iCatch 411L User manual

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─4CH
DVR
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User Manual
411L v0.5(M02)
This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.

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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION _____________________5
1-1 PACKING ____________________________________________________5
1-2 Hard Disk Installation _________________________________________6
CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION________________________________________8
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ____________________________________8
2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ______________________________9
CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS _________________10
3-1 LIVE Mode__________________________________________________10
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode____________________________________________13
CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP ____________________________________15
4-1 RECORD SETUP ____________________________________________16
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup _____________________________17
4-2 EVENT SETUP ______________________________________________17
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP ________________________________________18
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP______________________________18
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP __________________________________________19
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup _________________________________20
4-3.2 Holiday Setup __________________________________________20
4-4 CAMERA SETUP ____________________________________________21
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP ___________________________________________22
4-5.1 Permission Setup_______________________________________22
4-5.2 User Picture Setup _____________________________________23
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP________________________________________23
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ___________________________________24
4-6.1.1 DHCP ____________________________________________24
4-6.1.2 LAN______________________________________________24
4-6.1.3 ADSL_____________________________________________25
4-6.2 HTTP Setup____________________________________________25
4-6.3 DDNS Setup ___________________________________________26
4-6.4 Mail Setup _____________________________________________26
4-6 SYSTEM SETUP__________________________________________27
4-7.1 DISPLAY SETUP________________________________________28
4-7.2 DATE/TIME SETUP ______________________________________28
4-7.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME_____________________________29
4-7.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP_____29
4-7.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ____________________________30
4-7.3 DEVICE SETUP_________________________________________30
4-8 UTILITY SETUP _____________________________________________31
4-9 DIAGNOSTIC________________________________________________32
CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH____________________________________33
5-1 BACKUP SETUP_____________________________________________33
5-2 SEARCH SETUP_____________________________________________34
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH________________________________________35
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH__________________________________________36
CHAPTER 6 Rempte Software Installation and Setup ____________________37
6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction _______________________37
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE ______________________39
6-3 AP Software Operation_______________________________________40

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CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS_______________________________________41
CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE__________43
8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System 43
8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________43
8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________44
8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR _______________________________44
8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR _____________________________44
8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR ________________45
8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR_________________45
8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation _______________________________45
8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image___________________________________46
8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup _______________________________46
8-1.3.3 Channel Display ___________________________________46
8-1.3.4 Size of Image _____________________________________47
8-1.3.5 Rotate the image __________________________________47
8-1.3.6 Alarm ____________________________________________47
8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile Sy
stem __________________________________________________________48
8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________48
8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________49
8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring._____________________50
CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE___________________51
9-1 CMS Installation_____________________________________________51
9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT______________________________54
9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events______________________________________55
9-3.1 View DVR ／ Group List __________________________________55
9-3.2 View Event Logs _______________________________________56
9-4 Local PC Information and Control _____________________________56
9-5 Main Display________________________________________________57
9-5.1 Audio Control __________________________________________57
9-5.2 eMAP Display __________________________________________58
9-5.3 PTZ Control____________________________________________59
9-6 Operation Bar_______________________________________________60
9-6.1 User administration _____________________________________61
9-6.2 DVR Administration _____________________________________61
9-6.3 Group Administration ___________________________________62
9-6.4 eMap Administration ____________________________________63
9-6.5 Remote Play ___________________________________________64
9-6.6 HDD Playback__________________________________________65
9-6.7 File Playback___________________________________________65
9-6.8 Event Playback_________________________________________66
9-6.9 Snapshot Data _________________________________________66
9-6.10 Recording Data________________________________________67
APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________68
APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction ___70

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CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION
1-1 PACKING
1. DVR
Note: Standard shipping products do not include HDD
3. IR Remote Control
7. Screws x4
4. Batteries x2
2. Quick Start
6. SATA Cord x1
8. Power Adaptor
5. CD

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1-2 Hard Disk Installation
Step 1: Take off the three screws from the bottom of the DVR as indicated in red circles in
the picture below.
Step 2: Open the cover follow the way the arrows indicate.
Step 3: Fix the HDD to rack mount and connect SATA and the power cable as indi
cated.

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Step 4: Put DVR bottom up, screw to fix the HDD as indicated.
Step 5: Put the cover back and put the three screws back to fix the cover in the bottom of
the DVR.
NOTE: The initialization of new-installed HDD is required before recording, please refer to
manual “4-8UTILITY SETUP” for detail.

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CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
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1USB Port Top(USB2.0) is used to plug the USB memory stick
Bottom(USB1.1) is used to plug the mouse
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2LED Display-Power DVR Power is on.
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3LED Display - HDD Hard disk is in use.
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4LED Display - LAN Connected to the internet.
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5LED Display-LOGIN Remote user logged in.
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6LED Display - REC DVR Recording. (or Schedule Recording and recording are
on)
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7LED Display - PLAY DVR Playing back.
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8IR Sensor Input sensor for the remote control.
④ ⑥
⑦
⑧
①②③⑤

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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
①③④⑧
②⑤⑥⑦
①DC 12V Socket for a DC 12V input.
②MAIN monitor BNC port for the main monitor.
③VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.
④AUDIO IN RCA input port for audio signal.
⑤AUDIO OUT RCA output for audio signal.
⑥NTSC／PAL Switch Switch between NTSC and PAL format.
⑦LAN Network port.
⑧ VGA VGA port.

