Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DVR-470 Planet Technology
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Page 1 4/16-Channel H.264 Digital V ideo Recorder DVR-470 DVR-1670 USER’S MANUAL.
Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PLANET T echnology Corp. All r ights reserved. No part of this publicati on may be repro duced, transm itted, transcribed, store d in a retrieval system, or trans.
Page 3 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure S tatement This equipment complies with FCC radiation expo sure set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
Page 4 Content Chapter1 Produc t Introduction.................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Summary .............................................................................................
Page 5 5.18 T ransaction Inform ation .......................................................................................... 76 Chapter6 Utili ties ...................................................................................................
Page 6 Chapter1 Pr oduct Intr oduction 1.1 Summary DVR-470/DVR-1670 H .264 network dig ital video recorder is an excellent d igital surveillance p roduct.
Page 7 z Support cycle or no ne cycle record. z Support backup the rec orded files and clips. Supp ort USB memory , USB HDD, USB CD-R/W , USB DVD-R/W , IDE CD-R/W and IDE DVD-R/W . Preview and playback z Support analog m onitor and VGA output. z Support multiple preview modes.
Page 8 Chapter2 Installation Warning：Before you inst all the DVR, please ma ke sure the power of DVR is off. 2.1 Checking the DVR and It s Accessories When you get the pro duct, check that a ll the items are included in your product packag e. There is a list in the package.
Page 9 2.3 Rear Panel Description Notice ： Pl ea se re fe r to rea l pr oduct for different model. DVR-470 Rear Panel DVR-1670 Rear Panel Index Physical Interface Description 1 V ideo Input St a nd a r d B NC . V ideo Output Connect monitor , output video and m enu.
Page 10 External Alarm Input 4/8/16 Alarm in. Relay Output 2/4 Alarm out 8 AC Input 100V~240V A C 2.4 External Alarm In/Out Connection Alarm input port ： G (GND) ： Conenct the GND of sensor . 1~16 ： Alarm input , support norm al open/normal close.
Page 1 1 Chapter3 Operational Instructions 3.1 Front Panel n o p q r Index T ype Name Description 1 Sta t e Lamps READY ST A TUS ALARM RECORD NETWORK DVR is ready . Green means you can use I R re mote control. Red means there is alarm . T wink le in red means readin g or writing HDD.
Page 12 REC PTZ PREV A SHIFT 1. Manual record; 2. 【 SHOT 】 in PTZ control (adjust preset). 1. Enter into PTZ co ntrol mode; 2. 【 IRIS- 】 in PTZ control.. 1. Multi screen p review switch; 2. Switch m enu mode into pre v iew; 【 FOCUS- 】 in PTZ control.
Page 13 3.2 IR Controller Index Name Description 1 POWER T urnoff device. 2 DEV Enable/Disable IR rem ote control 3 Numeric Keys Same as num eric keys of front pan el. 4 EDIT Same as EDIT key of front panel. 5 A Same as A key of front panel. 6 REC Same as REC key of fro nt panel.
Page 14 15 Reserved 16 F1 Same as 【 F1 】 key of front panel. 17 Lens control IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens control. 18 F2 Same as 【 F2 】 key of front panel. Loading the batteries into the IR contr oller 1. Remove the ba ttery co ver . 2. Insert the batt ery .
Page 15 3.3 Menu Description 3.3.1 Menu Items Menu Name Function Menu Name Function Display Unit name Device ID Require password Screen saver V ideo stan dard Brightness Menu transparency VGA resoluti.
Page 16 Tr a n s a c t i o n T ext input mode A TM IP addre ss A TM type T ext inform ation Utilities Restore parameters Upgrade firmware HDD management Clear alarm output Reboot Power off V iew log System information 3.3.2 Menu Operation How to enter into menu mode z Press 【 MENU 】 key to enter into DVR main menu.
Page 17 Each menu contai ns differ ent kinds of items. There is a small rectangular fram e na med “Active Frame” whic h is pointing to the s elected item. This “ Active Frame” can be moved by 【 Æ 】 or 【 Å 】 keys. There are such kinds of menu ite ms ： 1.
Page 18 3.4 Character Input In the menu i nterface, if you enter into edit sta tus (for example, in the “cam era name” edit box), at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared ： Here it means you ca n press num eric keys to input d igital num ber .
