TechVision DVR-LT04120, DVR-LT016480, DVR-LT08240 User Manual

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Table of Contents

1...........................................................................FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 10

1.1.....................................................................................................................................................Features 10

1.2............................................................................................................................................Specifications 10

2....................................................................................... OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS 14

2.1............................................................................................................................................... Front Panel 14

2.2.................................................................................................................................................Rear Panel 18

2.2.1............................................................................................................................................................ Overview 18

2.2.2............................................................................................................................................................ Connection Sample

2.3.........................................................................................................................................Remote Control 20

2.4...........................................................................................................................................Mouse Control 20

2.5...............................................................................................................Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel 22

2.5.1............................................................................................................................................................ Virtual Keyboard 22

2.5.2............................................................................................................................................................ Front Panel 22

3....................................................................... INSTALLATION AND CONNNECTIONS 23

3.1..............................................................................................................................Check Unpacked DVR 23

3.2........................................................................................................................................HDD Installation 23

3.2.1............................................................................................................................................................ Choose HDDs 23

3.2.2............................................................................................................................................................ Calculate HDD Size

3.2.3............................................................................................................................................................ HDD Installation 23

3.3..................................................................................................................... CD/DVD Burner In stallatio n 24

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3.4....................................................................................................................Desktop and Rack Mounting 25

3.4.1............................................................................................................................................................ Desktop Mounting

3.4.2............................................................................................................................................................ Rack Mounting 25

3.5....................................................................................................................... Connecting Power Supply 25

3.6.........................................................................................Connecting Video Input and Output Devices 25

3.6.1............................................................................................................................................................ Connecting Video Input

3.6.2............................................................................................................................................................ Connecting Video Output

3.7.................................Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio, Looping Video, Matrix 26

3.7.1............................................................................................................................................................ Audio Input/One Audio Out

3.7.2............................................................................................................................................................ Looping Video (Not Availa

3.7.3............................................................................................................................................................ Matrix Video (Not Availabl

3.7.4............................................................................................................................................................ Alarm Input and Relay Out

3.7.5............................................................................................................................................................ Alarm Input 28

3.7.6............................................................................................................................................................ Alarm Output 29

3.7.7............................................................................................................................................................ Alarm Input and Output De

3.7.8............................................................................................................................................................ Relay Output Description

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3.8.........................................................................................................................................................RS232 31

3.9.........................................................................................................................................................RS485 32

3.10......................................................................................................................................Other Interfaces 32

4..........................................................OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS 33

4.1.....................................................................................................................Login, Logout & Main Menu 33

4.1.1............................................................................................................................................................ Login 33

4.1.2............................................................................................................................................................ Main Menu 33

4.1.3............................................................................................................................................................ Logout 34

4.1.4............................................................................................................................................................ Auto Resume after Power

4.1.5............................................................................................................................................................ Replace Button Battery

4.2................................................................................................................................Recording Operation 34

4.2.1............................................................................................................................................................ Live Viewing 35

4.2.2............................................................................................................................................................ Manual Record 35

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4.3................................................................................................................................Search and Playback 37

4.3.1............................................................................................................................................................ Search Menu 37

4.3.2............................................................................................................................................................ Basic Operation 38

4.3.3............................................................................................................................................................ Calendar 39

4.4.........................................................................................................................Record Setup (Schedule) 40

4.4.1 Schedule Menu.............................................................................................................................40

4.4.2 Basic Operation ...........................................................................................................................40

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4.5.........................................................................................................................................................Detect 42

4.5.1 Go to Detect Menu........................................................................................................................42

4.5.2 Motion Detect................................................................................................................................42

4.5.3 Video Loss....................................................................................................................................45

4.5.4 Camera Masking...........................................................................................................................46

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4.6..........................................................................................................Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation 47

4.6.1............................................................................................................................................................ Go to alarm setup interfac

4.6.2............................................................................................................................................................ Alarm Setup 47

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4.7.......................................................................................................................................................Backup 49

4.7.1 Detect Device ...............................................................................................................................49

4.7.2 Backup..........................................................................................................................................50

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4.8...................................................................................................................PTZ Control and Color Setup 51

4.8.1 Cable Connection .........................................................................................................................51

4.8.2 PTZ Setup.....................................................................................................................................51

4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key .......................................................................................................53

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4.9.......................................................................................................................Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Scan 53

4.9.1 Preset Setup .................................................................................................................................54

4.9.2 Activate Preset..............................................................................................................................55

4.9.3 Patrol Setup (Tour Setup).............................................................................................................55

4.9.4 Activate Patrol (Tour)....................................................................................................................55

4.9.5 Pattern Setup................................................................................................................................55

4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function..............................................................................................................56

4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup...........................................................................................................................56

4.9.8 Activate Auto Scan .......................................................................................................................56

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4.10........................................................................................................................................................... Flip 56

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5.1..................................................................................................................................................Menu Tree 57

5.2................................................................................................................................................. Main Menu 57

5.3........................................................................................................................................................Setting 58

5.3.1 General.........................................................................................................................................58

5.3.2 Encode .........................................................................................................................................60

5.3.3 Schedule.......................................................................................................................................62

5.3.4 RS232...........................................................................................................................................63

5.3.5 Network ........................................................................................................................................63

5.3.6 Alarm ............................................................................................................................................71

5.3.7 Detect ...........................................................................................................................................71

5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom ...............................................................................................................................71

5.3.9 Display..........................................................................................................................................71

5.3.10 Default ........................................................................................................................................73

UNDERSTANDING OF MENU OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS 57

5.4........................................................................................................................................................Search 74

5.5...................................................................................................................................................Advanced 74

5.5.1 HDD Management ........................................................................................................................ 74

5.5.2 Abnormity......................................................................................................................................75

5.5.3 Alarm Output.................................................................................................................................76

5.5.4 Manual Record .............................................................................................................................76

5.5.5 Account.........................................................................................................................................76

5.5.6 Auto Maintain................................................................................................................................77

5.5.7 TV Adjust ......................................................................................................................................78

5.5.8 Video Matrix (Not Available) .........................................................................................................78

5.6................................................................................................................................................ Information 82

5.6.1 HDD Information ...........................................................................................................................83

5.6.2 BPS ..............................................................................................................................................83

5.6.3 Log................................................................................................................................................84

5.6.4 Version .........................................................................................................................................84

5.6.5 Online Users .................................................................................................................................85

5.7............................................................................................................................................................. Exit 85

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6.1....................................................................................................................... Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu 87

6.1.1 3D Intelligent Positioning Key .......................................................................................................87

6.2....................................................................................................Preset/Patrol/Pattern/Border Function 88

6.2.1 Preset Setup .................................................................................................................................89

6.2.2 Activate Preset..............................................................................................................................89

6.2.3 Patrol Setup..................................................................................................................................89

6.2.4 Activate Patrol...............................................................................................................................89

6.2.5 Pattern Setup................................................................................................................................89

6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function..............................................................................................................90

6.2.7 Border Setup.................................................................................................................................90

6.2.8 Activate Border Function ..............................................................................................................90

6.2.9 Flip................................................................................................................................................90

ABOUT AUXILIARY MENU 87

7..........................................................................................WEB CLIENT OPERATION 92

7.1.................................................................................................................................Network Connection 92

7.2.......................................................................................................................................................... Login 92

7.2.1 Real-time Monitor .........................................................................................................................95

7.2.2 PTZ...............................................................................................................................................96

7.2.3 Color .............................................................................................................................................99

7.2.4 Picture Path and Record Path ......................................................................................................99

7.2.5 Manu Interface Switch ................................................................................................................100

7.3...................................................................................................................................................Configure 101

7.3.1 System Information..................................................................................................................... 101

7.3.2 Setting ........................................................................................................................................103

7.4........................................................................................................................................................Search 123

7.4.1 Download....................................................................................................................................124

7.5..........................................................................................................................................................Alarm 125

7.6......................................................................................................................................................... About 125

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7.7........................................................................................................................................................Logout 126

7.8............................................................................................................................. Un-in stall Web Control 126

8................................... ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 127

8.1.........................................................................................................................................................Log in 127

8.2..........................................................................................................................................Enable Monitor 128

8.3........................................................................................................................................Add New Device 129

9......................................................................................................RS232 OPERATION 131

9.1.................................................................................................................................Network Connection 131

9.2................................................................................................................................................... Keyboard 131

10...............................................................................................................................FAQ 132

APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION.....................................................137

APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE USB DRIVE LIST......................................................138

APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD BURNER LIST ...........................................139

APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE SATA HDD LIST.......................................................140

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This operating manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguards and Warnings

1．Electrical safety

All installation and operation here should conform to local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation.

2．Transportation security

Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

3．Installation

Keep upwards. Handle with care. Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation. Do not place objects on the DVR

4．Qualified engineers needed

All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers. We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.

5．Environment

The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc.

6. Accessories

Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check all the components listed below are included:

 One power cable  One Ethernet cable  Four HDD cables  Alarm & relay terminal blocks  Extensional cable(for audio, loop & matrix)  One remote control(including the battery)  One USB mouse  One CD(including DVR manual, client & small tools)  Warranty card  A package of installation fittings

Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing in your package.

Note: Any changes of this manual made to the actual product are subject to no further notification.

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1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

1.1 Features

This series DVR has the following features:

 H.264 compression algorithm ideal for standalone DVR  Real-time live display up to 16 cameras, 480 fps recording for CIF, 2CIF & 240

fps recording for 4CIF

 Pentaplex function: live, recording, playback, backup & remote access  Intelligent search and playback support, you can play back the video only motion

detection occurs in the area you selected.

 8HDDs supported & CD-RW/DVD-RW supported  Multiple control methods: front panel, IR remote control, keyboard, USB mouse

and network keyboard.

 Smart video detection: motion detection camera masking, video loss.  Smart camera settings: privacy masking, camera lock, color setting, and title

display

 Pan Tilt Zoom and Speed Dome Control: more than 60 protocols supported,

preset, scan, auto pan, auto tour, pattern, auxiliary function supported. And with our Speed Dome, 3D intelligent positioning function supported.

 Easy backup methods: USB devices, CD-RW/DVD-RW & network download  Alarm triggering screen tips, buzzer, PTZ preset, e-mail, FTP upload.  Smart HDDs Management: non-working HDD hibernation, HDD faulty alarm, Raid

function.

 Powerful network software: built-in web server, EPSS. Networking access for

remote live viewing, recording, playback, setting, system status, event log, e-mail & ftp function.

