E&J COP 15-DVR15RT-600 Quick start guide

E&J Fire and Security - Digital Video Recording System
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM
DVR (Model: COP 15-DVR16RT-600)
User & Engineer Manual (Ver 1 – 3.21)
DVR SYSTEM

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LINUX DVR USER MANUAL
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EMBEDDED-LINUX DVR

LINUX DVR User Manual
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March 2005
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Contents
1. PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS...............................................................................................................1
2. MAIN SCREEN..............................................................................................................................................3
2-1 DISPLAY MODE ................................................................................................................................................4
2-2 HARD DISK FREE SPACE ..................................................................................................................................5
2-3 RECORDING & DI/DO STATUS .........................................................................................................................6
3. PLAYBACK ....................................................................................................................................................7
3-1 SEARCH FOR RECORDED DATA .........................................................................................................................8
3-2 SAV E TO FLOPPY ..............................................................................................................................................8
3-2 SAV E TO FLOPPY ..............................................................................................................................................9
3-3 SAV E TO CD-R/RW........................................................................................................................................10
3-3-1 The Burning Procedures........................................................................................................................11
4. SYSTEM SETTINGS...................................................................................................................................13
4-1 CAMERA SETUP..............................................................................................................................................14
4-2 PTZ ...............................................................................................................................................................17
4-3 VIEW SETUP...................................................................................................................................................19
4-4 USER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................................................20
4-5 DI/DO ...........................................................................................................................................................23
4-6 ALARM NOTICE..............................................................................................................................................25
4-7 SYSTEM..........................................................................................................................................................29
4-7-1 Time Server ...........................................................................................................................................30
4-7-2 Other Functions ....................................................................................................................................31
4-8 NETWORK SETUP.........................................................................................................................................32
4-8-1 Remote Monitor.....................................................................................................................................33
4-8-2 Remote Setup.........................................................................................................................................33
4-8-3 Network Share.......................................................................................................................................33
4-9 DISK...............................................................................................................................................................34
5. REMOTE OPERATION..............................................................................................................................35
5-1 DOWNLOAD PLAYER ......................................................................................................................................36
5-2 REMOTE MONITOR VIA MPEG4.....................................................................................................................36
5-3 REMOTE MONITOR VIA JPEG.........................................................................................................................39
5-4 REMOTE PLAYBACK .......................................................................................................................................40
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5-5 DVR PLAYER.................................................................................................................................................42
5-6 DVR REMOTE SETUP.....................................................................................................................................43
5-7 DVR REMOTE BACKUP .................................................................................................................................44
6. APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................................45
A. COMPATIBLE PC HARDWARE ......................................................................................................................45
B. MAIN MENU ...............................................................................................................................................47
C. FAQ............................................................................................................................................................48
D. INTERNET CONNECTION..............................................................................................................................50
E. MAINTENANCE ...........................................................................................................................................52
F. WARRANTY.................................................................................................................................................53
G. CUSTOMER SERVICE ...................................................................................................................................54
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1. Product Characteristics
 Optimum Replacement for Time-lapse Recorder
Traditional Time-lapse Recorder is a mechanical device. It is very easy to break down after
long-term operation and it causes many problems such as: the overly used magnetic heads
which cause blurred image; tapes need to be changed often and manually; the recording time is
not long enough; the management of recorded tapes is complicated; inefficient when trying to
locate the needed data; recording a huge amount of useless images, etc.
SuperVision adopts digital recording technology. The quality of images will not deteriorate
with time. With its high compression rate, the storage time can last for months under normal
applications. The overwrite operation mode will overwrite the earliest data, and no more tape
change is required. Motion detection function will enable the recording only when there is
motion of the objective, and makes the system and data retrieval more efficient.
 High Reliability
Normal PC digital surveillance system adopts the MS-Windows OS (Operating Systems). Such
kind of system is so often to crash. It usually makes a negative impression which digital
surveillance system is unreliable.
SuperVision adopts Embedded-Linux OS. Our advanced embedded technology condenses the
entire system into a tiny flash module, which makes the system more reliable. Even when the
power fails, the system will re-boot and return to normal operation in less than one minute.
 Longer Recording Days
SuperVision adopts the advanced MPEG-4 compression to store the video images. It allows
you to record more data on the same capacity of hard disks.
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 Ease of Operation
Mouse clicking on the Graphical User Interface controls all the operations. No keyboard is
needed so that it is most suitable for the security guards and normal non-IT based users to use.
 Multi-Function
Function of one set of SuperVision = Time-lapse Video Cassette Recorder + Multiplexer
processor + Motion Detection Processor
You can backup the data to CD-R/RW, remotely monitor the images and still recording the
current video data at the same time.
