Panacom H.264 8 / 16CH D1 User Manual

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H.264 8 / 16CH D1 DVR

User’s Manual

CAUTION

z Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely

z We do not warrant all the content is correct. The contents of this manual are subject to change

without notice

z This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.

The voltage of the power must be verified before using. If not in use for a long time, pull out the plug from the socket

z Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiat ors, heat registers, stoves or other

device that produce heat

z Do not install this device near water. Clean only with a dry cloth

z Do not block any ventilation openings. And ensure well ventilation around the machine

z Do not power off the DVR at normal recording condition! The correct operation to shut off DVR is to

stop recording firstly, and then select “shut-down” button at the right of the menu bar to exit, and finally to cut off the power.

z This machine is indoor using equipment. Do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment. In

case any solid or liquid get into the machine’s case, please cut off the power supply immediately, and ask for qualified technicians to check the machine before rest art

z Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. No any parts repaired by yourself without technical

aid or approval.

z This manual is suitable for 8/16-channel digital video recorders.

Install Hard Drive

1. Unscrew and open the top cover

2. Connect the power and data cables. Place the HDD onto the bottom case as below.

3. Screw the HDD. For the convenience to install, please connect the power and data cables firstly, and then screw to fix.

Install HDD x 8 Install HDD x 4 and DVD writer

Install DVD writer

1.1

Main Features

COMPRESSION FORMAT

• Standard H.264 compression with low bit rate and better image quality

LIVE SURVEILLANCE

• Support HD VGA output and HDMI output

• Support channel security by hiding live display

• Display the local record status and basic information

• Support USB mouse to make full control

RECORD MEDIA

• Support 8 SATA HDD(FAT32 file system)

BACKUP

• Support USB 2.0 or eSATA devices to backup

• Support internal or external DVD writer to backup

• Support saving recorded files with AVI standard format to a remote computer through internet

RECORD & PLAYBACK

• Record modes: Manual, Schedule, Motion detection and Sensor alarm recording

• Support overwrite after HDD full

• Resolution, frame rate and picture quality are adjustable

• 128MB for every video file packaging

• 8/16 audio channels available

• Two record search mode: time search and event search

• Support 8/16 screen playback simultaneously

• Support deleting and locking the recorded files one by one

• Support remote playback in Network Client through LAN or internet

ALARM

• 4 channel alarm output and 8/16 channel alarm input available

• Support schedule for motion detection and sensor alarm

• Support pre-recording and post recording

• Support linked channels recording once motion or alarm triggered on certain channel

• Support linked PTZ preset, auto cruise and track of the corresponding channel

PTZ CONTROL

• Support various PTZ protocols

• Support 128 PTZ presets and 8 auto cruise tracks

• Support remote PTZ control through internet

SECURITY

• Customize user right: log search, system setup, two way audio, file management, disk management,

remote login, live view, manual record, playback, PTZ control and remote live view

• Support 1 administrator and 63 users

• Support event log recording and checking, events unlimited

NETWORK

• Support TCP/IP, DHCP, PPPoE, DDNS, UPnP protocol

• Support IE and Apple safari browser to do remote view

• Support setup client connection amount

• Support dual stream. Network stream is adjustable independently to fit the network bandwidth and

environment.

• Support picture snap and color adjustment in remote live

• Support remote time and event search, and channel playback with picture snap

• Support remote PTZ control with preset and auto cruise

• Support remote full menu setup, changing all the DVR parameters remotely

• Support mobile surveillance by smart phones , symbian, Windown Mobile, Iphone or Android, 3G network

available

• Support CMS to manage multi devices on internet

1.2

Front Panel Instructions

Power Power indicator, when connection HDD When HDD is writing and reading Net When access to network Backup When backup files and data Play When playing video

LED indicator

REC When recording Audio/+ 1. Control voice 2. Increase the value in setup PTZ/- 1. Enter PTZ mode in live 2. Decrease the value in setup MENU Enter menu in live INFO Check system information data Backup Enter backup mode in live Search Enter search mode

Record manually

Play/Pause

Stop/Esc

Rewind

Rewind 1-9 Input number 1-9 or choose camera 0/10+ Input number0, 10 and the above number together with other digital

keys Direction Change direction to select items Multi-screen Change screen display mode like1/4/9/16 channel

Button

Enter Confirm selection

USB

USB port To connect external USB devices like USB flash, USB HDD,

USB VCD/DVD

1.3 Rear Panel Instructions

The rear Panel interface for 8/16-ch is shown as Fig 2.9:

Fig 2.9 Rear Panel for 8-ch

Name Description Video out Connect to monitor

Video in Video input channels from 1-8(8ch) / 1-16(16ch)

Spot out

Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel.

