Planet Technology DVR-400 manual

1 Digital V i deo Recorder DVR-400 User ’ s m anual[...]

2 Cop y right Copyright (C) 2004 P LANE T T echnology Corp. All righ t s reserved. The produc t s and prog r ams desc r ibed in t his User ’ s M anual are licensed p r oduc t s o f PLANE T T echnolog y , This U ser ’ s M anual con t ains proprie t ary informa t ion p r otected by copyright, and this U ser ’ s M anual and all accompanying hard[...]

3 Re v ision User ’ s M anual for PLANE T Digi t al V ideo Reco r der M odel: DVR-400 Rev: 1.0 (Oct. 2004) Part No. E M -DVR400V1[...]

4 T able of Co n ten t s Chapter 1 Introd u ctio n ................................................................................. .1 O v e r v ie w ..................................................................................................................... .1 DVR Function s ...............................................................[...]

1 Chapter 1 Introduct i on Overview T he DVR-4 0 0 (Di g i t a l Vid e o Recor d er) is f or recordin g /retri e ving video str e a m s f ro m up to 4 ch a nn e ls at the s a m e ti m e. It ad o p t s cuttin g -edge digi t a l i m age co m pr e ssion tec h nolo g y t o co m press the a n al o g inp u t chann e l video str e a m s, and uses HDD t o [...]

2 Package Content T he conten t s o f y o ur pr o d u ct should con t a in the f oll o wing ite m s: DVR-4 0 0 u nit P o w er ad a pter Scr e w s f or s w a p p a b le H D D tr a y K e y s f or s w a p p a b le H DD t ra y Quic k ins t all a ti o n g uide User ’ s m anual CD Physical D etai l s F r o n t Pan e l o f DVR-40 0 Rea r Pa n el o f DVR[...]

3 · M ENU: press to displ a y Op erati o n m enu op t i o n · SE L EC T: press to chang e m enu f ield · EN T ER: press to ch a ng e t h e setting v a lu e or e nter int o a sub m enu · RECORDING: press to s t a r t recordi n g. · STOP (recording/ p l a y bac k ): press stop vi d eo reco r di n g/pl a y b ac k · F A S T FO R WA RD : press t o[...]

4 Physical Interfaces P h y s ical c onec t ion in t er f ace o f DVR- 4 00 a r e sh o wn a nd ex p l a in e d in t h e f oll o w i n g descrip t i o ns. 1. S- V ideo: 2. V ideo output: 3. M onitor: Second Vid e o o u t put. 4. V ideo input: Con n ect y o ur s t andard vid e o ca m eras to these in p u t s. 5. V ideo loop-through: T hese ou t pu t [...]

5 Chapter 2 Preparat i ons & Ins t allation Installing and Configuring D V R-400 S T EP1: Pl e ase po w er of f the DVR - 400 and u n loc k the DVR -4 00 s w a p p a b le H DD tr a y S T EP2: Re m ove the har d dis k tr a y c over; co n nect y o ur har d dis k securel y with t h e DC p o w e r cable a n d IDE cable in the har d dis k tr a y . M[...]

6 S T EP3: Pl e ase co n nect T V ( m onit o r) to the Vi d eo o ut p ut co nn ector in the r ear p a n e l. V ide o I nput conn e ction (T V or m onit o r) S T EP4: Pl e ase use s t a n d ard a n al o g vid e o ca m eras to connec t to t h e D VR4 0 0. T he DVR - 400 eq u ip p ed 4 BNC co n nectors o n t h e re a r p an e l f or vide o i n put. P [...]

7 S T EP5: Pl e ase e nsure D VR-4 0 0 is p o w er OFF b e f ore co m m e n cing, and c h ec k the p o wer supp l y s t a t us. Use s t anda r d RJ-45 ca b le s to co n nect t h e L AN p ort on DVR- 4 00. Con n ect th e sup p lied P o w e r A d apter an d p o wer o n m a chine. T he PWR LE D In d ica t or should b e Green during nor m al o pera t i[...]

8 Sens o r Ins t al l ation T he unit provi d es 4 sensor in p ut f or 4 ch a nn e ls. T he sensor Ins t a llation pro c edu r es are as f oll o w s. For the ins t a ll a ti o n o f th e s e nsors: S T EP1: C on n ect t h e sen s or sign a l line t o t h e a lar m s i gn a l ter m inal is at t he u n it ’ s bac k p anel S T EP2: Co n nect t h e v[...]

9 On-Screen Di s play Press & bu t ton to ope n OSD m enu as right Po w er on the s y s t em ● CH1 ● CH3 ● CH3 ● CH4 Press & bu t ton to exit OS D m enu to real-ti m e dis p l a y Press l bu t ton to s t art rec o rding Recording M ode Displ a y OSD M ode Displ ay S E A R CH M ODE P L A Y B A CK M ODE Press „ but t on t o search t[...]

