Vista QX960H Installation and User Manual

Installation and User manual

Quantum 960H DVR Range

Real time 960H DVRs

QP960H and QX960H models

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Before You Begin

Read these instructions before installing or operating this product.

Note: This installation should be made by a qualified service person and should conform to local codes.

This manual provides installation and operation information. To use this document, you must have the following

minimum qualifications:

 A basic knowledge of CCTV systems and components

 A basic knowledge of electrical wiring and low-voltage electrical connections

Intended use

Only use this product for its designated purpose; refer to the product specification and user documentation.

Customer Support

For assistance in installing, operating, maintaining and troubleshooting this product refer to this document and any

other documentation provided. If you still have questions, please contact Norbain Technical Support and Sales:

Norbain SD Ltd, 210 Wharfedale Road, IQ Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41

5TP, England.

UK +44 (0) 118 912 5000

Note: You should be at the equipment and ready with details before calling Technical Support.

Conventions Used in this Manual

Boldface or button icons highlight command entries. The following WARNING, CAUTION and Note statements

identify potential hazards that can occur if the equipment is not handled properly:

* WARNING:

Improper use of this equipment can cause severe bodily injury or equipment damage.

** Caution:

Improper use of this equipment can cause equipment damage.

Note: Notes contain important information about a product or procedure.

This apparatus is manufactured to comply with the radio interference.

A Declaration of Conformity in accordance with the following EU standards has been made.

The manufacturer declares that the product supplied with this document is compliant the p

rovisions of the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, the CE Marking Directive 93/68 EEC and all

associated amendments.

All lead-free products offered by the company comply with the requirements of the European law

on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive: 2011/65/EU, which means our

manufacture processes and products are strictly “lead-free” and without the hazardous

substances cited in the directive.

The crossed-out wheeled bin mark symbolizes that within the European Union the product must

be collected separately at the product end-of-life. This applies to your product and any

peripherals marked with this symbol. Do not dispose of these products as unsorted municipal

waste.

* This symbol indicates electrical warnings and cautions.

** This symbol indicates general warnings and cautions.

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NORBAIN SD LTD reserves the right to make changes to the product and specification of the product from time to

time without prior notice.

WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS:

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not insert any metallic objects through the ventilation grills or other

openings on the equipment.

CAUTION

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER-SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION

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Contents

OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 7

1. CONTENTS OF PACKING .................................................................................................... 7

2. FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... 8

INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................... 9

1. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ................................................................................................. 9

2. REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ............................................................................................. 11

3. REMOTE CONTROL ..........................................................................................................13

4. CONNECTION GUIDE ........................................................................................................14

5. TURNING ON THE DVR ....................................................................................................16

OPERATION ........................................................................................................................17

1. NAVIGATION ....................................................................................................................17

1-1. Mouse Control ........................................................................................................................................ 17

1-2. Menu Navigation .................................................................................................................................... 17

2. MONITORING ...................................................................................................................18

2-1. OSD Description ..................................................................................................................................... 18

2-2. Select Channel ....................................................................................................................................... 18

2-3. Digital Zoom ........................................................................................................................................... 19

3. PLAYBACK ......................................................................................................................20

3-1. OSD Description ..................................................................................................................................... 20

3-2. Playback Control .................................................................................................................................... 21

3-3. Playback Search .................................................................................................................................... 22

4. PTZ CONTROL ................................................................................................................22

4-1. PTZ Control by mouse ............................................................................................................................ 22

4-2. PTZ Control by remote keyboard ........................................................................................................... 24

4-3. PTZ Control by remote controller ........................................................................................................... 24

4-4. PTZ Control by Client software ............................................................................................................... 25

SETUP MENU ......................................................................................................................25

1. DISPLAY .........................................................................................................................25

2. RECORDING ....................................................................................................................30

3. SYSTEM ..........................................................................................................................36

4. NETWORK .......................................................................................................................45

5. EVENT ............................................................................................................................49

SEARCH MENU ...................................................................................................................53

1. SEARCHING RECORDED DATA ..........................................................................................53

1-1. Date/Time Search................................................................................................................................... 53

