HL-104 v0.

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User Manual

HL-104 4CH DVR

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WARNING
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION _____________________ 5 1-1 PACKING ____________________________________________________ 5 1-2 Hard Disk Installation _________________________________________ 6 CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION ________________________________________ 9 2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ____________________________________ 9 2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _____________________________ 10 CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS _________________ 11 3-1 LIVE Mode _________________________________________________ 11 3-2 PLAYBACK Mode ____________________________________________ 14 3-3 PTZ Mode __________________________________________________ 16 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP ____________________________________ 18 4-1 RECORD SETUP ____________________________________________ 19 4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup _____________________________ 21 4-2 EVENT SETUP ______________________________________________ 21 4-2.1 MOTION SETUP ________________________________________ 22 4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP______________________________ 23 4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP ________________________________________ 23 4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP __________________________________________ 24 4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup _________________________________ 25 4-3.2 Holiday Setup __________________________________________ 25 4-4 CAMERA SETUP ____________________________________________ 26 4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP ___________________________________________ 27 4-5.1 Permission Setup _______________________________________ 28 4-5.2 User Picture Setup _____________________________________ 28 4-6 NETWORKING SETUP ________________________________________ 29 4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ___________________________________ 29 4-6.1.1 DHCP ____________________________________________ 29 4-6.1.2 LAN ______________________________________________ 30 4-6.1.3 ADSL _____________________________________________ 30 4-6.2 HTTP Setup ____________________________________________ 31 4-6.3 DDNS Setup ___________________________________________ 31 4-6.4 Mail Setup _____________________________________________ 32 4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP ________________________________________ 33 4-8 SYSTEM SETUP _____________________________________________ 34 4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP ________________________________________ 35 4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP ______________________________________ 35 4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME _____________________________ 36 4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP _____ 36 4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ____________________________ 37 4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP _______________________________ 37 4-8.4 SPOT SETUP___________________________________________ 38 4-9 UTILITY SETUP _____________________________________________ 39 4-10 DIAGNOSTIC _______________________________________________ 40 CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH ____________________________________ 41 5-1 BACKUP SETUP _____________________________________________ 41 5-2 SEARCH SETUP _____________________________________________ 42 5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH ________________________________________ 43 5-2.2 TIME SEARCH__________________________________________ 44

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CHAPTER 6 Rempte Software Installation and Setup ____________________ 45 6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction _______________________ 45 6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE ______________________ 47 6-3 AP Software Operation _______________________________________ 48 CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS _______________________________________ 49 CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE __________ 51 8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System 51 8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation ____________________________ 51 8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation _____________________________ 52 8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR _______________________________ 52 8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR _____________________________ 52 8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR ________________ 53 8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR _________________ 53 8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation _______________________________ 53 8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image ___________________________________ 54 8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup _______________________________ 54 8-1.3.3 Channel Display ___________________________________ 54 8-1.3.4 Size of Image _____________________________________ 55 8-1.3.5 Rotate the image __________________________________ 55 8-1.3.6 Alarm ____________________________________________ 55 8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile Sy stem __________________________________________________________ 56 8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation ____________________________ 56 8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation _____________________________ 57 8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring. _____________________ 58 CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE ___________________ 59 9-1 CMS Installation _____________________________________________ 59 9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT ______________________________ 62 9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events______________________________________ 63 9-3.1 View DVRGroup List __________________________________ 63 9-3.2 View Event Logs _______________________________________ 64 9-4 Local PC Information and Control _____________________________ 64 9-5 Main Display ________________________________________________ 65 9-5.1 Audio Control __________________________________________ 65 9-5.2 eMAP Display __________________________________________ 66 9-5.3 PTZ Control ____________________________________________ 67 9-6 Operation Bar _______________________________________________ 68 9-6.1 User administration _____________________________________ 69 9-6.2 DVR Administration _____________________________________ 69 9-6.3 Group Administration ___________________________________ 70 9-6.4 eMap Administration ____________________________________ 71 9-6.5 Remote Play ___________________________________________ 72 9-6.6 HDD Playback __________________________________________ 73 9-6.7 File Playback___________________________________________ 73 9-6.8 Event Playback _________________________________________ 74 9-6.9 Snapshot Data _________________________________________ 74 9-6.10 Recording Data ________________________________________ 75 APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________ 76 APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction ___ 78

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CHAPTER 1
1-1 PACKING

PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION

1. DVR

2. Quick Start

3. IR Remote Control

4. Batteries x2

5. CD

6. SATA Cord x1

7. Screws x4

8. Power Adaptor

Note: Standard shipping products do not include HDD

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1-2 Hard Disk Installation

Step 1: Take off the three screws from the bottom of the DVR as indicated in red circles in the picture below.

Step 2: Open the cover follow the way the arrows indicate.

Step 3: Fix the HDD to rack mount and connect SATA and the power cable as indi cated.

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Step 4: Put DVR bottom up, screw to fix the HDD as indicated.

Step 5: Put the cover back and put the three screws back to fix the cover in the bottom of the DVR.

