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【【【【Table of Contents】】】】
1 Package Content .................................................................................................... 4
2 Feature .................................................................................................................... 5
3 Specification........................................................................................................... 6
4 Hardware Introduction And Installation ............................................................... 8
4.1 SEC-DVR304 Front view............................................................................... 8
4.2 SEC-DVR304 Back view ............................................................................. 10
4.3 Remote controller ........................................................................................ 11
4.4 Standalone DVR Utility Installation & Manual .............................................. 13
4.5 Basic Connections....................................................................................... 15
4.6 Optional Connections .................................................................................. 17
5 Basic Operation.................................................................................................... 19
5.1 Text Input..................................................................................................... 19
5.2 Basic Operations ......................................................................................... 20
5.3 Digital Zoom ................................................................................................ 22
6 Main Screen.......................................................................................................... 23
7 Menu...................................................................................................................... 24
7.1 Login / Logout.............................................................................................. 25
7.2 Status .......................................................................................................... 26
7.3 Video Adjustment ........................................................................................ 27
7.4 VGA Display ................................................................................................ 28
7.5 Backup Device ............................................................................................ 29
7.5.1 Backup Setting ................................................................................. 30
7.6 Setup........................................................................................................... 33
7.6.1 Pre-Camera ........................................................................................... 35
7.6.2 Camera .................................................................................................. 36
7.6.2.1 Video Loss Setting......................................................................... 38
7.6.2.1 Motion Setting................................................................................ 40
7.6.3 Alarm...................................................................................................... 42
7.6.4 SEQ Display Setup ................................................................................ 44
7.6.5 Scheduled Record ................................................................................. 45
7.6.6 HDD ....................................................................................................... 46
7.6.7 Password ............................................................................................... 52
7.6.8 System Setup......................................................................................... 53
7.6.9 RS-232 / 422 / 485................................................................................. 54
7.6.10 Network................................................................................................ 56
7.6.10.1 Email Setting.............................................................................. 58
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7.6.10.2 FTP Setting .............................................................................. 59
7.10.3 Advance Network Setting .......................................................... 60
7.7 System Shutdown (Administrator) ............................................................... 61
8 PTZ Control........................................................................................................... 62
9 Software Upgrade ................................................................................................ 68
10 Search & Playback........................................................................................ 69
10.1 Search By Time ........................................................................................... 70
10.2 Search By Event / Log Display .................................................................... 71
10.3 Smart Search .............................................................................................. 72
10.4 Search Archived Files.................................................................................. 74
10.5 Playback/Archive For Search By Time ........................................................ 75
10.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Event....................................................... 78
10.7 Playback/Archive For Smart Search............................................................ 78
10.8 Playback For Archived Files ........................................................................ 79
11 Remote Access ............................................................................................. 80
11.1 Remote Access via Internet Explorer (IE).................................................... 80
11.1.1 Main Screen ..................................................................................... 83
11.1.2 Search & Playback ........................................................................... 85
11.1.3 PTZ Control ...................................................................................... 87
11.1.4 Server Configuration......................................................................... 88
11.2 Remote Access via PDA............................................................................ 104
11.3 IE Remote Access via Vista....................................................................... 107
Appendix A –Time Zone ........................................................................................... 109
Appendix B – Recording Table Reference (PAL) .....................................................111
Appendix C –Standalone DVR access via router setting ...................................... 112
Appendix D – Backup Video File ............................................................................. 115
Appendix E –Frequently Asked Questions & Trouble Shooting ........................... 125
Appendix F - Application Steps: DDNS & Domain Name....................................... 127
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1 Package Content
1-1. SEC-DVR304------------------------------ x1
1-2. Remote Controller ------------------------ x1
1-3. AAA Battery ------------------------------- x2
1-4. Screws ------------------------------------- x4
1-5. CD ------------------------------------------ x1
1-6. Quick Reference--------------------------- x1
1-7. User Manual on CD----------------------- x1
1-8. Power Adapter ---------------------------- x1
1-9. Power Cable ------------------------------- x1
SEC-DVR304 Remote Controller AAA Battery Screws
CD
Power Cable
Quick Reference
User Manual on CD
Power Adapter
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2 Feature
■ H.264 Compression for better video quality & smaller record size
■ 4CH H.264 DVR with Sixplex operation
(live, record, playback, backup, control, & remote access)
■ Support DDNS
■ Up to D1 resolution
■ Mouse Driven GUI Interface
■ Two-way-Audio communication capabilities
■ Audio Broadcasting facilitates administrator easy to manage multiple DVR through
one IE
■ Simple USB Backup
■ Supported Multi-language
■ External USB DVD-RW & USB HDD supported (Back-UP)
■ Digital Zoom 2X / 4X
■ Smart search: provides smart search of “Mark specific Area” for quicker search
■ Digital Watermark to Prevent film to be altered.
■ Playback search by time or event (alarm, motion, video loss)
■ 1 SATA HDD.
■ USB2.0 * 1 for video/audio backup to versatile USB2.0 storage devices
USB1.1 * 1 for mouse operation
■ Multi-Operation interface: front panel, remote controller and mouse operation
■ RS-485 for PTZ camera
■ Immediately remote trigger I/O devices via IE remote software & Mobile Phone
■ Free Bundle powerful CMS web remote management software, control up to 64chs
on one screen & no limitation for number of DVRs connections.
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3 Specification
Model SEC-DVR304_4ch
System
Video
Record
Display
Playback
Storage
Alarm &
DI/DO
O.S. Embedded Linux 2.6
Multiplex Sixplex operation - simultaneous record, live, playback,
backup, control, & remote access
Processor Multiple
Certification FCC, CE
Format NTSC/ PAL
Input 4-CH, BNC, 1Vp-p/75ohm
Main monitor BNC x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm
VGA D-SUB 15-pin connector x1
Call monitor BNC x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm
Loss detection Yes
Motion detection Yes, with configurable detection area & sensitivity
Input 1 RCA-jack connectors, line-in level (100mV-2Vrms) Audio
Output 1 RCA-jack connector, line-out level (up to 2Vrms)
Compression H.264 compression
Frame rate (IPS) &
Resolution
Watermark Yes
Mode Manual/Schedule/Alarm/Motion
Pre-record time 0 - 60 seconds
Post-record time 0 - 60 minutes
Resolution NTSC: 720*480, PAL: 720*576
Split windows 1/4
Frame rate Up to 30/25 IPS per display window
Digital Zoom X2, X4
Sequential switch User adjustable
Frame rate (IPS) &
Resolution
Search Smart search, Date/time, Camera, Alarm, & Motion
Operation Play, Fast Forward, Backward, Pause, Stop.
Remote Remote playback from IE CMS software or Proprietary
HDD
Partitions Configurable alarm partition size
External Backup 1 USB 2.0 port : USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, DVD+R,
Digital Input 4 contact or TTL/CMOS signal, polarity selectable
Relay Output NO (Normally Open) x 1, NC (Normally Closed) x 1
Buzzer Yes
Trigger Via Sensor input, Video loss, & Motion
Event log Yes
Ethernet 1 RJ-45 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector Network
Web Remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification, &
NTSC – 30 / 720*480, 60 / 720*240, 120/360*240
PAL – 25 / 720*576, 50 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288
NTSC – 30 / 720*480, 60 / 720*240, 120/360*240
PAL – 25 / 720*576, 50 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288
Player
1 set of 3.5” SATA type HDD,
Max. 1TB HDD storage size
Failure detection & privacy law supported (Record time
limitation adjustable)
Configurable auto-overwrite or not
DVD-R, card readers (USB to SD), HDD, etc.
DVD models: DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R (optional)
Auto player for backup files
remote software upgrade
One I.E. page for unlimited DVRs connection
Configurable HTTP/Control/Data port
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E-mail Alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices
FTP Alarm video/audio file storage
Video 1/4 split-window & SEQ mode for I.E.
Audio Two way audio and Audio Broadcasting
Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, PPPoE, DHCP, DDNS, FTP, TSP
Remote users Up to 8 users simultaneously
Bandwidth TCP/IP type dynamic sliding window control
Remote stations PC, mobile phone, or PDA
I/R 1 I/R remote controller Control
RS-485
Interface
Setup
System
Weights &
Dimension
Operating Temperature 0oC ~ +50oC
PTZ Pelco (D-Type), SCC-641P, PIH-Series, DyanColor,
Kalatel, Bosch AutoDome, Video Trek, PTC-400C,
VC-C4
Local On screen setup via mouse, keypad (Key of front panel),
I/R remote controller, and/or RS-485 keyboard
Remote Setup & upload via Windows application software
Multi-language Yes
System recovery Auto power on after power loss recovery
Watch Dog Timer Yes
Timer Built-in real time clock
Security Muli-level password (3 levels, up to 18 accounts)
protection with authentication key for remote access
Dimension
Weight
Source +12VDC Power
Consumption 24W Max.
320(W) x 210(D) x 50(H)mm
2.0 KG (without HDD)
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4 Hardware Introduction And Installation
4.1 SEC-DVR304 Front view
Name Description
1 Alpha-numeric Buttons (1-4)
2 MODE Button
3 SEQ Button Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode
4 CALL Button
5 SEARCH Button Press this button to display the search menu in main
Press these buttons for camera selection in most of the
circumstances. These buttons can also be used to enter text
and number in the way similar to most of the mobile phones.
Press this button to toggle between live mode and playback
mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is
used as a miscellaneous function key. At playing, this button
is used as “slow backward”.
in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used
as a miscellaneous function key. At playing, this button is
used as “slow forward”.
Press this button to switch to or return from full screen display
of the focus camera in main screen display. In some dialogs,
this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.
screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a
miscellaneous function key.
6
REC Button ( )
7
Play/Pause Button ( )
8
Stop ( ) Button
9
Copy( ) Button
Press this button to force manual recording. To stop
manual recording, press it again.
Press this button to play the recorded images, or pause
the playback.
Press this button to stop the playback.
Press this button to copy the playback images to the
storage device connected to the USB port. Press this
button again to stop copying.
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10 MENU / ESC Button
Press this button to display the main menu or escape to
the upper level display.
11 PTZ Button
12 Up/BS Button (▲/BS)
13 Down/DEL Button (▼/DEL)
14 Left/Right Buttons (◄,►)
15 ENTER Button
In main screen display, press this button to enter/exit PTZ
control if the focus camera is a PTZ camera.
Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in
most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to
tilt up the camera. In text editing mode, this button is
used as “backspace” key.
Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in
most circumstances. In PTZ control, press this button to
tilt down the camera. In text editing mode, this button is
used as “del” key. In playback mode, press this button
for single step.