1-2. Event Search .......................................................................................................................................... 54

1-3. Calendar Search .................................................................................................................................... 54

1-4. Bookmark Search ................................................................................................................................... 56

1-5. Thumbnail Search .................................................................................................................................. 56

2. ARCHIVING EVIDENCE TO DVD/CD OR USB .....................................................................58

3. LOG ..............................................................................................................................60

CLIENT VIEWER SOFTWARE ............................................................................................61

1. LIVE MONITORING ...........................................................................................................64

2. REMOTE SEARCH ............................................................................................................67

2-1. Search .................................................................................................................................................... 67

2-2. Archive.................................................................................................................................................... 69

2-3. Remote Log ............................................................................................................................................ 71

2-4. Information ............................................................................................................................................. 72

3. REMOTE SETUP (MENU SETTINGS - SAME AS DVR) ...........................................................73

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3-1. Display .................................................................................................................................................... 73

3-2. Recording ............................................................................................................................................... 75

3-3. System ................................................................................................................................................... 79

3-4. Event ...................................................................................................................................................... 85

4. LOCAL SEARCH (VIEWING DOWNLOADED FOOTAGE) ...........................................................87

4-1. Search .................................................................................................................................................... 87

4-2. Log ......................................................................................................................................................... 89

4-3. Info ......................................................................................................................................................... 89

5. LOCAL SETUP .................................................................................................................90

5-1. Global ..................................................................................................................................................... 90

5-2. Opacity ................................................................................................................................................... 90

5-3. Audio Buffer ............................................................................................................................................ 91

5-4. Camera Name ........................................................................................................................................ 91

6. TELEMETRY CONTROL (PAN/TILT/ZOOM/FOCUS) ...............................................................92

6-1. Pan / Tilt / Zoom / Focus ........................................................................................................................ 92

6-2. Preset / Learn ......................................................................................................................................... 93

7. SCREEN POSITION SAVE/LOAD ........................................................................................94

7-1. Screen Position Save ............................................................................................................................. 94

7-2. Screen Position Load ............................................................................................................................. 94

8. FIRMWARE UPGRADE ......................................................................................................95

APPENDIX 1 ........................................................................................................................96

DYNAMIC IP (SUPPORTING DDNS SERVER) .........................................................................96

APPENDIX 2 ........................................................................................................................98

SETUP FOR DVR PORT & WEB SERVER PORT USING IP SHARING ROUTER ...............................98

APPENDIX 3 ........................................................................................................................99

SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................................99

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Overview

1. Contents of Packing

Mouse

Power Cable

User Manual

Remote Controller

Battery

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Installation

CD

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2. Features

● Convenience

- User-friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface)

- Easy-to-use menu structure

- Easy-to-use recorded data search (Time, Date, Motion, and Alarm)

- Easy-to control via Front Panel, IR remote control and USB 2.0 mouse.

● Stability

- Auto restart after power interruption

- DB structure offers data stabilisation and better storage utilisation

● Expandability

- Remote DVR’s can be controlled using the supplied software client viewer.

● Technology

- Embedded LINUX OS

- Maximum record rate 400fps@960H(PAL)

- High-resolution & high-quality H.264 algorithm

- Uses watermarking & scrambling technologies,

● Functionality

- Variable recording function (normal, alarm, motion, schedule, duration, Time Lapse,)

- RS485 and FSK Telemetry

- Full channel real-time monitoring

- Live monitoring, recording, playback, backup, remote access simultaneously

- Multi channel playback (QX960H real-time on all views, QP960H real-time on quad display)

- Variable events notification to e-mail, buzzer or PC Client system

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Installation

1. Front Panel Controls

① Volume Up & Down ( / )

To increase or decrease the volume.

② Audio Selection

Switches between audio channels

③ Multi-screen Display

Use the Multi-screen display button to select the display mode (single/4/9/16 way).

④ PTZ Channel Selection

Used to select the PTZ channel on multi-screen.

