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Qvis APOLLO 32 LX User Manual
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Page 3: Directory
Www.Dualsig.Com 3 directory 1 welcome ...................................................................................... 5 2 open-package check and cable connections ....................................6 2.1 initial check ............................................................6 2.2 hard dis...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 4 4.4 system .............................................................................33 4.4.1 general ........................................................................33 4.4.2 encode .........................................................................34 4.4.3 network...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 5 1. Welcome thank you for purchasing our dvr! This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your qvis dvr series dvr system. Youwillindinformationaboutthisqvisdvrseriesdvr'sfeaturesandfunctions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before you begin...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 6 2 initial check and cable connections 2.1 initial check whenyouirstreceiveyourdvr,pleasecheckthefollowing: 1. Please check whether there is any visible damage to the package appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the dvr can protect the dvr against most accide...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 7 5). Connect sata data wire 6). Connect the power wire 7). Put the top back on 8). Screw on the cover 2.3 rack mount installation thisseriesofdvrisinastandard2ucase,soitcanberackmounted. Step: 1. Make sure the room temperature is lower than 35°c (95°f) 2.Keepatleast15cmspacearoundth...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 8 front panel function table serial no key mark function 1 direction inthemenu,pressupordowntomovecursor changeconigurationinthedrop-downmenu pressupordowntoselectrecordileintheplayback status inthepreviewscreen,pressupordowntogointo 1/4/8/9/16 multiple channels screen inthemenu,pres...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 9 2.6 audio and video input and output connections 2.6.1 video input connections the video input port is a bnc connector plug. The type of input signal is pal/ ntscbnc(1.0vp-p,75Ω). The video signal must be of the correct standard and have a high signal to noise ratio,lowaberrationan...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 10 2.6.4 audio signal output commonly the output parameter of a dvr audio signal is greater than 200mv 1kΩ(bnc)whichcanconnectalowimpedanceearphoneandactivesoundbox orotheraudiooutputequipmentsthroughapowerampliier.Ifthesoundboxand thetonearmcannotbeisolated,ahowlingphenomenaisoftene...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 11 (1,6,8)alarminput(2,7)grounding(3)alarm(5)rs485(4)rs232 parameter meaning g grounding (earth) c1,no1 alarm output interface(constant open type) t,r rs232 port a,b 485 communication interface which is connected with the recording control equipments such as the decoder 2.7.1 alarm i...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 12 2.7.3 alarm output port relay parameters type:jrc-27f interface material silver rating (resistance load) rating switch capacity 30vdc2a,125vac1a maximalswitchpower 125va 160w maximalswitchvoltage 250vac,220vdc maximalswitchcurrent 1a isolation homo-polarityinterface 1000vac 1minut...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 13 3 basic operation note: the button in gray display indicates nonsupport. 3.1 turn on plug in and turn on the power supply switch. If the power supply indicator light lights up then the video recorder has turned on. After startup you will hear a beep. The default setting of the vid...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 14 picture 3.1 system login password protection: if the password is entered continuously wrong for three times, the alarm will start. If the password is continuously wrong ive times, the account will be locked. (through a reboot or after half an hour, the account can be unlocked auto...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 15 picture 3.2 shortcut menu 3.5.1 main menu whenyoulogin,thesystemmainmenuisshownasbelow. Picture 3.3 main menu www.Dualsig.Com.
