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DVR Server (ver. 6.05)

User Manual

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Contents

Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface ······················· 3

1.1 Installing ································································ 3

1.2 Disk management ······················································ 3

1.3 Start up ·································································· 5

1.4 Main Interface ·························································· 6

1.4.1 Show tips ···························································································· 6

1.4.2 Screen menu ······················································································· 6

1.4.3 Interface description ········································································ 10

1.4.4 System Menu ···················································································· 13

1.4.5 Network panel ·················································································· 22

1.4.6 PTZ Control panel ··········································································· 22

1.4.7 Color and Audio adjustment ···························································· 27

1.4.8 Matrix & display ·············································································· 27

1.4.9 DI/DO Control ················································································· 28

Chapter2 Local setup ············································ 30

2.1 System setup ··························································· 31

2.1.1 System setup ····················································································· 31

2.1.2 Network setup··················································································· 33

2.1.3 Boot setup ························································································· 35

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2.2 Camera setup ·························································· 35

2.2.1 Camera setup ··················································································· 35

2.2.2 Group setup ······················································································ 39

2.3 Sensor setup ··························································· 41

2.3.1 Sensor setup ····················································································· 41

2.3.2 Group setup ······················································································ 41

2.4 PTZ & Linkage setup ················································· 43

2.4.1 PTZ protocol setup ··········································································· 43

2.4.2 Motion detection relay & remote client alert ·································· 44

2.5 E-mail setup ··························································· 45

2.5.1 SMTP setup ······················································································ 46

2.5.2 E-Mail setup ····················································································· 46

2.6 Digital matrix setup ··················································· 47

2.6.1 Matrix setup ····················································································· 47

2.6.2 Display setup ···················································································· 48

2.7 User setup ······························································ 49

2.7.1 User information ·············································································· 49

2.7.2 User right setup ··············································································· 50

Chapter3 IP Camera Setup ···································· 52

3.1 Functional buttons ···················································· 52

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3.2 Server setup ···························································· 53

3.3 Channel setup·························································· 54

3.4 PTZ control ···························································· 56

3.5 Sensor setup ··························································· 59

3.6 Alarm setup ···························································· 60

Chapter4 Local playback ······································· 62

4.1 Main interface ························································· 62

4.2 Select playback channel ·············································· 63

4.2.1 Select date ························································································ 63

4.2.2 Select camera ··················································································· 63

4.2.3 Select file ·························································································· 64

4.3 Play file and related operations ····································· 65

4.4 Capture picture ························································ 66

4.5 Create clip file ························································· 67

4.5.1 Create file clip ·················································································· 67

4.5.2 Backup by time: ··············································································· 68

4.5.3 View Backup file ··············································································· 71

4.6 Search captured picture ·············································· 73

4.7 Fast search ····························································· 74

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4.8 Camera status ·························································· 75

4.9 Show files ······························································ 76

Chapter5 IE client ·················································· 78

5.1 Functions of IE Client ················································ 78

5.2 Main interface ························································· 78

5.2.1 Connection operations ····································································· 79

5.2.2 Connection/Record status ································································ 79

5.2.3 Partition mode ················································································· 79

5.2.4 PTZ Control ····················································································· 80

5.2.5 Quit program ···················································································· 80

5.3 Local search ··························································· 80

5.4 Remote search ························································· 81

5.4.1 Fast download record data ······························································ 82

Chapter6 Mobile Client ·········································· 84

6.2 Download software ··················································· 84

6.3 Install and connect ···················································· 85

6.3.1 Installation ······················································································· 85

6.3.2 Connection ······················································································· 85

6.4 Login Interface ························································ 85

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6.5 Camera List ···························································· 86

6.6 PTZ control ···························································· 87

Chapter7 Appendixes ··········································· 88

7.1 Appendix A: Fast key reference ····································· 88

7.2 Appendix B: Audio preview ········································· 89

7.3 Appendix C: Update drivers of compressed card ················· 90

7.4 Appendix D: How to use “Copy File” folder. ····················· 92

Refer to the Tutorial video for other selected topic illustrated in video format.

The tutorials are small video file that can be played from the local DVR system.

It will illustrate many of the common task involved in working with your DVR system.

Please follow the link from the desktop ―Click here for Technical Support and Serial number‖.

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Introduction and Overview:

Thank you for purchasing the VR Enterprise DVR system. This user manual is designed
to introduce you the system and explain each function of DVR system for you to set up the
system to use effectively, stably, and professionally to meet your security recording needs.

Note: Please set the resolution of the display monitor to 1024*768 pixels before using
this system.

IMPORTANT! Operators should go through this manual thoroughly before
installing/utilizing the DVR system.

Cost Efficient – Uses IP infrastructure. There is no need for costly dedicated cables
between sites and servers to efficiently manage data, video, audio, and other files. The DVR
software uses H.264 technology which maximizes the use of the space on your HDD.
Leverage - Centralized control of setup parameters, scheduled alerts and maintenance of
those individual digital image devices like DVR, VR, etc.
Straightforward Application and Management - Supports centralized network recording
management, flexible storage and HDD coverage and usage. Password-protected application
with multi-level user rights assignment per user.

System features:

-Hardware support for H.264 compression, therefore giving you low HDD cost and excellent
video quality

-Web access through LAN or WAN

-Real time full-motion video-capture & display (Up to 64 channel video input)

-Real time high-speed recording: Up to 30 fps per channel

-Synchronous audio recording (optional)

-Motion detection (Whole area or up to 12 detection zones per channel)

-Normal recording (continuous) and event recording (Motion detection or external sensor)

-Electron Map pop-up when an alarm occurs

-System operating and alarm logging

-Alarm-before recording

-Remote recording

-Sending alarm messages automatically

-Sending alarm image to email box as attachment automatically

-Matrix display and group display

-Duplex mode (Recording while playback)

-Network support (Remote access via LAN, Ethernet, PSTN, ISDN, ADSL)

-Pan, tilt, zoom, focus & speed dome control from within the software

-Search/playback by date/time directory (random-access) and via Smart Search

-Backup & burn CD directly

-Remote talking between server and client or server and server

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Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface

1.1 Installing

1) Before you run DVR server, please check all connectors are firmly
connected.

2) By default, the operating system will identify the compressed cards
automatically as the new hardware.

First, you should install the compressed card and its driver: Appendix C: Update drivers of

compressed card Error! Bookmark not defined.

1.2 Disk management

When you installed the software, you will see this interface:

Notice: If you don‘t create the file management system at first, the Dvr

server will not record.

Disk Drives: Display the disk and its format. Total Size (M):Display the
disk total size. Free Space (M): Display the free space of the disk. Allotted
Data Package: Display the number of the allotted data package. Residual

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Data Package: Display the residual data package. New Data Package: Select
the number of the new data package.

You can select the number of the new data package in the drop-down list.
The software could calculate the rest space automatically.

Notice: the space of the package is 256M as the default, you cannot be

changed.

The Disk Manage utility calculates the space of the new data package and

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allows three free packages as default; however it is recommended that at
least 40 packages are left free. Click the to create the

data and index file system.

Note: You can‟t delete some files of the _RECORD_DATA_ file folder if the space is not enough,
you should delete the whole _RECORD_DATA_ file folder and run the disk manage utility
again.

1.3 Start up

Left-Double-Click shortcut icon to start the server software.
The main interface is as follows:

Note:

When you run the system for the first time and you do not have a valid registration key for
the cards, the system will pop up a dialog box to show that you will be working in test mode
until a valid key is installed. After you confirm it, the system will work in test mode normally.

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1.4 Main Interface

1.4.1 Show tips

1. When the mouse moves closely or stops above a button, a text tip will

be shown to interpret the function of it immediately.

2. Zoom in/out video image: Left-Double-Click a camera window to zoom

in/out of the video image (or press F11 on the keyboard).

3. System will detect cards and read the total number automatically, and

the corresponding number buttons will be displayed dynamically.

4. Recording status:
a. This icon means the system is recording normally.
b. This icon means the system is recording manually.
c. This icon means the system is recording in motion detection.
d. This icon means the system is recording in sensor detection.

1.4.2 Screen menu

Press the TAB key or Page UP (select next camera window) and Page
Down (select previous camera window) key on keyboard to select one live
camera window.

1. Full screen

Single-Right- Click image area, it will popup a menu, then select ―full
screen‖ to change display mode to full screen (or press F12 on the keyboard).
When you want to resume origin mode, you should Single-Right- Click image
area and select ―Restore display‖.

2. Instant playback

Single-Right-Click desired camera window and select ―Instant playback‖
(except IP Camera, it can just play back instantly in the window that is not
used). After that, choose a time from the submenu, and then system will play
back video data of current camera in current window according to your
selection (E.g.: you select 1min, system will play back previous 1 minute
video data of current camera in current window). Also, you can play back
video data of one current live camera in a window that is not used by any
cameras (always black background with no ―Video Loss‖ information, IP

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Camera can only play back instantly in those windows): Select a window, and
then Single-Right-Click it to select ―Instant playback‖. Finally, choose a time
and the camera you want to playback, and then system will play back video
data in current window according to your selection.

