Footprint security H.264 User manual

H.264 NETWORK Embedded DVR

User

User Manual

Manual

V1.0- 3531_4CH_SDI

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Attentions

Attentions :

◆T he DVR should be installed in a well-ventilated place ，keep suitable space from

ground ,benefit for machine cooling ，Be sure not to block its air vent. ，keep away from heat

sources and high temperaturea environment 。

◆Please keep the level installation of this product.should be avoid install at violently

shaking place （such as the back of car 、motor above 、high and rough luggage-rake ）.

◆F or avoid short circuit cause fire or other damage ，when wash the car pleaseprevent DVR(include camera and other parts) touch water and wet, the machine don

’

t havewaterproof.

◆The equipment consists of Precision Parts, please d o not try to disassembleor adjust any parts, if need maintenance, please contact the distributer or customerservice .

◆Please select the hard disk which commended by the manufacturers ,suitthe DVR work requirement , to meet a long time largeamount of data read and writerequests , please purchase from the formal channels to ensure the hard disk quality .

◆This product can

’ t

bear heavy weight, please do not place heavy objector multi-layer laminated on the product

Disclaimer:

T he Company is do the best to make the contect correct and completeduring the preparation of this manual , if has any errors or omissions without any liability , thecompany reserves the right to change any hardware and software mentioned inthis manual atany time , and without explain beforehand. Thank you for choosing our products, please readthis manual carefully before use . Due to not according to the specified operating losses,company will not assume any financial liability and legal responsibility .

CONTENT

1. Product Introduction ................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Summary ................................................................................................................ 41.2 Main functions ………………………………………………………………… 41.3 Front panel buttons description ......................................................................... 51.4 Rear panel diagram ………………………………………………………… . . 61.5 R emote control ………………………………………………………………… 7

2. Basic function operation

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2.1 On/off Switching navigation ................................................................................ 82.2 Login …………………………………………………………………………… 82.3 Main menu setup guide

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92.4 Configuration management ……………………………………………… ... 102.4.1 Basic configuration ....................................................................................

2.4.2 Live configuration ...................................................................................... 122.4.3 Record configuration

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132.4.4 Schedule configuration ............................................................................ 152.4.5Alarm configuration ………………………………………………… ..... 162.4.6 Network configuration .............................................................................. 202.4.7 User management …………………………………………………… ...222.4.8

P.T.Z

configuration .................................................................................... 242.4.9 A dvance configuration .............................................................................. 272.5 Data retrieval ...................................................................................................... 272.5.1 Time search

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272.5.2 Event search .............................................................................................. 282.6 Backup ................................................................................................................. 292.7 C heck information ............................................................................................. 292.8 Disk management

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292.9 Upgrade ............................................................................................................... 302.10 Logoff ................................................................................................................. 302.11 System shut down ........................................................................................... 30

1. Product

Product

Product Introduction

Introduction

1.1

1.1 Summary

Summary

This device is a digital monitoring and recording product specially designed for thesecurity field. It adopts standalone processor and standalone Linux operati ng system.The device combines with the latest technologies in the IT field, such as video andaudio compression/decompression, large capacity HDD record, TCP/IP network etc. . Thecode is embedded in the FLASH chip , which makes the system running more steadily. Thisdevice has both features of digital video and audio recording(DVR) and digital video andaudio server(DVS). It can not only work locally and independently but also compose of apowerful security monitoring net with networking. With the use of professional networkvideo surveillance platform (network) software, it can fully reflect its strong networking andremote monitoring capability.It can be used for the security protection in the fields of banking, telecommunications,electronic power, justice, traffic, residential, factory, warehouse, water conservancy facilitiesand other areas and departments.

1.2

1.2 Main

Main

Main Functions

Functions

�

�Real

Real

Real -

- time

time

time Monitoring

Monitoring

It is with analogue video output port, VGA port and HDMI port . It can realize the monitoringfunction through the monitor or display. It supports simultaneous TV ，VGA and HDMIoutput .

�

�S

S torage

torage

torage Function

Function

It adopts special format to save data which cannot be tampered with and will be secured

�

�Compression

Compression

Compression Method

Method

It supports multi-channel audio and video signal. Each channel of audio and video signal iscompressed in real time by independent hardware. The sound and image keep stabilizedsynchronization.

�

�Backup

Backup

Backup Function

Function

It backups through USB port(such as common U disk, mobile hard disk,

SATA

Combo etc.)The client computer can download and backup the files on the hard disk via the internet

�

�Video

Video

Video Play

Play

Play back

back

back Function

Function

Each channel can realize independent and real - time recording, while retrieval , reverse play ,network monitoring, video search and download etc. can realize simultaneously .Multipleplayback modes: slow forward , fast forward , reverse play and frame-by-frame play.When playing back the video , the exact time of the event can be displayed.

