LJD Digital Security Colossus Pro User manual

COLOSSUS DVR
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Chapter 2 System Configuration
2.1 Overview
Follow these steps to begin to configure your system:
Step 1
The picture followed will appears when you start up the DVR system by double-click the
shortcut of DVR in the desktop.
It means the system is loading.
Figure 2-1 System Star up Window
Step 2
Then you will be prompted to enter the username and password:
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■ Username: super
■ No Password
Figure 2-2 DVR Authorization
By default, you can input the username with “super” and null password to pass the
authorization.
Usage Tips: you can modify the password in this menu: [Others] - [User Management] -
[Local]
Step 3
When entered correct username and password, you will see the main interface as follows:
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Figure 2-3 DVR Main Interface
Main Interface Description:
1. Date/Time: shows the current date and time, which will be written in recording files.
2. Camera Name: The defined name of each camera. By default, it is the Camera number.
3. Digital Matrix: You can output the video to monitors beside DVR by using digital matrix
card.
4. Preview: To preview all the channels’ or cameras’ videos in one screen simultaneously,
press [Preview] to unfold [Preview] button, then preview configuration panel appears. All
the camera numbers will list in this panel. For example, you have inserted two DS-
4008HCI cards, so 16 numbers (from 1 to 16) will be listed here.
A number in bight green background means that this number’s camera video is
previewed in the screen. You can click on the number to change the preview state of
one camera, or click [All]/[None] to select all the cameras to change state.
For detailed information and configurations about preview, please refer to 2.3.1 Camera
Preview Configuration.
Note: System supports preview all the cameras in one divided screen at the same time.
5. Record: It shows and enable control the recording status of all the cameras.
Press [Record] button to unfold record configuration panel, in which the recording status
of all the cameras shows. A number in bight green background means that this number’s
camera is in recording. To start or stop recording a camera, just click on the number to
change the recording status of one camera, or click [All]/[None] to select all the cameras
to change state.
When a camera is in recording or recorded, you can find recording files in the disk.
For detailed information and configurations about record, please refer to 2.3.2 Record
Configuration.
6. Alarm: here you can control the alarm detection for each camera.
Press [Alarm] button to unfold alarm configuration panel, in which the alarm detection
status of all the cameras shows. A number in bight green background means that this
number’s camera is in alarm detection status. To start or stop alarm detection of a
camera, just click on the number to change the status of one camera, or click [All]/[None]
to select all the cameras to change state.
The number will turn red on alarm.
For detailed information and configurations about alarm, please refer to 2.3.3 Alarm
Configuration.
7. Color: Adjust the color configuration here, such as brightness, contrast, saturation, hue.
Press [Color] button to unfold color configuration panel. Drag the slider to change the
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parameter, and it will take effect in the video picture at once.
For detailed information and configurations about color pattern, please refer to 2.3.6
Color Configuration.
8. PTZ Control: Control the movement of your PTZ camera. Click to unfold the panel and
enter the control interface.
9. System Control Panel
Control the main system functions. Click the panel and enter the control interface.
For detailed information and configurations about system control panel, please refer to
2.2 System Control Panel.
10. Active Time: Displays the current date and time, time length that this system has been
run.
11. Login/Lock System: Login the system or exchange user. You also can lock the system
when you are away, so other people do not enter the system.
12. Screen Division: to choose screen divisions or layout modes here.
13. Exit System: Exit the system, you can select [return to desktop] or [Shut down the PC].
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2.2 System Control Panel
Figure 2-4 System Control Panel
1. System Configuration: Configure system parameters, including camera preview
settings, alarm settings, schedule setting, and system server settings, etc.;
For detail information, please refer to 2.3 Camera Setup, 2.4 System Setup, and 2.5
Digital Matrix.
2. Schedule: Press [Schedule] button to start or stop predefined schedule.
3. Playback: Playback the local record files or the record files at remote DVRS.
For detail information, please refer to Chapter 3 Playback Configuration.
4. Monitor: Listen to the real time audio. Press this button to turn on / off this option.
5. Capture: To snapshot current picture, press [Capture].
Note: system capture picture in bmp format.
6. Circulation: Preview the video images circularly. Press [Circulation] to configure it:
7. Others: to manage your DVR system, such as user management, disk management,
click [Others].
For detail information about system management, please refer to Chapter 4 System
Management.
2.3 Camera Setup
Click [System Configuration], then choose [Camera Setup] submenu, you will enter the DVR
Camera Setup interface as follows:
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Figure 2-5 DVR Camera Setup Window
The left column lists the camera numbers and their names installed in this DVR. You can
choose to configure one camera’s parameters by clicking to select the camera number.
The right column shows all the functions and parameters related to camera setup. You can
specify detailed parameter to configure each camera. There are six tabs under [Camera
Setup]:
Preview: specify the parameters about how to preview the camera’s video.
Record: specify the settings about recording quality, storage parameters, networking
transmission method, and so on.
Alarm: customize alarm trigger types, corresponding actions and so on.
Schedule: you can define and save automatic work schedules here
PTZ: specify the setting of PTZ here, such as product model, baud rate, COM port
and so on.
Color: create and modify display color patterns here.
2.3.1 Preview configuration
To enter the Preview Configuration Interface, click [Preview] tab in the right column under
DVR camera Setup. See details in Figure 2-6.
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Figure 2-6 DVR camera preview configuration interface
1) Click to select one camera to modify the configuration.
Notice: you can select one camera only at a time. But you can copy or apply a camera’s
configuration to multiple cameras or channels by using [Copy to] feature.
2) Channel name: describes the camera’s name here. Camera name should be less than
20 characters.
3) Video Format: click to choose the video format here: NTSC or PAL.
4) Display Camera Name: click to select this option to display camera name on the video
picture.
5) Display Date and Time: click to select this option to display date and time on the video
picture.
6) High Contrast Font Color: click to select this option to ensure camera information such
as camera name, date and time good visibility either in weak or strong light video.
7) Enable Privacy Mask: users can set a specific area as mask area to prevent important
information to be seen by other people, for example, preventing password input area to
be seen in the video. You can drag a rectangular area as the mask area by keep clicking
left key on mouse.
8) Default: click [Default] button to recover back to default preview configuration.
9) Copy to: click [Copy to] to enter “Name” Select channel as figure 2-7. You can click
[select all] to select all the cameras or channels, or you can click the channel number to
select the camera you want to copy configuration to, then press [OK] or [Cancel] to
apply or cancel these changes.
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Figure 2-7 Select channel Interface
2.3.2 Record configuration
To enter Record Configuration interface, click [Record] tab under DVR Camera Setup. See
details as Figure 2-8.
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Figure 2-8 Recording Configuration
Under Recording Quality:
¾Set record Resolution: click to choose from CIF, 2CIF, DCIF or D1 (4CIF) under
Recording Quality.
¾Set record quality: click to choose from Highest, Level1, Level2, Level3, Level4 or
Level5 as need.
¾Set frame rate: set the appropriate Frame Rate per Second by using up or down
arrow under Recording Quality.
¾Record audio: To record audio and video simultaneously, click to select [Record
Audio] under Recording Quality.
Under Storage:
¾Set storage drives: under [Storage], set appropriate start and end partitions that you
want to store your video files.
¾Set Maximum Recording Time: By default, every 30 minutes’ video will be created to
a video file. You can change the value here to control the video file size.
¾Enforce Storage limits: By click to select this checkbox, you can set a recording rate
upper limit. It is recommended to use in small hard disk circumstance.
Under Networking:
¾Dual Stream: click to choose this checkbox to enable Dual stream function.
¾Set network transmitted video quality: click to choose from Highest, Level1, Level2,
Level3, Level4 or Level5 as needed.
¾Set network transmitted video frame rate: set the appropriate Frame Rate per
Second by using up or down arrow under Recording Quality.
¾Maximum Files Size: choose an appropriate value to set the maximum recording files
size in an hour. You can adjust this parameter to adapt to network media
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transmission condition.
2.3.3 Alarm configuration
To enter Alarm Configuration interface, click [Alarm] tab under DVR Camera Setup. See
details as Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9 Alarm configuration interface
Under Type:
There are three alarm trigger types can be chosen from, i.e. Video signal loss, motion
detection and sensor alarm.
Video signal loss: By click to select this option, alarm will be triggered when video signal is
lost.
Motion Detection: By click to select this option, alarm will be triggered when objects in a
certain area have been moved. To change motion detection parameter, click [Setup] button
just right to [Motion Detection] to enter motion detection interface as follows:
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Figure 2-10 Motion Detection Setup
You can click and drag to define a motion detection area in the video figureture. Up to 7
areas can be defined per camera.
Sensitivity: click to choose an appropriate level of sensitivity.
Sensor Alarm: By click to select this option, alarm will be triggered by alarm sensor. To
change parameter, click [Setup] button just right to [sensor Alarm] to enter Sensor Alarm
interface as follows:
Figure 2-11 Sensor Alarm Configuration
Here lists all the sensors connected to this DVR system. You can choose the sensors by
clicking the sensor numbers or click [Select All] button, then press [OK] to apply the setting.
The sensors should be connected to an alarm box which is connected to computer through
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serial line. The alarm box is used to transform signals between and computer or DVR.
Under Action:
Action defines actions or behavior when alarms are triggered.
There are seven action types can be chosen from in this system.
To choose audible alert, click to select [Audible Alert], and then click [setup] to configure
parameters.
Figure 2-12 Audible Alert Configuration
In the left column, choose a trigger type when you want alarm to act on.
In the right column, click open file icon to choose an audio file that you want to play for a
certain types of alarm. And click speak icon to play this audio file.
To choose recording action, click to select [Recording], and then click [Setup] to configure
parameters.
Figure 2-13 Recording Action Configuration
You can choose the cameras or channels by clicking the camera numbers or click [Select All]
button, then press [OK] to apply the setting.
To choose PTZ Preset, just click to select [PTZ preset].
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To choose to output or relay alarms to other device, just click to select [Output to Relay], then
click [Setup] to configure parameters.
Figure 2-14 Output to Relay Alarm Action Configuration
You can select appropriate alarm boxes to be co-worked with this alarm.
To choose to notify network client, click [Notify Network Client], then click [Setup] for
configuration.
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Figure 2-15 Notify to Network Client Alarm Action Configuration
Under Notify Network Client, you can add, edit or delete a certain IP address and client
name to be notified when there is an alarm signal. Clicking to select Notify Connected Client
to notify to all connected clients.
To choose sending short messages to certain users, click to select [Send Short Messages],
and then click [setup] to configure a SMS contents and user list.
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Figure 2-16 Send Short Message Alarm Action Configuration
You can compile the SMS contents in [Contents] field, and add, edit or delete a phone list in
[Phone List] field.
To choose to E-Mail to users, click to select [E-Mail], then click [setup] for configuration.
Figure 2-17 E-Mail Alarm Action Configuration
Trigger Interval: define the E-Mail frequency.
To send snapshot pictures to receivers, click and select [attach image], and then define the
image format and quantity.
Under Time:
Alarm Duration: Set the length of alarm output time, System will output alarm information in
this length of time.
Post alarm record: the length of alarm record time which is from starting record to ending
record after alarming.
Click [Default] to restore the configuration to default. And you can also copy these
configurations to other cameras by click [Copy to] button.
2.3.4 Schedule configuration
We can add, edit or delete a schedule here.
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1. Add Schedule
Click the [Add] button, then you
can select the record type.
Figure 2-18 Add Schedule Configuration
There are total 13 recording patterns can be chosen from:
¾Recording: recording only, and doing 7X24 hours.
¾Motion + Sensor; set alarms triggered by motion detection and sensor.
¾Motion + sensor + Video Loss + Recording: recording all the time, and set alarms
triggered by motion detection, sensor and video loss at the same time.
¾Motion Detection: set alarms triggered by motion detection;
¾Motion + Recording: recording all the time, and set alarms triggered by motion
detection;
¾Sensor: set alarms triggered by sensor only.
¾Sensor + Recording: recording all the time, and set alarms triggered by sensor.
¾Video Loss: set alarms triggered by video loss.
¾Video Loss + Recording: Recording all the time, and set alarms triggered by Video
loss.
¾Motion + Video Loss: set alarms triggered by motion detection and Video loss;
¾Motion + Video Loss + recording: recording all the time, and set alarms triggered by
motion detection and Video loss.
¾Motion + Sensor: set alarms triggered by motion detection and sensor
¾Motion + Sensor+ recording: recording all the time, and set alarms triggered by
motion detection and sensor.
2. Copy parameters to other days
To copy these configuration to other weekdays, click [Copy to] right to [Day], and choose
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appropriate days you want to copy to.
Figure 2-19 Copy Schedule Configuration to Other Weekdays
3. Save Schedule
Click [Save] button to save schedule
configurations and then click [OK] to exit
window.
Figure 2-20 Save Schedule
4. Execute the Schedule
To start / stop predefined schedule, return to main interface and click [Schedule] button.
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Figure 2-21 Start or Stop a schedule
[Schedule] button
Note: You can also click the [Schedule] button to stop running schedule.
2.3.5 PTZ configuration
To change the PTZ configurations, click [PTZ] tab under DVR Camera Setup.
Figure 2-22 PTZ Configuration
To enable the PTZ control function, click to select [Enable]. Then you can set the product
model, baud rate, COM port, and address.
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2.3.6 Camera Color Configuration
To configure color pattern, click [Color] tab under DVR Camera Setup.
In some circumstance, video quality fluctuated by outside light changes or caused by camera
itself. To counteract this effect, we can manually set a color patter schedule.
Figure 2-23 Color Configuration
To enable the designed color pattern, click [Enable].
You can add, edit or delete color pattern here.
To add or edit a color pattern, click [Add] button.
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