Smartec STR -1682 User Manual

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Summary of STR -1682

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    Www.Smartec-security.Eu smartec –sixteen channel dvr str -1682 user manual.

  • Page 2: Warning

    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 triangle, is intended to alert...

  • Page 3: Important Safeguards

    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 outlet before ...

  • Page 4: Table of Contents

    Iii table of contents chapter 1 — introduction ..........................................................................................1 features ..................................................................................................................1 technical overview.....................

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    Ff (fast forward) button ...................................................................................13 backward button ...........................................................................................13 search/stop button ...............................................................

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    Pip mode............................................................................................................66 zoom mode ........................................................................................................66 ptz mode...........................................................

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    Appendix e — troubleshooting..............................................................................96 appendix f — connector pin outs ........................................................................97 i/o connector pin outs.................................................................

  • Page 8: List of Illustrations

    List of illustrations figure 1 — typical dvr installation. ......................................................................................... 2 figure 2 — 16-channel dvr rear panel.................................................................................... 3 figure 3 — video input con...

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    Figure 49 — dvrns setup screen. ......................................................................................... 31 figure 50 — webguard setup screen. .................................................................................... 32 figure 51 — notification mail setup screen. ...........

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    Figure 100 — ptz select camera menu................................................................................. 67 figure 101 — ptz preset screen. ........................................................................................... 67 figure 102 — preset view screen. .......................

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 — Introduction

    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: y 8 or 16 composite video input connectors y compatible...

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    Your dvr can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays. 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 t...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 — Installation

    Chapter 2 — installation package contents the package contains the following: y digital video recorder y power cord y user’s manual (this document) y ras software cd and user’s manual y rack-mount kit y assembly screws guide rails for adding hard disk drives y screws for attaching scsi connector y i...

  • Page 14: Connecting The Monitor

    Connecting the loop-through video figure 4 — video loop-through connectors. 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 ter...

  • Page 15: Connecting Alarms

    Your dvr can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to audio in 1, audio in 2, audio in 3 and audio in 4 as needed using rca jacks. Connect audio out to your amplifier. Note: the dvr does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with an amplifier. The dvr ...

  • Page 16: Connecting To The Usb Ports

    Connect the device to the com and nc (normally closed) connectors or com and no (normally open) connectors. Nc/no is a relay output which sinks 2a@125vac, 1a@250vac, 1a@30vdc (nc) and 5a@125vac, 2a@250vac, 3a@30vdc (no). Ari (alarm reset in) figure 11 — alarm reset input connectors. An external sign...

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    A postscript™ usb printer (not supplied) can be connected to one of the ports. You can print selected images resulting from a search. Refer to chapter 4 — operation, searching video. A usb to serial converter can be connected to the usb port. Multiple text-in devices can be used with a usb to serial...

  • Page 18: Factory Reset

    Connecting to the network port figure 17 — network connector. The dvr can be networked using the 10/100mb ethernet connector. Connect a cat5 cable with an rj-45 jack to the dvr connector. The dvr can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades. ...

  • Page 19: Connecting The Power Cord

    Connecting the power cord figure 19 — power cord connector. Connect the ac power cord to the dvr and then to a wall outlet. Caution: the power cord must be connected to the dvr before it is connected to a wall outlet, otherwise, the dvr might not be powered up properly. If the dvr is not turned on a...

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 — Configuration

    Chapter 3 — configuration note: your dvr should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to chapter 2 — installation. Front panel controls figure 20 — 16-channel dvr front panel. The front panel looks and operates much like a vcr combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple...

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    Figure 21 — infrared remote control. Note: some buttons on the infrared remote control may not be supported, depending on the dvr model. Power led the power led is lit when the unit is on. Hdd led the hdd led flickers when the dvr is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. Network led t...

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    Panic button pressing the panic button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the button again will stop panic recording. Alarm button the alarm button has two functions. First, it will reset the dvr’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm....

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    Sequence button when in the live mode, pressing the sequence button displays live channels sequentially. Freeze button pressing the freeze button freezes the current live screen. In the search mode clip-copying can be done instantly by pressing and holding the button for two or more seconds. Ptz but...

