User Manual

411L v0.6(M02)

4CH DVR

This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.
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WARNING
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ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE
THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR
MOISTURE.

This symbol is intended to

alert the user to the presence
of unprotected Dangerous
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enclosure that may be strong
enough to cause a risk of
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of important operating and
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instructions in the literature
accompanying the appliance.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested

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class digital device, pursuant to part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential
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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 _____________________________ 20
4-2 EVENT SETUP ______________________________________________ 20
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP ________________________________________ 21
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP______________________________ 22
4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP ________________________________________ 22
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP __________________________________________ 23
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup _________________________________ 24
4-3.2 Holiday Setup __________________________________________ 24
4-4 CAMERA SETUP ____________________________________________ 25
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP ___________________________________________ 26
4-5.1 Permission Setup _______________________________________ 27
4-5.2 User Picture Setup _____________________________________ 27
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP ________________________________________ 28
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ___________________________________ 28
4-6.1.1 DHCP ____________________________________________ 28
4-6.1.2 LAN ______________________________________________ 29
4-6.1.3 ADSL_____________________________________________ 29
4-6.2 HTTP Setup ____________________________________________ 30
4-6.3 DDNS Setup ___________________________________________ 30
4-6.4 Mail Setup _____________________________________________ 31
4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP ________________________________________ 32
4-8 SYSTEM SETUP _____________________________________________ 33
4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP ________________________________________ 34
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP ______________________________________ 34
4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME _____________________________ 35
4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP _____ 35
4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ____________________________ 36
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP _______________________________ 36
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP___________________________________________ 37
4-9 UTILITY SETUP _____________________________________________ 38
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC _______________________________________________ 39
CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH ____________________________________ 40
5-1 BACKUP SETUP_____________________________________________ 40
5-2 SEARCH SETUP_____________________________________________ 41
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH ________________________________________ 42
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH__________________________________________ 43

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CHAPTER 6 Rempte Software Installation and Setup ____________________ 44

6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction _______________________ 44
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE ______________________ 46
6-3 AP Software Operation _______________________________________ 47
CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS_______________________________________ 48
CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE __________ 50
8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System 50
8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________ 50
8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________ 51
8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR _______________________________ 51
8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR _____________________________ 51
8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR ________________ 52
8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR_________________ 52
8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation _______________________________ 52
8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image ___________________________________ 53
8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup _______________________________ 53
8-1.3.3 Channel Display ___________________________________ 53
8-1.3.4 Size of Image _____________________________________ 54
8-1.3.5 Rotate the image __________________________________ 54
8-1.3.6 Alarm ____________________________________________ 54
8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile Sy
stem __________________________________________________________ 55
8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________ 55
8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________ 56
8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring. _____________________ 57
CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE___________________ 58
9-1 CMS Installation _____________________________________________ 58
9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT______________________________ 61
9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events______________________________________ 62
9-3.1 View DVRGroup List __________________________________ 62
9-3.2 View Event Logs _______________________________________ 63
9-4 Local PC Information and Control _____________________________ 63
9-5 Main Display ________________________________________________ 64
9-5.1 Audio Control __________________________________________ 64
9-5.2 eMAP Display __________________________________________ 65
9-5.3 PTZ Control____________________________________________ 66
9-6 Operation Bar _______________________________________________ 67
9-6.1 User administration _____________________________________ 68
9-6.2 DVR Administration _____________________________________ 68
9-6.3 Group Administration ___________________________________ 69
9-6.4 eMap Administration ____________________________________ 70
9-6.5 Remote Play ___________________________________________ 71
9-6.6 HDD Playback __________________________________________ 72
9-6.7 File Playback___________________________________________ 72
9-6.8 Event Playback _________________________________________ 73
9-6.9 Snapshot Data _________________________________________ 73
9-6.10 Recording Data________________________________________ 74
APPENDIX I
I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________ 75
APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction ___ 77

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CHAPTER 1

PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION

1-1 PACKING

1. DVR

2. Quick Start

5. CD

3. IR Remote Control

6. SATA Cord x1

4. Batteries x2

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

Top(USB2.0) is used to plug the USB memory stick

1 USB Port

Bottom(USB1.1) is used to plug the mouse

2 LED Display- Power

DVR Power is on.

