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HS 411S811S611S

User Manual

4/8/16CH DVR

This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice. 1

WARNING
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION _____________________ 5 1-1 PACKING ________________________________________________ 5 1-2 Hard Disk Installation ________________________________________ 6 2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ___________________________________ 7 2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ____________________________ 8 2-3 8CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _____________________________ 9 2-4 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ____________________________ 10 CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS _________________ 11 3-1 LIVE MODE ________________________________________________ 11 3-1.1 REMOTE CONTROLLER ________________________________ 12 3-2 PLAYBACK Mode___________________________________________ 14 3-3 PTZ Mode _________________________________________________ 16 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP ____________________________________ 18 4-1 RECORD SETUP ___________________________________________ 20 4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup ____________________________ 21 4-2 EVENT SETUP _____________________________________________ 22 4-2.1 MOTION SETUP _______________________________________ 23 4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP_____________________________ 24 4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP _______________________________________ 25 4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP _________________________________________ 26 4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup ________________________________ 27 4-3.2 Holiday Setup _________________________________________ 27 4-4 CAMERA SETUP ___________________________________________ 28 4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP __________________________________________ 29 4-5.1 Permission Setup ______________________________________ 30 4-5.2 User Picture Setup ____________________________________ 30 4-6 NETWORKING SETUP _______________________________________ 31 4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP __________________________________ 32 4-6.1.1 DHCP ___________________________________________ 32 4-6.1.2 LAN _____________________________________________ 32 4-6.1.3 ADSL ___________________________________________ 33 4-6.2 HTTP Setup __________________________________________ 34 4-6.3 DDNS Setup _________________________________________ 35 4-6.4 Mail Setup ___________________________________________ 36 4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP _______________________________________ 37 4-8 SYSTEM SETUP ____________________________________________ 38 4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP _______________________________________ 39 4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP _____________________________________ 40 4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME ____________________________ 40 4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP ____ 41 4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ___________________________ 41 4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ______________________________ 42 4-8.4 SPOT SETUP__________________________________________ 43 4-9 UTILITY SETUP ____________________________________________ 44 4-10 DIAGNOSTIC ______________________________________________ 45 CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH ____________________________________ 46 5-1 BACKUP SETUP____________________________________________ 46 5-2 SEARCH SETUP____________________________________________ 47 5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH _______________________________________ 48 5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH _____________ 49
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5-2.2 TIME SEARCH_________________________________________ 50 5-3 AP Software Installation and Setup ___________________________ 51 5-4 AP Software Operation ______________________________________ 52 CHAPTER 6 SPECIFICAITONS_______________________________________ 55 CHAPTER 7 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE __________ 57 7-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System57 7-1.1 Mobile Application Installation___________________________ 57 7-1.2 Mobile Application Operation____________________________ 57 7-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR ______________________________ 58 7-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR ____________________________ 58 7-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR _______________ 59 7-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR________________ 60 7-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation ______________________________ 60 7-1.3.1 Scroll the Image __________________________________ 60 7-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup ______________________________ 60 7-1.3.3 Channel Display __________________________________ 61 7-1.3.4 Size of Image ____________________________________ 61 7-1.3.5 Rotate the image _________________________________ 61 7-1.3.6 Alarm ___________________________________________ 62 7-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile S ystem ________________________________________________________ 62 7-2.1 Mobile Application Installation___________________________ 63 7-2.2 Mobile Application Operation____________________________ 63 7-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring. ____________________ 64 7-2.3.1 Operation uner the LIVE monitoring for Jrviewer _____ 64 7-2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket 65 CHAPTER 8 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE___________________ 66 8-1 CMS Installation ____________________________________________ 66 8-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT_____________________________ 68 8-3 DVRs, Groups & Events_____________________________________ 69 8-3.1 View DVRGroup List _________________________________ 70 8-3.2 View Event Logs ______________________________________ 70 8-4 Local PC Information and Control ____________________________ 71 8-5 Main Display _______________________________________________ 71 8-5.1 Audio Control _________________________________________ 72 8-5.2 eMAP Display _________________________________________ 72 8-5.3 PTZ Control___________________________________________ 73 8-6 Operation Bar ______________________________________________ 74 8-6.1 User administration ____________________________________ 75 8-6.2 DVR Administration ____________________________________ 76 8-6.3 Group Administration __________________________________ 76 8-6.4 eMap Administration ___________________________________ 78 8-6.5 Remote Play __________________________________________ 78 8-6.6 HDD Playback _________________________________________ 79 8-6.7 File Playback__________________________________________ 79 8-6.8 Event Playback ________________________________________ 80 8-6.9 Snapshot Data ________________________________________ 82 8-6.10 Recording Data_______________________________________ 82

CHAPTER 1
1-1 PACKING

PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION

1. DVR

2. IR Remote Control

3. Batteries2

4. CD

5. Power Adaptor

1-2 CD-ROM Installation

Step 1) Fix the CD-ROM to rack mount with the screws as indicated.

Step 2) Connect the power and the SATA cables as indicated.