The window that is playing back video data will indicate a yellow border
to be different from the live windows.

In the course of the instant playback, you can press the Space bar to
switch the play/pause status or direction key → and ← to play next and
previous frame.

If you want to stop the instant playback, you can Single-Right-Click the
play backing window, and select ―End playback‖.

3. Alarm popup

Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select ―Start
alarm popup‖ after you set ―Alarm camera popup interval‖ in system setup,
otherwise, it can‘t be selected. After that when there is a motion detection
alarm (set in PTZ & Linkage setup and Motion detection setup) or an alarm is
triggered by sensor (set in Sensor setup), system will display alarm cameras
in sequence. This function does not include IP cameras, even though an IP
camera can have alarms, their images will not pop up. When you want to end

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this function, you can Single-Right-Click video image area and select ―Pause
alarm popup‖.

4. OSD Adjustment

Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select ―OSD
Adjustment‖ to adjust the position of items on the OSD (IP Camera does not
have this function; you can set the OSD position in an IP Camera remotely).

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OSD includes time and channel name. In this screen you can press time
or channel name and drag them to where you want directly, after that you can

press button to save and press button to resume time
and channel name to default position.

5. IP Camera setup

For this function, it is only available when you Right-single-Click image of
IP camera.

It will describe in details in IP Camera Setup.

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1.4.3 Interface description

1. Partition mode

Press button to set the partition mode of the main screen. There
are many partition levels; the default partition is determined by the total

number of channels on the local card, you can select the suitable partition
according to the number of video inputs.

2. Videos-play-in-sequence mode switch

Press button to switch between viewing all cameras in current
window partition to begin sequencing dynamically between the remaining

camera windows, but not when the current partition number is equal to the
total channels of the card.

3. Emergency recording button

Press button to trigger recording of all cameras for 30 seconds
even if they have been set to record by any other modes. This function is

useful to deal with emergency where quick response is required.

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4. Image capture

Press button to save a still image of selected camera to local hard
disk for reviewing or print.

5. Manual record switch

Press button to record manually and press it again to stop manual
recording for selected camera.

6. Information display panel

From the information display panel you can see the current day of the
week, the date, time, CPU percentage being used, the amount of HDD space
with recorded data, and currently selected camera.

When the capacity of HDD is not enough or there are read/write errors
while recording, the system will pop up information to inform of the failure of
recording and the corresponding camera will stop recording.

7. Local setup submenu

Press button to enter Local setup submenu.

8. Local playback submenu

Press button to enter Local playback submenu to search local
video/audio data.

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9. System lock

Press button to prevent unauthorized users to operate the DVR
system. Press this button again; the unlock dialog box will be displayed. Input

your User ID and password then press OK to unlock it.

Default User ID is ―admin‖, no password. Password must not be more
than 12 letters or numbers. It is caps sensitive and does not allow the use of
special characters such as !@#$%^&*().

Note: If the DVR system is not configured as User Manage Mode, the lock button will be
unusable and allow anyone to access it (even in client program, user name and password will be
useless)

10. Minimize button

Press button to minimize the main window (or press WIN + Z on
keyboard).

11. Exit program

Press button to exit program.

After clicking this button, a dialog will display. Click ―OK‖ to close the
DVR system.

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1.4.4 System Menu

1. IP Camera Device List

Press this bar to add IP Modules to DVR system.

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(1) Add IP camera device

Press button to add an IP Camera device:

Figure2— 1

【Server Name】Set a name for the new IP camera device.

【IP Address】Input the address of the IP Camera, it is an IP address or

IP alias of an IP camera which is connected through DNS Server.

【Steam Type】Select the main stream or sub stream for the device.

【Connect Port】Port that the system will connect to the IP Camera.

【Login user ID/Login Pass】When the user want to visit IP Camera and

the server has used the function of rights management, login user ID and
password will be checked. If the user has no right to visit that camera, the
connection will be cut down automatically.

【If use DNS to get IP】Select whether use DNS to get IP or not, if the
server end is the dynamic IP address, users need use DNS to get the server‘s
IP.

【DNS Server IP】Set IP address of DNS server host.

【DNS Server Port】DNS server host‘s port, which is provide to connect

DNS software.

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(2) Modify IP camera

Press button to modify IP camera‘s information. The
interface is the same as the Add IP Camera interface.

(3) Delete IP camera device

Click on the IP device that you which to delete and press the
button to delete a connected server. When the system is in processing to add

an IP camera device (―connecting…‖ indicated in connect status column),
user can not delete that IP camera device and must wait until ―connect fail‖ is
displayed.

(4) Decode card work mode

DVR system supports playing video of IP Camera to a TV directly. It uses
the hard decoding function of decoder, so you should set the work mode of
decoder. If you don‘t use hard decoding, you can‘t output video of IP Camera
real-time, user can only play back recording data to TV monitor by selecting

Playback to TV Wall function.

Note:
Each 4002MD card can decode 2 channels D1 or 4channels CIF.
Each 4004MD card can decode 4 channels D1 or 8 channels CIF.

When you select the work mode, system will send out corresponding
channels of IP cameras from the first IP camera. It will not influence soft
decoding for cameras of local board cards.

2. Backup System Parameters

Select this function to export system configurations.

3. Import System Parameters

Select this function to import system configurations.

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4. Burn backup data CD

Select this function to burn video data to CD/DVD. It is the same function
as burning a CD/DVD in Local Playback.

5. Remote chat

Select this function to connect a remote Client or Server for a live chat via
IP address, but first, you should be sure you have installed an audio card and
microphone in each PC.

6. Write working log

This is useful to record events that occur during the operator‘s shift.

7. View System log

Select this function to view all actions of recording as well as operations.
System log keeps a record of system events such as program startup and
shutdown, changing camera setup and all operator or system daily activities
according to time and date. Users can view system log by date. System
parameters include operations, system prompts, alarms and other activities.

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8. Open Explorer

When keyboard is locked, Users can operate window resource via
explorer.

9. Open electron map

Select this function to set E-map,

Click icon and then Right-Single-Click on the map, the
setting picture will appear. You can add or delete sensors and cameras that

pointed by the arrow or change the digital map.

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If it is set to appear automatically, when the sensor is triggered, the map
will appear automatically and the sensor being triggered will be marked. For
triggered camera, user can Left-Double-Click it to view video.

10. Open Screen Keyboard

This function allows a user to use soft keyboard, you can press this bar to
open the screen keyboard. In the setup interface you can Left-Double-Click a
modifiable text based option to open this keyboard. The keyboard can be
closed manually.

11. Play back to TV monitor

In DVR system, the recording data can be transmitted to TV monitor via
Matrix card.

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When system runs ―Playback to TV Wall‖ process, the Matrix card will
output recording data. If this process does not run, matrix decode card will
output real-time video according to your matrix board setup. Otherwise, when
you use matrix card to decode video data from an IP Camera, you can‘t use
this function to play back recording video data to TV Monitor but only output
real-time video of local board and IP Camera to TV Wall according to your
setting in Matrix setup. In this process, you can play back record file by date
and camera, and the record file will be played automatically.

12. Motion detect setup

By default, the entire screen is set as motion detection area which is
indicated with a green border around the entire image. To mask a specific

area, you can click the button to cancel the full screen detection
border; then Left-Single-Click and drag/draw around the desired area. A

green rectangle will mark the area. Also, you can set any other areas. Any
activity in the motion detection areas will trigger recording, depending on the
reaction mode; and alarms may be generated along with electronic map icons

flashing in alert mode. Click button to test the sensitivity of
motion detection. The sensitivity can be adjusted by dragging the slider bar

below the motion detection window.

Notice: motion sensitivity value will affect the accuracy of smart search

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1.Add mask/Delete mask

Press button to set the area to be shielded. If there are some
areas that you don‘t want to show, you can mask those areas with the mouse

until they change to black. You can set several covered areas. Press this
button again to finish adding

Press button to delete all covered areas.

13. DVR board work mode setup

Each DVR system supports maximum 8 PCs 400XHC (total channel is
equal to 64) series board, so user can set its work mode via this GUI.

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For 4004HC, 4008HC, 4016HC series board model, you can set its work
mode. The new DVR board work mode will take effect after rebooting DVR
Server software.

14. Keyboard shortcuts setup

If you don‘t want to use certain shortcut keys, you can disable the
shortcut functions and save the setup.

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Information of network
adapter

IP address of the system

Subnet Mask

Net Gate

When client is linked,
its IP address will be
displayed in this window
(the current IP only). Press
the right mouse button to
disconnect the client.

1.4.5 Network panel

This panel displays the network configuration of DVR system.

1.4.6 PTZ Control panel

In the DVR system, there are three ways to operate PTZ cameras;
a. Panel operate;
b. Operate in video area directly ;
c. Keyboard operate

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Pressing this button initiates the connected PTZ camera to do an
automatic tour of 360°, but for speed dome, many PTZ factory defaults
forbid this command.

By pressing and holding these buttons, the PTZ camera will move up,
down, right and left as well as other directions.

1. Relay (On/Off)

Control the PTZ cameras internal relay (relay1) or the decoder‘s relay

(relay 1). Used to turn on a light or control an access gate.

