Sting HD-104, HD-114 User Manual

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HD-104

─ 4CH DVR ─

User Manual

HD-114 v0.4(S02)

This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION _____________________ 5

1-1 PACKING ___________________________________________________ 5
1-2 Hard Disk Installation ________________________________________ 6

CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION ________________________________________ 7

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ____________ Error! Bookmark not defined.
2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _____________________________ 8

CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS __________________ 8

3-1 LIVE Mode _________________________________________________ 9
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode ___________________________________________ 11
3-3 PTZ Mode _________________________________________________ 13

CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP ____________________________________ 16

4-1 RECORD SETUP ___________________________________________ 17

4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup ____________________________ 18

4-2 EVENT SETUP _____________________________________________ 18

4-2.1 MOTION SETUP _______________________________________ 19

4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP_____________________________ 20

4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP _______________________________________ 20

4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP _________________________________________ 21

4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup ________________________________ 22

4-3.2 Holiday Setup _________________________________________ 22
4-4 CAMERA SETUP ___________________________________________ 23
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP __________________________________________ 24

4-5.1 Permission Setup ______________________________________ 25

4-5.2 User Picture Setup ____________________________________ 25
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP _______________________________________ 26

4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP __________________________________ 26

4-6.1.1 DHCP ___________________________________________ 26
4-6.1.2 LAN _____________________________________________ 27

4-6.1.3 ADSL ____________________________________________ 27
4-6.2 HTTP Setup ___________________________________________ 28
4-6.3 DDNS Setup __________________________________________ 28
4-6.4 Mail Setup ____________________________________________ 29

4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP _______________________________________ 30
4-8 SYSTEM SETUP ____________________________________________ 31

4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP _______________________________________ 32
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP _____________________________________ 32

4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME ____________________________ 33

4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP ____ 33

4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ___________________________ 34
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ______________________________ 34
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP __________________________________________ 35

4-9 UTILITY SETUP ____________________________________________ 36
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC ______________________________________________ 37

CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH ____________________________________ 38

5-1 BACKUP SETUP ____________________________________________ 38
5-2 SEARCH SETUP ____________________________________________ 39

5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH _______________________________________ 39

5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH _____________ 40
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH _________________________________________ 41

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CHAPTER 6 Rempte Software Installation and Setup ____________________ 42

6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction ______________________ 42
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE _____________________ 44
6-3 AP Software Operation ______________________________________ 46

CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS _______________________________________ 47
CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE __________ 49

8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System49

8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation ___________________________ 49
8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation ____________________________ 50

8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR ______________________________ 50

8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR ____________________________ 50

8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR _______________ 51

8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR ________________ 51
8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation ______________________________ 51

8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image __________________________________ 52

8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup ______________________________ 52

8-1.3.3 Channel Display __________________________________ 52

8-1.3.4 Size of Image ____________________________________ 53

8-1.3.5 Rotate the image _________________________________ 53

8-1.3.6 Alarm ___________________________________________ 53

8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile S
ystem ________________________________________________________ 54

8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation ___________________________ 54
8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation ____________________________ 55
8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring. ____________________ 56

CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE ___________________ 57

9-1 CMS Installation ____________________________________________ 57
9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT _____________________________ 60
9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events _____________________________________ 61

9-3.1 View DVR／Group List _________________________________ 61
9-3.2 View Event Logs ______________________________________ 62

9-4 Local PC Information and Control ____________________________ 62
9-5 Main Display _______________________________________________ 63

9-5.1 Audio Control _________________________________________ 63
9-5.2 eMAP Display _________________________________________ 64
9-5.3 PTZ Control ___________________________________________ 65

9-6 Operation Bar ______________________________________________ 66

9-6.1 User administration ____________________________________ 67
9-6.2 DVR Administration ____________________________________ 67
9-6.3 Group Administration __________________________________ 68
9-6.4 eMap Administration ___________________________________ 69
9-6.5 Remote Play __________________________________________ 70
9-6.6 HDD Playback _________________________________________ 71
9-6.7 File Playback __________________________________________ 71
9-6.8 Event Playback ________________________________________ 72
9-6.9 Snapshot Data ________________________________________ 72
9-6.10 Recording Data _______________________________________ 73

APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________ 74
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CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION

1-1 PACKING

1. DVR

2. Quick Start 3. IR Remote Control 4.Batteries x2

5. CD 6. Hard Disk Mount x2 7.Screws x8

8. Power Adaptor 9. SATA Cord x 1

Note: Standard shipping products do not include HDD

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1-2 Hard Disk Installation

Step 1) Fix the HDD to rack mount with the screws as indicated.

Step 2) Place the HDD on the HDD plate and screw it as indicated.

Step 3) Connect the power and the SATA cables as indicated.

Note: After installation, please initialize Hard Disk before starting to record. For more detailed
information, please check out User Manual 4-9 System Tools for reference.

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CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪

① USB 2.0

Port for USB external devices.

② /

In SETUP mode, press to move cursor down. In PLAYBACK mode,
press to stop playing back.

/ SLOW

In SETUP mode, press to move cursor up. In PLAYBACK mode,
press to slow down.

/

In SETUP mode, press to increase value. In PLAYBACK mode
press to play forwards.

/

In SETUP mode, press to reduce value. In PLAYBACK mode,
press to play rewind.

③ IR Sensor

Input sensor for the remote control.

④ MENU

In LIVE mode, press to display menu. In PLAYBACK mode, press
to pause playback.

⑤ BACKUP/ESC

In LIVE mode, press to display the BACKUP menu. In SETUP
mode, press to return to previous page.

