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1. RS 485 Distributor 120 Ohm 120 Ohm 1 Keypad KTD 405 keypad shown 3 RS 485 distributor 2 I O box 4 See section RS 485 ports on page 5 Incorrect 120 Ohm eal Dome RS 485 Key b jut 1 4 ermABCDGGAB 1G2G3G4G oi aaa EEEIEI 120 Ohm 120 Ohm PERONA TVR 42 TVR 42 TVR 42 1 Keypad KTD 405 keypad shown 3 See section RS 485 ports on page 5 2 I O box Use an RS 485 signal distributor to increase the maximum number of devices on the bus as well as the total range Each distributor output provides another RS 485 bus extending the output an additional 1200 m Up to 31 TVR 42s can be connected to each output See Figure 7 on page 14 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 13 Chapter 2 Installation Figure 7 Expanding the system with an RS 485 signal distributor 120 Ohm Ae mm AAE i R5485 annanaan Anannann Distributor san jagun 1 be 33 l 120 Ohm I 120 Ohm er 1 Keypad KTD 405 keypad shown 3 RS 485 distributor 2 I O box 4 See section RS 485 ports on page 5 Caution Most signal distributors are unidirectional This means that the signal only flows from the input towards the outputs Consequently it is not possible to connect several keypads see section RS 485 ports below to configure the RS 485 port communication settings 14 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 3 Getting started Turning on and off the DVR Before starting the power up process con
2. Click Apply to save the settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera You can control PTZ dome cameras using the buttons on the front panel the keypad and IR remote control as well as using the PTZ control panel accessed with the mouse Access to PTZ commands may require a password A detailed list of the PTZ commands available for many different camera protocols is available in Appendix F on page 161 Configuring PTZ settings Use the PTZ Settings menu to configure the PTZ dome cameras Each camera must be set up individually Cameras must be configured before they can be used Ensure that the PTZ dome cameras are correctly connected to the RS 485 port on the back panel Note If a camera does not work correctly after configuring the DVR check the parameters entered To configure PTZ dome camera settings 1 Click the PTZ Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click General and select the PTZ dome camera to be configured from the drop down camera list 3 Select the baud rate data bit stop bit parity flow control PTZ protocol and address for the camera See Appendix G Default menu settings on page 161 for the default values Note It is important to ensure that the settings correspond with those used in the PTZ camera 4 Click Copy to copy the settings to another camera if required 5 Click Apply to save the settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 43 Chapter 6 Contr
3. Wp 1 j H 4 si 6j ji Li S 10 1141 JRL BE BL BERL R 20 21 2 j 2 ES Constant Moton Alarm Manual Text ins 4 Zoom in Zoom out 1 Zoom level This is the zoom level displayed Time date marker This is the date and time of the selected Time window This represents the time period of the selected zoom level for all the cameras Events that occurred during this period are indicated on the time bar for each camera The type of event recorded is color coded 4 Change zoom level Click the in or out buttons to zoom the analysis view in and out between five levels The levels are Level 1 Year view Level 2 Month view Level 3 Day view Level 4 Six hour view Level 5 One hour view 128 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 13 HDD management 5 Type of event Up to five types of event recordings can be displayed Constant motion alarm manual and text insertion Black is no recording To search recorded video using disk analysis 1 In live view right click the mouse and in the mouse menu select Advanced Search gt Disk analysis 3 Click the HDD to analyze and then the Analyze button The disk analysis screen appears 4 Move the time date marker to the time period of interest Click the zoom and out buttons to focus in on the time period for viewing Note The playback option is not available TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 129 Chapter 13 HDD management 130 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 14
4. Loop through You can loop through the cameras to equipment such as a matrix monitors or a second DVR There are 16 numbered loop through BNC outputs See Figure 1 on page 5 Audio inputs and output The unit is equipped with 16 audio inputs and two audio outputs Both the audio output and the audio inputs are line level Each 16 audio input is associated with one of the 16 cameras 6 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Audio input RCA jack 315 mV 40 kohms Unbalanced Audio output RCA jack 315mV 600 ohms Unbalanced Note Line level audio requires amplification Brackets The DVR is easily rack mountable with the purchase of the TVR RK 1 rack mount kit See Figure 3 below Contact your local supplier to order it Figure 3 Rack mount installation 1 To install the racks 1 Attach the two small front rack mount ears to the DVR A The screws are supplied 2 Attach the two large rear support brackets not supplied to the rear rails B 3 Attach the DVR to the front rails C The screws are not supplied Caution Do not rack mount the TVR 42 without the rear rails installed Failure to install the rear rails can damage the DVR PTZ dome camera set up Use the USB mouse provided or the optional keypad for local telemetry control If using the TVR 42 over a network use the web browser to control the PTZ dome cameras or TruVision Navigator TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 7 Chapter
5. 379 380 381 382 383 13 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 14 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 15 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 16 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 Appendix E Maximum pre recording times The maximum pre recording time that can be selected depends on the bit rate Frame rate resolution and image quality do not impact time Note This information only applies when the bit rate is set to Constant see Initializing recording settings on page 87 for more information Constant bit rate Maximum pre recording time seconds 32 30 48 30 64 30 80 30 96 30 128 30 160 30 192 30 224 30 256 30 320 30 384 30 448 30 512 30 640 30 768 30 896 30 1024 30 1280 25 1536 20 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix E Maximum pre recording times 160 Constant bit rate 1792 2048 3072 4096 Maximum pre recording time seconds 15 19 10 5 TruVision DVR 42 User Manua
6. 4 Playback control toolbar See Figure 24 The playback control toolbar lt is easy to manually control playback using the playback control toolbar See Figure 24 below Note The control toolbar does not appear for instant playback Figure 24 Playback control toolbar all day playback example shown i Item Description 1 Audio and video control toolbar ES Audio onoff Start stop a video clip during playback Sections of a recording can be saved to an external storage device Ne Add default bookmark m Add customized bookmark 52 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual ltem 10 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Description Bookmark management Click to see the list of bookmarks and their times g Archive files Zoom control Zoom in and out of the timeline to show the progress bar in greater or lesser detail Playback control toolbar Reverse play the recording Click again to pause Stop playback Timeline jumps back to 00 00 time midnight Play recording Forward skip playback Default skip time is 30 seconds Reverse skip playback Default skip time is 30 seconds Decrease playback speed Options available are single frame 1 8 speed 4 speed 1 2 speed normal X2 speed X4 speed X8 speed maximum speed Increase playback speed Options available are single frame 1 8 speed 1 4 speed 1 2 speed normal X2 speed X4 speed X8 speed maximum speed Previous file day event recordi
7. 7 Todo another search Click Exit El in the snapshot toolbar to return to the search results screen Or Right click the mouse and select Exit from the list to return to the search results screen Ae Right click the mouse and select Snapshot Search from the list to return to the search screen 60 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Playing back recordings from the system log You can also playback recordings from the system log The system log provides a much wider range of options for playback than Advanced Search which deals with video detection and alarms only Figure 27 View log screen RS 252 l Di 2 E E Hard Disk 03 24 7017 03 74 7077 Text Insertion All t Uparade All Y Conhigurat ons PPP o 8 System informator intormatc 201 4 Stan Recording intormahon 2017 itop Recording Not Detect A O informat 2013 start Recording D intormat 2013 top Recording informal 3 24 2017 Start Recording O informal 7017 top Recording informatc 3 24 2012 Start Recording Informal 7017 stop Recording informato 3 24 2012 Start Recording H informatio 24 2017 Stop Recording 7923992939999 9 i ee ee ee ES ESSJJ To play back video from the system log 1 Click System Settings gt Log Search in the menu toolbar 2 Select the search start and end times 3 Under Major Type and Minor Type select an option from the drop down list The minor type list of opti
8. Camera settings The TVR 42 can support up to 16 analog cameras Configuring the camera OSD settings The DVR lets you configure which information is displayed on screen for each camera The on screen display OSD settings appear in live view mode and include the camera name time and date They also are included in recordings You can also adjust the transparency of the OSD relative to the background so that it is easier to read or is less prominent on screen To configure the OSD settings 1 Click the Camera Management settings icon in the menu toolbar and select OSD amp image Analog Camera 01 Motion play N ei Privacy Mask 7 e E Tamper proof Ass D gt TTY Video Loss a age MM DD YYYY N vrd 12 hour Non Transparent amp Not Flashing O Covert Camera 2 Enter a name for the camera if required 3 Check the Display Name Display Date and Display Week boxes to display the camera name date and week 4 Select a date format and a time format 5 Select how you want the camera information displayed TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 131 Chapter 14 Camera settings Select one of the options from the drop down list Default is non transparent non flashing e Transparent amp flashing e Transparent amp not flashing e Non transparent amp flashing e Non transparent amp non flashing There are two text boxes in the camera view screen one for the camera name yellow box
9. Check Redundant Record Capture Click Apply to save the settings Sr ot ee a Repeat steps 7 to 9 for other cameras whose files you would like to be redundantly recorded 10 Click Back to return to live view Note The HDD set to redundancy stores an extra copy of the recording When an HDD is set to redundancy at least one other HDD must be set to the R W status TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 97 Chapter 10 Recording 98 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings This chapter describes setting up how the system will resoond when an alarm is triggered Description of alarm notification types When setting up the rules for alarm detection you can specify how you want the DVR to notify you about an alarm or event You can select more than one notification type Not all notifications types are available for all types of alarms Figure 36 Alarm notification types Play audio file option is shown Ala 4 Trigger Channel Arming hedule PIZ Linkane Ei Full Screen Monitoring Ala M Audible Warning E Notify Surveillance Center Send E mail a A J m No B Upload captured pictures to FT Ej Play Audio File lt gt E Trigger Alarm Output The alarm notification types are e Full screen monitoring When an alarm is triggered the local spot monitor VGA or BNC monitor displays an image in live view mode For alarms that are triggered simultaneously images display one at a time every 10 second
10. Power Up days Self evaluation All evaluaton Attnibute Name Raw Read Error Rat Configuratio SOME English v Alarm Center 2013 09 01 16 29 47 co Flags Threshold Raw Value Table 17 Description of remote configuration menus Menu Device parameters Device information Camera settings Function Time settings Holiday settings Display settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description Device name Define the DVR name The default name is TVR 42 Device number The device number to use for the DVR when programming the remote control The default value is 255 Zone ID Each DVR in a daisy chain must have a unique zone ID so that it can be controlled by a KTD 405 The default value is 1 Overwrite Enable or disable Enabling this setting causes recorded files to be overwritten once the HDD is full eSATA Define how an external recording device saves records See Using an external recording device on page 89 for more information Event priority Define the priority between text insertion event and motion alarm if both are triggered at the same time Default is Motion alarm Text In lt Motion Define time and date See Configuring time and date on page 38 for more information See Configuring an NTP server on page 114 for information on setting up NTP time settings Define when recordings occur during holiday periods See Holiday schedules on page 92 for more inf
11. Select the notification event to configure under Notification Type box 3 Select HDD Full and check the desired notification method See Description of alarm notification types on page 99 for more information Select HDD Error and check the desired notification method 4 Click Apply to save the settings 126 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 13 HDD management Managing eSATA lf you are using an external e SATA device connected to the DVR you can configure the e SATA to record capture or export video select the Export option when using the eSATA as a backup See Using Quick Archive on page 65 for further information Select the Record Capture option to record and capture video Information on the eSATA for this purpose can be seen under System settings gt Hard Drive gt HDD Information To set up the e SATA device 1 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar and select More Settings 2 Under eSATA select the desired option Record Capture or Export 3 Click Apply to save the settings Checking the S M A R T information S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology reports on a variety of hard drive attributes It helps ensure that the HDD is functioning properly at all times while protecting video stored on the hard drive To view the S M A R T information of a HDD 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Hard Disk 2 Select the S M A R
12. To play back dual streaming y4 i et am ee 3 Thu 10 55 10 AM W eo z re k hs Pe y J j P A rA l d SS select streaming YA D AT option here Camera 01 To record dual streaming 1 Click the Configuration tab in the browser toolbar and then select HDD management gt Storage Mode TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 81 Chapter 9 Using the web browser StruVision DVR 42 Live Yy Piey beck Log Coeovr Zo r 2 2 Specify which percentage of the HDD should be used to store normal streams Normal Record substreams Thin Record and snapshots Pictures Using the mouse drag the markers between the colored sections to the desired values The minimum and maximum values for each recording type are Normal record 20 to 50 Thin record 0 to 80 Picture 0 to 20 3 Click Save to save the settings Controlling a PTZ dome camera in the web browser The web browser interface lets you control the PTZ functions of a dome camera Click a PTZ dome camera and use the PTZ controls on the interface to control the PTZ functions Figure 33 PTZ controls 1 Directional pad auto scan buttons Controls the movements and directions of the PTZ Center button is used to start auto pan by the PTZ dome camera 82 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser 2 Adjust zoom focus and Iris 3 Adjust soeed of PTZ dome camera 4 Start selected preset Capturing text inse
13. Zone Null Video loss Video loss settings Camera Analog 1 Enable video loss Alarm Disable Rule Alarm schedule all day for whole week Rule Null Covert camera Covert camera settings Camera Null TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 165 Appendix G Default menu settings Video Schedule 166 Schedule Record Encoding parameters Record Capture Camera Analog 1 Enable Schedule Yes schedule All day for whole week TL Hi Camera Analog 1 Encoding parameters Mainstream TL Hi Stream type Video Audio Resolution 2CIF Bit rate type Variable Video quality Medium Frame rate 4 fps Max bit rate mode General Max bit rate 1792 Pre record 5s Post record 5s Auto delete 0 Record audio Yes Camera Analog 1 Resolution 4 CIF Picture quality Medium V stream encoding Enable V stream encoding No Frame rate 25 fps Max bit rate 1792 Encode parameters suggestion Duration time days 30 Weekday Yes Weekend Yes Resolution 2CIF Calculate Null TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Auto archive More settings Network settings General PPPoE TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix G Default menu settings Archive settings Archive status Manual record More settings General PPPoE Enable auto archive No Start time End time Interval time 1 hr Dev full handle Stop archiving Device select SATA1 CD DVD RW Null Cameras All off Event priori
14. recording audio 87 Audio enable disable quick access 34 Auto delete configuring 87 Automatically archiving files 68 B Back panel description 4 Backup devices managing 70 Bandwidth throttle configuring 120 Bit rate configuring 87 Bit rates calculating maximum permitted rates 89 Bookmarks playback 59 saving 59 types 59 Brightness contrast and saturation TruVision DVR 42 User Manual modifying 133 C Cameras configuring PTZ dome cameras 43 connecting analog cameras using loop through 6 privacy masking 132 setting up alarm event sequencing 37 setting up sequencing 37 Covert cameras 134 D Daily schedules recording 91 Date configuring display 38 DDNS settings 113 Default menu settings 163 Digital Zoom description 35 quick access 34 quick access 54 Digital zoom in playback 63 Disk analysis searching recorded video 128 DST set up 38 Dual streaming browser 81 recording 125 Dwell time 35 alarms and events 35 E E mail notifications set up 114 Encoding parameters configuring 87 eSATA 127 Event logs searching remotely 80 Export configuration settings 140 Export files 70 External alarm 173 Index setting up to record when triggered 105 External alarm schedules recording 94 E Factory default settings restore 137 Firmware updating 136 Frame rates calculating maximum permitted rates 89 Frame by frame playback 63 Front panel descr
15. unavailable Table 8 Mouse menu for monitor B spot monitor Item Name Description 1 Single camera Switch to a full screen view for the selected camera from the dropdown list 2 Multi camera Switch between the different multiview options from the dropdown list 3 Previous screen Displays the previous camera 4 Next Screen Displays the next camera All day playback Playback the recorded video of the selected day from selected cameras See Previous day playback on page 55 for more information 6 Monitor A Switch between monitors A main and B spot Multiview format The DVR has full screen display format as well as five multiview formats Viewing in full screen Press the numeric button on the front panel to switch to the corresponding camera display For example press button 10 to view camera 10 Right click the mouse and select Single Camera from the menu Select the camera required from the list Viewing in multiview A video tile is any cell in a multiview display A camera image can only be shown in one video tile at a time The TVR 42 has five multiview display formats available as well as full screen See Figure 13 below To change the multiview display that appears by default go to the Display menu see Changing the camera sequence on page 37 for more information 32 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Figure 13 Multiview display formats 2X2
16. 147 Appendix C Port forwarding information 149 Appendix D KTD 405 keypad 151 Supported firmware 151 Wiring the keypad 151 Setting up the keypad to work with the TVR 42 152 Operating the keypad 154 Appendix E Maximum pre recording times 159 Appendix F Supported PTZ commands 161 Appendix G Default menu settings 163 Index 173 iV TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 1 Product introduction Product overview This is the TruVision DVR 42 TVR 42 User Manual for models Table 1 Product codes Americas EMEA TVR 4208 2T TVR 4204 1TEA TVR 4208 4T TVR 4204 2TEA TVR 4216 2T TVR 4208 2TEA TVR 4216 4T TVR 4208 4TEA TVR 4216 8T TVR 4216 2TEA TVR 4216 12T TVR 4216 4TEA TVR 4216 8TEA TVR 4216 12TEA Note Models are shipped with the power chords for their region For regions not listed in Table 1 above please contact your local supplier The TruVision DVR 42 TVR 42 is a versatile user friendly embedded digital video recorder DVR allowing end users to record 4 8 or 16 analog cameras at 960h in real time 25 30 fps while providing integration with the UTC portfolio of security solutions and offering a seamless product experience within the TruVision brand Its dual streaming functionality allows the user to set up different settings for recording and streaming video in live view mode TruVision DVR 42 can fully integrate with the license free TruVision Navigator software which is ideal for the most commercial applicati
17. 5 to scroll through the options available Press the seq button to scroll through the cameras in full screen Move the joystick to the right next camera or the left previous camera Further information To logout of the menu go to the Power Manager menu and select Logout a Down Up GD Left Right Down C Up Ca Left gt Right Note If you press esc before pressing Enter you quit the menu without saving any changes It is the same as Cancel Using the numeric buttons 0 to 9 enter the number of the camera and then press Enter 155 Appendix D TVK 505U keypad Task Switch between monitor A and monitor B Manually acknowledge an alarm e PTZ functions Enter PTZ mode PTZ functions Up Down Left Right Zoom in Zoom out Leave PTZ mode e Playback functions Search for recorded video All day playback Stop playback Pause playback Select one of the files in the search result screen Change playback speed Jump 30 seconds forwards or backwards during playback 156 Keypad action Press the mon button and button 1 to switch to monitor A Press the mon button and button 2 to switch to monitor B Press Alarm In live view mode press Enter Move the joystick to move the dome up down left and right Press zoom and zoom Press esc Press Press when in full screen Press to stop playback and return to live vie
18. 7 Connect to a VGA monitor 16 Connect up to four alarm relay outputs 8 Connect to an optional eSATA device such 17 Connect to ground as SATA HDD CD DVD RM 9 Connect to a HDTV The HDMI connection supports both digital audio and video 18 Connect to a power supply 19 Loop through for up to 16 analog cameras see item 1 RS 485 ports There are two RS 485 ports on the back panel of the DVR See Figure 2 on page 6 for the serial pin outs e Dome RS 485 A and B Connect pan tilt zoom control of PTZ dome cameras A B C and D Not used TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 5 Chapter 2 Installation G Ground of dome camera G Ground of keypad e Keyb Connect the keypad Figure 2 RS 485 pins Dome RS 485 Key b Alarm Output 1 4 TermABCDGGAB 1G2G3G4G PERE EEE PEER EERE BEER EEG 12 ONL i if wo IE ee 1 3E F T T T T r r i BEER EEEE KENTEEN Alarm Input 1 16 RS 232 port Use the RS 232 port to connect CBR PB3 POS point of sale and ATM devices to the DVR See Configuring the RS 232 port on page 135 to configure the port Monitor connections Connect the monitors to the DVR outputs BNC VGA HMDI The HDMI version is 1 3 The unit provides a 1 Vp p analog signal See Figure 1 on page 5 for connecting a monitor to a TVR 42 The TVR 42 supports up to 1280 x 1024 60 Hz resolution in VGA The monitor resolution should be at least 800 x 600 Adjust your monitor accordingly to this resolution
19. 7 Or TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 107 Chapter 11 Alarm settings 1 Press the Alarm button on the front panel or remote control The alarm is silenced Setting up system notifications Setting up system notifications instructs the DVR to alert you when irregular events occur and how to alert you to the event You can quickly check the system status by looking at the status LEDs on the front panel When there is an irregular event with the system an icon appears on screen to also alert you See Status information on page 29 for further information The system notifications include e HDD Full All installed HDDs are full Overwrite option is disabled e HDD Error Errors occurred while files were being written to the HDD no HDD installed or HDD had failed to initialize e Network Disconnected Disconnected network cable e IP Conflicted Conflict in IP address setting e Illegal Login Wrong user ID or password used e Abnormal Video Signal Unstable video signal or video loss detected e Input output Video Standards Mismatch I O video standards do not match e Abnormal Record Recording failed due to encoder or HDD problems see Description of alarm notification types on page 99 for information on the different alarm notification types available To set up system notifications 1 Click the Alarm settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Notification 2 Select a notification type See Description
20. By default all analog cameras are enabled for operators for each of these settings and none for guests Remote Live View Select and view live video over the network Local Manual Operation Locally start stop manual recording on any of the channels snapshots and video clips Local Playback Locally play recorded files that are on the DVR Remote Playback Remotely play and download recorded files that are on the DVR Remote PTZ Control Remotely control PTZ dome cameras Local Backup Locally back up recorded files from any of the channels To customize a user s access privileges 1 2 Click the User Management icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen Click the Permission button for the user whose access privileges need to be changed The Permissions pop up screen appears 3 Click Apply to save the settings 4 Click the OK button to return to the previous screen 8 Click Back to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 143 Chapter 16 User management Deleting a user Only a system administrator can delete a user To delete a user from the DVR 1 Click the User Management icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen 2 Click the Delete button Ell for the user to be deleted 3 Click Yes in the pop up screen to confirm deletion The user is immediately deleted 4 Click Back to return to live view Modifying a user A user s name password access level and MAC address can be
21. Delete a file or folder from the backup device e Play Play the selected video file from the backup device e Format Format the backup device e Erase Erase files from a re writable CD DVD Playing back archived files on a PC Use the standard file player software to play back the archived video on your PC lt is downloaded automatically from the TVR 42 when archiving files onto a backup device 70 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser This chapter describes how you can use the web browser interface to configure the device play back recorded video search through event logs and control a PTZ dome camera You can also specify settings on the web browser interface to optimize video playback and recording performance when operating in a low or limited bandwidth environment Windows Vista and 7 users Internet Explorer for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems have increased security measures to protect your PC from any malicious software being installed When using the TVR 42 web browser interface you can install ActiveX controls to connect and view video using Internet Explorer To have complete functionality of the web browser interface and the DVR player with Windows Vista and Windows 7 do the following e Run the browser interface and the DVR player application as an administrator in your workstation e Add the DVR s IP address to your browser s list of trusted sites To add the DVR s
