BCS 1U Series User manual

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1U and Simple Entry Level Series DVR
Quick Start Guide

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Table of Contents
1Hardware Installation and Connection..........................................................................5
1.1 Check Unpacked DVR ..........................................................................................5
1.2 About Front Panel and Real Panel .....................................................................5
1.3 After Remove the Chassis....................................................................................5
1.4 HDD Installation .....................................................................................................5
1.4.1 Standard 1U Series.....................................................................................5
1.4.2 Simple Entry Level Series..........................................................................6
1.5 Front Panel .............................................................................................................7
1.5.1 Standard 1U Series.....................................................................................7
1.5.2 Simple Entry Level Series..........................................................................7
1.6 Rear Panel ..............................................................................................................9
1.6.1 Standard 1U Series.....................................................................................9
1.6.2 Simple Entry Level Series........................................................................10
1.7 Connection Sample .............................................................................................10
1.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection .................................................................12
1.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details...............................................................12
1.8.2 Alarm Input Port.........................................................................................13
1.8.3 Alarm Output Port......................................................................................14
2Overview of Navigation and Controls..........................................................................15
2.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu ...............................................................................15
2.1.1 Login............................................................................................................15
2.1.2 Main Menu..................................................................................................15
2.1.3 Logout .........................................................................................................16
2.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure ..........................................................16
2.2 Recording Operation ...........................................................................................16
2.2.1 Live Viewing ...............................................................................................16
2.3 Record Setup (Schedule) ...................................................................................16
2.3.1 Schedule Menu..........................................................................................16
2.3.2 Manual Record ..........................................................................................17
2.3.3 Encode........................................................................................................18
2.3.4 Snapshot.....................................................................................................19

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2.3.5 Image FTP..................................................................................................19
2.3.6 Search and Playback................................................................................20
2.3.7 Basic Operation .........................................................................................21
2.4 Network Setup......................................................................................................22
2.5 Pan/Tilt/Zoom .......................................................................................................23
2.5.1 PTZ Setup ..................................................................................................23
2.5.2 PTZ Operation ...........................................................................................24
2.5.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key .................................................................24
3Web Client Operation ....................................................................................................26
3.1 Network Connection ............................................................................................26
3.2 Login ......................................................................................................................26
3.3 Main Window ........................................................................................................26

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our DVR!
This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time.
Here you can find hardware installation，cable connection information and general operations
such as system setup, record, search, backup, alarm setup, PTZ operation, also here you can
find web operation instruction.
Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning carefully!
Important Safeguard and Warning
1．Electrical safety
All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper
handling or installation.
2．Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and
installation.
3．Installation
Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the DVR
4．Qualified engineers needed
All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
5．Environment
The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
6. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included:
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing in your package.

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1Hardware Installation and Connection
Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local
electric safety rules.
1.1 Check Unpacked DVR
When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible
damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental
clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories.
Please check the items in accordance with the list on the warranty card (Remote control is
optional). Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR.
Note
Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
1.2 About Front Panel and Real Panel
For detail information of the function keys in the front panel and the ports in the rear panel,
please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resource CD.
The model in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase order.
The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial
number when we provide the service after sales.
1.3 After Remove the Chassis
Please check the data cable, power cable, COM cable and main boar cable connection is firm or
not.
1.4 HDD Installation
1.4.1 Standard 1U Series
This series DVR has only one SATA HDD. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher.
You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand.
Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk.
3. Turn four screws for three rounds
to fix HDD bracket.
2. Remove upper cover. 1. Loosen the screws of the
u
pp
er cover.

