Vista Quantum Plus, Quantum Plus QP04-XXXhf, Quantum Plus QP08-XXXhf, Quantum Plus QP16-XXXhf Installation And User Manual
Quantum Plus H.264 – Installation and User manual (FSK)
User and programming manual for
Vista’s Quantum Plus range of DVR.
Models including FSK telemetry
Including:
QP04-XXXhf
QP08-XXXhf
QP16-XXXhf
(XXX – denotes hard drive size)
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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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Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 7
CONTENTS OF PACKAGING ................................................................................................................ 8
FEATURES .............................................................................................................................................. 9
FEATURES .............................................................................................................................................. 9
FRONT PANEL ..................................................................................................................................... 10
REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................ 13
SYSTEM CONNECTION DIAGRAM .................................................................................................... 14
ALARM CONNECTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 14
REMOTE CONTROL ............................................................................................................................ 15
OSD DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 16
MENU TREE ......................................................................................................................................... 17
DEFAULT PASSWORDS ...................................................................................................................... 19
MENU NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................. 20
MENU SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................. 22
1 .DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................... 22
Camera Setting: Brightness, Saturation, Contrast, Hue and default ............................................................ 22
Camera Covert ............................................................................................................................................ 22
Camera Name ............................................................................................................................................. 22
Spot Setting ................................................................................................................................................. 23
OSD Setting ................................................................................................................................................. 24
Live Setting .................................................................................................................................................. 25
2. RECORDING ............................................................................................................................................. 26
Global .......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Normal (TL) .................................................................................................................................................. 27
Alarm ........................................................................................................................................................... 28
Motion .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Schedule ...................................................................................................................................................... 30
Audio Event ................................................................................................................................................. 31
Duration ....................................................................................................................................................... 31
Priority .......................................................................................................................................................... 32
3. SYSTEM .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Basic ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
Disk .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Format ......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Smart ........................................................................................................................................................... 36
Account ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Program Update........................................................................................................................................... 39
Sensor ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
PTZ Setup .................................................................................................................................................... 41
PTZ Controller ............................................................................................................................................. 41
Telemetry connections and User Instructions .............................................................................................. 42
4. NETWORK ................................................................................................................................................ 50
DDNS........................................................................................................................................................... 50
IP SET ......................................................................................................................................................... 51
NTP.............................................................................................................................................................. 52
LIVE ............................................................................................................................................................. 53
5. EVENT ................................................................................................................................................... 54
E-Mail Registration ...................................................................................................................................... 54
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SMTP Mode ................................................................................................................................................. 55
E-mail Out .................................................................................................................................................... 56
Alarm Out ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
SEARCHING VIDEO FOOTAGE .......................................................................................................... 58
ARCHIVING EVIDENCE TO DVD/CD OR USB ................................................................................... 61
LOG ....................................................................................................................................................... 63
CLIENT VIEWER SOFTWARE – QT PLAYER .................................................................................... 64
Logging on ..................................................................................................................................................... 65
Explanation of Screen Buttons ...................................................................................................................... 66
Live Monitoring .............................................................................................................................................. 67
Remote search .............................................................................................................................................. 69
ARCHIVE ....................................................................................................................................................... 72
Remote Log ................................................................................................................................................... 75
Info ................................................................................................................................................................ 75
Remote Setup: (Menu settings - Same as DVR) ........................................................................................... 76
Display ........................................................................................................................................................... 76
Recording ...................................................................................................................................................... 79
System........................................................................................................................................................... 86
Event ............................................................................................................................................................. 95
Local Search (viewing downloaded footage) ................................................................................................. 97
Local Setup .................................................................................................................................................. 100
PAN, TILT, Zoom, Focus (Remote telemetry control) ................................................................................... 102
Firmware Upgrade ....................................................................................................................................... 104
Quit (Exiting Client program) ....................................................................................................................... 104
APPENDIX 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 105
ALARM SENSOR INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................. 105
APPENDIX 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 108
SETTING INTERNET SECURITY SETUP FOR WEB CLIENT ON ............................................................. 108
WINDOW XP/2000 & WINDOW VISTA SERVICE PACK 2. ........................................................................ 108
APPENDIX 3 ........................................................................................................................................112
DYNAMIC IP (Supporting DDNS Server) ..................................................................................................... 112
APPENDIX 4 ........................................................................................................................................115
SETUP FOR DVR PORT/ WEB SERVER PORT USING IP SHARING ROUTER ....................................... 115
APPENDIX 5 ........................................................................................................................................117
MAKING A PARTITION ON AN EXTERNAL USB HARD DRIVE ................................................................. 117
APPENDIX 6 ....................................................................................................................................... 124
SPECIFICATION ......................................................................................................................................... 124
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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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CONTENTS OF PACKAGING
Installation
CD
Power
Cable
User Manual
R
emote Controller
Battery
USB2.0
Mouse
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FEATURES
● Convenience
- User-friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- Easy-to-use menu structure
- Easy-to-use recorded data search (Time, Date, Motion, and Alarm)
- Easy-to control via Front Panel, IR remote control and USB 2.0 mouse.
