numeral.

Assistant function such as PTZ menu.

In text mode, input number 1/4 (English character G/H/I)

Left/2 Right/3

 

Shift current activated control,

When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar. In text mode, input number 2(English character A/B/C)/3(English character D/E/F)

ESC

Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation. When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.

Enter

ENTER

Confirm current operation

Go to default button

Go to menu

Record

REC

Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or numeral keys to select the recording channel.

Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Record interface.

2 Overview and Controls

This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first.

2.1 Front Panel

The front panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1

Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.

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Slow play/8

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback. In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).

Assistant

One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color.

Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for

1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor.

In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup.

In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English character(small/capitalized) and etc.

Realize other special functions.

Fast play/7



Various fast speeds and normal playback. In text mode, input number 7 (English character P/Q/R/S).

Play previous/0



In playback mode, playback the previous video In text mode, input number 0.

Reverse/Pause/6



In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse playback In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback. In text mode, input number 6 (English character M/N/O)

Play Next/9



In playback mode, playback the next video In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list. In text mode, input number 9 (English character W/X/Y/Z).

Play/Pause /5



In normal playback click this button to pause playback In pause mode, click this button to resume playback. In text mode, input number 5(English character J/K/L).

USB port

To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.

Network abnormal indication light

Net

Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the light becomes red to alert you.

HDD abnormal indication light

HDD

HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.

Record light

1-16

System is recording or not. It becomes on when system is recording.

IR Receiver

It is to receive the signal from the remote control.

Alarm indication light

Alarm

Here you can view there is external alarm input or not. The light becomes on when there is an external alarm. The light become off when the external alarm stops.

2.2 Rear Panel

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Icon

Name

Note

1 Power switch

Power on/off button.

1～16

Alarm input port 1～16

 There are two types; NO (normal open)/NC

(normal close).

 When your alarm input device is using external

power, please make sure the device and the DVR have the same ground.

NO1～NO3

Alarm output port 1～3

 3 groups of alarm output ports. (Group 1：port

NO1～C1,Group 2:port NO2～C2,Group 3:port NO3～C3）).Output alarm signal to the alarm device. Please make sure there is power to the external alarm device.

 NO：Normal open alarm output port.  C：Alarm output public end.

C1～C3

VGA

VGA video

output

port

VGA video output port. Output analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output.

AUDIO IN

Audio input port

Connect to audio input device such as speaker. 5

VIDEO IN

Video input port

Connect to analog camera, video input signal.

6 GND

Alarm input ground port.

7 Power input port

Input 12V DC.

8 USB2.0 port

Connect to USB storage device, mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc.

9 A RS485

RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to

The rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

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Icon

Name

Note

（ RS-485 ） communicati on port

the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.

RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.

HDMI

High Definition Media Interface

High definition audio and video signal output port. It transmits uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.

11 Network port 100M Ethernet port

AUDIO OUT

Audio output port

Connect to video output device such as sound box. Serial Number

Name

Function

When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the straight cable to connect to the switch or router.

2.3 Remote Control

The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-3. Please note remote control is not our standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.

Figure 2-3

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Power button

Click it to boot up or shut down the device.

Address

Click it to input device number, so that you can control it.

Forward

Various forward speeds and normal speed playback.

Slow play

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.

5 Next record

In playback mode, playback the next video.

6 Previous record

In playback mode, playback the previous video.

Play/Pause

In pause mode, click this button to realize normal playback.

In normal playback click this button to pause playback.

In real-time monitor mode, click this button to enter video search menu.

8 Reverse/pause

Reverse playback pause mode, click this button to realize normal playback.

In reverse playback click this button to pause playback.

9 Esc.

Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control)

Record

Start or stop record manually In record interface, working with the direction buttons to select the record channel. Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Manual Record interface.

Direction keys

Switch current activated control, go to left or right. In playback mode, it is to control the playback process bar. Aux function(such as switch the PTZ menu)

Enter /menu key

go to default button go to the menu

Multiple-window switch

Switch between multiple-window

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and one-window.

In 1-ch monitor mode: pop up assistant function： PTZ control and Video color.

Switch the PTZ control menu in PTZ control interface.

In motion detection interface, working with direction keys to complete setup.

In text mode, click it to delete character.

0-9 number key

Input password, channel or switch channel.

Shift is the button to switch the input method.

Left click mouse

System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in. In real-time monitor mode, you can go to the main menu.

When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu content.