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NOTE: The initialization of new-installed HDD is required before recording, please refer to manual 4-8UTILITY SETUP for detail.

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CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

1 USB Port 2 LED Display- Power 3 LED Display - HDD 4 LED Display - LAN 5 LED Display- LOGIN 6 LED Display - REC 7 LED Display - PLAY 8 IR Sensor

Top(USB2.0) is used to plug the USB memory stick Bottom(USB1.1) is used to plug the mouse DVR Power is on. Hard disk is in use. Connected to the internet. Remote user logged in. DVR Recording. (or Schedule Recording and recording are on) DVR Playing back. Input sensor for the remote control.

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DC 12V MAIN monitor VIDEO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT NTSCPAL Switch LAN VGA EXTERNAL I/O

Socket for a DC 12V input. BNC port for the main monitor. BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total. RCA input port for audio signal. RCA output for audio signal. Switch between NTSC and PAL format. Network port. VGA port.

EXTERNAL I/O port

(not available on HL-104)

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CHAPTER 3

LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS

The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.

3-1 LIVE Mode

You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen graphical icons under LIVE mode. Table 3-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode Button REC PLAY LOCK 1,2,3,4 FREEZE Start/Stop recording. Start playing back the most recently recorded segment. Enable/Disable the Keypad function Select the channel to monitor in full screen Turn on/off screen freeze function. Switch to quad display. ENTER/MODE MENU/ BK-UP/ESC SRH MUTE STATUS OSD Zoom/Zoom PIP/Zoom + PTZ AUTO Switch to full screen, quad display. Enable/ Disable setup Menu. Enable/ Disable backup menu. Enable/ Disable search menu. Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio Enable/ Disable Status. Turn on/off the screen display Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel name for choosing a specific channel. Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to other channels. Enable PTZ control. In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen. Description

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Table 3-1.2

Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.

Icon

Description
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons. Main menu. Search menu. Backup menu. PTZ mode.

Turn on/off recording. Playback. Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons. FREEZE. PIP, picture in picture ZOOM, double the screen size AUTO-sequence LOCK, activate the key lock. Full screen display. Quad display.

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Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode Icon Recording is on 1~4 Live Audio is on Live Audio is off Motion detected on the channel Sensor triggered on the channel Video loss detected on the channel USB device detected DVD burner is detected Connected to the LAN cable. FilmNormal Recording ClockSchedule Recording AUTO-seq is on Description

2X

2X zoom in is on Freeze is on, screen is frozen LOCK is on PTZ control is on Shows the current hard disk space has been used (99% mean used 99%, remain 1%) Lower right of each CH will show the current time

Icon / /

Description Image quality (High/Low) Full screen Record Snap shot (Photo time in accordance with computer-based) Record and snap shot file saving path setup Enable/Disable shortcut toolbar

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3-2 PLAYBACK Mode

Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing PLAY under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any location of your screen.

Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode

Button
ENTER / MODE MENU / PLAY / SLOW Switch to full screen, quad. Turn on/off PAUSE. Play back at normal speed.

Description

Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper center of the screen. Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X. Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X. Stop playback.

/ / /

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Table 3-2.2

The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode. Icon / / Description Fast rewind Fast forward

Play/pause / SLOW slow playback

/ stop playback Playback channel by channel with snap shot display Full screen display Quad display Zoom-in display

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3-3 PTZ Mode (not available on HL-104)

Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing PTZ button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side of screen.

Table 3-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode Description Button / SLOW / / / ZOOM + ZOOM FOCUS + FOCUS IRIS + IRIS TOUR PRESET+ Number PLAY+ Number PIP FREEZE ZOOM Move PTZ up. Move PTZ down. Move PTZ to the left. Move PTZ to the right. PTZ zoom-in. PTZ zoom-out. PTZ focus-in. PTZ focus-out. PTZ iris-open. PTZ iris-close. Activate PTZ pre-set tour. Setup the Preset location Press PRESET key first then two-digit number; DVR will set the current PTZ location at entered preset number. Go to Preset location Press PLAY key first then two-digit number, PTZ will go to the correspondent preset number location. Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. Activate auto line-scan. Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan.

PTZ communication protocols from different brands arent compatible 100% sometime s. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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Table 3-3.2 Icon

Mouse operation under the PTZ mode Description Leave PTZ Modeback to the LIVE mode Pre-set number N. (0~255) Go to pre-set number N. Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N. TOUR press to activate pre-set tour PIP Set current PTZ location as the start FREEZE Activate line-scan. of line-scan.

ZOOM Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan.

To move PTZ in 360

PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out. PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close. Below functions need support from specific PTZ manufacturer. er manual of your PTZ for more detail. to Please check us

AUX 1~8,AUTOKey Number key1~8 Backup, Customized function

PTZ communication protocols from different brands arent compatible 100% sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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CHAPTER 4

MAIN MENU SETUP

To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required. The default password of the administrator is 123456. Please check the Account Setup for related setup of other log-in users.

Table 4-0.1 Item

Some definition of virtual keyboard. Description Switch between capital and small letters.

