Mitsubishi Electronics DX-TL16U manual

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    Digital Video Recorder i WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC S HOCK, 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 the user to t he presence[...]

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    User’s Manual ii AVERTISSEMENT DANGER D’ÉLECTROCUTION NE PAS OUVRIR AVERTISSEMENT: POUR ÉLIMINER TOUT RISQUE D’ÉLECTRO- CUTION, NE PAS OUVRIR LE COUVERCLE (OU LA PARTIE ARRIÈRE). AUCUNE PIECE RÉPARABL E PAR L’UTILISATEUR NE SE TROUVE À L’INTÉRIEUR. POUR TOUTE INTERVENTION D’ENTRETIEN OU DE RÉPARATION SE CONFIER AUX TECHN ICIENS [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder iii Important safeguards PLEASE READ ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING YOUR RECORDER AND RETAIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. FOLLOW ALL WA RNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS MARKED ON THE RECORDER. 1. Read Inst ructions All the safety and opera ting ins tructi ons sho uld be read be fore the appliance is ope ra ted. 2. Retain In structions The [...]

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    User’s Manual iv NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with the lim its for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against harmf ul interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder v Caution and care HEAVY OBJECTS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED ON THE UNIT (E .G., MONITOR) NEVER REMOVE THE TOP COVER AND TOUCH OR INSERT ANY OBJECT INSIDE THE UNIT Touching the inside of the cabinet or inserting fo reign objects of any kind through the disc loa ding slot or v entilation holes not only crea tes a safety hazard bu t[...]

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    User’s Manual vi CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT There may be cases w hen the uni t’s built-in motion dete ction func tion does no t operate prop erly due to ex ternal condition , vide o input signal, or other factors. The user will not be indemni fied fo r pr oblems (e.g ., recor di ng fa ilure or play back failure) that o ccur w ith ei ther th e uni t [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder vii Table of Contents Chapter 1 ─ Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 Features ................................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overview ...................................[...]

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    User’s Manual viii Network Setup .................................................................................................... 30 Camera Setup .................................................................................................... 35 Device Setup .................................................................................[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder ix Appendix F ─ Map of Screens ................................................................................... 73 Appendix G ─ System Log Notices ............................................................................ 74 Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices ...........................................................[...]

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    User’s Manual x List of Illustrations Figure 1 ─ Typical DVR in stallation. .......................................................................................... 2 Figure 2 ─ 16-Channel DVR rear panel. .................................................................................... 3 Figure 3 ─ 16-Channel DVR front panel. .........[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 ─ Introduction FEATURES Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides reco rding capabilities fo r eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exception al picture quality in both live an d p layback modes, and offers the following features:  8 or 16 C omposite Video Inp ut Connector s  Compatible with Color[...]

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    User’s Manual 2 The DVR can be set up to aler t you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the o ldest video once the disk is f ull. Your DVR use s a propri etary encry ption schem e making it nearly im possible to alter video. You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecti ng via Ethernet. There are two U[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 ─ Installation PACKAGE CONTENTS The package c ontains the following:  Digital Video Recorder  Power Cord  User’s Manual (This Doc ument)  DX-PC For Vi ew Software C D and User ’s Manual REQUIRED INSTALLATION TOOLS No special tools are require d to install the DVR. Refe r to the installation manua[...]

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    User’s Manual 4 Video Loop Through If you would like to conn ect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT co nnect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a termin ated device because it w ill cause poor quality video. RS232C Port Factory Reset Sw[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 5 ARI (Alarm Reset In): An external sign al to the Alarm Reset In can be used to reset both the Alarm Out signal and the DVR ’s internal buzzer. Mec hani cal or electrical switches can be wire d to the ARI (Alarm Reset In) and GND (Ground) connectors. The t hreshold voltage is below 0 .3V and should be stable at le ast 0.5 [...]

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    User’s Manual 6 Power Cord Connector WAR NIN G: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAI N THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADE D BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWE R CORDS UNDER R UGS OR CARPET. THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN . IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE, DO NOT MO DIFY T[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 7 Chapter 3 ─ Configuration NO T E: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 ─ Installati on . FRONT PANEL CO NTROLS Figure 3 ─ 16-Channel DVR front panel. POWER LED HDD LED ALARM LED NETWORK LED COPY LED Camera Buttons Display/Spot Button Group/Sequence Button PTZ/Zoom Button Clip C[...]

