Pelco DX2000 manuel d'utilisation

DX2000 Digital V ideo Recorder Installation/ Operation Manual C690M-E (11/04) Pelco World Headquarters • 3500 Pelco Way, Clovis, CA 93612-5699 USA • www.pelco.com USA & Canada: Tel: 800/289/9100 • Fax: 800/289/9150 International: Tel: 1-559/292-1981 • Fax: 1-559/348-1120 ®[...]

2 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) CONTENTS Section Page GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND W ARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 REGULA T OR Y NO TICES [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 3 INFORMA TION BO XES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 VIEWING LIVE VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 CONTROLLING THE CAMERA . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

4 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) LIST OF ILLUSTRA TIONS Figur e Page 1 Rear Panel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 Rear Panel Connections, DX2016 Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 Data Connections [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 5 GENERAL IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND WARNINGS Obser ve the f ollowing W ARNINGS before installing and using this product. 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not bloc k any v[...]

6 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) REGULA TOR Y NOTICES This device complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: (1) this device ma y not cause har mful interference, and (2) this de vice must accept any interf erence received, including interf erence that may cause undesired oper ation. RADIO AND TEL[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 7 There are f our types of recordings: • Scheduled Recor ding This type is simply the days and times you wish to record. • Motion Recording Y ou set up this type to record when motion is detected on selected cameras. The advantage of motion recording is that it lets you set a higher recording rate for better detail,[...]

8 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS •P entium ® III processor • Processing speed of 800 MHz • 128 MB RAM • Video resolution of 1024 x 768, 24-bit color • Video card with 16 or more megabytes of RAM • Windows ® 2000, NT4.0 (SP6), XP • Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher The following are supplied with the DX2000 Series[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 9 MODELS DX2008-160 8-channel duplex digital video recorder, 160 GB hard drive, 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, NTSC/PAL DX2008-320 Same as DX2008-160, except has 320 GB of storage DX2008-480 Same as DX2008-160, except has 480 GB of storage DX2008-640 Same as DX2008-160, except has 640 GB of storage DX2016-160 16-channel duplex [...]

10 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) INST ALLA TION REAR P ANEL OVERVIEW Figure 1. Rear P anel View 1 ON/OFF switch Use to toggle power on/off to unit. 2 VIDEO IN connectors These are BNC input connectors for cameras. 3 VIDEO OUT connectors These are BNC output (looping) connectors for cameras. 4 VIDEO TERMINA TION switches These switches let you select[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 11 8 Alarm inputs These two (DX2008) or four (DX2016) 8-pin inputs can be configured to be N.O. (normally open), N.C . (nor mally closed), or super vised. They are configured via a DIP s witch mounted ne xt to the connectors. Ref er to the Connecting Alarms section for more inf or ma- tion. 9 DIP switches The first two [...]

12 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) REAR P ANEL CONNECTORS The components on the rear panel are shown in Figure 2. Making connections is explained in the installation procedures. COM 1 COM 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 HZ 75 HZ 75 SCS NC T N NNPR SOAE LS 123 4 ON OFF DEFAUL T IP RESET ALARMS 567 8 91 0 1 1 1 2 13 14 15 16 REL 1 NCN OC NCN OC[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 13 D A T A P O R T S 1 2 3 4 OR AT M POS TERMINAL POS TERMINAL PELCO DA T A ADAPTER (DX2000DA) PELCO DA T A ADAPTER (DX2000DA) AT M AT M A TM NETWORK PELCO DA T A ADAPTER (DX2000DA) RS-422 ADAPTER (PV130) RS-422 PV130 RS-232 RS-232 PELCO DA T A ADAPTER (DX2000DA) PELCO DVR DA T A HUB (DX2000DH) OR AT M POS TERMINAL 7 DE[...]

14 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) INST ALLA TION STEPS Refer to Figures 2 and 3. NOTE: RS-232 cable length should not exceed 49 feet (15 meters). 1. Install the DVR. Install it in a rack using the supplied rack ears and hardware, place it on a flat surf ace, or mount the unit on a wall. Allow access to the rear of the unit. To mount the DX2000 on a w[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 15 2. Connect the cameras. Plug standard coaxial cables (not supplied) from the cameras into the top row of BNCs on the rear of the DVR. Camera 1 is the top left BNC. Set rear panel DIP s witch 3 to the correct position (UP=NTSC, DO WN=P AL). Set the video ter mination switches to the proper setting: 75 ohms if no equip[...]

