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KALATEL Calibur DSR-2000e User Manual - 2.4

Manual is about: Single Channel Color Digital Video Recorder

Summary of Calibur DSR-2000e

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    Calibur dsr-2000e single channel color digital video recorder user manual.

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    Calibur dsr ii 0150-0163f warning! To prevent fire and electric shock, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the products e...

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    0150-0163f iii calibur dsr important information software and/or firmware is furnished to the purchaser under a license for use on a single system. Software and/or firmware included with this equipment are the sole proprietary property of, confidential to, and copyrighted by ge interlogix, corvallis...

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    Calibur dsr iv 0150-0163f.

  • Page 5: Ontents

    0150-0163f v calibur dsr c ontents 1 f eatures , c onnections , and s etup ................................................... 1-1 1.1 product description.........................................................................................1-1 1.2 features............................................

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    Calibur dsr vi 0150-0163f 5.9 advanced menu → factory settings..............................................................5-6 5.10 advanced menu → change password...........................................................5-6 6 rs-232 r emote p rotocol .................................................

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    0150-0163f 1-1 calibur dsr 1 f eatures , c onnections , and s etup 1.1 product description the dsr is a digital video recorder designed to be a direct replacement for a time lapse vcr. Digital video recording allows the user to have continuous recording on a hard disk, without the need for replacing...

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    Calibur dsr 1-2 0150-0163f 1.4 installation environment power: ensure that the site's ac power is stable and within the rated voltage of the external power supply. If the site's ac power is likely to have spikes or power dips, use power line conditioning or an uninterruptable power supply (ups). Ven...

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    0150-0163f 1-3 calibur dsr 4. Stop button: press this button to stop recording or playback. 5. Play forward button: press this button to playback video at the normal record speed. 6. Pause button: press this button to pause playback. 7. Search button: press this button to enter the search filters me...

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    Calibur dsr 1-4 0150-0163f 1. Ethernet port: for viewing live or recorded images on a pc via the ethernet. 2. Power connector: connect 12 volt dc external power supply. 3. I/o port: for connecting peripheral devices such as alarm devices, alarm relays, or the vext connection. 4. Scsi port: for conne...

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    0150-0163f 1-5 calibur dsr power connector power supply input power supply output voltage: 120 to 240 volt ac tolerance: ±10% frequency: 50 to 60 hz voltage: 12 volt dc power: 35 watt connector: 2.1mm barrel, center positive scsi port connector: 50 pin, high density scsi-2. Gender (on unit): female ...

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    Calibur dsr 1-6 0150-0163f video input and output the unit is equipped with both y/c and composite inputs and outputs. The video inputs are auto terminating. The svhs input is active looping, and will only loop while the unit is on. Do not connect both video inputs at the same time. Svhs input: 4-pi...

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    0150-0163f 1-7 calibur dsr alarm out the alarm output is activated when a teletext alarm is detected, or while the alarm input is active. The alarm output is only active for the duration of the alarm event. Output: active low high: 12v low: ground current out: 50ma max short circuit protected. Low f...

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    Calibur dsr 1-8 0150-0163f disk end out the disk end out is activated when there is 5 minutes of recording space left on the hard disk. It will also be activated if a dat or ait tape archiving device is connected, and the tape end is encountered. The dsr must be in record mode, with background archi...

  • Page 15: 1.11  Setting The Alarms

    0150-0163f 1-9 calibur dsr o main menu → time/date → set date date setup mm dd yy day 12 17 00 sun [cancel] [ok] to set the date: 1. With mm dd yy day highlighted, press the enter button. The highlighting will move to the row of numbers. 2. Enter the date in months, days, years. Day of the week will...

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    Calibur dsr 1-10 0150-0163f.

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    0150-0163f 2-1 calibur dsr 2 u ser o perations 2.1 recording record to begin recording, press the record button. Record will be indicated for three seconds, near the upper left hand corner of the primary monitor. The unit always starts recording at the end of the previously recorded data. Recording ...

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    Calibur dsr 2-2 0150-0163f alarm recording alarm when an alarm condition is detected, the unit automatically switches to the alarm record speed. The alarm condition is indicated in several ways: • with the word alarm, displayed on the primary monitor, near the upper left hand corner of the screen. •...

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    0150-0163f 2-3 calibur dsr play forward play to begin normal playback, press the play forward button. The unit will begin playing back data from the beginning of the last recording session. Playback is indicated: • as play near the upper left hand corner of the primary monitor, for three seconds. • ...

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    Calibur dsr 2-4 0150-0163f pause pause during playback, press the pause button to pause playback, and display a single frame on-screen. Pause is indicated: • as pause near the upper left hand corner of the primary monitor, for three seconds. • as pause on the lcd. Pause button single frame advance &...

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    0150-0163f 2-5 calibur dsr searching for all recorded events using the shuttle to navigate, highlight [start search], then press the enter button. The search results window will appear. For information about selecting a recorded event, see selecting from the search results, in this section. 2.4 spec...

