4
CH
DVR
4CH H.264 DVR v0.3(M02)
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User Manual
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION_____________________5
1-1 PACKING___________________________________________________ 5
1-2 Hard Disk Installation ________________________________________ 6
CHAPTER 2. PANEL LOCATION ______________________________________8
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ___________________________________ 8
2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _____________________________ 9
CHAPTER 3. LIVE & PLAYBACK_____________________________________10
3-1 LIVE Mode ________________________________________________ 10
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode___________________________________________ 13
CHAPTER 4. MAIN MENU SETUP ___________________________________15
4-1 RECORD SETUP ___________________________________________ 16
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup ____________________________ 17
4-2 EVENT SETUP _____________________________________________ 18
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP _______________________________________ 18
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP_____________________________ 19
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP _________________________________________ 20
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup ________________________________ 20
4-3.2 Holiday Setup _________________________________________ 21
4-4 CAMERA SETUP ___________________________________________ 22
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP __________________________________________ 23
4-5.1 Permission Setup______________________________________ 24
4-5.2 User Picture Setup ____________________________________ 24
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP_______________________________________ 25
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP __________________________________ 25
4-6.1.1 DHCP ___________________________________________ 25
4-6.1.2 LAN _____________________________________________ 26
4-6.1.3 ADSL___________________________________________ 26
4-6.2 HTTP Setup___________________________________________ 27
4-6.3 DDNS Setup __________________________________________ 27
4-7 SYSTEM SETUP____________________________________________ 29
4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP_______________________________________ 29
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP _____________________________________ 30
4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME____________________________ 31
4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP____ 31
4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ___________________________ 32
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ______________________________ 32
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP__________________________________________ 33
4-9 UTILITY SETUP ____________________________________________ 34
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC______________________________________________ 35
CHAPTER 5. BACKUP & SEARCH ___________________________________36
5-1 BACKUP SETUP____________________________________________ 36
5-2 SEARCH SETUP____________________________________________ 37
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH_______________________________________ 37
5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH _____________ 38
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH_________________________________________ 39
5-3 AP Software Installation and Setup ___________________________ 40
5-4 How to do remote monitoring through IE _____________________ 42
5-4 AP Software Operation______________________________________ 44
CHAPTER 6. SPECIFICAITONS ______________________________________45
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CHAPTER 7. MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE ________47
7-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System47
7-1.1 Mobile Application Installation___________________________ 47
7-1.2 Mobile Application Operation____________________________ 48
7-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR ______________________________ 48
7-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR ____________________________ 48
7-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR _______________ 49
7-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR________________ 49
7-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation ______________________________ 49
7-1.3.1 Scroll the Image __________________________________ 50
7-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup ______________________________ 50
7-1.3.3 Channel Display __________________________________ 50
7-1.3.4 Size of Image ____________________________________ 51
7-1.3.5 Rotate the image _________________________________ 51
7-1.3.6 Alarm ___________________________________________ 51
7-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile S
ystem ________________________________________________________ 52
7-2.1 Mobile Application Installation___________________________ 52
7-2.2 Mobile Application Operation____________________________ 53
7-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring.____________________ 53
7-2.3.1 Operation uner the LIVE monitoring for Jrviewer _____ 54
7-2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket 55
CHAPTER 8. CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE _________________56
8-1 CMS Installation____________________________________________ 56
8-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT_____________________________ 59
8-3 DVRs, Groups & Events_____________________________________ 60
8-3.1 View DVR
8-3.2 View Event Logs ______________________________________ 61
8-4 Local PC Information and Control ____________________________ 61
8-5 Main Display_______________________________________________ 62
8-5.1 Audio Control _________________________________________ 62
8-5.2 eMAP Display _________________________________________ 63
8-5.3 PTZ Control___________________________________________ 64
8-6 Operation Bar______________________________________________ 65
8-6.1 User administration ____________________________________ 66
8-6.2 DVR Administration ____________________________________ 66
8-6.3 Group Administration __________________________________ 67
8-6.4 eMap Administration ___________________________________ 68
8-6.5 Remote Play __________________________________________ 69
8-6.6 HDD Playback_________________________________________ 70
8-6.7 File Playback__________________________________________ 70
8-6.8 Event Playback________________________________________ 71
8-6.9 Snapshot Data ________________________________________ 71
8-6.10 Recording Data_______________________________________ 71
APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________73
APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction ___75
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Group List _________________________________ 60
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CHAPTER 1. PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION
1-1 PACKING
1. DVR
2. Quick Start
5. CD
8. Power Adaptor
Note: Standard shipping products do not include HDD
3. IR Remote Control
＊
＊Please press “DVR1”
＊＊
button before operation
6. SATA Cord x1
9. Power Cord
4. Batteries x2
7. Screws x4
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1-2 Hard Disk Installation
(Standard Shipping products do not include HDD)
Step 1) Remove the 3 screws from DVR as cycled below.
Step 2) Remove the front cover from DVR as indicated by the arrow.
Step 3) Place the HDD on the HDD plate and connect the power and the
SATA cables.
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Step 4) Screw the bottom of the DVR as indicated as cycled.
Step 5) Place the bottom of DVR and screw.
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CHAPTER 2. PANEL LOCATION
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
①
②
③
1
○
USB 2.0 Port
2
○
LED Display-
3
○
LED Display -
4
○
LED Display -
5
○
LED Display-
6
○
LED Display -
Power
HDD
LAN
LOGIN
REC
Port for USB external devices.
