Professional Series DVR
User Manual
IF-844M2G
IF-848M2G
IF-8416M2G
IF-844HM2G
IF-848HM2G
Copyright © 2005 Austar Security
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*Operation manual for MPEG4/H.264 series**High definition D1
*4/8-ch, HD1 4/8-ch and CIF 16-ch Digital Video Recorder*
*This manual takes CIF 16-ch as an example*
Operation Precautions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the DVR is operated.
1. Installation Environment
1.1 Keep away from extreme hot places and humid places
1.2 Avoid direct sunlight
1.3 Be horizontally installed
1.4 Avoid vibration
1.5 Do not put other devices on the top of the DVR
1.6 Put in well ventilated place, do not block the fan
2. Open Product Box And Check the Accessories
Check the following accessories after opening the case:
2.1 One power cord.
2.2 One Ethernet cable (positive cable), one serial port cable. (CIF 16-ch is not provided with
the serial port cable)
2.3 One package of installation kit.
2.4 One CD for installation.
2.5 Certification of the product.
2.6 One 25-pin alarm converter. (CIF 16-ch is not provided with the converter)
2.7 One mouse.
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Chapter 1 - Product Introduction
1.1 Front Panel
1. Power Switch 10. Function Toggle 19. Right Direction
2. USB Port 11. Recording Indicator Lights 20. Enter
3. Record 12. Shift Key 21. Up Direction
4. Slow Play 13. Numeric Keypad (0-9) 22. Outer Jog Shuttle
5. Rewind 14. Number Format (10+) 23. Inner Jog Shuttle
6. Previous Section 15. Escape 24. Function Indicator Light
7. Next Section 16. Multi-Screen Selection 25. Remote Receiver Light
8. Play/Pause 17. Left Direction
9. Fast Forward 18. Down Direction
Note: Outside Ring of the jog shuttle when turning clockwise is equal to right direction arrow, turning
counter clockwise is equal to left direction arrow; inner circle turning clockwise equal to down
direction, otherwise equal to up direction.
Keys Functions
NO. NAME SIGN FUNCTION
1 Power Switch POWER
2 Power Indication
Indication Light
Light
Shift
3
lowercase/capital
Numeric
4
Keypad(1-0)
1, 2, 3
etc.
Key Combination
../.
5
6/9
Up/Down
direction key
10+
ST
Left/Right
7/11
Direction key
W X
8 ESC key ESC Escape or cancel
3
Power on/off（press for 3 sec to turn off the DVR）
Shift between English lowercase and capital letter
Manual Password # input, window shift or number
input
Input number more than 10 use with Num Key
s(1-0) e.g.: If want to Input the number’12’, you
should click ‘1’, key 14 as per above diagram ../.,
then’2’
Up and Down Onscreen Cursor Control; change
setup; change number; PTZ control.
L & R On screen Cursor Control; shifting level 1
and level 2 menus; Left and Right Camera Pan
control.
Go back to real time monitor from playback
C
S
S
10 Enter ENTER
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Record ● Start/stop recording, work with arrow keys or Num
2
Enter Cursor Selection
Enter main menu
keys
13 Fast rewind
Function
lick to display the PTZ and the Image menu under
full screen mode
hift the PTZ function menu in Pantilt
To enable Cursor field selection with the arrow
14
Fn
keys when set the MD area
To display the playback state bar during playback
Choose/Cancel the backup file when backup
To shift the time and HDD information in HDD info
menu
15 Forward
Multiple fast play modes
16 USB port To connect with the USB device
17 Play last section I_ Play the last recording file before the current file
Slow play
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19 Play next section
I►
►I
3 levels of slow play speed adjustable: (15f/S -
5f/S & frame by frame)
Play the next recording file after the current file
Play/pause 20 Play/pause f/
When in real time mode, press to enter record
search menu
Record indicator
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light
tandby indication
22
light
IR Remote
23
receiver
Function indicator
24
light
25 Windows shift key
26 ESC
The light turn on green means the certain channel
is on recording
The light on during the DVR is in standby mode
To receive the remote signal.
The light on during Function assistant key in using
To shift the screen between full and multi-window
display
Escape or Cancel
Come back to previous menu
27 Enter Confirm the menu operation
28 Outer Jog Shuttle
Equal to Left/Right direction key
Clockwise realize forward and counter clockwise
realize revise when playback
Inner Jog Shuttle
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Equal to Up/Down direction key
Clockwise realize frame-by-frame forward when
playback pause
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1.2 Display Channel Status
1
2
This sign indicates that this
channel is recording
This sign means that motion is
detected on this channel
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4
When video loss happens, this sign will
appear on corresponding channel
When a channel is under monitor lock,
this sign will appear on the picture
1.3 Mouse Operation
Besides the front panel and the remote control, the user can also use mouse to operate the menu.