Implement the control operation.

Modify checkbox or motion detection status.

Click combo box to pop up drop down list

2.4 Mouse Control

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In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel you can input numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. ＿ stands for space button.

In English input mode: _stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.

In numeral input mode: _ stands for clear and ← stands for

deleting the previous numeral.

When input special sign, you can click corresponding numeral in the

front panel to input. For example, click numeral 1 you can input“/” , or

you can click the numeral in the on-screen keyboard directly.

Double left click mouse

Implement special control operation such as double click one item in the file list to playback the video.

In multiple-window mode, double left click one channel to view in full-window. Double left click current video again to go back to previous multiple-window mode.

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Right click mouse

In real-time monitor mode, pops up shortcut menu: one-window, four-window, nine-window and sixteen-window, Pan/Tilt/Zoom, color setting, search, record, alarm input, alarm output, main menu. Among which, Pan/Tilt/Zoom and color setting applies for current selected channel. If you are in multiple-window mode, system automatically switches to the corresponding channel.

Exit current menu without saving the modification.

Press middle button

In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value.

Switch the items in the check box.

Page up or page down

Move mouse

Select current control or move control

Drag mouse

Select motion detection zone

Select privacy mask zone.

2.5 Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

2.5.1 Virtual Keyboard

The system supports two input methods: numeral input and English character (small and capitalized) input. Move the cursor to the text column, the text is shown as blue, input button pops up on the right. Click that button to switch between numeral input and English input (capitalized and small), Use > or < to shift between small character and capitalized character.

2.5.2 Front Panel

Move the cursor to the text column. Click Fn key and use direction keys to select number you wanted. Please click enter button to input.

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① Loosen the screws of the upper

cover and side panel. Remove

② Fix four screws in the HDD

③ Place the HDD in accordance

3 Installation and Connections

Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules.

3.1 Check Unpacked DVR

When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories. Please check the items in accordance with the list. Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR.

Note

Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.

3.2 About Front Panel and Real Panel

The model in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase order. The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial number when we provide the service after sales.

3.3 HDD Installation

Important Shut down the device and then unplug the power cable before you open the case to replace the HDD! All figures listed below for reference only!

This series DVR has 1 to 2 HDDs (no limitation for capacity). Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher. Usually we do not recommend the HDD for the PC. You can refer to the Appendix for recommended HDD brand. Please follow the instructions listed below to install hard disk. The 1U series DVR has two SATA HDDs.

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the cover.

(Turn just three rounds).

with the four holes in the bottom.

④Turn the device upside down and

then turn the screws in firmly.

⑤Connect the HDD cable and

power cable. .

⑥Put the cover in accordance

with the clip and then place the upper cover back. Secure the screws in the rear panel and the side panel.

3.4 Connecting Power Supply

Please check input voltage and device power button match or not. We recommend you use UPS to guarantee steady operation, DVR life span, and other peripheral equipments operation such as cameras.

3.5 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices

3.5.1 Connecting Video Input

The video input interface is BNC. The input video format includes: PAL/NTSC BNC （1.0VB The input video format: BNC（0.8VP-P，75Ω）, The video signal should comply with your national standards. The input video signal shall have high SNR, low distortion; low interference, natural color and suitable lightness.

Guarantee the stability and reliability of the camera signal:

The camera shall be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc. The camera and the DVR should have the same grounding to ensure the normal operation of the camera.

Guarantee stability and reliability of the transmission lineBTTTB

Please use high quality, sound shielded BNC. Please select suitable BNC model according to the transmission distance. If the distance is too long, you should use twisted pair cable, and you can add video compensation devices or use optical fiber to ensure video quality. You should keep the video signal away from the strong electromagnetic interference, especially the high tension current.

Keep connection lugs in well contactBTTTB

P- P ，

B75Ω.）.

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The signal line and shielded wire should be fixed firmly and in well connection. Avoid dry joint, lap welding and oxidation.BTTT

3.5.2 Connecting Video Output

Video output includes a TBNC(PAL/NTSC, 1.0VP- P， 75Ω）output, a VGA output and a HDMI output. System supports BNC, VGA and HDMI output at the same time. When you are using pc-type monitor to replace the monitor, please pay attention to the following points:

 To defer aging, do not allow the pc monitor to run for a long time.  Regular demagnetization will keep device maintain proper status.  Keep it away from strong electromagnetic interference devices.