22. HDD again you must set the HDD status back to R W Read Write HDD redundancy Setting up HDD redundancy lets your DVR redundantly record a copy of the videos onto multiple drives as a safeguard against losing all your files in case of disk failures This process is also known as mirroring You must have more than one HDD in your DVR to set up HDD redundancy Redundancy significantly reduces the storage capability of the HDDs As a result you need to double your capacity to record video over a given time Note You must set the storage mode of the HDD to Group before configuring the redundancy See Setting up HDD groups on page 124 for more information To set up HDD redundancy 1 Click the System Setting icon in the menu toolbar and select Hard Disk 2 Click the HDD Information tab and select the HDD to be used for redundancy and click Edit om HDD informahor E RS 232 ifo on Storage Mode amp Hard Disk gt Biabei lt apacity Status 2 485 766B Normal Te Text insertion t Upgrade Configurations Log Search System infom amp Net Detect 3 In the Local HDD Settings window select Redundancy 96 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording Verify at least one other HDD is set to R W read write Click Apply to save the settings and then OK return to the previous screen In the menu toolbar click the Video Schedule gt Encoding select the camera to be used for redundancy
23. Interface select the desired monitor from the drop down list From the multiview layout selection bar select the desired multiview layout Select the video tile of the camera whose order you want to change The selected tile is highlighted green 6 In the selected tile select the new camera sequence order by scrolling the through the list of available camera numbers Note X means that the camera is not displayed 7 Click Apply to save the settings 8 Click Back to return to live view Camera sequencing for alarms and events You can select which monitor is used to sequence alarm and event cameras in full screen mode Normally this is the spot monitor When an alarm or event occurs the selected monitor will sequence through the alarm event cameras TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 37 Chapter 5 Live view depending on the dwell time set up You can set up different dwell time for alarms and events To set the camera sequencing for alarms and events 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Layout gt General 3 From Event Output select the desired monitor from the drop down list Default is VGA if connected 4 Select the dwell times for the alarm and event cameras Default is 10 seconds The dwell time can range between 10 and 300 seconds 5 Click Apply Configuring time and date You can set up the date and time that will appear on screen It is not included in recording
24. Notice This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la class A conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada 12004 108 EC EMC directive Hereby UTC Fire amp Security declares that this device is in compliance or with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2004 108 EC 2002 96 EC WEEE directive Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union For proper recycling return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment or dispose of it at designated collection points For more information see www recyclethis info 2006 66 EC battery directive This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union See the product documentation for specific battery information The battery is marked with this symbol which may include lettering to indicate cadmium Cd lead Pb or mercury Hg For proper recycling return the battery to your supplier or to a designated collection point For more information see www recyclethis info For contact information see www utcfireandsecurity com or www utcfssecurityproducts eu Content Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Cha
25. PTZ protocols for Interlogix cameras Camera Switch setting TruVision Mini PTZ Protocol DIP 000000 ae 12X Indoor Dome switches GANN RS 485 0000000000 A DNN communication DIP lf Enn switches Of ve a Camera ID DIP Select the Ea Ja switches camera ID Er VE DIP switch oH Ay address as es 2 required 1 Protocol DIP switches 2 RS 485 communication DIP switches 3 Camera ID DIP switches RS 485 data connector 1 D R A 5 D R B TruVision Mini PTZ Protocol DIP 000000 12X Outdoor switches Dome RS 485 0000000000 communication DIP switches Camera ID DIP Select the switches camera ID DIP switch address as required 1 Protocol DIP switches 2 RS 485 communication DIP switches 3 Camera ID DIP switches D 9 S S D RS 485 data connector Or D R A 0 0 0 Oh5 D R B TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 9 Chapter 2 Installation Camera Switch setting TruVision Dome Protocol switches 0111 16X PTZ Address switches Select the camera ID DIP switch address as required Baud rate 0000 1 Address switches 2 Baud switches 3 Protocol switches RS 485 data connector CyberDome Protocol switches NA Address switches Select the camera ID DIP switch address as required RS 485 data connector 10 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Camera Switch setting UltraView PTZ Protocol switches 01000 Address switche
26. Replace the battery cover Troubleshooting the remote control lf the IR remote control is not functioning properly perform the following tests e Check the battery polarity e Check the remaining charge in the batteries e Check that the IR remote control sensor is not masked lf the problem still exists please contact your administrator 24 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Menu overview Chapter 4 Operating instructions The TVR 42 has an icon driven menu structure that allows you to configure the unit s parameters Each command icon displays a dialog screen that lets you edit a group of settings Most menus are available only to system administrators The configuration screen is divided into three sections The currently selected command icon and submenu item are highlighted in green See Figure 10 below You must be in live view to access the main menu Figure 10 Menu structure Monitor Cc Time gt Holiday 1 Menu toolbar Setup options available for the selected configuration menu function Move the mouse over a command icon and click to select it See Table 5 below for a description of the icons 2 Submenu panel Submenus for the selected menu function are displayed Click an item to select it 3 Setup menu All the details for the selected submenu are displayed Click a field to make changes Table 5 Description of the menu toolbar icons icon Name a Display mode settings es Camera managem
27. Test The test result appears in a pop up screen 4 If you need to check the current network parameters click the Network button to get an overview TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 119 Chapter 12 Network settings To check network statistics 1 Click the System settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Net detect 2 Select the Network Stat tab 3 The latest information is displayed on the bandwidth used by remote live and playback as well by Net Receive Idle and Net Send Idle Click Refresh to update the information Exporting network packet data When the DVR is connected to a network you can export the captured data packet to a USB flash disk SATA eSATA CD RW and other local backup devices To export network packet data 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Net detect 2 Select the Network Detection tab 3 Under the section Network packet export click Refresh to get a list of the local backup devices available Select one from the list 4 Click Export Up to 1M of data can be exported at a time Bandwidth throttle management The Bandwidth Throttle Management function lets you throttle the amount of network data sent from the DVR to a client This function is helpful for networks that have predefined bandwidth limits This feature lets you control the DVR ina network sensitive environment and prohibits the DVR from sending a large amount of network data that
28. Video clips Start stop video clip during playback Sections of a recording can be saved to an external storage device Fa Download Download video clips Backup Click to make back up of recorded files to save locally on the DVR A list of the recorded files appears ini Audio Click to enable disable audio 11 Type of recording Green Indicates video recorded based on the recording schedule defined Red Indicates video recorded that was triggered by an alarm event Yellow Indicates video recorded that was triggered by motion detection Blue Indicates video recorded that was triggered by a POS ATM text recording Pale green Indicates manually recorded video 12 Jump start Enter a precise time in the box and click the Go To button to jump start the playback at this selected time 13 Zoom in or out Click an icon to zoom in or out of the timeline By default the timeline displays a 24 hour period Continue clicking the zoom in icon to see up to a five minute period Select a camera and a day to search from on the calendar displayed and then click Search The timeline below the window indicates video recorded for the specified day The timeline also classifies by color the type of recording Click and drag the marker across the timeline on where you want video playback to begin and then click Play on the playback control toolbar You can capture a snapshot of a video image save the video playback or download the recorded vid
29. W lt 45W 10 to 55 C 14 to 131 F 10 to 90 19 inch rack mounted 2U chassis 445 x 470 x 90 mm 17 5 x 18 5 x 3 5 in lt 8 kg 17 6 Ib without HDD or DVD R W TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix B PTZ protocols Interlogix 485 Interlogix 422 Kalatel DSCP HIKVISION Honeywell INFINOVA KTD 348 LG MULTIX LILIN PANASONIC_CS850 PELCO D PELCO P TruVision DVR 42 User Manual PHILIPS PHILIPS 3 SAE Samsung Siemens SONY EVI D30 31 SONY EVI D70 SONY EVI D100 P TECHWIN VICON YOULI 147 Appendix B PTZ protocols 148 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix C Port forwarding Information A router is a device that lets you share your internet connection between multiple computers Most routers will not allow incoming traffic to the device unless you have configured them to forward the necessary ports to that device By default our software and devices DVRs and NVRs require the following ports to be forwarded Note Port forwarding may reduce the security of the computers on your network Please contact your network administrator or a qualified network technician for further information Table 19 Description of the ports Port Port name Description 80 HTTP protocol Used to connect via IE browser 8000 Client Software Port Used to connect to video streams 554 RTSP Port Real time streaming protocol Used to record video remotely 1024 RTSP Port for 3G 4G Use with mobile apps Used for 3G 4
30. and click Exit to return to the Advanced Search screen Click Search The list of results appears Select the files to export Click Archive The Archive screen appears select the storage medium to export to from the drop down list Click Archive to begin the backup process 0 Click OK when archiving is completed Click Cancel until you return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 67 Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files Auto archiving You can schedule the DVR to automatically archive recordings at set interval times to an external storage device You can also select the cameras and recording types to auto archive as well as define how the system responds when the HDD becomes full lt is easy to see the time of the most recent and next archive recording Simply select the Archive Status tab and the information is displayed To schedule automatic archiving 1 2 Connect the backup device to the DVR In the configuration menu click Video Schedule gt Auto Archive gt Archive Settings 3 Check Enable Auto Archive 4 Select the start and end date and time periods during which archiving can 68 occur automatically Under Interval Time select the desired interval time for archiving The interval time options available are 1 hour 2 hours 4 hours 8 hours 24 hours or once only Default is 1 hour Click Archive file In the screen that appears select the cameras and search parameters requi
31. and the other for the date time red box Using the mouse click and drag a text box to the desired position To copy the settings to other cameras click Copy and select the desired cameras Click OK 8 Click Apply to save the settings and then Back to return to live view Setting up privacy masking You can define an area on screen to remain hidden from view For example you can choose to block the view of a camera when overlooking residential premises This hidden area is referred to as privacy masking Privacy masking cannot be viewed in live view or recorded mode and appears as a blank area on the video image To setup a privacy mask 1 Click the Camera Management icon in the menu toolbar and select Privacy mask 2 Select the camera for which to set up privacy masking 3 Check the Enable Privacy Mask box to enable the feature 4 Set up the mask area Up to four areas can be set 132 Using the mouse click and drag a privacy mask box in the camera view screen over the desired area You can set up to four areas for privacy masking Masked areas are dimmed and outlined in four different colors Click Apply to save settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 14 Camera settings wg 090 S imago Motion Clear All Tampor prool _ _ Clear Zone 1 7 Video Loss Clear Zone 2 Clear Zone 3 One ae O Clear Zone 4 To delete a mask check the desired mask and click Clear for t
32. at the icon on the quick access toolbar The icon is red when manually recording Default is off There are two ways to start and stop a manual recording Use the quick access toolbar You can start stop manual recording for each camera individually Position the cursor over a camera image and left click the mouse to display the quick access toolbar Click the manual record icon to start or stop manual recording The icon is red when recording TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 93 Chapter 10 Recording e Use the configuration menu This option lets you select more than one camera at a time Go to Video schedule gt Manual Record to access the manual recording menu and check the boxes of the cameras to start or stop manual recording Motion detection schedules You can set up both the schedule and areas sensitive to motion detection for each camera individually or easily copy the settings of one camera to other cameras For information on scheduling motion detections see Motion detection set up on page 103 External alarm schedules The DVR can be scheduled to record when an alarm is triggered by an external alarm device such as a PIR detector or dry contacts For information on scheduling external alarms see Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually on page 107 Protecting recorded files There are two methods to prevent recorded files from being inadvertently overwritten or deleted off the HDD We highly re
33. click the mouse and select Advanced Search gt Event 2 Select the desired event type as well as start and end time of the recording 3 Select the desired alarm inputs If you selected Motion as the event type select the required alarm inputs If you selected Text insertion select the required alarm inputs and enter the desired keywords 4 Click Search The list of search results appears 5 Play back the search results lf there is only one camera in the search result click its playback button Playback starts If there is more than one camera listed click the playback button of one of the cameras In the window that appears select the cameras you want to play back simultaneously and click OK Playback starts To hide the playback control toolbar during play back right click the mouse and select the Control Panel button in the playback control toolbar Click again for the panel to reappear 7 Use the playback control toolbar to manually control playback 58 To play back another camera move the cursor to the right edge of the screen to display the list of cameras and select the desired camera To do another search TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Click Exit in the playback control toolbar to return to the search results screen Or Right click the mouse and select Exit from the list to return to the search results screen Or Right click the
34. consider these factors e Ventilation e Temperature e Moisture e Chassis load Ventilation Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Ensure that the location planned for the installation of the unit is well ventilated Temperature Consider the unit s operating temperature 10 to 55 C 14 to 131 F and noncondensing humidity specifications 10 to 90 before choosing an installation location Extremes of heat or cold beyond the specified operating temperature limits may reduce the life expectancy of the DVR Do not install the unit on top of other hot equipment Leave 44 mm 1 75 in of soace between rack mounted TruVision DVR 42 units Moisture Do not use the unit near water Moisture can damage the internal components To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this unit to rain or moisture Chassis Equipment weighing less than 15 9 kg 85 Ib may be placed on top of the unit Unpacking the TVR 42 and its accessories When you receive the product check the package and contents for damage and verify that all items are included There is an item list included in the package If any of the items are damaged or missing please contact your local supplier TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 3 Chapter 2 Installation ltems shipped with the product include IR infrared remote control Two AAA batteries for the remote control AC power cords US Eur
35. device Click Configuration on the browser menu bar to display the configuration screen There are two ways to configure the DVR Local and Remote Local configuration Local configuration lets you define communication and network parameters such as protocol type maximum file size stream type and network transmission settings You can also specify the directory locations for saving recorded and playback video captured images and downloaded files Remote configuration See Figure 31 below for an example of the Configuration screen See Table 16 on page 73 for an overview of the different browser menu functions Please refer to the specific sections on the OSD menu functions for more information on configuring these functions Note The configuration settings defined remotely are different from those that can be defined locally 74 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser Figure 31 Remote browser configuration System information HDD screen shown eruVision DVR 42 Live View Configuration Local Configuration Remote Configuration Device Parameters Camera Settings Network Settings Serial Port Settings Alarm Settings Notification User Management HDD Management Auto Archive Maintenance Text insertion V stream Encoding System Information Camera Record Alarm Network Playback Log Use when the disk has failed to self evaluate HDD No Capacity Model Serial No Temperature C
36. device connected to the DVR It can be detected automatically by the DVR Note The USB port on the back panel does not support USB CD DVD burners or USB HDDs Archiving files There are three ways to archive files from live view Quick Archive Quick archive lets you archive recorded files quickly by using the Archive button on the front panel The TVR 42 then downloads all the recorded files on the unit to fill the available memory space on the storage media This option is not available via the mouse Advanced Search screen Use this sreen to specify archiving settings such as a specific time and date period recording type start and end times as well as cameras Auto archive You can schedule when to automatically archive recorded files Using Quick Archive To archive recorded video using Quick Archive 1 Insert the backup device into the TVR 42 lf using a USB memory drive insert the device into the USB port on the front panel If using a digital video disk DVD or eSATA drive insert the disc into the DVD drive If more than one media type is found in the TVR 42 the USB device takes precedence over the others 2 Press Archive on the front panel or remote control to open the quick archive screen TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 65 Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files From the list of files displayed select the files you want to archive Click Start The unit starts to download all the files listed Note If there
37. mouse and select Video Search from the list to return to the search screen Creating and playing back bookmarked recordings You can bookmark the important scenes in a recorded file for later reference Bookmarks flag the start of a scene Up to 64 bookmarks can be saved in a video file There are two types of bookmarks e Default bookmark J All default bookmarks have the same generic name Bookmark e Customized bookmark E The bookmark is given a name for easy identification The same name can be used for several bookmarks Both types can be searched To create a bookmark 1 Open an all day playback screen or the playback screen from a search result 2 Inthe all day playback recording click the timeline bar where you want the bookmark to be The green time line jumps to this position Click the button for the type of bookmark you want and enter the bookmark name if required In the playback recording from a search click the scroll bar where you want the bookmark to be The scroll bar ball jumps to this position Click the button for the type of bookmark you want and enter the bookmark name if required The bookmark is saved 3 Click the bookmark management Ed button to see the list of bookmarks saved The name of a bookmark can be edited The bookmark can also be deleted To play back a bookmark 1 In live view mode right click the mouse and select Advanced Search gt Bookmark in the mouse menu 2 Selec
38. of alarm notification types on page 99 for more information 3 Check one or more response options Full screen monitoring audible warning notify surveillance center send e mail upload captured pictures to FTP play audio file and trigger alarm output 4 Click Apply to save the settings Detecting video loss Video may be lost if the video cable or camera develop a fault or are damaged You can set up the DVR to detect video loss and trigger a system notification 108 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings To setup video loss detection 1 CL ae o Click the Camera management icon in the menu toolbar and select Video Loss select a camera to configure for video loss detection Check the Enable Video Loss Alarm box to enable the feature Click Rules next to the Video Loss Detection box to enter the Rules screen Click the Rule tab and select how you want the DVR to notify you of video loss Click Apply to save the settings and then clock OK to return to the previous screen Click the Arming Schedule tab and select the schedule of when you want video loss detection to be enabled Schedule can be set for all week or any day of the week with up to 8 time periods per day 7 Click the Apply button to save settings 8 Click Copy to copy these settings to other cameras 9 Click Back to return to live view Detecting video tampering Video tampering such as moving a camera to a different posit
39. remote client software access The HTTP port is used for remote internet browser access To change the default ports 1 Click the Network Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click More Settings 2 Enter the new Com Port and HTTP Port values Configuring the RTSP service port The RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol is a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers 118 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 12 Network settings To configure RTSP service port 1 Click the Network Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click More Settings 2 Enter the RSTP port value The default value 554 Checking network status You can easily check network traffic in order to obtain information about the DVR such as its linking status MTU sending receiving rate MAC address and NIC type You can also check the network connection status by testing its delay and packet loss To check network traffic 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Net detect to display the Traffic screen The information displayed is refreshed once a second 1000M Full dup To check network delay and packet loss 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Net detect 2 Select the Network Detection tab 3 Under the section Network delay Packet loss test enter the destination address and click
40. search Only one file can be played back at a time 56 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Figure 26 Example of a search result list 07 05 2012 00 00 02 13 34 02 583 647KB 07 05 2012 00 00 0313 34 02 476 934KB 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 34 03 475 068KB 07 05 2012 00 00 02 13 34 03 4 6 210KB 07 05 2012 02 27 46 13 33 45 390 160KB 07 05 2012 10 33 56 13 34 55 102395KB 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 34 03 477 195KB 07 05 2012 02 09 46 13 33 45 400 221KB A10 07 05 2012 07 36 55_ 13 34 54 208 163KB E A11 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 33 48 473 556KB E A12 07 05 2012 04 5255 13 34 54 304668KB E A13 07 05 2012 06 29 48 13 33 47 247 142KB E A14 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 34 02 473 378 KB E A1507 05 2012 09 35 48 13 33 47 138 452KB reer _ rere oor erma A HDD 2 Start time 07 05 2012 12 52 23 End time 07 05 2012 13 34 22 r r r r r r r r r r ri e r r Totat 16 P 1 1 Total size 6 171MB Archive Playing back recordings by time and video type You can search recorded video by time and video type such as continuous recordings motion text insertion alarm and all recordings Video can be played back simultaneously across several cameras To play back search results 1 In live view mode right click the mouse and in the mouse menu select Advanced Search gt Normal select the desired cameras record type file type as well as
41. settings to another TVR 42 or if you want to make a back up of the settings Insert a USB flash drive in the DVR Use the System Settings gt Configuration screen to import or export configuration settings Click Export Config to export the DVR s configuration settings into a configuration file Click Import Config to import configuration settings 140 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 16 User management By default the DVR comes with three user accounts an Administrator account an Operator account and a Guest account These accounts provide multiple levels of access and functionality See Table 18 below for a description of the different user accounts Table 18 User accounts User Description Administrator The administrator account includes extended menu with full access to all settings The Administrator has the authority to add delete or configure parameters for many of the system functions There can only be one administrator The user name is admin The name cannot be modified The default password is 1234 Operator The operator account includes reduced menu access to Video settings inaccessible features are not visible The default user name is operator The default password is 2222 Guest The guest account includes menu access with no programming possibilities inaccessible features are not visible The default user name is guest The default password is 3333 Note The default passwords should be ch
42. so you can enter it into the browser or CMS and the DVR network connection will always work with it However if you have a dynamic IP address for your public IP address it will change every time you connect to the network Under such situations you can set up a dynamic domain name system DDNS that will link your public IP address to a host name so that you can connect to the DVR with the host name There are two ways to set up a DDNS e DynDNS Manually create your own host name You will first need to create a user account using the hosting web site DynDDNS org e eZDDNS Activate the DDNS auto detection function to set up a dynamic IP address The server is set up to assign an available host name to your DVR Figure 37 ezDDNS setup window General gt PPPOE NIP E mail i FIP gt SNMP UPNP More Settings User admin To set up DDNS 1 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click DDNS to display its screen 3 Check the Enable DDNS box to enable the feature 4 From DDNS type select one of the DDNS types listed e eZDDNS Click the Get URL button The URL address to access the unit is displayed If no host name is specified the DDNS will allocate one automatically TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 113 Chapter 12 Network settings The maximum length for the host name field is 63 characters This limit does not include tvn ddns net An example of a host name could be max63char