DVR Power is on.
Hard disk is in use.
Connected to the internet.
Remote user logged in.
DVR Recording. (or Schedule Recording and recording are
on)
④
⑤
⑧
7
○
LED Display -
8
○
IR Sensor
PLAY
DVR Playing back.
Input sensor for the remote control.
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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
① ③ ④ ⑧
② ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑨
1
○
DC 12V
Socket for a DC 12V input.
2
○
MAIN monitor
3
○
SPOT monitor
3
○
VIDEO IN
4
○
AUDIO IN
5
○
AUDIO OUT
6
○
NTSC／PAL Switch Switch between NTSC and PAL format.
7
○
LAN
8
○
VGA
BNC port for the main monitor.
BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in
sequence.
BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.
RCA input port for audio signal.
RCA output for audio signal.
Network port.
VGA port.
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CHAPTER 3. LIVE & PLAYBACK
The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes
the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.
3-1 LIVE Mode
You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.
Table 3-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode
Button Description
REC
PLAY
LOCK
1,2,3,4
FREEZE
ENTER/MODE
MENU/
BK-UP/ESC
SRH
MUTE
STATUS
OSD
Zoom/Zoom -
PIP/Zoom +
Start/Stop recording.
Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.
Enable/Disable the Keypad function
Select the channel to monitor in full screen
Turn on/off screen freeze function.
Switch to quad display.
Switch to full screen, quad display.
Enable/ Disable setup Menu.
Enable/ Disable backup menu.
Enable/ Disable search menu.
Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio
Enable/ Disable Status.
Turn on/off the screen display
Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel
name for choosing a specific channel.
Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to
other channels.
AUTO
DVR1,2,3,4
In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.
Switch DVR ID1~4
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Table 3-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.
Icon Description
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons.
Main menu.
Search menu.
Backup menu.
PTZ mode (N/A for this unit)
Turn on/off recording.
Playback.
Display menu.
FREEZE.
PIP, picture in picture
ZOOM, double the screen size
AUTO-sequence
LOCK, activate the key lock.
Full screen display.
Quad display.
Note：：：：4CH will show quad display; 8 CH will show quad display and 9-channel display.
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Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon Description
2X
1~8
Recording is on
Live Audio is on
Live Audio is off
Motion detected on the channel
Video loss detected on the channel
USB device detected
Connected to the LAN cable.
Film：Normal Recording
Clock：Schedule Recording
AUTO-seq is on
2X zoom in is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
IR remote signal has been set to 1-8 to correspond to your 1-to-8
remote control. Meanwhile, the standard remote control can’t control
DVR under this situation. It can only be controlled by1-to-4 or 1-to-8
remote controls (optional device).
Shows the current hard disk space has been used
(99% mean used 99%, remain 1%)
Lower right of each CH will show the current time
Icon Description
/
/
Image quality (High/Low)
Full screen
Record
Snap shot
Record and snap shot file saving path setup
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3-2 PLAYBACK Mode
Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon
will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on
any location of your screen.
Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode
Button Description
ENTER / MODE
MENU /
PLAY
/ SLOW
/
/
/
Switch to full screen, quad, 9-channel or 16-channel display.
Turn on/off PAUSE.
Play back at normal speed.
Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of
the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper
center of the screen.
Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
Stop playback.
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Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.
Icon Description
「 / 」 Fast rewind
「 / 」Fast forward
Play/pause
「▲
▲ / SLOW」，Slow playback
▲▲
「▼
▼ / ■」Stop playback
▼▼
Pause
／
Full screen display / Channel Jumping
Quad display
Zoom-in display
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CHAPTER 4. MAIN MENU SETUP
To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required.
The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for
related setup of other log-in users.
Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard.
Item Description
/
Switch between numbers and letters.
Switch between capital and small letters.
Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login
account.
Delete the last letter.
Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set
up menu, if the password is verified.
Space key
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Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu
Item Description
Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode
ESC Back to Upper level of menu without saving
ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard
PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to “4-9
UTILITY SETUP” for detail.
4-1 RECORD SETUP
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HDD FULL
Item Description
Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the
HDD when HDD is full
「
Stop
」：
Stop Recording
「
Overwrite
Quality & Frame Rate
Setup
OSD position X
OSD position Y
Recording OSD
position setup
Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.
Setup OSD X axis
Set up OSD y axis
Set up OSD axis
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup
」：
Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data
of HDD, and continue to record.
Item Description
Normal setup/
event setup
Resolution
Record Type
No.
Quality
FPS
Auto
Select recording mode
Select recording resolution: 320x240, 720x240, 720x480
You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type.
Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording
Select quality: Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest
Select recording frame rate.
Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps
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4-2 EVENT SETUP
Item Description
Motion Setup
Sensor Setup
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP
Enter to set up motion detection
Enter to set up sensor detection
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Item Description
Motion Popup
Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all
channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the
detected channel image will pop up in full screen display.
1~8
Selected Channel Turn
Object Size
Sensitivity
Motion Area Setup
You can setup independently for each channel.
Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each
channel.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Object Size
from value 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value
you set the higher sensitivity it will be. Value set up as 1,
the motion will be detected easiest.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from
value 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value you set
the higher sensitivity it will be
Enter to setup motion detection area
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP
The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids. The default detection area is
full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access. Ar
eas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site.