In PTZ control, press these buttons to pan the camera.
In playback mode, press these buttons for fast
backward/forward. In the other screens, press these
buttons to move the cursor or focus window.
This button is used as “enter” key in most circumstances. In
PTZ control, this button is used to start/stop the selected PTZ
control mode.
16
(Split Windows) +/- Buttons ( )
17 LEDs Indicators for POWER, HDD and Network access.
18 Remote I/R Sensor Used to receive signal from I/R remote controller.
In split-window display, press these buttons for next/previous
split-window display. In the others, press these buttons to
change the contents.
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4.2 SEC-DVR304 Back view
Name Description
1 Video Input Connectors (1-4) Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The
internal 75Ω termination is always ON.
2 Call Monitor Output Connector
(CALL OUT)
3 Main Monitor Output
Connectors (MAIN OUT)
4 Audio Input Connectors
(AUDIO IN)
5 Audio Output Connectors
(AUDIO OUT)
6 Main Monitor Output VGA
Connector (MAIN OUT VGA,
optional)
7 USB2.0 Connector Connect to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as
8 RS-485 Connector Connect this connector to RS-485 compatible PTZ
Connect TV monitor to this BNC connector for call monitor
display.
Connect TV monitors to the BNC connector for main
monitor display.
The RCA connector accepts line-in audio signal supplied
from external devices such as microphone amplifiers.
The connector supplies line-out audio signal to external
devices such as speakers. Recorded audio will be
supplied from AUDIO OUT during playback.
Connect VGA monitor to the optional D-SUB 15-pin female
connector for main monitor display.
USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
camera(s) or keyboard. Please refer to the manuals come
with the RS-
9 Alarm Input Connectors Connect these connectors to external devices such as
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(ALARM IN 1-4) sensors or door switches.
10 Alarm Output Connectors
(ALARM OUT NC(1)/NO(2))
11 Ethernet Connector Connect this unit to a 10/100Base-T Ethernet network
12 USB Mouse Connector Connect to USB1.1 mouse before the DVR is power on.
13 Power Cord Inlet (DC 12V) Connect to DC 12V power source.
14 Power Switch (POWER) Turn the power of this unit on/off.
4.3 Remote controller
Connect NC connectors (left) to Normally Closed (NC)
alarm output, or NO connectors (right) to Normally Open
(NO) alarm output. Please note that only one of the NC or
NO connectors can be connected only.
through this port.
Name Description
1 REC Press to start the recording.
Mode Press to switch between live and playback mode.
2
At playing, this button is used as “slow backward”.
SEQ Press to turn on the sequence mode. At playing,
3
this button is used as “slow forward”.
CALL Press this button to switch to or return from full
4
Search Click to search recorded data while in the playback
5
6 Alarm Reset Press to restore the alarm status to default.
Numeric/
alpha button
7
(1-9, 0, *, #)
PTZ Click to access the PTZ control when there is a PTZ
8
Goto Click to view the image taken by PTZ camera at its
screen display of the focus camera in main screen
display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a
miscellaneous function key.
mode. There are five types of search modes: search
by time, search by event, smart search, search
archived files and POS search.
(Please refer to Chapter 10 Search & Playback for detail
information.)
Press these buttons for camera selection in most of
the circumstances. Use these buttons to enter texts
and numerical values. ’#’ is also used for page
down in multi-split-window displays.
camera supported.
preset location.
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Function Click to add an audio recording feature.
Set Click to switch between GPS (POS: option) Display
and to reconfigure the display setting.
(Please refer to Chapter 7.6.9 RS-232 / 422 / 485NOTE 2
for detail setup)
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11
12
13
Zoom
Adjust Click to switch between different display layouts.
9
Menu Press to access the menu dialog box.
Mute Press to either mute or un-mute audio.
Esc Press to exit the setting page.
X2 Press to adjust the zoom.
▲/Back Space: Click to move up the selection panel or backspace
◄; ►: Click to move left or right.
▼/DEL: Click to move down the selection panel or delete text during
text/numeric entry.
ENTER: Click to enter a feature setting/GPS & POS setting and to save
changes. (Please refer to Chapter 7.6.9 RS-232 / 422 / 485 NOTE 2 for
detail information on GPS/POS setting)
Press to adjust the zoom of the camera.
during text/numeric entry.
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15
16 DVR1 – DVR8
Use to adjust the volume.
Click to switch between different screen layouts.
: Rewind feature.
/ II: Click to play or pause the playback.
: Forward feature.
: Click to copy an image to an external storage device. Click again to
stop copying.
: Stop the playback.
I : Click to skip to the next image.
Page: Press to scroll up/down the log list.
Reserve.
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4.4 Standalone DVR Utility Installation & Manual
4.4.1 Utility Installation
Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM.
Execute ‘’Autorun.exe’’. Next Click on ‘’Utility’’ button.
* AVI Converter can convert the backup file from Standalone into AVI file.
* Keyboard Ctrl Simulator can use to simulate a keyboard to control over Standalone
DVR.
* M4V to AVI Converter.
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4.4.2 Manual
Click on ’’Manual’’ button.
Click on ‘’English Version‘’ button to view English Manual.
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4.5 Basic Connections
Please refer to the following diagram for the connections.
Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the main board according to the
local TV system for the system to work correctly.
Cameras
Connect the camera video input connectors to the video outputs from system cameras or
other composite video sources via coaxial cables. The internal 75Ω termination is always
ON.
Main monitor
Connect the main monitor output connector (BNC) to a surveillance TV monitor, or connect
the optional VGA output connector to a VGA monitor. The TV/VGA monitor displays
selected live or recorded cameras in any available split window format.
Audio inputs
Connect the audio input connectors to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio
sources. Please make sure to associate the audio inputs with the cameras in Camera Setup
as described in Section 7.6.2 Camera accordingly.
Audio output
Connect the audio output connector to the audio line-in from speakers.
Alarm inputs
Connect the alarm inputs to NC and/or NO type of alarm signals. Please make sure to setup
the alarm configurations in Alarm Setup as described in Section 7.6.3 Alarm accordingly.
Alarm outputs
Connect the alarm outputs 1-2 to NC type of alarm signals, alarm outputs 3-4 to NO type of
alarm signals.
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Hard disk drive
Make sure to install at least one SATA hard disk drive inside the DVR. The steps are as
below:
1. Power off the machine, and then use a screwdriver to uncover it
2. Connect the cables as shown
3. Hold the SATA HDD, and use a screwdriver to fix it as shown
4. Cover the machine
Note: Each of the HDD must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio.
Please refer to Section 7.6.6.1 HDD Format/Clear to format the HDD.
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Power
Connect DC 12V power source to DC 12V Input.
I/R remote controller
The user may use I/R remote controller to control the digital video/audio recorder.
4.6 Optional Connections
Ethernet
Connect the Ethernet connector to a standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable for remote access
via LAN or internet. Please make sure to setup the related configurations as described in
Section 7.6.10 Network Setup.
USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.
If the user wants to use USB2.0 peripheral device to retrieve important recorded images
and/or audio, please connect it to the USB port connectors (one on the front panel, the other
on the back panel).
Call monitor
Connect the call monitor output connector to a surveillance TV monitor. This monitor
displays the full screen images of the cameras associated with the events (alarm or motion) or
the images from the installed cameras sequentially according to the SEQ Display Setup
(Section 7.6.4 SEQ Display Setup) for call monitor.
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PTZ Cameras
Connect the RS-232 connector or the RS-485 connector to PTZ camera(s) via the appropriate
cable. The system supports a variety of different PTZ cameras, including Pelco D protocol
Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome, Bosch AutoDome, etc. But different PTZ
cameras can coexist in a system only if they support the same protocol. Please make sure
to set the PTZ ID of the camera(s), and setup the camera (Section 7.6.1 Pre-Camera), and
RS-485 (Section 7.6.9 RS-232/422/485) accordingly. Please also make sure to set the
RS-485 Selector Switch if you are using the RS-485 port.
(Please refer to Chap 8. PTZ Control for detail information)
RS-485 keyboard or Terminal
Connect the RS-485 connector to a RS-485 keyboard controller via the appropriate cables.
Please make sure to setup the RS-422/485 configurations as described in Section 7.6.9
accordingly. Please refer to Appendix B for the Keyboard Control Protocol for the digital
video recorder.
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5.1 Text Input
Press ▲▼◄► to highlight the text to be edited then press Enter to call up the alpha-numeric text
pad.
1
6
C
Name Description
1
2
1 Press to enter the available number.
3 Press to enter the available number and letter shown on the screen.
3 */Mark Press to bring up a list of punctuation and special symbols.
4
►
5
Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
6 CALL Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
NOTE: Call monitor button is not functional during text/numeric entry.
7
8
9
2 Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
4 Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
# Press to enter the code for the selected foreign languages.
A MUTE Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
NOTE: Mute button is not functional during text/numeric entry.
B
X2 Press to enter the available number and letters shown on the screen.
NOTE: Zoom button is not functional during text/numeric entry.
C SEQ Press to enter number.
NOTE: Sequence mode is not functional during text/numeric entry.
Attention:
For text and numeric entry using the controller, press directly from the
alpha-numeric buttons.
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5.2 Basic Operations
The basic user’s operations after he/she has logged into the system are described below:
Numeric (Mouse: )
Press these buttons to switch to the full-window display for the camera. If the camera
already exists in the other window, the focus window will exchange with that window for
the cameras.
Alarm Reset (Mouse: )
Press this button to cancel alarm activation, i.e. reset the alarm outputs and silence the
buzzer.
MODE (Mouse: ) (Operate by Administrator/Supervisor)
In split-window display, press this button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the
focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen.
SEQ (Mouse: )
Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each
page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and SEQ
icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.
SEARCH (Mouse: ) (Operate by Administrator/Supervisor)
In split-window display, press this button (or ) to display the search menus. The system
will remember the last one the user chose.
REC (Mouse: )
Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again. All
cameras will be recorded as if the scheduled record is A/V, and REC icon will be shown on the
lower-right corner of the screen if manual recording is ON.
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MENU (Mouse: )
In split-window display, press this button to display the versatile menu.
PTZ (Mouse: )
In split-window display, press this button to enter PTZ control mode if the focus camera is a
PTZ camera.
X2 (Mouse: )
In full screen display, press this button to enter Digital Zoom mode. Please refer to Chapter
5.3 Digital Zoom for the detailed operations in Digital Zoom mode.
▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to move focus. The title of the camera for the focus window is
highlighted as shown on the screen.