Switch between numbers and letters. Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login account. Delete the last character. Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set up menu, If the password is verified. Space key

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Table 4-0.2

The operation of remote control under the setting menu Description Switch to different options under one item Switch to different items Save setup and back to LIVE mode Back to Upper level of menu without saving Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard

Item

MENU ESC ENTER

PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to 4-9 UTILITY SETUP for detail.

4-1 RECORD SETUP

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Item

Description
Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the HDD when HDD is full

HDD FULL

Stop Stop Recording Overwrite Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data of HDD, and continue to record.

Quality & Frame Rate Setup OSD position X OSD position Y Recording OSD position setup

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal recording and event recording type. Setup OSD X axis Set up OSD y axis Set up OSD axis

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item
Normal setup/ event setup Resolution Record Type No. Quality FPS Auto Select recording mode

Description

Select recording resolution: NTSC:360x240, 720x240, 720x480 PAL:352X288,704X288,704X576 You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type. Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording Select quality: Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest Select recording frame rate. Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

4-2 EVENT SETUP

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Motion Setup Sensor Setup

Description
Enter to set up motion detection Enter to set up sensor detection

4-2.1 MOTION SETUP

Item
Motion Popup 1~4 Selected Channel Turn Sensitivity Motion Area Setup

Description
Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. You can setup independently for each channel. Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each channel. Drag the white bar or press to set up Sensitivity from value 1 to 10 for each channel. The lower value you set the higher sensitivity it will be Enter to setup motion detection area

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4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP

The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids. The default detection area is full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access. Areas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site.

Item
Mask Mouse Selection All Area Detection Mask All Area Continue Exit & Save Exit & Discard

Description
Switch between select and deselect for cursor-dragging function Select entire screen as detection area. Deselect entire detection area. Continue setup Save setup and leave Cancel setup and leave

4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP

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Sensor Popup

Description
Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display. Set all sensor off Set all sensor polarity low Set all sensor polarity high Click or press to select between HIGH, LOW voltage for triggering sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel Low PolaritySensor has not been triggered. When connected, sensor will be turned on.. High PolaritySensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor status will be turned off.. Off Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.

All Off All Low All High Sensor Polarity

4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP

Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks and schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type.

Item
Page Holiday Setup View Event/ Sensor Setup Motion/

Description
Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total. Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,. View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup

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4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup

Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have detail setup by dates, Time and event.

4-3.2 Holiday Setup

Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of your location accordingly.

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4-4 CAMERA SETUP

Item
1~4 Mask Sharpness Brightness Contrast Chroma(U)/(V)

Description
You can setup independently for each channel. Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode Drag the bar or press to adjust Sharpness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 1. Drag the bar or press to adjust Brightness of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Contrast of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 100. Drag the bar or press to adjust Chroma of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the bar or press to adjust Hue of your camera from value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. ( This function doesnt support at PAL system) Set up name of each channel Audio volume for CH1 under LIVE mode and recording mode can be adjusted.

Hue Name Volume

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4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for each user (maximum of 2 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and password is admin and 123456 The default password remains the same after firmware upgrade, however, it requires 8-digits for password length when you setup a new one

Item
No. Username Password Set up username

Description
Check to activate the users account. Set up password for each user. Password is 8-digits required and can be mixed by letters and numbers with case-sensitive. Letters can be mixed with capitals or lowercases. Set up Permissions for each user Change administrators password Change users picture

Permissions Change Admin Password Picture

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4-5.1 Permission Setup

The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 2 users) role-based permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, PTZ function, Playback, Utility, Backup, Password expiry date and Mask on specific channels while playing back.

4-5.2 User Picture Setup

User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive.

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4-6 NETWORKING SETUP

Item
Connect type HTTP Setup DDNS Setup Mail Setup

Description
Setup mode for network connection: (DHCPLANADSL). Enter to set up HTTP Enter to set up DDNS Enter to set up mail

4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP

There are three ways to connect to the network as followed.

4-6.1.1 DHCP
When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.

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4-6.1.2 LAN
Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item
IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS

Description
Enter IP address provided by ISP Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP Enter DNS address provided by ISP. (Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).

4-6.1.3 ADSL
Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.

Item
User Name Password

Description
Enter user name provided by ISP Enter password provided by ISP

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4-6.2

HTTP Setup

Item
Enable HTTP Server Port Auto No. Quality FPS

Description
Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated. Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80. Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps Chanel number Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high, highest Set up record FPS

4-6.3

DDNS Setup

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Enable DDNS DDNS Server

Description

Enable/disable DDNS function. Enter the registered SMTP Server: ez-dnsI-DVR.NET DYNDNS.ORGNO-IP.ORG3322.ORG SMTP Server Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username + Server) If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your server, you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net User Name Enter user name. Password Enter password. For more detailed I-DVR.NET operation instruction, please refer to appendix I.

4-6.4 Mail Setup

When event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION, SENSOR), email will be sent to the receiver account automatically.

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Enable E-mail Notification SMTP Server User Name Password Sender E-mail Receiver E-mail Trigger Event

Description
Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function. Enter to set up SMTP Server name. (Varies according to the user) Enter to set up User Name. Enter to set up Password. Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers. Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually. Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).

