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WARNING
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert
the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure
that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature
accompanying the appliance.
COMPLIANCE NOTICE OF FCC:
THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS A DIGITAL
DEVICE, PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED
IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES, USES, AND CAN RADIATE RADIO
FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION
MANUAL, MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. OPERATION OF THIS
EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, IN WHICH CASE
USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
WARNING: CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE
FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.
THIS CLASS OF DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN
INTERFERENCE-CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS.
The information in this manual is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is
not responsible for any problems resulting from the use thereof. The information contained herein is subject to change
without notice. Revisions or new editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such changes.
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Important Safeguards
1. Read Instructions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the
appliance is operated.
2. Retain Instructions
The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future
reference.
3. Cleaning
Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning it. Do not
use liquid aerosol cleaners. Use a damp soft cloth for cleaning.
4. Attachments
Never add any attachments and/or equipment without the approval of
the manufacturer as such additions may result in the risk of fire, electric
shock or other personal injury.
5. Water and/or Moisture
Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water.
6. Accessories
Do not place this equipment on an unstable cart, stand or table. The
equipment may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult, and
serious damage to the equipment. Wall or shelf mounting should
follow the manufacturer's instructions, and should use a mounting kit
approved by the manufacturer.
This equipment and cart combination should be moved with care.
Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the
equipment and cart combination to overturn.
7. Power Sources
This equipment should be operated only from the type of power source
indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power,
please consult your equipment dealer or local power company.
8. Power Cords
Operator or installer must remove power and TNT connections before
handling the equipment.
9. Lightning
For added protection for this equipment during a lightning storm, or
when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it
from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This
will prevent damage to the equipment due to lightning and power-line
surges.
10. Overloading
Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in
the risk of fire or electric shock.
11. Objects and Liquids
Never push objects of any kind through openings of this equipment as
they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could
result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the
equipment.
12. Servicing
Do not attempt to service this equipment yourself. Refer all servicing
to qualified service personnel.
13. Damage requiring Service
Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to
qualified service personnel under the following conditions:
A. When the power-supply cord or the plug has been damaged.
B. If liquid is spilled, or objects have fallen into the equipment.
C. If the equipment has been exposed to rain or water.
D. If the equipment does not operate normally by following the
operating instructions, adjust only those controls that are covered by
the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other
controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work
by a qualified technician to restore the equipment to its normal
operation.
E. If the equipment has been dropped, or the cabinet damaged.
F. When the equipment exhibits a distinct change in performance —
this indicates a need for service.
14. Replacement Parts
When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has
used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or that have the
same characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized substitutions
may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards.
15. Safety Check
Upon completion of any service or repairs to this equipment, ask the
service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the
equipment is in proper operating condition.
16. Field Installation
This installation should be made by a qualified service person and
should conform to all local codes.
17. Correct Batteries
Warning: Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.
Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.
18. Tmra
A manufacturer’s maximum recommended ambient temperature
(Tmra) for the equipment must be specified so that the customer and
installer may determine a suitable maximum operating environment
for the equipment.
19. Elevated Operating Ambient Temperature
If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the operating
ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room
ambient. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the
equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer’s
maximum rated ambient temperature (Tmra).
20. Reduced Air Flow
Installation of the equipment in the rack should be such that the amount
of airflow required for safe operation of the equipment is not
compromised.
21. Mechanical Loading
Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous
condition is not caused by uneven mechanical loading.
22. Circuit Overloading
Consideration should be given to connection of the equipment to
supply circuit and the effect that overloading of circuits might have on
over current protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consideration
of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this
concern.
23. Reliable Earthing (Grounding)
Reliable grounding of rack mounted equipment should be maintained.
Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than
direct conections to the branch circuit (e.g., use of power strips).
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 — Introduction.................................................................................1
Features.......................................................................................................1
Technical Overview...................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2 — Installation...................................................................................3
Package Contents........................................................................................3
Required Installation Tools...........................................................................3
Setting Unit for NTSC or PAL....................................................................... 4
Connecting the Video Source....................................................................... 4
Connecting the Loop Through Video............................................................ 4
Connecting the Monitor................................................................................ 5
Connecting Audio......................................................................................... 5
Connecting Alarms....................................................................................... 6
AI 1 to 16 (Alarm In).................................................................................. 6
GND (Ground) ..........................................................................................6
AO 1 and 4 (Alarm Out)............................................................................6
ARI (Alarm Reset In).................................................................................7
Connecting to RS485...................................................................................7
Connecting to the Network Port....................................................................7
Connecting to the USB Port......................................................................... 8
Connecting to the Ultra Wide SCSI Port....................................................... 8
Connecting to the RS232 Port...................................................................... 9
Factory Reset............................................................................................... 9
Connecting the Power Cord....................................................................... 10
Chapter 3 — Configuration ............................................................................11
Front Panel Controls...................................................................................11
Camera Buttons (1 to 16)........................................................................11
POWER LED..........................................................................................11
NETWORK LED......................................................................................11
BACKUP LED......................................................................................... 11
DUPLEX LED......................................................................................... 12
PTZ Button.............................................................................................. 12
MODE/TELE Button................................................................................ 12
SEQUENCE/WIDE Button...................................................................... 12
FREEZE/FAR Button..............................................................................12
ALARM/NEAR Button.............................................................................12
SPOT/PRESET Button........................................................................... 12
MENU/VIEW Button................................................................................13
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SEARCH/STOP Button...........................................................................13
RW (Rewind) Button............................................................................... 13
PREV (Previous) Button......................................................................... 13
Play/Pause Button..................................................................................13
NEXT Button...........................................................................................13
FF (Fast Forward) Button........................................................................14
PANIC Button .........................................................................................14
Enter Button............................................................................................ 14
Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons......................................................14
Turning on the Power................................................................................. 14
Initial Unit Setup.........................................................................................15
Quick Setup Screen....................................................................................15
Normal Setup Screen................................................................................. 17
System Information................................................................................. 17
Date/Time Setup..................................................................................... 20
System Check Screen............................................................................ 24
Storage Screen....................................................................................... 25
System Log Screen.................................................................................27
System Shutdown...................................................................................28
Configuring Input Devices.......................................................................... 28
Camera Setup Screen............................................................................ 29
Alarm In Setup Screen............................................................................30
Motion Detector ......................................................................................31
Alarm Out Setup Screen.........................................................................33
Audio Setup Screen................................................................................35
RS232/RS485 Setup Screen..................................................................36
Configuring Recording Settings..................................................................37
Record Mode Setup Screen....................................................................37
Time-Lapse Record Mode Setup Screen................................................38
Time-Lapse Recording Schedule............................................................39
Pre-Event Recording Setup Screen........................................................ 40
Event Action Setup..................................................................................... 41
Alarm In Event Action (Record) Setup Screen........................................ 41
Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen...................................42
Alarm In Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen..........................................43
Motion Detector Event Action (Record) Setup Screen............................44
Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen....................... 45
Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen..............................46
Video Loss Event Action (Record) Setup Screen...................................47
Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen............................... 48
Video Loss Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen...................................... 49
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Display Setup.............................................................................................50
OSD (On-Screen Display) Setup............................................................ 50
Main Monitoring Setup Screen................................................................51
Spot Monitoring Setup Screen................................................................52
Network Setup Screen................................................................................53
LAN Setup Screen.................................................................................. 54
Modem Setup......................................................................................... 55
Callback Center Setup Screen................................................................56
Password Setup Screen............................................................................. 58
Config Screen.............................................................................................59
Archive....................................................................................................60
Clip Copy................................................................................................ 62
Load Default Setup................................................................................. 65
Clear All Data..........................................................................................65
Chapter 4 — Operation..................................................................................67
Turning on the Power................................................................................. 67
Live Monitoring........................................................................................... 67
Active Cameo Mode................................................................................68
PIP Mode................................................................................................ 68
PTZ Mode...............................................................................................69
Recording Video......................................................................................... 70
Recording Audio......................................................................................... 70
Playing Recorded Video.............................................................................70
RW (Rewind) Button............................................................................... 70
FF (Fast Forward) Button........................................................................70
SEARCH/STOP Button...........................................................................71
Camera Buttons (1 to 16)........................................................................71
MODE/TELE Button................................................................................ 71
Searching Video.........................................................................................71
Change Data Source..............................................................................72
Date/Time Search................................................................................... 72
Calendar Search..................................................................................... 73
Event Search.......................................................................................... 74
Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation..........................................77
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000..........................77
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98..............................77
Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips........................................................... 79
Appendix C — Troubleshooting..................................................................... 81
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Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs................................................................ 82
Alarm I/O Connector and RS485 Connector Pin Outs................................82
Appendix E — Hard Disk Drive Addition and Replacement........................... 83
Hard Disk Drive Addition............................................................................ 83
Hard Disk Drive Removal...........................................................................83
Hard Disk Drive Replacement....................................................................83
