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IC Realtime Mobile DVR User Manual

Summary of Mobile DVR

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    1 mobile dvr user’s manual.

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    2 table of contents 1 features and specifications.................................................................. 8 2 overview and controls ......................................................................... 10 2.1 front panel ....................................................................

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    3 4.4 record setup (schedule) ...................................................................................................................21 4.4.1 schedule menu .......................................................................................................................................

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    4 5.2 main menu............................................................................................................................................38 5.3 setting .....................................................................................................................................

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    5 6.2.1 real-time monitor............................................................................................................................ 65 6.2.2 ptz ............................................................................................................................................

  • Page 6: Welcome

    6 welcome thank you for purchasing our dvr! This operating manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series dvr features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation pleas...

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    7 important safeguards and warnings 1 ．electrical safety all installation and operation here should conform to local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. 2 ．transportation security heavy s...

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    8 1 features and specifications specification os linux operation interface graphic user interface operation method 1.Remote control 2.Mouse 3.Network keyboard 4.Network 1.Power input port 2.Audio/video input port 3.Video output port 4.Audio output port 5.High-speed usb2.0 port 6.Rs232 port external ...

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    9 plate number temperature record backup method high-speed usb2.0 mobile device support local backup. Record video bit stream 1-ch cif：40～460mb/h（depends on the video content） record file way create a file at 10m/15m/20m/30m/60m port bnc input resistance 20kΩ audio input port parameter input signal ...

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    10 2overview and controls this section provides information about front panel and rear panel. If you install this series dvr for the first time, please refer to this part first. 2.1front panel this series dvr front panel is shown as in figure 2-1 . Figure 2-1 ① usb 2.0 data port ② power indication l...

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    11 figure 2-2 sn name function 1 view video switch 2 id press this button and then input dvr serial number to control this dvr 3 numeral 0-9 number key. You can input password, numeral or switch channel 4 record record video 5 aux auxiliary key enter confirm /menu key menu pop up menu esc cancel 6 s...

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    12 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 t...

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    13 button page up or page down move mouse select current control or move control select motion detection zone drag mouse select privacy mask zone..

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    14 3installation and connections note: all the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 3.1check unpacked dvr when you receive the dvr from the shipping agency, please check whether there is any visible damage to the dvr appearance. The protective material...

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    15 4overview of navigation and controls before operation, please make sure you have properly installed hdds and all the cable connections. 4.1 login, logout & main menu 4.1.1 login turn the key to acc, you can see power indication light becomes on and dvr boots up (dvr boots up might take several se...

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    16 figure 4-2 4.1.3 logout there are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: in the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 there are several options for you. See figure 4-4. Figure 4-4 the other way is to press power but...

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    17 after you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. Here you can also view longitude, latitude and vehicle speed. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (main menu->setting->general). If you want to change...

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    18 z right click mouse or in the main menu, advanced->manual record. Z 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 4-6. 4.2.2.2 basic operation there are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Highlight ...

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    19 figure 4-8 z all channel manual record please highlight “all” after “manual.” see figure 4-9. 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 n...

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    20 z r: regular recording file. Z a: external alarm recording file. Z m: motion detection recording file there are several playback windows. This system supports 1-ch playback. Figure 4-11 please refer to the following sheet for more information. Serial number function 1 play 2 backward 3 stop 4 slo...

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    21 select the file name and double click mouse (or click enter button), you can view file content. 4.3.2.2 accurate playback input time (h/m/s) in the time column and then click playback button, system can operate accurate playback. 4.3.2.3 synchronized playback function when playback during playbac...

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    22 z redundancy: system supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight redundancy button to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least one hdd as redundant. Refer to the manual for detailed information. Z prerecord: system supports prerecord functio...

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    23 figure 4-13 playback or search in the redundant disk. There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk. Z set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (main menu- >advanced->hdd management). See figure 4-13.System needs to reboot to get setup activated. Now you...

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    24 button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-18. Here you can set your own setup for business day and non-business day. Z anti-dither: here you can set anti-dither time. Z sensitivity: there are six levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity. Z alarm output: when alarm occurr...