Step 3) Place the CD-ROM on the CD-ROM plate and screw it as indicated.

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

CHAPTER 2

PANEL LOCATION

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

Control Keys
USB 2.0 Port

Description
Port for USB external devices. POWERPower is on. HDDHard disk is in use. NETRemote user logged in. RECRecording. PLAYPlaying back. In LIVE mode, press to display the BACKUP menu. In LIVE mode, display with picture in picture format. In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, enlarge the display of a channel. In LIVE mode, cycle through all channels in full screen. In SETUP mode, press to reduce value. In PLAYBACK mode, press to play rewind. In SETUP mode, press to move cursor up. In PLAYBACK mode, press to slow down. In SETUP mode, press to increase value. In PLAYBACK mode press to play forwards. In SETUP mode, press to return to previous page. In LIVE mode, press to display menu. In SETUP mode, press to enter values. In PLAYBACK mode, switch between full, quad, 9-channel, 16-channel display in order. In SETUP mode, press to move cursor down. Display the search menu. Play back in normal speed. In PLAYBACK mode, press to pause playback. In PLAYBACK mode, press to stop playing back. Start or stop recording. Input sensor for the remote control. Optional DVD-RW backup device.

LED Display

BACKUP PIP ZOOM AUTO SEQ.

/ SLOW / ESC MENU

ENTER/MODE PLAY PAUSE STOP REC IR Sensor DVD Writer DOWN

2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

MAIN monitor VIDEO INPUT AUDIO IN VGA e-SATA

BNC port for the main monitor BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total RCA input port for audio signal. There are 4 ports available VGA port
External SATA hard disks port

FUNCTION

1RS-485 B 2RELAY 1 COM 3GND 4ALARM IN CH2 5ALARM IN CH4 6ALARM IN CH6 7ALARM IN CH8 8ALARM IN CH10 9ALARM IN CH12 10ALARM IN CH14 11ALARM IN CH16 12RELAY 2 COM 13RELAY 2 NC

14RS-485 A 15RELAY 1 NO 16RELAY 1 NC 17ALARM IN CH1 18ALARM IN CH3 19ALARM IN CH5 20ALARM IN CH7 21ALARM IN CH9 22ALARM IN CH11 23ALARM IN CH13 24ALARM IN CH15 25RELAY 2 NO

EXTERNAL I/O

DC 12V POWER
AUDIO OUT

EXTERNAL I/O port for DB 26 flat cables Socket for a DC 12V input

Power switch
RCA output for audio signal

LAN MOUSE NTSCPAL SWITCH

SPOT monitor

Network port Mouse port Switch between NTSC and PAL format BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence

2-3 8CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

SPOT monitor VIDEO INPUT AUDIO IN VGA AUDIO OUT e-SATA

BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence BNC input ports for cameras, 8 in total RCA input port for audio signal VGA port
RCA output for audio signal External SATA hard disks port

1RS-485 B 2RELAY 1 COM 3GND FUNCTION 4ALARM IN CH2 5ALARM IN CH4 6ALARM IN CH6 7ALARM IN CH8 EXTERNAL I/O LAN / MOUSE MAIN monitor DC 12V Network and Mouse port BNC port for the main monitor
Socket for a DC 12V input

14RS-485 A 15RELAY 1 NO 16RELAY 1 NC 17ALARM IN CH1 18ALARM IN CH3 19ALARM IN CH5 20ALARM IN CH7

EXTERNAL I/O port for DB 26 flat cables

2-4 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

SPOT monitor VIDEO INPUT AUDIO IN VGA AUDIO OUT e-SATA

BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence BNC input ports for cameras, 4 in total RCA input port for audio signal VGA port
RCA output for audio signal External SATA hard disks port

1RS-485 B 2RELAY 1 COM FUNCTION 3GND 4ALARM IN CH2 5ALARM IN CH4 EXTERNAL I/O LAN / MOUSE MAIN monitor DC 12V

14RS-485 A 15RELAY 1 NO 16RELAY 1 NC 17ALARM IN CH1 18ALARM IN CH3

EXTERNAL I/O port for DB 26 flat cables

Network and Mouse port BNC port for the main monitor
Socket for a DC 12V input

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CHAPTER 3

LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS

The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.

3-1 LIVE MODE

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

Note4CH will show quad display; 8 CH will show quad and 9-channel display.