Connect the USB port to the USB port of the DVR
Click left
mouse button
The system will pop up a password-input dialogue box if the user doesn’t log in.
Click left mouse button to enter menu setting.
Clicking a menu icon will enter this menu
Execute prompted operation
Change status of check box or motion detection area
Click number frame or password frame to pop up the number panel
Clicking a number on the panel will input this number. Clicking X will
clear the input. Clicking √ will confirm the input and close the panel.
Double click
left mouse
button
Click right
mouse button
Scroll-wheel
Execute special operation. For example, double clicking an item in the records list
will start this record playback.
When in multi-windows, double clicking a channel will make this channel display in
full screen. Double clicking this channel again will switch back to multi-window
status.
Right click will display a shortcut menu: multi-window
mode(this mode depends on the number of channels of
DVR, for 4-ch DVR, only 1-ch and 4-ch are available),
Pan-tilt control(the user must set the protocol first,
otherwise related information box will pop up), image
colour, search, record and main menu. Pan-tilt control
and image colour only work on the channel where the
cursor is located. If in multi-window mode before
setting PTZ or image colour, the system will switch to
single window mode automatically.
Right click can cancel current setting and exit the current menu
When inputting numbers in number frame, the scroll-wheel will increase or reduce
the value in number frame.
Shift options in shortcut menu
Page up or Page down in list box
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1.4 Remote Control
(15) (14)(13) (12)(10) (6) (4) (3) (2)
(16) (11) (9) (8) (7) (5) (1)
(1) Remote Address (5) Function Assistant (9) Jump forwards (13) Play next sections
(2) Multi-window shifting (6) Enter/Menu (10) Play last sections (14) Slow play
(3) Number (7) Cancel (11) Jump backwards (15) Play/ Pause
(4) Record (8) Direction (12) Pause (16) Fast play
The operation of the remote controller is the same as the front panel.
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1.5 Back Panel
D1/HD1 4-ch/8-ch：
1. Power control area：power switch、power socket、cooling fan
2. Main function ports area：Alarm-RS485 port, RS232 port, VGA port, USB port, 1394 port
and NET network connection（RJ45）
3. Audio/Video input/output area： Top Row: AUDIO OUT, AUDIO IN
CIF 16-ch
1. Power control area：power switch、power socket、cooling fan
Main function ports area：Alarm-RS485 port、RS232 port、VGA port、USB port、1394 port、
2.
NET network connection（RJ45）
3. Audio/Video input/output area：AUDIO 25-pin connector, VEDIO IN and VEDIO OUT
Network connection note
please use CAT-5 Crossover Cable; when connecting to a LAN or Router use CAT-5e cable.
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Bottom Row: VIDEO OUT、VIDEO IN
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2
3
3
2
: When connecting directly to the network card of a computer,
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Chapter 2 - System Operation
2.1. Enter Setting Menu
After booting up, press Enter (or click the left
mouse button), a dialogue box will pop up.
Input user name and password to enter the
setting menu.
You can add or delete customised user groups.
2.1.1. Default DVR User and password is 888888.
2.1.2. Remote Access User and password is admin.
It is recommended that customised user groups have less power right than the
administrator group, which will benefit user management.
Note：For security reason, please change the default passwords. If you want to add
new user group, add new users or modify the related parameters of a user group,
you can refer to menu operation——Account。
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2.2. Recording Operation
The user can choose the suitable recording mode according to his demand. When in
recording mode, the recording sign will appear on the corresponding channel.
2.2.1. Manual Recording
Press “Rec” button on the remote controller or “●” on the front panel (Need input the
administrator password)
Check the status of each channel in the recording menu. Highlight means the related
channel is recording.
Menu
instruction
Button
pressing order
2.arrow key
ST or related
number key
3.arrow key
W X
4.Save
，or under ADVANCED>MANUAL RECORD
Instructions Display on screen
Turn recording on AND
off. Highlight means
turning on recording
Shift between recording
channels
Press OK to save the
setting
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2.2.2. Schedule Recording
The default recording mode after the starting of DVR is 24 hours continuous recording. The
user can choose the suitable recording mode according to his demand.