Item Description
Mask Mouse Selection
All Area Detection
Mask All Area
Continue
Exit & Save
Exit & Discard
Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function
Select entire screen as detection area.
Deselect entire detection area.
Continue setup
Save setup and leave
Cancel setup and leave
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4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP
Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by week
and schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type.
Item Description
Page
Holiday Setup
View Event/ Motion/
Sensor Setup
Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total.
Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.
View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup
Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, Time and event.
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4-3.2 Holiday Setup
Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly.
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4-4 CAMERA SETUP
Item Description
1~8
Mask
Sharpness
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Hue
Name
Volume
You can setup independently for each channel.
Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode
Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpness of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Contrast of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Saturation of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Hue of your camera from value 1
to 255. The default value is 128. ( This function doesn’t support at
PAL system)
Set up name of each channel
Audio volume for CH1 to CH 4 under LIVE mode and recording
mode can be adjusted.
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4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP
The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for
each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and
password is “admin” and “123456” The default password remains the same after firmware
upgrade, however, it requires 8-digits for password length when you setup a new one
Item Description
No.
Username
Password
Permissions
Change Admin
Password
Picture
Check to activate the user’s account.
Set up username
Set up password for each user. Password is 8-digits required and can
be mixed by letters and numbers with case-sensitive. Letters can be
mixed with capitals or lowercases.
Set up Permissions for each user
Change administrator’s password
Change user’s picture
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4-5.1 Permission Setup
The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based
permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, PTZ function, Playback,
Utility, Backup, Password expiry date and Mask on specific channels while playing back.
4-5.2 User Picture Setup
User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive.
Note：：：：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.
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4-6 NETWORKING SETUP
Item Description
Connect type
HTTP Setup
DDNS Setup
Mail Setup
Setup mode for network connection: (DHCP、LAN、ADSL).
Enter to set up HTTP
Enter to set up DDNS
Enter to set up mail
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP
There are three ways to connect to the network as followed.
4-6.1.1 DHCP
When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.
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4-6.1.2 LAN
Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.
Item Description
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
DNS
Enter IP address provided by ISP
Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP
Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP
Enter DNS address provided by ISP.
(Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).
4-6.1.3 ADSL
Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.
Item Description
User Name
Password
Enter user name provided by ISP
Enter password provided by ISP
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4-6.2 HTTP Setup
Item Description
Enable HTTP
Server
Port
Auto
No.
Quality
FPS
4-6.3 DDNS Setup
Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the
DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated.
Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80.
Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps
Chanel number
Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high,
highest
Set up record FPS
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Item Description
Enable DDNS Enable/disable DDNS function.
DDNS Server
SMTP Server Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username
User Name Enter user name.
Password Enter password.
＊ For more detailed I-DVR.NET operation instruction, please refer to appendix I.
4-6.4 Mail Setup
When event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION, SENSOR), email will be sent to the receiver acc
ount automatically.
Enter the registered SMTP Server:
DYNDNS.ORG、、、、NO-IP.ORG、、、、CUSTOM.COM、、、、3322.ORG、、、、
I-DVR.NET＊
+ Server) If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your
server, you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net
Item Description
Enable E-mail
Notification
SMTP Server
User Name
Password
Sender E-mail
Receiver E-mail
Trigger Event
Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function.
Enter to set up SMTP Server name.
(Varies according to the user)
Enter to set up User Name.
Enter to set up Password.
Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers.
Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.
Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below
circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).
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4-7 SYSTEM SETUP
Item Description
DVR Name
DVR Location
Language
Remote ID
Display Setup
Date/Time Setup
Device Setup
Spot Setup
＊ Default ID is ID1. If remote control malfunctions, please press, “DVR1” button to
renew corresponding DVR ID.
The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access.
The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access
Click or press ▼ to select OSD language from English, Traditional
Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Portuguese
Default ID is 1. When DVR is controlled by standard remote control,
please press “DVR1＊” before using it. When more than one DVRs
are purchased, the DVRs can be numbered from 1 to 4. For
instance, standard remote control can’t operate DVR numbered 3. It
only responds when “DVR3” button has been pressed beforehand.
Enter to set up Display
Enter to set up Date/Time
Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay
Enter to set up Spot
4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP
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Item Description
Auto-Seq Interval
Show OSD
Show DVR Status
Show Date/Time
Show Channel Name
Deflicker
Border Color
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP
Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels
under Auto-Seq mode.
Turn On / Off OSD display
Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display
Turn On / Off date and time display
Turn On / Off channel name display
Auto Detect Color
Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（Red,
Green, Blue）
Item Description
Hour Format
Date Format
Date/Time Position
Change Date & Time
Time Zone Setup
Internet Time Setup
12HOURS/ 24HOURS
MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD
Choose the position of Time and Date display
Setup time and date of DVR
Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.
Setup automatic synchronization with internet server
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4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME
Setup date and time of DVR manually according to user’s local time.
4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP
Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to user’s DVR location.
Item Description
Select Time Zone
Daylight Saving Time
Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13
Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time
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4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP
Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.
Item Description
Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function.
Automatic
Synchronization
Update Now
Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically
synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after
booting.
Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately
correspond with those in internet server.
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP
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Item Description
Key Tone
Buzzer
Relay
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP
Enable/Disable keystrokes.
Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for
sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss).
Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks
when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss.
The DVR has two modes of video output; one is main video output, the other is spot video
output. SPOT setup is for controlling the order of channels the system cycles through in SPOT
mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode.