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2. Main Screen
Display Mode
Date/Time
Playback
System Settings
HD Free Space
Status
Recording &
DI/DO Status
Full Screen Monitoring
Sequencer
On the right of the screen is the “status display”. From top to bottom you can see , Hard Disk
Free Space, followed by 3 columns and 16 rows, which signify Recording Status (1st column),
DI Receiving Status (2nd column), and DO Output Status (3rd column).
From left to right on the bottom of the screen you can see “7 Display Modes”, “Date/Time”,
“Full Screen Monitoring”, “Playback” and “System Settings”. Clicking on the button operates
all functions.
Note that whenever you click this button , the system will return to the main screen.
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2-1 Display Mode
The 7 icons on the bottom of the Main Screen are Display Mode selections.
There are 4 splits, 6 splits, 8 splits, 9 splits, 10 splits, 13 splits, and 16 splits. The default
display mode is 16 splits. The cameras displayed on each split mode can be modified in the
system setting menu.
Besides the different kinds of split modes, you can click in a camera image on any split screen
to show the full screen of that specific camera as shown in the example below.
In the full screen mode the “Screen Adjustment Parameters” will locate at the bottom of the
screen. These parameters are “contrast”, “brightness”, “chroma”, and “saturation”.
When a Speed Dome is connected and the system is in full screen mode, PTZ control buttons
will pop up in the lower right of the screen. These controls include “Zoom in”, “Zoom out”,
“Auto Focus”, “Focus Near”, “Focus Far”, and “PTZ Speed”.
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Chroma Saturation
Brightness
Focus Far
Focus Near
PTZ Speed
Preset Point
Auto Pan
Auto Focus
Contrast
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2-2 Hard Disk Free Space
On the right side of the main screen, you can find the free space of hard disks. If there are
more than one hard disk is connected, it will display the status of each HD every 5 seconds.
When you start using a new hard disk (for example, a hard disk with capacity 80GB), the
percentage of free space will be very close to 100% (e.g. 99%), and the color will be BLUE.
However, as recording continues, the available space will diminish. When the remaining
available space is less than 4GB, the display color will change to ORANGE. This serves as a
warning message that the system will soon enter the Recycle Mode; which means, the earliest
recorded data will be replaced by the newest recording data. If you would like to keep all the
data, this is the time to swap a new hard disk.
If the disk has not been changed and the recording continues, the system will go into Recycle
Mode when the hard disk free space is less than 1GB. The color of “Hard Disk Free Space”
will turn RED.
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2-3 Recording & DI/DO Status
The first column indicates the recording status of each camera:
Color Recording Mode Status
Orange ( ) Full recording
Green ( ) Motion-sensor Motion not detected
Red ( ) Motion-sensor Motion detected & recording
Gray ( ) No recording
The second and third column shows the status of each DI and DO
device.
Color Status
Green ( ) Device not activated
Red ( ) Device activated
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3. Playback
Click the playback icon on the main screen to enter playback mode as follows:
Browse
Calendar
Status
Search
by hour
Search
by minute
Save to
CD-R/RW
Exit
Camera
Selection
Save to
Floppy
Full ScreenPlay
✍ If “Playback Password Protection” function is enabled, you need to enter
administrator user name and password for authentication.
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3-1 Search for Recorded Data
Click on the date of the calendar in the upper right corner of the screen
and then select the “hour” and “minute” using the two bars on the l
right corner.
ower
Hour bar
Minute bar
Next select the cameras for playback using the buttons at the
bottom of the screen. You can playback up to 4 cameras at the
same time. When you click the camera button, camera numbers
1 to 16 will appear. Select the desired camera to playback.
Choose “ - ” if no camera is to be played back on this screen.
The color of the selected cameras on the right side of the screen
will be in “light blue” background.
Click the Play button to start playback.
Play Next Frame PauseForward
StatusTime
Rewind
✍ ♦ You can 2×, 4×, 6×forward by clicking Forward button one more time.
♦ You can 2×, 6×rewind by clicking Rewind button one more time.
♦ Next Frame allows you to play picture by picture.
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3-2 Save to Floppy
Save
It is possible to save the selected single image to a floppy.
Click the floppy icon . The following dialog will appear:
Choose the screens you would like to save to the floppy. If you would like to save single
images of all the 4 screens as JPEGs, select all numbers and click “OK”.
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3-3 Save to CD-R/RW
Write CD
You can save the selected video clips to a CD-R/RW.