�

�Network

Network

Network Operation

Operation

Operation Function

Function

T hrough the internet , y ou can realize remote and real - time monitoring, remote videosearch and playback , and remote PTZ control .

�

�Communication

Communication

Communication Port

Port

With RS4 22 port and PTZ control.With standard Ethernet port, realizing network remote control function

�

�PTZ

PTZ

PTZ Control

Control

Support the PTZ decorder which communicates through RS4 22.Can expand multiple decoding protocol s, facilitating the realization of PTZ and domecamera control.

�

�Intelligent

Intelligent

Intelligent Operation

Operation

Mouse operation function.For the same settings on the menu, you can copy and pastequickly.check equipment and accessories ..When you receive the product, please check the accessories are complete or not.

DVR accessories generally include: mouse, power lines and data lines .

1.3

1.3 F

F ront

ront

ront panel

panel

panel buttons

buttons

buttons description

description

Statement

Statement : the front panel interface, button layout and type, real product shall prevail.The front panel buttons Description

Buttons

Buttons on

on Front

Front

Front Panel

Panel

1）STANDBY

STANDBY

STANDBY : Press to power the system standby.

2）IR

IR Sensor

Sensor

Sensor : IR receiver for the remote control.

3）LED

LED

LED Indicators

Indicators

Indicators : Shows status of alarm, rec , power .

4）Channel/Numbers/Playback

Channel/Numbers/Playback

Channel/Numbers/Playback : Press buttons 0~9 to view the selected channel infull-screen; press buttons 0~9 to input passwords and user IDs; during playback, press thefollowing:

• 6/

Increase reverse playback speed 1X, 2X, 4X

• 7/ : Press to freeze playback to one frame, then press again to advanceframe-by-frame

• 8/ : Press to start playback

• 9/ : Press to slow playback speed by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8

• 0/

Press to increase forward playback speed 1X, 2X, 4X5）MENU/

MENU/

MENU/ OK

OK : Press to open/close the main menu.or confirm.

6）Navigation:

Navigation:

Navigation: Press the Navigation buttons to perform the following:• : In menus, press to confirm selections; in PTZ mode, press to change the navigationbuttons to control the connected PTZ camera (not included)

• : Press to move cursor up; in PTZ mode, press to pan camera up

•

Press to move cursor down; in PTZ mode, press to pan camera down

•

Press to move cursor left; in PTZ mode, press to pan camera left

• : Press to move cursor right; in PTZ mode, press to pan camera right7）USB

USB

USB : Connect a USB flash drive to the top port for data backup and firmwareupgrades connect a USB mouse to the bottom port.

1.4

1.4 Rear

Rear

Rear panel

panel

panel diagram

diagram

Statement:

Statement: the rear panel interface, button layout and type, real product shallprevail. ，below rear panel picture may be different with the actual panel.

Connectors

Connectors on

on Rear

Rear

Rear Panel

Panel

Panel ：

Item Physical connector Connector description

1 P ower input DC 1 2V / 5 A

2 Power swich POWER ON/OFF

3 Video output

video output for connecting TV ormonitor (BNC)

4 Video input

For connecting digtial video signalinput (BNC)

5 Audio Input For connecting audio signal input

Alarm Input 4 I/O alarm input

Alarm Output I/O output for alarm

RS 422 RS 422 for connecting PTZ

7 Network For connecting Ethernet

8 VGA For connecting VGA monitor

9 Audio Output For connection audio output

10 HDMI For connecting HDMI monitor

LINE IN For connecting Intercom equipment

TIP

When using the remotecontrol to enter password andcamera titles, select the fieldusing the navigation buttons,press ENTER, and then pressthe number buttons.

1.5

1.5 R

R emote

emote

emote control

control

The remote control is the secondary input deviceFor navigating the system

’

s interface.

use the remote control:1. STANDBY

STANDBY

STANDBY :Press to turn standby mode ON/OFF.2. LOGIN/LOCK

3. Number/Channel

Number/Channel

Number/Channel buttons

buttons

buttons : While in menus,press buttons 0~9 to enter values; during live viewing,press to view channels in full-screen.4. QUAD

QUAD

QUAD :

:Press to switch between quad andsplit-screen displays.

PTZ

PTZ : Press to open the PTZ control window.6. Playback controls

•

Increase reverse playback speed 2X, 4X, 8X.

•

Press to start playback.

•

Press to increase forward playback speed2X, 4X, 8X.

