Guardall G-DVR4 User manual

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DRAFT User Manual
G-DVR 4
Thank you for purchasing Guardall DVR. This manual applies to G-DVR4. Please read it
carefully for the better use of the product.
The contents in this manual are subject to change without notice. Guardall assumes no
responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions and specifically disclaims any losses, or risks incurred
as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use of any of the contents of this manual.

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Index
Chapter1 Product Introduction .....................................................................................................4
1.1 Overview.......................................................................................................................4
1.2 Model Description.........................................................................................................4
1.3 Features.........................................................................................................................4
Chapter2 Installation.....................................................................................................................6
2.1 Checking the DVR and ItsAccessories.........................................................................6
2.2 HDD Installation...........................................................................................................6
2.3 Rear Panel Description..................................................................................................7
Chapter3 Operating Instructions...................................................................................................8
3.1 Front Panel Introduction ...............................................................................................8
3.2 IR remote control ........................................................................................................10
3.3 Menu Description........................................................................................................12
3.3.1 Menu Items......................................................................................................12
3.3.2 Menu Operation ..............................................................................................13
3.4 Input Text....................................................................................................................15
Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide................................................................................................16
4.1 Power on ...................................................................................................................16
4.2 Preview .....................................................................................................................16
4.3 Video Spot Output.....................................................................................................19
4.4 User name and Password ..........................................................................................19
4.5 PTZ Control ..............................................................................................................21
4.6 Manual Record..........................................................................................................24
4.7 Playback....................................................................................................................25
4.8 Backup Recorded Files .............................................................................................29
4.9 Shut down DVR........................................................................................................30
Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide..............................................................................................31
5.1 Administrator and Password.......................................................................................31
5.2 Add and Delete User...................................................................................................33
5.3 Unit Name and Device ID...........................................................................................36
5.4 Video Output Standard................................................................................................38
5.5 Camera name and OSD Setup.....................................................................................39
5.6 Video Parameters Setup ..............................................................................................41
5.7 Mask Area Setup.........................................................................................................42
5.8 View Tampering Alarm...............................................................................................44
5.9 Video Loss Alarm........................................................................................................46
5.10 Motion Detection ........................................................................................................48
5.11 Preview .......................................................................................................................50
5.12 Recording Setup..........................................................................................................52
5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output......................................................................55
5.14 Network Parameters....................................................................................................60
5.15 PTZ .............................................................................................................................62
Chapter6 Utilities........................................................................................................................67

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6.1 Restore Parameters....................................................................................................67
6.2 Upgrade.....................................................................................................................68
6.3 Hard Disk Management ............................................................................................69
6.4 Stop Alarm Out .........................................................................................................69
6.5 Reboot.......................................................................................................................69
6.6 Power off...................................................................................................................69
6.7 View Log...................................................................................................................69
6.8 System Information...................................................................................................73
Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade ......................................................................................................74
7.1 Upgrade Mode...........................................................................................................74
7.2 FTP Server Setup ......................................................................................................74
Appendix A Mouse Control Function .............................................................................................79
Appendix B HDD Capacity Calculation .........................................................................................81
Appendix C DVR Connect Cable Definition ..................................................................................82
Appendix D Specifications..............................................................................................................84
Appendix E Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................................85
Appendix G Customer Information Card ...............................................Erreur ! Signet non défini.

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Chapter1 Product Introduction
1.1Overview
G-Dvr4 digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance product. It uses
the embedded MCU and Linux, combining the most advanced technology in the
information industry, such as video and audio encoding/decoding, hard disk recording
and TCP/IP. The firmware is burned into the flash, making it more stable and reliable.
G-DVR4 series device has the features of both digital video recorder (DVR) and
digital video server (DVS). It can be used as a standalone device but also to build a
powerful surveillance network which is widely used in the fields of banking,
telecommunications, transportation sectors, manufacturing, warehouse, irrigation, etc.
1.2Model Description
1.3Features
Compression
H.264 video compression algorithm and each channel can be CIF real-time
(PAL: 25FPS, NTSC: 30FPS), and 4CIF, DCIF, 2CIF can be selected as well.
Support multi-area motion detection
Support Privacy Mask
Support view tampering alarm
Support video signal loss alarm
DVR 4
Camera Number
Dgital video recorder

