LOREX Technology L224 Series manual

MODEL: L224 Series TRIPLEX NETWORK DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER Instruction Manual www.lorexcctv.com Copyri ght © 2006 Lor ex Technology Inc. English Vers ion1.0[...]

Thank you for purchasing t he L224 Series Triplex Net work Digital Video Recorder. Lorex is committed to pr oviding our customers with a high quality, reliable security product. The L224 Series DVR allows for Triple x Functionality – Record, View and Search for recoded data simultaneously, and supports up to a 500 GB Hard Drive. The system can be[...]

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS[...]

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS[...]

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PARTS AND FEATURES PARTS AND FEATURES 1.1 FE ATURES ------------------------------------ --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- - ---------------------- ----- 1.2 PACKAGE CONT ENTS ---------------------------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- ------[...]

1.1 FEATURES 1.1 FEATURES 1 L224 SeriesTechnolo g y L224 SeriesTechnolo g y Compression for mat providing crys tal clear images w ith real time performance Multiplex Multiplex Allow live d isplay, record , playback, backup, and netwo rk at the same time Backup Function: Backup Function: Supports image backup w ith USB flash dr ives, network remote [...]

1.2 CONTENTS 1.2 CONTENTS CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE RECEI VED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE. 2 L224 Series DVR with Remote Control Manual and Software CD Power Adapter[...]

1.3 SPECIFICATIONS 1.3 SPECIFICATIONS Video Sy stem NTSC / PAL (sw itchab le) Video Compr ession Format Video Input Video Loop Out Video Output Maximum Recording Rate Adjustable Recording Speed Multi- language OSD YES R.E.T. R. (Rem ote Event Trigger Recording) YES Image Quality Settin g Hard Disk Storage HDD Quick Cleaning Recor ding Mode Watermar[...]

 The specifica tions of the actual produc ts ar e subject to change without fu rther notification. Specifica tion Continued… Web Transmitting Compression Format Motion JPEG IR Transmitter YES Digital Zoom 2X digital zoom (live mode) Ethernet 10/100 Base-T. Support remote c ontrol and live vie w via Ethernet Web Interface Support licensed softw[...]

1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL 1 2 3 11 4 5 14 6 14 7 15 8 15 9 10 12 13 5[...]

1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL 1) “ LED LIG HT ”: HDD: HDD is reading or recording HDD Full: HDD is full. ALARM: Once the alarm is trig gered TIMER: When timer recording is turn ed on PLAY: Under playing status REC: Under recording status 2) “ MENU ”: Press “MENU” button to ent er t he main menu. 3) “ ENTER ”/ “ SET ”: Press ?[...]

7 10) “ CH1 ”“ CH2 ”“ CH3 ”“ CH4 ”: Press “ 1 ”“ 2 ”“ 3 ”“ 4 ” buttons to select the channel to di splay. 11) “ REC ”: Press “REC” button to acti vate the manual recording. 12) “ “ or “ PLAY ”: Press this button to play back the recorded dat a. 13) “ UP / PAUSE , DOWN / STOP , LEFT / FAST REWIND , R[...]

1.5 REAR PANEL 1.5 REAR PANEL 1) 75 Ω / HI-IMPEDANCE : When using Loop function, please sw itch to HI- I MPEDANCE. When you don ’t use Loop function, please switch to 75 Ω . 2) VIDEO INPU T (CHANNEL 1 - 4) : Connect to video sources , such as cameras. LOOP (CHANN EL 1 - 4) : Video output. 3) MONITOR : Connect to Main mon itor. 4) CALL MONIT OR [...]

2.1 GETTING STARTED 2.1 GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED Connect all the d evices: 1) Install HDD: The HDD must be installed before th e DVR is turned on. Please re fer to Appendix #1 for HDD installation instructions. 2) Connect cameras, monitors and external devices. Please refer to the section “1.5 REAR Take Model 1 as an exampl[...]

BASIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 3.1 RECORDING 3.1 RECORDING The DVR offers three recording modes, manual record, event record and timer record. If power is off acciden tally, recorded video files will still be still stored in the HDD. DVR will return to the original reco rding status after power is on again. 1) MANUAL RECORDING (continuous recordin[...]

