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PACOM PDR960H-16RT User Manual
Summary of PDR960H-16RT
Page 3: Warning
Digital video recorder i warning risk of electric shock do not open warning: to reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangl...
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User’s manual ii important safeguards 1. Read instructions all the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain instructions the safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Cleaning unplug this equipment from the wall ...
Page 5: Table of Contents
Digital video recorder iii table of contents chapter 1 ─ introduction ........................................................................................... 1 features ................................................................................................................... 1 technical...
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User’s manual iv recording menu ..................................................................................................... 18 general setting (record general tab) ...................................................... 18 schedule setup (record schedule tab) ..............................
Page 7: List of Illustrations
Digital video recorder v appendix a ─ usb hard disk drive preparation .................................................. 59 preparing the usb hard disk drive in windows 2000 ............................................. 59 preparing the usb hard disk drive in windows 98 ................................
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User’s manual vi figure 18 ─ health check screen. ........................................................................................... 28 figure 19 ─ network menu. ..................................................................................................... 29 figure 20 ─ general scre...
Page 9: Chapter 1 ─ Introduction
Digital video recorder 1 chapter 1 ─ introduction features your color digital video recorder (dvr) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 8 or 16 composite video input ...
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User’s manual 2 the dvr can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full. Your dvr uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video. You can view video and control your dvr remotely by c...
Page 11: Chapter 2 ─ Installation
Digital video recorder 3 chapter 2 ─ installation package contents the package contains the following: digital video recorder power cord user’s manual (this document) ras software cd and user’s manual rack-mount kit assembly screws and guide rails for adding hard disk drives infrared remote control ...
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User’s manual 4 video loop through if you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the loop bnc connectors. Note: the loop bnc connectors are auto terminated. Do not connect a cable to the loop bnc unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor...
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Digital video recorder 5 nc/no (relay alarm output): the dvr can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the c (common) and nc (normally closed) or c and no (normally open) connectors. Nc/no is a relay output which sinks 2a@125vac and 1a@30vdc.See chapter 3 ─ confi...
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User’s manual 6 note: it is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. Note: the dvr does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with an amplifier. The dvr does not have a pre-amplifier for audio input, so the audio input should ...
Page 15: Front Panel Controls
Digital video recorder 7 chapter 3 ─ configuration note: your dvr should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to chapter 2 ─ installation. Front panel controls figure 3 ─ 16-channel dvr front panel. Camera buttons power led hdd led alarm out led network led clip copy led panic button ala...
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User’s manual 8 the front panel looks and operates much like a vcr combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple functions. The buttons on the infrared remote control, while laid out differently, perform the same functions as those on the front panel. The following describes each bu...
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Digital video recorder 9 clip copy button pressing the clip copy button allows you to copy video clips. Zoom/ptz button pressing the zoom/ptz button zooms in the current image in double on the screen. You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectangle to another area. Pressing the (play/pause) butt...
Page 18: Turning On The Power
User’s manual 10 arrow buttons these buttons are used to navigate through menus and gui. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the up and down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. These buttons are also used to control pan and til...
Page 19: Initial Unit Setup
Digital video recorder 11 initial unit setup before using your dvr for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, remote control, record mode, network and password. Your dvr can be set up using various ...
Page 20: System Menu
User’s manual 12 system menu system setup (system system tab) figure 7 ─ system screen. In the system screen, you can assign a system id number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, show the system log, register users, and shut th...
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Digital video recorder 13 highlighting the install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package. Highlighting the cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without upgrading the software. If the upgrade package file is not installed on the dvr properly,...
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User’s manual 14 to add a user, highlight the + user… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user name. Note: up to five users can be registered to the operator group. Caution: write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgo...
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Digital video recorder 15 setup ─ the user without setup authority cannot establish any system settings excluding system shutdown and logout on a local system or a pc running ras. Color control ─ the user can control brightness, contrast, hue and saturation for cameras on a local system or a pc runn...
