Abus TVVR40010 manual

ABUS Digit al Recorder TVVR40000 / TVVR400 10 TVVR40020 / TVVR400 21 User manual Version 1.4[...]

Notes on the operating instructions 2 English These user manual contains important inform ation for in- stallation and operation. This should be also noted when this product is passed on to a third part y. Theref ore look after these operat ing instructio ns for future reference! A list of contents with the c orresponding pa ge number can be found [...]

Device overview 3 Device overv iew Front Rear TVVR40000 and TVVR400 10 are similar to above diagram. See System operation on page 13.[...]

Device overview 4 Remote control (TV AC40930 optional available)[...]

Contents 5 Device overv iew ................................... ................................................... ................................................... ...................... 3 Quick guide ............................ ................................................... ................................................... ............[...]

Contents 6 Setting the cam era output............................................................. ................................................... ......................... 22 Record Settings ....................... ................................................... ................................................... ..........................[...]

Contents 7 Upgrading th e device ............................................... ................................................... .............................................. 44 Log Search ................................................ ................................................... .................................................. ....[...]

Quick guide 8 Quick guide Before you start The following preparatory steps must be m ade: 1. Pay attention to t he general inf ormation, saf ety i form ation and notes on sett ing up and connect ing the device (see page 9). 2. Check the conte nts of the p ackage f or completeness and dam ages. 3. Insert the batteri es into the remote control. Note [...]

Important safety information Explanation of symbols The following s ymbols are used in this m anual and on the device: Symbol Signal word Meanin g W arning Indicates a risk of injury or hea lth hazards. W arning Indicates a risk of injur y or health hazards caused by electric al voltage. Important Indicates possi ble damage to the device/accessor i[...]

Important safet y information 10 • To avoid the p ossibility of fires, the plug sho uld a ways be disc onnected from the network socket if the device is not us ed for long perio ds. Disconne device from the mains power supply before im pen ing electrical st orms, or use an u ninterruptible power supply. Warning Never open t he device on your own![...]

Care and maintenance Maintenance is necessar y if the device has b een da aged. This incl udes dam age to the plug, mains c able and housing, penetr ation of the interior by liquids or foreign objects, exposure to rain or m oisture or when the device does not work properly or h as fallen. • Disconnect the device from the m ains power s upply befo[...]

Introduction 12 Introduction Dear custom ers, Thank you for purchasing t his product. This product com plies with current domestic and Eur pean regulatio ns. Conform ity has been pr oven, and all re lated certificat ions are availab le from the manufacturer on request ( www.abus-sc.c om). To maintain t his status a nd to guarantee s afe operat ion,[...]

System operation 13 System operation General information The device can be controlled as follows: • Using the opera ting elem ents on the front of the de- vice • Using the rem ote control • Using the US B mouse Operating elements on the device Note Pay attention to t he overvie w on page 3. No. Name Function 1 Recorder ope rating keys: MENU ?[...]

System operation 14 Connections on the rear of the de vice Note Pay attention to t he overvie w on page 3. No. Name Function 8 M A IN: BNC video output • W hen using a VGA monitor : No video signa l is displa yed. • W hen using no VGA monitor : The main video s ignal is dis played. VIDEO SPOT OUT: BNC vi deo output • The video sp ot signal is[...]

System operation 15 No. Name Function 29 Not used 30 Not used 31 Zoom +: Zooms in on the image sec tion in PTZ m ode 32 F1: In lists: • Selects all ava ilable options 33 Zoom - : Zooms out of the image se ction in PTZ mode 34 F2: Switches betwee n tabs 35 IRIS - : In PTZ m ode: • Closes the iris 36 Focus - : In PTZ m ode: • Brings the im age [...]

System operation 16 On-screen keyboard The on- screen k eyboard appears af ter clicking on a t ext entry field with th e mouse: The ke y s ha ve the sam e function as on a c omputer k e board. • To enter the c haracter, left- click the m ouse. • To finish data entr y, press Ent er . • To delete the c haracter in front of the cursor, c lick on[...]