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3-1.1 REMOTE CONTROLLER

1 2 3 4/5 6/7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19/20 21/22 23/24 25/26 Table 3-1.1 Remote control functions under LIVE mode Button Name 1. REC 2. 3. 4. BK-UP 5. STATUS 6. SLOW 7. MODE 8. 1,28,9,+10 9. 10. LOCK 11. PLAY 12. T-SRH Select the channel to monitor in full screen from 1 to 16 Switch to Quad/9/13/16 display Enable/Disable the keypad function on the front panel, the remote control and the mouse Start playing back the most recently recorded segment Display search menu. Directions and ENTER buttons Display setup menu Return to the previous mode PTZ zoom-in/out PTZ iris-open/close PTZ focus-in/out Turn on/off the screen display Description Start/Stop recording. Audio Mute Fast Forward; Pause; Stop; Fast rewind Display backup menu Display status Press this button to slow-down playback speed

13. 14. MENU 15. ESC 16. Z+/Z- 17. IRIS+/18. F+/19. OSD 20. PRESENT 21. TOUR 22. PTZ 23. AUTO 24. FREEZE 25. PIP 26. Zoom

Activate PTZ pre-set tour Start/Stop PTZ control IN AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen Turn on/off screen freeze function Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to other channels Enable/Disable double screen size display

NoteMULTI ID REMOTE CONTROLLER is optional for you to purchase.

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

Icon

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

Main menu Search Setup Backup

PTZ control

Record on/off

Playback

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

PIP, picture in picture

ZOOM, double the screen size AUTO-Seq

LOCK, activate the key lock

Full screen display Quad display 9-channel display Note4CH will show quad display; 8 CH will show quad display and 9-channel display.

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Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode Icon Description Live Audio is on 14 Live Audio is off

Connected to the LAN cable.

Icon Image quality (High/Low) Full screen Record Snap shot

Description

Record and snap shot file saving path setup

3-2 PLAYBACK Mode

Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing PLAY under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any location of your screen.

Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode

Button
ENTER / MODE MENU / PLAY Turn on/off PAUSE Play back at normal speed

Description
Switch to full screen, quad, 9-channel or 16-channel display

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/ SLOW

Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper center of the screen Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X Stop playback

/ / /

Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode. Icon / / Description Fast rewind Fast forward

Play/pause / SLOW slow playback / stop playback Playback channel by channel with snap shot display Full screen display

Quad display

9-channel display Note4CH will show quad display; 8 CH will show quad display and 9-channel display.

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3-3 PTZ Mode

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

Table 3-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode Description Button / SLOW / / / ZOOM + ZOOM FOCUS + FOCUS IRIS + IRIS TOUR PRESET+ Number PLAY+ Number PIP FREEZE ZOOM Move PTZ up. Move PTZ down. Move PTZ to the left. Move PTZ to the right. PTZ zoom-in. PTZ zoom-out. PTZ focus-in. PTZ focus-out. PTZ iris-open. PTZ iris-close. Activate PTZ pre-set tour. Setup the Preset location Press PRESET key first then two-digit number; DVR will set the current PTZ location at entered preset number. Go to Preset location Press PLAY key first then two-digit number, PTZ will go to the correspondent preset number location. Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. Activate auto line-scan. Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan.

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

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Table 3-3.2 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode Icon Description Leave PTZ Modeback to the LIVE mode Pre-set number N. (1~64) Go to pre-set number N. Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N. TOUR press to activate pre-set tour PIP Set current PTZ location as the start FREEZE Activate line-scan. ZOOM Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. To move PTZ in 360 of line-scan.

PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out. PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close. Below functions need support from specific PTZ manufacturer. nual of your PTZ for more detail. Please check user ma

AUX 1,AUTOKey Number key1 AUX 2,AUTOKey Number key2 AUX 3,AUTOKey Number key3 AUX 4,AUTOKey Number key4 AUX 5,AUTOKey Number key5 AUX 6,AUTOKey Number key6 AUX 7,AUTOKey Number key7

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AUX 8,AUTOKey Number key8 Backup, Customized function PTZ communication protocols from different brands arent compatible 100% sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

CHAPTER 4

MAIN MENU SETUP

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

Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard Item Description Switch between numbers and letters Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login account Delete the last character Enter to identify the password. It will enter the setup menu, If the p assword is verified Space key

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Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu Item Description Switch to different options under one item Switch to different items MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode ESC Back to Upper level of menu without saving ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to 4-9 UTILITY SETUP for detail.

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4-1 RECORD SETUP

Item

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

HDD FULL

Stop Stop Recording Overwrite Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data of HDD, and continue to record.

Quality & Frame Rate Setup OSD position X OSD position Y Recording OSD position setup

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal recording and event recording type. Setup OSD X axis Set up OSD y axis Set up OSD axis

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

Item
Normal setup/ event setup Resolution Record Type No. Quality FPS Auto Select recording mode

Description

Select recording resolution: 320x240, 720x240, 720x480 You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type. Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording Select quality: Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest Select recording frame rate. Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

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4-2 EVENT SETUP

Item
Motion Setup Sensor Setup

Description
Enter to set up motion detection Enter to set up sensor detection

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4-2.1 MOTION SETUP

Item
Motion Popup 1~8 Selected Channel Turn

Description
Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. You can setup independently for each channel. Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each channel. Drag the white bar or press to set up Object Size fr om value 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value you set the higher sensitivity it will be. Value set up as 1, the motion will be detected easiest. Drag the white bar or press to set up Sensitivity from v alue 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value you set the higher sensitivity it will be Enter to setup motion detection area

Object Size

Sensitivity Motion Area Setup

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4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP

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

Item
Mask Mouse Selection All Area Detection Mask All Area Continue Exit & Save Exit & Discard

Description
Switch between select and deselect for cursor-dragging function Select entire screen as detection area. Deselect entire detection area. Continue setup Save setup and leave Cancel setup and leave

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4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP

Item
Sensor Popup

Description
Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. Set all sensor off Set all sensor polarity low Set all sensor polarity high Click or press to select between HIGH, LOW voltage for triggering sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel Low PolaritySensor has not been triggered. When connected, sensor will be turned on.. High PolaritySensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor status will be turned off.. Off Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.