MAIN MENU>SETTING>SCHEDULE
Including the settings for General, MD, Alarm
recording.
Select the related channel in
Channel. If you want to set
all channels together, choose
‘ALL’. In check box Week day，
highlight means this day has
been selected for the setting.
(More than one day can be
chosen).Prerecord means the
：the details are under
system can pre-record from
3sec to 5sec before the action. (The
pre-recording time is relevant with bit rate.
From Period 1 to Period 6 you can choose
the recording period of the current channel
for GENERAL, MD or ALARM. You can
choose different recording mode during the
same period. The six periods should not be
overlapped.
The time setting scope is from 00：00 to 24：00. After
setting all channels, press OK to save.
。Shortcut setting：You can copy the setting of A channel to B channel. For example, in channel 1,
after setting, click COPY. Then switch to channel 5, click PASTE. You will find the setting of the
channel 5 is the same with the setting of the channel 1.
2.2.3 Motion Detection Recording
When motion detection happens in a channel, the MD sign will appear on the channel.
·Set the motion detection region for the channel.
·Set the related options under MAIN
MENU>SETTING>DETECT to start MD
recording.
Channel: Select the related channel for motion
detection
Start Record: Select the recording channels
when motion detection happens.
Alarm Output Start up external alarm devices
which are connected with the alarm relay
outputs of DVR when motion detection
happens.
Delay means to lengthen the recording time when motion detection ends. The scope is from 10 sec to
300 sec.
Sensitivity has six levels: 1,2,3,4,5,6. The highest sensitivity level is 6.
Video loss: You can choose Alarm Output and Show Message when video loss happens. There is also
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motion detection Show Message on the monitor.
Black detect: Alarm Output and Show Message can also be chosen when the screen on the channel is
black because of light, etc.
In Region, move cursor to Set, then press ENTER. The setting area has been divided into 192 sections.
Green section means the current cursor position, and black section is
the armed motion detection area. The blue area is disarmed motion
detection area. Press Fn to toggle between armed mode and
disarmed mode. When in armed mode, you can press the arrow keys
to cover the MD region. After the setting, press ENTER to confirm or
ESC to cancel. Before you exit DETECT, you must press Save to save
the setting.
Prompt: You can use mouse dragging to select motion detection region without Fn key. Right click to
exit the region, then click Save to save the setting. Copy and Paste can be used for the same setting
between different channels.
2.2.4 Alarm Recording
·See MAIN MENU>SEETING>ALARM
Connect alarm sensors to the alarm input
port according to the related instruction of
Chapter 2
·Connect the related alarm output(such as
light, buzzer, etc.)
Alarm Channel Select the related channel
（1-16）. Type has Normal Open /Normal
Close voltage output modes. Start Record
select the recording channels when there is
alarm input (Can choose more than one
channel). Alarm Output Choose alarm
output ports when there is an alarm input. The first and second ports will trigger corresponding relay.
The third port output controllable 12 voltage. Delay means to extend the recording time after
receiving disarmed signal(10、20、30、……90SEC). When the outside alarm is disarmed, the system
will extend the recording time automatically before closing alarm relay output.
Show message Highlight means display the message for alarm output in the monitor.
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2.3 Playback
2.3.1 How to Operate Fast Play and Slow Play During Playback
Records Search Instructions Display
Enter SEARCH
menu
Note：If you have logged out, password should be inputted again.
1、 Press play/pause` on the front panel to enter SEARCH
menu.
2、 Click MAIN MENU>SEARCH to enter SEARCH menu.
Playback
One channel
playback or
multi-channel
playback
Playback Status
bar
You can search the records according to Type (All, Alarm, Motion detection, All alarm),
Channel and Time.
，the screen shows the 32 recording files following the searching
time. use |W 、X| to page down and page up. You also can use mouse to drag the
slide button to view the desired record. Press
playback.
Note：records type：R—general records； A—alarm records；M—motion detection records
In ADVANCED>PALYBACK SETTING, Select one channel or two channels. If you choose two
channels, two records on two windows are played simultaneously.
The bar displays Channel No. , date,
time, playback speed, playback
progress. Can control playback speed,
sound volume, etc.
You can hide the bar by pressing
the front panel or hide icon on the top
right corner of the playback status bar.
Shift to other
channel during
playback
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During playback, press numeric key
(1 to 16), then the system will start to
play the synchronizing
corresponding channel
records on
on
ENTER or double left click to start the
Button-pressing
Instructions Remark
orders
Fast play: press the
key
During playback press this key to shift
between multiple fast play speeds.