Item Description
Channels display in spot for three different modes:
SPOT MODE
Interval (Seconds)
MANUAL: select channels to display manually.
SEQUENCE: Auto-sequence for all channels in order.
EVENT: Display channels with event occurred.
The duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under
SPOT mode.
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Skip Video Loss
Channel
4-9 UTILITY SETUP
Whether to skip channels without video signal.
Item Description
HDD Initialization
USB Initialization
System Recovery
Reset System Events
Copy Setup to USB
Download Setup from USB
Upgrade
Notice! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE
as it may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.
Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop
recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu,
system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that
installed in DVR. Check the HDD you’d like to initialize
then press “Start”. HDD initialization is successful when
the status shows “Succeed”
Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and
press YES to clean up all data on your USB. The
initialization is done when it’s showed “Succeed”.
Restore system default values
Reset all the recording events in DVR.
Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file
named “sdvr.config” on your USB.
Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.
Upgrade DVR through USB.
Please stop recording and backup setup configuration
before upgrading.
System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is
completed.
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4-10 DIAGNOSTIC
Item Description
Version
IP
MAC
HDD Status
No.
Volume
Used Rate
Status
Format Time
The current firmware version of DVR
The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected
from network, the screen will display” NETWORK
DISCONNECT”.
MAC Address of DVR
HDD number
HDD Capacity
Percentage of space used on HDD.
Shows HDD status.
USING means the HDD is being used for recording
now
GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown
format for the DVR. (Note: Please initialize your
newly-installed HDD before using it.)
The latest format time of HDD
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CHAPTER 5. BACKUP & SEARCH
5-1 BACKUP SETUP
User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD
R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Recorded data can also
backup into NB/PC through our remote access software: 「DVRemoteDesktop.exe」 and be
saved in your assigned path. The format of backup file is IRF file that can be played by both
“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” and “CMS”
Item Description
From
To
Device
Free Space
Refresh
Required Space
Calculate
Start
Note! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to
avoid unrecoverable error.
The start time of backup file
The end time of backup file
Select USB, CD/RW or PC as the backup device
The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup)
Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup)
Show the size of the backup file
Calculate the size of backup file
Start backup operation.
Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE operating backup.
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5-2 SEARCH SETUP
Item Description
Event Search
Time Search
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH
Event search menu
Enter time search menu
The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there
is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time
information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click your mouse to
playback the recording data.
P.S. Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the
record function is not activated. However, the record can’t be viewed after selecting it.
Item Description
Criteria
Page
Date/Time
Setup conditions of event search
Switch between pages of events
Date/time when event occurred.
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Event type, defined as following
VLOSS
Video Loss
Event Type
Info
MOTION
SENSOR
REMOTEIN
REMOTEOUT
POWER ON
KEY LOCK
KEY UNLOCK
System Errors
The channel where event occurs or login user
Motion Detected
Sensor Detected
user log-in over the network
user log-out over the network
System Reboot
System key locked
System key unlocked
Other error message
5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH
The amount of events can be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting by setting
up “criteria”. Setup “start time” and “end time” for event search, then the search result will be
limited to this specific period of time. Only checked events and channels will be sorted in event
search.
Note：：：：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.
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5-2.2 TIME SEARCH
TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or
left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a
red square “ □□□□ “System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar
will be shown by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”.
Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can change time
(hour/minute/second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse then press “ok”. DVR will
playback the selected recording data.
AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR
from PC.
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5-3 AP Software Installation and Setup
AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR
from PC.
p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Window
s Vista
Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser
Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default
user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “
Step Three: Click on the link to start downloading the AP software.
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Step Four: Run or Save our AP software.
Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter
information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play
Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC.
Step Six: You’ve logged into the DVR
Note：：：：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.
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5-4 How to do remote monitoring through IE
Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is
only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.
Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default
user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “ The user name and password
appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password
depend on the setup of on-site DVR.
Step Three: Click on “Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8”to start downloading the AP software. ( The
first option is for IE view, please refer to next chapter for more information)
p.s. There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time.
Please refer to index II for Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction.
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Step Four: DVR images appear.
Note：：：：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.
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5-4 AP Software Operation
Open the file “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”; enter the information of DVR “IP address”, “Port”
“Username” and “Password” and click “OK”. You should be able to login DVR successfully and
start to use the software. The default username and password is 「admin/ 123456」
“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” AP software provides some extra functions for remote users.
Please check Table 6-2.1 for detail information and Table 6-2.2 for minimum system
requirements for “DVRemoteDesktop.exe” operation. Table 6-2.3 is corresponding to Ethernet
cable bandwidth. Please take this table for future references when applying for Internet
bandwidth or connecting to Internet.
Table 5-4.1 Toolbar of AP software
File - Record to Local
File - Play Recorded Files Play recorded files “.irf”
File - Exit ／ Alt + F4 Close the AP software.
Edit - Channel Name／ F2
Edit - Reset Channel Name Reset channel name back to default.
View - Hide Caption & Menu ／ F9 Hide the Caption and Menu
View - Disable resizing／ F10 Disable the function of resizing window.
View - Full screen／ F11 Switch it to full screen
View- Render Filter Unable/ Disable the Bilinear function
View- Play All Frames
View- Language Switch between languages for toolbar
Help – About
Table 5-4.2 System Requirements for AP software
CPU Intel Pentium 4 above
OS
RAM 512M above
VGA Card Needed to support DirectX9.0 (Above) Note 1
Others DirectX 9.0 above
Note 1:
Known VGA card that support DirectX9.0 currently:
NVIDIA: Geforce FXseries, Geforce 6series, Geforce 7series, Geforce 8series, Geforce
9series, Geforce 200series, etc.