All Off All Low All High Sensor Polarity

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

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4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP

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

Item
Page Holiday Setup View Event/ Sensor Setup Motion/

Description
Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total. Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,. View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup

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4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup

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

4-3.2 Holiday Setup

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

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4-4 CAMERA SETUP

Item
1~8 Mask Sharpness Brightness Contrast Saturation

Description
You can setup independently for each channel. Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode Drag the bar or press to adjust Sharpness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Brightness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Contrast of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Saturation of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Hue of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. ( This function doesnt support at PAL system) Set up name of each channel Audio volume for CH1 to CH 4 under LIVE mode and recording mode can be adjusted.

Hue Name Volume

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4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and password is admin and 123456 The default password remains the same after firmware upgrade, however, it requires 8-digits for password length when you setup a new one

Item
No. Username Password Set up username

Description
Check to activate the users account. Set up password for each user. Password is 8-digits required and can be mixed by letters and numbers with case-sensitive. Letters can be mixed with capitals or lowercases. Set up Permissions for each user Change administrators password Change users picture

Permissions Change Admin Password Picture

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4-5.1 Permission Setup

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

4-5.2 User Picture Setup

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

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

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4-6 NETWORKING SETUP

Item
Connect type HTTP Setup DDNS Setup Mail Setup Enter to set up HTTP Enter to set up DDNS Enter to set up mail

Description
Setup mode for network connection: (DHCPLANADSL).

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4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP

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

4-6.1.1 DHCP
When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.

4-6.1.2 LAN
Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item
IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS

Description
Enter IP address provided by ISP Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP Enter DNS address provided by ISP. (Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).

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4-6.1.3

ADSL

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

Item
User Name Password

Description
Enter user name provided by ISP Enter password provided by ISP

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4-6.2

HTTP Setup

Item
Enable HTTP Server Port Auto No. Quality FPS

Description
Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated. Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80. Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps Chanel number Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high, highest Set up record FPS

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4-6.3

DDNS Setup

Item
Enable DDNS DDNS Server

Description
Enable/disable DDNS function. Enter the registered SMTP Server: DYNDNS.ORGNO-IP.ORGCUSTOM.COM3322.ORG I-DVR.NET Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username + Server) If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your server, you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net Enter user name. Enter password.

SMTP Server

User Name Password

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

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4-6.4

Mail Setup

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

Item
Enable Notification SMTP Server User Name Password Sender E-mail Receiver E-mail Trigger Event E-mail

Description
Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function. Enter to set up SMTP Serve name. Enter to set up User Name. Enter to set up Password. Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers. Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually. Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).

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4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP

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

Item
Enable PTZ Protocol PTZ ID

Description
Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel. Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH. Click or press to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64. Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600 Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64 Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600 Select Keyboard. (Li-Lin)

Baud Rate RS-485 ID RS-485 Baud Rate Keyboard

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

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4-8 SYSTEM SETUP

Item
DVR Name DVR Location Language

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

Click or press to select OSD language from English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Portuguese Default ID is 1. When DVR is controlled by standard remote control, please press DVR1 before using it. When more than one DVRs are

Remote ID

purchased, the DVRs can be numbered from 1 to 4. For instance, standard remote control cant operate DVR numbered 3. It only responds when DVR3 button has been pressed beforehand. Enter to set up Display Enter to set up Date/Time Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay Enter to set up Spot

Display Setup Date/Time Setup Device Setup Spot Setup corresponding DVR ID.

Default ID is ID1. If remote control malfunctions, please press, DVR1 button to renew

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4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP

Item
Auto-Seq Interval Show OSD Show DVR Status Show Date/Time Show Channel Name Deflicker Border Color

Description
Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under Auto-Seq mode. Turn On / Off OSD display Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display Turn On / Off date and time display Turn On / Off channel name display Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.Red, Green, Blue

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4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP

Item
Hour Format Date Format Date/Time Position Change Date & Time Time Zone Setup Internet Time Setup 12HOURS/ 24HOURS

Description
MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD Choose the position of Time and Date display Setup time and date of DVR Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time. Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME

Setup date and time of DVR manually according to users local time.

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4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP

Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to users DVR location.

Item
Select Time Zone Daylight Saving Time

Description
Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13 Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time

4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item
Automatic Synchronization

Description
Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting. Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in internet server.

Update Now

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4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP

Item Key Tone Buzzer Relay

Description Enable/Disable keystrokes. Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss). Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss.