Page 19 Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide 4.1 Power on Note ： Please make sure the power suppl y matches DVR and AC cable connected correctly . Befor e switch DVR on, please connect one monitor with V OUT or VGA interface. Otherwise, you can not see gra phic user interface and can not operate.
Page 20 Camera record status is fo llowing ： Icon Icon Color S tatus Description White No video sign al Y ellow Vdieo input Pink Manual recording Green Real time recording Blue Motion detect recordi.
Page 21 Ca mera alarm status is following ： Icon Icon Color S tatus Description White V ideo signal lost Y ellow V iew tampering alarm Pink Motion&External alarm Green No alarm Blue Motion alarm Red External alarm Press numeric keys to switch over in dividual camera previ ew .
Page 22 4.3 User name and p assword Note ： When DVR is delivered fr om factory , there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and password is “1234 5”. The admi nistrator’s name can not be modified, while the passwor d can be modified.
Page 23 Setp 2 ： Enter into password modificati on menu Move the “Ac tive Frame” to “ Password” icon by using 【 Æ 】 / 【 Å 】 keys. Press 【 ENTER 】 key to enter into fo llowing password m enu ： Ste p 3 ： Input new password Press 【 EDIT 】 key to enter into e d it box.
Page 24 4.4 PTZ Control Note ： The user must have the “PTZ control” right. PTZ contr ol interface In preview mode, press 【 PTZ 】 key , i n the login dialo g, select one user nam e and input the correct password, you can e nter into PTZ control interface.
Page 25 Adjust preset description In PTZ control mode, press 【 REC/SHOT 】 key , and press the preset num ber (three numeric keys), DVR will adjust t he corresponding preset num ber . Repeat pressing 【 REC/SHOT 】 key , and press the preset number , DVR will adjust that preset number .
Page 26 4.5 Manual Record Note ： The user must have the corresponding right, DVR has HDD and HDD is formatted already . Manual record In preview mode, press 【 REC 】 key , in the po p-up login dialog, select the name and input the correct password, you can e n ter into the “ Manual Record” interface.
Page 27 4.6 Playback Note ： The user must have “P layback” right. Playback interface In preview mode, press 【 PLA Y 】 key , in the pop-up l ogin dialog, select usernam e and input correct password, you c an enter into “P layback” interface.
Page 28 Play by T ime ： Playback the recorded stream directly based on the tim e section. Select Page ： In the file l ist box, each page will only disp lay 8 files. If th e matched files are more than 8, you can select page to list o ther files. 500 pages (4000 files) c an be searched in one time.
Page 29 3. Search by Card No and Playb ack file ： In the playback interface, select channel number , record type, enable card No. search option (“ 9 ”) and input the card number , move “ Active Frame” to “Search” butt on, press 【 ENTER 】 key , DVR will se arch and list the matche d files.
Page 30 Exit playback In playback interface, press 【 ESC 】 key to enter into previ ew mode. In playback interface, press 【 MENU 】 key to enter into main menu, press 【 REC 】 key to ent er into manual record, and press 【 PTZ 】 key to enter into PTZ con trol mode.
Page 31 4.7 Backup Recorded Files Note ： The user must have “Playback” right. Pl ease connect with ba ckup devices before you start to backup. In the playback interface, you can bac kup the recorded files.
Page 32 St e p 2 ： Select the files that you want to backup In the file list box, use 【↑】 or 【↓】 keys to move the scroll bar . When the scr oll bar stays at the file you w an to backup, press 【 EDIT 】 key to select it. The sym bol “ 9 ” is the sel ection tag.
Page 33 4.8 Shut Down DVR Note ： Do not switch off the power d irectly in ca se of damaging H DD. The correct step is using “Power Off” in the “Utilities” menu, or 【 POWER 】 key on the front panel or on IR controller .
Page 34 Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “ Parameters Setup” righ t ne ed read this chapte r . When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new p arameters take into ef fective. Other parameters do not need to reboot.
Page 35 Move “Active Frame” to “ User” icon, press 【 ENTER 】 key to enter into “ User Management” menu. In the user name list box, only “ad min” is existed. Y ou can use 【→】 key , move “Active Frame” to pass word edit box, and press 【 EDIT 】 key to enter into edit status.
Page 36 5.2 Add and Delete User Enter into “User Manag e ment” interface. Add user The steps are following ： St e p 1 ： Enter into “User Manage ment” menu Please refer to chapter 5.