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    25 figure 4-16 figure 4-17 figure 4-18 4.5.3 video loss in figure 4-14, select video loss in the type item. You can see the interface is shown as in figure 4-19.This function allows you to be informed when video loss phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show messa...

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    26 z ptz activation: here you can set ptz movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour & pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-16. Z period: click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-17. Here you can...

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    27 z period: click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-17. Here you can set for business day and non-business day. In figure 4-17, click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-18. Here you can set your own setup for business day and non-business day. Z ...

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    28 z ptz activation: here you can set ptz movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour& pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-25. Z period: click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 4-23. Here you can ...

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    29 figure 4-22 figure 4-23 figure 4-24 4.7backup click backup icon in the main menu, there are two function items: detect device and backup files. This series dvr support can realize file backup via usb port. Usually the usb backup device format is fat32. In one-key backup function, the file is in t...

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    30 figure 4-25 4.7.1 backup (including one-button backup) select backup device and then 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 4-26. System only ba...

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    31 figure 4-27 tips: during backup process, you can click esc to exit current interface; but the system will not terminate backup process. Note: when you click stop button during the burning process, system can backup the data before you click stop button. For example, if there are ten files, you cl...

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    32 backup up status and corresponding prompts. When there is no backup operation. Backup indication light (led6) is off. During the backup process, the indication light (led6) flashes. The indication light (led6) is on after successfully completed the backup. Importance notice: z please insert backu...

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    33 figure 4-29 after completed all the setups 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 4-30. Figure 4-30 click pan/tilt/zoom, the interface is shown as b...

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    34 figure 4-31 in figure 4-31, please click direction arrows (see figure 4-32) to adjust ptz position. There are total 8 direction arrows. Figure 4-32 4.8.3 3d intelligent positioning key in the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3d intelligent positioning key. See figure 4-33. Click t...

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    35 here you can activate the following functions: z preset z tour z pattern z auto scan z auto pan z flip z reset z page switch figure 4-35 note: the following setups are usually operated in the figure 4-31,figure 4-34 and figure 4-35 . 4.9.1preset setup in figure 4-31, use eight direction arrows to...

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    36 figure 4-37 4.9.4 activate patrol (tour) in figure 4-34, input patrol (tour) number in the no. Blank and click patrol button 4.9.5 pattern setup in figure 4-34, click pattern button and then click “begin” button. The interface is shown as in figure 4-38. Then you can go to figure 4-31 to modify z...

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    37 4.9.8 activate auto scan in figure 4-35, click “auto scan” button, the system begins auto scan. Correspondingly, the auto scan button becomes to stop button. Click stop button to terminate scan operation. 4.10 flip in figure 4-35, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as bel...

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    38 5understanding of menu operations and controls 5.1menu tree this series dvr menu tree is shown as below. 5.2main menu after you logged in, the system main menu shows as below. See figure 5-1 . There are total six icons: search, information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown. Move the cursor ...

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    39 figure 5-1 5.3setting in main menu, highlight setting icon and double click mouse. System setting interface is shown as below. See figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 5.3.1 general general setting includes the following items. See figure 5-3. Z system time: here is for you to set system time z date format: th...

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    40 z hdd full: here is for you to select working mode when hard disk is full. There are two options: stop recording or rewrite. Z pack duration: here is for you to specify record duration. Default value is 60 minutes. Z dvr no: when you are using one remote control to control several dvrs, you can g...

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    41 5.3.2 encode encode setting includes the following items. See figure 5-6. Z channel: select the channel you want. Z compression: system supports h.264. Or you can select from the dropdown list. Z resolution: system supports various resolutions, you can select from the dropdown list. For this mode...

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    42 figure 5-6 figure 5-7 figure 5-8 5.3.3 schedule please refer to chapter 4.4 schedule. 5.3.4 rs232 rs232 interface is shown as below. Here are five items. See figure 5-9..

