Maxtor Digital Multiplex Recorder User Manual

Digital Multiplex Recorder

USER’S MANUAL

Please read the instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.

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WARNING

All the safety and operating instructions should be read before operation. The improper operation may cause permanent damage.

• Please use the provided adaptor (Other adaptor is not suitable for this machine).

• Please lift and place this equipment gently.

• Do not expose this equipment to open sunlight.

• Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water.

• Do not spill liquid of any kind on the equipment.

• Please power down the unit before unplugging.

• Do not switch the Power On & Off within short period of time (within 3 seconds).

• Do not attempt to have this equipment serviced by yourself.

• Installation should be made by qualified service personnel.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateraltriangle, is intended to alert

the user to the presence ofuninsulated"dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intendedto alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance-(servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What Do You Get??

What Do You Get

• FEATURES--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• PACKAGE INCLUDING ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Before Operation

• INSTALLATION GUIDE----------------------------------------------------------------------

• FRONT PANEL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• BACK PANEL-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Basic Operation

• START THIS UNIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• OPERATION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Detailed Menu Setup

• MENU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• ACCESS MENU ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• MAIN MENU--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• MENUOPTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• MOTION DETECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network Setting Guide

• HARDWARE CONNECTION AT DMR SIDE --------------------------------------------

• STATIC IP SETTING--------------------------------------------------------------------------

• DYNAMIC IP SETTING ------------------------------------------------------------------------

• SOFTWARE OPERATION AT CLIENT SIDE ---------------------------------------------

• INTRODUCTION OF BASIC OPERATION ------------------------------------------------

•PLAYBACK OPERATION----------------------------------------------------------------------

•ADVANCED SETTING--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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•CONNECT VIDEO WEB SERVER VIA IE BROWSER----------------------------------

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Advanced Operation

• OPERATION OPTIONS -----------------------------------------------------------------------

• KEY LOCK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• TROUBLE SHOOTING--------------------------------------------------------------------------

• SPECIFICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Appendix

• APPENDIX #1 – INSTALL HDD---------------------------------------------------------------

• APPENDIX #2 – RACK MOUNT---------------------------------------------------------------

• APPENDIX #3 – RECORDING SPEED------------------------------------------------------

• APPENDIX #4 – PIN CONFIGURATIONS--------------------------------------------------

What Do You Get ?

FEATURES

DMR Features

•Remote control via the Internet

•Wavelet Compression Format replaces Time-Lapse VCR + Multiplexer

• 4 Audio inputs / 2 Audio outputs

• On Screen Display and RTC (Real time clock) Function

• Support from 4 channels to 7/9/10/13/16 channels video inputs

• Picture-In-Picture (PIP) is available in live and DMR playback modes

• Motion detection function and 4 level video quality adjustable on each channel

• Alarm Input & Output Function

• Video loss detected on each channel can record up to 160 events

• Power-loss memory function

• Support 2 Removable HDDs, IDE Type

• Quick Multiple Search by date/time, alarm, full list

• Security password protection

PACKAGE INCLUDING

Digital Multiplex Recorder(with HDD cartridge)

User’s Manual

CD-ROM

Accessories pack

NOTE : Please check the package to make sure that you receive the complete accessories which includes the

components shown above.

2 Keys for Cartridge Power Adapter and Cord

Before Operation

INSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Connect cameras and monitor with the DMR.

2. Shown below is one example for connecting the DMR to your existing Observation System.

3. Install HDDs(The compatible HDD Brands are listed in the following table.)

Please refer to page.46 Appendix #1 for installation instructions.

The HDDsmust be installed before the DMR is turned on.

Alarm Sensor

Main Monitor

Audio Speaker

Power

Camera 1 Camera 16 Call Monitor

COMPATIBLE HARD DISK BRANDS

Manufacturer Model Capacity Rotation

HITACHI Deskstar 180 GXP (120 GB) 120GB 7200 rpm HITACHI Deskstar 7K250, HDS722516VLAT20 HITACHI Deskstar 7K250, HDS722525VLAT80 250GB 7200rpm

IBM Deskstar 120GXP (80GB) 80GB 7200 rpm IBM Deskstar 120GXP (120GB) 120GB 7200 rpm

Maxtor DiamondMax 536DX(60GB) 4W060H4 60GB 5400rpm

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB 7200 rpm Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9, Model#6Y120L 120GB 7200 rpm

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9, Model#6Y160L0 160GB 7200rpm

Seagate Barracuda ATA IV, ST380021A 80GB 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda ATA V, ST3120023A 120GB 7200 rpm

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus, ST3160023A 160GB 7200 rpm

Western Digital Caviar WD1200BB-00CAA1 120GB 7200rpm

Western Digital Caviar WD2000BB-00DWA0 200GB 7200rpm

160GB

7200rpm

FRONT PANEL

ENTER

ALARM

TIMER

REC

Down

Left

Right

POWER

1. REMOVABLE HDD CARTRIDGE

Please refer to page.46 Appendix #1.