  • Page 24: Turning On The Power

    Shuttle ring the shuttle ring only functions in the playback mode. The shuttle ring is spring loaded and returns to the center position when released. Turning the ring clockwise plays video forward. Turning the ring counterclockwise plays video backward. Playback speed varies with the amount the rin...

  • Page 25: Setup Screen

    Figure 22 — login screen. Select a user and enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of camera number buttons and then the button. There is no default password when logging in the admin user for the first time. Note: to assure the secure management of the system, setting up a passw...

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    Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters. You can use up...

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    Highlight the box beside language and press button. A drop-down menu displays the available languages. Highlight the desired language and press the button. The box beside version displays the software version of the dvr. To upgrade the software, connect a usb device containing the upgrade package fi...

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    Figure 28 — setup export screen. Note: even after changing the dvr settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (date/time, time zone and daylight saving time) will not be changed. Caution: the usb device must be fat16 or fat32 format. Highlight show system log… and press the butt...

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    Date/time setup highlight date/time in the system menu and press the button. The date/time setup screen appears. Figure 30 — date/time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight. Use the up and down arrow buttons to chan...

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    Figure 31 — holiday setup screen. You can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day and change them by using the up and down arrow buttons. Press the button to add the date. Dates can be deleted by highlighting the beside the dat...

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    Highlight the box beside interval and press the button. Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals. Last sync-time displays the last time the dvr was synchronized with the time server. Highlight run as server and press the button. Pressing the button...

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    Note: the dvr does not support usb hard disk drives with a version lower than 2.0. Note: system upgrades require formatting internal or scsi hard disk drives, so do not uninstall internal or scsi hard disk drives even though they are not used for either recording or archiving. The information column...

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    The disk bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. The temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device. The s.M.A.R.T. Column displays “good”, “bad” or “n/a”, depending on storage conditions. Y good — the storage conditi...

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    Caution: write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the factory reset button and all data settings will be lost. Highlighting a user name and pressing the button allows you to add or change the password assigned to that user....

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    To add a user, highlight the + user… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user name. Enter the name and assign the user to a group and password. You can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on either the front panel or remote control to assign the password. The passwor...

  • Page 36: Network & Notification Setup

    Network & notification setup in the main screen, use the left or right arrow buttons to display the network menu. Figure 42 — network menu. Network screen highlight network in the network menu and press the button. The network setup screen displays. You will be able to change the network, lan, modem...

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    Lan setup screen highlight the lan tab, and the lan screen displays. Figure 44 — lan (manual) setup 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. Sel...

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    Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the up and down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. The factory default port settings are: remote admin: 8200 remote callback: 8201 remote watch: 8016 remote search: 10019 remote audio: 8116 figure 45 — port numbers setup screen note: t...

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    Figure 47 — lan (adsl) setup 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 beside password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for adsl connectio...

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    Highlight the box beside baud rate and press the button. A list of baud rates ranging from 300 to 115,200 appears. Highlight the box beside data bit and press the button. Choose between 7 bit and 8 bit formats. Highlight the box beside stop bit and press the button. Choose between 1 and 2 stop bits....

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    Note: when using the nat (network address translation) device, refer to the nat manufacturer’s instructions for the proper network settings. Highlight the box beside dvr name and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the dvr name to be registered on the dvrns server. Hig...

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    Notification setup the dvr can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running ras (remote administration system) when an event occurs. Highlight notification in the network menu and press the button. The notification screen displays. You will be able to change the mail and callback sett...

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    Highlight the box beside sender and enter the sender’s e-mail address. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e-mail address. Note: the e-mail address must include the “@” character to be a valid address. Highlight the box beside recipient and enter the recipient’s e-mail address. Use the virtual key...

  • Page 44: Configuring Devices

    Configuring devices you can configure the video, audio, alarm, display and remote control devices connected to the dvr. Figure 54 — device menu. Camera setup screen highlight camera in the devices menu and press the button. The camera setup screen appears. Figure 55 — camera setup screen. You can tu...