Page 37 In the users list b ox of “User Managem ent” menu, use 【 Ç 】 【 È 】 keys to s elect the new user name, then us e 【 Æ 】 key to “Default Rights” button, press 【 ENTER 】 , the user will have the default rights. The default rights in clude local play back, rem ote playback and view log.
Page 38 “Remote Rights” ： PTZ Control ： Remote control PTZ ; Record ： Remote m anual start/stop recording; Playback ： Remote playback, download the record ed files on DVR; Parameters Setup.
Page 39 5.3 Unit Name and Device ID Unit name In the “Display ” menu ： There is an item named “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press 【 EDIT 】 key to en ter into edit sta tus, you can modify the unit nam e.
Page 40 5.4 V ideo Output St andard and VGA Setup V ideo output standard There is one VOUT BNC connector at the rear panel of DVR. It is used to conn ect with analog monitor an d can support P AL or NTSC video output. Y ou can modify vid eo output standard to match video input.
Page 41 5.5 OSD Setup OSD is abbrevia tion of “O n Screen Display”. For our embedded D VRDVS, it includes displaying system time and camera name. OSD settings include ： System time, time format, tim e display position, camera name, cam era name display position, etc.
Page 42 Display mode ： There are several display modes ： Opaque&S teady , T ransparent&Steady , T ransparent&Flashing, Opaque&Flashing, Move “Active Frame” to “ OSD” item, you can select one mode.
Page 43 Chapter 3.4). The camera name can support 32 chara cters. St e p 3 ： Press 【 ENTER 】 key to exit edit status. Move “Active Frame” to “Confirm ” button, press 【 ENTER 】 to save th e modification and you can see the new cam era name.
Page 44 5.6 V ideo Parameters Setup For different camera and different background, in order to get the best video image, you need to adjust vide o parameters such as brightenss, saturation, co ntrast and hue, etc. Y ou can setup the camera indivi dually , and also yo u can copy the v ideo parameters of one camera to any ot her ca meras.
Page 45 5.7 Mask Area Setup In some cases, maybe you want m ask the sensitive area. This area will not be preview an d recorded. The mask area setup steps are following ： St e p 1 ： Enter into “Image Setup” menu ： St e p 2 ： Select o ne camera ： Y ou can use 【 Ç 】 【 È 】 keys to select one camera.
Page 46 (22*15 for NTSC), you c an use 【↑】 【↓】 【→】 【←】 keys to move the yell ow pane to your hope po sition and press 【 EDIT 】 key , the yello w pane will be tu rned into re d, then you can use 【↑】 【↓】 【→】 【←】 keys to extend the red pa ne.
Page 47 5.8 V iew T ampering Alarm If you enable this function, whe n someone blocks the c amera spitefully , DVR will make warning alarm. St e p 1 ： Enter into “Image Setup” memu ： St e p 2 ： Select camera ： Please use 【 Ç 】 【 È 】 keys to select one cam era.
Page 48 St e p 6 ： Alarm schedule setup ： When there is view tampering alarm happene d, DVR will handle the a larm based on the schedule. Y ou can set 4 per iods for each d ay one week. Also you can copy the schedule o f one day to other days. Notes ： T ime periods can not be repeated.
Page 49 5.9 V ideo Loss Alarm When the video c able or cam era has something wrong, the video im age is lost. If you enable video loss alarm , in such case, DVR will make alarm. St e p 1 ： Enter into “Image Setup” menu ： St e p 2 ： Select camera ： Use 【 Ç 】 【 È 】 keys to select one cam era.
Page 50 St e p 5 ： Setup alarm policy ： Y ou can select one or m ore response solutions, inc luding “On Screen W arning”, “Audible W arning”, “ Upload to Center” and “T rigger Alarm Output”. Y ou can use 【↑】 【↓】 and 【 EDIT 】 key to enabl e or disable them .
Page 51 5.10 Motion Detection Alarm If you enable this funct ion, when there is m o tion detected, DVR wi ll make alarm . St e p 1 ： Enter into “Image Setup” menu ： St e p 2 ： Select camera ： Use 【 Ç 】 【 È 】 key to select one cam era.
Page 52 The whole screen is divi ded into 22*18 pan es (NTSC ： 22*15). There is one yellow panel on the upper left side. The motion area se tup steps are the s ame as that of m ask area setup (refer to chapter 5.