Or
visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
ATI: Radeon R300series, Radeon R400series, Radeon R500series, Radeon R600series,
Radeon R700series, Radeon HD 3xxx IGPseries, Mobility Radeonseries (9500
above), Mobility Radeon Xseries, Mobility Radeon HDseries, or FireGL Vseries etc.
Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_graphics_processing_units
SiS: SiS 67Xseries, or SiS 77Xseries etc.
Or visit:
Intel: 91Xseries, 94Xseries, 96Xseries, G3Xseries, or G4Xseries, etc.
Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA
http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm
Microsoft Windows Vista、Windows XP SP2 above
Record data to your PC, including LIVE and
Playback.
Edit channel name of your DVR including font,
size italic, and boldface of characters. .
Unable this function will stop the audio
transmission in order to improve the playback
speed quality.
Show information about software and
information
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CHAPTER 6. SPECIFICAITONS
1. VIDEO
Input Level
Display Speed
Display Resolution
Monitor Output
2. RECORDING
Compression Method H.264
Recording Speed Refer to table 7-1
Recording Resolution
Quality
Schedule Setup by “minute” as unit
Mode Manual / Event (Motion, Sensor) / Schedule
Method
3. SATA DEVICE
Capacity
Type
External Bay Interface E-SATA
4. ALARM
Sensor Input N/A
Loop Out N/A
Motion Detection Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level
5. CONNECTIONS
Video Input 8 ports(8CH) , 4 ports (4CH)
Video Output BNC 1 port, VGA 1 port (max.1920 X 1080)
Audio Input RCA 1 CH
Audio Output RCA 1 CH
USB 2.0 USB memory stick, USB Mouse, USB Touch Panel
Remote Remote control, 1-to-8 remote control (optional)
External I/O N/A
Ethernet 1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps
6. ELECTRICAL
Power Source DC 12V / 5A (4CH)
7. ENVIRONMENTAL
NTSC 240fps(8CH), 120fps(4CH)
PAL 200fps(8CH) , 100fps(4CH)
NTSC 720(H) X 480(V)
PAL 720(H) X 576(V)
NTSC 720 X 480, 720 X 240, 352 X 240
PAL 720 X 576, 720 X 288, 352 X 288
Independent for
each channel
Internal Storage 1 HDD
External Storage Optional
1.0 Vp-p±10% Composite, 75Ω Balanced
2Vp-p Composite, 75Ω Balanced
Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest
By resolution, fps and quality
Setup fps and quality separately for normal and
event recording
SATA / SATAⅡ compatible
Operation Temperature
Humidity Less than 90%
8. PHYSICAL
5℃ ~ + 40℃
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Dimension 300(W) x 175(D) x 46(H) mm
Weight
9. BACKUP
BACKUP
10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK
Searching Type Event/ Time
Playback speed 120 FPS
11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE
Monitoring Environment Web/AP/CMS
Max. client Supporting multi-client (5 clients accessible)
12. OTHERS
OS Embedded Linux
Multi Task Pentaplex
Control Device
PC Viewer Direct monitoring of DVR’s HDD on PC
Numbers of event list 10240
USB Stick Video Data, Audio
Network Video Data, Audio
1.3 KG（not including HD）
Live、Record、Playback、Network、Backup
Remote Control / 1-to-8 Remote Control (Optional)
Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP Software
Table 6-1
Recording Speed
(Independent
setting for each
channel)
352 x 240 120 FPS
NTSC
PAL
Compression Method H.264
720 x 240 60 FPS
720 x 480 30 FPS
352 x 288 100 FPS
720 x 288 50 FPS
720 x 576 25 FPS
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CHAPTER 7. MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND
USAGE
You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile
application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0
above and Symbian.
Please confirm network function of DVR has been activated before mobile connection:
Main menu Network Setup HTTP Setup Check the “Enable HTTP Server”
7-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System
Mobile Device: Nokia, SonyEricsson…etc.
System requirement:
GPRS/ 3G must be provided from your telecom service.
Mobile device that supports GPRS/ 3G protocol and Java cldc1.0/midp 2.0 environment
＊
＊Please download both” DVRH264.jar” and “DVRH264.jad” to operate the function.
＊＊
Note that users with Sony Ericsson will only need to download “DVRH264.jar.”
7-1.1 Mobile Application Installation
Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function.
Step 1: The mobile application called “DVRH264.jar” need to be installed in your mobile device.
The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturer’s website to your
mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that
packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable.
Step 2: Install the application software “DVRH264.jar” in your mobile device. It might be
installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file
for installation.
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7-1.2 Mobile Application Operation
After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in
your mobile device to run a file called “DVRH264”.
Select “Menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile
screen, 4 commands, Login Add Modify and Delete,
will show up.
7-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR
To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in
DVR information. Find “Add” under the “Menu” then
enter logging-in DVR’s IP address, Port number,
account name and password. Press “Add” to save this
information after entering.
7-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR
Use the Login command to log onto a DVR and monitor
live images. If multiple DVRs have been added to the
mobile application, they will be listed by name, you can
select one to log onto.
A confirmation message might show up for network charge
before connection. The fee rate will depend on the telecom
company and package fee you go with.
