Rugged CCTV Workhorse 120-8 Instruction Manual

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Statement of Compliance with FCC
Model Name: Workhorse 120-8
This device complies with Section 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is covered by the following
provisions: (1) This device shall not cause harmful interference, and; (2) this device must accept
any interference received including interference that may cause unintended operations.
Warning
Unauthorized reproduction of all or panel of this manual is strictly prohibited.
Cautions
To get the best use out of the product, be sure to read the cautions before using the product.
For your safety, please take note of the following:
zCaution
1. To prevent electric shock when installing, moving, or opening the DVR and peripheral
devices, connect and disconnect the cables as instructed in this manual. All cables
must be connected to grounded outlets.
2. Install the DVR such that it is easy to disconnect the power cord.
3. Do not use the DVR in water or in wet places (may cause electric shock).
4. Keep the vinyl packing materials used for the DVR or other peripheral devices out of
reach of children (may cause suffocation).
zDVR Installation Environment
1. The operating temperature should be 0˚C ~ 40˚C, and the operating humidity, 10% ~
80%.
2. Install the DVR in a safe, vibration-free place.
3. Install the DVR in a well-ventilated place.
4. To protect the hard drive from data loss and problems, install the DVR away from
magnetic interference.
5. When a standard rack is not used, use a separate table that allows gaps of 60cm
from the floor, 50cm from the ceiling, and 20cm from the wall.

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zSafety Notes on the DVR
1. When installing additional boards and HDDs, disconnect the power cable and turn off
the power of the DVR completely.
2. Keep the product away from heat sources such as heaters.
3. Do not use a damaged power cord.
4. To prevent and minimize trouble due to magnetic interference and electric surge, use
only grounded cables and outlets.

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5. Do not touch the power supply while the power cord is connected. Even if the switch
is turned off, electricity continues to flow through the cable and power supply while the
power cord is connected.
6. Do not place heavy objects on the product.
7. Do not drop conductive objects into the ventilation holes.
8. Allow sufficient space for system cabling (video inputs/loop outs) on the back of the
unit.
9. Use only the items indicated in this manual. Do not attempt to disassemble, repair, or
remodel the product without permission. IT WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY.
10. Incorrect system setup may cause undesirable effects.
11. Shut down the system properly as instructed in this manual.
12. The UPS power supply contains a small amount of toxic substances. Improper
installation of the battery, exposure to fire or moisture, disassembly or short circuit
may cause explosion. Keep the battery pack out of reach of infants or children.
zSafety Notes on the Lithium Battery
1. Replace lithium batteries as instructed in this manual.
2. Dispose of used lithium batteries properly.
Warnings and Cautions are indicated as follows:
Possible injury or product damage
Risk of minor injury or product damage

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Workhorse 120-8
C/O/N/T/E/N/T/S
Workhorse 120-8
Warning................................................................................................................. 1
Cautions................................................................................................................ 1
C/O/N/T/E/N/T/S ................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Overview .............................................................................................. 7
1-1 About the Product.................................................................................................................. 7
1-2 Major Features ...................................................................................................................... 7
1-3 Components .......................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2 Installation and Connection.................................................................. 9
2-1 Name and Features of Each Panel........................................................................................ 9
2-1-1 Front Panel ................................................................................................................... 9
2-1-2 Rear Panel.................................................................................................................. 10
2-2 Installation and Connection .................................................................................................11
2-2-1 Connection ................................................................................................................. 11
2-2-2 Adding a Hard Drive ................................................................................................... 13
2-2-3 Installing a D-RW........................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 3 Operation and Setup Tools ................................................................ 18
3-1 Front Buttons....................................................................................................................... 18
3-2 Remote Control ................................................................................................................... 19
3-3 Mouse.................................................................................................................................. 21
Chapter 4 System Operation .............................................................................. 22
4-1 Starting and Shutting down the System............................................................................... 22
4-1-1 Starting the System .................................................................................................... 22
4-1-2 Shutting down the System .......................................................................................... 22
4-2 System Login....................................................................................................................... 24
4-2-1 User Account ..............................................................................................................24
4-2-2 Login........................................................................................................................... 24
4-3 Monitoring............................................................................................................................ 26
4-3-1 Divided Screen and Automatic Screen Conversion .................................................... 26
4-4 Audio Recording and Playing .............................................................................................. 28
4-4-1 Audio Recording Setting ............................................................................................. 28
4-4-2 Audio Live................................................................................................................... 29
4-5 Viewing System Information and Changing the Display Setup............................................ 31
4-5-1 Viewing System Information ....................................................................................... 31
4-5-2 Brightness Control ...................................................................................................... 33