Using TV as video output device is not a reliable substitution method. You also need to reduce the working hour and control the interference from power supply and other devices. The low quality TV may result in device damage.

3.6 Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio

3.6.1 Audio Input

BNC port is adopted for audio input port. Due to high impedance of audio input, please use active sound pick-up. Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, dry joint, loose contact and it shall be away from high tension current.

3.6.2 Audio Output

The audio output signal parameter is usually over 200mv 1KΩ (BNC). It can directly connect to low impedance earphone, active sound box or amplifier-drive audio output device. If the sound box and the pick-up cannot be separated spatially, it is easy to arouse squeaking. In this case you can adopt the following measures:

 Use better sound pick-up with better directing property.  Reduce the volume of the sound box.  Using more sound-absorbing materials in decoration can reduce voice echo and

improve acoustics environment.

 Adjust the layout to reduce happening of the squeaking.

3.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection

Please read the followings before connecting.

1. Alarm input

a. Please make sure alarm input mode is grounding alarm input. b. Grounding signal is needed for alarm input. c. Alarm input needs the low level voltage signal. d. Alarm input mode can be either NC (normal Open) or NO (Normal Close) e. When you are connecting two DVRs or you are connecting one DVR and one other device, please use a relay to separate them,

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

ALARM 1 to ALARM 16. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.

NO1 C1， NO2 C2， NO3 C3，

There are three groups of normal open activation output (on/off button)

Earth cable.

2. Alarm output

The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It shall be less than 1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the co contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load.

3. How to connect PTZ decoder

a. Ensure the decoder has the same grounding with DVR, otherwise you may not control the PTZ. Shielded twisted wire is recommended and the shielded layer is used to connect to the grounding. b. Avoid high voltage. Ensure proper wiring and some thunder protection measures.

c. For too long signal wires, 120Ω should be parallel connected between A, B lines on the

far end to reduce reflection and guarantee the signal quality. d. “485 A, B” of DVR cannot parallel connect with “485 port” of other device. e. The voltage between of A,B lines of the decoder should be less than 5v.

4. Please make sure the front-end device has soundly earthed.

Improper grounding may result in chip damage.

3.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details

Important Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel.

Figure 3-1

3.7.2 Alarm Input Port

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.  Grounding alarm inputs. Normal open or Normal close type)

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Model:

JRC-27F

Material of the touch

Silver

Rating （Resistance Load）

Rated switch capacity

30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A

Maximum switch power

125VA 160W

Maximum switch voltage

250VAC, 220VDC

Maximum switch currency

Insulation

Between touches with same polarity

1000VAC 1minute

Between touches with different polarity

1000VAC 1minute Between touch and winding

1000VAC 1minute

Surge voltage

Between touches with same polarity

1500V (10×160us)

Length of open time

3ms max

 Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide

external power to the alarm detector).

 Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.  Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)  Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

Figure 3-2

3.7.3 Alarm Output Port

 Provide external power to external alarm device.  To avoid overloading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully.  RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

 T+,T-,R+,R- are four-wire double duplex RS485 port.

T+ T-: output wire R+ R-: input wire

Relay Specification

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Length of close time

3ms max

Longevity Mechanical

50×106 times (3Hz)

Electrical

200×103 times (0.5Hz)

Temperature

-40℃ ~+70℃

3.8 RS485

When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device. RS485 is a single-direction protocol; the PTZ device can’t return any data to the unit. To enable the operation, connect the PTZ device to the RS485 (A,B) input on the DVR. Since RS485 is disabled by default for each camera, you must enable the PTZ settings first. This series DVRs support multiple protocols such as Pelco-D, Pelco-P. To connect PTZ devices to the DVR:

1. Connect RS485 A,B on the DVR rear panel.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the proper pins in the connector on the camera.

3. Please follow the instructions to configure a camera to enable each PTZ device on the DVR.

3.9 Other Interfaces

There are still other interfaces on the DVR, such as USB port.

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4 Overview of Navigation and Controls

4.1 Boot up and Shutdown

4.1.1 Boot up

Before the boot up, please make sure:  The rated input voltage matches the device power on-off button. Please make sure

the power wire connection is OK. Then click the power on-off button.  Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure. Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device.

 Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse.  Connect power cable.  Click the power button at the front or rear panel and then boot up the device. After

device booted up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode by default.

4.1.2 Shutdown

Note

 When you see corresponding dialogue box “System is shutting down…” Do not click

power on-off button directly.  Do not unplug the power cable or click power on-off button to shutdown device

directly when device is running (especially when it is recording.)