Fast play key can be the reverse shift
Playback speed is
relevant to the version
key of Slow play
Slow play: press the
key
►
During playback press this key to shift
between multiple slow play speeds.
Slow play key can be the reverse
shift key of Fast play
Play/Pause During slow play press this key to shift
between play and pause.
Play next section, play
last section
During playback status press to
view the next or last record of the
same channel.
2.3.2 Jog Shuttle Special Function
Jog Shuttle Special
Instruction Remark
Function
Fast play During playback, turn the outer ring
clockwise to change fast play speed
Frame by frame
playback manually
During playback, press Play/Pause,
then turn inner ring of the jog shuttle
During fast play,
press
play/pause`
twice to switch back
to normal play.
clockwise slowly to start frame by frame
playback. Turn inner ring counter
clockwise to start I frame playback.
2.3.3 Backward Playback
Button pressing order Description Remark
Backward playback( _ on
the playback control
bar)
During playback, click _ to start backward
playback. Click
playback.
_ again to stop backward
During backward
playback or frame by
frame playback, click X
to switch to normal
playback
Note:
1. During the above operations, the system will display playback speed, channel No., time, playback
progress, etc. on the playback control bar.
2. Some functions depend on the hardware version, such as backward playback, frame by frame playback
manually and playback speed. For example, for HD1 DVR, frame by frame playback manually is extensible.
Some hardware version may not support some functions or playback speed. The prompt on the playback
control bar is the final. You can also consult our company’s technical support.
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2.4 Back Up
The user can back up records through CD-RW burner (extensible for CIF products), USB storage or
network.
2.4.1 Back-Up Operation
Select a device(CD-RW or USB). If you want to clear files on
this device, click Clear.
Back-up operation: select the device, channel, starting time
and ending time, then click Add. Matched records will be
displayed. There is a check mark in front of the recording type
for every record. You can continue to set searching time and
other options then click Add. New matched records will follow
already listed records. Click Backup to back up records. If you
don’t want to back up a record, you can use Fn to cancel the
check mark. The system only backups records with check
marks. The screen also displays needed space and free space
on the bottom. After clicking Backup, a progress bar will pop
up.
Note: During backup, you can press ESC on the front panel to
exit the screen, but the backup is still going on. If the user
does not connect the backup device correctly, the system will
display: No backup disk; if the user doesn’t choose records or
some errors happen during backup, the system will have
corresponding display.
2.4.2 Delete Backup
During backup, the user can cancel backup manually. After
clicking Backup, the Backup button becomes Cancel button.
Clicking Cancel will stop backup. If the device is USB storage
(flash or mobile HD), The records before clicking the Cancel
button will be stored on the device. For example, During a 10
minutes long record backup, if it is stopped at the fifth minute,
there is 5 minutes long record on the device. For USB CD-RW,
if the user cancels the backup, the record on the CD is invalid.
The format of the backup record’s name is: CH+ channel NO
+ date+ time
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K
Chapter 5 - Advanced Menu Operational Guide
3.1 Menu Structure
Main menu
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SEARCH
INFORMATION
SETTING
BACKUP
SHUTDOWN
GENERAL
ENCODE
SCHEDULE
RS232
NETWOR
ALARM
DETECT
PAN/TILT/ZOOM
DISPLAY
DEFAULT
ADVANCED
DETECT DEVICE
BACKUP FILES
HDD INFO
BPS
LOG
VERSION
ONLINE USER
ALARM OUTPUT
ALARM INPUT
MANUAL RECORD
ACCOUNT
PLAYBACK SETTING
3.2 Menu Overview
Main menu
SEARCH
INFORMATI
ON
Display the
HDD
information,
BPS, Alarm
State, System
log, Version
and etc
Menu level 1
HDD INFO
BPS
LOG
VERSION
Remarks
Records search and playback. You can
search the records
according to Type (All, Alarm, Motion detection, All
alarm), Channel and Time. The matched records will
display on the list. Choose a record and start playback.