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Www.Dualsig.Com 16 3.5.2 playback therearetwomethodsforyoutoplaythevideoilesintheharddisk. 1). In the desktop shortcut menu. 2). Mainmenu>record->playback note: the hard disk that saves the video iles must be set as read-write or read- only state. (4.5.1) picture 3.4 video playback 1) .Listediles 2)...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 17 detect: detect the storage connected with the dvr such as hard disk or universal disk. Erasure: choosetheiletodeleteandclickerasuretodeletetheile. Stop: stop the backup. Backup: clickbackupbuttonandthedialogboxispoppedup.Youcanchoose thebackupileaccordingtothetype,channelandtime. ...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 18 button function button function / play/pause backward stop slow play fast play previous frame nextframe previousile nextile circulation full screen table 3.2 playback control key note: frame by frame playback is only performed in the pause playback state. (operation hint) display ...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 19 3.5.4 alarm output pleasecheckcurrentchannelstatus:“o”meansitisnotinalarmingstatus,“ • ” means it is in alarming status. You can use desktop shortcut menu or click [main menu]> [alarm function]> [alarm output] to enter the alarm output interface. Picture 3.9 alarm output ( conigur...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 20 speed :settheptzrotationrange.Defaultrange:1~8. Zoom :click/buttontoadjustthezoommultipleofthecamera. Focus :click/buttontoadjustthefocusofthecamera. Iris :click/buttontoadjusttheirisofthecamera. Direction control :controltheptzrotation.8directionscontrolissupportive. (4 direction...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 21 picture 3.12 ptz control 2: cruise between points a ptz camera can be set to cruise between a series of preset points. This is called acruise.Tosettheptzuptodothisisasfollows: 1). Cruise between points settings acruiselineisasetupofmultiplepresetconnectedpoints,thesetupprocedure i...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 22 3: scan the ptz can also work on the preset scan line repeatedly. 1). Scan setup step 1 : inpicture3.10,clickthesetupbutton,whichtakesyoutopicture3.14; step 2 : clickthepatternbuttonandinputapatrolvalueinthepatternvalue blank; step 3 : clickthebeginbuttonandenterpicture3.10,hereyo...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 23 2). Boundary scan calls inpicture3.10,clickthepageshiftbuttontoentertheptzcontrolmenuasshown inpicture3.12.Pleaseinputthenumberofthescaninthevalueblank,thenclickthe autoscanbutton,theptzwillbegintoworkonthescanline.Clickthestopbuttontostop. 5: rotating the horizontal click the hor...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 24 3.5.7 output adjust adjust tv output area parameters. You can use the desktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu]> [management tools]> [output adjust]. Picture 3.19 output adjust 3.5.8 logout tologout,shutdownthesystemorrebootthesystem.Youcanusethedesktop shortcut menu or enter [ma...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 25 4 main menu 4.1 main menu navigation main menu sub menu function record conig settherecordingconiguration,recordingtype,recording time section playback setrecordinglook-up,recordingplay,videoilestorage backup detectorformatbackupequipment,backtheselectiveiles snapshot storage setp...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 26 main menu sub menu function management tools hard disk management setappointedharddiskasread-writedisc,read-onlydisc orredundantdisc,cleardata,resumedateandsoon user management modifyuser,teamorpassword.Adduserorteam.Delete user or team. Online user break the connection with the a...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 27 (prerecord )record1-30secondsbeforetheaction.(timelengthisdecidedby the code stream) (record mode )setthevideostate:schedule,manualorstop. Schedule :recordaccordingtothesetvideotype(common,detectionandalarm) and time section. Manual :clickthebuttonandtherelevantchannelwillstartrec...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 28 manual: no matter what the present channel is doing, once you choose the "manual"button,itwillonlytakeasnapshotwhenyoutellitto. Stop: nomatterwhatthepresentchannelisinastate,onceyouchoosethe "stop"button,itwillstopthesnapshotfunction. (period )setnormalrecordperiod,(setsthefrequen...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 29 remove :cleartheileinformation. Add :showtheileinformationtosatisfythesetileattributes. Start/pause :clicktheplaybuttontostartthebackupandclickthepausebutton to stop the backup. Cancel :duringbackupyoucanexitthepagelayouttocarryoutotherfunctions. 4.3 alarm function alarmfunctionsi...