There are three ways for you to log out.

a) Main menu (RECOMMENDED) From Main Menu->Shutdown, select shutdown from dropdown list. Click OK button, you can see device shuts down.

b) From power on-off button on the front panel or remote control Press the power on-off button on the DVR front panel or remote control for more than 3 seconds to shutdown the device.

c) From power on-off button on the rear panel.

4.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure

The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power failure.

4.1.4 Replace Button Battery

Please make sure to use the same battery model if possible. We recommend replace battery regularly (such as one-year) to guarantee system time accuracy.

Note: Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data completely!

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4.2 Startup Wizard

After device successfully booted up, it goes to startup wizard. Click Cancel/Next button, you can see system goes to login interface.

Tips

Figure 4-1

Click Cancel button or Next Step button, system goes to login interface. See Figure 4-2. System consists of four accounts:

playback, backup and etc.)  Username: default. Password: default (hidden user). Hidden user “default” is for

system interior use only and can not be deleted. When there is no login user, hidden

user “default” automatically login. You can set some rights such as monitor for this

user so that you can view some channel view without login.

Figure 4-2

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Caution

 For security reason, please modify password after you first login.  Continuous three times login failure will result in system alarm and five times

login failure will result in account lock!  Please reboot the device or wait for 30 minutes to try again if your account has

been locked.

Click OK button, you can go to General interface. See Figure 4-3. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.5.1.

Figure 4-3

Click Next button, you can go to network interface. See Figure 4-4 For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.9.3.

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Figure 4-4

Click Next button, you can go to Schedule interface. See Figure 4-5. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.4.1.1.

Figure 4-5

Click Finish button, system pops up a dialogue box. Click the OK button, the startup

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Recording status

Video loss

Motion detection

Camera lock

wizard is complete. See Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6

4.3 Manual Record

4.3.1 Live Viewing

After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time, channel name and window No. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->System->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Camera->CAM name)

Tips

 Preview drag: If you want to change position of channel 1 and channel 2 when you

are previewing, you can left click mouse in the channel 1 and then drag to channel

2, release mouse you can switch channel 1 and channel 2 positions.  Use mouse middle button to control window split: You can use mouse middle

button to switch window split amount.

Please note you can not switch position of one analog channel and one digital channel.

Preview Control

The preview control function has the following features.

 Support preview playback.

 In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of

current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback time.

 Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any

playback start time.

 Support playback, pause and exit function.

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1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 6 7

 Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback

function.

 Support digital zoom function.  Support real-time backup function.

You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.

Preview control interface

Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops up the preview control interface. See Figure 4-7 and Figure 4-8. If your mouse stays in this area for more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.

Figure 4-7 Analog Channel

Figure 4-8 Digital Channel

1) Realtime playback It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel. Please go to the Main menu->Setting->->System->General to set real-time playback time. System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such record in current channel.

2) Digital zoom It is to zoom in specified zone of current channel. It supports zoom in function of multiple-channel.

Click button , the button is shown as . There are two ways for you to zoom in.

 Drag the mouse to select a zone, you can view an interface show as Figure 4-9.

Figure 4-9

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 Put the middle button at the centre of the zone you want to zoom in, and move the

mouse, you can view an interface shown as in Figure 4-10.

Figure 4-10

Right click mouse to cancel zoom and go back to the original interface.

3) Manual record function It is to backup the video of current channel to the USB device. System can not backup the video of multiple-channel at the same time.

Click button , system begins recording. Click it again, system stops recoridng. You can find the record file on the flash disk.

4) Manual Snapshot

Click to snapshot 1-5 times. The snapshot file is saved on the USB device or HDD. You can go to the Search interface (chapter 4.8.1) to view.

5) Mute (For analog channel only) Click to mute. Click again to enable audio function when preview. Please note this function is for one-window mode only.

6) Bidirectional talk (For digital channel only) If the connected front-end device supports bidirectional talk function, you can click this

button. Click button to start bidirectional talk function the icon now is shown as . Now the rest bidirectional talk buttons of digital channel becomes null too.

Click again, you can cancel bidirectional talk and the bidirectional talk buttons of

other digital channels become as .

7) Remote device (For digital channel only) Shortcut menu. Click it to go to the remote device interface to add/delete remote device or view its corresponding information. Please refer to chapter 4.10.1.1 for detailed information.