R-general record A-alarm record、M-motion detection record
Displayed the IDE ports’ state, the total and free space for
all HDD’s and every HDD, the record starting and ending
time
The HDD being used will show as ‘*’ following the HDD
serial number
Press Fn to check the recording time of HDD’s
Display the current BPS and the estimate for HDD
space occupied per hour, and the Waveform displays the
visualized BPS
Display the important system events’ log
Display the information about operation system version,
issue date and so on
ONLINE USER
Check online user information
GENERAL
Set system time, recording parameter, the machine No.,
ENCODE
Set image quality, frame rate, coding style and so on
SCHEDULE
Set schedule for General, Motion Detection, Alarm
Be able to set 6 different periods everyday
RS232
Set the RS232 function and the baud rate parameter
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video format and so on
recording.
settings,
Alarm
settings,
Serial port
(RS232) and
PTZ settings
ADVANCED
NETWORK
ALARM
MOTION
DETECTION
PAN/TILT/
ZOOM
MONITOR
DEFAULT
ALARM
OUTPUT
ALARM
INPUT
MANUAL
RECORD
ACCOUNT
Set network IP address and video data transfer protocol
Set alarm output and the linked recording channels.
See sensitivity, region, alarm output, recording channel,
video loss and black screen, etc.
Set protocol and baudrate
Set parameters of menu output and monitor tour
Restore all default setting except menu color, language,
time format and video format
Manually produce output signal
Enable/Disable alarm input
Manually start or end recording
Add, modify and delete user group and user account.
PLAYBACK
SETTING
BACKUP
DETECT
DEVICE
BACKUP
FILES
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Set playback channels.
Detect back-up devices
List found devices and display the type and capability
Back up records on the selected device
Pressing Fn can cancel or choose back-up records
SHUTDOWN
Log out, shutdown system or restart system
3.3 Menu Operation
*All the below settings of the menu must be saved before taking effect.
Includes SEARCH, INFORMATION, SETTING, ADVANCED, BACKUP and
SHUTDOWN.
3.3.1 Information
Menu of Information see the right picture. Includes 5 sections:
HDD INFO, BPS, LOG and VERSION
HDD Info
Display the information about: State of IDE ports, HDD state,
HDD number, HDD capacity, free space, the start and end
recording time and so on.
The TYPE item has only two options: Read Only and
Read/Write. ‘*’ following the HDD number means the HDD being used.
×’means error on the corresponding HDD
‘-’Means no HDD on this port. If the user want to change the error HDD, he must power off DVR
first.
After DVR start up, if there is HDD collision, the right picture will show up. At this time, the
user should check whether there is any collision between system time and recording time(for
example: the system time is ahead of the recording time). If it is true, change the system time
to ensure the correct recording data.
NOTE: Press Fn or left click view recording time to switch to HDD type and capacity.
BPS
Display the bit rate per second (Kb/s) and estimated HDD space
occupied per hour HDD (MB/h)for each channel.
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V
Log
Display log information to convenience the user to check the
operations on the system.
ersion
Display hardware version, the issuing date and version of the
operation system, etc. The information is read only.
ONLINE USER
：Check DVR’s online users
3.3.2 Setting
Menu of the system setting is as the right picture
Including: General, Image, Schedule, RS232, Network,
Alarm, MD, Pan-tilt, Monitor, Default and so on;
Note: Only Administer is allowed to enter the Setting menu.
General
System Time is used to modify the current system date and
time. After the modification please save the change by clicking
SAVE on the top right
Date Format is for choosing the date format
Time Format includes 24 hours format and 12 hours format
In HDD Full, the user can choose Overwrite or Stop mode .If
Overwrite is chosen, system will covers the previous recording
files
Pack every can set the length of each recording file (15mins、30mins、60mins)
DVR No. Setting address here for controlling several DVRs using one remoter
Video Standard includes NTSC format and PAL format.
Note：Take care in modifying system time as it can cause recorded footage to be
inaccessible
Encode
In Channel, select the related channel. In Compression, choose
MPEG4. In Resolution, there are D1, Half D1, DCIF and CIF. (For
Half D1 DVR ,only Half D1, DCIF and CIF are available. Bit Rate
includes VBR and CBR. In Quality, there are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5& 6 levels of
image quality. Frame Rate 1f/s -25f/s is selectable
In Audio Encode , If highlighted ,that means audio and video synchronization. Otherwise
only video signal will be processed.
Cover-Area: In Enable, highlight indicates the user can set the covered area where there
is no picture on live monitor or playback. The user can use mouse or the related keys on
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the front panel to set the area.
RS232
Choose the corresponding protocol
The available protocols are as below: Console: Used when
upgrading and debugging the program through the
software Mini terminal
Keyboard: Used when controlling DVR by IFCS keyboard
BAUDRATE: Choose the corresponding baud rate.
DATEBIT: From 1 to 8
STOPBIT: Has three options: 1, 1.5, 2 bits
VERIFY: Including Odd, Even or None.