Case I: When replacing problem ‘MASTER’ hard disk drives… .............83
Case II: When replacing problem ‘SLAVE’ hard disk drives… ...............84
Moving Hard Disk Drives to Another Unit................................................... 84
Appendix F — Map of Screens...................................................................... 85
Appendix G — Specifications.........................................................................86
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List of Illustrations
Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation.......................................................................................1
Figure 2 — 16-Channel DVR rear panel. ............................................................................... 3
Figure 3 — NTSC/PAL switch................................................................................................4
Figure 4 — Video input connectors........................................................................................ 4
Figure 5 — Video Loop Through connectors.......................................................................... 4
Figure 6 — Video Out connectors.......................................................................................... 5
Figure 7 — Audio In and Out connectors............................................................................... 5
Figure 8 — Alarm Input/Output and RS485 connector............................................................6
Figure 9 — Alarm Input/Output board and alarm connector strips.......................................... 6
Figure 10 — RS485 connector............................................................................................... 7
Figure 11 — Network connector............................................................................................ 7
Figure 12 — USB connector.................................................................................................. 8
Figure 13 — SCSI connector................................................................................................. 8
Figure 14 — RS232 connector...............................................................................................9
Figure 15 — Factory reset switch. ......................................................................................... 9
Figure 16 — Power cord connector...................................................................................... 10
Figure 17 — 16-Channel DVR front panel............................................................................ 11
Figure 18 — Admin Password screen.................................................................................. 15
Figure 19 — Quick Setup screen......................................................................................... 15
Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen....................................................................................... 17
Figure 21 — System Information screen.............................................................................. 17
Figure 22 — System Information Change screen................................................................. 18
Figure 23 — Virtual keyboard.............................................................................................. 18
Figure 24 — Language drop-down menu............................................................................. 19
Figure 25 — System Upgrade screen.................................................................................. 20
Figure 26 — Date/Time setup screen...................................................................................20
Figure 27 — Holiday Setup screen...................................................................................... 22
Figure 28 — Time Sync screen............................................................................................ 22
Figure 29 — System Check screen......................................................................................24
Figure 30 — Storage screen................................................................................................ 25
Figure 31 — S.M.A.R.T. Setup screen................................................................................. 26
Figure 32 — System Log screen.......................................................................................... 27
Figure 33 — Device menu screen........................................................................................ 28
Figure 34 — Camera setup screen...................................................................................... 29
Figure 35 — PTZ Device list................................................................................................ 30
Figure 36 — Alarm In setup screen...................................................................................... 30
Figure 37 — Motion Detector setup screen.......................................................................... 31
Figure 38 — Motion Detection Zone screen......................................................................... 32
Figure 39 — Motion Detection Zone menu screen............................................................... 32
Figure 40 — Alarm Out setup screen................................................................................... 33
Figure 41 — Alarm Out Schedule screen............................................................................. 34
Figure 42 — Audio Setup screen......................................................................................... 35
Figure 43 — RS232/RS485 setup screen............................................................................ 36
Figure 44 — Record Mode Setup screen............................................................................. 37
Figure 45 — Time-Lapse Record Setup screen. .................................................................. 38
Figure 46 — Time-Lapse Recording Schedule screen......................................................... 39
Figure 47 — Pre-Event Record Setup screen...................................................................... 40
Figure 48 — Alarm In Event Action (Record) setup screen...................................................41
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Figure 49 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.............................................. 42
Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Notify) setup screen..................................................... 43
Figure 51 — Motion Detector Event Action (Record) setup screen....................................... 44
Figure 52 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen...................................45
Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) setup screen......................................... 46
Figure 54 — Video Loss Event Action (Record) setup screen.............................................. 47
Figure 55 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.......................................... 48
Figure 56 — Video Loss Event Action (Notify) setup screen.................................................49
Figure 57 — OSD Setup screen.......................................................................................... 50
Figure 58 — Main Monitoring Setup screen......................................................................... 51
Figure 59 — Spot Monitoring Setup screen.......................................................................... 52
Figure 60 — Network Setup screen..................................................................................... 53
Figure 61 — LAN Setup screen........................................................................................... 54
Figure 62 — Modem Setup screen...................................................................................... 55
Figure 63 — Callback Center (LAN) Setup screen............................................................... 56
Figure 64 — Callback Center (Modem) Setup screen.......................................................... 57
Figure 65 — Password setup screen................................................................................... 58
Figure 66 — Config screen.................................................................................................. 59
Figure 67 — Archive screen ................................................................................................ 60
Figure 68 — Archive Setup screen...................................................................................... 60
Figure 69 — Manual Archive screen.................................................................................... 61
Figure 70 — Clip Copy screen............................................................................................. 62
Figure 71 — USB Device Selection screen.......................................................................... 63
Figure 72 — Disk Partition Selection screen........................................................................ 64
Figure 73 — PTZ Preset screen.......................................................................................... 69
Figure 74 — Preset view screen.......................................................................................... 69
Figure 75 — Search Menu................................................................................................... 71
Figure 76 — Change Data Source screen ............................................................................ 72
Figure 77 — Date/Time Search screen................................................................................ 72
Figure 78 — Calendar Search screen.................................................................................. 73
Figure 79 — Event Log screen............................................................................................ 74
Figure 80 — Event Search (by Camera) screen................................................................... 75
Figure 81 — Event Search (by Event) screen...................................................................... 75
Figure 82 — Smart View screen.......................................................................................... 79
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Chapter 1 — Introduction
Features
Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for nine or 16 camera
inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the
following features:
• 9 or 16 Composite Input Connectors
• Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources
• Multiple Search Engines (Date/Time, Calendar, Event)
• Records up to 60 NTSC Images per Second (50 PAL Images per Second)
• “Loop-Through” Video Connectors
• Continuous Recording in Disk Overwrite Mode
• Video Archiving via Ultra SCSI Interface (Not implemented yet)
• Continues Recording while Archiving, Transmitting to Remote Site and during Playback
• User-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) Menu System
• Two Record Modes (Time and Event)
• Audio Recording and Playback
• Alarm Connections Include: Input, Output and Reset Input
• Built-in Alarm Buzzer
• Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet or Modem
Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation.
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Technical Overview
Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation.
However, it has many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the
most advanced VCR.
The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard
disk drive. Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video almost instantaneously;
there is no need to rewind tape. The technology also allows you to view recorded video while
the DVR continues recording video.
Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is
no need to adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and
slow reverse without image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events,
and you can instantly view video after selecting the time or event.
Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and
the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays.
The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set up to record
over the oldest video once the disk is full.
Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video.
You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via modem or Ethernet.
There is a SCSI port that can be used to record or archive video to external hard disk drives, and
also there are two USB ports that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to
external hard disk drives, CD-RW drives or flash drives.
NOTE: This manual covers the 9- 16-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are
identical except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the
number of cameras that can be displayed. For simplicity, the illustrations and
descriptions in this manual refer to the 16-camera model.
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Chapter 2 — Installation
Package Contents
The package contains the following:
• Digital Video Recorder
• Adaptor (Including Power Cord)
• User’s Manual (This Document)
• Smart View Software CD and User’s Manual
• Rack-mount Kit
Required Installation Tools
No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other
items that make up part of your system.
Figure 2 — 16-Channel DVR rear panel.
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Setting Unit for NTSC or PAL
Figure 3 — NTSC/PAL switch.
Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment. Before turning on the DVR, set
the switch to NTSC or PAL to match your equipment.
NOTE: You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment. For example you cannot use a PAL
camera and an NTSC monitor.
CAUTION: If you set the switch from NTSC (PAL) to PAL (NTSC), please do the
Factory Reset and Clear All Data. If not, it causes the DVR to perform wrong
operations.
Connecting the Video Source
Figure 4 — Video input connectors.
Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC Video In connectors.
Connecting the Loop Through Video
Figure 5 — Video Loop Through connectors.
If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC
connectors.
NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the
Loop BNC unless it is connected to another terminated device because it will cause poor
quality video.
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Connecting the Monitor
Figure 6 — Video Out connectors.
Connect the monitor to either the Video Out or SVHS Out connector.
Connect the spot monitor to the SPOT connector if required.
NOTE: If your monitor has an SVHS input, use it because it will give you better quality
video display.
NOTE: The Video Out (BNC) and the SVHS Out connectors may be connected to
individual monitors for simultaneous operation.
Connecting Audio
NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit
recording audio.
Figure 7 — Audio In and Out connectors.
Your DVR can record audio. Connect the audio source to Audio In. Connect Audio Out to
your amplifier.
NOTE: The DVR does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with
an amplifier. The audio input can be from an amplified source or directly from a
microphone.
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Connecting Alarms
Figure 8 — Alarm Input/Output and RS485 connector.
Figure 9 — Alarm Input/Output board and alarm connector strips.
An Alarm I/O port (DB-25 male connector) is provided to connect the alarm inputs and alarm
outputs. Connect the wires to connectors on the Alarm I/O board (supplied with the unit), and
then connect the board to the Alarm I/O port.
CAUTION: Do not attempt to wire directly to the DB-25 male connector.
NOTE: The Alarm I/O Board consists of alarm connector strips and RS485 connector.
AI 1 to 16 (Alarm In)
You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events. Mechanical or electrical
switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm In) and GND (Ground) connectors. The threshold
voltage is 4.3V and should be stable at least 0.5 seconds to be detected. See Chapter 3 —
Configuration for configuring alarm input.
GND (Ground)
NOTE: All the connectors marked GND are common.
Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and/or alarm output to the GND connector.
AO 1 and 4 (Alarm Out)
The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the AO
(Alarm Out) and GND (Ground) connectors. AO is an active low open collector output which
sinks 5mA@12V and 30 mA@5V. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for configuring alarm
output.
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ARI (Alarm Reset In)
An external signal to the Alarm Reset In can be used to reset both the Alarm Out signal and the
DVR’s internal buzzer. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the ARI (Alarm Reset
In) and GND (Ground) connectors. The threshold voltage is below 0.3V and should be stable at
least 0.5 seconds to be detected. Connect the wires to the ARI (Alarm Reset In) and GND
(Ground) connectors.
Connecting to RS485
Figure 10 — RS485 connector.
The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control
keyboard, using RS485 half-duplex serial communications signals. The RS485 connector can
also be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras. Connect RX+ and TX+ of the control
system to the RX+/TX+ of the DVR, and RX- and TX- to the RX-/TX-. See Chapter 3 —
Configuration and the PTZ camera manufacture’s manual for configuring the RS485
connection.
Connecting to the Network Port
Figure 11 — Network connector.
The DVR can be networked using the 10/100Mb Ethernet connector. Connect a Cat5 cable
with an RJ-45 jack to the DVR connector. The DVR can be networked with a computer for
remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades. See Chapter 3 —
Configuration for configuring the Ethernet connections.
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Connecting to the USB Port
Figure 12 — USB connector.
Two USB ports are provided to connect external hard disk drives, CD-RW or flash drive for clip
copy or system upgrade. Position the external hard disk drive close enough to the DVR so that
you can make the cable connections, usually less than 6 feet. Use the USB cable provided with
the hard disk drive to connect it to the DVR.
Connecting to the Ultra Wide SCSI Port
Figure 13 — SCSI connector.
A SCSI port is provided to connect external storage devices for recording or arching video.
Connect the external SCSI hard disk drive (RAID) cable to the high-density 68-pin female
UltraWide SCSI port. The length of SCSI cable should not exceed 1.5 meters. You can connect
up to 15 UltraWide SCSI devices with SCSI IDs set to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
and 15 respectively.
