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In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for any consequential or incidental damages, including any loss of business profits or any other commercial damages, arising out of use of its products.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

CAUTION: DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED. REPLACE ONLY WITH THE SAME OR EQUIVALENT TYPE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. DISCARD USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS.

ATTENTION: IL Y A DANGER D’EXPLOSION S’IL Y A REMPLACEMENT INCORRECT DE LA BATTERIE. REMPLACER UNIQUEMENT AVEC UNE BATTERIE DU MÊME TYPE OU D’UN TYPE RECOMMENDÉ PAR LE CONSTRUCTEUR. METTRE AU RÉBUT LES BATTERIES USAGÉES CONFORMÉMENT AUX INSTRUCTIONS DU FABRICANT.

CAUTION: VENTILATION

Ensure unit’s operating temperature is 45°C or below for optimum performance. If unit is kept in wooden/enclosed cabinet, ensure proper ventilation to protect from overheating. As a guide, ensure that there is at least 4 inches space from the DVR to the cabinet walls. Ensure the air temperature around the DVR is below 35 degree Celsius. Provide additional fan to maintain good airflow around the DVR if necessary.

NOTICE: Minimum PC Specifications for iFocus DVR remote dial in function

Please note that for remote dial in to iFocus DVR either through modem/LAN or Internet, the following minimum PC specifications would be required.

Intel Pentium IV 1.7GHz 256MB RAM 20 GB hard disk 1GB free space at least MS Windows XP / 2000 / NT Server Professional OS MS Office MS Internet Explorer Version 6 and above CD-ROM drive Graphic display setting at 1024X768 pixels with at least 16 bits color

The remote dial in might not work properly for PCs with the following systems:

MS Windows ME / 98_SE OS or older AMD CPU

[Note: Please select Intel P3 Compatible CPU when prompted by the PC

This will supersede other minimum PC specification.]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction 1

2. Model Convention 2

3. DVR Main Features and Specifications 3

3.1 8A+/ 16B+ Model Main Features and Specification 3

3.1.1 Features 3

3.2.2 Specifications 3

3.2 E+ Model Main Features and Specifications 4

3.2.1 Features 4

3.2.2 Specifications 4

4. DVR Configurations 5

5. DVR Connections 6

5.1 Camera and Monitor Connections 6

5.2 External IR Receiver Connections 7

5.3 Audio Camera Source and Speaker 7

5.3.1 Hardware Setup 7

5.3.2 Connection instruction (Example for Channel 1 recording) 8

5.4 External Alarm Input Connection 8

5.5 Alarm Output Connection and Disable Alarm 8

5.5 Clear Alarm using External Trigger 8

6. IR Remote Control 10

7. Power Up of DVR 11

7.1 AC Power Input Selector 11

7.2 Power Up of DVR 11

8. Full Screen Live View and DVR Log-in 12

8.1 Full Screen Live View 12

8.2 Digital Zoom 12

8.3 Status Bar Display 12

8.4 Hiding of Camera Name 12

8.5 Password Login 13

9. Camera View Settings 14

9.1 View Mode 14

9.2 Spot Monitor Out (For DVRE+ models only) 14

9.3 Camera Display Properties 15

9.4 Camera Settings 16

9.4.1 Set Camera Name 16

9.4.2 Turn on or off camera view 16

9.4.3 Turn on or off Camera SAE function 17

10. Setup Menu 18

10.1 Date/Time and Time Zone Setting 18

10.2 Password Change 18

10.3 Storage Option 18

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10.4 Communication 19

10.4.1 Modem Rings 19

10.4.2 TEL 19

10.4.3 Dial-out IP 19

10.4.4 Server IP 19

10.4.5 Server Port 19

10.4.6 DVR ID 19

10.4.7 PTZ, modem and matrix switch 19

10.4.8 Network Setting 20

10.5 Key Lock 21

10.6 Re-Init 21

10.7 Archive to Optical Disc (For DVR with CD/ DVD-RW option only) 21

11. Record Menu 23

11.1 Record Info 23

11.2 Record Mode 23

11.3 Frame Rate and Audio Record Setting 24

11.3.1 Frame Rate and Record Mode 24

11.3.2 Audio Record Setting 24

11.4 Record Schedule 24

11.5 Manual Recording 25

11.6 Trigger Recording 25

11.7 Timer Recording 25

11.7.1 Timer Setting 25

11.7.2 Holiday Setting 26

11.8 Record Quality 26

12. Trigger Settings 27

12.1 External Trigger 27

12.2 Motion Trigger 28

12.2.1 Motion Grid Setting 28

12.2.2 Motion Sensitivity 29

12.2.3 System Trigger Delay Setting 29

12.3 Email Alert 29

13. Playback 30

13.1 Event Playback 30

13.2 Date/Time Playback 31

13.3 Playback Screen Setting 31

13.4 Playback Control Function 31

13.5 Camera Source Setting 32

13.6 Full Screen Playback 32

13.7 Playback with IFS Player 32

13.7.1 Installing IFS Player 32

13.7.2 Getting Started with IFS Player 34

14. Modem Dial In Basic Setup 35

14.1 Installing Setup Program for Modem Dial In 35

14.1.1 Installing RAS DVR Dialer Application Software 35

14.1.2 Setting up The RAS DVR Dialer 36

14.2 Modem Dial-in Setting 38

14.3 Configuration of the RAS DVR Dialer for Dialing 38

15. Pan/Tilt/Zoom Control 38

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Appendix: DVR Full Menu Chart 38

1. Main and second level menu 38

2. Record, playback and trigger menu 38

3. Setup menu 38

Figures

Figure 1: DVR Full Configuration 5 Figure 2: Connection, External VGA Cable for DVR16+ 7 Figure 3: Connection, External VGA Cable for DVR8A+, 16B+, 4E+ and 8E+ 7 Figure 4: Connection, Monitors and Camera Sources 6 Figure 5: Connection, External IR 8 Figure 6: Mono to Stereo Splitter 8 Figure 7: Connection, Audio Feature 8 Figure 8: Connection, External Alarm Input 9 Figure 9: Connection, Alarm Output 9 Figure 10: Menu, Clear Alarm using External Trigger 2 9 Figure 11: Connection, Clear Alarm using External Trigger 10 Figure 12: IR Remote Control 11 Figure 13: Full-screen Live View Options 13 Figure 14: System Status Bar 12 Figure 15: Menu, Camera View Setting 14 Figure 16: Menu, Spot TV Out (Fix Mode) 14 Figure 17: Menu, Spot TV Out (Sep Mode) 15 Figure 18: Menu, Spot TV Out (Trig Mode) 15 Figure 19: Menu, Camera Display Properties 16 Figure 20: Menu, Setup 18 Figure 21: Menu, Change Date/ Time 17 Figure 22: Menu, Set Supervisor Pin 19 Figure 23: Menu, Communication 19 Figure 24: Menu, Network Setting 20 Figure 25: Menu, Archive to Optical Disc 21 Figure 26: Menu, Camera Source 22 Figure 27: Date. Time Selection for Optical Disc 22 Figure 28: Menu, Record 23 Figure 29: Menu, Record Info 23 Figure 30: Menu, Audio Recording Setting 24 Figure 31: Menu, Frame Rate (Audio Recording) 24 Figure 32: Record Menu (Manual, Trigger, Timer and Quality 25 Figure 33: Menu, Timer Setting 26 Figure 34: Menu, Holiday Setting 26 Figure 35: Menu, Trigger Menu 27 Figure 36: Menu, External Trigger 27 Figure 37: Menu, Motion Trigger 28 Figure 38: Menu, Trigger Menu (Motion Properties and System Triger Delay 28 Figure 39: Default Motion Grid Setting 28 Figure 40: Menu, Trigger Menu (Arm Delay) 29 Figure 41: Menu, Playback Menu 30 Figure 42: Menu, Event List 30 Figure 43: Remote Control Key, Playback Control 31 Figure 44: Status Bar, Playback 31 Figure 45: Menu, Camera Source Setting 32 Figure 46: Full-screen to Splitting Screen Switching During Playback 32 Figure 47: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 1 32 Figure 48: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 2 33 Figure 49: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 3 33 Figure 50: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 4 33 Figure 51: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 5 34 Figure 52: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 6 34