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4-5-3 Adjusting the Contrast ................................................................................................ 33
4-5-4 Camera Control .......................................................................................................... 33
4-5-5 TV Control .................................................................................................................. 34
4-5-6 Language.................................................................................................................... 34
4-5-7 Displaying/Hiding the Camera Name.......................................................................... 35
4-5-8 Controlling the Screen Border..................................................................................... 35
4-5-9 Reset .......................................................................................................................... 36
4-6 System Log ......................................................................................................................... 37
4-6-1 Log Type..................................................................................................................... 37
4-6-2 Viewing the System Log ............................................................................................. 37
4-7 Record................................................................................................................................. 40
4-7-1 Recording Type .......................................................................................................... 40
4-7-2 Recording Setup ......................................................................................................... 40
4-7-3 Viewing the Recording Status..................................................................................... 40
4-7-4 Starting and Stopping Record All................................................................................ 41
4-7-5 Watermark .................................................................................................................. 42
4-8 Search ................................................................................................................................. 43
4-8-1 Selecting Search Mode............................................................................................... 43
4-8-2 Search Method ........................................................................................................... 44
4-8-3 Selecting the Search Tool........................................................................................... 44
4-8-4 Multi-channel .............................................................................................................. 47
4-8-5 Multi-hour.................................................................................................................... 49
4-8-6 Multi-date .................................................................................................................... 50
4-9 Play ..................................................................................................................................... 51
4-9-1 Selecting Play Mode ................................................................................................... 51
4-9-2 Playing and Controlling the Playing Speed ................................................................. 54
4-9-3 Playing on a Divided Screen....................................................................................... 54
4-9-4 Audio Playing.............................................................................................................. 55
4-9-5 Mute............................................................................................................................ 57
4-9-6 Smart Search..............................................................................................................58
4-9-7 Digital Zoom-in............................................................................................................ 61
4-10 Backup .............................................................................................................................. 63
4-11 PTZ Camera Control .........................................................................................................67
4-11-1 Conditions for Using PTZ.......................................................................................... 67
4-11-2 Shifting to PTZ Mode ................................................................................................ 67
4-11-3 PTZ Control ..............................................................................................................67

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Chapter 5 System Setup..................................................................................... 70
5-1 Main Setup .......................................................................................................................... 70
5-1-1 Starting the Main Setup .............................................................................................. 70
5-1-2 Recording Setup ......................................................................................................... 71
5-1-3 Recording Schedule ................................................................................................... 88
5-1-4 System........................................................................................................................ 93
5-1-5 Storage Device ......................................................................................................... 104
5-1-6 NTP .......................................................................................................................... 109
5-1-7 Advanced..................................................................................................................113
5-2 Additional Setup ................................................................................................................ 116
5-2-1 Selecting Additional Setup........................................................................................ 116
5-2-2 PTZ Setup ................................................................................................................ 117
5-2-3 Network Setup .......................................................................................................... 120
Chapter 1 Rugged Vision Viewer (Web monitoring) ......................................... 128
1-1 Access............................................................................................................................... 128
1-2 Description of the Basic Features...................................................................................... 130
1-3 Audio ................................................................................................................................. 131
1-4 Color Adjust....................................................................................................................... 131
1-5 DVR Network Setting.........................................................................................................132
1-6 Viewing a Divided Screen.................................................................................................. 133
1-7 Search and Playback.........................................................................................................136
--Search Method ....................................................................................................... 137
--Search and Play ..................................................................................................... 137
--Playback Control .................................................................................................... 138
--Screen Description ................................................................................................. 139
-DVR Setup....................................................................................................................... 139
Chapter 2 Quick Viewer .................................................................................... 140
2-1 File Play............................................................................................................................. 141
2-2 Description of Buttons ....................................................................................................... 141
2-3 Version Information ........................................................................................................... 141
A/P/P/E/N/D/I/X............................................................................................... 1423
1. PTZ Camera Protocol ......................................................................... 1434
2. Recommended HDD ............................................................................. 143
3. Recommended USB 2.0 Device ......................................................... 1445
Memory Stick ......................................................................................................... 1445
2.5’’ Portable USB HDD......................................................................................... 1445
CD-RW, DVD-RW.................................................................................................. 1445
IEEE1394 Device................................................................................................... 1445