2. Wiper (On/Off)

If using the PTZ cameras corresponding wiper control relay, this toggles

the relay/wiper on and off.

3. Zoom + / Zoom –

Controls the zoom function of the PTZ camera.

4. Focus + / Focus –

Overrides the auto-focus setup of the PTZ camera, adjust the focus of

the image.

5. Iris + / Iris –

Overrides the PTZ cameras auto-iris and brightens or darkens the image.

6. Speed

Press and drag the slider bar to adjust the speed of PTZ.

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7. Auto tracking (On/Off)

Press button to use the PTZ camera tracking the floating

object automatically.

8. Speed Dome

Press button to operate the speed dome, including

Preset Setup, Preset Call and Preset Tour:

(1) Preset Setup

In this screen you can set the preset position:

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Add/Delete preset

In this section you can set the preset name with its sequence number,
then you can press / button to add/delete a preset, when you want to
modify the preset you can press button to confirm your modification. For
different cameras, they have different commands to open and set, so you can
choose the call mode in the drop-list for different cameras.

Home position

You can set a home position for the PTZ. When there have no PTZ
actions after the setting time system will call the PTZ to the home position.

Tour preset

In this section you can set the tour schedule. First you can choose a
group, and then set the track for this schedule; you can press / button
to add/delete a preset to it. After you choose the preset name you can set the
time to keep on.

(2) Preset call

When you select this function, system will show all the preset names you
set in Preset Setup menu; you can click one to move to it.

(3) Preset Tour

When you selectq this function, system will show the entire tour groups
you set in Preset Setup menu; you can click one to execute it.

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9. Control PTZ via video window

On the Image 3, each rectangle area is the effective area of every action.
Arrow denotes the direction of the action. Pressing and dragging the mouse
to the corresponding area can control the PTZ.

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↑Increase

↓Decrease

① ② ③ ④ ⑤

1.4.7 Color and Audio adjustment

① Press the first button and drag to adjust the brightness of the image
that you selected, and you can resume its default value by pressing .

②Press the second button and drag it to adjust the contrast of the image
that you selected and you can resume its default value by pressing .

③Press the third button and drag it to adjust the hue of the image that
you selected, and you can resume its default value by pressing .

④Press the fourth button and drag it to adjust the saturation of the image
that you selected, and you can resume its default value by pressing .

⑤Press the fifth button to switch sound of the audio that related to the
image you selected and drag the bar to adjust the volume, and you can
resume its default value by pressing .

1.4.8 Matrix & display

This panel includes matrix group and display group. Each group includes
16 numeric buttons; each button denotes one type of matrix or display. This
will describe in System setup.

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1.4.9 DI/DO Control

1. DI control

Press a number button to check sensors all of the time forcibly even if a
user didn‘t setup check sensor in sensor setup. The channel of DI and DO is
determined by the setup of DI/DO device you set in System setup. The status
of DI has three types:

Input channel 1 doesn‘t check sensor forcibly.

Input channel 1 checks sensor forcibly.

Input channel 2 has an alarm inputting

When there has no alarm yet, user can press number button to check
sensor forcibly. Press the button again to stop to check all time, then system
check sensor according to Sensor setup. When there has an alarm, the
corresponding button will show the alarm with green.

Note: When you select 7632 and the combination is not the standard
configuration (combination of 7608 and 7616 or 7608: total DI is less than 32),
some ports are not available according to the setting of decoder address. For
example: user selects 7632 and the combination is 7608 (decoder address is

1) and 7616 (decoder address is 2), then the DI port 9 to 16 is not available,
the status indication is not available.

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2. DO control

Press number to open/close alarm device relay switch manually. The
status of DO has two types:

Output channel 1 is close.

Output channel 2 is open.

When there are no alarms triggered out, a user can press the number
button to output an alarm forcibly and the button will show it in green, press it
again the output will be closed.

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Chapter2 Local setup

The DVR System Configuration and Setup include 7 types configuration
setup:

System setup Camera setup

Sensor setup PTZ & linkage setup

Email setup Matrix & display setup

User setup

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2.1 System setup

2.1.1 System setup

【Camera Channel】Displays total channels of local board card, the
number of IP Cameras is not included. IP Camera are set remotely in IP

Camera setup.

【Sensor Input】 Display number of sensors (DI).

【Sensor output】Display the number of alarms(DO).

【Audio Monitor】Select real-time monitoring audio.

【Use E-Map】Select to use the Electron Map.

【splitter auto interval】Set auto-split changing interval time.

【DI/DO Port】Select sensor/alarm driver connecting port, it must be

different from PTZ Port. If you do not use alarm input, you can close this
function. To avoid conflicts to the PTZ port, you should set and use different
ports for these two functions.

【System Keystroke】System keystroke. When it is enabled, functions
of system keys will be disabled (i.e. Ctrl+Alt+Del).

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***NOTE: When【System Keystroke】is enabled it alters the Windows
system file ―newgina.dll‖ in such a way that it may cause any antivirus
software installed on the DVR system to trigger that it has detected the
―newgina.dll or nthack trojan‖ virus. If possible please make an exception for
this file in your antivirus software or ignore these specific warnings.

【Save Log for/Days】Log save days(max 100 days).

【Save Mode】Select record mode when there is not enough HDD space

free. If ―Overwrite data‖ is selected, the DVR system will delete the recorded
data of the oldest day automatically to free HDD space for new recordings. If
―Stop recording‖ is selected the DVR system will stop recording and give a
warning message (Notice: each disk will reserve 1000M of space).

【Record Begin Disk】Select the first disk from which the DVR system
saves data. The previous disks of this one will not be used to record and it will
not be checked by the system. When there is not enough free space on the
HDD or there have been any errors while recording, the system will display a
failure to record message and the corresponding camera will stop recording.

【Alarm camera popup interval】Set the interval of alarm camera, if
you select ‖—―, you can‘t select function ‖Start alarm popup‖.

【DI/DO Device】Select receive alarm device type. When you change
the type of alarm device, you should reboot the system to update the device
information in DI/DO control panel.

Note: Currently, system support following serials DI/DO devices: 7608,
7609, 7616, 7616B, 7632 and 7632B. 7632 includes two 7616 (or
combination of 7608 and 7616), and 7632B includes two 7616B. When you
select these two options you must set their decoder address as 1 and 2, and
they should connect with PC through RS 485 converter after they connect
parallel with each other.

【Date Mode】Select the way to display date. It decides the date display
mode of DVR system, including the information panel on the main screen, the
date panel of the playback window and OSD date in video.

【Alarm Beep】Select disable or enable from drop-down list. If ―enable‖
is selected, when there is an alarm, system will make beeping noise.

【Time Mode】 Select time format from the drop-list. After you change
the format it will affect the OSD format, information in information display
panel and file lists.

【Default Camera type】Set the default mode of video from PAL and
NTSC, it is available when the input video is lost and for the decoder to
playback local video to TV Wall.

【Default Grab save path】Select the save path to the grab (snapshots).

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2.1.2 Network setup

【Remote Connection】Used for network connections. If set to ―disable‖,
it will not permit any clients to connect to this DVR system.

【Remote Disp Use Port】Select remote connection port for Clients.

【Net Send Priority】 There are three items for selection. ―Smooth‖

requires that the receiving system has a large buffer. Setting this option to
―Real Time＂requires that the receiving system has enough bandwidth,
otherwise, the data will appear off and on when it is sent from the network.

【PDA Connection】Select whether to allow PDA connections to the
DVR system or select ―disable‖ to prevent the connection of any PDA devices.

Note: To use PDA connection normally, the board card should support dual compression

and user must set dual setting in local setup (can‟t set remote image same as recording).

【PDA Connect Port】Select remote connection port for PDA devices.

【Alarm Auto Connect】Assign a network client to receive alarm

messages when there is an alarm. The alarm channel image will
automatically display in the client software, but users must be sure that clients
are running on that IP address.

*Note:
Alarm auto connection to an IP is used to input alarm automatically. When the sensor is set to
normal or motion record and there is IP address setup, the system will check if the client has
connected with this system. If there is no connection, the system will try to connect with it
through Port 5300 (preset). If it cannot connect, the system will keep trying until the connection
is OK. Please ensure that your client‟s program is in use, that Port 5300 is listening and the
network is in good condition. If it is not, the system will not be stable.

【Alarm Send Port】 This is the alarm message connecting port, which
is used to send an alarm from the DVR Server to a Client.

【Web Server Port】The IE client connecting port. Default value is 80 for
http access; but for some Windows XP editions, port 80 is shielded. In this
case, users should modify this port to another port, such as 81. After that the
DVR server must be rebooted. A user can access the DVR server via IE
Client by specifying the port, for example; http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 where ‗x‘
equals the IP address (IP can be a static IP or dynamic domain name).

【If Use DNS】 Select to use DNS or not, supports dynamic IP.

【Local Host Name】Input the name description for DNS Server

identification.

【DNS Server IP】DNS server host IP.

【DNS Connection Port】DNS server host port, it is used to connect to a

DNS server.

DNS server work mode:

If it is required, please obtain the DNS server software from developer.