4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP (not available on HL-104)

The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of your camera. To enable PTZ function, the 485 cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR.

Item
Enable PTZ Protocol PTZ ID

Description
Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel. Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH. Click or press to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64. Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600,19200 Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64 Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600,19200 Select Keyboard. (Li-Lin)

Baud Rate RS-485 ID RS-485 Baud Rate Keyboard

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4-8 SYSTEM SETUP

Item
DVR Name DVR Location Language

Description
The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access. The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access

Click or press to select OSD language from English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Portuguese Default ID is 0. When more than one DVRs are purchased, the DVRs cant be numbered from 1 to4. For instance, standard remote control cant operate DVR numbered 3. It only responds when use 1 to 4 remote control. Enter to set up Display Enter to set up Date/Time Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay Enter to set up Spot

Remote ID

Display Setup Date/Time Setup Device Setup Spot Setup

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4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP

Item
Auto-Seq Interval Show OSD Show DVR Status Show Date/Time Show Channel Name CRT Border Color

Description
Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under Auto-Seq mode. Turn On / Off OSD display Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display Turn On / Off date and time display Turn On / Off channel name display Deflicker(only for CRT monitor) Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.Red, Green, Blue

4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP

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Hour Format Date Format Date/Time Position Change Date & Time Time Zone Setup Internet Time Setup 12HOURS/ 24HOURS

Description
MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD Choose the position of Time and Date display Setup time and date of DVR Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time. Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME

Setup date and time of DVR manually according to users local time.

4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP

Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to users DVR location.

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Select Time Zone Daylight Saving Time

Description
Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13 Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time

4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item
Automatic Synchronization

Description
Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting. Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in internet server.

Update Now

4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP (not available on HL-104)

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Item Key Tone Buzzer

Description Enable/Disable keystrokes. Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for HDD Error, Video Loss, Motion and Sensor. Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks when the alarm is triggered for HDD Error, Video Loss, Motion and Sensor.

Relay

4-8.4 SPOT SETUP (not available on HL-104)

The DVR has two modes of video output; one is main video output, the other is spot video output. SPOT setup is for controlling the order of channels the system cycles through in SPOT mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode.

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Item

Description
Channels display in spot for three different modes: MANUAL: select channels to display manually. SEQUENCE: Auto-sequence for all channels in order. EVENT: Display channels with event occurred. The duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under SPOT mode. Whether to skip channels without video signal.

SPOT MODE

Interval (Seconds) Skip Video Loss Channel

4-9 UTILITY SETUP

Item
HDD Initialization

Description
Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that installed in DVR. Check the HDD youd like to initialize then press Start. HDD initialization is successful when the status shows Succeed Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and press YES to clean up all data on your USB. The initialization is done when its showed Succeed. Restore system default values Reset all the recording events in DVR. Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file named sdvr.config on your USB.

USB Initialization

System Recovery Reset System Events Copy Setup to USB Download Setup from USB Upgrade

Download configuration from a USB device into DVR. Upgrade DVR through USB. Please stop recording and backup setup configuration before upgrading. System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is completed. Notice! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE as it may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

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4-10 DIAGNOSTIC

Item
Version IP

Description
The current firmware version of DVR The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the screen will display NETWORK DISCONNECT. MAC Address of DVR

MAC HDD Status No. Volume Used

HDD number HDD Capacity Percentage of space used on HDD. Shows HDD status. USING means the HDD is being used for recording now

Status

GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown format for the DVR. (Note: Please initialize your newly-installed HDD before using it.) The latest format time of HDD

Format

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CHAPTER 5
5-1 BACKUP SETUP

BACKUP & SEARCH

User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Recorded data can also backup into NB/PC through our remote access software: DVRemoteDesktop.exe and be saved in your assigned path. The format of backup file is IRF file that can be played by both DVRemoteDesktop.exe ifileplay.exe and CMS

Item
From To Device Free Space Refresh Required Space Calculate Start The start time of backup file The end time of backup file

Description

Select USB, PC as the backup device The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup) Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup) Show the size of the backup file Calculate the size of backup file Start backup operation.

Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE operating backup. Note! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to avoid unrecoverable error.

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5-2 SEARCH SETUP

Item
Event Search Time Search Event search menu Enter time search menu

Description

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5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH

The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press enter, or left click your mouse to playback the recording data. P.S. Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the record function is not activated. However, the record cant be viewed after selecting it.

Item
Page Date/Time

Description
Switch between pages of events Date/time when event occurred. Event type, defined as following MOTION Motion Detected SENSOR Video Loss Remote Login Sensor Detected Video Loss user log-in over the network user log-out over the network DVR Power on HDD Space FULL Detect HDD error DVR Reboot

Event Type

Remote Logout Power On HDD Full HDD Error Reboot

Info

The channel where event occurs or login user

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5-2.2 TIME SEARCH

TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press Enter or left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a red square System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar will be shown by using mouse to click on year and month.

Click date to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can change time (hour/minute/second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse then press ok. DVR will playback the selected recording data.

AP software:DVR Remote Desktopcan allow you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC.