10 Administration Interface P L ANET DVR-4 0 0 pr o vid e s OSD m enu f or m achine m anage m ent and a d m inistrati o n. OSD (On Screen D isplay) administration P L ANET DVR-4 0 0 co n nects with t w o de f ault I P addre s ses, and de f ault I P add r ess is “ 192 . 16 8 .0. 20 ” . Y o u m a y use a n y PC t o con n ect to t he L AN p ort o [...]

11 The LA N information Parameter Descriptio n of DVR-400 AC C EPT CLIEN T YES / NO Default : Y ES MA C MAC add r ess o f DVR-40 0 Default : IP LAN I P a d dress o f DVR-4 0 0 Default : 1 9 2. 1 68 . 000 . 020 SUBNET MASK LAN m as k o f DVR-400 Default : 2 5 5. 2 55 . 255 . 00 0 G A T E W A Y Gat e w a y o f DVR-400 Default : 1 9 2. 1 68 . 000 . 25[...]

12 Chapter 3 DVR- 400 Menu Set u p Introduction T he DVR- 4 00 O SD m enu p rovides e ase-o f -use m achine con f i g urations; please pr e ss the M ENU b utt o n o f th e f ront p an e l, t h en t he O SD m enu w ill a p pear wit h a cu r sor over t he f irst i t e m . T he cursor can be m oved b y t h e up a nd do w n but t ons. MAIN MENU Pl e as[...]

13 CAMERA SELECT T he DVR-4 0 0 pr o vides 4 c a m era inpu t s. Pl e ase use c han n el but t ons o n t h e f ront p an e l t o select s p eci f ied chann e l f or real- t i m e displ a y. Pl e ase use “ SE L ECT ” but t on or “ C H AN N EL ” b utt o ns f or dif f erent c o m bina t ions fo r chann e l d ispl a y . Exa m ple: a) W hen y o [...]

14 RECORD S ELECT Pl e ase s e lect d esired vid eo chan n el on t his m enu: t h e m a chine opera t i o n is sa m e as “ CA M E R A SELECT ” options. Onl y th e vid e o in t h e selec t ed ca m era will b e record ed in D VR- 4 00 h ard d isk VIDEO REC O RDING MODE DVR-4 0 0 pr o vides 4 ca m era i n pu t s. Y ou c a n use c h a n nel but t o[...]

15 RECORD F RAMRATE T here are 9 d if f erent f r a m e rate set t ings f or o p eration: 30f p s, 15f p s, 10f p s, 7f p s, 5fp s, 4f p s, 3f p s, 2 f p s, and 1f p s. (Facto r y de f aul t setti n g: 30f p s) Pl e ase use Ù , Ú but t ons o f f ront p an e l to s e lect m ode and t he n enter 8 ke y t o con f ir m the selecti on Fr a m e/Seco n [...]

16 VIDEO QUALITY T here are 3 d if f erent vi d eo qu a li t y set t i n gs f or opera t i o n: Nor m al , Low , and H igh Pl e ase use Ù , Ú b u ttons on the f ront p a n el t o select vi d eo recording q u a li t y a nd t h en press the enter 8 ke y t o con f ir m the selec t ion Fr a m e/Seco n d 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 15 30 HI 733 366 244 183 146 184[...]

17 RECORD S CHEDU LE RECORD SC H EDU LE m enu in D VR-4 0 0 pr o vides c h an g ing a recor d in g sched u le/ t y p e t o m eet the va r ious surveillance ap p lica t i o n de m ands. Ti m e f or m at in DVR-40 0 sched u le vid e o recor d ing is 2 4-hour f or m at. ( T ) Letter in d icates recor d i n g. ( S ) Let t er i n dica t es sensor record[...]

18 SUB MENU SUB M ENU pr o vides t h e f lexibili t y o f chan g in g m achine ad m in p as s w ord, ti m e /d a te set t ing , da t e f or m at. P A SSWORD C H A NGE W h en entering “ P A SSWO R D C H A NGE ” m enu; a p as s word ch a nge i n put m enu will be d ispl a y e d on screen (note: m achine de f ault p as s word is 1 1 11 11 ) W h en[...]

19 T he m essage will b lin k 5 ti m e s. T hen the dis p l a y g oe s bac k to SUB M ENU. I f the p as s w ord was not a c cepted , DVR - 400 will au t o m atical l y retur n to S U B M ENU. T I M E S ET T I M E SET m enu of f ers DVR-40 0 da t e an d h ou r . m odi f icatio n , t h e ti m e a n d dat e s e tti n gs w ill af f ect the r ecod e d v[...]