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1. If your DVR has a dynamic IP, you should set your DVR system as follows:

2. DNS server will obtain a domain name and current IP of your DVR, NVR Client can

connect to the DVR server through this domain name.

3. NVR Clients obtain the IP of DVR through the DNS server according to its domain.

4. NVR Clients connect to the DVR through the IP that is obtained from the DNS server.

【Interval Connection Time】Set the interval time to connect to DNS
automatically.

【Permit Max Connect Video Num】 The maximum number of video
channels permitted to be connected to the DVR server. The number can be
selected according to the network bandwidth. The maximum is 256. For
example: if a DVR server has a 2MB network bandwidth, if all video channels
are compressed based on CIF resolution (max data bit rate is 500Kb). To get

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a better video effect, we can set 4 as the maximum permitted videos
connected number.

2.1.3 Boot setup

【Exit to Windows】 User can exit program and go back to the Windows
desktop.

【Exit and Shutdown】User can exit program and shut down computer.

【Auto Shut Down】Set the time to shut down the computer .

【Auto Reboot Date(Mon-Sun)】Select auto reboot date.

【Reboot at】Set auto-reboot time.

2.2 Camera setup

2.2.1 Camera setup

【Selected Camera】 To set the parameters for a camera, select the
camera from the drop-down list. The cameras you can select are only the

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cameras of the local board card, IP Cameras are not included. For IP Camera,
you should set it remotely in IP Camera setup.

【Camera Description】Input descriptions for easy identification.

【Camera Type】Select camera type from drop-down list. Users can

choose from PAL and NTSC.

【Camera】Enable or disable selected camera.

【Remote Frame Rate(fps)】Set the frame rate of the client.

【Bit Rate】Set recording mode. Variable Bit Rate (VBR) or Constant Bit

Rate (CBR) Recording.

VBR allows each frame to be recorded at a dynamic bit rate

depending on the image complexity, activity and color.

CBR allows each frame to be recorded at a fixed bit rate, regardless
the scene activity. In many cases, this limits detail (resolution). The benefit of
CBR is its ability to accurately estimate the total video capacity.

【Frame Rate(fps)】Set the recording rate for selected camera. For
Frames per Second (fps), the frame rate should be from 1 to 30 fps. While

image size is set ―704*576‖, the frame rate should be set around 1 to 15
frame (only for HC Series)

【Remote Image size】Select image resolution to be transmitted to
clients. When you set the 【Image Size】as 4CIF (704*576), this configuration

is not available, program will select it as CIF automatically because DVR
board does not support dual stream when it records with 4CIF resolution (only
for HC Series).

【Image Quality】Sets the quality of the image to be recorded. Select
from Poorest, Poor, Medium, Very good and Best.

Click this button to view advanced setup for video quality, you can

set I B P frame and maximum bit rate.

(Note: If you are not familiar with these features, we advise you not to change them)

Recommended setup:

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Image

I frame

P frame

B frame

Max bps

Best

12

12

17

900000

Good

15

15

20

750000

Medium

18

18

23

600000

Low

21

21

26

450000

Lowest

24

24

29

300000

DVR Board Channels

Recommended

Resolution

Remark

64

CIF

Continuous recording

is not recommended

48

CIF

40
DCIF

CIF

For CIF:

For DCIF:

Max bps = (Max bps/3)*5 Note: Max bps is the CIF‘s value with

the same configuration (I P B)

For D1:

Max bps = (Max bps/3)*8 Note: Max bps is the CIF‘s value with

the same configuration (I P B)

【Alarm Adjust fps】Select enable or disable. If ―enable‖ is selected,
when an alarm occurs, the camera will record with real-time frame rate (25fps
or 30fps), even though 【Frame Rate (fps)】 has been set to another values
(eg:5fps).

【Remote Quality】Set the image quality of the clients to be recorded
from Poorest, Poor, Medium, Very good and Best.

Click this button, users can adjust advanced setup for video quality

of client end and can also setup I B P frame and adjust the maximum bit rate
according to the network bandwidth.

【Image Size】Set the resolution for local record. There is an item

―704*576‖, each channel can be set ―704*576‖, but not real time, system will
select frame rate automatically around to 12-15fps (only for HC Series). To

get best effect, you should set the resolution of local record according to your
CPU configuration. There is a referenced configuration sample as below:

Computer configuration：

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Motherboard: ECS 848P-A
Graphic Card: ATI 9550 128MB,
Memory: 512MB
HDD: 120G (IDE)

Recommended resolution configuration for different channels:

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DCIF

CIF

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DCIF

CIF

Less or Equal to16

4CIF

DCIF

CIF

【OSD Date】Select whether to display the OSD date on the screen or
not. When you select ―Not‖, the date will not be displayed on the screen of the
corresponding channel.

【Masking Bitmap File】Watermark function, the logo picture must be
edited ad 128*128 pixels file size and saved in bmp format.

【Record Days】This section allows users to determine how long the
record data of each camera should be kept by the system. The maximum
duration for on-line storage is 120 days. Users can select exact number of
days, or can select ―auto‖ mode. If ―auto‖ is selected the system will
auto-delete the oldest recorded data when there is not enough space.

*NOTE: If there is not enough space on the HDD, the system will delete the recorded data
according to the length of saving time of each camera. Eg: there are four cameras, the 1st camera
saves 2 days, the 2nd camera saves 5 days, the 3rd camera saves 10 days, and the 4th camera we
will set “auto” mode. If there is enough space, the 4th camera‟s record data will be saved on the
HDD, when there is not enough space, the system will delete data automatically. If the 4th
camera‟s record data has been saved more than 10 days, the system will delete the 4th camera‟s
data, if the 4th camera‟s record data has been saved less than 10 days, but the 3rd camera‟s data is
more than 10 days, system will delete the 3rd camera‟s data. So, even if you set the 3rd camera‟s
record data saving 10 days, the data that is saved could be less than 10 days. System will delete
the recorded data from the earliest date.

【OSD Contrast】Set OSD displaying brightness & position. An ―auto‖
item in OSD Contrast‘s drop-down list will make OSD suit the background‘s

color automatically.

【Copy Setup to】Set other cameras with the same setup.

Notes:

1. The unit of the swap file should be in MB. The range is 2 to 50.

2. Set the position and contrast of the date shown on the screen. Sometimes the date cannot be
clearly seen for its color is similar to the background. You can change its position or color when
this happens.

3. Image size is the format used when recording. Remote image size is the format used when
these images are transmitted to client sites.

4. Remote Frame Rate, Remote image size and Remote Quality are the parameters of the client
side. When the server‟s image size is set as “704*576 (12fps)”, these three items are not in effect,
and the client‟s parameters will be the same as the server. When the server‟s resolution is set to
others (except “704*576(12fps)”), if Remote image size is set as “Same as Rec”, Remote frame

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Image quality

record environment

occupied disk space (/com/hour)

Poorest

low action, indoor

about 45Mb

high action, road

about 95Mb

medium

low action, indoor

about 70Mb

high action, road

about 180Mb

best

low action, indoor

about 160Mb

high action, road

about 320Mb

rate (fps) and Remote Quality are not in effect, the client‟s parameters will be same as server.

5. Variable digital rate table

Invariable digital rate can‟t improve image quality but it is helpful for calculating disk space.
Variable digital rate recording is recommended.

2.2.2 Group setup

Note: If you set a camera into several groups, only the last setup is available.

【Selected Group】Select group number.

【Swap File(M)】Set recorded video file size saved on HDD. For easy

backup, don‘t set too large file size. Up to 512M can be set, but 30M is
recommended.

【Selected Cameras】 Select the camera that have the same work
mode with group. Cameras include local board card and IP module

【Pre-Event Record】 Select the start time of record when there is an
alarm. When DVR system is in Motion Detect mode or Sensor Detect mode, it
can record video before the alarm is trigged.

【Post Record Time】Select the end time of record when there is an
alarm. When the system is in Motion Detect mode or Sensor Detect mode, it
can record video after the alarm ends.

【Record Mode】Selects whether the program records audio data or not,
this setting is not available for IP Cameras, for stream type of IP Camera, you
should set it remotely in IP Camera setup.

【Recording Schedule Setup】 Setting for cameras of local board
cards and IP Modules.

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Tips: One block of pane means half an hour. First click record mode icon , then

click schedule diagram, hold down the mouse and move it to select large area
(Drag & Drop).

1. Normal Record (Green): DVR System will record 24/7.

2. Motion Detect (Blue): DVR System will begin to record video only when it detects a

moving object such as a person walking through a door. Click "Motion Detect" icon, then
select your schedule time by drag & drop.

3. Sensor Record (red): DVR System begins to record video only when there is a sensor
alarm.

Note: The time setup must be correspond with Check Alarm setups in Sensor setup otherwise it
can „ot work properly.

4. Motion or Sensor Record (yellow): Combine functions 2 and 3.

5. Not Record (gray): the DVR System will not record during these times.

The diagram above means that Normal Record is selected on all cameras except on
Sunday when from 12:00AM to 9:30AM, the system will not record. On Tuesday through
Thursday the machine will Sensor Record from 1:30AM to 5:30AM, Motion Record from
7:00AM to 11:00AM and Motion/Sensor Record from 11:30AM to 4:00PM.

