Ascendent X3NS Series User manual

X3NS Series DVR
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User's Manual

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ContentsContents
Chapter 1 Service Requirement
Chapter 2 Product Information
Chapter 3 Basic Product Operation
3
4
6
Power on/off 9
System Login 9
Screen display 10
MODE(Screen setup) 11
Digital Zoom 15
Rdi
R
ecor
di
ng 15
Search 16
Playback 17
Backup 18
PTZ 24
Audio 26
Log View 26
Remote-control ID 27
SPOT 25
Chapter 4 System Setup
Chapter 5 Firmware Upgrade
28
55
Chapter 6 CMS – Display Mode 58
CMS
Setup Mode
67
Sequence 27
CMS
–
Setup
Mode
67
CMS – Search Mode 81
Chapter 7 CMS – eMAP Editor/Viewer 91
Chapter 9
web CMS
102
Chapter 8 CMS – Remote Update 95
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Chapter 10 MISC 104
Chapter
9
web
CMS
102
Chapter 11 Warranty 109

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Cha
p
ter 1 Service Re
q
uirement
p
Limitation of warranty
We warrant that Standalone DVR series will be free from defects in materials and workmanship
under normal use and service for all parts excluding hard drives for a period of one year after
the date that the customer purchased the product.
If such a defect occurs you should contact where you purchased and return the product to us
q
If
such
a
defect
occurs
,
you
should
contact
where
you
purchased
and
return
the
product
to
us
accompanied with the proof of purchase, we will either repair or replace the product through
our inspection. It is your exclusive remedy for breach of this warranty. However this warranty
shall not apply on repairs or replacements necessitated by any cause as listed below.
1) improper installation
2) acts of nature
3) id t
3)
acc
id
en
t
4) lack of proper maintenance
5) voltage fluctuations
6) unauthorized repair or modifications.
For more details on the limitation of warranty, refer to entire limited warranty as appendix at
the end of this manual.
Service Information
•To avoid additional defects, do not attempt to repair this unit by yourself. Please contact
a Standalone local dealer/distributor/certified installer to get service from authorized
technician. Unauthorized repairs will void the warrantee, may result in fire, electronic
shock or other hazards.
•All shi
p
ment for re
p
air should be
p
re
p
aid and
p
ro
p
erl
y
p
acked with a note outlinin
g
the
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defect.
•Send the product with purchase number or other related documents obtaining from Fore
Tech or its agent as proof purchasing the product.
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Pr
oduct
Inf
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Chapter
2
Product
Information
Enable integrated video monitoring and system management by networking with maximum
1000DVRs systems through CAMS(Central Automated Monitoring System) interface.
High quality video display and system stability through embedded operating system with
hardware MPEG4 video compression chip.
zFeatures
Support the max D1(720*480) quality resolution video display and 480FPS recording.
16 CH video input and 16CH audio input.
X-Triplex multitasking for video recording, playback, transmission and backup.
Easy operation using remote-controller, full-page panel, GUI support.
Network transmission of 30 different types of system error management information per
s
y
stem.
y
High-speed transmitted video monitoring of ST DVRs up to 64 channels through CMS
software network.
High-speed network video monitoring by internet explorer through WEB CMS server within
the system.
zSystem Design
Watchdog function for hardware & software error
Robust design for physical impact and temperature
Generating 30 different types of network massages for system errors.
Application of low power and low heat features for industrial environment
Advanced hardware MPEG 4
Embedded O/S ROM
16 Camera input
Auto-sequence screen division and PIP/POP function.
zGeneral Specifications
Real time display
Recording : 480fps-NTSC (PAL 400fps)
4 CH audio recording and two way audio communication.
CD, DVD RW, USB external saving devices
Ethernet 10/100Mbps, RS-232C network support

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X-plex multitasking, recording, playback, backup and network.
STATIC, DHCP, PPPOE support

