Instek Digital DVR5000-2U Series Quick Start Manual

DVR5000-2U Series

Digital Video Recorder

QUICK START GUIDE

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THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A QUALITY

PRODUCT FROM INSTEK DIGITAL.

THIS QUICK START GUIDE WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR

CONFIGURING THE NVR (SERVER) AND VIEWING VIDEO FROM

THE COMMAND CENTER APPLICATION (CLIENT SOFTWARE).

INSTEK DIGITAL SEPARATES THE CLIENT AND SERVER INTO TWO

DISTINCT ENTITIES. THIS SETUP ALLOWS PLACEMENT OF

THE SERVER IN A SECURE, TAMPER-PROOF LOCATION, FURTHER

ENHANCING YOUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS.

The MatriVideo™ DR5000-2U is a state-of-the art recording system that
provides DVD quality video (CIF~D1) by using the most advanced H.264
compression technology. It is based on the Linux operating system which is
considered to be the most stable and secure operating system in the world.

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BOX CONTENTS

MatriVideo DVR x 1

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HDD Tray x 8

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Document CD x1

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Software CD (CCOne) x 1

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Quick Start Guide x 1

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Screws (Set) x 1

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Power Cable

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Warranty Card x1

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Front Panel

USB ports

Reset button

Power LED

Power button

Rear Panel (5316-5416)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

COM Port

VGA Port

USB Ports

Ethernet Connector

Speaker out /

audio line in

BNC Ports for Analog Video Input

RCA Ports for Analog Audio Input

LCD display

Power Socket

Rear Panel (5408)

Power Socket

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

COM Port

USB Ports

VGA Port

Ethernet Connector

Speaker out /

audio line in

RCA Ports for Analog Audio Input

BNC Ports for Analog Video Input

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STEP 1: INSTALL HARD DRIVES

a. Insert HDD into tray and use four screws to secure it in place.their slots.

b. Use your thumb to press the key hole of the HDD tray and push it up to unlock the

HDD tray. Insert the HDDs (with the trays) into their slots.

c. Connect one end of the BNC cable to the camera and the other to the video and audio-

in ports. (Red on the AV line indicates video, white indicates audio.)

d. To connect a PTZ camera connect an RS-232 cable between the convertor and the DVR

COM1 port

e. Connect the PTZ camera and the RS-232 RS-485 convertor by using the control cable.

f. To connect the DVR to the network, connect one end of the RJ45 to the switch and the

other end to the RJ45 port on the DVR.

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g. For extra COM port or RS485 direct connection, please contact Instek for the optional

USB to RS232/485 converte

STEP 2: POWER ON THE NVR

a. Connect the power cord.

b. Power on the NVR. The booting process will take a few minutes to complete. When

the process is complete the following information will display on the LCD screen:

STEP 3: INSTALL COMMAND CENTER SOFTWARE

a. Insert the Command Center Series CD into the CD-ROM drive of your personal laptop

or desktop computer and run the Command Center Setup application setup.

STEP 4: CONFIGURE THE NVR

a. Configure NVR either via Putty (see step 2) or connect a keyboard and a monitor

directly to NVR (jump to step 3).

b. Putty is an SSH program used to connect to the NVR remotely. On your laptop or

desktop, navigate to: > > > .
A telnet window will open. Enter the IP address of the NVR in the box labeled

Click to start a remote connection (telnet session) with the

NVR.

Note: Command Center series software comes in four varieties: Command Center,

Command Center Dual, Command Center Lite, and Command Center One.

Warning: After making changes to the hDVR system configuration, run the

command saveconfig from the Linux prompt. This will force the system to save the
new configuration in the CF card and prevent the new configuration from being
lost in the event of unexpected shutdown or rebooting.

Note: The NVR’s default IP address is: (192.168.1.245). The user can also check

the IP address by connecting a keyboard and monitor and viewing the machine’s
status from within the hdsm application.

EX.

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c. The NVR uses an Embedded Linux Operating System. Once the keyboard and moni-

tor are connected to the NVR, you will see the login prompt on the monitor. The NVR
default username is: root and the password is: id.

Connection via Putty

Connection via the NVR

d. Under the OS prompt, enter to run the System Man ager application.

