XtendLan H PG series, H PKC series, DVR-HPG, DVR-HPKC User Manual

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DVR-HxxPG/PKC

User's Manual

Table of Contents

1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 5

1.1

Overview 5

1.2

Features 5

2 OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS 7

2.2

Rear Panel 10

2.3

Connection Sample 12

2.4

Remote Control 15

2.5

Mouse Control 16

2.6

Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel 18

3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 18

3.1

Check Unpacked DVR 18

3.2

About Front Panel and Real Panel 18

3.3

HDD Installation 19

3.4

Rack Installation 20

3.5

Connecting Power Supply 20

3.6

Connecting Video Input and Output Devices 20

3.7

Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio 21

3.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection 22

3.9 RS232 25

3.10 RS485 25

3.11 Other Interfaces 26

4 OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS 27

4.1

4.2

Live Viewing 29

4.3

Manual Record 30

4.4

Search & Playback 33

4.5

Schedule 36

4.6 Detect 41

4.7

Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation 45

4.8 Backup 48

4.9 PTZ Control and Color Setup 49

4.10 Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan 52

4.11 Flip 54

5 UNDERSTANDING OF MENU OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS 56

5.1

Menu Tree 56

5.2

Main Menu 56

5.3

Setting 57

5.4 Search

110

5.5 Advanced

110

5.6

Information 121

5.7

Shutdown 124

6.1

Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu 126

6.2

Preset /Patrol / Pattern /Border Function 127

7 WEB CLIENT OPERATION 131

7.1

Network Connection 131

7.2

7.3

LAN Mode 133

7.4

WAN Login 140

7.5

Configure 142

7.6

Search 176

7.7

Alarm 179

7.8

About 180

7.9

Log out 180

Important Safeguards and Warnings

1．Electrical safety

All installation and operation here should conform to your 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. This series product shall be transported, storage and used in the environment ranging from 0℃

to 55 ℃

Accessories

Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included. Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.

Lithium battery

Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury! When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

1.1

Overview

This series product is an excellent digital monitor product designed for security field. It adopts embedded Linux OS to maintain reliable operation. Popular H.264 compression algorithm and G.711 audio compression technology realize high quality, low bit stream. Unique frame by frame play function is suitable for detail analysis. It has various functions such as record, playback, monitor at the same time and can guarantee audio video synchronization. This series product has advanced technology and strong network data transmission function.

This series device adopts embedded design to achieve high security and reliability. It can work in the local end, and at the same time, when connecting it to the professional surveillance software (PSS), it can connect to security network to realize strong network and remote monitor function.

This series product can be widely used in various areas such as banking, telecommunication, electric power, interrogation, transportation, intelligent resident zone, factory, warehouse, resources, and water conservancy.

1.2

Features

This series product has the following features: 

Real-time monitor It has analog output port, VGA port and HDMI port. You can use monitor or displayer to realize surveillance function. System supports TV/VGA/HDMI output at the same time.

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Storage function

Special data format to guarantee data security and can avoid vicious data modification.

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Compression format Support multiple-channel audio and video. An independent hardware decodes the audio and video signal from each channel to maintain video and audio synchronization.

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Backup function Support backup operation via USB port (such as flash disk, portable HDD, burner). Client-end user can download the file to local HDD to backup via network.

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Record playback function Support each channel real-time record independently, and at the same time it can support search, forward play, network monitor, record search, download and etc. Support various playback modes: slow play, fast play, backward play and frame by frame play. Support time title overlay so that you can view event accurate occurred time Support specified zone enlargement.

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Network operation

Support network remote real-time monitor, remote record search and remote PTZ control.

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Alarm activation function Several relay alarm outputs to realize alarm activation and on-site light control. The alarm input port and output has the protection circuit to guarantee device safety.

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Communication port RS485 port can realize alarm input and PTZ control. RS232 port can connect to keyboard to realize central control, and can also connect to PC COM to upgrade system and realize maintenance, and matrix control. Standard Ethernet port can realize network access function. Dual Ethernet ports support configuration modes such as multiple access, Fault-tolerance and load balancing.

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PTZ control Support PTZ decoder via RS485. Support various decode protocols to allow the PTZ to control the speed dome.

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Intelligent operation Mouse operation function In the menu, support copy and paste setup function

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UPnP It is to establish the mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN via the UPnP protocol.

Slight function differences may be found due to different series.

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.

2.1.1 DVR-Hxx series

The Front panel of HD-SDI series is shown as follows. See Figure 2-4.

Figure 2-4

Power button

Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up or shut down DVR.

Number button

0-9

Input Arabic number Switch channel

Input number more than 10

-/--

If you want to input a number more than 10, please click this button and then input.

Shift



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

Enable or disable tour.

Up/ Down

、



Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and down.

Increase/decrease numeral.

Assistant function such as PTZ menu.

Left/ Right

 

Shift current activated control, and then move left and right.

When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.

ESC

ESC Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation.

When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.

Enter

ENTER Confirm current operation

Go to default button

Go to menu

Record

REC

Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or numeral keys to select the recording channel.

Slow play

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.

Assistant

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

Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor.

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

In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English character(small/capitalized) and etc.

In HDD management interface, you can click it to switch HDD record information and other information (Menu prompt)

Realize other special functions.

Fast play

Various fast speeds and normal playback.

Play previous



In playback mode, playback the previous video

Reverse/Pause





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

Play Next



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

Play/Pause



In normal playback click this button to pause playback In pause mode, click this button to resume playback.

Window switch

Mult

Click it to switch one-window/multiple-window.

Shuttle(outer ring)

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

Jog(inner dial)

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

USB port

To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.

Remote control indication light

ACT

Remote control indication light

Status indication light

Status

If there is Fn indication light, current status indication light is null.

Power indication light

PWR

Power indication light

Record light

1-32

It becomes on when system is recording.

IR Receiver

It is to receive the signal from the remote control.

2.2

Rear Panel

2.2.1 2U series (HD-SDI series)

The rear panel is shown as in Figure 2-11. Please note the following figure is based on the 4-channel series product.

Figure 2-11

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

GND port

Power input port

Power button

Fan

Video input

Loop video output

Audio input

Bidirectional talk input port

Bidirectional talk output port

Video output

Audio output

Alarm input/Alarm output/RS485 port

Network port

Video VGA output

HDMI port

USB port

eSATA port

RS232 port

The rear panel of the 8-channel series product is shown as in Figure 2-12. Please note there is a series product of only 4-channel audio input.

Figure 2-12

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

GND port

Audio input

Video input

Bidirectional talk output port

Bidirectional talk input port

Audio output

Video output

Network port

Video VGA output

HDMI port

RS232 port

eSATA port

USB port

Alarm input/Alarm output/RS485 port

2.2.2 2U series (16channel)

The rear panel is shown as in Figure 2-13. Please note the following figure is based on the 16-channel series product.

Figure 2-13

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

GND port

Power input port

Power button

Fan 5 DB25 port (5-16 channel audio input)

1-4channel audio input

Loop video output

Video input

Video CVBS output

Matrix video output

Audio output

Bidirectional talk input port

Bidirectional talk output port

Alarm input/Alarm output/RS485 port

Video VGA output

HDMI port

RS-232

eSATA port

USB port

Network port

When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.

2.3

Connection Sample

2.3.1 2U series

Please refer to the following figure for detailed information. See Figure 2-17. The following figure is based on the 4-channel series product.

The 8-channel series product interface is shown as in Figure 2-18.

Figure 2-18

2.3.4 2U series (960H series)

Please refer to the following figure for detailed information. See Figure 2-19. The following figure is based on the 16-channel series product.

Figure 2-19

2.4

Remote Control

The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-20. Please note remote control is not our standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.

Figure 2-20

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

Serial Number

Name

Function

Power button

Click it to boot up or shut down the device.

Address

Click it to input device number, so that you can control it.

Forward

Various forward speeds and normal speed playback.

Slow play

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.

Next record

In playback mode, playback the next video.

Previous record

In playback mode, playback the previous video.

Play/Pause

In pause mode, click this button to realize normal playback.

In normal playback click this button to pause playback.

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

Reverse/pause Reverse playback pause mode,

click this button to realize normal playback.

In reverse playback click this button to pause playback.

Cancel

Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control)

Record

Start or stop record manually In record interface, working with the direction buttons to select the record channel. Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Manual Record interface.

Direction keys

Switch current activated control, go to left or right. In playback mode, it is to control the playback process bar. Aux function(such as switch the PTZ menu)

Confirm /menu key

go to default button go to the menu

Multiple-window switch

Switch between multiple-window and one-window.

Auxiliary key

In 1-ch monitor mode: pop up assistant function：PTZ control and Video color.

Switch the PTZ control menu in PTZ control interface.

In motion detection interface, working with direction keys to complete setup.

0-9 number key Input password, channel or

switch channel.