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Figure 53: Icon, IFS Player 34 Figure 54: Playback Control using IFS Playback 34 Figure 55: Icon, RAS DVR Dialer 35 Figure 56: Procedure, Installing RAS DVR Dialer 1 35 Figure 57: Procedure, Installing RAS DVR Dialer 2 35 Figure 58: Procedure, Installing RAS DVR Dialer 3 36 Figure 59: Procedure, Installing RAS DVR Dialer 4 36 Figure 60: Procedure, Installing RAS DVR Dialer 5 36 Figure 61: Icon, RAS DVR Dialer 36 Figure 62: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 1 37 Figure 63: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 2 37 Figure 64: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 3 37 Figure 65: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 4 38 Figure 66: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 5 38 Figure 67: Procedure, Setting up RAS DVR Dialer 6 38 Figure 68: Menu, Modem Protocol 38 Figure 69: Procedure, Configuration of RAS DVR Dialer 1 38 Figure 70: Menu, PTZ control 38

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1. Introduction

The use of digital video technologies in close circuit television (CCTV) security applications has been evolving and widely accepted over the last few years. Customer expectation has been rising and higher performance CCTV devices are on high demand. In fact, the use of CCTV has gone beyond the traditional security applications, with networking and Internet becoming standard features. Furthermore, digital CCTV system is also being used as a management and productivity tool.

With the improvement and advancement in DVR design and development, high performance DVR such as the DVRE+ model described in this manual not only has enhanced video quality and recording speed, it is also a comprehensive communication device, which provides both local as well as anywhere access and control capability to serve modern CCTV applications.

iFocus DVR has the following outstanding features:

Secured MPEG4 video compression Full web-based remote monitoring, configuration and control Intelligent digital video recording and searching Video motion detection for individual channel Integration with alarm input and output devices Modem, network and internet connectivity Local and remote audio recording and playback Capability towards iFocus Central Management System (CMS)

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2. Model Convention

There are various models and configuration of DVR available according to the number of input video source, video system format, storage device capacity and type of back-up media. These models can be identified using the following convention:

DVRvw+xyyyz[CD/ DVD]

Where:

v: Number of Video channels, 4, 8 or 16 w: DVR model (A+/B+/E+) x: Video Format, P for PAL, N for NTSC yyy: Hard disk capacity in Gigabyte z: Type of drive, I for Internal, R for Removable [DVD]: DVD-RW (optional)

As an example, DVR16E+N500IDVD will mean a Digital Video Recorder with:

16 composite video inputs E+ model NTSC video format 500GB internal hard disk Build-in DVD-RW

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3. DVR Main Features and Specifications

3.1 8A+/ 16B+ Model Main Features and Specification

3.1.1 Features

Reliability Run on embedded OS with watch dog timer Security 2-Level and 16-digit password protection access control DVR can be locked away and controlled through External IR

receiver Watermarking for recorded and downloaded video User-friendly Easy Programming through IR controller or Remote PC Fast key full screen Live View/Playback Intelligence Advance event-filtering playback and health monitoring 10-spot adjustable video motion grids for individual camera Email Alert upon Alarm Activation Smart adaptive exposure for individual camera Record Multi-mode Recording (CIF, Full Resolution) Up to 32 FPS (Full Resolution) for DVR8A+ Up to 64 FPS (Full Resolution) for DVR16B+ Remote operation Connection through PSTN/ LAN/ WAN/ Internet Full Internal Explorer (IE) based control, configuration

monitoring and playback PTZ Control Local/Remote PTZ Control Archive Build-in CD/ DVD-RW (optional for 16B+ Model) Audio function Local record and playback, remote live and playback

3.2.2 Specifications

Input Connector 8/16 BNC Socket CVBS, 1 Vpp / 75 Ohms 2 TTL Compatible Alarm Inputs (NO) Terminal 1 Audio Input Jack Output Connector 1 SVGA RGB Monitor Output 1 Composite Video TV Output 1 Dry Contact Output 1 Audio Output Jack 4 TTL Open Collector Alarm Outputs External Interface 1 RS232 Port for Modem Connection or PTZ Control 1 RJ45 Port for LAN / WAN / Broadband Connection Compression Secured MPEG4 Video Compression Input Video CCIR / PAL or EIA / NTSC Format Output Video format 1/4/9/16 Display Format for DVR16B+ 1/4/8 for DVR8A+ Recording Continuous / Alarm / Timer Recording Playback Date-Time / Event based Playback Software IE-Base Remote Dial-in Control/Monitoring/Archiving Support TCP/IP Mechanical 8A+ Model: Size, 12.5” x 4.0” x 16.0” (W x H x D) Weight, 9 kg 16B+ Model: Size, 14.2” x 5.5” x 16.1” (W x H x D) Weight, about 11 kg Environment Condition Operating, 0 to 45 Degree C, 10% to 85% Relative Humidity Storage: 0 to 50 Degree C, 5% to 90% Relative Humidity Power Supply 115VAC / 230 VAC Input, 50 / 60 Hz +12V DC Output With Fuse Protection Certification UL / CSA / CE-Mark Certification

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3.2 E+ Model Main Features and Specifications

3.2.1 Features

Reliability Run on embedded OS with watch dog timer Security 2-Level and 16-digit password protection access control DVR can be locked away and controlled through External IR

receiver Watermarking for recorded and downloaded video User-friendly Easy Programming through IR controller or Remote PC Fast key full screen Live View/Playback Intelligence Advance event-filtering playback and health monitoring 10-spot adjustable video motion grids for individual camera Email Alert upon Alarm Activation Smart adaptive exposure for individual camera Record Multi-mode Recording (CIF, Full Resolution and Mix mode) Up to 240FPS Live view Refreshing rate up to 480FPS Remote operation Connection through PSTN/ LAN/ WAN/ Internet Full IE based control, configuration monitoring and playback PTZ Control Local/Remote PTZ Control Spot TV output Sequential and fix mode Archive Build-in CD/ DVD-RW (optional) Audio function Local record and playback, remote live and playback

3.2.2 Specifications

Input Connector 4 / 8 / 16 BNC Socket CVBS, 1Vpp/75 ohms 2 TTL Alarm Inputs 1 Audio Input Jack Output Connector 1 SVGA RGB Monitor Output 1 Composite Video TV Output 1 Audio Output Jack 1 Spot Monitor Output 4 Open Collector NO Alarm Outputs P1: Video Loss P2: Hard Disc Failure P3: HD Full (98%) P4: Alarm Indicator External Interface COMM 1 for Modem Dial-in / PTZ Control RJ45 for LAN / WAN / Internet Connection Video Format CCIR / PAL or EIA / NTSC Format Recording Continuous / Timer / Trigger mode Playback Date / Time or Event Based Programming IR Controller, PS2 keyboard and remote PC Output Video Live View: 1 / 4 / 9 / 16 Mechanical Size, 14.2” x 5.5” x 16.1” (W x H x D) Weight, about 11 kg Power Supply 115VAC / 230VAC input, 50/60 Hz Less than 200 watts power consumption Certification UL / CE-Mark Certification

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4. DVR Configurations

DVR as a multifunctional security device can be configured as shown in the following figure. In this example, the DVR is connected to cameras, external alarm input devices (such as PIR, door contacts), alarm output devices (such as sirens), PC monitor, CCTV monitor, Broadband Modem and LAN Switch/Router. However, if the DVR is used as a stand alone system similar to most of the conventional CCTV application, DVR will be connected to Alarm inputs, cameras and monitor for most basic security application requirements.