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Firmware upgrade using network and USB port.
Remote upgrade using CMS
Free alarm (max 30secs), port alarm (max 120secs) recording
Watermarking
Private backup viewer
E-Map’s layout mapping

able to install maximum 4 HDDs or 1 ODD and 3HDDs

able
to
install
maximum
4
HDDs
or
1
ODD
and
3HDDs
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Chapter 3
Basic Product Operation
Chapter
3
Basic
Product
Operation
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(
16ch
)
FRONT CASE Button DescriptionFRONT CASE Button Description
SEQ. button Function button
()
Rec. button
Menu button
Move button
Records images
Shows the menu, moves to upper menus and complete setup
Moves to setup and menu. Operates PTZ camera
LED Indicator
SPOT button
Setup SPOT monitor
PTZ. button
Division rotating surveillance button
Operates Pan/Tilt camera
Setup Status, Audio, Backup, P/T/Z, SEQ, Log list
Indicate present system status information
division button
Search button
USB Port: 2 PORT
Numeric buttons
Applies setup details and select
hl
Searches saved data
USB port for use the USB
memory backup and USB
update
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h
anne
l
CD-ROM
Play backward button
Stop button
Play forward button
Max. x 128 play forward.
Frame by frame play forward on playback
Stops playback and converts to surveillance mode
Max. x 128 play backward .
frame by frame play backward on data playback
Pause and playback the image
Pause button
1ch,4ch,9ch,16ch division button
(16ch)
REAR PANEL I/O DescriptionREAR PANEL I/O Description
1) VIDEO IN : BNC 16PORT
2) LOOP OUT(75ΩON/OFF)
3) AUDIO IN : 16 PORT 4) ALARM/SENSOR/RS-485
Connect Port for Sensor (16Port), Alarm (4Port)
COM(1Port), RS-485 (2Port), GND(1Port)
13) POWER
System Power On/Off
6) VIDEO OUT
Output video
5) S-VIDEO
Output video through
S-VIDEO comport
11) RS-232
Connect Port for Program Debug.
(Developer only)
10) VGA
Output Video to a Computer
Monitor by Connected
9) USB
USB t f th USB b k
12) NTSC/PAL
Select switch.
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through AV Monitor
7) AUDIO OUT
Out put audio
by 1 port
8) ETHERNET:
Port for Cross cable.
( Possible to Remote Surveillance.)
USB
por
t
f
or use
th
e
USB
memory
b
ac
k
up
and USB update.

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Remote Controller Button DescriptionRemote Controller Button Description
1) Rec/Stop button
Records/stop images
2) DIV-ID button
Set DVR-ID
3) Numeric buttons
Applies setup details
and select channel
4
)
Audio button
5) Menu button
Shows the menu. Moves
to upper menus and
complete setup
)
Generates audio
through speaker
6) P/T button
Operates Pan/Tilt camera
7) Z/F button
Operates Zoom/Focus camera
8) Backup button
Backup saved images to
backup media
P/T
Z/F
9 Division rotating surveillance button
1 division or 4 division rotating surveillance
10) Move button
Moves to setup and menu.
Operates PTZ camera. 11) Enter button
Inputs setup value.
12) Search button
Searches saved data 13) Log button
Shows DVR system logs
14) Play backward button
Max. x 128 play backward .
15) Pause button
17) Stop button
Stops playback and converts to surveillance mode
16) Play forward button
15)
Pause
button
Pause / playback the image
16)
Play
forward
button
Max. x 128 play forward.
Frame by frame play forward on playback
19) PIP button
18) SPOT button
SPOT monitor setup
20) POP button
21) SEQ button
25) 16ch division button
22) 1ch division button
23) 4ch division button
24) 9ch division button
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Power on/off
zPower on
Press the
p
ower button at the back to be ‘ON’ to turn it on after connectin
g
the
p
ower
pgp
cable.
zPower off
①press ‘Menu’ button [menu Æsystem Æshutdown]
②select ‘Shutdown’ and press ‘ENTER/OK’ button.
③select ‘ENTER/OK’ button after the message “ system will shutdown”. Press
‘ENTER/OK’ button.
④
press the power switch at the back to be
‘
Off
’
④
press
the
power
switch
at
the
back
to
be
Off
.
System Login
zInput password
Input the password using number buttons at the password box.
☞ The default value is ‘0000’.
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Screen display
[
]
[Pl b k tt ]
[
Channel status
]
Channel number
Camera name
: Recording
: Motion detection in process
: Sensor detection in process
: Channel sequence indication
[
Pl
ay
b
ac
k
s
t
a
t
us
]
: Playback in progress
: Pause
: Playback per frame : Play backward per frame
: Speed playback : Speed play backward
: Double speed playback
: PTZ indication : Double speed play backward
: Triple speed playback
: Triple speed play backward
* Coverted Channel
[ HDD status ]
HDD indication
: hard disk#1
hddik#2
[ Slide bar ]
: CMS connection status
: USB device connection status
Dt &ti
[ Mouse ]
:
h
ar
d
di
s
k#2
: hard disk#3
: hard disk#4
* color icon indications
Green : HDD installed & Active.
Blue : recording in progress
D
a
t
e
&
ti
me
: Backup
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orange : Hard disk is full
red : Hard disk error

