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H O M E A U T O M A T I O N , I N C . Model 68A00-1 Network Digit al V ideo Recorder (DVR) Inst allation and User Guide Document Number 68I00-1 Rev . A January , 2008[...]

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CONTENT VERIFICATION Before installing the Network Digit al Video Recorder , please make sure that the following items are included in the box: 1. Network Digital V ideo Recorder 2. Crossover LAN cable 3. DC 5V / 1.5 A Power Adapter 4. T erminal Block 5. Client Software CD 6. This Instruction Manual 1 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

DISCLAIMER • While every ef fort has been made to ensure that the information cont ained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be ac cepted for any errors or omissions. • HAI reserves the right to c hang e the specifications of the hardware and software de scribed herein at any time without prior notice. • No part of this g[...]

FCC NOTICE Network Digital V ideo Recorder , Model 68A00-1: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions; 1. This device may not cause harmful interfere nce, and 2. This device must a ccept any interference received, inclu ding interference that may cau se undesired operation. Note: This e[...]

Read this First T est Sessions Before you try to record import ant subject s, we highly recommend that you make several test recording and playback sessions to ensure that the Network Digital Video Re corder is operating and being operated correctly . Please note that HAI, its subsidiarie s and affiliates, and it s distributors are not liable for a[...]

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS • Before using the Network Digital V ideo Record er , please ensure that you read and underst and the safety precautions described b elow . Always ensure that the Network Digital Video Re corder is operated corre ctly . • The safety precautions noted on the following page s are intended to instruct you in the safe and correct[...]

• Do not allow the equipment to come into cont act with, or become immersed in, water or other liquids. Do not allow liquids to enter the interior . The Network Digit al Video Recorder has not been waterproofed. If the exterior comes into contact with liquids or salt air , wipe it dry with a sof t, absorbent cloth. In the event that the water o r[...]

• The supplied power su pply and power cord are desig ned for exclusive use with the Network Digital V ideo Recorder . Do not use it with other product s or battery . There is a risk of fire and other hazards. CAUTION • A void using, placing or st oring the equipment in places subject to strong sunl ight or high temperatures, such as the green [...]

W arnings  Open the cover at your own discretion. Doing so can cause system damage or electric shock. Cont act a qualified tec hnician or your dealer for rep air of this product. Manufacturer is not responsible for a ny damage or injury sustained by opening and/or assembling/disassembling the unit.  Electric shock or fire may result when fore[...]

T able of Content s CONTENT VERIFICA TION ........................................................................................................... 1 DISCLAIMER ..................................................................................................................... ........... 2 FCC NO TICE............................................[...]

2 . T he 68A00-1 Viewer ...................................................................................................... 25 2.1 Image Disp lay Panel ............................................................................................... 25 2.2 Video Cont rol P anel ......................................................................[...]

NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO REC ORDER LA YOUT 1. FRONT LA YOUT ⑤ ④ ③ ① ② ① Ready LED Indicates the unit is completed initialized and is ready to be accesse d. ② On Air LED Indicates that one or more users are connected to the unit. ③ Audio Input/Output Connector Connect a speaker to the output. Input allows connecting an audio device wit[...]

2. REAR LA YOUT ⑤ ④ ③ ② ① ① Power Input connector (DC 5V) * Please check the volt age of your connecting adapter . ② Ethernet port (10/100 Base-T Ethernet) ③ Data I/O connector Sensor Input connector (S1, G , S2): Connect up to 2 dry contact input sensors. Data Output (DO) connector (NC, NO, COM): Normally Open (NO) type or Normally[...]

W arning: Ensure that you are using the right adapter for the power . Otherwise, fatal damage will be caused to the unit. In such case, HAI is NOT responsible for the da mage. 3. INST ALLA TION AND CONNECTION 13 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

3.1 One-way monitoring using a PC T ransmitter: 68A00-1 Receiver: PC 14 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

I. Introduction 1. Network Digital V ideo Recorder The 68A00-1 Network Digital V ideo Recorder is a device that transmits video and audio data v ia network in real-time. The server converts the analog video signals and audio signals into digit al data and compresses them for on-line transmission. Since the server has a built-in web server and netwo[...]

3. Main Features The 68A00-1 is designed for various applications, such as IT related applications, remote monitoring, and Internet broadcasting with the user friendly interface. Highly Efficient MPEG4 Video Compression The 68A00-1 support a 4 to 5 times more efficient transmission compared to similar product s based on the existing still image com[...]