Network
IP ADDRESS is set by using ST or input the exact numbers to
change the IP address（IP address can only be set in this option.）
Then set the related Subnet Mask and Gateway
HTTP: default 80 TCP: default 37777 and can be changed if
needed. Protocol Choose TCP. In Max Connection, the user can
choose from 0 to 10. 0 means online users are not allowed. Up to
10 online users can visit the DVR simultaneously.
GUI and Monitor
The user can choose the favourite background colour and the
transparency as well.
The transparency can be chosen from 128 to 255.
Time Title: If highlighted, the system time will be displayed on
the monitor. In Monitor Lock, highlight means the live monitor of
the corresponding channel has been locked. Only the users who
have the right to view the channel can see the picture. The view
right setting is under ADVANCED> ACCOUNT.
Monitor tour Set the tour interval (from 5 sec to 120 sec),
display modes (l, 4, 9,16 windows), attended channels
(Highlight means attend the tour) for the tour.
3.3.3 Advanced
Menu of the Advanced setting is as the right picture:
Including Alarm output, Alarm input, Manual record, Account,
Playback Setting
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Set the alarm output ports. Highlight means
Alarm
Output
enabled. Click Ok to save, Cancel to cancel the
setting and exit. Manually open/close the related
alarm output port.
Set the alarm input port and highlight means enabled
Alarm
Input
Click Ok to save, Cancel to cancel the setting
and exit.
Only when the alarm input is enabled, the DVR
can receive the corresponding alarm input.
Manual
Refer to 2.2.1 for details.
Record
Playback
Work with records search.
Setting
Set playback channels simultaneously.
Account Manage users account
The system adopts two levels users management: group and user.
Different group should have different name. So should user. Every
user must and only belong to a group.
Three times password failure will sound the buzzer for 5 seconds.
Five times failure will lock the user. After 30 minutes, the locked
account can be used again.。
Enter Add group, then input group name and select 48 rights
which include Control Panel, Shutdown the device, Monitor,
Playback, Record, Backup, Hard disk Management, Pan/Tilt//Zoom,
User account, Query System Info, Alarm I/O Configuration, System
Configuration, Query Log Info, Clear Log, System Update and
Control the Device.
Modify Group Modify the attributes of a group.
Add User
Enter Add User. Input user name and password, then select your
group.
Once you choose the group, your rights are below the rights of the
group.
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3.3.4 Backup
Menu of Backup is as the right picture
Including: Detect Device and Backup files
3.3.5 Shutdown
Logout menu user: exit menu, the user has to input the
password for entering menu. Restart application: exit
application and restart application. Shutdown: exit and
power off DVR. Restart system: exit and restart system.
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Chapter 4 - Operation Over Network
4.1.Network Connection Operation
. Confirm the right connection between the computer and the DVR
. Set IP address, subnet mask and gateway to the computer and the DVR. (If there is no router on the
network, please assign IP addresses within the same network segment. If there are routers, you
should set the related gateway and subnet mask. The network setting of DVR is under
SETTING>NETWORK.
· Use ping ***.***.***.***（IP address of DVR）to check the link of the network, replied TTL value
less than 255 is normal.
· Open IE browser and input the IP address of the DVR you want to log in
· The web server can be recognized and downloaded automatically. When upgrading the web server,
the old one will be deleted.
4.1.1 Login and Logout
Please input the IP address of the DVR in the address column of the browser. Take the
DVR’s IP address: 10.1.28.240 as an example: Input http://10.1.28.240
time you visit this DVR, the system will pop up a dialogue box to ask ‘Do you want to install
and run http://10.1.27.240/webrec.cab
the software automatically. Before logging in，click the right mouse key and the following
menu displays
?. Please choose Yes, then the system will install
. Note: The first
Select uninstall webrec.ocx , the system will delete the web server automatically
.
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On the remote monitor display, there is a monitor video window, with selection choices:
login、logout、video、search, config(system setting)、Assistant(assistant setting) and so on.
Login：Click login, and the following dialogue box (6-2) will pop up.
Input username and password. There are three types of users: Administrator, User, Guest. For
the detailed information please refer to User manage in Assistant setting. The default
username is admin and password is admin For Security purposes, please change the
administrator password in time.
If after the input of the username and password, the following box pops up(6-3). The system is
indicating that another user has used this name and logged in. Please use other name to log in.
If after the input of the username and password, the following box pops up(6-4). The system is
indicating that the username or the password is incorrect please try again.