43. the USB port on the back or front panel The mouse is immediately operational and the pointer should appear Note Use a USB 1 1 or higher mouse Move the pointer to a command option or button on a screen Click the left mouse button to enter or confirm a selection You can purchase a spare mouse by ordering part number TVR MOUSE 1 see Table 4 on page 22 for a description of the mouse buttons TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 21 Chapter 4 Operating instructions Table 4 Mouse buttons Item Description Left button Single Click Double Click Click and Drag Right button Single Click Scroll wheel Scroll Up Scroll Down Live view Select a camera to display the quick access toolbar see Accessing frequently used commands on page 34 Menu Select a component of a menu such as a button or an input field This is similar to pressing the Enter button on the remote front panel controls Live view Switch between single screen and multi screen mode in live playback mode Live view Drag channel time bar PTZ control Adjust pan tilt and zoom Tamperproof privacy masking and motion detection functions Select the target area Digital zoom in Drag and select target area Live view Display menu Menu Exit the current menu and return to higher level Live view Return to the previous screen Menu Move the selection to the previous item Live view Move to the next screen Menu Move the selection to t
44. the DVR enter the Monitor screen by selecting Display Mode Settings in the main menu and then select Monitor Under Zone ID enter the zone ID value The default value is 1 Note The zone ID value must be identical for the DVR and keypad The TVR 42 is now connected to the KTD 405 keypad TVR 42 and keypad functions The KTD 405U acts as a DVR control keypad when connected to the TVR 42 The keypad mimics many of the functions available from the front panel of the TVR 42 Unavailable TVR 42 functions The following TVR 42 functions are unavailable when using the keypad to control the TVR 42 e Export video e Shadow tour e Select motion detection or tampering zones e Archive records e Capture video e Call up presets and set up presets lf these functions are required it is recommended to use a mouse in conjunction with the keypad as all TVR 42 functions will then be available Unavailable keypad functions The following keypad buttons are unavailable when using the keypad to control the TVR 42 Figure 43 Unavailable keypad buttons TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 153 Appendix D TVK 505U keypad DSC VCR Autofocus Record mode Aux 1 Alarm Store Aux 2 Iris H Fast forward Aux 3 Focus 4 Fast backward Aux 4 Magnification Ist Operating the keypad You can navigate the TVR 42 menus using the keypad buttons and joystick However not all maneuvers are available using the joystick see Table 21
45. the IP address for the DVR Default value is 192 168 1 82 Enter the subnet mask for your network so the DVR will be recognized within the network Default value is 255 255 255 0 Enter the IP address of your network gateway so the DVR will be recognized within the network This is typically the IP address of your router Default value is 192 168 1 1 Enter the IPv6 address for the DVR Default value is fe80 240 3dff fe7e 926f 64 Enter the IPv6 address for the DVR Enter the IPv6 address of your network gateway so the DVR will be recognized within the network This is typically the IP address of your router Enter the MAC address Enter a value between 500 and 9676 Default is 1500 Enter the preferred domain name server to use with the DVR Enter the alternate domain name server to use with the DVR 3 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring PPPoE You can connect the DVR directly to a DSL modem To do this you need to select the PPPoE option in the network settings Contact your ISP to get the user name and password To configure general network settings 1 2 3 4 112 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen Click PPPOE and check the enable PPPoE box Enter your user name and password and confirm the password Click Apply to save the settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 12 Network settings Configuring DDNS A static IP address never changes
46. the desired function from the scroll bar camera preset preset tour or shadow tour Opens closes the PTZ command section of the PTZ control panel Exits the PTZ control panel Setting and calling up presets Presets are previously defined locations of a PTZ dome camera It allows you to quickly move the PTZ dome camera to a desired position They are configured and modified from the PTZ configuration window see Figure 22 below Note The PTZ dome camera used must be able to support a preset command see Appendix F on page 161 for the complete list of PTZ commands available by camera protocol Figure 22 PTZ configuration window General Es 5 aFi User admin More Settings Analog 7 zz a m 6 8 T f 4 Coo Table 15 Description of the PTZ configuration window ltem Name 1 Save preset 2 Call preset 3 Shadow tour toolbar TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description Saves preset Calls up pre existing preset Starts recording the shadow tour E Saves the shadow tour o Starts the selected shadow tour o Deletes the selected shadow tour 45 Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera Item Name Description 4 Preset tour toolbar Adds a step to a selected preset tour Starts the selected preset tour Stops the selected preset tour Deletes all the preset tour steps scroll up the list Scroll down the list 1a 0 0 0 To set up a preset 1 2 4 Click the PTZ Setting
47. the menu toolbar and select Monitor gt More Settings 2 Check both the Other Notification Panel Alarm LED and Motion Alarm boxes Setting up external alarms The DVR can be configured to record when an alarm is triggered by an external alarm device for example PIR detector dry contacts To set up external alarms 1 Click the Alarm settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Input ry Ow O Alarm Input Alarm input No Alarm Name Type Enable Alarm Input Rule 2 Select the alarm inout number of a camera and enter the input name if required 3 Select the alarm input type NO or NC 4 Check the Enable Alarm Input box to enable the function Click Rule to set up the rules for the cameras to be triggered their alarm schedules method of alarm notification and PTZ function 5 Select the cameras to be triggered when an external alarm is detected In the Rule window click Trigger channel and select the cameras to be triggered for recording when an alarm is detected Only analog cameras can be selected Click Apply to save the settings 6 Select the recording schedules for the external alarm TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 105 Chapter 11 Alarm settings Click the Arming schedule tab and select the day of the week and the time periods during the day when motion can be recorded You can schedule up to eight time periods in a day Default is 24 hours Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to
48. 00 00 00 00 00 _ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Apply 5 Select the day of the week for which you want to set up the schedule You can define a schedule for each day of the week Check All Day to select the whole week 6 Set the start and end time for recording Define a time period by entering a start left column and end right column time You can schedule up to eight time periods Click All Day to record all day Note The time periods defined cannot overlap 7 Select a recording type This setting instructs the DVR to begin recording when an alarm is triggered The recording type can be based on time and triggered by motion detection and or an alarm If set to TimeLapse TL Hi or TL Lo the DVR records continuously 8 Click Apply to save settings 9 Repeat steps 3 to 8 for other days of the week or to copy the schedule settings to another day To copy the current schedule settings to another day of the week click Copy select the number of the day of the week to which to copy the schedule and click OK to save changes and return to the Edit screen 10 Repeat steps 3 to 9 for other cameras 11 Click Apply to save the settings and then OK to return to the schedule screen Holiday schedules As well as being able to schedule when recordings occur during the week you can also schedule them for specific holidays in the year such as for example the first of January or the second Wednesday
49. 19 LEF 3x3 4x4 To select a multiview format 1 Press the Display button on the front panel to cycle through different display formats You can also right click the mouse and select Multi Camera from the menu Select the desired multiview display layout Sequencing cameras The sequencing feature allows a camera to be displayed briefly on screen before advancing to the next camera in the sequence list Sequencing can only be done in full screen mode The default sequence displays each camera in numerical order However each camera on the main and spot monitors can have a pre programmed dwell time and sequence order See Changing the camera sequence on page 37 for more information Note Dwell time must not be set to zero for sequencing to function Sequencing live view mode using the front panel 1 Select the camera where you want to start sequencing 2 Press the Seq button on the front panel to start sequencing 3 Press the Seq button again to stop the sequencing Sequencing live view mode using the mouse 1 Select the camera where you want to start sequencing 2 Right click the mouse and select Start auto switch to start the sequencing 3 Right click the mouse and select Stop auto switch to stop the sequencing TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 33 Chapter 5 Live view Accessing frequently used commands The quick access toolbar in live view lets you quickly access regularly used commands Position the cursor ov
50. 2 Installation see Appendix B on page147 for the supported protocols and Appendix F on page 161 for the PTZ commands supported by each protocol Each PTZ camera must be set up individually For information on configuring PTZ dome camera settings see Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera on page 43 Connecting a TVR 42 to a PTZ dome camera and a keypad You can connect the KTD 405 or TVK 800 keypad to the DVR The KTD 405 is a RS 485 bus keypad and the TVK 800 is an IP keypad When connecting the KTD 405 keypad use the input output box that is supplied with the keypad to connect a keypad to the TVR 42 The keypad can be connected to a PTZ camera for local control or for control over the network see Figure 4 below for the preferred setup Any PTZ dome camera can be controlled as the DVR is doing the PTZ protocol translation However this setup provides only limited dome configuration Figure 4 Connecting a KTD 405 keypad to the TVR 42 for control of a PTZ dome camera over the network Dome RS 485 A B Configuring the PTZ protocols for Interlogix cameras Before the PTZ dome cameras are assembled in their housings set their protocol and address DIP switches for the TVR 42 See Table 3 on page 9 for different Interlogix PTZ dome camera settings lf you are using PTZ dome cameras from another company please refer to their configuration instructions 8 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Table 3
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52. Auto archiving on page 68 for more information Review archive status See Auto archiving on page 68 for more information 77 Chapter 9 Using the web browser Menu Function Description Maintenance Remotely update the DVR firmware restore default factory settings restart the DVR and import parameters remotely See Chapter 15 DVR management on page 135 for more information Text insertion Define access device access mode and start string See Capturing text insertions on page 83 V stream encoding Define the maximum bit rate and frame rate See V stream encoding on page 42 for more information System Camera Record Review the status of the cameras recordings information Alarm Network and alarms network and HDDs See Viewing HDD system information on page 137 for more information Searching and playing back recorded video To search and play back recorded video click Playback on the menu bar to display the Playback page shown in Figure 32 on page 79 78 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser Figure 32 Browser playback page eruVision OVR 42 TVR fy ry A A Ac A A A Ac ry A A ry Ac A AT Item Description 1 Selected camera 2 Calendar Selected day is highlighted 3 Search Click to start searching recorded files for the selected camera 4 Dual stream Select desired dual stream mode Normal record thin record or pict
53. Description 5 Play Click to play selected file 6 Free space Free space available on the backup device is displayed 7 Seal disc Select to prevent other files being recorded onto the disc 8 Include Player Select to automatically include the Player tool when archiving files 9 New folder Create a new folder on the backup device Files from the DVR can be archived to a specific folder 10 Format Format the USB eSATA drive 11 Archive Start downloading selected files onto the backup device 12 Cancel Cancel search and return to previous menu To manually export recorded files to a backup device 1 ON OD Oo Connect the backup device to the DVR lf using a USB memory drive insert the device into the USB port on the front panel If using a digital video disk DVD or eSATA drive insert the disc into the DVD drive If both media are found in the TVR 42 the USB device takes precedence over the DVD In live view mode press the Search button on the front panel or remote control Or Right click the mouse and select Advanced Search The Advanced Search screen appears select the cameras and search parameters required Record type All constant motion text insertion alarm or manual File type All locked or unlocked select the start and end dates and times to archive recordings Note You can click the Quick Playback button to verify that the selected files are the files to export Right click the mouse
54. G connection Note It is recommended that the RTSP port 1024 should only be used when experiencing connection issues over a 3G 4G connection For example If the client port is changed to 9000 then the 200 port will be 9200 Using the default client port 8000 then the 200 port will be 8200 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 149 Appendix C Port forwarding information Seeking further assistance Third party assistance on configuring popular routers can be found at http www portforward com http canyouseeme org http yougetsignal com Note These links are not affiliated with nor supported by Interlogix technical support Many router manufacturers also offer guides on their websites as well as including documentation with the product On most routers the brand and model number is located on or near the serial number sticker on the bottom of the device If you cannot find any information for your particular router please contact your router manufacturer or internet service provider for further assistance 150 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix D K T D 405 keypad Supported firmware TVR 42XX YYY firmware 2 0 d or higher KTD 405U 2DU keypad firmware 1 4 00 Note XX represents the number of video channels YYY represents the DVR storage configuration such as 1T 1 TB etc Wiring the keypad Connect the RS 485 bus of the KTD 405 I O box to the TVR 42 Keypab A B screw terminal port Table 20 Keypad and D
55. IP address to Internet Explorer s list of trusted sites Open Internet Explorer Click Tools and then Internet Options Click the Security tab and then select the Trusted Sites icon Click Sites Clear the Require server verification https for all sites in this zone box Enter the IP address or DDNS name in the Add this website to the zone field Click Add and then click Close 8 Click OK in the Internet Options dialog screen ee ee 9 Connect to the TVR 42 for full browser functionality TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 71 Chapter 9 Using the web browser Accessing the web browser To access the TVR 42 open a web browser and enter the IP address assigned to the DVR as a web address On the logon screen enter the default user ID and password Note Only one DVR can be viewed per browser User ID admin Password 1234 The default values for TVR 42 network settings are e IP address 192 168 1 82 e Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 e Gateway address 192 168 1 1 e Ports When using the browser When using TruNav RTSP port 554 RTSP port 554 HTTP port 80 Server Client software port 8000 For more information on port forwarding see Appendix C Port forwarding information on page 149 Web browser overview The TVR 42 web browser lets you view record and play back videos as well as manage all aspects of the DVR from any PC with Internet access The browser s easy to use controls give
56. KB E As 07 05 2017 020946 133345 400 271KB A10 07 05 2017 07 36 55 133454 208 763KR E A1107 05 2012 00 00 03 13 33 48 473 556KB Ai 07 05 2017 04 57 55 132454 2045608 A13 07 05 2012 06 29 48 13 3347 MT HIKE 8 B A14 07 05 2017 00 00 03 123402 473 3TEKE E A15 07 05 2012 09 35 48 13 33 47 138 452KB Start time OT 05 2017 125223 End time 07 05 2012 13 34 22 lt 2258566558688 85 58 PA eee ee ee T ome eee h rnas aA Tota 16 P iri Total size 6 171MB Cancel Select the file you want to lock unlock Click Fil to lock a file Click again to unlock The Locked column indicates whether a file is locked or not Closed lock icons indicate locked files while opened lock icons indicate unlocked files The Lock button toggles between Lock and Unlock depending on the file 6 Click Cancel to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 95 Chapter 10 Recording Setting the HDD to read only When you set an HDD to read only recorded video files cannot be written to the HDD If multiple HDDs are used the DVR automatically records to the next HDD not set to read only To set a HDD to read only 1 Click the System Setting icon in the menu toolbar Click Hard Disk to set up the HDD parameters select the HDD you want to set to read only Check Read only OL Gee ee Click Apply to save the settings The HDD Is now read only Note In order to enable recordings on that particular
57. NAS 86 Network packet data exporting 120 Network settings general set up 111 Network status 119 Network storage system set up 86 Network traffic checking 119 Notifications external alarms 105 system event types 108 NTP server 114 O OSD settings 131 Overwriting Protecting recorded files 94 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual P Password changing user password 144 default user passwords 141 Playback bookmarks 59 changing playback speed 63 instant playback 54 interface overview 51 motion search 62 playing back archived files 70 pop up menu description 54 reverse playback 78 search by event 58 search by time 57 search by video type 57 search results 56 set up for text insertion 58 skip time 62 snapshots 60 system log 61 using digital zoom 63 using the web browser 78 Playback control toolbar description 52 quick access 54 Player using for playback 70 Port forwarding 72 149 Power up and down DVR 15 PPPoE settings 112 Pre and post recording times configuring 87 Pre recording times maximum times 159 Preset tours calling up 47 quick access 44 setting up 47 Presets calling up 46 quick access 44 selecting setting up and deleting 45 Privacy masking 132 Protecting recorded files 94 PTZ control panel description 44 quick access 34 PTZ dome cameras assigning protocols 43 configuring 43 connecting to RS 485 port 5 controlling remotely 82 set up 8 PTZ pro
58. R With it there is no need to manually search through hours of video recordings to find an event The TVR 42 can be set up to trigger an alarm if it detects motion and to record it You can then search these recorded motion activities for specific incidents If enabled motion detection recording can help increase the number of days your DVR can record You can mask out any areas of motion on a camera display that you do not want to trigger a recording such as a flag on a pole or a moving tree Select the level of sensitivity to motion as well the target size so that only objects that could be of interest can trigger a motion recording For example recording is triggered by the movement of a person but not that of a cat You can set up both the schedule and areas sensitive to motion detection for each camera individually or easily copy the settings of one camera to other cameras You can also select a specific audio alarm file to play for a camera or group of cameras Note Motion detection cannot be set up from the front panel 102 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings Motion detection set up To set up motion detection 1 Click the Camera Management icon in the menu toolbar and select Motion a ay x um gt OSD Motion Detection mots ti lets Le amp image Camera Analog 1 R Motion gt Enable Motion Detection gt we Ea Privacy Mask Rule 33 Sensiti T y WwW Tamper
59. T tab to display its screen 3 Select the HDD whose data you want to see A detail listing of S M A R T information is displayed e9 oe amp S a a D ok Ly 4 Storage Mode S M A R_T Settings E Use when the disk has failed to self evaluate Te Text Insertion Capacity see Model ST3500410SV f Upgrade Serial No 6VMBECJW wa Configuratio Temperature C 27 Power Up days 310 Log Search Self evaluation Pass Al evaluation Functional S M A R T information Net Detect iD Attribute Name Status Flags Threa 0x1 Raw Read Error Rate OK t 6 Ox3 Spin Up Time OK 3 o Ox4 _Start Stop Count OK 32 20 SA ff a gt in TRE gt Apply System infor eh _ eee Pel I O O User admin SS TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 127 Chapter 13 HDD management 4 If you want to continue to use a HDD when the S M A R T test has failed check the box Use when the disk has failed to self evaluate Click Apply to save the settings Searching video using disk analysis The DVR can run a disk analysis to get a broader sense of the video data stored on the HDD This video data can include alarms events video Loss and more The disk analysis screen provides a graphical view of the all video stored on the HDD for each camera The scale is determined dynamically The timeline flows from left oldest to right newest video See Figure 39 below Figure 39 Disk analysis screen Level3 Day 2013 01 0 O
60. VR connections KTD 405 I O box TVR 42 connection RS 485 A Keyb A RS 485 B Keyb B TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 151 Appendix D TVK 505U keypad Figure 42 Keypad and DVR connections I O box ky b Alarm Output 1 4 y Dome RS 485 SAB 11626 3G64G TermABC DG devant Back panel of pp foeemen eeeeeee TVR 42 lif 1 2 J J ON IOCA EOE AACA or eae ae 3 Nnnn SERRE SL EE ae a a ae a a a ee 8B Alarm Input 1 16 setting up the keypad to work with the TVR 42 The keypad must be in zone mode to connect correctly with the TVR 42 Further information on connecting and programming the KTD 405 keypad can be found in the user manual To set the keypad in zone mode 1 Log into the keypad using the Admin password Hold down the Enter button until a beep sounds and then enter the following code 1 4 7 6 Push the seq button to confirm 2 Scroll through the menus with the button until this menu appears OPERATING MODE DIGIPLEX Change Operating Mode to Zone by moving the joystick down Quit the menu by pressing the seq button The display will show for example ZONE Z0HE TITLE CAMERA MONITOR 152 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix D Port forwarding information 5 To connect it to the DVR press the zone button and enter the ID number of the TVR 42 The default value is 1 6 To configure the DVR zone ID number at
61. an external alarm Click Rule and then select the Rule tab to select the method by which you want the DVR to notify you of the alarm Click Apply to save settings and then OK to return to the previous screen 8 Click Back to return to live view 110 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 12 Network settings You must configure your DVR s network settings before using it over the network Note As every network configuration may differ please contact your Network Administrator or ISP to see if your DVR requires specific IP addresses or port numbers Configuring general network settings To configure general network settings 1 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen 2 Click General and enter the required settings Option Description NIC type Network interface card NIC is a device used to connect the DVR to a network Select the NIC type used from the drop down list Default value is 10 100 1000M self adaptive TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 111 Chapter 12 Network settings Option Enable DHCP IPv4 address IPv4 subnet mask IPv4 default gateway IPv6 address 1 IPv6 address 2 IPv6 default gateway MAC address MTU bytes Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server Description Check this box if you have a DHCP server running and want your DVR to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server Default value is Enable Enter
62. and playing back bookmarked recordings 59 Slideshow of snapshots 60 Playing back recordings from the system log 61 Playback skip time 62 Motion search 62 Playing back frame by frame 63 Digital zoom in playback 63 Archiving recorded files 65 Archiving files 65 Auto archiving 68 Creating and archiving video clips 69 Archiving snapshots 70 Managing backup devices 70 Playing back archived files ona PC 70 Using the web browser 71 Windows Vista and 7 users 71 Accessing the web browser 72 Web browser overview 72 Using the web browser to configure the device 74 Searching and playing back recorded video 78 searching for event logs 80 Dual streaming 81 Controlling a PTZ dome camera in the web browser 82 Capturing text insertions 83 Text overlay 85 Using a network storage system 86 Recording 87 Initializing recording settings 87 Defining a recording schedule 90 Daily schedules 91 Holiday schedules 92 Manual recording 93 Motion detection schedules 94 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 External alarm schedules 94 Protecting recorded files 94 HDD redundancy 96 Alarm settings 99 Description of alarm notification types 99 Setting up motion detection 102 Setting up external alarms 105 Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually 107 Setting up system notifications 108 Detecting video loss 108 Detecting video tampering 109 Network settings 111 Configuring ge
63. anged for security reasons Adding a new user Only a system administrator can create a user You can add up to 31 new users The access privileges of Operator and Guest users are predefined and cannot be modified TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 141 Chapter 16 User management To add new users di 2 3 Click the User Management icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen Click Add to enter the Add User screen Enter the new users name and password Both the user name and password can have up to 16 alphanumeric characters 4 Select the new user s access level Operator or Guest 5 Enter the user s MAC address to let the user access the DVR from a remote computer with this MAC address 6 Click Apply to save the settings and OK to return to the previous screen 7 Define the users permissions Click the Permission button for the new user In the Permissions pop up screen check the required access privileges for local remote and camera configuration See Customizing a user s access privileges below for the permission descriptions for each group Click Apply to save the settings and OK to return to the previous screen Click Back to return to live view Customizing a user s access privileges Only an administrator can allocate access privileges to Operator and Guest users The access privileges can be customized for each user s needs The administrator s access privileges cannot be changed There a