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User’s manual 16 highlight the format box beside time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format. Note: the clock will not start running until you have highlighted save and pressed the button. Highlight the box beside time zon...
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Digital video recorder 17 storage setup (system storage tab) figure 9 ─ storage screen. The box beside capacity displays the capacity of the storage device. The box beside status displays the status of the storage device. Highlighting the box beside status for the desired storage device and pressi...
Page 26: Recording Menu
User’s manual 18 the box beside recorded data – from / to displays the time information of recorded data. Highlighting clear all data… and pressing the button will clear all video data. You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the dvr erases the video data. Clear all data… ...
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Digital video recorder 19 highlight the box beside codec and select between h.264 and mpeg-4. Selecting the new codec displays a message asking you to confirm whether or not you want to restart the system because the system must be restarted before applying the new codec and you will lose all record...
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User’s manual 20 schedule setup (record schedule tab) setting up the basic schedule mode… figure 12 ─ schedule (basic type) screen. Highlight the schedule type box and press the button. Select basic to set up the basic type recording schedule. Highlight the box beside record mode and press the but...
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Digital video recorder 21 setting up the advanced schedule mode… figure 13 ─ schedule (advanced type) screen. Highlight the schedule type box and press the button. Select advanced to set up the advanced type recording schedule. Selecting advanced mode allows you to set up individual recording schedu...
Page 30: Event Menu
User’s manual 22 when the dvr is in the event mode, the red icon displays at the top-left corner of the screen. The dvr will record and displays the icon at the top-left corner of the screen when any event occurs. When the dvr is in the pre-event recoding mode, the yellow icon displays when there is...
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Digital video recorder 23 motion event setup (event motion tab) figure 15 ─ motion screen. Your dvr has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned on or off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust t...
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User’s manual 24 you can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm. Highlighting the box under the min. Blocks heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the minimum number of detection blocks for daytime and nighttime independently. Hig...
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Digital video recorder 25 alarm-in event setup (event alarm-in tab) figure 16 ─ alarm-in screen. The alarm terminal strip on the back of the dvr has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the alarm-in screen. You can turn each input on or off by highlighting the alarm numb...
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User’s manual 26 you can set up the dvr to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the box beside panic record and press the button. A list of alarm inputs appears, and you can select which alarm input you want associated with panic recording...
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Digital video recorder 27 highlight setup…, and press the button. Use the atm or pos manufacturer’s recommended settings when configuring the rs232, rs485 or usb-serial ports. Highlight the box beside text-in product, and press the button. Select your device from the list. Note: the following descri...
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User’s manual 28 note: for the notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the network – mail setup screen and the dvr should be registered in the ras (remote administration system). Highlight the box beside ptz and press the button. A list of ptz presets appear. Select the preset...
Page 37: Network Menu
Digital video recorder 29 disk almost full ─ select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the dvr to trigger an alert. Disk bad ─ select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the dvr to trigger an alert. Disk temperature ─ set the temperature threshold and (ºc (celsiu...
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User’s manual 30 figure 20 ─ general screen. Highlight the first box beside transfer speed. Press the up and down arrow buttons to set the transfer speed from 50kbps to 100mbps. Highlight the second box beside transfer speed. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and...
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Digital video recorder 31 network setup (network network tab) figure 21 ─ network (manual) screen. Highlight the box beside type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: manual, dhcp and adsl (with pppoe). Select the desired type and press the button. Selecting ...
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User’s manual 32 figure 22 ─ network (dhcp) screen. Selecting adsl (with pppoe) allows you to set up the adsl network. Figure 23 ─ network (adsl) screen. Highlight the box beside id and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the id for adsl connection. Highlight the box b...
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Digital video recorder 33 dvrns setup (network dvrns tab) figure 24 ─ dvrns screen. Highlight enable dvr name service and press the button to toggle between on and off. Note: the dvrns (dvr name service) allows the dvr to use dynamic ip addresses for remote connection. When this feature is on, you...
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User’s manual 34 mail setup (network mail tab) the dvr can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running ras (remote administration system) when an event occurs. Figure 25 ─ mail screen. Highlight enable and press the button to toggle between on and off. You will only be able to chan...
Page 43: Device Menu
Digital video recorder 35 device menu figure 26 ─ device menu. Camera setup (device camera tab) figure 27 ─ camera screen. You can turn the camera number on or off, and you can change the title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the moni...
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User’s manual 36 you can assign ids to each camera by highlighting the box under the id heading and pressing the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the up and down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The ptz id number can be set from 0 to 256. Highlight the box bes...
Page 45: Display Menu
Digital video recorder 37 remote control setup (device remote control tab) highlight remote control in the devices menu and press the button. The remote control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Figure 29 ─ remote control setup screen. Highli...
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User’s manual 38 osd setup (display osd tab) figure 31 ─ osd screen. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item on and off. When an item is on, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned on or off: remote control — the icon displays when the dv...
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Digital video recorder 39 main monitor setup (display main monitor tab) figure 32 ─ main monitor screen. You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor. Highlight the box beside mode and press the button. You can select between full sequence and cameo sequence....
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User’s manual 40 after you are finished with the main monitor screen, you can highlight save and press the button to save the changes and exit the screen. If you do not wish to save the changes, highlight cancel and press the button to exit the screen. Spot monitor setup (display spot monitor tab)...
Page 49: Chapter 4 ─ Operation
Digital video recorder 41 chapter 4 ─ operation note: this chapter assumes your dvr has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to chapters 2 and 3. The dvr’s controls are similar to a vcr. As with a vcr, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have m...
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User’s manual 42 live monitoring menu freeze selecting (freeze) in the live monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (play/pause) button on the front panel. While in the freeze mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if ...
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Digital video recorder 43 note: the camera menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode. Alarm reset selecting (alarm reset) in the live monitoring menu resets the dvr’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the ...
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User’s manual 44 pressing the menu button displays the following ptz menu. You can use a mouse for convenient ptz control. Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen, and the following ptz toolbar will display. Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolb...
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Digital video recorder 45 zoom mode you can enlarge an area of the video by pressing the zoom button. For a few seconds after pressing the zoom button, a rectangle displays on the screen. A rectangle shows the area that will be enlarged. You can move the rectangle around using the arrow buttons. Pre...
Page 54: Using A Mouse
User’s manual 46 event monitoring lasts for the dwell time set for event recording. After the dwell time has elapsed, the monitor returns to the previous screen unless another event has occurred. If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed, press the display b...
Page 55: Recording Video
Digital video recorder 47 note: the pip display mode will not be supported in the search mode. Previous group, next group selecting or (previous group or next group) in the mouse display menu moves to the previous or next page. It is the same as pressing the group button on the front panel. Osd sele...
Page 56: Recording Audio
User’s manual 48 recording audio if the dvr was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording. Note: make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio. Playing recorded video if a user who has search authority l...
Page 57: Searching Video
Digital video recorder 49 you can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen, and the following record table search (compact view mode) screen will display. The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below: ...
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User’s manual 50 move the cursor over the date and time and press the (play/pause) button. You can use the left and right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the up and down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once y...
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Digital video recorder 51 exit selecting (exit) in the search menu exits the search mode and enters the live monitoring mode. Event log search figure 42 ─ event log search screen. The dvr maintains a log of each time the alarm input port is activated. The event log search screen displays this list. ...
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User’s manual 52 highlight the box beside to and press the button to toggle between on and off. When set to off, you can enter a specific date and time. When set to on, the search will be from the last recorded image. Highlight the box beside check time overlap and press the button. It toggles betwe...
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Digital video recorder 53 recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey vertical line indicates the current search position. To search specific video, move the vertical line by using the left or right arrow buttons on the fron...
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User’s manual 54 motion search figure 45 ─ motion search screen. The motion search… can be selected from the search menu while the dvr displays the camera full screen. The motion search screen displays a list of motion events. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to ...
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Digital video recorder 55 note: defining the area of the image in which you want to search for motion is nearly identical to setting up the dvr for motion detection. Please refer to motion detection screen in chapter 3 — configuration for more detailed instructions on setting up the detection blocks...
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User’s manual 56 figure 48 ─ text-in search option screen. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside from and press the button to toggle between on and off. When set to off, you can enter a specific date a...
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Digital video recorder 57 pressing the clip copy button during the playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, and the icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Pressing the clip copy button again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied by displ...
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User’s manual 58 highlight include text-in data and press the button. This will toggle between on and off. When this feature is on, you can include text-in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-in data. Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the start button ...
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Digital video recorder 59 appendix a ─ usb hard disk drive preparation preparing the usb hard disk drive in windows 2000 note: preparing a usb hard disk drive under windows xp and windows vista is almost identical to windows 2000. 1. Connect the usb hard disk drive to your computer using the usb cab...
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Digital video recorder 61 in the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 th (unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 th (qty) and 40 th (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amount category is located on a different l...
Page 70: Appendix C ─ Webguard
User’s manual 62 appendix c ─ webguard webguard allows you to access a remote dvr, monitor live video images and search recorded video using internet explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. Computer system requirements for using the webguard program are: operating system: microsoft ® w...
Page 71: Web Monitoring Mode
Digital video recorder 63 note: when running webguard in the microsoft windows vista operating system, it is recommended to start internet explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the internet explorer icon and select the run as administrator option from the ...
Page 72: Web Search Mode
User’s manual 64 ⑦ click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. ⑧ click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. ⑨ click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site. ⑩ click the to save the current image as a bitmap or jpeg ...
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Digital video recorder 65 ① click the to log out the webguard program. ② click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ position the mouse pointer on the websearch logo to see the version of the webguard program. ④ the dvr information window displays the time information of recorded data on the r...
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User’s manual 66 appendix d ─ troubleshooting problem possible solution no power check power cord connections. Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No live video check camera video cable and connections. Check monitor video cable and connections. Confirm that the camera has power. Check camera...
Page 75: I/o Connector Pin Outs
Digital video recorder 67 appendix e ─ connector pin outs i/o connector pin outs ai (1 to 16) alarm inputs 1 to 16 gnd chassis ground (5 connectors) nc relay alarm outputs (normally closed) no relay alarm outputs (normally open) c relay common ari alarm reset in rs485 connector pin outs master unit ...
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User’s manual 68 appendix f ─ map of screens.
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Digital video recorder 69 appendix g ─ system log notices boot up schedule on shutdown schedule off restart panic on upgrade panic off upgrade fail clear all data power failure clear disk time change format disk time zone change disk full time sync auto deletion time sync fail search begin disk bad ...
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User’s manual 70 appendix h ─ error code notices system upgrade related clip copy related no. Description no. Description 0 unknown error. 0 unknown error. 1 file version error. 1 device error. 2 operating system version error. 2 mounting failed. 3 software version error. 3 no media. 4 kernel versio...
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Digital video recorder 71 appendix i ─ specifications video signal format ntsc or pal (auto detect) video input composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 ohms monitor outputs composite: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms spot: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms vga: 1 video resolution composite: 720x4...
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User’s manual v1.1 72 general dimensions (w x h x d) 16.9" x 3.5" x 15.7" (430mm x 88mm x 400mm) unit weight 14 lbs. (6.3kg) shipping weight 21 lbs. (9.3kg) shipping dimensions (w x h x d) 21.3" x 11.4" x 23.2" (540mm x 290mm x 590mm) operating temperature 41°f to 104°f (5°c to 40°c) operating humid...