MUTE (Mouse: )
Press this button to mute/not mute the audio.
(Mouse: )
Press these buttons to circulate up/down among the available split-window displays.
#
Press this button for page down in multi-split-window displays.
Peripherals (Mouse: )
Press this button to display the GPS data if there’s GPS data fed to the DVR. Please select
the Type, Position, Background, Rows, and number of Characters on the screen, and then
press ENTER to display the GPS data, or ESC to cancel. For software V6.13 or above, the
user may enable/disable OSD display for certain fields in main screen. In GPS display,
press ▲▼ for page up/down, press ENTER to close it, or press MENU/SEARCH/.. to call up
the corresponding display as if there’s no GPS display. (※ Note: POS not supported)
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5.3 Digital Zoom
The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button
(Mouse: ) in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window
shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom
factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor X2, and (c) will never be shown at zoom
factor X4. The operations in Digital Zoom mode are as below:
▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click in the video window)
Press these buttons to
(a) move the zoom window if it’s shown in the video window, or
(b) navigate the video window around if the zoom factor is X2 or X4.
ENTER (Mouse: Click in the video window)
Press this button to zoom in the zoom window, from X1 to X2 or from X2 to X4, if the zoom
window is shown in the video window.
X2 (Mouse: )
Press this button to
(a) show/hide the zoom window if the current zoom factor is X1/X2, or
(b) zoom out the video window back to zoom factor X1 if the current zoom factor is X4.
ESC (Mouse: )
Press this button to escape from Digital Zoom mode, and return to normal full screen
display. The video window will always return to zoom factor X1.
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Name Description
1 Video Screen Display live/playback video.
2 Camera ID Shows ID number of the camera.
3 Time / Date Shows the current recording time and date.
4 Audio When audio is turned on, audio icon will be displayed on
the screen.
5 Alarm recording
Shows the percentage of alarm triggered recording.
percentage
6 Normal recording
Shows the percentage of normal recording.
percentage
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7 Menu
Press menu (Mouse: ) to bring up a list of function setting menu.
There are a variety of displays under Menu display. Please refer to chart as below:
(Please refer to Chapter 7.1 Login / Logout for Login/Logout display. )
▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
ENTER
Press this button to enter the detailed display of the highlighted option. For the
details of each option, please refer to the following sections.
Name Description
1
Login/Logout
2
Status
3
Video Adjustment
4
VGA Display
5
Backup Device
6
Setup
7
Software Upgrade
8
Shutdown
Press to login/logout of the system.
Allow user to view the overall status of the system.
User can adjust the color, hue, saturation, contrast of the
video image.
User can adjust the image output quality in terms of
resolution, brightness, contrast, hue and saturation.
This window allows user to view the connection status of the
backup device and to initiate data backup.
System features settings.
(Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information)
This feature allows user to upgrade the software directly from
the external devices such as DVD and USB flash drive.
Allows users to shutdown the system to prevent data loss.
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7.1 Login / Logout
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Login / Logout,
and then press ENTER (Mouse: Click in the menu item) to call up Login /
Logout display as shown below.
Click on the Login/Logout page to login the system and unlock the setting for
changes.
Press this button to escape from Menu display, and return to
split-window display.
1
2
3
4
▲▼
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC (Mouse: )
Press this button to exit without making changes.
Name Description
1 Login Name
Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry.
Note: The default login name is aa.
2 Password
Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry.
Note: The default password is 11.
3 Login Click to login into the system.
Note: The control buttons will be unlocked after system login.
4 Logout Click to logout of the system.
Note: The control buttons will be locked after system logout.
NOTE:
Administrator can set access authorities, edit and assign usernames and passwords to
different users. Please refer to Chapter 7.6.7 Password for detail setup.
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7.2 Status
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Status, and then
press ENTER to call up Status display as shown below.
This page will display the status of the system in terms of alarm and normal record
size, camera status, hardware and software version.
1
2
3
4
6
5
▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to MENU display.
Name Description
1 Alarm record size &
record percentage
2 Normal record size &
record percentage
7
- It shows the size of data in Gigabytes (GB) for alarm
recording mode.
- It shows the size of data (%) for alarm recording mode.
- It shows the size of data (GB) for normal recording mode.
- It shows the size of data (%) for normal recording mode.
3 Cameras
4 Alarm input A white box appears when an alarm triggered event occurs.
5 Serial Number Use serial number to log into the system when both login
6 Hardware version This is the hardware version information.
7 Software version This is the software version information.
Motion A white box for a specific camera appears upon motion trigger.
Camera
video loss
A white box for a specific camera appears when the video
connection is lost.
name and password are forgotten.
Note: The serial number can only be used once. Please contact the
supplier for a new serial number.
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NOTE: If you forget Login Account and Password of SEC-DVR304, please mail the
data of framed area 5,6,7 (Serial Number, Hardware & Software version) to Nedis
7.3 Video Adjustment
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Video Adjustment,
and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown below.
This setting allows user to adjust the quality of the video.
1
3
5
2
4
6
▲▼ Press these buttons to select the items.
Name Description
1 Brightness
2 Contrast
3 Hue
4 Saturation
5 Numeric Button
(Mouse: )
6
SEQ (Mouse: )
/CALL
7
MODE (Mouse: )
8
ESC (Mouse: )
Press to adjust the Brightness.
Press to adjust the Contrast.
Press to adjust the Hue.
Press to adjust the Saturation.
Press the numeric buttons 1~4 to view the image
of the respected camera.
Click to apply the default video setting either to
this camera or to all cameras.
Click to restore the video setting to its previously
saved setting.
Click this button to escape from this screen, and
return to MENU display.
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7.4 VGA Display
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to VGA Display, and
then press ENTER to call up VGA Display dialog as shown below.
This section explains how to adjust the Resolution, Brightness, Contrast, Hue and
Saturation of VGA display quality.
1
3
5
6
▲▼ (Mouse: Click in the respective item)
Press these buttons to select the items.
2
4
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous display.
If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user
to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 Resolution
2 Brightness
3 Contrast
4 Hue
5 Saturation
6
MODE (Mouse: Left click)
Press to adjust the Resolution.
Press to adjust the Brightness.
Press to adjust the Contrast.
Press to adjust the Hue.
Press to adjust the Saturation.
Click to restore the default setting.
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7.5 Backup Device
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Backup Device,
and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below.
This window allows user to view the connection status of the backup device and to
initiate data backup.
1
▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to MENU display.
Name Description
1 Devices Display a list of supported storage devices.
NOTE: USB CD-RW is not supported by this standalone DVR system.
2 Status Display the connection status of external storage device.
Connect/Disconnect–If the specific backup device is disconnected
(as shown in Current Status), please plug the USB device in one of
the USB ports of the system and/or insert a DVD for DVD device, and
then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to command the system to
connect with the device. If the specific device is already connected
(EX. Read/write, as shown in Current Status), please press ENTER
(Mouse: Left click) to command the system software to disconnect
with the device, and then unplug the backup device from the backup
port.
NOTE: IF you unplug USB Mouse while DVR is on, the USB Mouse
would not work even if you plug in the USB mouse again. Please
reboot Standalone DVR with USB mouse plug in. Access to BACK
Device operation, press ENTER to command the system to connect
with the device.
3 Configuration
Click Backup (Mouse: Left click) to store the data files to an
external storage device. For software V6.13 or above, you may
specify the directory to backup the configurations to.
Click Restore (Mouse: Left click) to restore the data files from the
external device to the local system. For software V6.13 or above,
you may specify the directory to restore the configurations
from.
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7.5.1 Backup Setting
Click on CALL / COPY ( ) to access the Backup setting.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to select the items.
Name Description
1 Backup Device The backup device connected to the system. Press
ENTER on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog
if there’s no backup device connected. Press +/- buttons
on the right selection to select the connected device for
the backup. Please follow the steps described in Chapter
7.5 Backup Device to connect the backup device before
copying.
2 Backup Speed
3 Directory The directory in the backup device to store the archived
Click to adjust the backup process speed.
(1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed.)
files. Please follow the Text Input method described in
Chapter 5.1 Text Input to input the directory.
4 Cameras The video/audio of the cameras to be archived. Press
5 GPS File Format for the backup of GPS data only. The supported formats
ENTER or +/- to select/deselect each of the selectable
cameras. If the camera with GPS data is selected, the
GPS data will be saved with the camera video in the
same file. The user may save GPS data only (without
saving camera video) by selecting GPS.
are TXT and KML. Click to set the GPS file format to
be saved. (※ Note: POS not supported)
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6 End Time (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded
video/audio for the backup without playback of Search By
Time. The files will be backup from the start time to the
end time when the user press the COPY button to start
copying. Click to set the backup end time in terms of
year, month, date, hour and minute.
Note: Please go to search by Time setting to set the
start time.
7 COPY Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the
revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous
display. There will be a Copy icon on the lower-right
corner indicating that the selected video/audio is being
archived to the storage device. For DVD disc, the files
won’t be written to the disc until the storage size reaches 1
GB or the user stop copying. Writing to the disc may take
more than 1 minute for every 100 MB (depending on the
disc type). Note: For internal DVD, please open the
front door in order not to block the tray from ejecting,
esp. while it’s in backup process. Blocking the tray
from ejecting may damage the DVD writer.
8 STOP Click to stop the backup process.
9 ESC
Except the playback buttons, the user can still do all the other operations in split-window
display as if there is no playback. Please refer to Chapter 5.2 Basic Operations for the
operations of the other buttons.
Attention 1: To view the backup data playback, please access the IE interface of the
Attention 2: Please refer to Standalone DVR Hardware Accessory Support List.
USB 2.0 Device Support
Click to exit the backup setting, and return to previous
display.
system and press to locate the data file.
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USB 2.0 Storage Devices (Pen Drive)–USB-Storage Enclosures 5.25” –
Macpower’s Alumni Prefect USB 2.0 - PF-U2MS.