Click the CD icon to see the following screen:
CD-R/RW
model Exit
Files of the HD
Files to be write to
CD-R/RW
Message
Burning
Speed
Erase (Blank)
the CD-RW
Write CD-R/RW Total size of the selected files
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3-3-1 The Burning Procedures
1. Erase (Blank) the CD-RW:
a. Insert a CD-RW to the CD-R/RW recorder.
b. Click on to start the erasing process.
c. After it is done, the Message area will display “Done”.
✍ If CD-R is used, you do not need to execute this process.
2. Select the files to burn to the CD-RW:
Expand the hard drive directories in the left of the screen. Drag the mouse to select the
recording files for burning to CD-RW (by Year, Month, Date) as shown in the
following figure.
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3. Click to move these files to the right side of the screen for burning. The total size
of the selected files should not exceed 600MB.
4. You can browse the other directories (dates) to continue the file selection.
5. Click on the button on the bottom left corner to choose the burning speed. The
default speed is 6× burning.
6. Click on button, the system will first check if there is a blank CD
inside the CD-R/RW recorder. If not, the system will request for a replacement to
insert a blank CD. When there is a blank CD inside, the system will convert the
selected files into standard ISO 9660 format files (Make ISO), and burn the files to the
CD.
7. If problems arise while recording to the CD it might be due to the reasons indicated
below:
♦ The blank CD is in bad quality: Replace with a better quality CD.
♦ The CD-RW has been used too many times: Replace with a new CD.
♦ The CD-R/RW recorder cannot process high-speed burning: Reduce the burning
speed. Especially for external CD-R/RW recorder with USB interface, try to use
6×speed if possible.
♦ The blank CD does not support high-speed burning: Reduce the speed, or replace
with high-speed compatible CD.
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4. System Settings
Click the icon on the main screen to go to the system settings page.
Click on the keyboard icon to enter the user name and password.
To exit the System Settings, click on the upper right corner in the “System Settings”
screen.
✍
Preset user name: admin
Preset password: 1111
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4-1 Camera Setup
1. Select the desired camera for setup.
2. Camera Name: Use the “keyboard figure” on the right of “Camera Name” field to enter
the description for the camera.
3. Camera Status (Disable/Enable/Hide): If the channel is not connected to a camera, set
“Disable”. If it is connected, set “Enable”. If you do not want the camera image to be
showed on the main screen, set “Hide”.
✍ If a camera is “hidden”, the video is still recorded in the hard disk.
4. B/W Camera: If “black&white” camera is used, please click the “B/W Camera” icon.
5. Video Format (NTSC/PAL/SECAM): The video format of 16 cameras must be the same.
Therefore, if you change the video format of any camera, all the rest cameras will be
changed to the same format automatically.
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6. Quality (10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100): You can adjust the recording quality. The
higher the number, the better the quality. However, the higher quality setting will consume
more hard disk space.
7. Sensitivity (10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100): You can set the sensitivity of motion
detection during recording. It is recommended to adjust the setting to 100 in order to
prevent any data loss. However, in some special conditions, the system continues to record
even when no motion has occurred. This will result in a considerable amount of useless
data being recorded. In such a case, it is recommended to lower the sensitivity setting to
avoid wasting hard disk
8. Resolution (320×240/640×480): You can adjust the recording resolution. The higher the
number, the better the quality. However, the higher quality setting will consume more hard
disk space.
9. Frame Rate (0.2/0.5/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/10/12/15/max): You can adjust the recording frame
rate. The higher the number, the higher frame rate will be recorded. However, with higher
frame rate, the hard disk space will be consumed faster.
10. pre-Record (0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10): The setting allows you to record a certain seconds
before an alarm happens.
11. post-Record (0/1/2/3/4/5/8/10/15/20): The setting allows you to record a certain seconds
after an alarm happens.
12. Digital Signature (Enable/Disable): The setting allows you to encrypt digital signature
(watermark) to the video content.
13. OSD (On Screen Display) Position: you can select where the “time” and “camera name”
will be displayed in the image in live view. There are four positions to choose from: Top
Left, Top Right, Bottom Left and Bottom Right.
14. Motion Sensor Setup: This is used to set the motion sensor area.
14-1 Method One
(1) Click
(2) Select “Set Detection Area” and use the mouse to drag an area to be detected.
(3) You can set many detection areas by dragging mouse again.
14-2 Method Two
(1) Click
(2) Select “Clear Detection Area” and use the mouse to drag a non-detection area.
(3) Drag the mouse again to set more non-detection areas.
15. Recording Schedule Setup: Refer to the Recording Schedule Table below. There are 7
rows and 24 columns in the schedule table, which represents 7 days and 24 hours.
There are three recording modes:
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