Quick User Guide to Linux DVR
Contents
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Main GUI
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Setup GUI
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Preview
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PTZ Control
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Manual Recording
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Schedule Recording – Continuous Recording
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Schedule Recording – Motion Detection Recording
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Playback – File-list Playback
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Playback – Event search
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Playback – Time-line Playback
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Playback – Picture Browser
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Backup Data
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E-map
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Network
Main GUI
Display Panel
Channel status &
manual record control
Sensor input status & alarm control
Relay output status & relay control PTZ control panel
Information display panel
Setup GUI
-Include all the configuration buttons.
-Click to enter setup GUI
Button description:
-Camera: camera configuration & motion detection regions setup
-Record: recording parameters & record schedule setup
-Device:RS232 COM port setup
-Alarm: alarm input & output setup
-Exception: exception management
-Local: general parameters, such as video format, time, language, etc.
-Network: network parameters
-Disk: disk status and management
-User: user management
-Preview: preview window setup
-Upgrade: upgrade button
-Factory mode: return to default mode
-Log: system log history
-About: system information
1. In the Video Display Panel
- Double click one grid/channel to enlarge display of this channel.
- Right clickto return.
2. In the Preview Control Panel
- For a 16-ch system, [25-window] and [36-window]display button is unavailable.
- If auto-switch is disabled, click the [Cycle display]button will manually switch to next window(s). If auto-switch is enabled, click the [Cycle display] button will start cycle display.
Preview
Snapshot button
PTZ Control
Manual Recording
Channel status panel:
Blue: In recording (caused by motion, manual or schedule)
Manual recording operations:
-Left click on channel number to start manual recording.
-Right click on channel number to cancel manual recording.
-Click [All]button to start recording on all the channels.
-Click [None] button to cancel recording on all the channels.
1. The manual recording settings will be canceled when the software restart.
2. When the channel is in schedule recording status, it can not set to manual recording.
Schedule Recording – Continuous Recording
Step 2 In [Record Schedule] window, choose the weekday, choose record type as [Continue],and then define time segments or check [Full time]
box for 24h recording.
1. - You can click [Copy to] to copy this day’s recording schedule to other weekdays.
2. Schedule continuous recording setting will not be canceled after software restart.
3. Recommendation: Schedule continuous recording is for long-time recording.
Step 1 In [Record Setup] window, set recording parameters, then Check the [Apply Schedule] box, click
Motion Detection Recording – 1/2
Step 1 In [Camera Setup] window, Check [Motion Detect] box, then click [Region] to set motion regions. Step 2 In the [Region Setup] window, left-click to drag detection region (s). And define the sensitivity for them. Note:
-Right-click a region to cancel it.
-Regions can not be overlapped. - By default, the system is not in motion detection mode.
Step 3 Click [Action] to define actions when motion detected. Step 4 Define the actions. By default, the channel will be recording when the channel is in motion detection schedule mode and a motion is detected.
Motion Detection Recording – 2/2
Yellow: In motion detection status. Red: Motion detected.
Step 2 In [Record Schedule]window, choose the weekday, choose record type as [Continue],and then define time segments or check [Full time]
box for 24h recording.
Step 1 In [Record Setup] window, set recording parameters, then Check the [Apply Schedule] box, click
[Record schedule].
1. - You can click [Copy to] to copy this day’s recording schedule to other weekdays.
2. Motion detection recording setting will not be canceled after software restart.
Playback – File list playback 1/2
Step 1 In the main GUI, click to enter File List Playback mode. Step 2 In the Calendar panel, choose a date.
Step 3 Select start time, recording type and channel number, then press
[Search] to list the recording files and snapshot pictures.
Step 4 In the recording file list, select a recording file (with types as
Continuous or MD/Alarm), and double click it to open it directly.
Step 5 Or select a fine, and then click
Playback – File list playback 2/2
Event Search
Switch to file-list playback mode
Playback – Event Search
Step 1 In the main GUI, click to enter File List Playback mode. Step 2 In the Calendar panel, choose a date.