64. apter 7 Playing back a recording The TVR 42 lets you to quickly locate and play back recorded video There are four ways to play back video e Instant playback of the most recently recorded video e All day playback of the day s recorded video e Search the video archives by specific time date bookmark snapshot or event e Search the system log The DVR continues to record the live view from a camera while simultaneously playing back video on that camera display You must have the access privilege to play back recordings see Customizing a user s access privileges on page 142 for more information Cameras in multiview mode play back simultaneously This means for example that it is easy to follow the path of an intruder who has passed in front of several cameras You must be in live view mode to play back video Overview of the playback window lt is easy to manage playback from the playback window The playback video can be set up to display a time date stamp for evidentiary purposes see Configuring the camera OSD settings on page131 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 5 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Figure 23 Playback window 7 kes epee 03 01 2013 Fra 10700721 AM IRENI 1 Playback viewer 3 Calendar panel Blue Current date 2 Camera panel Select the cameras for Yellow Recordings available on the DVR playback Move the mouse over the area to display the list of cameras available
65. ault format is Disable Manually define DST If this option is selected the Auto DST adjustment option is disabled Default format is Disable Click the check box to enable or disable daylight savings time DST Enter the start date and time for daylight savings Enter the end date and time for daylight savings Set the amount of time to move DST forward from the standard time Default is 60 minutes To set up the system time and date 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Time Modify the required settings 3 Click the Apply button to immediately implement the changes General settings Use the Display mode settings menu to configure general DVR options on how information is displayed and accessed such as e Change GUI language e Change the DVR name and address e Define the monitor resolution e Enable disable the login password requirement e Enable disable the wizard TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 39 Chapter 5 Live view e Manually change the video output format PAL NTSC e Change the time out period after which the display reverts to showing live view e Enable disable the transparency of the menus on screen e Enable disable whether the status icons appear on screen see Figure 19 below and Figure 20 on page 41 The changes are immediately implemented once Apply is clicked to save the settings Figure 19 Monitor setup screen General Settings o Monitor General M
66. can potentially disrupt the network Both live dual streaming and bandwidth throttle management can be used simultaneously or individually For example if you display live video in the web browser with the bandwidth throttle management feature enabled the video update rate is lower as network video data is sent in shorter controlled amounts However if live dual streaming is enabled then the video quality increases since the second stream can be reduced to meet the bandwidth throttle settings which results in a higher video update rate Only the administrator can modify this function To modify the network throttle 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Net detect 120 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 12 Network settings 2 Select the Network Stat tab RS 939 Irati Network Detection Hard Disk Remote Live View 4 096Kbps Text Insertion Remote Playback Obos t Upgrade Net Total Idle T6Mbps Net Total Limit SOMbpsS a Conliouralio Log Search System Infor Hetresh back User admin 3 Under Net total limit enter a bandwidth limit value The value can be between 128 Kbps and 80 Mbps in 1 Kbps increments 4 Click Refresh TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 121 Chapter 12 Network settings 122 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 13 HDD management Initializing HDDs The in built HDD must be initialized before it can be used You can also re initialize th
67. changed Only a system administrator can modify a user To modify a user 1 Click the User Management icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen 2 Click the Edit button for the user whose access privileges need to be changed The Edit User pop up screen appears 3 Edit the user information and click Apply to save the settings 4 Click the OK button to return to the previous screen 5 Click Back to return to live view Changing the Admin password The administrator s password can be changed in the User Management menu Click the Change Password tab and enter the new information The administrator s MAC address can be changed here too Once completed click Apply to save the settings 144 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix A Specifications Video amp audio input Video compression Analog video input Audio compression Audio input Two way audio Video amp audio output HDMI output VGA output Analog output Video spot output Video loop output Encoding resolution Frame rate Video bit rate Audio output Audio bit rate TruVision DVR 42 User Manual TVR 4204 TVR 4208 TVR 4216 H 264 4 ch 8 ch 16 ch BNC BNC BNC 1 0 Vp p 75 Q 1 0 Vp p 75 Q 1 0 Vp p 75 Q PAL NTSC self PAL NTSC self PAL NTSC self adaptive adaptive adaptive OggVorbis 4 ch 8 ch 16 ch BNC BNC BNC 2 0 Vp p 75Q 2 0 Vp p 75Q 2 0 Vp p 75 Q 1 ch BNC 2 0 Vp p 1 KQ 1 ch Resolution 1920
68. ck L gt to call up the preset tour TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 47 Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera 6 Click Back to return to live view To delete a preset tour 1 Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings 2 From the preset list select a tour number and click to delete the selected the preset tour zr In the preset tour toolbar click be to delete all the preset tours 3 Click Back to return to live view To call up a preset tour e PTZ control panel 1 In live view left click the mouse and select the PTZ control icon in the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears Select the desired camera from the toolbar Or On the front panel select the desired camera and press Enter on the joystick to call up the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears 2 Scroll the toolbar to Tour and double click the desired preset tour from the list The camera immediately carries out the preset tour movement e Menu toolbar 1 Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings 2 Select the desired preset tour from the list and click on start the tour Click to stop the preset tour 3 Click Back to return to live view Setting and calling up a shadow tour The shadow tour command remembers the manually controlled PTZ dome camera movement track One shadow tour can be set up Note The PTZ dome camera used must be able to support a shadow
69. commend that important recorded events be protected from deletion Recorded files can either be locked or the HDD that the files reside on can be set to read only Locking and unlocking recorded files Lock files to protect them against being overwritten or deleted To lock or unlock a recorded file 1 In live view enter the video search screen by pressing the Search button on the front panel or remote control and then enter Advanced Search 94 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording Or In live view right click the mouse to display the pop up menu and select Advanced Search The Search screen appears No rmal Event Bookmark Picture O Fan OGL Vv e PN 1 FS de Poa OG od Od SET Ed aT Record Type All File Type All Start Time 08 06 2012 End Time 08 06 2012 Quick Pla Search Cancel 2 Search for the desired recording by entering the search parameters which include the camera number record type file type and start time and end time 3 Click Search A list of recordings similar to the figure below matching the search parameters Is displayed 6 07 05 2012 00 00 02 13 34 02 583 447KB A3 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 34 02 476 934KB 07 05 2012 00 00 03 13 34 03 475 068KB 07 05 2012 00 00 02 13 34 03 476 210KB 07 05 2012 042746 133345 390 160KB 07 05 2012 10 38 56 13 34 55 107 305KB 07 05 2017 00 00 03 13 34 03 477 195
70. copy the settings to other days of the week and holiday period Note The time periods defined cannot overlap 7 Select the response method to an external alarm Click the Rule tab to define the method by which you want the DVR to notify you of the alarm Click Apply to save settings EF ull Screen Monitoring amp Ala 4 Audible Warning E Notify Surveillance Center Send E mail N l f T 4 amp Nol B Upload captured pictures to FI Eg Ala Adh Play Audio File q El Triager Alarm Output 8 Select the PTZ camera function required in response to an external alarm select the PTZ camera and the preset preset tour or shadow tour that is triggered when the alarm is detected lt 4 Arming Schedule Rule PTZ Linking Preset Call Tour iis Tour Call Shadow Tour Shadow Tour Gancel Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to copy the settings to other cameras If required 9 Click OK to return to the alarm input screen 10 Click Back to return to live view 106 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings To set up an alarm output 1 Click the Alarm Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Output 2 Select the alarm output 3 Select a timeout option The timeout setting lets you define how long a signal remains active after the alarm has ended If you select Manually Clear the signal remains active until it is manually acknowledged by pressing the alarm b
71. cordings protect your recorded files and set up your HDD for redundancy Initializing recording settings Before you can set up your DVR to begin recording you must first configure general recording settings for the analog cameras Ensure that the HDD has been installed and initialized before configuring the recording settings See Chapter 13 HDD management on page 123 for more information see Calculating the maximum permitted frame rates and bit rates on page 89 to calculate the maximum frame and bit rates To configure recording settings 1 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Encoding gt Record Capture V stream Encoding Encode Parameters Suggestion Analog 1 Main Stream TL Hi Video amp Audio Tod 2768 2CIF Bittale Type Video Quality Frame Rale Max Bitrate Mode Max Bitrate Kbps Pre recond Postrecord Auto Detete day Record Audio 3 Select the camera you want to configure TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 87 Chapter 10 Recording Configure the following recording settings Encoding parameters Select one of the stream types Mainstream TL Hi Mainstream TL Lo Mainstream Event Mainstream Alarm or Substream Stream type Select the type of stream to record either video or video and audio Resolution Select the resolution of the recording Options include WDR ACIF 2CIF CIF and QCIF Bit rate type Select Constant or Variable Video quali
72. disable the monitor display of the main and spot monitor size to accommodate for differently sized monitors Check the box to enable disable and click Apply Define whether the wizard tool starts when the DVR is turned on Check the box to enable disable and click Apply Figure 20 Monitor setup screen More Settings Piom her Layout Time Holiday General More Settings p Monitor Standard Par Output Modo Standard Monitor Brightness JE Event Hint Timear Transparent z Enable TimeBear Menu Timeout S Minutos Mouse Pointer Speed a iL aa L Otner Notification Panel Alarm Led Motion Alarm Usor admin Table 13 Description of the Monitor setup screen More Settings Option Monitor standard Output mode Monitor brightness Event hint Timebar transparent Menu timeout Mouse pointer speed TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description The video standard used is auto detected but can be manually changed Modify the video standard used to PAL or NTSC and click Apply Define the desired output mode Select one of the options from the drop down list Standard Bright Gentle or Vivid Modify the video output brightness Adjust the scroll bar point to the desired level and click Apply Define whether the status icons appear on screen See Status information on page 29 for more information Modify the transparency of the menus on screen relative to the background to make th
73. e HDD However all data on the HDD will be destroyed To initialize a HDD 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Hard Disk to display its screen 2 Select the HDD to be initialized 3 Click the Initialize button to begin initialization P IX dh oan 2 lt gt a lt HDD Information Storage Mode S M A R T Sett gt A Hard Disk fatus Property Type mice Sp a Group Edit Delet Te Text insertion nasa nS t Upgrade a Configuratio K4 EEEE a ae Total Capacity ie 465 76GB Free Space OKB Log Search System infor a Net Detect Initialize H Back User admin After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD changes from Abnormal to Normal Controlling disk space on the HDD You can allocate the maximum permitted storage and snapshot picture capacities from each camera on a HDD 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Hard Disk 2 Click the Storage mode tab TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 123 Chapter 13 HDD management 3 Under the Mode option select Quota 4 Select a camera whose storage capacity you want to change and enter the values in GB for maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity The maximum storage capacity of the HDD is listed 5 Click Apply to save the settings 6 If you want to copy these values to other cameras click Copy and select the cameras Click OK Click Apply to save the settin
74. e menu screens easier to read or less prominent on screen Default is non transparent Select one of the options from the drop down list Define the time in minutes after which the menu screen reverts to live view mode Select a time from the drop down list and click Apply Modify the speed of the mouse pointer Adjust the scroll bar point to the desired level and click Apply 41 Chapter 5 Live view Option Description Other notification Panel Check to enable the Motion alarm option alarm LED Motion alarm Define whether the status LEDs on the front panel start flashing when motion is detected Check the box to enable disable and click Apply V stream encoding lf the available bandwidth is limited you can remotely view several channels in real time with one stream over the web browser or CMS Client Management system such as TruVision navigator using the V stream encoding option V stands for virtual When enabled you can see the output from the cameras on an analog spot monitor in one stream Note It is not recommended to use the V stream feature when using an analog monitor as main monitor as both the analog main monitor and the V stream use the same output To enable v streaming 1 Ol ae eI 42 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar Select Encoding gt V stream Encoding Check Enable V stream Encoding select the desired settings for frame rate and maximum bit rate Kbps
75. e motion sensitive red grid automatically appears over the whole screen 2 Delete all Delete the motion grid 3 Search Search the playback recording for motion detection 4 Exit Quit motion search mode and return to play back To search for motion in playback 1 In playback mode right click the mouse and click Motion Search on the mouse menu The motion search toolbar appears and the playback control toolbar disappears 2 Select an area of the screen to be searched Drag the mouse over the desired area A red grid appears More than one area can be selected Or Click the full screen detection icon in the toolbar The whole screen is covered in the red grid 62 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Playing back a recording 3 Click the Search icon to see the results Motion appears as bleu lines below the green playback progress bar If motion had been recorded as an event it appears as yellow on the progress bar Click the zoom in button to see the progress bar in closer detail Playing back frame by frame You can easily play back a selected video at different soeeds This allows you to carefully examine an event frame by frame as it happens The current frame rate is shown on the right of the playback control toolbar To play back frame by frame e Using a mouse 1 In playback mode click the Speed Down E and Speed up buttons in the playback control toolbar until the speed changes to single fra
76. e playback pop up menu Camera Digital Zoom Motion Search Text Show Skip Time Control Panel Exit Item Name Description 1 Camera Select a camera for playback 2 Digital Zoom Enter the digital zoom function for the selected camera 3 Motion search Call up the motion search toolbar to search playback recording for incidents of motion detection See Motion search on page 62 for more information 4 Text show Display inserted text on screen 5 Skip time Modify the playback skip time See Playback skip time on page 62 for more information 6 Control panel Hide the playback control toolbar 7 Exit Return to live view Instant playback Use the quick access toolbar to quickly replay recorded video for a preprogrammed time period This can be useful to review an event that has just happened Only one camera at a time can be selected The default playback period is 5 minutes To instantly replay recorded video 1 In live view mode left click the mouse on the desired camera image The quick access toolbar appears Click Instant Playback Bis 2 Select the desired camera from the drop down list and click OK Playback starts immediately The Instant Playback scroll bar appears under the selected camera 54 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Playing back a recording 3 Click Pause M on the toolbar to pause playback Click Play to restart playback Click Stop Ed to stop playback and retur
77. ent Video schedule TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description Configures display settings including dwell time schedule language and display formats See Configuring live view on page 35 and Holiday schedules on page 92 Configures camera settings including OSD display motion detection video image adjustments and copy settings to other cameras See Chapter 14 Camera settings on page 131 Configures recording settings including recording schedules record quality auto delete mode and recording mode See Chapter 10 Recording on page 87 25 Chapter 4 Operating instructions Name Network settings Alarm settings PTZ settings User management System settings Help information Power manager To access the main menu Description Configures standard network settings including IP address e mail notifications DDNS setup and advanced network settings See Chapter 12 Network settings on page 111 Configures alarm settings including alarm input relay output video loss remote alert pre alarm and post alarm seconds See Chapter 11 Alarm settings on page 99 Configures PTZ settings See Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera on page 43 Configures users passwords and access privileges See Chapter 16 User management on page 141 Configures system settings including system date and time audio output device name RS 485 settings RS 232 settings
78. eo searching for event logs The DVR compiles a log of events such as the start or end of video recording DVR notifications and alarms through which you can easily search Logs are categorized by the following types e Alarm Includes motion detection tamper detection video tampering and other alarm events e Notifications Includes system notifications such as video loss HDD failures and other system related events e Operations Includes users access to the web interfaces and other operational events 80 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser e Information Includes general information on the DVR actions such as the start and end of video recording etc To search for logs click the Log tab in the browser toolbar select a log type specify a date and time range and then click Search Dual streaming The DVR allows you to view from up to 16 cameras over a network Dual streaming allows high quality video to be viewed in one stream Normal stream and lower quality video to be viewed in another stream Stream B that can be easily streamed through a narrow bandwidth The normal stream has the frame rate quality and resolution as configured in the encoding menu However in a thin stream data thinning has been carried out so that it has a lower frame rate quality and resolution This allows more video to be recorded on the HDD Dual streaming is available in both live and recording modes
79. er a video image and left click the mouse The toolbar appears see Figure 14 below Figure 14 Quick access toolbar Table 9 Description of the quick access toolbar icons Icon Description Freeze Freeze the live image of the selected camera Although the image pauses time and date information does not The system clock continues to run Manual record Start stop manual recording The icon is red when manual recording is enabled See Manual recording on page 93 for information on setting up this function Instant playback Play back the recorded video from the last five minutes default time If no recording is found then there was no recording made Click the icon and select the desired camera Click OK See Instant playback on page 54 for information on changing this time Audio Enable Disable audio output The audio option must already have been setup in the Display menu Quick snapshot Capture a snapshot of a video image The image is saved on the unit PTZ control Enter PTZ control mode Digital zoom Enter digital zoom See Digital Zoom below for further information Image settings Enter the image settings menu to modify the image lighting levels There are three options Preset Mode These are preconfigured image lighting levels Select one of the four options depending on current lighting conditions Standard Use in standard lighting situations Indoor Use indoors Dim Light U
80. erlogix 485 Y Y N N N N N Y N Y Interlogix 422 Y Y N N N N N Y N Y KALATEL Y Y N N N N N Y N Y DSCP Y Y N N N N N Y N Y HIKVISION Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Honeywell Y Y N N N N N N N N INFINOVA Y Y N N N N N Y N Y KTD 348 Y Y N N N N N Y N Y LG MULTIX Y Y N N N N N Y Y y LILIN Y Y N N N N N N N N Y Y N N N N N Y N Y PELCO D Y Y b es Vit N N N Y ve Y PELCO P Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y PHILIPS Y Y N N N N N N N N PHILPS 3 Y Y N N N N N N N N SAE Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Samsung Y Y N N N N N Y N Y Siemens Y N N N N N Y N Y ia N N N N N N N N N N SONY EVI D70 N N N N N N N N N N aad N N N N N N N N N N TECHWIN Y Y N N N N N Y N N VICON Y y N N N N N N N N YOULI Y Y N N N N N Y N N Aux 2 Aux 1 162 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix G Default menu settings Display mode setting Monitor Layout TruVision DVR 42 User Manual General More settings General Language English Device name TVR 42 Device address 255 Zone ID 1 VGA resolution 1280 1024 60HZ HDMI resolution 1920 1080 60HZ 1080P Password required Yes Scale output video Yes Enable wizard Yes Monitor standard NTSC PAL Auto detect at booting Output mode Standard Monitor brightness 5 Event hint Yes Time bar transparent Yes Enable timebar Yes Menu timeout 5 min Mouse pointer speed Lower Video output interface VGA Live view mode 3 3 Dwell time No switch Enable audio output No Event output HDMI 163 Appendi
81. ernal recording device You can use an external storage device such as an eSATA HDD to backup video or to add its recording capacity to that of the DVR itself If you change this option you must reboot the DVR to implement the change TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 89 Chapter 10 Recording To configure for an external recording device 1 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select More Settings 3 Select one of the two options Record and Capture Extend the recording capacity of the DVR Export Backup data onto an eSATA backup device Note If the external storage device is part of the total internal capacity of the DVR then it is no longer available for backing up video 4 Click Apply Configuring overwrite You can select how the DVR responds when the HDDs become full and there is no longer sufficient space to save new data To configure for overwrite when the HDDs are full 1 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select More Settings 3 Under Overwrite select Yes Defining a recording schedule Defining a recording schedule lets you specify when the DVR records video and under what circumstances Each camera can be configured to have its own recording schedule The schedules are visually presented on a map for easy reference See Figure 35 below for an example 90 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording Figure 35 Description of the Schedule screen Came
82. erty you want to change Click the Edit icon La The Local HDD Settings screen appears Click the desired HDD property for the selected HDD Click the group number for this HDD a a a a Click Apply to save and exit the screen Note Once set to read only the HDD cannot be used to save recorded files until it is set back to read write R W If the HDD that is currently being written to is set to read only the data is then recorded to the next HDD If there is only one HDD present setting it to read only means the DVR cannot record Checking HDD status You can check the status of any of the installed HDDs on the DVR at anytime To check the status of a HDD 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Hard Disk 2 Note the status of the HDDs listed under the Status column lf the status is listed as Normal or Sleeping the HDD is in working order If it is listed as Abnormal and has already been initialized the HDD needs to be replaced If the HDD is Uninitialized you need to initialize it before it can be used in the DVR Refer to Initializing HDDs on page 123 for more information Note This information is also available under System Settings gt System Information gt HDD screen Configuring HDD alarms HDD alarms can be set to trigger when an HDD is uninitialized or in an abnormal State To set HDD alarms 1 Click the Alarm settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Notification 2
83. firmware upgrade hard drive settings boot log and shutdown See Chapter 13 HDD management on page 123 and Chapter 15 DVR management on page 135 Provides reference information to the various toolbars menus and keys within the interface Provides access to logout reboot and shutdown options See Turning on and off the DVR on page 15 1 In live view press the Menu button on the remote control or front panel Or Right click the mouse and select Menu from the pop up menu The main menu screen appears The Display screen appears by default 2 Click the required menu icon to display its submenu options Modify the configuration parameters as required Click Apply to save the settings Click Back to return to live view Using the soft keyboard A keyboard will appear on screen when you need to enter characters in a screen option Click a key to input that character 26 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 4 Operating instructions Figure 11 The soft keyboard Description of the keys in the virtual keyboard o Switch to lowercase uppercase er Space esc Exit the soft keyboard A 1 Alphanumeric characters a Backspace Symbols Enter Confirm selection Exiting the main menu Press the Menu button on the front panel to exit the current menu screen and return to live view or click Back in a main menu TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 27 Chapter 4 Operating instructions 28 TruVi
84. formation Define the image quality of snapshots Define which cameras can manually record See Manual recording on page 93 for more information Define the general network settings See Configuring general network settings on page 111 for more information Define the PPPoE settings See Configuring PPPoE on page 112 for more information Define the DDNS settings See Configuring DDNS on page 113 for more information Define the settings to send an e mail See Configuring e mail on page 114 for more information Define the remote storage system for DVR recordings See Using a network storage system on page 86 for more information TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Menu Serial port settings Alarm settings Notification User management HDD management Auto archive Function UPnP SNMP FTP More settings 232 serial port 485 serial port Alarm input Alarm output Alarm audio Audio output Advanced settings Basic settings Storage settings Archive settings Archive status TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser Description Enable this function so that the DVR can automatically configure its own port forwarding See Configuring UPnPTM on page 115 for more information Define the SNMP settings See Configuring SNMP on page 117 for more information Define the FTP settings See Configuring PPPoE on
