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Qvis Cyborg Mini Hybrid T9 G620 Quick User Manual

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    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 1 cyborg mini hybrid t9/16 g620 mini nvr quick users guide ® l a b s © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014.

  • Page 2: Welcome

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 2 the qvis cyborg mini hybrid / t9-g620 mini nvr / t16-g620 mini nvr combines the very best of traditional surveillance functionality with state-of-the-art web technologies to create a video solution t...

  • Page 3: Contents

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 3 contents section title page number qr codes for cyborg & terminator 4 hardware requirements 5 startup procedure 5-6 shutdown procedure 7 taskbar buttons 8 desktop screen management 8 video playback i...

  • Page 4

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 4 qr codes for cyborg & terminator ranges qr codes (quick response code) are similar to barcodes but incorporate a matrix style pattern to store information. They are a quick way to obtain information ...

  • Page 5: Hardware Requirements

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 5 hardware requirements before you are able to fully use the dvr ip & anologue camera systems you need to make sure you have the correct peripheral hardware connected. Below is a list of devices you wi...

  • Page 6: Startup Proceedure

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 6 startup proceedure (continued) when the dvr has fully booted, the first image that will be displayed on the monitor will be multi-tiled video monitor window (as shown below). This will display the vi...

  • Page 7: Shutdown Procedure

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 7 you can shutdown the dvr at any point during use, as long as you have completed using the interface and/or you understand that your cctv security system will be fully shutdown and offline once you ha...

  • Page 8: Taskbar Buttons

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 8 taskbar buttons much like a standard home pc, the qvis dvr has a taskbar along the bottom of the screen containing a few useful buttons. Bottom right corner: this is not used during normal dvr operat...

  • Page 9: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 9 video playback interface the ‘video control panel’ does not contain video playback controls anymore. This section shows how to successfully login to access the playback interface. There are two ways ...

  • Page 10: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 10 video playback interface type in your ‘user name’ & ‘password’ when the login screen and keyboard appears. Once you have successfully logged in you should see the playback interface, as shown below....

  • Page 11: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 11 video playback interface this second method allows you to efficiently and quickly playback footage from a particular camera. Meaning that when you login into the playback interface, the camera you h...

  • Page 12: Breakdown & Explanation

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 12 breakdown & explanation video playback interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 = full screen 2 = 2x2 tiling 3 = 3x3 tiling 4 = 4x4 tiling 5 = 5x5 tiling 6 = 6x6 tiling 7 = populate tiles (all connected cameras wi...

  • Page 13: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 13 video playback interface this will show each camera’s (currently displaying on one of the tiles above) levels of motion activity during a set time frame. Please turn to page 17 to see full explanati...

  • Page 14: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 14 video playback interface to view their recorded footage within the playback interface, there are numerous ways to select and arrange the connected cameras. Giving you this flexibility will allow you...

  • Page 15: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 15 method 1: double click a thumbnail to automatically place in the first empty tile. Selecting and arranging cameras video playback interface hold down left mouse button over camera tile you wish to m...

  • Page 16: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 16 selecting and arranging cameras video playback interface method 5: remove a camera by dragging it outside the video monitoring area. Method 6: click upper right icon to display all cameras. Drag.

  • Page 17: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 17 video playback interface playback timeline as part of the newly updated intuitive playback interface is the incident timeline. This is found at the bottom of the playback interface and allows you to...

  • Page 18: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 18 video playback interface playback timeline the timeline(s) can be zoomed into by using the mouse wheel so that you are able to view a more decisive time period of incident activity. You need to have...

  • Page 19: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 19 this chapter will explain how to create an incident record list. The next chapter will show you how to back up this list’s video footage to an external data storage device. Following on from ‘incide...

  • Page 20: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 20 video playback interface incident records: records list menu the window, shown on the right, will appear after clicking on the ‘new’ button. To index or edit an incident record, select which camera ...

  • Page 21: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 21 to further increase the efficiency of recording “incidents”, we have designed extra functionality to the interface so that it can automatically setup the details of the incident for you. To get the ...

  • Page 22: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 22 video playback interface incidents record: backup this chapter will show you how to backup your incident list’s video footage to an external data storage device. Next to the ‘incidents’ button on th...