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CHAPTER 6

Rempte Software Installation and Setup

6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction

AP software:DVR Remote Desktopcan allow you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC. p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Window s Vista, Windows 7 Step OneEnter the IP address of DVR in IE browser

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please check 4-5 Account Setup.

Step Three: Click on the link to start downloading the AP software.

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Step Four:

Run or Save our AP software.

Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose Play Recorded File to open backup files in your PC.

Step Six: Youve logged into the DVR

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6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE

Step OneEnter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please check 4-5 Account Setup. The user name and password appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password depend on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Three: Click on Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8to start downloading the AP software. ( The first option is for IE view, please refer to next chapter for more information) p.s. There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time. Please refer to index II for Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction.

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Step Four:

DVR images appear.

6-3 AP Software Operation

Open the file DVRemoteDesktop.exe; enter the information of DVR IP address, Port Username and Password and click OK. You should be able to login DVR successfully and start to use the software. The default username and password is admin/ 123456 DVRemoteDesktop.exe AP software provides some extra functions for remote users. Please check Table 6-3.1 for minimum system requirements for DVRemoteDesktop.exe operation. Table 6-3.1 System Requirements for AP software CPU OS RAM VGA Card Others Intel Pentium 4 above Microsoft Windows 7Windows VistaWindows XP SP2 above 512M above Needed to support DirectX9.0 (Above) Note 1 DirectX 9.0 above

Note 1: Known VGA card that support DirectX9.0 currently: NVIDIA: Geforce FXseries, Geforce 6series, Geforce 7series, Geforce 8series, Geforce 9series, Geforce 200series, etc. Or visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units ATI: Radeon R300series, Radeon R400series, Radeon R500series, Radeon R600series, Radeon R700series, Radeon HD 3xxx IGPseries, Mobility Radeonseries (9500 above), Mobility Radeon Xseries, Mobility Radeon HDseries, or FireGL Vseries etc. Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_graphics_processing_units SiS: SiS 67Xseries, or SiS 77Xseries etc. Or visit: http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm Intel: 91Xseries, 94Xseries, 96Xseries, G3Xseries, or G4Xseries, etc. Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

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CHAPTER 7
1. VIDEO Input Level Display Speed Display Resolution Monitor Output 2. RECORDING Compression Method Recording Speed Recording Resolution Quality Schedule Mode Method 3. SATA DEVICE Capacity Type 4. ALARM Sensor Input Loop Out Motion Detection 5. CONNECTIONS Video Input Video Output Audio Input Audio Output USB 2.0 USB 1.1 Remote External I/O Ethernet 6. ELECTRICAL Power Source 7. ENVIRONMENTAL Operation Temperature Humidity Internal Storage NTSC PAL Independent each channel for NTSC PAL NTSC PAL

SPECIFICAITONS

1.0 Vp-p10% Composite, 75 Balanced 120fps 100fps 704(H) X 480(V) 704(H) X 576(V) 2Vp-p Composite, 75 Balanced

H.264 Refer to table 7-1 704 X 480, 704 X 240, 352 X 240 704 X 576, 704 X 288, 352 X 288 Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest Setup by minute as unit Manual / Event (Motion) / Schedule By resolution, fps and quality Setup fps and quality separately for normal and event recording 1 HDD SATA / SATA compatible

4 1 Relay out Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level

4 ports BNC 1 port, VGA 1 port (max.1920 X 1080) RCA 1 CH RCA 1 CH USB memory stick, USB Touch Panel USB Mouse Remote control 1 RS-485, 4 sensor input, 1 Relay Output 1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps DC 12V / 3A

5 ~ + 40 Less than 90%

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8. PHYSICAL Dimension Weight 9. BACKUP BACKUP USB Stick Network Video Data, Audio Video Data, Audio Event/ Time 120 FPS Web/AP/CMS Supporting multi-client (3 clients accessible) Embedded Linux Pentaplex LiveRecordPlaybackNetworkBackup Remote Control / Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP Software Direct monitoring of DVRs HDD on PC 10000 300(W) x 175(D) x 46(H) mm 1.3 KGnot including HD

10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK Searching Type Playback speed 11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE Monitoring Environment Max. client 12. OTHERS OS Multi Task Control Device PC Viewer Numbers of event list

Table 7-1 360 x 240 Recording Speed (Independent setting for each channel) NTSC 720 x 240 720 x 480 352 x 288 PAL 704 x 288 704 x 576 Compression Method H.264 120 FPS 60 FPS 30 FPS 100 FPS 50 FPS 25 FPS

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CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE

You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0 above and Symbian. Please confirm network function of DVR has been activated before mobile connection: Main menu Network Setup HTTP Setup Check the Enable HTTP Server

8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System

Mobile Device: Nokia, SonyEricssonetc. System requirement: GPRS/ 3G must be provided from your telecom service. Mobile device that supports GPRS/ 3G protocol and Java cldc1.0/midp 2.0 environment Please download both DVRH264.jar and DVRH264.jad to operate the function. Note that users with Sony Ericsson will only need to download DVRH264.jar.