⑤ Menu

Displays the menu on the screen

⑥ Indicator

- REC: Recording status (When recording is on, the red light will flash)

- POWER: System Power On/Off (When power is on, the green light will be illuminated)

- NET: Network status (When network is connected, the light will lash)

- HDD: HDD status (When the system is reading or writing to the HDD, the light will flash)

⑦ Search

Entering search mode

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⑧ Stop / Eject (■)

To stop playback and go back to live mode. To eject DVD-RW

Pause ( ▌▌)

To freeze picture on playback mode and live mode.

Forward Play (▶)

Playback of the recorded data. When in play mode press again to enter fast forward mode.

Reverse Play / Rewind ()

Reverse play of recorded data. When in play mode press again to enter fast rewind mode.

Rec (●)

It starts & stop manual recording, password protected.

⑨ Power

System Power On/Off

⑩ Pan / Tilt

To control the pan & tilt of PTZ camera, press this button to browse virtual key on screen.

⑪ Arrow Buttons

Moves the cursor while in menu mode

⑫ Select

Menu selection

⑬ Zoom

To control the zoom in & out of PTZ camera

⑭ Numeric & Character

Input for numbers & letters within the setup menus and searches

⑮ USB Port

USB connector for mouse control & downloading to USB memory.

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2. Rear Panel Connectors

① Spot Monitor Outputs

Spot Video Output (Composite Video)

② Video Inputs

16 camera inputs

③ Video Outputs

16 camera loop outputs

④ Audio Input

QX960H – Audio per channel, QP960H: 16way – 4 Audio inputs; 4 and 8 way – 1 Audio

input

⑤ AC Power Input

AC 100-240V 50/60Hz

⑥ Audio Output

Audio output

⑦ HDMI Output

HDMI output port (1080p)

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⑧ VGA Output

VGA video output for main monitor (1024x768 to 1920x1080)

⑨ Network Port

Connecting to the DVR through Internet or LAN

⑩ USB Port

USB 2.0 port for mouse

⑪ RS232

Serial Communication (for service)

⑫ PTZ Camera Controller

Serial Communication for Pan / Tilt Camera

⑬ Keyboard Controller

Serial Communication for P/T/Z Control Keyboard

⑭ Alarm Output

Alarm(relay) output port

⑮ Sensor Input

16 Sensor input

E-SATA Port ( Only on the QX960H models)

Port for e-SATA HDD

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3. Remote Control

① POWER : Power on/off

② P/T/Z : Entering PTZ Setup menu directly

③ REC : Start & Stop Recording

④ Numbers and letters (1 to 9)

⑤ INFO : Direct access system information

ID : Entering ID set mode

MUTE : Audio Mute

AUDIO : Switches through Audio channels

⑥ MENU: Entering system menu

SEARCH: Entering search

ARROW : Left, Right, Up and Down

SEL : Select/Enter

⑦ VOL +/- : Up, down volume

⑧ CH +/- : Up, down channel

⑨ (◀)◀ : Reverse play

▶(▶) : Play (or fast forward)

I I : Pause

■ : Stop playback

⑩ OSD : On Screen Display ON/OFF

SEQ : Sequence operation

LOG : Direct access Log list

⑪ CAM : Changing PTZ icon

P/T : Pan &Tilt

Z/F : Zoom/ & Focus

DIS : Channel Division

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4. Connection Guide

Connecting the monitor

There are four available monitor outputs on DVR.

● HDMI output : Connect to the HDMI port of the HD monitor(HDTV).

● VGA output : Connect to the VGA port of the VGA monitor.

● 2v Video(Composite) Spot outputs.

Connecting cameras

This unit comes with 16 video inputs. Each video input has a corresponding looping output

beneath it for passing the video signal to another monitoring/recording device.

● Video input : Connect to the video out of the camera.

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Connecting audio

To record audio on the DVR, connect to the audio source.

● Audio input : Connect to the audio out of the microphone.

To listen to live or recorded audio, connect to an amplified speaker system.

● Audio output : Connect to the audio in of the audio AMP.

Connecting to a network

Use the ethernet port to connect to remote PC via ethernet network.

Connecting to a sensor input

There are 16 individual alarm inputs marked as Sensor In (1-16).

● Sensor inputs : Connect to (+) terminal of a sensor.

● Common GND : Connect to (–) terminals of sensors.