Shift is the button to switch the input method.

2.5

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

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

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.

Right click mouse

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.

Press middle button

In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value.

Switch the items in the check box.

Page up or page down

Move mouse

Select current control or move control

Drag mouse Select motion detection zone

Select privacy mask zone.

2.6

Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

2.6.1 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.

2.6.2 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.

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 forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage. 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 (Remote control is optional). Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR. Note Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.

3.2

About Front Panel and Real Panel

The model label in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase order. The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial number when we provide the service after sales.

3.3

HDD Installation

You can refer to the Appendix for recommended HDD brand. Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk.

3.3.1 2U series

This series DVR max supports 8 SATA HDDs. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher.

Loosen the screws of the

upper cover.

Remove the HDD upper

bracket

3. Now you can see the bottom bracket

4. Line up the HDD to the four holes of the HDD bracket.

5. Use screws to fix HDD. 6. Install the upper bracket and then Use screws to fix HDD in the bracket.

7. Unfasten the HDD power cable. 8. Insert the HDD power cable. 9.Connect SATA cables. .

Important: If the HDD amount is less than four, you do not need to install the HDD bracket. When there is a bracket, please make sure the installation direction of HDDs is the same.

3.4

Rack Installation

Please note this installation mode is for 1.5U/2U series product. Please follow the steps listed below. 

Use twelve screws to fix the unit



Please make sure the indoor temperature is below 35℃ (95°f).



Please make sure there is 15cm (6 inches) space around the device to guarantee sound ventilation.



Please install from the bottom to the top.

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If there are more accessories connected in the rack, please take precaution measures in case the rack power is overload.

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 video input interface is BNC. The input video format includes: PAL/NTSC BNC（1.0VB

P- P

，

B75Ω.）; HD-S series: BNC（0.8VP-P，75Ω）

The video signal should comply with your national standards. The input video signal shall have high SNR, low distortion; low interference, natural color and suitable lightness. Guarantee the stability and reliability of the camera signal: The camera shall be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc. The camera and the DVR should have the same grounding to ensure the normal operation of the camera.

Guarantee stability and reliability of the transmission lineBTTTB

Please use high quality, sound shielded BNC. Please select suitable BNC model according to the transmission distance. If the distance is too long, you should use twisted pair cable, and you can add video compensation devices or use optical fiber to ensure video quality. You should keep the video signal away from the strong electromagnetic interference, especially the high tension current.

Keep connection lugs in well contactBTTTB

The signal line and shielded wire should be fixed firmly and in well connection. Avoid dry joint, lap welding and oxidation.BTTTB

3.6.2 Connecting Video Output

Video output includes a BNC(PAL/NTSC1.0V

P-P

，75Ω）output ,a VGA output and HDMI output. System supports BNC, VGA and HDMI output at the same time. When you are using pc-type monitor to replace the monitor, please pay attention to the following points: 

To defer aging, do not allow the pc monitor to run for a long time.

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Regular demagnetization will keep device maintain proper status.



Keep it away from strong electromagnetic interference devices. Using TV as video output device is not a reliable substitution method. You also need to reduce the working hour and control the interference from power supply and other devices. The low quality TV may result in device damage.

3.7

Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio

3.7.1 Audio Input

These series products audio input port adopt BNC port. Due to high impedance of audio input, please use active sound pick-up. Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, dry joint, loose contact and it shall be away from high tension current.

3.7.2 Audio Output

The audio output signal parameter is usually over 200mv 1KΩ (BNC). It can directly connect to low impedance earphone, active sound box or amplifier-drive audio output device.

If the sound box and the pick-up cannot be separated spatially, it is easy to arouse squeaking. In this case you can adopt the following measures: 

Use better sound pick-up with better directing property.



Reduce the volume of the sound box.

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Using more sound-absorbing materials in decoration can reduce voice echo and improve acoustics environment.

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Adjust the layout to reduce happening of the squeaking.

3.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection

Please refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output connection. There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).

Alarm input

Please make sure alarm input mode is grounding alarm input.

Grounding signal is needed for alarm input.

Alarm input needs the low level voltage signal.

Alarm input mode can be either NC (normal Open) or NO (Normal Close)

When you are connecting two DVRs or you are connecting one DVR and one other device, please

use a relay to separate them,

Alarm output

The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It shall be less than 1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the co contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load.

How to connect PTZ decoder

Ensure the decoder has the same grounding with DVR, otherwise you may not control the PTZ. Shielded twisted wire is recommended and the shielded layer is used to connect to the grounding. b.

Avoid high voltage. Ensure proper wiring and some thunder protection measures. c.

For too long signal wires, 120Ω should be parallel connected between A, B lines on the far end to reduce reflection and guarantee the signal quality. d.

“485 A, B” of DVR cannot parallel connect with “485 port” of other device. e.

The voltage between of A,B lines of the decoder should be less than 5v.

Please make sure the front-end device has soundly earthed.

Improper grounding may result in chip damage.

3.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details

You can refer to the following sheet X for alarm input and output information.

Important Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel.

2U Series

1，2，3，4

ALARM 1 to ALARM 4. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.

NO1 C1， NO2 C2， NO3 C3，

NO4 C4, NO5 C5 NC5

The first four are four groups of normal open activation output (on/off button) NO5 C5 NC5 is a group of NO/NC activation output (on/off button)

Earth cable.

T+, T-, R+, R-

RS485 port

485 A/B

485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as PTZ. Please parallel connect 120TΩ between A/B cables if there are too many PTZ decoders.

2U Series (16ch)

1，2，3，4,, 5, 6, 7,

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16

ALARM 1 to ALARM 16. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.

NO1 C1， NO2 C2， NO3 C3，

NO4 C4, NO5 C5 NC5

The first four are four groups of normal open activation output (on/off button) NO5 C5 NC5 is a group of NO/NC activation output (on/off button)

CTRL 12V

Control power output. You need to close the device power to cancel the alarm.

+12V

It is external power input. Need the peripheral equipment to provide +12V power (below 1A).

Earth cable.

T+, T-, R+, R-

RS485 port

485 A/B

485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as PTZ. Please parallel connect 120TΩ between A/B cables if there are too many PTZ decoders.

3.8.2 Alarm Input Port

Please refer to the following sheet for more information. 

Normal open or Normal close type.

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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)



Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

3.8.3 Alarm Output Port



Provide power to peripheral alarm device.

Figure 3-5



To avoid overloading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully.



RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

Relay Specification

Model:

XRC-27F

Material of the touch

Silver

Rating （Resistance

Rated switch capacity

30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A

Maximum switch power

125VA 160W

Load） Maximum switch voltage

250VAC, 220VDC

Maximum switch currency

Insulation

Between touches with same polarity

1000VAC 1minute

Between touches with different polarity

1000VAC 1minute Between touch and winding

1000VAC 1minute

Surge voltage

Between touches with same polarity

1500V (10×160us)

Length of open time

3ms max

Length of close time

3ms max

Longevity Mechanical

50×106 times (3Hz)

Electrical

200×103 times (0.5Hz)

Temperature

-40℃ ~+70℃

3.9 RS232

You can connect the DVR with POS or Keyboard through RS232. With POS system, the DVR can communicate through RS232 and network. For the POS system, the DVR can integrate the text content and even search the record through the info. The series DVR also support NKB operation. 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:

Assemble the KBD keyboard according to the instructions in its accompanying installation

manual.

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

3.10 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. See X289H289H289HFigure 3-8X. 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:

Connect RS485 A,B on the DVR rear panel.

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

Please follow the instructions to configure a camera to enable each PTZ device on the DVR.

3.11 Other Interfaces

There are still other interfaces on the DVR, such as USB ports. You can refer to the Figure 3-6 for more information.

2U Series

Figure 3-6

4 Overview of Navigation and Controls

Note: All the operations listed below are based on the 2U series product.

Before operation, please make sure: 

You have properly installed HDD and all the cable connections.



The provided input power and the device power are matched.



The external power shall be DC 12V (For 1U series product only) or AC90~264V 50+2% Hz. For 1.5U and 2U series product).



Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure.

4.1

4.1.1 Login

After system booted up, system pops up the startup wizard. Click the Cancel button; you can go to the system login interface. Click the Next Step button; you can go to the startup wizard interface. Here you can set the system basic information. See Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1

The system login interface is shown as in Figure 4-2. 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)

You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote control or keyboard to input. About input method: Click to switch between numeral, English character (small/capitalized) and denotation.

Note: For security reason, please modify password after you first login.

Within 30 minutes, three times login failure will result in system alarm and six times login failure will result in account lock!

4.1.2 Main Menu

Figure 4-2

After you logged in, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 4-3. 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 submenu.

4.1.3 Logout

There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option:

Figure 4-3

In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4

There are several options for you. See Figure 4-5.

Figure 4-5

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. Note: Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data completely!