2. MENU

Press MENU button to enter main menu.

3. ENTER

Press ENTER button for confirmation.

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2 4 6

SELECT

9 11 13 15

8 10 12 14

ZOOM SLOW

REC

HDD

PLAY

Full

4. ZOOM

Press ZOOM button to enlarge the picture display.

Press PIP button for Picture in Picture screen.

6. SLOW

To slow down speed of play mode.

7. SELECT

Press SELECT button to select appointed camera (1~16) to displayon full screen mode.

4 channels display mode

7, 9, 10, 13 channels display mode

10.

16 channels display mode

11. LED LIGHT

The LED Light is ON under the following conditions.

•HDD : HDD is activated

•HDD Full : HDD is full

•ALARM : If you want to turn off the ALARM LED light, please refer to page.13 and set the

Camera / ALARM item as OFF. (all of thecameras should be set as OFF.)

•TIMER : When Timer is set as Enabled

•PLAY : On Play mode

•REC : On Recording mode

12. CAMERA (1-16)

Press theCamera Select (1-16) to select specified camera.

13. REC

Press REC to start recording.

14. REW / LEFT

•REW:Under DMR play mode, it can play video backward at different speeds. (Press REW again to adjust speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times)

•Left : Under setup mode, it works as Leftbutton.

15. PLAY

Press PLAY toplay recorded video.

16. STOP / DOWN

•STOP : Under DMR Record / Play mode, it can stop the action.

•DOWN : Under setup mode, it works as Down button.

17. PAUSE / UP

•Pause : Under DMR play mode, it can pause the action.

•UP : Under setup mode, it works as Up button.

18. FF / Right

•FF : It can play video forward at high speed, and press FF againto adjust speed from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times.

•Right : Under setup mode, it can work as Right button.

19. POWER

Press Power to turn ON / OFF the DMR.

BACK PANEL

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1 2

1. POWER

Please use the provided adaptor to connect power cord (Other adaptors are not suitable for this machine).

2. EXTERNAL I/O

•Controlled remotely by an external device or control system.

•Alarm input, external I / O explanation.

3. 75Ω / HI

When using Loop function, please switch to HI. If you don’t use Loop function or disconnect the video input, please set it as 75Ω.

4. VIDEO INPUT (1-16)

Connect to video source, such as camera.

5. LOOP (1-16)

Connect video signal between Input port and Loop port to make a loop.

6. AUDIO IN (1-4)

Connect to audio source, such as microphone.

•IPS should be set to 25A (for NTSC) or 18A (for PAL)

✻ 4 audio inputs, but users can only select 1 for recording.

7. AUDIO OUT (R/L)

Connect to monitor or speaker.

•IPS should be set to 25A (for NTSC) or 18A (for PAL)

✻ with 2 mono audio outputs from the same source.

8. MONITOR

Connect to Main monitor.

9. CALL

Connect to CALL monitor. Show the Switch Display. When the alarmis triggered, the call monitor will show

the triggered channel for a period of time.

10.LAN

Connect Internet by LAN cable.

Basic Operation

START THIS UNIT

Before using the DMR, please have the HDDsinstalled ready. (refer to Appendix #1 for installation or removal of HDDs).

Connect the AC Power Cord with Power Adapter and plug into an electrical outlet. The Red LED indicator light will be

ON and the DMR is in Standby mode.

Press the Power button. The POWER LED will turn from red to orange, and other red LED indicators will turn ON. It

takes approximately 5 to 15 seconds to boot the system with the message : “ HDD Detecting ”. On connecting, the POWER LED will change to green color, and the Alarm LED will be ON.

3. Before operating the DMR, please set up the system time first. (for setting system time, please refer to page.12).

NOTE : When “HDD not found” message shows up, please refer to appendix # 1. It may result from the improper installation of the HDD.

OPERATION

RECORDING

The DMR offers a variety of recording modes, such as continuous recording, scheduled time, or by events. You can set up recording speed and resolution. You can set these options by selecting MENU / RECORD before recording, please refer to page.13. Under the recording status, if power is off accidentally, recorded video will still be stored in the HDDs. DMR will return to original recording situation after power is on again.