1.2 Specifications

Model

DVR-LT04120 4 channel unit with 4 channel audio and bidirectional talk DVR-LT08240 8 channel unit with 8 channel audio and bidirectional talk DVR-LT016480 16 channel unit with 16 channel audio and bidirectional talk

System

Main Process High performance embedded microprocessor Operating System Embedded LINUX System Resources Pentaplex function: live, recording, playback, backup & remote access User Interface GUI, on-screen menu tips. Control Device Front panel, USB mouse, keyboard, IR remote control, network keyboard. Input Method Numeral/Character/Denotation System Status HDD status, data stream statistics, log record, bios Version, on-line user and etc.

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Video

Video Input 4/8/16 Channel, BNC, 1.0Vp-p, 75Ω, looping(optional), Video Output 2-channel TV output BNC, 1.0Vp- p, 75Ω,1 VGA output

Video Standards PAL（625Line，50f/s），NTSC（525Line，60f/s）

Video Compression H.264 Video Resolution Format NTSC PAL

D1(4CIF) 704 * 480 704 * 576

2CIF 704 *240 704 * 288

CIF 352* 240 352*288 QCIF 176*120 176*144

Video Recording D1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF: PAL 1f/s-25f/s NTSC 1f/s-30f/s；

Video Display Split Full and multiple screen display, 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 16 Tour Display Support Image Quality 1~6 level (level 6 is the best) Privacy Masking Self-defined four-sided zone for privacy masking for each camera Camera Lock Camera locked for users Camera Adjustment Adjust color according to different time periods Video Information Camera title, time, video loss, camera lock, motion detection, recording TV Output Adjustment Adjust TV output color & display zone

Audio

Audio Input 4/8/16 channel, BNC, 200-2800mV, 30KΩ bidirectional Audio Input 1-channel, RCA, 200-2800mV, 30KΩ Audio Output 1-channel, RCA, 200-3000mv, 5KΩ Audio Compression ADPCM

Video Detection & Alarm

Motion Detection Zones: PAL 396 (22*18)/NTSC 330(22*15) detection zones Sensitivity: 1~6 (level 6 is highest) Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail & FTP Video Loss Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail & FTP Camera masking Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail

& FTP Alarm Input 4/8/16 channel, programmable, ground, manual open/closed

Trigger recording, PTZ movement, tour, alarm, e-mail

& FTP

Relay output 6-channel, 30VDC, 1A, NO/NC, form-C,

Hard Disk

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Hard Disk 8 SATA ports, 8 HDDs supported.

Space Occupation Audio ：14.4MB/H Video ：56～700MB/H

HDD Management Hard disk hibernation technology, HDD faulty alarm & Raid (Redundancy)

Record, Playback & Backup

Recording Mode Manual, continuous, video detection (including motion detection, camera masking, video loss), Alarm Recording Priority Manual >Alarm >Video Detection >Continuous. Recording Interval 1 to 120 minutes (default: 60 minutes) Overwrite Mode Support Raid Function Support Search Mode Time/Date, Alarm, Motion Detection & exact search (accurate to second) Playback 2-channel playback simultaneously, Play, pause, stop, rewind, fast play, slow play, next file, previous file, next camera, previous camera, full screen, repeat, shuffle, backup selection. Digital Zoom Selected zone can zoom into full screen during playback Backup Mode Flash stick/ USB HDD/ USB CD-RW/DVD-RW/ built in SATA Burner/ network download

Network

Interface RJ-45 Port (10/100M) Network Functions TCP/IP, DHCP, DDNS, PPPoE, E-mail, FTP Remote operation Monitor, PTZ control, playback, system setting, file download, log information

Auxiliary Interface

USB Interface 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 for mouse control, 1 for backup. RS232 Keyboard, PC communication RS485 PTZ control

Environmental

Power Supply 220V 50Hz / 110V 60Hz Power Consumption 25W/30W/40W

Working Temperature 0

C＋55 oC

Power Consumption 25W/30W/40W Working Humidity 10%~90% Atmosphere Pressure 86kpa~106kpa Dimension 2U, 440mmx460mmx89mm (W*D*H) Weight 7.0KG Mounting Desktop or rack

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2 Overview and Controls

This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first.

2.1 Front Panel

This series DVR has two different front panels. You can refer to Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-1

S/N Name Icon Function

Power button POWER Power button, press this button for three seconds to shut down DVR.

Power indication light

Shift

numeral keys 0-9 0-9 Input password, switch channel and input numeral.

Input numeral more than10

Up/down

Left/right

Power indication light

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In preview interface(no other menu), press this button for three seconds, y can switch between TV/VGA output(HD1 series DVR has three modesLTV/VGA/60Hz LCD)

In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral, English(Small/Capitalized),donation, Chinese and etc.

Open/close tour

When you need to input numeral more than 9. You can follow the steps below, click the first key number and then the next. For example, input 123, click numeral 1 and then 2 and click 3(continuously).

Activate current control, modify setup, increase/decrease numeral, assistant function such as PTZ menu.

shift current activated control, When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.

ESC ESC Close upper interface or controls.

Enter ENTER confirm operation

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Go to default button

Go to main menu

Record ●

Slow play

Assistant Fn

Fast play

Play previous

Reverse/Pause

Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or numeral keys,

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback

One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. In PTZ menu, shift PTZ control menu.

Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, it can delete the previous character before the cursor.

In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup.

In HDD information menu, switch between HDD record time or other information(Menu prompt)

Realize other special functions

Various fast speeds and normal playback.

In playback mode, playback the previous video In menu setup, go to upper ward of the dropdown list.

In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse playback In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback.

Play Next

Play/Pause

5 USB port

Channel indication light

Standby

indication light

Remote control signal receiver

In playback mode, playback the next video In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list.

Reverse playback or paused mode, click this button to realize normal playback In normal playback click this button to pause playback In pause mode, click this button to resume playback

In real-time monitor mode, click this button to enter video search menu.

To connect USB storage device, USB mouse or USB CD-ROM

When DVR is recording this lamp turns on.

When DVR is standing by, this lamp turns on.

To receive signals from remote control

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Function indication light

Window switch MULT Switch between one-window and multiple-window display modes.

confirm current operation

Enter ENTER

Cancel ESC Close upper interface or controls.

Shuttle(outer ring)

Jog(inner dial)

go to default button

Go to main menu

In real-time monitor mode it works as left/right direction key. Playback mode, counter clockwise to forward and clock wise to backward

Up/down direction key. Playback mode, turn the inner dial to realized frame by frame playback. (only applies to some version.)

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S/N Name Icon Function

Channel indication light

Standby indication light

Remote control signal receiver

Function indication light

3 Shift ←

When DVR is recording this lamp turns on.

When DVR is standing by, this lamp turns on.

To receive signals from remote control

In preview interface(no other menu), press this button for three seconds, y can switch between

TV/VGA output(HD1 series DVR has three modesLTV/VGA/60Hz LCD)

3 4 5 6 7 8

Figure 2-2

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In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral, English(Small/Capitalized),donation, Chinese and etc.

Open/close tour

numeral keys 0-9 0-9 Input password, switch channel and input numeral.

Input numeral more than10

Slow play

Fast play

Play previous

Reverse/Pause

Play Next

Play/Pause

When you need to input numeral more than 9. You can follow the steps below: click the first key number and then the next. For example, input 123, click numeral 1 and then 2 and click 3(continuous y).

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback

Various fast speeds and normal playback.

In playback mode, playback the previous video In menu setup, go to upper ward of the dropdown list.

In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse playback In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback.

In playback mode, playback the next video In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list.

Reverse playback or paused mode, click this button to realize normal playback In normal playback click this button to pause playback In pause mode, click this button to resume playback

In real-time monitor mode, click this button to enter video search menu

Up/down

Left/right

Cancel ESC Close upper interface or controls.

Enter ENTER

Record ●

Window switch MULT Switch between one-window and multiple-window display modes.

Assistant Fn

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Activate current control, modify setup, increase/decrease numeral, assistant function such as PTZ menu.

shift current activated control, When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.

confirm operation

Go to default button

Go to main menu

Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or numeral keys.

One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. In PTZ menu, shift PTZ control menu.

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Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, it can delete the previous character before the cursor.

In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup.

In HDD information menu, switch between HDD record time or other information(Menu prompt)

Realize other special functions

6 USB port

Shuttle(outer ring)

Jog(inner dial)

Power button POWER Power button, press this button for three seconds to shut down DVR.

Power indication light

. To connect USB storage device, USB mouse or USB CD-ROM

In real-time monitor mode it works as left/right direction key. Playback mode, counter clockwise to forward and clock wise to backward

Up/down direction key. Playback mode, turn the inner dial to realized frame by frame playback. (only applies to some version.)

Power indication light

Note: Turn shuttle (outer ring) clockwise stands for right, counter clockwise stands for left. Turn jog (Inner dial) clockwise stands for down, counter clockwise stands for up.

2.2 Rear Panel

2.2.1 Overview

Please refer to Figure 2-3 for real panel information.

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Figure 2-3

2.2.2 Connection Sample

Here is a connection sample for your reference. See Figure 2-4.

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2.3 Remote Control

The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-5.

Figure 2-5

Serial Number Function 1 remote switch 2 Multiple-window switch 3 0-9 number key 4 Record 5 Auxiliary key 6 Confirm /menu key 7 Cancel 8 Direction key 9 forward 10 Previous 11 Back 12 Next 13 Slow play 14 Stop 15 Fast play 16 Play/Pause

2.4 Mouse Control

Left click

mouse

System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in.

In real-time monitor mode, you can go to the main menu.

When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu

content.

Implement the control operation.

Modify checkbox or motion detection status.

Click combo box to pop up drop down list

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In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding

button on the panel you can input numeral/English character

(small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. ＿ stands for space

button.

In English input mode: _stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for

deleting the previous character.

In numeral input mode: _ stands for clear and ← stands for deleting the

previous numeral.

When input special sign, you can click corresponding numeral in the front panel

to input. For example, click numeral 1 you can input“/” , or you can click the

numeral in the on-screen keyboard directly.

Double left

click mouse

Right click

mouse

Implement special control operation such as double click one item in the file list

to playback the video.

In multiple-window mode, double left click one channel to view in full-window.

Double left click current video again to go back to previous multiple-window

mode.