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 30 (period) trigger the motion detect signal in the set time section. You can set according to week or set uniformly. Each day is divided into four time sections. means the setup is valid. Picture 4.6 set the time section (interval) only one alarm signal is turned on even if there ...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 31 (send email) means sending an email to the user when the alarm is turned on. Note :setinthe[netservice]andsendemail. (buzzer) buzzering when alarm is actived (ftp upload )uploadrecordiletoftpserverwhenalarmisactived note: set in the [netservice] and send ftp. 4.3.2 video blind whe...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 32 4.3.4 alarm input whenthesystemgetsanexternalalarmsignal,thealarmfunctionisturnedon. Picture 4.11 alarm input setmethod:refertochapter4.3.1.Motiondetect note:"advanced" button is the same as right-click. 4.3.5 alarm output refer to chapter 3.5.4. 4.3.6 abnormal analysingandinspect...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 33 4.4 system setup setthesystemparameterssuchasgeneral,encode,network,netservice, guidisplay,ptzconig,rs232andtoursetup. 4.4.1 general picture 4.13 general setup (system time) set the system data and time. (date format )choosethedataformat:ymd,mdy,dmy. (date separator) choose list s...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 34 4.4.2 encode setup setthevideo/audiocodeparameters:videoile,remotemonitoringandsoon. Seteveryindependentchannel’scodingparameterintheleftpart,andsetthe combine encode parameter in the right part. Note :combineencodeintroducesvideocompressiontechniquewhichcombines andcompressesmult...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 35 4.4.3 network setup picture 4.17 network (net card) you can choose cable network card or wireless network card. (dhcp enable) obtain ip address automatically (not suggested) note :dhcpserverispreinstalled. (ip address )settheipaddress.Default:192.168.1.10. (subnet mask )setthesubn...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 36 (pppoe setup) picture 4.19 pppoe input the user name and password that the isp (internet service provider) provides. After saving it reboot your system. Then the dvr will build a network connection based on pppoe. The ip address will change into a dynamic ip address after the abov...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 37 (email setup) ifthealarmisturnedonorthealarmlinkagephotosaretaken,thesystemcan send an email of the alarm information and the photos to an appointed address. Picture 4.21 email smtp server :emailserveraddress.Thiscouldbeanipaddressoradomain name.Adomainnamecanonlybeusedifithasthec...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 38 (ddns) (dynamic domain name server). Local domain name :insertthedomainnameregisteredbytheddns. User name :inserttheusername. Password :insertthepassword. When the ddns is successfully conigured and started, you can connect the domain name in the ie address column to visit. Note :...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 39 (arsp) startup ddns server to add devices and manage it in the ddns server type:choose"dns" enable: means it is chosen severip:ipaddressofddnsserver port: ( wireless conig)adslthrough3gnetcard,usecmstovisitandconigthedevice picture4.25wirelessconig (enable) choose enable to make ...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 40 (enable) select this to make sure the abnormal function is working (port) this is the port to enable mobile monitoring. You will need to make a router map of it if you want to view everything by mobile (upnp )upnpprotocolcansetautoportforwardingontherouter,makesure upnp is running...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 41 4.4.5 gui display conigurethevideooutputparametersincludingthefrontoutputmodeandcode output mode. Front output :inthelocalpreviewmodeandincludes:channeltitle,timedisplay, recordstatus,alarmstatus,bitrateinfo,transparencyandregioncover. Code output :inthenetworksurveillanceandvideo...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 42 4.4.6 ptz setup picture 4.29 ptz setup (channel) choose the dome camera input channel. (protocol )choosethecorrespondingdomeprotocol.(pelcodasanexample) (address) set as the corresponding dome address. Default :1. (note :theaddressmustbeconsistentwiththedomeaddress.) (baud rate) c...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 43 4.4.8 tour setup set the patrol display. means that the tour mode is turned on. You can choose thesinglewindow,fourwindows,ninewindows,sixteenwindowspatroldisplay or single display. Picture 4.31 tour setup (interval )setthepatrolswitchinterval.Thesetrangeis5-120seconds. Note :/m...