NOTE: Do NOT set the SCSI ID to 7 because the ID number 7 was assigned to the Host.
NOTE: The SCSI bus must be terminated properly, otherwise the DVR will not operate
properly.
CAUTION: Do NOT connect the SCSI device while the DVR power is on. The
DVR must be powered down to connect the SCSI device and powered up again
after the SCSI device has been connected. Power up the SCSI device so it is
ready for operation in advance of powering up the DVR.
CAUTION: If the SCSI device is shut down while the device is operating, the
DVR system may not work normally.
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Connecting to the RS232 Port
Figure 14 — RS232 connector.
An RS232 port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, configuration
and software upgrades, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a
DB-9S (female) connector to connect to the DVR. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for
configuring the modem.
NOTE: The DVR is not supplied with a modem cable, and many modems are not
supplied with cables. Make certain you have the correct cable when purchasing the
modem.
Factory Reset
Figure 15 — Factory reset switch.
The DVR has a Factory Reset switch to the right of the USB port. This switch will only be
used on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings.
CAUTION: When using the Factory Reset, you will lose any setting you have
made.
To reset the unit, you will need a straightened paperclip:
1. Turn the DVR off.
2. Turn it on again.
3. While the DVR is initializing, poke the straightened paperclip in the unlabeled hole to
the right of the USB port.
4. Hold the switch until all the LEDs on the front panel are lit.
NOTE: When the DVR successfully resets to factory defaults all the LEDs on the front
panel flash three times.
5. Release the reset switch. All of the DVR’s settings are now at the original settings it
had when it left the factory.
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Connecting the Power Cord
Figure 16 — Power cord connector.
Connect the DC power cord of the adaptor to the DVR, and connect the AC power cord to the
adaptor and then to the wall outlet.
NOTE: The power cord connector locks into position to prevent accidental power loss.
Be sure to slide the release away from the socket before removing the plug.
WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING
HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR
ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS
OR CARPET.
THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN. IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES
NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE, DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG.
DO NOT OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT BY PLUGGING TOO MANY DEVICES IN TO
ONE CIRCUIT.
Your DVR is now ready to operate. Refer to Chapter 3 — Configuration and Chapter 4 —
Operation.
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Chapter 3 — Configuration
NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2
— Installation.
Front Panel Controls
Figure 17 — 16-Channel DVR front panel.
The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer. Many of the
buttons have multiple functions. The following describes each button and control. Take a few
minutes to review the descriptions. You will use these to initially set up your DVR and for daily
operations.
Camera Buttons (1 to 16)
Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen.
They are also used to enter passwords.
POWER LED
The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On.
NETWORK LED
The NETWORK LED is lit when the unit is connected with Smart View (Remote
Administration System) either via Ethernet or modem.
BACKUP LED
The BACKUP LED is lit when data is being backed up using the USB port.
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DUPLEX LED
The DUPLEX LED is lit when the DVR is operating in the Duplex mode.
PTZ Button
Pressing the PTZ button opens a Pan/Tilt/Zoom screen which allows you to control properly
configured cameras.
MODE/TELE Button
Pressing the MODE/TELE button toggles between different display formats. The available
formats are: full, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 and PIP. Zooms In in PTZ mode.
SEQUENCE/WIDE Button
When in the live mode, pressing the SEQUENCE/WIDE button displays another full live
channel sequentially. When in one of the multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the
DVR to sequence cameras in two sequence modes: “Page” and “Cameo”. In the Page mode, the
DVR sequences through user-defined screen layouts (pages). In the Cameo mode, the bottom,
right screen to display live cameras sequentially. Pressing the SEQUENCE/WIDE button while
in the Sequence mode will exit the Sequence mode. Zooms Out in PTZ mode.
FREEZE/FAR Button
Pressing the FREEZE/FAR button freezes the current live screen. Used for far Focus in the PTZ
mode.
ALARM/NEAR Button
The ALARM/NEAR button has two functions. First, it will reset the DVR’s outputs including
the internal buzzer during an alarm. Second, it will display the event log when you are in the
live monitoring mode unless there is an active alarm. This operation can be user password
protected. Used for near Focus in PTZ mode.
The ALARM/NEAR button LED is lit when alarm outputs are activated. When the user resets
alarm outputs by pressing the ALARM/NEAR button, the button LED will not be lit until alarm
output is activated again.
SPOT/PRESET Button
Pressing the SPOT/PRESET button and pressing the individual camera buttons displays the
selected camera on the spot monitor. For the sequence display on the spot monitor, press the
SPOT/PRESET button and then SEQUENCE/WIDE button. Saves Presets in PTZ mode.
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MENU/VIEW Button
Pressing the MENU/VIEW button enters the Quick Setup screen. You will need to enter the
administrator password to access the Quick Setup. Pressing the button also closes the current
menu or setup dialog box. Loads a Preset View in PTZ mode.
SEARCH/STOP Button
Pressing the SEARCH/STOP button displays the Search menu. Pressing the button again will
exit the Search menu. This operation can be user password protected. Pressing the
SEARCH/STOP button while in the Playback mode returns the DVR to the Live Monitoring
mode.
RW (Rewind) Button
Pressing the RW button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles
the playback speed from , and . The screen displays , and
respectively.
Entering Fast Backward Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password
protected.
PREV (Previous) Button
The PREV button only functions when playback video has been paused. Pressing the PREV
button plays video backward image-by-image.
Play/Pause Button
Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button plays back images at regular speed. Pressing the button
while in the playback mode will pause the video. The screen displays when the DVR is
playing back video. The screen displays when in the Pause mode.
Entering Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be user password protected.
NEXT Button
The NEXT button only functions when playback video has been paused. Pressing the NEXT
button plays video forward image-by-image.
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FF (Fast Forward) Button
Pressing the FF button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the
playback speed from , ??and . The screen displays , ??and respectively.
Entering Fast Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password protected.
PANIC Button
Pressing the PANIC button starts panic recording of all camera channels, and displays on the
screen. Pressing the button again will stop panic recording. This operation can be user
password protected.
Enter Button
The (Enter) button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made
during system setup. This is also used to enter or exit the active cameo mode during live
monitoring and playback.
Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons
These buttons are used to navigate through menus and Graphical User Interface (GUI). They
are also used to control Pan and Tilt when in the PTZ mode. The arrow buttons can be used to
move the position of the active cameo screen, and also move through screen pages.
Turning on the Power
Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit will take approximately 60
seconds to initialize.
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Initial Unit Setup
Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This
includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, remote control, record
mode, network and password. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes.
Press the MENU/VIEW button to enter the setup screens. The Admin Password screen
appears.
Figure 18 — Admin Password screen.
Enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and
then the Enter button. The factory default password is 4321. There are two Setup screens:
Quick Setup and Normal Setup. The factory default is the Quick Setup screen.
NOTE: The setup screens can also be accessed by entering the User password if the
User password is turned on. However, only access to the Clip Copy and Password
setup screens is permitted.
Quick Setup Screen
Figure 19 — Quick Setup screen.
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The Quick Setup screen allows you to set up the most commonly used features of your DVR.
Use the arrow buttons to move through the options. Pressing the button lets you make your
selections.
NOTE: If you enter the Quick Setup screen by entering User password, only Password
setup will be permitted.
Highlight the box beside Quick Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
If you select Off, you will use the Normal Setup screen to change the DVR’s settings.
Highlight the Recording Speed box and select recording speeds from as few as one image
every 10 seconds to as fast as 60 ips.
NOTE: The DVR has a maximum recording speed of 60 ips per camera, however, the
recording speed may not be achieved when averaged over all cameras.
Highlight the Recording Quality box and select from Very High, High, Standard and Low.
Highlight the box beside Audio Recording and select either On or Off.
NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit
recording audio.
Highlight the box beside Sequence Dwell Time and select from 3 to 60 seconds for the camera
sequence dwell time.
Selecting System Information… enters that screen.
Selecting Storage… enters a screen where you can check the storage status.
Selecting Camera… enters a screen where you can set up camera information.
Selecting Network Setup… enters a screen where you can set up network information.
Selecting Password… enters a screen where you will be able to change passwords.
Selecting Date/Time… enters a screen where you will be able to set the DVR’s time and date.
Selecting System Shutdown… shuts the DVR down. When shutting down the DVR, you
need to confirm that you want to shut down the unit, you will be asked for an administrator
password.
NOTE: The Quick Setup mode will be released automatically when the user changes the
DVR settings remotely using the Smart View program.
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Normal Setup Screen
Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen.
Press the MENU/VIEW button to enter the setup screen. If the Quick Setup screen appears, turn
it off as described above. The Normal Setup screen gives you access to all the DVR’s setup
screens.
System Information
Highlight System Information and press the button. The System Information screen
appears.
Figure 21 — System Information screen.
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In the System Information screen, you can name the site location, assign a unit ID number,
select the language the screens are displayed in, and upgrade the software. Highlight Change
and press the button. The System Information Change screen appears.
Figure 22 — System Information Change screen.
Highlight the box beside Site Description and press the button. A virtual keyboard
displays.
Figure 23 — Virtual keyboard.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the first character you want in the Site Title and press the
button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position.
Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and
deletes entered characters. You can use up to 20 characters including spaces in your title.
Once you have entered your title, highlight Close and press the button.
Highlight the box beside Unit ID and press the button. Change the number by highlighting it
and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The Unit ID
number is used to identify the unit when it is networked with other DVRs. You cannot use the
same number for two or more DVRs that are within the same network.
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Highlight the box beside Language and press
button.
A drop-down menu displays the
available languages. Highlight the desired language and press the button.
Figure 24 — Language drop-down menu.
After you have created a title, assigned a unit ID number and selected a language, you can save
your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen
without saving the changes.
The box beside Version displays the software version of the DVR.
NOTE: You can upgrade the software only in the System Information Change screen.
To upgrade the software, connect the USB device containing the upgrade package file to the
DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The System Upgrade screen appears.
The screen displays the upgrade package file name.
CAUTION: System upgrade via USB port might NOT be completed properly if a
USB device has been connected to the other USB port. Please remove any other
USB device before system upgrade is attempted.