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    Calibur dsr 2-6 0150-0163f starting the search using the shuttle to navigate, highlight the [start search] parameter, then press the enter button. The search results menu will appear. Search results 000 001 002 003 start date 01/01/00 01/01/00 02/12/00 02/12/00 start time 00:07:14 23:35:20 23:43:30 ...

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    0150-0163f 3-1 calibur dsr 3 t he m enu s ystem this section provides a brief overview of the menu system, for complete information about operator and installer programming, see section 4: operator programming, or section 5: installer programming. How to use this manual throughout this manual, there...

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    Calibur dsr 3-2 0150-0163f entering the main menu enter the main menu by pressing the menu button. The main menu will appear on the primary monitor. Enter menu menu button the main menu time/date alarms timer settings record settings display settings archive setup the main menu provides access to al...

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    0150-0163f 3-3 calibur dsr o main menu → timer settings day start stop spd(pps) quality on/off 31 sat mon-fri sat-sun mon-sun -- 16:45 07:55 09:56 14:23 02:23 --:-- 17:05 08:10 11:05 14:50 03:34 --:-- 20 10 60 60 20 -- [ok] high med low high med -- on off on on off -- this menu allows the user to pr...

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    Calibur dsr 3-4 0150-0163f main menu → advanced menu password box please enter the password! 0 --- to access the advanced menu: 1. Select advanced menu from the main menu, then press the enter button. The password box will appear. 2. Enter the advanced menu password. Use the jog to select a characte...

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    0150-0163f 3-5 calibur dsr o advanced menu → audio record setting off g.711 (64kb/s) use this menu to: • select off and disable the audio recording capability. • select g.711 and enable the audio recording capability. O advanced menu → auto delete mode off on configuring the unit with the auto delet...

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    Calibur dsr 3-6 0150-0163f o advanced menu → factory settings password box use this menu to enter the factory password, and restore the unit to the factory defaults. Please enter the factory password o --- o advanced menu → change password password box use this menu to change the advanced menu passw...

  • Page 29: Perator Programming

    0150-0163f 4-1 calibur dsr 4 o perator programming 4.1 main menu → time/date set time format set date format set time set date use this menu to specify: • the time format: 12 or 24 hours. • the date format: mm/dd/yy, dd/mm/yy, or yy/mm/dd. • the time. • the date. O main menu → time/date → set time f...

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    Calibur dsr 4-2 0150-0163f o main menu → time/date → set time time setup hh mm ss 03 05 53 [cancel] [ok] to set the time: 1. With hh mm ss highlighted, press the enter button. The highlighting will move to the row of numbers. 2. Enter the time in hours, minutes, and seconds. Use the jog to change th...

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    0150-0163f 4-3 calibur dsr this teletext alarm detecting feature of the dsr is compatible with the following styles of multiplexers: • kalatel • philips • robot • pelco • sanyo • atv connecting to dedicated micros (dm) when connecting to a dedicated micros multiplexer: • it is necessary to connect t...

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    Calibur dsr 4-4 0150-0163f 2. Press the enter button to enter the edit mode. Edit mode will appear on-screen, in the lower left-hand corner of the timer settings menu. The user may press the enter button to exit edit mode at any time. 3. Use the jog to change the values of the date setting. Date (da...

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    0150-0163f 4-5 calibur dsr 3. Use the jog to select del from the menu. 4. Press the enter button to confirm the selection and exit the edit mode. 5. Use the jog / shuttle to navigate to [ok], then press the enter button to remove the selection and exit the menu. 4.4 main menu → record settings recor...

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    Calibur dsr 4-6 0150-0163f o main menu → record settings → video quality record quality select quality high use the jog to select the desired record quality. Select high, med or low. Higher record quality’s use lower compression, requiring more disk space. Press the enter button to confirm the selec...

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    0150-0163f 4-7 calibur dsr o main menu → display settings → archive status off on to display the archive status near the upper center of the screen on the primary monitor, select on. The unit will display either: • archive not connected. • archive ready. • archive not ready. Use the jog to select on...

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    Calibur dsr 4-8 0150-0163f archive search filters start date: 12/25/00 [ ] (mm/dd/yy) stop 01/01/01 [ ] (mm/dd/yy) start time: 11:11:21 [ ] stop 12:34:34 [ ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 camera: [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] alarm: [ ] use this menu to specify: • the start and stop date of the search. • the start and...

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    0150-0163f 4-9 calibur dsr searching for recorded alarms 1. Using the shuttle to navigate, highlight the alarm parameter, then press the enter button. The unit will enter edit mode. 2. Use the jog to activate the alarms search, by placing an [x] in the check box. 3. Press the enter button at any tim...

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    Calibur dsr 4-10 0150-0163f o main menu → archive setup → restore from archive the dsr supports data restoration to the hard disk from an archive device. Data may be restored from a dat, ait, raid, or dvse. See the archiving addendum for details about using archive devices. The dsr does allow the us...