Figure 1: DVR Full Configuration

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5. DVR Connections

The following is a DVR back panel layout for connection to other devices. All devices should be connected to their respective ports correctly as shown below.

5.1 Camera and Monitor Connections

Connect the external VGA cable before powering up the DVR.

Figure 2 and 3 illustrate the connection of the external VGA cable.

Figure 4 illustrates the connection between the DVR and monitors, camera sources as well.

Spot monitor output is only available for E+ Model DVR.

Figure 4: Connection, Monitors and Camera Sources

[Note: The layout of the cards reflects that of DVR16E+ Model. For details of other

models, please refer to the labels at the top of DVR casings]

To spot monitor

(for E+ Model

DVR only)

To external IR

and circuit

To camera sources To TV Monitor

To VGA

Monitor

To External VGA Cable

AGP Card

Motherboard Ports

Figure 3: Connection, External VGA Cable

for DVR8A+, 16B+, 4E+ and 8E+

External

VGA Cable

Motherboard Ports

Figure 2: Connection, External VGA

Cable for DVR16E+

External

VGA Cable

I/O Card

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5.2 External IR Receiver Connections

Figure 5 illustrates the connection between a DVR and an external IR receiver. The maximum length of the wire connected is 100m.

The terminals are on the back panel of the DVR. IR+ goes to the red wire of the external IR and IR- the black wire of it.

5.3 Audio Camera Source and Speaker

iFocus DVR supports audio Recording and Playback on Channel 1 and 2.

5.3.1 Hardware Setup The Audio feature requires the following devices:

a. A camera with audio recording feature or a separate audio microphone b. A mono to stereo splitter c. A speaker

Before connecting all the devices, differentiate the channel connection of the splitter first.

Steps as follow:

a. Turn a digital multi-meter to enable the short-

circuit-beeping function

b. Use the meter to measure the resistance between

one of the RCA connectors and the head portion of the splitter indicated as “Channel 1” below

c. If the meter beeps, this RCA is for Channel 1, the

other for Channel 2

d. Otherwise, this RCA is for Channel 2, the other

for Channel 1

IR+

IR-

T1 T2

Gnd

P1 P2

Gnd

P3 P4

Figure 5: Connection, External IR

Channel 1

Channel 2

Figure 6: Mono to Stereo Splitter

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5.3.2 Connection instruction (Example for Channel 1 recording)

Figure 7: Connection, Audio Feature

a. Connect the camera to camera input channel 1 b. Connect the audio source to the Channel 1 RCA connector of the splitter c. Connect the splitter to the Audio-in RCA connector on the back panel of the

DVR

d. Connect a speaker to the Audio-out RCA connector on the back panel of the

DVR

5.4 External Alarm Input Connection

iFocus DVRs support two alarm inputs, T1 and T2.

These alarm inputs can be used for connection to external dry contact switches such as PIR sensor or door switch. The external dry contact alarm inputs can be used to trigger the DVR into recording mode.

Figure 8 illustrates the connection between the terminal T1 of DVR and a sensor switch.

5.5 Alarm Output Connection and Disable Alarm

There are four alarm outputs provided. These outputs are TTL type normally opened, which can sink up to 200mA current. The details are as follows.

P1: Video loss P2: Hard disk failure P3: HD Full (98%) P4: Alarm Indicator

Figure 9 illustrates the connection between a buzzer and the terminal P1 of the DVR. During any loss of video signal, this output is “CLOSED” (sink up to 200mA current) and shorted to ground. Te buzzer will sound when P1 is activated. To stop the buzzer output, press “6” under the Main Menu.

5.5 Clear Alarm using External Trigger

The clear-alarm function can also be performed using External Trigger 2. The following diagram shows the programming to clear alarm using external trigger 2.

Audio out: to speaker (for

local playback)

Audio in: To Mono to

Stereo Splitter and

Audio Source

AGP Card

To camera

source

Motherboard Ports

Figure 8: Connection, External

Alarm Input

IR+

IR-

T1 T2

Gnd

P1 P2

Gnd

P3 P4

Figure 9: Connection, Alarm Output

IR+

IR-

T1 T2

Gnd

P1 P2

Gnd

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Figure 10: Menu, Clear Alarm using External Trigger 2

Connection example: P1 is the Video Loss Indicator. When loss of video signal is detected, this output is “Closed” and shorted to ground. In the following example, the buzzer will sound when P1 is activated. To stop the buzzer output, close the switch momentarily that is connected to T2.

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger

2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

External Trigger

1 Trigger1 [Arm]+[V03]

2 Trigger2 [Off]+[Off] 3 Trigger3 [Off]+[Off] 4 Trigger4 [Off]+[Off] 5 Trigger5 [Off]+[Off] 6 Trigger6 [Off]+[Off]

9 Trigger 2 Clear Alarm [ On]

0 Exit

Main Menu

1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback

4 Trigger

5 Setup 6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Figure 11: Connection, Clear Alarm using

External Trigger

12V DC

IR+

IR-

T1 T2

Gnd

P1 P2

Gnd

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6. IR Remote Control

iFocus DVR come with three ways of control, using a Remote IR Controller, a PS2 keyboard or a PC.

The PC can be connected to the DVR via LAN/WAN/Internet and remote operation program runs fully on IE.

Only the IR remote controller programming will be discussed here.

Following sections are outline of the function of the individual key.

Power key: To turn on DVR

Numeric keys: direct function entry, system

parameter setting and channel fast switching in live view and playback

“1-” key: channel fast switching (for channel number greater than 9) in live view and playback

On-screen-display key: To turn on or off menu during menu operation and hide camera title at live view

Arrows: to move cursor, control PTZ cameras (see Chapter 15 for details) and configure motion grip setting (see Chapter 12 for details)

“Zin” and “Z

out

”: to control PTZ cameras (see Chapter 15 for details)

“Fin” and “F

out

”: toggle between different menu selections and control PTZ cameras (see

Chapter 15 for details)

“OK” key: to confirm setting

Playback keys: To control playback (see Chapter 13 for details) and configure motion grip

setting (see Chapter 12 for details)

Figure 12: IR Remote Control

“1-” Key

Power Key

Numeric

Key

On-screendisplay

Arrow, zoom, focus and “OK” Key

Playback keys

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7. Power Up of DVR

7.1 AC Power Input Selector

Before you turn on your DVR, make sure that the AC power selector switch marked with 110/230V at the back of the DVR is set correctly to ensure that the right AC voltage is being used. Wrong AC power switch selection may results in power supply damage due to power overloading.