In real-time monitor mode, pops up shortcut menu: one-window, four-window,

nine-window and sixteen-window, Pan/Tilt/Zoom, color setting, search, record,

alarm input, alarm output, main menu. Among which, Pan/Tilt/Zoom and color

setting applies for current selected channel.

If you are in multiple-window mode, system automatically switches to the

corresponding channel.

Exit current menu without saving the modification.

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Press

middle

button

Move

mouse

Drag mouse

In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value.

Switch the items in the check box.

Page up or page down

Select current control or move control

Select motion detection zone

Select privacy mask zone.

2.5 Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

2.5.1 Virtual Keyboard

The system supports two input methods: numeral input and English character (small and capitalized) input. Move the cursor to the text column, the text is shown as blue, input button pops up on the right. Click that button to switch between numeral input and English input (capitalized and small), Use > or < to shift between small character and capitalized character.

2.5.2 Front Panel

Move the cursor to the text column. Click Fn key and use direction keys to select number you wanted. Please click enter button to input.

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3 Installation and Connections

Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules.

3.1 Check Unpacked DVR

When you receive the DVR from the shipping agency, please check whether there is any visible damage to the DVR appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories. Please check the items in accordance with the list on the warranty card. Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR.

3.2 HDD Installation

3.2.1 Choose HDDs

We recommend Seagate HDD of 7200rpm or higher.

3.2.2 Calculate HDD Size

This series have no limit to HDD capacity. You can use 120G-750G HDD to guarantee higher stability. The formula of total HDD size is: Total Capacity (MB) = Camera Amount * Recording Hours * HDD Usage Per Hour (M/h) H.264 compression is ideal for standalone DVRs. It can save more than 30% HDD capacity than MPEG4. When you calculate the total HD capacity, you should estimate the average HDD capacity per hour for each channel. For example, for a 4-ch DVR, the average capacity of HDD usage per hour per channel is 200M/h. Now if you hope the DVR can record the video 12 hours each day for 30 days, the total capacity of HDDs needed is: 4 channels * 30 days * 12 hours * 200 M/h = 288G. So you need to install one 300G HDD or 2 160G HDDs.

3.2.3 HDD Installation

Data ribbons, fastening screws and smart HDD shelf design are already provided in the accessories.

Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk.

1. Loosen the screws of the upper cover. 2. Remove the HDD bracket from internal unit.

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3. Dismantle the upper HDD bracket. 4. Install the HDD. Note the HDD is placed

upside down. Please make sure bracket is in

correct position.

If the HDD amount is less than four, you do not need to install the HDD bracket.

5. Screw the two bracket parts together. 6. Put HDD bracket back and then fix firmly.

7. Loosen the power cable. 8. Connect to the SATA ports and then

connect

power cord to the HDDs.

9. Place the upper cover back and screw firmly.

After HDD installation, please check connection of data ribbon and power cord.

3.3 CD/DVD Burner Installation

For built-in burner, you can dismantle front plate to install CD burner. This built-in burner should be set as MASTER. For USB burners, you need to install USB series burner. This series DVR is compatible with various burner brands popular in today’s market. You can consult our local technical support or visit our website for more information.

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3.4 Desktop and Rack Mounting

3.4.1 Desktop Mounting

To prevent surface damage, please make sure that the rubber feet are securely installed on the four corners of the bottom of the unit. Position the unit to allow for cable and power cord clearance at the rear of the unit. Be sure that the air flow around the unit is not obstructed.

3.4.2 Rack Mounting

The DVR occupies two rack units of vertical rack space. The hardware necessary to mount the DVR into a rack is supplied with the unit. Rear doors may be used only on rack columns that are more than 26 inches (66.0 cm) deep. Install the cabinet in ventilated place. Avoid extreme heat, humid or dusty conditions. You can use a soft dry brush to clean opening outlet, cooling fan and etc regularly.

3.5 Connecting Power Supply

Please check input voltage and device power button match or not. We recommend you use UPS to guarantee steady operation, DVR life span, and other peripheral equipments operation such as cameras.

3.6 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices

3.6.1 Connecting Video Input

The DVR automatically detects the video standard (PAL or NTSC) whenever you connect a video input. It accepts both color and black-and-white and analog video. NOTE:  Enabling line lock on cameras may cause video distortion. There may be noise in

the camera’s power source. If video from one or more cameras is distorted, we recommend you disable line lock on the camera as your first troubleshooting step.

 If a video distribution amplifier is installed between the video source and the DVR,

do not set the output video level above 1 Vp-p.

To connect each video input:

1. Connect a coaxial cable to the camera or other analog video source.

2. Connect the coaxial cable to the video in connector on the rear panel. Please refer to Figure 3-1 for more information.

NOTE: You need to use a BNC installation tool to connect coaxial cables to the rear panel.

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Figure 3-1

3.6.2 Connecting Video Output

This section provides information about physically connecting video display devices to the DVR. See Figure 3-2. If you connect the DVR with a TV monitor or VGA monitor, the DVR can automatically detects the monitor type. And without any output device, by default, the DVR is configured to use a TV monitor. In this case, if your application requires a VGA monitor, you have to press the button “FN” or Shift on the front panel.

NOTE:

Video output 1 and VGA can’t display at the same time. But Video output 2 can display properly with Video Output 1 or VGA.

3.7 Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio, Looping Video, Matrix

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Figure 3-2

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For the 25-pin or 37-pin interface, different models include different functions. For example, DVR-LT016480 has 16 audio inputs, 1 audio output, 1 bidirectional audio input. See Figure 3-3.

Figure 3-3

3.7.1 Audio Input/One Audio Output

Audio input, bidirectional audio input and audio output The DVR encodes audio and video signals simultaneously, which lets you control audio at the monitored location. To set up audio:

1. Make sure your audio input device matches the RCA input level. If the device and RCA input levels do not match, audio distortion problems may occur.

2. Make sure the audio connector is wired as follows:

3. Connect a line input device or pre-amplified microphone to the audio connector for the video channel on the rear panel. Please refer to Figure 3-4.

3.7.2 Looping video

Loopouts not supported with this model.

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Figure 3-4

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3.7.3 Matrix

Video Output

Video Matrix not supported with this model.

3.7.4 Alarm Input and Relay Output

The DVR offers 16 alarm inputs for external signaling devices, such as door contacts or motion detectors. Each alarm input can be either normally open or normally closed. Once configured, an alarm input can invoke many different activities, including triggering a relay device, sending an alert to a security office or storing pre-alarm video to the DVR.

3.7.5 Alarm Input

You should check your alarm input mode is grounding alarm input or not. For this series DVR, grounding signal is needed for alarm input. If you need to connect two units or one DVR and other device, please use relay to separate them.

Please refer to Figure 3-5 for more information.

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3.7.6 Alarm Output

Do not connect alarm output port dir

ectly with high power load (no more than 1 A) in case of heavy current. You can use the co-contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load. Please refer to Figure 3-6 for more information.

Figure 3-6

3.7.7 Alarm Input and Output Details

You can refer to the following sheet and Figure 3-7 for alarm input and output information.

Parameter Grounding Alarm

Ground Ground line

Alarm Input 1, 2, …, 16 Relay Output 1,2,3,4: NO and C(Normally Open and Com)

5: NO,C and NC(Normally Open, Com, Normally Closed) 6: Ctrl 12V(This is used for reset the senor)

485 A、B

+12（C）

485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as PTZ. This should input an external power input.

 4/8/16-ch grounding alarm inputs. (Normal open or Normal close type)  Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide

external power to the alarm detector).  Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.

 Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)  If you need to reset the touched-off alarm remotely, you can use DVR to supply

controllable 12 V power to the alarm detector such as the smoke detector.  Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm

device.

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Figure 3-7

3.7.8 Relay Output Description

6 ways relay alarm output. Provide external power to external alarm device.

 

To avoid over loading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully. (See below table)

The controllable +12v can be used to restore the smoke detector.



Please refer to Figure 3-9 for alarm input module information.

Please refer to Figure 3-10 for alarm output module information.

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Model: JRC-27F

Material of

the touch

Silver Rated switch capacity 30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A

Rating

Maximum switch power 125VA 160W

（resistance load）

Maximum switch voltage 250VAC, 220VDC Maximum switch currency 1A

Figure 3-10

Relay Specification

Insulation

between touches with

same polarity

between touches with

different polarity

1000VAC 1minute 50/60Hz

between touch and winding 1000VAC 1minute 50/60Hz

Surge

voltage

Length of

open time

Length of

close time

between touches with

same polarity 3ms max

3ms max

1500V (10×160us)

Mechanical 50×106 times (3Hz)

Longevity

Electrical 200×103 times (0.5Hz)

Temperature -40 C ~+70 C

3.8 RS232

You can connect the DVR with Keyboard through RS232.

You can operate the DVR from the keyboard controls instead of using the control pad on the front panel of the unit. To connect a NKB keyboard to the DVR:

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1. Assemble the KBD keyboard according to the instruction

s in its accompanying

installation manual.

2. Connect the KBD keyboard into one of the RS232 ports on the DVR or through network.

3.9 RS485

When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device. RS485 is a single-direction protocol; the PTZ device can’t return any data to the unit. To enable the operation, connect the PTZ device to the RS485(A,B) input on the DVR. Since RS485 is disabled by default for each camera, you must enable the PTZ settings first. This series DVRs support multiple protocols such as Pelco-D, Pelco-P. To connect PTZ devices to the DVR:

1. Connect RS485 A,B on the DVR rear panel.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the proper pins in the connector on the camera.

3. Follow the instructions for configuring a camera to enable each PTZ device on the DVR.

3.10 Other Interfaces

There are still other interfaces on the DVR, such as USB ports. You can refer to the Figure 3-11 for more information.

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Figure 3-11

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4 Overview of Navigation and Controls

Before operation, please make sure you have properly installed HDDs and all the cable connections.

4.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu

4.1.1 Login

When the system boots up, default video display is in multiple-window mode. Click Enter or left click mouse, you can see the login interface. See Figure 4-1. System consists of four accounts:

 Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)  Username: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)  Username: 666666. Passwords: 666666(Lower authority user who can only

monitor, playback, backup and etc.)  Username: default. Password: default(hidden user) For your system security, please modify you password after first login. You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote controller or keyboard to input.

About input method: Click (small/capitalized) and denotation.

Note:

Three times login failure in 30 minutes will result in system alarm and five times login failure will result in account lock!