4.4 Right-Click Menu

On the preview interface, right click mouse, you can view menu interface shown as in Figure 4-11.

Tips

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After you go to the corresponding interface, right click mouse to go back to the upper-level.

Figure 4-11

4.4.1 Window Switch

System supports 1/4/8/9-window. You can select from the dropdown list. See Figure 4-12.

 Window split mode: You can select window amount and then select channels.  PTZ: Click it to go to PTZ interface.  Auto focus: Please make sure you connected network camera supports this function.  Color setting: Set video corresponding information.  Search: Click it to go to Search interface to search and playback a record file.  Record control: Enable/disable record channel.  Remote device: Click it to add remote device.  Main menu: Go to system main menu interface.

Figure 4-12

4.4.2 PTZ Control

The PTZ setup is shown as in See Figure 4-13. Please note the commend name is grey once device does not support this function. The PTZ operation is only valid in one-window mode.

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Name

Function key

function

Shortcut key

Function key

function

Shortcut key

Zoom

Near

Far



Focus

Near

│

Far

►│

Iris close



Open



Here you can control PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern aux function, light and wiper, rotation and etc. Speed is to control PTZ movement speed. The value ranges from 1 to 8.The speed 8 is faster than speed 1. You can use the remote control to click the small keyboard to set.

You can click and of the zoom, focus and iris to zoom in/out, definition and brightness.

The PTZ rotation supports 8 directions. If you are using direction buttons on the front panel, there are only four directions: up/down/left/right.

Figure 4-13

In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 4-14. Please make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control. Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size. The dragged zone supports 4X to 16X speeds. It can realize PTZ automatically. The smaller zone you dragged, the higher the speed.

Figure 4-14

In Figure 4-13, click to open the menu, you can set preset, tour, pattern, scan and etc. See Figure 4-15.

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Icon

Function

Icon

Function

Preset

Flip

Tour

Reset

Pattern

Aux

Scan

Aux on-off button

Rotate

Go to menu

Figure 4-15

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Please note the above interface may vary due to different protocols. The button is grey and can not be selected once the current function is null. Right click mouse or click the ESC button at the front panel to go back to the Figure 4-13.

4.4.2.1 PTZ Function Setup

Click , you can go to the following interface to set preset, tour, pattern, and scan. See Figure 4-16.

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Figure 4-16

Preset Setup

In Figure 4-16, click preset button and use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-17. Click Set button and then input preset number. Click Set button to save current preset.

Figure 4-17

Tour Setup

In Figure 4-16, click tour button. Input tour value and preset No. Click Add preset button to add current preset to the tour. See Figure 4-18.

Tips

Repeat the above steps to add more presets to the tour. Click Del preset button to remove it from the tour. Please note some protocols do not support delete preset function.

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Figure 4-18

Pattern Setup

In Figure 4-16, click Pattern button and input pattern number. Click Begin button to start direction operation. Or you can go back to Figure 4-13 to operate zoom/focus/iris/direction operation. In Figure 4-16, click End button.

Figure 4-19

Scan Setup

In Figure 4-16, click Scan button. Use direction buttons to set camera left limit and then click Left button. Use direction buttons to set camera right limit and then click Right button. Now the scan setup process is complete.

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Figure 4-20

4.4.2.2 Call PTZ Function

Call Preset

In Figure 4-15, input preset value and then click to call a preset. Click again to stop call.

Call Pattern

In Figure 4-15, input pattern value and then click to call a pattern. Click again to stop call.

Call Tour

In Figure 4-15, input tour value and then click to call a tour. Click again to stop call.

Call Scan

In Figure 4-15, input Scan value and then click to call a tour. Click again to stop call.

Rotate

In Figure 4-15, click to enable the camera to rotate. System supports preset, tour, pattern, scan, rotate, light and etc function.

Note:

 Preset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameters. You can

define it as you require.  You need to refer to your camera user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it

can be used for special process.

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Aux

Click , system goes to the following interface. The options here are defined by the protocol. The aux number is corresponding to the aux on-off button of the decoder. See

Figure 4-21.

Figure 4-21

4.4.3 Color

Here you can set hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, gain, white level, color mode and etc. See Figure 4-22.

Figure 4-22

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Item

Note

Period

There are two periods in one day. You can set different sharpness, brightness, and contrast setup for different periods.

Effective Time

Check the box here to enable this function and then set period time.