NOTE: If the file system on the USB-IDE hard disk drive or USB flash drive is NOT FAT16
or FAT32 format, format the drive using FAT16 or FAT32 format.
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Figure 25 — System Upgrade screen.
Select Start, and enter the Admin password to start the upgrade. The system restarts
automatically after completing the upgrade.
NOTE: Only the system administrator can upgrade the software.
NOTE: You cannot upgrade software during clip copy.
Date/Time Setup
Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen
appears.
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CAUTION: If you set a date and time that is older than some of your recorded
images, any images with dates and times later than the new setting will be
deleted.
Highlight the first box beside Date/Time and press the button. The individual sections of
the date highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the Left
and Right arrow buttons to move between month, date and year. Once you have the correct date,
press the button.
Highlight the second box beside Date/Time and press the button. The individual sections of
the time will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the
Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour, minutes and seconds. Once you have the
correct time, press the button.
NOTE: The clock will not start running until you have restarted the unit, so you may
wish to set the time last.
Highlight the box beside Time Zone and press the button. Select the time zone you are in
from the list and press the button.
Highlight the box beside Daylight Saving Time and press the button. Pressing the
button toggles between On and Off.
Highlight the Holiday Setup… box and press the button. You can set up holidays by
highlighting Add: and pressing the
button
. The current date appears.
Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons. Press
the button to add the date. Dates can be deleted by highlighting the X beside the date and
pressing the button.
NOTE: Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the
current year’s holiday has passed.
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Figure 27 — Holiday Setup screen.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
exits the screen without saving the changes.
Highlight the Time Sync… box and press the button. You can set up time synchronization
between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in most time zones and countries,
or between the DVR and another DVR.
. Selecting Cancel
Figure 28 — Time Sync screen.
Highlight the box beside Automatic Time Sync and press the button. This toggles between
On and Off.
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Highlight the box beside SNTP Server and press the button. Change the numbers by
highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number
value.
Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button. Set the time interval for
synchronization from 1 to 300 minutes.
The box beside System Clock displays the DVR's time setting.
The box beside Server Clock displays the time setting of the time server. Highlighting the
Update button and pressing the button updates the server clock.
NOTE: The Server Clock will display “ – ” when the DVR cannot load the time
information from the time server.
The box beside Next Synchronization displays the time when the next synchronization is
scheduled. If you want to synchronize the time instantly, highlight the Now… button and press
the button.
CAUTION: When selecting Now… , any video with a later time and date will be lost if the
time and date of a time server is earlier than the last recorded image of the DVR.
NOTE: When the time difference between the DVR and the time server is more than one
minute, the DVR might not synchronize the time to prevent any unexpected loss of
recorded video data. If you want to synchronize the time manually, select Now… .
Highlight the Run as Server box and press the button. Pressing the button toggles
between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
Highlight the box beside Date Format and press the button. A list of date formats appears.
Highlight the format you wish to use and press the button. The choices are:
MM-DD-YYYY
DD-MM-YYYY
YYYY-MM-DD
MM/DD/YYYY
DD/MM/YYYY
YYYY/MM/DD
To change the time format, highlight the box beside Time Format and press the button. The
DVR toggles between 12 Hours (AM/PM) and 24 Hours (military time).
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
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System Check Screen
Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the button. The System Check
setup screen appears.
Figure 29 — System Check screen.
Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On
and Off. When it is On, the DVR reports a fault condition if it does not detect any recording or
if there is an alarm during the designated time.
Highlight the box under the Interval heading and press the button. A slide bar appears
allowing you to set the check interval from 1 Hour to 30 Days by using the Left and Right arrow
buttons.
The Status field displays the fault conditions. When it is Good, there was recording or an
alarm occurred during the designated time. When it is Bad, there was no recording or no alarm
occurred during the designated time.
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Storage Screen
Highlight Storage in the Main menu and press the button. The Storage setup screen
appears. The DVR displays the storage status when the installed IDE hard disk drives support
the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) monitoring program.
Figure 30 — Storage screen.
NOTE: When the DVR has more than four storage devices, you can scroll through the
list by selecting the Up and Down arrow buttons under the list.
The Type field displays the type and capacity of storage devices.
The Status field displays “Good”, “Bad”, “S.M.A.R.T. Inop.”, “S.M.A.R.T. Alert”, “High
Temperature” or “Not installed, depending on storage conditions.
• Good — The storage condition is normal.
• Bad — Data cannot be written on or read from the storage device.
• S.M.A.R.T. Inop.— Storage conditions are normal, however, the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring
is not working or supported
• S.M.A.R.T. Alert — S.M.A.R.T. monitoring has detected a fault condition.
• High Temperature — S.M.A.R.T. monitoring has detected that the temperature of storage
device exceeded the preset temperature threshold
• Not installed — The storage device is not installed.
NOTE: Once the “S.M.A.R.T. Alert” message displays, replacing the hard disk drive is
recommended, usually within 24 hours.
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The °C field displays the temperature of the storage device.
The Usage field displays the device usage.
NOTE: When the device is an IDE hard disk drive, you can change its usage to either
Rec. On or Rec. Off. When the device is a SCSI hard disk drive, you can change its
usage to either Extension or Archive.
CAUTION: A “–” displays when connecting a hard disk drive that was
previously used for something else. In this situation, device usage can be
changed as desired usages; e.g., Extension to Archive or Archive to Extension.
However, data on the device will be lost if the device usage is changed.
The DVR can be set to react to storage problems by activating an internal buzzer or external
alarms, and/or notifying a remote site. Highlight the box beside Storage Problem Action:
Alarm Out / Notify and press the button to select from Beep, the alarm output terminal that
you want to associate with the storage problem event, and/or Notify.
Highlight S.M.A.R.T. Setup… and press the button. The S.M.A.R.T. Setup screen
appears.
Figure 31 — S.M.A.R.T. Setup screen.
Your DVR shows the condition of the hard disk drives if the installed IDE hard disk drives
support the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) program.
Highlight the box beside Use. Press the button to toggle between On and Off.
The Last-check field displays the date and time information of the last storage check.
Highlight the box beside Period, and select from Daily, Weekly or Monthly for the check
interval.
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NOTE: When selecting Weekly or Monthly, the Day of Week or Day of Month field will
display under the Period field. Select the check day or date.
Highlight the box beside Check Time, and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons.
Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons.
Set the temperature number to the hard disk drive manufacturer’s specifications. If this
temperature is ever exceeded, the S.M.A.R.T. Alert message will display.
Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and select from Celsius or Fahrenheit.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
System Log Screen
Highlight System Log in the Main menu and press the
appears.
button
. The System Log screen
Figure 32 — System Log screen.
The System Log screen displays a record of various events logged by the DVR. The list shows
the dates and times the system was turned ON and OFF, power failed, recording was started or
stopped, playback was started or stopped, setup changes were made, and data banks were
cleared.
The events are listed from the most recent to the oldest. You can scroll through the list a page at
a time by selecting the Up and Down arrow buttons and pressing the button. You can go
directly to an event number by highlighting the event number box (left of the UP arrow),
pressing the button, using the arrow buttons to change the number, and pressing the
button.
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System Shutdown
Highlight System Shutdown in the Main menu and press the button. This shuts the DVR
down. When shutting down the DVR, you need to confirm that you want to shut down the unit,
and you will be asked for an administrator password.
Configuring Input Devices
You can configure the video, audio and remote control devices connected to the DVR.
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Figure 33 — Device menu screen.
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Camera Setup Screen
Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen
appears.
Figure 34 — Camera setup screen.
The Camera setup screen displays the camera inputs in groups of four: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 and
13-16.
You can turn on or off the camera number, and also hide the video of the camera number by
highlighting the camera Setup heading and pressing the button. Select the On, Off, Covert
1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list.
NOTE: When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons
on the covert video. When selecting the Covert 2, the DVR displays only camera title on
the covert video.
You can assign titles to each camera by highlighting the Title heading and pressing the
button. A virtual keyboard allows you to enter camera names.
Selecting the PTZ Device box causes a list of controllable cameras to display. Select your
camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect the camera to the RS485
terminal on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer’s instructions.
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Figure 35 — PTZ Device list.
You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the ID heading and pressing the button.
Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and
decrease the number. The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256.
Alarm In Setup Screen
Highlight Alarm In in the Main menu and press the button. The Alarm In setup screen
appears.
Figure 36 — Alarm In setup screen.
The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You
can set up each input on the Alarm In Setup screen. The inputs are displayed in groups of four.
You can turn each input On or Off. Each input can be given a title, and the inputs can be set as
NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed) independently.
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Motion Detector
Figure 37 — Motion Detector setup screen.
Your DVR has built-in video motion detector. Video motion detector can be turned On or Off
for each camera.
Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity
to motion. There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive.
You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a
motion alarm. Highlight a box under the Min Size heading and adjust the number. The smaller
the number, fewer detection blocks must be activated and therefore more sensitive.
Turning the View setting On will allow you to observe how the DVR is reacting to motion.
When in the motion viewing mode, the detection zone of video will be displayed in green. Any
detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red.
You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion; e.g., a doorway.
Highlight the icon under the Zone heading, and press the button. The Motion Detection
Zone screen will display.
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Figure 38 — Motion Detection Zone screen.
The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set
up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks.
NOTE: You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of 9 or 16 individual
block groups (9- and 16-channel DVR respectively). A block group is positioned within
the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons, and individual blocks within the
block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons.
Press the button to display the menu screen. The menu on the setup screen has the following
functions:
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Close this menu — Closes the menu so that you can see the entire screen.
Select Current Blocks — Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion.
Clear Current Blocks — Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion.
Select All Blocks — Activates all blocks to detect motion.
Clear All Blocks — Deactivates all blocks so that they will not detect motion.
Reverse All Blocks — Activates inactive blocks and deactivates active blocks.
Exit Zone Setup — Asks you to confirm changes and then returns to the previous screen.
Alarm Out Setup Screen
The Alarm Out setup screen allows you to establish a schedule for each alarm output from the
DVR.
Figure 40 — Alarm Out setup screen.
Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and
pressing the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title.