85. g schedule tab and select the day of the week and the time periods during the day when motion can be recorded You can schedule up to eight time periods in a day Default is 24 hours Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to copy the settings to other days of the week Note Time periods defined cannot overlap rigger Channel Anges Schedule Rule Mon 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a e 2 o o A L 2 3 A 5 S T 8 00000000 Click the Rule tab to define the method by which you want the DVR to notify you of the alarm More than one notification type can be selected Trigger Channel Arming Schedule Ryle W Full Screen Monitoring E Audible Warning W Notify Surveillance Center E Send E mail W Upload captured pictures to FTP Play Audio File or Bi Trigger Alarm Output Apply OK Cancel lf you want one of the pre recorded audio messages to play when an alarm or event Is triggered check Play audio file and select the desired audio file from the drop down list Click the siren button to confirm that you have selected the correct audio file TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings Click Apply to save settings 10 Click OK to return to the motion detection settings screen 11 Click Back to return to live view To trigger the front panel alarm LED 1 Click the Display Settings icon in
86. gs 4 When in the desired menu screen press and hold esc and then press the 154 arrow buttons CL up down to navigate the cursor to the option Menu Timeout TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Press to activate the dropdown menu Appendix D Port forwarding information Press and hold esc and then press the up down arrow buttons to navigate to the desired option Press to select the option Press and hold esc and then press the up down arrow buttons to navigate to Apply Press to select it Then navigate to Back to return to live view Instead of the arrow buttons you can also use the joystick on the keypad TVR 42 mapping to the KTD 405 keypad Table 21 TVR 42 mapping to the KTD 405 keypad Task e Menu mode Call up or exit menu Move through the menus Move between menu tabs Navigate to a menu option Select a character or menu option Select the zone ID e Live view mode Call up a single camera Call up multiview screens Sequence through cameras Switch to next previous camera TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Keypad action In live view press esc Press and hold ese and then press the arrow buttons or use the joystick Press Zoom or Zoom to switch between menu tabs Press and hold esc and then press the arrow buttons Press Enter Press zone to connect the keypad to the DVR Press 0 to 9 and then press Enter Press view and then continue to press button
87. gs Setting up HDD groups Your DVR can organize multiple HDDs into groups Videos from specified channels can be set to be recorded onto a particular HDD group You could for example save the records from a couple of high priority cameras to one HDD and save the recordings from all the other cameras to another HDD To set up a HDD group 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Hard Disk 2 Select the Storage Mode tab sa A OS m lt HDD Information Storage Mode S M A R T Sett gt m Hard Disk gt Mode a Group T Text insertion Record on HDD Group 1 2 21 Ceces EAA EBAI Veal Veal BAs BAS BAS a Configuratio VW a V Pte Ped PO SF PGT PPT PGE PT Log Search System infor amp Net Detect User admin 3 Under Mode select Group 4 Under Record on HDD Group select the HDD group number 5 Check the channels to be added to this group Note By default all channels belong to HDD group 1 6 Click Apply to save the settings 124 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 13 HDD management Recording dual streaming Dual streaming allows high quality video to be recorded in one stream Normal stream and lower quality video to be recorded in another stream Thin stream that can be easily streamed through a narrow bandwidth The normal stream has the frame rate quality and resolution as configured in the encoding menu However in a thin strea
88. h to exit the Wizard The TVR 42 is now ready to use TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 4 Operating instructions Controlling the TVR 42 There are several ways to control the DVR e Front panel control e Mouse control e IR remote control e KTD 405 keypad control see Appendix e Web browser control You can use your preferred control method for any procedure but in most cases we describe procedures using mouse terminology Optional control methods are given only when they differ substantially from mouse control methods Using the front panel The function buttons on the front panel control can be used to operate many but not all of the main functions of the DVR The LED indicators light up to alert you of various conditions The functions available can be limited by setting passwords See Figure 8 on page 20 for more information TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 19 Chapter 4 Operating instructions Figure 8 Front panel as oo ot fa E T 14 13 1 2 1 1 10 3 J i k m A BE f f T 7 if 7 F if z a at i r A truVision DVR 42 i LZ a j i A h j j i i I SS Af d k t l l i g i H 5 5 l O Ne l n l l EB Wo Newell lt lt l ZE 3 a a a A a A TA TA Fh n FEA ch LU 3 a 5 6 T 8 The controls on the front panel include ltem T 10 20 Name USB port Eject button Archive button CD DVD slot Display buttons IR receiver Numeric button
89. hat color mask 5 To copy the settings to other cameras click Copy and select the desired cameras Click OK 6 Click Apply to save the settings and then click Back to return to live view Adjusting camera image settings You may need to adjust the camera image depending on the location background in order to get the best image quality The system has four preset mode settings for frequently encountered lighting conditions Standard Indoor Low light and Outdoor However you can also manually adjust the brightness saturation contrast and hue values using the Customize option Adjustments to the settings affect both live view and recorded images Note These options can also be modified from the image settings button on the live view quick access toolbar see Accessing frequently used commands on page 34 To adjust display settings 1 Click the Camera Management icon in the menu toolbar and select Image 2 Select the camera for which to adjust the video image settings 3 Select the desired mode value Changes are seen immediately on screen If Customize is selected adjust the brightness saturation contrast and hue values by dragging each scroll bar 4 Click Apply to save the settings and then click Back to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 133 Chapter 14 Camera settings Hiding a camera image from view There may be occasions when you want to control who can see a camera image on a l
90. he Start Clip El button Click the playback timeline where you want the video clip to stop and click the End Clip amp 4 button 6 Repeat for additional clips 7 Exit playback mode A message appears asking if you want to save the video clips Click Yes to archive the clips The Export screen appears Click No to exit and return to the search results screen The clips are not saved In the Export screen select from the drop down list the backup device to be used 10 Click Start File downloading starts Note You can create a new folder for the video clips Press the New Folder button and enter the folder name TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 69 Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files Archiving snapshots You can save all the video snapshots recorded to a backup device To manually archive snapshots 1 Connect the backup device to the DVR 2 Search for the required snapshot files to play back See Slideshow of Snapshots on page 60 The list of snapshots appears select the snapshots to backup Click Archive Select the archiving device if different from that listed Click Archive Export starts immediately oe SS When completed click OK Click Cancel to return to the previous screen Managing backup devices You can manage backup devices from the Export screen see Figure 29 on page 66 The Export screen allows you to e Create New Folder Create a new folder on the backup device e Delete
91. he RS 232 port See Capturing text insertions on page 83 for more information TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 135 Chapter 15 DVR management ATS Challenger NTP time sync supported to foreign device over the RS 232 port Technical support Console mode Updating system firmware The firmware on the DVR can be updated using five methods Via an USB device Over the network via an FTP server Via the DVR web browser Using TruVision Navigator For further information refer to the TruVision Navigator user manual Via an optical drive The firmware upgrade file is labeled TVR42 dav To update the system firmware using a USB device 1 Download on to a USB the latest firmware from our web site at www gesecurityproducts eu videoupgrades 5 Or C www utcfssecurityproductspages eu videoupgrades 2 Connect the USB device to the DVR 3 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar 4 Select Upgrade gt Local Upgrade The list of files on the USB is displayed RS 232 Local Upgrade FTP w Hard Disk Dovice Namo USBI ac Refresh NT Tat iaaOn Name Size Type ss Edit Date jl au Commu _ Folder 06 01 2003 05 il EE Stc_sigieac 27KBFile 08 18 2010 21 1 n Configuratio Stc _sigieac 30KB File 08 18 2010 21 0 Ste Sigleac 44KB File r ET ETET 21 1 tog Search ME BCL easyCr 5 543KBFile 05 23 2012 21 3 System intor E Complaint 32KBFile 12 27 2010 12 4 IU Net Detect MieE
92. he next item Using the IR remote control The TVR 42 is supplied with an infra red IR remote control unit Like the mouse it can be used to operate all of the main functions of the TVR 42 The IR remote control can be programmed with a unique device ID address so that the controller will only be able to communicate with DVRs with that address No programming is necessary if using a single TVR 42 The device ID address only applies when using a remote control and not when using a keypad You can purchase a remote control by ordering part number TVR REMOTE 1 22 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 4 Operating instructions Figure 9 IR remote control Item 1 SEEE a a ST 10 11 12 13 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Alarm Device Numeric buttons Display Mon A and Mon B Live Menu Seq L gt NAV OK Zoom and Preset Tour ae Device Mon B Seq Menu GS O O 1 m ad j Zoom V Zoom Rew Pause Play Fwd Replay Search Eject Archive QQ OOO OOOO Description Acknowledge an alarm Enable disable the IR remote control to control the TVR 42 Select a camera and enter a number in a menu option Switch between the different multiviews Switch between monitors A and B Return to live view mode Activate the main menu Start stop sequencing In Menu mode Use left or right arrow buttons to select and up or down arrow buttons to edit e
93. ication Note Ensure that the DNS address has been set up correctly beforehand To configure e mail settings 1 Click the Network Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click E mail and enter the required settings 114 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Option Enable server authentication SMTP server SMTP port Enable SSL Sender Sender s address Select receivers Receiver Receiver s address Enable attached snapshot Interval Chapter 12 Network settings Description Check the box if your mail server requires authentication and enter the login user name and password Enter the SMTP server s IP address Enter the SMTP port The default TCP IP port for SMTP is 25 Check the box to enable SSL if it is required by the SMTP server This feature is optional Enter the name of the sender of the e mail Enter the sender s e mail address Select an e mail recipient Up to three receivers can be selected Enter the name of the receiver of the e mail Enter the e mail address of the receiver Check the Attach JPEG File box if you want to send an e mail with attached alarm images Select an interval range in the Interval box The interval range represents the time range in between the alarm images being sent For example if you set the interval range at two seconds the second alarm image will be sent two seconds after the first alarm image 3 Click Test to the test e mail settings Note We recommend that
94. icon in the menu toolbar Click UPnP and enable the option More Setting i User admin 4 From Mapped Type select Auto or Manual If Manual is selected enter the external ports and IP addresses required 5 Click Apply 116 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 12 Network settings Configuring SNMP SNMP is a protocol for managing devices on networks When you enable SNMP in the menu network management systems can retrieve DVR status information from the DVR via SNMP When you set the trap address and trap port in the DVR menu to the network management system s IP address and port number and setup the network management system as trap receiver trap notifications Such as startup will be sent from the DVR to the network management system Before using this function you must first install the SNMP software To configure SNMP protocol settings 1 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click SNMP and enter the required settings 3 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots You can upload your snapshots to an FTP server for storage Note It is not possible to stream video to an FTP site To configure the FTP server settings 1 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click FTP and check the Enable FTP box 3 Enter the FTP server information 4 Click Apply Configuring a remote alarm host lf a remote alarm host set the DVR send
95. interlogix Be 3 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual P N 1072662A EN e REV 1 0 ISS 210CT13 Copyright Trademarks and patents Manufacturer Certification FCC compliance ACMA compliance Canada European Union directives pad Contact information 2013 United Technologies Corporation Interlogix is part of UTC Climate Controls amp Security a unit of United Technologies Corporation All rights reserved Trade names used in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the respective products United Technologies Corporation 2955 Red Hill Avenue Costa Mesa CA 92626 5923 USA Authorized EU manufacturing representative UTC Fire amp Security B V Kelvinstraat 7 6003 DH Weert The Netherlands CE Gnas Class A 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 provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense
96. io Select Yes to record sound with the images 5 Click Apply to save the settings 6 If you want to save these parameters to another camera click Copy and select the camera in the pop up screen that appears Click OK and return to the main screen 88 Click the Capture tab and configure the settings for captured video such as snapshots Click Apply to save the settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording 8 Click Back to return to live view Calculating the maximum permitted frame rates and bit rates You can easily calculate the correct frame rates bit rates and HDD free space required for your system Note If you should later change any recording parameters the calculated values will no longer apply To configure recording settings 1 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Encoding gt Encode parameters suggestion B Auto Archive Manual Re 104 240 2CIF More Settings Calculate Notes i you make change later this will not be effective any more Hack User admin 3 Enter the number of days to be recorded and the resolution Also specify whether the recoding period will include weekdays and weekends 4 Click Calculate The recommended maximum values for the frame rate bit rate and HDD free space are then displayed Use this information when setting the recoding parameters Note This option is not available via the browser Using an ext
97. ion can also be detected and set to trigger an action on the DVR Note It is strongly recommended not to configure for video tampering when using PTZ dome cameras To set up video tampering detection 1 Click the Camera management icon in the menu toolbar and select Tamper Proof to display the tamper proof settings screen 2 Select a camera to configure for video loss detection 3 Check the Enable Tamper proof box to enable the feature 4 Define a tampering area The tamper detection area setup interface lets you define an area on screen where you want camera tampering to be detected Click and drag the mouse across an area to mark that area for video tampering You can only set one tampering area with the full screen being the maximum area Click Clear to clear the screen select the tamper detection sensitivity level by clicking the sensitivity scroll bar Higher sensitivity is to the right of the bar select the recording schedules for the tamper TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 109 Chapter 11 Alarm settings Click Rule and then select the Arming schedule tab to select the day of the week and the time periods during the day when motion can be recorded You can schedule up to eight time periods in a day Default is 24 hours Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to copy the settings to other days of the week and holiday period Note The time periods defined cannot overlap 7 Select the response method to
98. iption 20 FTP server settings 117 Full screen viewing 32 H HDD calculating maximum required space 89 checking status 126 grouping 124 initializing 123 properties 125 quota 123 redundancy 96 set to read only 96 setting up HDD alarms 126 Holiday schedules recording 92 HTTP port settings 118 Image settings quick access 34 Import configuration settings 140 Instant playback 54 change default time 54 quick access 34 K Keypad connecting to RS 485 port 5 wiring to DVR 12 KTD 405 changing the camera inputs controlled by the keypad 157 KTD 405 keypad accessing DVR functions 154 controlling a camera 157 firmware supported 151 set up in zone mode 152 set up TVR 42 device address 152 wiring 151 L Live view mode 174 digital zoom 35 full screen view 32 multiview 32 sequencing cameras 33 time and date display 38 Lock unlock recorded files 94 Logs view system log 139 M Main menu accessing 25 description 25 icon descriptions 25 Manual recording 93 quick access 34 Manually archiving files 66 Monitors audio output 30 connecting 6 priority level 30 select main and spot monitors 35 video output 30 Motion detection 102 defining motion detection area 102 setting the sensitivity level 102 setting the target size 102 Motion search playback 62 Motion search toolbar quick access 54 Mouse pop up menu 30 Multicast settings 118 Multiview 32 N
99. ired camera TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Ted Conten 85 Chapter 9 Using the web browser 3 Check the string box 1 for the first line of text 4 Enter the text for string 1 in the column alongside Up to 22 alphanumeric characters can be used 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each extra line of text selecting the next string number 6 Click Save Using a network storage system You can use a network storage system NAS or storage area network SAN to remotely store DVR recordings To set up a network storage system 1 Click the Configuration tab in the browser toolbar and then select Network Settings gt NetHDD eruVision DVR 42 Live View Log Playback Configuration ive Vie Contiqguration HetHDOD Local Configuration Remote Conmigurabon zl ce O Camara Seltings etwork Set ms 7 a 2 On the first line of HDD No enter the IP address of the desired remote storage system 3 Enter the file path name to define where on the remote storage system you want to store the files 4 Under Type select type of storage system to be used NAS or SAN Default is NAS 5 Up to eight remote storage systems can be set up 6 Click Save 86 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording Chapter 10 Recoraing This chapter provides instructions on how to define the recording settings of your DVR This chapter covers how you can configure your initial recording settings schedule re
100. is a capacity limitation on the backup device only the most recent files will be backed up A message will appear to confirm when the download is complete Exporting recorded files to a backup device There are two ways to archive files to a backup device You can manually select the files to back up or you can schedule when the DVR will automatically archive You can insert a mini USB hub to the USB port to attach a mouse for navigation or a USB drive for archiving However the unit may not support all types of USB hubs The Archive options available may depend on the type of backup device selected Figure 29 Example of an archive Device Name Name vi N Approval D 07 06 2012 14 27 38 PDFs 10 26 2007 07 58 18 TUR 42 updates 07 06 2012 14 33 32 E CE martding doc 08 22 2010 22 23 50 QsG amp Manuais zip 03 16 2011 21 46 14 E Requirement Verificati 01 23 2012 09 59 04 ba 41 charts pptx 06 29 2012 18 23 46 OQ O Item Function Description 1 Device name Select one of the storage media for archiving If the backup device is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor 2 Refresh Refresh the search results if any parameters have been modified Name Files found on the backup device are listed 4 Delete Click to delete a selected file from the backup device 66 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Archiving recorded files Item Function
101. is alarm notification is not available for system alarms e Panel alarm LED Triggers the alarm indicator bar on the front panel to flash on and off when a motion detection alarm is detected This configuration is located under Display gt Monitor gt More settings Alarm audio messages You can record customized audio messages and upload them onto the DVR to be played back when an alarm is triggered Up to 5 audio files can be stored on the DVR The message can be up to 20 seconds long and up to 60 kb in file size Preferred audio file types are MP3 and WAV The administrator uploads the audio files onto the DVR using a web browser or an application supported by the SDK There are sample audio files provided in English e An alarm has been triggered Please leave the premises immediately e An alarm has been triggered The police have been notified e These premises are monitored by video surveillance e You have entered a restricted area Please exit this area immediately You can use the Player application to convert an MP3 audio to the audio format supported by TVR41 Once converted you can then upload the file via the browser 100 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 11 Alarm settings To import an alarm audio file 1 Insert the storage device with the alarm audio file in the DVR 2 Click the Alarm icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Audio Alarm List Alarm inpul z Audiol 1 mp Alarm ulpul Audio 2
102. l Appendix F Supported PTZ commands Table 23 Supported PTZ commands by camera protocols Part 1 PTZ command Protocol Tilt up Til Pan Pan Left Left Right Right Auto Zoom Zoom Focus Focus down left right up down up down pan Interlogix 485 Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y Interlogix 422 Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y KALATEL Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y DSCP Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y HIKVISION Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Honeywell Y y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y INFINOVA Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y KTD 348 Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y LG MULTIX Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y LILIN Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y las Y T Y Y N N N N N T Y T Y PELCO D Y Y Y Y yo y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PELCO P Y Y Y Y Y X I y Y Y Y Y PHILIPS Y Y Y Y N N N N N T Y Y Y PHILPS 3 Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y SAE Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y Samsung Y Y Ag Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y Siemens Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y a Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N SONY EVI D70 Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N aa Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N TECHWIN Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N VICON Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 161 Appendix F Supported PTZ commands PTZ command Protocol Tiltup Tilt Pan Pan Left Left Right Right Auto Zoom Zoom Focus Focus down left right up down up down pan YOULI Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y Hikvision only Table 24 Supported PTZ commands by camera protocols Part 2 PTZ command Protocol lris Iris Light Wiper Zoom Center Menu Preset Tour Shadow area tour Int
103. le Tex nseror z Remote Cor guration evice P aameters Devoe information Tune Sefings Check Enable text insertion select the access device from the drop down list select the access mode Only ProBridge is listed 22 Ol Under Start String enter the desired transaction text such as an ATM transaction number 8 Click Apply to save the settings 84 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual To search text insertion in recorded video 1 In live view check the By text check box Feb 2013 gt Sun Mon Tue Wed Tho Fri Sat By Tent Player Download Chapter 9 Using the web browser 2 Inthe keyword text box that appears enter the text for which you want to search Text overlay You can add up to eight lines of text on screen via the browser This option can be used for example to display emergency contact details By default these lines of text are positioned along the top of the screen The strings follow each other consecutively Note This option is not available via the DVR To add on screen overlay text 1 Click the Configuration tab in the browser toolbar and then select Camera Settings gt Text Overlay Live View Playback Configuration Text Overiay Local Configuration amp Remote Configuration Selec Camera z Dans elers Camera Settings Display Settings Video Settings Recon Schedule Motion Detection Privacy Mask Moti Liser Manageneni 2 Select the des
104. m data thinning has been carried out so that it has a lower quality and storage requirements This allows more video to be recorded on the HDD To record dual streaming 1 Click the System icon in the menu toolbar and select Hard Disk 2 Select the Storage Mode tab 3 Under Mode select Dual Streaming 4 Drag the markers to specify the percentage of the HDD that should be used to store normal recordings green thin recordings blue and snapshots pink HDD information S M A R T Settings RS 232 Mod Dual Streaming Te Text insertion Capacity Ratio 40 t Upgrade Normal Record Configurations Thin Record 5 Click Apply to save the settings Setting the HDD property You can change the behavior of your HDD by changing its property It can be set to redundancy read only or read write R W A HDD can be set to read only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full Before changing the HDD property to Redundancy there must be at least two HDDs installed in the DVR you need to set the storage mode to Group and one of the other HDDs must be set to R W See Setting up HDD groups on page 124 for more information To change a HDD status property 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Hard Disk 2 Click the HDD Information tab TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 125 Chapter 13 HDD management select the HDD whose prop
105. managing 141 modifying user information 144 user levels 141 V Video format 176 PAL NTSC 15 Video loss setting up detection 108 Video tampering setting up to detect 109 View system log 139 V stream encoding 42 W Warning buzzer modifying 102 Web browser accessing 72 dual streaming 81 installing Active X 71 local configuration of DVR 74 ports 72 remote configuration of DVR 75 searching and playing back recorded video 78 searching for event logs 80 text insertion 83 text overlay 85 video snapshot 78 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual
106. mation 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select System Information 2 To view device information click the Device Info tab TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 137 Chapter 15 DVR management 3 To view camera information click the camera tab ull oO aiin Kox RS 232 4 Device Info Camera Record Alarm NetworiP Hard Disk Camera Came Status Motion Di ramp Vided Video N2 AT Came Enable Used Not us Not us Used E A2 Came Enable Not used Not usNot ut Used E Upgrade A3 Came Enable Not used Not usNot us Used AA Came Enable Not used Not ut Not us Used AS Came Enable Not used Not ut Not us Used Log Search AG Came Enabie Not used Not us Not us Used System Infor gt Faki Came Enable Not used Not us Not us Used Came Enable Not used Not ut Not usUsed i i i Text insertion Configuratio Net Detect om Q RS 232 4 Device info Camera Record om Networl gt Hard Disk Camera Recordini Stream Ti Frame Rd Bitrate Kbp RS At Used Video amp A4fips 244 1 792 A2 Used Video amp A4fps 240 1 732 Upgrade A3 Used Video amp A4fips 24141 792 AA Used Video amp A4fips 225 1792 AS Used Video amp AAfps 76 1 792 Log Search AG Used Video amp f4fps 75 1792 AT Used Video amp 4Afps 74 1792 As Used Video amp A4fps 76 1792 Net Detect rey Text insertion Configuratio D ayes SA da an 3 G 4 Device info Camera Record Alanm Networi gt Hard Disk No Alarm Nam Ala
107. me 2 Click the Pause button to advance the video frame by frame e Using the front panel 1 In playback mode move the joystick to left and right to scroll down and up through the speed changes until single frame 2 Press Enter with the joystick to advance the video frame by frame 3 Press the Playback button to continue playback at normal speed Digital zoom in playback You can easily zoom in on an image during playback to see it in greater detail To digitally zoom in during playback 1 In playback mode right click the mouse and click Digital Zoom in the pop up menu The playback control toolbar disappears 2 Click the screen with the cursor The image zooms in and the digital view screen appears 3 Left click the mouse and drag the red square to the area of interest or move the joystick on the front panel to position the red square The selected area is magnified 4 Right click the mouse to quit the digital Zoom mode and to return to full screen playback mode The playback control toolbar reappears TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 63 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording 64 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files Archive recorded files on an external device such as a USB flash drives USB HDDs eSATA HDD or a DVD writer You must be in live view mode to archive video Access to archive commands may require a password Before starting to archive files ensure that you have the backup
108. mpa a amp Audios 3 mp F A Notification Audi i mpi a Audios 2 mp4 LF Advani i g y ler A mMi Note To modify the name of an audio file click Edit for the desired file and enter the new file name 3 Click Import to import a file The following screen appears Device Name SATA1 CD DVD RW import To Audio File Name Size Type Date Modified Delet Play Under Device Name select the storage device Under Import to select the audio file number and then click Import to return to the Alarm Audio screen 6 Click the Audio Output tab and select the desired audio output HDMI Audio output 1 or Audio output2 7 Click Import Note Up to 5 audio files can be imported To delete an alarm audio file 1 Click the Alarm icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Audio TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 101 Chapter 11 Alarm settings 2 select the file to be deleted and click Delete Note There will always be a minimum of five audio files listed Modifying the warning buzzer When an alarm is triggered by the system or a camera the DVR can be set up to respond with a warning buzzer You can modify the time during which the warning buzzer sounds for both system and camera alarm Select Alarm gt Advanced Settings and select a buzzer time limit for the system and camera alarms Default is mute Setting up motion detection Motion detection is one of the most important features of a DV
109. n to live view To change the instant playback time period 1 Click Display gt Monitor gt More Settings in the menu toolbar 2 Select the desired instant playback time 5 10 20 or 30 minutes The default time is 5 minutes 3 Click Apply Previous day playback Use this option to play back recorded video from the previous day Playback starts at midnight and runs for the 24 hour period Previous day playback is shown in full screen view See Figure 24 on page 52 for a description of the playback control toolbar e Using the mouse 1 In live view mode right click the mouse on the desired camera image In the mouse toolbar click All day Playback The playback screen appears By default the camera is in full screen mode 2 To select more than one camera for multiview playback or to select playback from a different day move the mouse to the right edge of the screen The camera list and calendar appear Check the desired cameras and or another day Up to 16 cameras can be selected Playback starts immediately Note A message appears if there are no recordings found during this period 3 Use the playback control toolbar to manually control playback 4 Click Exit Ed to return to live view Or TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 55 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Right click the mouse and click Exit from the mouse menu to return to the previous screen e Using the front panel 1 Select the camera for
110. nect at least one monitor to the HDMI or VGA outputs Otherwise you will not be able to see the user interface and operate the device Also connect at least one camera The DVR auto detects the video mode PAL or NTSC on startup lt is equipped with a universal power supply that will auto sense 110 240 V 60 50 Hz Note It is recommended that an uninterruptible power supply UPS is used in conjunction with the device To turn on the DVR Turn on the DVR using the power switch on the back panel A splash screen appears on screen Once the TVR 42 is powered up the indicator bar on the front panel will light up green All connected cameras are displayed on screen The TVR 42 automatically begins recording To turn off the DVR 1 In live view mode right click the mouse and click Menu The main menu screen appears 2 Select the Power Manager icon 3 In the Shutdown popup menu select Shutdown Click Yes to confirm shutdown To reboot the DVR 1 In live view mode right click the mouse and click Menu The main menu screen appears 2 Select the Power Manager icon 3 In the Shutdown popup menu select Reboot Click Yes to confirm shutdown TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 15 Chapter 3 Getting started Using the setup wizard The TVR 42 has an express installation wizard that lets you easily configure basic DVR settings when first used It configures all cameras simultaneously The configuration can then be customi
111. neral network settings 111 Configuring PPPoE 112 Configuring DDNS 113 Configuring an NTP server 114 Configuring e mail 114 Configuring UPnPTM 115 Configuring SNMP 117 Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots 117 Configuring a remote alarm host 117 Configuring multicast 118 Configuring the server and HTTP ports 118 Configuring the RTSP service port 118 Checking network status 119 Exporting network packet data 120 Bandwidth throttle management 120 HDD management 123 Initializing HDDs 123 Controlling disk space on the HDD 123 Setting uo HDD groups 124 Recording dual streaming 125 Setting the HDD property 125 Checking HDD status 126 Configuring HDD alarms 126 Managing eSATA 127 Checking the S M A R T information 127 Searching video using disk analysis 128 Camera settings 131 Configuring the camera OSD settings 131 setting up privacy masking 132 Adjusting camera image settings 133 Hiding a camera image from view 134 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual iil Chapter 15 DVR management 135 Configuring the RS 232 port 135 Updating system firmware 136 Restoring default settings 137 Viewing system information 137 Searching system logs for events 139 Importing and exporting configuration settings 140 Chapter 16 User management 141 Adding anew user 141 Customizing a user s access privileges 142 Deleting a user 144 Modifying auser 144 Changing the Admin password 144 Appendix A Specifications 145 Appendix B PTZ protocols
112. nes which monitor is the main one and which is the auxiliary lf a HDMI monitor is used it will be the main output If HDMI and VGA monitors are both connected to the DVR both will be main monitors they will both show the same view However you will not be able to control each individually To select the video output of the main monitor 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Layout gt General 3 From Video Output Interface select which monitor will be the main monitor HDMI depends on DVR model VGA main analog or spot output VGA is default if connected To control a monitor On the front panel press button A to select the main monitor Press button B to select the spot monitor Audio output The HDMI monitor connector on the back panel outputs both video and audio signals There are audio outputs on the back panel for speakers Controlling live view Many features of the live view can be quickly accessed by placing the cursor on a live image and clicking the right button of the mouse The mouse menu appears see Figure 12 on page 31 30 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Figure 12 The mouse menu for the main monitor OO GOS Oo Single Camera Multi Camera Previous Screen Next Screen Start Auto switch All day Playback Advanced Search X Output Mode Close TimeBar The list of commands available depends on which monitor is active main o
113. ng me Play next file day recording in the search result Timeline Allows you to jump forwards or backwards in time The timeline moves left oldest video to right newest video Click a location on it for where you want playback to start In all day playback the cursor shows the actual time In search playback the cursor is a ball Time bar Time of actual playback This is only displayed in all day playback Playback progress bar This bar displays how far playback of the recording has progressed It also indicates the type of recording Recording type Description of the color coding of recording types that appear in the playback progress bar Dark green indicates continuous recording Red indicates alarm event recording Yellow indicates motion recording Light green indicates manual recording Pale blue indicates text insertion recording Hide the playback control toolbar Video search Search for recordings See Searching recorded video on page 56 for more information For all day playback mode quit playback and return to live view For playback from search mode quit playback and return to the search screen TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 53 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Playback pop up menu You can quickly access many playback functions by placing the cursor ona playback image on screen and clicking the right button of the mouse The playback pop up menu appears see Figure 12 below Figure 25 Th
114. ntry In PTZ mode Use to control PTZ In Playback mode Use to control playback speed Confirm selection Use to control zoom of camera lens Enter preprogrammed three digit code to call up a preset Enter preprogrammed three digit code to call up shadow tour 23 Chapter 4 Operating instructions Item Description 14 Focus and Use to control focus of camera lens 15 Playback control Use to control playback Rewind Pause Play and Fast Forward 16 Search Open the Search menu 17 Replay Replay the selected file from the beginning 18 Eject Eject the CD or DVD disk 19 Archive Press once to enter quick archive mode Press twice to start archiving Aim the remote control at the IR receiver located at the front of the unit to test operation To connect the remote control to the TVR 42 1 Press the Menu button on the front panel or right click the mouse and select the Menu button The main menu screen appears 2 Click Display Mode Settings gt Monitor 3 Check the device address value The default value is 255 This device address is valid for all IR controls 4 On the remote control press the Device button 5 Enter the device address value It must be the same as that on the TVR 42 6 Press OK on the remote control To place batteries into the IR remote control 1 Remove the battery cover 2 Insert the batteries Make sure that the positive and negative poles are correctly placed 3
115. o SNMP version V2 SNMP port 161 Read community Public Write community Private Trap address Null Trap port 162 Enable UpnP No Mapped type Auto Alarm host IP Null Alarm host port 0 Server port 8000 HTTP port 80 Multicast IP Null RTSP server port 554 No Null Alarm name Null Alarm type NO No Null Alarm name Null Time out 5s Alarm input no A lt 1 Alarm name Null Type NO Enable alarm input No 169 Appendix G Default menu settings Rule Trigger channel None Arming schedule All day for whole week Rule Null PTZ linking Null Alarm Output Alarm Output Alarm output no A gt 1 Alarm name Null Time out 5 s Rule All day for whole week Manual Alarm Trigger none Alarm audio Null Notification Notification Notification type HDD full Audible warning No Notify surveillance center No send email No Trigger alarm output No Advanced settings Advanced settings System buzzer time Constant Camera buzzer time Constant PTZ setting General General Camera Analog 1 Baud rate 9600 Data bit 8 Stop bit 1 Parity None Flow ctrl None PTZ protocol Interlogix 485 Address 0 More settings Null 170 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix G Default menu settings User management User User management admin Null operator Null guest Null Change password Null system settings RS 232 RS 232 setting Baud rate 115200 Data bit 8 Sto
116. ocal monitor such as if there is a camera located in a changing room The DVR lets you select which camera or cameras is not displayed on the local monitor unless the user is logged in and has permission to view the camera images A covert camera is not displayed on screen when no user is logged in Instead a person walking by sees a black screen with the Interlogix logo See Figure 40 below Figure 40 Example of a covert camera image oes IS 20i Sethu 41 12 46 PN 235 E s To set up a camera for covert view 1 Click the Camera Management icon in the menu toolbar and select Covert camera 2 Check which camera or cameras you want to be covert and click Apply 134 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 15 DVR management This chapter describes e Configuring the RS 232 port e Updating system firmware e Restoring default settings e Viewing system information e Viewing system logs Configuring the RS 232 port Use the System Settings menu to configure the RS 232 parameters such as baud rate data bit stop bit parity flow control and usage Figure 41 RS 232 setup window amp Hard Disk Te Tex Inserlii t Upgrade Nane a Contiquratbons None Probindge ProBridge O Sysern Inform Ghisllemget Technical Support gt og Search amp Net Detect There are three ways the RS 232 port can be used e ProBridge POS and ATM text insertion supported via the ProBridge accessory connected to t
117. of every month You can schedule up to 32 holiday periods A holiday period can be scheduled for a particular day or as a block of days 92 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 10 Recording To set up a holiday recording schedule 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Holidays Select a holiday period from the list and click Edit to modify the settings The Edit screen appears Holiday Name Enable Mode Start Date End Date Cancel 3 Enter the name of the holiday period and click Enable 4 Select whether the holiday period will be categorized by date week or month and then enter the start and end dates 5 Click Apply to save the settings and then OK to return to the Edit screen 6 Repeat steps 2 to 5 for other holiday periods 7 Click Back to return to live view Manual recording The DVR lets you manually record video during live view This can be useful if you know that the DVR is not currently recording and you see something of interest on a camera screen that should be recorded Once a manual recording is started the recording continues until it is manually stopped If an alarm occurs during a manual recording the alarm recording has priority over the manual recording If a scheduled recording is already in progress when a manual recording is started it continues to record as scheduled You can check to see if a camera is recording manually by looking
118. olling a PTZ camera Calling up presets tours and shadow tours When in live view you can quickly call up the list of existing presets preset tours and shadow tours by using the front panel remote control mouse and keypad Front panel Press the joystick to Enter PTZ control panel appears Mouse Right click the mouse on the desired camera image The quick access toolbar appears Click the PTZ control icon to enter PTZ mode The PTZ control panel appears Remote control Press the OK button The PTZ control panel appears Keypad Press the Enter button on the keypad For further information see Appendix D KTD 405 keypad on page 151 lf the display was in multiview format it changes to full screen format for the selected camera See Figure 21 below for a description of the PTZ control panel Figure 21 PTZ control panel Table 14 Description of the PTZ control panel Item Name Description scan buttons is used to start auto pan by the PTZ dome camera 2 Zoom focus and iris Adjusts zoom focus and iris 3 PTZ movement Adjusts the speed of PTZ movement 4 Toolbar E Turns on off camera light v Turns on off camera wiper a Zoom area a Centers the PTZ dome camera image This command is not supported on all PTZ dome cameras i Jumps to the home position 44 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Item Name 5 Select PTZ command 6 Open close menu 7 Exit Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera Description Displays
119. ome camera to different steps called Keypoint in the interface The camera stays at a step for a set dwell time before moving on to the next step The steps are defined by presets see Setting and calling up presets on page 45 Each preset tour consists of steps A step consists of a step number a dwell time and a speed The step number is the order the camera will follow while cycling through the preset tour The dwell time is the length of time for which a camera stays at a step before moving to the next one The speed is the rate at which the camera will move from one key point to the next Note The PTZ dome camera used must be able to support a preset tour command See Appendix F on page 161 for the complete list of PTZ commands available by camera protocol To set up a preset tour 1 Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings 2 Select the preset tour number 3 Inthe preset tour toolbar click o to add a step to the preset tour The Keypoint window appears Select the preset number dwell time and speed of the step Click OK to save the settings Keypoint 1 Preset Duration Speed Note A preset tour should have at least two presets 4 Repeat step 3 to configure other steps Keypoints in the preset tour Save Preset 1 a 6 T 8 4 10 11 12 e e e ae Call Preset Shadow Tour 1 E gt E Tour 1 KeyPoint 5 In the preset tour toolbar cli
120. on page 155 for the description of the DVR keypad mapping when using the KTD 405 keypad series See Figure 43 above for a list of the keypad functions that are unavailable when connected to the TVR 42 Example 1 To enter your password in the login screen using the keypad 1 2 In live view mode press esc to activate the Login screen Press and hold esc and then press the arrow buttons C down a up a left C right to move the cursor to the Password edit box Once in the password box release esc 3 Press Enter to activate the virtual keyboard 4 Press and hold esc and then press the arrow buttons to reach the first digit of the password Release esc and press Enter to select the digit Or move the joystick to the first digit of the password and press Enter 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each digit of the password 8 Move the cursor to the Enter button on the virtual keyboard and press esc on the KTD 405 keypad to enter the password Press and hold esc and then press the arrow buttons to navigate the cursor to activate OK button on the Login screen Press The main menu appears Example 2 To modify a menu option using the keypad 1 In the main menu press and hold esc and then press the arrow buttons to navigate to the desired menu icon for example Display Mode Settings 2 Press to enter Display Mode Settings menu 3 Press Zoom or Zoom to scroll to the menu tab More Settin
121. ons TVR 42 s easy and intuitive to use web browser interface enables remote configuration and secure viewing searching and playing back of video from computers connected via the Internet TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 1 Chapter 1 Product introduction Default settings to access the device Default user names and passwords see Table 2 below for the list of default user names and passwords Go to Chapter 16 User management on page 141 for further information Table 2 Default user names and passwords User Description Administrator There can only be one administrator The user name is admin The name cannot be modified The default password is 1234 Operator The default user name is operator The default password is 2222 Guest The default user name is guest The default password is 3333 Note The default passwords should be changed for security reasons Default network settings The default values for TVR 42 network settings are e IP address 192 168 1 82 e Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 e Gateway address 192 168 1 1 e Ports When using the browser When using TruNav RTSP port 554 RTSP port 554 HTTP port 80 Server Client software port 8000 Go to Chapter 9 Using the web browser on page 71 for further information 2 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation This section describes how to install the TVR 42 unit Installation environment When installing your product
122. ons available depends on the option selected under major type Click the Search button A list of results appears Select a file and click Details Displays information on the log or recording For a recording it lists such information as start time type of information camera number and gives a description on the types of events recorded and when record time was stopped Play Click to start playback of the selected recording Export Click to archive the selected file to a USB device The export screen appears Back Click to return to the previous screen TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 61 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording Playback skip time By moving the joystick up and down during playback you can jump forwards or backwards by a defined skip time period To change the playback skip time 1 In playback mode right click the mouse and click Skip Time on the pop up menu The Skip Time menu appears 2 Select a skip time between 10 and 300 seconds The default skip time is 30 seconds Motion search You can quickly and easily search playback recording for incidents of motion detection Motion can be searched over the whole playback screen or just for specific areas on it This allows you to search for example whether any motion was detected a few days ago near a particular door The option is not available in instant playback Figure 28 Motion search toolbar 0 0g 1 Full screen detection Th
123. ope UK USB mouse DVR Video loop through cable CD with software and manuals TruVision DVR 42 Quick Start Guide TruVision DVR 42 User Manual on CD Back panel Figure 1 on page 5 shows the back panel connections and describes each connector on a typical TVR 42 digital video recorder Details may vary for specific models Before powering up the DVR connect the cameras and a main monitor for basic operation TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Figure 1 Back panel connections SN 110 240 VAC a pE pes m om pzz z a ma r O O O O 6 O FF a OP ce ce F ce A et oy G 0 0 0 lai in at ie 1 Connect up to 16 analog cameras to BNC 10 Connect to an optional USB device such as connectors a mouse CD DVD burner or HDD The DVR supports both a USB DVD and a USB 2 Connect audio inputs available for each HD on the front and back USB ports camera to RCA connectors 3 Connect up to two CCTV monitors BNC type connectors 12 Terminate the line to the dome cameras Spot monitor using this RS 485 switch Default is Off Main monitor 11 Connect to a network 13 Connect to a PTZ control 4 Connect to speakers for audio output 14 Connect to a keyboard KTD 405 shown 5 Connect RCA connector to a microphone 15 Connect up to 16 alarm input cables to 6 Connect to a RS 232 device relay outputs
124. or Enter The LED arrows are lit when the jog is active Live view mode Press Enter to enter exit PTZ mode Menu mode Move the joystick left right and up down to position cursor in menu screen Press for Enter Playback mode Move the joystick left right to slow down or speed up playback Move it up down to jump forwards or backwards by 30 seconds Press Enter to stop start playback PTZ mode Move the joystick to control the movement of the PTZ dome camera Move the joystick left right to slow down or speed up PTZ Move it up down to jump forwards or backwards by 30 seconds 12 PTZ buttons Zoom Use and for digital zoom Preset Call up preprogrammed preset positions Tour Call up preprogrammed shadow tours 13 Playback buttons E Jump back to the oldest available video and starts the playback M7 Pause playback Instantly playback the currently selected file Default time is 1 minute Live Switch to live view mode Replay Replay the current file in playback Starts at the beginning of the file 14 Menu and Search buttons Menu Enter exit the main menu Search Enter the advanced search menu Using the mouse The USB mouse provided with the DVR can be used to operate all the functions of the DVR unlike the front panel which has limited functionality The USB mouse lets you navigate and make changes to settings in the user interface Connect the mouse to the DVR by plugging the mouse USB connector into
125. ore Settings Language _ English Device Name a oe TVR 4 Device Address Zone ID i VGA Resolution 149260 1080 60Hz 1080P HDMI Resolution 1920 1080 50Hz 1080P Password Required i aR SSS ccc 8 User admin Table 12 Description of the Monitor setup screen General Settings Option Description Language Change the language of the system Select the desired language from the drop down list and click Apply The language displayed changes immediately Device name Define the DVR name The default name is TVR 42 Click the edit box and enter the new name from the soft keyboard Device address The device number to use for the DVR when programming the remote control The default value is 255 Zone ID Each DVR in a daisy chain must have a unique zone ID so that it can be controlled by a KTD 405 keypad The default value is 1 VGA resolution Define the VGA resolution Select one of the options from the drop down list and click Apply The selected resolution must be the same as that of the monitor HDMI resolution Define the HDMI resolution Select one of the options from the drop down list and click Apply The selected resolution must be the same as that of the monitor 40 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Option Password required Scaling output video Enable wizard Chapter 5 Live view Description Define whether a login password is required Check the box to enable disable and click Apply Enable
126. ormation Define which information is displayed on screen See Configuring the camera OSD settings on 75 Chapter 9 Using the web browser Menu Network settings 76 Function Video settings Recording schedule Motion detection Privacy mask Tamper proof Video loss Text overlay Image Covert camera Capture settings Manual record General PPPoE DDNS Email NetHDD Description page 131 for more information Define general recording settings See Defining a recording schedule on page 90 for more information Define the recording schedules See Defining a recording schedule on page 90 for more information Define motion detection parameters See Setting up motion detection on page 102 for more information Define the on screen privacy mask areas See Setting up privacy masking on page 132 for more information Define the video tampering detection settings See Detecting video tampering on page 109 for more information Define the video loss detection settings See Detecting video loss on page 108 for more information Add extra lines of text on screen See Text overlay on page 85 Adjust image quality on screen See Adjusting camera image settings on page 133 for more information Define the cameras whose images cannot be displayed by those not logged in See Hiding a camera image from view on page 134 for more in