3 LED Display - HDD

Hard disk is in use.

4 LED Display - LAN

Connected to the internet.

5 LED Display- LOGIN

Remote user logged in.

6 LED Display - REC

DVR Recording. (or Schedule Recording and recording are

on)

7 LED Display - PLAY

DVR Playing back.

8 IR Sensor

Input sensor for the remote control.

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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

DC 12V

Socket for a DC 12V input.

MAIN monitor

BNC port for the main monitor.

VIDEO IN

BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.

AUDIO IN

RCA input port for audio signal.

AUDIO OUT

RCA output for audio signal.

NTSCPAL Switch

Switch between NTSC and PAL format.

LAN

Network port.

VGA

VGA port.

EXTERNAL I/O

EXTERNAL I/O port (see below for pin definition)

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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

Description

REC

Start/Stop recording.

PLAY

Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.

LOCK

Enable/Disable the Keypad function

1,2,3,4

Select the channel to monitor in full screen

FREEZE

Turn on/off screen freeze function.

Switch to quad display.

ENTER/MODE

Switch to full screen, quad display.

MENU/

Enable/ Disable setup Menu.

BK-UP/ESC

Enable/ Disable backup menu.

SRH

Enable/ Disable search menu.

MUTE

Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio

STATUS

Enable/ Disable Status.

OSD

Turn on/off the screen display

Zoom/Zoom -

Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel
name for choosing a specific channel.

PIP/Zoom +

Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to

other channels.

PTZ

Enable PTZ control.

AUTO

In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.

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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

Description
Recording is on
Live Audio is on

1~4

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

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

Description

ENTER / MODE

Switch to full screen, quad.

MENU /

Turn on/off PAUSE.

PLAY

Play back at normal speed.

/ SLOW

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

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

Move PTZ up.

Move PTZ down.

/

Move PTZ to the left.

Move PTZ to the right.

ZOOM +

PTZ zoom-in.

ZOOM -

PTZ zoom-out.

FOCUS +

PTZ focus-in.

FOCUS -

PTZ focus-out.

IRIS +

PTZ iris-open.

IRIS -

PTZ iris-close.

TOUR

Activate PTZ pre-set tour.

PRESET+
Number
PLAY+
Number

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.

PIP

Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan.

FREEZE

Activate auto line-scan.

ZOOM

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 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode

Icon

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.
TOURpress to activate pre-set tour
PIPSet current PTZ location as the start of line-scan.
FREEZE
Activate 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 Some definition of virtual keyboard.

Item

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
Item

MENU
ESC
ENTER

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

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

4-1 RECORD SETUP

Item

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

HDD FULL

Overwrite
Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data
of HDD, and continue to record.
Quality & Frame Rate
Setup

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

OSD position X

Setup OSD X axis

OSD position Y

Set up OSD y axis

Recording OSD
position setup

Set up OSD axis

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item
Normal setup/
event setup
Resolution

Description
Select recording mode
Select recording resolution: NTSC:360x240, 720x240, 720x480
PAL:352X288,704X288,704X576

Record Type

You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type.

No.

Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording

Quality

Select quality: Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest

FPS

Select recording frame rate.

Auto

Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

4-2 EVENT SETUP

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Item

Description

Motion Setup

Enter to set up motion detection

Sensor Setup

Enter to set up sensor detection

4-2.1 MOTION SETUP

Item

Description

Motion Popup

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.

1~4

You can setup independently for each channel.

Selected Channel Turn

Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each

channel.

Sensitivity
Motion Area Setup

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

Description

Mask Mouse Selection

Switch between select and deselect for cursor-dragging function

All Area Detection

Select entire screen as detection area.

Mask All Area

Deselect entire detection area.

Continue

Continue setup

Exit & Save

Save setup and leave

Exit & Discard

Cancel setup and leave

4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP

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Item

Description

Sensor Popup

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.

All Off

Set all sensor off

All Low

Set all sensor polarity low

All High

Set all sensor polarity high

Sensor Polarity

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.

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

Description

Page

Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total.

Holiday Setup

Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.

View Event/
Sensor Setup

Motion/

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

Description

1~4

You can setup independently for each channel.