7.2 Power Up of DVR

Once the DVR is connected correctly according to the CCTV system requirements, it will be ready for powering up. For the first time powered up, the factory default setting will be loaded into the DVR for normal operation.

The DVR is designed with watch dog timer, which monitors the operation of main program and resets the system if the program fails to perform correctly. The system is also designed to recover from unexpected system interruption event. The watch dog timer will reset the DVR and the recovering program will load the last valid system setting into the DVR in order to ensure proper system boot-up and operation.

The power up process will take about 1-2 minutes before the camera live view screen is displayed correctly. Please note that if the DVR is NOT properly powered down, there is possibility of hard disk data corruption. Proper power down process means shutting down the DVR from the Main Menu.

Once power up, the monitor display will be as shown below depend on the DVR model. 4 Channel will display in Quad mode, 8/ 9/ 16-Channel split.

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8. Full Screen Live View and DVR Log-in

8.1 Full Screen Live View

After power up the DVR, user can select any camera full screen live view by keying the channel number using IR controller. This function does not require the user to login to the main programming menu.

For camera numbers greater than 10, the user should press the “1-” key followed by the next digit. Example: “1-” followed by “6” for camera number 16.

8.2 Digital Zoom

iFocus DVR provide digital zoom for individual channels at four-time in the composite video output.

To zoom a certain channel,

Key in the channel number using remote control to enter the full-screen mode Press Stop button to enter the zoom mode Use arrow keys to browse the enlarged live view Press Stop button to exit the zoom mode Press “0” key to exit the full-screen mode

8.3 Status Bar Display

The DVR user interface is a menu driven control user interface (UI). A full function of the DVR menu is attached in Appendix for user reference. Once the DVR is powered up, the status bar will be displayed at the bottom of the display screen, as shown below.

Figure 14: System Status Bar

8.4 Hiding of Camera Name

To hide camera names in the live view display, press “OSD” button on the remote control.

Cam 01 Cam 01

Cam 01 Cam 01 Cam 01 Cam 01

Speed: [1.0] Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

Cam16

Speed: [1.0] Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

Figure 13: Full-screen Live View Operation

iFocus 16E+ 1.04 Press ‘OK’ for Menu Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

DVR Model

DVR software version

Record

percentage

System date

and time

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8.5 Password Login

iFocus DVR provides two levels of operation. Below is the table showing the default password and access right according to the user level.

User Level Default Password Access Rights

Supervisor 222222 All

Super User 111111

Local: Playback and Clear Alarm

Remote: Live View, Playback and Download

Normal User 333333

Local: Playback and Clear Alarm

Remote: Live View

To enter into the main menu:

a. Press "OK" key b. Use numeric keys to key in password c. Press "OK" key

Supervisor should change the password as and when required for greater security protection. In the event that the user forgets the user password, the supervisor can change the user password. However, if the supervisor forgets his/her own password, he/she shall contact the DVR supplier for assistance. Supervisor should take note that the user and supervisor passwords are also used for IE access authentication.

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9. Camera View Settings

The main menu will appear on the display screen after user has logged in.

Camera View menu includes DVR display settings. All functions discussed in this chapter are under Camera View menu.

Under the Main Menu, press “1” to access camera view settings.

Figure 15: Menu, Camera View Setting

9.1 View Mode

The View Mode selection allows the user to change the display format as follow:

FULL: first available camera full screen 4 Split: camera 1st to 4th displayed in quad mode 9 Split: 3x3 segment display (for 8/16 Ch only) 16 Split: 4x4 segment display (for 16 Ch model only)

To change the view mode settings,

a. Under the camera view menu, press “1” to select “View Mode” b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to change settings

9.2 Spot Monitor Out (For DVRE+ models only)

iFocus E+ Model DVR support Spot TV output for additional display of full camera live view for the camera selected. Available selections for the output mode are “fix”, “sequential” and “Trig” mode.

For Fix mode,

a. Under the camera view menu, press “2” to select

“Spot TV Out”

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select “Fix” for the first

field

c. Press right arrow key to move the cursor to the

second field

d. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select camera

Main Menu

1 Camera View

2 Record 3 Playback 4 Trigger 5 Setup 6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Camera View

1 View Mode [4 Split] 2 Spot TV Out [Fix] [Cam01] 3 Camera Display Properties 4 Camera Select [Cam01] 5 --Set Camera Name 6 --Camera View

[ On]

7 --Camera SAE [ On]

0 Exit

Camera View

1 View Mode [4 Split]

2 Spot TV Out [Fix] [Cam01]

3 Camera Display Properties 4 Camera Select [Cam01] 5 --Set Camera Name 6 --Camera View

[ On]

7 --Camera SAE [ On]

0 Exit

Figure 16: Menu, Spot TV Out

(Fix mode)

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For Sequential mode,

a. Under the camera view menu, press “2” to select “Spot

TV Out”

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select “Seq” for the first

field

c. Press right arrow key to move the cursor to the second

field

d. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select interval

Figure 17 illustrates the setting of sequential mode spot TV display with the interval set to 3 seconds.

Selection of the intervals can be 1-15/ 20/ 30 seconds.

During the Trig Mode, spot TV displays the live view of the latest channel that has been detected with either external trigger or motion trigger. The live view will be displayed throughout the trigger period and the delay period before the monitor goes back to blak screen.

To set Trig Mode for Spot TV,

a. Under the camera view menu, press “2” to select

“Spot TV Out”

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select “Trig” for the first field

To ensure this feature is functioning properly, setting for the following parameters must be correct:

a. External trigger setting (if Spot TV is to monitor the cameras equipped with

external trigger, refer to Chapter 12.1)

b. Motion trigger setting (if Spot TV is to monitor the cameras equipped with motion

detection, refer to Chapter 12.2) c. System trigger delay (refer to Chapter12.2.3) d. Trigger mode setting (this setting cannot be set to “Off”, refer to Chapter 11.6) e. Record (this setting should be turned “On”, refer to Chapter 11)

9.3 Camera Display Properties

iFocus DVR provides adjustment of brightness, color and contrast for individual camera.

To change the setting,

a. Under the Camera View menu, press “3” for “Camera Display Properties” The display would show the brightness, color and contrast in percentage for all the cameras.

b. Use arrow keys to select the parameters c. Use “F

” or “F

out

” keys to increase or decrease the property.

Camera View

1 View Mode [4 Split] 2 Spot TV Out [Seq] [3sec] 3 Camera Display Properties 4 Camera Select [Cam01] 5 --Set Camera Name 6 --Camera View

[ On]

7 --Camera SAE [ On]

0 Exit

Figure 17: Menu, Spot TV Out

(Sequential

mode)

Camera View

1 View Mode [4 Split] 2 Spot TV Out [Trig] [Auto] 3 Camera Display Properties 4 Camera Select [Cam01] 5 --Set Camera Name 6 --Camera View

[ On]

7 --Camera SAE [ On]

0 Exit

Figure 18: Menu, Spot TV Out

(

Trig

mode)

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Figure 19: Menu, Camera Display Properties

9.4 Camera Settings

iFocus DVR provides settings of camera name, view and Smart Adaptive Exposure (SAE) for individual camera.

To change these settings, press “4” and use “F

” or “F

out

” keys to select the camera of

which the settings are going to be changed.

The followings are the settings available for each camera:

Camera Name Camera View Camera SAE

9.4.1 Set Camera Name Camera title setting allows the user to assign meaning to the camera for easy memory. As an example, “Lobby” and “Office” are more memorable than “Cam 01” and “Cam 02”.