● Stability
- Auto restart after power interruption
- DB structure offers data stabilisation and better storage utilisation
● Expandability
- Remote DVR’s can be controlled using the supplied software client viewer.
● Technology
-Embedded LINUX OS
-Maximum record rate 400 fps
-High-resolution & high-quality MPEG-4 algorithm
-Uses watermarking & scrambling technologies,
-MPEG-4 : 1 ~ 2 Kbytes per image with resolution 360x240
● Functionality
- Variable recording function (normal, alarm, motion, schedule, audio, Time Lapse,)
- FSK ( Up the coax ) and RS485 Telemetry
- Full channel real-time monitoring
- Live monitoring, recording, playback, backup, remote access simultaneously
- Multi channel playback
- Variable events notification to e-mail, buzzer or PC Client system
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FRONT PANEL
LEDs
- REC: Recording status (When recording is on, the red light will flash)
- POWER: System Power On/Off (When power is on, the green light will be illuminated)
- NET: Network status (When network is connected, the light will lash)
- HDD: HDD status (When the system is reading or writing to the HDD, the light will flash)
USB 2.0 Port
- USB2.0 connector, for downloading to USB pens / drives (plus upgrading firmware)
POWER Button
- System Power On/Off
Numeric & Character
- Used for individual camera selection and selection of numbers & letters within the setup
menus and searches
MENU
- Displays the menu on the screen
SEARCH
- Entering search mode
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PLAY (▶▶▶▶)
- Playback of the recorded data
- When in play mode press again to enter fast forward mode.
Reverse PLAY (⊳)
- Reverse play of recorded data
- When in play mode press again to enter fast rewind mode.
PAUSE ( ▌▌)
- To freeze picture on playback mode and live mode.
STOP / EJECT (■■■■)
-
To stop playback and go back to live mode.
-
To eject DVD-RW
REC (●●●●)
-
It starts & stop manual recording, password protected.
Volume Up & Down ( / ) )
- To increase or decrease the volume.
Arrow Buttons
- Moves the cursor while in menu mode
SELECT (Central circular button)
- Menu selection
PTZ Selection
- PTZ Channel selection
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Screen Split
- Selection of multi screen functions
AUDIO Selection
- Switches between audio channels
PAN / TILT
- To control P/T/Z, press this button to browse virtual key on screen.
ZOOM
- ZOOM P/T/Z camera in and out
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REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
VIDEO IN (BNC)
- 16/8/4 Camera input (1.0v p-p, 75
Ω)
VIDEO OUT
- 16/8/4 LOOP / SPOT / Composite / S-VIDEO / VGA
LINE AUDIO INPUT
- 16/8/4 Audio input through line
AUDIO OUTPUT
- 1 Audio output
RS232
- 1 Serial Communication
Network Port (RJ-45)
- Connecting to the Quantum DVR through Internet or LAN
USB 2.0
-USB 2.0 connector for mouse control.