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    User’s Manual 8 NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED is lit when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. COPY LED The COPY LED is lit when the DVR is clip-copying. Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords. In the PTZ mode,[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 9 Clip Copy Button Pressing the Clip Copy button allows you t o copy vide o clips . Alarm Button Pressing the Alarm button rese ts the DVR ’s out puts inclu di ng the internal buzzer during an alarm . Play/Pause Button In the live monitoring mode, pressing the button freezes the current screen and the screen displays icon. [...]

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    User’s Manual 10 NOTE: A cameo is defined as any cell within multi-screen d isplay. The cameo mode allow s you to change the screen layout by editing th e cameo. USB Ports Two USB port s on t he f ront p anel are pro vid ed to c onnect e xt ernal ha rd di sk, C D-R W or fl ash dri ves for video clip copying or system upgrades. Position external d[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 11 SETUP SCREEN Figure 4 ─ Setup screen. Press the Menu button or m ove the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making thes e entries, a Virtual Keyboar[...]

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    User’s Manual 12 In the General screen, you can assign a System ID number, select the language the screens are d isplayed in, display s oftware ve rsion num ber, upgra de the software , import or expo rt the DVR set tings, sho w the System Log, and shut the sys tem down. Highlight t he box besi de System ID and press the button. Change the number[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 13 Highlight Show System Log… and press the button to display the System Log. Highlight Sys tem Shutdown and press the button. The Shu tdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you wa nt to shut the system down. After you are finished with the General Screen, you can highligh t Save and press the button to [...]

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    User’s Manual 14 Highlight the Form at box beside Time and press the b utton. Select fro m the three available time for mats and press the button to save your selected form at. NOTE: The clock will not start running until y ou have highlighte d Save and pressed the button. Highlight the box beside Time Zone and press the button. Select your time [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 15 Figure 7 ─ Account setup screen. The +/- column is used to co llapse and expand user grou ps. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the User Names within th at gr oup are di[...]

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    User’s Manual 16 The authority leve ls th at can be turned On and Off are:  Shutdown ─ The user can shut the system down on a local syste m.  Upgrade ─ The user can upgrade the software on a local syste m or a PC running DX-PC For View.  System Time Change ─ The user can chang e the system date and time on a local syste m or a PC r[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 17 Figure 8 ─ Storage setup screen. The capacity of the storage device is disp layed in the box beside Capacity . The status of t he storage devi ce is displaye d in the box be side Status . Highlightin g the box be side Status for the desi red st ora ge device and pressing the button displays the Disk Bad, Temperature and [...]

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    User’s Manual 18 Highlight t he b ox be side Format for t he des ired stora ge de vi ce an d p ress the button . You will be able to format the device for recording. When selecting Not Using from Use As and highlighting the Format but ton, the device will not be used for recording. Sel ecting Close and p ressing the button exits the screen. You c[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 19 Highlighting the Settings box beside Check Alarm-In and pressing the butto n allows you to chan ge the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Off . Highlighting the Settings box beside Disk Almost Full and pressing the button allows you to select the [...]

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    User’s Manual 20 General Settings (RECORD  Gener al Tab) Figure 11 ─ Record General s etup screen. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between O n and O f f. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all ava ilable storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording onc[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 21 Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion , and use the Left and Right arrow buttons t o adjust the l ength of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days . The DVR auto maticall y dele tes vide o recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three condi tions: at midnight , whenever the system reboots or wh[...]

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    User’s Manual 22  When the DVR is in th e Time & Event mode, the DVR will fo llow the Time set tings and the icon di spla ys . The DVR follows the Event settings and the icon displays. Highlightin g the b ox beside Record Schedu le and pressing the button allo ws you to change th e time range that the scheduled recording will take place. H[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 23 Highlight t he + and pres s the button to add a sch edule item. NOTE: The higher the num ber under the No. heading, t he higher its priority. The Day box allows y ou to change the days t hat the sc heduled recordi ng will take place. Choose from: Sun , Mon , Tue , Wed , Thu , Fri , Sat , M~F , Hol and All . The Range box a[...]

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    User’s Manual 24 Motion Settings (EVENT  Motion Tab) Figure 15 ─ Motion setup screen. Your DVR has built-in v ideo motion de tectio n. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Highlig hting the box u nder the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 25 The DVR can be set to react to mo tion detection diffe rently for each camera. Highlighting the box under the Ac tions heading and pressing the button allows you to set up event actions for m otion detection. NOTE: You can associate mu ltiple cameras with a cam era that detects motion.  Record ─ Associate as many ca m[...]