To set the camera name,

a. Press “5” for “Set Camera Name”

b. Use “Fin” and “F

out

” key to change characters c. Use arrow keys to move to the next character d. Press “OK” to confirm the setting

[Note: this operation is done more easily on remote monitoring system. Refer to its

manual (soft copy in the user CD) for details. ]

9.4.2 Turn on or off camera view Camera View allows the user to turn on or off the camera display at the local monitor as well as remote monitoring system under normal user log-in mode. This is to disable the camera display for those cameras located at sensitive locations.

To turn on or off the camera display,

a. Press “6” for “Camera View” b. Use “F

” or “F

out

” keys to turn on or off the camera view

Camera Display Properties

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Camera View

1 View Mode [4 Split] 2 Spot TV Out [Seq] [3sec]

3 Camera Display Properties

4 Camera Select [Cam01] 5 --Set Camera Name 6 --Camera View

[ On]

7 --Camera SAE [ On]

0 Exit

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9.4.3 Turn on or off Camera SAE function Camera SAE function allows the system adjust the brightness level of individual camera automatically according to the lighting condition thus improves the playback video quality, suggested turn on for day-night cameras.

To turn on or off this function,

a. Press “7” for “Camera SAE” b. Use “Fin” or “Fout” keys to turn on or off the camera view

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10. Setup Menu

Setup Menu includes system parameters settings. All functions discussed in this chapter are under the Setup Menu.

Under the Main Menu, press “5” for “Setup” to access system setups.

Figure 20: Menu, Setup

10.1 Date/Time and Time Zone Setting

To change these settings,

a. Press “1” for “Date/ Time” under Setup Menu c. Use arrow keys to move among different fields d. Use numeric keys to key in date or time

[Note: Video after the newly-set time will be deleted.]

10.2 Password Change

To change the supervisor or the user password,

a. Press “3” for “Set Supervisor Pin” or b. Press “4” for “Set User Pin” c. Use arrow keys to move among different fields d. Use numeric keys to key in new pins e. Press down arrow key to select “Confirm” f. Press “OK” to confirm the new pins

10.3 Storage Option

Under Storage Option, users could:

a. Clear all video, load default setting & reboot b. Clear All Video & reboot c. Reset Video Marker

Clear all video, load default setting & reboot: all video data will be erased and all system configurations set back to factory default.

Clear all video & reboot: all video data will be erased while system configurations remains

Reset video marker: the video marker (the “REC xx%” display at the status bar) to 0%.

Main Menu

1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback 4 Trigger

5 Setup

6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Setup Menu

1 Date/Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option 6 Communication 7 Key Lock

[Off]

8 Re-Init

[Off]

9 Archive to optical disc 0 Exit

Figure 21: Menu, Change Date/

Time

Change Date/Time Date [dd-mm-yyyy] Time [hh:mm:ss]

Video after this time will be deleted.

‘Confirm’

‘Cancel’

Figure 22: Menu, Set

Supervisor Pin

Set Supervisor Pin Supervisor Pin [ ] Confirm Pin [ ]

‘Confirm’

‘Cancel’

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10.4 Communication

Communication menu includes settings of communication between DVR and other devices such as PTZ cameras and remote PC.

Under the Setup Menu, press “6” for “Communication” to access the settings.

Figure 23: Menu, Communication

10.4.1 Modem Rings The iFocus DVR can be connected to an external 56K modem. The Modem Ring number indicates the number of rings after which the DVR will activate the modem and get connected to the remote party.

10.4.2 TEL This is reserved for future development.

10.4.3 Dial-out IP This is reserved for future development.

10.4.4 Server IP This is only applicable when DVR is connected to a CMS server. For more details, refer to CMS user manual.

10.4.5 Server Port This is only applicable when DVR is connected to a CMS server. For more details, refer to CMS user manual.

10.4.6 DVR ID The DVR ID is the identification number of the DVR. This is an additional security feature to enhance the security on top of the DVR PIN. In order to remotely dial in to the DVR, the user must enter the correct DVR ID and the Supervisor/User Pin. Default is 0000000001 (10-digits).

10.4.7 PTZ, modem and matrix switch iFocus DVR has a built-in feature for controlling Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) cameras using IR Controller or remote monitoring system. It also can be programmed to interface with matrix switch to control multiple PTZ cameras. iFocus DVR supports modem dial in for remote monitoring system, too.

Connection wise, all three types of peripherals are interfacing with DVR through

PTZ Protocols that iFocus DVR support:

LILIN code in Menu: [LILIN PTZ] Pelco D Protocol code in Menu: [PELCO D PTZ]

Communication

1 Modem Rings [ 1] 2 TEL [ ] 3 Dial Out IP [000.000.000.000] 4 Server IP [192.168.003.125] 5 Server Port [18375] 6 DVR ID [0000000001] 7 PTZ [LILIN PTZ] 8 Network Setting

0 Exit

Setup Menu

1 Date/Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option

6 Communication

7 Key Lock

[Off]

8 Re-Init

[Off]

9 Archive to optical disc 0 Exit

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Yokogawa code in Menu: [YOKOGAWA PTZ] Panasonic code in Menu: [PANASONIC PTZ] VideoTec code in Menu: [VIDEOTEC PTZ] Kalatel code in Menu: [KALATEL PTZ] D-Max code in Menu: [D-MAX PTZ]

Modems that iFocus DVR support:

Prolink (PSTN Modem) code in Menu: [Pro 1456ESI] AZTeck (PSTN Modem) code in Menu: [Aztech/ Pro-TR] iTegno (GPRS Modem) code in Menu: [iTegno]

Matrix switches that iFocus DVR support:

All that using Pelco ASCII code in Menu: [PELCO A PTZ]

10.4.8 Network Setting Each DVR that uses TCP/IP protocol must have a unique IP address.

If the DVR is connected in a LAN/WAN environment via the RJ45 network connector, the IP address, Net Mask and Gateway must be obtained from the Network Administrator.

If the DVR is connected to the ADSL/SDSL modem (for internet access), the ADSL router should be programmed to forward all the external ports to the internal port of the DVR IP address. For DNS setting, please refer to the ISP provider. The default HTTP port is 80 and video port 33330.

To change the network settings,

a. Press “8” for “Network Setting” under Communication Menu b. Use arrow keys to move among different fields c. Use numeric keys to key in IP or port number d. Use down arrow key to select “Confirm” e. Press “OK” to confirm the new settings

Figure 24: Menu, Network Setting

Setup Menu

1 Date/Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option

6 Communication

7 Key Lock

[Off]

8 Re-Init

[Off]

9 Archive to Optical Disc 0 Exit

Communication

1 Modem Rings [ 1] 2 TEL [ ] 3 Dial OutIP [000.000.000.000] 4 Server IP [192.168.003.125] 5 Server Port [18375] 6 DVR ID [0000000001] 7 PTZ [LILIN PTZ]

8 Network Setting

0 Exit

Network Setting

IP Address [192.168.001.222] Subnet Mask [255.255.255.000] Gateway [192.168.001.021] 1st DNS [165.021.083.088] 2nd DNS [161.000.000.000] HTTP Port [00080] MAC Address 00161777FFB2

‘Confirm’ (DVR will Reboot) ‘Cancel’

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10.5 Key Lock

“Key Lock” function prevents the DVR from being accidentally activated or triggered by the remote controller. After turning on this function, user has to press the power key followed by keying a four-digit number prompted by the DVR to activate the remote controller.