3.2 PLAYBACK 3.2 PLAYBACK Press “ ” or “PLAY” button and the DVR will display the last recorded video. 1) FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (REW): You can increase the sp eed for fast forward and rewind on the DV R. In the playback mode, ＊ Press “ ►► “ once to get 4X spee d forward and press twice to get 8X speed, etc., and t[...]

DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION 4.1 MENU TREE 4.1 MENU TREE 12 DA TE: DA TE: YEAR MONTH DAY YEAR MONTH DAY FORMAT: Y FORMAT: Y - - M M - - D D … … TIME: TIME: HOUR MIN SEC HOUR MIN SEC MENU MENU RECORD RECORD TIMER TIMER DA TE DA TE A DVANCE ADVA NCE TITLE TITLE BRIG BRIG CONT CONT SA TU SA TU HUE HUE COV COV REC REC CA [...]

4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD 4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD Move the cursor to “RECORD” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. 1) MANUAL RECORD ENABLE: Start / stop the manual r ecording function. 2) EVENT RECORD ENABLE: Start / stop the event recording function. When th is function is activated, the recording will[...]

8) EVENT RECORD IPS: Recording is activa ted by events ( alarm an d motion trig ger). Select the images per second for EVENT RECORD. The options are as following: NTSC NTSC: FRAME: 30, 15, 7, 3 PAL PAL: FRAME: 25, 12, 6, 3 CIF: 120, 60, 30, 15 CIF: 100, 50, 25, 12 9) TIMER RECORD IPS: Recording is activa ted by timer sche dules. Select the images p[...]

4.4 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___DATE 4.4 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___DATE (MENU) RECORD TIMER ► DATE DATE ADVANCE Move the cursor to “DATE” and press ”ENT ER”. The screen will show the following options. Please DO NOT change the date or time wh en the recording function is activated. See “ 2.1 GETTING START ED ” for detai ls. NOTE: The ill ustrated s[...]

4.5 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE 4.5 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE (MENU) RECORD TIMER DATE ► ADVANCE ADVANCE ADVANCE ADVANCE CAMERA DETECTION DISPLA Y ALERT REMOTE SYSTEM NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO EVENT LOG 4.6 ADVANCED MENU ___CAMERA 4.6 ADVANCED MENU ___CAMERA Move the cursor to “CAMERA” and pre ss ”ENTER”. The screen will show the followin[...]

17 4.7 ADVANCED MENU ___DETECTION 4.7 ADVANCED MENU ___DETECTION Move the cursor to “DETECTION” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. DETECTION DETECTION TITLE DET AREA LS SS TS RE ALARM 01 ON SETUP 07 03 02 10 OFF 02 ON SETUP 07 03 02 10 LOW 03 ON SETUP 07 03 02 10 HIGH 04 ON SETUP 07 03 02 10 OFF DETECTION DETECTI[...]

18 ▲▼ ◄► : Navigate between targets. d) LS : The sensitivity of comparing two differ ent images. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motio n detection. The highest sensitivity setti ng is 00 and the lowest se nsitivity setting is 15. The default value is 07. e) SS : The sensitivity regarding the size of t he triggered objec[...]

19 4.8 ADVANCED MENU ___DISPLAY 4.8 ADVANCED MENU ___DISPLAY Move the cursor to “DISPLAY” and pre ss ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. DISPLAY DISPLAY TITLE D ISPLAY ON DATE D ISPLAY ON HDD INFO ON LOSS SCREEN BLUE PLAYBACK IN FO NOR MAL DWELL D URATI ON (SEC) 2 DE-INTERLACE ON MONITOR OUT MAIN OSD SETUP WATERMARK ON 1) T[...]

20 4.9 ADVANCED MENU ___ALERT 4.9 ADVANCED MENU ___ALERT Move the cursor to “ALERT” and press ”ENT ER”. The screen will show the following options. 1) EXT. ALERT: Set the sound on / off whe n the ex ternal alarm is trig gered. 2) INT. B UZZER: Set the sound of KEY / VLOSS / MOT ION / ALARM / HDD FULL on or off. 3) KEY BUZZER: Set the sound [...]