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MODE(Screen setup)
CLICK ri
g
ht Mouse button(Onl
y
for 8ch/16ch
p
roduct)
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zFull screen mode
- press this button.
- shifts to next channel each time you press this button.
zQuad screen mode
- press this button.
- shifts to the next channel each time you press this button.
- If you press a channel number button on remote-controller while
being displayed in the current quad screen, the selected channel turns full screen.
1
6
-If you press another channel number that is not being displayed in the current quad screen, it turns
another quad screen including the channel you selected.
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z9 division screen mode
- press this button
z16 division screen mode
- press this button
zPOP screen mode *only for 9Ch & 16Ch products
-press ‘POP’ button, it will display a certain channel larger than other channels.
zOSD mode
- press ‘OSD’ button, icons and channel status phrases will appear or disappear.
OSD button
or
OSD
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zPIP screen mode
You can monitor 2 screens at the same time with small screen inside of one screen.
(1) press ‘PIP’ button on the remote control.
(2) press ‘PIP’ button one more time the display channels will be exchanged.
(3) If you press a channel number button on the controller, the channel will be displayed in
small screen.
Ex)
‘PIP’ Button‘PIP’ Button
Ex)
Cam ‘6’ ButtonCam ‘6’ Button
(4) you can move the small screen using arrow buttons.
zSequence playback screen mode
- If you press ‘SEQ’ button, full screen or quad screen will be displayed in sequence.
- you can setup duration time at system menu.
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zSPOT screen
Display real time screen of another screen-mode in different monitor using ‘SPOT OUT’ port
at the back of product.
▶Press ‘Function’ button and select ‘Spot’ to set up ‘SPOT’ screen.
(1) type
①single channel
▷
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n
▷
p
layback
only
one
selected
channel
in
full
screen
mode.
②sequence single
▷
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f
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ll
screen mo
d
e
i
n sequence.
▷you can setup duration time at system menu.
③sequence quad
▷playback channels in quad screen mode in sequence.
No. Camera
1 Camera 1 ~ Camera 4
2 Camera 5 ~ Camera 8
3
Camera 6
~
Camera 9
Quad No. Camera
1 Camera 1 ~ Camera 4
2 Camera 5 ~ Camera 8
3 Camera 9 ~ Camera 12
▷you can setup duration time at system menu.
3
Camera
6
Camera
9
4 Camera 13~ Camera 16
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9Ch
16Ch