On the screen, you will find the date, time, HDD recording type,the amount of available GB left in the HDDsmemory and the letter “M” represents the method of recording that is occurring.

(OW : HDD Overwrite)

NOTE : 1. When the HDDsare full under O/W Recording mode, previous recorded

files may be overwritten without further warning notices.

2.XXGB on the left side means the left space in the Master HDD andthat at the right side means the left space in the Slave HDD.

3. If the HDD’s capacity is only 5 GB left, it will buzz for 3 seconds; so as in 4GB, 3GB, 2GB and 1GB. If the O/W Recording mode(NOTE 1) is on, it won’t have the warning buzzer.

There are 4 recording modes in which Recording can occur : Alarm, Timer, Manual and Motion Trigger.

1. ALARM RECORDING

DMR is triggered by an alarm input. Indicated by the letter “A” and will show diagram on the triggered channel.

2002 – JAN –01 01:02:03

M● 032GB 080GB

2. TIMER RECORDING

Recording is scheduled by a Timer. Indicated by the letter “T”.

3. MANUAL RECORDING

Recording is initiated by manually pressing the REC button.Indicated by the letter “M”.

4. MOTION TRIGGER RECORDING

Recording is triggered by motion detection. Indicated by the letter “D”. And show diagram on the triggered channel.

PLAY

Press “ PLAY ” button, the DMR will show the last recording.

1. FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (F.R.)

You can increase speed for Fast Forward and Rewind on the DMR. In the Play mode, press ” ►► ” once to get 2X speed forward and press twice to get 4X speed,… and the maximum speed can reach 32X. Press ”◄◄ ” once to get 1X speed rewind and press twice to get 2X speed, … and the maximum speed can reach 32X.

2. SLOW FORWARD (S.F.) & SLOW REWIND (S.R.)

You can also slow down the speeds of Forward and Rewind on the DMR. In the Play mode, press the SLOW button and you will enter Slow mode. Press ” ►► ” once to get 1/2X speed forward and press twice to get 1/4X speed,… and the slowest speed can reach 1/32X. Press ”◄◄ ” once to get 1/2X speed rewind and press twice to get 1/4X speed, … and the slowest speed can reach 1/32X.

3. PAUSE

It will let you pause the current image displayed on the screen.

4. STOP

Press “ STOP ” button under all circumstance, it will return DMR to live monitoring mode.

5. IMAGE JOG DIAL

It will allow you to manually view video frame-by-frame, one image at a time. While in PLAY mode, press “ PAUSE ”, it will pause the screen. Press “ ►► ” button to advance the frozen screen one image forward. Press “ ◄◄ ” button to move back one image.

CAMERA SELECT (1--16)

Press Camera Select (1-16) to select appointed camera to display on full screen mode.

Detailed Menu Setup

LAST RECORD

FULL LIST

ALARM LIST

MOTION LIST

TIME SEARCH

TIMER

DAY

START

END

QUALITY

IPS

TIMER ENABLE

RECORD

HDD OVERWRITE

RECORD IPS

RECORD QUALITY

ALARM REC IPS

ALARM REC QUALITY

MOTION TRIGGER RECORD

CAMERA

TITLE

DWELL

Brightness / Contrast / Color

ALARM

RECORD

SYSTEM EVENT

AUDIO INPUT

INT AUDIBLE ALARM

EXT AUDIBLE ALARM

MOTION AUDIBLE ALARM

ALARM DURATION

DWELL TIME

MESSAGE LATCH

TITLE DISPLAY

TIME DISPLAY

TIME

NEW PASSWORD

CLEAR HDD

SYSTEM RESET

NETWORK

SEVER IP

GATEWAY

NET MASK

DNS

WEB PORT

RESET DEFAULT

ACCESS MENU

The Menu allows you to configure your DMR settings. Please follow the steps below to access the Menu :

Press the Menu button. The password screen will appear:

NOTE :

To key-in the Password, press the “Right” and “Left” buttons to move between numbers, and use the “Up” and “Down” buttons to input the number.

Press the ENTER button once the correct Password is entered. The MENU options screen will appear.

Note: If you get a message “Password Error”, you might enter an incorrect password.

The default Password is 0000. Press the Enter button to access the Menu.