21 4.10 ADVANCED MENU ___REMOTE 4.10 ADVANCED MENU ___REMOTE Move the cursor to “REMOTE” and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. REMOTE REMOTE TITLE DEVICE ID PROTOCOL RATE 01 PTZ 001 P - D 02400 02 CAMERA 002 NO RMAL 02400 03 CAMERA 003 NO RMAL 02400 04 CAMERA 004 NO RMAL 02400 1) TITLE: Title of each camera. 2) DEVI[...]

4.11 ADVANCED MENU ___SYSTEM 4.11 ADVANCED MENU ___SYSTEM Move the cursor to “SYSTEM” and press ”E NTER”. The screen wi ll show the following options. 1) SERI AL TYP E: Press “ENTE R” or “ ＋ ”o r “ － ” button to set the control seria l type (RS-485, RS- 232) of DVR. 2) BAUD RATE: Press “ENTE R” or “ ＋ ”o r “ － [...]

4.12 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK 4.12 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK 23 Move the cursor to “NETWORK” and pr ess ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK TYPE STATIC DNS 61 . 66 . 138 . 53 PORT 0 0 8 0 1) NETWORK TYPE (STATIC): Select NETWORK TYPE, press “ ＋ ”o r “ － ” button to set the network typ e as S[...]

24 4.13 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP 4.13 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP Move the cursor to “BACKUP” and press ”E NTER”. The screen wi ll show the following options. 1) START TIME: Select the start time of the backup. 2) END TIME: Select the end time of the backup. 3) AVAILABLE SIZE: Display the available capacity in the inserted USB flash drive. 4) CH[...]

25 4.14 ADVANCED MENU ___HDD INFO 4.14 ADVANCED MENU ___HDD INFO You can get the capacity info rmati on for the connected HDD. 4.15 ADVANCED MENU ___EVENT LOG 4.15 ADVANCED MENU ___EVENT LOG You can get all the information (event type , time, and ch annel) o n the event list, including video loss li st, net list and other lists (such as power on / [...]

ADDITIONAL OPERATION ADDITIONAL OPERATION 26 5.1 SEARCH 5.1 SEARCH Press “ SEARCH ” button on the front pa nel of the DVR to enter the search mode. Then the screen will show the followi ng options. SEARCH SEARCH HDD-MASTER-1 FULL LIST RECORD LIST SYSTEM LIS T ALARM LI ST MOTION LIST EVENT SEAR CH TIME SEA RCH 1) HDD: HDD-Master-1. 2) FULL LIST:[...]

5.3 SWITCH N/P SYSTEM 5.3 SWITCH N/P SYSTEM 5.2 KEY LOCK 5.2 KEY LOCK 1) 1) Key Lock On Key Lock On: 2) 2) Key Lock Off Key Lock Off: Enter the password to exit Key Lock mod e. 3) 3) Password Password: For the password setting, pl ease refer to “4) PASSWORD” in the section “4.11 ADVANCE MENU_SYSTEM” at P.24. c Press “MENU” + “ENTER”[...]

5.5 USB UPGRADE 5.5 USB UPGRADE 5.6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP 5.6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP WARNING WARNING UPGRADE ARE YOU SURE? YES NO WARNING WARNING PLEASE WAIT… UPGRADE KERNEL OK WARNING WARNING PLEASE WAIT… UPGRADE BOOT OK WARNING WARNING PLEASE WAIT… UPGRADE HTML OK WARNING WARNING UPGRADE SUCCESS REBOOT OK WARNING WARNING SHUTDOWN PLEASE WAIT?[...]