8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function. Step 1: The mobile application called DVRH264.jar need to be installed in your mobile device. The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturers website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable. Step 2: Install the application software DVRH264.jar in your mobile device. It might be installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for installation.

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8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation

After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run a file called DVRH264. Select Menu at the right lower corner of your mobile screen, 4 commands, Login Add Modify and Delete, will show up.

8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR

To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in DVR information. Find Add under the Menu then enter logging-in DVRs IP address, Port number, account name and password. Press Add to save this information after entering.

8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR

Use the Login command to log onto a DVR and monitor live images. If multiple DVRs have been added to the mobile application, they will be listed by name, you can select one to log onto.

A confirmation message might show up for network charge before connection. The fee rate will depend on the telecom company and package fee you go with.

Network connectivity will take some time. Itll be affected by networking environment and bandwidth flow. Live image will show up after a successful connection. PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off in local DVR.

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8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR

You can use the Modify command to change the login information of DVR. The dialogue is identical to that of the Add command.

8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR

Delete command can be used to remove the DVR information if it is no longer useful. Select the DVR on the name list then choose Delete

8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation

This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your mobile

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device.

8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image

You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if its oversized. Key 2 4 6 8 Action Scroll Up Scroll Left Scroll Right Scroll Down

8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup

Select Quality under the Menu

There will be 5 levels for your to choose: Low NormalMiddleHigh and Highest.

8-1.3.3 Channel Display

Select Single under the Menu, there will be all channels of your DVR in list for you to choose. PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off in local DVR.

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8-1.3.4 Size of Image

The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select Size under the Menu to choose from Original or Fit Screen to resize the display image. Item Original Fit Screen Description The image will be shown in original size. The image will be shown to fit the screen.

8-1.3.5 Rotate the image

The Live image can be displayed in normal or rotate to 90 degrees. Select Rotate under the Menu for this operation.

8-1.3.6 Alarm
This application not only allows you to remotely monitor through mobile device but receive the alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected, Sensor Triggered and Vloss. Graphical icons below will be shown on the status: : Motion detected : Sensor triggered : Video loss Select the Alarm under the Menu to switch this function on or off.

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8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System
There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264 compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your mobile device. System Requirement: Mobile device OSWindows mobile system 5.0 above. Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS3GWifi etc.

8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps cited below to perform the mobile device surveillance function on your mobile device (mobile phone, PDA ...etc).

Step 1: The mobile application called Jrviewer.CAB and H264Pocket.CAB need to be installed in your mobile device. The application can be downloaded directly from the manufacturers website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can be transferred to your mobile device from the CD that packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable. Step 2: Install the application software Jrviewer.CAB and H264Pocket.CAB in your mobile device, two folders named Jrviewer and H264Pocket will be created. It might be installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for installation.

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8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation

After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files named Jrviewer and H264Pocket.

This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor DVR. Press OK to bring up the operation menu, see below chart to further information. Item Function Description

Add

Add login DVR

Enter DVRs name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password then press OK Choose the DVR that youd like to log on , then press OK PS. The Live can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is off. PS. Network connectivity will be affected by networking environment and bandwidth flow. The fee rate will depend on the telecom company and package fee you go with.

Login

Logon DVR

Modify Delete

Modify DVR Delete DVR

Login Login

Choose DVR, press Modify, and pressOK to save change. Choose DVR and press Delete to delete the DVR info.

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8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring.

After successful logon the DVR, press View to bring up operation menu. You can choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn on/off the status bar, alarm, full screen display.etc

Item Channel 1~16

Function Display for CH 1~16

Description Choose from CH1~16 to display. (Show only supports a single partition) Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and video loss to be detected on any channel. You can also uncheck the Status Bar to inactivate this function. Icon Description Motion Detect Sensor Trigger V-Loss Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is event to be detected. You can also uncheck the Alarm under the View to inactivate this function. If the channel video with sound input, turn this option to hear the real sound. You can choose one channel to display in full screen by check this function.

Status Bar

Status Bar

Alarm

Alarm

Sound Full Screen

Sound Full screen display

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CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE

9-1 CMS Installation
System Requirement: Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.
Microsoft Besides 512MB 20MB VGA

Windows VistaWindows XPWindows 2003 Server.

OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above.

memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR)

HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.

Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it. Please refer to p40 Note 1.

Installation: 1. Connect to the manufacturers website and download the CMS software. 2. Decompress and execute setup.exe. 3. If Visual C++ Runtime Libraries has not been installed before in the operating PC, the following sign will suggest an installation automatically.

4. Select Next, and then select Browse to change installation path if needed. To check available space on hard disk, please select Disk Cost then please select Next to the next step.

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5.Confirm Installation window shows. Select Next then the installation starts.

6. Select Close to finish installation when the Installation Complete window shows.

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Instruction for Log-in Failure to CMS After Upgrade

Log in to CMS with the default account and password after CMS upgrade. If an error message occurs as shown in the image, please follow the instruction to solve the error.

Step 1: Please enter file manager to enter folder, Windows and then folder Systme32 (ex:C:\Windows\System32)

Step 2: Locate file, iCMS.dat and delete it.

Step 3: Restart CMS. Log-in successfully.