Page 53 St e p 6 ： Motion alarm r ecord channel setup ： When there is motion alarm happ ened, you can trigger relate d camera to start record ing. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, yo u can select one or more record channel s. Please use 【 ENTER 】 or 【 EDIT 】 key to enabl e the flag into “ 9 ”.
Page 54 5.1 1 Preview Properties In “Preview” menu, you ca n setup preview mode, screen swit ch time, e nable or disable audio preview and preview layout. St e p 1 ： Enter into “P revie w” menu ： In the main menu, m ove “Active Frame” to “Preview” icon and press 【 ENTER 】 , you can enter into “preview” m enu.
Page 55 Preview layo ut setup ： There is a square frame divide d into many wind ows. If you select “4 Screen”preview m ode, this fram e is divided into 4 window s. Each window represents o ne camera. Y ou can move “Active Fram e” among the window s.
Page 56 5.12 Recording Setup In main menu, there is an i con named “Recor d ing”. Y ou can enter into recording menu as following ： “Recording” menu description ： If HD Full ： There are two options ： “Overwrite” and “S top recording”.
Page 57 If you select varia ble bit rate, DVR will adjust the a ctual bit rate accor ding to the video movement. When there is not m uch movement, DVR will use low bit rate, while th ere is much movement , DVR will use high bit rate . In this case, DVR can save HDD usage and network bandwidth.
Page 58 Note ： When the cam era’ s recording sche dule is modified, you must reboot DV R to make it into effe ctive. All day re cording setup ： St e p 1 ： Enter into r e cording schedule menu .
Page 59 St e p 1 ： Enter into r e cording schedule menu In recording m enu, use 【 ENTER 】 or 【 EDIT 】 key to enable record functi on (“ 9 ” flag), press “Schedule” bu tton to enter into recording schedul e menu.
Page 60 5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output For DVR-470, there are 4 external a larm inpu t and 2 relay out put. For DVR-1670, there are 16 external alarm input and 4 relay output. In “Alarms” menu, you can setup for each external alar m input.
Page 61 St e p 4 ： Alarm trigger r ecord channel setup Y ou can select channels to record for each a l arm input. In the sub menu, y ou can use 【 ENTER 】 or 【 EDIT 】 key to enable recor d channel. “ × ” means disable a nd “ 9 means enable.
Page 62 First select one cam era, then select one of following PTZ linkage ： z Preset ： Set the flag as “ 9 ” to enable preset, in the preset num b er edit box and input one preset number that has been setup already . Please refer to chapter 5.
Page 63 St e p 3 ： Enter into alarm out schedule Y ou can set the schedule to m ake alarm output into ef fective. Move “Active Frame” to “Schedule” bu tton on right s ide of “Alarm Out T i.
Page 64 5.14 Network Parameters If you want use ne twork to access DV R, you must setu p network para meters. Note ： If any network parameter is modified, you m ust save and reboot DVR to make it in to effecti ve.
Page 65 This DNS is special s oftware, not the normal dom ain na me server . Y ou can use the provided SDK to develop this DNS software. Multicast IP ： It is one D-class IP address, am ong 224.0.0.0 --- 239.255.255.255. If you do not use m u lticast functi on, you do n ot need to s et.
Page 66 PTZ menu description Select channel ： Select one PTZ camera. RS-485 parameters ： Incl uding baudrat e, data bit, stop bit, parity , flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of P TZ. Protocol. PTZ addr ess ： Each PTZ has one dif ferent address.
Page 67 Cruise setup ： Cruise is remem bering the track of P TZ m ovement. Please m ake sure the PTZ you are using can s upport cruise function. Preset setup In “ PTZ” menu, m ove “Active Fram.
Page 68 In “Sequence” setup menu, first input the se quence num b er . The sequence is am ong 1 --- 16. Each sequence is m ade up of cruise points, and each c ruise point includes preset num ber , dwell time and dwe ll speed. Dwell tim e is the time staying at that pres et number .
Page 69 Press “RecCru” button, you will e nter into “PTZ contro l” interface. Y ou can start controlling PTZ with direction keys, press 【 ENTER 】 to save the oper ation track and return “Cruise” set up menu. Press “S tartCru” button to repeat th e PTZ track until you press “S top” button.