ALARM / SENSOR
- ALARM / 16/8/4 SENSOR INPUT / 1 OUTPUT PORT
CAMERA / KEYBOARD CONTROLLER
- 1 Serial Communication for Pan / Tilt Camera
- 1 Serial Communication for P/T/Z Control Keyboard
AC POWER
- AC 110~240 V
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SYSTEM CONNECTION DIAGRAM
ALARM CONNECTIONS
The Alarm connections are made via the push in connectors on the rear on the unit. There are 16
individual alarms inputs marked as Sensor In (1-16) and 2 Outputs marked as Alarm, plus 2 ground
connections. As shown below:
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REMOTE CONTROL
1. Power: Power ON/OFF
2. REC: Start & Stop Recording
3. (1 to 9) Numbers and letters
4. P/T/Z: Entering PTZ menu directly
5. OSD: On Screen Display ON/OFF
6. SEQ: Sequence operation
7. LOG: Direct access Log list
8. INFO: Direct access system Info.
9. ID: Reserved.
10.MUTE: Audio Mute
11.AUDIO: Switches through Audio
channels
12. MENU: Entering system menu
13. SEARCH: Entering search
14. ARROW & SPLIT: Left, Right, Up and
Down. Also, Screen split options
15. VOL”+,-“ : Up, down volume
16. CH “+,-“ : Up, down channel(s)
17. ▶(▶) : Play(or fast forward)
18. : Reverse play
19 II: Pause
20. █: Stop playback
21. Cam: Changing PTZ icon
22. P/T: Pan &Tilt
23. Z/F: Zoom/ & Focus
24. DIS: Channel Division
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OSD DESCRIPTION
The Status Bar shows HDD capacity, Network
connection, Time, etc using by icons.
-HDD capacity : 1.7GB is used out of 298.0GB
-Network connection : It is shown that admin or
user is connected.
-Date/Time
*Others :
-Backup
-Mute
-USB Stick:
This screen shows PTZ control of
camera 2. The on screen arrows
will allow control of this camera.
Record Standby:
It is shown when
recording is not
activated.
PTZ icon
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MENU TREE
Apply
Display
Recording
System
Camera Covert
Camera Name
Spot Setting
Live Setting
Basic
Disk
Account
Program Update
Main Menu
Video Type
Time/DST Set
System ID
Date Format
Sensor
OSD Setting
Camera Info
Duration
Priority
Auto Delete Mode
Language
Gl
obal
Normal
(TL)
Alarm
Motion
Schedule
Audio Event
Resolution
FPS
Audio On/Off
Etc.
PTZ Setup
PTZ Controller
Camera Setting
Pre-Alarm Duration
Pre-Alarm FPS
Pre-Alarm Duration
Non
-Alarmed FPS
Post Alarm Duration
Watermark
HDD Overwrite
Quality
Alarm Mode
Non
-
Alarmed Resolution
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Network
DDNS
E-Mail Registration
Event
DDNS
User ID
User Password
Domain
Dynamic IP
IP
Gate Way
Net Mask
DNS Server
DSL ID
DSL PW
DVR Port
Web Port
Bandwidth
NTP
IP SET
LIVE
SMTP Mode
Search
Search
Archive
Log
All
Power
Record
Operation
Client
Event
Archive
Date/Time Search
Event
Calendar
Bookmark
E-Mail
Out
Beep Out
Alarm Out
Video Loss
Power Loss
Motion
Alarm
Smart
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DEFAULT PASSWORDS
Front Panel
A Password is required if you need to: Log on; enter the menus; down power; stop recording
or changing an IP setting.
Logging ON
Before the system can be used it is necessary to Log On as a user, he rights of each user
can be managed by an administrator level log on
Press MENU on the front panel, or right click and select the MENU icon. The following box
will be displayed played asking for password.
The default Password is: 00000000 (8 zeros)
To select a different use press the Select key in the centre of the unit, use the up and down
arrows to choose, then press the Select key again to confirm. Then enter this users
password.
Viewer Software
When using the supplied Viewer software, the default logon details are:
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)
Click on arrow to view a quick connection
address book for the last 22 units that
the software has been connected to.
This uses the description to quickly identify
each unit.
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MENU Navigation
To enter the set-up menus, the user has to have the required access rights and be
logged on (see page 19) press the Menu button or right click with mouse on screen and
select the menu icon. The following screen will be displayed.
Front Panel or IR remote control
First select the user name by pressing select key and using the up and down key.