Log out: if the logged in user need to log out, please click logout button. After the popup of the
following dialogue box, please choose Yes. See 6-5.
4.1.2 Operation of the Right Key Menu
After you log in as Administrator, the buttons like login、logout、
search, Config and Assistant are activated. Click the right key and
the following interface will show：
If the DVR is 16 Channel, the real-time monitor will show 16
channel options; if 4 channel, it will show 4 channel options.
The right key menu includes: Real time monitor,
Multi-Video Preview, Decode quality, Playback Control
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Bar, Pan-tilt Control, Net Data flux, Full Screen, Resize Video, Video Windows,
Restore Zoom In and uninstall webrec.ocx.
If the DVR is 16 Channel, the real-time monitor will show 16 channel options; if 4 channel, it will
show 4 channel options.
The right key menu includes: Real time monitor, Multi-Video Preview, Decode
quality, Playback Control Bar, Pan-tilt Control, Net Data flux, Full Screen, Resize
Video, Video Windows, Restore Zoom In and uninstall webrec.ocx.
Video: The same function with the right key menu
Real time monitor：Among the displayed channels, you may select the channel
you want to see. Channel name can be changed under Assistant->Change
Name.
When you view picture, click the right key and you will find a menu option
‘prearrange set’ has been added
Note: If you didn’t set a protocol of the pan-tilt on the DVR configuration menu, the
prearrange set and Pan-tilt Control options are grey and can’t be set. If you
did set a protocol and the options were still grey, maybe you have no administrator
right or were deprived of the right. Please apply for the control right first.
Decode quality: 4 levels decode quality for choose Playback control bar：Used with
records search.
Pan-tilt control：Control the moving direction of the pan-tilt, zoom, iris and focus of
the lens. See 6－8. Press the related buttons to control.
Note：Before the PTZ will operate, you must set the right protocol of the pan-tilt-zoom
Prearrange set：Move the camera to the prearranged position, then preset
the position. Several positions can be chosen. If the check box near tour
checked, the PTZ will cruise automatically between these positions.
Net data flux：Display the statistics of the network transmission data flux. When there is no
network data transmission the statistics shows zero.
Full screen：There are two ways to realize full screen monitor: One is to
double click the window directly; the other is to select Full screen among
the right key menu. During multi-window state, choose one of the windows and make it full
screen in the same ways.
Resize Video：In single window status, the user can resize video only when live monitor is
chosen. In multi-window status, video can be resized even without live monitor.
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Video windows：There are One window, Two windows, Four windows, New video
window, Close video window and Arrange in full screen
New video window：When the number of video windows is less than 4,
you can add new video window manually.
Close video window：Close the video window.
Arrange in full screen：If two or more windows are displayed, you can use
this option to display multi-window in full screen
Uninstall webrec.ocx：Uninstall the Active X webrec.ocx. before you upgrade the new web
Active X
4.1.3 Records Search
Click on search, then fill in the required info on
the pop up dialogue box of records search
Input recording time, channel number and
searching type（Record ,Alarm or Motion
detection）, and the results will show in the
dialogue box. It only shows the 15 records after
the searching time and click Pageup and
Pagedown to find the right records. Double
click the wanted record, and system will play the
selected record, which can be played at full
screen. At the same time you can also perform records download, and the record will be
automatically saved at C:\Download.
Save record stop save capture picture full screen
During the playback, you can operate the buttons in the playback bar like save record, stop
save, capture picture, full screen. During the playback on the video screen the video displays
the channel number, time and data flux of the record.
Download：See 6-12, select the wanted records(It supports the
downloading of several records simultaneously) and click
Download. A save window opens
The default format of the downloaded records’ names is as：file
name +Channel N +date +time，extension name
is .mp4(Example: a-0120021205071028.mp4, 01 means
channel 1, 20021205 means December 5
th
of 2002, 071028 means 7 o’clock 10 minutes 28
seconds). If you want to download several records together, you should check in the check box
before download together. The default name of the records is the same with the name of the
first record.(according to recording time). During the playback, it will play all the records.
Saved under Download file clip. Input the file name and choose Save. The screen shows the
processing of the downloading until the completion.
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4.1.4. Config (System Setting)
Click Config button，and pop up the dialogue box. There are General、
Schedule、Image、Alarm、Motion detection Video parameter tabs of
six setting menus.
Note：The grey part of the menus that cannot be changed can only be
modified directly at the DVR.