• : Press to slow playback speed by 1/2, 1/4,1/8.

• : Press to to advance frame-by-frame.• ║ : Press to freeze playback to one frame.•■: Press to stop playback.7. SERACH: Press to stop playback8. RECORD:Press to start manual recording,then press again to stop manual recording.9. +/

+/ -

-: In menus, press to adjust values.10. MENU

Opens the main menu

.11.

EXIT

EXIT : Close menu windows12. EXTRA

EXTRA

EXTRA : For the future use .13. Navigation/

Navigation/

Navigation/ Enter

Enter

Enter :

• : Move cursor in menus up;

• : Move cursor in menus right;

•

Move cursor in menus left;

•

Move cursor in menus down;•Enter

Enter

Enter : In menus, press to confirm selections;during playback and preview, press to view systeminformation

Check

Check whether

whether

whether there

there

there is

is fluorescent

fluorescent

fluorescent light

light

light being

being

being used

used

used in

in the

the

the nearby

nearby

For the convenience of readers read and quick queries, the followingsections with a example of 4 -channel digital hard disk recorders to intro du c

thedetail s, and pictures are base on this model, other model

’

s operation interface arethe same except channel and frame rate, Corresponding parameter to the samesettings, individual parameters can be directly and so on .

2. Basic

Basic

Basic function

function

function operation

operation

2.1

2.1 On/off

On/off

On/off Switching

Switching

Switching navigation

navigation

2.1.1

2.1.1 S

S tart

tart

Before start ，Please ensure all parts connected well ！

Power onEquipment start ，POWER indicator light is red.

2.1.2

2.1.2 Power

Power

Power off

off

User can power off the device by using remote controller 、keyboard and mouse.

2.1.3

2.1.3 By

By remote

remote

remote controller:

controller:

P ress Power button, the Shut down window will appear, click OK, the unit will poweroff after a while.

2.1.4

2.1.4 D

D isconnect

isconnect

isconnect the

the

the power

power

power b

b y

y keyboard

keyboard

keyboard and

and

and mouse

mouse

mouse :Step1: enter into Menu, then select “ System Shut Down ” icon, the Shut down window

will appear

Step2: click OK, the unit will power off after a while.Step3: disconnect the power

2.2

2.2 Login

Equipment start , 【POWER 】indicator light bright . initial password is blank . After

equipment start press 【MENU 】key on panel or press right key on mouse

trun to logininterface as below :

P ic 2 -1 User login

After Input matching user name and password ,you can enter system to setup andoperation .

Live preview interface:

�

�Live

Live

Live playback

playback

Click Playbutton to playback the record enter fast record playback : as lelowpicture

User can do concrete operation by click the buttons on screen .

2.3

2.3 Main

Main

Main menu

menu setup

setup

setup guide

guide

Menu bar:

bar:

bar: Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control barwill display on the bottom of the screen, refer to p ic2-2

P ic 2

2 Menu bar

Click the icon near Screen mode , appear channel choose frame as below

Icon

Sign

description

R ecording

Manual

record

M otion

detectio

n stat e

Alarm

state

Timing

recording

stat e

P ic 2 - 3 Channel choose

user could choose 1 channels from 1- 4 to show live video.click to save .

Click function menu ，will show dialogue frame as Pic 2 - 4;

Pic 2 - 4 M ian function

C lick “ configuration management ” ，display syswindows as pic 2 - 5:

Pic 2-5 Configuration management ”

Press MENU button on the front panel or the same button on remote control,also cuold display the same window.

2.4

2.4 Configuration

Configuration

Configuration management

management

Configuration Management contains nine sub-menu: basic configuration,on-site configuration, video configuration, recording plan , alarm configuration, networkconfiguration, user management, PTZ configuration and advanced configuration .

2.4.1

2.4.1 Basic

Basic

Basic configuration

configuration

Click “Basic configuration ” ， show window as pic2-6, The basic configurationcontains two sub-menu: system date and time

1) system

system

Pic 2-6 SystemI n this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format , VideoOutput and language, Screensaver and so on. The definitions for every parameters displayas below:

Device

Device name:

name:

name: It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize thedevice remotely.

Device

Device number

number

number : Corresponding with the remote control number

Video

Video format:

format:

format: two modes:

PAL

and NTSC. User can select the video format accordingto that of camera.

Password

Password check:

check:

check: Enable this option. user needs to input user name and passwordcan do corresponding operations with the relevant right in system configuration.

Show

Show system

system

system time

time

time ：choose display time in live or not

Video

Video output:

output:

output: the resolution of live display interface, range from: VGA800*600,VGA1024*768, VGA1280*1024

HDMI 1080P. and HDMI 720P

Language

Language : setup the menu language : Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese ,English,Japanese, German ,Russian,French,Portuguese,Turkish,spanish,Italian,Polish,

Hungarian,Slovak,Vietnamese,greek

Click the "Default" button, the system restore the default things

;

C lick the "Apply" button will save the above settings; click the " E xit"button to exit thecurrent interface , Tip to change the menu language and video output, the device will restart

2 )

)

) Time

Time

Time &

& date

date

Pic 2-7 Time & dateS et the date format, time format time zone at the date and time "interface,; check the"Keep synchronized with network time server "to update the network time server.

You

canalsomanually adjust the system time .

Note:

Note: The system default is GMT time zone, please choose GMT +8 in the timezone drop-down frame.Click the "Default" button, the system restore the default settings;C lick the "Apply" button will save the above settings;C lick the " E xit"button to exit the current interface.

2.4.2

2.4.2 Live

Live

Live configuration

configuration

Click “Live

Live

Live configuration

configuration

configuration ” ， enter window as pic2-8Live configuration includes two submenus : live and mask

2.4.2.

2.4.2. 1

1 Live

Live

Live configuration

configuration

Pic 2- 8 Live configuration

Note:

Note: Click Camera Name to see a soft keyboard. User can choosedifferent character format to input .

click “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting, click “ OK

”

button to save the setting.user can setup all channels with same parameters, please tick off “ all ” and then do relevantsetup.

2.4.2.2

2.4.2.2 Mask

Mask

P rivate mask . User can setup private mask area on the live image picture ,

Pic 2- 9 M ask

Setup

Setup mask

mask

mask area:

area:

area: click Setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse anddrag mouse to set mask area, refer to below picture. Click Apply button to save the setting. ；

Delete

Delete mask

mask

mask area:

area:

area: select a certain mask area, click left mouse to delete that maskarea, click Apply button to save the setting.

Live image mask area

2.4.2.3

2.4.2.3 video

video

video input

input

Pic 2-1 0 M ask

Users can choose the type of camera,rang form:1080P 、720P 、1080I.

2.4.3

2.4.3 Record

Record

Record configuration

configuration

Click “Record

Record

Record configuration

configuration

configuration ” ， enter window as pic2-11 ：

Record configuration includes four sub menus: start , record bit rate, Characteroverlay

recycle record .

2.4.3.1

2.4.3.1 Start

Start

Pic

2-11

Start

ick off record channel , channel audio

U ser can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “ A ll ”

then to do relevantsetup.

C lick

“

D efault ” button to resort default setting; click “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface .Video parameters instruction

2.4.3.2

2.4.3.2 R

R ecord

ecord

ecord bit

bit

bit rate

rate

Pic 2- 12 R ecord bit rateS etup rate, resolution, quality, encode and max bit streamU ser can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off

“

All ” , then to do relevantsetup.

C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting; click “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface.

2.4.3.3

2.4.3.3 Record

Record

Record stream

stream

stream introduce

introduce

Stamp

Stamp ：

：

：User can overlap the channel name and time stamp on video .

Parameter

Parameter Meaning

Meaning

start Every channel record switchaudio Start use the channel record audio

Parameter

Parameter Meaning

Meaning

F ps Range from 1-30 （NTSC ）1-25(PAL)

Resolution Support 1080P 、720P 、D1 、CIF

Quality

The higher the value is, the clearer theRecorded image is. Six options ：lowest ,lower , low, medium, higher and highest.

Coding Support CBR and VBR

Max bitrate

Select range ：64Kb 、128kb 、256 Kb 、512Kb

、

1024Kb 、1536kb 、2048Kb,3072 Kb,4096Kb,5120 Kb,6144 Kb,7 1 68 Kb,8192 Kb

Pic 2-13 Character overlay

ick off camera name, time stamp; click Setting button, and then user can use cursorto drag the camera name and time stamp in random positions. Please refer to below FiguresU ser can also setup all channels with same parameters.

C lick “ D efault ” button to resort default setting; click “ A pply

”

button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface

2.4.3.4

2.4.3.4 Recycle

Recycle

Recycle record

record

ick off recycle record to enable the recycle record function. It will cover the earlierrecorded files and keep recoding when HDD is full; if disenabled, it will stop recording whenHDD is full. Note: general the image quality, frame rate and resolution parameters settinghigher

the more take up disk space

C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting; click “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to

xit current interface.

2.4.4

2.4.4 Schedule

Schedule

Schedule configuration

configuration

Schedule configuration includes two sub menus: schedule 、motion and sensor.