Highlighting the Sched field and pressing the button opens a schedule screen. You can
schedule alarm output in 30-minute increments from 0:00 to 24:00.
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Figure 41 — Alarm Out Schedule screen.
You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, entire blocks of time or the
entire schedule. Select a specific block of time by highlighting it. Select an entire day by
highlighting the day of the week or Holiday on the left of the screen. Select an entire block of
time by highlighting the time at the top of the screen. Select the entire screen by highlighting
the empty box in the upper left corner of the screen. Press the button from No Arming (no
block) to On (blue block) to Event (yellow block).
When set to On, the Alarm Out is active during the scheduled time. When set to Event, the
Alarm Out is only active when there is an Event during the scheduled time.
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Audio Setup Screen
Highlight Audio in the Main menu and press the button. The Audio Setup screen appears.
Figure 42 — Audio Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Audio Recording and press the button. This toggles between On
and Off. When it is On, the DVR also records audio when it is recording video.
Highlight the box beside Mute and press the button. This toggles between On and Off.
When it is On, the DVR will NOT play live or recorded audio.
Highlight the box beside Audio In and press the button. This toggles between Mic In and
Line In. Mic In is for an unamplified source while Line In is for an amplified source.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
exits the screen without saving the changes.
NOTE: If you set up the recording speed at less than 1 ips, the DVR will NOT guarantee
the standard quality audio playback.
. Selecting Cancel
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RS232/RS485 Setup Screen
The RS232/RS485 setup screen allows you to set up the RS232 and RS485 ports to
communicate with external devices such as modems, remote controls and dome cameras.
Figure 43 — RS232/RS485 setup screen.
Highlight the field for the settings you wish to make. Select the correct Baud Rate, Parity, Data
Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR.
For RS232, it is possible to select either Remote Control or External Modem in the Usage
field. For RS485, it is possible to select either Remote Control or PTZ Control in the Usage
field.
NOTE: Both the RS232 and RS 485 ports cannot be configured to communicate with
remote controls at the same time.
NOTE: If networking is configured by the external modem, the RS232 port cannot be set
up for the remote control. In the Network Setup menu, set up the DVR for LAN
connections first.
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Configuring Recording Settings
Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes. You can set it up to record all the time
or to only record events. It can be set up to continue recording once the hard disk drive is full by
recording over the oldest video, or you can set it up to alert you when the hard disk is full and
stop recording.
Record Mode Setup Screen
Figure 44 — Record Mode Setup screen.
Highlight the Record Resolution box and select from High and Standard. All other variables
being equal; Selecting High will decrease the recording and playback speed by half than
Standard.
Highlight the box beside End Of Disk and press the button. This toggles between
Overwrite and Stop. When in the Overwrite mode, the DVR continues recording when the
hard disk drive is full by overwriting the oldest video. When in the Stop mode, the DVR stops
recording when the hard disk drive is full.
If the DVR is set to the Stop mode, you can set it to beep or activate the Alarm Out AO1 port
when the hard disk drive is full. Highlight the box beside On Disk Full : Beep and press the
button to toggle between On and Off. Highlight the box beside On Disk Full: Alarm Out and
press the button to toggle between On and Off.
Highlight the box beside Field Detect. Pressing the button toggles between On and Off.
When set to On, the Field Detection helps prevent shaking. It does this by recording odd
numbered fields from odd numbered cameras and even numbered fields from even numbered
cameras.
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Highlight the box beside Panic Recording Speed and press the button. A drop-down list
of panic recording speeds appears. You can select from 1 image per 10 seconds to 60 images
per second for NTSC (to 50 images per second PAL).
NOTE: If you have set the Record Resolution for High, you will not be able to select 60
ips NTSC (50 ips PAL).
Highlight the box beside Panic Recording Quality and press the button. A drop-down list
appears. You can select from Very High, High, Standard and Low image quality that recorded
at panic recording mode.
Highlight the first box beside Auto Deletion. Pressing the button toggles between On and
Off. When set to On, the DVR will delete video recorded earlier than user-defined period.
Highlight the second box beside Auto Deletion, and press the button to select the length of
time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 Days.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
Time-Lapse Record Mode Setup Screen
Figure 45 — Time-Lapse Record Setup screen.
Highlight the box under the Speed heading and press the button. A drop-down list of record
speeds appears. You can select from 1 image per 10 seconds to 60 images per second for NTSC
(to 50 images per second PAL).
NOTE: If you have set the Record Resolution for High, you will not be able to select 60
ips NTSC (50 ips PAL).
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Highlight the box under the Quality heading and press the button. A drop-down list appears.
You can select from Very High, High, Standard and Low image quality. All other variables
being equal; Very High will require 600% more hard disk space than Standard, High will
require 250% more, and Low 30% less.
NOTE: Higher quality images require more storage space and will reduce the recording
capacity of the hard disk drive.
You can set the maximum amount of time-lapse video to be stored. Once the DVR reaches this
amount, it will start recording over the oldest time-lapse video. The time lapse video is stored
separate from Event video. When Keep the continuous pictures is set to On, you can set the
time from 1 Hour to the maximum allowed by the storage capacity of your hard disk drive.
NOTE: The maximum storage time is only an estimate because the amount of space
required to store video varies depending on many factors such as motion and image
complexity.
Time-Lapse Recording Schedule
Figure 46 — Time-Lapse Recording Schedule screen.
You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week,
and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 30 minutes. A blue rectangle indicates
the DVR is set to record during those 30 minutes. When there is no rectangle, the DVR will not
record during those 30 minutes.
There are several ways to set recording times:
• You can highlight an individual block and toggle it On or Off by pressing the button.
• You can change a 30-minute segment for all days by placing the cursor on the time line and
pressing the button to toggle the segment On or Off.
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• You can change an entire day by placing the cursor on the day of the week and pressing the
button to toggle the day On or Off.
• You can change the entire calendar by placing the cursor in the upper left-hand box (above
“S” and to the left of the time line) and pressing the button to toggle the entire calendar
On and Off.
NOTE: The Holiday (H) schedule applies to the dates you established as holidays when
setting Date/Time.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
Pre-Event Recording Setup Screen
Figure 47 — Pre-Event Record Setup screen.
When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the
event occurs. The Pre-Event Record screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event
recording.
You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre -event recording. The image speed can be set
from 0.1 to 60 ips (50 ips PAL), and image quality can be selectable from High, Standard and
Low.
You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell. You can set
the Dwell from 1 to 300 seconds.
NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time-Lapse mode, it ignores the pre-event settings and
follows the time-lapse settings.
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Event Action Setup
You can program the DVR to record, activate the alarm output and/or notify the remote site
whenever sensor, motion or video loss events are detected. Highlight the Alarm In Event
Action, Motion Detector Event Action , or Video Loss Event Action in the Main menu. The
following Event Action setup screens will appear.
Alarm In Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to events differently. Each sensor can be assigned a schedule,
camera, recording speed, video quality and dwell time.
Figure 48 — Alarm In Event Action (Record) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Camera box and press the button. A camera selection screen appears. Select
the camera number you would like to associate with the sensor.
NOTE: You can associate multiple cameras with a sensor.
Highlight the Speed box and select number of images per second you would like to record
from the drop-down menu.
Highlight the Quality box and select the image quality you want to record from the drop-down
menu.
Highlight the Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated
event.
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Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to events differently by activating an internal buzzer or external
alarms.
Figure 49 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Alarm-Out box and select either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want
to associate with the sensor.
Highlight the Dwell box and set the length of time you want the output activated.
NOTE: When setting the Dwell to “0 sec”, the alarm output will be activated throughout
the sensor activation period, and inactive while the sensor is inactive.
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Alarm In Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to notify the remote site when certain events are activated.
Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Notify) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is
On, the DVR notifies the remote site when certain events occur based on a defined schedule.
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Motion Detector Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to motion detector differently. Each camera can be assigned a
schedule, associated camera, recording speed, video quality and dwell time.
Figure 51 — Motion Detector Event Action (Record) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Camera box and press the button. A camera selection screen appears. Select
the camera number you would like to associate with the camera.
NOTE: You can associate multiple cameras with a camera that detects motion.
Highlight the Speed box and select number of images per second you would like to record
from the drop-down menu.
Highlight the Quality box and select the image quality you want to record from the drop-down
menu.
Highlight the Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated
motion event.
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Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to motion events differently by activating an internal buzzer or
external alarms.
Figure 52 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Alarm-Out box and select either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want
to associate with the motion event.
Highlight the Dwell box and set the length of time you want the output activated.
NOTE: When setting the Dwell to “0 sec”, the alarm output will be activated throughout
the sensor activation period, and inactive while the sensor is inactive.
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Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to notify the remote site when certain motion events are activated.
Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is
On, the DVR notifies the remote site when certain events occur based on a defined schedule.
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Video Loss Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to video loss from a camera differently. Each camera can be
assigned a schedule, associated camera, recording speed, video quality and dwell time.
Figure 54 — Video Loss Event Action (Record) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Camera box and press the button. A camera selection screen appears. Select
the camera number you would like to associate with the camera that has lost video.
NOTE: You can associate multiple cameras with a camera.
Highlight the Speed box and select number of images per second you would like to record
from the drop-down menu.
Highlight the Quality box and select the image quality you want to record from the drop-down
menu.
Highlight the Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated
video loss.
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Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently by activating an internal buzzer or external
alarms.
Figure 55 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Alarm-Out box and select either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want
to associate with the camera that has lost video.
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Video Loss Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen
The DVR can be set to notify the remote site in the case of video loss.
Figure 56 — Video Loss Event Action (Notify) setup screen.
Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule
as described earlier.
Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is
On, the DVR notifies the remote site when it loses video input from a camera based on a defined
schedule.
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Display Setup
Highlight the OSD, Main Monitoring, or Spot Monitoring in the Main menu, and press the
button to set up the on-screen display, or camera display on the main monitor or spot monitor.
OSD (On-Screen Display) Setup
The DVR can be set up to display Date, Time, Title and Status on screen. Each feature can be
turned on or off, and you can adjust the margins.
Figure 57 — OSD Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Date and press the button to toggle the date display On and Off.
Highlight the box beside Time and press the button to toggle the time display On and Off.
Highlight the box beside Title and press the button to toggle the camera title display On and
Off.
