Ness IQ-MDVR User manual

IQ-MDVR
MOBILE DVR
UseR’s ManUal

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Ness IQ-MDVR Series II
User’s Manual Rev Oct 2014
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1PRODUCTION CHRACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW 5
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 5
1.2 REMOTE CONTROL 6
1.3 GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE) TREE 9
2SYSTEM START UP 9
3GUI CONFIGURATION 11
3.1 SEARCH 11
3.1.1 REC. SEARCH 12
3.1.2 EVENT FILES 15
3.2 SETUP 16
3.2.1 SYSTEM 17
3.2.1.1 DATE/TIME 17
3.2.1.2 OPTIONS 19
3.2.1.3 REGISTER INFO 21
3.2.1.4 FORMAT 21
3.2.1.5 UPGRADE 22
3.2.1.6 USER SECURITY 24
3.2.1.7 CONFIG 25
3.2.1.8 USER LOG 26
3.2.1.9 BLACKBOX FILE 26
3.2.1.10 GEO-FENCING 27
3.2.2 RECORD 27
3.2.2.1 OPTION 28
3.2.2.2 OSD OVERLAY 30
3.2.2.3 CAMERA SETTINGS 32
3.2.2.4 RECORD SETTING 33
3.2.2.5 SUB-STREAM 33
3.2.2.6 SCHEDULE 34
3.2.2.7 OTHER SETTINGS 35
3.2.3 NETWORK 36
3.2.3.1 LOCAL 37
3.2.3.2 SERVER NETWORK 37
3.2.3.3 WIFI 38
3.2.3.4 MOBILE NETWORK 39
3.2.3.5 FTP SETTINGS 41
CONTENTS
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3.2.3.6 FTP FOR SNAP 43
3.2.4 EVENT 43
3.2.4.1 SENSOR 44
3.2.4.2 SENSOR OUTPUT 45
3.2.4.3 SPEED 46
3.2.4.4 ACCELERATION 47
3.2.4.5 TEMPERATURE 47
3.2.4.6 CAMERA 48
3.2.4.7 VOLTAGE 49
3.2.4.8 EMERGENCY EVENT 49
3.2.5 PERIPHERAL 50
3.2.5.1 PTZ 50
3.2.5.2 EXT.COM SETUP 51
3.2.5.3 SMART BATTERY 51
3.2.5.4 LANGUAGE SETTING 51
3.3 INFORMATION 52
3.3.1 SYSTEM 52
3.3.2 DIAL STATUS 53
3.3.3 HISTORY 53
3.3.4 MODULES 54
3.3.5 BATTERY INFO 55
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1 PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
MDVR Features and Capabilities
•Revolutionary vibration-resistant technology for 360 degree installation
•UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) supported to protect the MDVR from the damage of high voltage and
provide the power to the MDVR when the MDVR external power is cut off (for example in a collision)
•Patented special file system is professional to improve the security level of data, provide
self-recovery function, self-check,self-backup for certain critical data and avoid data fragment that affects
system efficiency.
•Dual streams: one for local recording and one for wireless transmission.
•4 channel real-time D1 at 25 fps/30fps continuous or priority video recording and live view display.
•Semi-transparent GUI makes setting for GUI and live display synchronously.
•Mirror recoding supports the hard disk and SD card recording at the same time with same frame, same
resolution and same imagequality.
•Maximum 1 hour pre-recording and 30 minutes post-recording
•Watermark prevents any modification in recorded file which is part of the law enforcement.
•4 channels for high-fidelity, digitally recorded, synchronized audio matched to 4 video channels
•User friendly criteria to playback the events associated video only.
•Automatic timer to resume the live display if the unit is idle for user defined time.
•User-selectable settings for quality and audio record enable/disable for each video channel.
•12v power supply for multiple devices such as cameras, sensors, relays and any other accessories.
Remote Connection Capabilities
•PC-Based Client software for live viewing, playback video, playback events associated video, anddownload
capabilities. Support CMS (Central Management System) for remote monitoring via built-in 3G module
(HSPA or EVDO), Ceiba (Playback Analysis Software) for video playback, meta-data analysis.ADS by WIFI
to download the video files and event files.
Ness IQ-MDVR4 high-end H.264 mobile DVRs Series II provide the perfect solution for mobile
surveillance and remote monitoring. Featuring a high-speed processor, embedded operating system,
advanced H.264 video compression and decompression, GPS location and wireless options.
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1.2 REMOTE CONTROL
Each MDVR includes remote control that allows the user to transmit commands to recording module
and display on screen control menu
Numeric
Input Keys
Use the numeric button to input
digital in setup
menu or switch the full screen for each
channel or the channels QUAD view
Navigation
Arrows
Use the ARROW keys to move between
selections, input fields and icons.