16 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 9. Connect a PC . • If a PC will be connected directly to the DVR, connect it at the Ethernet port on the rear of the D VR using a T568A/B cross-over shielded CA T5 cab le with shielded RJ-45 connectors (not supplied). The maximum length is 328 feet (100 m). Refer to the charts below: RJ-45 Color Chart Wire 1 White[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 17 11. a. Change the default netw ork settings if necessar y . Do the following: • Connect the PC. Connect it at the Ethernet port on the rear of the DVR using a T568A/B cross-ov er shielded CA T5 cable with shielded RJ-45 connectors (not supplied). • Ref er to the Changing the Def ault IP Address section. • Remov[...]

18 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) e. Program gener al items. Y ou must set the date and time. Ref er to the General Inf or ma- tion section. f. Name cameras. Refer to the Camera Names section. g. Set the times and days of the week for scheduled recording. Refer to the Record Schedule section. h. Program motion detection recording (if applicable). Ref[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 19 CONNECTING ALARMS On the rear panel of the unit are four 8-pin inputs. Every odd-numbered pin is an alarm pin while e very ev en-numbered pin is a ground. These inputs can be configured to be N.O . (normally open), N.C. (normally closed), or supervised. • Unsupervised relay contacts are wired as either normally ope[...]

20 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Unsupervised Alar m Input Configuration and Wiring Unsuper vised rela y contacts are not terminated. They are wired as either nor mally open or normally closed. Set switch 1 down. Set switch 2 up for normally closed (N.C.) or down for normally open (N.O.). Refer to Figure 6. Unsupervised modes are easily defeated and[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 21 Supervised Alar m Input Configuration and Wiring Super vised mode activ ates an alar m if the current in a line f alls outside a specified range. This blocks an attempt to defeat the alarm system by cutting a wire or through bypassing or shorting a section of the circuit. If the whole system is in supervised mode, th[...]

22 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Figure 8a. Supervised Alar m Operation ALAR M ALAR M SUPERVISED, NORMALL Y CLOSED ST AND-BY MODE 1.65V 3.3V POINT A TIME POINT A 10K +5V +5V 0V 10K 10K 100K 0.1uF 0.1uF GND GND GND EQUIPMENT SIDE ALARM WIRING SIDE INPUT VOL TAGE NORMAL CURRENT FL0W NO ALARM VOL TAGE DIVIDER NETWORK S Processor CIRCUITRY GND TTL-CMOS [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 23 Figure 8b. Unsupervised Alar m Operation UNSUPERVISED, NORMALL Y CLOSED TIME +5V +5V 0.1uF 0.1uF INPUT VOL TAGE ST AND-BY MODE 2.5V 0V POINT A POINT A 10K 10K 100K GND GND GND EQUIPMENT SIDE ALARM WIRING SIDE NORMAL CURRENT FL0W NO ALARM S Processor CIRCUITRY GND TTL-CMOS EXTERNAL CONTROL < _ 50ms PIN 1 PIN 2 ALAR[...]

24 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) CONNECTING POS TERMINALS AND A TMs The DX2000 suppor ts data input from up to 16 POS ter minals or A TMs. The D VR provides options for connecting these de vices using DX2000 data adapters. These optional adapters let you connect to RS-232 serial interfaces and optically isolate each device from the DX2000. In additi[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 25 POS T er minals • Direct Connection Connect a DX2000D A9 Data Adapter to the ser ial communications por t of the POS terminal. Attach the RJ-45 cable (supplied with each adapter) from the adapter to any of the DX2000 data ports. • PIM Connection Connect the PIM to the POS terminal. Attach the RJ-11 cable (supplie[...]