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2.3 Sensor setup

2.3.1 Sensor setup

【Select Sensor】Select the sensor from the drop-down list in order to
set the parameters for it.

【Sensor】 Select this to enable or disable sensor.

【Sensor Position】Enter a description for easy identification.

【Speed Dome Preset】 Select linkage of Speed Dome preset number.

Speed Dome will move to this preset number automatically when there is an
alarm (speed dome installation needed).

【Alarm Play sound】 Select a sound (.wav file) for a sensor, if there is
an alarm, the sound file will play.

【Tied to Cameras】Selected camera that is related to this sensor alarm.

2.3.2 Group setup

Sensor group setup is very similar to the group setup of camera

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recording.

【Selected Group】Select group number.

【Sensor Type】Select NC or NO alarm type.

【Alarm Write log】Select to write to alarm log or not.

【Alarm Action】Select system alarm linkage mode when an alarm

stops. ―Stop Immediately‖ means the system will stop alarm immediately after
the alarm driver stops an alarm. ―Do Not Stop‖ means the system will not stop

the alarm after the alarm driver stops an alarm. ―Wait‖ means the system will
stop alarm at your setting time after the alarm driver stops an alarm.

【Sensor input】Add sensor to selected group.

【Tie to cameras】Set cameras that are to be related to this sensor

group. They will start recording and connect to the preset remote network
client automatically when there is an alarm. These cameras just include the
cameras of the local board card; IP Cameras are not included. IP cameras
are set remotely in IP Camera setup.

【Tie to Relay Output】Add alarm devices (alarm out port) to this group
such as a siren or light. All connecting devices will send an alarm message
when there is an alarm.

Schedule Setup (Example for below figure)

1. ―Check Alarm‖ (red): DVR System responds to sensors during this time.
(00:00 to 23:59 from Sun. to Sat.)

2. ―Not Check‖ (gray): DVR System doesn‘t respond with sensor during this
time.

Note: If you set a camera in several groups, only the last setup is available.

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2.4 PTZ & Linkage setup

2.4.1 PTZ protocol setup

【Selected Camera】Select the camera from the drop-down list to set
the parameters. These cameras only include the cameras of the local board
card; IP Cameras are not included.

【PTZ Port】Select PTZ connecting port, when you do not use PTZ port,
please choose ―------‖.

【PTZ Protocol】Selects the PTZ protocol for the PTZ camera.

【PTZ Address】Set the camera ID number of the PTZ camera being

controlled.

Note: The PTZ camera has a dipswitch to set the PTZ address. The PTZ camera ID number must
be matched with the number of this dipswitch.

【PTZ Baud rate】Select PTZ Baud rate for the PTZ camera.

【PTZ Position】 Select the installation mode of the PTZ according to its

installation mode.

Notes:

1. PTZ position will influence PTZ control. E.g.: if you set it as obverse and press left, then it
will turn left. If you set it as inverse and press left, then it will turn right.

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2. If there is an (H) after the PTZ protocol, it has the high speed Preset function. If there is no (H),
it only has ordinary functions.

3. The PTZ address will be sent as a message option. Take care that some addresses begin at 0.
That is to say, when the address number is 1, the real address is 0. So we must set it according to
their relations.

2.4.2 Motion detection relay & remote client alert

【DO Port】【 DO Description】Select a DO port and set its name to
identify the various DO port. It will be shown as a tip when the mouse moves
closely or above the DO button in DVR Server or NVR Client.

【Select Camera】Selects camera to be set from dropdown list.

【Alarm Send To Network】 Select to send an alarm to network clients

or not.

【Motion Alarm Play Sound 】 Press button to selects a ―.wav‖
sound file for a motion alarm. If there is a motion alarm, the sound file will be

played. Also, you can test it by pressing button.

【Video Loss Alarm Play Sound 】 Press button to select a ―.wav‖
sound file for a video loss alarm. If there is a video loss alarm, the sound file

will be played. You can also test it by pressing the button.

【Camera Alarm DO Output】Selects which DO ports will be triggered
by above camera alarms.
Schedule Setup (setting for cameras of local board cards, IP Cameras are
not included.)

1. Motion & Video Loss (Red): DVR System responds with Motion

Detection and Video Loss alarm in specified time.

2. Motion Alarm (Blue): DVR System only responds with Motion

Detection alarm in specified time.

3. Video Loss (Yellow): DVR System only responds with a Video Loss

alarm in specified time.

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4. Not Check (gray): DVR System will not respond with any alarms

during specified times.

Note:
Check Alarm Setup (including Motion & Video Loss, Motion Alarm and Video Loss) does not
take affection to Motion Detect Record. It is only alarm setup. It takes affection to motion detect
alarm out and motion detect alarm to network.

2.5 E-mail setup

The alarm to trigger E-mail sending includes two types: Camera-related
alarms (Motion detection alarm & Video loss alarm) and Sensor-related
alarms.

For Camera-related alarms, you should set Motion detection area &

Cover setup and check the alarm setup in Motion detection relay & remote
client alert. For Sensor-related alarms, you should check the sensor and

selected cameras to be triggered in Sensor setup.

When you enable the system to capture an image as an attachment to an
E-mail the system will capture a still picture from the camera for the related
alarms or related camera for Sensor-related alarms to be sent as an
attachment with the E-mail.

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2.5.1 SMTP setup

【SMPT Server】SMTP server address, eg: mail.jstDVR.com

【SMPT Port】Port that SMTP will listen for a connect request on.

【Auth. Type】Logon mailbox, operator will select ―Simple Login‖ or

―None‖

【Login User ID】Mailbox‘s ID.

【Login Pass】 Mailbox‘s password.

After you have finished setup you can press to test the
function.

2.5.2 E-Mail setup

【Send To】Set address of receiver.

【Copy To】Option to an additional recipient.

【User Email】Enter email address of sender.

【Email Title】Enter subject of the E-Mail to be sent.

【Grab Picture As Attachment】 If enabled a snapshot will be sent as

an attachment with the alarm notification email. When disabled no attachment
will be sent.

【Alarm Send Email Cameras(Screenshot From Alarm Camera)】You
can select the cameras that will trigger an e-mail when there is an alarm. The
cameras you select are only the cameras of the local board card, IP Cameras
are not included.

【Alarm Send Email Sensors(Screenshot From Linked Camera)】
You can select the sensor that will trigger an e-mail when there is an alarm.

*NOTE: If “Send the grab picture as the attachment”, you should check the alarm of the camera
or the sensor, and set “alarm send to network” to be enabled.

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2.6 Digital matrix setup

2.6.1 Matrix setup

【Matrix Group】System operator can set groups of video images to be
sent out through matrix decode card, each group can have a different display
mode. Up to 16 groups may be set.

【Video Out Port】 Select the output port of the Matrix card that you
want to set, the total number of channels available is decided by the size of
the Matrix Decoder card.

【Video Out Standard】Set Matrix video out standard, you can select
either PAL or NTSC.

【Video Split Mode】Select video output display mode, there are 1split

, 2split , 4split , 9split , 13split and 16 split .

【Video Window】【 Display Camera in the window】After selecting the
video split mode, there will be corresponding Video Window options. Select
one camera or several cameras to show in each window. The video cameras
you can select are cameras of the local board card and IP Cameras. For
cameras of board card, the system will use soft decoding to play to TV Wall.

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The total number of channels is not affected by decoding channels. For IP
cameras, the system uses hard decoding. The total number of channels is
influenced by decoding channels. For different work modes (set in IP Camera

list), the channels you can use are different, the local board channels must be

the first available channels. If you disable hard decoding via IP Camera list,
you can‘t output real-time video of the IP cameras to TV Wall.

*Note: A camera can only be selected once per Video Window/Matrix Group.

【Switch Video Interval(sec)】Set interval that each window shows
cameras circularly when there is more than one camera selected to be
viewed in it.

2.6.2 Display setup

【Display Group】 System operator can set a groups of cameras to
display for fast preview, including its display mode and cameras. Up to 16
groups can be set.

【Video Split Mode】Set the split mode, the split mode is same as the
main window‘s display split mode. There are 1, 4, 9, 13, 16, 20, 25, 28, 33, 36,
40, 49 and 64 partition modes.

【Video Window】【 Display Camera in the window】After selecting
video split mode, there will be corresponding windows, select one camera to
be shown per window. The windows may include up to 64 cameras, when the
total number of local channels and IP cameras is less than 64, some channel
windows will not have an image and be designated with a black window.

*Note: One camera is only shown in one window once, but each camera can display any window
discretionarily. E.g.: The 1st camera has been displayed in window1, and the 2nd camera has been
displayed in window2. When the 1st camera is changed to be displayed in window2, the 2nd
camera will change to window 1 automatically.

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2.7 User setup

2.7.1 User information

【Local Password】 Enable to activate password security mode for

local PC DVR, and activate the lock button in main window. Only an
authorized user can log into System at User Manage Mode.

【Auto lock time】Inactivity timer. The system will automatically lock
after set time and require user name/password authentication to be accessed
again.

【Network Password】 Check to enable User Manage mode for Clients.
When you enable this function, clients must pass authentication to connect
with the DVR.