Sharpness

The value here is to adjust the edge of the video. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The larger the value is, the clear the edge is and vice versa. Please note there is noise if the value here is too high. The default value is 50 and the recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Brightness

It is to adjust monitor window bright. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.

The larger the number, the bright the video is. When you input the value here, the bright section and the dark section of the video will be adjusted accordingly. You can use this function when the whole video is too dark or too bright. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too high. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Contrast

It is to adjust monitor window contrast. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.

The larger the number, the higher the contrast is. You can use this function when the whole video bright is OK but the contrast is not proper. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure .The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Saturation

It is to adjust monitor window saturation. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.

The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high. For the grey part of the video, the distortion may occur if the white balance is not accurate. Please note the video may not be attractive if the value is too low. The recommended value ranges from 40 to

60.

Gain

The gain adjust is to set the gain value. The default value may vary due to different device models. The smaller the value, the low the noise. But the brightness is also too low in the dark environments. It can enhance

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

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Item

Note

the video brightness if the value is high. But the video noise may become too clear.

Color mode

It includes several modes such as standard, color, bright, gentle. Select a color mode, the sharpness, brightness, contrast and etc can automatically switch to corresponding setup.

Click reset button, system can auto adjust the video to the best effect.

This function is for analog channel only.

Image position

It is to adjust the image position on the screen. The value here refers to the pixel. The default pixel value is

16.

This function is for analog channel only.

4.4.4 Search

Please refer to chapter 4.8.1 for detailed information.

4.4.5 Record Control

Please refer to chapter 4.10.4.3 for detailed information.

4.4.6 Alarm Output

Please refer to chapter 4.10.3.4 for detailed information.

4.4.7 Remote Device

Please refer to chapter 4.10.1.1 for detailed information.

4.5 Navigation Bar

You need to go to the Main menu->Setting->System->General to enable navigation bar function; otherwise you can not see the following interface. The navigation bar is shown as below. See Figure 4-23.

4.5.1 Main Menu

Click button to go to the main menu interface.

4.5.2 Output Screen

Select corresponding window-split mode and output channels.

4.5.3 Favorites

Figure 4-23

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Click , system pops up the favorites schemes. Click one item, you can view saved favorite channel split mode and channel number. See Figure 4-24.

Please note, right now the favorite scheme name after the window split mode.

Figure 4-24

4.5.4 Tour

Click button to enable tour, the icon becomes , you can see the tour is in process.

4.5.5 PTZ

Click , system goes to the PTZ control interface. Please refer to chapter 4.4.2.

4.5.6 Color

Click button , system goes to the color interface. Please refer to chapter 4.4.3.

4.5.7 Search

Click button , system goes to search interface. Please refer to chapter 4.8.1

4.5.8 Alarm Status

Click button , system goes to alarm status interface. It is to view device status and channel status. Please refer to chapter 4.10.3.

4.5.9 Channel Info

Click button , system goes to the channel information setup interface. It is to view information of the corresponding channel. See Figure 4-25.

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Figure 4-25

4.5.10 Remote Device

Click , system goes to an interface for you to view remote device information. Please refer to chapter 4.10.1.1.

4.5.11 Network

Click , system goes to the network interface. It is to set network IP address, default gateway and etc. Please refer to chapter 4.10.2.

4.5.12 HDD Manager

Click ， system goes to the HDD manager interface. It is to view and manage HDD information. Please refer to chapter 4.10.4.2.

4.5.13 USB Manager

Click ， system goes to the USB Manager interface. It is to view USB information, backup and update. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2, chapter 4.9.4, chapter 4.10.5.8, and

chapter 4.10.5.10 for detailed information.

4.6 USB Device Auto Pop-up

After you inserted the USB device, system can auto detect it and pop up the following dialogue box. It allows you to conveniently backup file, log, configuration or update system. See Figure 4-26. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2, chapter 4.9.4, chapter 4.10.5.8,

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and chapter 4.10.5.10 for detailed information.

Figure 4-26

4.7 Main Menu

The main menu interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-27.

Figure 4-27

4.8 Operation

4.8.1 Search

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Name

Function

Display window

 Here is to display the searched picture or file.  Support 1/4/9/16-window playback.

Search type

 Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file.  You can select to play from the read-write HDD, from peripheral device or from

redundancy HDD.

 Before you select to play from the peripheral device, please connect the

corresponding peripheral device. You can view all record files of the root directory of the peripheral device. Click the Browse button; you can select the file you want to play.