26 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) CONFIGURING YOUR PC To configure your PC: • PC Settings Tu rn on the PC . Change your PC’ s display resolution to 1024 x 768 (if not already on this setting), change the color to 24 or 32 bit (if not already set), change to small fonts (if not already set). Y ou can change these by navigating through Start , Sett[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 27 CHANGING THE DEF AUL T IP ADDRESS To change the default IP address , do the follo wing: 1. The network administrator must assign a new IP address and subnet mask. 2. T ur n on the D VR. T ur n on the PC . 3. Open Inter net Explorer on your PC . T ype the D VR’ s default IP address ( 192.168.2.108:8004 ) in the Addr[...]

28 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) LOGIN Y ou control the D VR through a PC . There are two lev els of access to the D VR: user and administrativ e. The user lev el provides access to the D VR for vie wing liv e and recorded images. The administr ative le vel allows full access , including configuration capability . The logon passwords are set through[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 29 TIP: T o access multiple D VRs, sav e addresses in the F avorites menu. As a DX2000 user/administrator/manager you can save the IP addresses of DX2000 sites you connect to or use in a file in the Favorites menu of your browser for future access. If you want to share those addresses with another site you can do so usi[...]

30 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) QUICK GUIDE TO THE MENU STRUCTURE The f ollowing shows ho w the D VR’ s screens are organized. Figure 10. Menu T ree DX2000 SERIES LIVE VIDEO CONFIGURA TION RECORDED VIDEO CAMERA NAMES RECORD SCHEDULE RECORD MO TION RECORD EVENTS/ ALARMS RECORD D A T A EXCEPTIONS SET CAMERA D ATA PORT CONFIG COMM TYPE SETUP ASSOC D[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 31 PROGRAMMING Programming lets you configure camera and alarm operation, set the system date and time, and define a password (among other things). Programming activities are accomplished through the Configuration menu. CAMERA NAMES Figure 11. Camera Names Screen This screen lets you give each camera a description, typi[...]

32 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) RECORDING There are four types of recordings: • Scheduled Recording This type is simply the da ys and times you wish to record. The configuration includes half- hour increments f or ev er y day of the week. The D VR can record all cameras continuously or can record selected cameras at selected times. For e xample, [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 33 Figure 12. Record Schedule Screen NOTE: In order to maximize hard drive storage space, the DX2000 uses images from scheduled recording to displa y images for a tr ansaction. T o do this, you need to set scheduled recording appropriately (for e xample, at the right image rate, quality , etc.) and f or all hours the ca[...]

34 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Figure 13. Set Camer a Screen 3. Do the following to select a range of time segments: a. Checkmark the star ting time, hold down the Shift k ey , and then checkmark the ending time. The block changes color . b. Click the bar to the right of the check-mark ed star ting time, hold down the Shift k ey , and then click t[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 35 5. Under Record Rate , use the pull-do wn menu to select the camera’ s recording rate, which r anges from 1 image e v er y 64 seconds through 16 images per second (IPS). Y ou can have a total of 16 IPS for all cameras at any instant. The higher the image rate, the closer to real time and the more hard disk storage [...]

36 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 7. Under Cam. Command , use the pull-down menu to select None , Go Preset (send the camera to the presets), or Run P attern (activate a pattern). Y ou set patter ns and presets in live video. This f eature lets you change Spectra or Esprit positions in half-hour increments. The D VR will process this command continuo[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 37 Deselecting a Recording Time To deselect an individual time segment or range of segments, do the f ollowing: 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Clic k Record Schedule . The screen (refer to Figure 12) that appears displays seven days, each broken into half-hour segments. 2. Do one of the following: •T o deselect a[...]

38 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) MOTION RECORDING Use this screen to program motion detection recording. NOTE: Motion (as well as scheduled and event) recording is disabled while an alarm is activated. The priority in recording is contact alarm, motion alarm, contact event, motion event, scheduled recording. Do the following: 1. Click the Configurat[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 39 4. On the Set Camera screen, do the following: a. Click to checkmark the camera(s) you want to turn on. b. Under Record Rate , use the pull-down men u to select the camera’ s recording rate, which ranges from 1 image every 64 seconds through 16 images per second (IPS). Y ou can hav e a total of 16 IPS. The higher t[...]