Mask

Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode

Sharpness
Brightness
Contrast
Chroma(U)/(V)

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

Hue

to 255. The default value is 128. ( This function doesnt support at

PAL system)

Name

Set up name of each channel

Volume

Audio volume for CH1 under LIVE mode and recording mode can be
adjusted.

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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

Description

No.

Check to activate the users account.

Username

Set up username

Password

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.

Permissions

Set up Permissions for each user

Change Admin
Password

Change administrators password

Picture

Change users 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

Description

Connect type

Setup mode for network connection: (DHCPLANADSL).

HTTP Setup

Enter to set up HTTP

DDNS Setup

Enter to set up DDNS

Mail Setup

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

Description

IP Address

Enter IP address provided by ISP

Subnet Mask

Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP

Gateway

Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP

DNS

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

Description

User Name

Enter user name provided by ISP

Password

Enter password provided by ISP

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4-6.2

HTTP Setup

Item

Description

Enable HTTP
Server

Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the
DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated.

Port

Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80.

Auto

Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

No.

Chanel number

Quality

Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high,
highest

FPS

Set up record FPS

4-6.3

DDNS Setup

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Item

Description

Enable DDNS
DDNS Server

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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Item

Description

User Name

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.

Password

Enter to set up Password.

Sender E-mail

Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers.

Receiver E-mail

Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.

Trigger Event

Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below

circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).

Enable E-mail Notification

SMTP Server

4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP

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

Description

Enable PTZ

Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel.

Protocol

Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are

PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH.

PTZ ID

Click or press to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1

to 64.

Baud Rate

Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600,19200

RS-485 ID

Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64

RS-485 Baud Rate

Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600,19200

Keyboard

Select Keyboard. (Li-Lin)

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4-8 SYSTEM SETUP

Item

Description

DVR Name

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

DVR Location

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

Language

Click or press to select OSD language from English, Traditional

Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Portuguese

Remote ID

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.

Display Setup

Enter to set up Display

Date/Time Setup

Enter to set up Date/Time

Device Setup

Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay

Spot Setup

Enter to set up Spot

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4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP

Item

Description

Auto-Seq Interval

Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels

under Auto-Seq mode.

Show OSD

Turn On / Off OSD display

Show DVR Status

Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display

Show Date/Time

Turn On / Off date and time display

Show Channel Name

Turn On / Off channel name display

CRT

Deflicker(only for CRT monitor)

Border Color

Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.Red,

Green, Blue

4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP

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Item

Description

Hour Format

12HOURS/ 24HOURS

Date Format

MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD

Date/Time Position

Choose the position of Time and Date display

Change Date & Time

Setup time and date of DVR

Time Zone Setup

Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.

Internet Time Setup

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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Item

Description

Select Time Zone

Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13

Daylight Saving Time

Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time

4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item

Description

Automatic
Synchronization

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.

Update Now

Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately

correspond with those in internet server.

4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP

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Item

Description

Key Tone

Enable/Disable keystrokes.

Buzzer

Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for

HDD Error, Video Loss, Motion and Sensor.

Relay

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.

4-8.4 SPOT SETUP

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

SPOT MODE

Interval (Seconds)
Skip Video Loss
Channel

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.

4-9 UTILITY SETUP

Item

Description

HDD Initialization

USB Initialization

System Recovery
Reset System Events
Copy Setup to USB

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.

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.
Download Setup from USB
Upgrade

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4-10 DIAGNOSTIC

Item

Description

Version

The current firmware version of DVR

IP

The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from

network,
the
screen
will
display
NETWORK
DISCONNECT.

MAC

MAC Address of DVR

HDD Status

No.

HDD number

Volume

HDD Capacity

Used

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.)

Format

The latest format time of HDD

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CHAPTER 5

BACKUP & SEARCH

5-1 BACKUP SETUP

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

Description

From

The start time of backup file

To

The end time of backup file

Device

Select USB, PC as the backup device

Free Space

The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Refresh

Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Required Space

Show the size of the backup file

Calculate

Calculate the size of backup file

Start

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

Description

Event Search

Event search menu

Time Search

Enter time search menu

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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

Event Type

Info

Description
Switch between pages of events
Date/time when event occurred.
Event type, defined as following
Motion Detected
MOTION
SENSOR

