Speco Technologies CS16 manual

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16-Channel Digital Video Recorder i WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BA CK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral trian gle, is intended to alert the user to t[...]

Operation Instruction ii Important Safeguards 1. Read Inst ructions All the s afety and operating instructio ns should b e read bef ore the appliance is ope rated. 2. Retain Instr uction s The safety a nd operating instr uctions shoul d be retaine d for future reference . 3. Cleaning Unplug this equipm ent from the wall outlet before cleaning it. D[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder iii Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ....................................................................................... ............... ..... 1 Feature .............................................................................................................. ......... ............ 1 Technical O[...]

Operation Instruction iv Setup Screen .................................................................................................................. ..... 12 System Setup .................................................................................................................. ..... 12 Information .......................................[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder v Bookmarks ..................................................................................................... ................ .. 63 Clip-Copy ...................................................................................................... ............... .... 63 Appendix .................................[...]

Operation Instruction vi Figure 30 — Motion Detectio n Settings screen. ................................... .............................................. ...... 27 Figure 31 — Motion Detection Actions 1 screen. ................................................................................ ..... 28 Figure 32 — Motion Detection Actions 2 scr[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 — Introduction Feature Your color digital video recorder (DV R) provides recording capabilities for 16 camera input s. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback m odes, and offers the following features:  16 Composite Video Input Con nectors  Compatible with Color (NTSC o[...]

Operation Instruction 2 Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation.[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package con tains the following:  Digital Video R ecorder  Power Adaptor and Power Cord  Operation Instruction (This Document)  Speco Central Software CD and Operation Instruction  Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools a[...]

Operation Instruction 4 Video Out NOTE: The VGA and Video Out (BNC) connectors may be connected to indi vidual monitors for simultaneous operation. Audio In/Out NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local law s and regulations permit recording audi o. The DVR does not have amplified a udio output, so you w ill need a speaker w ith[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 5 RS485 Port Connector Pin Outs: Master Unit Slave Unit P → To → TX+/RX+ N → To → TX-/RX- GND → To → GND Alarm Input/Output AI 1 to 16 (Alarm-In) : You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm-In) and GND (Ground) conn[...]

Operation Instruction 6 To reset the unit , you will need a stra ightened paperclip : 1. Turn the DV R off. 2. Turn it on ag ain. 3. Wh ile the DVR i s initializing, th e front panel LEDs will blink. Wh en the front panel LEDs blink, poke the straightened pap erclip into the unlabeled ho le to the righ t of the VGA connector. 4. Hold the sw itch un[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 7 Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be c ompletely installed before procee ding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation . Front Panel Controls Figure 3 — DVR front panel. Menu Button Copy Button Esc Button Play/Stop Button Camera Buttons Arrow Buttons Play/Pause Button HDD LED Power LED USB Port The [...]

Operation Instruction 8 Play/Stop Button Press ing the PLAY/STOP bu tton enters the playback mode, an d pressing the button again e xits the playback mode. When entering the playback mode, video is paused. Pressing the (Play /Pause) button plays back video at regular speed. The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displa[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 9 Remote Control Buttons ID Button Camera Buttons Sequence Button Login/Logout Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Playback Buttons Alarm Button Layout Button Zoom Button PTZ Button Enter Button Esc Button PTZ Control Buttons Copy Button Play/S top Button Figure 4 — Infrared remote control. NOTE: For simplicity, the[...]

Operation Instruction 10 Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to na vigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the m enu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s valu e. When in the PIP display format, press ing the Up and Down arrow buttons moves the posit[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 11 PTZ Control Buttons While in the PTZ mode, the PR ESET butt ons are used to save Presets and load a Pre set View, the ZOOM buttons are used to Zoom In and Zoom Out, and the FOCUS buttons are used for Near Focus and Far Focus. Copy Button Pressing the COPY button allows you to cop y video clips. Play/Stop Button [...]

Operation Instruction 12 Setup Screen Figure 7 — Setup screen. Press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer to th e top of the screen an d then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titl es. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboar[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 13 Figure 9 — Information setup screen . In the Information screen, you can name the site location, assign a System ID number, se lect the language th e screens are displayed in, display software versio n number, upgrade the software, s how the System Log, displ ay recorded time data, and clear all data. Highligh[...]

Operation Instruction 14 Highlight Show System Log… and press the button to display the S y stem Log. The System Log screen lists s y stem activities (up to 5,000 from the lates t) that have occurr ed along with the time and date. The icon will b e displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote site. You can scrol l through the [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 15 You can set up holiday s by highlighti ng + and pressi ng the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day an d change th em by using the Up and Down arrow buttons. Pres s the button to add the date. Dates can be deleted by hig hlighting the beside the date a nd pressi ng the button. NOTE: Holid[...]

