Vista Quantum XTRA Installation and User Manual

Vista QXTRA User and installation manual V1.0

User and configuration manual for the

Quantum XTRA range of real-time D1

digital recorders

Quantum XTRA – Installation and User manual

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CE Information

The product must be installed according to the currently valid installation regulations

for EMC to guarantee the designed use and to prevent EMC problems.

The device supplied with this manual is according to the EC, EMC Directive,

2004/108/EC & LVD 2006/95/EC

Standard used for showing compliance with the essential requirements of the device:

EN 55022

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

EN 50130-4

EN 55024

LVD: EN60950-1

Safety Precautions

Caution before Use

Please read this manual before installing or using the DVR.

Please keep this manual in a safe place, to allow for future reference

For the safety and proper use, The DVR is marked with various symbols. Please read these

to prevent injury of financial loss.

Installation Site

Ensure installation position is level, secure and adequately ventilated.

Avoid installing close to sources of humidity or water.

Contact details

Belgium +32 (0) 3 369 8080

Nederland +31 (0) 76 579 2577

Portugal +351 234 301900

South Africa +27 (0) 11 887 1546

Spain +34 91 503 06 78

Middle East +971 4 881 14332

UK +44 (0) 118 912 5000

Rest of world +44 (0) 118 912 5000

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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. Live screen 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

DATE & TIME, EVENT AND BOOKMARK SEARCH ............................................................................... 23

Calendar / Date and time searches ............................................................................................................... 23

Event Search ................................................................................................................................................. 25

Log search ..................................................................................................................................................... 26

Bookmark search ........................................................................................................................................... 27

GOTO SEARCH OPTION ...................................................................................................................... 28

4. ARCHIVING EVIDENCE TO DVD/CD OR USB .............................................................................. 29

Time and Date archive .................................................................................................................................. 29

Event list archiving ......................................................................................................................................... 32

4. PTZ CONTROL .............................................................................................................................. 33

4-1. PTZ Control by mouse ............................................................................................................................ 34

4-2. PTZ Control by remote controller ........................................................................................................... 35

4-3. PTZ Control by Client software ............................................................................................................... 36

SETUP MENU ..................................................................................................................................... 37

1. DISPLAY ......................................................................................................................................... 39

1-1. Camera Setting ...................................................................................................................................... 39

1-2. Main live setting ...................................................................................................................................... 40

1-3. Monitor (Spot) Settings ........................................................................................................................... 41

1.4 OSD Setting ............................................................................................................................................. 42

2. RECORDING................................................................................................................................... 43

2-1. Frame ..................................................................................................................................................... 43

2-2. Schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 44

2-3. Event Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 45

2-4. Action ..................................................................................................................................................... 46

3. SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................................... 47

3-1. Basic ....................................................................................................................................................... 47

3-2. Account................................................................................................................................................... 50

4. NETWORK ...................................................................................................................................... 52

4-1. IP Set ...................................................................................................................................................... 52

4-2. DDNS Set ............................................................................................................................................... 52

4-3. NTP Set .................................................................................................................................................. 52

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5. EVENT ............................................................................................................................................ 53

5-1. Beeper/E-mail Setup .............................................................................................................................. 53

5-2. E-Mail Registration ................................................................................................................................. 53

5-3. SMTP Mode ............................................................................................................................................ 53

CLIENT VIEWER SOFTWARE ....................................................................................................... 54

1. LIVE MONITORING ......................................................................................................................... 57

2. REMOTE SEARCH.......................................................................................................................... 60

2-1. Search .................................................................................................................................................... 60

2-2. Archive.................................................................................................................................................... 62

2-3. Remote Log ............................................................................................................................................ 65

3. REMOTE SETUP (MENU SETTINGS - SAME AS DVR)................................................................... 66

3-1. Display .................................................................................................................................................... 66

3-2. Recording ............................................................................................................................................... 67

3-3. System ................................................................................................................................................... 68

3-4. Network .................................................................................................................................................. 69

3-5. Event ...................................................................................................................................................... 69

4. LOCAL SEARCH (VIEWING DOWNLOADED FOOTAGE) .................................................................. 70

4-1. Search .................................................................................................................................................... 70

4-2. Log ......................................................................................................................................................... 72

4-3. Info ......................................................................................................................................................... 72

5. LOCAL SETUP ................................................................................................................................ 73

5-1. Global ..................................................................................................................................................... 73

5-2. Opacity ................................................................................................................................................... 73

5-3. Audio Buffer ............................................................................................................................................ 74

5-4. Camera name ......................................................................................................................................... 74

6. TELEMETRY CONTROL (PAN/TILT/ZOOM/FOCUS) ....................................................................... 75

6-1. Pan / Tilt / Zoom / Focus ........................................................................................................................ 75

6-2. Preset / Learn ......................................................................................................................................... 76

7. FIRMWARE UPGRADE ................................................................................................................... 77

APPENDIX 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 78

DYNAMIC IP (SUPPORTING DDNS SERVER) ................................................................................... 78

APPENDIX 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 80

SETUP FOR DVR PORT & WEB SERVER PORT USING IP SHARING ROUTER ................................ 80

APPENDIX 3 ....................................................................................................................................... 81

SPECIFICATION .................................................................................................................................. 81

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Overview

1. Contents of Packing

Mouse

Power Cable

User Manual

Remote Controller

Battery

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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 D1/400fps(PAL) , D1/480fps(NTSC)

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

- Uses watermarking & scrambling technologies,

- H.264 : 1 ~ 2 Kbytes per image with resolution 360x240

● Functionality

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

- Up the coax and RS485 Telemetry

- Full channel real-time monitoring

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

- Multi channel playback

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

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Installation

1. Front Panel Controls

Power

System Power On/Off

Record button

Press to stop recording (password protected)

Video play back keys

Play, Stop, Pause, fast forward etc.