10.6 Re-Init

“Re-Init” function helps the DVR system clear its network traffic by rebooting the DVR every 3 A.M.

10.7 Archive to Optical Disc (For DVR with CD/ DVD-RW option only)

For DVR that have a built-in CD/ DVD-RW option, archiving is made easier.

To access the menu, press “9” for “Archive to Optical Disc” under setup menu.

Figure 25: Menu, Archive to Optical Disc

For archiving the data to an optical disc,

a. Press “3” for “Camera Source” under Archive to

Optical Disc menu b. Use arrow keys to move among different fields c. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” keys to turn on or off the camera

source for archiving d. Press “0” to exit to Archive to Optical Disc menu

e. Press “1” for CD archiving or “2” for DVD archiving f. Use arrow keys to move among different fields g. Use numeric keys to key in start date/ time and end

date/ time for archiving h. Allow the system to transfer the video data into

archiving buffer before proceed to set the next

segment i. Use arrow key and move cursor to “Burn CD” or

“Burn DVD” and press “OK” key j. Disk will be ejected automatically after burning

process is completed.

To playback the content of the CD, refer to Chapter 13 for details.

For Panic Burnt function, please refer to Chapter 0 for details.

Date/Time Selection for DVD

1 Start 1[02-10-2004 16:22:00] 2 End 1 [02-10-2004 17:22:00] 3 Start 2 [dd-mm-yyy hh:mm:ss] 4 End 2 [dd-mm-yyy hh:mm:ss] 5 Start 3 [dd-mm-yyy hh:mm:ss] 6 End 3 [dd-mm-yyy hh:mm:ss] 7 Burn DVD

Usage: 30% 0 Exit

Camera Source

1 Camera 1[ On] 9[ On] 2 Camera 2 2[ On] 10[ On] 3 Camera 3 3[ On] 11[ On]

4 Camera 4 4[ On] 12[ On] 5 Camera 5 5[ On] 13[ On] 6 Camera 6 6[ On] 14[ On]

7 Camera 7 7[ On] 15[ On] 8 Camera 8 8[ On] 16[ On]

0 Exit

Figure 27: Menu, Camera

Source

Figure 27: Menu, Date/ Time

Selection for Optical Disc

Setup Menu

1 Date/Time 2 Time Zone Singapore 3 Supervisor Pin 4 User Pin 5 Storage Option 6 Communication 7 Key Lock

[Off]

8 Re-Init [Off] 9 Archive to optical disc 0 Exit

Archive to Optical Disc

1 Date/Time selection for CD 2 Date/Time selection for DVD 3 Camera Source

0 Exit

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[Note: burning process is completed only when the CD/ DVD-RW drive automatically

ejects or when the CD/ DVD-RW LED is completely turned OFF. If there is any

interruption during the process, the optical disc will not be readable.]

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11. Record Menu

The Record Menu includes record settings such as recording frame rate and record mode. The Timer schedules and Holidays are also programmed here.

Turn off recording before changing any record setting. Instructions:

a. Press “6” for “Recording” under the Main Menu b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” keys to turn off recording (same way to turn on recording)

Press “2” for “Record” under main menu to access record settings.

Figure 28: Menu, Record

11.1 Record Info

Record information is provided in this menu, which includes:

First Video: the date and time of earliest recorded video Marker: the recording reference used for the record percentage Storage Capacity: DVR hard disk size S/W Version: the software version of the DVR F/W Version: the firmware version of the DVR WebDVR Version: the remote monitoring system version

Figure 29: Menu, Record Info

To access the Record Info Menu, press “1” for “Record Info” under Record Menu.

11.2 Record Mode

In the Record Menu, record modes can be set. Below are the recording resolutions in different modes:

Main Menu

1 Camera View

2 Record

3 Playback 4 Trigger 5 Setup 6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Record Menu

1 Record Info 2 Record Mode [MIX] 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Off] 6 Timer

[Off]

7 Timer Setting 8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

Record Info

First Video 45.31% dd-mm-yyy hh:mm Marker 25.23% dd-mm-yyy hh:mm Storage Capacity 500.2GB S/W Version 1.04.002 F/W Version 5.05.001 WebDVR Version 0.00.000

0 Exit

Record Menu

1 Record Info

2 Record Mode [MIX] 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Off] 6 Timer

[Off]

7 Timer Setting 8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

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PAL NTSC CIF 352x288 320x240 FULL 704x576 640x480

CIF: CIF recording for all channels FULL: Full screen recording for all channels MIX: Mixture of CIF and FULL resolution (For E Model only)

Full screen for all cameras is recommended for best playback quality. However, more hard disk space will be used.

11.3 Frame Rate and Audio Record Setting

To access the Frame Rate menu, press “3” for “Frame Rate” under Record Menu.

Figure 30: Menu, Audio Recording Setting

11.3.1 Frame Rate and Record Mode The maximum recording frame rates for every model are listed below:

DVR8A+ (PAL/NTSC) 32 FPS (Frame per second), CIF/FULL

DVR16B+ (PAL/NTSC) 64 FPS in CIF/FULL

DVR4E+ (PAL) 100 FPS, CIF/FULL

DVR4E+ (NTSC) 100 FPS, CIF/FULL

DVR8/16E+(PAL) 200 FPS, CIF

100 FPS, FULL

DVR8/16E+ (NTSC) 240 FPS, CIF

120 FPS, FULL

11.3.2 Audio Record Setting To set audio recording,

a. Use arrow keys to move among different fields

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” keys to turn on or off audio

recording at the first column of first two channels

c. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” keys to set recording frame

rate for audio-recording channels

11.4 Record Schedule

The following record schedule can be programmed independently. It should be taken note that the Manual recording will over write the trigger and timer recording as it is a 24 hours recording mode.

Manual: equivalent to 24 hours continuous recording

Frame Rate

1 Camera 1 [Off] [ 25] CIF 2 Camera 2 [ On] [ 25] CIF 3 Camera 3 [12.5] CIF 4 Camera 4 [0.25] CIF 5 Camera 5 [12.5] Full 6 Camera 6 [ 25] Full 7 Camera 7 [ 25] Full 8 Camera 8 [ 8] Full 9 Next Page 0 Exit Total: 178.75

Record Menu

1 Record Info 2 Record Mode [MIX]

3 Frame Rate

4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Off] 6 Timer

[Off]

7 Timer Setting 8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

Frame Rate

Figure 31: Menu, Frame Rate

(Audio Recording)

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Trigger: Record based on either motion detection or external alarm trigger setting Timer: Users can program a fixed time schedule for weekdays, Saturday, Sunday

and Holiday timer recording.

11.5 Manual Recording

For continuous recording,

a. Press “4” for “Manual” under

Record Menu b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” to turn on or

off manual mode

11.6 Trigger Recording

Trigger recording mode includes motion trigger (record upon motion detection) and external trigger (record upon external device triggering).

Setting must be correct in both Trigger Menu and Record Menu in order for DVR system to perform trigger recording. The detail of motion and trigger setting will be discussed in the Chapter 12.

To activate the trigger recording, turn on “Trigger” in Record Menu and “Recording” in Main Menu.

iFocus DVR support Intelligent Trigger Recording. Under this trigger recording mode, the frame rate during idle period (when there is no motion or external trigger) and detection period is different.