Local Recording and Playback The internal hard drive provides the total security solution via network. The 68A00-1 stores live video and audio on its local drive. Y ou can search and playback files at any time and anywhere network access is available. The features of Local recording and playback are as follows: - Simultaneo us recording, search, pl[...]

II. Installation This chapter covers inst allation of the 68A00-1 Network Digital V ideo Recorder on S tatic IP environment s. Refer to Chapter 5 for more information about the inst allation on Dynamic IP environment s. 1. Connect the 68A00-1 to a configuration PC: 1.1 Select a PC or laptop running any Microsof t Windows OS, with: • A 10baseT Eth[...]

2.2 Browsing the 68A00-1 unit Click the ‘Search’ button to detect the 68A00-1 unit on the sa me subnet. The 68A00-1 will be shown with it s MAC Address, the factory default IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway , as seen below: IP Address: 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Select the 68A00-1 to be inst alled and set the[...]

When changing ‘Http Port’ or ‘S tre aming Port’, it is necessary to restart the Unit by clicking ‘Restart the server’. The value of ‘S treaming Port’ has to be set with a modulo of 10 plus 1 (e.g. 701 1, 7021, 7031, etc.). 20 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

2.3. Confirm communications T o confirm communications, click the ‘Ping test’ button. Confirmation of communications should look similar to the following: Reply from 192.168.1.2: byte=32 time=2ms TTL=225 Reply from 192.168.1.2: byte=32 time=2ms TTL=225 Reply from 192.168.1.2: byte=32 time=2ms TTL=225 Reply from 192.168.1.2: byte=32 time=2ms TTL[...]

III. Real-time Video Monitoring 1. Accessing the 68A00-1 Server Run Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher on the PC, and enter the IP address of the 68A00-1 unit into the address bar . 1.1 Auto-installation of th e Client Viewer Program When initially accessing the 68A00-1 home page, the client viewer sof tware is automatically downloaded and installed t[...]

<Active-X for Schedule setting> If video is not displayed, ensure that the camera and network cables are properly connected on 68A00-1 unit. If trouble persists, please refer to T roubleshooting in Appendix 1. 1.2 User Login The default login for users is ’guest’ for both ID and Password. The system administrator can modify the ID and Pas[...]

The 68A00-1 user ’s log in p age will be displayed. The Default Guest Account ID and Password are both “ guest ”. <Main Login Window> NOTE: The 68A00-1 browser interface requires the Active-X Control Plug-In for Internet Explorer . If the Active-X Control Plug-In is not installed, you will be prompted to install the p lug-in before the [...]

2. The 68A00-1 V iewer When the installation o f the client program is complete and your login is accepted, the 68A00-1 Viewer is autom atically connected and begins displaying video. <68A00-1 Viewer> 2.1 Image Display Panel The image display pan el can display up to 4 channels. Each channel has a resolution of 320x240. The display panel has [...]

Tit le Ba r <St atus Display Bar> 2.2 Video Control Panel The control panel allows the user to control camera options. Camera Selection Camera Selection allows you to selects a single channel for view/display . Vie w Selection View selection allowsyou to configur e the channel display mode. 26 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

Single channel display Displays the selected channel. Quad channel display Displays 4 channels simultaneously . Full screen display Zooms in the single channel to fill the display area. Sequence channels Will be sequenced at every 5 seconds (Duration time is fixed). Pause/Play Button Pause S tops transmitting video images (button then changes to th[...]

2.3 PTZ Control Panel The PTZ control panel allows users to control the basic functions su pported by PTZ cameras, including pan, tilt, zoom, auto pan, focus, auto fo cus, and location preset s. PTZ control is only allowed to those user s whose ID is authorized to control PTZ cameras. PTZ Control Layout Expand: for using several exp anded functions[...]

2.4 Go to Admin page The Admin button brings you to the login screen for the Administration p age for the 68A00-1. Setup is described in the next chapter . 2.5 Audio mute The Audio button will enable or mute audio sound. The default button display is ON . 2.6 T ransfer to 68A00-1 Player Click this icon to open the 68A00-1 Player window . 29 68A00-1[...]

IV. Search and Playback 1. Remote Playback The 68A00-1 stores live video and audio on the internal hard drive. It is possible to connect to the V ideo On Demand (VOD) like file server , using the friendly web interface, with no additional program installation. Us ers can access the server for playback of the recorded files whenever and wherever net[...]

3. 68A00-1 Player If a user accesses the 68A00-1 Player , the following multi-functional viewer appears and an initial search is performed. The display shows the file list and time-map of the current day . <68A00-1 Player> The 68A00-1 Player mainly consists of the image display p anel, playback control p anel, intelligent time-map panel, cale[...]