【User Name】Input new User ID in this box when add a new user to
system.

【Auth. Level】Select whether the new user is an Operator or Manager.
Only an Administrator/Manager level account can enter User Manage

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Window and edit users.

【Password】Set new user or selected user‘s password.

【Password Confirm】 Confirm password.

【Note】Input a description of this user.

【New User】Press button to edit the user you want to add in

the 【User Name】box. Input a User Name, Note Name, Password, and
Confirm Password. Select Management Right (Administrator or Operator),
and then click Add User to save.

【Add User】Up to15 users can be added to system. Click
icon to add the New User to user list.

【Modify User】 Select a user from user list, then click button
to modify it.

【Delete User】 Select a user from user list, then click button
to delete it.

2.7.2 User right setup

【Select setup items】Select an item from the drop-list and then choose
the cameras for the users. These items include【Camera View Right】,

【Camera Playback Right】,【Camera Audio Right】, 【PTZ Control Right】.

【Camera View Right】Select cameras that can be viewed by the user

you are adding. The cameras you can select include the cameras of the local
board card and IP cameras. By default, every user is granted access to all live
images. To deny access, you can click the desired camera buttons and the

color will change from blue to gray (by default, user ―admin‖ is super user, you

cannot deny it the right to view a camera, it has entry rights).

【Camera Playback Right】Select the cameras can be play backed by
the user you are setting. The cameras you can select include the cameras of
local board card and IP Cameras. By default, every user is granted to
playback video data of all cameras. To deny access, you can click the desired
camera button and the color will change from blue to gray.

【Camera Audio Right】 Select cameras whose audio can be heard by
the use you are setting. The cameras you can select include the cameras of
local board card and IP Cameras. By default, every user is granted to check
audio of all cameras. To deny access, you can click the desired camera
button and the color will change from blue to gray.

【PTZ Control Right】 Select the cameras that related PTZ can be
controlled by the user you are setting. The cameras you can select include

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the cameras of the local board card and IP Cameras.

【Operation Right】Select operational tasks and grant or deny rights.
Operational tasks are normally reserved for administrative, privileged
accounts. Operators are rarely granted rights to adjust camera color, exit
program, explore files etc.

【Setup Right】

Select setup rights to grant or deny user privileges.

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Chapter3 IP Camera Setup

Note: IP camera alarm and related setup is only available when set remotely, the
Local setup available for the PC DVR is not available for IP Cameras except Recording
Schedule in Camera Setup

3.1 Functional buttons

There are 5 buttons on each page. They are Upgrade, Restart, Time

Adjustment, Save and Exit.

The system can remotely upgrade the IP camera device.

Click this button, and select the upgrade file.

Some settings are only effective after the device restarts.

Select this after an upgrade or configuration change in order for the changes
to take effect.

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These are network configurations; you can
select LAN or Internet IP according to your
need.

This will adjust the date and time of video server to the

current date and time of the local computer or client computer.

After setup is finished, click this button to save the setup.

Exit setup.

3.2 Server setup

Press button to set server parameters remotely:

In the server window, some information is grayed out. Those parameters
are being read from the server and cannot be modified. Other information,
denoted with a white background, can be set remotely.

【Server Name】Enter a description for easy identification. This name
delegates the remote server. If DNS is used to get an IP, this name will be
used.

【IP configuration and related】

【Server IP】

【Port】

【Subnet Mask】

【Net Gate】

【Net Cable Type】

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If system uses PPPOE to connect to the
web, please select it and input the PPPOE
login ID and password.

Set the IP address and port of the host
server who will receive the message
uploaded from VR server.

【Connection configuration and related parameter】

【Use PPPOE】

【PPPOE Login Name】

【PPPOE Login Pass】

【User Pass】Set the user password of VR remotely. Afterwards you

should also modify this information in Add / Modify server. Otherwise, you will
not be able to connect to the VR correctly.

【DNS Server IP】If you are using DNS, input the DNS host IP address.

【Remote manage】

【Remote manage IP】

【Remote manage port】

3.3 Channel setup

P ess button to set channel parameters.

This section contains the parameters to designate a name for every camera
connected, to enable or disable show LOGO and OSD, and to set display type of OSD &
LOGO as well as record resolution, record type, record quality and frame rate, etc.

【Camera】Select the camera to be set from the drop- list.

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【Camera Name】Enter a description for easy identification.

【Frame Rate】Select the record rate of camera from drop-list.

【MasStream】【SubStream】Select MasStream (Main Stream) or SubStream for

the current cameras.

【Resolution】Set the resolution at which the video files will be recorded. Choices
are DCIF, CIF, QCIF, 2CIF and 4CIF. The higher the resolution, the more disk space will
be required to save recordings.

【Stream Type】Select Video + Audio or only Video Record.

【Image】Set the quality of the image to be recorded. Select from worst, worse,

normal, good and best.

【Bit Rate Type】Select bit rate type from Variable Bit Rate (VBR) and Fixed Bit
Rate (FBR) record:

VBR range= Poorest, Poor, Medium, Good, Best.
FBR range = 45 Megabytes/Hour to 400 Megabytes/Hour.

【Max Bit Rate】Select the maximum bit rate for Variable Bit Rate (VBR) recording.

【Show LOGO/ OSD/ Week】If you check these boxes, the system will show the

corresponding information on screen.

【Position】Set the position of OSD or Logo by entering the X and Y coordinates
directly.

【OSD】Set the display attributes of the OSD & LOGO. There are four display
modes: Clarity-Glitter, Clarity-Not Glitter, Not Clarity-Glitter and Not Clarity-Not Glitter.

【OSD Type】Select the type of OSD for the Week.

【Privacy Mask】You can check this box to set the privacy mask on the image

directly, and you can clear privacy masks by pressing button.

【Record schedule】You can set record schedule in following chart

Note: There are 4 time segments every day. Every segment has a start time, end time
and record type. The time segments are set in sequence. Segments can not be
overlapped, included or skipped with any other.

【Copy to】After finishing any channel, if you want to set any other channels‘

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configuration the same way, you can select the channel number from drop-list, and press

button. . The VR

system is constantly buffering information and the PostRec time can be set to have the
VR record buffered information that happened before the event took place. The PreRe
button will continue the recording for the set length of time after the event is over.

3.4 PTZ control

Press button to set PTZ

In this screen, you can define the PTZ protocol and set the Preset Position as well
as the plan to execute them automatically.

【Camera】Select the camera to be set from the drop- list.

【Baud rate】Set baud rate according to PTZ protocol from the drop- list.

【PTZ Protocol】Select the communication protocol for the PTZ camera from

drop-list.

【Copy to】After finishing any channel, if you want to set any other channels‘
configuration the same way, you can select the channel number from drop-list, and press

button.

【PTZ Address】Set the address of the decoder, which must match the value of
dipswitch in the PTZ.

【Speed】Set the speed of the PTZ

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【Preset position & schedule setup】Define preset position and set time to call
preset position automatically. System can add and delete planned times.

【Name】 Set the name for the current preset. 【Preset】 Set the preset number for
the current camera Set Up the preset by current configuration.

Delete the finished Preset. Call the Preset if the Mode is Call preset.

Set disable or set the length of time the PTZ will wait before coming back to the home position

when there is no PTZ action

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【Preset】 Adds a preset into the Preset Schedule.【Call Time】【Schedule List】

Set the day and time the preset should be called.

Tour Group
Add the Preset cameras into the Tour Group and set the Stay Time for one tour

group.

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3.5 Sensor setup

Press button to set sensor parameters.

【Sensor NO】Select one sensor to be set.
【Sensor Name】Enter a description of the sensor.
【Type】Select alarm type (sensor type) from ―NO‖(Normally Open) or

―NC‖(Normally Closed).

【Policy】 ―Sensor Alarm Handling‖ handling policies will be available as

follows:

Audible warning - An audible indicator can be played.
Upload to DVR server - Update the alarm information to center.
Trigger alarm out - Trigger alarm box to output the alarm.

【Trigger record camera】 Set cameras to record when triggered by the
alarm. You can select one or more channels. When there is an alarm input,
the cameras will be triggered to record (the record type of the channel is
Alarm Record), and the monitor will switch to a preview of the cameras
(warning on monitor is enabled).

【Preset】Set camera to move to a specified preset position when the
alarm happens.

【Schedule】Set alarm input precaution time first, then set time segment
according to the sequence. The time of each segment should not overlap the
others and no breaks are allowed. After the precaution times of an individual

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day is set, you can copy the parameters to other dates by selecting a day and
pressing the copy button.

【Copy to】After finishing any channel, if you want to set any other
channels‘ configuration the same way, you can select the channel number

from drop-list, and press button.

3.6 Alarm setup

Press button to set alarm parameters.

【Camera】 Select a camera to be set from the drop-list and you can

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copy the configuration to the other cameras by clicking copy button.

【Alarm Type】Select alarm type: Motion detection, Tempering alarm
and Video Loss.

【Level】Select sensibility levels from 0 (the lowest level) to 5 (the
highest level) for the alarm.