Password: 0000

MAIN MENU

There are 7 options available in the Main Menu:

(MENU)

SEARCH --------Find recorded list TIMER ----------Scheduling Record RECORD -------Record Mode Setup CAMERA -------Camera Channel Setup SYSTEM --------System Setup EVENT ----------Event List NETWORK------Network Setup

► SEARCH

TIMER RECORD CAMERA SYSTEM EVENT NETWORK

Outlined below are the buttons used for Menu setting :

•“Up” and “Down” : Scroll up and down or change values when an option is selected and is blinking

•“Left” and “Right” : Scroll sideways within a menu option that has been selected

•ENTER : Selects a submenu / an option under a submenu for browsing / modification

•MENU : Completes modification of a menu option and exits a menu

MENU OPTIONS

SYSTEM

1. AUDIO INPUT

To choose one of 4 channels to record. (can only select 1 during operation for recording)

2. INT AUDIBLE ALARM

To set the INTERNAL AUDIBLE ALARM. It will be trigged by event occurrence when

the setting is ON.

3. EXT AUDIBLE ALARM

To set the EXTERNAL AUDIBLE ALARM. It will be trigged by event occurrence when

the setting is ON.

4. MOTION AUDIBLE ALARM

(MENU)

TIMER

RECORD

CAMERA

►SYSTEM

EVENT

NETWORK

To set the MOTION AUDIBLE ALARM. It will be trigged by

motion detection occurrence when the setting is ON.

5. ALARM DURATION

Set the reaction time which was determined by the length of alarm mode responded to a buzzer. Default setting is 10 sec. Options are 10 SEC, 15 SEC, 20 SEC, 30 SEC, 1MIN, 2MIN, 3 MIN, 5 MIN, 10 MIN, 15 MIN, 30 MIN, ALWAYS.

6. DWELL TIME

DWELL TIME is the time period that each channel sequentially shown on call monitor.

7. MESSAGE LATCH

To select whether the DMR messages will disappear after 10 sec or remain on screen. NO is the default setting which the messages will go away after 10 sec.

NOTE : Video loss, Alarm and Motion messages will be shown

the same as Alarm Duration time.

8. TITLE DISPLAY

(SYSTEM)

► AUDIO INPUT : 1

INT AUDIBLE ALARM : ON

EXT AUDIBLE ALARM : ON

MOTION AUDIBLE ALARM : ON

ALARM DURATION : 10 SEC

DWELL TIME : 02 SEC

MESSAGE LATCH : NO

TITLE DISPLAY :ON

TIME DISPLAY : Y/M/D

2003-JAN-02(THU) 17:37:09

NEW PASSWORD : XXXX CLEAR HDD : NO

SYSTEM RESET : NO

To set the title shown on monitor or not.

9. TIME DISPLAY

To set the time format on the DMR.

10. TIME

To set the correct time on the DMR.

11. NEW PASSWORD : XXXX (Default password : 0000)

To set the new password.

12. CLEAR HDD

Delete all the contents of your HDD. When you choose “YES” on this option, you will be prompted with the

question shown : Press “►” to clear HDD or press ”◄” not to clear HDD.

13. SYSTEM RESET

Reset the system to book to the factory default settings.

Press ”ENTER” to confirm SEARCH setup, and the screen will show the following options.

1. LAST RECORD

Play the last recorded video.

2. FULL LIST

Show a listing of all recorded video sorted by time on the HDD.

D : Motion Recording M : Manual Recording time A : Alarm Recording time T : Timer Recording time M-HDD : Storage in Master HDD S-HDD : Storage in Slave HDD

3. ALARM LIST

Show a listing of all recorded video triggered by an Alarm.

NOTE: If there is no Alarm recorded, the screen will

display “EMPTY”.

► 2002-JAN-01 02:32:03 M-HDD

2002-JAN-03 01:02:03 M-HDD

2002-JAN-05 21:12:24 M-HDD

2002-JAN-12 12:57:38 M-HDD

2002-JAN-13 16:16:39 S-HDD

2002-JAN-15 23:55:23 S-HDD

2002-JAN-22 18:22:13 M-HDD

2002-JAN-25 12:52:03 S-HDD

◄: PAGE UP ►: PAGE DOWN

ALL DATA IN HDD

WILL BE CLEARED

ARE YOU SURE?

(◄ : NO ► : YES )

(MENU)

► SEARCH

TIMER

RECORD

CAMERA

SYSTEM EVENT NETWORK

4. MOTION LIST

Show a listing of all triggered motion detections.

5. TIME SEARCH

Find video recorded on a specific date that is entered.