General：Include the recording length setting. In Control Column select the
channel number and its pan-tilt decoder’s protocol, as well as the related
address so as to realize the control of the lens and pan-tilt.
Schedule：Able to select the different channel and date to perform the
recording at the different period of time. Schedule recording includes
general recording, motion detection recording and alarm recording.
There are six time periods for setting in each recording type. The set time in
general recording are independent with the set time in Motion detection and
alarm. Only when status is On, the set time period takes effect. If the states
of the two time periods are both Off, the system will not record in this
recording type.
Image：This menu can select the coding style, image quality and protocols
for each channel. After finishing one channel setting, click Save to save the
setting of this channel. You can continue to set the image attributes of other
channel. Finally, click Save on the bottom of the dialogue box to save all
setting.
Frame rate has 1f/s、2f/s、3f/s、6f/s、12f/s、20f/s. Coding style has
VBR(variable bit rate) and CBR. When in VBR style, there are 1,2,3,4,5,&6
levels of image quality. When in CBR style, selectable data flux are 128Kb/S,
256Kb/S, 384Kb/S, 512Kb/S, 768 Kb/S, 1024Kb/S. The different data flux
demands on the related bandwidth and the transmission image quality is
also different. Among them Level 6 demands on the widest band and has
the best image quality.
Alarm when video lost: Off means no alarm. On means alarm when video lost
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Alarm：When there are alarm input signals, the user can select the
recording channel and the output port. In Alarm Port, the user
can choose from 1 to 16 or ALL. Record Channel means when there
is an alarm input at an alarm port, the system can start up
recording at the corresponding channels which have check marks in
the check boxes.
After setting one alarm port, click
Save Port to save the setting.
After setting all ports, the user should click Save to save.
Motion detection：When the user set the time period for motion detection (the
time period can not overlap with the time for the general recording. The general
recording has higher priority), motion detection will take effect. The purple area is
the selectable motion detection area. User can move the cursor to choose the area
and can also set the sensitivity of the area due to the need. Click Full screen or
press right key on the area to display the motion detection area at full screen. After
setting the area the user can Save channel or Clear the area.
Alarm Output：This field allows the user to activate an output relay. If you want
to set this channel fully as motion detection recording, you have to turn off the
timing recording of this channel.
Video parameter User can adjust the video Hue, Contrast, Brightness,
Saturation and so on. Click Reset to reset default value
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4.1.5. Assistant
Assistant ：Click on Assistant button, as following, there are User
manage, Record control, Apply for control right, Log information,
System information, Alarm prompt , Channel name, Upgrade BIOS
and About
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User manage：Display users information. The right buttons
can let an administrator user save, add, modify, delete
and cancel the information.
Three levels users：Administrator―fully set the system
and modify the user information; User―can not set
system parameter and modify other users’ information;
Guest―can not set system parameter and records
search, can only modify personal information.
Add：Click Add to show the following dialogue box：
User can add user information in this dialogue box, assign user
power level. There is only one administrator allowed.
Modify：Select this button to show the following. User modify
the filled-in information.
Record control：Control the recording of each channel manually.
Apply for control power：Web client software can supply the login of
multiple users. If you want to have the control power, you can click
this option and confirm to have the control (6-27). If the user want to
have the control power, he has to apply and gain the authorization of
the user with control power. If the logged-in users are all normal user,
the first logged-in user gains the control power automatically. If
Administrator logs in later, he or she can gain the control power by
force. If only one user logs in or the logged-in user is the user with
control power, the box is grey.
The following picture is other user is sending request to the user with
control power.
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Log information：The operations on the system
are all recorded in log information.
System information：Check the basic information of the system.
When sound is not needed, you can turn off the audio. Due to the
band width consideration, the user can select the different Video
transport mode, and after choose non-realtime transmission, the
mode is Extract I frame. Video type PAL or NTSC has to be selected
right. If Auto recycle monitoring is on, system will shift among all
the channels automatically and the time interval can be set.
Alarm prompt： Different sound warning for the certain Alarm
input can be chosen according the user’s needs. The audio file
named Alarm Soundwave in under the directory System32.
Channel name：Able to name each channel and the letters are no
more than 12. The revised channel names will be displayed on the
screen. The default setting of the channel name is Channel No.1 to
Channel No.8.
Upgrade BIOS： Able to upgrade the BIOS program remotely.
Open the related BIOS or Web file and click on the related
button (the system can recognize the file type. After the
upgrading, it will show the clue about the upgrading.
About：Version information
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