4.1.2 Main Menu

After you logged in, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 4-2. There are total six icons: search, information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown. You can move the cursor to highlight the icon, and then double click mouse to enter the sub-menu.

to switch between numeral, English character

Figure 4-1

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Figure 4-2

4.1.3 Logout

There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-3.

Figure 4-3

There are several options for you. See Figure 4-4.

The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will stop all operations. Then you can click the power button in the rear panel to turn off the DVR.

4.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure

The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power failure.

4.1.5 Replace Button Battery

Please make sure to use the same battery model if possible. We recommend replace battery regularly (such as one-year) to guarantee system time accuracy.

4.2 Recording Operation

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Figure 4-4

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4.2.1 Live Vie

wing

When you login, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting>Display)

Recording status 3

Motion detection 4

Video loss

Camera lock

Note: Please refer to the following sheet for channel status. switch function,

stands for closing switch function.

stands for opening

4.2.2 Manual record Note:

You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed.

4.2.2.1 Manual record menu There are two ways for you to go to manual record menu.

 Right click mouse or in the main menu, Advanced->Manual Record.  In live viewing mode, click record button in the front panel or record button in the

remote control.

Manual record menu is shown as in Figure 4-5.

4.2.2.2 Basic operation There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Highlight icon“○” to select

corresponding channel.  Manual: the highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin

ordinary recording.

 Schedule: channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu-

>Setting->Schedule)

 Stop: all channels stop recording.

4.2.2.3 Enable/disable record Please check current channel status: “○” means it is not in recording status, “●” means it is in recording status.

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Figure 4-5

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You can use

mouse or direction key to highlight channel number. See Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6

4.2.2.4 Enable all channel recording Highlight ○ below All, you can enable all channel recording.

 All channel schedule record Please highlight “ALL” after “Schedule”. See Figure 4-7. When system is in schedule recording, all channels will record as you have previously set (Main menu->Setting->Schedule). The corresponding indication light in front panel will turn on.

Figure 4-7  All channel manual record Please highlight “ALL” after “Manual.” See Figure 4-8. When system is in manual recording, all scheduled set up you have set in will be null ((Main menu->Setting->Schedule)). You can see indication light in front panel turns on, system begins manual record now.

Figure 4-8

4.2.2.5 Stop all channel recording Please highlight “ALL” after “Stop”. See Figure 4-9.

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System stop

s all channel recording no matter what mode you have set in the

menu (Main menu->Setting->Schedule)

Figure 4-9

4.3 Search & Playback

4.3.1 Search Menu

There are two ways for you to go to search menu.

 Click Pause/Play button in the remote control.  Click search in the main menu.

Search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-10. Usually there are three file types:

 R: regular recording file.  A: external alarm recording file.  M: motion detection recording file  C: card and pos test overlay recording file(For some special series only)

There are several playback windows. System supports 1/2-ch playback.

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Please refer

to the following sheet for more information.

Serial Number Function

1 Play 2 Backward 3 Stop 4 Slow Play 5 Fast Play 6 Previous Frame 7 Next Frame 8 Volume 9 Previous file 10 Next channel 11 Next file 12 Previous channel 13 Search 14 Backup

These series DVRs support 2-channel simultaneous playback.

4.3.2 Basic Operation

4.3.2.1 Playback There are various search modes: video type, channel number or time. The system

can max display 128 files in one screen. You can use page up/down button to view if there are more than one page. Select the file name and double click mouse (or click enter button), you can view file content.

4.3.2.2 Accurate playback Input time (h/m/s) in the time column and then click playback button, system can

operate accurate playback.

4.3.2.3 Synchronized playback function when playback During playback process, click numeral key, system can switch to the

corresponding channel video of the same time.

4.3.2.4 Digital zoom When the system is in full-screen playback mode, drag your mouse in the screen

to select a section and then left click mouse to realize digital zoom. You can right click mouse to exit.

4.3.2.5 File backup System supports backup operation during search. You can draw a √ before file

name (multiple choices). Then click backup button (Button 14 in Figure 4-10).

4.3.2.6 Slow playback and fast playback Please refer to the following sheet for slow play and fast playback function.

Button Illustration Remarks

Fast play button In playback mode, click this button to

switch between various fast play modes such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and more.(Fast play 1 means fast play level 1 or not about speed)

Frame rate may vary due to different versions.

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Slow play button ► (Or you can

turn the outer ring counter clockwise.)

3、Play/Pause

In playback mode, click this button to switch between various slow play modes such as slow play 1 or slow play 2.

In slow playback mode, click this button to switch between play/pause modes.

4、Previous/next

In playback mode, you can click and to view previous or next video in current channel.

4.3.2.7 Fast forward/fast backward and frame by frame playback

Special Functions

Illustration Remarks

of Shuttle and Jog

Fast forward(outer ring clockwise)

Fast backward(outer ring counter clockwise)

When playback, turn the shuttle (outer ring) clockwise one round: you can view in fast level 1 Turn it two rounds you get fast level 2. You can continue turning to get different speed. When playback, turn the shuttle (outer ring) counter clock-wise one round, you can view in backward

In forward or backward mode, double click Pause/Play button to get normal playback. Frame rate may vary due to

different version. level 1. Turn it two rounds, you get backward level 2. You can continue turning to get different speed.

Manual playback frame by frame

In playback mode, click play/pause button, slowly turn the jog (inner dial) clock-wise to view frame by frame, counter clock wise to view I frame playback.

4.3.2.8 Backward playback and frame by frame playback

Button Illustration Remarks

Backward play in playback interface.

Manual playback frame by frame.

In normal playback mode, left click backward play button, system begins backward playback. Double click backward play button again, system goes to pause mode. Click pause button in normal playback mode, slowly turn the jog (inner dial) clock-wise to view frame by frame,

When system is in

backward play or

frame by frame

playback mode,

you can click play

button to go to

normal playback.

counter clock wise to view I frame playback.

Note: All the operations here (such as playback speed, channel, time and progress)

have relationship with hardware version. Some series DVRs do not support some functions or playback speeds.

4.3.3 Calendar

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Click ca

lendar icon

in Figure 4-10, system pops up calendar for your reference. Highlighted date means that there are record files in that day. You can click blue date to view file list. In Figure 4-11, there are video files in March 13th and 14th. Double click the date to view file list.

Figure 4-11

4.4 Record Setup (Schedule)

When the system boots up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set record type and time in schedule interface.

4.4.1 Schedule Menu

In the main menu, from setting to schedule, you can go to schedule menu. See Figure 4-12. There are three record types: R-Regular, MD-Motion detection, A- Alarm.

Figure 4-12

4.4.2 Basic Operation

There are total six periods. See Figure 4-12.  Channel: Please select the channel number first. You can select “all” if you want

to set for the whole channels.

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Week day: There are eight options: ranges from Saturday to Sunday and all.

  Redundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight

Redundancy button to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least one HDD as redundant.(Main menu->Advanced >HDD Management)

 Snapshoot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when alarm occurs.  Record types: There are three types: regular, motion detection (MD) and Alarm.

Please highlight icon

to select the corresponding function. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. At the bottom of the menu, there are color bars for your reference. Green stands for regular recording, yellow stands for motion detection and red stands for alarm recording.

4.4.1.1 Quick Setup This function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting in

channel 1, you can click paste button and turn to channel 2 and then click copy button. You can finish setting for one channel and then click save button or you can finish all setup and then click save button to memorize all the settings.

4.4.1.2 Redundancy Redundancy function allows you to memorize record file in several disks. These

files are created, packaged and closed simultaneously. When there is file damage occurred in one disk, there is a spare one in the other disk. You can use this function to maintain data reliability and safety. In the main menu, from Setting to Schedule, you can highlight redundancy button to enable this function. See Figure 4-12. In the main menu, from Advanced to HDD management, you can set one or more disk(s) as redundant. You can select from the dropdown list. See Figure 4-13. System auto overwrites old files once hard disk is full. Please note only read/write disk or read-only disk can backup file and support file search function, so you need to set at least one read-write disk otherwise you can not record video.

Note About redundancy setup:

 If current channel is not recording, current setup gets activated when the channel

begin recording the next time.

 If current channel is recording now, current setup will get activated right away, the

current file will be packet and form a file, then system begins recording as you

have just set. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 4-13

Playback or search in the redundant disk.

There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk.  Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu-

>Advanced->HDD management). See Figure 4-13.System needs to reboot to

get setup activated. Now you can search or playback file in redundant disk.  Dismantle the disk and play it in another PC.

4.5 Detect

4.5.1 Go to Detect Menu

In the main menu, from Setting to Detect, you can see motion detect interface. See Figure 4-14. There are three detection types: motion detection, video loss, camera masking.

4.5.2 Motion Detect

Detection menu is shown as below. See Figure 4-14.

 Channel: select the channel you want to implement motion detection.  Event type: from the dropdown list you can select motion detection type.  Channel: select the channel to activate recording function once alarm occurred.

Please make sure you have set MD record in encode interface(Main Menu-

>Setting->Schedule) and schedule record in manual record interface(Main Menu-

>Advanced->Manual Record)  Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting for a

specified time. The value ranges from 10-300(Unit: second)  Region: Click select button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-15.Here you

can set motion detection zone. There are 396(PAL)/330(NTSC) small zones.

 Sensitivity: System supports 6 levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity.  Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host

screen if you enabled this function.  Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs.

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PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go



to preset, tour &pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see

an interface is shown as in Figure 4-16.  Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-17.

Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In Figure 4-17, click

set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-18. Here you can set

your own setup for business day and non-business day.

 Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time.  Sensitivity: there are six levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity.  Alarm output: when alarm occurred, system enables peripheral alarm devices.  Tour: Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. It is a one-window

tour. Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup.  Snapshot: System can snapshoot when alarm occurs.

Please highlight icon

to select the corresponding function. After all the setups

please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Note: In motion detection mode, you can not use copy/paste to set channel setup since the

video in each channel may not be the same. In Figure 4-15, you can left click mouse and then drag it to set a region for motion detection. Click Fn to switch between arm/withdraw motion detection. After setting, click enter button to exit.

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Figure 4-15

Figure 4-16

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4.5.3 Video Loss

Figure 4-18

In Figure 4-14, sele shown as in Figure 4-19.This function allows you to be informed when video los

ct video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is

s phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function.  Channel: select the ch

annel you want to enable lens shading alarm.