Operation Instruction 16 Highlight the box in the Format colum n for the d esired storage d evice and press the button. You will be able to format the device for recording. When selecting Not Using from Use As and highlighting the Format button, the device will not be used for recording. NOTE: The DVR does NOT su pport USB hard disk drives wi th a [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 17 Figure 15 — User setup screen. The +/- column is used to collaps e and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this co lumn, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If ther e is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the User Names within that grou[...]

Operation Instruction 18 To add a User, h ighlight the + User… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing y ou to enter the User Name. Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and p assword. You can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on the front panel to assign the password. The passwo rd can be up to 8 digits. You will be asked t[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 19 Date/Time Setup  Date: Set the system date and select the date for mat.  Time : Set the system time and select th e time format.  Time Zone: Select your time zone. The Time Zone can be selected on th e map.  Use Daylight Saving Time: Selecting the box sets the system to us e day light saving time. NO[...]

Operation Instruction 20 Select th e Finish button to fin ish the EZ Record and select the Go to EZ Network button to start the EZ Network. Figure 18 — EZ Network screen. If you selected the Go t o EZ Ne t wor k , select the Next button to start the EZ Network. Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet. LAN S[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 21 DVRNS Setup  Use DVR Name Service: Select the box to use the DV R Name Service.  DVRNS Server: Enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server.  Port: Set the port number of the DVRNS server.  Use NAT: Select the box to use the NAT (Network Address Translation) devic e.  DVR Name: En t er [...]

Operation Instruction 22 Figure 21 — Record Settings screen. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the old est video d ata once all av ailable storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage spac e has been used[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 23 Highlighting the Panic Recording – Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Panic recording. You can select from: Very High , High , Standar d and Basic . Highlighting the Panic Recording – Resolution and pressing the button allows y ou to set the recorded image resolu[...]

Operation Instruction 24 When the DVR is in the Time & Event mode, the DVR will follo w the Time settings and th e icon displays at the top-left corner of the screen. Th e DVR follows the Ev ent settings and the icon displays. Highlight the bo x under the Channels heading and pre ss the button to select which camera s will be recorded. (Simple [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 25 Figure 25 — Pre-Event setup screen. When the DVR is in the Event Re cord mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you to def ine how to handle p re-event r e cordi ng. You can turn ind ividual cameras On or Off for pr e-event recording. The image speed c[...]

Operation Instruction 26 Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs, and the Act ions 1 and Actions 2 setup screens appear. You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input conn ectors. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button. A list of cameras appears. Select the camer[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 27 Your DVR has built- in video motio n detection. Vi deo motion detection can be turned On or Off for each c amera. Figure 30 — Motion Detection Settings screen. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivit y heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to moti on for Daytime and Nig[...]

Operation Instruction 28 Highlight the box beside Daytime and press the button. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Da ytime range. The DVR will cons ider the remain ing time range as the N ighttime. Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs, and the Motion Detection Actions 1 and Actions 2 setup screens app ear. The DVR can be set to re [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 29 Figure 33 — Video Loss Settings screen. Highlighting the box under the Vi deo Loss Inter val heading allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Vid eo Loss. The DVR will not consider any signal loss from a cam era to be a Vid e o Loss if th e detected signal loss is shorter th[...]

Operation Instruction 30 Figure 35 — Video Blind Settings screen. The DVR checks to s ee if anything is bl inding a camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to a djust the DVR’s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 (Never) and 1 (least sensitive) t o 15 (most sensitive). NOTE: Video bl[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 31 NOTE: For the Noti fy action, the notif y item you select should be enabled in the Notific ation setup screen and the DVR should be registered in th e Speco Central (Remote Administration System). Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ pres ets appea rs. Select t he [...]

Operation Instruction 32 Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number o f additi onal lines of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10. Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter , and press the button. Use the vi rtual keyboard to enter t he character(s) that the device u ses to indicate the end of[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 33 Figure 40 — Health Check screen The DVR can be configured to ru n self-diagnosti cs and report the results. Highlighting the box beside Sy stem and pressing the button allows you to select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the s y st em. You can s e lect from 1 hr. to 30 days or Nev[...]

Operation Instruction 34 Figure 42 — System Event Actions screen. The DVR can be set to react to s ystem events. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector , sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a n umber of different devices. Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside t he desired eve nt ( Check Reco rdi ng , Check Alarm-In [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 35 Network Setup Figure 44 — Network menu. Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. Highlight the first bo x beside Remote Watch – bps/ips . Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Remot e Watch – bps/ips [...]

Operation Instruction 36 Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN screen displays. Figure 46 — LAN (Manual) setup screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network con figuration from: Manual , DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE) . Select th e desired ty pe and press the button. Selecting Manual from the Type allows [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 37 Selecti ng DHCP from t he Type and hi ghlightin g Save button reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Pr otocol) network. Highlight Auto (Def ault) and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR will obtain the IP address of the DNS server[...]

Operation Instruction 38 Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entered can be used. NOT E: The DVR name you e ntered should be chec ked by selecting Ch eck, otherwise the DVRNS changes w ill not be saved. When entering no name or a name alread y registered on the DVRNS ser ver, an error message di splays.[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 39 The DVR can be set up to contact a com puter running Speco Central (Remote Administration Sys tem) when an ev ent occurs. Highlight the box under the No. heading and pres s the button to toggle betw een On and Off. You will on ly be able to change the IP addresses if No. is enabled. Highlight the IP Address box [...]

Operation Instruction 40 Highlight the box beside Port and press th e button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the SMTP Server port number obtained from your s ystem administrato r. The default port number is 25. Highlight Use SSL/TLS and press th e button to toggle between O n and Off. When it is On, the D VR can send an email via an SM TP server re[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 41 Figure 53 — Notification Schedule setup screen. You can add and edit notification schedules on this screen . Highlight the + and press th e button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you[...]

Operation Instruction 42 Figure 55 — Camera setup screen. You can turn the cam era number On or Off, and you can change the Titl e of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also det ermine which ca meras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Cove rt 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. NOT E: When select ing[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 43 Audio Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and pr ess the button. The Audio setup screen appears. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Hig hlight the box besi de the inp ut and pres s the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can selec t which cam era you want ass ociated with that audio input. Highli[...]

Operation Instruction 44 The Mode box allows you to set how the alarm reacts dur ing the scheduled time. When set to On , the Alarm-Out is active during th e scheduled time. Wh en set to Event , the Alarm- Out is only active wh en there is an Event during the scheduled time. The Channels box allows you to set which alarm outputs will be active. You[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 45 Highlight the box beside Channels and press the button. You can select the c a meras with record ed audio you want to extract audio files from . Highlight th e box beside From and press the button to toggle betwe en On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and T ime. When set to On, the search [...]

Operation Instruction 46 Highlighting OSD Margin… and pressing the button display s how OSD text will be displayed on the monitor. You can adju st the horizontal and ver tical margins so that text and i cons will not be hidden beyond th e edges of the monitor. Highlight the Main Monitor tab to switch to the Sequence screen. Figure 62 — Main Mon[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 47 Remote Control Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control se tup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keybo ard. Highlight the box bes ide Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. If the RS232 port and RS485 port are in use for PT[...]

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16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 49 Chapter 4 — Operation NOT E: This chapter assume s your DV R has been installed and configured. If it has not, please ref er to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s c ontrols are si milar to a VCR . As with a VCR, the main f unctions a re record ing and play ing back vi deo. However, you have much greater control ove[...]

Operation Instruction 50 NO TE : The location of camera screen can be changed by using the mouse. When in one of the multivie w formats, click the left mouse butto n on the camera screen and dra gging it to where you w ant it located, and the location of two camera screens will be switched each other. In the 1P5 or 1P7 displa y mode, the main chann[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 51  Audio: Selecting Audio toggles au dio output On and Off.  Color Contr ol: Selecting Color Control and ch oosing the camera number allows y ou to control brightness, contrast, hue and saturatio n for each camera for the s elected cam era if a user who has Color Control authority logs in to the system. It i[...]

Operation Instruction 52 Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mod e by selecting (Display)  Edit Group in the Live Monitorin g menu in any multi-view format. The y ellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow b uttons moves the active cameo. Selecting (Display )  Edit Group again in any m [...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 53 You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have th e camera at th e desired settings, press the PRESET SET button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press th e (Play/Pause) button. U[...]

Operation Instruction 54 Covert Camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen (Set tings tab), that camera will not be displa yed unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the s y stem. H owever the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor. If a camera is s et up as Covert 2 in th e Camera[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 55 Selecting All Ch annels plays back video of all cameras. The DVR maintains the same display format as it does in the live mode except for the PIP format. You can also change the sc reen layout in the sa me way as you do in the live mode. Selecting the camera number under Tri plex enters the Triplex mode and play[...]

Operation Instruction 56 Display Search Go To Bookmark Export Camera Menu Alarm Digital Deterrent Panic Data Source Exit Figure 69 — Search menu. NOTE: The Search menu also ca n be displayed by moving the mous e pointer to the top of the scree n. Search Menu Display Selecting (Display) in the Search menu disp lay s the following Display Menu . ?[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 57 Move the cursor over the date and time and press the (Play/Pause) button. You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once you have set the date and time [...]

Operation Instruction 58 Data Source Selecting (Data Source) in the S earch menu allow s you to select the data so urce to be searched. Selecting Record searches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR, and selecting O t her searches recorded data on storage used for another D VR then installed in this DVR. Exit Selecting (Exit) in th[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 59 Highlight the box beside Video Loss and press the button. You can se lect the ca meras for which you want any reports of lost video. Highlight the box beside Video Blind and press the button. You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of blind v ideo. Highlight the box beside Text-In and p re ss t[...]

Operation Instruction 60 Selecting or located at the botto m zooms the record table. Selecting displays eight hours (1-minute based), and selecting displays 24 hours (3-minute based) at once. To move to earlier or later times that are not sho wn in the current record table screen, select the arrows located at the e nd of the times by using the arro[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 61 Motion Search Figure 73 — Motion Search screen. The Motion Search … can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displays the camera full sc reen. The Motion Search screen displays a list of motion ev e nts. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which y ou would like to see video and press t[...]

Operation Instruction 62 Text-In Search Figure 74 — Text-In Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Inpu t. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the ev ent for which you would lik e to see video. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button w ill extr act the video associated with the Text[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 63 Bookmarks The Bookmarks screen can also be accessed by selecting (Bookmark) in the Search menu when in playback mode. Highlight + and press the (Play /Pause) button to add the current playback point to the bookmark list. Highligh t the Titl e box and enter the nam e of the regist ered bookmark. Use t he virtual [...]

Operation Instruction 64 CAUTION: The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format. The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip. However, you can give the video clip file a different name. Highlight the box beside File Name and pr ess the button. A virtual keyboard app ears. Enter a file name for the video you are backing[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 65 Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE : Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Wind ows XP, Window Vista and Wi ndow 7 is almost id entical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your comp uter using the USB Cable. 2. Turn on your computer.[...]

Operation Instruction 66 Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95 ========[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 67 For example, if you want to search fo r Coke with a Qty (Quantity) of more than 1 an d Hotdog with an amount totaling over $8, the following sear ch condition can be set. Speco Remote Speco Remote allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor liv e video images and search r ecorded video using Internet Explorer web[...]

Operation Instruction 68 NOT E: There might be a problem th at the bottom of Speco Remote page i s cropped due to the address o r status bars in Mic rosoft Internet E xplorer 7.0. In th is situation , it is recommended that websit es open w indo w s without address or status bars by changi ng the internet setti ng. (Go to the Tools  Internet Opt[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 69 ⑦ Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue o f monitoring image. ⑧ Click the to control pan, tilt a nd zoom of the c amera from a r emote site. ⑨ Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site. ⑩ Click the to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display. You can adjust[...]

Operation Instruction 70 ① Click the to log out the Speco Re mote program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the Remote Search logo to see the versio n of the Speco R emote program. ④ The DVR information window disp lays the time information of recor ded data on the remote DVR and lo gin infor[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 71 ⑭ Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu s creen.  Change Camera Title : Changes the camera n ame.  Enable Audio : Plays audio while playing back record ed video that has recorded audio. (Single-Screen Layout Only)  Aspect Ratio : Changes the image [...]

Operation Instruction 72 Map of Screens[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder 73 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power  Check power cord co nnections.  Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video  Check camera vi deo cable and connections .  Check monitor video cable and connections .  Confirm that the cam era has power.  Check camera lens settings[...]

Operation Instruction 74 Error Code Notices System Upgrade R elated Clip Copy Related No. Description No. Description 0 Unknown error. 0 Unknown error. 1 File version erro r. 1 Device error. 2 Operating system version error. 2 Mounting failed. 3 Software version error. 3 No media. 4 Kernel version error. 4 Invalid media. 100 Upgrade device mounting[...]

16-Channel Digital Video Recorder V1.0 75 INPUTS/OUTPUTS Alarm Input 16 terminal, programmable as NC or NO, 2.4V (NC) or 0.3V (NO) threshold, 5VDC Alarm Output 1 relay output, 2A@125VAC, 1A@30VDC (NO) Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45) Audio Input RCA Input: 4 Line In Audio Output RCA Output: 1, Line Out [...]