<Display (view) channel and OSD> 3.2 The time-map Panel and intellige nt playback The 68A00-1 supports seamless playback using a time-map concept. T ime-map is the colored map, showing the file existence in a whole day range. There is a diffe rent color for each attribute, as follows: , , , , . T o playback files using intelligent playback, m[...]

3.3 Playback Control Panel The playback control pa nel consists of playback related control buttons. File Open Fast Backward Backward Step Backward Pause Step Forward Play Fast Forward Stop Rec Speed Scroll Play and Backward S tart playback and reverse direction. In the intelligent playback first move the cursor where you want start. Step Forward a[...]

<Calendar> 3.5 S torage gauge S torage gauge shows the usage of the storage device. In case of a problem or failure of the storage device, the storage fail message, will appear . 3.6 Search, Backup, and Print Print Backup Search Search Search the file list and get the time-map on the selected day . The present date is selected and the file li[...]

The Backup dialog box will appear and show the progress. Multiple file backup is allowed. <Backup Dialog box> Print: Print the current display area. 3.7 File List Panel The File list p anel lists recorded file s on the select day . <File list> The status icon help s you identify t he attribute of files when the file is generated. The me[...]

T o search files from another day , select the desired date on the calendar , and then click search button. 3.8 View Channel Mode Selection P anel The buttons on this pane l change the mode of the image display panel. Single View 4-ch view 8-ch view 16-ch view Full screen 3.9 Configuration The Configuration button launches the 68A00-1 Player config[...]

3.10 Go to the Administrator ’s Page The Admin button is used to access the login screen for the Administration page. Device related setup is described in the next chapter . 3.1 1 Go to the 68A00-1 Viewer T o access the 68A00-1 Viewer directly , click this icon. 37 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

V. Setup 1. Connect to the Administration Page T o program or to change any configuration of the 68A00-1 Network Digital V ideo Recorder , you must access the web-based Administration Page. There are two ways to connect to the Administration Page: Press the Admin button from the User interface and enter the proper ID and Password. -or- In the Inter[...]

2. Management of System Setup 2.1 General Settings * Setting Date and Time Select the appropriate Date and T ime then make sure to click the Set icon. * Use the following Public T ime Server (port: 123) : If available, type in the primary and the secondary time server ’s IP addre ss. 39 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

* User Management Administrator After setting the new admin p assword, make sure to click the SA VE icon. Add User The 68A00-1 Network Digit al Video Recorder allows multiple user account s with multiple levels of authorization. User ID Enter the login ID for a user . Password Enter a password for the user ID. Confirm (pass word) Confirm the passwo[...]

User List Under User List, it is possible to modify information of existing user account s. Additionally , it is possible to delete existing user account s. Priority • Set the priority level of each account. • Note that the higher number is a higher priority . • If two users with different priority levels connect simultaneously , the higher p[...]

2.2 Video Settings * Video Channel Control Video Channel Control is used to activate the channels, to set the image quality , resolution, camera title, and encoding frame rate. Enable • Select the channel that is going to be in use. Quality • Choose between VBR and CBR. • VBR consists of Lowest, Low , Normal, High, and Highest. • CBR can ad[...]

Tit le Enter the title for each camera into this box, up to 255 characters in length. * Color control Numeric values of Brightness, Hue, Saturation, and Contrast can be programmed for each camera channel. * Video T ype Select the proper video signal type between NTSC and P AL. The change will be applied after restarting the unit. * Buffer Size Sele[...]

* Motion Detection Sensitivity (% ) Select the appropriate sensitivity level. Area setting Select the area that motion needs to be dete cted. 44 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

2.3 Audio Settings Enable Check the box if audio is being used. Related Video Channels Click on the specific channel(s) that is a sso ciated with audio. All channels can be selected. Note that sound will be audible only when a selected video channel is displayed in the Live view screen. Enable If you are going to use interactive audio, check the En[...]

2.4 Pan/T ilt/Zoom (PTZ) Setup * Channel selection Choose the channel for PTZ setup from the drop-down list. * Pan/Tilt/Zoom Device Settings Enable Enables PTZ control for the selected channel. Manufacturer (Model) Choose the manufacturer and the model for PTZ camera from the drop-down list. Device ID Enter the ID of the PTZ camera. This ID should [...]

Tilt S peed Enter the speed for the dome to move up and down. This range may vary from device to device. Halt Speed Enter the delay time before the dome reverses direction when auto-panning. This range may vary from device to device. * Auto Pan/Preset Settings Auto Pan T o set the start and end points for auto-p anning, move the camera to the start[...]