Next, enter the password (default password is 00000000 – 8 zeros). Use the numerical
buttons. The following menu page will be displayed.
All menus are navigated around using the left / Right / Up / Down and the Select button.
To step back out of the menus press MENU button
Mouse control
Left clicking the mouse brings up the following display, from this right click on the menu icon
to display the password box, use the mouse to select the user name and enter the password.
Note: This display is also used to select Search mode, Turn on the telemetry mode.
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If Menu has been selected the following screen will be displayed.
Select Sub menus by clicking on the relevant title.
The method of altering t he value of a segment within a menu page will
vary slightly depending on the page:
1. Clicking on a segment will toggle through available values
2. Click on icon at top of list will change all channel values
3. Click on the box and the following keyboard will be displayed:
Use the keyboard to fill in titles etc, followed by OK to enter the value.
Remote Keyboard
The remote keyboard is connected via the push in connector on the rear of the unit. The 2
connectors are marked as Kbd (+) and Kbd(-), as shown below:
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MENU Settings
1. DISPLAY
1-1. Camera Setting: Brightness, Saturation, Contrast, Hue and default
The picture displayed from each camera can be individually adjusted to balance the multi
screen view.
Use UP() / DOWN() keys to select the cell to be altered, then press select to turn the box
green, then use the numeric keys to change the values.
Alternatively use the mouse to select the cell, the on screen keyboard will appear select the
value and click OK
1-2. Camera Covert
Cameras can be hidden from the viewer in live or play back mode.
Select the camera to be made covert using the up and down keys, then press select to turn
the camera green, toggle between on and off with the up and down buttons.
Alternatively use the mouse to select the camera and click between on and off.
In order to view covert cameras in Live or Playback, it needs to be turned off in the menus,
this is requires the necessary user rights.
1-3. Camera Name
Each camera can be titled using the alphanumeric buttons on the front panel or the mouse.
Each title can have up to 32 characters, if there are too many characters to display in 1 line,
it will be shown as _... For example, ‘FIRST MEETING ROOM’ -> ‘FIRST MEETIN…’
Use the Up and Down arrows to select the title to be altered, press the select key to turn the
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title green. Use the left and right arrows to select the character position and use the Alphanumeric keys to select the character ( Similar to SMS on a mobile phone). When complete
press the select key to exit.
Alternatively use the mouse to select the title to alter, the on screen keyboard will appear,
enter the title followed by the OK button.
1-4. Spot Setting
<Single Screen> <Quad Screen>
<9 Channel Divisions> <16 Channel Divisions>
Spot output is used to configure the second monitor output. The Spot monitor can respond to
Alarms, Motion, Audio, or can be configured for full or multi-screen sequences.
Use the Select key to turn the Mode box from Blue to Green, use the up and down arrows to
select the mode between multi-screen options; Alarms, Motion or Audio.
Once the mode has been selected, you can select either a duration or On/Off option (Mode
dependant). Use the Select button to turn the box from blue to green then use the Up and
Down keys to alter value. Press select to turn back to blue.
Alternatively, use the mouse to select mode by repeatedly clicking in the Mode box. Then
select the duration or On/off for each channel.
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1-5. OSD Setting
On Screen Display Setting: Selecting whether the time and date etc is shown on the screen
or not.
Status Bar
The display bar at the bottom of the screen can be set to be permanently on or to disappear
after a period of time.
Event Display
Icons such as recording mode, motion detection can be displays or not (On /Off)
Camera Names
The camera title can be displayed or not (On/Off)
PTZ display
When in telemetry mode the on screen telemetry display can be set to be Always on or to
disappear after a set period of inactivity 5 or 10 second or Off.
PTZ Timeout
The PTZ operation can be set to time out after a period of time.
PTZ Mode
The PTZ control can be limited by the PTZ mode.
Menu
The menu display can be set to time out after either 1 or 5 minutes.
Password Entry
The password entry display can be set to time out after 1 or 5 minutes.
Blending
The opacity of the menus and Status bar can be set between 0 and 6, 0 is solid, 6 being very
opaque.