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4-8.4 SPOT SETUP

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

Item
MANUAL: EVENT: Interval (Seconds) Skip Video Loss Channel

Description
Channels display in spot for three different modes: select channels to display manually. Display channels with event occurred.

SPOT MODE

SEQUENCE: Auto-sequence for all channels in order. The duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under SPOT mode. Whether to skip channels without video signal.

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4-9 UTILITY SETUP

Item
HDD Initialization

Description
Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that installed in DVR. Check the HDD youd like to initialize then press Start. HDD initialization is successful when the status shows Succeed Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and press YES to clean up all data on your USB. The initialization is done when its showed Succeed. Restore system default values Reset all the recording events in DVR. Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file named sdvr.config on your USB. Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.

USB Initialization

System Recovery Reset System Events Copy Setup to USB

Download Setup from USB Upgrade

Upgrade DVR through USB. Please stop recording and backup setup configuration before upgrading. System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is completed. Notice! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE as it may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

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4-10 DIAGNOSTIC

Item
Version IP

Description
The current firmware version of DVR The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the screen will display NETWORK DISCONNECT. MAC Address of DVR HDD number HDD Capacity Percentage of space used on HDD. Shows HDD status. USING means the HDD is being used for recording now

MAC HDD Status No. Volume Used Rate

Status

GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown format for the DVR. (Note: Please initialize your newly-installed HDD before using it.) The latest format time of HDD

Format Time

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CHAPTER 5

BACKUP & SEARCH

5-1 BACKUP SETUP

User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Recorded data can also backup into NB/PC through our remote access software: DVRemoteDesktop.exe and be saved in your assigned path. The format of backup file is IRF file that can be played by both DVRemoteDesktop.exe and CMS

Item
From To Device Free Space Refresh Required Space Calculate Start The start time of backup file The end time of backup file

Description

Select USB, CD/RW or PC as the backup device The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup) Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup) Show the size of the backup file Calculate the size of backup file

Start backup operation. Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE operating backup. Note! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to avoid unrecoverable error.

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5-2 SEARCH SETUP

Item
Event Search Time Search Event search menu Enter time search menu

Description

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5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH

The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press enter, or left click your mouse to playback the recording data. P.S. Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the record function is not activated. However, the record cant be viewed after selecting it.

Item
Criteria Page Date/Time

Description
Setup conditions of event search Switch between pages of events Date/time when event occurred. Event type, defined as following Video Loss VLOSS MOTION SENSOR REMOTEIN Motion Detected Sensor Detected user log-in over the network user log-out over the network System Reboot System key locked System key unlocked Other error message

Event Type

REMOTEOUT POWER ON KEY LOCK KEY UNLOCK System Errors

Info

The channel where event occurs or login user

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5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH

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

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.

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5-2.2 TIME SEARCH

TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press Enter or left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a red square System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar will be shown by using mouse to click on year and month.

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

AP software:DVR Remote Desktopcan allow you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC.

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5-3 AP Software Installation and Setup

Step OneEnter the IP address of DVR in IE browser

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please check 4-5 Account Setup.

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

Step Four: Run or Save our AP software.

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Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose Play Recorded File to open backup files in your PC.

Step Six: Youve logged into the DVR

Note4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels. 5-4 AP Software Operation Open the file DVRemoteDesktop.exe; enter the information of DVR IP address, Port Username and Password and click OK. You should be able to login DVR successfully and start to use the software. The default username and password is admin/ 123456 DVRemoteDesktop.exe AP software provides some extra functions for remote users. Please check Table 6-2.1 for detail information and Table 6-2.2 for minimum system requirements for DVRemoteDesktop.exe operation. Table 6-2.3 is corresponding to Ethernet cable bandwidth. Please take this table for future references when applying for Internet bandwidth or connecting to Internet. Table 5-4.1 Toolbar of AP software File - Record to Local Record data to your PC, including LIVE and Playback. File - Play Recorded Files Play recorded files .irf File - Exit Close the AP software. Alt + F4

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Edit - Channel Name F2 Edit - Reset Channel Name View - Hide Caption & Menu F9 View - Disable resizing F10 View - Full screen F11 View- Render Filter View- Play All Frames View- Language Help About

Edit channel name of your DVR including font, size italic, and boldface of characters. . Reset channel name back to default. Hide the Caption and Menu Disable the function of resizing window. Switch it to full screen Unable/ Disable the Bilinear function Unable this function will stop the audio transmission in order to improve the playback speed quality. Switch between languages for toolbar Show information about software and information

Table 5-4.2 System Requirements for AP software CPU Intel Pentium 4 above OS RAM VGA Card Others Microsoft Windows VistaWindows XP SP2 above 512M above Needed to support DirectX9.0 (Above) Note 1 DirectX 9.0 above