4.2

Live Viewing

After you logged in, 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

Video loss

Motion detection

Camera lock

Preview Control The preview control function has the following features. 

Support preview playback.



In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback time.

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Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback start time.

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Support playback, pause and exit function.

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Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.

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Support digital zoom function.

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Support real-time backup function. You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction. Preview control interface Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops up the preview control interface. See Figure 4-6. If your mouse stays in this area for more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.

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Figure 4-6

You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

Name

Function

Realtime playback

It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback time. System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such record in current channel.

Digital zoom

It is to zoom in specified zone of current channel. It supports zoom in function of multiplechannel.

The selected area has an icon as and the free area is shown as an icon as .

Real-time backup function

It is to backup the video of current channel to the USB device. System can not backup the video of multiple-channel at the same time. Current selected backup channel has an icon as

and the free channel is shown as an icon as

. .

Once the backup started, you can see the free channel is shown as an icon as .

Exit

Playback control The playback control has the following features. 

Support play, pause, and exit and drag function. 

During the preview playback process, you can not see the channel title and record status

of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the

preview playback. 

During the preview playback, you can not switch the displayed channel or change

current window-display mode. 

Please note, the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. System

automatically exits the preview playback function and its corresponding interface when

the tour function started. You can not control the preview playback until the tour function

ended.

4.3

Manual Record

Note:

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

4.3.1 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 4-7.

4.3.2 Basic operation

There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Please 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.

4.3.3 Enable/disable record

Figure 4-7

Please check current channel status: “○” means it is not in recording status, “●” means it is in recording status. You can use mouse or direction key to highlight channel number. See Figure 4-8.

4.3.4 Enable all channel recording

Figure 4-8

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

All channel schedule record Please highlight “ALL” after “Schedule”. See Figure 4-9. 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 4-9

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All channel manual record Please highlight “ALL” after “Manual.” See Figure 4-10. 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.

4.3.5 Stop all channel recording

Figure 4-10

Please highlight “ALL” after “Stop”. See Figure 4-11. System stops all channel recording no matter what mode you have set in the menu (Main menu->Setting->Schedule)

Figure 4-11

4.4

Search & Playback

Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-12. Usually there are three file types: 

R: Regular recording file. 

A: External alarm recording file. 

M: Motion detection recording file.

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7 10 8

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Figure 4-12

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

Name

Function

Display window

Here is to display the searched picture or file. Support 1/4/9/16-window playback.

Search type

Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file. You can select to play from the read-write HDD or the connected external

device.

Calendar

The blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no

picture or file.

In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the corresponding

record file trace in the time bar.

Playback mode and channel selection

Playback mode：1/4/9/16. (It may vary due to different series.)

In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels. In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your requirement. In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16 channels.

pane.

In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32

channels. The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel option.

File list switch button

Double click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day. The file list is to display the first channel of the record file. The system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the /or the mouse to

view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click the ENTER button to playback.

You can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search. File type ： R—regular record ； A—external alarm record ； M—Motion detect

record.

Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock.

The file you locked will not be overwritten.

Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file. Return: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and channel

setup interface. Please note: System max locks 16 files. The size of the locked file shall be less than the 1/4 of

the HDD total space. The first 16G of each partition can not be locked. System can only lock one file at one time and can not lock the extra stream. For

the file that is writing or overwriting, it can not be locked.

Card number search

The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.

Playback control pane.

►/"

Play/Pause There are three ways for you to begin playback. 

The play button

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Double click the valid period of the time bar.

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Double click the item in the file list.

In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.

■

Stop

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Backward play In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play. Click it again to pause current play. In backward play mode, click

►/"

to restore normal play.

│/ │

In playback mode, click it to play the next or the previous section. You can click continuously when you are watching the files from the same channel. In normal play mode, when you pause current play, you can click │ and │to begin frame by frame playback. In frame by frame playback mode, click

►/"

to restore normal playback.

►

Slow play In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow play 1, slow play 2, and etc.

Fast forward In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and etc.

Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.

Smart search

The volume of the playback

Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot 1 picture per second.

Time bar

It is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.

In 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other

playback mode, there is only one time bar. Use the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system begins

playback.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file. The green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the

external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.

Time bar unit

●The option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file.

Backup

Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. System max supports files from four channels. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup menu. Click the start button to begin the backup operation. Check the file again you can cancel current selection. System max supports to display 32 files from one channel.

Clip

It is to edit the file.

●Please play the file you want to edit and then click this button when you want to edit. You can see the corresponding slide bar in the time bar of the corresponding channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end time. Click this button again and then save current contents in a new file. .

Record type

In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.

Smart search

Click the button, system begins smart search. System supports 396(22*18 PAL) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. See Figure 4-13.

Figure 4-13

Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops smart search playback. Please note: 

When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin motion

detect. Click the motion detect button to begin play.

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Once the motion detect play has begun, click button again will terminate current motion detect file play.

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The system will take the whole play zone as the motion detect region by default.

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If you select to play other file in the file list, system switches to motion detect play pf other file.

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During the motion detect play process, you can not implement operations such as change time bar, begin backward playback or frame by frame playback. .

Important System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen mode.

Other Functions

Other channel synchronization switch to play when playback

When playing the file, click the number button, system can switch to the same period of the corresponding channel to play.

Digital zoom

When the system is in full-screen playback mode, left click the mouse in the screen. 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.

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.

4.5

Schedule

After system booted 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 4-14. 

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.

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Pre-record: System can pre-record the video before the event occurs into the file. The value ranges from 1 to 30 seconds depending on the bit stream.

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Redundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. It allows you backup recorded file in two disks. 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) Please refer to chapter 4.4.1.2 for detailed information. Please note this function is null if there is only one HDD.

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Snapshot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when alarm occurs.

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Record types: There are four types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.

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Holiday setting: Click it you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-15. Here you can set holiday date. Check the box, it means current channel shall record as your holiday setup. Please go to the Period interface to set the holiday date record setup.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing 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 color stands for regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm recording. The white means the MD and alarm record is valid. Once you have set to record when the MD and alarm occurs, system will not record neither motion detect occurs nor the alarm occurs.

Figure 4-14

Figure 4-15

4.5.1.1 Quick Setup

Copy function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting in channel 1, click Copy button, you can go to interface Figure 4-16. You can see current channel name is grey such as channel 1. Now you can select the channel you wan to paste such as channel 5/6/7. If you wan to save current setup of channel 1 to all channels, you can click the first box “ALL”. Click the OK button to save current copy setup. Click the OK button in the Encode interface, the copy function succeeded. Please note, if you select ALL in Figure 4-16, the record setup of all channels are the same and the Copy button becomes hidden.

Figure 4-16

4.5.1.2 Redundancy

Redundancy function allows you to memorize record file in several disks. 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 4-14. 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 4-17. 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:

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If current channel is not recording, current setup gets activated when the channel begin recording the next time.

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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.

Figure 4-17

Playback or search in the redundant disk. There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk.

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Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu->Advanced->HDD management). See Figure 4-17.System needs to reboot to get setup activated. Now you can search or playback file in redundant disk.

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Dismantle the disk and play it in another PC.

4.5.2 Snapshot

4.5.2.1 Schedule Snapshot In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and frequency. See the interface on the left of Figure 4-18.

Note: The HD-SDI series product supports 1080P, 720P, D1, HD1, 2CIF, CIF, QCIF resolution. The 960H supports 960H, D1, HD1, 2CIF, CIF, QCIF resolution.

In FTP (Main Menu->Network->Network Setting) interface, please input upload interval. See the interface in the middle of Figure 4-18. In Schedule interface, please enable snapshot function. See interface on the right of Figure 4-18. Please refer to the following figure for detailed information. See Figure 4-18.

4.5.2.2 Activation Snapshot

Figure 4-18

Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred.

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In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and frequency. See the interface on the left of Figure 4-19.

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In FTP interface please input upload interval. See the interface in the middle of Figure 4-18.

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In Detect interface please enable snapshot function for specified channels (interface in the middle of Figure 4-19). Or in alarm interface (interface on the right of Figure 4-19) please enable snapshot function for specified channels.

Please refer to the following figure for detailed information. See Figure 4-19.

Figure 4-19

4.5.2.3 Priority

Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.

4.5.3 Image FTP

In Network interface, you can set FTP server information. Please enable FTP function and then click save button. See Figure 4-20. Please boot up corresponding FTP server. Please enable schedule snapshot (Chapter 4.4.2.1) or activation snapshot (Chapter 4.4.2.2) first, now system can upload the image file to the FTP server.

Please input the corresponding information here, if you just upload the image FTP.

Figure 4-20

4.6 Detect

4.5.1 Go to Detect Menu

In the main menu, from Setting to Detect, you can see motion detect interface. See Figure 4-21.There is three detection types: motion detection, video loss, camera masking.