⑥ REC

Start or stop recording.

⑦ PLAY

Play back in normal speed.

⑧ T-SRH

Display the search menu.

⑨ ZOOM

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, enlarge the display of a channel.

⑩ PIP

In LIVE mode, display with picture in picture format.

⑪ MUTE

Enable / Disable Key Tone.

⑫ ENTER

In SETUP mode, press to enter values. In PLAYBACK mode,
switch between full, quad, 9-channel, 16-channel display in order.

⑬ LED Display
(From left to right)

Power: Power is on.
HDD: Hard disk is in use.
LAN: Connected to the internet (in red): Remote user logged in.
REC: Recording.
PLAY: Playing back.

⑭

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH1。

⑮

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH2。

⑯

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH3。

⑰

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH4。

⑱

In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to 4-channel display。

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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

① ③ ⑤ ⑥ ⑧

② ④ ⑦ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪

① VGA

VGA port

② DC 12V

Socket for a DC 12V input.

③ SPOT monitor

BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in
sequence.

④ MAIN monitor

BNC port for the main monitor.

⑤ VIDEO IN

BNC input ports for cameras, 4 in total.

⑥ AUDIO IN

RCA input port for audio signal.

⑦ AUDIO OUT

RCA output port for audio signal.

⑧ USB

USB port (Device USB Mouse)

⑨ NTSC／PAL

Switch between NTSC and PAL format.

⑩ LAN

Network port

⑪ EXTERNAL I/O

EXTERNAL I/O port (see below for pin definition)

CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS

The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes

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the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.

3-1 LIVE Mode

You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.

Table 3-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode

Table 3-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.

Button

Description

REC

Start/Stop recording.

PLAY

Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.

LOCK

Enable/Disable the Keypad function

1,2,3,4

Select the channel to monitor in full screen

FREEZE

Turn on/off screen freeze function.

Switch to quad display.

Switch to 9-channel display. 4ch DVR doesn‟t feature this function.

Switch to 13-channel display. 4ch DVR doesn‟t feature this function.

Switch to 16-channel display. 4ch DVR doesn‟t feature this function.

ENTER/MODE

Switch to full screen, quad display.

MENU/

Enable/ Disable setup Menu.

BK-UP/ESC

Enable/ Disable backup menu.

SRH

Enable/ Disable search menu.

MUTE

Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio

STATUS

Enable/ Disable Status.

OSD

Turn on/off the screen display

Zoom/Zoom -

Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel
name for choosing a specific channel.

PIP/Zoom +

Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to
other channels.

PTZ

Enable PTZ control.

AUTO

In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.

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Icon

Description

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons.

Main menu.

Search menu.

Backup menu.

PTZ mode.

Turn on/off recording.

Playback.

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons.

FREEZE.

PIP, picture in picture

ZOOM, double the screen size

AUTO-sequence

LOCK, activate the key lock.

Full screen display.

Quad display.

Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode

Icon

Description

Recording is on

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1~4

Live Audio is on

Live Audio is off

Motion detected on the channel

Sensor triggered on the channel

Video loss detected on the channel

USB device detected

DVD burner is detected

Connected to the LAN cable.

Film：Normal Recording
Clock：Schedule Recording

AUTO-seq is on

2X

2X zoom in is on

Freeze is on, screen is frozen

LOCK is on

PTZ control is on

Shows the current hard disk space has been used
(99% mean used 99%, remain 1%)

Lower right of each CH will show the current time

Icon

Description

/

Image quality (High/Low)

/

Full screen

Record

Snap shot

Record and snap shot file saving path setup

Enable / Disable Shortcut Toolbar

3-2 PLAYBACK Mode

Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon

will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on
any location of your screen.

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Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode

Button

Description

ENTER / MODE

Switch to full screen, quad display.

MENU /

Turn on/off PAUSE.

PLAY

Play back at normal speed.

/ SLOW

Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of
the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper
center of the screen.

/

Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.

/

Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.

/

Stop playback.

Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.

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Icon

Description

「 / 」 Fast rewind

「 / 」Fast forward

／

Play/pause

「▲ / SLOW」， slow playback

「▼ / ■」stop playback

Playback channel by channel with snap shot display

Full screen display

Quad display

Zoom-in display

3-3 PTZ Mode

Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon
will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side
of screen.

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Table 3-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode

Button

Description

/ SLOW

Move PTZ up.

/

Move PTZ down.

/

Move PTZ to the left.

/

Move PTZ to the right.

ZOOM +

PTZ zoom-in.

ZOOM -

PTZ zoom-out.

FOCUS +

PTZ focus-in.

FOCUS -

PTZ focus-out.

IRIS +

PTZ iris-open.

IRIS -

PTZ iris-close.

TOUR

Activate PTZ pre-set tour. ＊

PRESET+
Number

Setup the Preset location
Press “PRESET” key first then two-digit number; DVR will set the current

PTZ location at entered preset number.

PLAY+
Number

Go to Preset location
Press “PLAY” key first then two-digit number, PTZ will go to the

correspondent preset number location.

PIP

Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊

FREEZE

Activate auto line-scan. ＊

ZOOM

Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan.＊

＊ PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren‟t compatible 100% sometime

s. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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Table 3-3.2 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode

Icon

Description

Leave PTZ Mode，back to the LIVE mode

Pre-set number N. (0~255)

Go to pre-set number N.

Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N.

「TOUR」， press to activate pre-set tour＊

「PIP」， Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊

「FREEZE」， Activate line-scan. ＊

「ZOOM」， Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. ＊

To move PTZ in 360°
PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out

PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out.

PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close.

Below functions need support from specific PTZ manufacturer. Please check us
er manual of your PTZ for more detail.

to

AUX 1~8,「AUTO」Key ＋ Number key「1~8」

「Backup」, Customized function。

＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren‟t compatible 100%

sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP

To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required.
The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for
related setup of other log-in users.

Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard.

Item

Description

Switch between capital and small letters.

/

Switch between numbers and letters.

Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login

account.

Delete the last character.

Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set
up menu, If the password is verified.

Space key

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Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu

Item

Description

Switch to different options under one item

Switch to different items

MENU

Save setup and back to LIVE mode

ESC

Back to Upper level of menu without saving

ENTER

Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard

PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to “4-9
UTILITY SETUP” for detail.

4-1 RECORD SETUP

Item

Description

HDD FULL

Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the
HDD when HDD is full

「

Stop

」：

Stop Recording

「

Overwrite

」：

Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data

of HDD, and continue to record.

Quality & Frame Rate
Setup

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

OSD position X

Setup OSD X axis

OSD position Y

Set up OSD y axis

OSD position setup

Set up OSD axis

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item

Description

Normal setup/
event setup

Select recording mode

Resolution

Select recording resolution: NTSC:360x240, 720x240, 720x480
PAL:352X288,704X288,704X576

Record Type

You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type.

No.

Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording

Quality

Select quality: Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest

FPS

Select recording frame rate.

Auto

Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

4-2 EVENT SETUP

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Item

Description

Motion Setup

Enter to set up motion detection

Sensor Setup

Enter to set up sensor detection

4-2.1 MOTION SETUP

Item

Description

Motion Popup

Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all
channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the
detected channel image will pop up in full screen display.

1~4

You can setup independently for each channel.

Selected Channel Turn

Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each
channel.

Sensitivity

Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from
value 1 to 10 for each channel. The lower value you set
the higher sensitivity it will be

Motion Area Setup

Enter to setup motion detection area

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4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP

The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids. The default detection area is
full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access.
Areas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site.

Item

Description

Mask Mouse Selection

Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function

All Area Detection

Select entire screen as detection area.

Mask All Area

Deselect entire detection area.

Continue

Continue setup

Exit & Save

Save setup and leave

Exit & Discard

Cancel setup and leave

4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP

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Item

Description

Sensor Popup

Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all
channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected
channel image will pop up in full screen display.

All Off

Set all sensor off

All Low

Set all sensor polarity low

All High

Set all sensor polarity high

Sensor Polarity

Click or press ▼ to select between HIGH, LOW voltage for
triggering sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each

channel
Low Polarity：Sensor has not been triggered. When connected,

sensor will be turned on..

High Polarity：Sensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor

status will be turned off..

Off ：Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.

4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP

Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks
and schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type.

Item

Description

Page

Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total.

Holiday Setup

Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.

View Event/ Motion/
Sensor Setup

View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup

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4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup

Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, Time and event.

4-3.2 Holiday Setup

Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly.

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4-4 CAMERA SETUP

Item

Description

1~4

You can setup independently for each channel.

Mask

Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode

Sharpness

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpness of your camera from

value 1 to 255. The default value is 1.

Brightness

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from

value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.

Contrast

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Contrast of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 100.

Chroma(U)/(V)

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Chroma of your camera from
value 1 to 255. The default value is 128.

Hue

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Hue of your camera from value 1
to 255. The default value is 128. ( This function doesn’t support at

PAL system)

Name

Set up name of each channel

Volume

Audio volume for CH1 under LIVE mode and recording mode can be
adjusted.

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4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for
each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and
password is “admin” and “123456” The default password remains the same after firmware

upgrade, however, it requires 8-digits for password length when you setup a new one

Item

Description

No.

Check to activate the user‟s account.

Username

Set up username

Password

Set up password for each user. Password is 8-digits required and can
be mixed by letters and numbers with case-sensitive. Letters can be
mixed with capitals or lowercases.

Permissions

Set up Permissions for each user

Change Admin
Password

Change administrator‟s password

Picture

Change user‟s picture

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4-5.1 Permission Setup

The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based
permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, PTZ function, Playback,
Utility, Backup, Password expiry date and Mask on specific channels while playing back.

4-5.2 User Picture Setup

User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive.

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4-6 NETWORKING SETUP

4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP

There are three ways to connect to the network as followed.

4-6.1.1 DHCP

When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.

Item

Description

Connect type

Setup mode for network connection: (DHCP、LAN、ADSL).

HTTP Setup

Enter to set up HTTP

DDNS Setup

Enter to set up DDNS

Mail Setup

Enter to set up mail

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4-6.1.2 LAN

Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item

Description

IP Address

Enter IP address provided by ISP

Subnet Mask

Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP

Gateway

Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP

DNS

Enter DNS address provided by ISP.

(Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).

4-6.1.3 ADSL

Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.

Item

Description

User Name

Enter user name provided by ISP

Password

Enter password provided by ISP

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4-6.2 HTTP Setup

Item

Description

Enable HTTP
Server

Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the
DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated.

Port

Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80.

Auto

Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

No.

Chanel number

Quality

Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high,
highest

FPS

Set up record FPS

4-6.3 DDNS Setup

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Item

Description

Enable DDNS

Enable/disable DDNS function.

DDNS Server

Enter the registered SMTP Server:

ez-dns、I-DVR.NET＊ 、DYNDNS.ORG、NO-IP.ORG、3322.ORG

SMTP Server

Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username

+ Server) If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your

server, you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net

User Name

Enter user name.