Highlight the box beside Status and press the button to toggle status display On and Off.
Highlight the box beside Left/Right Margin and press the button to adjust the left and right
margins. The margins can be set from 1 to 24.
Highlight the box beside Top/Bottom Margin and press the button to adjust the top and
bottom margins. The margins can be set from 1 to 24.
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Main Monitoring Setup Screen
You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor. You can
also turn camera sequence and event monitoring on and off.
Figure 58 — Main Monitoring Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Sequence Dwell Time and press the button. You can adjust the
sequence dwell time from 3 to 60 seconds.
Highlight the box beside Sequence in Cameo and press the button to toggle between On
and Off.
Pressing the SEQUENCE/WIDE button causes the DVR to sequence cameras, and the DVR can
sequence cameras in two modes: “Page” and “Cameo”. In the Page mode, the DVR sequences
through user-defined screen layouts (pages). In the Cameo mode, the bottom right window in a
multi-screen format sequences through all cameras.
NOTE: The DVR does not sequence the camera having video loss in the Cameo mode.
You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through
the different screen layouts (pages) so that all the cameras will be displayed. You can also set
up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the
remaining cameras in a “cameo” window. This can be done with one camera displayed full
screen while displaying the cameo window as a PIP (picture in picture), or displaying the
cameras in a grid pattern with the bottom right window as the cameo.
NOTE: Sequence cannot be used in the 4x4 display mode of the 16-channel, 3x3 mode
of the 9-channel DVR.
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Highlight the box beside Event Monitoring and press the button to toggle between On and
Off. When it is On, the video of the lowest camera number among cameras associated with the
event-detected sensor will be displayed in full-screen on the main monitor during the preset
dwell time.
Highlight the box beside Event Monitoring Dwell Time and press the button. You can
adjust the event monitoring dwell time from 3 to 60 seconds.
Spot Monitoring Setup Screen
You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the spot monitor. You can
also turn event monitoring on and off.
Figure 59 — Spot Monitoring Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Sequence Dwell Time and press the button. You can adjust the
sequence dwell time from 3 to 60 seconds.
Highlight the box beside Event Monitoring and press the button to toggle between On and
Off. When it is On, the video of the lowest camera number among cameras associated with the
event-detected sensor will be displayed in full-screen on the spot monitor during the preset
dwell time.
Highlight the box beside Event Monitoring Dwell Time and press the button. You can
adjust the event monitoring dwell time from 3 to 60 seconds.
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Network Setup Screen
In the Network Setup screen you can set up the DVR for LAN connections.
Figure 60 — Network Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Connection. Press the button to toggle between LAN and
Modem.
Highlight the box beside Admin Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard
appears. You will first be asked to enter the current password. Then you can enter a new
password; you will be asked to confirm the new password before it is accepted.
Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears.
You will first be asked to enter the current password. Then you can enter a new password; you
will be asked to confirm the new password before it is accepted.
NOTE: These passwords are for network use. They are different from the Admin and
User passwords for the DVR itself.
NOTE: The passwords are case sensitive. The factory default password for both
Administrator and User is 12345678.
CAUTION: Write the password down and keep it in a safe place. Once the
password has been reset, the default will no longer work. If the password is
forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data
settings will be lost.
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Highlight the box beside Transfer Control. Press the button to toggle between On and Off.
When On, you can set the transfer speed and remote quality of the image transferred to a
computer running Smart View program.
Highlight the box beside Transfer Speed and press the button. Select the transfer speed
from 1 to 30 ips.
NOTE: The transfer speed you set is the maximum speed. Depending on the network
environment, this speed may not be achieved.
NOTE: The transfer speed indicates the image rate transferred to each Smart View. If
two remote sites (Smart View) are connecting to the DVR, the number of images
transferred via network will be ‘Transfer Speed x 2’.
NOTE: The Transfer Control option will affect the DVR’s recording performance. The
number of remote sites (Smart View) connected to the DVR does not affect the recording
speed. The local recording speed will be affected only by Transfer Speed. The local
recording speed will not be affected if the DVR is not connected remotely.
NOTE: If Transfer Control is not used, the speed of data transfer to a remote site will be
the same as the local recording speed.
Highlight the box beside Remote Quality and press the button. Select the image quality
from Very High, High, Standard and Low.
LAN Setup Screen
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NOTE: You will need to get the appropriate IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask from
your network administrator.
Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to
increase or decrease the number.
The factory default LAN settings are:
IP Address: 192.168.1.129
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
You can save your changes and return to the Network Setup screen by highlighting OK and
pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes.
Modem Setup
Figure 62 — Modem Setup screen.
NOTE: Modem setup is done through the RS232/RS485 screen in the Devices menu
which can be accessed from the Main Menu.
NOTE: If the RS232 port is in use for the remote control, the networking cannot be
configured by the modem. In the RS232/485 Setup menu, set up the RS232 port to
communicate with the external modem first.
Highlight the box beside Baud Rate of the RS232 field and press the button. A list of baud
rates ranging from 300 to 115,200 appears.
Highlight the box beside Parity of the RS232 field and press the button. A drop-down list
appears. You can select from None, Odd or Even parity.
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Highlight the box beside Data Bit of the RS232 field. Pressing the button toggles between 7
bit and 8 bit formats.
Highlight the box beside Stop Bit of the RS232 field. Pressing the button toggles between 1
and 2 Stop Bits.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
Callback Center Setup Screen
The DVR can be set up to contact a computer running Smart View program and send an email
on a LAN when an event occurs. Also it can be set up to dial a pager with a numeric message
when an event occurs if you have a modem connected to the DVR.
Callback Center Setup by LAN connections
Figure 63 — Callback Center (LAN) Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside IP Address and enter the IP address of the computer you want
contacted during an event.
Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try
contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retrys.
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Callback Center Setup by Modem connections
Figure 64 — Callback Center (Modem) Setup screen.
Highlight the box beside Pager Number and enter the telephone number of the pager. Enter
the number as it must be dialed from your telephone system; for example,, if you must dial “9”
for an outside line, enter “9” before the pager number.
Highlight the box beside Mailbox and enter the voice mailbox number if your pager uses a
voice mailbox.
Highlight the box beside Site ID and enter a three-digit site ID number.
When an event occurs, the DVR will dial the pager and leave a four-digit number. The first
three digits are the site ID number and the last digit is the type of event (1: Alarm In, 2: Motion
Detection, 3: Video Loss, 10: Storage is Bad and 12: S.M.A.R.T Alert). For example, “0753”
means that Site 75 has lost video.
NOTE: The DVR will wait for at least four minutes between pages. If another event
occurs less than four minute after the DVR has notified a pager, it will not dial the pager.
It does this so that the telephone line will not be tied up.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the
button
. Selecting Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.
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Password Setup Screen
An Administrator password is required to turn the system off, enter the setup screen, load
default setups, clear all data, change system date and time and change the Administrator
password. A User password is required to enter playback, fast forward playback and fast
backward playback modes from live monitoring mode, enter the search menu screen in live
monitoring mode and setup screens (access to only the Clip Copy setup screens). When
pressing the ALARM.NEAR button to display the event log in live monitoring mode unless there
is an active alarm. Highlight Password in the Main menu and press to enter the Password
screen.
Figure 65 — Password setup screen.
Highlight the box beside User and press the button to toggle between On and Off. If the
password is set to On, you will be asked to enter the current password so that you can turn it Off.
If the password is set to Off, you will be asked to enter the new password and to confirm it
before it will be turned on.
The Administrator password cannot be turned On and Off. You can change the Administrator
password by first entering the current password, entering a new password and finally
confirming the new password.
To change the password, highlight the Password box and press the button. A window
appears asking you to enter the current password. If you enter the correct password, another
window appears asking you to enter a new password using the camera buttons. After you press
the button, another screen appears asking you to confirm the new password.
NOTE: The Admin and User passwords are composed of up to eight digits using the
camera buttons. The default User password is 1234, and Admin password is 4321.
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CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the
password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button
and all data settings will be lost.
To lock front panel buttons, highlight Key Lock On and press the button. Once the buttons
are locked, pressing any front panel button will cause a password screen to display. You will
need to enter the correct password to unlock the keys. The Key Lock password is 4231.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing
the screen without saving the changes.
button
. Selecting Cancel exits
Config Screen
The Config menu is used to perform functions such as switching between Quick Setup and
Normal Setup, copying video clips, loading default setup and clearing all data.
Figure 66 — Config screen.
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Archive
The Archive screen can be used to archive video automatically or manually.
Figure 67 — Archive screen.
Selecting Update loads the latest information displayed on the Archive screen.
Selecting Clear erases all archived data.
Selecting Setup displays a screen where you set up archive parameters.
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Highlight the box beside End Of Disk and press the button. This toggles between
Overwrite and Stop. When set to Overwrite, the DVR continues archiving when the device
drive is full by overwriting the oldest video. When set to Stop, the DVR stops archiving when
the device drive is full.
Highlight the box beside Auto Archive and press the button. This toggles between On and
Off. When it is On, the DVR will archive video automatically from the time set on the Archive
From field.
Highlight the box beside Archive From and press the button to set up the archive start date
and time.
Highlight the box beside Working From / Working To and press the button to set up the
time span of the automatic archive.
You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing
button
. Selecting Cancel exits
the screen without saving the changes.
Selecting Manual displays a screen where you set up manual archive parameters.
Figure 69 — Manual Archive screen.
Highlight the boxes beside From and To and press the button to set up the archive start and
stop times and dates.
Once you set the archive start and stop times and dates, highlight the Archive Now button and
press the button.
You can end the archiving process at any time by highlighting the Stop button and pressing the
button.
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NOTE: The Stop button will display only during archiving.
NOTE: If you have a large quantity of recorded video to archive, either stop recording or
reset the recording speed. The oldest data to be archived might be overwritten if the
hard disk is full.
Clip Copy
The Clip Copy screen can be used to copy video clips to an external USB hard disk drive,
CD-RW drive or flash drive. The copied clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft
Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP. Refer to the Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy.
Figure 70 — Clip Copy screen.
To select the data source to back up, highlight the first box on the top and press the button. A
drop-down list of available data source appears. You can select from Local or Archive.