Note 1: Known VGA card that support DirectX9.0 currently: NVIDIA: Geforce FXseries, Geforce 6series, Geforce 7series, Geforce 8series, Geforce 9series, Geforce 200series, etc. Or visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units ATI: Radeon R300series, Radeon R400series, Radeon R500series, Radeon R600series, Radeon R700series, Radeon HD 3xxx IGPseries, Mobility Radeonseries (9500 above), Mobility Radeon Xseries, Mobility Radeon HDseries, or FireGL Vseries etc. Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_graphics_processing_units SiS: SiS 67Xseries, or SiS 77Xseries etc. Or visit: http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm Intel: 91Xseries, 94Xseries, 96Xseries, G3Xseries, or G4Xseries, etc. Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

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Table 5-4.3 Network Bandwidth Requirement Reference

Quality Resolution

Highest 6.9~7.9Mfps 6.5~8.2Mfps 6.6~8Mfps 6.2~7.6Mfps 3.6~5.4Mfps 3.3~5.6Mfps 3.4~5.1Mfps 3.7~6Mfps 1.8~3Mfps 1.9~2.9Mfps 1.6~2.5Mfps 1.8~2.9Mfps

Normal 3.7~5.8Mfps 3.6~5.8Mfps 3.8~6Mfps 3.6~5.7Mfps 1.9~3.5Mfps 1.8~3.7Mfps 1.8~3.8Mfps 1.6~4Mfps 1.2~2.2Mfps 1.2~2.5Mfps 1.1~2.4Mfps 1.4~2.6Mfps

Lowest 1.2~2.4Mfps 1~2.6Mfps 1.4~3Mfps 1.2~2.5Mfps 890K~1.7Mfps 900K~1.6Mfps 850K~1.8Mfps 870K~1.8Mfps 860~1.3Mfps 750~1.2Mfps 700~1.3Mfps 720K~1.1Mfps

16CH D1 9CH 4CH 1CH 16CH HD1 9CH 4CH 1CH 16CH CIF 9CH 4CH 1CH

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CHAPTER 6 SPECIFICAITONS
1. VIDEO Input Level Display Speed Display Resolution Monitor Output 2. RECORDING Compression Method Recording Speed Recording Resolution Quality Schedule Mode Method 3. SATA DEVICE Capacity Type External Bay Interface 4. ALARM Sensor Input Loop Out Motion Detection 5. CONNECTIONS Video Input Video Output Audio Input Audio Output USB 2.0 Remote External I/O Ethernet 6. ELECTRICAL Power Source 7. ENVIRONMENTAL DC 12V / 6.25A (16CH) , DC 12V / 5A (8CH) , DC 12V / 5A (4CH) BNC 16 ports (16CH), 8 ports (8CH), 4 ports (4CH) BNC 2 port, VGA 1 port (Optional) RCA 4 CH RCA 1 CH USB memory stick, USB Mouse, USB Touch Panel Remote control, 1-to-8 remote control (optional) 1 RS-485, 16(16CH) / 8(8CH) / 4(4CH) sensor input, 1 Relay Output 1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps 16(16CH), 8(8CH), 4(4CH) 1 Relay out Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level Internal Storage External Storage 3 HDDs or 2 HDDs + 1DVD-RW (16 CH) 2 HDDs or 1 HDDs + 1 DVD-RW (4CH/ 8CH) 1 HDD SATA / SATA compatible E-SATA NTSC PAL Independent each channel for H.264 Refer to table 7-1 720 X 480, 720 X 240, 352 X 240 720 X 576, 720 X 288, 352 X 288 Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest Setup by minute as unit Manual / Event (Motion, Sensor) / Schedule By resolution, fps and quality Setup fps and quality separately for normal and event recording NTSC PAL NTSC PAL 1.0 Vp-p10% Composite, 75 Balanced 480 fps(16CH), 240fps(8CH), 120fps(4CH) 400 fps(16CH), 200fps(8CH) , 100fps(4CH) 720(H) X 480(V) 720(H) X 576(V) 2Vp-p Composite, 75 Balanced

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Operation Temperature Humidity 8. PHYSICAL Dimension Weight 9. BACKUP USB Stick BACKUP CD-RW/DVDRW Network 10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK Searching Type Playback speed 11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE Monitoring Environment Max. client 12. OTHERS OS Multi Task Control Device PC Viewer Numbers of event list Table 6-1 352 x 240 NTSC Recording Speed (Independent setting for each channel) PAL 720 x 240 720 x 480 352 x 288 720 x 288 720 x 576 Compression Method Pentaplex

5 ~ + 40 Less than 90% 430(W) x 293(D) x 55(H) mm 2.5kg (3.5kg including 1 HDD and CD-RW) Video Data, Audio Video Data, Audio Video Data, Audio Event/ Time 120 FPS Web / Client Software(CMS) Supporting multi-client (5 clients accessible) Embedded Linux LiveRecordPlaybackNetworkBackup Front Keys / Remote Control / 1-to-8 Remote Control (Optional) Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP Software Direct monitoring of DVRs HDD on PC 10240

240fps / 16CH, 8CH 120fps / 4CH 120fps / 16CH, 8CH 60fps / 4CH 60fps / 16CH, 8CH 30fps / 4CH 200fps / 16CH, 8CH 100fps / 4CH 100fps / 16CH, 8CH 50fps / 4CH 50fps / 16CH, 8CH 25fps / 4CH H.264

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CHAPTER 7 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE

You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0 above and Symbian. Please confirm network function of DVR has been activated before mobile connection: Main menu Network Setup HTTP Setup Check the Enable HTTP Server

7-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System.