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Support changeable OSD position, support LOGO.
Support both variable bit rate and frame rate.
Support dual-stream, and the sub stream can support CIF/QCIF resolution.
Storage:
One SATA interface and the HDD can support up to 2000GB memory.
HDD S.M.A.R.T. technology
Support FAT32 file system
Support multiple record modes: schedule record, motion detection record,
external alarm record, motion & alarm record, motion or alarm record, manual
record.
Support cycle and none cycle record mode.
Support USB flash disk, USB hard disk and USB CD-RW/DVD-RW to
backup.
Preview & Playback:
Support one composite video output and one spot video output
G-DVR4 can support one VGA output with 1204*768 resolution.
Support VGA and VOUT output, VGA has precedence over VOUT, and can
not output at the same time.
Support play forward, backward, pause, frame-by-frame, etc.
User-defined preview layout.
Support one playback channel.
Network:
Support TCP, UTP, Multicast, DHCP, etc
G-DVR4 supports RTP.
Support ADSL (PPPoE) dialup function.
Remote parameters setup
Remote download and playback the recorded files
Remote upgrade the DVR firmware
Remote PTZ control
Support IE for network control
Remote alarm DVR information acquisition
Others:
Support network voice talk.
Support WATER MARK
Support local and remote PTZ control.
Support multi-level user management.
Support local and remote log searching function.
Automatically recovery from exceptions enables high reliable.
Provide SDK and demo source code for application development.

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Chapter2 Installation
Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure that the power of DVR is
switched off.
2.1Checking the DVR and Its Accessories
When you get the product, check that all the goods are included in your product
package. There is a list in the package. If any of the goods is missing, please contact
your dealer.
2.2HDD Installation
Installation notice
There is no HDD in the DVR when leaving factory. According to the record
schedule, you can calculate the total capacity you need (refer to Appendix A). Please
ask the specialist to disassemble the DVR and install HDD.
Installation instrument
One cross screw driver
HDD installation
1. Open the DVR box.
2. Place the HDD on the mounting plate.
3. Connect the ATA data cable correctly. First put the power plug of the HDD in
the motherboard. Plug the data line of the HDD into the SATA interface.
4. Fix the HDD into the Chassis.
5. Cover and fix the DVR box.
Note: After the HDD installation, you must format them. Please refer to
section 6.3.

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2.3Rear Panel Description
Fig. 2-1 G-DVR4 Rear panel
Note: Please refer to real product.
1Video in 2Video out 3VGA interface
4Alarm out 5RS-485 T+ T- R+ R- 6 Power switch
7USB interface 8Audio in 9Audio out
10 UTP interface 11 Alarm in 12 +12V DC power
supply

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Chapter3 Operating Instructions
3.1 Front Panel Introduction
Fig. 3.1 Front panel introduction
Table 3.1 Items on front panel
Index Type Name Description
1 Lamp IR receiver.
2 State
Lamps
Power
STATUS
Tx/Rx
Green means DVR is working; Extinguish means DVR is
powered off;
Green means in SHIFT mode.
Bright means DVR is accessed by IE or Client Software;
Twinkle means DVR is operating through IE or Client
Software.
Numeric
Keys
Input number, lower case, upper case, character and
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3 Function
Keys
MENU
2
3
ESC
EDIT
PLAY
REC
PTZ
PREV
A
SHIFT
1. Switch preview mode to menu;
2. Brush control short key [WIPER].
[ZOOM-] in PTZ control.
[ZOOM+] in PTZ control.
Cancel and back to the menu.
1. In edit state, delete the current cursor character;
2. [IRIS+] in PTZ control;
3. Select or × to enable or disable.
1. Local playback;
2. [AUTO] in PTZ control.
1. Manual record;
2. [SHOT] in PTZ control (adjust preset).
1. Enter PTZ control mode;
2. [IRIS-] in PTZ control.
1. Multiple screens preview;
2. Switch the menu to preview mode;
[FOCUS-] in PTZ control.
1. Input (number, lower case, upper case and symbol)
switch;
2. [FOCUS+]in PTZ control;
3. In preview mode, display or hide the channel status
bar.
Switch between numeric keys and function keys
4 Control
Keys
Direction
Keys
ENTER
Composed of [], [], [] and [].
1. Menu mode, use[]/[] select,[]/[] to edit;
2. PTZ direction control;
3. Playback speed control.
1. Menu confirmation;
2. Select or × to enable or disable;
3. Pause playback.