Status displays 17 Status display s General information The following sta tus displa ys indicate the curren t operat- ing state: • LEDs on the f ront of the device • Acoustic signa l tones • Icons (displa y elements) on the monitor Note Pay attention to t he inform ation in the separate quick guide. DVR status LED State Function W hite (const[...]

Setup wizard 18 Setup w izard Setting up the s y stem The setup wizar d guides you through the necessary b sic s y stem settings. The D VR is then set up f or recording and surveillance. Note All detailed sett ings can be found in the de vice menu (s ee overview on page 3 1). The language s election ap pears after switch ing on for the first time: [...]

HDD Management 1. Click on “Enter ”. 2. To set up a ne w HDD, tick the box and then cl ick on Init . Warning All data on the dr ive is dele ted! 3. Confirm the prompt b y pressing OK . The HD D is then set up for operation . The progres s is displa yed on the status bar . 4. Exit the setting b y pressing O K , then click on Record Settings 1. C[...]

Live view 20 Live view Overview The live vie w starts autom atically after the de vice is switched on. You can also g o back to the live view b y pressing the Men u key repeatedly. The following m enus are fo und in the screen header: • Menu • Playback • PTZ The view pop-up m enu is found on the right. T he time and date are displayed on the [...]

Live view 21 Single Cam era Full-screen v iew for selecte d camer a Multi Cam era Various cam era layouts Next Screen Displays the nex t camer a(s) Stop Auto- switch Starts the cam era sequenc e Digital Zoom Zooms in on the image sec tion PTZ Activates PT Z mode Playback Switches to pl ayback m ode Menu Opens the m ain menu Note Stop Auto-s witch: [...]

Live view 22 System Settings Note The live vie w can be set as follows. Open the m ain menu, then click on “System Settings” and then “Disp lay Settings” : Video Output VGA, monitor, AUX (CVBS) Selects the conn ection whe re the settings shou ld be changed Mode Various cam era layouts Dwell Tim e Switching tim e between the individ- ual cam[...]

Record Settings 23 Record Settings Set-up Open the m ain menu, then click on “System Settings” and then “Recor d Settings” : General setti ngs The following set tings can be m ade in the “G eneral” tab: Camer a Camer a to be set Stream Stream 1: Prop erties for c ontinuous recording Stream 2: Prop erties for ev ent re- cording Stream 3:[...]

Record Settings 24 In the OSD, the hours of the res pective da ys are listed from left to right (the days ar e listed from top to bottom). A colour k ey is shown unde rneath the da ys (i.e. the re- cording periods i n the sche dule are shown in co lour ac - cording to the tr igger (recordin g types)). Colour s y mbo l Ke y Blue Norm al recording: P[...]

Playback 25 Playback General information Playback can be made in three d ifferent wa ys: • Through the v ideo search i n the m ain menu • From the live v iew • Through the lo g file in the maintenance m enu Playback screen Playback is controlled on th e control pane l: No. Area  Running pla yback with date and time  Used to select t he [...]

Playback 26 The following set tings are a vailable: Camer a Camer a to be set Video T ype Schedule, m otion detection, al arm or m o- tion detection a nd/or alarm , manual re- cording, all File Type Locked, unloc ked, all Start Tim e End Tim e Enter the date an d tim e Details Opens the detai led view. The cam eras are listed in seque nce. The colo[...]

PTZ control 27 PTZ control General information PTZ control is used to acce ss individual PT Z camer as and control them manuall y. Note W hen using ABUS PTZ- Cameras there is the op- tion to conf igure tours directl y in the cam era. The advantage is th at other contr ol devices, e.g. k ey- board, can ca ll the tours as well. • In order to open t[...]

PTZ control 28 PTZ Settings The following set tings are n ecessar y on the PTZ cam era: The settings ar e used for c onfiguring the cam era on th e corresponding co nnections. 1. Select the instal led cam era. 2. Enter the data of the connec ted camera. 3. The address ( ID) is used to c learly identif y and con- trol the PT Z camera. 4. If several [...]