2) 2) AP Basic Operation AP Basic Operation : NOTE: The version of the licensed softw are will be shown on the login page. c Connect your DVR to PC via RJ45 network line. d LAN Setting : LAN Setting : The default DVR IP is “192.168 .1.10”, and default “username” and “password” are both “admin ”. Users should set PC’s IP address as[...]

i AP Control Panel Digital Device Control Panel ~ 4 CH DVR Digital Device Control Panel ~ 4 CH DVR a. Image Transfer Rate Per Second b. Data Transfer Rate c. Conn ect / Disconnect d. Resolution: NTSC: 320 × 228 ; 640 × 4 56 PAL: 320 × 276 ; 640 × 5 52 e. Image Quality (High, Medium, Low) f. Snapshot: Press this bu tton to take a snapshot of the[...]

g. Record: press this but ton to star t recording, and press this button again t o stop recording. The recorded files will be saved to the designat ed path on t he PC. Each recorded file can be up to 18,000 frames. When the recorded file is full, the new recorded f ile will be saved as the second file. If the HDD space is less than 200MB, the progr[...]

Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ j. Preset 1 ~ 16 k. AUTO l. Zoom Tele Zoom Wide m. Focus Near Focus Far n. Max Zoom In Max Zoom Out o. Enter p. PTZ Control On / Off: When the PTZ control mode is turned on, users could select the PTZ device and press “OK” bu tton to enter the PTZ control AP screen. (Press ?[...]

j Playback Operation Playback Operation A. Playback Information Playback Information : Display information such as “Date”, “Time”, “Resolution”, “ Rewind / Forward Speed”, “Status” and “Functions”, etc. B. Time Progress Bar Time Progress Bar : Show the playback progress status. C. Functions Functions : D. Playback Control Bu[...]

3) 3) AP Advanced Setting AP Advanced Setting :  Press “System Config“ button to enter the system setting page. Network Network The network configur ation allows the DVR to connect to an Ethernet or dial-up network. c c Static IP: Static IP: Enter the “server IP”, “gateway”, “net mask” and “web port”, and then press “APPLY?[...]

DDNS DDNS c DDNS is a service for transform ing the dynamic IP corresponding to a specific “Hostname”. d DDNS Apply: DDNS Apply: 35 Go to a website which provides free DDNS services and apply a “Hostna me”. See the example below. e Enable the DDNS function Enable the DDNS function : User Name: Enter your DDNS user name. Password: Enter your[...]

36 Mail Mail c When the recording is triggered by an alarm or a motion, a video copy file can be captured. The DVR will send an e-mail notification to the assigned recipients (up to 5 recipients). ***Note***: ***Note***: To activate the e- mail notification function, please enable the function of e-mail notification in the “ Alarm ” setting fir[...]

37 DVR DVR – – Camera Setting Camera Setting c Each camera channel can be adjusted independently. d Select the desired camera channel. Press “ Edit Edit” t o enter the setting box. e Title: Title: Enter the camera cha nnel name up to 6 characters. f Adjustment: Adjustment: Adjust the BR (brightness) / CT (contrast) / SU (saturation) / HU (h[...]

38 Detection Detection c Select the desired channel, and press “ Edit Edit” to enter the motion detection sensitivity and area setting box. d Motion Detection Sensitivity Motion Detection Sensitivity : Set the detection sensitivity in 4 different adjustable factors. LS: LS: The sensitivity of comparing two different ima ges. The smaller the val[...]

39 Network Backup Network Backup Making backup to your PC: After pressing “Start ”, the backup will be proceeded and a st atus bar will be displayed. “DVR Network Backup” pop-up window will show the message “Download process is finished” when the backup is succeeded. Press “PLAY” button to directly convert and play the file , or “[...]

40 A. Playback Information Playback Information B. Time Progress Bar Time Progress Bar C. Functions Functions : (1) De-interl ace (2) De-bloc king (3) OSD (4) AVI Conversi o n (5) Config. Setting (6) Waterm ar k (7) Open Previous (8) Open Next File D. Playback Control Buttons Playback Control Buttons : Play / Stop / Pause / Fast Rewind / Fas t Forw[...]

41 Search List Search List c HDD Number HDD Number : Select one HDD (Master). d List Type List Type : Select one list ty pe (All/ Manual/ System/ Alarm/ Motion). e Max List Number Max List Number : Maximum number of the list (128 ) f Download HDD List Download HDD List : Press this button to start downloading the list. c DATE DATE : Choose a day fr[...]