40 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Look at each camera in the quality setting y ou hav e chosen to ensure it is appropriate for the intended use. Quality settings that are too low might not accomplish your goal while settings higher than necessary will increase the amount of hard drive space needed. The easiest way to check quality settings is to conn[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 41 8. If you w ant to sav e the changes to the D VR, click the Ye s b utton. The prog r am displa ys the picture f or that camera (Figure 15). Figure 15. Motion Selection Screen The entire picture is active f or motion detection (the default is All mask OFF ). a. Position the cursor in the picture where you want to deac[...]

42 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) b. Click the Dwell time chec k-mark box to activ ate a dwell factor . When the bo x is left blank, a block of pixels is compared to the same block of pixels in every other image to detect motion. When the box has a check mark, the block of pixels is compared to the same block of pixels in every fourth image (doubling[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 43 EVENT AND ALARM RECORDING Use the Record On Events & Alarms screen to program e vent and alarm recording. An event might be something ordinary you want recorded; for example, a storeroom door opening during business hours. An alar m, howe ver , is more ser ious; f or example , a storeroom door opened after hours [...]

44 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Remember the f ollowing when programming alarms: • When two alarms are activated, the last alarm to turn on is the one that will be recorded. The system is designed to begin recording the second alarm and stop recording the first alarm ev en bef ore the first alar m’ s duration time e xpires. There is a reason fo[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 45 Do the f ollo wing to program ev ent and alar m recording: 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click Record On Events & Alarms . The Record On Events & Alarms screen appears. Figure 16. Record On Ev ents & Alarms Screen 2. In the bo xes under the Contact Name , enter names to identify the contacts (alarms[...]

46 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 7. Click Set Camera to select the camera that will record the contact and to set camer a v alues f or the recording. The program displa ys the Set Camera screen. Refer to Figure 13. Having a selection of multiple cameras can be important during alarm recording. For e xample, during a bank robber y , cashier 2 tr igge[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 47 Look at each camera in the quality setting y ou hav e chosen to ensure it is appropriate for the intended use. Quality settings that are too low might not accomplish your goal while settings higher than necessary will increase the amount of hard drive space needed. The easiest way to check quality settings is to conn[...]

48 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) DA T A EXCEPTION RECORDING Figure 17. Record On Data Exceptions Screen Use this screen to set the video values for recording triggered by data exceptions. NOTE: The data exceptions also must be defined. Refer to the Data Exceptions section for instructions. Note also that in order to maximize hard drive storage space[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 49 3. Click Set Camera . The Set Camera screen appears . Refer to Figure 13. NOTE: In order to disable exception recording, you must disable the setups on both the Record On Data Exceptions screen and the Set Camera screen (refer to the Scheduled Recording section for information on the Set Camera screen). If you fail t[...]

50 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) d. Under Cam. Command , if desired use the pull-down menu to select None , Go Preset (send the camera to the presets), or Run P attern (activate a pattern). Y ou set patterns and presets in live video. This f eature lets you run a pattern or go to a preset based on a data event. Y ou can reset Spectra or Esprit posit[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 51 DA T A INTERF ACE COMMUNICA TION TYPE Figure 18. Communication T ype Setup Screen Use this screen to define custom communication types. Since there may be more than one type of POS de vice or A TM connected to the DX2000, a communication type defines all parameters the DX2000 needs to communicate with a particular de[...]

52 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Do the f ollowing: 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click Data Interface . The Data Interf ace screen appears with the Data Port Configuration tab displayed. 2. Click the Comm unication T ype Setup tab . The Comm unication T ype Setup screen appears. 3. Use the pull-down menu in the Comm unication T ype box to vie[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 53 7. Use the pull-down menu in the Data Encoding ro w to select one of the f ollowing: Selection Meaning ASYNC Asynchronous data encoding SNA/SDLC (NRZ) SNA/SDLC data encoding, NRZ bit format SNA/SDLC (NRZI) SNA/SDLC data encoding, NRZI bit format 8. Use the pull-down menu in the BAUD Rate row to select a transfer rate[...]

54 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) DA T A PORT CONFIGURA TION Figure 19. Data P or t Configuration Screen Use this screen to activate, name, and configure data ports. Do the following: 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click Data Interface . The Data Interf ace screen appears with Data P or t Configuration tab display ed. (Y ou should hav e already [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 55 4. Use the pull-down menu in the D VR Port column to select the ph ysical por t on the DX2000 f or this POS device or A TM. Select from P1, P2, P3, P4, P3Hub , P4Hub, or NONE. (This option is not available if No Connectioin is selected under Communication T ype.) P3 and P3Hub are the same physical port, but P3Hub spe[...]