Network connectivity will take some time. It’ll be affected
by networking environment and bandwidth flow.
Live image will show up after a successful connection.
PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobil
e when the recoding is off in local DVR.
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7-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR
You can use the “Modify” command to change the login information of DVR. The dialogue is
identical to that of the “Add” command.
7-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR
“Delete” command can be used to remove the DVR information if it is no longer useful. Select
the DVR on the name list then choose “Delete”
7-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation
This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your mobile
device.
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7-1.3.1 Scroll the Image
You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if it’s oversized.
Key Action
2 Scroll Up
4 Scroll Left
6 Scroll Right
8 Scroll Down
7-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup
Select “Quality” under the “Menu”
There will be 5 levels for your to choose: Low、
Normal、Middle、High and Highest.
7-1.3.3 Channel Display
Select “Single” under the “Menu”, there will be all
channels of your DVR in list for you to choose.
PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile
when the recoding is off in local DVR.
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7-1.3.4 Size of Image
The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select “Size” under the
“Menu” to choose from “Original” or “Fit Screen” to resize the display image.
Item Description
Original The image will be shown in
original size.
Fit Screen The image will be shown to fit the
screen.
7-1.3.5 Rotate the image
The Live image can be displayed in normal or rotate
to 90 degrees. Select “Rotate” under the “Menu” for
this operation.
7-1.3.6 Alarm
This application not only allows you to remotely monitor
through mobile device but receive the alarm that has
been triggered by events such as Motion Detected,
Sensor Triggered and Vloss.
Graphical icons below will be shown on the status:
: Motion detected
: Sensor triggered
: Video loss
Select the “Alarm” under the “Menu” to switch this function on or off.
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7-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System
There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264
compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your
mobile device.
System Requirement:
Mobile device OS：Windows mobile system 5.0 above.
Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS／3G／Wifi… etc.
7-2.1 Mobile Application Installation
Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile
device surveillance function on your mobile device (mobile
phone, PDA ...etc).
Step 1: The mobile application called “Jrviewer.CAB” and
“H264Pocket.CAB” need to be installed in your mobile
device. The application can be downloaded directly
from the manufacturer’s website to your mobile or;
alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile
device from the CD that packed with DVR through
Bluetooth or USB cable.
Step 2: Install the application software “Jrviewer.CAB” and
“H264Pocket.CAB” in your mobile device, two folders
named ”Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket” will be created. It might be installed
automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for
installation.
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7-2.2 Mobile Application Operation
After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files named
“Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket”.
This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor DVR. Press “OK” to bring up the
operation menu, see below chart to further information.
Item Function Description
Add Add login DVR
Login
Modify
Delete
The operation of Jrviewer The operation of H264Pocket
Logon DVR
Modify Login
DVR
Delete Login
DVR
Enter DVR’s name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password
then press “OK”
‧Choose the DVR that you’d like to log on , then press “OK”
‧
‧ PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile
‧‧
when the recoding is off.
‧
‧PS. Network connectivity will be affected by networking
‧‧
environment and bandwidth flow. The fee rate will
depend on the telecom company and package fee
you go with.
Choose DVR, press “Modify”, and press”OK” to save change.
Choose DVR and press ”Delete” to delete the DVR info.
7-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring.
After successful logon the DVR, press “View” to bring up operation menu. You can
choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn on/off the status bar,
alarm, full screen display….etc
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7-2.3.1 Operation uner the LIVE monitoring for Jrviewer
Item Function Description
Channel 1~16 Display for CH 1~16 Choose from CH1~16 to display
Screen Size of image
Quality Quality
Status Bar Status Bar
Alarm Alarm
Original：image size as original
Stretch：stretch the size as full screen
Fit: resize the image to fit the screen
Change the quality of image. Please note the
better quality, the slower data transfer rate.
Graphical icons indicated below will be shown
on the status bar if there is event such as
motion detected, sensor triggered and video
loss to be detected on any channel. You can
also uncheck the “Status Bar” to inactivate
this function.
Icon Description
Motion Detect
Sensor Trigger
V-Loss
Alarm through your mobile device can be
triggered if there is event to be detected. You
can also uncheck the “Alarm” under the
“View” to inactivate this function.
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7-2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket
Item Function Description
Channel 1~16 Display for CH 1~16
Status Bar Status Bar
Alarm Alarm
Full Screen Full screen display
Choose from CH1~16 to display. CH1~4 can
receive audio signal.
Graphical icons indicated below will be shown
on the status bar if there is event such as
motion detected, sensor triggered and video
loss to be detected on any channel. You can
also uncheck the “Status Bar” to inactivate
this function.
Alarm through your mobile device can be
triggered if there is event to be detected. You
can also uncheck the “Alarm” under the
“View” to inactivate this function.
You can choose one channel to display in full
screen by check this function.
Icon Description
Motion Detect
Sensor Trigger
V-Loss
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CHAPTER 8. CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE
8-1 CMS Installation
System Requirement:
＊
Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.
＊
Microsoft Windows Vista、Windows XP、Windows 2003 Server.
＊
Besides OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above.
＊
512MB memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR)
＊
20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.
＊
VGA Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it. Please refer to
p55 Note 1.
Installation:
1. Connect to the manufacturer’s website and download the CMS software.
2. Decompress and execute “setup.exe”.
3. If “Visual C++ Runtime Libraries” has not been installed before in the operating PC, the
following sign will suggest an installation automatically.