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1-6. Live Setting
The live settings are used to
set up a sequence of either
full screen camera images or
multi screen displays
Use the Up and Down arrows to select either : Full Screen, Quad or Nine way split
sequences. The display will change to allow individual sequence times to be set per channel
or split screen option. Use the select key to turn the cell green and then the Up and Down
keys to change the values.
Use the right button to move to “Start” press select, the main monitor out put will display this
sequence.
Alternatively use the mouse to select the sequence required then select the duration.
Click “Start” to turn the sequence on. To interrupt the sequence, simply select any camera.
1-7. Camera Info
Select which cameras will be
connected.
APPLY:
In order to save any modified setting value, press “SEL” key when the
“APPLY” section is highlighted. This action can be carried out within each Sub Menu.
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2. RECORDING
All recorded data is watermarked to ensure that it is not tampered with. Using the software
supplied the legitimacy of this data can be verified.
2-1. Global
Watermarking
Generally this 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.
HDD Overwrite
Generally this should be set to on to ensure that the DVR does not stop recording when the
hard drives are full.
Quality
The amount of compression applied to the recording can be changed between Best, Good
and Standard.
Alarm Mode
Exclusive = Will only record the cameras in Alarm
Normal = Alarmed cameras will record at the settings in the Alarms / Motion or Audio Events
record set-up pages in the RECORD section of the main menu.
Non-Alarmed Resolution
This is the resolution that the unit will record the cameras that are not in alarm, during and
Alarm event (Alarms / Motion or Audio) this can be set to CIF, 2CID or D1
Non-Alarmed FPS
This is the number of pictures per second that the unit will record the cameras that are not in
alarm mode.
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Post Alarm Duration
This is the time for which the DVR will carry on recording, in it’s a alarm mode, after an alarm
event has finished. It can be set up to 99 Seconds
Pre-Alarm Resolution
This is the resolution that the DVR will record its Pre- Alarm events in; it can be set to CIF, 2
CIF or D1.
Pre-Alarm FPS
This is the number of pictures per second recorded per camera during the Pre Alarm period.
The maximum FPS will vary dependant on the Pre-Alarm Resolution setting.
Pre-Alarm Duration
This is the time for which the DVR will buffer recordings, to use as pre-alarm events, It can
be set to 0, 5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds
2-2. Normal (TL)
This configures the continuous recording settings per channel
Record rates available:
In CIF (360x288), 25 fps is available to each channel (total 400fps).
In 2CIF (720x288), 12.5 fps is available to each channel (Total 200fps).
In D1 (720x576), 6.25 fps is available to each channel (Total 100fps).
Each channel can be individually configured for record rate and Audio on/off.
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2-3. Alarm
There are 16 Alarm inputs on the rear of the Quantum these can be used to initiate the Alarm
record mode.
The Alarm recording Quality, FPS and Audio are set up in the same way as Normal
Recording.
A Single Alarm input can be used to drive up to 4 PTZ cameras to preset positions or Preset
tours. Click on the “Set” Icons. Note: this function is only available when RS485 telemetry
formats are being used ( Not coax control)
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2-4. Motion
Motion on any channel can trigger recording of that camera.
Resolution, Images Per second, Audio, and Quality can all be configured individually per
channel. As per Normal and Alarm Recording Modes.
To setup the motion detection grid per channel select the “Sel” button.
The detection area is divided into a grid of 11x8 cells. Default is all cells in active mode.
Use the Left right up down to move cursor and the Select key to toggle between active and
inactive.
The mouse can also be used to select cells and toggle them on and off.
Care must be taken in setting of the motion sensitivity. It is recommended that each level is
tested to find out which one suits that particular camera site.
The motion detection is not recommended for external cameras.
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2-5. Schedule
The schedule allows the Quantum DVR to be set to only record at particular times of the day.
This timing setting is global for all channels. However the Resolution, Images per second and
Audio can be configured per channel.
To set the timetable select the large SET box on the right of the menu page, the following
page will appear. It allows each hour within the week to be set to be either Active (Orange) or
Inactive (Grey)
Use the Up / Down / Left / Right buttons to navigate around the schedule and the Select
button to toggle between on (Orange) and Off (Black).
Alternatively use the mouse to toggle between On and Off.
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