  • Page 23: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 23 video playback interface incidents record: backup select the drive you want the incident footage backed up on to (example highlighted by the red box to the left). To start the backup transfer proces...

  • Page 24: Video Playback Interface

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 24 video playback interface motion exclusion search on playback in order to pin point incidents of activity on the camera’s video footage, with even greater efficiency, we have included a motion exclus...

  • Page 25: Schedule

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 25 the qvis dvr always records all connected cameras at the resolution, frame rate, and quality specified in camera settings. The schedule function is used to modify this behavior during selected time ...

  • Page 26: Schedule

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 26 schedule (continued) this brings up the schedule details window, which allows customization of this particular scheduling ‘block’. Name: input the name of the particular block, in order to distingui...

  • Page 27: Schedule

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 27 if this box is unchecked, the following four options become editable: video size: by clicking the drop down menu to the right of this value, the resolution of the recorded video can be changed to d1...

  • Page 28: Schedule

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 28 simply click anywhere on the block to bring up a pop up with three options (as highlighted in the red box below: edit: this opens the associated schedule details window for editing. Delete: this del...

  • Page 29: Ptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 29 ptz 1 2 a new feature to the current dvr is that it allows you to control a number of connected ptz (pan tilt zoom) cameras. You will have the ability to physically rotate the camera head to it’s fu...

  • Page 30: Ptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 30 ptz the ptz controls will then appear at the bottom of the screen (highlighted below). Us- ing the mouse click on the individual control buttons to manoeuvre camera. 3 arrow keys: each arrow will ma...

  • Page 31: Eptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 31 another new feature to the current dvr is that you can digitally zoom and focus on specific areas of the footage with either static ip or analogue cameras using the eptz (electronic pan tilt zoom). ...

  • Page 32: Eptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 32 using eptz on backed-up video footage eptz we recommend using vlc media player, it is a free download from the vlc official website. It has better zoom capabilities than windows media player. Here i...

  • Page 33: Eptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 33 using eptz on backed-up video footage the media player will open and play the file. There are several buttons on the bottom of the window under the playing footage. The sixth button is the extended ...

  • Page 34: Eptz

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 34 using eptz on backed-up video footage windows media player windows media player does not have the same zoom capabilities that vlc has. To magnify, right click the mouse in the media player to open a...

  • Page 35: Ptz Cameras & Accessories

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 35 using eptz on backed-up video footage ptz cameras & accessories if you wish to find out more about our range of qvis ptz cameras and all the accessories available then please scan the qr codes below...

  • Page 36: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 36 settings the system ‘settings’ is where you can modify the dvr/nvr/hybrid and camera configuration and parameters and set them to run your cctv security system. You can find the ‘settings’ (and sche...

  • Page 37: Ip Cameras

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 37 the camera menu has 4 sub menus: ip cameras: setup, add, remove and rename ip cameras: video quality and motion ip cameras: info ip cameras: privacy region settings ip cameras settings the settings ...

  • Page 38: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 38 ip cameras: setup, add, remove and rename this menu defines all controls of ip cameras. Before adding an ip camera, please ensure that it is compatible with the cyborg. Please refer to the associate...

  • Page 39: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 39 settings ip cameras (continued) the ip cameras should appear in the lower left. Add them individually and wait a bit while cyborg finds and configures them. Should take only 1 or 2 minutes, at most....

  • Page 40: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 40 settings ip camera: video quality & motion if you would like to change the video quality of your ip camera so that less data storage on your hard drive is used then you can adjust the levels within ...

  • Page 41: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 41 settings click ‘more motion settings’ to set where on the camera’s field of view the dvr will detect any motion and shown on the camera’s motion sensitivity timeline in the playback interface. The ‘...

  • Page 42: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 42 settings ip cameras (continued) si. No. & name: name and number of the particular camera connected to the system. Name: designated camera name. Ip address: the numbered address code for the camera d...

  • Page 43: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 43 to set privacy masked areas, please firstly select the camera from the list on the left hand side. On the grid placed over the camera’s view, select the sectors you would like blanked out. You can e...