Only video display, no menu show Audio out Audio output, connect to the sound box MIC IN Talk VGA port VGA output, connect to monitor Audio in 8ch: 8ch audio in / 16ch: 16ch audio in USB Only USB mouse LAN Network port

ALARM IN

8ch: Connect to external sensor1-8

16ch: Connect to external sensor1-16 ALARM OUT

4ch relay output. Connect to external alarm.

P/Z Connect to speed dome K/B Connect to keyboard GND Grounding FAN For cooling the device POWER INPUT

AC 115V or 230V

POWER SWITCH

Switch on/off

HDMI to HDMI input e-SATA e-SATA device connection

Tab 2.5 Definitions of Front Panel Buttons

1.4

Remote Controller (Optional)

It uses two AAA size batteries and works after loading batteries as following: Step1: Open the battery cover of the Remote Controller Step2: Place batteries. Please take care the poles (+ and -) Step3: Replace the battery cover

Notice: Frequently defect checking as following

1. Check batteries poles

2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries

3. Check IR controller sensor is mask If it still doesn't work, Please change a new remote controller to try, or contact your dealers

The interface of remote controller is shown in Fig2.11 Remote Controller.

◆ Switch Remote Control ID

Take remote control and point to DVR then continuously press “8”,”8”,”ID(0-65535)”,”Enter”.

＊The ID must be the same on DVR.

＊For example: If ID=1, please take remote control and point to DVR then press 8,8,1,Enter.

＊Repeat to release ID

Fig 2.11 Remote Controller

Item Name Function

1 Power Button

Soft switch off to stop firmware running. Do it before power off.

2 INFOR Button

Get information about the DVR like firmware version,

HDD information 3 REC Button To record manually 4 Digital Button Input digital or choose camera 5 Multi Screen Button To choose multi screen display mode 6 SEARCH Button To enter search mode 7 MENU Button To enter menu 8 ENTER Button To confirm the choice or setup 9 Direction Button Move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ

10 +/- Button To increase or decrease the value in setup

11 Playback Control Button

To control playback, Fast forward/rewind/stop/single

frame play

12 AUDIO Button To enable audio output in live mode 13 Auto Dwell Button To enter auto dwell mode 14 BACKUP Button To enter backup mode

15 PTZ Control Button

To control PTZ camera:

Move camera/ZOOM/FOCUS/IRIS/SPEED control

1.5 Control with Mouse

1.5.1 Connect Mouse

It supports USB mouse through the ports on the rear panel, please refer to Fig 2.11 Remote Controller.

Notice: If mouse is not detected or doesn't work, check below steps:

1. Make sure the mouse plugs in the USB mouse port not the USB port

2. Change a mouse to try

1.5.2 Use Mouse

The structure of the main menu is shown in Fig 2.11 Remote Controller.

In live:

Double-click left button on one camera to be full screen display. Double-click again to return to the previous

screen display.

Click right button to show the control bar at the bottom of the screen as Fig 2.11 Remote Controller. Here are all control and setup. Click right mouse again to hide the control bar.

In setup:

Click left button to enter. Click right button to cancel setup, or return to the previous. If want to input the value, move cursor to the blank and click. An input window will appear as Fig2.12. It

supports digitals, letters and symbols input.

Fig 2.12 Digital Numbers and Letters Input Window

Users can change some value by the wheel, such as time. Move cursor onto the value, and roll the wheel

when the value blinks.

It supports mouse drag. I.e. Set motion detection area: click customized, hold left button and drag to set motion detection area. Set schedule: hold left button and drag to set schedule time

In playback:

Click left button to choose the options. Click right button to return to live mode.

In backup:

Click left button to choose the options. Click right button to return to previous picture.

In PTZ control:

Click left button to choose the buttons to control the PTZ. Click right button to return to live.