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6. Fix the HDD firmly.
5. Turn the device upside down
and then turn the screw in firmly.
4. Place the HDD in
accordance with the four holes.
ith h i
8. Place the upper cover back
and screw firmly.
7. Connect the HDD cable and
power cable.
After completing HDD installation, please check connection of data ribbon and power cord.
1.4.2 Simple Entry Level Series
This series DVR has only one SATA HDD. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher.
You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand.
Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk.
3. Lift the front cover up and then
remove.
2. Loosen the screws of side
panel.
1. Loosen the screws of rear
panel.
6. Turn the device upside down
and then push the four screws to
the small holes. Fix the screws
firmly.
5. Place the HDD in accordance
with the big four holes in the
chassis.
4. Fix four screws in the HDD
(Just turn 3 rounds).

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Note:
zYou can connect the HDD data cable and the power cable first and then fix the HDD in the
device.
zPlease pay attention to the front cover. It adopts the vertical sliding design. You need to
push the clip first and then put down.
1.5 Front Panel
1.5.1 Standard 1U Series
The standard 1U series front panel is shown as in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1
1.5.2 Simple Entry Level Series
The simple entry level series front panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.
Name Icon Function
Power button
Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up
or shut down DVR.
Shift Shift
In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral,
English(Small/Capitalized),donation and etc.
8. Please fix the clip first and
then put the upper cover back.
9. Fix the screws in the front over
and the side cover.
7. Connect the HDD data cable
and power cable.

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Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up
and down.
Increase/decrease numeral.
Assistant function such as PTZ menu.
Up/1
Down/4 S、T
In text mode, input number 1/4 (English character G/H/I)
Shift current activated control,
Left/2
Right/3 WXWhen playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.
In text mode, input number 2(English character A/B/C)
/3(English character D/E/F)
Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation.
ESC ESC
When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.
Confirm current operation
Go to default button
Enter ENTER
Go to menu
Record REC Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys
or numeral keys to select the recording channel.
Slow play/8 Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.
In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).
One-window monitor mode, click this button to display
assistant function: PTZ control and image color.
Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press
it for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the
cursor.
In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction
keys to realize setup.
In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English
character(small/capitalized) and etc.
Assistant Fn
Realize other special functions.
Fast play/7 Various fast speeds and normal playback.
In text mode, input number 7 (English character P/Q/R/S).
Play
previous/0
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In playback mode, playback the previous video
In text mode, input number 0.
Reverse/Pau
se/6 W
In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to
reverse
playback
In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback.
In text mode, input number 6 (English character M/N/O)
Play Next/9
fIn playback mode, playback the next video
In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list.
In text mode, input number 9 (English character W/X/Y/Z)

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Play/Pause /5 f
In normal playback click this button to pause playback
In pause mode, click this button to resume playback.
In text mode, input number 5(English character J/K/L).
USB port To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.
Network
abnormal
indication
light
Net Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the
light becomes red to alert you.
HDD
abnormal
indication
light
HDD HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified
threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.
Record light 1-16 System is recording or not. It becomes on when system is
recording.
IR Receiver IR It is to receive the signal from the remote control.
Alarm
indication
li
g
ht
Alarm
There is external alarm or not. The light becomes on if there
is an external alarm. The light becomes off once the alarm
sto
p
s.
1.6 Rear Panel
1.6.1 Standard 1U Series
The 4-ch rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3
The 8-ch rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-4.
Figure 1-4
The 16-ch real panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-5.

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Figure 1-5
Please refer to the following sheet for detail information.
1 Video input
2 Audio input
3 Video CVBS output
4 Audio output
5 Network port
6 USB port
7 HDMI port
8 RS232 port
9 Video VGA output
10 Alarm input/alarm output/RS485 port
11 Power input port
12 Power button
1.6.2 Simple Entry Level Series
The simple entry level series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-6.
Figure 1-6
Please refer to the following sheet for detail information.
1 Video input
2 Audio input
3 Audio output
4 Video CVBS output
5 USB port
6 Network port
7 Video VGA output
8 Alarm input/alarm output/RS485 port
9 Power input port
10 Power button
When connect the Ethernet port, please use straight cable to connect the PC and use the
crossover cable to connect to the switcher or router.
1.7 Connection Sample

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Please refer to Figure 1-7 for 1U 8-ch series connection sample.
Figure 1-7
Please refer to Figure 1-8 for simple entry level series connection sample.