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    User’s Manual 26 Alarm-In Settings (EVENT  Alarm-In Tab) Figure 16 ─ Alarm-In setup screen. The alarm terminal strip on the b ack of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn eac h in put On or O ff by h ighl ight ing the al arm num ber and pressing the button. Each input ca[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 27 Video Loss Settings (EVENT  Video Loss Tab) Figure 17 ─ Video Loss setup screen. The DVR checks t o see if anyt hing is obsc uring the cam era. Highlight the slider bar beside Chec k Obscuration , and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to ad just the setting. The sensitivity can b e set from Nev er to 10 (extremely [...]

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    User’s Manual 28 Text-In Settings (EVENT  Text-In Tab) Figure 18 ─ Text-In setup screen. The DVR can be set t o react to text input from de vices such as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines ) and POS (Point of Sale; i.e., cash register s). This screen allows you to configure the DVR for each text-in device. Highlight the box under the Set up hea[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 29 Highlight the box beside Tran saction End , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction End string. Refer to the device manufactur er’s docum entation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction ends. Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of a[...]

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    User’s Manual 30 NETWORK SETUP In the Main screen, use the Left or Right arrow button s to display the Network menu. Figure 19 ─ Network Menu. General Settings (NETWORK  General Tab) Figure 20 ─ Network General setup screen. Highlight t he first b ox beside Rem ote Watch – bps/ips . Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 31 NOTE: When limiting the network bandwidth, the remote w atch image on the PC running DX-PX For View or WebGuard might not be displayed prop erly. The DVR supp orts two-way a udio com munication bet ween a local system and a PC ru nning DX-PC For View . Highlighting the box beside Remote Audio Channel and pressing the butto[...]

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    User’s Manual 32 Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to incr ease or decrease the number. The factory default LAN settings are: IP Address: 192.168.1.129 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Highlight the box beside DNS Server . Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of t[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 33 NOTE: If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL net work, the IP address of the DVR might change whenev er the unit is turned on . You can save your IP Address changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without sav ing the changes DVRNS Settings (NETWORK  DVRNS Tab) Figure[...]

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    User’s Manual 34 Mail Settings (NETWORK  Mail Tab) The DVR can be set up to send an e-mail when an event occurs . Figure 23 ─ Mail setup screen. Highlight Enable and press the button to tog gle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. Highlight t he box beside SMTP Server and press the button. A vi[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 35 Callback Settings (NETWORK  Callback Tab) The DVR can be set up to c ontact a co mputer runni ng D X-PC For View (Rem ote Administrati on System) when an event oc curs. Figure 24 ─ Callback setup sc reen. Highlight Enable and press t he button to toggl e betwee n On an d Off. Whe n Enable is t urned On y ou can change[...]

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    User’s Manual 36 General Settings (CAMERA  General Tab) Figure 26 ─ Camera General setup scree n. 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 wh ich cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-dow n list[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 37 You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button. Change the number b y highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The PTZ ID num ber can be set from 0 to 256. Highlight t he Setup… box and press the bu tton. The Port [...]

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    User’s Manual 38 Audio Settings (DEVICE  Audio Tab) Figure 29 ─ Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to four aud io inputs. Highligh t the box beside the input an d press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with t hat audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button. Thi[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 39 The Day box all ows you to select the days that the alarm sc hedule will be active. The choices ar e: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sa t, M~F, Hol and All. The Range box allow s you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 15-minute increments from 00: 00 to 24: 00. The Mode box allows you to set how th e [...]

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    User’s Manual 40 DISPLAY SE TUP Figure 32 ─ Display Me nu. OSD Settings (DISPLAY  OSD Tab) The OSD screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor. Figure 33 ─ OSD setup screen. Highlighting an item and pr essing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box besid[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 41  Audio ─ The icon displays on each camera screen for which the DVR can pla y live audio.  PTZ ─ The icon displays on each PTZ camera screen.  Text-In ─ The text input strings display on the screen. You can adjust the Display Dwell time (sec.) for the text input strings displayed on the screen. You can adjust[...]

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    User’s Manual 42 Highlight Event Monitoring On and press t he 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 even t occurs. Highlight Enable VGA Enhancement and p ress the button toggle On and Off. When it is On, the DVR provides clearer live video by redu[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 43 STATUS SCREEN Figure 36 ─ Status menu. Event Screen (STATUS  Ev ent Tab) Figure 37 ─ Event screen. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events w ill be highlighted , and related channels or even ts will f licker for five seconds when detected. Alarm-In , Motion , Video Loss [...]