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Chapter 1 Overview
1-1 About the Product
Workhorse 120-8 is a digital video monitoring system. This product can display and record, at a high
resolution rate, the video data of up to four cameras.
Front buttons, remote control, and mouse are provided for the user’s convenience; along with
network features including monitoring and remote system setup.
Workhorse 120-8 supports up to 120/100 (NTSC/PAL) fps.
1-2 Major Features
zStable Standalone DVR (embedded Linux)
zVideo output
- Loop output: 8 BNC
- Monitor output: 1 BNC, 1 VGA
- Spot output: 1 BNC
z480fps real-time display/120fps recording
zResolution
- NTSC: 320×240, 640×240, 640×480
- PAL: 320×288, 640×288, 640×576
zCompression type: MPEG4 (video)/G.726 (audio)
zBackup/Copy Ethernet, IEEE1394, USB2.0, Built-in CD-RW/DVD-RW
zSystem operation: Front buttons/Remote control/Network/USB2.0 mouse/System control
z4-channel audio input
zVarious network interfaces
- Cable modem, Ethernet, ADSL/DHCP client
zSystem automation (all features are remote controllable)
zNTP support
zVarious recording modes
- Auto, Continuous, Event (sensor, motion, sound) recording
zRecording schedule
zMulti-language support, Automatic emailing
zPTZ control through RS485 communication
zRemote monitoring software, Remote monitoring through the web browser, PDA.
zStorage device
- Internal storage device: Max. 4HDD, 2TB

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1-3 Components
After unpacking the product, check whether the following accessories are included:
1) Basic panels
2) Optional panels
Rack Mounting Handle
DIO (Sensor/Relay) Extension Module DIO (Sensor/Relay) Extension Module Cable

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Chapter 2 Installation and Connection
2-1 Name and Features of Each Panel
Buttons are conveniently located on the front panel of Workhorse 120-8, and various interfaces, on
the rear panel. Workhorse 120-8 can be easily installed in the standard rack by the rack mounting
handles (on the left and right sides).
2-1-1 Front Panel
No. Name Features
1 Remote The green light is ON when the remote control is
accessing the DVR
2 Network The green light is ON when the DVR is being accessed
through the network
3 Backup The green light is ON when the DVR is making a
backup
4 HDD The green light is turned ON when the hard drive is
operating.
5 Alarm The red light is ON when an alarm is triggered.
6 CD-RW/DVD-RW CD-RW/DVD-RW installation slot
7 Numeric buttons Numeric buttons
8 USB External backup device or USB mouse connection
9 Remote control sensor Remote control reception sensor
10 Power System power ON/OFF or Selection button