Notice: Mouse is the default tool in all the operation below unless Exceptional indicatio n.

2 Basic Function Instruction

2.1 Power On/Off

Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connection is good.

2.1.1 Power on

Step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power port in the rear panel Step2: the device will be loaded, and the power indicator will display blue Step3: before start, a WIZARD dialogue box will be pop-up (refer to below picture) and show some information about time zone and time setup, IP information, record quick setup and HDD information page.

After the device power on, if there is no menu or only has live image display, user can long press ESC button to switch.

Notice: this serial device can only display menu on VGA monitor or BNC monitor at one time, if there is

live image display without menu display, please check up whether other device has menu display firstly, or long press ESC key to wait for login dialog box to appear.

2.1.2 Power off

User can power off the device by using remote controller、keyboard and mouse.

By remote controller:

Step1: press Power button, the Shut down window will appear, click OK, the unit will power off after a while. Step2: disconnect the power

By keyboard and mouse:

Step1: enter into Menu, then select “System Shut Down” icon, the Shut down window will appear Step2: click OK, the unit will power off after a while. Step3: disconnect the power

2.2 Login

User can login and logout the DVR system. User cannot do any other operations except changing the multi-screen display once logout.

Fig 3-1 Login

Notice: the default user name and password is “admin” and 123456” The concrete operation steps for change password, add or delete user please refer to Fig 3.7 User

management configuration for more details.

2.3

Live preview

Fig 3-2 live preview interface

The explanation of symbol in the live preview interface:

symbol meaning symbol meaning

Green

Manual record or time record

Red Alarm record

Yellow Motion detection record Blue Schedule record

2.3.1 Live playback

Click Play

button to playback the record. Refer to Figure3-3. User can do concrete operation by click the

buttons on screen.

Fig 3-3 live playback

1 Playback process button Play/pause / stop / frame / forward / rewind 2 Playback screen mode 4ch:1/4, 8ch:1/4/9, 16ch:1/4/6/9/16 3 Playback screen magnifier Screen digital zoomx2 4 Playback volume Volume mute on/off 5 Playback bar Hide playback tool bar 6 Playback close Exit playback to search page 7 Playback process bar Last/next segment of record and time process

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3 Main menu setup guide

Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the screen, refer to Fig 4-1:

1 Single Full channel 2 Multi 4ch:1/4, 8ch:1/4/9, 16ch:1/4/9/16 3 E-Zoom Live/playback digital zoomx2 4 Audio Audio channel setup and volume 5 PTZ Into PTZ control mode 6 Record Manual record 7 Playback Playback the nearest file 8 Main Menu Into main OSD 9 Dwell Channel sequence(only 16CH)

Fig 4-1 main menu toolbar

Click Menu button, the interface will pop-up as Fig 4-2; press MENU button on the front panel or operate with remote controller also can display the main menu.

Main OSD

Fig 4-2 system setup

Full channel switch, camera 1 ~ 4 or camera 1 ~ 8, camera 1 ~ 16

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3.1

Basic configuration

Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system、date& time and DST.

3.1.1 System

Step1: enter into system configurationÆbasic configurationÆsystem; refer to Fig 4-3:

Fig 4-3 basic configuration-basic Step2: in this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format, max network users, VGA resolution and language. The definitions for every parameters display as below:

Device name: the name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize

the device remotely.

Video format: two modes: PAL and NTSC. User can select the video format according to that of camera. Password check: enable this option, user needs to input user name and password can do corresponding

operations with the relevant right in system configuration.

Show time: display time in live. Show wizard: tick off this item, there will display an opening wizard with time zone and time setup

information

Max network uses: set the max user amount of network connection VGA resolution: the resolution of live display interface, range from: VGA800*600、VGA1024*768、

VGA1280*1024and CVBS

Note：When switch between VGA and CVBS will change the menu output mode, please connect to relevant monitor.

Language: setup the menu language. Note: after changed the language and v i deo output, the device needs to login again.

3.1.2 Time & date

Step1: enter into system configurationÆbasic configurationÆtime & date; refer to Fig 4-4:

16 CH

Fig 4-4 basic configuration-time & date

Step2: set the date format, time format, time zone in this interface; click off “sync time with NTP server” to refresh NTP server date; user

also can adjust system date manually

Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.1.3 DST

Step1: enter into system configurationÆbasic configurationÆDST; refer to Fig 4-5:

Fig 4-5 basic configuration-DST Step2: in this interface, enable daylight saving time, time offset, mode, start & end month/week/date, etc. Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.2 Live configuration

Live configuration includes four submenus: live, host monitor, SPOT and mask.