To select the type of the drive to use for clip copy, highlight the box on the top and press the
button. A drop-down list of available drives appears. You can select from USB HDD or USB
CD-RW. Placing a checkmark in the Audio box archives recorded audio with video.
NOTE: To copy clips using the USB CD-RW there must be two or fewer external SCSI
hard disk drives connected to the DVR.
You can define how much video to copy by changing the start and end times and dates. You can
also select which camera you wish to copy.
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Highlight the File Name box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears. Enter a file
name for the video you are copying and select Close. The DVR will automatically add the
camera number (for example “01”) and “.exe” to the file name. If you want to save the file in a
specific folder, enter the folder name followed by a “/”. For example: “folder/filename”
Once you have given the video a file name, highlight the Start button and press the button to
start clip copy.
When you select the USB CD-RW, the DVR will display the drive capacity, the clip size and
ask if you want to continue.
When more than two USB hard disk drives are installed on the DVR, the following USB
Device Selection screen appears. Select the drive to use for clip copy and press the button.
Selecting Return to Clip Copy Menu and pressing the
the Clip Copy screen without saving the changes
.
button exits the screen and returns to
Figure 71 — USB Device Selection screen.
When the selected drive has more than 2 partitions, the following Disk Partition Selection
screen appears. If the file system is not FAT16 or FAT32, the TYPE displays NOT
Supported.
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Figure 72 — Disk Partition Selection screen.
Once you select the drive and partition to use for clip copy, the DVR will display the drive
capacity, the clip size and ask if you want to continue.
NOTE: Do not copy clips larger than 2GB.
You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being copied. To do this, highlight the
Close button and press the button. You can return to the Clip Copy screen at any time to
check the progress.
NOTE: You can not end the archiving process during CD burning.
Refer to Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips for instructions on how to review the images you
have copied.
NOTE: During clip copy, you can neither change the system date and time, shut the
system down, switch to the Quick Setup mode, clear all data, nor change the system
setup from a remote site.
CAUTION: Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the external
drive while copying clips. If the external drive is shut down or the USB cable is
disconnected while copying clips, THE DVR SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK
NORMALLY OR THE EXTERNAL DRIVE COULD BE DAMAGED, and you will get
an error message the next time you try to copy clips. You will need to power
down the DVR and restart it to get rid of the error message. Once the file system
of the USB-IDE hard disk drive has been corrupted, this error message cannot
be dismissed. Even after restarting the DVR it may automatically restart while
preparing clip copy. You must recover the file system using the recovery
program, or you must reformat the hard disk drive.
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Load Default Setup
Highlighting and selecting Load Default Setup will bring up screen asking you if you really
want to load default settings and confirm it with a password.
NOTE: Loading the Default Setup will not change the current time, time zone, daylight
saving time and network settings.
Clear All Data
Highlighting and selecting Clear All Data will bring up screen asking you if you really want to
clear all data and confirm it with a password.
CAUTION: Selecting Clear All Data will erase all recorded video.
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Chapter 4 — Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not,
please refer to Chapters 2 and 3.
The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and
playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back
video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week. The
DVR allows you to search through the recorded video using much more sophisticated tools than
those available with VCRs. Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are
remote control and viewing, recording video at the same time you are watching previously
recorded video.
The front panel controls are described in Chapter 3 — Configuration.
Turning on the Power
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 — Installation, it is
ready to record.
Live Monitoring
As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the
attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker. The default mode is to
display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full
screen. It displays live video and plays live audio until the user enters another mode.
Pressing the MODE/TELE button cycles the DVR through the different display formats.
The DVR can be set to display the event-detected video in full-screen on the monitor during the
preset dwell time when there is an Event. The video of the lowest camera number among
cameras associated with the event-detected sensor will be displayed, the DVR will return to the
previous screen format after event monitoring dwell time. While the event monitoring is
activated, the monitoring for all other subsequent events will be ignored. Pressing the
individual camera button or the MODE/TELE button during event monitoring releases the
current event monitoring and displays the selected camera or return to the previous screen
format.
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Pressing the SEQUENCE/WIDE button will cause the cameras to display sequentially on the
monitor. When in one of the multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the DVR to
through user-defined screen layouts (page sequence), or the bottom, right screen to display live
cameras sequentially (cameo sequence). Selecting another display mode, or pressing the
SEQUENCE/WIDE button again will exit the Sequence mode. When in one of the multi-view
formats, pressing the Left or Right arrow buttons will cause the DVR to go to the previous or
the next page. For example, if you press the Right arrow button in 4x4 format, the DVR
changes the page like that.
For the sequence display on the spot monitor, press the SPOT/PRESET button and then
SEQUENCE/WIDE button.
Pressing the FREEZE/FAR button will freeze the current image on the screen until you press the
button again.
Active Cameo Mode
You can enter the Active Cameo mode by pressing the button in any multi-view format. The
gray-highlight box at the bottom of video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow
buttons moves the active cameo. Pressing the button while in the Active Cameo mode exits
the Active Cameo mode. The active cameo mode will remain in effect for 15 seconds if there is
no further action.
In active cameo mode, press the camera button you want to show that video at active cameo.
After setting the camera number at active cameo, the DVR moves the active cameo to the next
cameo. You can change the screen layout using this process.
The active cameo also can be used to select the camera to control Pan, Tilt and Zoom
capabilities.
PIP Mode
You can display a Picture-in-Picture by pressing the MODE/TELE button. You can change the
location of the PIP by pressing the Up and Down arrow buttons and its size by pressing the Left
and Right arrow buttons.
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PTZ Mode
The DVR will control cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Press the PTZ button to
enter the PTZ mode. You can control the camera using front panel control buttons or by setting
up presets. To use the front panel buttons, press the Left and Right arrow buttons to pan left and
right. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press the
MODE/TELE button to zoom in, and press the SEQUENCE/WIDE button to zoom out. You can
use the FREEZE/FAR and ALARM/NEAR buttons to focus the image.
Figure 73 — PTZ Preset screen.
Figure 74 — Preset view screen.
You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views.
Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the SPOT/PRESET button, and the PTZ
Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name. Press the MENU/VIEW button to
load the PTZ preset and the Preset View dialog box will appear. Select the desired preset and
press the button to load the preset.
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Recording Video
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 — Installation, it is
ready to record. Unless you change the setup, the DVR will start recording and will continue
recording until the hard disk drive is full.
Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings,
you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for
detailed descriptions of the recording mode options.
Recording Audio
If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio when video is recording.
NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when
recording audio.
Playing Recorded Video
Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button. When
playing video for the first time, the DVR will display the most recent image. When playing
video subsequent times, the DVR will start playing video from the last recalled image.
NOTE: Only the administrator level user can view the covert cameras. The covert
cameras in the playback mode are determined by the current camera setting.
Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button again will freeze the video on the screen.
RW (Rewind) Button
Pressing the RW button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles
the playback speed from , and . The screen displays , and
respectively.
Entering Fast Backward Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password
protected.
FF (Fast Forward) Button
Pressing the FF button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the
playback speed from , and . The screen displays , and respectively.
Entering Fast Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password protected.
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SEARCH/STOP Button
Pressing the SEARCH/STOP button during Playback mode returns the DVR to the Live
Monitoring mode.
Camera Buttons (1 to 16)
Pressing a camera button will display that camera full screen.
MODE/TELE Button
Pressing the MODE/TELE button will cycle the display through the different screen layouts.
The display modes are: full, 4x4, 3x3, and 2x2.
NOTE: You cannot change the display format while playing back video. Pause the video
first, then change the format.
NOTE: When playing recorded video at maximum speed with very high image quality,
playback of recorded audio may be interrupted occasionally.
NOTE: The user cannot change the system setup from a remote site during Playback
mode.
Searching Video
Pressing the SEARCH/STOP button displays the Search Menu.
Figure 75 — Search Menu.
• Change Data Source — Changes the data source to be searched (see below for more
details)
• Go to First — Displays the first recorded image
• Go to Last — Displays the last recorded image
• Date/Time Search… — Searches by date and time (see below for more details)
• Calendar Search… — Searches using a calendar (see below for more details)
• Event Search… — Selects video from the event log (see below for more details)
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NOTE: The searching speed might decrease when all camera channels are in the
pre-alarm recording mode.
Change Data Source
Figure 76 — Change Data Source screen.
You can select the data source to be searched from local storage (Search On Local) or archive
storage (Search On Archive). To select the data source, highlight the data source to be
searched and press the button.
Date/Time Search
Figure 77 — Date/Time Search screen.
Move the cursor over the date and press the button. You can use the Left and Right arrow
buttons to highlight the year, month and day. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to
the date you want to search for video. Once you have set the date you want, press the button.
Move the cursor over the time and press the button. You can use the Left and Right arrow
buttons to highlight the hour, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to
change to the time you want to search for video. Once you have entered the time you want,
press the button.
Once you have set the date and time you want to search, highlight the OK button and press the
button. The selected date and time will display. (If no video was recorded at the selected
time, a blank screen will display.) The PLAY/PAUSE, RW, FF, PREV, and NEXT buttons can
now be used to review the surrounding video.
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Calendar Search
Figure 78 — Calendar Search screen.
Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the
days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press
the button to select it.
A time bar will display at the bottom of the calendar. Hours in which video was recorded will
be highlighted with blue. You can use Up and Down arrow buttons to highlight the time bar.
Once the time bar is highlighted, you can select the time by using the Left and Right arrow
buttons.
NOTE: The time bar is in one-hour segments. If a segment is highlighted, it means that
some video was recorded during that hour. However, it does NOT mean video was
recorded for the entire hour.
Once you have set the date and time you want to search, highlight the GO button and press the
button. The selected date and time will display. The PLAY/PAUSE, RW, FF, PREV, and
NEXT buttons can now be used to review the surrounding video.
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Event Search
Figure 79 — Event Log screen.
The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log screen
displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see
video.
NOTE: Event Search does not work when the data source is set to "Search On Archive".
Pressing the button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event.
Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing
SEARCH/STOP returns to live monitoring. Pressing MENU/VIEW returns to the Event Log.
You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Query… button and setting up the new
search condition.
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Figure 80 — Event Search (by Camera) screen.