Important  Redundancy HDD does not support picture backup function, but it

supports picture playback function. You can select to play from redundancy HDD if there are pictures on the redundancy HDD.

Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-28. Usually there are three file types:

 R: Regular recording file.  A: External alarm recording file.  M: Motion detection recording file

Figure 4-28

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

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Calendar

 The blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no

picture or file.

 In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the

corresponding record file trace in the time bar.

Playback mode and channel selection pane.

 Playback mode：1/4/9/16. (It may vary due to different series.)  In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels.  In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your

requirement.

 In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16 channels.  In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32

channels.  The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel option.

Card number search

The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.

Mark file list button

Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can view all mark information of current channel by time. Please refer to chapter 4.8.1.3 for detailed information. Please note only the product of this icon supports mark function.

File list switch button

 Double click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day.  The file list is to display the first channel of the record file.  The system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the │and │ or the

mouse to view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click the ENTER button to playback.

 You can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search.  File type：R—regular record； A—external alarm record；M—Motion detect

record.

 Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock. The

file you locked will not be overwritten.

 Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file.

Playback control pane.

►/

Play/Pause There are three ways for you to begin playback.

 The play button  Double click the valid period of the time bar.  Double click the item in the file list.

In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.

■

Stop



Backward play

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In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play. Click it again to pause current play. In backward play mode, click ►/ to restore normal play.

│/ │

►

Slow play In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow play 1, slow play 2, and etc.



Fast forward In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and etc.

Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.

Smart search

The volume of the playback

Mark button. Please note this function is for some series product only. Please make sure there is a mark button in the playback control pane. You can refer to chapter 4.8.1.3 for detailed information.

Time bar

 It is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.

 In 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other

playback mode, there is only one time bar.

 Use the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system

begins playback.  The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration. The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are playing the file.

 The green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the

external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.

Time bar unit

●The option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.

 The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration. The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are playing

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the file.

Backup

 Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. You can check from the

list. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup menu. System

supports customized path setup. After select or create new folder, click the

Start button to begin the backup operation. The record file(s) will be saved in

the specified folder.  Check the file again you can cancel current selection. System max supports to

display 32 files from one channel.

 After you clip on record file, click Backup button you can save it.  For one device, if there is a backup in process, you can not start a new backup

operation.

Clip

 It is to edit the file.

see the slide bar restore its previous position.

 Click Backup button after clip, you can save current contents in a new file.  You can clip for one channel or multiple-channel. The multiple-channel click

operation is similar with the one-channel operation. Please note:

 System max supports 1024 files backup at the same time.  You can not operate clip operation if there is any file has been checked in

the file list.

Record type

In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.

Other Functions

Smart search

 When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin smart

search. Click the motion detect button to begin play.  Once the motion detect play has begun, click button again will terminate

current motion detect file play.

 There is no motion detect zone by default.  If you select to play other file in the file list, system switches to motion detect

play of other file.  During the motion detect play process, you can not implement operations such

as change time bar, begin backward playback or frame by frame playback.  Please refer to chapter 4.8.1.1 Smart Search for detailed operation.

Other channel synchroni zation switch to

When playing the file, click the number button, system can switch to the same period of the corresponding channel to play.

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play when playback

Digital zoom

Manually switch channel when playback

During the file playback process, you can switch to other channel via the dropdown list or rolling the mouse. This function is null if there is no record file or system is in smart search process.

4.8.1.1 Smart Search

During the multiple-channel playback mode, double click one channel and then click the

button, system begins smart search. System supports 396(22*18 PAL) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. Please left click mouse to select smart search zones. See Figure 4-29.

Figure 4-29

Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops smart search playback.

Important  System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen

mode.

 During the multiple-channel playback, system stops playback of rest channels

if you implement one-channel smart search.

4.8.1.2 Accurate playback by time

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Select records from one day, click the list, you can go to the file list interface. You can input time at the top right corner to search records by time. See image on the left side of

the Figure 4-30 For example, input time 11:00.00 and then click Search button , you can view all the record files after 11:00.00 (The records includes current time.). See

image on the right side of the Figure 4-30 Double click a file name to playback.

Note

 After you searched files, system implement accurate playback once you click Play

for the first time.

 System does not support accurate playback for picture.  System supports synchronization playback and non-synchronous playback. The

synchronization playback supports all channels and non-synchronous playback only supports accurately playback of current select channel.