4.5.2 Motion Detect

Detection menu is shown as below. See Figure 4-21 

Event type: from the dropdown list you can select motion detection type.

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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)

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Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting for a specified time. The value ranges from 10-300(Unit: second)

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Region: Click select button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-22. Here you can set motion detection zone. There are 396(PAL)/330(NTSC) small zones. The green zone is current cursor position. Grey zone is the motion detection zone. Black zone is the disarmed zone. You can click Fn button to switch between the arm mode and disarm mode. In arm mode, you can click the direction buttons to move the green rectangle to set the motion detection zone. After you completed the setup, please click ENTER button to exit current setup. Do remember click save button to save current setup. If you click ESC button to exit the region setup interface system will not save your zone setup.

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Sensitivity: System supports 6 levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity.

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Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled this function.

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Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you enabled current function.

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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 X305H305H305HFigure 4-23X.

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Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-24. Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In Figure 4-24 click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-25. Here you can set your own setup for business day and non-business day.

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Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time.

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Alarm output: when alarm occurred, system enables peripheral alarm devices.

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Tour: Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. System one-window tour. Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup.

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Snapshot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image 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 4-22, 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.

Figure 4-21

Figure 4-22

Figure 4-23

Figure 4-24

4.5.3 Video Loss

Figure 4-25

In Figure 4-21, select video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in Figure 4-26.This function allows you to be informed when video loss phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function. Tips: You can enable preset activation operation when video loss occurs. Please refer to chapter 4.5.2 motion detection for detailed information.

4.5.4 Camera Masking

Figure 4-26

When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Camera masking interface is shown as in Figure 4-27. Tips: You can enable preset/tour/pattern activation operation when video loss occurs. Please refer to chapter 4.5.2 motion detection for detailed information.

Note: In Detect interface, 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.

Figure 4-27

4.7

Alarm Setup and Alarm Activation

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

4.7.1 Go to alarm setup interface

In the main menu, from Setting to Alarm, you can see alarm setup interface. See Figure 4-28.

4.7.2 Alarm setup

Alarm interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-28. 

Alarm in: Here is for you to select channel number.

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Event type: There are two types. One is local input and the other is network input.

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Type: normal open or normal close.

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PTZ activation: When an alarm occurred, system can activate the PTZ operation. The PTZ activation lasts an anti-dither period.

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In the Pan/Tilt/Zoom interface (Main menu->Setting-> Pan/Tilt/Zoom), please set video channel, speed dome protocol and etc.

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Select the channel of current speed dome as current monitor video and the right click mouse to select Pan/Tilt/Zoom item. Now you can set preset, tour pattern.

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In Figure 4-28, click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-29. Here you can set the activation operation such as preset tour, pattern and enable.

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Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-30. Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In Figure 4-30, click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-31. Here you can set your own setup for business day and non-business day.

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Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time. The value ranges from 5 to 600s. The antidither time refers to the alarm signal lasts time. It can be seem as the alarm signal activation stays such as the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, channel record. The stay time

here does not include the latch time. During the alarm process, the alarm signal can begin an anti-dither time if system detects the local alarm again. The screen prompt, alarm upload, email and etc will not be activated. For example, if you set the anti-dither time as 10 second, you can see the each activation may last 10s if the local alarm is activated. During the process, if system detects another local alarm signal at the fifth second, the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, record channel will begin another 10s while the screen prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated again. After 10s, if system detects another alarm signal, it can generate an alarm since the anti-dither time is out.

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Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled this function.

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Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you enabled current function.

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Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs.

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Record channel: you can select proper channel to record alarm video (Multiple choices).

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You need to set alarm record mode as Schedule in Record interface (Main Menu>Advanced->Record). Please note the manual record has the highest priority. System record all the time no matter there is an alarm or not if you select Manual mode.

 Now you can go to the Schedule interface (Main Menu->Setting->Schedule) to set the

record type, corresponding channel number, week and date. You can select the record type:Regular/MD/Alarm/MD&Alarm. Please note, you can not select the MD&Alarm and MD(or Alarm) at the same time.

 Now you can go to the Encode interface to select the alarm record and set the encode

parameter (Main Menu->Setting->Encode).

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Finally, you can set the alarm input as the local alarm and then select the record channel. The select channel begins alarm record when an alarm occurred. Please note system begins the alarm record instead of the MD record if the local alarm and MD event occurred at the same time.

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Latch: When the anti-dither time ended, the channel alarm you select in the alarm output may last the specified period. The value ranges from 1 to 300 seconds. This function is not for other alarm activation operations. The latch is still valid even you disable the alarm event function directly. .

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Tour: Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. System supports one-window tour. Please go to chapter 5.3.9 Display for tour interval setup.

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Snapshot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when alarm occurs.

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Video matrix: Check the box to enable this function. The video matrix output can display the alarm video of current channel when there is an alarm signal.

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Buzzer: Highlight the icon to enable this function. The buzzer beeps when alarm occurs.

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Snapshot: For snapshot operation, please refer to chapter 4.4.2. Note: The network alarm means the alarm signal from the TCP/IP. You can enable the network alarm function via the net SDK. The network alarm does not have the device type; anti-dither and alarm upload function. The rest items are the same.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After setting all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 4-28

Figure 4-29

Figure 4-30

Figure 4-31

4.8 Backup

DVR support USB device backup and network download. Here we introduce USB backup. You can refer to Chapter 7 Web Client Operation for network download backup operation.

4.7.1 Detect Device

Click backup button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-32. Here is for you to view devices information. You can view backup device name and its total space and free space. The device includes USB burner, flash disk, SD card, and portable HDD.

4.8.1 Backup

Figure 4-32

Select backup device and then set channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed below. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained. See Figure 4-33. 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 files. There is a process bar for you reference. When the system completes backup, you can see a dialogue box prompting successful backup.

Figure 4-33

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. 

File format: Click the file format; you can see there are two options: DAV/ASF. 

Picture backup: Please set the corresponding time, channel and then select the type as

PIC from the dropdown list. See Figure 4-34. Please click the Add button and then select

the pictures. Click the Start button; you can copy the specified pictures to the selected

portable devices.

Figure 4-34

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One key backup: It includes three steps: the search, select all, start the backup. You can

skip the above three steps and then copy all the searched files directly. The file name format usually is: SN_CH+channel number+time Y+M+D+H+M+S. In the file name, the YDM format is the same as you set in general interface. (Main Menu ->Setting >General).File extension name is .dav.

Tips:

During backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface for other operation. The system will not terminate backup process.

Note:

When you click stop button during the burning process, the stop function becomes activated immediately. For example, if there are ten files, when you click stop system just backup five files, system only save the previous 5 files in the device (But you can view ten file names).

4.9 PTZ Control and Color Setup

Note: All the operations here are based on PELCOD protocol. For other protocols, there might be a little difference.

4.8.1 Cable Connection

Please follow the procedures below to go on cable connection

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Connect the dome RS485 port to DVR 485 port. 

Connect dome video output cable to DVR video input 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. Decoder 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 4-35. Here you can set the following items: 

Channel: select the current camera channel. 

Protocol: select corresponding PTZ protocol(such 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 none.

Figure 4-35

After completing all the setting please click save button. In one window display mode, right click mouse (click “Fn” Button in the front panel or click “Fn” key in the remote control). The interface is shown as in Figure 4-36.

Figure 4-36

Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-37. Here you can set the following items: 

Step: value ranges fro 1 to 8. 

Zoom 

Focus 

Iris Please click icon and to adjust zoom, focus and iris.

Figure 4-37

In Figure 4-37, please click direction arrows (See Figure 4-38) to adjust PTZ position. There are total 8 direction arrows.

Figure 4-38

4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key

In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. SeeFigure 4-39.X Please make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control.

Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size. The dragged zone supports 4X to 16X speeds. It can realize PTZ automatically. The smaller zone you dragged, the higher the speed.

Here is a sheet for you reference.

Figure 4-39

Name

Function key

function

Shortcut key

Function

key

function

Shortcut

Key

Zoom

Near

Far

Focus

Near

│





Far

►│

Iris close





Open



4.10 Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan

In Figure 4-37, please click the “set” button. The interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-40. Here you can set the following items: 

Preset 

Tour 

Pattern 

Border

Figure 4-40

In X328H328H328H Figure 4-37, click page switch button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-41. Here you can activate the following functions: 

Preset 

Tour 

Pattern 

Auto scan 

Auto pan 

Flip 

Reset 

Page switch

Figure 4-41

Note: 

Preset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameter. You can define it as

you require. 

You need to refer to your speed dome user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it

can be used for special process. 

The following setups are usually operated in the X332H332H332HFigure 4-37, Figure 4-40 and Figure 4-41.

4.9.1 Preset Setup

In Figure 4-37, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. In Figure 4-40, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-

42. Now you can add this preset to one tour.

4.9.2 Activate Preset

Figure 4-42

In Figure 4-41, please input preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.