127. ous to return to the previous page 9 Recording configuration Configure your recording settings as required The settings apply to all cameras connected to the DVR TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 17 Chapter 3 Getting started Global recording El Constant recording O TL Hi IL Lo Event Motion Alarm Camera name 704 240 2CIF 704 240 2CIF 704 240 2CIF 704 480 4CIF Previous Check the Constant Recording checkbox for the DVR to record continuously all day If left unchecked the DVR will not record Check the TL Hi check box and select its image resolution and frame rate Check the TL Lo check box and select its image resolution and frame rate To record motion detection events check Event Motion and select the image resolution and frame rate To record alarm events check Alarm and select the image resolution and frame rate Under Camera name enter the camera name A soft keyboard will appear to enter the characters 10 When all the required changes have been entered a page appears showing all the settings Time Zone Date Format System Date System Time NIC Type Enable DHCP IPv4 Address IPv4 Subnet Mask IiPv4 Default Gateway 172 5 1 1 Preferred DNS Server 192 0 0 200 Alternate DNS Server HDD2 GMT 08 00 Pacific Time U S amp Canada MM DD YYYY 09 25 2012 14 07 07 10M 100M Self adaptive N 192 168 1 82 255 255 255 0 Normal Previous Click Finis
128. p bit 1 Parity None Flow ctrl None Usage ProBridge Hard disk Null Text insertion Text insertion Enable text insertion No Access device Null Access mode Null Start setting Null Upgrade Local upgrade Device name SATA1 CD DVD R W FTP Null Configuration Import export config file Device name SATA1 CD DVD R W Default Null Log search Log search All day all types TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 171 Appendix G Default menu settings System information Device information Device name TVR41 Model model number serial no serial number Firmware version firmware version number Encoding version encoding version number Panel version panel version number Net detect Null Net detect Traffic Network detection Select NIC LAN1 Destination address Null Device name SATA1 CD DVD R W Network stat Remote live view 0 bps Remote playback 0 bps Net total idle 80 Mbps Net total limit 80 Mbps 172 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Index A Active X 71 Alarm audio messages 100 Alarm notifications alarm audio messages 100 external alarms 105 modifying the warning buzzer 102 types 99 video loss 108 video tampering 109 Alarm outputs manually acknowledging 107 Alarm event sequencing 37 Archiving manually exporting files to a backup device 66 quick archive 65 schedule automatic archiving 68 Snapshots 70 video clips 69 Audio connecting audio inputs and outputs 6
129. page 112 for more information Define a remote alarm host multicast IP as well as the server HTTP and RTSP ports See page 117 for more information Define the RS 232 parameters See Configuring the RS 232 port on page 135 for more information Define the RS 485 parameters Define the alarm input parameters for when an external alarm is triggered See Setting up external alarms on page 105 for more information Define the response when an external alarm is triggered See Setting up external alarms on page 105 for more information Define the parameters to import an alarm audio file See Alarm audio messages on page 100 Define the parameters to import an alarm audio file See Alarm audio messages on page 100 Define the warning buzzer time See Modifying the warning buzzer on page 102 for more information Define the notification parameters when irregular events occur such as HDD full See Description of alarm notification types on page 99 and Setting up system notifications on page 108 Define modify and delete users See Chapter 16 User management on page 141 for more information Initialize the HDD See Initializing HDDs on page 123 for more information Define the storage capacity of the HDD See Controlling disk space on the HDD on page 123 for more information Define archive scheduling as well as camera and recording type selection See
130. playback and press the Replay button Playback from the selected camera starts immediately Note Multiview playback is only available using the mouse If live view was showing multiview only the camera in the top left channel on screen will be played back 2 To select a different camera for play back press the numerical button of the desired camera 3 Click Live to return to live view Searching recorded video You can easily search and play back recorded videos by time events bookmarks and snapshots The Search screen has four submenus that allow you to carry out different searches by theme Search type Description Normal Search all recorded video by cameras recording type type of file protection locked or unlocked and time period Event Search only event recorded files Files can be searched by alarm inputs motion detection or POS ATM text insertion Note Only motion detection and POS ATM text insertion that have been recorded as events will be listed in this search Motion and text insertion that is recorded as a non event can be searched under the Normal menu Bookmark Search only recorded files with bookmarks Snapshot search only recorded files with snapshots Search results A search will usually produce a list of files which may extend to several pages The files are listed by camera and then for each camera by date and time The oldest file is listed first See Figure 26 on page 57 for an example of a
131. pplier with the serial number of your DVR to obtain a secure code to reset your DVR Click Next 6 Time and date configuration select the desired time zone date format system time and system date Note Daylight savings time DST cannot be configured from the wizard See Configuring time and date on page 38 for more information on DST 16 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 3 Getting started GMT 08 00 Pacific Time U S amp Canada MM DD YYYY 09 25 2012 14 01 47 Previous Cancel Note The system time and date are visible on screen However they do not appear in recordings Click Next to move to the next page or Previous to return to the previous page 7 Network configuration Configure your network settings such as the NIC type IP address subnet mask and default gateway Enter the preferred DNS server address as well as the alternate one to use 10M 100M Self adaptive a 192 168 1 82 255 255 255 0 way 172 5 1 1 192 0 0 200 Previous p Cancel Click Next to move to the next page or Previous to return to the previous page 8 HDD management Configure your HDD settings as required You can group HDDs and assign cameras to a group See Setting up HDD groups on page 124 for further information You can also set up a drive for redundant recording See HDD redundancy on page 96 After configuring your HDD settings click Initialize and Next to move to the next page or Previ
132. proof Target 1 C Video Loss Full Screen Clear User admin 2 Select the camera to detect motion Each camera must be set up individually 3 Check Enable Motion Detection 4 Select the areas sensitive to motion Click and drag the mouse cursor across the screen The area selected appears as a red grid Areas covered by the red grid are sensitive to motion detection Click Full screen to activate the whole screen or Clear to clear the screen Note The motion grid is sensitive to motion during configuration The grid blocks become red when motion is detected This real time feedback is available in the OSD browser and via the SDK 5 Set the sensitivity level Drag the Sensitivity scroll bar to the desired sensitivity level The highest value is on the right of the bar 6 Specify the target size In the Target size option specify how many grid squares must be activated before motion is detected Enter a value between 0 and 255 squares 7 Select the cameras that will record the motion detected Click Rule The Rule screen appears Click the Trigger Channel tab and select the cameras that will record when a motion alarm is triggered Click Apply to save the settings TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 103 Chapter 11 Alarm settings 8 104 Arming Schedule Rule Fum Fea Pe Pee F F Pwa PN ON FADI SRI FRF Gey PPE PES PNT LS Select the recording schedules for motion detection Click the Armin
133. pter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Product introduction 1 Product overview 1 Default settings to access the device 2 Installation 3 Installation environment 3 Unpacking the TVR 42 and Its accessories 3 Back panel 4 RS 485 ports 5 RS 232 port 6 Monitor connections 6 Loop through 6 Audio inputs and output 6 Brackets 7 PTZ dome camera setup 7 Wiring the KTD 405 keypad 12 Getting started 15 Turning on and off the DVR 15 Using the setup wizard 16 Operating instructions 19 Controlling the TVR 42 19 Using the front panel 19 Using the mouse 21 Using the IR remote control 22 Menu overview 25 Live view 29 Description of live view 29 Video output 30 Audio output 30 Controlling live view 30 Multiview format 32 Sequencing cameras 33 Accessing frequently used commands 34 Configuring live view 35 Configuring time and date 38 General settings 39 V stream encoding 42 Controlling a PTZ camera 43 Configuring PTZ settings 43 Calling up presets tours and shadow tours 44 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Setting and calling up presets 45 Setting and calling up preset tours 47 setting and calling up ashadow tour 48 Playing back arecording 51 Overview of the playback window 51 Playback pop up menu 54 Instant playback 54 Previous day playback 55 Searching recorded video 56 Playing back recordings by time and video type 57 Playing back recordings by event 58 Creating
134. r spot monitor B See Table 7 below The default settings of these commands are provided in Appendix G Default menu settings on page 161 Table 7 Mouse menu for monitor A main monitor ltem 1 10 11 Name Menu Single camera Multi camera Previous screen Next screen Start auto switch All day playback Monitor B Advanced search Output mode Close timebar TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description Enter the Main menu This option is not available from monitor B Switch to a full screen view for the selected camera from the dropdown list Switch between the different multiview options from the dropdown list Display the previous camera Display the next camera Turn on sequence mode The screen automatically sequences between cameras See Viewing in multiview on page 32 Go to Menu gt Display Mode Settings gt Layout gt General gt Dwell Time to set up Playback the recorded video of the selected day from the selected camera The current day is selected by default See Previous day playback on page 55 for more information Switch between monitors A main and B spot Enter the advanced video search menu See Searching recorded video on page 56 for more information Select desired output mode Standard bright soft and vivid Open close the time bar 31 Chapter 5 Live view Note When the monitor B Is active the main monitor commands are
135. ra Select a camera Schedule time Represents the 24 hour cycle during which a schedule is selected Schedule day There are seven days to select Sunday Sun Monday Mon Tuesday Tue Wednesday Wed Thursday Thu Friday Fri and Saturday Sat Recording type There are five recording types to select which are color coded e TL Time lapse Green squares Record of a specific day Each green square in the timeline represents an hour in the 24 hour period e TL Hi Dark green High quality time lapse Records high quality video e TL Lo Bright green Low quality time lapse Records low quality video This could be used for example for night recordings when few events or alarms are expected Saving the video in low quality helps save resources on the HDD e Event Yellow Records only events such as motion detection and POS ATM text insertion e Alarm Red Records only alarms e None Grey No recording during this period Timeline There is a 24 hour time line for each day Up to eight recording periods can be scheduled during the 24 hour period Daily schedules To set up a daily recording schedule il 2 3 4 Click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar and select Schedule Select a camera Check the Enable Schedule box Click Edit The following screen is displayed TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 91 Chapter 10 Recording 00 00 00 00 _ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
136. re three types of privilege settings Local Configuration Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration Note Only the administrator can restore factory default settings Local configuration settings 142 Local Log Search Search and view logs of the DVR Local Parameter Settings Configure parameters You can also import export the configuration from the DVR Local Advanced Operation Access HDD management including the initialization and modification of disk properties Update system firmware as well as stop the I O alarm output Local Shutdown Reboot Shutdown or reboot the DVR TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 16 User management Remote configuration settings Remote Log Search Remotely view logs that are saved on the DVR Remote Parameter Settings Remotely configure parameters and import export configuration Remote Camera Management Remotely enable and disable channels Remote Serial Port Control For future use Two Way Audio Use two way radio between the remote client and the DVR Remote Alarm Control Remotely alert or control the relay output of the DVR Alarm and notification settings must be configured properly to upload to host Remote Advanced Operation Remotely manage HDDs initializing and setting properties for HDDs as well as remotely update system firmware and clear the I O alarm output Remote Shutdown Reboot Remotely shutdown or reboot the DVR Camera configuration settings
137. red Record Type All constant motion text insertion alarm or manual File Type All locked or unlocked Note You can copy these selected parameters to other cameras Click Copy and select the desired cameras Click OK and Apply to save and return to the Archive Settings screen select how the DVR responds if the backup device becomes full There are two options Stop Recording or Overwrite lf overwrite is selected the oldest files are overwritten TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 8 9 Chapter 9 Archiving recorded files Under Device Select select the backup device used lf you change any options click Refresh 10 Click Apply Creating and archiving video clips You can save important scenes in a recorded file for later reference by creating video clips of selected portions of the file during playback When an intruder for example crosses in front of several cameras you can save the video clip of the intruders path across these cameras in a single file Up to 30 video clips can be made from a recording Note This feature is only available using the mouse To manually export video clips during playback 1 2 Connect the backup device to the DVR Search for the required files to play back See Searching recorded video on page 56 Select the file or files to play back and click Play Playback starts immediately Click the playback timeline where you want the video clip to start and click t
138. ring sequencing Default is 10 seconds Set the length of time for which a camera that has an alarm appears on the selected monitor before moving to the next camera during sequencing Default is 10 seconds To set up the display options 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar oY a eS 36 select Layout gt General Specify the desired settings for each of the menu options Click Apply to save the settings Click Back to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Changing the camera sequence The cameras are sequenced in numeric order by default You can change the sequence order of the cameras for VGA HDMI analog and spot monitors You can switch the channel of a camera with that of another camera in the system This lets you for example have the images of camera 1 appear on channel 10 and the images of camera 10 appear on channel 1 This feature is useful when you want to watch the sequence of images from specific cameras so that they are next to each other on screen see Figure 17 below Each video tile displays both the order of the camera in the sequence and the camera number Figure 17 Camera layout and sequence screen a vas Multiview layout selection bar Camera order in the sequence Camera number selection To set the camera sequencing 1 Click the Display Mode Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Select Layout gt View 3 From Video Output
139. rm Type Alarm Stati Triggere A lt 1 NO Not used Text Insertion Vo _ A lt 2 NO Not used i Upgrade A lt 3 Rater NO Not used Configuratio aa al Not used Not used Log Search ik an E N Mit ned System Infor i _ Not used Not used Net Detect 138 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 15 DVR management 6 To view network information click the Network tab am P I ah RS 232 4 Camera Record Alarm Network Hard Disk I NIC LAN1 IPv4 Address 192 168 222 164 IPv4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Upgrade IPv4 Default Gateway 192 168 10 1 IPv6 Address 1 fe80 1034 56ff fe 78 9001 6 IPv6 Address 2 Log Search IPV6 Default Gateway Preferred DNS Server 0 0 0 0 Alternate DNS Server 0 0 0 0 w Net Detect Fnable DHCP Nisahied Text insertion Configuratio RS 232 4 Camera Record Alarm Network HD gt Hard Disk C pacity Free Spac Proper Type _ Gro Normal 465 76GEO0KB Beal Local 1 Text Insertion Upgrade Configuratio Log Search System Infor gt Net Detect Total Capacity Froo Space User admin 8 Click Back to return to live view Searching system logs for events Many events of the DVR such as operation alarm and notification are logged into the system logs They can be viewed and exported at any time Up to 2000 log files can be viewed at once Log files can also be exported onto a USB device The exported file is named according to the time it wa
140. rough the menus with the button until this menu appears ZONE 01 HUB DVMRE DUP t 4 SELECT 44NEXTP gt 5 Press the up down arrow buttons to navigate to SYM DVR 6 Scroll through the menus with the button until this menu appears ZONE 01 CAM INPUTS 16 Tt SELECT NEXT 7 Press the up down arrow buttons to navigate to 32 8 Repeat steps 3 to 7 for each DVR address in the keypad Controlling a camera When setting up and controlling your cameras in zone mode refer to Table 22 on page 158 for the list of default PTZ addresses associated with a zone ID This value is automatically populated in the system You can modify the PTZ address in the PTZ menu to meet customer requirements see Configuring PTZ settings on page 43 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 157 Appendix D TVK 505U keypad Table 22 Default PTZ camera addresses by zone ID Zone ID of TVR 42 Camera input oO AOA N OO OT FP Ww YN O WI WINI NI NI NI NI NI NI NOI NI NO aA lm loam ll oapArl asl al al MN O oO WA N OO OF FP WN O AO WBN OO 1 fF W YP O 158 3 0 oO Oo N oO on FP ODN O WI NI NI NI NI NI NOI NIE MT NINJ mem ema em ayant ss sts O O A N OO TO fF WwW ND HH O OO WA N OO TF FP ODN O 2 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 447 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 3 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
141. rtions Text insertion lets you insert or display text from a point of sale POS or ATM system on the video display of the DVR The text is saved and time stamped together with the video You can then search the text for specific video clips The text is displayed during playback The DVR supports POS and ATM text insertion via the UTC ProBridge accessory connected to the RS 232 port on the DVR This feature is currently only available using the browser In both live view and playback a camera set up for text insertion will display the video with the POS text overlay see Figure 34 below for an example of a video image in live view with text insertion Figure 34 Example of a video image with text insertion OETA 12 Thu 0 h a Ar JE TIONAL OF THE BEY ATRPORT LOPP wee sebu A MESA CAI 92 Game DATE 07 ele TIME 7 45PM TRANS O 7 77 TERM Eee Saw ewe NOULRY CHEC KINE Zs g Arkka k O ewe 870 41 a CU Om a a oo ve nea NA ca AL NA Ce NA cz AL NA ca ANa NA ca AL Na NA ca ANa aL ce Na AL AL F2 4 OJIS To set up text insertion 1 Click the Configuration tab in the browser toolbar and then select 232 Serial Port TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 83 Chapter 9 Using the web browser PeruVieion DVR 42 Live View Playback 2 Under Usage select ProBridge 3 Inthe submenu panel select Text Insertion Moriaan DVR 42 Live View Playback Configuration mfigur abhor Enab
142. s Status LEDs Alarm button Alarm indicator bar Description Universal serial bus USB port for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB hard disk drive HDD Ejects CD DVD disc Press once to enter quick archive mode Press twice to start archiving Insert a CD or DVD disc Display Toggles through the various multiviews full quad 1 5 1 7 9 and 16 Sequence Starts stops sequencing in live view mode A Selects the main monitor B Selects the spot monitor in live view F1 In all day playback click to start and stop video clipping F2 In live view mode click to display hide the time bar In all day playback click to hide display the playback control toolbar Receiver for IR remote Switch between different cameras in live PTZ control or playback modes HDD Green indicates the DVR is working correctly Red indicates a fault Network Green indicates the network is working correctly Red indicates a fault or no network connection Internal Green indicates the Watchdog is working correctly Red indicates that the Watchdog is reporting a fault Alarm Green indicates no external alarm Red indicates an external alarm status or motion Use to manually acknowledge an alarm Blinking red indicates that there is an alarm TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 4 Operating instructions Item Name Description 11 Joystick Use to select options in a menu and to control playback Press f
143. s default dwell time You can set a different dwell time using the Dwell Time setting under the Display Settings gt Layout screen When the alarm stops TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 99 Chapter 11 Alarm settings cycling of the images stops and you return to live view mode This alarm option must be selected for each channel where it is required e Audible warning Triggers a warning buzzer when an event or alarm is detected by the system or a camera See Modifying the warning buzzer on page 102 for more information e Notify surveillance center Sends a signal to TruVision Navigator or other software applications when an alarm or notification is detected e Send e mail Sends an e mail when an alarm or notification is detected The e mail includes an HTML link Click the link to play the video file showing the alarm or notification See Configuring e mail on page 114 for information on how to configure the DVR to send an e mail e Upload captured pictures to FTP Sends snapshots to a designated FTP site See Configuring an FTP server on page 117 for more information e Play audio file Plays a pre recorded audio message when an alarm or event is triggered See Alarm audio messages below for more information e Trigger alarm output Triggers an alarm output when a notification is detected for an external alarm See Setting up external alarms on page 105 for information on configuring an alarm output Th
144. s Select the switch address as required 1 Protocol switches 2 Address switches RS 485 data connector B RS 485 429 A RS 465 422 fB alB A 0000 Legend Protocol switches 1 Address switches Select the camera ID DIP switch address as required Sg ey We GB ee a9 i 1 s RS 485 data connector B RS 485 422 A RS 485 422 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 11 Chapter 2 Installation Wiring the KTD 405 keypad The KTD 405 keypad uses RS 485 simplex wiring The signal is transferred by a single twisted pair line A shielded STP CAT5 network cable is recommended Ground one end of the cable either the first or last device on the RS 485 line The maximum number of devices that can be installed in one bus is 255 witha maximum cable length of 1200 m The cable length can be expanded using a signal distributor Both the first and the last device in series should be terminated with 120 Ohm resistance to minimize line reflections See Figure 5 below Figure 5 RS 485 bus serial wiring 120 Ohm 1 Keypad KTD 405 keypad shown 3 See section RS 485 ports on page 5 2 I O box Use an RS 485 signal distributor for a star wiring configuration See Figure 6 on page 13 12 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Figure 6 Star wiring with RS 485 signal distributor Correct 120 Ohm el anA SCOE G AB 1G 2 G 3G 4 G ON BEER EEEE BERR RREE Alarm Input 1 16
145. s This time and date display is separate from the embedded one that appears for each camera see Configuring the camera OSD settings on page 131 for more information on embedded camera time and date The start and end time of daylight savings time DST in the year can also be set DST is deactivated by default See Figure 18 below for the Time settings screen Figure 18 Time and date settings screen a O Monitor 08 00 Pacific HUS amp Canad Layout GMI 08 00 Pacific limef U S amp Canada Pe MN DD YYYY annud x 94 how lolidey Fe 09 29 2012 20 01 38 E Auto DST Adwstment i User admin 38 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Table 11 Description of the time and date settings screen Option Time zone Date format Time format Display week System date System time Auto DST adjustment Enable DST From To DST bias Description Select the time zone of the DVR from the drop down list Select the date format from the drop down list Default format is DD MM YYYY Select the time format from the drop down list Default format is 24 hour format Display the day of the week in the monitor time bar Check the box to enable disable Default format is Disable Define the system date Default date is the current date Define the system time Default time is the current time Define DST is automatically It depends on the time zone selected Def
146. s a signal to the host when an alarm is triggered The remote alarm host must have the TruVision Navigator server software installed To set up a remote alarm host 1 Click the Network Settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click More Settings 3 Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 117 Chapter 12 Network settings Alarm host IP represents the IP of the remote PC where the Network Video Surveillance software installed The alarm host port value must be the same as software s alarm monitor port Default port is 7200 Configuring multicast Setting up multicasting resolves limitation issues when streaming videos through a network access device A multicast address spans the Class D IP range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 We recommend that the IP address range of 239 252 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 be used To set up multicasting 1 Click Network Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click More Settings 2 Enter a Multicast IP address Note When adding a device to the Network Video Surveillance software the multicast address must be the same as the DVR s multicast IP 3 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring the server and HTTP ports You can change the server and HTTP ports from the default settings in the Network Settings screen The default server port is 8000 while that of the default HTTP port is 80 Note The server port has a port range of 2000 to 65535 and is used for
147. s exported For example 2012072912484 1logBack txt Note Connect the backup device such as a USB flash drive to the DVR before commencing the log search TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 139 Chapter 15 DVR management To search and export log files 1 Click the System Seitings icon in the menu toolbar and select Log search 2 Enter the search parameters and click Search to begin the search The logs matching the search criteria are displayed lt i JA Log Search E Hard Disk Start Time 08 21 2012 00 00 00 End Time 08 21 2012 m 23 59 59 Major Type All Minor Type i All B T Text insertion t Upgrade z BPE Ti a Configuratio No Major Ty Time Minor Type COJintorm 08 21 2012 00 00 01 Stop Recording 2 E gt inform 08 21 2012 00 00 01 Start Recording System infor amp inform 08 21 2012 00 00 01 Stop Recordingv S amp Net Detect lt i Ud gt Total 452 P 1 5 gt Pi 9 BEL eoo User admin A 3 To view more detail information about a particular log entry select the entry and click amp or double click the log entry 5 If available you can also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking its play button 5 To export a log entry select a log and click Export 4 Click Back to return to live view Importing and exporting configuration settings You can export and import configuration settings from a TVR 42 This is useful if you want to copy the configuration