The table below shows the frame rate of different periods for each available trigger selections:

Trigger Selections Idle Period Detection Period

Off

N.A. N.A.

Trg0

0FPS/Ch User-defined

Trg1

1FPS/Ch User-defined

Trg2

0.5FPS/Ch User-defined

Trg3

User-defined Highest 25FPS/Ch

[Note: to set the user-defined frame rate, refer to Chapter 11.3]

11.7 Timer Recording

Under this mode, DVR starts and stops recording according to the Timer and Holiday setting in the Record menu.

11.7.1 Timer Setting Press “7” to enter the Timer Setting menu under Record Menu.

Weekday Timer is for Monday to Friday while the Weekend Timer 1 is for Saturday and the Weekend Timer 2 for Sunday.

Record Menu

1 Record Info 2 Record Mode [MIX] 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Trg0] 6 Timer [ Trg

]

7 Timer Setting 8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

Figure 32: Menu, Record Menu

(Manual, Trigger, Timer and Quality)

Chapter 12.5

Manual

Recording

Chapter 12.6

Trigger

Recording

Chapter 12.7

Timer

Chapter 12.8

Record Quality

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Turn on “6 Timer” under the Record Menu to activate the timer recording.

Figure 33: Menu, Timer Setting

11.7.2 Holiday Setting iFocus DVR support holiday schedule recording up to 21 holiday timers in a year.

Press “8” under Record Menu to enter Holiday Setting menu. Use numeric keys to program the Start and End Time as well as the Dates. Use arrow keys to move the cursor among different fields.

Figure 34: Menu, Holiday Setting

11.8 Record Quality

Record quality is defined by the video compression rate. The higher rate, the lower quality and smaller hard disk space consumption.

There are 3 options under record quality setting for iFocus DVR, Normal, High and Super. When setting the recording quality, users should consider their desire video quality and the recording period according to their needs in the CCTV application.

Record Menu

1 Record Info 2 Record Mode [MIX] 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Off] 6 Timer [On

]

7 Timer Setting

8 Holiday Setting 9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

Timer Setting

1 Weekday Timer 2 Start [09:00] 3 End [09:00] 4 Weekend Timer 1 [Sat] 5 Start [09:00] 6 End [09:00] 7 Weekend Timer 2 [Sun] 8 Start [09:00] 9 End [09:00] 0 Exit

Record Menu

1 Record Info 2 Record Mode [MIX] 3 Frame Rate 4 Manual [ On] 5 Trigger [Off] 6 Timer

[Off]

7 Timer Setting

8 Holiday Setting

9 Quality [High] 0 Exit

Holiday Setting

1 Start [00:00] 2 End [23:59] 3 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 4 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 5 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 6 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 7 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 8 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 9 Date [01-01][01-01][01-01] 0 Exit

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12. Trigger Settings

iFocus DVR integrate both external and motion trigger recording in its operation, programming of which available under the Trigger Menu.

Under the Main Menu, press “4” to enter Trigger Menu.

Figure 35: Menu, Trigger Menu

12.1 External Trigger

iFocus DVR can be programmed to both start recording and sent out email upon external devices being triggered.

Settings available under External trigger menu. Press “4” under Trigger Menu to access the setting.

Figure 36: Menu, External Trigger

Available options:

Off: External trigger not in use Vxx: To program the correspondent channel start recording upon trigger ARM: To activate email alert upon trigger

[Note: Network settings must be correct in order for DVR to perform email alert. Refer

to Chapter 12.3 or iFocus Remote Monitoring System User Manual for details.]

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

Main Menu

1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback

4 Trigger

5 Setup 6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger

2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

External Trigger

1 Trigger1 [Arm]+[V03]

2 Trigger2 [Off]+[Off] 3 Trigger3 [Off]+[Off] 4 Trigger4 [Off]+[Off] 5 Trigger5 [Off]+[Off] 6 Trigger6 [Off]+[Off]

9 Trigger 2 Clear Alarm [ On] 0 Exit

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12.2 Motion Trigger

iFocus DVR are built in with Video Motion Detection (VMD) for individual video channel. VMD sensitivity and zone can be set independently for each channel available under Motion Trigger Menu.

Under the Trigger Menu, press “2” to access Motion Trigger Menu.

Figure 37: Menu, Motion Trigger

The setting of the motion trigger is shown in the following diagram. Similarly, the motion trigger can be programmed with the following options.

Off: No Motion Trigger On: To enable the VMD function of a particular channel ARM: To enable the email alert function of the particular channel

12.2.1 Motion Grid Setting Under the Trigger Menu, user can program the motion detection areas for individual camera.

To enter motion detection grid setting for a particular channel,

a. Press “3” for “Motion

Properties Adj” under the Trigger Menu.

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to

select this channel

c. Press “4” to access Motion Grid Setting

The full screen view of the channel will be displayed with ten-dot motion detection zone. When dots are grouped as shown in Group A in Figure 37, only areas within the dot-area is equipped with VMD. When dots are spread as shown in Group B, full screen VMD is enabled.

To set the motion grid for a channel through remote control,

a. Use “Play” Key to toggle between Group A and B

b. Use arrow keys to change the position of the dot-area

c. Use fast forward and rewind key to change the coverage of the dot-area

Motion Trigger

1 Motion1 1[ On] 9[Off] 2 Motion2 2[Off] 10[ On] 3 Motion3 3[Arm] 11[Arm] 4 Motion4 4[Arm] 12[Arm] 5 Motion5 5[Off] 13[Off] 6 Motion6 6[Arm] 14[ On] 7 Motion7 7[ On] 15[Off] 8 Motion8 8[Arm] 16[ On]

0 Exit

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

Figure 38: Menu, Trigger Menu

(Motion Properties and System Trigger Delay)

Chapter 12.2.1

Motion Grid

Setting

Chapter 12.2.2

Motion

Sensitivity

Chapter 12.2.3

System Trigger

Delay

Group A: Two

Group B:

Full

Figure 39: Default Motion Grid Setting

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12.2.2 Motion Sensitivity To cater for different environment application and maximize the motion trigger function, iFocus DVR Motion Sensitivity can be set to [Low], [Mid] or [High] under the Trigger Menu.

To set motion sensitivity for particular channel,

a. Press “3” for “Motion Properties Adj” under the Trigger Menu.

b. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to select the channel c. Press “5” to select motion sensitivity setting d. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to set different sensitivity

12.2.3 System Trigger Delay Setting The System Trigger Delay Setting is to set the delay for the timer. The recording will stop after the delay timer is expired upon deactivation of Trigger. If the trigger is activated within the count down delay time, the delay timer will restart from beginning again. Trigger Delay time can be adjusted from 10 to 120 seconds.

12.3 Email Alert

The DVR can be programmed to send email to the users upon external trigger, motion trigger or system events. Upon alert, the event name and four video frames (for motion trigger events only) will be sent out. Refer to iFocus Remote Monitoring System User Manual for the setup.

The email alert can be triggered by the following events:

Video Motion Detection (VMD) Alarm External Trigger Alarm System Event (video drop, record on, etc)

To program email alert upon external trigger 1 alarm, following parameters must be set:

IP address (under Communication Menu), refer to chapter 10 External Trigger for ARM events (under Trigger menu), refer to chapter 12 Trigger Recording (under Record Menu), refer to chapter 11 Recording (under Main Menu) ARM (under Main Menu)

Arm delay is the time interval between arming and alarm dial-out, which is adjustable for iFocus DVR.