4.9.3 Patrol setup (Tour Setup)

In Figure 4-38, click patrol button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-43.Input preset number and add this preset to a patrol (tour). For each patrol (tour), you can input max 80 presets.

Figure 4-43

4.9.4 Activate Patrol (tour)

In X341H341H341H Figure 4-40, input patrol (tour) number in the No. blank and click patrol button

4.9.5 Pattern Setup

In Figure 4-40, click pattern button and then click “begin” button. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-44. Then you can go to Figure 4-37 X to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back to Figure 4-44 and click “end” button. You can memorize all these operations as pattern

4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function

Figure 4-44

In X346H346H346H Figure 4-39, input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button.

4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup

In X347H347H347H Figure 4-38, click border button. The interface is shown as in X348H348H348H Figure 4-43. Please go to X349H349H349H X349H349H349HFigure 4-35, use direction arrows to select camera left limit Then please go to X350H350H350H Figure 4-43X and click left limit button Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

4.9.8 Activate Auto Scan

Figure 4-45

In Figure 4-41, click “Auto Scan” button, the system begins auto scan. Correspondingly, the auto scan button becomes Stop button. Click stop button to terminate scan operation.

4.11 Flip

In Figure 4-41, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-46. Here you can set auxiliary function. The aux value has relation ship with the Aux button of the decoder. Click page switch button again, system goes back to Figure 4-37.

Figure 4-46

5 Understanding of Menu Operations and Controls

5.1

Menu Tree

This series DVR menu tree is shown as below.

Backup

Information

Setting

HDD Info BPS Log Version Online Users

General Encode Schedule RS232

Menu Network

Alarm Detect Pan/ Tilt/Zoom Display Default

Search Advanced

Shutdown

HDD Management Alarm Output Abnormity Manual Record Account Auto Maintain TV Adjust Video Matrix Title Overlay Config Backup

5.2

Main Menu

After you logged in, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 5-1.X There are total six icons: search, Information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown. Move the cursor to highlight the icon, then double click mouse to enter the sub-menu.

Figure 5-1

5.3

Setting

In main menu, highlight setting icon and double click mouse. System setting interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-2.

5.3.1 General

Figure 5-2

General setting includes the following items. See X357H357H357HFigure 5-3X. 

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 separator: There are three denotations to separate date: dot, beeline and solidus. 

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. Here 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. 

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 full. There are two options:

stop recording or rewrite. If current working HDD is overwritten or the current HDD is full

while the next HDD is no empty, then system stops recording, If the current HDD is full and

then next HDD is not empty, then system overwrites the previous files. 

Pack duration: Here is for you to specify record duration. The value ranges from 60 to 120

minutes. Default value is 60 minutes. 

DVR No: When you are using one remote control (not included in the accessory bag) to

control several DVRs, you can give a name to each DVR for your management. 

Video standard: There are two formats: NTSC and PAL. 

Auto logout: Here is for you to set auto logout interval once login user remains inactive for a

specified time. Value ranges from 0 to 60 minutes. 

Startup wizard: Once you check the box here, system will go to the startup wizard directly

when the system restarts the next time. Otherwise, it will go to the login interface. 

Device ID: Please input a corresponding device name here. 

Real-time playback: It is to set playback time you can view in the preview interface (chapter

4.2 Live Viewing). The value ranges from 5 to 60 minutes.



Startup wizard: Check the box here, system goes to the startup wizard when the device

boots up the next time. Otherwise, it goes to the system login interface directly. 

Navigation bar: Check the box here, system displays the navigation bar on the interface. Note: Since system time is very important, do not modify time casually unless there is a must! Before your time modification, please stop record operation first! After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 5-3

Figure 5-4

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. 

Type: Please select from the dropdown list. There are three options: regular/motion

detect/alarm. You can set the various encode parameters for different record types. 

Compression: System supports H.264. 

Resolution: System supports various resolutions, you can select from the dropdown list. The

main stream supports D1/HD1/BCIF/CIF/QCIF and the extra stream supports CIF/QCIF.

Please note the option may vary due to different series.

Note:

for HD-SDI series, the main code-stream types are 1080P/720P/D1/HD/2CIF/CIF/QCIF; Extra code-stream resolution supports 1080P/720P/D1/HD/2CIF/CIF/QCIF. b.

for 960H series, the main code-stream types are 960H/D1/HD/2CIF/CIF/QCIF; Extra

code-stream resolution supports 960H/D1/HD/2CIF/CIF/QCIF.

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Frame rate: It ranges from 1f/s to 25f/s in NTSC mode and 1f/s to 30f/s in PAL mode.

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Bit rate type: System supports two types: CBR and VBR. In VBR mode, you can set video quality.

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Quality: There are six levels ranging from 1 to 6. The si xth level has the highest image quality.

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Video/audio: You can enable or disable the video/audio.

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Overlay: Click overlay button, you can see an interface is shown in Figure 5-7.



Cover area (Privacy mask): Here is for you to set privacy mask section. You can drag you mouse to set proper section size. In one channel video, system max supports 4 zones in one channel.



Preview/monitor: privacy mask has two types. Preview and Monitor. Preview means the privacy mask zone can not be viewed by user when system is in preview status. Monitor means the privacy mask zone can not be view by the user when system is in monitor status.



Time display: You can select system displays time or not when you playback. Please click set button and then drag the title to the corresponding position in the screen.



Channel display: You can select system displays channel number or not when you playback. Please click set button and then drag the title to the corresponding position in the screen.



Copy：After you complete the setup, you can click Copy button to copy current setup to other channel(s). You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-8. You can see current

channel number is grey. Please check the number to select the channel or you can check the box ALL. Please click the OK button in Figure 5-8 and Figure 5-6 respectively to

complete the setup. Please note, once you check the All box, you set same encode setup for all channels. Audio/video enable box, overlay button and the copy button is shield. See Figure 5-9.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

Figure 5-6

Figure 5-7

Figure 5-8

Figure 5-9

5.3.3 Schedule

Please refer to chapter 4.4 schedule.

5.3.4 RS232

RS232 interface is shown as below. There are five items. See Figure 5-10. 

Function: There are various devices for you to select. Console is for you to use the COM or mini-end software to upgrade or debug the program. The control keyboard is for you to control the device via the special keyboard. Transparent COM (adapter) is to connect to the PC to transfer data directly. Protocol COM is for card overlay function. Network keyboard is for you to use the special keyboard to control the device. PTZ matrix is to connect to the peripheral matrix control.

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Baud rate: You can select proper baud rate.



Data bit: You can select proper data bit. The value ranges from 5 to 8.



Stop bit: There are three values: 1/1.5/2.



Parity: there are five choices: none/odd/even/space mark.

System default setup is: 

Function: Console



Baud rate:115200



Data bit:8



Stop bit:1



Parity: None

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

Figure 5-10

5.3.5 Network

Here is for you to input network information. 

IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 (Figure 5-11) and IPv6 (Figure 5-12). Right now, system supports these two IP address format and you can access via them.



MAC address: The host in the LAN can get a unique MAC address. It is for you to access in the LAN. It is read-only.



IP address: Here you can use up/down button ( ) or input the corresponding number to input IP address. Then you can set the corresponding subnet mask the default gateway.



Subnet prefix: The input value ranges from 0 to 128. It is to mark a specified network MAC address. Usually it includes an organization of multiple-level.



Default gateway: Here you can input the default gateway. Please note system needs to

check the validity of all IPv6 addresses. The IP address and the default gateway shall be in the same IP section. That is to say, the specified length of the subnet prefix shall have the same string.



DHCP: It is to auto search IP. When enable 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 zero. You need to disable DHCP function to view current IP information. Besides, when PPPoE is operating, you can not modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway.

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TCP port: Default value is 37777. You can change if necessary.



UDP port: Default value is 37778. You can change if necessary.



HTTP port: Default value is 80.



RTSP port: Default value is 554.

Important: System needs to reboot after you changed and saved any setup of the above four ports. Please make sure the port values here do not conflict.



Max connection: system support maximal 20 users. 0 means there is no connection limit.



Preferred DNS server: DNS server IP address.



Alternate DNS server: DNS server alternate address.



Transfer mode: Here you can select the priority between fluency/video qualities.



LAN download: System can process the downloaded data first if you enable this function. The download speed is 1.5X or 2.0X of the normal speed.

Important For the IP address of IPv6 version, default gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS, the input value shall be 128-digit. It shall not be left in blank.

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

Figure 5-11

Subnet Prefix

Figure 5-12

5.3.5.1 Network Setting

Network setting interface is shown as in Figure 5-13. Please check the box to enable corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface.