56 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) ASSOCIA TED DA T A FORMA T AND CAMERA Figure 20. Associated Data F ormat & Camera Screen[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 57 Use this screen to associate a camera and data f ormat with each data device. When y ou view data, video from the associated camera is displayed. For each Device Name defined in the Data Port Configuration screen, there will be a choice box for the associated camera and for the associated data format. Do the followin[...]

58 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) DA T A FORMA T AND EXCEPTIONS DA T A FORMA T Figure 21. Data F or mat Screen[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 59 Do the f ollowing to set data f ormat values. These values determine how data from A TMs or POS terminals is inter preted. This inf or mation is used to separate the data stream into individual transactions and separate the various fields within the transaction. Every field format m ust match that of the A TM or POS [...]

60 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 6. In the Hour Format field, use the pull-down menu to select either 12-hour or 24-hour (military) format. 7. In the Time Format field, use the pull-down menus to choose the order in which y ou want the time display ed. The choices are hour (HR), min ute (MIN), and second (SEC). (Note that a blank is a v ailable only[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 61 9. In the T ransaction End Format field, use the first pull-down menu to identify the te xt or field that indicate the end of each transaction. This can be the date or time, a word or phrase, or a combination thereof. Choose from the following: Selection Meaning None First part of transaction field is not used. CR Ca[...]

62 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) DA T A EXCEPTIONS Figure 22. Exceptions Screen Exceptions are special cases. Use this screen to define them. Entries are case sensitive. F or each defined data de vice (POS ter minal or A TM), you can specify up to 16 data e xcep- tions. A field left blank is not used in the e xception. Any fields containing values m[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 63 4. Click Enable All to activ ate all exceptions . Check marks will appear in the Enable column of all 16 exceptions. 5. Click Disab le All to disable all e xceptions. Any checkmarked e xceptions have their chec k marks removed. 6. Click the Enable check box to individually activate or deactivate particular exceptions[...]

64 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) GENERAL INFORMA TION Figure 23. Gener al Inf or mation Screen Use this screen to program a number of general items. 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click General Inf ormation . The General Inf or mation screen appears. 2. In the Unit Name field, enter a name to identify the DVR. 3. Under the Password heading, do [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 65 4. Under the Network Settings heading, do the f ollowing: a. In the IP Address field, enter the D VR’s IP address . b. In the Subnet Mask field, enter the subnet mask information. c. In the Gatewa y Address field, enter a gatew ay address to get to the D VR on a network. (A gateway is a network point acting as an e[...]

66 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 7. Under System Information , do the f ollowing: a. Use the pull-down menu in the Default Live Camera field to pick a camera that you w ould lik e to be display ed when the Liv e Video screen first comes up. If you select Live T our , the camera tour feature will start when you access the Live Video page. b. Click ei[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 67 DISK ALLOCA TION/DISK P ARTITIONS The hard disk(s) is partitioned into four sections. It is extremely important to properly configure the drive(s) on setup. Use this screen to specify how much space will be devoted to the different recording modes . Ref er to T ables A, B , C , and D to help decide how to allocate di[...]

68 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) The figures above are for all 16 cameras running at 1 IPS (images per second) continuously f or 24 hours a da y , 7 days a w eek. Reducing the recording schedule times will reduce the GB/day and increase the number of days. NOTE: V alues indicating video storage capacity are estimates only . These estimates are to be[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 69 DISK SP ACE ESTIMA TE CALCULA TION The f ollowing calculations take into account that y ou may want diff erent settings for the different disk partitions: scheduled, motion, event, and alarm. The following table shows lower/upper boundaries of file size for the DX2000 quality settings. Ta b le C. Quality and File Siz[...]

70 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) ALLOCA TING DISK SP ACE Figure 24. Disk Allocation Screen[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 71 W ARNING: Changing disk allocations will erase all hard drive data. To allocate hard dr iv e space, do the f ollowing: 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click Disk Allocation . The Disk Allocation screen appears. 2. At the bottom of the screen are three tabs: Motion Event Estimation , Contact Event Estimation , and[...]