* Starting NTP server ntpd

* Starting engine_main: . . .

* Starting sudog: . . .

* Starting Intesk discovery server idserver

* Running local boot scripts (/etc . local)

Matrivideo 5.0.0 Instek-00089BB1FF59 ttyl

Instek-0089BB1FF59 login: root

Password:

Linux Instek-00089BB1FF59 2.6.27-legacy2#1 Wed Nov 12 16:15:42

Welcome to InstekDigital MatriVideo

[Dec02 Tue] [03:08][~]

root@Intesk-00089BB1FF59-MatriVideoServerS

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e. Change the Time Zone: > >

or Area > / . Press to confirm.

f. Change the Date/Time: > > Press

to stop the process and wait for a few seconds > Use [TAB], Up Arrow, Down Arrow
to change Year, Month and Date. Use [TAB], Up Arrow, Down Arrow to change the
Hour, Minutes and Seconds > Press Proceed to accept the changes.

g. Change the IP Address: > >

> > > Enter the IP address, Netmask,
Gateway > Press to proceed. The eth0’s IP address is changed to “192.168.1.10” in
the document. Please wait for a few moments for the changes to take effect.

h. Add Storage to the NVR: The first HDD will automatically be in use by the NVR. Subse-

quent HDDs will need to be added via the hDSM. Navigate to >

and select the available storage repositories to add to the NVR.
This can be done individually or by using to select all available storage repositories.
Select . Proceed to the menu option to check the
status of the HDDs. The status of the HDDs should display .

Note: Keep the value of MTU as default (1500) unless you have other devices

such as a SAN connected to the same network.

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i. To restart NVR processes go back to the hDSM main menu and navigate to >

. This will take a few seconds to complete

STEP 5: SUBSCRIBE THE NVR

a. Run the Command Center software. During the first run, you will be asked to subscribe

(or add) the NVR to the video recorder subscription list.

b. Enter the IP address, Command Port, Live Port and the Playback Port of the NVR.
Command Port: 80

Live Port: 3514

Playback Port: 60006

c. Finish the configuration wizard and log into Command Center. The default username

is: admin and the default password is: id.

STEP 6: TIME SYNC WITH THE NVR

a. Click on the tab on the bottom left corner of the

screen.

Note: Do not change these port numbers if connecting the NVR in a LAN

environment. Hit the Add button to continue. Add additional NVRs in a similar
fashion. When all the NVRs have been added, click Next to continue.

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b. Type in the IP address of the NVR or an available time server. This will keep the time in

sync between the NVR and the PC running the Command Center application.

STEP 7: SETTING UP THE CAMERAS

a. Right-click on the NVR (labeled by its IP address) in the camera tree panel and click

Video Recorder Setup. When asked to login the default username is admin and the
password is id.

b. Click the tab.

c. Click Camera Setup Basic tab. Click the Active box next to the camera name(s) to enable

the camera. Analog Cameras can be setup on the top part of the window and the IP
cameras can be setup on the bottom part of the window. You can also change the
camera name by clicking on the camera name row for each camera, such as “Cam-01”,
“Cam-02”.

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d. in the table, type a descriptive Camera Name.

e. Select the

f. Type the IP Address of the IP cameras. Domain names are supported if available on the

surveillance network.

g. The Port number is dependent on the IP camera. Ch refers to the channel number of

the video server. See the IP camera or video server manual for additional information.

h. The Login option is used to access the camera configuration settings. Refer to the

camera user manual for additional information

i. Click Audio, if supported. Refer to the camera’s user manual for additional information.

j. Select the Resolution for the camera from the drop-down list box.

k. Click the tab to set up the and (Bitrate) for each

individual camera.

l. To setup 24x7 recording, click the tab and then click . Se-

lect a camera from the camera panel and change the recording mode to . Alterna
tively, select and then at the bottom of the screen click to apply the
setting to all cameras in the group.

STEP 8: VIEW THE VIDEO

a. Click on the “+” icon next to the IP address of the DVR to expand your camera tree.

b. Drag and drop the video source from the camera tree to the blank patterns (1x1, 2x2,

3x3, 4x4, 5x5,3x2, 4x3, 5x3, 6x6, 8x6, 8x8, 1+7,2+7, 2+8, 1+12) to view your video.

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