20 HDD SETUP OVE R WRI T E E N A B L ED : I f y o u ch o ose “ YES ” , DVR - 400 will co n ti n ue reco r di n g and ove r w rite the r ecorde d da t a whe n HDD ’ s s p ace is f ull I f y o u ch o ose “ NO ” , t h e u n i t will st o p recording while H DD ’ s s p ace is f ull M A S T ER H D D SI Z E: Displ a y the c a p aci t y o f t [...]

21 DVR-4 0 0 pr o vides 5 dif f erent m odes to m eet the vari o us surveillance ap p lic a tion de m ands: 1. Not ins t alle d . 2. Nor m al open. 3. Nor m al close. 4. Motion +N-C 5. Motion + N-O In nor m al o p en m ode, t h e c able lin e Co n nect e d b e t w e en t h e sensor and the u n it is cut o f f b y an i n trude r , t h e uni t s t ar[...]

22 NETWORK SETUP A CC EP T IP: select “ YES ” t o all o w th e re m ote access, NO to d isa b le t he m achine re m ote m anage m ent. NE T W ORK MENU ACCEP T CLIEN T [YES] MAC ADDRESS 00 : 30 : 4F : 09 : 7 8 : 52 I P ADDRESS 192 . 168 . 000.020 SUBNE T M ASK 255,255,255,000 G A T E W A Y 192.168 . 000.254 PRESS ( Ù , Ú ), T HEN (SE L EC T ) [...]

23 PLAYBACK Co n figurations I f y ou ’ d li k e to vi e w th e recorded vid e o f iles, t he f ront p an e l b utt o ns can b e us e d t o o p erate va r ious p l a y b ac k f unctions. Press „ bu t ton , th e n t h e p l a y b ac k t i m e /ev e n t s selec t ion m enu as t h e left f igure a ppears o n t h e screen. Or y ou can si m pl y pre[...]

24 Press this b utt o n t o pl a y t h e recorde d vid e o in f orwar d direction. T he unit provi d es thre e l e vels o f f ast f or w ard p l a y bac k speed: >> 1: pl a y one ti m e f aster (x1), press “ >> ” b utt o n. >> 2: pl a y t wo t i m es f aster (x2) than t he n or m al pl a y . >> 3: pl a y f our t i m es f[...]

25 Chapter 4 DVR-400 C lient Ut i li t y Adm i nis t ration DVR-400 clien t utility T his DVR-40 0 all o w s s y s te m a d m inistrator to m anage m a chine f ro m a r e m ote lo c ati o n t o vi e w liv e a n d recorded video over priv a t e ne t wor k or the Inter n et c on necti o n. Also, y ou c a n cap t ure th e vid e o f ro m the unit and p[...]

26 · Pl e ase insert I P address 19 2.1 6 8.0 . 20 / p assword: 1 1 11 11 t o log in t he re m ote DVR-400. DVR I P: I P address o f the r e m ote DVR-4 0 0. Pa s s w ord: T he p ass w or d is s a m e p ass w ord used f or f or m atting th e DVR-400 Ha r d Drive. T he de f a u lt v a lue is 111 1 11 · W h en success f ull y c o nnec t ed, y o u w[...]

27 T he r e m ote vid e o con t ent will b e sh o wn in t h e m ain m enu: DVR contr o l T he p anel s ho w n as t h e f oll o w i n g f igure o pera t es exac t l y as t he re m ote DVR o pe r ati o n a l bu t ton all o w s y o u t o control re m ote D VR t o live vi e w , r ecord a nd p l a y b ac k as well. Capture & Pl a yba c k W h en y ou[...]

28 Pl a y s t a t us i n dic a tor w o uld sh o w t h e current s t a t us ar e “ Recordi ng ” . After recordin g is f inis h ed, click ” Pl ay ” b utt o n to pl a y t h e recorde d vid e o strea m . Then y o u w ill see a strea m f ile list o f the vid e o strea m files previ o usl y c aptu r ed. DVR m anage m ent T his opti o n e na b le [...]

29 Appe n dix A Spec i fi c at i ons Model DVR-400 Video Inpuit NTSC/PAL Oper a ting S y stem None V ideo Inpout 4ch c o mposite V ideo Outp u t 2ch c o mposite + S - V ideo Vdieo Loop 4ch c o mposite Audio Input 1ch RCA Audio Outp u t 1ch RCA Built-in Bu zz er Y es Displ a y Frame 12 0 f ps ( N TSC) / 10 0 f ps ( P AL) Recording Fr a mer Rat e (Qu[...]