72 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) OPERA TION DVR FRONT P ANEL The front panel contains two LEDs to indicate system pow er and hard drive activity . It contains no controls. PC SCREEN OVER VIEW Several on-screen controls and information boxes let you control how the picture looks, record video to your PC’ s hard drive, and specify where that recorde[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 73 PICTURE QUALITY CAMERA CONTROLS These three pull-down menus appear in the left lo wer corner of the live video screen. They change the camera video f or the current and any subsequent user . The left-most is f or gain and controls contrast, the middle one controls brightness, and the one on the right is chroma and co[...]

74 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) SCREEN BUTTONS Below the picture are nine b uttons to control playbac k of recorded video. Refer to the Pla yback Control Buttons section f or an explanation of the b uttons. The follo wing buttons also appear on some screens (live and recorded). This button lets y ou displa y/hide three slide controls: br ightness, [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 75 VIDEO LOSS INDICA TORS Flashing Xs ne xt to the camera names mean the D VR is not getting signals from those cameras. This is an indicator only; the program takes no action when video loss is detected. There can be a delay of up to one minute from the time of video loss to when the red X (which is the only indicator)[...]

76 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) INFORMA TION BOXES Arrayed across the bottom of the screen are a series of small information boxes. • Star ting from the left, the first box sho ws the state of the viewing PC (b uffer mode/file mode). Refer to the Mode Icon Colors section f or details. • The second identifies the unit’ s IP address (useful whe[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 77 VIEWING LIVE VIDEO To view live video: 1. Click the Live Video b utton to vie w a liv e picture of the current camera. The system displa ys the Video Mode Live Screen (ref er to Figure 25). Y ou can use this screen to view a camera liv e and manually record the displa y to your PC’ s hard drive. 2. T o select a cam[...]

78 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) OPERA TING PRESETS 1. On the Live Video screen, click the b utton of the camera you want to control. 2. Using the on-screen number pad, click the number of the preset you want to run. Click Go . 3. Y ou can clear the preset number from the displa y window b y clicking either C b utton on the number pad. PROGRAMMING P[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 79 RESETTING CAMERAS The DX2000 has a reset button that functions just lik e unplugging a PTZ camera and then plugging it in again. This lets you see what kind of camera you ha ve and its settings . T o do so: 1. Click the Live Video button. 2. Click the button of the PTZ camera you want to reset. 3. Click the Reset b u[...]

80 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) VIEWING DA T A DEVICES LIVE This feature lets security personnel watch employees they suspect may be stealing. For e xample, an emplo yee ma y pretend to swipe an item b ut actually mov e it around the scanner . Security personnel watching it live could see that the item did not appear on the data record. To view liv[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 81 If you are logged on as an administr ator , the ver y bottom of the Data Mode Liv e screen has a Diagnostics b utton that may be helpful in configuring the data de vice. T o use diagnostics, do the following: 1. Click the Diagnostics b utton. The title at the top of the screen changes to DIA GNOSTIC MODE – CHAR and[...]

82 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 2. Click the Diagnostics b utton again and the title at the top of the screen changes to DIAGNOSTIC MODE – FIELD . In this mode, the start and end of the transaction are used to displa y the data in the data area—as in the nor mal mode. Howe v er , in this mode, any special field that is found is displayed in bra[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 83 VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO PLA YBACK CONTROL BUTTONS It is important to understand how the DVR plays back recordings. On playback, the DVR makes use of a b uff er in the viewing PC’ s memor y . The b uff er can hold up to 100 images and begins to fill when you pla y recordings from the D VR or PC hard dr ive . It empti[...]

84 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PLA YING BACK RECORDED VIDEO Figure 26. Video Clip Displa y Screen[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 85 Do the f ollowing to search f or and play bac k recorded video: 1. Click the Recor ded Video button. The Video Mode Recorded screen appears. 2. Select the date of the video you w ant to view . Y ou can click the arrows to mo v e forw ard or backw ard one day at a time . Or highlight the day , month, or year and type [...]