Mobile Device: Nokia, SonyEricssonetc. System requirement: GPRS/ 3G must be provided from your telecom service. Mobile device that supports GPRS/ 3G protocol and Java cldc1.0/midp 2.0 environment Please download both DVRH264.jar and DVRH264.jad to operate the function. Note that users with Sony Ericsson will only need to download DVRH264.jar.

7-1.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function. Step 1: The mobile application called DVRH264.jar need to be installed in your mobile device. The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturers website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable. Step 2: Install the application software DVRH264.jar in your mobile device. It might be installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for installation.

7-1.2 Mobile Application Operation

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

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

7-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR

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

7-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR

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

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

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Network connectivity will take some time. Itll be affected by networking environment and bandwidth flow. Live image will show up after a successful connection. PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off in local DVR.

7-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR

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

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7-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR

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

7-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation

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

7-1.3.1 Scroll the Image

You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if its oversized. Key 2 4 6 8 Action Scroll Up Scroll Left Scroll Right Scroll Down

7-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup

Select Quality under the Menu

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There will be 5 levels for your to choose: LowNormalMiddleHigh and Highest.

7-1.3.3 Channel Display

Select Single under the Menu, there will be all channels of your DVR in list for you to choose. PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off in local DVR.

7-1.3.4 Size of Image

The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select Size under the Menu to choose from Original or Fit Screen to resize the display image. Item Original Fit Screen Description The image will be shown in original size. The image will be shown to fit the screen.

7-1.3.5 Rotate the image

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

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7-1.3.6 Alarm
This application not only allows you to remotely monitor through mobile device but receive the alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected, Sensor Triggered and Vloss.

Graphical icons below will be shown on the status: : Motion detected : Sensor triggered : Video loss Select the Alarm under the Menu to switch this function on or off.

7-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System
There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264 compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your mobile device. System Requirement: Mobile device OSWindows mobile system 5.0 above. Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS3GWifi etc.

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7-2.1 Mobile Application Installation

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

Step 1: The mobile application called Jrviewer.CAB and H264Pocket.CAB need to be installed in your mobile device. The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturers website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable. Step 2: Install the application software Jrviewer.CAB and H264Pocket.CAB in your mobile device, two folders named Jrviewer and H264Pocket will be created. It might be installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for installation.

7-2.2 Mobile Application Operation

After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files named Jrviewer and H264Pocket. This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor DVR. Press OK to bring up the operation menu, see below chart to further information. Item Function Description Enter DVRs name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password Add Add login DVR then press OK Choose the DVR that youd like to log on , then press OK PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile Login when the recoding is off. PS. Network connectivity will be affected by networking environment and bandwidth flow. The fee rate will depend on the telecom company and package fee

Logon DVR

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you go with. Modify Delete

Modify DVR Delete DVR

Login Login

Choose DVR, press Modify, and pressOK to save change. Choose DVR and press Delete to delete the DVR info.

The operation of Jrviewer

The operation of H264Pocket

7-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring.

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

7-2.3.1 Operation uner the LIVE monitoring for Jrviewer

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Item Channel 1~16 Screen

Function Display for CH 1~16 Size of image

Description Choose from CH1~16 to display Originalimage size as original Stretchstretch the size as full screen Fit: resize the image to fit the screen Change the quality of image. Please note the better quality, the slower data transfer rate. Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and video loss to be detected on any channel. You can also uncheck the Status Bar to inactivate this function. Icon Description Motion Detect Sensor Trigger V-Loss Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is event to be detected. You can also uncheck the Alarm under the View to inactivate this function.

Quality

Quality

Status Bar

Status Bar

Alarm

Alarm

7-2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket

Item Channel 1~16

Function Display for CH 1~16

Status Bar

Status Bar

Description Choose from CH1~16 to display. CH1~4 can receive audio signal. Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and video

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loss to be detected on any channel. You can also uncheck the Status Bar to inactivate this function. Icon Description Motion Detect Sensor Trigger V-Loss Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is event to be detected. You can also uncheck the Alarm under the View to inactivate this function. You can choose one channel to display in full screen by check this function.

Alarm

Alarm

Full Screen

Full screen display

CHAPTER 8 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE

8-1 CMS Installation
System Requirement: Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.
Microsoft Besides 512MB VGA

Windows VistaWindows XPWindows 2003 Server.

OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above.

memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR) 20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage. Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it. Please refer to p55 Note 1.

Installation: 1. Connect to the manufacturers website and download the CMS software. 2. Decompress and execute setup.exe. 3. If Visual C++ Runtime Libraries has not been installed before in the operating PC, the following sign will suggest an installation automatically.

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4. Select Next, and then select Browse to change installation path if needed. To check available space on hard disk, please select Disk Cost then please select Next to the next step.

