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VR Enterprise DVR System
DVR Server (ver. 6.05)
User Manual

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Contents
Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface······················· 3
1.1 Installing ································································ 3
1.2 Disk management······················································ 3
1.3 Start up ·································································· 5
1.4 Main Interface·························································· 6
1.4.1 Show tips····························································································6
1.4.2 Screen menu·······················································································6
1.4.3 Interface description········································································10
1.4.4 System Menu ····················································································13
1.4.5 Network panel··················································································22
1.4.6 PTZ Control panel ···········································································22
1.4.7 Color and Audio adjustment····························································27
1.4.8 Matrix & display··············································································27
1.4.9 DI/DO Control·················································································28
Chapter2 Local setup············································30
2.1 System setup···························································31
2.1.1 System setup·····················································································31
2.1.2 Network setup···················································································33
2.1.3 Boot setup·························································································35

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2.2 Camera setup ··························································35
2.2.1 Camera setup···················································································35
2.2.2 Group setup······················································································39
2.3 Sensor setup ···························································41
2.3.1 Sensor setup·····················································································41
2.3.2 Group setup······················································································41
2.4 PTZ & Linkage setup·················································43
2.4.1 PTZ protocol setup···········································································43
2.4.2 Motion detection relay & remote client alert ··································44
2.5 E-mail setup ···························································45
2.5.1 SMTP setup······················································································46
2.5.2 E-Mail setup·····················································································46
2.6 Digital matrix setup···················································47
2.6.1 Matrix setup·····················································································47
2.6.2 Display setup····················································································48
2.7 User setup······························································49
2.7.1 User information··············································································49
2.7.2 User right setup ···············································································50
Chapter3 IP Camera Setup ····································52
3.1 Functional buttons ····················································52

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3.2 Server setup····························································53
3.3 Channel setup··························································54
3.4 PTZ control····························································56
3.5 Sensor setup ···························································59
3.6 Alarm setup····························································60
Chapter4 Local playback·······································62
4.1 Main interface·························································62
4.2 Select playback channel··············································63
4.2.1 Select date························································································63
4.2.2 Select camera···················································································63
4.2.3 Select file··························································································64
4.3 Play file and related operations ·····································65
4.4 Capture picture························································66
4.5 Create clip file·························································67
4.5.1 Create file clip··················································································67
4.5.2 Backup by time: ···············································································68
4.5.3 View Backup file···············································································71
4.6 Search captured picture ··············································73
4.7 Fast search ·····························································74

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4.8 Camera status··························································75
4.9 Show files······························································76
Chapter5 IE client ··················································78
5.1 Functions of IE Client················································78
5.2 Main interface·························································78
5.2.1 Connection operations·····································································79
5.2.2 Connection/Record status································································79
5.2.3 Partition mode ·················································································79
5.2.4 PTZ Control ·····················································································80
5.2.5 Quit program····················································································80
5.3 Local search ···························································80
5.4 Remote search·························································81
5.4.1 Fast download record data······························································82
Chapter6 Mobile Client··········································84
6.2 Download software ···················································84
6.3 Install and connect····················································85
6.3.1 Installation·······················································································85
6.3.2 Connection·······················································································85
6.4 Login Interface························································85

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6.5 Camera List····························································86
6.6 PTZ control····························································87
Chapter7 Appendixes ···········································88
7.1 Appendix A: Fast key reference·····································88
7.2 Appendix B: Audio preview·········································89
7.3 Appendix C: Update drivers of compressed card ·················90
7.4 Appendix D: How to use “Copy File” folder. ·····················92
Refer to the Tutorial video for other selected topic illustrated in video format.
The tutorials are small video file that can be played from the local DVR system.
It will illustrate many of the common task involved in working with your DVR system.
Please follow the link from the desktop ―Click here for Technical Support and Serial number‖.