(SEARCH)

►LAST RECORD

FULL LIST ALARM LIST MOTION LIST TIME SEARCH

TIMER

1. DAY

Select the day, or days of the week (Mon–Fri / Sat-Sun / Daily) that you wish to schedule

the DMR to auto recording.

NOTE : 1.Special Date could be changed by “Enter”, “Up” and “Down” buttons.

2. If you have selected the specific date and recording timer set from that specific day to a new day,

then the Recording Timer Schedule will be setas a whole week. For specific date of Recording Timer Schedule, it is not recommended to set End Time over 23:59. For Example:If you set Timer Schedule Day as Sunday, and START from 11:30, but End on 00:20, then Recording Timer Schedule is setas from every Sunday's 11:30 to next Sunday's 00:20. If you only want to set Recording Timer Schedule from every Sunday 11:30 to Monday00:20, then you should set Recording Timer Schedule as Sunday from 11:30 to 23:59, and Monday from 00:00 to00:20.

2. START

Select the starting time for the recording.

3. END

Select the finishing time for the recording.

4. QUALITY

Select the image quality for the recording. There are four Quality settings :

BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and BASIC.

(MENU)

►TIMER

RECORD CAMERA

SYSTEM EVENT NETWORK

5. IPS

Stand for Images Per Second and it could let you see Recordsubmenu for more details.

NTSC－25A、15、08、04、02、01 PAL－18A、12、06、03、02、01 NOTE : “A” means “ Record with Audio”.

6. TIMER ENABLE

Enables / disables Timer recording function.

DAY START END QUALITY IPS

(TIMER)

DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A DAILY 00:00 00:00 BEST 25A TIMER ENABLE : NO

RECORD

1. HDD OVERWRITE

Select “YES” to overwrite previous recording video in HDD. NOTE : When the HDD is full under O/W Recording mode, previous recorded files

may be overwritten without further warning notices.

2. RECORDING IPS

Select the images per second of recording. The options are

as following :

NTSC－25A、15、8、4、2、1 PAL－18A、12、6、3、2、1 NOTE : “A” means “Record with Audio ”.

3. RECORDING QUALITY

There are four quality settings : BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and BASIC.

4. ALARM REC IPS

Select the images per second of recording during an Alarm.The options are as following :

NTSC－25A、15、8、4、2、1 PAL－18A、12、6、3、2、1 NOTE : “A” means “ Record with Audio”.

(MENU)

SEARCH TIMER

► RECORD

CAMERA SYSTEM EVENT

NETWORK

(RECORD)

► HDD OVERWRITE: NO

RECORD IPS: 25A RECORD QUALITY : NORMAL ALARM REC IPS: 25A ALARM REC QUALITY : HIGH

MOTION TRIGGER RECORD: ON

5. ALARM REC QUALITY

There are four quality settings during an Alarm : BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and BASIC.

6. MOTION TRIGGER RECORDING

When you set up the MOTION DETECTION function (Please refer to Page.15 for MOTION DETECTION SETUP),

1. Select “ON” to set up the motion trigger recording: It can automatically switch from stand-by mode to Recording Mode. The motion detection will change the scanning sequence and shows and “D” on the monitor.

NOTE: The trigger recording time will depend on ALARM DURATION mode setting (Please refer to page.10 for ALARM DURATION) and it will

record from the last trigger time. For example, when the alarm duration setting is 1 min, the time recording time is from 9:00:00 to 9:01:00. If the motion detection trigged again at 9:00:40, the trigged recording time will from 9:00:00 to 9:00:40 and 9:00:40 to 9:01:40. The total recording time is 00:01:40.

2. Select ”OFF”: The screen shows , the motion detection will change the scanning sequence while in recording mode and shows “M”on the monitor.

CAMERA

1. TITLE

Assign a six-characters title to each camera input. Initially each title is the camera’s max number.

2. DWELL

Select “ON” to set up the channel auto switching on the call monitor.

(MENU)

SEARCH TIMER RECORD

► CAMERA

SYSTEM EVENT

NETWORK

3. (Brightness) / (Contrast) / (Color)

Have a video adjustment (Brightness / Contrast / Color) of each channel. The level is from 0 to 9.

4. ALARM

Select LOW / OFF / HIGH for alarm polarity. The default value is LOW.

5. RECORD

Set up which channel you want to record during alarm trigger. The DMR record methods are as below : EVENT : when alarm input is triggered, DMR will record alarming channel more frequently.

For example : when CH01 is triggered, the recording method will become 1-2-1-3-1-4….

NORMAL : when alarm input is triggered, DMR will record normally as set up. OFF : when alarm input is triggered, DMR will not record.

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