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9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT

To enter CMS, the administrators user name and password are required. The defaults are admin and 123456.

After successful login, the following image shows on your screen:

5: 4 DVRs, Groups & Events PC information and control SDV Main Display R401.OC X Display Modes Operation Bar

Information about DVRs, groups and events. See 9-3 Information List for more detail. Information about local PCs hard disk, volume, recording...etc. See 9-4 PC Information and Control for more detail. Live image display area. See 9-5 Main Display for detail. Several choices of display modes supported by CMS. A set of 10 operations are provided by CMS. See 9-6 Operation Bar for detail.

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9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events

Icon Description View list of logged in DVR Group. View Logs: list all the event information of DVR

9-3.1 View DVRGroup List

Single left click on DVR or Group will expand/collapse the entire DVRs and groups list. On the DVR list, double left click on a connected DVR will show its image in main display. See 9-6.2 DVR Administration for further information. On the Group list, double left click on a group will show live image from the channels of the group in the main display. See 9-6.3 for Group Administration for further information. Left-clicking on a connected DVR will expand/collapse status of its all channels as below: Icon Description Video Loss Motion Detected Sensor Triggered

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9-3.2 View Event Logs

Under this page, all the events of a DVR can be expanded/collapsed in the order of Re mote in/Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor, Others (Power Reset, Key Lock, Key Unlock, HD Full).

9-4 Local PC Information and Control

Located at the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below: Icon Function HDD info Description Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of C:\ drive (where CMS is installed). Setting Recording Directory. (Default is C:\Program files\iCMS) Set the capacity size of the Recording space. (minimum is 10MB)

Recording Directory Recording Cycle

Volume

PC volume or playback volume control bar. Record live image to local PC storage. To view locally stored data, use Record under the operation bar. Also see 9-6.6 recording data for detail. Take snapshot to save in local PC storage. To view all the snapshots youve taken, please go to Snapshot under the operation bar. See 9-6.5 Snapshot data for detail.

Recording

Snapshot

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9-5 Main Display

The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change the location of screen for each channel and turn on/off audio signal with mouse-click.

9-5.1 Audio Control

In live mode, you can turn on/off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4: Audio signal is On Audio signal is Off

Turn on/off by clicking on the graphical icon, please note there can allow only one chan nels audio signal to be on at one time.

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9-5.2 eMAP Display

In Live mode, pressing will bring the e-MAP drag-down menu. If the channel has been set up to use e-MAP, the menu will show all the e-MAP titles that have been entitled to this channel; otherwise, No eMaps will be shown. Please check 9-6.4 eMAP administration for setup information.

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9-5.3 PTZ Control

In the main display, right click on the channel will bring up PTZ control panel as below.

Icon 8 direction key

Description Rotate the PTZ ZOOM+Zoom in ZOOM : Zoom out

Setup the PTZ spot as pre-set N. FOCUS+ : Focus in FOCUS-Focus out Move to pre-set N. Set PTZ Preset Goto PTZ Preset PTZ Sensitivity Setup 16 pre-set N. Move to specific pre-set N. Activate auto pre-set tour Setup PTZ sensitivity Setup the start and end of liner scan. Activate the liner scan cruise. B C S Adjust the Brightness (Down is +) Adjust the Contrast (Down is +)

Adjust the Sharpness (Down is +) PTZ communication protocols from different brands arent compatible 100% sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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9-6 Operation Bar

10 Operations to be listed as below:

Table 9-6.1 description of 10 operations: Icon

Description

User Administration. Please see 9-6.1 User administration DVR Administration. Please see 9-6.2 DVR Administration Group Administration. Please see 9-6.3 Group Administration eMap Administration. Please see 9-6.4 eMap Administration. Remote Playback. Please see 9-6.5 Remote Play. HDD Playback. Please see 9-6.6 HDD Play File Playback. Please see 9-6.7 File Play Event Playback. Please see 9-6.8 Event Play Snapshot Data. Please see 9-6.9 Snapshot Recording Data. Please see 9-6.10 Recording

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9-6.1 User administration

Before the CMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper authority. Each user should also be assigned a password and optionally a description. If a user does not have certain authority assigned, he/she will not be able to operate the corresponding function on the Operation Bar. The default is none of the authority is assigned. The administrator should assign proper authority to each user. These user accounts can be deleted or edited later on. Select OK to save the setup. Icon

Description

Add a user account. The default authority is with none permission. Language systray Delete a user account. Switch display language If the turn on this feature, when the program reduced, it will be based in the sys tem tray icon. (This feature is switched on / off, the need to re-open the CMS until after the pr ogram in force)

9-6.2 DVR Administration

DVR connections can be added to or deleted from the CMS and their information can be edited. DVRs channel names can be entered here or downloaded from the DVR by pressing From DVR. Select OK to save the information.