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2-1-2 Rear Panel
No. Name Features Form
1 AC in Power cable connection to the body
2 Ethernet
ADSL, Cable modem, Ethernet 10/100 Base-T connection RJ-45
3 IEEE1394
IEEE1394 device connection
4 VGA VGA monitor connection D-SUB 15
5 RS-232C
Serial cable connection for system upgrade
Interface with POS/ATM/MTRIX
D-SUB 9-
pIN
6 RS485 PTZ camera control cable connection RJ-11 6-pin
7 TV CCTV monitor connection BNC
8 Spot SPOT monitor output connection BNC
9 Line Out
Line level audio output RCA
10 SPK Out Speaker output RCA
11 DIO Sensor/Relay extension board D-SUB 25
12 Loop Out
Video signal loop-back output connection BNC
13 Video In Video signal input connection BNC
14 Audio In Audio signal input connection RCA

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2-2 Installation and Connection
2-2-1 Connection
Connect the DVR to the CCTV cameras, CCTV monitor (or PC monitor), PTZ camera control cable,
audio input/output port, network, and sensor as shown below:
Connection Device DVR Port
1CCTV camera Video input
2CCTV monitor (or PC monitor) CCTV (or VGA)
3 PTZ camera RS485
4 Audio input/Audio output Audio input/Audio output
5 LAN cable Ethernet
6 Sensor/Relay extension board DIO
7 IEEE1394 device IEEE1394
1.The inputted video type must be either NTSC or PAL; these two types must not be used
together.
2.The inputted video type (NTSC/PAL) is automatically recognized upon the initial operation
of the system.
(1) PTZ camera
 To use a PTZ camera, connect the control cable to the RS485 connector.
RS485 uses the RJ-11 6-pin type. Below is the pin arrangement:
Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6
RS485 GND TR+ TR- TR+ TR- GND
(2) Spot monitor
Spot monitor refers to a CCTV monitor that displays events.
The Spot Monitor function displays the video of a channel with an event being detected (motion,

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sensor, or sound) on full screen. Events are checked every second; if events are detected in multiple
channels, the video of the channel with the latest event is displayed.
(3) Audio input/output
There are four audio input ports, one line output port, and one speaker output port.
(4) Sensor/Relay extension board
Connect the sensor/relay extension board to the DIO port on the rear side of the system using a D-
SUB 25-type extension cable.
A) External sensor connection option
The sensor/relay extension board consists of 16 sensor input ports and 4 relay output ports.
Sensor/Relay extension board
Sensor input port
Up: 1~8
Down: 9~16
Connecting the external sensor
 Connect the external sensor cables to S1 ~ S16 and the input port of the sensor/relay
extension board module with symbol.
 Each input port may be used regardless of the channel number.
Example - Connecting three external sensors
Connect the external sensor cable to the sensor input ports as shown below:
External Sensor Input Port Ground Port
Sensor1 S1 GND
Sensor1 S3 GND

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Sensor1 S6 GND
Sensor types include Normal Close (NC) or Normal Open (NO). For more information on
sensor type setting, see {5-1-2 Recording Setup} Æ{(7) Event Setup} Æ{(B) Sensor}.
Normal Close (NC): Opens in case of incoming signal when closed normally
Normal Open (NO): Closes in case of incoming signal when opened normally
B) Relay connection
Relay output port
 Connect the alarm light or external alarm device to the relay output port to generate alarms
through the external alarm device.
 Connect the external alarm device to the Rx_COM or Rx output port of the sensor/relay
extension module.
Example - Connecting four external sensors
Connect the external sensor cable to the relay output port as shown below:
External Alarm
Device Output Port Ground Port
Relay 1 R1 R1_COM
Relay 2 R2 R2_COM
Relay 3 R3 R3_COM
Relay 4 R4 R4_COM
Relay types include Normal Close (NC) or Normal Open (NO.) For more information on relay
setting, select {5-1-2 Recording Setup} Æ{(8) Alarm Output} Æ{(D) Relay}.
Normal Close (NC): Opens in case of incoming signal when closed normally
Normal Open (NO): Closes in case of incoming signal when opened normally
2-2-2 Adding a Hard Drive
Up to four hard drives may be installed in the system using two hard drive cables. Each hard
drive cable can connect two drives, which must be configured in master/slave structure.
In the absence of CD-RW, two hard drive bays are installed: one on the right and the other on the
left. If there is a CD-RW, however, two hard drive bays are installed on the right.
The jumper setting method varies by manufacturer or model. Refer to the jumper setting
information marked on the front side of the hard drive.