2.5 Schedule On the schedule page, d ifferent types of event s can be defined and the related actions can be specified. There are four types of events: “Sensor”, “Motion”, “No signal”, and “Network Fail”. Related actions are: “Relay control”, “Recording”, “E-mail notification”, and “Notification to event server”. Wee[...]

Follow these steps for schedule reservation and event notification: 1. Check the type of Event and create the schedule (multiple selections are possible) : Lef t mouse button: Draw : Right mouse button: Erase 2. Create an event 3. Assign the video channel to record 4. S pecify the action and notification triggered by that event Network Fail Assign [...]

The types of Event * Sensor Event Set a duration time, record channel, pre-alarm, post-alarm, and type for each sensor . * Motion Detection Event When configuring motion detection, it is possible to include a relay output, duration, record channel, pre-alarm, and post-alarm. * No signal (V ideo loss) Event If the video transmitted from the 68A00-1 [...]

* Network Fail Event If the network connection betwee n the 68A00-1 and the server assigned in the “Network Check Server” is lost, a “Network Fail” event occurs. Actions and Notifications * E-mail Notification E-mail notifications can be sent up to five e-mail addresse s. Attaching Snap shot is NOT supported. 51 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VID[...]

* Notification to the Event server Up to five Event Servers can be created. The event type and the time of incident will be sent. The actions, according to the event, are defined at the event server . 2.6 Network Settings Additional network parameters can be configured af ter th e initial setup using the IP Setup Wizard. W ARNING: Consult with the [...]

Refer to the below for proper configuration for each service type. On St atic IP 1) Click “Use the following IP address”. 2) Set the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway . 3) Click ‘Save’. 4) Click ‘Restart’. (Setting will be applied after rebooting is completed) On Dynamic IP 1) Click “Obtain an IP add ress automatically usin[...]

* Streaming Port Settings The default streaming port setting is 701 1. However , it can be changed in case of port conflict. The streaming port setting has to be a modulus of 10 plus 1 such as 701 1, 7021, 7031. * Modem Power Control When the network connection has a problem, the server gives an automatic restarting signal to modem power for reconn[...]

2.7 Registration (to directory server) 55 68A00-1 NETWORK DIGIT AL VIDEO RECORDER[...]

For Dynamic IP service users, it is possible to register the 68A00-1 Network Digital Video Recorder with a DDNS server . This will give those with Dynamic IP service a convenient way to connect to the 68A00-1 since the DDNS Server checks the IP address of the 68A00-1 for you. Registration settings: Server IP Enter the Directory Server IP address Lo[...]

2.8 D/O control (Relay Control) The 68A00-1 has up to 4 digital out put (DO or Relay) terminals. If the duration period is 0, the output will turn ON or OFF , indefinitely . On the other hand, if the duration period is set to something other than 0, it is ON for the specified period of time, and then turns OFF automatically . T o execute relay cont[...]

2.10 Configuration Import/Export The 68A00-1 Network Di gital V ideo Recorder allows you to import and t o export device configuration. This may also be used for p r ogramming multiple 68A00-1 Network Digit a l V ideo Recorder device s. T o import saved settings, click Browse, locate the saved file from local disk, and then click Import. Choose the[...]

2.1 1 Software Update This page allows an administrator to upgrade the server sof tware. * Current Sof tware V ersion This section allows you to confirm the current software version inst alled in the 68A00-1. After completing the update, check this section again to ensure 68A00-1 recognizes the new software. * Upload Up date File This section is us[...]

W arning: The 68A00-1 Network Digital Video Recorder system software upgrade option is available from any network that can access the server . However , wh ile updating, if the power to the unit goes out or if the network gets disconnected, the unit may malfunction. 2.12 Restart If you want to restart this system, you can invoke a rest art manually[...]

Appendix 1: Troubleshooting Ready LED is not ON.  Ensure that the current network configuration is ADSL or DHCP . The ‘Ready LED’ is only on for these configurations.  After five minutes with ‘Ready LED’ off, the 68A00-1 unit reboot s automatically . Change network configuration to S tatic IP . Ping does not respond from specified IP [...]

No audio is heard even if microphone is inst alled  Confirm whether the microphone is properly installed in Audio ‘IN’. The output from the source must be Line-Level . If the output from the source is too low to be heard, the source must be amplified to achieve Line-Level.  Ensure that the audio function is enabled on the Admin page.  [...]

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