Sensor Detected

Video Loss

Video Loss

Remote Login

user log-in over the network

Remote Logout

user log-out over the network

Power On

DVR Power on

HDD Full

HDD Space FULL

HDD Error

Detect HDD error

Reboot

DVR Reboot

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
Intel Pentium 4 above
OS

Microsoft Windows 7Windows VistaWindows XP SP2 above

RAM
VGA Card
Others

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

SPECIFICAITONS

1. VIDEO
Input Level

1.0 Vp-p10% Composite, 75 Balanced

Display Speed
Display Resolution

NTSC

120fps

PAL

100fps

NTSC

704(H) X 480(V)

PAL

704(H) X 576(V)

Monitor Output

2Vp-p Composite, 75 Balanced

2. RECORDING
Compression Method

H.264

Recording Speed

Refer to table 7-1

NTSC

Recording Resolution

704 X 480, 704 X 240, 352 X 240

PAL
Independent
each channel

Quality

704 X 576, 704 X 288, 352 X 288

for

Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest

Schedule

Setup by minute as unit

Mode

Manual / Event (Motion) / Schedule

By resolution, fps and quality

Method

Setup fps and quality separately for normal and

event recording

3. SATA DEVICE
Capacity

Internal Storage

1 HDD
SATA / SATA compatible

Type
4. ALARM
Sensor Input

Loop Out

1 Relay out

Motion Detection

Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level

5. CONNECTIONS
Video Input

4 ports

Video Output

BNC 1 port, VGA 1 port (max.1920 X 1080)

Audio Input

RCA 1 CH

Audio Output

RCA 1 CH

USB 2.0

USB memory stick, USB Touch Panel

USB 1.1

USB Mouse

Remote

Remote control
1 RS-485, 4 sensor input,

External I/O

1 Relay Output

Ethernet

1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps

6. ELECTRICAL
Power Source

DC 12V / 3A

7. ENVIRONMENTAL
Operation Temperature

5 ~ + 40

Humidity

Less than 90%

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8. PHYSICAL
Dimension

300(W) x 175(D) x 46(H) mm

Weight

1.3 KGnot including HD

9. BACKUP
BACKUP

USB Stick

Video Data, Audio

Network

Video Data, Audio

10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK

Searching Type

Event/ Time

Playback speed

120 FPS

11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE

Monitoring Environment

Web/AP/CMS

Max. client

Supporting multi-client (3 clients accessible)

12. OTHERS
OS

Embedded Linux

Multi Task

Pentaplex

LiveRecordPlaybackNetworkBackup

Control Device

Remote Control / Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP

Software

PC Viewer

Direct monitoring of DVRs HDD on PC

Numbers of event list

10000

Table 7-1

Recording Speed
(Independent
setting for each
channel)

NTSC

PAL

360 x 240

120 FPS

720 x 240

60 FPS

720 x 480

30 FPS

352 x 288

100 FPS

704 x 288

50 FPS

704 x 576
Compression Method

25 FPS
H.264

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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

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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
Enter DVRs name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password
Add
Add login DVR
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
Login

Logon DVR

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.

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

Function

Channel 1~16

Display for CH 1~16

Status Bar

Status Bar

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

Alarm

Sound

Sound

Full Screen

Full screen display

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.

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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

Windows VistaWindows XPWindows 2003 Server.

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

512MB

memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR)
20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.

VGA

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:

DVRs, Groups &

Events

Information about DVRs, groups and events.

See 9-3 Information List for more detail.

PC information
and control

Information about local PCs hard disk, volume, recording...etc.

See 9-4 PC Information and Control for more detail.

Main Display

Live image display area. See 9-5 Main Display for detail.

Display Modes

Several choices of display modes supported by CMS.

Operation Bar

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

Description

HDD info

Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity of C:\ drive

(where CMS is installed).

Recording
Directory

Setting Recording Directory.

(Default is C:\Program files\iCMS)

Recording
Cycle

Set the capacity size of the Recording space.

(minimum is 10MB)

Volume

PC volume or playback volume control bar.

Recording

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.

Snapshot

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.

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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

Description
Start playing.
Pause.
Fast forward.
Fast rewind.
Select the clip you want to watch the number of minutes and
seconds,Press the right button

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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

I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION

DDNS Registration on I-DVR.NET

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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