Figure 81 — Event Search (by Event) screen.
Highlight the box beside Search by and press the button to toggle between Camera and
Event.
You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop
times and dates.
When you select the Search by Camera, select the target cameras and event options. When
you select the Search by Event, select event options for each device.
Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to
display the search results in the Event Log screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without
saving the changes.
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Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to
Windows 2000.
1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2. Turn on your computer.
3. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
4. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it will show up in My
Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right clicking on the
icon and checking under Properties > General > File System. If the file system is
NOT FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format.
5. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to Administrative Tools in
Control Panel and launch Computer Management. Open Disk Management in
Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB-IDE hard disk drive. Then,
click Create Partition.
6. In the Create Partition wizard, click Next then Primary Partition, and follow the
instructions on the screen. Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file system.
NOTE: The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Microsoft limitations.
After formatting is complete, the USB-IDE hard disk drive will be added to My
Computer.
7. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.
Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98
NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to
Windows 98.
1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable.
2. Turn on your computer. The Add New Hardware wizard window will appear.
3. Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions
provided with your USB hard disk drive.
4. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or contains data, it will show up in My
Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system in Properties > General >
File System. If the file system is NOT FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE ha rd disk
drive with FAT32 format.
5. Run the FDISK utility by clicking Start then RUN. Type “fdisk” and click OK.
6. When the MS-DOS command prompt appears, type “Y” and hit the enter key.
7. In the FDISK Option menu, choose “5. Change current fixed disk drive.”
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8. Choose the appropriate letter corresponding to the USB-IDE hard disk drive.
9. In the FDISK Option menu, choose “1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS
Drive.”
10. In the Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu, choose “1. Create
Primary DOS Partition.” And Type “Y” to use all available space and hit the enter
key. Hit ESC to exit the screen after the USB-IDE hard disk drive partition is
created.
11. Restart your computer and verify the newly created drive is in My Computer.
12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “Format”.
13. In the Format Screen, select “Full” as the “Format type” and click “Start”.
14. After formatting is complete, connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to the DVR.
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Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips
NOTE: It is suggested that the computer used for the Smart View program has at least a
800MHz Pentium III. If your CPU is slower than this, backup files recorded at maximum
speed with very high image quality will be played back slowly.
Disconnect the external USB-IDE hard disk drive from the DVR, and connect it to your PC.
Double-clicking the target backup file starts the Smart View program.
NOTE: You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to
review the video. The backup file contains the Smart View program.
Figure 82 — Smart View screen.
The Monitoring Screen displays the backed up images. Clicking the right mouse button on the
images switches the screen size between 320x240 and 640x480.
Clicking the Hide button minimizes the Smart View window.
Clicking the Quit button exits the Smart View program.
The Current Image Information window displays information about the current image.
Camera Title displays the camera name of the current image, and Time displays the date and
time the image was recorded.
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The Backup File Information window displays information regarding the backup file.
Location displays the site description of the DVR where the backup was made. Record
displays the time span of the video backup file. Encryption displays whether the backup file
has been tampered with. Normal means the file has not been tampered with, Wrong means the
system has detected tampering, and Unknown means the user cancelled the encryption check.
The Image Search Slide Bar displays the current playback position. The user can move to
another image clicking the mouse and dragging along the slide bar.
The Brightness Control Slide Bar adjusts the brightness of the backup images by clicking the
mouse and dragging along the slider bar. Minute brightness change can be made by using the
arrow buttons located at each end of the bar.
The Brightness Revert Button reloads to the original image.
The Playback Function Buttons include fast backward, backward, play, pause, fast forward,
go to the first image, go to the previous image, go to the next image, and go to the last image
buttons.
Click the Save button to save the current image in a bitmap file format to the local hard disk
drive or floppy disk.
Click the Print button to print the current image on the printer connected to your computer.
Clicking the Mute Button mutes the recorded audio.
Clicking the OSD (On-Screen Display) Button switches the OSD option. The OSD
information includes camera location and date/time.
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Appendix C — Troubleshooting
Problem Possible Solution
Digital Video Recorder
No Power
No Live Video
Live Video Very Bright
DVR has stopped recording
DVR displays an error
message stating that the last
recorded image date and time
is later than the current date
and time setting of the DVR.
• Check power cord connections.
• Confirm that there is power at the outlet.
• Check camera video cable and connections.
• Check monitor video cable and connections.
• Confirm that the camera has power.
• Check camera lens settings.
If a cable is attached to the “Loop” connector, make certain it
is connected to a properly terminated device.
If hard disk drive is full, you will either need to delete video
or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode.
The DVR will automatically reset the time and date of the
unit, according to the time and date of the last recorded
image. If this is not the correct time and date, reset the time
and date manually. If the correct time and date is earlier than
the last recorded image, any video with a later time and date
will be lost when resetting the correct time and date.
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Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs
Alarm I/O Connector and RS485 Connector Pin Outs
Pin Number Pin Assignment Pin Number Pin Assignment
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
RS485 RX-/TX-
Alarm Output 3
Alarm Output 1
Alarm Reset
Alarm Input 16
Alarm Input 14
Alarm Input 12
Alarm Input 10
Ground
Alarm Input 7
Alarm Input 5
Alarm Input 3
Alarm Input 1
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
RS485 RX+/TX+
Alarm Output 2
Alarm Output 4
Ground
Alarm Input 15
Alarm Input 13
Alarm Input 11
Alarm Input 9
Alarm Input 8
Alarm Input 6
Alarm Input 4
Alarm Input 2
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Appendix E — Hard Disk Drive Addition and Replacement
Hard Disk Drive Addition
1. Turn off the unit after shutdown.
2. Add the hard Slave hard disk drive.
NOTE: When the hard disk drive you are adding is a used one, format it on
Windows-based PC first.
3. Turn on the unit again.
Hard Disk Drive Removal
1. Turn off the unit after shutdown.
2. Remove the Slave hard disk drive.
3. Turn on the unit again.
Hard Disk Drive Replacement
Case I: When replacing problem ‘MASTER’ hard disk drives…
1. Prepare a new primary IDE hard disk drive.
2. Turn off the unit and remove the problem Master hard disk drive.
3. Connect a primary IDE hard disk drive.
4. Turn on the unit again and the following screen appears. Select Yes to prepare a new
Master hard disk drive.
5. You will be asked to confirm the system reboot when a new Master hard disk drive has
been partitioned. Select OK to reboot the system.
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Case II: When replacing problem ‘SLAVE’ hard disk drives…
1. Find out the problem Slave hard disk drive first using the storage check function.
NOTE: Select the “Storage” menu in the Menu mode, and Storage screen displays the
information about problem hard disk drives.
2. Turn off the unit.
3. Remove problem Slave hard disk drives, and then install new ones. Make sure to set
the correct jumper position.
4. Turn on the unit again.
CAUTION: If you install any used hard disk drive to the Slave position, all data
on a newly installed hard disk drive will be lost.
Moving Hard Disk Drives to Another Unit
1. Turn off the problem unit, and remove all installed hard disk drives on the unit.
2. Prepare the normal unit to test hard disk drives removed from the problem unit.
3. Turn off the normal unit, and if it has any installed hard disk drives on it, remove them.
4. Install hard disk drives removed from the problem unit on the normal unit at the same
position as the problem unit.
5. Turn on the normal unit again.
CAUTION
1. If you install a used Master hard disk drive not to the Primary Master but to
another position on another unit, all data on a Master hard disk drive will be lost.
2. If you install a used Master hard disk drive to the Primary Master on another
unit, and the hard disk drive has recorded data on it, all data on other installed
hard disk drives on another unit will be lost. Clear all data on a used Master hard
disk drive before installing on another unit if you want to keep the data on
installed hard disk drives on unit. DO NOT INSTALL A USED MASTER HARD
DISK DRIVE TO ANOTHER UNIT THAT HAS DIFFERENT CHANNEL. THE DVR
SYSTEM MIGHT BE DAMAGED.
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Appendix F — Map of Screens
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Appendix G — Specifications
VIDEO
Signal Format NTSC or PAL (selector switch)
Video Input
Monitor Outputs
Video Resolution 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL)
Playback/Record Speed
(images per second)
Alarm Input
Alarm Output 4 TTL open collector, 5mA@12V, 30mA@5V
Alarm Reset Input 1 TTL, 4.3V threshold, using supplied Alarm I/O Board
Network Connectivity
Audio Input RCA Input: One “line in” or “mic” programmable
Audio Output One, “line”
Video Input Composite: 9 or 16 BNC
Video Loop Composite: 9 or 16 BNC
Monitor Output
Audio In RCA connector
Audio Out RCA connector
Alarms / RS485 DB-25 male connector (with alarm I/O board)
Ethernet Port RJ-45
RS232C Serial Port DB9 (P)
UltraWide SCSI Port High density female 68 pin connector
USB Port Two (2.0)
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Composite: 9 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p,
auto-terminating, 75 Ohms
Composite: One, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms
SVHS: One
SPOT: 1 BNC
Standard Resolution: 60/60ips (NTSC), 50/50ips (PAL)
High Resolution: 30/30ips (NTSC), 25/25ips (PAL)
INPUTS/OUTPUTS
9 or 16 TTL, NC/NO programmable, 4.3V threshold,
using supplied Alarm I/O Board
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
RS-232C for external modem
CONNECTORS
Composite: 1 BNC
SVHS: 1 Y/C
SPOT: 1 BNC
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STORAGE
Primary Storage EIDE hard disk drive (up to 2)
Backup Storage
UltraWide SCSI hard disk drive (RAID)
USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or flash drive
GENERAL
Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.9" x 1.7" x 15.7" (430mm x 44mm x 399mm)
Unit Weight 14.3 lbs. (6.5kg)
Shipping Weight 20.0 lbs. (9.1kg)
Shipping Dimensions
(W x H x D)
21.3" x 12.1" x 20.1" (540mm x 175mm x 510mm)
Operating Temperature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)
Operating Humidity 0% to 90%
Power
100 to 240 VAC, 1/2 A, 60/50Hz
Auto ranging adapter included.
Input Voltage DC 12V
Power Consumption 70 Watts Max.
Approval FCC, CE
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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