【Set motion detection areas】Left-click mouse and drag it on the
screen to select motion detect area, you can select the whole area or many
areas. You can clear one or whole areas by pressing the Clear button and test
the effect by clicking Test button.

【Policy】―Sensor Alarm Handling‖ handling policies will be available as
follows:

Audible warning - An audible indicator can be played.

Upload to DVR server - Update the alarm information to center.

Trigger alarm out - Trigger alarm box to output the alarm.

【Trigger record camera】Set cameras to record triggered by the alarm.
You can select one or more channels. When there is alarm input, the cameras
will be triggered to record (the record type of the channel is Alarm Record),
and the monitor will switch to preview the cameras (warning on monitor is
enabled).

【Schedule】Set alarm input precaution time. Select date firstly, then set
time segment according to the sequence. The time of each segment should
not overlap the others and no skips are allowed. After the precaution time of a
certain day is set, you can copy the parameter to other dates by select a day
and press copy button.

【Copy to】After finishing any channel, if you want to set any other
channels‘ configuration the same way, you can select the channel number

from drop-list, and press button

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Chapter4 Local playback

4.1 Main interface

Click button in main interface to enter local playback interface.

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4.2 Select playback channel

4.2.1 Select date

Select one window (the 1st one is default), and then click button to
show the calendar.

The blue dates contain recorded data. The green date is the current date.
The gray dates signify no data. Only Blue days can be selected and when
they are selected the camera window will appear automatically to show which
cameras have recorded data.

Click or to change month and year of search data.

4.2.2 Select camera

After selecting a date the system will show camera states of the

corresponding day. Click button directly to show the camera states of
the current day. The numbers with deep gray (cameras 1-12 and 16 in the
example) means there is recorded data. If you press the camera number
directly, the system will begin playing recorded data from the first file.

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4.2.3 Select file

After selecting the camera to play user can click button to show all
the files of this camera.

In default playback will begin from the first available file. In this screen
you can change the file you want to play by clicking it directly.

The camera list below the window will show the recorded data of the day
you selected. If you double click on an hour of that day, the system will
playback data from the beginning of the hour via the window you selected.

Press the or button to see the recorded data of other cameras.

Click any minute on the minute bar to playback that time via the window

you selected.

The red bar on the minute and hour bar indicates the exact time which

the system is playing back now.

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DVR Board

Channels

Record

Resolution

Recommended Playback

Channels

64

CIF 4 48

CIF

4

40

DCIF

4

CIF

4

32

DCIF

4

CIF

9

24

DCIF

9

CIF

16

Less or Equal

to16
4CIF

4

DCIF

9

CIF

16

4.3 Play file and related operations

Press this button to set partition mode, there are 1，4，9 and 16

splits available. To reduce the load on the CPU and get the best effect, you
should select the partition mode according to the record channels amount
and resolution. There is a referenced configuration sample as below:

Computer configuration：

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Motherboard: ECS 848P-A
Graphic Card: ATI 9550 128MB
Memory: 512MB
HDD: 120G(IDE)

Recommended channel configuration for playback:

according to the order of the cameras.

previous or next frame.

Press this button to open all playback windows in sequence

Press this button to close all playback windows.

/ Previous / Next frame: press these buttons to look at the

Reverse play: press this button continuously to play video in

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reverse, the speed is determined by the following playing speed adjustment
bar.

/ Play/Pause: This button will alternate between Play and

Pause. When it is playing, it will show and while it is paused it will

show the play button. When you select reverse playing, it will show

to play by pressing it.

Stop: press this button to stop playing.

First frame of day, Previous minute, Next

minute and Last frame of that day.

Image zooms out. Press this button, Left-Single-Click an image;

quarter of the image will be enlarged. Right-Single-Click the image again, it
will resume the normal.

Adjust the volume: drag the bar to adjust the

volume and click the left button to mute the audio.

Adjust playing speed: drag the bar to adjust the

playing speed and click the left button to resume normal playing speed.

*Note: It is not suggested that multi-channel (more than 8 channels) record or playback
simultaneously unless your system has an advanced configuration. The data throughput to/from
the HDD is too large in that case and can cause freezes or lockups which may require a system
restart to begin recording again. Multi-channel search in client and server are the same except
their paths. In client, they are in local; in remote search, it searches among the record data in
server on the local network.

4.4 Capture picture

Click capture button to capture a still picture. When one is

captured a dialog will be displayed to ask for a file name. After a file name is
confirmed, you will be asked to input the save path.

*Note: the size of the image is that of the playing window.

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4.5 Create clip file

Click button ，there are three items to be selected as shown

below;

4.5.1 Create file clip

Press to create file clip.
【Select channel and save path】Select channel and save path of the

backup file on the top of interface.

【File list and attribute】Select a file and double-click it to play and its
attribute will be displayed below the list , including begin time, end time, file
size, resolution, frame rate etc.

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【Play control button】User can press and drag slider on

to control the player time.

【Beginning and stop position setup】After you select a time, press

button to set it as the beginning time, and then drag the bar to select

another time and press button to set it as the end time. When you
have finished, the file attribute on the left will show the size of the file to be

created.【Save file】After you set the beginning and end times press
button to save the file, and it will ask for a file name.

【Voice control】Click to control voice, press it to clear voice.

4.5.2 Backup by time:

Press to enter backup by time feature.

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【Save Path】Select the file path for the backup file.

【Backup Camera】Select the backup camera. User can select more

than one camera at one time.

【Select begin time】【 Select end time】Select the beginning and end
times of the file to backup.

【Unite File】Select unite file enable or disable. If enabled, all record files
of each individual camera will be united to one file. If it is disabled it will not
unite any of the files. You can set the maximum value of the united file in

【Backup File Max Value】.

【Backup File Max Value】Set the maximum value of the united file. If

the value of file to backup is bigger than this value, system will split the file.
You can check the file‘s value by pressing button to show its total

value. 【Backup Date Size】 Show the size of the backup file. If user backups
recording file to a CD directly, the data size should not exceed 650M.

NOTE: If user backup recording file to CD directly, the system disk volume (C:) free space
should not be less than twice that of the backup data size. The system volume will be used to
buffer the data that will be burned to the CD. For example, if the backup date size is 450M, the
system volume‟s free space should be more than 900M.

The process of burning CD:

1. Select the CD-ROM as backup path, and select the cameras and

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3. Backup the file to the temporary file in the last volume if there is
enough free space. Otherwise, write backup file to the second
volume.

4. Write the data to the buffer.

5. Write CD.

6. Delete buffer and temporary file.

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4.5.3 View Backup file

a.【Select channel】 Select channel
b.【Save Path】Select path of the backup file

c. Select one file from the File List and

Double-Click it, this file will be played. The united file is named by ―date +
begin time‖ and ―date + end time‖.

d. Capture a picture.

e. Burn CD

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① ② ③

④

Area ①: File directory.
Area ②: File list.
Area ③: The File directory and list that will be burned to CD.
Icon ④: Create a new directory in area ③.

: Add all the file from area ② to area ③.

: Add selected file from area ② to area ③.

: Delete selected file from area ③.

【Burn CD drive】Select CD-ROM drive.
【Volume label】Set the CD‘s label.
【Total file size】Show the size of all files that will be burned to CD.

click this button to write files to CD.

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4.6 Search captured picture

Click to enter the search captured picture window:

【Select pictures from directory and file list】You can select a
captured picture from directory list and file list in local disk and the file name
will show in the top of the window.

Note:

If you want to save the reworked picture in another file, you can

change its name and path here, with BMP or JPG as suffix. Then click the

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button .

【Related operations】

Save the reworked picture.

Functional buttons of picture

disposal.

When the result of disposal is not acceptable click it to restore the

default.

Print picture, when the image is wider than 400 pixels, it will be

printed smaller. On the other hand, it will be printed bigger.

When it‘s bright, with the mouse moving, part of the picture will be

enlarged.

Delete current file or delete all files.

4.7 Fast search

Click button to show the date:

The green date is the current date. The gray dates signify no data. Only
those blue and green ones can be selected and when they are selected the
camera window will appear automatically to show which cameras have record
data.

Click or to change month and year of search data.

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①

②

4.8 Camera status

Click button to show the cameras state. If the number is bright, it
means there has record data in this channel.

1. Synchronic play

Click button to synchronize all playback channel times.

2. Smart search

(1) Function introduction:

This function allows users to draw a zone on a video image and do a
search for any motions, missing objects, or unattended object events
occurred in that zone. It can help you find recorded video you are interested.

Notice: Smart Search accuracy is decided by sensitivity value in Motion
Setup

(2) Operation and example

Press button, then select a search area, the system will play
all motion that occurred within this area from the previous and subsequent 3

seconds. Pressing this button again will end smart search.

E.g.:

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1. There is a telephone on the desk (Picture ①).

2. But it disappeared now (Picture ②).

3. If you want to know where the telephone is, you can select this

area on the image to do a smart search when playback the video.

Note:

1. Press “synchro” button while smart search is running, system will end smart search.

2. The sensitivity of the smart search is same as motion detection. If you set a high sensitivity,
the system will search even if there is no motion in the specified area. Contrarily, if you set a low
sensitivity, it is possible that the system will not see when there is a small range of motion in the
specified area. Sensitivity should be set according to the surroundings.