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 44 4.5.2 account manage the user purview. Note : 1.Themaximumcharacterlengthis8bytesforthefollowinguserand user team name. A blank ahead of or behind a character string is invalid. A middle blank in the character string is valid. Legal charactersinclude:letters,numbers,underline,subt...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 45 (add user) to add a user to the team and set the user authority. Enter the menu interface and input the user name and password. Choose the team and choose whether cover using is to be activated. Cover using means that the account can be used by multiple users at the same time. Onc...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 46 4.5.3 online user look up the network user information in the local dvr. You can choose the networkuserandcuttheconnection.Thentheuserislockeduntilnextboot- strap. Picture 4.38 online user 4.5.4 tv adjust refer to chapter 3.5.7. 4.5.5 auto maintain theusercansettheautoreboottimean...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 47 4.5.7 upgrade picture 4.41 upgrade (upgrade) choose usb interface. ( upgrade ile)choosetheilewhichneedsupgraded. 4.5.8 device info providedeviceinterfaceinfolikeaudioin,alarmin/outtobeconvenientlyused for user. Picture 4.42 device info. 4.6 info 4.6.1 hdd info displaytheharddiskst...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 48 clue : means that the hard disk is normal. X means that the hard disk is not working. - means that there is no hard disk. If the user needs to change the damaged hard disk then you must shut down the dvr and remove all the damaged hard disks before installing a new one. * behind...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 49 4.6.4 version displaythebasicinformationsuchashardwareinformation,softwareedition, issue data and so on. Picture 4.46 version 4.7 shut down system refer to chapter 3.5.8. Www.Dualsig.Com.
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Www.Dualsig.Com 50 5 faq and maintenance 5.1 faq ifyourproblemsisnotlisted,pleasecontactyourlocalinstallerforservice. 1). The dvr does not boot up normally. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 the power supply is not correct. 2 switch power supply line is not in good connection. 3 switch power suppl...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 51 5). Real-time image problems such as the image color or the brightness distortion. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 whenusingthebncoutput,theoptionbetweenthenmodeorpal mode is wrong and the image becomes black and white. 2 the dvr is not matched the monitor impedance. 3 the vid...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 52 11). The dvr can not control the ptz. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 there is something wrong with the frontal ptz. 2 thesetting,connectionortheinstallationoftheptzdecoderisnot correct. 3 the connections are not correct. 4 the ptz setting of the dvr is not correct. 5 the prot...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 53 15). Network connection is unstable. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 network is not stable. 2 ipaddressisconlicted. 3 macaddressisconlicted. 4 the net card of the dvr is bad. 16). There is something wrong with the usb backup or writing a cd. Possible reasons are as followed: 1...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 54 21). The storage time is not enough. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 front monitor quality is bad. The lens is too dirty. The monitor is in back lighting installation. 2 the hard disk capability is not enough. 3 the hard disk is damaged. 22). The downloading iles can not play....
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Www.Dualsig.Com 55 appendix 1.Remote controller operation serial number name function 1 multi-windowbutton samefunctionasmulti-windowbuttoninthefrontpanel 2 numeric button code input/number input/channel switch 3 (esc) same function as (esc) button in the front panel 4 direction button same function...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 56 appendix 3.Technique parameters type 8ch 16ch system main processor high performance embedded microprocessor operation system embedded linux operation system system resource synchronousmulti-channelrecording,synchronousmulti- channelsub-codestream,synchronousmulti-channel playback...
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Www.Dualsig.Com 57 type 8ch 16ch other power supply 12v/6aexternalpowersupply power consumption working temperature 0ºc~55ºc working humidity 10%–90% air pressure 86kpa–106kpa size 442x430.1x91mm weight 7.5kg (without hard disk) installation desktop general features • 8/16channelvideoinputs&8/16simu...