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    0150-0163f 4-11 calibur dsr 2. Use the shuttle to navigate among the different cameras. 3. Use the jog to select a camera (or cameras) by placing an [x] in the check box. 4. Press the enter button at any time to exit edit mode. Searching for recorded alarms 1. Using the shuttle to navigate, highligh...

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    Calibur dsr 4-12 0150-0163f o main menu → archive setup → archive overwrite mode for future use only. O main menu → archive setup → erase archive medium erasing media… to erase the archived data, press the enter button. The erasing media progress bar will appear. Press the enter button to cancel arc...

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    0150-0163f 5-1 calibur dsr 5 i nstaller p rogramming for security reasons, a password is provided to limit access to the advanced menu. For instructions about entering the advanced menu, see section 4.7 main menu → advanced menu, on page 4-12. 5.1 advanced menu → disk overwrite mode disk overwrite m...

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    Calibur dsr 5-2 0150-0163f o advanced menu → disk overwrite mode → overwrite once physical start of disk unit stops recording when this point is reached previously recorded data overwriten new recorded data functions of overwrite once mode: • recording always starts at end of last recording. • the u...

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    0150-0163f 5-3 calibur dsr o advanced menu → disk maintenance → delete disk deleting disk… [cancel] to begin deleting the disk, use the jog to select delete disk, then press the enter button. The deleting disk menu will appear. The unit will begin deleting the oldest recorded information immediately...

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    Calibur dsr 5-4 0150-0163f 5.5 advanced menu → communications baud rate ethernet use thus menu to specify: • the data transfer rate for the rs-232 serial port. • the units ethernet network connection settings. O advanced menu → communications → baud rate use the jog to select the baud rate. Press th...

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    0150-0163f 5-5 calibur dsr 5.6 advanced menu → multiplexer format none kalatel robot dm philips pelco sanyo navco atv the dsr is compatible with several different brands of multiplexers. Use this menu to specify the playback format of the multiplexer. If the unit not connected to a multiplexer, sele...

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    Calibur dsr 5-6 0150-0163f o advanced menu → adjust picture → adjust saturation adjust saturation 050 [cancel] [ok] use this menu to increase or decrease the saturation of the image. Saturation refers to the amount of color displayed in the image. 1. Use the shuttle to navigate to the numbers. 2. Us...

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    0150-0163f 5-7 calibur dsr confirmation box please re-enter the password o --- re-enter the new password. Pressing the enter button on the last character will complete the password selection. Message the new password has been accepted! [ok] if the password in the confirmation box matches the passwor...

  • Page 49: Rs-232 R

    0150-0163f 6-1 calibur dsr 6 rs-232 r emote p rotocol the rs-232 protocol command structure uses “start of text” (s x ) and “end of text” (e x ) characters to identify the beginning and end of command sequences. The dsr supports the following command sequences: ascii command string command ascii str...

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    Calibur dsr 6-2 0150-0163f setting the clock the following table shows the command sequence for setting the clock: command 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 value 02 43 4c 4b 20 y1 y2 2d m1 m2 command 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 value 2d d1 d2 2c h1 h2 3a f1 f2 03 this gray cells in the value row of this table...

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    0150-0163f 6-3 calibur dsr ascii status request messages command ascii string bytes in hexadecimal model name request s x mln e x 02 4d 4c 4e 03 software version number request s x svn e x 02 73 77 4e 03 record mode status request s x rms e x 02 52 4d 73 03 stop mode status request s x sms e x 02 73...

  • Page 53: Actory

    0150-0163f 7-1 calibur dsr 7 f actory d efaults function setting time format 24 hour date format mm / dd / yy normal record speed 60 pictures per seconds (ntsc) or 50 pps (pal) alarm record speed 60 pictures per seconds (ntsc) or 50 pps (pal) record quality high disk overwrite mode continuous overwr...

  • Page 55: Echnical

    0150-0163f 8-1 calibur dsr 8 t echnical s pecifications general power supply 120-240 volt ac, auto-ranging adapter input voltage 12 volt dc power consumption 20 watts max. Operating temperature range operating: 0 to 40 ºc. Storage: -20 to +60 ºc. Relative humidity range (non-condensing) operating: 1...

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    Calibur dsr 8-2 0150-0163f audio / video video signal input 0.7 to 1.4 volts peak-to-peak, with automatic gain control video signal output 1 volt peak-to-peak into 75-ohm input termination 75-ohm colors y:u:v 4:2:2, 16.8 million colors gray scale 256 levels horizontal resolution 720 pixels vertical ...

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    0150-0163f 9-1 calibur dsr 9 w arranty and s ervice 9.1 factory service warning: do not open the top cover or attempt to service the unit, as this may expose you to dangerous voltages and other hazards. Programmer maintenance of this unit is limited to external cleaning and inspection. Refer all ser...

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    Calibur dsr 9-2 0150-0163f 9.2 warranty and return information ge interlogix warrants all of its equipment for three years from the date of purchase. This warranty covers any defects in materials and workmanship. Equipment failures that are due to improper installation, modification, abuse, or acts ...