To set arm delay,

a. Press “7” under Trigger Menu b. Use “F

” or “F

out

” keys to change the setting

Trigger Menu

1 External Trigger 2 Motion Trigger 3 Motion Properties Adj[Cam01] 4 --Motion Grid Setting 5 --Motion Sensitivity

[High]

6 System Trigger Delay

[120]

7 System Arm Delay [120]

0 Exit

Figure 40: Menu, Trigger

Menu (Arm Delay)

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13. Playback

Playback menu includes playback operations for recorded video.

To enter the playback menu, press “3” under the main menu using remote control.

Figure 41: Menu, Playback Menu

iFocus DVR supports event and date/ time playback. Description of the two methods:

Event: Used when the DVR is set to Trigger Recording. Users can review the

trigger events to search for the desire events with precise date and time information prior to playback of video. This will cut down the evaluation and investigation time significantly.

Date/Time: Used to playback a period of video based on its date and time

Once the DVR is in Playback model, the Date/Time displayed at the bottom right hand corner will be the playback date/time. Under Live View, the Date/Time will display the current date/time.

13.1 Event Playback

The following example illustrates how to playback videos dated before 5.00pm on 01 Dec 2006 based on event playback.

a. Press “8” under Playback Menu b. Use numeric keys to change the date field to “01-12-2006” c. Press Down arrow key d. Use numeric keys to change the time field to “17:00:00” e. Use arrow keys to move the cursor to “7 Event List” and press “OK” f. Use numeric keys to select an event g. Press “3” under Playback Menu to start playback h. Press stop button to exit the playback mode

Figure 42: Menu, Event List

Event List

1 Page Up 2 01-12 16:04:08 Motion12 on 3 01-12 16:03:55 Motion4 on 4 01-12 16:03:53 Motion4 off 5 01-12 16:03:51 Power up 6 01-12 16:03:49 Power down 7 01-12 16:02:56 Motion1 off 9 01-12 16:02:50 Motion1 on 9 Page Down 0 Exit

Playback Menu

1 Playback Screen [ Auto] 2 Camera Source 3 Play 4 Direction [>] 5 Speed [ 1] 6 Event Option 7 Event List 8 Date [01-12-2001] 9 Time [17:00:00] 0 Exit

Main Menu

1 Camera View 2 Record 3 Playback 4 Trigger 5 Setup 6 Recording

[Off]

7 Arm

[Off]

8 Clear Alarm 9 Power Down 0 Exit

Playback Menu

1 Playback Screen [ Auto] 2 Camera Screen 3 Play 4 Direction [>] 5 Speed [ 1] 6 Event Option 7 Event List 8 Date [19-10-2007] 9 Time [17:00:00] 0 Exit

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13.2 Date/Time Playback

In the Date/Time Playback method, the same setting method of Date and Time fields discussed in the Event Playback method is still applicable. Once the date and time fields are entered, user can press the Play key “3” to start playing the recording video. If there is no video available for playback, “No Video” will be displayed on all channels.

13.3 Playback Screen Setting

In the PLAYBACK menu, Playback Screen can be set to Auto/FULL/4/9/16.

Auto: Playback screen will be adjusted automatically based on the number of

cameras selected for simultaneous playback. FULL: Playback the first selected camera in FULL screen 4: Playback the first 4 selected cameras in 2x2 screen 9: Playback the first 9 selected cameras in 3x3 screen (for 8/16-Ch DVR) 16: Playback all the selected cameras in 4x4 screen (for 16-Ch DVR)

Users are recommended to set the Playback Screen to “Auto” mode in normal application.

13.4 Playback Control Function

Once in Playback mode, the MENU will disappear and the playback control is transfer to the Playback Control Keys located on lower part of the IR controller

Key functions:

a. Play: Play the next frame under

Single Frame Playback (SFP) mode or resume playback when

the video has been paused b. Pause: pause playback c. Fast forward: change the

direction of playback to forward

or change the playback speed

from SFP to 8 times playback d. Backward: change the direction of playback to backward and speed adjusted to 8

times automatically e. Play next/ last: jump to the next or last event f. Stop: exit from the playback mode

During playback, the status bar display will be as shown below:

Figure 44: Status Bar, Playback

Figure 43: Remote Control Keys, playback control

Backward

Forward

Pause/ Play

Play last

Play next

Stop

Speed: [1.0] > [892 of 1290] Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

Playback speed

Playback direction

Curr

ent event

Current event

Record

percentage

Playback date

and time

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13.5 Camera Source Setting

To choose particular camera sources for playback,

a. Press “2” under Playback menu to access Playback Camera Source menu b. Use arrow keys to move among different fields c. Use “Fin” or “F

out

” key to turn on or off the camera source

To playback the video with audio source, turn on its camera source first. Selection is available under “9 Audio Ch”.

Figure 45: Menu, Camera Source Setting

[Note: For audio playback on 16-Channel DVR, please turn off the playback camera

source of Camera 9-16

For playback at x02/x04/x08 speed, audio will be muted automatically.]

13.6 Full Screen Playback

To view the full screen of certain channel during playback,

a. Press the key representing the channel

number during screen-splitting mode b. Press “1-” and then the numeric key if

the channel number greater than 9 c. Press “0” to return to the screen-splitting

mode

13.7 Playback with IFS Player

Only iFocus IFSPlayer can be used to playback video archived into CD/ DVD-R downloaded by the remote monitoring system on a PC.

13.7.1 Installing IFS Player To install the software in the PC,

a. Run the file CLIENT\iFxIFSPlayer.EXE in the User CD

Figure 47: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 1

Playback Menu

1 Playback Screen [ Auto]

2 Camera Source

3 Play 4 Direction [>] 5 Speed [ 1] 6 Event Option 7 Event List 8 Date [19-10-2007] 9 Time [17:00:00] 0 Exit

Playback Camera Source

1 Camera 1[ On] 9[ On] 2 Camera 2[ On] 10[ On] 3 Camera 3[ On] 11[ On] 4 Camera 4[ On] 12[ On] 5 Camera 5[ On] 13[ On] 6 Camera 6[ On] 14[ On] 7 Camera 7[ On] 15[ On] 8 Camera 8[ On] 16[ On] 9 Audio Ch 1[ On] 2[ Off] 0 Exit

Cam 01 Cam 01 Cam 01 Cam 01

Speed: [1.0] Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

Cam16

Speed: [1.0] Rec 69% 01-12-2006 16:00:00

Figure 46: Full-Screen to Splitting Screen Switching during Playback

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b. Click “Next” to continue when “Welcome!” message popped

Figure 48: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 2

c. Click “Next” to continue. To choose another directory, click the “Browse”

button.

Figure 49: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 3

d. Click “Next” to continue.

Figure 50: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 4

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e. Click “Next” to start copying files to your computer.

Figure 51: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 5

f. A progress bar will appear.

Figure 52: Procedure, Installing IFS Player 6

g. Once the IFS Player is installed, a shortcut icon will be shown on the Window

main screen.

Figure 53: Icon, IFS Player

13.7.2 Getting Started with IFS Player To start the software program, double-click on the DVR Player icon. When the program starts running, double click on the CD-ROM. The video segment that has been archived will display. To playback the CD, double click on the segment.

During playback, double-click on a particular video for a full screen display. To return to the multiplex display of the video, double click on the screen again.

The buttons on the menu bar and their functions are shown below:

Figure 54: Playback Control using IFS Playback

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