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Figure 1-8
1.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection
There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).
1.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details
Standard 1U series
AB Connection
port
Figure 1-9 Standard 1U Series
You can refer to the following sheet and Figure 1-9 for alarm input and output information.

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Parameter Grounding Alarm
Ground line
Alarm Input 1, 2, …, 8. It becomes valid in low voltage.
1-NO C，
2-NO C，
3-NO C
Three NO activation outputs.
Relay Output 1,2,3,4: NO and C(Normally Open and Com)
5: NO,C and NC(Normally Open, Com, Normally Closed)
6: Ctrl 12V(This is used for reset the senor)
485 A/B 485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as
PTZ. Please parallel connect 120Ωbetween A/B cables if there are
too many PTZ decoders.
Simple Entry Level Series
You can refer to the following sheet and Figure 1-10 for alarm input and output information.
AB cable
connection
Figure 1-10 Simple Entry Level Series
Parameter
Ground line
1/2/3/4 ALARM1～ALARM4. It becomes valid in low voltage.
NO One normal output (NO) activation output(on-off ).
485 A/B 485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as
PTZ. Please parallel connect 120Ωbetween A/B cables if there are
too many PTZ decoders.
1.8.2 Alarm Input Port
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
z4/8/16-ch grounding alarm inputs. (Normal open or Normal close type)
zPlease parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external
power to the alarm detector).
zPlease parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
zPlease connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)
zUse the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

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Figure 1-11
1.8.3 Alarm Output Port
zThe standard 1U series has 3-wayrelay alarm output (NO contact) and the simple entry level
series has one relay alarm output. Provide external power to external alarm device.
zTo avoid overloading, please read relay parameters sheet in the User’s Manual carefully.
zRS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

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2Overview of Navigation and Controls
Before operation, please make sure you have properly installed HDDs and all the cable
connections.
2.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu
2.1.1 Login
After system booted up, default video display is in multiple-window mode.
Click Enter or left click mouse, you can see the login interface. See Figure 2-1.
System consists of four accounts:
zUsername: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)
zUsername: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)
zUsername: 666666. Passwords: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback,
backup and etc.)
zUsername: default. Password: default(hidden user)
You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote control (not included in the accessory bag) or
keyboard to input. About input method: Click to switch between numeral, English character
(small/capitalized) and denotation.
Note:
For security reason, please modify password after you first login.
Within 30 minutes, three times login failure will result in system alarm and five times login failure
will result in account lock!
Figure 2-1
2.1.2 Main Menu
After you logged in, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 2-2.
There are total six icons: search, information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown.
You can move the cursor to highlight the icon, and then double click mouse to enter the sub-
menu.
Figure 2-2

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2.1.3 Logout
There are two ways for you to log out.
The first one is from menu option:
In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See
Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3
There are several options for you. See Figure 2-4.
Figure 2-4
The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will
stop all operations. Then you can click the power button in the front panel to turn off the DVR.
Please note, before you replace the HDD, do remember shutting down the device and unplug the
power cable.
2.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure
The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power
failure.
2.2 Recording Operation
2.2.1 Live Viewing
After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode by default. You can see system date, time
and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings
(Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the
display settings (Main Menu->Setting->Display)
1 Recording status 3 Video loss
2 Motion detection 4 Camera lock
2.3 Record Setup (Schedule)
Note:
You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the
HDDs have been properly installed.
After the system booted up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set record type and
time in schedule interface.
2.3.1 Schedule Menu