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Example - Setting the jumper for a Western Digital WD1200 hard drive
Adding a hard drive
1) Before installing the HDD, turn OFF the DVR and disconnect the power cord.
2) Never touch a grounded metallic object when installing the HDD (may cause the body to
absorb static electricity, which in turn can cause problems in the DVR).
3) After installing the HDD, do not turn the power ON until the top cover is
closed. Never use the DVR with the top cover opened.

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 Before turning OFF the power, shut down the system first.
 Unscrew and open the upper case.
 Unscrew the hard drive bay using a
screwdriver and separate the hard
drive bay from the body.
 Insert the hard drives into the hard drive bay

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 Connect the hard drive power cable and the hard drive connection cable to the corresponding
ports. Connect the hard drive connection cable as follows:
1. Connecting one hard drive connection cable
1) Installing one HDD
System Master
Primary (Master) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1
2) Installing two HDDs
System Master
Slave
Primary (Master) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1
2. Connecting two hard drive connection cables
1) Installing three HDDs
System Master
Slave
Primary (Master) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1
System Master
Secondary (Slave) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1
2) Installing four HDDs
System Master
Slave
Primary (Master) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1
System Master
Slave
Secondary (Slave) E- IDE Connector 0 Connector 1

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 Place the hard drive bay on the body and fasten with screws.
 Close the upper case and fasten the screws.
 Turn the power ON and start the system.
After adding a hard drive, select {Main Setup} -> {Storage Device} -> {Local} -> {3.
Manage Local Storage Device}. For more information, see {5. System Setup} -> {5-1
Main Setup} -> {5-1-5 Storage Device}.
2-2-3 Installing a CD-RW
 Unscrew and open the upper case.
 Screw in the CD-RW/DVD-RW on the
front CD-RW/DVD-RW bay.
 Connect the power cord of the CD-RW/DVD-RW and the E-IDE cable to the corresponding
ports.
Note ! Before connecting the E-IDE cable to the slave E-IDE, set the jumper of the CD-RW/DVD-
RW as slave

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Chapter 3 Operation and Setup Tools
The user can operate Workhorse 120-8 easily using the remote control, mouse, or remote access
software.
3-1 Front Buttons
No. Name Features
1 Remote
The green light is ON when the remote
control is accessing the DVR
2 Network
The green light is ON when the DVR is being
accessed through the network
3 Backup
The green light is ON when the DVR is
making a backup
4 HDD
The green light is turned ON when the hard
drive is operating.
5 Alarm
The red light is ON when an alarm is
triggered.
6 CD-RW/DVD-RW
CD-RW/DVD-RW installation slot
7 Numeric buttons
Numeric buttons
8 USB
External backup device or USB mouse
connection
9 Remote control sensor Remote control reception sensor
10 Power
System power ON/OFF or Selection button
The front buttons are used only for inputting numeric data. Use the mouse or remote
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3-2 Remote Control A. Basic control buttons
Power Turns the system ON or
OFF
Lock Disables the mouse,
remote control, or touch
screen
~
Number Used to input numeric data
ID setting Used to set the remote
control ID
ESC Exits the current menu
or selects the upper menu
B. System operation and setup buttons
MAIN
SETUP
Main setup Used to set up the
recording, recording
schedule, and system
APP.
SETUP
APP setup Used to set up the PTZ
and network
PTZ
PTZ Changes the PTZ camera
control mode
SEARCH
Search Searches recorded images
Move Moves an item
or changes the display
mode
Select Selects an item
or converts screens
Sequentially
Setting the remote control ID
Example - Setting the remote control ID as 1
Select the [ID] button and enter the two-digit remote control ID. Afterward, press the [ID] button
again.
To control all DVRs with different DVR IDs, set the remote control ID as 999.
,
,