  • Page 44: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 44 settings analog cameras the camera menu has only 2 sub menus: analog cameras: name, ptz, and video quality analog cameras: privacy region settings analog cameras: name, ptz, and video quality this v...

  • Page 45: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 45 settings analog cameras (continued) camera number & name: this displays the camera’s default number and name. The name can be changed to something more descriptive using the text box. Has audio?: ch...

  • Page 46: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 46 settings analog cameras (continued) modify image quality (button): click ‘ok’ if you are prepared for the video tiles to go blank. The ‘image quality settings’ menu will appear, as shown below: firs...

  • Page 47: Dvr

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 47 dvr the dvr has 6 sub menus: dvr identification auto reboot minimum fps with motion enabled recording time and date uart display/monitor/tv dvr identification: this menu allows you to give a name an...

  • Page 48: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 48 settings dvr (continued) auto reboot: this allows you to set an automatic restart at a specific and repeated time. “never” radio button : this disables the auto reboot function. “set time” radio but...

  • Page 49: Dvr

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 49 dvr (continued) settings time and date: this allows you to set the date, time and time zone. Uart: this allows you to define the ptz uart parameters. The ptz uart parameters shown to the right, will...

  • Page 50: Dvr

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 50 dvr (continued) settings display/monitor/tv the single option given here is for you to adjust the monitor settings: when you click on the ‘change monitor resolution’ button, this menu window appears...

  • Page 51: Dhcp/manual:

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 51 the network menu has 3 sub menus: dhcp/manual dns wan access dhcp/manual: this allows you to configure your network settings. Status: displays the status of the network connection. Configure: use th...

  • Page 52: Network

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 52 network (continued) settings dns: this allows you to change the dns (domain name system) setting. The dns setting is automatically detected when connected to a network. If it needs to be changed the...

  • Page 53: Enable Account

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 53 the user menu has 6 sub functions (as highlighted by the red box): enable account disable account view/modify privileges add a new user delete a user change password enable account: this allows you ...

  • Page 54: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 54 settings user (continued) disable account: this allows you to disable an existing account. Having clicked disable account, find the account you wish to disable in the window on the left hand side an...

  • Page 55: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 55 settings user (continued) add a new user: this allows you to add a new user account. Enter the new username and password. Re-enter the password to confirm. Click ‘add’ to add the user. Note: in the ...

  • Page 56: Sensor Events:

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 56 this menu allows you to setup alarm triggers using the motion sensor functions of the qvis operating system. When motion is detected (on the cameras you have selected to use the motion sensor functi...

  • Page 57: General Parameters:

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 57 general parameters: clicking this menu section button will allow you to setup the alarm to send an alert to a spe- cific email server. Interval settings (highlighted by the red box below): pre-conte...

  • Page 58: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 58 settings alarm (continued) email settings: input details into these fields: smtp port (simple mail transfer protocol port) server name sender user name - the name registered with the email account s...

  • Page 59: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 59 settings info the info menu has 3 sub menus: system information video information event log no information can be manipulated within these sub menus. It is purely a read-only reference point. System...

  • Page 60: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 60 settings info (continued) video information: this allows you to view your video information. Event log: this allows you to view your event log..

  • Page 61: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 61 *important: cctv recording is switched off during update.* first, choose the update method by selecting the appropriate radio button: via internet: to download and install the latest update package ...

  • Page 62: Settings

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 62 settings support this menu enables users to contact qvis labs for support on problems with the dvr. The problem report can either be saved to a usb stick or sent via the web directly to qvis labs..

  • Page 63: Technical Remote Assistance

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 63 technical remote assistance if you experience any issues or technical problems with your dvr system that even this user guide fails to resolve, then our qvis technical support team are always happy ...

  • Page 64: Recovery

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 64 recovery if the dvr ever becomes unresponsive or problematic, reboot the dvr. Click the ‘qvis dvr reboot’ button and it will close all windows and restart the dvr. A dialogue box will appear, click ...

  • Page 65: Notice

    © copyright qvis labs. All software and documentation rights reserved. Manual updated january 2014 65 notice the dvr has been through rigorous testing and customer trials. Nevertheless, you may find a problem. Should you encounter a problem that your dvr installer cannot remedy, or you have new feat...