5.3.5.2 IP Filter

Figure 5-13

IP filter interface is shown as in Figure 5-14 (IPv4) and Figure 5-15 (IPv6). You can add IP in the following list. The list supports max 64 IP addresses. Please note after you enabled this function, only the IP listed below can access current DVR. If you disable this function, all IP addresses can access current DVR. The system supports IPv4 and IPv6 address format. Please note: 

If you input the IPv6 address format, system needs to check its validity and optimize its format. For example, it can optimize IP:”fe80::0054:0cff:fefa:1682” to ”fe80::54:cff:fefa:1682”.

Figure 5-14

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

GMT+10

Hawaii

GMT-10

Alaska

GMT-9

Pacific Time(P.T)

GMT-8

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

5.3.5.3 NTP Setup

You need to install SNTP 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 5-16. 

Host IP: Input your PC address.



Port: This series DVR supports TCP transmission only. Port default value is 123.



Update interval: minimum value is 1. Max value is 65535. (Unit: minute)



Time zone: select your corresponding time zone here.



Manual update: It allows you to synchronize the time with the server manually.

Here is a sheet for your time zone setup.

Figure 5-16

5.3.5.4 Multiple Cast Setup

Multiple-cast setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-17.

Figure 5-17

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

IP multiple cast group address

-224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-“D” address space 

The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110”



Reserved local multiple cast group address

-224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255

-TTL=1 When sending out telegraph

-For example

224.1.1.1 All systems in the sub-net

224.1.1.2 All routers in the sub-net

224.1.1.4 DVMRP router

224.1.1.5 OSPF router

224.0.0.13 PIMv2 router



Administrative scoped addressees

-239.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-Private address space 

Like the single broadcast address of RFC1918



Can not be used in Internet transmission



Used for multiple cast broadcast in limited space.

Except the above mentioned addresses of special meaning, you can use other addresses. For example: Multiple cast IP: 235.8.8.36 Multiple cast PORT: 3666. After you logged in the Web, the Web can automatically get multiple cast address and add it to the multiple cast groups. You can enable real-time monitor function to view the view. Please note multiple cast function applies to special series only.

5.3.5.5 PPPoE

PPPoE interface is shown as in Figure 5-18. Input “PPPoE name” and “PPPoE password” you get from your ISP (Internet service provider). Click save button, you need to restart to activate your configuration. After rebooting, DVR will connect to internet automatically. The IP in the PPPoE is the DVR dynamic value. You can access this IP to visit the unit.

5.3.5.6 DDNS Setup

Figure 5-18

DDNS setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-19. You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there is the DDNS software running in this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server). In network DDNS, please select DDNS type and highlight enable item. Them please input your PPPoE name you get from you IPS and server IP (PC with DDNS ) . Click save button and then reboot system. Click save button, system prompts for rebooting to get all setup activated. After rebooting, open IE and input as below: http：//(DDNS server IP)/(virtual directory name)/webtest.htm

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

Figure 5-19

Please note NNDS type includes: CN99 DDNS, NO-IP DDNS, Private DDNS and Dyndns DDNS. All the DDNS can be valid at the same time, you can select as you requirement. Private DDNS function shall work with special DDNS server and special Professional Surveillance Software (PSS).

Private DDNS and Client-end Introduction

1) Background Introduction

Device IP is not fixed if you use ADSL to login the network. The DDNS function allows you to access the DVR via the registered domain name. Besides the general DDNS ,the private DDNS works with the device from the manufacturer so that it can add the extension function.

2) Function Introduction

The private DDNS client has the same function as other DDNS client end. It realizes the bonding of the domain name and the IP address. Right now, current DDNS server is for our own devices only. You need to refresh the bonding relationship of the domain and the IP regularly. There is no user name, password or the ID registration on the server. At the same time, each device has a default domain name (Generated by MAC address) for your option. You can also use customized valid domain name (has not registered.).

3) Operation

Before you use our private DDNS, you need to enable this service and set proper server address, port value and domain name.



Server address：www.ddns.com



Port number：80



Domain name：There are two modes: Default domain name and customized domain name. Except default domain name registration, you can also use customized domain name (You can input your self-defined domain name.) After successful registration, you can use domain name to login installed of the device IP. 

User name: It is optional. You can input your commonly used email address. Important



Do not register frequently. The interval between two registrations shall be more than 60

seconds. Too many registration requests may result in server attack. 

System may take back the domain name that is idle for one year. You can get a notification

email before the cancel operation if your email address setup is OK.

5.3.5.7 UPNP

The UPNP protocol is to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please input the router IP address in the LAN in Figure 5-12. Double click the UPNP item in Figure 5-13, you can see the following interface. See Figure 5-20. 

UPNP on/off ：Turn on or off the UPNP function of the device. 

Status: When the UPNP is offline, it shows as “Unknown”. When the UPNP works it shows

“Success” 

Router LAN IP: It is the router IP in the LAN. 

WAN IP: It is the router IP in the WAN. 

Port Mapping list： The port mapping list here is the one to one relationship with the router’s

port mapping setting. 

Enable Switch : ：It shows that the function of port mapping is enabled in this port. 

List：



Service name：Defined by user.



Protocol： Protocol type



Internal port：Port that has been mapped in the router.



External port：Port that has been mapped locally.



Default: UPNP default port setting is the HTTP, TCP and UDP of the DVR. 

Add to the list: Click it to add the mapping relationship. 

Delete: Click it to remove one mapping item. Double click one item; you can change the corresponding mapping information. See Figure 5-21.

Important: When you are setting the router external port, please use 1024~5000 port. Do not use wellknown port 1~255 and the system port 256~1023 to avoid conflict. For the TCP and UDP, please make sure the internal port and external port are the same to guarantee the proper data transmission.

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Figure 5-20

5.3.5.8 WIFI Setting

Figure 5-21

You can view the WIFI connection status in the Network Setting interface. See Figure 5-22. You can view current connection status and IP address if there is a connection.

Figure 5-22

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The WIFI interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-23. 

Auto connect WIFI: Check the box here, system automatically connects to the previous WIFI

hotspot. 

Refresh: You can click it to search the hotspot list again. It can automatically add the

information such as the password if you have set it before. 

Disconnect: Here you can click it to turn off the connection. 

Connect: Here you can click it to connect to the hotspot. System needs to turn off current

connection and then connect to a new hotspot if there is connection of you selected one.

See Figure 5-24.

Figure 5-23

Figure 5-24

After successfully connection, you can see the following interface. You can see it is connected now. See Figure 5-24.

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Figure 5-25



WIFI working status: Here you can view current connection status. Please note: 

After successful connection, you can see WIFI connection icon at the top right corner of the

preview interface. 

When the hotspot verification type is WEP, system displays as AUTO since the device can

not detect its encryption type. 

System does not support verification type WPA and WPA2. The display may become

abnormal for the verification type and encryption type. After device successfully connected to the WIFI, you can view the hotspot name, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and etc. See Figure 5-26.

Figure 5-26

5.3.5.9 Email

The email interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-27. 

SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here. 

Port: Please input corresponding port value here. 

User name: Please input the user name to login the sender email box. 

Password: Please input the corresponding password here. 

Sender: Please input sender email box here.

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

Title: Please input email subject here. System support English character and Arabic number.

Max 32-digit. 

Receiver: Please input receiver email address here. System max supports 3 email boxes. 

SSL enable: System supports SSL encryption box. 

Interval: The send interval ranges from 0 to 3600 seconds. 0 means there is no interval. 

Health email enable: Please check the box here to enable this function. This function allows

the system to send out the test email to check the connection is OK or not. 

Interval: Please check the above box to enable this function and then set the corresponding

interval. System can send out the email regularly as you set here. Click the Test button, you

can see the corresponding dialogue box to see the email connection is OK or not. See

Figure 5-28. Please note system will not send out the email immediately when the alarm occurs. When the alarm, motion detection or the abnormity event activates the email, system sends out the email according to the interval you specified here. This function is very useful when there are too many emails activated by the abnormity events, which may result in heavy load for the email server.

Figure 5-27

Figure 5-28

5.3.5.10 FTP

You need to download or buy FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to establish FTP service.

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Please install Ser-U FTP 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 5-29.

Figure 5-29

You can use a PC or FTP login tool to test setup is right or not. For example, you can login user ZHY to H140H140H140HTUFTP://10.10.7.7UTH and then test it can modify or delete folder or not. See Figure 5-30.

Figure 5-30

System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. In Figure 5-209, select FTP and then double click mouse. You can see the following interface. See Figure 5-31.



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

Here you can input FTP server address, port and remote directory. When remote directory is

null, system automatically create folders according to the IP, time and channel. 

User name and password is the account information for you to login the FTP. 

Now you can set upload file length, picture upload interval, upload file channel, time and

type.

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File length is upload file length. When setup is larger than the actual file length, system will upload the whole file. When setup here is smaller than the actual file length, system

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only uploads the set length and auto ignore the left section. When interval value is 0, system uploads all corresponding files.