Name: DVR Name(Unrepeatable) Model: DVR Model Generic: For General Models Generic MainStream: For DualStream Model DUAL SDVR: For MPEG4 2U Models Address: DVR IP Address Port: DVR Network Port Channel: DVR Camera Number ID: DVR Login Account Password: DVR Login Password Description: Other Description Camera Description: Carera Description From DVR: Load Camera name from DVR

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9-6.3 Group Administration

A Group means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user can organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor and manager channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexible. Steps: 1. Add a new group and set its name and description. 2. Click Select which will bring up a new window. 3. Check the specific channels that youd like them to be included in the group. To include all channels of a DVR, just check the DVR.(1 Group up to select 36 camera)

4. Click OK to return to the previous window. 5. Select a display mode. 6. Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location. Or, change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging. 7. You can Select again to add other channels, but the un-saved channel locations will be lost. 8. Click OK to save the setup.

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9-6.4 eMap Administration

If geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background, eMap can be used for the purpose. With eMap, the background picture can be picked by the user and channels from multiple DVRs can be placed and dragged around on the picture. Steps to follow: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click and a path for the picture will be prompted. Select a picture, click OK and the picture will show in the right panel. Drag channels in the left lower corner onto the picture to any position. To delete a channel already on the picture, right click the channel and click Remove. Click OK to save.

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9-6.5 Remote Play

Video images recorded on a DVR can be displayed on a remote CMS. With Remote Play function, select a DVR and a display mode on top of the screen. After the recorded segments are listed below, double click on one to show its image on the right.

Icon Start playing. Pause. Fast forward. Fast rewind.

Description

Select the clip you want to watch the number of minutes and seconds,Press the right button is set to start playing

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9-6.6 HDD Playback

You can directly play the recording data in the HDD thats uninstalled from DVR by CMS. See the picture below, the left part of screen is recording data in list thats separated by hour and the right part is main display. You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or rewind.

9-6.7 File Playback

You can play the recorded .irf files by File Play in CMS. It allows you to change the display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar.

Icon

Description Start Playback. Pause. Stop playback. Fast forward. Fast rewind.

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9-6.8 Event Playback

Event recordings on the DVR can be played back in CMS. Steps to follow: 1. Select a DVR and a display mode. 2. Select a date. 3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right. Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback.

9-6.9 Snapshot Data

It can display all the snapshots youve taken in line in Snapshot Data. You can review, delete or save as other files here.

*Capture images of the date and time will follow the PC-time display

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9-6.10 Recording Data

It can play all the recording files youve recorded in line in Recording Data. You can play or delete them here. Steps to follow: 1. Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display. 2. You can choose the display mode. 3. Time bar will be shown at right lower corner, please drag the time bar to specify the recording time youd like to play.

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APPENDIX I
DDNS Registration on I-DVR.NET

I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION

In the package of each DVR, you will find a sticker shows account information including username and password that allows users to login I-DVR.NET for registration. To register DDNS on I-DVR.NET, please follow the steps as shown. Step 1. Please open IE browser and then enter http://i-DVR.NET/logon.asp in IE browser bar. Next, Control Panel Logo dialog will appear. Enter the username and password provided by the sticker and then press, Logon.

Step 2. After login successfully, enter name at host in Add New Record dialog. For example, icatchddns is the host name, and then the address will be icatchddns.idvr.net. Select Standard type and enter an IP address of the DVR. Input known IP address if any, or press the Add New button if none.
Please enter any name by your choice at Column, host.domain For example, hostname Therefore, IE address will be hostname.i-dvr.net

System will automatically show the current computer IP. If the DVR IP is known, you can type it in the column. If not, you can press insert button.

Step 3. The Host Manager dialog will show insert succeed when user setup successfully. The host.domain column will show up the setup just entered. Next, enter the DVR the same time setting the DDNS client machine information If DDNS set up at DVR side successfully, the website will update the IP information in one minute. The IP column will be renewed to the corresponding IP address by pressing F5: refresh button.

host.domain is named by your choice. icatchddns.idvr.net is what the main server generates

If DVR IP has any changes, there are updates Here at the same time. Press, F5: Refresh And then IP column will update automatically to its real IP Address.

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Step 4. Enter DVR Main Menu Network Setup DDNS. Activate DDNS functions and input related information.

DDNS work properly when this option selected.

This part of the information required and the same within the i-dvr.net

Step 5.Back to the i-dvr.net, on this page by pressing "F5: Refresh", IP will be automatically updated into the DVR of the real IP location.

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APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction When using IE for remote monitoring for the first time, IE ActiveX Control is needed to be downloaded. 1. When remote monitoring on IE for the first time, an alert message occurs Install ActiveX control on the tool bar.

2. Click at this alert message and select Install ActiveX Control

3. Do you want to install this software alert pops up. Select Install

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4. After installation, IE remote monitoring image appears.

5. If message, Your security Settings do not allow web sites to use ActiveX controls installed on your computer. pops on when logging in, please follow the next instruction.

6. First select Tools on the tool bar and then select Internet Options

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7. Select Security Trusted Sites Sites

8. Enter DVR address (This address is only for demonstration. Please use the address depends on the setup of on-site DVR.) into the blanks shown in picture, and then press add.

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9. Newly added website will appear at the trusted web sites list. Press close.

10. Go back to IE window, press refresh button or F5.

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