USB-Disk Storage –
Transcend’s JetFlash 150/V60 Series, JetFlash V33 8GB
Apacer’s Handy Steno AH220
Pretec’s i-Disk Wave 512M-Black
Kingston’s DataTraveler USB Flash Driver(DTI/512FE)
Kingston’s DataTraveler DT100 8GB
SanDisk’s Cruzer micro USB Flash Driver
Sandisk’s Cruzer Titanium 4GB, Cruzer Contour 4GB
Sony’s MICRO VAULT Classic Series
OCZ’s ATV 4GB, Rally2 4GB
USB MOUSE Support
MICROSOFT
AMICE(AF-205)
ACROX
WINTEK(WSS60)
DETROIS(CM-318)
DVD Writer Support
Asus’s DRW-1608P Series,
Pioneer’s DVR-A11, DVR-X152 Series
BenQ’s EW200G Series
LITEON’s LightScribe DVD Writer SHM-165H6S, 20X DVD Writer
DX-20A4P
Sony’s DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model DRX-810UL Series
NEC’s DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model ND-4550A Series
HP’s dvd9404e External 18X Super Multi DVD Writer Series
LG / GE20LU10
DVD Disc Support
Some DVD Discs Tested – Only single-side, single-layer disc is supported
Infomedia’s DVD+R 16X
Mitsubishi’s DVD+RW 1-4X
Philips’s DVD+RW 1-4X
Ritek’s DVD-R 8X
Ritek’s DVD+RW 1-4X
Verbatim’s DVD+RW 1-4X
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Note : For each camera and each backup, a batch file will be generated as well as the
backup files. A directory “/SelfPlayer” will also be generated if it’s not existing in the
backup storage device. The user can use the batch file to self-playback the
corresponding backup files in a PC. If the PC has not been installed with the required
player components, those components will be installed by running the batch file
except Windows Vista. For Windows Vista, please run
/SelfPlayer/SelfPlayerInstall.exe manually to install the required player components.
To copy self-playback files, please copy the batch file and the backup files to the
destination directory, and copy the whole directory “/SelfPlayer” to the root directory
of the destination device.
7.6 Setup
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In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then
press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Setup display as shown below.
(To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.)
▲▼
Press these buttons to select the items.
ENTER
Press this button to enter the setup of the highlighted option. For the details of each
option, please refer to the following sections.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to MENU display.
Name Description
1
2
3
4
Pre-Camera
Camera
Alarm
SEQ Display
5
6
Schedule Record
HDD
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10
11
12
Password
System
RS-232 / 422 / 485
Network
Factory Default
ESC
If the user wants to reset all the settings to factory default values, he/she may
press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Factory Defaults, and then
press ENTER. A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER again to make
the changes, ESC to not do it.
7.6.1 Pre-Camera
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera,
and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Pre-Camera display as
shown below.
There are up to 16, 9, or 4 cameras which can be connected to the system.
This section shows how to change the recording Resolution, Setup the
number of camera installed and assigning PTZ Speed Dome ID.
1
▲▼◄►
Numeric (Mouse: )
3
4
5
Press these buttons to select the items.
Press these buttons to select the camera.
2
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ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
Name Description
1 REC Resolution
2 Watermark to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the
3 Camera This shows the number of supported camera of the system.
4 Installed whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the
5 PTZ ID
Press to adjust the recording resolution to 360x240,
720x480 or 720x240.
recorded images for all the cameras will have digital
watermark embedded. Press ENTER or (Mouse: Left
click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “” -
checked.
following items will be settable. Press ENTER or
(Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The
default setting is “” - checked.
Press to assign each PTZ an ID.
7.6.2 Camera
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Camera,
and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Camera Setup display
as shown below.
This is to enable user to configure the camera setting and to set up the video
loss trigger, motion detection, recording quality and recording rate.
1
3
5
7
9
B
D
2
4
6
8
A
C
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▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric (Mouse: )
Press these buttons to select the camera.
COPY ( )
Press this button to copy all the settings - excluding detailed Motion
settings, Video Loss settings, Title/Audio - of the focus camera to all the
following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 5, its settings will be copied to
those of cameras 6-16.)
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
Name Description
1 Camera The number corresponds to the camera supported.
2 Title User can assign a title to different camera for identification
purpose. (Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input on text/numeric entry)
3 Video Loss
(Settings..)
4 Motion Detection whether the motion detection of this camera is enabled or not.
5 Motion
(Settings..)
A warning can be triggered to alert the administrator during video
loss. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) in Settings.. to call up
Video Loss Setup display for the camera. Please refer to section
7.6.2.1 on video loss for detail configuration
(Note : this field has no effect for the Smart Search information.)
Press ENTER or to check () or uncheck (-) this item. The
default setting is “ˇ
Used to setup the motion settings, used for Motion Detection or
Smart Search, for this camera. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left
click) in Settings.. to call up Motion Setup display for the camera.
Please note that if the Motion Detection is disabled, the default
factory motion settings should work fine for Smart Search.
Please refer to section 7.6.2.2 on motion setting for detail
information)
ˇ” - checked.
ˇˇ
6 Covert covert or not. If the camera is covert, the video of this camera can
only be seen if the user has logged in as Administrator. Press
ENTER or (Mouse: Left click) to check() or uncheck (-) this
item. NOTE: When covert is activated, only administrator/supervisor
level users can view the live video of the respected camera.
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7 Call By Event
(Call Monitor)
8 Dwell Time User may adjust the value to determine the display time of the call
9 Audio The audio setting allows user to turn on/off the sound recording
This feature will cause a specified channel to display upon a
specific event trigger.
monitor.
option.
A Record Quality
B Event Record IPS
C Pre-Record IPS
D Normal Record IPS
Press to adjust the recording quality from 1 (low) to 9 (highest).
Press to adjust the event recording rate as Image per Second (IPS).
Press to adjust the pre-recording rate (IPS).
Press to adjust the normal recording rate (IPS).
7.6.2.1 Video Loss Setting
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Video
Loss Settings.. , and then press ENTER to call up Video Loss Setup
display as shown below.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)
Numeric (Mouse: )
Press these buttons to select the camera.
COPY ( )
ESC
Press these buttons to select the items.
Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera
to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 5, its Video Loss
settings will be copied to those of cameras 6-16.)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
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display.
Name Description
1 Duration
2 Camera to go the camera to go to the preset position in next field after video loss is
3 Goto Preset to define the preset position to go to for the “Camera to go” Camera in
4 Pre-record
5 Alarm Out
6 Buzzer
7 Log Press Enter to adjust (Enable: / Disable:-).
8 Screen Message Press Enter to adjust (Enable: / Disable:-).
Press to adjust the length of warning period upon video loss
trigger.
detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a PTZ
camera.
last field if video loss is detected for this camera. For more details
about preset locations, please refer to Chapter 8 PTZ Control.
Press to adjust the transition period before initiating the
recording prior to motion detection.
Click to select the video loss triggered alarm output.
Press Enter or (Mouse: Left click) to check () or uncheck
(-) this item. To activate the buzzer warning that will be triggered
upon video loss.
When enabled, the system will record all video loss history.
Choose to enable/disable event message being displayed on the
screen.
9 Email
A FTP
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item.
When check (), this feature will trigger text or figure files be sent
to email when video loss is detected.
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item.
When check (), this feature will trigger video files be sent to the
FTP server upon video loss detection.
7.6.2.2 Motion Setting
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Motion
Settings.. , and then press ENTER to call up Motion Setup display as
shown below.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric (Mouse: )
Press these buttons to select the camera.
COPY ( )
Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera to
all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 5, its Video Loss
settings will be copied to those of cameras 6-16.)
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
Name Description
1 Duration
2 Camera to go the camera to go to the preset position in next field after motion is
3 Goto Preset User can set the monitor to display the defined preset camera
Press to adjust the length of warning period upon motion
trigger.
detected for this camera. “Camera to go” camera must be a
PTZ camera.
image upon detecting a motion, please refer to Chapter 8 PTZ
Control.
4 Pre-Record
Press to adjust the transition period before initiating the
recording prior to motion detection.
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5 Post-record
Press to adjust the transition period before initiating the
recording after motion detection.
6 Alarm Out
7 Detection
(Settings..)
8 Buzzer
9 Log
A Screen Message To display the event message on the screen or not.
Press to select the motion triggered alarm output.
This setting allows user to define the area for motion to be
detected. Used to setup the motion detection settings, including
detection area and sensitivity, when motion is detected for this
camera. Please note that the detection area and sensitivity are
also used for the Smart Search information. There won’t be any
Smart Search information stored outside the detection area.
So, it’s better to enable the whole area if the motion detection for
the camera is disabled (and only Smart Search is used). Press
ENTER in Settings.. to call up Motion Detection Setup (as shown)
for this camera.
Press Enter or (Mouse: Left click) to check () or uncheck
(-) this item. When checked, to activate the buzzer warning that
will be triggered upon motion detection.
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item.
When checked, the system will record all video loss history.
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item. The
default setting is “ˇ” - checked.
B Email
C FTP
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item.
When checked, enable this feature will trigger text or figure files
be sent to email when motion is detected.
Press Enter or to check () or uncheck (-) this item.
When checked, enable this feature will trigger video files be sent
to the FTP server upon motion detection.
NOTE Detection Setting
Press Menu > Setup > Camera > Motion Setting > Detection Settings
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Name Description
1
】
Click to resize the motion detection area.
2 Enter Press to set/reset the changes made.
3 ESC Press to exit the setting.
4 MODE Press to set/reset the whole area as the motion detection zone.
5 SEARCH Press to test the motion detection feature.
6 SEQ/CALL Press to adjust the sensitivity of motion being detected.
7 Sensitivity This shows the sensitivity value.
7.6.3 Alarm
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Alarm, and then
press ENTER to call up Alarm display as shown below.
This feature allows administrator to define the condition for the alarm to be
triggered.
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2
3
5
7
9
B
▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
Numeric (Mouse: )
4
6
8
A
C
Press these buttons to select the camera.
COPY ( )
Press this button to copy the Video Loss settings of the focus camera to
all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 5, its Video Loss
settings will be copied to those of cameras 6-16.)
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
Name Description
1 Normal State
2 Focus Camera Administrator can prioritize the camera that will respond to a
3 Duration
Press to adjust the status of the normal state to either open or
close.
NOTE: Please set the Normal State to N/A when there is no alarm
connected.
specified alarm input.
Press to adjust the length of warning period when the alarm is
triggered.
4 Goto Preset User can set the monitor to display the defined preset camera
5 Pre-record
6 Post-record
image upon an event trigger. Please refer to Chapter 8 PTZ Control.
Press to adjust the transition period before initiating the
recording prior to event trigger.
Press to adjust the transition period before initiating the
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recording after an event trigger.
7 Alarm out
8 Buzzer
9 Log
A Screen Message
B E-mail
C FTP
Click to select the alarm output triggered by a specific event.
Press Enter or to check() / uncheck (-) this item.
To activate the buzzer warning due to an alarm trigger.
Press Enter or to check() / uncheck (-) this item.
When checked, the system will record all video loss history.
Press Enter or to check() / uncheck (-) this item.
Choose enable (check:) / disable(uncheck: -) event message
being displayed on the screen.