At the same time, you can set two periods, three record files for different channels.



Click the Test button, you can see the corresponding dialogue box to see the FTP

connection is OK or not. See Figure 5-32.

Figure 5-31

Figure 5-32

5.3.5.11 Alarm Centre

This interface is reserved for you to develop.

5.3.5.12 SNMP

SNMP is an abbreviation of Simple Network Management Protocol. It provides the basic network management frame of the network management system. The SNMP widely used in many environments. It is used in many network device, software and system. You can set in the following interface. See Figure 5-33.

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Figure 5-33

Please enable the SNMP function. Use the corresponding software tool (MIB Builder and MGSOFT MIB Browser. You still need two MIB file: BASE-SNMP-MIB, DVR- SNMP-MIB) to connect to the device. You can get the device corresponding configuration information after successfully connection. Please follow the steps listed below to configure. 

In Figure 5-33, check the box to enable th e SNMP function. Input the IP address of the PC

than is running the software in the Trap address. You can use default setup for the rest

items. 

Compile the above mentioned two MIB file via the software MIB Builder. 

Run MG-SOFT MIB Browser to load the file from the previous step to the software. 

Input the device IP you want to manage in the MG-SOFT MIB Browser. Please set the

corresponding version for your future reference. 

Open the tree list on the MG-SOFT MIB Browser; you can get the device configuration. Here

you can see the device has how many video channels, audio channels, application version

and etc.

5.3.5.13 Auto register

This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the DVR and etc via the proxy. Here the proxy has a switch function. In the network service, device supports the server address of IPv4 or domain. Please follow the steps listed below to use this function. Please set proxy server address, port, and sub-device name at the device-end. Please enable the auto register function, the device can auto register to the proxy server.

1) The setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-34. Important Do not input network default port such as TCP port number.

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Figure 5-34

2) The proxy server software developed from the SDK. Please open the software and input the global setup. Please make sure the auto connection port here is the same as the port you set in the previous step.

3) Now you can add device. Please do not input default port number such as the TCP port in the mapping port number. The device ID here shall be the same with the ID you input in Figure 5-34. Click Add button to complete the setup.

4) Now you can boot up the proxy server. When you see the network status is Y, it means your registration is OK. You can view the proxy server when the device is online. Important The server IP address can also be domain. But you need to register a domain name before you run proxy device server.

5.3.6 Alarm

Please refer to 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 setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 5-35. 

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 choices: none/odd/even. After completed all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. For detailed setup, please refer to chapter 4.9 preset/patrol/pattern/scan.

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5.3.9 Display

Figure 5-35

Display setup interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-36. 

Transparency: Here is for you to adjust transparency. The value ranges from 128 to 255. 

Channel name: Here is for you to modify channel name. System max support 25-digit (The

value may vary due to different series). Please note all your modification here only applies to

DVR local end. You need to open web or client end to refresh channel name. 

Time display: You can select to display time or not when system is playback. 

Channel display: You can select to channel name or not when system is playback.  Resolution: There are four options: 1280×1024(default),1280×720,1024×768,800×600.

Please note the system needs to reboot to activate current setup. 

Image enhanced: Check the box; you can optimize the margin of the preview video. 

Enable tour: Activate tour function. 

Interval: System supports 1/4/8/9/16-window tour. Input proper interval value here. The

value ranges from 5-120 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. 

Monitor tour type: System support 1/8-window tour. 

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

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 5-36

In Figure 5-36, click modify button after channel. You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-

37. 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 5-37

In tour mode, you can see the following interface. On the right corner, right click mouse or click shift button, you can control the tour. There are two icons: stands for enabling window switch and stands for disabling window function. See Figure 5-38.

5.3.10 Default

Figure 5-38

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Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup. See X381H381H381HFigure 5-26. 

Select all 

General 

Encode 

Schedule

 RS232 

Network 

Alarm 

Detect 

Pan/tilt/zoom 

Display 

Channel name

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Warning! System menu color, language, time display mode, video format, IP address, user account will not maintain previous setup after default operation!

Figure 5-39

5.4

Please refer to chapter 4.3 Search.

5.5

Advanced

Double click advanced icon in the main window, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-40.There are total eight function keys: HDD management, alarm output, abnormity, manual record, account, auto maintenance, TV adjust and video matrix.

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5.5.1 HDD Management

Figure 5-40

Here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. See Figure 5-41. You can see current HDD type, status, capacity and record time. When HDD is working properly, system is shown as O. When HDD error occurred, system is shown as X. 

Alarm set: Click alarm set button, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-42. (This

interface is just like the abnormity setup). Please refer to chapter 5.5.2 for detailed

information. 

HDD operation: You can select HDD mode from the dropdown list such as read-only or you

can erase all data in the HDD. Please note system needs to reboot to get all the modification

activated.

Figure 5-41

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

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Figure 5-42

For the HDD group setup operation, please note: 

Each channel’s records can be stored into the specified HDD Group. 

Each HDD Group is corresponding to several hard disks, while one hard disk is only

included in one HDD Group. 

Each channel is only corresponding with one HDD Group, while one HDD Group can

store records from several channels. 

HDD Group is only available for read-write HDD and self-defined disks, other types of

hard disks cannot be set as HDD Group. Important: 

Current series software version can only set the HDD group operation of the read-write

HDDs. It is not for the redundancy HDD or read-only HDD.

HDD Setting Click the button “HDD Settings” at the top right corner of the Figure 5-41, system will pop up an interface as below. See Figure 5-43.



HDD: Here you can view the HDD amount the device can support. If there is a mark in

the front of the number, it means current position has installed a HDD. 

HDD Group: It lists the HDD Group number of current hard disk. When you are setting the HDD Group, please check the box of the hard disk, and then choose the corresponding HDD Group number and save the settings. Please note, one HDD is corresponding to one group, while one group can have many HDDs. The HDD group No. is corresponding HDD port, the HDD group No. may vary if you change the HDD. In Figure 5-43, you can see the system has two working hard disks at the first and second position, and the first hard disk belongs to HDD Group 1, the second hard disk belongs to HDD Group 2. Important Once you change the HDD Group settings, system will reboot!

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Figure 5-43

Channels Setting Click the button named with “Channels Settings” at the top right corner of the Figure 5-41, system will pop up an interface shown as in Figure 5-44. Channel: Here you can view the actual channel amount of the device. Group No.:It is the SN in the HDD group management. Here we can set HDD 1 and HDD 2 sets to as HDD group 1 and HDD group 2 respectively. You can see the HDD group option has only two options 1 and 2 when you set corresponding HDD group of the channel. When you set the channel setup, please select the corresponding channel such as 1 and 2, and then select the HDD group such as 1. Click the Save button, you can complete the setup. In the Figure 5-44, you set channel 1 and channel 3 to the corresponding HDD group2 and set channel 2 and channel 4 to channel 16 to HDD group 1. In this setup, the records from channel 1 and channel 3 are both saved in HDD of the group 2. The records from channel 2 and channel 4 to channel 16 are all saved in HDD of the group 1.

When you are setting the configurations of the channels setting, please select relevant channels first (such as channel 1 to 16), and then select the HDD Group NO. Please click the Save button to save current setup. Important 

Please make sure you have set HDD group for each channel, otherwise you can not save

current setup! 

Once you change the HDD Group settings, system will pack the records and then reboot! Tips There is an easy way for you to test whether the records from the corresponding channel is saved in the specified HDD. You can remove the HDD and then check the channel can record or not. You can see the channel does not record and you can not search the previous record now.

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5.5.2

Abnormity

Figure 5-44

Abnormity interface is shown as in Figure 5-45. 

Event type: There are several options for you such as disk error, no disk, disconnection,

IP conflict, MAC conflict and etc. 

Alarm output: Please select alarm activation output port (multiple choices). 

Latch: Here you can set corresponding delaying time. The value ranges from 10s-300s.

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

external alarm cancelled. 

Show message: system can pop up the message in the local screen to alert you when

alarm occurs. 

Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre)

if you enabled current function. 

Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs. 

Buzzer: Highlight the icon to enable this function. The buzzer beeps when alarm occurs.

Figure 5-45

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5.5.3 Alarm Output

Here is for you to set proper alarm output.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding alarm output. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu. See Figure 5-46.

Figure 5-46

5.5.4 Manual Record

Please refer to chapter 4.2.2 manual record.

5.5.5 Account

Here is for you to implement account management. See Figure 5-47. Here you can: 

Add new user 

Modify user 

Add group 

Modify group 

Modify password. For account management please note: 

For the user account name and the user group, the string max length is 6-byte. The

backspace in front of or at the back of the string is invalid. There can be backspace in the

middle. The string includes the valid character, letter, number, underline, subtraction sign,

and dot. 

System account adopts two-level management: group and user. No limit to group or user

amount. 