Press ENTER to select
And EXIT to return and entering into the OSD
screen to check the MDVR working status.
Next and previous is also used to increase or
decrease volume when at live or search
screens.
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Remote Control Key Functions:
1) Numeric Keypad
[0-9] keys: During setup, number keys are used to input number values. In QUAD view, the user
can press 1, 2, 3 and 4 to switch the full screen for each channel, and press 0 to switch to quad view.
During full screen view of each camera, the user can press key to adjust contrast,
luminance, color and saturation, and then press + and - to make the adjustments. Pressing
will navigate through the color adjustment options.
2) Setup Menu Navigation
▲, ▼: Up, down directional keys: Move selection up and down in setup menu.
►, ◄: Left, Right directional keys: Move cursor left or right in setup menu.
[ENTER] key: During setup, select and save the settings
3) Other Keys Function
LOGIN/ LOCK The user can press LOGIN / LOCK or SETUP key to enter the GUI to setup. If
password is enabled, the user have to input default admin password: 88888888.
POWER To reset the MDVR to sleep mode (The user can press power button again to let
MDVR start up when it is in sleep mode).
Switch full screen of one channel to quad view.
Brightness, contrast, color adjustment for each channel. Use [+] [-] button to
change the values. The user have to adjust the values for each channel
individually.
SETUP Login GUI to setup the parameters.
EXIT Return to the previous menu.
STOP Used to stop the recording manually. Only valid when the user setup the record
mode by the setting in MDVR menu
RECORD Used to start the recording manually. Only valid when the user setup the record
mode by the setting in MDVR menu.
PAUSE/STEP
▐►
Freezes playback to a single frame and can advance one frame at a time. To
advance the frame press. Pause / Step to move frame by frame. Press EXIT to
return to normal playback speed.
PLAY
►Starts/Resumes playback from any other mode (FF, RR, Frame by Frame etc).
SLOW

Reduces playback speed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 modes. Press PLAY to return to normal
playback speed.
GOTO

Quick search mode when the user playback the record file in MDVR. Press GOTO
button and input the desired time, and the select SURE to jump to the specific time
the user want to playback.
NEXT
Increase volume while playback (if audio is recorded).
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Please put the battery into the remote control before the user use it as there is no
battery in the standard package
PREV
Decrease volume while playback (if audio is recorded).
REW Rewinds the video while playback. X2 and X 4 modes available.
FWD Fast forward the video while playback. X2 and X4 mode available.
CF No use at present.
[F1] Export all the event record files of the day to USB by press F1 key.
[F2],[F3],[F4] Reserved for future use.
4) PTZ Function Key
X3II MDVR can support PTZ camera by the protocol PALCO-D or PALCO-P. While the MDVR is
connected the PTZ camera by RS485 signal (on the RS232/485 expand box), following commands can
control PTZ:
[ZOOM IN +], [ZOOM OUT -] ZOOM IN/OUT
[IRIS +], [IRIS-] Brightness control
[FOCUS +], [FOCUS -] Focus control
PTZ Enable the PTZ function
AUTO Auto run with the PTZ pattern
PRESET Preset default position
RECALL Recall the position that the user have setup.
BRUSH Brush the glass screen
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1.3 GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE) TREE
2 SYSTEM START UP
After connecting the MDVR to a vehicle power supply, turn on the vehicle ignition and the unit will
automatically start up. Power is normally supplied to the MDVR as long as the vehicle ignition is ON.
“Display only view” of the cameras is immediately available to be viewed in quad mode. Normally, the
power supply for MDVR is about 12V/3A, without any accessories.
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The MDVR GUI is semi-transparent. The user can setup the transparency percentage from the MDVR
GUI.
During the setting, the user can check the video from each camera as well.
Please make sure the user lock the removable hard disk case before connect the power for MDVR,
otherwise the MDVR can not boot up.
System Login for Setup
 If password is disenable, press SETUP key on the handheld controller into the setup menu directly.
 If password is enable, press LOGIN/LOCK OR ENTER key on the handheld controller, the setup menu
will appear.
DEVICE NO.: The unit ID of MDVR. The user can setup the ID for the MDVR in the menu “REGISTER
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Please press SAVE in the GUI menu to make all the setting valid. The MDVR system will give the user a
remark if the user save the setting successfully. After the user modify the settings for the network, and
recording, the MDVR system will restart automatically after the system exits to Quad view
The MDVR will stop recording when enter into the MDVR configuration GUI.