Press Enter or to check() / uncheck (-) this item.
Enable (check:) this feature will trigger text or figure files be
sent to the email upon an event trigger.
Press Enter or to check() / uncheck (-) this item.
Enable (check:) this feature will trigger video files be sent to the
FTP server upon an event trigger.
NOTE:
User can press COPY () to copy the setting of alarm 1 to all subsequent alarm settings.
7.6.4 SEQ Display Setup
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to SEQ Display, and
then press ENTER to call up SEQ Display Setup display as shown below.
This section explains how to set up the surveillance sequence order for both main
monitor and call monitor.
1
1
▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC (Mouse: )
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
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Name Description
1 Total Pages
2 Dwell Time
3 Page setting
Press to set the total of display channels for each screen.
Press to set the display time (3~60 seconds) of each camera for
each sequential rotation.
- Use the numeric buttons (Mouse: ) to set the
sequence order of display cameras.
- Press (Mouse: ) to view the camera that is set to the
page according to the sequence order.
7.6.5 Scheduled Record
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Scheduled
Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup display
as shown below.
This setting is for user to define and adjust the recording schedule. The system
supports up to 16 different schedules with each T represents each schedule.
The recording schedules automatically apply to all cameras instead of
individual camera.
▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
COPY ( )
Press this button to copy the settings of the focus weekday to all the
following weekdays. (EX. focus weekday is TUE, its settings will be
copied to those of weekdays WED-SAT.)
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous
display.
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Name Description
1 Start Time
2 Alarm
3 Motion
4 Normal
NOTE: User can press COPY ( ) to copy the setting of alarm 1 to all subsequent alarm settings.
NOTE: In a time segment, if both Alarm and Motion are set to “OFF”, the audio/video will be
treated as Normal unless there’s Video Loss.
Press to set the recording start time.
NOTE: User can set up to a maximum of 16 different schedule segments. The beginning
of the new schedule segment represents the end of the previous schedule
segment. Thus, a warning dialog box will appear when two time schedule
segments overlap.
Press to set the recording criteria as audio (A), video (V) or both (A/V) when
the alarm is triggered. “OFF” is newly added for alarm detection OFF.
Press to set the recording criteria as audio (A), video (V) or both (A/V) when
the motion is detected. “OFF” is newly added for alarm detection OFF.
Press to set the recording criteria as audio (A), video (V) or both (A/V) under
normal recording circumstance.
7.6.6 HDD
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to HDD, and then
press ENTER to call up HDD Setup display as shown below.
In the surveillance applications, alarm video/audio is much more important than
normal video/audio. So, this digital video/audio recorder is designed to allow the
user to divide each HDD into alarm partition and normal partition. And, alarm
video/audio will be recorded in alarm partition, normal video/audio in normal
partition.
The HDD Setup allows the administrator to format/clear each HDD, set Alarm
Record size and Normal Record size of each HDD, and define the behaviors for
Alarm Record and Normal Record if it reaches the end of the last HDD in the
system.
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▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)
Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous display.
If the Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press
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ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 Alarm Record This is the recording under alarm triggered condition.
2 Normal Record This is the recording under normal circumstance.
3 Size (GB) The total HDD storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for Alarm Record and Normal
Record respectively. This item is just for information. Please refer to
Chapter 7.6.6.1 HDD format and Clear for more detailed information and
setup of each individual HDD. Please note that if the total alarm
record size is zero, the alarm video/audio will be recorded in
normal record partition for software V6.13 or above.
4 Auto Overwrite When auto overwrite is enabled(check:), new data will automatically
replace old data under HDD space shortage condition. If Auto
Overwrite is disabled and the Alarm/Normal Record disk drive capacity
reaches the end, the system will not overwrite the recorded video/audio,
and hence not record Alarm/Normal video/audio, until the user presses
the Alarm Reset button. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this
5 HDD Full Action
item. The default setting is “ˇ
Press ENTER or to check() or uncheck (-) this item.
This feature enables the system to take appropriate actions when the
HDD capacity is short.
ˇ” - checked.
ˇˇ
6 Duration
Press to adjust the length of warning period due to HDD capacity
shortage.
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7 Alarm Out
Click to select the alarm output triggered due to HDD capacity
shortage.
8 Buzzer
9 Log
A E-mail
B Mode (Mouse:
Left click)
C SEQ (Mouse: Left
click)
Click Enter or to check() or uncheck (-) this item.
To activate the buzzer warning that is triggered due to HDD capacity
shortage.
Click Enter or to check() or uncheck (-) this item.
When enabled(check: ), the system will record all video loss history.
Click Enter or to check() or uncheck (-) this item.
Enable this feature will trigger text or figure files be sent to the email due
to HDD capacity shortage triggering.
Press this button to format/clear the HDDs as described in Section
7.6.6.1.
Press this button to enter Advanced HDD Setup as described in Section
7.6.6.2.
Attention:
It is recommended that format every new HDD installed to clear all possible
old data.
7.6.6.1 HDD format and Clear
In HDD Setup display, press MODE to call up HDD format and Clear display
as shown below.
Each of the HDDs must be formatted before it can be used to record
video/audio. The HDD Format/Clear screen allows the administrator to
format and/or clear each HDD, and set the size for Alarm Record
partition and Normal Record partition for each HDD. Please note that the
HDD IDs for the internal HDDs in the DVR start from ID 1, lower for IDE and
higher for SATA, and the HDDs in the farthest Hard Disk Box have the lowest
HDD ID next to internal HDDs.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup
display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to
exit without saving.
Name Description
1 Recording
HDD
2 Size This shows the total storage capacity in gigabyte.
3 Normal Record This shows the partition size (%) that stores normal recording
Alarm the current HDD for alarm recording.
This item is just for information.
Normal the current HDD for normal recording.
This item is just for information.
data.
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4 Alarm Record This shows the partition size (%) that stores alarm recording
data. Please follow the Text Input method described in
Chapter 5.1 Text Input to change the value. Please note that
if the alarm record percentage for all HDDs is zero, the
alarm video/audio will be recorded in normal record
partition for software V6.13 or above.
5 Mode Click to format the HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be
formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for
Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. If it has been
formatted before, it will be formatted according to the Alarm
REC Size (%) and Normal REC Size (%) displayed on the
screen, but the previously recorded contents within the new
size won’t be cleared and will be accessible.
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6 SEQ Click to clear the HDD.
Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be
formatted and partitioned with default record size, 30% for
Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. If it has been
formatted (and recorded) before, it will be partitioned according
to the Alarm Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%)
displayed on the screen, and the previously recorded contents
will all be cleared.
7 CALL Press this button to physically format the selected HDD. A
confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER
to confirm, or ESC to cancel. Please note that the recording
will be always optimized for performance & lifetime no matter
it’s for the first time or for the one hundredth time. The
formatting would take less than 1 minute. We strongly
recommend that the user use this physical format function to
format the HDD for the first time.
Note: The HDD will be physically formatted and partitioned
with default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for
Normal record. All the previously recorded contents will be
cleared.
7.6.6.2 Advanced HDD Setup
In HDD Setup display, press SEQ to call up Advanced HDD Setup display as
shown.
The HDD Failure Action in Advanced HDD Setup allows the administrator to
define how the system responds to the detected HDD failure, while the
Privacy settings allow the administrator to set the DVR to record for Limited
Period and the Retention Period of its HDD storage. For software V6.13 or
above, the HDD Failure Action will be triggered if there’s no available
formatted HDD detected. When alarm record partition full, store to
normal record partition (and treated as normal video).
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to HDD Setup
display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save,
ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 Duration Response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the
Alarm Out relay and the Buzzer will keep being triggered after
HDD failure is detected. Press buttons to adjust the
value. (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’)
2 Alarm Out To define which Alarm Output will be triggered when HDD
failure is detected. Press buttons to select none (N/A) or
one of the Alarm Outputs (1-2).
3 Buzzer To activate the internal Buzzer or not when HDD failure is
detected. Press ENTER or to check/uncheck this item.
The default setting is “” - checked.
4 Log
5 E-mail To send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail
6 Limited Period Whether the HDD storage is for limited period or not. Press
7 Retention Period
(hour)
To log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or to
check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “”- checked.
will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is
triggered. Press ENTER or to check/uncheck this item.
The default setting is “–” - unchecked.
ENTER or to check/uncheck this item. The default setting
is “–” - No.
The retention period of the HDD storage if Limited Period is
“”. Please follow the Text Input method described in chapter
5.1 Text Input to modify this item. If this item is set as 0, it will
be treated as No Limited Period.
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7.6.7 Password
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Password, and then
press ENTER to call up Password Setup display as shown below.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous display.
If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without
saving.
The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones,
and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level.
Name Description
1 Login Name Administrator can assign a login name for other users.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
Note: The default login name for administrator is aa. The user can use
it to login the system for the first time.
2 Password Administrator can assign a password for other users.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
Note: The default password for administrator is 11. The user can use
it to login the system for the first time.
3 Level Administrator can set different level of access authority to users.
There are three levels of authority: Administrator(highest), supervisor
and operator(lowest). The Operator can operate live video display,
the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and
the Administrator everything. The system allows up to 18 user
accounts.
4 MODE Press this button to select this user as the default one at login, or
deselect if this user is the default login user. An asterisk (*) will be
shown preceding the number for the default login user. And this
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login name/password will be the default one each time the login
dialog is shown, so the user doesn’t bother to enter the text to login
the system.
Note: it’s recommended with first use, to change the password and login for the
DVR
7.6.8 System Setup
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to System, and then
press ENTER to call up System Setup display as shown below.
System setup enables user to properly configure the time, system language and
display format of the system.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu
display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to
exit without saving. Please note that if the selected language is changed,
the user will be asked to reboot the system for the newly selected
language to take effect.
Name Description
Time Zone This allows administrator to set the time zone of their
1
Daylight Saving Time The system will display the appropriate daylight saving
country.
(Please refer to Appendix A-Time Zone for time zone
reference.)
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time according to the time zone selected.
System Time
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3 Language
4 Protection Key This function is currently inapplicable.
Synchronization
Time
TSP Server
Date
Time
Display Format
Click to synchronize the system time with the TSP
server time.
Type in the TSP server address.
Press to adjust the date.
Press to adjust the time.
Press to modify the date/time display format.
Press to apply the appropriate language setting.
The system supports up to 14 languages: Spanish,
English, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Italian,
French, Greek, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified &
Traditional Chinese, Thai (For software V6.13 or
above ).
7.6.9 RS-232 / 422 / 485
In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to RS-232/422/485,
and then press ENTER to call up RS-232/422/485 Setup as shown.
User needs to configure this setting for the external hardware such as PTZ speed
dome, POS, GPS and DVR keyboard to function properly.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without
saving.
Name Description
1 Device Type Keyboard, POS, PTZ+Keyboard or N/A (Not Available).
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Press to select the appropriate device. Please note that
PTZ can only be selected for either RS-232 or RS-422/485,
but not both.
2 Model
3 Baud Rate
4 Data Bit
5 Stop Bit
6 Parity
7 DVR/Camera ID
Press to select the appropriate model for the device.
(Please refer to NOTE 1.)
Press to set the baud rate.
Press to set the data bit.
Press to set the stop bit.
Press to set the parity.
Press to assign the DVR/Camera an ID.
(Please refer to NOTE 2.)
NOTE 1
Model – PTZ model (for PTZ and PTZ+Keyboard), The PTZ models supported
include Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P, Kalatel Cyber Dome,
PIH-series, Dynacolor, Bosch AutoDome, Video Trek, etc. Please note that if
PTZ+Keyboard is selected for Device Type, the Keyboard model is always
Control Protocol, and the other settings (Baud Rate, Data Bit, Stop Bit, and
Parity) are the same as the PTZ Model selected. Please also note that the
installer must be sure that the Keyboard Control Protocol and the PTZ
Protocol won’t conflict with each other.
DVR/Camera ID – for PTZ/Keyboard → the device ID for this digital video/audio
recorder, and it must not conflict with the other devices connected in the same
control port.;
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In Setup display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Network , and then
press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown.
The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related
parameters. Please check with your network administrator to set these parameters
correctly.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display.
If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without
saving.
Name Description
1 Net Type
2 Email Press Enter to access the email setting.
3 FTP Press Enter to access the FTP server setting.
Press to select the net type as static IP, PPPoE or DHCP.
DHCP can only be used for intranet (LAN) access,
while Static IP and PPPoE can be used for both
internet & intranet access.
(Please refer to 7.6.10.1)
(Please refer to 7.6.10.2)
4 Adv. ( Advanced Network Setup) Press Enter to access the advanced network setup.
Static IP
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IP Address
(Please refer to 7.6.10.3)
Press Enter to edit the IP address. To get the static
IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet
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Service Provider). (Please refer to Chapter 5.1 Text
Input for text/numeric entry)
Net Mask
Gateway
DNS
6 Username Type in the username assigned.
7 Password Type in the password assigned.
DDNS Type Dynamic, Static, or Custom DDNS (Dynamic Domain
Press Enter to edit the net mask. (Please refer to
Chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
Press Enter to edit the gateway IP. (Please refer to
Chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
Press Enter to edit the DNS. (Please refer to Chapter
5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
(Please refer to Chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
NOTE: Username entry is only applicable to PPPoE
(Please refer to Chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
NOTE: Password entry is only applicable to PPPoE
Name Server) type. Please contact your local DDNS
Service Provider to get the DDNS URL, username,
and password. Click to select the DDNS type.
(Please refer to Appendix H)
URL Type in the URL address.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry) (Please refer to Appendix H)
NOTE: Password entry is only applicable to PPPoE
8 PPPoE
DDNS Username DDNS username for the system if PPPoE or Static IP
is used.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry) (Please refer to Appendix H)
NOTE: Password entry is only applicable to PPPoE
DDNS Password DDNS username for the system if PPPoE or Static IP
is used.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry) (Please refer to Appendix H)
NOTE: Password entry is only applicable to PPPoE
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7.6.10.1 Email Setting
In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the
highlighted option is E-mail.
The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters.
When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an
e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu
display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save,
ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 SMTP Server Type in the SMTP server address.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
2 Authentication Click to enable authentication if it is required by SMTP server.
3 Username Type in the username.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
4 Password Type in the password.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
5 Mail From Type in the sender’s email address.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
6 Mail to Type in the recipients’ email addresses.
7 Attachment This allows user to be alerted with an image attached email.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric entry)
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7.6.10.2 FTP setting
In Network Setup, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to FTP, and
then press ENTER to call up FTP Setup as shown.
The FTP Setup allows the administrator to set FTP related parameters.
When an event occurs and FTP is enabled for the action, the recorded
video/audio for that event will be sent to the FTP server based on the
parameters set here.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network
Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and
save, ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 FTP Server Type in the FTP server address.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
2 Username Type in the username.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
3 Password Type in the password.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input to text/numeric
entry)
4 Prefix of Filename Assign a prefix for each file for easier identification.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
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7.6.10.3 Advanced Network Setting
In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Advanced Network Setup as
shown when the highlighted option is Adv..
The Advanced Network Setup allows the administrator to set advanced
network parameters. If the user is not familiar with network administration,
please DO NOT modify the items in this dialog.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network
Setup display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and
save, ESC to exit without saving.
Name Description
1 Control Port Type in the control port number.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
2 Data Port Type in the data port number.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
3 HTTP Port Type in the HTTP port number.
(Please refer to chapter 5.1 Text Input for text/numeric
entry)
4 WAP Picture Quality
5 DVR Name The “DVR Name” used in the “CMS Server” if CMS
Press to adjust the picture quality.
Server (described below) is (to be) connected with the
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DVR. Please follow the Text Input method described
in chapter 5.1 Text Input to modify this item.
6 CMS Server URL
#1-2
7.7 System Shutdown (Administrator)
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then
press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will
be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save
all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen
message area. The user may power off the system safely when the power-off message
is shown.
The URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the CMS
Server #1 and #2. The DVR will connect with up to
two CMS servers automatically once it’s running.
Please note that with this feature, the DVR needs
not to be a web server, while the CMS server needs
to be a web server. Please follow the Text Input
method described in Chapter 5.1 Text Input to modify
these items.
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8 PTZ Control
Step 1. Connect DVR and PTZ Camera as below diagram.
Connect the RS-485 connector to PTZ camera(s) via the appropriate cable.
(Please refer to Section 4.6 Option Connections_PTZ Cameras)
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Step 2. Adjust the DIP SWITCH on the bottom of the Speed Dome PART
User can select the control protocol / baud rate and address of the
speed dome by adjusting DIP SWITCH on the bottom of the Speed
Dome PART.
SW1: Protocol
D2400B: means D-Type at 2400 Baud Rate.
(Remark: In the above demonstration, we use PELCO-D Type Speed Dome to
communicate with K.G. Standalone DVR.)
RS485 Connection diagram
Serial connection RS-485 control cable of each camera
Please note that the last Speed Dome should be enabled with terminal resister
for better signal transmission.
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Step 3. DVR Settings of PELCO-D
Test PTZ Camera already connected sucessfully.
Access to Setup operation of DVR standalone system then choose Pre-Camera
Setup.
Once PTZ Camera hardware is connectted successful then it will show the
number of PTZ Camera that you connected.
Set Baud Rate of PTZ Camera:
Access to Setup MENU of Standalone DVR then choose RS-232/422/485 Setup.
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Press (on DVR remote controller) to set the Baud Rate to be 2400.
(That’s the key point to let standalone DVR & Speed Dome communicate each
other.)
Step 4. Press the PTZ button (Mouse: ) on DVR remote controller to confirm
PTZ function. Then press (Mouse: ) Zoom in & zoom out
function of Speed Dome operation confirmation.
If a camera is also a PTZ camera, there will be an asterisk (*) preceding its title in its video
window in split-window display. Please press PTZ button (Mouse: ) to enter PTZ
control mode if the focus camera is a PTZ camera. The asterisk (*) will be blinked to
indicate that the camera is now in PTZ control mode.
In PTZ control mode, the user’s operations can be divided into general operations and
miscellaneous function specific operations, and are described as the followings:
General operations:
ESC (Mouse: )
Press this button to exit PTZ control mode. The asterisk (*) will be changed back to
normal color.
▲▼ (Mouse: Left-click in the up/down area of the video window)
Press these buttons to tilt the camera up/down.
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◄► (Mouse: Left-click in the left/right area of the video window)
Press these buttons to pan the camera left/right.
ZOOM ( ) +/- (Mouse: )
Press these buttons to zoom in/out the camera.
GOTO (Mouse: )
Press this button to move the camera to the preset position. The keypad hint will be
shown. Press numeric buttons 0-9 to enter the number of the preset position to move
the camera to. The range of the preset positions is 00-99. Please note that for
V3.20 or above, the range of the preset positions is 00-99.
NEXT
Press this button for the next miscellaneous function. The miscellaneous functions
include Focus, Iris, Auto PAN, SEQ, Preset, and Pan Speed. And the active one will
be shown on the lower right corner of the screen. The miscellaneous function specific
operations are described in the following table.
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Miscellaneous function specific operations:
Active function Operations Descriptions
Focus +/-
ENTER
focus far/near (Mouse: )
auto focus (Mouse: )
Iris +/- Iris increase/decrease (Mouse:
)
Auto Pan (3)
(Mouse: )
SEQ (5 sec.)
(Mouse: )
Preset (1) )
(Mouse:
Pan Speed (3)
(Mouse: )
+/ENTER
*
#
+/-, NUMBER
ENTER
+/-, NUMBER
ENTER
+/-
Auto pan speed is shown in
parenthesis
increase/decrease speed
start/stop Auto Pan
set start position
set end position
SEQ dwell time is shown in
parenthesis. If SEQ mode is on,
the camera will goto preset
position 0-9 (or 1-10) sequentially.
change dwell time
start/stop SEQ mode, an asterisk
(*) will be shown if SEQ mode is on
Preset location is shown in
parenthesis
change Preset location
set Preset location
Manual pan speed is shown in
parenthesis
increase/decrease speed
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9 Software Upgrade
In Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Software Upgrade, and
then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown below.
User can upgrade the software from the upgrading files stored inside the external storage
media such as DVD, SD card or USB flash drive.
Before upgrade the software, you should be to confirm system to connect with the
backup device (refer to 7.5 Backup Device). Then press ENTER to start the upgrade
process when the highlighted file is a correct upgrade file (ex.
SEC-DVR304.v0643.frm.frm). A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press
ENTER to confirm to upgrade the system software.
Please NOTE:
Do not change upgrade file name (ex. SEC-DVR304.v0643.frm).
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2
3
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
Name Description
1 Backup Device Click Enter (Mouse: Left click) on Backup Device to connect the device for
upgrading (such as DVD, SD card or USB flash drive).
(Please refer to section 7.5 for detail information on device connection)
2 USB
Press to select the appropriate device that has the upgrading software, and then
press Enter to start upgrading.
3 File list Displays all the files stored in the device.
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10 Search & Playback
There are five ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback:
(a) Search by time,
(b) Search by event,
(c) Smart search,
(d) Search archived files
In split-window display, press SEARCH button to call up Search Menu display as shown.
▲▼
ENTER
ESC
Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.
Press this button to enter the corresponding Search display of the highlighted item.
The Search displays and their operations are described in the following sections,
followed by the playback operations of the searched video/audio.
Press this button to escape from Search Menu display, and return to split-window
display.
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10.1 Search By Time
This section explains how user can search for specific data by defining the date and
time as the search criteria.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
Name Description
1 Start Time (Year, Month,
Date, Hour, Minute)
for the recorded video/audio. The playback (or backup) will
start from the time entered here when the user press the
playback buttons (or Copy button ) later. Press to set
the year, month, date, hour and minute as the start search
criteria.
Video / Audio
2
Check the types of the recorded video/audio you want to search for playback. Press ENTER
or +/- to check/uncheck each item.
3
PLAY / II
COPY
Alarm
Motion
Video Loss
Normal
Click to set the alarm triggered record as the search criteria.
Click to set the motion triggered record as the search criteria.
Click to set the video loss triggered record as the search criteria.
Click to set the normal record as the search criteria.
Press this button to start playing the recorded video/audio with
the selected search time and video/audio type. If there’s no
camera in playback mode, up to 4 cameras in the current
split window will be set to playback mode.
Press this button to backup (copy) the selected type of
recorded video/audio starting from the Search Time (described
below) in the HDD to the connected backup device without
playback. The Backup display (described in Section 10.6) will
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be shown. Please note that this kind of backup is
performed in the background, and the user can still do
almost all the operations.
4 Recorded from 'Recorded from’ time based on the selected Video/Audio before
searching - alarm partition if any of Alarm, Motion, or Video
Loss, is checked, and normal partition if Normal is checked.
10.2 Search By Event / Log Display
There are four different types of event logs, including Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, and
System. And up to 3000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system.
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Press these buttons to select the items.
ESC
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
Name Description
1 Log history This section displays the search result with all the event log information.
The user may (1) press ENTER to enter Event Playback display of the
selected event log in this list, (2) press Play Buttons (/ II, ) to
playback it directly, or (3) press Copy Button ( ) to backup (copy)
the selected recorded video/audio to the connected backup device
without playback. The Backup display (described in Section 10.6) will
be shown. Please note that this kind of backup is performed in the
background, and the user can still do almost all the operations.
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detailed operations for event playback.
2 Event Type Set the search criteria by selecting the types of event such as alarm
trigger, motion trigger, video loss trigger and system event. The Event
Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off,
and will not trigger recording. Press ENTER or to check/uncheck
the event type for the log list.
3 Source ID The source which triggered the event. For Alarm, it’s the alarm input
number; for Motion and Video Loss, it’s the camera number. It’s used
to filter the events to be shown in the log list. Press ENTER or to
check/uncheck each item. For software V6.13 or above, you may
check/uncheck “All” for faster operation.
4 MODE Press this button to refresh the log display and clear the selected logs.
If there are new event logs after the screen is last updated, the log list
shown will be updated accordingly.
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CALL =>
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10.3 Smart Search
This section explains how user can use a defined time range to search the recorded
data.
Click SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.
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Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.
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1 Target Camera
2 Area Click Enter to access the target area setting and to define the motion
3 Time/Date Criteria
4 MODE Click to start the search process.
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Matched file
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Click to select the data source camera as the search criteria.
trigger area criteria. The system allows the creation of multiple point
motion detection zones.
Note: For multiple search zones, all restricted zones must be triggered to
enable motion detection recording.
Click to set the date and time period as the search criteria.
Click SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.
the matched files (HDD ID & time are shown) according to the selected
search time, camera, and motion masks. The files are shown from the
oldest to the newest, and its page number is shown on the lower-left
corner. The user may (1) press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback
display of the selected matched file in this list, (2) press Play Buttons
(/ II, , ) to playback it directly, or (3) press Copy Button () to
backup (copy) the selected recorded video/audio to the connected backup
device without playback. The Backup display (described in Section
10.6) will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup without
playback is performed in the background, and the user can still do almost
all the operations. Please also note that the playback (or backup) can
walk across all the matched files. Please refer to Section 10.8 Playback
For Smart Search for the detailed operations for smart search playback.
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10.4 Search Archived Files
This section explains how user can search for archived files stored in the external
device.
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ESC
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Name Description
1 Backup Device Click Enter on Backup Device to connect the device for upgrading.
(Please refer to section 7.5 for detail information on device connection)
2 Disk Storage
Used Space Shows the used space of the device. 3
Available Space Shows the free space of the device.
4 Archived File list The archived files in the selected Disk Storage. Please select the
5 MODE Click to delete unwanted file/directory.
Press to select the appropriate device that has the upgrading
software, and then press Enter to start upgrading.
file, and then press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of
the selected file in this list, or press Play Buttons ( / II ) to playback it
directly. Please refer to Chapter 10.9 Playback For Archived Files
for the detailed operations.
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10.5 Playback/Archive For Search By Time
In split-window display, press MODE button to change circularly the live/playback mode
for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The
video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mode
display live video.
Please refer to Section 5.2 Basic Operations for how to change the camera(s) in the
playback windows(s). After the playback windows and cameras are all set as you
want, you may use the following buttons to control the playback:
Play/Pause Button (/ II)
Press this button to play the recorded video/audio searched at forward speed 1X, or
pause the playback. If the playback is paused, press this button again to resume
playing. Note that audio can only be played at forward speed 1X.
Stop Button ()
Press this button to stop playing the recorded video/audio. If the user press / II
button later, the playback will start from the beginning.
Fast Forward Button (), Slow Forward Button (SEQ)
Press this button for fast/slow forward playback. Each time this button is pressed,
the forward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X, 8X, up to
64/16X, and then back to 2X.
Fast Backward Button (), Slow Backward Button (MODE)
Press this button for fast/slow backward playback. Each time this button is
pressed, the backward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X, 8X,
up to 64/16X, and then back to 2X.
Single Step Button (I )
Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.
Copy Button ( )
Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage
device connected to the USB port or internal DVD. The Backup display will be
shown as below.
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Following is a brief description for the operations in Backup display:
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Press these buttons to select the items.
Copy Button ( )
Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s
copying, and return to the previous display. There will be a Copy icon on the
lower-right corner indicating that the selected video/audio is being archived to
the storage device. For DVD disc, the files won’t be written to the disc
until the storage size reaches 1 GB or the user stop copying. Writing to
the disc may take more than 1 minute for every 100 MB (depending on the
disc type).
Stop ()
Press this button to stop copying and return to the previous display. The Copy
icon will be disappeared.
ESC
Press this button to cancel, and return to the previous display.
Name Description
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Device
the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER
on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no
backup device connected. Press buttons on the right
selection to select the connected device. Please follow the
steps described in Section 7.6 Backup Device to connect
the backup device before copying.
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Directory
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GPS File
Format
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End Time (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded
1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press
buttons to select the value.
Please follow the Text Input method described in chapter 5.1 Text
Input to input the directory.
or to select/deselect each of the selectable cameras. If
the camera with GPS data is selected, the GPS data will be
saved with the camera video in the same file. The user
may save GPS data only (without saving camera video) by
selecting GPS.
for the backup of GPS data only. The supported formats are
TXT and KML. Press buttons to select the value.
(Note: GPS not supported)
video/audio for the backup without playback of Search By
Time. The files will be back-up from the start time to the end
time when the user presses the COPY
Press buttons to modify each item.
Except the playback buttons, the user can still do all the other operations in split-window
display as if there is no playback. Please refer to 5.2 Basic Operations for the
operations of the other buttons.
Note : For each camera and each backup, a batch file will be generated as well as
the backup files. A directory “/VideoPlayer” will also be generated if it’s
not existing in the backup storage device. The user can use the batch
file to self-playback the corresponding backup files in a PC. If the PC
has not been installed with the required player components, those
components will be installed by running the batch file except Windows
Vista. For Windows Vista, please run /VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerInstall.exe
manually to install the required player components. To copy
self-playback files, please copy the batch file and the backup files to the
destination directory, and copy the whole directory “/VideoPlayer” to the
root directory of the destination device.
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10.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Event
In Log display, press ENTER to enter Event Playback display of the selected event log,
or press Play Buttons ( / II, ) to playback it directly. This display is the same
as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons ( / II, , , , I , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 10.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time.
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in 5.2 Basic Operations.
10.7 Playback/Archive For Smart Search
In Smart Search display, press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback display of the
selected matched file, or press Play Buttons ( / II, , ) to playback it
directly. Please note that the playback can walk across all the (up to 500 per
record partition) matched files. So, it’s not necessary for the user to repeat the
process of Smart Search & Playback just for a single file. This display is the same as
full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (/ II, , , , I, , ENTER, MODE, SEQ)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 10.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time.
CALL
At playing the video, press this button to call up (show) or hide the Motion
Areas set by the user.
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in 5.2 Basic Operations.
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10.8 Playback For Archived Files
In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display
of the selected file, or press Play Buttons ( / II, ) to playback it directly. This
display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons
are effective.
The operations are as below:
Playback Buttons (/ II, , , , I, ENTER, MODE, SEQ)
These buttons are all the same as in Section 10.6 Playback/Archive For Search By
Time. Please note that COPY button ( ) is not effective in this display.
The Other Buttons
All the other buttons are the same as in 5.2 Basic Operations.
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11 Remote Access
11.1 Remote Access via Internet Explorer (IE)
For remote access from another location it's important to know the IP address of the router
of the location where the DVR is installed and connected to. To know your own IP address,
please go to website: www.whatismyip.org or www.whatsmyip.org. The shown IP address
by these websites is the address you need to enter by step 1.
Step1. Enter Standalone IP address in IE browser.
Step2. Click on “Install ActiveX Control” option.
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Step3. Click on “Install”.
Step4. Click on “Yes”.
Step5. Click on “Install”.
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Step6. Type in the login name, password, control port and data port information to
access the system.
- The default login name: aa
Password:11
Note: for establishing remote access it could be necessary to open port 67,68 and 80 in
your router. Normally these settings can be found in the router under NAT / Virtual Server.
Step7. Now you should see the Standalone DVR remote viewing with IE browser.
NOTE: Step 2 - Step 5 only apply to first time user.