42 Date Date Record Setting Record Setting In this menu, you can set the d ate for your DVR. Please DO NOT change the date or time when the recording functi on is activated. See “ 2.1 GETTING STARTED ” at P.10 for details. c MANUAL RECORD MANUAL RECORD : Specify whether to use manual recording (YES / ON) and set IPS number. d EVENT RECORD EVENT[...]

43 4CH DVR Note: Note: Email Notifi cation: MJPEG pict ures wil l be made at your designated space set in “ File Path”, plus an e-mail contai ne d with t h e MJPEG pictures (1-1 0 pictures) to be sent to the address wh ich is set under “M ail”. FTP Notificati on: MJPEG pict ures wil l be made at your designated space set in “ File Path”[...]

44 c Set up the us er’s accoun t ( Max 5 accounts), p assword, life time, and authority level ( Max 5 users on line at the Max 5 users on line at the same time same time). d User’s level: SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR — — Control all the functions (“a”, “b”, “c ”, “d”, “e” and “f” ). HIGH HIGH — — Control only “a”, ?[...]

5.7 OPERATION VIA IE BROWSER 5.7 OPERATION VIA IE BROWSER 45 Step 1 Step 1 : Type the IP address where your DVR is located into the URL address box a nd press Enter. Then you’l l see the following page. If the TCP port number is not 80, see the example below. IP address: 60.121.46.2 36 ; Port number: 888 Æ Key in “ http://60.121. 46.236:888 ?[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING 6.1 FAQ 6.1 FAQ Please refer to the FAQ t able below for easy troubleshooting. The table bel ow describes some typical prob lems and also thei r solutions. Pleas e check them before calling your DVR dealer. PROBLEM SOLUTION No power Check power cord connection. Confirm that there is power fr om the outlet. Not work i[...]

Carefully follow th e steps to ensure correct installation. *** Note: Please set the HDD to “M aster Mode” or “S ingle Mode” *** 1) Open the upper cover of the DVR and screw out the bracket. 2) Screw HDD onto the HDD bracket. (Refer to Fig.1 & 2) 3) Connect the HDD to the power connec tor and IDE BUS (ma ke sure to align the HDD precise[...]

DC12V + GND 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 16 17 PIN Connection Applicati on Solder Side of DSUB 15PIN APPENDIX #2 APPENDIX #2 APPENDIX #2 APPENDIX #2 – – PIN CONFIGURATION PIN CONFIGURATION 48 PIN F UNCTION DESCRIPTION 1 RS232-TX DVR can be controlled remote ly by the keyboard of PC by using RS-232 serial communication signals. 2 RS232-RX[...]

APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 – – RS RS - - 232 PROTOCOL 232 PROTOCOL 1) Use PC keyboards to simula te DVR keypads. 2) Data: REMOTE PROTOCOL use 8 bit data, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit. 49 ACT C0H ID FUNCTION STOP (FFH) (7FH) FUNCTION CODE ASCII FUNCTION CODE ASCII KEY_ME NU 0x4D M KEY_DW ELL 0x65 e KEY_ENTER 0x0D ENTER KEY_CH1 0x[...]

50 1) Recording time varies depending on the following factors: * Different camera quality * Different picture compo sition (such as f requency of the object movement) Record mode Quality IPS 500GB record time (hour) Record day Fram e Best 30 127.78 5.3 15 236.11 9.8 7 511.11 21.3 3 980.65 40.9 High 30 159.72 6.7 15 305.55 12.7 7 633.89 26.4 3 1209[...]

APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 – – COMPATIBLE USB FLASH COMPATIBLE USB FLASH DRIVE BRAND DRIVE BRAND Please upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest version to ensure t he accuracy of the following table. If the USB flash drive is not supported by the DVR, the "USB ERROR" message will be shown on the screen. NOTE[...]

APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #6 – – COMPATIBL E HDD BRAND COMPATIBL E HDD BRAND Please upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest versi on to ensure th e accuracy of the following table. 52 Brand Name Brand Name Model Model Capacity Capacity Deskstar 7K250, HDS722516VLAT20 160GB 160GB 160GB 250GB HITAC HI Desksta r 511DHT0021[...]

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