Quantum Evolution – Installation and User manual
User and programming manual for
Vista‟s Quantum Evolution range of
DVR.
Including:
QUANTUM04-XXEVs
QUANTUM04DVDXXXEVs
QUANTUM08DVDXXXEVs
QUANTUM16DVDXXXEVs
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CE INFORMATION
The product must be installed according to the currently valid installation regulations
for EMC to guarantee the designed use and to prevent EMC problems.
The device supplied with this manual is according to the EC, EMC Directive,
89/336/EEC & LVD 73/23/EEC
Standard used for showing compliance with the essential requirements of the device:
EN 55022
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
EN 50130-4
EN 55024
LVD: EN60950-1
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Explanation of electrical safety symbols
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System Connection diagram
OSD Description ( On Screen Display )
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Recording and Playing back
Downloading of video from Quantum Hard drive to PC
Playback video downloaded to PC
Playback video on PC direct from Quantum hard drive
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Explanation of on screen buttons
APPENDIX 1 – Alarm Sensor Installation
APPENDIX 2 – DYNAMIC IP (Supporting DDNS)
APPENDIX 3 – Setup for DVR port / Web server port using IP Sharing router
( Port Forwarding)
APPENDIX 4 – Making a partition on an External USB hard drive
APPENDIX 5 – System Specification
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CAUTION BEFORE USE
Please read this manual before installing or using the Vista Quantum DVR.
Please keep this manual in a safe place, to allow for future reference
For the safety and proper use, The DVR is marked with various symbols. Please read these
to prevent injury of financial loss.
INSTALLATION SITE
Ensure installation position is level, secure and adequately ventilated.
Avoid installing close to sources of humidity or water.
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Digital Video Recorder System
Remote Controller
( Not included with
4chn Non DVD
units)
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FEATURES
● Convenience
- User-friendly GUI ( Graphic Based User Interface)
- Easy-to-use menu structure
- Easy-to-use recorded data search (Time, Date, Motion, Alarm)
● Stability
- Auto restart after power interruption
- DB structure offers data stabilization and best storage utilization
● Expandability
- Various remote multi DVR‟s can be controlled by Web browser (PC Client System)
● Technology
- Embedded LINUX OS
- Maximum recording rate 100 fps
- High-resolution & high-quality MPEG-4 algorithm
- Using Water marking & scrambling technologies,
- MPEG-4: 1 ~ 2 Kbytes per image with resolution 360x240
● Functionality
- Variable recording function (normal, alarm, motion, schedule)
- Full channel real-time monitoring
- Live monitoring, recording, playback, backup and remote access similtaneously
- Multi channel playback
- Variable events notification to e-mail, buzzer or PC Client system
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FRONT PANEL
(1) LED
- REC: Recording status (When recording is on, the red light is blinking)
- PWR: System Power On/Off (When power is on, the green light is lit up)
(2) USB 2.0 PORT
- USB2.0 connector, for downloading to USB pens / drives (plus upgrading firmware )
(3) POWER BUTTON
- System Power On/Off
(4) NUMERIC & CHARACTER
- Input for numeric‟s & letters
(5) MENU
- Displays the menu on the screen
(6) SEARCH
- Entering search mode
(7) PLAY ( )
- Playback of the recorded data
- When in play mode press again to enter fast forward mode.
(8) REWIND ( )
- Playback on the reverse
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(9) PAUSE ( ▌▌)
- To freeze picture on playback mode and live mode.
(10) STOP / EJECT ( █ )
- To stop playback and go back to live mode.
- To eject DVD-RW
(11) REC (●)
- It starts & stop manual recording of relevant camera in a full screen live mode.
(12) VOL (▲▼)
- To make the volume up and down.
(13) AUDIO (8/16CH only)
- When user select “audio” key, available audio will be switched.
(14) ARROW KEY
- Moves the cursor while in menu mode
- Selection of multi screen functions
(15) SELECT
- Menu selection
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REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
(1) Video Input (BNC)
- 4,8,16 Camera input (1.0 v p-p, 75Ω)
(2) Video Out (BNC / S-VIDEO / VGA)
- Composite Output through BNC / S-VIDEO / VGA
(3) Line Audio Input
- 4 Audio Input on 8 and 16 channel, single audio on 4 channel
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(4) Audio Output
- 1 Audio Output
(5) RS232 (8/16 channel only)
- 1 Serial Communication
(6) Network Port (RJ-45)
- Available to monitor live screen and recorded data on the HDD through Internet or LAN
(7) DIP switch (NTSC/PAL Video Selection)
-Selectable either NTSC or PAL
ATTENTION
When the video format is changed, the system should be re-booted; the video format should be selected before
booting.