Connecting to a alarm output

The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights using the relay.

There are 4 relay outputs marked as Alarm out.

● A1/A2/A3/A4 : Connect to (+) terminal of buzzer or light.

● B1/B2/B3/B4 : Connect to (–) terminals of buzzer or light.

Connecting to a PTZ camera

This RS485 connector can be used to control Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera.

Common

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Inputs

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Alarm

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● Telemetry (+) : Connect to RS485 Rx(+) of PTZ camera.

● Telemetry (-) : Connect to RS485 Rx(-) of PTZ camera.

Connecting to a remote keyboard

This RS485 connector is for a control keyboard.

● Keyboard (+) : Connect to RS485 Tx(+) of the keyboard.

● Keyboard (-) : Connect to RS485 Tx(-) of the keyboard.

Connecting to a mouse

● USB 2.0 : Connect to the mouse.

Connecting to a external HDD

To expand the HDD capacity, connect the external storage.

● e-SATA : Connect to the e-Sata HDD storage.

5. Turning on the DVR

1. Connect the power cable.

2. Connect camera cables.

3. Connect a network cable and a monitor cable.

4. Press the POWER button on the front panel and wait until the main screen is displayed on

the connected monitor; this process may take a couple of minutes.

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Operation

1. Navigation

You can navigate the on screen menus using the front panel buttons, IR remote control,

remote keyboard or mouse.

1-1. Mouse Control

Right clicking the mouse brings up the following popup menu.

① Setup Menu

② Search Menu

③ PAN/Tilt Menu

④ Focus/Zoom Menu

⑤ Power Button

⑥ Sequence Button

⑦ Playback Button

⑧ Eject Button

⑨ Volume Up/Down Button

⑩ Multiscreen Display Button

⑪ Channel Up/Down Button

1-2. Menu Navigation

To enter the Setup menu, the user has to have the required access rights and be logged on.

Press the Menu button or right click with mouse on screen and select the menu icon.

The following screen will be displayed asking for password.

① Select the user ID.

② Enter the password.

The default password is 00000000(8 zeros).

③ Press OK, the setup menu will be displayed

on screen.

All menus are navigated around using the Left/

Right/ Up/ Down and the Select button or mouse.

To step back out of the menus, press MENU button

or click the right button of the mouse.

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2. Monitoring

2-1. OSD Description

The Status Bar on screen shows HDD capacity, network connection, current time, etc.

① HDD capacity : Used capacity / Total capacity

② USB memory connection

③ Network connection : It is shown that admin or user is connected.

④ Archiving

⑤ Mouse connection

⑥ Current Date/Time

2-2. Select Channel

Use the Multiscreen display button ( ) on the popup menu to select the display mode.

Single Channel 4 Channel 9 Channel

Live 1ch Live 4ch Live 9ch

16 Channel

Live 16ch

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Also you can use the DIS button on the remote controller to change the display mode.

Display switches in the following order when the DIS button is pressed.

Single Channel  4 Channel  9 Channel  16 Channel  Single Channel

2-3. Digital Zoom

Left-click and drag the mouse to set the desired area for zoom in live or playback mo

de. (It is available in single screen mode.)

Click the left button on the mouse.

The screen will change to the zoomed image with a small image displayed in the upper right

hand corner of the screen

The red box on the small picture indicates the position of the magnified image.

You can change the magnification of image and move the position of the magnified

Image, by rotating the mouse wheel

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Drag the image to move the position of the magnified image.

Click the right button on the mouse to return to the original mage.

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3. Playback

Click the right button on the mouse, the popup menu will be displayed on screen.

To begin playback, press the Play button on the popup menu.

3-1. OSD Description

The Control Bar on screen shows Playback control buttons, Progress bar, Display mode

buttons, Playback time, etc.

① Previous/ Next time buttons ⑨ Reverse Slow Play button

② Time Bar ⑩ Slow Play button

③ Playback Speed Display ⑪ Replay button

④ Display mode buttons (1/4/9/16ch) ⑫ Add Bookmark button

⑤ Stop button ⑬ Search Bookmark button

⑥ Pause button ⑭ Quick Archive button

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