PTZ control 29 Tour Settings Patrols are def ined tours f rom position to pos ition that ar e accessed in se quence on t he PTZ cam era. The individual positions are pres ets, which s hould be set as detailed above. The cam eras can th en each be m oved in se- quence to the corr espondin g positions at a def ined speed, where the y remain for a set[...]

PTZ control 30 Pattern Settings Patterns are def ined tours fr om position to pos ition that are accessed i n sequence on th e PTZ cam era. Patterns are recorded l ive. The s ystem saves the par ameters used whilst you move and adj ust the cam eras in se- quence to the corr espondin g positions at a def ined speed. • Select the cam era in the co [...]

Device menu 31 Device menu Menu overview The following overview sho ws all m enus used to set and control the de vice. • W hen the mouse cursor is poi nted at a m enu, it is mark ed and a short descrip tion of the m enu is shown at the bottom . • Click on the m enu to open i t. • Click “Exit” to clos e the m enu overview. Menu descript io[...]

Device menu 32 Manual Record Note Only active cam eras can be s elected for m anual recording. The recording st arts imm ediately. 1. Select the cam era by tick ing the correspond ing box. 2. After a cam era has been selecte d, the box chan ges to ON . 3. Click “All” to s elect all cam eras. Note Starting manua l recording on th e control panel[...]

Device menu 33 1. Set the param eters that shoul d be used for searc h- ing for a recor ding. 2. W hen searching in the “General” t ab, you can open the overvie w by pressing “Deta ils”: • The recordings o n the sele cted cam eras are dis- played b y day and accordin g to the follo wing colours. • Blue: Norm al • Red: Event • You ca[...]

Device menu 34 Video Export Note The export f unction is used to store im portant re- cordings on con nected exter nal media, such as : • USB m edia • USB HDD • DVD writer 1. Enter the param eters (s ee page 32). 2. Click on “Deta ils” to lim it the search. 3. Click on Expo rt to start the s earch. The results screen is displa yed. • Th[...]

Manual Alarm Note The menu is used to check the recording setti ngs in the event of an alarm , to trigger alarm outputs manuall y and to test the settings. You can the n check and correct your setti ngs in the pla yback screen. 1. Select the cam era by click ing the correspon ding line. 2. Click on T rigger to switch on the alarm manually. Trigger [...]

Device menu 36 Initialising the HDD HDD Manage ment parameters “General” tab Label Shows the inter nal connection n um- ber Capacity HDD capacit y (in GB) Status Shows the curre nt status of the HDD: Not initialised Norm al Error Property • Redundanc y: W orks r edundantly for data securit y • Read-onl y: Read-only prote ction • R/W: Read[...]

Warning: If only one HDD is installed an d this is set to “Read- only”, then th e device cannot make r cordings. Redundanc y: At least two HDDs are insta lled. The redundant H DD mak es an extra copy of the recordings. This is used as a dat a back up. • R/W At least one HD D must have the R/W status (Read/W rite). Otherwise, no rec ordings ar[...]

Device menu 38 System Settings Note The “System Settings” m enu is used to m anage all device settings . Warning Ensure that the date and ti me are s et correctly. IMPORTANT : Subsequent cha nges to the settings can lead to data loss! Ensure a data b ackup has been made in good time befor ehand. Overview Menu Setting General Language, video, ti[...]

Device menu 39 “DST Settin gs” tab Setting DST Activated when box is tick ed From / T o Date of DST star t / end DST Bias Daylight Saving T ime Bias: Correc- tion of the DST to the referenc e time “More Set- tings” tab Setting Device Nam e Unique sp ecification of th e device Device Num ber Used for unique ident ification when using remote [...]

Device menu 40 Setting up of zo nes Note W hen carrying out camera s urveillance, you can define zones th at should not be m onitored (pri vate zones). You can also set up zones with special charac ter- istics (e.g. tam per monitoring or m otion detec tion). 1. Activate the zone by ticking the correspond ing box and click ing on “Area Settin gs?[...]