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In the main menu, from Setting to Schedule, you can go to schedule menu. See Figure 2-5.
There are total six periods.
zChannel: Please select the channel number first. You can select “all”if you want to set for
the whole channels.
zWeek day: There are eight options: ranges from Saturday to Sunday and all.
zPre-record: System can pre-record the video before the event occurs into the file. The value
ranges from 1 to 30 seconds depending on the bit stream.
zRedundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight Redundancy
button to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least
one HDD as redundant. (Main menu->Advanced->HDD Management). Please note
redundancy function does not applies to 1U series since there is only one HDD,
zSnapshoot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when alarm occurs.
zRecord types: There are three types: regular, motion detection (MD) and Alarm.
Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups
please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
At the bottom of the menu, there are color bars for your reference. Green color stands for
regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm
recording.
Figure 2-5
2.3.2 Manual Record
Note:
Please make sure you have the record operation right and you have properly installed the
formatted HDD.
You can right click mouse or in the main menu, from Advanced->Manual Record to go to record
interface.
There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Highlight icon“○” to select corresponding
channel. See Figure 2-6.
zManual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary
recording.
zSchedule: Channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu->Setting-
>Schedule)
zStop: All channels stop recording.

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Figure 2-6
2.3.3 Encode
Encode interface is shown as in Figure 2-7.
zChannel: Select the channel you want.
zCompression: System supports H.264.
zResolution: System supports various resolutions, you can select from the dropdown list. For
this model, main stream supports D1/CIF/QCIF. Please note the resolution may vary due to
different channels. The extra stream supports QCIF only.
zFrame rate: It ranges from 1f/s to 25f/s in NTSC mode and 1f/s to 30f/s in PAL mode.
Note:
For the 8-ch series DVR, you can refer to the following information:
If the 1-channel resolution is D1and the frame rate is more than 6f/s, then the rest seven
channels (the second channel to the eights channel) resolution shall be CIF or QCIF.
If the 1-channel resolution is D1 and the frame rate is or less than 6f/s, then the rest seven
channels (the second channel to the eighth channel) resolution shall be D1/CIF/QCIF. Right now
in D1 resolution, the max frame rate is 6f/s.
zBit rate type: system supports two types: CBR and VBR. In VBR mode, you can set video
quality.
zQuality: There are six levels ranging from 1 to 6. The sixth level has the highest image
quality.
zVideo/audio: you can enable or disable the video/audio. Please note the video is enabled for
main stream by default. For extra stream, please enable video first and then enable audio.
zSnapshot: Click snapshot button, you can see it contains the four items: mode/image
size/image quality/snapshot frequency. Please refer to chapter 2.3.3 for detail information.
Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.
Figure 2-7

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2.3.4 Snapshot
2.3.4.1 Schedule Snapshot
In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and
frequency.
In General interface please input upload interval.
In Schedule interface, please enable snapshot function.
Please refer to the following figure for detail information. See Figure 2-8.
Figure 2-8
2.3.4.2 Activation Snapshot
Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you
enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred.
zIn Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and
frequency.
zIn General interface please input upload interval.
zIn Detect interface please enable snapshot function for specified channels. Or in Alarm
interface please enable snapshot function for specified channels.
Please refer to the following figure for detail information. See Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9
2.3.4.3 Priority
Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you
have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot
when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.
2.3.5 Image FTP
In Network interface, you can set FTP server information. Please enable FTP function and
then click save button. See Figure 2-10.Please refer to the User’s Manual included in the
resource CD for detailed information.
Please boot up corresponding FTP server.
Please enable schedule snapshot or activation snapshot (Chapter 2.3.3) and then system
can upload the image file to the FTP server.

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Figure 2-10
2.3.6 Search and Playback
Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-11.
Usually there are three file types:
zR: Regular recording file.-
zA: External alarm recording file.
zM: Motion detection recording file
Figure 2-11
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
Serial Number Function
1 Play
2 Backward
3 Stop
Select playback mode
here: 4-ch or All-channel
Set search setup here
(Time/Channel/Type)
Playback control bar
Please input the corresponding
information here, if you just
upload the image FTP.