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    User’s Manual 44 Storage Screen (STATUS  Stor age Tab) Figure 38 ─ Storage screen. The Storage screen displays th e Disk Bad, Temperature and S.M.A.R.T. i nformation of t he storage devi ce.  Disk B ad ─ Displays the damag e status o f the storag e drive. ( Not Formatted ( The device is not formatted), Good (%) (The device is working pr[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 45 Chapter 4 ─ Operation NO TE : This c hapter assu mes your DV R has been in stalled and co nfigured . If it has not, pl ease refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR , t he m ai n func ti ons are rec ordi ng a n d pl aying back video. However, y ou have m uch greater c ontrol ove[...]

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    User’s Manual 46 Freeze Sequence Camera Menu Alarm Reset Panic Setup Search Mode Login/Logout Figure 39 ─ Live Monitoring m enu. NOTE: The Live Monitoring me nu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen. LIVE MONITORING MENU Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will fre e ze the current image on[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 47 Camera Menu Selecting (Camera Menu) i n the Live Mo nitoring m enu displ ays the fol lowing Cam era Menu.  Audio: Selecting Audio toggles audio output On and Off.  Color Control: S e le c t i n g Color Control and choosing the camera number allows you to control brightness, contrast, hue a nd saturation for each came[...]

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    User’s Manual 48 Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in th e Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login scr een, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the passwo rd to log into the syste m. Selecting (Logout) in the Li ve Monit oring menu displays the Logout sc reen asking y ou to co nfirm whether or not y ou want to log out t he current use r[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 49 You can use a mouse for convenie nt PTZ control. Po sition the mouse pointer at the bottom of th e screen, and the following PTZ toolbar will disp lay. Clicki ng on the left side exits the toolb ar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mous e pointer at the bottom of the screen. Change the toolbar locatio[...]

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    User’s Manual 50 EVENT MONITORING When an event occurs, the DV R will display the camera a ssociated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (Main Monitor tab). How the cameras are displayed depends on the number of cameras associated with the event. If one camera is associated with the event, t he DVR will d[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 51 Full Screen Selecting (Full Screen) i n the Mouse Display m enu and choo sing the cam era number but ton dis plays the selected camera full screen. It is the same as pr essing th e individual ca mera buttons o n the front pa nel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image when in one of the multiview fo rmats (i.e.[...]

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    User’s Manual 52 PANIC RECORDING Pressing the Panic butto n sta rt s pa nic reco rdi ng of all cam eras, and pre ssing t he button ag ain st ops panic recording. If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Record General setup screen, panic recording will stop automatically according to th e preset duration as long as the Panic butt on is not [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 53 Cameo Button: Pressing an d holding the butt on for three seconds or l onger enters the cam eo mode. The yellow outline surrounding t he vi deo indi cates the acti ve cam eo, and pressing the arrow b utt ons moves the active cameo. Pressing th e desired camera bu tton in the activ e cameo edits the ca meo and displays the [...]

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    User’s Manual 54 SEARCH MENU Search Selecting (Sear ch) in the Sear ch menu allows you to search using a recording tabl e (Record Table Search), select video from the event log (Event Log Search), searches text input strings (Text-In Search) or searches motion events (Motion Search). See the following Record Table Search , Event Log Search , Text[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 55 Alarm Reset Selecting (Alar m Reset) in the Sear ch menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the in ternal buzzer during an alarm. It is the sam e as pressing the Alarm bu tto n on the front panel. Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecti ng again stops panic recordin g[...]

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    User’s Manual 56 NOTE: The recorded data in the time range lo cated after the yellow vertical line is the latest. There are three vie w modes. Standa rd vie w, Expande d view a nd Com pact vi ew. Stan dard vi ew (defaul t) displays combined recording information of all camera channels cu rrently displ ayed on the sc reen. In t he Standard view mo[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 57 EVENT LOG SEARCH Figure 43 ─ Event Log Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time th e Alarm Input port is activated. T he Event Log Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow bu tton s to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the event vid [...]

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    User’s Manual 58 Highlight the box beside Video Loss and press the button. You can select the cameras for which y ou want any rep orts of lost video. Highlight the box beside Text-In and press the button. You can select the text-in devices which you want any report of text i nput. Highlight t he box beside Record Ch annels and press the button. Y[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 59 You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Opt ion… button and setting up the new search condition. You can searc h video fr om the fi rst to last r ecorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight t he box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set t o[...]