Step 3 Click the to enter Event Search Screen.
Step 4 Defines search filters, i.e. time, event type, channel number, then press Search.
Playback – Time-line playback
Step 1 Select date
Step 4 press [play] to start playing.
Note:
1. To play at a different time, stop play first, then drag the time-line to a new time, and then press “play” again.
2. Only “Play”, “Pause” and “Stop” button is valid here.
Playback – Picture Browser
Step 1 in the search result panel, select the picture you want to see. Step 2 Double click the picture file to open it in Picture Browser.
Backup data
Step 1 In the main GUI, click to enter File List Playback mode. Step 2 Click to enter backup screen.
Step 3 Defines search filters, i.e. date, time, recording type, channel number, then press Search.
Step 4 In the pop up window, select a backup device.
Step 7 Press Ok, system will prompt the backup progress. When finished, remove the backup device.
- Before backup, make sure a backup device has been attached.
E-map
Step 1
Press [E-Map]button.
Step 2
Basic functions:
•Zoom in/out
•Add/delete map
•Save map
•Default
•Turn red on alarm
Network
Support -A
DSL
dial-up
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Windows IE remotely previewing
1. It is strongly recommended to use
Windows IE Browser
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2. Be sure that ActiveX controls and plug-ins have been enabled.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Security tab, click Custom level.
In the ActiveX controls and plug-ins, keep Enable all the
settings.
3. Input the IP address of the Linux DVR server. Make sure that
you have configured “IP”, “sub-mask” and “gateway” in the Linux
DVR server.
Windows IE remotely previewing
Channels list pane: -Double click device to expand channels list.
-Double click channel to start playing it.
Color/Volume Pane
- Press “-” to decrease - Press “+” to increase - Press the central icon to default
PTZ Control Pane
Window-partition mode Local playback
Remote playback
Client software
• When you installed the ActiveX controller, you installed the
client software at the same time.
Client software
By default, you will not see any channels.
Press the “logon” button to connect to remote Linux DVR server.
Snapshot
Local playback
Enter Setup Screen
Step 1
In the Server Panel, define a device here.
Name: name the device IP: Linux DVR Server’s IP or domain.
User: Server username. Admin by default.
Password: remote server
password. Default no password. Port: the remote connection port. Channel: the channels number of remote server.
Step 2
Click Addto add this server to
Device Treein left panel
Step 3
You can modify channel name and connection quality here. After change, click Modify to save the settings.
Step 4.
Choose device or channels in
Device Tree, and click => to add them to this group.
You can change the group name and then click Modifyto save settings.
Check this box to enable auto-login, so no need to input
Remote playback screen
Step 1 Select a channel and date here.
Step 2 click Search to find recording files.
Step 3 Double click a file to playback it in the first available window. No need to assign a window before playback it.
Step 4 Click
Upgrade DVR Server 1/2
The upgrade function can be used for:
9 Software upgrade
9 Import license to register DVR system 9 E-map import
9 Import recording policy file
There are two ways to upgrade Linux DVR server:
9 Use USB disk to upgrade it in DVR server.
9 Use Client software or IE client to upgrade system remotely.
Use USB disk to upgrade it in DVR server
1. Prepare a USB disk, and create a folder named “idvr”. (Operation in Windows 2000/XP computer).
2. Copy the upgrade file, in this example named “idvr-usb.md”, into this folder. The file structure will be like this:
F (removable disk): \ idvr \ idvr-usb.md Note: If you have multiple upgrade files, you can upgrade them once.
3. Remove the disk from your Windows computer. And insert it into Linux DVR Server.
4. Power on Linux DVR server. Wait some seconds to enter into software GUI.
5. In the DVR Server’s System Configuration Screen, Click Upgrade button.
6. In the popup windows, choose the USB device and then click OK to confirm it. Note: if there is no USB device detected here, please insert USB disk into another USB slot. If it is still not working, it means the USB device is not compatible to the Linux DVR, please try another one.