86 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PLA YING BACK RECORDED DA T A Figure 27. Data Mode Recorded Screen Do the following to view recorded data. T ransaction Date/Time Search 1. Click the Recor ded Data button. The Data Mode Recorded screen appears . It contains a transaction time grid. 2. Select the date of the video you w ant to view . Y ou can click t[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 87 4. The screen changes to show the hour you chose divided into five minute blocks. Click the b loc k you want to view . A pop-up window displa ys the block divided into one minute divisions. Click the min ute you w ant to view . Figure 28. Recorded T ransaction Data Screen The captured transaction data appears along w[...]

88 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 5. Click the Camera choice bo x if you want to vie w video from a camera not associated with this data device. 6. Click the Printer button to print the current transaction. 7. Click the Folder button to save the current transaction to a text file. 8. Click the Ne xt Record button to vie w the next sa ved transaction [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 89 Figure 29. Tr ans T ext Search Screen T ransaction T ext Search 1. Click the Recor ded Data button. The Data Mode Recorded screen appears. 2. Click the Te xt Searc h b utton. The T ransaction T ext Search screen appears .[...]

90 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 3. Enter the search criter ia, as described below . Criterion Effect Search Start (Date) (This is the date box above the Begin Search button.) All searches start at the first data record in the file. However, if the search takes too long, you can enter the date you want the search for the transaction to begin. The se[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 91 Monetary Modifier This entry is used with the Value field to determine the monetary criterion. Value The search includes only transactions that contain the specified value criterion on the same line as text defined in the first and second Line Item fields. Value only affects the search if entry in the Monetary Modifi[...]

92 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PLA YBACK FOLLOWING TIME CHANGES The D VR uses the time and date to index video on the hard disk so y ou can find it later . Changing the time can cause the DVR to work improperly when you try to play back video. If you set the hour ahead, this is not a problem. But if you set the hour back, there will be more than o[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 93 PC RECORDING AND PLA YBACK The DX2000 software has two parts—one part communicates with the DVR server and the other par t communicates with your PC . The Stop b utton below the vie wing area breaks liv e video communication with the D VR ser ver while the Pla y button restores communica- tion. Understanding this c[...]

94 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) RECORDING LIVE VIDEO ON THE PC’S HARD DRIVE While in Live mode , you can quic kly record what you are seeing to the hard dr iv e on your PC . How much y ou can record depends on the space availab le on your PC’ s hard disk. T o do so: 1. Click the Live Video button. 2. Click the b utton of the camera you want to [...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 95 PLA YING BACK RECORDINGS FROM THE PC’S HARD DRIVE There are two wa ys to play bac k video that was recorded on the PC’ s hard drive: • One way is while you are connected to the DX2000 and in its program. • The other wa y is remotely , using the Remote Playback Vie wer . Y ou do not need to be connected to the[...]

96 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PRINTING AN IMAGE Y ou can print a single image of either live or recorded video from the D VR using your PC’ s printer . 1. Do one of the following: • Recorded Video: Clic k the Recorded Video button. The Recorded Video screen appears. Locate the segment of recorded video you want to archive, and begin playback.[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 97 UTILITIES FILE UTILITIES Figure 31. File Utilities Screen Loading New Software 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click File Utilities . The File Utilities screen appears. 2. The Software Upload function lets you load a new version of software to the DX2000 from your PC . (Y ou save the file from the P elco Internet[...]

98 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Restoring Previous Softwar e 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click File Utilities . The File Utilities screen appears. 2. The Software Revert function lets you return to the earlier software in the event the new software does not load successfully . Both v ersions are sav ed. Do the follo wing: a. Click the Re ve[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 99 HARD DRIVE UTILITIES 1. Click the Configuration b utton. Click File Utilities . The File Utilities screen appears. 2. Under the Hard Drive Utilities heading are options that let y ou manage the hard drive. a. Checkmark the desired bo xes . The box es do the f ollowing: • Erase All Recorded Ima ges and Data Use CAUT[...]

100 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) RESETTING THE DVR There are two v er y small buttons on the rear panel near the bottom of the D VR. Y ou must use a pen or something small to press them. The r ight button (f acing the back of the D VR) reboots the D VR. The left button resets the D VR to the initial IP address and passw ords. The procedure for rese[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 101 PLA YBACK VIEWER DESCRIPTION The DX2000 Pla yback Viewer is an e xecutab le software progr am that lets you vie w both snapshots (single images) and video recorded from the DX2000 Digital Video Recorder (D VR) without being connected to the DVR. For example, the DX2000 DVR operator could save the recorded video of a[...]

