iView Technology HL-104 User manual

HL-104 User Manual V0.6(M02)
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HL-104
─4CH DVR ─
User Manual
HL-104 v0.6(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________________________________________9
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ____________________________________9
2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _____________________________10
CHAPTER 3 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS _________________ 11
3-1 LIVE Mode _________________________________________________ 11
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode____________________________________________14
3-3 PTZ Mode __________________________________________________16
CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP ____________________________________18
4-1 RECORD SETUP ____________________________________________19
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup _____________________________21
4-2 EVENT SETUP ______________________________________________21
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP ________________________________________22
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP______________________________23
4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP________________________________________ 23
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP __________________________________________24
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup _________________________________25
4-3.2 Holiday Setup __________________________________________25
4-4 CAMERA SETUP ____________________________________________26
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP ___________________________________________27
4-5.1 Permission Setup_______________________________________28
4-5.2 User Picture Setup _____________________________________28
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP________________________________________29
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ___________________________________29
4-6.1.1 DHCP ____________________________________________29
4-6.1.2 LAN______________________________________________30
4-6.1.3 ADSL_____________________________________________30
4-6.2 HTTP Setup____________________________________________31
4-6.3 DDNS Setup ___________________________________________31
4-6.4 Mail Setup _____________________________________________32
4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP ________________________________________33
4-8 SYSTEM SETUP_____________________________________________ 34
4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP________________________________________35
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP ______________________________________35
4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME_____________________________36
4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP_____36
4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP ____________________________37
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP _______________________________37
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP___________________________________________38
4-9 UTILITY SETUP _____________________________________________39
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC_______________________________________________40
CHAPTER 5 BACKUP & SEARCH____________________________________41
5-1 BACKUP SETUP_____________________________________________41
5-2 SEARCH SETUP_____________________________________________42
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH________________________________________43
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH__________________________________________44

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CHAPTER 6 Rempte Software Installation and Setup ____________________45
6-1 AP Software Installation and instruction _______________________ 45
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE ______________________47
6-3 AP Software Operation_______________________________________48
CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS_______________________________________49
CHAPTER 8 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE__________51
8-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System 51
8-1.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________51
8-1.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________52
8-1.2.1 Add New Login DVR _______________________________52
8-1.2.2 Logging Onto the DVR _____________________________52
8-1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of DVR ________________53
8-1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of DVR_________________53
8-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation _______________________________53
8-1.3.1 Scroll the Image___________________________________54
8-1.3.2 Image Quality Setup _______________________________54
8-1.3.3 Channel Display ___________________________________54
8-1.3.4 Size of Image _____________________________________55
8-1.3.5 Rotate the image __________________________________55
8-1.3.6 Alarm ____________________________________________55
8-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile Sy
stem __________________________________________________________56
8-2.1 Mobile Application Installation____________________________56
8-2.2 Mobile Application Operation_____________________________57
8-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring._____________________58
CHAPTER 9 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE___________________59
9-1 CMS Installation_____________________________________________59
9-2 CMS LOGIN AND ENVIRONMENT______________________________62
9-3 DVRs, Groups & Events______________________________________63
9-3.1 View DVR ／ Group List __________________________________63
9-3.2 View Event Logs _______________________________________64
9-4 Local PC Information and Control_____________________________ 64
9-5 Main Display________________________________________________65
9-5.1 Audio Control __________________________________________65
9-5.2 eMAP Display __________________________________________66
9-5.3 PTZ Control____________________________________________67
9-6 Operation Bar_______________________________________________68
9-6.1 User administration _____________________________________69
9-6.2 DVR Administration _____________________________________69
9-6.3 Group Administration ___________________________________70
9-6.4 eMap Administration ____________________________________71
9-6.5 Remote Play ___________________________________________72
9-6.6 HDD Playback__________________________________________73
9-6.7 File Playback___________________________________________73
9-6.8 Event Playback_________________________________________74
9-6.9 Snapshot Data _________________________________________74
9-6.10 Recording Data________________________________________75
APPENDIX I I-DVR.NET REGISTRATION _____________________________76
APPENDIX II Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction ___78

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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.

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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
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8
①
②
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③
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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
①③④⑧
②⑤⑥⑦⑨
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.
⑧VGA
VGA port.
⑨EXTERNAL I/O
EXTERNAL I/O port (not available on HL-104)

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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.
PTZ
Enable PTZ control.
AUTO
In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.

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Table 3-1.2Graphical 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 four menu icons.
Main menu.
Search menu.
Backup menu.
PTZ mode.
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 3-1.3Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon
Description
Recording is on
1~4
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.
Film：Normal Recording
Clock：Schedule Recording
AUTO-seq is on
2X
2X zoom in is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
PTZ control 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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3-3 PTZ Mode (not available on HL-104)
Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ”button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon
will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side
of screen.
Table 3-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode
Button
Description
/ SLOW
Move PTZ up.
/
Move PTZ down.
/
Move PTZ to the left.
/
Move PTZ to the right.
ZOOM +
PTZ zoom-in.
ZOOM -
PTZ zoom-out.
FOCUS +
PTZ focus-in.
FOCUS -
PTZ focus-out.
IRIS +
PTZ iris-open.
IRIS -
PTZ iris-close.
TOUR
Activate PTZ pre-set tour. ＊
PRESET+
Number
Setup the Preset location
Press “PRESET”key first then two-digit number; DVR will set the current
PTZ location at entered preset number.
PLAY+
Number
Go to Preset location
Press “PLAY”key first then two-digit number, PTZ will go to the
correspondent preset number location.
PIP
Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊
FREEZE
Activate auto line-scan. ＊
ZOOM
Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan.＊
＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren‟t compatible 100% sometime
s. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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Table 3-3.2 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode
Icon
Description
Leave PTZ Mode，back to the LIVE mode
Pre-set number N. (0~255)
Go to pre-set number N.
Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N.
「TOUR」， press to activate pre-set tour＊
「PIP」， Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊
「FREEZE」， Activate line-scan. ＊
「ZOOM」， Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. ＊
To move PTZ in 360°
PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out
PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out.
PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close.
Below functions need support from specific PTZ manufacturer. Please check us
er manual of your PTZ for more detail.
to
AUX 1~8,「AUTO」Key ＋Number key「1~8」
「Backup」, Customized function。
＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren‟t compatible 100%
sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

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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 “4-9
UTILITY SETUP”for detail.
4-1 RECORD SETUP

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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.
Quality & Frame Rate
Setup
Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.
OSD position X
Setup OSD X axis
OSD position Y
Set up OSD y axis
Recording OSD
position setup
Set up OSD axis