Password

Enter password.

＊ For more detailed I-DVR.NET operation instruction, please refer to appendix I.

4-6.4 Mail Setup

When event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION, SENSOR), email will be sent to the receiver account
automatically.

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Item

Description

Enable E-mail Notification

Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function.

SMTP Server

Enter to set up SMTP Server name.
(Varies according to the user)

User Name

Enter to set up User Name.

Password

Enter to set up Password.

Sender E-mail

Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers.

Receiver E-mail

Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.

Trigger Event

Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below
circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).

4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP

The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of your camera. To enable PTZ function, the 485
cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR.

Item

Description

Enable PTZ

Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel.

Protocol

Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are

PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH.

PTZ ID

Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1
to 64.

Baud Rate

Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200

RS-485 ID

Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64

RS-485 Baud Rate

Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600, 19200

Keyboard

Select Keyboard. (Li-Lin)

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4-8 SYSTEM SETUP

Item

Description

DVR Name

The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access.

DVR Location

The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access

Language

Click or press ▼ to select OSD language from English, Traditional
Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Portuguese

Remote ID

Default ID is 0. When more than one DVRs are purchased, the DVRs
can‟t be numbered from 1 to4. For instance, standard remote control
can‟t operate DVR numbered 3. It only responds when use 1 to 4
remote control.

Display Setup

Enter to set up Display

Date/Time Setup

Enter to set up Date/Time

Device Setup

Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay

Spot Setup

Enter to set up Spot

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4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP

Item

Description

Auto-Seq Interval

Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels
under Auto-Seq mode.

Show OSD

Turn On / Off OSD display

Show DVR Status

Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display

Show Date/Time

Turn On / Off date and time display

Show Channel Name

Turn On / Off channel name display

CRT

Deflicker(only for CRT monitor)

Border Color

Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（Red,
Green, Blue）

4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP

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Item

Description

Hour Format

12HOURS/ 24HOURS

Date Format

MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD

Date/Time Position

Choose the position of Time and Date display

Change Date & Time

Setup time and date of DVR

Time Zone Setup

Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.

Internet Time Setup

Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME

Setup date and time of DVR manually according to user‟s local time.

4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP

Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to user‟s DVR location.

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Item

Description

Select Time Zone

Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13

Daylight Saving Time

Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time

4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item

Description

Automatic
Synchronization

Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function.
Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically
synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after
booting.

Update Now

Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately
correspond with those in internet server.

4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP

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Item

Description

Key Tone

Enable/Disable keystrokes.

Buzzer

Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for
HDD Error, Video Loss, Motion and Sensor.

Relay

Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks
when the alarm is triggered for HDD Error, Video Loss, Motion and
Sensor.

4-8.4 SPOT SETUP

The DVR has two modes of video output; one is main video output, the other is spot video
output. SPOT setup is for controlling the order of channels the system cycles through in SPOT
mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode.

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Item

Description

SPOT MODE

Channels display in spot for three different modes:

MANUAL: select channels to display manually.
SEQUENCE: Auto-sequence for all channels in order.
EVENT: Display channels with event occurred.

Interval (Seconds)

The duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under
SPOT mode.

Skip Video Loss
Channel

Whether to skip channels without video signal.

4-9 UTILITY SETUP

Item

Description

HDD Initialization

Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop
recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu,

system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that
installed in DVR. Check the HDD you‟d like to initialize
then press “Start”. HDD initialization is successful when
the status shows “Succeed”

USB Initialization

Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and
press YES to clean up all data on your USB. The
initialization is done when it‟s showed “Succeed”.

System Recovery

Restore system default values

Reset System Events

Reset all the recording events in DVR.

Copy Setup to USB

Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file
named “sdvr.config” on your USB.

Download Setup from USB

Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.

Upgrade

Upgrade DVR through USB.
Please stop recording and backup setup configuration
before upgrading.

System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is
completed.

Notice! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE

as it may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

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4-10 DIAGNOSTIC

Item

Description

Version

The current firmware version of DVR

IP

The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected
from network, the screen will display” NETWORK
DISCONNECT”.

MAC

MAC Address of DVR

HDD Status

No.

HDD number

Volume

HDD Capacity

Used Rate

Percentage of space used on HDD.

Status

Shows HDD status.
USING means the HDD is being used for recording

now
GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown

format for the DVR. (Note: Please initialize your
newly-installed HDD before using it.)

Format Time

The latest format time of HDD

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CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH

5-1 BACKUP SETUP

User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD
R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Recorded data can also
backup into NB/PC through our remote access software: 「DVRemoteDesktop.exe」 and be

saved in your assigned path. The format of backup file is IRF file that can be played by both
“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” 、“ifileplay.exe” and “CMS”

Item

Description

From

The start time of backup file

To

The end time of backup file

Device

Select USB, PC as the backup device

Free Space

The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Refresh

Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Required Space

Show the size of the backup file

Calculate

Calculate the size of backup file

Start

Start backup operation.

Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE operating backup.

Note! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to

avoid unrecoverable error.

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5-2 SEARCH SETUP

Item

Description

Event Search

Event search menu

Time Search

Enter time search menu

5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH

The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there
is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time

information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click your mouse to
playback the recording data.

P.S. Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the
record function is not activated. However, the record can’t be viewed after selecting it.

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Item

Description

Criteria

Setup conditions of event search

Page

Switch between pages of events

Date/Time

Date/time when event occurred.

Event Type

Event type, defined as following

MOTION

Motion Detected

SENSOR

Sensor Detected

Video Loss

Video Loss

Remote Login

user log-in over the network

Remote Logout

user log-out over the network

Power On

DVR Power on

HDD Full

HDD Space FULL

HDD Error

Detect HDD error

Reboot

DVR Reboot

Info

The channel where event occurs or login user

5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH

The amount of events can be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting by setting
up “criteria”. Setup “start time” and “end time” for event search, then the search result will be
limited to this specific period of time. Only checked events and channels will be sorted in event
search.

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5-2.2 TIME SEARCH

TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or
left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a
red square “ □ “System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar

will be shown by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”.

Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can change time
(hour/minute/second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse then press “ok”. DVR will
playback the selected recording data.

AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR
from PC.

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CHAPTER 6 Remote Software Installation and Setup

6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction

AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR

from PC.

p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above , Windows V
ista , Windows 7

Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default

user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “

Step Three: Click on the link to start downloading the AP software.

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Step Four: Run or Save our AP software.

Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter

information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play
Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC.

Step Six: You‟ve logged into the DVR

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6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE

Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is

only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default

user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “ The user name and password

appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password
depend on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Three: Click on “Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8”to start downloading the AP software. ( The
first option is for IE view, please refer to next chapter for more information)

p.s. There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time.
Please refer to index II for Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction.

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Step Four: DVR images appear.

Note：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

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6-3 AP Software Operation

Open the file “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”; enter the information of DVR “IP address”, “Port”

“Username” and “Password” and click “OK”. You should be able to login DVR successfully and

start to use the software. The default username and password is 「admin/ 123456」

“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” AP software provides some extra functions for remote users.
Please check Table 6-3.1 for minimum system requirements for “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”
operation.

Table 6-3.1 System Requirements for AP software

CPU

Intel Pentium 4 above

OS

Microsoft Windows 7、Windows Vista、
Windows XP SP2 above

RAM

512M above

VGA Card

Needed to support DirectX9.0 (Above) Note 1

Others

DirectX 9.0 above

Note 1:

Known VGA card that support DirectX9.0 currently:

NVIDIA: Geforce FXseries, Geforce 6series, Geforce 7series, Geforce 8series, Geforce

9series, Geforce 200series, etc.

Or

visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units

ATI: Radeon R300series, Radeon R400series, Radeon R500series, Radeon R600series,

Radeon R700series, Radeon HD 3xxx IGPseries, Mobility Radeonseries (9500
above), Mobility Radeon Xseries, Mobility Radeon HDseries, or FireGL Vseries etc.
Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_graphics_processing_units

SiS: SiS 67Xseries, or SiS 77Xseries etc.

Or visit: http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm

Intel: 91Xseries, 94Xseries, 96Xseries, G3Xseries, or G4Xseries, etc.

Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

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CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS

1. VIDEO

Input Level

1.0 Vp-p±10% Composite, 75 Balanced

Display Speed

NTSC

120fps(4CH)

PAL

100fps(4CH)

Display Resolution

NTSC

720(H) X 480(V)

PAL

704(H) X 576(V)

Monitor Output

2Vp-p Composite, 75 Balanced

2. RECORDING

Compression Method

H.264

Recording Speed

Refer to table 7-1

Recording Resolution

NTSC

720 X 480, 720 X 240, 360 X 240

PAL

704 X 576, 704 X 288, 352 X 288

Quality

Independent for
each channel

Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest

Schedule

Setup by “minute” as unit

Mode

Manual / Event (Motion, Sensor) / Schedule

Method

By resolution, fps and quality
Setup fps and quality separately for normal and

event recording

3. SATA DEVICE

Capacity

Internal Storage

1 HDD

External Storage

Not support

Type

SATA / SATAⅡ compatible

4. ALARM

Sensor Input

4(4CH)

Loop Out

1 Relay out

Motion Detection

Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level

5. CONNECTIONS

Video Input

4 ports (4CH)

Video Output

BNC 2 port, VGA 1 port

Audio Input

RCA 4 CH

Audio Output

RCA 1 CH

USB 2.0

USB memory stick, USB Touch Panel

USB 1.1

USB Mouse

Remote

Remote control

External I/O

1 RS-485, 4(4CH) sensor input, 1 Relay Output

Ethernet

1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps

6. ELECTRICAL

Power Source

DC 12V / 3A

7. ENVIRONMENTAL

Operation Temperature

5℃ ~ + 40℃

Humidity

Less than 90%

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8. PHYSICAL

Dimension

225(W) x 264(D) x 47(H) mm

Weight

1.3 KG（not including HD）

9. BACKUP

BACKUP
USB Stick

Video Data, Audio

Network

Video Data, Audio

10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK

Searching Type

Event/ Time

Playback speed

120 FPS

11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE

Monitoring Environment

Web / Client Software(CMS)

Max. client

Supporting multi-client (5 clients accessible)

12. OTHERS

OS

Embedded Linux

Multi Task

Pentaplex

Live、Record、Playback、Network、Backup

Control Device

Front Keys / Remote Control
Control (Optional)

Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP Software

PC Viewer

Direct monitoring of DVR‟s HDD on PC

Numbers of event list

10000

Table 7-1

Recording
Speed

(Independent
setting for each
channel)

NTSC
360 x 240

120fps / 4CH

720 x 240

120fps / 4CH

720 x 480

60fps / 4CH

PAL
352 x 288

100fps / 4CH

704 x 288

100fps / 4CH

704 x 576

50fps / 4CH

Compression Method

H.264

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CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE

You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile
application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0
above and Symbian.

Please confirm network function of DVR has been activated before mobile connection:
Main menu  Network Setup  HTTP Setup  Check the “Enable HTTP Server”

8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System

Mobile Device: Nokia, SonyEricsson…etc.
System requirement:

GPRS/ 3G must be provided from your telecom service.
Mobile device that supports GPRS/ 3G protocol and Java cldc1.0/midp 2.0 environment

＊Please download both” DVRH264.jar” and “DVRH264.jad” to operate the function.
Note that users with Sony Ericsson will only need to download “DVRH264.jar.”

8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function.

Step 1: The mobile application called “DVRH264.jar” need to be installed in your mobile device.

The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturer‟s website to your

mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that
packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable.

Step 2: Install the application software “DVRH264.jar” in your mobile device. It might be

installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file
for installation.

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8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation

After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in
your mobile device to run a file called “DVRH264”.

Select “Menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile
screen, 4 commands, Login Add Modify and Delete,
will show up.

8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR

To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in
DVR information. Find “Add” under the “Menu” then
enter logging-in DVR‟s IP address, Port number,
account name and password. Press “Add” to save this
information after entering.

8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR

Use the Login command to log onto a DVR and monitor
live images. If multiple DVRs have been added to the
mobile application, they will be listed by name, you can
select one to log onto.

A confirmation message might show up for network charge
before connection. The fee rate will depend on the telecom
company and package fee you go with.

Network connectivity will take some time. It‟ll be affected by
networking environment and bandwidth flow.
Live image will show up after a successful connection.

PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile
when the recoding is off in local DVR.

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8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR

You can use the “Modify” command to change the login information of DVR. The dialogue is
identical to that of the “Add” command.

8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR

“Delete” command can be used to remove the DVR information if it is no longer useful. Select
the DVR on the name list then choose “Delete”

8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation

This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your mobile
device.

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8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image

You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if it‟s oversized.

Key

Action

2

Scroll Up

4

Scroll Left

6

Scroll Right

8

Scroll Down

8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup

Select “Quality” under the “Menu”

There will be 5 levels for your to choose: Low、
Normal、Middle、High and Highest.

8-1.3.3 Channel Display

Select “Single” under the “Menu”, there will be all
channels of your DVR in list for you to choose.

PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile
when the recoding is off in local DVR.

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8-1.3.4 Size of Image

The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select “Size” under the
“Menu” to choose from “Original” or “Fit Screen” to resize the display image.

Item

Description

Original

The image will be shown in
original size.

Fit Screen

The image will be shown to fit the
screen.

8-1.3.5 Rotate the image

The Live image can be displayed in normal or rotate to 90
degrees. Select “Rotate” under the “Menu” for this
operation.

8-1.3.6 Alarm

This application not only allows you to remotely monitor through mobile device but receive the
alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected, Sensor Triggered and Vloss.

Graphical icons below will be shown on the status:

: Motion detected

: Sensor triggered

: Video loss

Select the “Alarm” under the “Menu” to switch this
function on or off.

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8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System

There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264
compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your
mobile device.

System Requirement:
Mobile device OS：Windows mobile system 5.0 above.

Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS／3G／Wifi… etc.

8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device
surveillance function on your mobile device (mobile phone,
PDA ...etc).

Step 1: The mobile application called “Jrviewer.CAB” and

“H264Pocket.CAB” need to be installed in your mobile
device. The application can be downloaded directly from the
manufacturer‟s website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can
be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that
packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable.

Step 2: Install the application software “Jrviewer.CAB” and “H264Pocket.CAB” in your mobile

device, two folders named ”Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket” will be created. It might be
installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file
for installation.

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8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation

After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files named
“Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket”.

This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor DVR. Press “OK” to bring up the
operation menu, see below chart to further information.

Item

Function

Description

Add

Add login DVR

Enter DVR‟s name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password
then press “OK”

Login

Logon DVR

‧Choose the DVR that you‟d like to log on , then press “OK”
‧ PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile

when the recoding is off.

‧PS. Network connectivity will be affected by networking

environment and bandwidth flow. The fee rate will
depend on the telecom company and package fee
you go with.

Modify

Modify Login
DVR

Choose DVR, press “Modify”, and press”OK” to save change.

Delete

Delete Login
DVR

Choose DVR and press ”Delete” to delete the DVR info.

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8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring.

After successful logon the DVR, press “View” to bring up operation menu. You can
choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn on/off the status bar,
alarm, full screen display….etc

Item

Function

Description

Channel 1~16

Display for CH 1~16

Choose from CH1~16 to display.
(Show only supports a single partition)

Status Bar

Status Bar

Graphical icons indicated below will be shown
on the status bar if there is event such as
motion detected, sensor triggered and video
loss to be detected on any channel. You can

also uncheck the “Status Bar” to inactivate

this function.

Icon

Description

Motion Detect

Sensor Trigger

V-Loss

Alarm

Alarm

Alarm through your mobile device can be
triggered if there is event to be detected. You

can also uncheck the “Alarm” under the
“View” to inactivate this function.

Sound

Sound

If the channel video with sound input, turn this
option to hear the real sound.

Full Screen

Full screen display

You can choose one channel to display in full
screen by check this function.

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CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE

9-1 CMS Installation

System Requirement:

＊Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.
＊Microsoft Windows Vista、Windows XP、Windows 2003 Server.

＊Besides OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above.
＊512MB memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR)
＊20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.
＊VGA Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it. Please refer to

p55 Note 1.
Installation:

1. Connect to the manufacturer‟s website and download the CMS software.

2. Decompress and execute “setup.exe”.

3. If “Visual C++ Runtime Libraries” has not been installed before in the operating PC, the

following sign will suggest an installation automatically.