(8) RS 485
- 1 Serial Communication for Pan / Tilt Camera
(9) Alarm/Sensor
- Alarm / 4 Sensor input / 1 output port
(10) AC Power
- 110~240 Vac
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SYSTEM CONNECTION DIAGRAM
< 4Channel Quantum >
< 8/16 Channel Quantum >
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REMOTE CONTROL (Not included with 4 Chn Non DVD units)
1. Power: Power ON/OFF
2. Rec: Start & Stop Recording
3.ⓞ~⑨: Key for figure and character
4. P/T/Z: Entering PTZ menu directly
5. OSD: Operating OSD ON/OFF
6. SEQ: Key for SEQ operation
7. LOG: Direct access Log list
8. INFO: Direct access system Info.
9. ID: Reserved.
10. MUTE: Audio Mute
11. AUDIO: Available audio switching
when user select this key
12. MENU: Entering system menu
13. SEARCH: Entering search
14. ARROW & SPLIT: Key moving left,
right, up and down. Also, Screen split
display shows
15. VOL”+,-“ : Up, down volume
16. CH “+,-“ : Up, down channel(s)
17. ( ) : Play(or fast forward)
18. ◀ (◀ ) : Reverse play
19 II : Pause
20. █: Stopping playback
21. Cam: Changing PTZ icon
22. P/T: Pan &Tilt
23. Z/F: Zoom/ & Focus
24. DIS: Channel Division
21~24:doesn‟t work with Quantum Evo.
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HD: 99%, this shows how much as a percentage is
used on the Hard Disk Drive
04-11-2008 15:26:12: It shows the system date & time
This shows; “Power fail”, “USB stick
in” “Network”. You would see other
icons as well if happens such as
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MMEENNUU TTRREEEE
Menu tree
Monitor Adjustment (4CH Only)
Setup Motion
(post motion/area/sensitivity)
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DDNS
DDNS User ID
DDNS Password
HOST Name
DDNS Status check
Save and Exit
Use Dynamic IP
IP address
Gate Way
Net Mask
DNS Server
XDSL User ID
XDSL Password
DVR Port
Web Server Port
Save and Exit
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DEFAULT PASSWORDS
Front Panel
Password is required if you need to enter the menus; down power; stop recording or
changing an IP setting.
A prompt will be displayed asking for password.
The default Password is: 00000000 (8 zeros)
Viewer Software
When using the supplied browser software the following password will be required.
User ID is “admin” (not case sensitive).
Password is “00000000” i.e. 8x Zero‟s
(Admin ID cannot be changed, as this is the full administrator ID)
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MAIN MENU
To enter the set-up menu press the Menu button and enter the password (default password is
00000000 – 8 zeros). The following screen will be displayed.
Menu Navigation
All menus are navigated around using the left / Right / Up / Down and the SEL Select button.
To step back through the menus press MENU button
DISPLAY
Camera Covert
Cameras can be hidden from the viewer in live or play back mode. Turn the camera on or off
using the left and right buttons around the SELECT button.
Camera Name
Each camera can be titled using the Alphanumeric buttons on the front panel.
OSD On/Off
OSD on/ off: Selecting whether the time and date etc is shown on the screen or not.
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Set Display Sequence
Within the FULL DISPLAY SEQUENCE an a switching sequence of all or a selection of
cameras can be set, with individual times allocated to selected cameras.
Within the QUAD DISPLAY SEQUENCE a selection of screens displaying 4 cameras at a
time can be set-up, the quad displays are fixed e.g. Quad 1 contains cameras 1,2,3 and 4;
Quad 2 contains cameras 5,6,7 and 8 etc
Use the START options to start the sequences running. To stop them simply select a single
camera from the front panel.
Event Clear
This is used to erase the list, in the memory, of previous events such as alarm activations.
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Camera Control
The picture displayed from each camera can be individually adjusted to balance the
multi screen view.
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RECORDING
Global Parameter
Within this section:
1. The 4 audio tracks can be switched on or off, Note Audio tracks 1, 2,3and 4
are linked to channels 1,2,3,and 4. (only one audio track on 4 channel unit)
2. Repeat recording can be set to continually overwrite or stop when the drives
are full.
3. Watermarking should be set to on, this allows the supplied software to verify
the downloaded information to ensure it has not been tampered with or
changed.
4. Recording resolution can be set to 2CIF -720 X 288 (giving 50ips recording)
or CIF - 360 X 288 (100ips).
These settings are applied to all channels
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Normal Recording
The frame rates can be set individually per camera, the number of frames available is
dependant on the resolution set (within GLOBAL PARAMETERS) e.g. 720X288
allows 50ips across the cameras, and 360X288 allows 100ips across the cameras.
On the 8 and 16 channel units go the PAGE 1 and use “ ” arrow to move to access
further channels
Recording Quality
Three levels of compression: High, Mid, Low. Can be set per channel.
Save and Exit
All the values set-up will be stored and screen will step back to higher level menu..
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Alarm Recording
There are 4 Alarm inputs on the rear of the Quantum these can be used to initiate the
Alarm record mode.
Setup Alarm
Using the following screen, the individual alarm inputs can be configured to activate
recording on any of the 16 cameras
Post Alarm Duration
After alarm activates, it sets how long the recording continues. The value is selectable
among: 5/ 30/ 60/ 90/ 120/ 150/ 180/ 210/ 240 sec.
Frame rates
The frame rates can be set individually per camera, the number of frames available is
dependant on the resolution set (within GLOBAL PARAMETERS) e.g. 720X288
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