4. Select “Next”, and then select “Browse” to change installation path if needed. To check
available space on hard disk, please select “Disk Cost” then please select “Next” to the
next step.
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5.”Confirm Installation” window shows. Select ‘Next’ then the installation starts.
6. Select ‘Close’ to finish installation when the “Installation Complete” window shows.
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Instruction for Log-in Failure to CMS After Upgrade
Log in to CMS with the default account and password after CMS upgrade. If an error
message occurs as shown in the image, please follow the instruction to solve the error.
Step 1: Please enter file manager to enter folder, “Windows” and then folder “Systme32”
(ex:C:\Windows\System32)
Step 2: Locate file, “iCMS.dat” and delete it.
Step 3: Restart CMS. Log-in successfully.
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8-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT
To enter CMS, the administrator’s user name and password are required. The defaults are
‘admin’ and ‘123456’.
After successful login, the following image shows on your screen:
③
①
①
①①
③
③③
②
②
②②
① DVRs, Groups &
Events
② PC information
and control
③ Main Display
④ Display Modes
⑤ Operation Bar
④
④
④④
⑤
Information about DVRs, groups and events.
See “9-3 Information List” for more detail.
Information about local PC’s hard disk, volume, recording...etc.
See “9-4 PC Information and Control” for more detail.
Live image display area. See “9-5 Main Display” for detail.
Several choices of display modes supported by CMS.
A set of 10 operations are provided by CMS. See “ 9-6 Operation
Bar” for detail.
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⑤
⑤⑤
8-3 DVRs, Groups & Events
Icon Description
View list of logged in DVR／ Group.
View Logs: list all the event information of DVR
8-3.1 View DVR
Single left click on ‘DVR’ or ‘Group’ will
expand/collapse the entire DVRs and
groups list.
On the DVR list, double left click on a
connected DVR will show its image in
main display. See “9-6.2 DVR
Administration” for further information.
On the Group list, double left click on a
group will show live image from the
channels of the group in the main
display. See “9-6.3 for Group
Administration” for further information.
Left-clicking on a connected DVR will expand/collapse status of its all channels as below:
Icon
／／／／
Group List
Description
Video Loss
Motion Detected
Sensor Triggered
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8-3.2 View Event Logs
Under this page, all the events of a DVR can be expanded/collapsed in the order of Re
mote in/Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor, Others (Power Reset, Key Lock, Key
Unlock, HD Full).
8-4 Local PC Information and Control
Located at the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below:
Icon Function Description
HDD info
Volume
Recording
Snapshot
Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of
C:\ drive (where CMS is installed).
PC volume or playback volume control bar.
Record live image to local PC storage. To view
locally stored data, use “Record” under the
operation bar. Also see “9-6.6 recording data” for
detail.
Take snapshot to save in local PC storage. To
view all the snapshots you’ve taken, please go
to ” Snapshot” under the operation bar. See “9-
6.5 Snapshot data” for detail.
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8-5 Main Display
The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change the
location of screen for each channel and turn on/off audio signal with mouse-click.
8-5.1 Audio Control
In live mode, you can turn on/off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4:
「 」Audio signal is On
「 」Audio signal is Off
Turn on/off by clicking on the graphical icon, please note there can allow only one chan
nel’s audio signal to be on at one time.
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8-5.2 eMAP Display
In Live mode, pressing will bring the e-MAP drag-down menu. If the channel has
been set up to use e-MAP, the menu will show all the e-MAP titles that have been
entitled to this channel; otherwise, “No eMaps” will be shown. Please check “9-6.4
eMAP administration” for setup information.
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8-5.3 PTZ Control
In the main display, right click on the channel will bring up PTZ control panel as below.
Icon Description
8 direction key Rotate the PTZ
ZOOM+：Zoom in
ZOOM : Zoom out
Setup the PTZ spot as pre-set
Set PTZ Preset
Goto PTZ Preset
PTZ Sensitivity
AUX 1~8 ( For
customization)
＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren’t compatible 100% sometimes.
Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.
N.
FOCUS+ : Focus in
FOCUS-：Focus out
Move to pre-set N.
Setup 16 pre-set N.
Move to specific pre-set N.
Activate auto pre-set tour＊
Setup PTZ sensitivity＊
Setup the “start” and “end” of
liner scan.＊
Activate the liner scan cruise.
＊
Customization function
AUTO+1 ~ AUTO+8
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8-6 Operation Bar
10 Operations to be listed as below:
Table 8-6.1 description of 10 operations:
Icon Description
User Administration. Please see “8-6.1 User administration”
DVR Administration. Please see “8-6.2 DVR Administration”
Group Administration. Please see “8-6.3 Group Administration”
eMap Administration. Please see “8-6.4 eMap Administration”.
Remote Playback. Please see “8-6.5 Remote Playback”.
HDD Playback. Please see “8-6.6 HDD Playback”
File Playback. Please see “8-6.7 File Playback”
Event Playback. Please see “8-6.8 Event Playback”
Snapshot Data. Please see “8-6.9 Snapshot Data”
Recording Data. Please see “8-6.10 Recording Data”
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8-6.1 User administration
Before the CMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper authority.
Each user should also be assigned a password and optionally a description. If a user does not
have certain authority assigned, he/she will not be able to operate the corresponding function
on the Operation Bar. The default is none of the authority is assigned. The administrator should
assign proper authority to each user. These user accounts can be deleted or edited later on.