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Introduction and Overview:
Thank you for purchasing the VR Enterprise DVR system. This user manual is designed
to introduce you the system and explain each function of DVR system for you to set up the
system to use effectively, stably, and professionally to meet your security recording needs.
Note: Please set the resolution of the display monitor to 1024*768 pixels before using
this system.
IMPORTANT! Operators should go through this manual thoroughly before
installing/utilizing the DVR system.
Cost Efficient –Uses IP infrastructure. There is no need for costly dedicated cables
between sites and servers to efficiently manage data, video, audio, and other files. The DVR
software uses H.264 technology which maximizes the use of the space on your HDD.
Leverage - Centralized control of setup parameters, scheduled alerts and maintenance of
those individual digital image devices like DVR, VR, etc.
Straightforward Application and Management - Supports centralized network recording
management, flexible storage and HDD coverage and usage. Password-protected application
with multi-level user rights assignment per user.
System features:
-Hardware support for H.264 compression, therefore giving you low HDD cost and excellent
video quality
-Web access through LAN or WAN
-Real time full-motion video-capture & display (Up to 64 channel video input)
-Real time high-speed recording: Up to 30 fps per channel
-Synchronous audio recording (optional)
-Motion detection (Whole area or up to 12 detection zones per channel)
-Normal recording (continuous) and event recording (Motion detection or external sensor)
-Electron Map pop-up when an alarm occurs
-System operating and alarm logging
-Alarm-before recording
-Remote recording
-Sending alarm messages automatically
-Sending alarm image to email box as attachment automatically
-Matrix display and group display
-Duplex mode (Recording while playback)
-Network support (Remote access via LAN, Ethernet, PSTN, ISDN, ADSL)
-Pan, tilt, zoom, focus & speed dome control from within the software
-Search/playback by date/time directory (random-access) and via Smart Search
-Backup & burn CD directly
-Remote talking between server and client or server and server

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Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface
1.1 Installing
1) Before you run DVR server, please check all connectors are firmly
connected.
2) By default, the operating system will identify the compressed cards
automatically as the new hardware.
First, you should install the compressed card and its driver: Appendix C: Update drivers of
compressed card Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2 Disk management
When you installed the software, you will see this interface:
Notice: If you don‘t create the file management system at first, the Dvr
server will not record.
Disk Drives: Display the disk and its format. Total Size (M):Display the
disk total size. Free Space (M): Display the free space of the disk. Allotted
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Data Package: Display the residual data package. New Data Package: Select
the number of the new data package.
You can select the number of the new data package in the drop-down list.
The software could calculate the rest space automatically.
Notice: the space of the package is 256M as the default, you cannot be
changed.
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allows three free packages as default; however it is recommended that at
least 40 packages are left free. Click the to create the
data and index file system.
Note: You can‟t delete some files of the _RECORD_DATA_ file folder if the space is not enough,
you should delete the whole _RECORD_DATA_ file folder and run the disk manage utility
again.
1.3 Start up
Left-Double-Click shortcut icon to start the server software.
The main interface is as follows:
Note:
When you run the system for the first time and you do not have a valid registration key for
the cards, the system will pop up a dialog box to show that you will be working in test mode
until a valid key is installed. After you confirm it, the system will work in test mode normally.

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1.4 Main Interface
1.4.1 Show tips
1. When the mouse moves closely or stops above a button, a text tip will
be shown to interpret the function of it immediately.
2. Zoom in/out video image: Left-Double-Click a camera window to zoom
in/out of the video image (or press F11 on the keyboard).
3. System will detect cards and read the total number automatically, and
the corresponding number buttons will be displayed dynamically.
4. Recording status:
a. This icon means the system is recording normally.
b. This icon means the system is recording manually.
c. This icon means the system is recording in motion detection.
d. This icon means the system is recording in sensor detection.
1.4.2 Screen menu
Press the TAB key or Page UP (select next camera window) and Page
Down (select previous camera window) key on keyboard to select one live
camera window.
1. Full screen
Single-Right- Click image area, it will popup a menu, then select ―full
screen‖ to change display mode to full screen (or press F12 on the keyboard).
When you want to resume origin mode, you should Single-Right- Click image
area and select ―Restore display‖.
2. Instant playback
Single-Right-Click desired camera window and select ―Instant playback‖
(except IP Camera, it can just play back instantly in the window that is not
used). After that, choose a time from the submenu, and then system will play
back video data of current camera in current window according to your
selection (E.g.: you select 1min, system will play back previous 1 minute
video data of current camera in current window). Also, you can play back
video data of one current live camera in a window that is not used by any
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Camera can only play back instantly in those windows): Select a window, and
then Single-Right-Click it to select ―Instant playback‖. Finally, choose a time
and the camera you want to playback, and then system will play back video
data in current window according to your selection.
The window that is playing back video data will indicate a yellow border
to be different from the live windows.
In the course of the instant playback, you can press the Space bar to
switch the play/pause status or direction key →and ←to play next and
previous frame.
If you want to stop the instant playback, you can Single-Right-Click the
play backing window, and select ―End playback‖.
3. Alarm popup
Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select ―Start
alarm popup‖ after you set ―Alarm camera popup interval‖ in system setup,
otherwise, it can‘t be selected. After that when there is a motion detection
alarm (set in PTZ & Linkage setup and Motion detection setup) or an alarm is
triggered by sensor (set in Sensor setup), system will display alarm cameras
in sequence. This function does not include IP cameras, even though an IP
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this function, you can Single-Right-Click video image area and select ―Pause
alarm popup‖.
4. OSD Adjustment
Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select ―OSD
Adjustment‖ to adjust the position of items on the OSD (IP Camera does not
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OSD includes time and channel name. In this screen you can press time
or channel name and drag them to where you want directly, after that you can
press button to save and press button to resume time
and channel name to default position.
5. IP Camera setup
For this function, it is only available when you Right-single-Click image of
IP camera.
It will describe in details in IP Camera Setup.