 Event type: please select video loss.  Channel: select the channel to record  Alarm output: activate peripheral alarm device when video loss oc  Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting for a

when video loss occurred.

curred.

specified time. The value ranges from 10-300(Unit: second) Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you

 in the local host

screen if you enabled this function. Send email: System can send out em

 ail to alert you when alarm occurs.  PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Suc

h as go to preset, tour & pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-16. Period: Click set button, you can see an inter

 face is shown as in Figure 4-17.

Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In Figure 4-17, click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-18. Here you can s your own setup for business day and non-business day. Sensitivity: there are six levels. The sixth level has the hig

 hest sensitivity.  Alarm output: when alarm occurred, system enables peripheral alarm devic

es.

 Tour; Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. It is a one-window

tour. Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup. Snapshot: System can snapshoot when alarm occurs.



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Figure 4-19

4.5.4 Camera Masking

When someone viciously

masks lens, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Camera masking interface is shown as in Figure 4-20.  Channel: select the channel you want to enable camera mask detection fu

nction.

 Event type: please select camera mask detect from the dropdown list.  Channel: select the channel to record when camera mask occurred.  Alarm output: activate peripheral alarm device when camera mask oc

curred.

 Enable tour: Here is for you to activate tour between different cameras.  Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting fo

r a specified time. The value ranges from 10-300(Unit: second) Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you

 in the local host

screen if you enabled this function. Send email: System can send out em

 ail to alert you when alarm occurs.  PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Suc

h as go to preset, tour &pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-16. Period: Click set button, you can see an i

 nterface is shown as in Figure 4-17.

 est sensitivity.  Alarm output: when alarm occurred, system enables peripheral alarm de

vices.

 Tour: Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. It is a one-window

tour: Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup. Snapshoot: System can snapshoot when alarm occurs.



Note:

In this i

nterface, copy/paste function is only valid for the same type, which means

you can not copy a channel setup in video loss mode to camera masking mode.

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Figure 4-20

4.6 Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation

Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as buzzer.

4.6.1 Go to alarm

In the main menu, from Setting to Al

setup interface

arm, you can see alarm setup interface. See

Figure 4-21.

4.6.2 Alarm s

Alarm interface is sh

 Alarm in: here is for you to select channel number  Event type: there are two types. One is local input a

etup

own as below. See Figure 4-21.

nd the other is network input.

 Type: normal open or normal close.  PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ

movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour& pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-25. Period: Click set button, you can see an i

 nterface is shown as in Figure 4-23.

Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In Figure 4-26, click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-27. Here you can s your own setup for business day and non-business day. Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time.

  Show message: System can pop up a messag

e to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled this function. Send email: System can send out em

 ail to alert you when alarm occurs.  Record channel: you can select proper channel to record alarm video (Mu

ltiple choices). At the same time you need to set alarm record in schedule interface (Main Menu->Setting->Schedule) and select schedule record in manual record interface (Main Menu->Advance->Manual Record).

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Latch: Here is for you to set proper delay duration. Value ranges from 10 to 300



seconds. System automatically delays specified seconds in turning off alarm and activated output after external alarm cancelled.

 arm occurs. It is a one-window

Tour: Here you can enable tour function when al tour: Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup.



Snapshot: System can snapshoot when alarm occurs.

Please highlight icon

to select the corresponding function. After all the setups

please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 4-21

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Figure 4-23

Figure 4-24

4.7 Backup

DVR support various backup devices such as CD-RW,DVD driver, USB backup and network download. Here we introduce USB backup first. You can refer to Chapter 7 Web Client Operation for network download backup operation.

4.7.1 Detect Device

Click backup button, y for you to view devices information.

ou can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-25. Here is

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4.7.1 Backup

Select backup

device and then cha

Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed b

nnel, file start time and end time.

elow. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained. See Fi 4-26.

gure

system

only backup files with a √ before channel name. You can use Fn or

cancel button to delete √ after file serial number. Click backup button, you can backup selected file

s. There is a process bar for you reference. When the s

ystem completes backup, you can see a dialogue box prompting

successful backup.

Figure 4-26

Click backup button, system begins burning. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See Figure 4-27.

Tips:

During

backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface; but the

system will not terminate backup process.

Note:

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Figure 4-27

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When you click stop for different

devices:

 For CD/DVD burn

button during the burning process, there are two conditions

er device, the stop function becomes activated immediately and

there is no data in the burner.

 ackup the data before you click stop button. For

For USB device, system can b example, if there is a file of 10 minutes, when you click stop after five minutes backup, system only save the previous 5-minute data in the device.

he H+M+S.

T file name format usually is: SN_CH+channel number+time Y+M+D+ In the file name, the YDM format is the same as you set in general interface. (Main Menu ->Setting ->General).You can visit our website to view listed CD-R

type.

4.8 PTZ Control and Color Setup

Note: All the operations here are based

there might be a little d

ifference.

on PELCOD protocol. For other protocols,

4.8.1 Cable Connection

Please follow the procedu

res below to go on cable connection

 Connect the dome RS485 port to DVR 485 port.  Connect dome video output cable to DVR video in

put port.

 Connect power adapter to the dome.

4.8.2 PTZ Setup Note: The camera

video should be in the current screen. Before setup, please check the following connections are right:  PTZ and decoder connection is right. D

ecoder address setup is right.  Decoder A (B) line connects with DVR A (B) line. Boot up the DVR, input user name and password. In the main menu, click setting, and then click Pan/

Tilt Control button. The

interface is shown as in Figure 4-28. Here you can set the following items:

 Channel: select the current camera channel.  Protocol: select corresponding PTZ protocol(s

uch as PELCOD)

 Address: default address is 1.  Baud rate: select corresponding

baud rate. Default value is 9600.

 Data bits: select corresponding data bits. Default value is 8.  Stop bits: select corresponding stop bits. Default value is 1.

Parity: there are three options: odd/even/none. Default setup is n

one.

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Figure 4-28

After all the setting please click save button In one window display mode, right click mous

e (click “Fn” Button in the front panel

or click “Fn” key in the remote control). The interface is shown as in Figure 4-29.

Figure 4-29

Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-30. Here you can set the following items:

 Step: value ranges from 1 to 8.  Zoom  Focus  Iris

Click icon

and to adjust zoom, focus and iris.

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Figure 4-30

In Figure 4-30, please click direction arrows (See Figure 4-31) to adjust PTZ position. There are total 8 direction arrows.

Figure 4-31

4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key

In the middle of the eight direction arro

ws, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 4-32. Click this key, syst

em goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the

screen to adjust section size. It can realize PTZ automatically.

Figure 4-32

Here is a sheet for you reference

Name

Function function Shortcut Function function Shortcut

key key key Key Zoom Focus Iris

Near ► Near close

Far Far ► Open

4.9 Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan

In Figure 4-30, click the “set” button. The interface is shown a 4-33. Here y

ou can set the following items:

 Preset  Tour  Pattern  Border

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s below. See Figure

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Figure 4-33

In Figure 4-30, click page switch button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-34. Here you can activate the following functions:

 Preset  Tour  Pattern  Auto scan  Auto pan  Flip  Reset  Page sw

itch

Figure 4-34

Note: The following setups are usually operated in the Figure 4-30, Figure 4-33 and Figure 4-34 .

4.9.1Preset S

In Figure 4-30, use e

etup

ight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. In Figure 4-33, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-35. Now you can add t

his preset to one tour.

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Figure 4-35

.9.2 Activate Preset

In Figure 4-34, please i

nput preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.

4.9.3 Patrol setup (Tour Setup)

In Figure 4-33, click patrol button.

The interface is shown as in Figure 4-36.Input preset number and add this preset to a patrol (tour). For each patrol (tour), you ca input max 80 presets.

Figure 4-36

4.9.4 Activate Patrol (tour)

In Figure 4-33, input patrol (to

ur) number in the No. blank and click patrol button

4.9.5 Pattern Setup

In Figure 4-33, click p

attern button and then click “begin” button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-37. Then you can go to Figure 4-30 to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back

to Figure 4-37 and click “end” button. You can memorize all these

operations as pattern 1.

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Figure 4-37

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4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function

In Figure 4-34, input mode value in

the No. blank, and click pattern button.

4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup

In Figure 4-33, click bord

er button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-28. Please go to Figure 4-30, use direction arrows to select camera left limit Then please go to Figure 4-38 and click left limit button Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

Figure 4-38

4.9.8 Activate Auto Scan

In Figure 4-

34, click “Auto S

can” button, the system begins auto scan. Correspondingly, the auto scan button becomes to stop button. Click st terminate scan operation.

op button to

4.10 Flip

In Figure 4See Figure 4-39. Here you can set a Click page switch button again, system goes back to F

34, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as below.

uxiliary function.

Figure 4-39

igure 4-30.

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5 Understanding of Menu Operations and Controls

5.1 Menu Tree

n as below. This series DVR menu tree is show

.2 Main Menu

After you logged in There are total six icons: search, Information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown. Move the cursor to highlight the icon, then double click mouse to en sub-menu.

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, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 5-1 .

ter the

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5.3 Setting

Figure 5-1

In main menu

, highlight setting icon and double click mouse. System setting

interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-2.

Figure 5-2

5.3.1 General

General setting

includes the following items. See Figure 5-3.

 System time: here is for you to set system time  Date format: there are three types: YYYYY-MM-

DD: MM-DD-YYYYY or DD-MM-

YYYY.

 Date se

parator: there are three denotations to separate date: dot, beeline and solidus. Snapsho

 ot: Here you can set image upload interval. (This function applies to

some series only). DST: Here you can

 set DST time and date. Please enable DST function and then

click set button. You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-4. Here you can set start time and end time by setting corresponding week setup. In Figure 5-4, enable date button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-5. Her

e you can set start time and end time by setting corresponding date setup. Time format: there are two types: 24-hour mode or 12-hour mode.

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Language: system supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese



(Traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional. Slight difference maybe found in various series.) HDD full: Here is for you to select working mode when hard disk is f

 ull. There are

two options: stop recording or rewrite. Pack duration: Here is for you to specif

 y record duration. Default value is 60

minutes. DVR No:

 when you are using one remote control to control several DVRs, you

can give a name to each DVR for your management. Video standard: There are two formats: NTSC and PA

 L.  Auto logout: Here is for you to set auto logout interval onc

e login user remains

inactive for a specified time. Value ranges from 0 to 60 minutes.

Not

Since s

ystem time is very important, do not modify time casually unless there is a must! After c

ompleting all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the

previous menu.