Search key

Press once to put unit into playback mode, press a second time to enter the search menus

Select key

Used as an enter button in the menus

Menu

Displays the menu on the screen

PTZ Camera select key

Select the cameo image to be controlled in the multi screen views.

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Audio select key

Selects the audio track (with reference to a cameo image) to be played.

Decrease volume

DVD

Increase volume

Multi screen selection

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

16way/17way screen).

PTZ mode selection

Turns the telemetry function on or off

Arrow keys

Used to navigate around the menu pages

Zoom control

This toggles the function of the arrow keys, when in PTZ mode the front arrow keys can

be used to pan and tilt or to zoom and focus

Number Buttons

Used for individual camera selection and selection of numbers & letters within the setup

menus and searches

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2. Rear Panel Connectors

Spot Monitor Outputs

Spot Video Output (Composite Video)

8 Channel

16 Channel

16

HDMI For future

development

HDMI For future

development

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Video Inputs

16 camera inputs

Video Outputs

16 camera loop outputs

Audio Input

Audio input through line

AC Power Input

AC 100-240V 50/60Hz

VGA Output (Dual Monitor)

VGA video output for dual monitor (1024x768)

HDMI Output

For future use - not yet functional

VGA Output (Main Monitor)

VGA video output for main monitor (1920x1080)

Audio Output

Audio output

RS232

Serial Communication (for service)

Network Port

Connecting to the DVR through Internet or LAN

USB Port

USB 2.0 port for mouse

eSATA Port

Port for e-SATA HDD

PTZ Camera Controller

Serial Communication for Pan / Tilt Camera

Alarm Output

Alarm(relay) output port

Sensor Input

16

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16 Sensor input ports

3. Remote Control

POWER : Power on/off

P/T/Z : Entering PTZ Setup menu directly

REC : Start & Stop Recording

Numbers and letters (1 to 9)

INFO : Direct access system information

ID : Entering control ID set mode

MUTE : Audio Mute

AUDIO : Switches through Audio channels

MENU: Entering system menu

SEARCH: Entering search

ARROW : Left, Right, Up and Down

SEL : Select/Enter

VOL +/- : Up, down volume

CH +/- : Up, down channel

( ) : Reverse play

( ) : Play (or fast forward)

I I : Pause

: Stop playback

OSD : On Screen Display ON/OFF

SEQ : Sequence operation

LOG : Direct access Log list

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 the DVR.

● VGA(main) output : Connect to the VGA port of the main monitor.

● VGA(sub) output : Connect to the VGA port of the sub monitor.

● Composite output : Connect to the Video Input of the spot monitor.

● HDMI – For future development, not yet functioning

Spot

Monitor

Camera

Mic

Main

Monitor

Sub

Monitor

Speaker

System

PC

(Client)

99Main

Monitor

Mouse

PTZ

Camera

Siren

Sensor

e-SATA

HDD

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Connecting cameras

This unit comes with either 8 or 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.

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.

● Alarm outputs : Connect to (+) terminal of buzzer or light.

● Common GND : Connect to (–) terminals of buzzers or lights.

Common

GND

Sensor

Inputs

Common

GND

Alarm

Outputs

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Connecting to a PTZ camera

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

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

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

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, remote controller or

mouse.

1-1. Mouse Control

Right clicking the mouse brings up the following popup menu.

Screen view selection

PAN/Tilt Menu

Search menu

Goto function (only in Search mode)

Setup menu icon

Sequence icon

Eject icon

Emergency record icon (Stop/start toggle)

Playback mode

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.

Select the user ID.

Enter the password.

The default password is 00000000(8 zeros).

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. Live screen OSD Description

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

Archiving in background

- HDD capacity: Used capacity / Total capacity

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

- Mouse connection

~ - Multi-screen Display Buttons

- Current Date/Time

– Click here to temporarily hide the information bar

2-2. Select Channel

Use the Multi-screen display buttons on the status bar to select the display mode.

Single Channel 4 Channel 9 Channel

Live 1ch Live 4ch Live 9ch

16 Channel 17 Channel

Live 16ch Live 16ch + Play 1ch

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You can view the 16 live videos and 1 playback video simultaneously in the 17 channel

display mode.

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  17 Channel

2-3. Digital Zoom

When the system is in full-screen mode, left click and drag your mouse over the area to be

enlarged a grey rectangle will appear. Left click the mouse to zoom in on the highlighted

area.

To exit right click the mouse.

[ Playback Video ]

Channel selection

Playback Control Buttons

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3. Playback

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

(Ensure that the PTZ function is turned off – Otherwise Play back mode will not operate)

3-1. OSD Description

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

buttons, Playback time, etc.

To begin playback, press the

Play button on the popup

menu.

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