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11.1.1 Main Screen
Name Description
1 Camera ID Displays the ID of the camera.
2 Video Screen This is to display both live and playback video.
3 Date/Time This is to show the actual recording time and date of the video.
PTZ
Control
4 PTZ
5 Camera
6 Alarm In
7 Alarm Out These buttons correspond to the cameras that are set tot respond to
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Focus This is to enable user to adjust the image video.
Iris This is to enable user to adjust the amount of light entering the
These buttons are for the control of the PTZ speed dome.
camera lens.
These buttons correspond to the respective cameras connected to DVR.
These buttons correspond to the respective alarms connected to DVR.
the alarm trigger.
Search by Time: This feature enables user to search for video data
according to the specified date and time.
Record file playback: Click to play the selected record file.
Search by Event: This feature enables user to search for video data
according to the event criteria.
PTZ: Click to open the PTZ control panel.
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POS Search: This feature enables user to search for POS recorded
DVR Press the option to selected DVR screen.
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Playback Control These buttons are for the playback, forward, rewind, stop and copy
data according to the specified date and time.
Software Upgrade: Click to upgrade the system.
GPS Configuration: GPS Configuration enables user to customize the
GPS setting. (Note: GSP not supported)
Server Configuration: This is for user to add new server, edit existing
servers and to delete servers as well as configure the property of
each server.
POS Configuration: POS configuration enables user to customize the
POS setting. ( Note: POS not supported)
video.
Sequence Mode: Press to switch to sequence mode.
Audio: Click to listen to the audio being recorded by the selected
DVR server.
Microphone: When the feature is enabled, the voice of the user can
A
B Screen Layout User can choose the screen layout format.
be transmitted to the selected DVR server for hearing via IE.
NOTE: This feature is only enabled when connecting to microphone.
Search Mode: Press to switch to search and playback mode.
Manual Backup: Press to setup the backup configuration.
Freeze Mode: Press to freeze the image.
Click on this icon for snapshot of the focus camera.
Click on this icon for audio broadcasting to all connected DVRs.
POS: Press to bring up the POS window.
(Note: POS not supported)
GPS: Press to bring up the GPS window.
(Note: GPS not suppoted)
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11.1.2.1 Search By Time
This feature enables user to search for a video data playback according
to specific date, time and event type search criteria.
Name Description
1 Event Type Check the type of video as the search criteria.
2 Date/Time Select the date and time and set it as the search criteria.
3 Play Click to play the searched video.
4 Search Click to start the search process.
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11.1.2.2 Search By Event
This feature enables user to search for a video data playback according
to the device, event type and camera source.
Name Description
1 Event List Window The window lists out all the events searched according
to the criteria set.
2 Device Select the device for the data to be retrieved.
3 Event Type Set the search criteria according to the event type set.
4 Source ID Set the search criteria according to the cameras set.
5 Backup Status The window displays the status of each server.
6 Refresh Click to refresh the search process.
7 Up/down Click to scroll along the event list.
8 Backup Press to backup the highlighted video data manually.
9 Play Click to play the highlighted video.
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Name Description
1 PTZ control
2 Focus
3 Iris
4 Auto Pan
Click to control the pan / tilt / zoom of the PTZ speed dome.
Click to adjust the focus of the camera.
Click to adjust the camera iris.
Run Click to start the auto pan feature.
Stop Click to stop the auto pan feature.
Set Start/End Click to set the start and end time for automated pan
feature.
Run Click to turn on sequence surveillance. 5 SEQ
Stop Click to turn off sequence surveillance.
SET Click to set the camera at a specific location. 6 Preset
Goto Click to access the image taken by the camera at its preset
point.
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11.1.4 Server Configuration
This is for user to add new DVR, edit existing DVR and to delete DVR as well as
configure the property of each DVR. Setup configuration of the specific DVR can be
modified and uploaded to the respective DVR remotely.
11.1.4.1 Add New Server
Press to add a new server.
STEP1: Enter device name, address, control port, data port, username and password
Optional: User may also select Auto Connection to enable auto connection to the DVR.
and then click OK.
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11.1.4.2 Modify Server
Press to modify the server information.
STEP1: Delete all the information that is to be modified.
STEP2: Then enter new information into their respective columns.
STEP3: Then click OK to save changes.
11.1.4.3 Delete Server
STEP1: Select the Server to be discarded.
STEP2: Click to delete the server.
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Press to enter the server configuration page.
11.1.4.4.1 Pre-camera
Name Description
Best REC
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Resolution
2 Watermark Click to watermark the video.
3 Max ID Click to set the maximum number of camera available on a specific DVR.
4 Camera This shows the camera of a specific DVR.
5 Installed Click to activate the camera.
6 PTZ ID Assign an ID to the PTZ camera for identification purpose.
7 Group Allow the assignment of each camera into different groups.
8 Download
9 Upload
A Open Click to apply the previously saved setting to the current configuration.
Select to adjust the recording resolution.
This function enables user to download the original configuration from the
host system should any accidental modification occur. It also allows user to
reconfirm whether the modified configuration has been properly updated to
the host system.
Click to upload the modified configuration to the host system through
internet.
B Save Press to save the setting to a specified location.
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Name Description
1 Title Assign a title to each camera for easy identification.
Motion Detection Click to activate the motion detection feature for the specific
2
Covert Click to activate the covert feature for the specific camera.
3
Call By Event Click to select the purpose of the camera whether it is for
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5 Dwell Time Select the interval period of each camera display.
6 Audio Click to select the audio input.
7 Record Quality Allow the adjustment of recording quality.
8 Event Record IPS Allow the adjustment of event recording rate.
9 Pre-record IPS Allow the adjustment of pre-recording rate.
A Normal Record IPS Allow the adjustment of normal recording rate.
camera.
NOTE: When covert is activated, only administrator/supervisor level
users can view the live video of the respected camera.
motion detection, alarm or both.
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Name Description
1 Camera ID Select the camera as a motion trigger.
2 Duration Set the notification duration during motion detection.
3 Goto Preset Set which camera preset location to be displayed upon a motion
4 Pre-record Set the pre-recording time.
5 Post-record Set the post-recording time.
6 Alarm Output Select the alarm output notification during motion detection.
7 Buzzer Click this to enable the activation of buzzer warning during
motion detection.
8 Log Click this to enable the creation of a log during motion detection.
9 Email Click this to enable a text notification display on the screen
during motion detection.
A FTP Click this to have an email notification during motion detection.
Screen Message Click this to have the notification sent to the FTP server during
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Name Description
1 Camera ID Select the camera as a video loss trigger.
2 Duration Set the notification duration during video loss.
3 Pre-record Set the pre-recording time.
4 Alarm Output Select the alarm output notification during video loss.
5 Buzzer Click this to enable the activation of buzzer warning during video
loss.
6 Log Click this to enable the creation of a log during video loss.
7 Email Click this to enable a text notification display on the screen during
video loss.
8 FTP Click this to have an email notification during video loss.
A Screen Message Click this to have the notification sent to the FTP server during
video loss.
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Name Description
1 Normal State Choose to turn on/off the alarm condition during normal state.
2 Focus Camera Choose the focus camera upon an alarm trigger.
3 Duration Set the alarm duration once it is triggered.
Set which camera preset location to be displayed upon an alarm
4 Goto Preset
trigger.
5 Pre-record Set the pre-recording time.
6 Post-record Set the post-recording time.
7 Alarm Output Assign an alarm output when the alarm is triggered.
Click this to enable the activation of buzzer warning during an
8 Buzzer
alarm trigger.
Click this to enable the creation of a log when the alarm is
9 Log
triggered.
Click this to enable a text notification display on the screen
A Screen Message
during an alarm trigger.
B Email Click this to have an email notification during an alarm trigger.
C FTP
Click this to have the notification sent to the FTP server upon an
alarm trigger.
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This configuration allows user to setup the order of the surveillance
sequence of each DVR.
Name Description
1 Sequence Page
Setting
2 Display Page Layout Set the camera to be displayed on the selected
Device Type Select the appropriate monitor for the surveillance
sequence.
Window Type Select the number of display channel for each
surveillance page.
Dwell Time Select the interval period of each surveillance page.
Total Page Select the total number of page that will be displayed in
the surveillance order.
Page No. User can set the camera to be displayed on the selected
surveillance page.
surveillance page then click modify.
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Name Description
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2 Start Allows user to set the start recording time.
3 Alarm User may choose to only record video or audio or both video and audio
4 Motion User may choose to only record video or audio or both video and audio
5 Normal User may choose to only record video or audio or both video and audio
This represents the number of schedule segment.
※※※※User can set up to a maximum of 16 different schedule segments.
The beginning of the new schedule segment represents the end of
the previous schedule segment. Thus, a warning dialog box will
appear when two time schedule segments overlap.
during alarm recording period.
during motion detection recording period.
during normal recording period.
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Name Description
1 Alarm Record
2 Normal Record
Auto Overwrite Select this will enable the overwritten of old data when
the disk capacity is achieved.
HDD Full Action Select this will enable full usage of HDD capacity.
Duration User may set the duration of warning period.
Alarm Out User may set the alarm out device.
Buzzer Click to enable buzzer warning.
Email Check to enable warning notification being sent to email.
Log Click to enable the creation of log.
Auto Overwrite Select this will enable the overwritten of old data when
the disk capacity is achieved.
HDD Full Action Select this will enable full usage of HDD capacity.
Duration User may set the duration of warning period.
Alarm Out User may set the alarm out device.
Buzzer Click to enable buzzer warning.
Email Click to enable warning notification being sent to email.
Log Click to enable the creation of log.
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This configuration allows administrator to assign login name and password to
other users.
Name Description
1 User Information Administrator can create user accounts for other users by
assigning login name, password and user level.
2 Add Click to add a new user account.
3 Modify Click to change the user account information.
4 Delete Click to delete a user account.
5 User List The window displays all the user accounts.
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Name Description
1 Time zone Select the suitable time zone from the drop down menu.
2 System time User can manually set the time of the system or set the system
to synchronize its time with a specific standard time server.
3 Language Choose a language setting from the drop down menu.
4 Protection Key This function is currently inapplicable.
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Name Description
1 RS-232 Select the appropriate device that uses the RS-232 signal,
device model, camera ID, baud rate, data bit, stop bit and parity
from the drop down menus.
2 RS-422/485 Select the appropriate device that uses the RS-422/485 signal,
device model, camera ID, baud rate, data bit, stop bit and parity
from the drop down menus.
3 Optional RS-232 Select the appropriate device that uses the RS-232 signal,
device model, camera ID, baud rate, data bit, stop bit and parity
from the drop down menus.
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