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Figure 5-3

Figure 5-4

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Figure 5-5

5.3.2 Encode

Encode setting

includes the following items. See Figure 5-6.

Please note some series do not support extra stream.

 Channel: Select the channel you want.  Compression: system supports H.264. O

r you can select from the dropdown list.

 Resolution: System supports various resolutions, you can select from the

dropdown list. For this model, we can support D1/CIF. Bit rate: system supports two types: CBR and VBR. In V

 BR mode, you can set

video quality. Quality: There

 are six levels ranging from 1 to 6. The sixth level has the highest

image quality. Frame rate: the

 re are six levels: 1 f/s,2f/s,3f/s, 6f/s,12f/s,25f/s. (Some series

DVRs only support PAL 25f/s ) Video/audio: you can enable or

 disable the video/audio respectively for the main

stream and extra stream. Overlay: click overlay butto

 n, you can see an interface is shown in Figure 5-7.  Cover area (Privacy mask): Here is for you to set window blanking section. You

can drag you mouse to set proper section size. Preview/monitor: privacy mask has two types. Pr

 eview means the privacy mask

zone can not be viewed by user when system is in preview status. Monitor mean the privacy mask zone can not be view by the user when system is in monitor status. Time dis

 play: You can select system displays time or not when you playback.  Channel display: You can select system displays channel number or not when

you playback. Snapshoot: Clic

 k snapshoot button, you can see an interface is shown as in

Figure 5-8.(This function applies to some series only) Mode: There are two types: one is timing and the other

 is activation (trigger).  Image size: D1/HD1/BCIF/CIF.  Image quality: level1 to level 6.  Snapshoot frequency: Here you

can set the snapshoot frequency. The value ranges from 1s/p to 7s/p. System default setup is: Channel:1

  Compression  Resolution: CIF/D1

:H.264

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Bit rate: CBR

  Quality: 4  Frame rate:

25f/s

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

Figure 5-6

Figure 5-7

Figure 5-8

For LT series, it supports various settin nel, resolution and frame:

gs for chan

Resolution：pixel

PAL：QCIF

=176×144; CIF＝352×288; HD1＝352×576; 2CIF=704×288;

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D1＝704×576;

NTSC：QCI

F=176×120; CIF

＝352×240; HD1＝352×480; 2CIF=704×288;

D1＝704×480;

We take 16-channel DVR as an example. There are four groups

：1~4, 5

~8, 9~12,

13~16.

Please r

The resources for one group are: PAL: D1×50 or NT

efer to the formula：resolution× frame rate

SC: D1×60 D1×50(60)F/s=Half-D1×100(120)F/s=CIF×200(240)F/s You can arrange channel parameter within the specified

limit.

Please refer to the following list：

hannel resources

C A B C D D1

0)F/s

25(3 D1 12(15)F/s 5)F/s 5)F/s 5)F/s D1 25(30)F/s )F/s )F/s )F/s HD1 25(30)F/s )F/s )F/s )F/s CIF 25(30)F/s )F/s )F/s )F/s … … … … … Other setup

D1 12(1

12(1

25(30

5)F/s

D1 6(7) D1 12(1 CIF 25(30 HD1 25(30 CIF 25(30

F/s

6(7) D1 12(1 CIF 25(30 real-time HD1 25(30 CIF 25(30

Max frame PAL（NTSC 25(30)F/s

12(15)F/s D1

25(30)F/s 1 D1,1 HD1,2 CI HD1

25(30)F/s l-time HD1

25(30)F/s 4 CIF real-time CIF

）

1 D1 real-time, 3 D1 non-real time 4 D1non-real tim

4 HD1 rea

Note：

 A、B、C、D is the four channels in one group.  The totally whole resources are limited. When yo

u want to enhance resource in

one channel you need to reduce resource for other channel.

 etup is beyond the

The system will pop up setup failure interface if the resource s

limit. In the above list, × means there is no video in current channel. You can highlight “video” button to activate video function.

Dual encoding streams: this series supp

ort dual encoding streams. Main stream is for local recording, and the extra stream can be used for network transmission. And they don’t affect each other. So for local recording you can

use main stream. And for network transmission, you

can select main stream or extra stream.

.3.3 Schedule

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Please refer

to chapter 4.4 schedule.

5.3.4 RS232

RS232 interfa

ce is shown as below. Here are five items. See Figure 5-9.

 Function: There are various devices for you to select. Console is for se

min-end platform to upgrade program. Keyboard is for you to use special keyboard to control current device.

 ud rate.

Baud rate: You can select proper ba

 Data bit: You can select proper data bit.  Stop bit: There are three values: 1/1.5/2.  Parity: there are three choices: none/odd/

After completing all the setups please click save but

even.

ton, system goes back to the

previous menu.

rial port or

Figure 5-9

5.3.5 Network

Here is for you t

o input network information. See Figure 5-10.

 IP address: Here you can input IP address.  DHCP: It is auto search IP function. When en

able DHCP function, you can not modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway. These values are from DHCP function. If you have not enabled DHCP function, IP/Subnet mask/Gateway display as o. You need to disable DHCP function to view current IP information. Besides, when PPPoE is operating, you can not modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway.

 ved for

TCP port: Default value is 37777. (System server port 37778 is reser network UDP use.)

 lue is 37778.

UDP port: Default va

 HTTP port: Default value is 80.  Max connection: system support

maximal 10 users. 0 means there is no

connection limit.

 ere you can select the priority between fluency/video qualities.

Transfer mode: H

 Network download: System can process the downloaded data first if you enable

this function.

After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 5-10

5.3.5.1 Advanced Setup Advanced setup interface

is shown as in Figure 5-11. Please draw a circle to enable

corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface.

Figure 5-11

5.3.5.2 IP Filter IP filter interface

is shown as in Figure 5-12. You can add IP in the following list. The list supports max 64 IP addresses. Please note after you enabled this functi

on, only the IP listed below can access current DVR. If you disable t

his function, all IP addresses can access current DVR.

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Figure 5-12

5.3.5.3 Multiple Cast Setup Multiple-cast setup interface

is shown as in Figure 5-13.

Figure 5-13

Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.  IP multiple cast gr

oup address

-224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-“D” address space

 The higher four-b  Reserved local multiple cast group address

it of the first byte=”1110”

-224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255

-TTL=1 When sending o

ut telegraph

-For example

224.0.0.1 All s

ystems in the sub-net

224.0.0.2 All routers in the sub-net

224.0.0.4 DVMRP router

224.0.0.5 OSPF router

224.0.0.13 PIMv2 router  Administrative scoped

addressees

-239.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-Private address space

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Like the single broadcast address of RFC1918

  Can not be used in Internet transmission  Used for multiple cast broadcast in limited

Except the above mentioned addresses of special meanin

space.

g, you can use other addresses. For example: Multiple cast IP: 235.8.8.3

Multiple cast PORT: 3666.

.3.5.4 PPPoE PPPoE interface Input “PPPoE name” and “PPPoE password”

is shown as in Figure 5-14.

you get from your ISP (Internet service provider). Click save After rebooting, IP camera will connect to internet automatically. The

button, you need to restart to activate your configuration.

IP in the

PPPoE is the DVR dynamic value. You can access this IP to visit the unit.

Figure 5-14

5.3.5.5 NTP Setup You need to install S

NTP server (Such as Absolute Time Server) in your PC first. In Windows XP OS, you can use command “net start w32time” to boot up NTP service. NTP setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-15.

 Host IP: Input your PC address.  Port: This series DVR supports T

CP transmission only. Port default value is 123.

 Update interval: minimum value is 15(Unit: minute)  Time zone: select your corresponding time zone her

Here is a sheet for your time zone setup.

City /Region Name

Time Zone

London GMT+0 Berlin GMT+1 Cairo GMT+2 Moscow GMT+3 New Deli GMT+5 Bangkok GMT+7 Beijing (Hong Kong) GMT+8 Tokyo GMT+9 Sydney GMT10 Hawaii GMT-10 Alaska GMT-9 Pacific Time (P.T.) GMT-8

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American Mountain Time(M.T) GMT-7 American Central Time(C.T) GMT-6 American Eastern Time(E.T) GMT-5 Atlantic Time GMT-4 Brazil GMT-3 Middle Atlantic Time GMT-2

Figure 5-15

5.3.5.6 Email Setup Email setup interface

is shown as in Figure 5-16. Here you can set email server

information.

Note:

You ne

ed to get the email address from your email service provider first.

Please use semicolon to separate the addresses.

5.3.5.7 DDNS Setup DDNS setup interface

is shown as in Figure 5-17. You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server). In network DDNS, input your PPPoE name you get from you IPS a with DDNS ) . Click save button and then reboot system. Click save button, system prompts for rebooting to get all After rebooting, open IE and input as below:

ttp：//(DDNS server IP)/(virtual directory name)/webtest.htm

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Figure 5-16

is the DDNS software running in

nd server IP (PC

setup activated.

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e.g.: http：//

10.6.2.85/DVR _DDNS/webtest.htm.) Now you can open DDNSServer web search page.

Figure 5-17

5.3.5.8 Alarm Server ccordance with different alarm protocols. System can inform You can set alarm in a

the alarm server when alarm occurs. See Figure 5-18.

Figure 5-18

5.3.5.9 FTP

You need to

download or buy FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to establish FTP service. Please install Ser-U FT

P SERVER first. From “start” -> “program” -> Serv-U FTP Server -> Serv-U Administator. Now you can set user password and FTP folder. Please note you need to grant write right to FTP upload user. See Figure 5-19.

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Figure 5-19

You can use a PC or FTP login tool to right or not. test setup is For example, you can login user ZHY to FTP://10.10.7.7

and then test it can modify

or delete folder or not. See Figure 5-20.

Figure 5-20

System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. In Figure 5-10, select FTP and th

en double click mouse. You can see the following

interface. See Figure 5-21.

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Figure 5-21

Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate FTP function.

note, when Now FTP can upload alarm video and motion detection video. Please you are using this function, please make sure current upload channel is in motion detection or alarm record status and there is video available. Here you can input FTP server address, port and etc.

Figure 5-22

 File length: upload file length. Whe

system will upload the whole file. When setup here is smaller than the actual fil length, system only uploads the set length and auto ignore the left section.



When interval value is 0, system uploads all corresponding files.  Period 1 and period 2: you can set two periods for one each chan System file name is shown as in Figure 5-23.

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n setup is larger than the actual file length,

nel.