4. Select “Next”, and then select “Browse” to change installation path if needed. To check

available space on hard disk, please select “Disk Cost” then please select “Next” to the
next step.

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5.”Confirm Installation” window shows. Select „Next’ then the installation starts.

6. Select „Close’ to finish installation when the “Installation Complete” window shows.

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Instruction for Log-in Failure to CMS After Upgrade

Log in to CMS with the default account and password after CMS upgrade. If an error
message occurs as shown in the image, please follow the instruction to solve the error.

Step 1: Please enter file manager to enter folder, “Windows” and then folder “Systme32”

(ex:C:\Windows\System32)

Step 2: Locate file, “iCMS.dat” and delete it.

Step 3: Restart CMS. Log-in successfully.

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9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT

To enter CMS, the administrator‟s user name and password are required. The defaults are
„admin‟ and „123456‟.

After successful login, the following image shows on your screen:

① DVRs, Groups &

Events

Information about DVRs, groups and events.
See “9-3 Information List” for more detail.

② PC information

and control

Information about local PC‟s hard disk, volume, recording...etc.
See “9-4 PC Information and Control” for more detail.

③ Main Display

Live image display area. See “9-5 Main Display” for detail.

④ Display Modes

Several choices of display modes supported by CMS.

⑤ Operation Bar

A set of 10 operations are provided by CMS. See “ 9-6 Operation
Bar” for detail.

①

②

③

④

⑤

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9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events

Icon

Description

View list of logged in DVR／ Group.

View Logs: list all the event information of DVR

9-3.1 View DVR／Group List

Single left click on „DVR’ or „Group’ will
expand/collapse the entire DVRs and
groups list.

On the DVR list, double left click on a

connected DVR will show its image in
main display. See “9-6.2 DVR

Administration” for further information.

On the Group list, double left click on a

group will show live image from the
channels of the group in the main
display. See “9-6.3 for Group

Administration” for further information.

Left-clicking on a connected DVR will expand/collapse status of its all channels as below:

Icon

Description

Video Loss

Motion Detected

Sensor Triggered

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9-3.2 View Event Logs

Under this page, all the events of a DVR can be expanded/collapsed in the order of Re
mote in/Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor, Others (Power Reset, Key Lock, Key
Unlock, HD Full).

9-4 Local PC Information and Control

Located at the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below:

Icon

Function

Description

HDD info

Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of
C:\ drive (where CMS is installed).

Volume

PC volume or playback volume control bar.

Recording

Record live image to local PC storage. To view
locally stored data, use “Record” under the
operation bar. Also see “9-6.6 recording data” for
detail.

Snapshot

Take snapshot to save in local PC storage. To
view all the snapshots you‟ve taken, please go
to ” Snapshot” under the operation bar. See “9-

6.5 Snapshot data” for detail.

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9-5 Main Display

The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change the
location of screen for each channel and turn on/off audio signal with mouse-click.

9-5.1 Audio Control

In live mode, you can turn on/off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4:

「 」Audio signal is On
「 」Audio signal is Off

Turn on/off by clicking on the graphical icon, please note there can allow only one chan
nel‟s audio signal to be on at one time.

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9-5.2 eMAP Display

In Live mode, pressing will bring the e-MAP drag-down menu. If the channel has
been set up to use e-MAP, the menu will show all the e-MAP titles that have been
entitled to this channel; otherwise, “No eMaps” will be shown. Please check “9-6.4
eMAP administration” for setup information.

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9-5.3 PTZ Control

In the main display, right click on the channel will bring up PTZ control panel as below.

＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren‟t compatible 100% sometimes.
Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

Icon

Description

8 direction key

Rotate the PTZ

ZOOM+：Zoom in

ZOOM : Zoom out

Setup the PTZ spot as pre-set
N.

FOCUS+ : Focus in

FOCUS-：Focus out

Move to pre-set N.

Set PTZ Preset

Setup 16 pre-set N.

Goto PTZ Preset

Move to specific pre-set N.

Activate auto pre-set tour＊

PTZ Sensitivity

Setup PTZ sensitivity＊

Setup the “start” and “end” of
liner scan.＊

Activate the liner scan cruise.

＊

Customization function

AUX 1~8 ( For

customization)

AUTO+1 ~ AUTO+8

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9-6 Operation Bar

10 Operations to be listed as below:

Table 9-6.1 description of 10 operations:

Icon

Description

User Administration. Please see “8-6.1 User administration”

DVR Administration. Please see “8-6.2 DVR Administration”

Group Administration. Please see “8-6.3 Group Administration”

eMap Administration. Please see “8-6.4 eMap Administration”.

Remote Playback. Please see “8-6.5 Remote Playback”.

HDD Playback. Please see “8-6.6 HDD Playback”

File Playback. Please see “8-6.7 File Playback”

Event Playback. Please see “8-6.8 Event Playback”

Snapshot Data. Please see “8-6.9 Snapshot Data”

Recording Data. Please see “8-6.10 Recording Data”

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9-6.1 User administration

Before the CMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper authority.
Each user should also be assigned a password and optionally a description. If a user does not
have certain authority assigned, he/she will not be able to operate the corresponding function
on the Operation Bar. The default is none of the authority is assigned. The administrator should
assign proper authority to each user. These user accounts can be deleted or edited later on.

Select “OK” to save the setup.

Icon

Description

Add a user account. The default authority is with none permission.

Delete a user account.