3.2.1 Live

In this interface, user can setup camera name, adjust colors: brightness, hue, saturation and contrast. Step1: enter into system configurationÆlive configurationÆlive; refer to Fig 4-6:

Fig 4-6 live configurationÆlive

Step2: tick off camera name; click “setting” button, a window will pop-up as Fig 4-7:

Fig 4-7 live-color adjustment Step3: in this interface, user can adjust brightness, hue, saturation and contrast in live; click “default” button to resort default setting, click “OK” button to save the setting. Step4: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then do relevant setup. Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.2.2 Main monitor

Step1: enter into system configurationÆlive configurationÆhost monitor; refer to Fig 4-8:

Fig 4-8 live configuration-host monitor

Step2: select split mode: 1×1、2×2、2×3、3×3、4×4 and channel Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display

Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group. Click

button to setup the previous

channel groups of dwell picture, click

button to set the latter channel groups of dwell picture. Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.2.3 SPOT

Step1: enter into system configurationÆlive configurationÆSPOT; refer to Fig 4-9:

Fig 4-9 live configuration-SPOT

Step2: select split mode: 1×1and channel Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display

Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group. Click

button to setup the previous

channel groups of dwell picture, click

3.2.4 Mask

User can setup private mask area on the live image picture, max threes areas.

Fig 4-10 live configuration-mask

Setup mask area: click Setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask

area, refer to below picture. Click Apply button to save the setting.

Delete mask area: select a certain mask area, click left mouse to delete that mask area, click Apply button to

save the setting.

Setup mask area

Notice: The mask area will not be recorded on DVR. Please use this function carefully.

Live image mask area

3.3

Record configuration

Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp.

3.3.1 Enable

Step1: enter into system configurationÆrecord configurationÆenable; refer to Fig 4-11:

Fig 4-11 record configuration-enable Step2: tick off record, audio and record time Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

Definitions and descriptions of Record:

Parameter Meaning

Record Record switch of every channels Audio Enable live record audio

3.3.2 Record stream

Step1: enter into system configurationÆrecord configurationÆrecord bit rate; refer to Fig 4-10:

16CH

Fig 4-10 record configuration-record bit rate

Step2: setup rate, resolution, quality, encode and max bit stream Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “All”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

Note: if the rate value set is over high the maximum resources of the device, the value will be adjusted automatically. Definitions and descriptions of Record stream:

Parameter Meaning

Rate

Range from: 1-30（NTSC）1-25(PAL)

Resolution Support CIF and D1

Quality The quality of recorded images. The higher the value is, the

clearer the recorded image is. Six options: lowest, lower, low, medium, higher and highest.

Encode VBR and CBR

Max bit stream

Range from: 64 Kbps、128 Kbps、256 Kbps、512 Kbps、

768 Kbps、1Mbps、2 Mbps

3.3.3 Time

Step1: enter into system configurationÆrecord configurationÆ time; refer to Fig 4-12:

Fig 4-12 record configuration-time

Pre-alarm record time: the record time before event happen i.e. record time before motion detection or

sensor alarm is triggered.

Post-alarm record: set the post recording time after the alarm is finished, five options: 10s、15s、20s、30s

and 60s.

Expire time: the hold time of saved records. If the set date is overdue, the record files will be deleted

automatically. Step2: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.3.4 Stamp Stamp：User can overlap the channel name and time stamp on video.

Step1: enter into system configurationÆ record configurationÆ stamp; refer to Fig 4-13:

Fig 4-13 record configuration-stamp

Step2: tick off camera name, time stamp; click Set button, user can use cursor to drag the camera name and time stamp in random positions, refer to below Figures:

Before drag after drag Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

3.3.5 Recycle record

Step1: enter into system configurationÆrecord configurationÆrecycle record;

Step2: tick off recycle record, the recycle record function will enable, it will cover the earlier recorded files and keep recoding when HDD is full; if disenable this function, it will stop recording when HDD is full. Step3: click “default” button to reset default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.

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