102 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PLA YBACK VIEWER CONTROLS A bar below the picture indicates y our location in the video file as it plays . This button mo ves the displa y to the first image in the file. This button pla ys the images in the file in rev erse. This button reverses the display in the file one image at a time. This button pauses the di[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 103 This button opens the Configure dialog bo x, as shown below . Y ou can do the f ollowing from this bo x: • On the first star t-up of the viewer , you must select a location on y our PC where you will store files and from which you will retrie ve files . Click the Choose video f older button to display the Bro wse [...]

104 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) This button opens a dialog windo w from which you na vigate to the file you w ant to view . The window is shown belo w . This button sa ves the image currently display ed to a new file. This button prints the image currently displayed. This button closes the image currently displa yed.[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 105 PLA YBACK VIEWER INFORMA TION BOXES Arra yed across the bottom of the screen are a series of small information box es. These bo xes show what w as on the screen when the video or snapshot was recorded and not what is happening now . For e xample, the time you see is the time the recording w as made, not the current [...]

106 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) PRINTING AN IMAGE IN A FILE 1. Load a snapshot file or video file in the view er (ref er to the Viewing Files on the Pla yback Viewer section). 2. (Skip this step if viewing a snapshot.) Click the Pause button when you find the image you want to print. 3. Click the Print icon . The program displa ys a window with bu[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 107 MAINTENANCE The DX2000 has a washab le and replaceab le filter (Pelco part number MF00-1210-130A) for the internal hard drives’ cooling fan. In the event it needs replacing due to dusty conditions, do the following: 1. Remove the four screws securing the front panel of the DX2000. Remove the panel. 2. Pull out the[...]

108 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) GLOSSAR Y Cat5 Cable Type of cable used on a LAN to connect computers, printers, and transmitters and receivers to a hub on the network. Gateway A network point acting as an entrance to another network. Computers that control traffic on a company’s network or at local Internet service provider are gateway nodes. O[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 109 SPECIFICA TIONS ELECTRICAL/VIDEO Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, autoranging Power Consumption: 200W maximum Video Standards: NTSC/PAL switchable Resolution: 720 x 240 (NTSC and PAL) Compression Alogrithm: Wavelet Compressed Image Size: 5-40 KB, 12 KB average Max. Recording Speed: 16 images per second Max. Tra[...]

110 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) INDEX A Alarm 45 Alar m inputs 11 Alarm wiring 19 Archiving recorded video to PC hard drive 94 Associated data format and camera screen 57 A TMs 24 B Baud rate 53 Buttons 74 Buttons (playback control) 83 Buttons on live video display screen 77 C Cam command 36, 40, 47, 50 Camera controls 77 Camera menu 80 Camera nam[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 111 Live video 77 Live video display screen 77 Login 28 M Manual recording 77 Menu structure 30 Minimum PC requirements 8 Mode icon colors 75 Models 9 Modem initialization 66 Modifier 63 Momentary 45 Monetary format 59 Month format 59 N Name cameras 31 Network address 55 Network connection 25 Nor mally open/closed 11 NT[...]

112 Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) Time f ormat 60 T our feature 77 Tr ansaction data 80 Tr ansaction date/time search 86 Tr ansaction end format 61 Tr ansaction header 80 Tr ansaction item 63 Tr ansaction number 61 Tr ansaction star t format 60 Tr ansaction text search 89 U Unit name 64 Unsupervised wiring 19, 20 V V alue 63 Video enhancements 73 Vi[...]

Pelco Manual C690M-E (11/04) 113 REGULA TORY NOTICES This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to par t 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec- tion against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can r[...]

REVISION HISTOR Y Manual # Date Comments C690M 5/02 Original version. C690M-A 4/03 Added documentation on the Special De vice Format field and the camera tour feature . Revised documentation to reflect removal of the Apply and Cancel buttons from the Motion Selection Screen, addition of the Custom De vice Filter on the Data Format Screen, and the w[...]