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Digital zoom
zpress (ZOOM) button in full screen mode to active digital zoom.
zzoomed area moves as you press arrow buttons.
zsize of zoomed area gets bigger and smaller as you press (ZOOM ) button one more time.
zpress ‘ENTER/OK’ button, it shows the selected area bigger like the images below.
Z/F
Z/F
Recording
zpress ‘REC’ button to start recording.
Check before recording !!
(1) Check if hard disk is formatted.
(2) Check the camera output
(2)
Check
the
camera
output
.
(3) Check if each channel names are correct.
(4) Set each channel’s recording quality.
(5) Set each channel’s recording frames.
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Search
‘SEARCH’ b tt Th th ‘S h’ lik b l
0000
(admin password is required, default value is ‘0000’.)
zpress
‘SEARCH’
b
u
tt
on.
Th
en you can see
th
e
‘S
earc
h’
menu
lik
e
b
e
l
ow.
zSearch by time
(1) input the date and time to search. Press ‘ENTER/OK’ button.
zSearch by calendar
(1) you can see ‘calendar’ menu like below if you select ‘Search by calendar’.
(2) select the date and time using arrow keys. Press ‘ENTER/OK’ button.
(3) lastly, select ‘ENTER/OK’ and press ‘ENTER/OK button’.
zSearch by event
(1) you can see the menu like below if you select ‘Search by event’.
(2) input the beginning date/time and ending date/time to search.
(3) select channels to search.
(4) select events to search.
() ‘ /O’
(
5
)
lastly, select search and press
‘
ENTER
/O
K
’
button.
2
3
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zGo to first
playback from the beginning part of recorded.
zGo to last
playback from the recent part of recorded
playback
from
the
recent
part
of
recorded
.
zHow to view ‘Covert-on (Hidden)’ channel
0000
Click this icon,
Or ‘Search’ button at the front panel.
Or ‘Search’ button in remote controller
Select ‘SHOW HIDDEN CH’.
Hidden channels will be displayed.
Playback
Playback
zpress ‘Playback’ button to start playback from the recent part of recording.
zyou can choose various playback screen modes by screen mode buttons.
◀◀ Rewind
Frame playback
- Rewind during playback.
- Playback by frame during pause.
▶
Playback
Playback and pause the recorded
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▶
Playback
screen.
▶▶ Fast forward
Frame playback
-Fast forward during playback.
-Playback by frame during pause.
■stop Stop the playback.

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zbackup data using USB device(or CD/DVD).
Backup data protection with virtual password
(1) Connect ‘USB’ device to the DVR’s USB port.(or CD/DVD media into the ODD)
(2) Press ‘Function’ button and select ‘Backup’
(3) Select options from menu.
9DEVICE – select the device to backup.
9MEDIA TYPE– select media ‘CD’,’DVD’ etc to backup.
9FORMAT – format the media before backup.
9CHANNEL – select channels to backup.
9
FROM
input the date/time to start backup
9
FROM
–
input
the
date/time
to
start
backup
.
9TO – input the date/time to finish backup.
(4) Select ‘BACKUP’ and press ‘ENTER/OK’ button.
(5) Backup password window will show up and ask you to input the password. You must remember
this password, and you will be asked to input this password when you playback the data.
NOTE: 1
)
Both Admin and user can backu
p
the data with this function. Admin can backu
p
and
)p p
playback the hidden camera data, but user can’t access to backup the hidden camera data.
2) Backup password is not related with DVR password, you can input the virtual password
for backup only, and it must be 4 digit numbers.
3) This function is available from the DVR firmware version, 090427-q2g8 and BackupViewer
V1.0.9.420.
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•NOTE: Do not remove USB device during Backup!.
Note: In case backup data file size is too
small, then backup will be completed shortly
without showing this progress window
without
showing
this
progress
window
.
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zBackup viewer
8
2
3
4
1
6 7
2
5
(1) open file : Load the backup data.
(2) AVI: save the selected channel to avi during playback
Select channel Æclick this icon(start) Æclick again(finish)
(3)
th l b k i b fil
(3)
save : save
th
e p
l
ay
b
ac
k
i
mages as
b
mp
fil
e.
(4) Print screen image
(5) watermark : check if there is any modification of data.
(6) playback : playback the backup data. (playback, pause, speed playback, playback by frame)
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(7) division : 1 division, 4 division, 9 division, 16 division
(8) status box : display the status of backup viewer.