Select “OK” to save the setup.
Icon Description
Add a user account. The default authority is with none permission.
Delete a user account.
8-6.2 DVR Administration
DVR connections can be added to or deleted from the CMS and their information can be edited.
DVR’s channel names can be entered here or downloaded from the DVR by pressing ‘From
DVR’. Select “OK” to save the information.
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8-6.3 Group Administration
A ‘Group’ means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user can
organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor
and manager channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexible.
Steps:
1. Add a new group and set its name and description.
2. Click ‘Select’ which will bring up a new window.
3. Check the specific channels that you’d like them to be included in the group. To include all
channels of a DVR, just check the DVR.
4. Click “OK” to return to the previous window.
5. Select a display mode.
6. Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location. Or,
change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging.
7. You can ‘Select’ again to add other channels, but the un-saved channel locations will be
lost.
8. Click “OK” to save the setup.
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8-6.4 eMap Administration
If geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background,
eMap can be used for the purpose. With eMap, the background picture can be picked by the
user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture.
Steps to follow:
1. Click and a path for the picture will be prompted.
2. Select a picture, click OK and the picture will show in the right panel.
3. Drag channels in the left lower corner onto the picture to any position.
4. To delete a channel already on the picture, right click the channel and click ‘Remove’.
5. Click OK to save.
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8-6.5 Remote Play
Video images recorded on a DVR can be displayed on a remote CMS. With Remote Play
function, select a DVR and a display mode on top of the screen. After the recorded segments
are listed below, double click on one to show its image on the right.
Icon Description
Start playing.
Pause.
Fast forward.
Fast rewind.
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8-6.6 HDD Playback
You can directly play the recording data in the HDD that’s uninstalled from DVR by CMS. See
the picture below, the left part of screen is recording data in list that’s separated by hour and the
right part is main display. You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or
rewind.
8-6.7 File Playback
You can play the recorded .irf files by “File Play” in CMS. It allows you to change the
display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar.
Icon Description
Start Playback.
Pause.
Stop playback.
Fast forward.
Fast rewind.
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8-6.8 Event Playback
Event recordings on the DVR can be played back in CMS.
Steps to follow:
1. Select a DVR and a display mode.
2. Select a date.
3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right.
Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback.
8-6.9 Snapshot Data
It can display all the snapshots you’ve taken in line in “Snapshot Data”. You can review, delete
or save as other files here.
8-6.10 Recording Data
It can play all the recording files you’ve recorded in line in “Recording Data”. You can play or
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delete them here.
Steps to follow:
1. Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display.
2. You can choose the display mode.
3. Time bar will be shown at right lower corner, please drag the time bar to specify
the recording time you’d like to play.
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server generates
APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION
DDNS Registration on I-DVR.NET
In the package of each DVR, you will find a sticker shows account information including
username and password that allows users to login I-DVR.NET for registration.
To register DDNS on I-DVR.NET, please follow the steps as shown.
Step 1. Please open IE browser and then enter “ http://i-DVR.NET/logon.asp ” in IE browser bar.
Next, “Control Panel Logo” dialog will appear. Enter the username and password
provided by the sticker and then press, “Logon.”
Step 2. After login successfully, enter name at “host” in “Add New Record” dialog. For example,
“icatchddns” is the host name, and then the address will be “icatchddns.idvr.net.” Select
“Standard” type and enter an IP address of the DVR. Input known IP address if any, or
press the “Add New” button if none.
Please enter any name by your choice at
Column, “host.” For example, “rvddns””””
Therefore, IE address will be
“icatchddns.idvr.net”
System will automatically show the current c
omputer IP. If the DVR IP is known, you can
type it in the column. If not, you can press
“Add new” button.
Step 3. The “Host Manager” dialog will show “Your new host record was created” when user
setup successfully. The “host.domain” column will show up the setup just entered.
If DDNS set up at DVR side successfully, the website will update the IP information in
one minute. The IP column will be renewed to the corresponding IP address by
pressing “F5: refresh” button.
“host.domain” is named by your choice.
“rvddns.i-dvr.net” is what the main
If DVR IP has any changes, there are updates
Here at the same time. Press, “F5: Refresh”
And then IP column will update automatically to it’s real
IP Address.
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Step 4. Enter DVR →Main Menu → Network Setup → DDNS. Activate DDNS functions and
input related information.
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APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction
When using IE for remote monitoring for the first time, IE ActiveX Control is needed to be
downloaded.
1. When remote monitoring on IE for the first time, an alert message occurs “Install ActiveX
control” on the tool bar.
2. Click at this alert message and select “Install ActiveX Control”
3. “Do you want to install this software” alert pops up. Select “Install”
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4. After installation, IE remote monitoring image appears.
5. If message, “Your security Settings do not allow web sites to use ActiveX controls installed
on your computer.” pops on when logging in, please follow the next instruction.
6. First select “Tools” on the tool bar and then select “Internet Options”
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7. Select Security →Trusted Sites → Sites
8. Enter DVR address (This address is only for demonstration. Please use the address
depends on the setup of on-site DVR.) into the blanks shown in picture, and then press
“add.”
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1-888-667-61 15
www.inforcesecurity.com
INFORCE
SECURITY CORP.
9. Newly added website will appear at the trusted web sites list. Press close.
10. Go back to IE window, press refresh button or F5.
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