Figure 5-23

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5.3.6 Alarm

Please refer t

o chapter 4.6 Alarm Setup and Activation.

5.3.7 Detect

Please refer to

chapter 4.5 Detect.

5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom

The pan/tilt/zoom setu

p includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 5-24.  Protocol:

select corresponding PTZ protocol such as PELCOD.

 Address: input corresponding PTZ address.  Baud rate: select baud rate.  Data bit: select data bit.  Stop bit: select stop bit.  Parity: there are three ch

oices: none/odd/even. After completing all the setups please click save but previous menu. For detailed setu

p, please refer to chapter 4.9 preset/patrol/pattern/scan.

ton, system goes back to the

Figure 5-24

5.3.9 Display

Display setup i  Transparency: Here is for you to adjust transparency. The

nterface is shown as below. See Figure 5-25.

value ranges from 128

to 255.

 l name: Here is for you to modify channel name. Please note all your

Channe modification here only applies to DVR local end. You need to open web or clie end to refresh channel name.

 display time or not when system is playback.

Time display: You can select to

 Channel display: You can select to channel name or not when system is

playback. Overlay inf

 ormation: System displays some information in the screen for your

reference. Display mo

 de: you can select from the dropdown list: self-adaptive/VGA/TV.  Enable tour: activate tour function.

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Interval: Input proper interval value here. The value ranges from 5-200 seconds.  In tour process, you can use mouse or click Shift to turn on window switch function.

Stands for opening switch function, stands for closing switch

function.

 r type: System support 1/8 window tour.

Motion tou

 Alarm tour type: System support 1/8 window tour.

lease highlight icon

to select the corresponding function.

m goes back to the After completing all the setups please click save button, syste

previous menu.

Figure 5-25

In Figure 5-25, click modify button afte u can see an interface is shown

r channel. Yo as in Figure 5-26. Please note all your modification here applies to local end only. You need to refresh web or client-end to get the latest channel name. System max support 25-digital character.

Figure 5-26

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In tour mode, you can see the follo

wing interface. On the right corner, right click mouse or click shift button, you can control the tour. There are two icons: for enabling window switch and

stands for enabling window function. Se Figure e

5-27.

stands

Figure 5-27

5.3.10 Default

Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight default factory setup. See Figure 5-28.

 Select all  General  Encode  Schedule  RS232  Network  Alarm  Detect  Pan/tilt/zo

 Display  Channel name

Please highlight icon After all the setups please click save button, system goes bac

to select the corresponding function.

k to the previous menu.

arning!

System me

nu color, language, time display mode, video format, IP address, user

account will not maintain previous setup after default operation!

to restore

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Figure 5-28

5.4 Search

Please refer to chapter 4.3 Search.

5.5 Advanced

nced icon in the main window, the interface is shown as below. Double click adva See Figure 5-29. There are total seven function keys: HDD management, alarm output, abnormity, manual record, account, auto maintain, and TV adjust.

5.5.1 HDD Management

Here is for you to view and You can set proper mode for each hard disk from the dropdown list. When you use redundant backup function, you can set one or more r HDD(s). Please no record video. For detailed information you can refer to chapter 4.4 Schedule.

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te you need to set at least one read-write disk, otherwise system will not

implement hard disk management. See Figure 5-30.

Figure 5-29

edundant

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After all the

setups please click save button, system needs to reboot to get all the

modification activated.

Figure 5-30

Click alarm set button, the interface is low. See Figure 5-31(This

shown as be

interface is just like the abnormity setup).

Please highlight You can enable one or more alarm setups. The lower limit ran

icon to select the corresponding function.

ges from 1% to 99%. Alarm channel number ranges from 1 to 6. Delay value is from 0 to 240 seconds. Please note when HDD capacity is not full system only alarms once! After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the p

revious menu

Figure 5-31

5.5.2 Abnormity

Abnormity interfac  Event type: There are several options for you

e is shown as in Figure 5-32.

such as disk error, no disk and

etc.

 output: alarm activation output port (multiple choices), among which is

Alarm controllable 12V output.

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atch: here you can set corresponding delaying time. The value ranges from 10s-



L 300s. System automatically delays specified seconds in turning off alarm and activated output after external alarm cancelled.

 e in the local screen to alert

Show message: system can pop up the messag you when alarm occurs.

 send out email to alert you when alarm occurs.

Send email: System can

Figure 5-32

5.5.3 Alarm Output

Here is for you to set

proper alarm output.

Please highlight

icon to select the corresponding alarm output.

See Figure 5-33.

5.5.4 Manual Record

Please refer to chapter

.5.5 Account

Here is for you t

o implement account management. See Figure 5-34. Here you can:

 Add new user  Modify user  Add group

e previous menu. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to th

Figure 5-33

4.2.2 manual record.

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 Modify  Modify passwor

For account manageme  System account adopts two-level ma

group

nt please note:

nagement: group and user. No limit to group

or user amount.

 management, there are two levels: admin and user.

For group or user

 The user name and group name can consist of eight bytes. One name

can only be used once. There are four default users: admin/888888/666666 and hidden user “default”. Except user 6666, other users have administrator right. Hidden user “default” is for system interior use only and can not be dele

 ted.

When there is no login user, hidden user “default” automatically login. You ca set some rights such as monitor for this user so that you can view some channe

l view without login. One user should be

 long to one group. User right can not exceed group right.  About reusable function: this function allows multiple users use the same

account to login.

r all the setups ple

Afte ase click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 5-34

5.5.6 Auto Maintain

Here you can set auto

-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. See Figure 5-35. You can select proper setup from dropdown list. After all the setups please click save button, syste

Figure 5-35

m goes back to the previous menu.

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5.5.7 TV Adjust

Here is for you to

adjust

TV output setup. See Figure 5-36. Please drag slide bar to adjust each item. After all the setups please click OK button,

system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 5-36

5.5.8 Video Matrix

Some series DVR ha

ve the matrix and loop outputs.

5.5.8.1 Loop outputs They are just the sam

e with video distributors. There are 4/8/16-ch video loop outputs from our DVR. The DVR video output can connect with other devices s as TV walls, analog matrix and so on.

uch

5.5.8.2 Matrix outputs They are like the small

-scale matrix. You can select any camera from our DVR to switch. And the output can also tour between the cameras. So the matrix outputs c be used to build TV walls and tour and display the cameras one by one.

5.5.8.3 Rear Panel Connection The rear panel is shown as belo

w. See Figure 5-37.

Figure 5-37

5.5.8.4 37-pin cable introduction There are three colors cable. See

 Black: for loop outputs, there are 16-ch loop  Blue: for matrix outputs, there are 4-ch matrix outputs  White: for bi-direction talk, one is for audio in and the

Figure 5-38.

outputs

other is for audio out.

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5.5.8.5 Matrix setup

5.5.8.5.1 Enter Video

Figure 5-38

Matrix Interface

In the menu, from “Advanced” to “Video as in Figure 5-39.

5.5.8.5.2 Right Mouse Menu

e, right click mouse to select “Video Matrix”. See Figure In one-window display mod

5-40.

Matrix”. You can see an interface is shown

Figure 5-39

5.5.8.6 Video Matrix Interface and Application The video matrix interface is shown as in Figure

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Figure 5-40

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You can set alarm>motio

for each channel. The function consists of three types. The priority is: n detection>schedule.

5.5.8.6.1 Scheduled Video Output (Sch

Please enable corresponding video output item a

eduled Tour)

nd input tour interval, and then set the tour output channel. System maximally supports 16 channels. Now system can implement tour output as you just set.

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Highlighted

here

SelectALL

orcancel

channe

l(s)here

Inputintervalhere

Figure 5-41

5.5.8.6.2 Alarm Activation Matrix

Please go to alarm setup interf

ace to set the alarm activate matrix function ((Main

Menu->Setting->Alarm)). See Figure 5-42. You can follow the steps listed below:

 Select local alarm  The record channel f

unction has been enabled and you have selected corresponding record channel. The video matrix function has be

 en enabled and you have selected

corresponding video matrix channel.

r selecting activation channel in the re

Afte cord channel item, you can enable video matrix function and then select vide output channel. Once the alarm occurs, system continues scheduled matrix tour after alarm tour completes. If there is no scheduled tour available, the matrix will stop at the last activation channel after alarm completes

When there are several alarm inputs at the same time, the situation maybe a little bit complex. Here is an example. System setup is shown as belo

 Alarm input 1 can activate chan  Alarm input 2 can activate channel 2/3/4/5/6/7

nel1/2/3/4/5/6

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Alarm input 1 and alarm input 2 activate video output 1.

 So, when there is alarm from channel 1, video output 1 beco

mes valid. If there is no alarm from alarm input 2 during the same period, then video output 1 can tour between channel1/2/3/4/5/6. When video output 1 goes to

channel 3 and there is alarm form channel2, then video output 1 tour between 4/5/6/7/8/2. The general principles are:  When alarm activate, ea

ch valid channel alarm input can activate a complete tour between activation channels. When there are several alarm inpu

 ts in the same video matrix output, system

video matrix can activate all the channels in the setup. If system has toured some activation channels, then cor

 responding alarm

activation channels are null.

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Select alarm input channel

Corresponding to video out put in

Figure 5-41.

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Figure 5-42

5.5.8.6.3 Motion Detection (including vide era masking)

o loss and cam

Motion detection principle is the same as alarm. You can set in m

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otion detection interface (Main menu->Setting->Detect). See Figure 5-43. In detect interface, you can set the activation channel. You

can enable video matrix function if you want to set matrix function, and then set video matrix output channel. Once the activation occurs, system continues scheduled matrix tour after motion detection tour completes. If there is no scheduled tour available, the matrix will sto

at the last activation channel after alarm completes

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Figure 5-43

5.5.8.6.4 General Tour Principle

When system is in scheduled t video matrix function ha

s been enabled or not and there is effective matrix or not.

out status, once the alarm occurs, system first check

System will continue implementing scheduled tour in the following two conditions:

 Video output function has not been enabled.  There is no video matrix setup available.

If there is valid video matrix setup, system can

activate corresponding tour among alarm channels and then begin scheduled tour after alarm tour completes. If there is no schedule tour available, the matrix will stop at the last activatio

channel after alarm completes.

Motion detection activation is almost the same as the alarm. But it has different priority. System will continue implementing scheduled tour in the following two conditions:  Video ou

tput function has not been enabled.  There is no video matrix setup available. If there is a valid video matrix setup, system w

ill check weather there is tour of higher priority and implement corresponding process. During the motion detection tour, system will process alarm first if alarm occurs. It is the same as alarm occurs in scheduled tour period.

5.6 Information

Here is for you to view system information. There are total five items: HDD (hard disk information), BPS (data stream statistics), Log and version, and online user. See Figure 5-44.

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Figure 5-44

5.6.1 HDD Information

Here is to list hard disk ty

pe, total space, free space, video start time and status. See

Figure 5-45.

Note:

Please Once there is a hard disk confliction, please check hard disk time

remove the broken hard disk before you add a new one.

and system time is the same or not. Please go to setting then general to modify system time. At last, reboot the system to solve this problem.

If disk is damaged, system shows as “?”

5.6.2 BPS

ou to view current video data stream (KB/s) and occupied hard disk Here is for y

storage (MB/h). See Figure 5-46.

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Figure 5-45

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Figure 5-46

5.6.3 Log

Here is for

you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 5-47. Log types inc

lude system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, log clear and etc. Pleased select start time and end time, then click

search button. You can view the

log files. Please page up/down button to view if there are more than ten files.

Figure 5-47

5.6.4 Version

Here is for you

 Channel  Alarm in  Alarm out  System vers  Build Date

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to view some version information. See Figure 5-48.

ion:

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Figure 5-48

5.6.5 Online Users

Here is for you mana

ge online users. See Figure 5-49.

You can disconnect one user or block one user if you ha

Figure 5-49

5.7 Exit

ve proper system right.

Double cli

ck exit button, system pop up a dialogue box for you to select. See Figure 5-50.  Lo

gout menu user: log out menu. You need to input password when you login the next time. Restart applica

 tion: reboot DVR.  Shutdown: system shuts down an  Restart system: system begins rebooting.  Switch user: you can use another account

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d turns off power.

to log in.

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Figure 5-50

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6 About Auxiliary Menu

6.1 Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu

e, right click mouse (click “fn” Button in the front In the one-window surveillance mod panel or click AUX key in the remote control). The interface is shown as below: See Figure 6-1.

Figure 6-1

Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is sh igure 6-2. own as in F Here you can set the following items:

 Zoom  Focus  Iris

Click icon

and to adjust zoom, focus and Iris.

In Figure 6-2, please click direction arrows (See Figure 6-3 ) to adjust PTZ position. There are totally eight direction arrows. (Please note there are only four direction arrows in DVR front panel.)

6.1.1 3D Intelligent Positioning Key

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In the middle of the eigh

t direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See __Figure 6-4 . Click this button, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size.

Figure 6-4

Here is a sheet for you reference.

Function function Shortcut Function function Shortcut

Name

key key key Key Zoom Focus Iris

Near ► Near close

Far Far ► Open

6.2 Preset /Patrol / Pattern /Border Function

wn as below: In Figure 6-2 click the set button. The interface is sho

Here you can set the following items:

 Preset  Patrol  Pattern  Border

Figure 6-5

In Figure 6-2, click page switch button, you can see an interface as in Figure 6-6. Here you can activate the following functions:

 Preset  Tour(Patr

ol)

 Pattern  Auto scan  Auto pan  Flip  Page Switch

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Figure 6-6

6.2.1 Preset Setup Note: The following

setups are usually operated in the Figure 6-2, Figure 6-5 and Figure 6-6. In Figure 6-2, use eight

direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. In Figure 6-5, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown in Figure 6-7. Add this prese

t to one patrol number

Figure 6-7

6.2.2 Activate Preset

In Figure 6-6 please inp

ut preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.

6.2.3 Patrol Setup

In Figure 6-5, click p

atrol button. The interface is shown as in Figure 6-8.

Input preset number and then add this preset to one patrol.

6.2.4 Activate Patrol

rol number in the No. blank and click patrol button In Figure 6-6, input pat

6.2.5 Pattern Setup

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In Figure 6-

5, click pattern button and then click begin button. The interface shows like Figure 6-9. Please go to Fig

ure 6-2 to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back to Figure 6-9 and click end button. You can memoriz

e all these setups as pattern 1.

Figure 6-9

6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function

In Figure 6-6 input mode value in t

he No. blank, and click pattern button.

6.2.7 Border Setup

In Figure 6-5, click bo

rder button. The interface is shown as in Figure 6-10. Please go to Figure 6-2, use direction arrows to select camera left limit, and please go to Figure 6-10 and click left limit button Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

then

Figure 6-10

6.2.8 Activate Border Function

In Figure 6-6, click auto scan butto

n, the system begins auto scan. Correspondingly, the auto scan button changes to stop button. Click stop button to terminate scan operation.

6.2.9 Flip

In Figure 6

-6, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 6-11. Here you can set auxiliary function. Click page switch button again, system goes back to F

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igure 6-2.

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Figure 6-11

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7 WEB CLIENT OPERATION

Please note, all the operation here is taking 16-ch DVR as an example. There might be slightly difference in the interface due to different series.

7.1 Network Connection

Before web client operation, please check the following items:

 Network connection is right  DVR and PC network setup is right. Please refer to network setup(main menu-

>setting->network)

 Use order ping ***.***.***.***(* DVR IP address) to check connection is OK or not.

Usually the return TTL value should be less than 255.

 System is compatible with WIN VISTA web control right now. But you need to

disable user account control function. Double click user account and then disable user account control. After completing setup, please reboot the PC.

 System can automatically download latest web control and the new version can

overwrite the previous one.

 If you want to un-install the web control, please run uninstall web.bat. Please

note, before you un-install, please close all web pages, otherwise the uninstallation might result in error.

7.2 Login

Open IE and input DVR address in the address column. For example, if your DVR IP is 10.10.3.16, then please input http:// 10.10.3.16 in IE address column. See Figure 7-1

Figure 7-1

Inputyour

IPaddress

System pop not. Please click yes button.

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s up warning information to ask you whether install webrec.cab control or

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If you can’t Figure 7-2.

download the ActiveX file, please modify your settings as follows. See

Figure 7-2

After installation, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-3. Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin. Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.

Figure 7-3

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After you logged in, you can see the

main window. See Figure 7-6. This main window can be divided into the following sections.  Section 1: there are five function buttons: configuration (chapter 7.3), search

(chapter 7.4), alarm (chapter 7.5), about (chapter 7.6), log out (chapter 7.7).

 Section 2: there are channel number and three function buttons: refresh, start

dialog and local play.

 Section3: there are PTZ (chapter 7.2.2), color (chapter 7.2.3) button and you can

also select picture path and record path.

 Section 4:real-time monitor window. Please note current preview window is

circled by a green rectangle zone.

 Section 5: Here you can view window switch button. You can also select video

priority between fluency or real-time.  System monitor window switch supports full screen/1-window/4-window/6-

window/8-window/9-window/13-window/16-window/20-window/25window/36-window. See Figure 7-4.

Figure 7-4

 Preview window switch. System support 1/4/8/9/16-window real-time preview.

Please you need to have the proper rights to implement preview operation. You can not preview if you have no right to preview the either channel. See Figure 7-5.

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Section2

Figure 7-5

Section3

Section4

Section5

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Figure 7-6

7.2.1 Real-time Monitor

In section 2,

left click the channel name you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. For detailed function key information, please refer to Figure 7-7.

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Figure 7-7

1: Digital zoom: Click this button and then left drag the mouse in the zone to



zoom in. right click mouse system restores original status.

 2: Change show mode: resize or switch to full screen mode.  3: Local record. When you click local record button, the system begins recording

and this button becomes highlighted. You can go to system -.local record to set video file path.

 4: Capture picture. You can snapshoot important video. All images are

memorized in system client folder \download\picture (default).

 5: Audio :Turn on or off audio.(It has no relationship with system audio setup )  6: Close video.

Please refer to Figure 7-8 for main stream and extra stream switch information.

Refresh

You can use button to refresh camera list.

Start Dialogue

You can click this button to enable audio talk.

Local Play

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Click lo

cal play button, system pops up the following interface for you to select local

play file. See Figure 7-9.

Figure 7-9

7.2.2 PTZ

Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please refer to chapter 7.3.2 Setting-> Pan/Tilt/Zoom). Click PTZ button, the interface is shown as in Figure 7-10 .

You can click this icon to display or hide the PTZ control platform.

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Figure 7-10

7.2.2.1 Direction key and 3D positioning key

In Figure 7-10, there are eight direction keys. In the middle of the eight direction keys, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. Click SIT button, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size. It can realize PTZ automatically.

7.2.2.2 Speed

System supports eight-level speed. You can select from the dropdown list. Speed 2 is faster than speed 1.

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7.2.2.3 Zoom/Focus/Iris

Here is a sheet for you reference.

Name Function

key

Zoom

Focus

Iris

Function Function

key

Near

Function

Far

Open

Then click triangle icon in Figure 7-10, you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-11.

Figure 7-11

In Figure 7-11, click PTZ setup button you can see the following interface. See Figure 7-12.

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Figure 7-12

7.2.2.4 Auto Scan

In Figure 7-12, move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit button. Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to set a right limit.

7.2.2.5 Pattern

In Figure 7-12, you can input pattern value and then click start record button to begin PTZ movement. Please go back to Figure 7-11 to implement camera operation. Then you can click stop record button. Now you have set one pattern.

7.2.2.6 Preset

In Figure 7-12, move the camera to your desired location and then input preset value. Click add button, you have set one preset.

7.2.2.7 Auto tour

In Figure 7-12, input auto tour value and preset value. Click add button, you have added one preset in the tour. Repeat the above procedures you can add more presets in one tour.

7.2.2.8 Assistant

You can select the assistant item from the dropdown list. See Figure 7-13.

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Figure 7-13

7.2.3 Color

Click color button in section 3, the interface is shown as Figure 7-14. Here you can select one channel and then adjust its brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. (Current channel border becomes green). Or you can click default button to use system default setup.

Figure 7-14

7.2.4 Picture Path and Record Path

Click more button in Figure 7-14, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-15.

Click picture path button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-16.

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Figure 7-16

Click record path button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-17.

Figure 7-17

7.2.5 Menu Interface Switch

Put your mouse on the PTZ control bar until you see the following icon. See Figure 7-18.

Figure 7-18

Left click your mouse and then drag it to the channel control status bar. You can see the two menus interface switched. See Figure 7-19. You can compare the following interface with Figure 7-6.

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