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    43 z function: there are various devices for you to select. Z baud rate: you can select proper baud rate. Z data bit: you can select proper data bit. Z stop bit: there are three values: 1/1.5/2. Z parity: there are three choices: none/odd/even. System default setup is: z function: com z baud rate: 1...

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    44 figure 5-10 5.3.5.1 advanced setup advanced setup interface is shown as in figure 5-11. Please draw a circle to enable corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface. Figure 5-11 5.3.5.2 ip filter ip filter interface is shown as in figure 5-12. You can add ip i...

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    45 figure 5-12 5.3.5.3 multiple cast setup multiple-cast setup interface is shown as in figure 5-13. Figure 5-13 here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Z ip multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“d” address space z the ...

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    46 z like the single broadcast address of rfc1918 z can not be used in internet transmission z 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. ...

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    47 american mountain time(m.T) gmt-7 american central time(c.T) gmt-6 american eastern time(e.T) gmt-5 atlantic time gmt-4 brazil gmt-3 middle atlantic time gmt-2 figure 5-15 5.3.5.6 email setup email setup interface is shown as in figure 5-16. Here you can set email server information. Note: you ne...

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    48 figure 5-17 5.3.5.8 alarm server you can set alarm in accordance with different alarm protocols. System can inform the alarm server when alarm occurs. See figure 5-18. Figure 5-18 5.3.5.9 ftp you need to download or buy ftp service tool (such as ser-u ftp server) to establish ftp service. Please ...

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    49 you can use a pc or ftp login tool to test setup is right or not. For example, you can login user zhy to ftp://10.10.7.7 and then test it can modify or delete folder or not. See figure 5-20. Figure 5-20 system also supports upload multiple dvrs to one ftp server. You can create multiple folders u...

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    50 figure 5-22 z file length: 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 only uploads the set length and auto ignore the left section. Z when interval value is 0, system uploa...

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    51 figure 5-24 5.3.9 display display setup interface is shown as below. See figure 5-25. Z transparency: here is for you to adjust transparency. The value ranges from 128 to 255. Z channel name: here is for you to modify channel name. Please note all your modification here only applies to dvr local ...

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    52 figure 5-25 in figure 5-25, click modify button after channel. You can see an interface is shown as in figure 5-26. Please note all your modification here applies to local end only. You need to refresh web or client-end to get the latest channel name. System max support 25-digital character. Figu...

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    53 click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup. See figure 5-28. Z select all z general z encode z schedule z rs232 z network z alarm z detect z pan/tilt/zoom z display z channel name please highlight icon to select the corresponding function...

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    54 figure 5-29 5.5.1 hdd management here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. See figure 5-30. You can set proper mode for each hard disk from the dropdown list. When you use redundant backup function, you can set one or more redundant hdd(s). Please note you need to set at least o...

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    55 after completed all the setups please click ok button, system goes back to the previous menu figure 5-31 5.5.2 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 ...

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    56 z 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. Z show message: system can pop up the message in the local screen to alert you when alarm...

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    57 after completed all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-34 5.5.6 auto maintain here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. See figure 5-35. You can select proper setup from dropdown list. Acc delay value ranges from 0 to 255 ...

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    58 figure 5-36 5.6information 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 5-37. Figure 5-37 5.6.1 hdd information here is to list hard disk type, total space, free spac...

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    59 figure 5-38 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 5-39. Figure 5-39 5.6.3 log here is for you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See figure 5-40..

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    60 figure 5-40 5.6.4 version here is for you to view some version information. See figure 5-41. Z channel z alarm in z alarm out z system version: z upgrade figure 5-41 5.6.5 online users here is for you manage online users. See figure 5-42. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have ...

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    61 z logout menu user: log out menu. You need to input password when you login the next time. Z restart application: reboot dvr. Z shutdown: system shuts down and turns off power. Z restart system: system begins rebooting. Z switch user: you can use another account to log in. Figure 5-43.

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    62 6web client operation please note, all the operation here is taking 16-ch dvr as an example. There might be slightly difference in the interface due to different series. 6.1network connection before web client operation, please check the following items: z network connection is right z dvr and pc...