The user can input the letters and characters by software keyboard.
INFORMATION”. After setting, the ID number will appear automatically on the login screen. It’s the
number in the bracket
PASSWORD: Enter the admin password or user password.
Keyboard: Press 【Enter】to use keyboard to type device ID and password.
1）0~9, number key, press【Enter】to select the number.
2）123: Input type shift key. (Number, capital, small letter)
3）【←】delete, 【 】Exit.
3 GUI CONFIGURATION
This part will show all the main functions for MDVR including SEARCH, SETUP and INFORMATION. SEARCH is
for searching all the regular video files and alarm files. SETUP is for all the configurations for MDVR including
recording, playback, event, network setup and INFORMATION displays the MDVR and accessory working status.
3.1 SEARCH
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3.1.1 REC. SEARCH
The user can search all the video files including normal files, alarm files by record date and file type and
storage source. Please select the REC.SEARCH and enter into following screen.
SOURCE：Source means which storage medium the recording files are stored in. Hard disk is the main
recording medium for MDVR X3II. But this model can support SD card for mirror recording as
well.
TYPE: The type of the file including all file, alarm file and normal file.
DATE: MDVR system will display the current date automatically. The date with record files is indicated by
green. The date with alarm file is indicated by red. The date without video files is indicated by
background color.
Please press【SEARCH】to enter into the below menu
CHANNEL：As X3II supports 4CH, the user have to choose the channels from which channel the user want to
playback the video.
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Please active the lock files in EVENT menu. Only EVENT file can be locked since for end user the event
files are very important.
If the video file is locked, it cannot be deleted by HDD overwrite function. The user have to unlock the
files first and then HDD overwrite function will delete the files. Only the HDD format will delete the locked
files.
VIDEO FILE STATUS: GREY mean there is no video file in this channel or no video during this period, GREEN
means the file is normal recording file, RED means alarm file but not locked, YELLOW
means the locked alarm files.
START TIME and END TIME: The MDVR device can support the video clip function. This time schedule is for both
playback locally (playback on MDVR device) and export (export to thumb drive and
playback on PC by MINI Player or Ceiba software). The user have to choose the
channel first, and then setup the start time and end time for the video clip. For
example: if the user select the start time is 01:20:00 and the end time is 02:20:00,
then click REPLAY, the MDVR system will playback (local playback) the video file in
this period on this channel. During playback, the user can press ENTRE key to
show OSD information.
UNLOCK: the user have to select the channel first, and then unlock the files in certain period.
The user can export the MDVR video files to external storage device for playback easily. Just please input the
START TIME and END TIME for the video from certain channel for local playback, insert the external storage
device by USB port and then click EXPORT, the following screen will pop up. During backing up, the external
device is not allowed to be moved.
TOTAL: total quantity of the files that the user selected for back up.
NO.: The file number which is being copied to external thumb drive.
After successful backup, the following screen will pop up.
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If the user do not connect external storage device or the storage device is defective, the system will
display NO EXTERNAL STORAGE.
If the MDVR’s current video type is different with the setting for the MDVR record last time, the video file
can not playback, for example, the video type of record files is NSTC, but the MDVR recording system
now is changed to PAL, the user can’t playback the video file until the user change the video type to be
NSTC. Meanwhile the MDVR system will show the user the INFORMATION: PLEASE CHANGE THE
VIDEO TYPE TO PLAYBACK.
After backup, the user can copy the video clips to the computer for playback. This exported video file can be
playback easily by MINI player or Ceiba as following:
By Mini player:
MINI player is a very simple player allowing the user to easily can playback and view files including
video, audio, GPS location, alarm information.
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By Ceiba software:
3.1.2 EVENT FILES
Search for all the event LOG.
EVENT TYPE: The type of the alarm file including I&O ALARM/ACCELERATION/SPPED/TEMP ALARM/BD
ALARM/MD ALARM/VL ALARM. The user can please select different alarm type to search the
log and playback the corresponding video files.
DATE: MDVR system will display the current date automatically. Or the user can input the date the userrself by the
soft
keyboard.
Please press【SEARCH】to enter into the next menu listing out all the LOG depends on
FILE TYPE and DATE selected.
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SEL: For selecting the LOG for backup. Please move the arrow key on remote control to select the LOG file that
need to back up. The file selected will be remarked by the icon ╳. Please press 【REV.】to for reversing
selection.
EVENT NAME: The event name is the one thatthe user setup for the events on the EVENT menu. But here just
show the event OSD information (the abbreviation). The alarm includes such as video loss, I/O
sensor, alarm for over speed, low speed or high temperature and so on.