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1.4.3 Interface description
1. Partition mode
Press button to set the partition mode of the main screen. There
are many partition levels; the default partition is determined by the total
number of channels on the local card, you can select the suitable partition
according to the number of video inputs.
2. Videos-play-in-sequence mode switch
Press button to switch between viewing all cameras in current
window partition to begin sequencing dynamically between the remaining
camera windows, but not when the current partition number is equal to the
total channels of the card.
3. Emergency recording button
Press button to trigger recording of all cameras for 30 seconds
even if they have been set to record by any other modes. This function is
useful to deal with emergency where quick response is required.

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4. Image capture
Press button to save a still image of selected camera to local hard
disk for reviewing or print.
5. Manual record switch
Press button to record manually and press it again to stop manual
recording for selected camera.
6. Information display panel
From the information display panel you can see the current day of the
week, the date, time, CPU percentage being used, the amount of HDD space
with recorded data, and currently selected camera.
When the capacity of HDD is not enough or there are read/write errors
while recording, the system will pop up information to inform of the failure of
recording and the corresponding camera will stop recording.
7. Local setup submenu
Press button to enter Local setup submenu.
8. Local playback submenu
Press button to enter Local playback submenu to search local
video/audio data.

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9. System lock
Press button to prevent unauthorized users to operate the DVR
system. Press this button again; the unlock dialog box will be displayed. Input
your User ID and password then press OK to unlock it.
Default User ID is ―admin‖, no password. Password must not be more
than 12 letters or numbers. It is caps sensitive and does not allow the use of
special characters such as !@#$%^&*().
Note: If the DVR system is not configured as User Manage Mode, the lock button will be
unusable and allow anyone to access it (even in client program, user name and password will be
useless)
10. Minimize button
Press button to minimize the main window (or press WIN + Z on
keyboard).
11. Exit program
Press button to exit program.
After clicking this button, a dialog will display. Click ―OK‖ to close the
DVR system.

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1.4.4 System Menu
1. IP Camera Device List
Press this bar to add IP Modules to DVR system.

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(1) Add IP camera device
Press button to add an IP Camera device:
Figure2—1
【Server Name】Set a name for the new IP camera device.
【IPAddress】Input the address of the IP Camera, it is an IP address or
IP alias of an IP camera which is connected through DNS Server.
【Steam Type】Select the main stream or sub stream for the device.
【Connect Port】Port that the system will connect to the IP Camera.
【Login user ID/Login Pass】When the user want to visit IP Camera and
the server has used the function of rights management, login user ID and
password will be checked. If the user has no right to visit that camera, the
connection will be cut down automatically.
【If use DNS to get IP】Select whether use DNS to get IP or not, if the
server end is the dynamic IP address, users need use DNS to get the server‘s
IP.
【DNS Server IP】Set IP address of DNS server host.
【DNS Server Port】DNS server host‘s port, which is provide to connect
DNS software.