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CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS
The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes
the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.
3-1 LIVE Mode
You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.
Table 3-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode
Button Description
REC Start/Stop recording.
PLAY Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.
LOCK Enable/Disable the Keypad function
1,2,3,4 Select the channel to monitor in full screen
FREEZE Turn on/off screen freeze function.
Switch to quad display.
ENTER/MODE Switch to full screen, quad display.
MENU/ Enable/ Disable setup Menu.
BK-UP/ESC Enable/ Disable backup menu.
SRH Enable/ Disable search menu.
MUTE Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio
STATUS Enable/ Disable Status.
OSD Turn on/off the screen display
Zoom/Zoom - Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel
name for choosing a specific channel.
PIP/Zoom + Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to
other channels.
AUTO InAUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.

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Table 3-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.
Icon Description
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following three menu icons.
Main menu.
Search menu.
Backup menu.
Turn on/off recording.
Playback.
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons.
FREEZE.
PIP, picture in picture
ZOOM, double the screen size
AUTO-sequence
LOCK, activate the key lock.
Full screen display.
Quad display.

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Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon Description
Recording is on
Schedule Recording is on
Live Audio is on
Live Audio is off
Motion detected on the channel
Sensor triggered on the channel
Video loss detected on the channel
USB device detected
DVD burner is detected
Connected to the LAN cable.
AUTO-seq is on
2X 2X zoom in is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
Shows the current hard disk space has been used
(99% mean used 99%, remain 1%)
Lower right of each CH will show the current time
Icon Description
/ Image quality (High/Low)
/ Full screen
Record
Snap shot (Photo time in accordance with computer-based)
Record and snap shot file saving path setup
Enable/Disable shortcut toolbar

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3-2 PLAYBACK Mode
Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon
will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on
any location of your screen.
Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode
Button Description
ENTER / MODE Switch to full screen, quad.
MENU / Turn on/off PAUSE.
PLAY Play back at normal speed.
/SLOW Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of
the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper
center of the screen.
/ Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Stop playback.

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Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.
Icon Description
「/ 」Fast rewind
「/ 」Fast forward
／Play/pause
「▲/SLOW」，slow playback
「▼/ ■」stop playback
Playback channel by channel with snap shot display
Full screen display
Quad display
Zoom-in display

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CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP
To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required.
The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for
related setup of other log-in users.
Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard.
Item Description
Switch between capital and small letters.
/ Switch between numbers and letters.
Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login
account.
Delete the last character.
Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set
up menu, If the password is verified.
Space key

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Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu
Item Description
Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode
ESC Back to Upper level of menu without saving
ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard
PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to “4-8
UTILITY SETUP” for detail.
4-1 RECORD SETUP
Item Description
HDD FULL
Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the
HDD when HDD is full
「Stop」：Stop Recording
「Overwrite」：Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data
of HDD, and continue to record.
OSD position X Setup OSD X axis
OSD position Y Set up OSD y axis
OSD position setup Set up OSD axis
Video Preservation Setup the video preservation period. Recorded video will be
deleted automatically after expiry of preservation period.
Quality & Frame Rate
Setup Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup
Note：4CH DVR will display 4 channels and 8CH DVR will display 8 channels.
Item Description
View Normal /
View Event Select recording mode
No. Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording
Resolution Select recording resolution: NTSC:360x240, 720x240, 720x480
PAL:352X288,704X288,704X576
Quality Select quality: Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest
FPS You can setup FPS separately for each channel.
Auto Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps
4-2 EVENT SETUP
Item Description
Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection

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4-2.1 MOTION SETUP
Item Description
Alarm Duration(Seconds) When motion detect，the number of seconds continuous alarm
Motion Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected
channel image will pop up in full screen display.
1~4 You can setup independently for each channel.
Enable Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each channel.
Sensitivity Drag the white bar or press ◀▶to set up Sensitivity from valu
e 1 to 10 for each channel. The lower value you set the highe
r sensitivity it will be
Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP
The motion detection has been divided into 16x12 grids. The default detection area is
full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access.
Areas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site.

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Item Description
Mask Mouse Selection Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function
All Area Detection Select entire screen as detection area.
Mask All Area Deselect entire detection area.
Continue Continue setup
Exit & Save Save setup and leave
Exit & Discard Cancel setup and leave
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP
Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks
and schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type.
Item Description
Page Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total.
Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.
View Event/
Motion Setup
View Normal/ Motion Setup

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4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup
Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, Time and event.
4-3.2 Holiday Setup
Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly.