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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions
Administrator’ s Guide and
Operating Instructions
Digital Video Recorder
EDR1600
Version 3.xx
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions WARNING TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class “A” digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provid
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions PRECAUTIONS ?? Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. ?? Do not block the ventilation opening or slots on the cover. ?? Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact qualified service personnel for service. ?? Do not attempt to disassemble t
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions Table of Contents 1. Product Overview………………… .……………………… .…… ... 1 1.1 Features………………… ..……… .………… ..………………… ... 1 1.2 Technical Overview…… .… .…… .………………………… .…… .. 2 2. Front & Rear Panels… .…… .……………………………… .…… . 5 3. System Installation…… .…… .……………………………… .…… 8 3.1 Before Installation…… .……… .…………………………… .…… . 8 3.2 Basic Connections…………… .…………………………… .…… .. 9 3.3 Optional Connections………… ..……
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 1. Product Overview The PowerPlex EDR1600 is a state-of-the-art digital video recorder that brings unparalleled price/performance video surveillance, recording and playback to the CCTV systems. With parallel processing architecture, high performance video engine, and intelligent recording algorithms, triplex operation can be easily achieved without sacrificing the increasing demands of performance, reliabili
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 1.2 Technical Overview 1.2.1 Video Input and Output The digital video recorder is designed to support either NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR standard. To make the auto detection of video standard work, at least one camera must be connected to the video input. The product features video camera inputs with a passive looping output for each. Camera input impedance termination is set independently for each c
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions During video playback, the selected pictures can be saved to floppy disk, ZIP disk, CD-RW, DVD RAM etc. in .MPG format for MPEG-1 encoded video or .MOV format for JPEG encoded video. For Time-Lapse Mode Recording Time, please refer to Appendix B. 1.2.4 Motion Detection The digital video recorder continuously monitors all camera inputs for motion. When motion is detected, the system
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 1.2.7 Expandable IDE Hard Disk Architecture All the other HDD-based digital video recorders support only 1-4 hard disks. If those recorders do support more hard disks, they usually use RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) or SCSI disks, which are very expensive. With the Expandable IDE Hard Disk Architecture, the EDR1600 can support up to 18 pieces of IDE hard disks that are hot swappable.
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 2. Front & Rear Panels The following is a brief overview of the front panel and rear panel of EDR1600. Rear Panel 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 1 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2 3 4 5 7 9 1. Power Switch From Rear Panel 2. Power Selector Switch: 115V AC or 230V AC selector switch. Warning: To avoid damaging the system, set this switch before plugging in
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 6. 2 USB Connectors: Connect to USB port devices, e.g. CD-RW, DVD RAM, printer, ZIP. 7. RS-232 Connector: Com 1, connects to modem. 8. Printer Port Connector: Connects to printer port devices (e.g. ZIP/printer port). 9. RS-232 Connector: Com 2, connects to PTZ camera. 10. Audio Out: Connect to speakers or other audio out devices. 11. Audio In: Connect to microphone or other audio in devices. 1
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions Front Panel 29 28 27 26 26. Hard Disk Trays: Hard disk holders for HDD#1 (upper tray) and HDD#2 (lower tray). (Note1.2) Please make sure to set HDD#1 as master and HDD#2 as slave. The settings should be described on the hard disk itself or in the manual come with the hard disk. 27. Floppy Drive: 3.5”, 1.44MB. 28. LEDs, Reset Button and Power Switch: LEDs for power and HDD indication, Res
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 3. System Installation The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 3.1 Before Installation Please make sure to set the Power Selector Switch before plugging in the power plug to avoid damaging the EDR1600. Use a screwdriver to set the switch to the correct position so that the number shown is the same as the local AC voltage. Please refer to the
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 3.2 Basic Connections ?? Cameras Connect each of the camera video input connector to the video output from a camera or other composite video source. At least one camera must be connected before the system is running for the auto detection of video standard to take effect. ?? VGA Monitor Connect the VGA monitor output connector to a VGA monitor. The VGA monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions ??EDA800 Connect the External Hard Disk Connector to EDA800 if the user has purchased EDA800. If EDR1600 is running, please power on EDA800 first, and then make the connection. ??PTZ Camera Connect the PTZ camera to the RS-232(Com #2) connector at system start up. The system supports 4 models of PTZ camera: EverFocus ED2200, Pelco D protocol Dome, SamSung SCC-641P and Kalatel Cyber Dome. ??CD-RW, DVD RAM
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 4. Main Screen Camera 1 Live Camera 2 Live Camera 3 Live Camera 4 Live 36% The diagram above is the main screen display. The icons on the lower corner of the screen are mainly for control and configuration, those on the right corner for status indication. If any icon is grayed, it means that the specific function is not accessible in the current mode or logi
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions TV Overscan/Underscan – To change the display size of the Main TV Monitor. Login – To login the system as Administrator, Supervisor or Operator. Sequence Mode / Static Page Mode – To toggle between Sequence Mode and Static Page Mode. In Sequence Mode, each page in the designated sequence will be shown for its preset dwelling time sequentially. To select the Sequence, click on the Up/Down buttons beside the
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions order is Camera, Alarm Output, Hard Disk, Alarm Input, then back to Camera. Each status bar stands for the status of one device, the bottommost for ID#1. There are 5 different colors: GRAY/BLACK – Not existent or not installed, GREEN – Normal, YELLOW – Video Loss detected for Camera, Alarm for Alarm Input/Output, and Recording for Hard Disk RED – Motion detected for Camera. 4.1 View Display & Print Im
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 5. Basic Operations & Log Display If the user does not login the system, he will be treated as a guest and can only view the live video display and device status. To login as an Operator or Supervisor, please click on the Login icon, and enter the appropriate Operator’ s Login name and Password (For Operator, the factory default value for both of them is operator, for Supervisor, the factory default value for
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions There are 6 kinds of event logs: User Login (Local/Remote), Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Hard Disks Full and Power On/Off. To view the event Log display, please click on the Log icon. The screen will be shown as below: If you logged in as Administrator, the Delete button and Delete All button will be enabled. Click on the Delete button to delete the highlighted event log, and click on the Delete All button to
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Administrator’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 6. Setup (Administrator) To login as an Administrator, please click on the Login icon, and enter the appropriate Administrator’ s Login name and Password (the factory default value for both of them is admin). To setup the behaviors of the system, please click on the Config icon. The configuration menu will pop up as below. Click on the menu item for the resp