Figure 4-30

4.8.1.3 Mark Playback

Please make sure your purchased device support this function. You can use this function only if you can see the mark playback icon on the Search interface (Figure 4-28).

Figure 4-31

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 Playback Mark

During 1-window playback mode, click mark file list button in Figure 4-28, you can go to mark file list interface. Double click one mark file, you can begin playback from the mark

time.

 Play before mark time Here you can set to begin playback from previous N seconds of the mark time.

Note

Usually, system can playbacks previous N seconds record if there is such kind of record file. Otherwise, system playbacks from the previous X seconds when there is such as kind of record.

 Mark Manager

Click the mark manager button on the Search interface (Figure 4-28); you can go to Mark Manager interface. See Figure 4-32. System can manage all the record mark

information of current channel by default. You can view all mark information of current channel by time.

Figure 4-32

Note

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 After you go to the mark management interface, system needs to pause current

playback. System resume playback after you exit mark management interface.

 If the mark file you want to playback has been removed, system begin playbacking

from the first file in the list.

4.8.2 Backup

DVR support CD-RW, DVD burner, USB device backup, network download and eSATA. Here we introduce USB, eSATA backup. You can refer to Chapter 7 Web Client Operation for network download backup operation.

Click backup button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-33. Here is for you to view devices information. You can view backup device name and its total space and free space. The device includes CD-RW, DVD burner, USB device, flash disk, eSATA backup.

Figure 4-33

Select backup device and then set channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed below. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained. See Figure 4-34.

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Figure 4-34

System only backup files with a √ before channel name. You can use Fn or cancel button to delete √ after file serial number.

Click Start button, system begins copy. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See Figure 4-35.

Figure 4-35

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When the system completes backup, you can see a dialogue box prompting successful backup.

 File format: Click the file format; you can see there are two options: DAV/ASF. The file name format usually is: Channel number+Record type+Time. In the file name, the YDM format is Y+M+D+H+M+S. File extension name is .dav.

Tips:

During backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface for other operation. The system will not terminate backup process.

Note:

When you click stop button during the burning process, the stop function becomes activated immediately. For example, if there are ten files, when you click stop system just backup five files, system only save the previous 5 files in the device (But you can view ten file names).

4.8.3 Shut Down

In Figure 4-27, select Shut Down, you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-36. There are three options: Shutdown/logout/reboot. For the user who does not have the shut down right, please input corresponding password to shut down.

Figure 4-36

4.9 Information

4.9.1 System Info

Here is for you to view system information. There are total four items: HDD (hard disk information), record, BPS (data stream statistics), version. See Figure 4-37.

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Figure 4-37

4.9.1.1 HDD Information

Here is to list hard disk type, total space, free space, video start time and status. See Figure 4-38.  SATA: 1-2 here means system max supports 2 HDDS. ○ means current HDD is

normal. X means there is error. - means there is no HDD. If disk is damaged, system shows as “?”. Please remove the broken hard disk before you add a new one.

 SN: You can view the HDD amount the device connected to. ﹡ means the second

HDD is current working HDD.

 Type: The corresponding HDD properties.  Total space: The HDD total capacity.  Free space: The HDD free capacity.  Status: HDD can work properly or not.  SMART: Display HDD information. See Figure 4-39.

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Figure 4-38

Double click one HDD information; you can see the HDD SMART information. See Figure 4-39.

Figure 4-39

4.9.1.2 Record Info

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It is to view record start time and end time. See Figure 4-40.

Figure 4-40

4.9.1.3 BPS

Here is for you to view current video data stream (KB/s) and occupied hard disk storage (MB/h). See Figure 4-41.

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Figure 4-41

4.9.1.4 Version

Here is for you to view some version information such as version number, built date, serial number and etc. See Figure 4-42.

Figure 4-42

4.9.2 Event

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It is to display device status and channel status. See Figure 4-43.

Figure 4-43

4.9.3 Network

4.9.3.1 Online Users

Here is for you to manage online users. See Figure 4-44. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max disconnection setup is 65535 seconds. System detects there is any newly added or deleted user in each five seconds and refresh the list automatically.

Figure 4-44

ClearView Panther-16HP Quick Start Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

2 Overview of Navigation and Controls

2.1 Boot up & Shut Down

2.4 Manual Record

2.6 Schedule

2.7 Snapshot

Table of Contents

3 Installation and Connections