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    63 if you can’t download the activex file, please modify your settings as follows. See figure 6-2. Figure 6-2 after installation, the interface is shown as below. See figure 6-3. Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin. Note: for security reasons...

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    64 after you logged in, you can see the main window. See figure 6-6. This main window can be divided into the following sections. Z section 1: there are five function buttons: configuration (chapter 7.3), search (chapter 7.4), alarm (chapter 7.5), about (chapter 7.6), log out (chapter 7.7). Z sectio...

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    65 6.2.1 real-time monitor in section 2, left click the channel name you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. For detailed function key information, please refer to figure 6-7. Figure 6-7 z 1: digital zoom: click this button and then left drag the mouse in the zone to...

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    66 figure 6-9 6.2.2 ptz before ptz operation, please make sure you have properly set ptz protocol. (please refer to chapter 7.3.2 setting-> pan/tilt/zoom). Click ptz button, the interface is shown as in figure 6-10 . Figure 6-10 6.2.2.1 direction key and 3d positioning key in figure 6-10, there are ...

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    67 name function key function function key function zoom near far focus near far iris close open then click triangle icon in figure 6-10, you can see the following interface. See figure 6-11. Figure 6-11 in figure 6-11, click ptz setup button you can see the following interface. See figure 6-12..

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    68 figure 6-12 6.2.2.4 auto scan in figure 6-12, move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit button. Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to set a right limit. 6.2.2.5 pattern in figure 6-12, you can input pattern value and then click start record button...

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    69 figure 6-13 6.2.3 color click color button in section 3, the interface is shown as figure 6-14. Here you can select one channel and then adjust its brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. (current channel border becomes green). Or you can click default button to use system default setup. Figure...

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    70 figure 6-16 click record path button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 6-17. Figure 6-17 6.2.5 menu interface switch put your mouse on the ptz control bar until you see the following icon. See figure 6-18. Figure 6-18 left click your mouse and then drag it to the channel control sta...

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    71 6.3configure in the main window, click config button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 6-20. Figure 6-20 6.3.1 system information click device configuration button, you can see the following interface. See figure 6-21..

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    72 figure 6-21 z version click version button, you can see corresponding hdd information for your reference. See figure 6-22. Figure 6-22 z hdd information here you can view hdd amount, hdd status, total volume and free space. See figure 6-23..

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    73 figure 6-23 z log click log button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 6-24. Here you can view current device log information. Figure 6-24 6.3.2 setting.

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    74 setting includes the following items: general encode setup schedule rs232 network mul-ddns ftp alarm setup detect pan/tilt/zoom tool please note: setups for different device series may vary. Please refer to the corresponding user’s manual. Z general general interface is shown as in figure 6-25. S...

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    75 figure 6-25 z encode encode setup includes the following items. See figure 6-26. Here you can select channel: here is for you to select a channel. Channel name: modify channel name. Data stream: regular and extra data stream. Av enable: video/audio. System only displays video by default. You need...

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    76 figure 6-26 z schedule schedule includes the following interface. See figure 6-27. When dvr boots up, it is in 24-hour continuous record. In this interface you can set record type, record time and period. Record type includes regular record(r), motion detection record (m) and alarm record (a). Ch...

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    77 figure 6-27 figure 6-28 tip: after you finished setup for one channel, you can click “save as” button, system pops up the following interface. See figure 6-29.Now you can copy one channel setup to other channels..

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    78 figure 6-29 z network network interface is shown as in figure 6-30. This interface includes the following items: max: here you can set max connection amount. The value ranges from 0 to 10. 0 means no network connection is allowed. Tcp port: default setup is 37777. Please note port 37778 is for ne...

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    79 enable ddns 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).See figure 6-31. Please enable ddns function and then input pc ip. Click save button and then reboot device. Now you can login via ddns. P...

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    80 figure 6-32 z mul-ddns here you can select ddns type. This operation needs dvr device supported. See figure 6-33. Figure 6-33 z ftp.