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    Note: the maximum recording speed of each camera group will be limited to 120 ips when set to standard resolution, 60 ips when set to high resolution and 30 ips when set to very high resolution for all cameras. For example, the maximum recording speed per camera will be 15 ips per camera when set to...

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    Highlight the box in the product column for the ptz camera you wish to configure and press the button. A list of ptz devices appears. Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect the camera to the rs232 or rs485 connector on the back of the dvr following the camera...

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    The dvr can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight enable audio-out and press the button. This toggles between enabling and disabling audi...

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    Figure 61 — alarm-out schedule screen. You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The day box allows you...

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    Figure 62 — display 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: y remote control — the icon displays when the dvr can be controlled by the infrared r...

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    Highlighting osd margin… and pressing the button displays how osd text will be displayed on the monitor. You can adjust the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor. Figure 63 — osd margin screen. Highlight the main monitor tab to swit...

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    Highlight event monitoring on and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between on and off. When it is on, the dvr will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs. Highlight the spot monitor tab to switch to the spot monitor screen. Figure 65 — spot monitor screen. You...

  • Page 52: Recording Settings

    Highlight setup… and select the correct baud rate, parity, data bits and stop bits for the device you are connecting to the dvr. Highlight the box beside remote control product and select the device from the list. You can save your remote control settings by highlighting save and pressing the button...

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    Highlight the slide bar beside auto deletion, and use the left and right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days. The dvr automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three conditions: at midnight, whenever the system...

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    Schedule screen highlight schedule in the record menu and press the button, and the schedule setup screen appears. Figure 69 — schedule (simple mode) setup screen. Figure 70 — schedule (advanced mode) setup screen. You can program the dvr to record only during certain times based on time, day of the...

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    Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule item. Highlight the box under the day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place. Choose from: sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat, m~f, hol and all. Highlight the box under the range heading and p...

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    Note: descriptions of the record icons in the type column are as follows: time-lapse (time) alarm-in motion video loss text-in note: channels that are not defined will use the setting values of the previous schedule item. Note: when multiple events are detected at the same time from a specific chann...

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    Figure 73 — pre-event setup screen. When the dvr is in the event record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The pre-event screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event recording. You can turn individual cameras on or off for pre-event recording. The image spee...

  • Page 58: Event Settings

    Highlight archive on and press the button to toggle between on and off. Note: if you have not set up a storage device for archiving, a message appears notifying you of this. Select the days and time range you want archived. You can accept the archive data range by leaving the default checkmarks in t...

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    Figure 76 — alarm-in settings 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 number and pressing the button. Each input can be given a title. ...

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    Highlight the desired box under the record heading, and press the button. A list of cameras appears. Select the cameras that you want the dvr to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input. Note: for the record action, the camera you select should be set to the event or time & ...

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    Highlight the desired box under the spot monitor heading, and press the button. A list of spot monitors and cameras appears. Each spot monitor can be associated with a camera. The dvr will display the associated camera on the spot monitor whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input. Y...

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    Turning zone view on will allow you to observe how the dvr is reacting to motion. When in the motion viewing mode, the detection zone of video will be displayed. Any detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red. You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion; e.G., ...

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    Highlighting daytime setup and pressing the button allow you to set up the daytime range. Highlight the box beside daytime and press the button. Use the up and down arrow buttons to set the daytime range. The dvr will consider the remaining time range as the nighttime. Figure 85 — daytime setup scre...

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    Note: for the notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the notification setup screen and the dvr should be registered in the ras (remote administration system). Figure 87 — motion detection actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the ptz heading, and press the button....

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    The dvr checks to see if anything is obscuring the camera. Highlight the slider bar beside check obscuration, and use the left and right arrow buttons to adjust the setting. The sensitivity can be set from never to 126 (extremely sensitive). Highlight the actions 1 and actions 2 tabs and the video l...

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    Figure 90 — video loss actions 2 screen. Highlight the desired box under the ptz heading, and press the button. A list of ptz presets appear. Select the preset position for each ptz camera, where you want ptz cameras to move to when the dvr detects video loss on the selected camera’s input. Highligh...

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    Highlight the box under the setup heading, and press the button. Selecting the setup heading changes all the parameters excluding port settings of all the text input channels. Note: the system performance might be affected when a large quantity of text inputs are detected from several channels at th...

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    Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the dvr to record. You can choose from 0 to 10. Highlight the box beside line delimiter, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) that the device uses to ...

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    Highlight the box beside alarm-out and press the button. A list of alarm outputs appears. You can associate as many alarm-outs with the text input as you wish. When the dvr detects text input, it triggers output signals on all the associated alarm-out connectors. You can also have the dvr’s internal...

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    System event screen highlight system event in the event menu and press the button. The system event setup screen appears. Figure 95 — health check screen. The dvr can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlighting the box beside system and pressing the button allows you t...

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    Figure 97 — storage screen. Highlight the box beside disk bad notify, and press the button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the dvr to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 10% to 90%. Highlight the box beside disk almost full notify, and press the button. Sele...

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    The dvr can be set to react to system events. System events can be associated with an alarm-out connector, sound the dvr’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. Highlight the alarm-out box beside the desired event (check recording, check alarm-in, disk almost full, disk full,...

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    Check alarm-in and check recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the system event setup screen on the event menu. Panic record will be highlighted while the dvr is in the panic recording mode. Disk almost full will be highlighted when the dvr is no...

  • Page 74: Chapter 4 — Operation

    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 much greater control over r...

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    If all the cameras in a page are off, have lost video or are set to covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras), that page will be excluded from the sequence. Note: the full sequence for the full sequence monitoring and the cameo sequence for the cameo sequence monitoring should be...

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    Figure 100 — ptz select camera menu. To use the front panel buttons, press the left and right arrow buttons to pan left and right. Press the up and down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press the button to zoom in, and press the button to zoom out. You can use the and buttons to focus t...

  • Page 77: Event Monitoring

    Pressing the menu button displays the following ptz menu. Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu. Refer to the camera manufacturer’s instructions for the proper settings. Depending on the camera specifications, some features may not be supported. Figure 103 — ptz menu. You...

  • Page 78: Covert Camera

    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 button or one of t...

  • Page 79: Using A Mouse

    Using a mouse you can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons to perform many of the dvr functions. The following operations are supported when using a mouse during live monitoring. When in one of the multi-view formats (e.G., pip, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4), clicking the mouse button on a camera image...

  • Page 80: Recording Video

    Recording video once you have installed the dvr following the instructions in chapter 2 — installation, it is ready to record. The dvr will start recording based on the settings you made in the record setup screen. See chapter3 — configuration. Recycle on or recycle off. The factory default is recyc...

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    Selecting all channels plays back video of all cameras. The dvr maintains the same display format as it does in the live mode except for the pip format. You can also change the screen layout in the same way as you do in the live mode. Selecting the camera number under triplex enters the triplex mode...

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    Search/stop button pressing the search/stop button while in the playback mode returns the dvr to the live monitoring mode. Pressing the search/stop button while in the live monitoring mode returns the dvr to the search mode. Camera buttons (1 to 16) pressing a camera button will display that camera ...

  • Page 83: Searching Video

    Searching video pressing the menu button or clicking the right mouse button while in the search mode displays the search menu. Figure 111 — search menu. Y go to… — displays the first or last recorded image, or searches by data and time (see below for more details) y calendar search… — searches using...

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    Go to figure 112 — go to menu. Selecting first displays the first recorded image and selecting last displays the last recorded image. Selecting date/time displays the go to the date/time screen. Figure 113 — go to the date/time screen. Move the cursor over the date and time and press the button. You...

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    A time bar displays at the bottom of the calendar. Hours in which video was recorded will be highlighted with blue. You can use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight the time bar. Once the time bar is highlighted, you can select the time by using the left and right arrow buttons. Note: the time...

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    If the dvr’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video, it is possible for the dvr to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, the overlapping time range in the record table will be separated by a yellow vertical line. Note: the rec...

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    The dvr maintains a log of each time the alarm input port is activated. The event log search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. The event log search screen can also be accessed by pressing the alarm button unless there is an...

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    Highlight the box beside motion and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of motion detection. Highlight the box beside video loss and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of lost video. Highlight the box beside text-in and...

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    Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the text input and display the first image of the event. Pressing the play/pause button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing search/stop returns to live monitoring. Note: it is possible that no recorded image displays on th...

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    Highlight load and press the button to load saved search option settings. Select the desired search option settings. Highlight save and press the button to save the current search option settings. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the search option name. Once you set your desired ...

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    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 and time. When set to on, the search will be from the first ...

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    Pressing the freeze 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 freeze button again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied by displaying the clip-copy screen. Pres...

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    Note: while copying video clips on the cd-rw or dvd rw, the dvr will stop archiving video data until clip copy is finished. Note: when the error message “firmware update of the optical drive is required” displays, update the firmware of the installed cd-rw drive or dvd rw drive. Please follow the in...

  • Page 94: Disk Mirroring

    Caution: do not disconnect the usb cable or the power from the external drive while copying video clips. If the external drive is shut down or the usb cable is disconnected while copying video clips, the dvr system may not work normally or the external drive could be damaged, and you will get an err...

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    Highlighting the boxes under source and dest. And pressing the button allows you to select the source disk and the destination disk for the selected mirror. Note: the source disk can be designated only from devices formatted for recording. Note: a device formatted for archiving cannot be used for di...

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    Appendix a — usb hard disk drive preparation preparing the usb-ide hard disk drive in windows 2000 note: preparing a usb-ide hard disk drive under windows xp is almost identical to windows 2000. 1. Connect the usb-ide hard disk drive to your computer using the usb cable. 2. Turn on your computer. 3....

  • Page 99: Appendix C — Webguard

    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: y operating system: microsoft ® windows ® 2000, ...

  • Page 100: Web Monitoring Mode

    Note: when running the updated webguard for the first time, internet explorer might occasionally load the information of the previous version. In this case, delete the temporary internet files by selecting tools Æ internet options Æ general tab, and then run webguard again. Note: when running webgua...

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    ③ position the mouse pointer on the webwatch logo to see the version of the webguard program. ④ the dvr information window displays the login information of webguard. ⑤ click the screen format to select the desired display mode. When changing the screen format, the selected camera on the current scr...

  • Page 102: Web Search Mode

    Note: the icon will display on each camera screen when audio communication is available between the webguard system and a dvr. Web search mode websearch is a remote web search program that allows you to search recorded video on the remote dvr. Note: the remote site connection in the web search mode ...

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    ⑧ click the to enter the time-lapse search mode which allows you to search for recorded data by time and then play back images found within the time parameters. The timetable window located at the bottom displays the time information for the image of the date selected on the calendar. If more than o...

  • Page 104: Appendix D — Time Overlap

    Appendix d — time overlap if the dvr’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the dvr to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a sp...

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    Appendix e — troubleshooting problem possible solution no power y check power cord connections. Y confirm that there is power at the outlet. No live video y check camera video cable and connections. Y check monitor video cable and connections. Y confirm that the camera has power. Y check camera lens...

  • Page 106: I/o Connector Pin Outs

    Appendix f — connector pin outs i/o connector pin outs ai (1 to 16) alarm inputs 1 to 16 gnd chassis ground (6 connectors) nc relay alarm output (normally closed) com relay common no relay alarm output (normally open) ao (2 to 16) alarm outputs 2 to 16 ari alarm reset in rs485 connector pin outs mas...

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    Appendix g — map of screens.

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    Appendix h — 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 search end login clip-copy...

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    Appendix i — 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 version error. 4 invali...

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    Appendix j — 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 svhs: 1 spot: 4 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms vga: 1 video resolution composite: 720x480 (ntsc), 720x576...

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    Storage primary storage eide hard disk drive (up to 4) (up to 3 with an internal cd-rw drive or dvd rw drive) secondary storage** ultrawide scsi hard disk drive (raid) built-in cd-rw drive usb hard disk drive, cd-rw drive or flash drive ** when installing an internal cd-rw drive or dvd rw drive, set...

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    Weee (waste electrical & electronic equipment) correct disposal of this product (applicable in the european union and other european countries with separate collection systems) this marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes a...