4.9 Show files

Click button to show all of the files on the current cameras.

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frame of that day.

Last frame, Start, Pause, Stop and Next frame

First frame of that day, Last min., Next min. and Last

Image zoom out. Press this button and then single click the left

mouse button on an image to enlarge that quarter of the image. Right click on
the image to reset it.

Adjust the volume; click the button to mute the

voice.

Adjust playing speed; click the button to

resume normal playing speed.

*Note: It is not suggested that multi-channel (more than 8 channels) record or playback
simultaneously unless your system has an advanced configuration. The data throughput to/from
the HDD is too large in that case and can cause freezes or lockups which may require a system
restart to begin recording again. Multi-channel search in client and server are the same except
their paths. In client, they are in local; in remote search, it searches among the record data in
server on the local network.

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Chapter5 IE client

The client user can view video from the DVR Server through Internet
Explorer. The default web server port is 80 and is not required at the end of
the address, however if is changed to another port then the port number is
required after the address when accessing the Server through Internet
Explorer. E.g.: If the web server port is changed from 80 to any other port
number, then the address would be as follows; http://192.168.0.119:xxxx
where xxxx equals the new port number.

5.1 Functions of IE Client

1. Video display and video storage;

2. Audio input;

3. Searching and playback video images locally or remotely;

4. Control PTZ and speed demo remotely;

5.2 Main interface

When you connect to the server successfully, you should input valid User
ID and password in the upper left corner of the interface to acquire rights to
play video and other operations.

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5.2.1 Connection operations

Press to connect to the DVR Server‘s camera video from

and press will disconnect all connections. If the amount

of the DVR Server‘s channel is more than that of the channels that you
selected in partition mode, Select the Main Stream or Sub

Stream for the current cameras, you can use button to display DVR
Server‘s video in sequence. Pressing button will switch full screen mode

and Right-Single-Click image can back to normal mode.

5.2.2 Connection/Record status

This icon indicates the current connection and their record status:

Gray: Not connected;
Navy blue: Connected with no recording;
Green: Connected with recording.

You can change the record status by pressing corresponding number
button or change status of all connections at the same time by pressing

button.

5.2.3 Partition mode

You can set the partition mode by pressing corresponding button on the
right of main interface. It has the following partition modes:

— 1partition mode; — 4partition mode;

— 6partition mode; — 9partition mode;

— 10partition mode; — 16partition mode.

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Display setup and
data information

Playing operation area

5.2.4 PTZ Control

Most functions of PTZ control are same as PTZ Control panel in DVR
Server.

5.2.5 Quit program

Press button to shut down the IE Client.

5.3 Local search

Press button to enter local search:

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1. Display setup and data information

In this area, you can select display partition mode, date, video channel
and its video file named according to time.

2. Playing operation area

In this area, you can operate video playing:

【Video-playing time adjustment】Press and drag slider bar

to adjust video-playing time

【Information display panel】Displays current window name, camera
name and record data information.

【Playing-control buttons】 : Play, Pause, Stop.

【Single frame play】 : Previous frame, next frame

【Playing speed control】 Slow play or to increase speed

5.4 Remote search

Most functions and operations of Remote search are same as Local

playback; different features are that remote search is an added download

feature

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When you playback remotely, click button to save video of current
channel you selected. When finished the system will display the save path.

5.4.1 Fast download record data

In the playback mode, select one camera that has record data, open file
list panel, select one record data file, and click button, the

selected data file will downloaded.

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NOTE:
While using IE client to view the DVR server a four partition blue window will be displayed. If
connect fails, the reasons possibly are:

①. The Web server port has been used by another program.
②. The ActiveX control was downloaded or installed incorrectly due to a file error or computer

security such as firewall or virus software.

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Chapter6 Mobile Client

1. Recommended Mobile Telephone Requirements

① Before you run Mobile Client, please ensure your mobile phone

supports JAVA and complies with the following applicable standards:

CLDC version: CLDC-1.0
MIDP version: MIDP-2.0

② Your mobile telephone should have GPRS or CDMA to transport data.

③ Set Internet as the access point of your phone call.

④ Select ―Enable‖ to allow the PDA to connect to DVR server in the

network setup of the DVR system.

⑤ To use PDA connection normally, the DVR board should support dual
compression and user must open sub channel compression in camera setup.
User should select ―CIF‖ or ―QCIF‖ but not ―same as recording‖ for remote
【Remote Image size】.

Note: GPRS may be charged by data flow, so shut down the MobileDVR application if you do
not need to view cameras to avoid unnecessary charges.

6.2 Download software

You have following methods to download our mobile client software:

1) Download through wireless technology (in Wireless LAN) such as

Blue tooth, infrared.

2) Copy mobile client software to phone directly through data cable.

3) Download mobile client software through OTA (in WAN), it will

describe as follow:

Enter ―http://IP:PORT/mobiledvr ‖ in the address bar of the mobile
telephone internet explorer to download the setup package of the Mobile
Client.

Note:
IP: the IP address of the DVR server.
PORT: the Port of the IE client of the DVR server.
When you download mobile client software on WAN, you must be sure that your mobile phone
connect with Internet correctly.

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6.3 Install and connect

6.3.1 Installation

You can install the mobile client as a java game on your smart phone. To
install the mobile client on your smart phone directly (download the program
via WAN or LAN) or use the application supplied by the manufacturer of your
smart phone to install the mobile client.

6.3.2 Connection

After you install the mobile client on your smart phone, you should be
sure that your smart phone connects with the internet correctly. Currently,
mobile providers support WAP and WEB access points, mobile clients must
use internet as access point (AP) to access DVR Server remotely.

6.4 Login Interface

After you download and install the MobileDvr software, you can run it on
your smart phone to enter the login interface.

【Addr】Fill the IP address or domain name of the DVR server.

【Port】Fill the port through which connects to DVR Server.

【User】/【Pass】Fill in User and Pass to visit server from MobileDvr. The

login user ID and password from client will be checked. If the user has no
right to visit that camera, the connection will be dropped automatically.

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Press ―Login‖ button to connect to the DVR server.

6.5 Camera List

The MobileDvr will enter the Camera List after you connect the DVR
server successfully.

Select the Camera you want to browse and press the ―preview‖ button to
get the image from the server.

→

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6.6 PTZ control

Press the ―Options‖ button and select the ―PTZ‖ button to enter the PTZ

control interface.

【Orientation control】: Select the button and press “OK”, it will

change into . After that, by pressing and holding the up, down, right
and left buttons, the PTZ camera will move up, down, right and left.

Note: Please try “5” button on your phone if pressing “OK” does not work.

【Zoom + / Zoom –】： Control the zoom function of the PTZ
camera.

【Focus+/ Focus –】： Overrides the auto-focus setup of the PTZ.

【Iris on/off】： Overrides the PTZ cameras auto-iris and brighten or

darken the image.

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Key

Function

↑

Up

↓

Down

←

Left(in the status of preview)

Play last frame(in the status of instant playback)

→

Right(in the status of preview)

Play next frame(in the status of instant playback)

Home

Zoom-

End

Zoom+

Insert

Focus-

Delete

Focus+

C、—、 Num0-9G、

Presets Control OperationCall preset

Chapter7 Appendixes

7.1 Appendix A: Fast key reference

Please refer to shortcuts keyboard setup

This color key denotes PTZ control.

This color key is other function control.

PTZ control:

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Enter

C、—、 Num0-9

Presets Control Operation

Key

Function

F1

System Help

Tab

Switch the camera channel

Page Down

Next screen

Page UP

Previous screen

F9

All cameras recording 30 Sec emergency

F11

Zoom in/out the single camera view

F12

Switch to Full screen mode (Equivalent to pressing space key except

Instant Playback mode)

Ctrl + 0

Enter local playback

Ctrl + 1-9

Instant playback minutes

Shift + 1-8

Select screen partition 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64

WIN+ Z

Minimize the Main System window

Other controls:

7.2 Appendix B: Audio preview

First, connect the audio cables to the local board card, as follows:

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NOTE: Sometimes there is no preview sound, Solution: double click the volume control on the
taskbar, open the properties dialog box, and check AUX control.

7.3 Appendix C: Update drivers of compressed card

If you first install the card or upgrade the DVR software, you should install
or update the card driver. The steps are as follows:

1) Find the driver folder, and run ―driver Install‖ program.

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2) A dialog will show on the screen.

3) Click ―Install or Update Driver‖ button, a prompt UI will inquire you, click ―yes‖, the

program will continue the installation.

4) If the driver installed successfully, the program will show you a prompt, click OK, the

install driver program finished.

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7.4 Appendix D: How to use “Copy File” folder.

In installation CD, there is a file named ―CopyFile‖

If you want to replace some files in the installation directory, you can copy new files

into ―CopyFile‖, when you finish the installation, the new files will replac the old files.

If you want to replace some files in sub directory of the installation directory, you can

create the same directory in ―CopyFile‖ folder as it is shown in the installation directory.

Thus, when you finish the installation, the files which are in ―CopyFile‖ will replace

the old files.

Note: If you replace the image, the new image‟s size and name should be same as the old image.