Language

Switch display language

9-6.2 DVR Administration

DVR connections can be added to or deleted from the CMS and their information can be edited.
DVR‟s channel names can be entered here or downloaded from the DVR by pressing „From

DVR‟. Select “OK” to save the information.

Name: DVR Name(Unrepeatable)
Model: DVR Model

Generic: For general models
Generic MainStream: For DualStream Model
DUAL SDVR: For MPEG4 2U Models
MP4 SDVR:This feature is currently reserved

Address: DVR IP Address
Port: DVR Network Port
Channel: DVR Camera Number
ID: DVR Login Account
Password: DVR Login Password
Description: Other Description
Camera Description: Carera Description
From DVR: Load Camera name from DVR

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9-6.3 Group Administration

A „Group‟ means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user can
organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor
and manager channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexible.

Steps:

1. Add a new group and set its name and description.

2. Click „Select’ which will bring up a new window.

3. Check the specific channels that you‟d like them to be included in the group. To include all

channels of a DVR, just check the DVR.

4. Click “OK” to return to the previous window.

5. Select a display mode.

6. Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location. Or,

change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging.

7. You can „Select’ again to add other channels, but the un-saved channel locations will be

lost.

8. Click “OK” to save the setup.

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9-6.4 eMap Administration

If geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background,
eMap can be used for the purpose. With eMap, the background picture can be picked by the
user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture.

Steps to follow:

1. Click and a path for the picture will be prompted.

2. Select a picture, click OK and the picture will show in the right panel.

3. Drag channels in the left lower corner onto the picture to any position.

4. To delete a channel already on the picture, right click the channel and click „Remove‟.

5. Click OK to save.

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9-6.5 Remote Play

Video images recorded on a DVR can be displayed on a remote CMS. With Remote Play
function, select a DVR and a display mode on top of the screen. After the recorded segments
are listed below, double click on one to show its image on the right.

Icon

Description

Start playing.

Pause.

Fast forward.

Fast rewind.

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9-6.6 HDD Playback

You can directly play the recording data in the HDD that‟s uninstalled from DVR by CMS. See
the picture below, the left part of screen is recording data in list that‟s separated by hour and the
right part is main display. You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or
rewind.

9-6.7 File Playback

You can play the recorded .irf files by “File Play” in CMS. It allows you to change the
display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar.

Icon

Description

Start Playback.

Pause.

Stop playback.

Fast forward.

Fast rewind.

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9-6.8 Event Playback

Event recordings on the DVR can be played back in CMS.

Steps to follow:

1. Select a DVR and a display mode.

2. Select a date.

3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right.

Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback.

9-6.9 Snapshot Data

It can display all the snapshots you‟ve taken in line in “Snapshot Data”. You can review, delete
or save as other files here.

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9-6.10 Recording Data

It can play all the recording files you‟ve recorded in line in “Recording Data”. You can play or
delete them here.

Steps to follow:

1. Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display.

2. You can choose the display mode.

3. Time bar will be shown at right lower corner, please drag the time bar to specify

the recording time you‟d like to play.

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APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION

DDNS Registration on I-DVR.NET

In the package of each DVR, you will find a sticker shows account information including
username and password that allows users to login I-DVR.NET for registration.

To register DDNS on I-DVR.NET, please follow the steps as shown.
Step 1. Please open IE browser and then enter “ http://i-DVR.NET/logon.asp ” in IE browser bar.

Next, “Control Panel Logo” dialog will appear. Enter the username and password
provided by the sticker and then press, “Logon.”

Step 2. After login successfully, enter name at “host” in “Add New Record” dialog. For example,

“iddns” is the host name, and then the address will be “iddns.i-dvr.net.” Select
“Standard” type and enter an IP address of the DVR. Input known IP address if any, or
press the “Add New” button if none.

Step 3. The “Host Manager” dialog will show “Your new host record was created” when user

setup successfully. The “host.domain” column will show up the setup just entered.

If DDNS set up at DVR side successfully, the website will update the IP information in
one minute. The IP column will be renewed to the corresponding IP address by
pressing “F5: refresh” button.

Please enter any name by your choice at
Column, “host.” For example, “iddns”
Therefore, IE address will be

“iddns.i-dvr.net”

System will automatically show the current c
omputer IP. If the DVR IP is known, you can
type it in the column. If not, you can press
“Add new” button.

“host.domain” is named by your choice.
“iddns.i-dvr.net” is what the main

server generates

If DVR IP has any changes, there are updates

Here at the same time. Press, “F5: Refresh”
And then IP column will update automatically to it’s real

IP Address.

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Step 4. Enter DVR →Main Menu → Network Setup → DDNS. Activate DDNS functions and
input related information.

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APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction

When using IE for remote monitoring for the first time, IE ActiveX Control is needed to be
downloaded.

1. When remote monitoring on IE for the first time, an alert message occurs “Install ActiveX

control” on the tool bar.

2. Click at this alert message and select “Install ActiveX Control”

3. “Do you want to install this software” alert pops up. Select “Install”

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4. After installation, IE remote monitoring image appears.

5. If message, “Your security Settings do not allow web sites to use ActiveX controls installed

on your computer.” pops on when logging in, please follow the next instruction.

6. First select “Tools” on the tool bar and then select “Internet Options”

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7. Select Security →Trusted Sites → Sites

8. Enter DVR address (This address is only for demonstration. Please use the address

depends on the setup of on-site DVR.) into the blanks shown in picture, and then press
“add.”

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9. Newly added website will appear at the trusted web sites list. Press close.

10. Go back to IE window, press refresh button or F5.