Device menu 41 System Settin gs: Record Note See description on page 23 . System Settin gs: Netw ork Note See separate s ection on pa ge 47. System Settin gs: Alarm Note See separate s ection on pa ge 52. System Settin gs: PTZ Note See description on page 27 . System Settin gs: RS232 No function. System Settin gs: Displa y Note See description on p[...]

Device menu 42 System Settin gs: Exception Note Enter the trigger under “Exc eption T ype ”, f or e ample: • HDD Full • Disconnected After doing this, s pecif y the device behaviour as detailed on page 40. System Settin gs: User Warning Note down the admin pass word. The following password is pres et “ 1 2 3 4 5 ” You can add new users,[...]

Device menu 43 Setting the ac cess rights 4. Control the acc ess rights of the user by click ing on “Perm ission”: Note The user c an make the sett ings locall y (i.e. on the device) or change the param eters. The user c an access the device v ia the network connection. The “Cam era Permiss ion” tab is used to set ac- cess rights f or indiv[...]

Device menu 44 Maintenance Note This m enu is used for device m aintenance, and should onl y be operated b y experienced us ers. Menu Setting Pag e Upgrade Carries out a firm ware upgr ade Log Search A search of rec ordings or in - form ation (S.M.A.R.T. HDD status) can be m ade in the log file according t o certain criter ia (alarms , exceptions, [...]

Device menu 45 Log Search Note An event search ca n be m ade according to t he fol- lowing main t ypes, events and parameters : • All • Alarm • Exception • Operation • Information T y pe Minor t ype / sub-param eter All - Alarm • All • Alarm Input / O utput • Motion Detect ion Begin / End • Start / End T amper Detec- tion Exceptio[...]

Device menu 46 Default Setting s Note In this pro cess, the devi ce i s rese t to the fact ory d fau lt s ettin gs. Warning All settings m ade since the s tart of operation are deleted (cam eras, rec ording settings, PT Z, alarm s etc.)! Avoid data loss by backing up the settings in a vance. Thes e can be imported a gain following the system reset.[...]

Network 47 Network General information Correct networ k settings ar e essential in the following cases: • W hen using network c ameras (IP cam eras) • W hen using remote control of the device and s urveil- lance over your server Note Please read th e following b asic instructions b efore setting up the de vice. A network is a connection of at l[...]

Network 48 Netw ork layout The device m ust be ph y sic ally connecte d to the netwo rk over a CAT 5 cable (see co nnections on pa ge Note Pay attention to t he specific inf ormation and i structions on the network devices. Several s witches, routers and acc ess points can be co nected to each ot her. Fire walls and other s ecurity sof ware can af [...]

Network 49 Parameter Setting PPPOE P PPOE is used on AD SL connections and when usin g modem s in Germ any. Click on “Set” t o enter the ac cess data (ID and pass word) for your provider. DDNS Server for D ynamic Domain Nam e Sys- tem m anagement. Used f or updating host names or DNS entries NTP Network T ime Protocol Server for tim e synchroni[...]

Network 50 Setting the HOST / OTHERS Legen Sie i Parameter Setting Alarm Host IP No function Alarm Host Port No f unction Server Port Port for data com municatio n HTTP Port Port for web server Multicast IP In order to minim ize traffic you c an enter a Multic ast IP. The IP addres s has to matc h the IP address of the PC running the C MS softwar e[...]

Network 51 1. Enter the param eters of the e-m ail notification. 2. Click on T est to send a test e-m ail. Note The device sen ds an e-m ail to the specified re- cipients. If the e-m ail is not received, check the settin gs and correct them . If necessar y, check the spa m filter of your e-mail client. Netwo rk Status Click on the “N etwork Statu[...]

A l arm 52 A l arm A l arm overview The alarm settings regulate the type of cam era surveil- lance in a deta iled fashion and control the de vice beh av- iour (for exam ple, in the ev ent of m otion detection or video signal loss ). • Open the “S ystem Settings ” menu and click on “Alarm” in the menu on the left. The available a larm dete[...]