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3.2 IR remote control
Fig. 3.2 Elevation of IR remote control
Table 3.2 Instruction of IR remote control
Index Name Description
1 POWER Turnoff device.
2 DEV Enable IR remote control
3 Numeric Keys Same as numeric keys of front panel.
4 EDIT Same as EDIT key of front panel.
5 A Same as A key of front panel.
6 REC Same as REC key of front panel.
7 PLAY Same as PLAY key of front panel.
8 Reserved －
9 Reserved －
10 MENU Same as MENU key of front panel.
11 PREV Same as PREV key of front panel.
12 Direction Keys
ENTER
Same as direction keys and enter key
of front panel.
13 PTZ Same PTZ key of front panel.
14 ESC Same as ESC key of front panel.

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15 Reserved －
16 F1 Key for Extension.
17 Lens control IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens
control.
18 F2 Key for spot video output.
Placing the batteries into the IR remote control
1. Remove the battery cover.
2. Insert the battery. Please make sure that the poles (+ and －) are correctly placed.
3. Fold the battery cover.
Start to use IR remote control
Switch the device power on, wait without any operations until preview screen
appears, and then you can use IR remote control to manage DVR on condition that the
device ID is default “255”, which can be changed in “Display” menu.
If the default device ID has been changed, please press [Power] & [DEV] key of
IR remote control, input the present device ID and then press [ENTER] key. Then you
can use IR remote control to operate this DVR.
Stop using IR remote control
When DVR controlled by IR remote control, press [DEV] key again, then the IR
remote control can not control this DVR.
Switch the DVR off
When IR remote control is working, press [POWER] key for several seconds,
then the power off prompt will pop up, press [Confirm] and switch off the power on
the rear panel manually.
When IR remote control can not work normally
 Check batteries poles.
 Check the remaining charge in the batteries.
 Check IR remote control sensor is masked.
 Please change another IR remote control and try again. If the problem still exists,
please contact administrator.

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3.3 Menu Description
3.3.1 Menu Items
Table 3.3 First Glance at menu
Menu Name Function Menu
Name Function
Display
Device ID
Require password
Screen saver
Video standard
Enable scaler
Menu transparency
Date/Time
Preview
Camera
Select camera
Name
Color
Date OSD
Motion Det. Level
Advanced Settings
Recording
If HD Full
Select camera
Stream type
Resolution
Frame rate
Bit rate
Enable Rec
PreRec time
PostRec time
Network
IP
Port
Mask
Gateway
Http Port
Advanced Settings
PPPoE
Alarms
Select Alarm In & Alarm Type
Alarm Handling & policy & PTZ
linkage
Alarm out & time
Exceptions
PTZ
Select Camera
Baud Rate & Data Bits
Stop Bits & Protocol
PTZ Add. & Preset
Sequence No. &
Cruise
User
Add/Delete
Password/Verify
Default Privileges
Set Privileges
Utilities
Default parameters
Firmware
Hard Disk
Alarm output
Reboot
Power off
View log
System information

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3.3.2 Menu Operation
How to enter the menu mode
 Press [MENU] key to enter the DVR main menu.
 Press [PLAY] short key to enter the playback menu.
 Press [REC] short key to enter the manual record menu.
 Press [PTZ] short key to enter the PTZ control interface.
Note: You must input user name and password. The default user name is
“admin” and password is “12345”.
Main Menu Description
The main menu interface is shown as Fig.3.3 below:
Fig. 3.3 Main menu
There is one small frame named “Active Frame”. It can be moved from one item to
another by using direction keys ([↑][↓]). When the “Active Frame” is located on one
icon, you can press [ENTER] key to enter the sub menu. For example, move the
“Active Frame” to “Camera” icon, press [ENTER] to enter the sub menu as follows
Fig.3.4 below:

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Fig. 3.4 Camera input adjustment
Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small rectangular frame
named “Active Frame” which is pointing to the selected item. This “Active Frame”
can be moved by direction keys ( [↑][↓][←][→]) . There are several kinds of menu items
as follows:
1. Check Box: Provides two options, “” means enable and “×” means disable.
You can use [ENTER] or [EDIT] key to switch over.
2. List Box: Provide more than 2 options. Only one of them can be selected.
After pressing [EDIT] you can use [↑] and [↓] to select one option. For
example, on the right side of “Select Camera”, there is a list box for you to
select one camera.
3. Edit Box: This is for you to input characters. Press[EDIT]key to enter the
edit status, you can input text there:
a) Press[A]key to select number, upper case, lower case or symbols;
b) Use [→] and [←] keys to move cursor;
c) Use[EDIT]key to delete the character in front of cursor;
d) Press [ENTER] to save & [ESC] to exit without saving.
4. Button: Trigger a special function or enter the next sub-menu. For example,
press “Policy” button to enter the sub-menu. Press [Confirm] to save
parameters and return to main menu. Press [Cancel] button to cancel and
return to main menu. The button in grey means it can be operated only after
being enabled.
How to exit menu
Press [PREV] key to exit menu and return to preview mode.

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3.4 Input Text
In the menu interface, if in edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit
box), at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared as follow:
Here it means you can press numeric keys to input digital number.
Press [A] key to change input ways. You can select “number”, “Uppercase”,
“Lowercase” or “Symbol”.
Uppercase
Lowercase
Symbol
There are 24 symbols in all. They are divided into 4 pages, and you can press [0] key
to turn over pages.

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Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide
4.1 Power on
Note: Please make sure that the power supply matches DVR and AC adapter
is connected correctly. Before switching DVR on, please connect one monitor
through VOUT or VGA interface. Otherwise, you can not see graphic user
interface and operate the device.
If [POWER] lamp is off, please follow the steps below:
Step1: Connect power supply correctly;
Step2: Switch on the power button on the rear panel.
When DVR is started,[POWER]lamp is green. If the HDD is not installed or
detected, the information “No Disk A ×” will be seen in the lower right corner of the
preview screen.
4.2 Preview
DVR will enter the preview mode after started.
On preview screen, you can see date, time, and camera icon.
Set system date and time in “Camera” →“Date OSD” menu, please refer to 5.5;
Change camera name in “Camera” menu, please refer to 5.5
On the screen, you will see record and alarm status of each camera. Shown as
Fig.4.1 below, these two kinds of status will alternate automatically.
Press [A] key to display or hide the camera status bar.
Fig. 4.1 Recording Status

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Table 4.1 Camera record Status
Icon Icon Color Status Description
White No video signal
Yellow Video input
Pink Manual recording
Green Real time recording
Blue Motion detect recording
Red External alarm recording
Fig. 4.2 Alarm status
Table 4.2 Camera alarm status
Icon Icon Color Status Description
White Video signal loss
Yellow View tampering alarm
Pink Motion & External alarm
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Blue Motion alarm
Red External alarm
Press numeric keys to switch individual camera preview in SHIFT mode. For
example, you can press [2] key to preview 2
nd
camera.
Press [EDIT] key to manual cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode in
“Preview” menu, referring to 5.11.
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4.3 Video Spot Output
Make sure that the numeric button is in “function” mode (the status lamp is off) Press [shift]
button to switch numeric button between “numeric” mode and “function” mode.
Step1: Connect Video out 2 with monitor by a cable.
Step2: Press [3] to enter the spot out mode.
Step3: Press [shift] to enter the numeric mode
Step4: Press [1] to [4] button to switch video spot output from channel 1 to
channel 4
Note: make sure that there is video signal input; otherwise spot out will be only shown as
blue screen.
4.4 User name and Password
Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default
administrator named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s
name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The
administrator can create 15 users and define their rights.
Login
Login dialog as shown Fig.4.3 below
Fig. 4.3 Login dialog
Use []/ [] keys to select one user, press [] key to enter “Password” edit box,
input corresponding password, press [ENTER] key to exit edit box. The “Active
Frame” will move to “Confirm” button. You can press [ENTER] key to enter main
menu. If there is no response, it means the user name and password are not matched.
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Modify password
For those users created by admin, they can modify their passwords as follows :
Step1: Enter main menu
Press [MENU] key, in the login dialog, select your user name, input the correct
password, you can enter the main menu. As shown below.
Fig. 4.4 Input passwords
Fig. 4.5 Main menu
Step 2: Select the target user name by using [↑],[↓] then move the “Active
Frame” to “Password” icon by using[]/[]keys. As shown in Fig.4.6 below.