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    81 after you completed setup here, system upload scheduled data to the specified ftp server regularly. Need device supported. In figure 6-34, you need to input ftp server address, port, log in user name and password. Then you need to specify the destination directory to save files. Z file: here you ...

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    82 figure 6-35 z alarm please note before alarm setup, you need to properly connect alarm input and output device, send address and receive address. Click save button confirm current setup. Alarm setup includes the following items. See figure 6-36. Event type: you can select event type from the drop...

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    83 figure 6-36 figure 6-37 z detect detect interface is shown as in figure 6-38. Here includes the following items: channel: select channel name from the dropdown list. Type: there are three types: motion detection/video loss/camera mask detection. Record channel: here you can select record channel ...

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    84 period: here is for you to set record period. Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 6-39. In figure 6-39, click time set button, you can see an interface is shown as in figure 6-40. Here you can set time period. Sensitivity: there are six levels. The sixth level has the...

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    85 figure 6-39 figure 6-40 figure 6-41.

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    86 figure 6-42 z pan/tilt/zoom pan/tilt/zoom interface is shown as in figure 6-43. Please note you have properly set dome address and all connections are right. Decoder: select the dome connected channel. Protocol: select the corresponding dome protocol.(such as pelco) address: set corresponding dom...

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    87 save configuration data: click export config button to save current setup as a file. Extension name is cfg. See figure 6-45. Load configuration data: click import config button, you can load a setup file. Figure 6-44 figure 6-45 6.3.2.1 advanced advanced includes the following items. See figure 6...

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    88 figure 6-46 click add group button, you can see the following interface. See figure 6-47. Here you can add one new group, and then select corresponding rights for the whole group accounts..

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    89 figure 6-47 click add user button, you can see the following interface. See figure 6-48. Here you can input a new user and then select corresponding rights. Please note one user must belong to one group and user right shall not exceed group rights limit..

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    90 figure 6-48 z record control record control interface is shown as in figure 6-49. Record control: here you can enable record status for corresponding channel. Alarm output channel: here you can select alarm output channel. Dvr output channel can not support large overload. (it shall be less than ...

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    91 figure 6-50 z auto maintenance auto maintenance interface is shown as in figure 6-51. Here you can enable auto reboot or auto delete old files function. (need dvr supported) figure 6-51 z video matrix.

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    92 video matrix interface is shown as in figure 6-52. Please note this function needs dvr supported. Figure 6-52 z snap picture snapshoot interface is shown as in figure 6-53. Please note this function needs dvr supported. Figure 6-53.

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    93 6.4search here you can select video type, channel number and time to search the file you want. Click search button, the interface is shown as below. See figure 6-54 please use page up/down key to view the search results. Double click file name, you can view the file and system will automatically ...

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    94 figure 6-55 6.4.1 download you can select one or more files you want to download and then click down load button. System pops up a dialogue box asking you specify directory. See figure 6-56. Figure 6-56 then you can input file name and click save to backup file in your local pc. During the downlo...

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    95 figure 6-57 6.5alarm here you can set alarm type and alarm prompt audio file. See figure 6-58. Figure 6-58 6.6about click about button, you can view current web client information. See figure 6-59..

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    96 figure 6-59 6.7log out click log out button, system goes back to log in interface. See figure 6-60. Figure 6-60 6.8un-install web control you can use web un-install tool “uninstall web.Bat” to un-install web control. Please note, before you un-installation, please close all web pages, otherwise t...

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    97 appendix a hdd capacity calculation calculate total capacity needed by each dvr according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: according to formula (1) to calculate storage capacity i q that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit mbyte...

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    98 appendix b compatible usb drive list note: please upgrade the dvr firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. If you use the usb drive, please confirm the format fat or fat32. Manufacturer model capacity sandisk cruzer micro 512m sandisk cruzer micro 1g sandisk cruzer mi...

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    99 appendix c compatible cd/dvd burner list note: please upgrade the dvr firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And you can use the usb cable with the model recommended to set usb burner. Manufacturer model interface type sony aw-g170s sata dvd-rw samsung ts-h653a sata...