2.4.4.1

2.4.4.1 Schedule

Schedule

The volume means the seven days of a week from Monday to Sunday; the rowmeans 24 hours of a day. Click the grid to do relevant setup. Blue means checked area,gray means unchecked area.

Pic 2-14 S chedule

Copy

Copy ：User can apply the schedule setting of certain channel to other or all channels.Just only select channel and click “ Copy ” button

C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting; click “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface.

2.4.4.2

2.4.4.2 Motion

Motion

Pic 2-15 Motion

T he setup steps of motion are familiar with schedule

Note:

Note: the default schedule of motion detection is full-selected, that is, the color ofschedule setting interface is blue

2.4.4.3

2.4.4.3 Sensor

Sensor

Pic 2-16 SensorT he setup steps of alarm are familiar with schedule

Note:

Note: the default schedule of sensor is full-selected, that is the color of schedulesetting interface is blue.

2.4.5

2.4.5 Alarm

Alarm

Alarm configuration

configuration

Alarm configuration includes five sub menus: sensor, motion, video loss and alarmout

2.4.5.1

2.4.5.1 Sensor

Sensor

Sensor includes t wo sub menus: basic, alarm

> Basic

Basic

Pic 2-17 Sensor - BasicE nable sensor alarm and set the alarm type according to triggered alarm type. Twooption: low level and high levelU ser can setup all channels with same parameters, please tick off

“

A ll ” , and then to dorelevant setup.

C lick “ D efault ” button to resort default setting; click “ apply

”

button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface.

2> Alarm

Alarm

Alarm handling

handling

Pic 2-18 alarm handling -alarm configuration-sensor

S elect hold time and click setting button. Then a dialog box will pop-up as below ：

Pic 2-19 alarm handling - alarm configuration

A larm configuration: in the alarm configuration interface can check the alarmway : audible alarm, trigger alarm and e-mail alarmTrigger recording: check the trigger channel at "trigger video" interface,

Click"OK" to save the above settings, click "Exit" to exit the current interface channel .Alarm linkage: set the alarm type and linkage type at linkage alarm interface, suchas preset positions, cruise line or track (Note: these three is already applicable inbefore PTZ configuration, click "OK" to save above settings when the correspondingchannel alarm input, PTZ start a preset point,cruise lines and trajectories. Click "Exit" toexit the current interface .

Pic 2-20 Alarm handling - alarm linkageU ser can setup all channels with same parameters, please tick off

“

A ll ” , and then todo relevant setup. 。

C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting; click “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface.

2.4.5.2

2.4.5.2 Motion

Motion

Motion includes one sub menus: motion

1> Motion

Motion

Pic 2-21 MotionClick start motion alarm and set alarm hold time ，It refers to after close motion alarm it

delay to the preset setting time. Click alarm "Settings" button, show below window ：

Pic 2-22 Alarm handlingAlarm configuration, trigger video alarm handling, linkage alarm handlingand sensor alarm handling trigger settings is same.C lick on " Area Settings" button at Motion detection interface, trun to thefollowing window ;

Pic 2-23 Motion detection - Regional SettingsAt area Set ting interface, users can drag the slider to adjust the sensitivity value (1-5),the default value is 4 , 1-5 sensitivity progressive increase . Sensitivity influenced by the color

of time (day or night), the user s should ad just according to actual situation .click icon ，

set All locales for the detection region ；click icon ，will clear setting detection region

；

click icon ，save setting ；click button,exit from current interface.U ser can setup all channels with same parameters, please tick off

“

A ll ” , and then todo relevant setup .C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting; C lick “ A pply ” button to save the setting;click “ E xit ” button to exit current interface.

2.4.5.3

2.4.5.3 Video

Video

Video loss

loss

Pic 2-24 Video lossClick “A larm handling ”button ，turn to window as below ：

Pic 2-25 Video loss - alarm handlingT he setup steps of video loss trigger are familiar with alarm handling

U ser can also setup all channels with same parameters ，。 click “ A pply

”

button to savethe setting; click

“

E xit

”

button to exit current interface.C lick “ D efault

”

button to resort default setting ；

Disconnected from the network: when the network connection is disconnected, the systemwill automatically sent E-mail to the user specified mailbox about the networkdisconnected.

2.4.5.4

2.4.5.4 Alarm

Alarm

Alarm out

out

outAlarm out includes two sub menus: alarm out, and buzzer .

1> Alarm

Alarm

Alarm out

out

Pic 2-26 Alarm outIn this interface, set relay alarm out name, select hold time which means the intervaltime between the two adjacent alarmsU ser can setup all channels with same parameters. Tick off “ A ll ” to do relevant setup.click “ D efault

”