For group or user management, there are two levels: admin and 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 deleted. When there is

no login user, hidden user “default” automatically login. You can set some rights such as

monitor for this user so that you can view some channel view without login. 

One user should belong to one group. User right can not exceed group right. 

About reusable function: this function allows multiple users use the same account to login. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 5-47

5.5.5.1 Modify Password

Click password button, the interface is shown as in Figure 5-48. Here you can modify account password. Please select the account from the dropdown list, input the old password and then input the new password twice. Click the Save button to confirm current modification. For the users of user account right, it can modify password of other users.

Figure 5-48

5.5.5.2 Add/Modify Group

Click add group button, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-49. Here you can input group name and then input some memo information if necessary. There are total 60 rights such as control panel, shut down, real-time monitor, playback, record, record file backup, PTZ, user account, system information view, alarm input/output setup, system setup, log view, clear log, upgrade system, control device and etc. The modify group interface is similar to the Figure 5-49.

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Figure 5-49

5.5.5.3 Add/Modify User

Click add user button, the interface is shown as in Figure 5-50. Please input the user name, password, select the group it belongs to from the dropdown list. Then you can check the corresponding rights for current user. For convenient user management, usually we recommend the general user right is lower than the admin account. The modify user interface is similar to Figure 5-50.

Figure 5-50

5.5.6 Auto Maintain

Here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. You can set to delete the files for the specified days. See Figure 5-51. You can select proper setup from dropdown list. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 5-51

5.5.7 TV Adjust

Here is for you to adjust TV output setup. See Figure 5-52. Please drag slide bar to adjust each item. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu.

5.5.8 Video Matrix

Figure 5-52

Here you can set matrix output channel and its interval. See Figure 5-53. It can support the 1/4/9/16-window sport tour and you can specify the interval. Note: HD-SDI series does not support this function, 960H series only supports single-window spot tour.

Figure 5-53

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5.5.9 Card Overlay

The card overlay function is for financial areas. It includes Sniffer, information analysis and title overlay function. The Sniffer mode includes COM and network.

5.5.9.1 COM Type

The COM interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-54. 

Protocol: Please select from the dropdown list.



Setting: Click COM setting button, the interface is shown as in RS232 interface. Please refer

to Chapter 5.3.4 RS232. 

Overlay channel: Please select the channel you want to overlay the card number. 

Overlay mode: There are two options: preview and encode. Preview means overlay the card

number in the local monitor video. Encode means overlay the card number in the record file. 

Overlay Position: Here you can select the proper overlay position from the dropdown list.

5.5.9.2 Network Type

Figure 5-54

The network type interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-55. Here we take the ATM/POS protocol to continue. There are two types: with or without the protocol according to client’s requirements. With the protocol For ATM/POS with the protocol, you just need to set the source IP, destination IP (sometimes you need to input corresponding port number).

Figure 5-55

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Without the protocol For the ATM/POS without the protocol, the interface is shown as in Figure 5-56. Source IP refers to host IP address that sends out information (usually it is the device host.) Destination IP refers to other systems that receive information. Usually you do not need to set source port and target port. There are total four groups IP. The record channel applies to one group (optional) only. Six frame ID groups verification can guarantee information validity and legal.

Figure 5-56

Click Data button you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-57. Here you can set offset value, length, title according to your communication protocol and data package. .

Figure 5-57

5.5.10 Config File Backup

The configuration file backup interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-58. This function allows you to copy current system configuration to other devices.

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Figure 5-58

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 5-59.

Figure 5-59

5.6.1 HDD Information

Here is to list hard disk type, total space, free space, video start time and status. See X391H391H391H See Figure 5-60.○ means current HDD is normal. X means there is error. - means there is no HDD.

If disk is damaged, system shows as “?”. Please remove the broken hard disk before you add a new one.

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

After system booted up, if there is any confliction, system goes to HDD information interface directly. Please note, system does not ask you to deal with it forcedly. When HDD confliction occurs, you can check system time and HDD time are identical or not. If they are not identical, please go to General (Chapter 5.3.1) to adjust system time or go to HDD Management (Chapter 5.5.1) to format HDD and then reboot the DVR.

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Figure 5-60

Tips: Please click Fn button or left click mouse to view HDD record time and HDD type and time.

Double click one HDD information; you can see the HDD SMART information.

5.6.2 BPS

Here is for you to view current video data stream (KB/s) and occupied hard disk storage (MB/h). See Figure 5-61.

Figure 5-61

5.6.3 Log

Here is for you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 5-62. Log types include 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. System max displays 100 logs in one page. It can max save 1024 log files. Please page up/down button to view if there are more than ten files.

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System also supports the backup function; you can click the backup button to save the log files in the USB devices.

Figure 5-62

Click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information. See Figure 5-63.

5.6.4 Version

Figure 5-63

Here is for you to view hardware features, software version, built date, release SN information and etc. You can also update system here. See Figure 5-64. 

Start: Please insert the USB device that have the update file to the device and then click the

Start button to begin the update.

Important Please make sure the upgrade file name shall be update.bin.

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5.6.5 Online Users

Figure 5-64

Here is for you manage online users. See Figure 5-65. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max disconnection setup is 65535 seconds. System refreshes current interface every five seconds to detect there is any newly added or deleted user.

Figure 5-65

5.7

Shutdown

Double click shutdown button, system pops up a dialogue box for you to select. See Figure 5-66 

Logout menu user: log out menu. You need to input password when you login the next time. 

Restart application: reboot DVR. 

Shutdown: system shuts down and turns off power. 

Restart system: system begins rebooting.



Switch user: you can use another account to log in.

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Figure 5-66

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6 About Auxiliary Menu

6.1

Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu

In the one-window surveillance mode, right click mouse (click “fn” Button in the front panel or click AUX key in the remote control). The interface is shown as below: See X397H397H397HFigure 6-1X.

Figure 6-1

Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as in X398H398H398HFigure 6-2X. Here you can set the following items: 

Zoom 

Focus 

Iris Please click icon and to adjust zoom, focus and Iris.

Figure 6-2

In X399H399H399HFigure 6-2X, please click direction arrows (See X400H400H400HFigure 6-3X ) 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

Figure 6-3

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In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See

X401H401H401HFigure 6-4X . Please make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use

mouse to control. Click this button, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size.

Here is a sheet for you reference.

Figure 6-4

Name

Function key

function

Shortcut key

Function

key

function

Shortcut

key

Zoom

Near

Far

Focus

Near

│





Far

►│

Iris close





Open



6.2

Preset /Patrol / Pattern /Border Function

In X402H402H402HFigure 6-2X click the set button. The interface is shown as below: Here you can set the following items:



Preset



Patrol



Pattern



Border

Figure 6-5

In X403H403H403HFigure 6-2X, click page switch button, you can see an interface as in X404H404H404HFigure 6-6X. Here you can activate the following functions:



Preset



Tour(Patrol)



Pattern



Auto scan



Auto pan



Flip



Page Switch

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6.2.1 Preset Setup

Figure 6-6

Note: The following setups are usually operated in the X405H405H405HFigure 6-2X, X406H406H406HFigure 6-5X and

X407H407H407HFigure 6-6X. In X408H408H408HFigure 6-2X, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper

position. In X409H409H409HFigure 6-5X, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in

X410H410H410HFigure 6-7X.

Add this preset to one patrol number

6.2.2 Activate Preset

Figure 6-7

In X411H411H411HFigure 6-6X please input preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.

6.2.3 Patrol Setup

In X412H412H412HFigure 6-5X, click patrol button. The interface is shown as in

X413H413H413HFigure 6-8X. Input preset number and then add this preset to one

patrol.

6.2.4 Activate Patrol

Figure 6-8

In X414H414H414HFigure 6-6X, input patrol number in the No. blank and click patrol button

6.2.5 Pattern Setup

In X415H415H415HFigure 6-5X, click pattern button and then click begin button. The interface shows like

X416H416H416HFigure 6-9X. Please go to X417H417H417HFigure 6-2X to modify zoom, focus, and iris. Go back to X418H418H418HFigure

6-9X and click end button.

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You can memorize all these setups as pattern 1.

6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function

Figure 6-9

In X419H419H419HFigure 6-6X input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button.

6.2.7 Border Setup

In X420H420H420HFigure 6-5X, click border button. The interface is shown as in X421H421H421HFigure 6-10X. Please go to X422H422H422HFigure 6-2X, use direction arrows to select camera left limit, and then please go to

X423H423H423HFigure 6-10X and click left limit button

Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.

6.2.8 Activate Border Function

Figure 6-10

In X424H424H424HFigure 6-6X, click auto scan button, 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 X425H425H425HFigure 6-6X, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See

X426H426H426HFigure 6-11X. Here you can set auxiliary function.

Click page switch button again, system goes back to X427H427H427HFigure 6-2X.

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