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

6. Select Close to finish installation when the Installation Complete window shows.

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8-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT

To enter CMS, the administrators user name and password are required. The defaults are admin and 123456.

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

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DVRs, Groups & Events PC information and control Main Display Display Modes Operation Bar

Information about DVRs, groups and events. See 9-3 Information List for more detail. Information about local PCs hard disk, volume, recording...etc. See 9-4 PC Information and Control for more detail. Live image display area. See 9-5 Main Display for detail. Several choices of display modes supported by CMS. A set of 10 operations are provided by CMS. See 9-6 Operation Bar for detail.

8-3 DVRs, Groups & Events

Icon Description View list of logged in DVR Group. View Logs: list all the event information of DVR

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8-3.1 View DVRGroup List

Single left click on DVR or Group will expand/collapse the entire DVRs and groups list. On the DVR list, double left click on a connected DVR will show its image in main display. See 9-6.2 DVR Administration for further information. On the Group list, double left click on a group will show live image from the channels of the group in the main display. See 9-6.3 for Group Administration for further information. Left-clicking on a connected DVR will expand/collapse status of its all channels as below: Icon Description Video Loss Motion Detected Sensor Triggered

8-3.2 View Event Logs

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

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8-4 Local PC Information and Control

Located at the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below: Icon Function HDD info Description Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of C:\ drive (where CMS is installed). PC volume or playback volume control bar. Record live image to local PC storage. To view locally stored data, use Record under the operation bar. Also see 9-6.6 recording data for detail. Take snapshot to save in local PC storage. To view all the snapshots youve taken, please go to Snapshot under the operation bar. See 96.5 Snapshot data for detail.

Volume

Recording

Snapshot

8-5 Main Display

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

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8-5.1 Audio Control

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

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

8-5.2 eMAP Display

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

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8-5.3 PTZ Control

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

Icon 8 direction key

Description Rotate the PTZ ZOOM+Zoom in ZOOM : Zoom out Setup the PTZ spot as pre-set N. FOCUS+ : Focus in FOCUS-Focus out Move to pre-set N.

Set PTZ Preset Goto PTZ Preset PTZ Sensitivity

Setup 16 pre-set N. Move to specific pre-set N. Activate auto pre-set tour Setup PTZ sensitivity Setup the start and end of liner scan. Activate the liner scan cruise. Customization function

AUX 1~8 ( For customization)

AUTO+1 ~ AUTO+8

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

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8-6 Operation Bar

10 Operations to be listed as below:

Table 9-6.1 description of 10 operations: Icon

Description

User Administration. Please see 9-6.1 User administration DVR Administration. Please see 9-6.2 DVR Administration Group Administration. Please see 9-6.3 Group Administration eMap Administration. Please see 9-6.4 eMap Administration. Remote Playback. Please see 9-6.5 Remote Playback. HDD Playback. Please see 9-6.6 HDD Playback File Playback. Please see 9-6.7 File Playback Event Playback. Please see 9-6.8 Event Playback Snapshot Data. Please see 9-6.9 Snapshot Data Recording Data. Please see 9-6.10 Recording Data

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8-6.1 User administration

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

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8-6.2 DVR Administration

DVR connections can be added to or deleted from the CMS and their information can be edited. DVRs channel names can be entered here or downloaded from the DVR by pressing From DVR. Select OK to save the information.

8-6.3 Group Administration

A Group means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user can organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor and manager channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexible. Steps: 1. Add a new group and set its name and description. 2. Click Select which will bring up a new window. 3. Check the specific channels that youd like them to be included in the group. To include all channels of a DVR, just check the DVR.

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4. Click OK to return to the previous window. 5. Select a display mode. 6. Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location. Or, change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging. 7. You can Select again to add other channels, but the un-saved channel locations will be lost. 8. Click OK to save the setup.

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8-6.4 eMap Administration

If geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background, eMap can be used for the purpose. With eMap, the background picture can be picked by the user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture. Steps to follow: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click and a path for the picture will be prompted. Select a picture, click OK and the picture will show in the right panel. Drag channels in the left lower corner onto the picture to any position. To delete a channel already on the picture, right click the channel and click Remove. Click OK to save.

8-6.5 Remote Play

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

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Icon Start playing. Pause. Fast forward. Fast rewind.

Description

8-6.6 HDD Playback

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

8-6.7 File Playback

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

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Icon

Description Start Playback. Pause. Stop playback. Fast forward. Fast rewind.

8-6.8 Event Playback

Event recordings on the DVR can be played back in CMS. Steps to follow: 1. Select a DVR and a display mode. 2. Select a date. 3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right. Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback.

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It can display all the snapshots youve taken in line in Snapshot Data. You can review, delete or save as other files here.

8-6.10 Recording Data

It can play all the recording files youve recorded in line in Recording Data. You can play or delete them here. Steps: Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display. You can choose the display mode. Time bar will be shown at right lower corner, please drag the time bar to specify the recording time youd like to play.

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