148. s icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings Use the directional zoom focus and iris buttons to position the camera in the desired preset location Check Save Preset and enter a preset number The preset is enabled and stored in the camera lf the desired preset number is larger than the 17 numbers listed click The Preset screen appears Select a preset number from the dropdown list and click the OK button to save changes Note Presets can be overwritten Click Back to return to live view To call up a preset 1 46 PTZ control panel In live view left click the mouse and select the PTZ control icon in the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears Select the desired camera from the toolbar Or On the front panel select the desired camera and press Enter on the joystick to call up the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears Scroll the toolbar to Preset and double click the desired preset from the list The camera immediately jumps to the preset position Menu toolbar Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings The PTZ configuration window appears Check Call Preset and enter the preset number to call up The camera immediately moves to that preset position Click Back to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera Setting and calling up preset tours Preset tours move a PTZ d
149. s tvr ddns net e DynDNS Enter the server address for DynDNS i e members dyndns org In the DVR domain name field enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS web site Then enter the user name and password registered in the DynDNS network 5 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring an NTP server A Network Time Protocol NTP server can also be configured on your DVR to keep the date and time current and accurate Note If the device is connected to a public network you should use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function such as the server at the National Time Center IP Address 210 72 145 44 or europe ntp pool org If the device is setup in a more customized network NTP software can be used to establish a NTP server used for time synchronization To set up an NTP server 1 Click the Network settings icon in the menu toolbar 2 Click NTP to display its screen 3 Check the NTP box to enable feature It is enabled by default 4 Enter the NTP settings e Interval Time in minutes to synchronize with the NTP server The value can be between 1 and 10080 minutes Default is 60 minutes e NTP server IP address of the NTP server e NTP port Port of the NTP server 5 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring e mail Your DVR can send e mail notifications of alarms or notifications through the network The e mail includes an HTML link Click the link to play the video file showing the alarm or notif
150. se when the light level is low Outdoor Use when outdoors The contrast and saturation values are high Customize Modify brightness contrast saturation and hue values Restore Restore image settings to previous values These settings can also be modified from the Camera gt Image menu see page Adjusting camera image settings on page 133 34 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Icon Description Text show Display inserted text on screen Color of the text can be changed Black white or pink Close toolbar Close the shortcut toolbar Digital Zoom You can easily zoom in or out of a camera image in live view and playback using the digital Zoom command The zoom command magnifies the camera image four times See Figure 15 below Figure 15 Digital zoom screen To quickly zoom in out on a camera image 1 Select the camera you wish to use 2 Left click the mouse and select the digital Zoom icon or on the front panel press the Zoom button The digital view screen appears 3 Left click the mouse and drag the red square to the area of interest or move the joystick on the front panel to position the red square The selected area is magnified 4 To exit digital zoom right click the mouse or press the Zoom button on the front panel Configuring live view The setup of live view can be modified from the main menu to suit different needs such as the different monitors multiview la
151. sion DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 5 Live view Description of live view Live view is the normal operating mode of the unit where you watch live images from the cameras The TVR 42 automatically enters into live view once powered up On the monitor you can see the current date and time camera name and whether a recording is in progress Status information Information on the system and camera status is displayed as icons on the main and spot monitors The camera status icons are shown for each camera Each icon represents information on a specific item These icons include Table 6 Description of the on screen status icons Icon Description Indicates a sensor alarm Indicates recording such as manual recording motion detection or alarm triggered recording Indicates a motion detection event video Loss Indicates a video loss event Indicates alarm and system notifications Clicking the icon opens a screen that lists the alarms and notifications More than one icon can be displayed at the same time The system status is displayed on the front panel by the status LEDs TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 29 Chapter 5 Live view Video output Up to three monitors can be connected to the TVR 42 However only one monitor can be controlled at a time If three monitors are connected two of them will be mirrored The DVR automatically checks the monitor outputs used If more than one monitor is connected it then defi
152. start and end time of the recording Click Search The list of search results appears Play back the search results lf there is only one camera in the search result click its playback button Playback starts lf there is more than one camera listed click the playback button of one of the cameras In the window that appears select the cameras you want to play back simultaneously and click OK Playback starts To hide the playback control toolbar during play back right click the mouse and select the Control Panel button in the playback control toolbar Click again for the panel to reappear Use the playback control toolbar to manually control playback To play back another camera move the cursor to the right edge of the screen to display the list of cameras and select the desired camera TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 57 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording 8 To do another search Click Exit in the playback control toolbar to return to the search results screen Or Right click the mouse and select Exit from the list to return to the search results screen Or Right click the mouse and select Video Search from the list to return to the search screen Playing back recordings by event You can search recorded video by event type motion alarm input and POS ATM text insertion Video can be played back simultaneously across several cameras To play back search results 1 In live view mode right
153. t the desired cameras as well as start and end time of the recording to be searched Also select the type of bookmark to be searched TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 59 Chapter 7 Playing back a recording lf searching for customized bookmarks enter a keyword from the bookmark name Click Search The list of bookmarks appears 3 Select a bookmark and do one of the following Click the Edit button to edit a bookmark s name Click the Delete button to delete a bookmark Or Click the Play button to play back a bookmark 4 When finished click Exit Slideshow of snapshots You can search recorded for video snapshots See Accessing frequently used commands on page 34 on how to create snapshots To play back search results 1 In live view mode right click the mouse and in the pop up menu select Advanced Search gt Snapshot 2 Select the desired cameras as well as start and end time of the recording to be searched 3 Click Search The list of snapshots appears 4 Select a snapshot to see it in the thumbnail window Click its Play button to see it in full screen mode 5 When in full screen mode move the cursor to the right edge of the screen to see the complete list of snapshot s found in the search Click their Play buttons to see them in full screen mode 6 To see a slideshow of all the snapshots found click the or lt buttons on the snapshot toolbar to sequence forwards or backwards through the shots
154. tocols 147 assigning 43 configuring Interlogix cameras 8 PTZ commands supported 161 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Index R Recorded files lock unlock 94 Protect HDD 96 Recording calculating maximum frame rates and bit rates 89 configuring settings 87 protecting against overwriting 94 recording schedules 90 setting up HDD redundancy 96 Recording schedules daily 91 92 defining 90 external alarms 94 Remote alarm host settings 117 Remote control connect to the DVR 24 description 22 Resolution configuring 87 RS 232 port configuring 135 RTSP service port 118 S S M A R T information on a HDD 127 SAN 86 Sequencing cameras 33 37 dwell time 35 Setup wizard using 16 Shadow tours quick access 44 setting up 48 Skip time playback 62 quick access 54 Snapshots archiving 70 capture remotely 78 capturing 34 playback 60 upload to FTP server 117 SNMP protocol settings 117 Soft keyboard 26 Stream type configuring 87 System information view 137 System logs playback 61 view 139 System notifications event types 108 175 Index Text insertion quick access to display 54 search recorded video 83 set up 83 Text overlay browser 85 Time configuring display 38 U User privileges camera configuration 143 descriptions 142 local configuration 142 remote configuration 143 Users adding a new user 141 customizing user privileges 142 deleting a user 144
155. tour command See Appendix F on page 161 for the complete list of PTZ commands available by camera protocol To set up a shadow tour 1 Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings 2 Select the shadow tour from the list 3 To record a new shadow tour click and use the directional buttons on the PTZ control panel to move the camera along the desired path 48 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 4 5 Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera Click to save the shadow tour Note The shadow tour can be overwritten Click Back to return to live view To call up a shadow tour 1 PTZ control panel In live view left click the mouse and select the PTZ Control icon in the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears Select the desired camera from the toolbar Or On the front panel select the desired camera and press Enter on the joystick to call up the quick access toolbar The PTZ control panel appears Scroll the toolbar to Shadow Tour and double click the shadow tour from the list The camera immediately carries out the shadow tour movement Menu toolbar Click the PTZ Settings icon on the menu toolbar and select More Settings Select the shadow tour from the list and click Cio start the tour Click S to stop the shadow tour Click Back to return to live view TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 49 Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera 50 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Ch
156. ty Select the quality at which to record If Variable was selected as the bit rate type this option is unavailable Frame rate Select the recording frame rate 25 PAL 80 NTSC 20 18 16 15 12 10 8 6 default 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 Default is 25 30 Max bit rate mode Select the general default or customized option Max bit rate kbps If the customized maximum bit rate mode was selected enter the value here It must be between 32 and 4096 kbps It is calculated from the frame rate and time required Pre record This is the time the camera starts recording before the scheduled time or event Select the time in seconds to start pre recording before the scheduled time or event The maximum pre recording times available depend on the constant bit rate See Maximum pre recording times on page 159 for more information Post record This is the time the camera continues to record after the scheduled time or event Select the time in seconds to stop post recording after the scheduled time or event Auto delete day Select the number of days after which recorded video from the specified camera is permanently deleted from the HDD A day is defined as the 24 hour period from when the auto delete mode ADM was set The maximum number of days that can be set is 60 However the actual number of days permitted depends on the HDD capacity If the value is set to 0 the option is disabled Record aud
157. ty Text In lt Motion Overwrite Yes eSATA Record Capture NIC Type 10M 100M 1000M self adaptive Enable DHCP Enable IPv4 address 192 168 1 82 IPv4 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 IPv4 default gateway 192 168 1 1 IPv6 address1 fe80 240 3dff fe7e 926f 64 IPv6 address2 Null IPv6 address gateway Null Mac address It depends MTU 1500 Preferred DNS server Null Alternate DNS server Null Enable PPPoE Disable User name Null Password Null Confirm Null 167 Appendix G Default menu settings DDNS DDNS DDNS No DDNS type ezDDNS Server address www tvr ddns net Host Name Null NTP NTP Enable NTP No Interval 60min NTP server time nist gov NTP Port 123 Email Email Email server authentification No User name Null Password Null SMTP server Null SMTP port 25 Enable SSL No Sender Null sender s address Null select receivers Receiver 1 Receiver Null Receiver s address Null Enable attached picture No Interval 2s FTP FTP Enable FTP No FTP server Null FTP port Null User name Null Password Null Directory Use root directory Parent directory Null Secondary directory Null 168 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual SNMP UPnP More settings Alarm settings Alarm list Alarm Input TruVision DVR 42 User Manual SNMP UPnP More settings Alarm Inputs Alarm Outputs Alarm Input Appendix G Default menu settings Enable SNMP N
158. ure Default is Normal record 5 Text search Check and then enter the text to search Display format Click to change the display format full screen or multiview display Timeline The timeline moves left oldest video to right newest video Click a location on the timeline to move the cursor to where you want playback to start 8 Playback control toolbar iii Reverse Click to reverse playback Only one channel can be shown on screen at a time Start stop Start or stop playback D E Stop playback Timeline jumps back to 00 00 00 time midnight of the previous day EKI Playback slow forward Click to scroll through the different speeds available single frame 1 8 speed 1 4 speed 1 2 speed normal X2 speed X4 speed X8 speed maximum speed Current speed is displayed under the camera name on top right of window Playback fast forward Click to scroll through the different speeds available single frame 1 8 speed 1 4 speed 12 speed normal X2 speed X4 speed X8 speed maximum speed Current speed is displayed under the camera name on top right of window e Single frame Click to play back one frame at a time TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 79 Chapter 9 Using the web browser Item Description 9 ie Stop streaming Stop streaming from all cameras 10 Audio and video control toolbar Text insertion Click to enable disable POS ATM text display in playback ol Snapshot Capture a snapshot of the video
159. urope SIG 213KBFile 06 19 2011 18 3 H Europe SIG 146KBFile 06 19 2011 17 5 K4 ES T a et BI Reema t Upgrade 5 Select the file and click Upgrade Click Yes to begin the upgrade process 6 When the upgrade process is completed reboot the DVR TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 15 DVR management To update the system firmware via the web browser 1 Click the Configuration tab in the browser toolbar and then select Maintenance 2 For the latest firmware from our web site download the file at http www interlogix com library oe are www utcfssecurityproductspages eu videoupgrades 3 Click Upgrade Note The upgrade process may take a few minutes The system will automatically reboot once the upgrade is completed To update the system firmware via a FTP server For engineering purposes only Restoring default settings To restore the default factory settings of the DVR 1 Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Configuration 2 Click the Default tab 3 Select one of the following options Default Reset all parameters to the factory default settings Restore Reset all parameters except the network information settings to the factory default settings Network information includes the IP address subnet mask gateway MTU NIC working mode server port and default route 4 The system immediately starts to restore the settings Viewing system information To view system infor
160. utton on the front panel or remote control see Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually below 4 Select the recording schedules for the alarm output Click Rule and select the day of the week and the time periods during the day when motion can be recorded You can schedule up to eight time periods ina day Default is 24 hours Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to copy the settings to other days of the week and holiday period Note The time periods defined cannot overlap 5 Click OK to return to the alarm output screen 6 Click Back to return to live view Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually When an alarm is activated the DVR can be set up so that the alarm must be manually acknowledged in order to be silenced See Setting up external alarms on page 105 for information on setting up an alarm to be manually cleared All user levels administrator manager and operator can manually acknowledge an alarm To trigger or clear alarm outputs manually 1 Click the Alarm settings icon in the menu toolbar and select Alarm Output 2 Click the Manual Alarm tab 3 Select the desired alarm output and click one of the following buttons e Clear Clear to stop alarm output e Trigger All Trigger all alarm outputs at once This action could be done for example when you need to test them e Clear All Stop all alarm outputs at once 4 Click Back to return to live view The alarm is silenced
161. w mode Press to pause playback Press to restart Press enter 4 and move the joystick to the desired file Press to start playback Press and hold ese and then press the left right arrow buttons or move the joystick to the left right Press and hold ese and then press the up down arrow buttons or move the joystick to the left right Further information lt is possible that you first need to login before you can access the PTZ mode KTD 405U Turn the Knob on the joystick to zoom in zoom out KTD 405 2DU Press the zoom and zoom buttons Once password is entered the Advanced Search menu appears All day playback of the currently selected camera TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix D Port forwarding information Selecting a camera using the keypad The TVR 42 can support up to 16 analog cameras To be able to control up to 16 cameras using the keypad you may need to change the number of TVR 42 camera inputs controlled by the keypad The default number of TVR 42 camera inputs controlled by the keypad is 16 To change the number of TVR 42 camera inputs controlled by the keypad 1 Hold down the Enter button until a beep sounds and then enter the following code 1 4 7 6 Push the seq button to confirm 2 Scroll through the menus with the button until this menu appears ENTER ZONE ADDRESS 01 01 32 44NEXTD gt 3 Enter the DVR address to be configured and press 4 Scroll th
162. x 1080P 60 Hz 1920 x 1080P 50 Hz 1600 x 1200 60 Hz 1280 x 1024 60 Hz 1280 x 720 60 Hz 1024 x 768 60 Hz 1 ch Resolution 1920 x 1080P 60 Hz 1600 x 1200 60 Hz 1280 x 1024 60 Hz 1280 x 720 60 Hz 1024 x 768 60 Hz 1 ch BNC 1 0 Vp p 75 Q Resolution PAL 704 x 576 NTSC 704 x 480 1 ch BNC 1 0 Vp p 75 Q Resolution PAL 704 x 576 NTSC 704 x 480 4 ch 8 ch 16 ch 4CIF 2CIF CIF QCIF 960h 25 fps PAL 30 fps NTSC 32 to 4096 Kbps or user defined max 4096 Kbps 2 ch BNC Linear 600 Q 16 Kbps 145 Dual stream Stream type Playback resolution Synchronous playback Hard disk SATA e SATA Capacity External interface Network interface Serial interface USB interface Alarm in Alarm out Miscellaneous Power supply Power consumption without HDD or DVD R W Operating temperature Relative humidity Chassis Dimensions W x H x D Weight 146 TVR 4204 TVR 4208 TVR 4216 Support Sub stream at CIF QCIF 25 fps PAL 30 fos NTSC Video Video amp Audio ACIF 2CIF CIF QCIF 960h 4 ch 8 ch 16 ch 6 SATA interfaces 1 e SATA interface Up to 21TB capacity for each disk 1 RJ45 10M 100M 1000M Ethernet interface 1 RS 232 interface for ProBridge Challenger Technical Support 1 RS 485 interface for PTZ control 1 RS 485 keyboard interface for KTD405 keyboard control 2 USB 2 0 16 4 100 to 240 VAC 6 3 A 50 to 60 Hz lt 35W lt 40
163. x G Default menu settings Event full screen monitoring dwell time 10 s Alarm full screen monitoring dwell time 10 s View Video output interface VGA 16 chan 4 4 A1 to A16 8 chan 3 3 A1 to A8 1black screen 4 chan 2 2 A1 to A4 Different with PRD 5 1 138 Time Time settings Time Zone GMT 8 Date Format MM DD YYYY Time format 24 hr Display week No System date Current system date System time Current system time Auto DST Adjustment No Enable DST No From Apr 1st Sun 2 00 To Oct last Sun 2 00 DST bias 60 min Holiday Holiday settings Status All disable Start date 1st Jan End date 1st Jan Camera Management OSD OSD settings Camera Analog 1 Camera name Camera 01 Display name Yes Display date Yes Display week Yes Date format MM DD YYYY Time format 12 hour Display mode Not transparent amp not flashing 164 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Appendix G Default menu settings Image Image settings Camera Analog 1 Mode Standard Motion Motion detection settings Camera Analog 1 Enable motion detection No Rule Trigger channel Camera 1 Arming schedule All day for whole week Rule Null Sensitivity Middle Target size 1 Zone Full screen Privacy mask Privacy mask settings Camera Analog 1 Enable privacy mask No Zone Null Tamper proof Tamper proof settings Camera Analog 1 Enable tamper proof No Rule Alarm schedule all day for whole week Rule Null Sensitivity Low
164. you quick access to all TVR 42 functions See Figure 30 below 72 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Chapter 9 Using the web browser Figure 30 Live view in the web browser interface Table 16 Description of live view in the web browser Item Name 1 Camera 2 Menu toolbar Viewer 4 Display format S Video function toolbar TruVision DVR 42 User Manual Description View video and record video from the selected camera Lets you do the following View live video Play back video Search for event logs Configure settings Log out of the interface View live or playback video Define how you want video to be displayed in the viewer HE Multiview Full screen Lets you do the following in live view Switch between main stream and substream Start stop all streaming from selected cameras Start recording from selected cameras Access digital zoom Turn POS ATM text insertion on off Take a video snapshot 73 Chapter 9 Using the web browser Item Name Description View previous and next camera respectively If viewing in multiview format live view moves to the gt next group of cameras for the selected number of video tiles wed Turn audio on off U Turn microphone on off 6 PTZ panel Hide display the PTZ panel 7 Alarm center Display a log of unacknowledged alarms 8 Language selection Select the desired language from the drop down list Using the web browser to configure the
165. you test the e mail settings after entering values in the e mail window 4 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring UPnPTM The DVR supports UPnP Universal Plug and Play This feature lets the DVR automatically configure its own port forwarding if this feature is also enabled in the router You can select one of two methods to set up UPnP Automatic mapped type The DVR automatically uses the free ports available that were set up in the Network Settings menu Manual mapped type You enter the particular external port settings and IP addresses required to connect to the desired router see Figure 38 on page 116 TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 115 Chapter 12 Network settings Figure 38 UPnP manual configuration screen browser shown StruVision DVR 42 Live View Playback Log Configuratio Configuration UPnp Local Configuration Enable UPnP A Remote Configuration Device Information Time Settings Holiday Settings Server Port A gt Camera Settings External Port Mapping IP Address HTTP Port Display Settings Video Settings RTSP Port Record Schedule Motion Detection Privacy Mask _ Tamper proof Video Loss Text Overlay image Covert Camera Capture Settings Manual Record H gt Network Settings General PPPOE DDNS Email NetHDD IPnP To enable UPnP 1 Connect the DVR to the router Note The router must support UPnP and this option must be enabled Click the Network settings
166. yout and dwell time options You can also enable audio output TruVision DVR 42 User Manual 35 Chapter 5 Live view Figure 16 Layout screen General View Video Output interlace Live View Mode Dwell Timea Enable Audio Output Event Output Event Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time Alarm Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time Table 10 Description of the layout screen Submenu name General tab Video output interface Live view mode Dwell time Enable audio output Event output Event full screen monitoring dwell time Alarm full screen monitoring dwell time Description Select which monitor will be the main monitor HDMI depends on DVR model VGA main analog or spot output Default is VGA if connected Select which multiview layout will be default in live view mode Default is 4x4 multiview layout Set the length of time for which a camera image is displayed on the selected monitor before moving to the next camera during sequencing Default is off No switch You can hear audio from cameras in both live and playback mode However in order to be able to hear audio in playback you must enable the audio output setting Check the box to enable disable audio output Select which monitor will be the spot monitor Default is the spot monitor Spot output 1 Set the length of time for which a camera that has an event or alarm appears on the selected monitor before moving to the next camera du
167. zed as required By default the setup wizard will start once the DVR has loaded It will walk you through some of the more important settings of your DVR Any changes you make to a setup configuration page are saved when you exit the page and return to the main wizard page Note If you want to set up the DVR with default settings only click Next in each screen until the end To quickly set up the TVR 42 1 Connect all the devices required to the back panel of the DVR See Figure 1 on page 5 2 Turn on the unit using the power switch on the back panel After the boot up screen the DVR displays video images on screen 3 Select the preferred language for the system from the dropdown list and then click Next 4 Enable or disable the option to start the wizard automatically when the DVR is turned on Click Next 5 Administrator configuration Navigate to the Admin Password edit box and click the edit box with the mouse or press Enter on the front panel or remote control to display the virtual keyboard Enter the default admin password 1234 Note You must enter an admin password To change the Admin password check New Admin password and enter the new password and confirm it Caution It is strongly recommended that you change the password of the administrator Do not leave 1234 as the default password Write it down ina safe place so that you do not forget it lf you should forget the password to your DVR contact your su

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