A l arm 53 Handle: Parameter Setting Pop-up Im age on Moni- tor A mess age appears on the monitor. Audio W arning The device em its a repeat- ing tone. Notify Surveillanc e Cen- tre Sends an alar m signal to a PC with ABUS CMS soft- ware. The sof tware mus t be enabled and th e recorder set to surveillanc e mode on the PC. Send Email An e-mail is s[...]

A l arm 54 Alarm Output 1. Click on “Alarm Output” in the “A larm Settings” menu. Parameter Setting Alarm Output N o. Select the alarm output to m ake the settings Alarm Nam e Enter a clear descriptio n here (e.g. siren in warehous e) Length Length of the activated alarm Schedule Time-depende nt control of the alarm output Copy To Copies th[...]

Troubleshooting 55 Troubleshoo ting Before calling t he Service d epartment, read the followi ng information to d etermine the possible cause of a m alfunction. Malf unction Cause Solution No power Mains cable n ot connected Connect the m ains cable sec urely to the socket Power switch set to OFF Turn the power switch to O N No current in the power[...]

Index 56 Index Access right s 43 Address range 47 Admin 42 Admin Pass word 18, 42 Alarm 24, 45 , 5 2 Alarm Input 52 Alarm Out 54 Alarm output 40 Alarm Output 54 Audible warni ng signal 40 , 53 Authentication 50 Batteries 60 Camer a Setting up zones 40 Zone schedule, notification 40 Camer a display Views 20 Camer a keys 17 Camer a output Setting 22 [...]

Technical data 57 Technical data Subject is to alter ations and error s. The dim ensions are approx imate values . ABUS digital recorder TVVR4 0000 TVVR40010 TVVR40020 TVVR40021 Video compression H.264 Hybrid-compatible - Camera inputs 4 x BNC (1.0 V p-p, 75 Ω ) 8 x BNC (1.0 V p-p, 75 Ω ) 16 x BNC (1.0 V p-p, 75 Ω ) Camera outputs 4 x BNC (1.[...]

GlossaryTechnical data 58 HDD storage capacity In addition to the actual stor age capacit y of the installed HDD, the required stor age space f or recording a nd surveil- lance depends on the set res olution and fram e rate of the rec ording. Continuous rec ording, 1 x 1 T B HDD: Number of cam eras Resolution FPS Recommend ed bit rate Recording tim[...]

Disposal 59 Disposal Information on the EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment To protect the environm ent, do not dispose of the device with dom estic waste at the end of its service life. It can be disposed of at o ne of the appropri ate collecti on points in y our co untry. Please o bey your loca l regulations when disposing o[...]

Glossary 60 Glossary Overview of specialist terms 1080i HDTV im age signal with 10 80 pixels and int erlaced dis- play. 16:9 Cinematographic aspect rat io on widescreen displays. 720p HDTV im age signal with 12 80 x 720 pixels and progres- sive displa y. CIF Comm on Intermediate For mat Originally plann ed for conv erting PAL to the NT SC stan- dar[...]

61 MPEG Moving Picture Experts Gro up – Internation al standard for the com pression of m oving images. On som e DVDs , the digital audi o signals are compr essed and recorded in this form at. NTP Network T ime Protocol Method for s ynchronising the t ime acros s networks. SNTP (Sim ple Network T ime Protocol) is also available, offering a sim pl[...]

Internal HDD The internal har d disk drive (HDD) is ver y sensitive. O erate the device according to the follo wing instructions in order to avoid dri ve errors. Im portant recordings should be back ed up on extern al m edia to avoid unexp ected data loss. Note • Do not m ove the device during operation. • Moisture inside the device can condens[...]

ABUS Digital Recorder TVVR40000 / TVVR 40010 TVVR40020 / TVVR 40021 Manufacturer: ABUS Securit y-Center GmbH & Co. KG Linker Kreuth weg 5 86444 Affing (Ger man y )[...]