DATE: Display the date on which the alarm is triggered.
TIME: The start time when the alarm is triggered
REC: if there is an red “R” means it has the corresponding alarm video files.
REV.: Reversing selection. For example: If there are no any files are selected and the user select 【REV.】, all the
files are selected. If one file is selected and select 【REV.】, the others will be selected and the
originally-selected one will be unselected.
EX LOG: Export the selected LOG to external device by USB port on the front of MDVR.
EXPORT: Export the corresponding video if the event has the record file. If no related video file, the user will got a
remind information that no video file.
3.2 SETUP
Move arrow key to select SYSTEM and press ENTER. The MDVR setup screen will show the menu as below:
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3.2.1 SYSTEM
3.2.1.1 DATE/TIME
DATE FORMAT: Press ENTRE on remote control to select different format MM/DD/YYYY,
DD/MM/YYYY,YYYY-MM-DD
TIME FORMAT: 12H or 24H, Press ENTER to select different format.
TIME SYNC SOURCE: The system can adjust the time in different zone via either “GPS” or “NTP”.
A: While selecting the “GPS”, the MDVR device must have GPS connection (Should have GPS
module and antenna) and GPS must receive the signal. When the system time arrives the sync
time, MDVR unit will synchronize with GPS time once.
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While setting the DST, the former date must be earlier than the later date. If the two setting
date is the same, the DST will be invalid.
B: While selecting the “NTP” (Network Time Protocol), the device must have network access
connection and assign the NTP IP location.
TIME ZONE: Please choose the correct time zone for MDVR system.
SYNC TIME: This is the time when the unit will sync the system time every day. The method depends on the
setting on the TIME SYNC SOURCE option:
NTP SERVER IP: Input the server IP which can support NTP protocol, in order to allow the system can have time
synchronization through the network. [Example: "192.43.244.18", "129.6.15.28",
"211.22.55.116", "194.88.2.60"]
DST: Daylight Time. Only when it set on, the following option will available.
DST MODE: There are two modes: AUTO/MANUAL. Auto: According to the international DST, i.e.: valid only
between 2AM on Second Sun in March and 2AM on First Sun in NOV.
Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid.
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3.2.1.2 OPTIONS
ON/OFF TYPE: There are ignition, timer and ignition or timer three options. They are the modes to boot up the
MDVR device (not for recording). For example, the setting is TIMER from 5:00~12:00am,
MDVR will startup automatically at 5:00am and shut down at 12:00am, but after the MDVR
starts up, it records or not depending on the setting in the SCHEDULE and RECORD
SETTINGS menu.
A) IGNITION: for shut down delay function. If the user make the setting for SHOW DOWN DELAY time is
5 min, the MDVR will shut down in 5 minutes after the ignition is off. This means that for example: if the
SHUT DOWN DELAY setting is 1 hour. It is 5:00am when the user turn off the ignition, the MDVR
system will shut down at 6:00am not at 5:00am.
B) TIMER: MDVR will boot up or shut down automatically at certain time configured every day.
C) IGNITION OR TIMER: means include both conditions.
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For TIMER type, if the setting for boot up time is 6:00:00 and shut time is 11:00:00, this means that the
MDVR only work from 6:00~11:00am every day and after 11:00 the MDVR unit will shut down
“automatically. The “shutdown delay” function is only for the IGNITION / IGNITION or TIMER setup.
BOOT UP TIME: The exact time for MDVR starts to work every day.
SHUT DOWN TIME: The exact time for MDVR shut down every day.
AUTO BOOT UP ON SCHDULE: ON means TIMER start up function is linked to record function. This
means that if the user boot up the MDVR device at certain time and the
MDVR system will to start recording at the same time. For example, if
the BOOT UP setting is 6:00 and SHUT DOWN TIME setting is 8:00am,
but record schedule is 5:00, then the MDVR will start up and record at
5:00.
BUZZER SWITCH: ON means the buzzer will alarm when alarm happens, OFF means no audio when
alarm happens.
IDLE TIME (SEC): How long the operation interface will switch to the QUAD view. If the user does
not make any operation on MDVR GUI for some time, the MDVR system will return
back to the QUAD view automatically. We suggest that the user please setup this
idle time as the user setup demand. Once the MDVR access into the GUI, the
MDVR will stop recording.
EVENT FILES AUTO-EXPORT (USB): When this switch is ON, the user can back up all the alarm record
files of the current day to thumb drive by press F1 key on remote control.
ASPECT MODE:This is the output mode for monitor.
TRANSPARENCY: Setup the brightness for the screen display as the user want.
Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid
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