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    User’s Manual 60 The Motion Search… can be selected from the Sear ch menu while the DVR disp lays the camera fu ll screen. The Motion S earch screen displays a list of motion events. Use the arrow buttons to highlig ht the event for which you would lik e to see video and press the (Play/Pause) button to display the video a ssociated with the se[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 61 Pressing and h olding the Clip Copy button fo r more than three seconds whi le in the Live monitori ng mode, and the Clip-Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup. Pressing the Clip Co py b utton during playback will set the startin g point of the vid eo to be clip copied, and the icon displays at the botto m-left co r[...]

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    User’s Manual 62 NOTE: When naming a fi le, you ca nnot use the follo wing characters : , /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, | . Highlight Include Text-In Data and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is On, y ou can include text -in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-i n data. Once you have[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 63 Appendix A ─ USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Wi ndows XP and Windows Vista is almost iden tical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB hard dis k drive to y our comput er using the USB Cable. 2. Turn on your computer. 3. The USB de[...]

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    User’s Manual 64 Appendix B ─ Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 2(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 65 In the above text-in data, you can find that the com parison value is located at 17 th (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatica lly), 28 th (Qty) and 40 th (amount) c haracters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amou nt category is located on a different line from Item . In this case , you can enter ?[...]

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    User’s Manual 66 Appendix C ─ WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and sear ch recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anyt ime from virt ually anywhere. Computer syst em requirem ents for using the WebGuard p rogram are:  Operating Sy stem: M icrosoft ® Windows ® 2000, Microsoft ® Wind[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 67 NO T E : When running Web Guard in the Micr osoft Windo ws Vista operating syste m, it is recomme nded to start Int ernet Explo rer wi th elevated admini strator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select th e Run as administrator option from the c ontext menu. Othe rwise, some funct[...]

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    User’s Manual 68 ⑥ Click the camera button (1 to 16) to select the camera to be viewed. ⑦ Click the to adjust the bri ghtness, c ontrast, sat uration and h ue of moni toring im age. ⑧ Click the to control p an, tilt and zoom of the camera from a rem ote site. ⑨ Click the to control alarm out devices at the rem ote site. ⑩ Click to save [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 69 Figure 48 ─ WebSearch screen. ① Click the to log out the WebGuar d program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse po inter on the WebSearch logo to see the vers ion of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information wi ndow displays the time info rmation of recorded data o n the remot[...]

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    User’s Manual 70 ⑪ Click to set up the i mage drawin g mode an d OSD displ ay. You ca n change the display speed by adjusting the image drawi ng mode, and select OSD information to display o n th e screen. ⑫ Click the to reload the recording data. ⑬ The timetable displays recorded data of the selected cam era by time (in hour segments). ⑭[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 71 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 ca ble and connections.  Check moni tor video ca ble and con nections.  Confirm that the cam era has power.  Check camera lens sett[...]

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    User’s Manual 72 Appendix E ─ Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 GND Chassis Ground (5 connecto rs) NC Relay Alarm Outputs ( Normall y Closed) NO Relay Alarm Outputs (N ormally Open) C Relay Common ARI Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit RX-/TX- → To → TX -/RX- RX+/TX+ → [...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 73 Appendix F ─ Map of Screens[...]

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    User’s Manual 74 Appendix G ─ System Log Notices Boot Up Schedule On Shutdown Sche dule Off Restart Panic On Upgrade Panic Off Upgrade Failure Clear All Data Power Failure Clear Disk Time Change Format Di sk Time Zone C hange Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Failed Search Begin Disk Bad Search End Login Clip-Copy Begin Logout Clip-Co[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder 75 Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related No. Descr iption N o. Description 0 Unknown er ror. 0 Unknown er ror. 1 File versio n error. 1 Device error. 2 Operating syst em versi on error. 2 Mounting failed. 3 Software versi on error. 3 No media. 4 Kernel version error. 4 Invalid me dia. 100 [...]

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    User’s Manual 76 Appendix I ─ Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composit e : 8 or 16 lo opi ng inputs , 1 Vp -p , auto-term inating, 75 Ohm s Monitor Outputs Composit e : 1 BNC , 1 Vp - p, 75 Ohm s Spot: 1 BNC, 1 Vp- p, 7 5 Oh m s VGA: 1 Video Resolution Composite: 720 x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) VGA: 800x6[...]

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    Digital Video Recorder V1.1 77 GENERAL Dimensi ons ( W x H x D) 16.9 " x 3.5 " x 15.7 " (430m m x 88mm x 400m m) Unit Weight 14 lbs. (6.3kg) Shipping Weight 21 lbs. (9. 3kg) Shipping Dim ensions (W x H x D) 21.3 " x 11.4 " x 23.2 " ( 540mm x 2 90mm x 590mm ) Operating Tem perature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C) Operat[...]