Page 70 5.16 RS232 setup There is one RS-232 port at DVR rear pane l. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “RS232” icon and perss 【 ENTER 】 key , you enter into “RS232” setup m enu ： RS232 menu description RS-232 parameters ： In cluding baud rat e, data bit, sto p bit, parity , flow control, etc.
Page 71 Username, password and V erify passw ord ： Only used when work mode is “PPP”. Used for login when remot e PC dialup throug h PSTN. Phone ： Only used when work m ode is “PPP” and PPP mode is “Active”. It is the phone number of remote PC.
Page 72 St e p 3 ： Save setup In “Recording” menu, press “Conf irm” button to s ave parameters. St e p 4 ： Setup Modem used on DVR side Use DCE calbe to connect Modem with PC serial port.
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Page 74 St e p 3 ： Establish the dialup connection Select the Modem connected with PC just like the d ialup network connection, input the telephone nu mber connected w ith DVR’ s modem . Input the username, password. They must be the same as that DVR PPP setup.
Page 75 5.17 Exceptions The exceptions can be handled at present include ： hard disk full, hard disk error , illegal access, IP address conflict, network fai lure, and NTSC/P AL dif fer . Enter into “Excep tions” menu ： Including the fol lowing handl e methods ： Audible W arning ： DVR beep warning.
Page 76 5.18 T ransaction Information The DVR can actively obtain or passively recei ve the credit card number from A TM machine linked throug h network or serial port, and credit card num ber can be overlay on live video, recorded and pl ayback.
Page 77 Start & e nd position an d length of transaction type T ransaction type and c ode When the A TM machine is sending transacti on in formation to bank center , DVR will capture the data packa ge through netw ork, and analys e the data according to the format.
Page 78 In the case, you m ust set the RS-232 of DVR as transparent channel m ode as following ： A software must be run in the A TM machine, and send the credit card number , transaction code to DVR through RS-232 port. Please provide deta il A TM machine com munication pr otocol for actual pr ojects.
Page 79 In the case, you m ust set the RS-232 of DVR as transparent channel m ode as following ： Also, a software must be run in A TM machine, and send command to DVR throug h RS-232 port based on special communi cation protocol.
Page 80 Chapter6 Utilities There are man y tools in “Uti lities” menu. Includi ng “SavePa ra”, “Resto rePara”, “Up grade”, “Hard Disk” , “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reb oot”, “Power Off”, “V iew Log” and “System In fo”. Enter into “Ut ilities” menu ： 6.
Page 81 6.3 Upgrade Y ou can use this function to up grade the firm ware. Pleas e confirm the language is matched . Press “Upgrad e” icon, in th e pop-up di alog, you can select eithe r “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode.
Page 82 6.4 Hard Disk Management Check HDD work status Capacity , Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After form atting, you must reboot DVR, ot herwise DVR will not work norm ally . 6.5 Clear Alarm Out Clear the alarm output manually .
Page 83 If you want to view the log based on default option, just press 【 ENTER 】 key . DVR will list all matched inform ation. Also you can select options to search (By T ype, By Date, By T ype&Date). By T ype T o view log information of the ass igned type.
Page 84 St e p 4 ： When searching is finis hed, DVR will list all matched alarm information. In the list box, the inf ormation includ es ： Index, Occur T ime, Major T ype, Minor T ype, Panel User , Net User , Host Address, Para. T ype, Channel No, HDD No, Alarm In and Alarm Out.
Page 85 6.9 System Information Press “System Info” icon in “Utilities” m e nu, you can ge t DVR syste m information ：.
Page 86 Chapter7 Firmwar e Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLA SH ROM. Y ou can use DVR upgrade function t o write the firmware file ( d igicap) into FLASH. There are two cases that you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is update old fir mware. The other is when the code in DVR FLASH is crashed.
Page 87 3. Select “Users/rights ” under “Security” menu item . The following dia log box will be pop-up. 4. Create new us er . Click “new user’. New user dialog pops up . Input user nam e “target”. Click “OK”. 5. In the password dial og, input password “t arget ” in “New Password” an d “V erify Password” edit box.
Page 88 6. In the “User/Rights Security ” Dialog, select “User Name” as “tar get”. In “Home Directory” edit bo x, input the pat h where the firm ware file (digicap) is pla ced. Then press “Done” to exit. 7. Next tim e, you need not setup again, just dou ble click and open “wftpd32.
Page 89 7.2 Upgrade Mode 1. Use client software to upgrade the f irmware file. Y ou do not need to use ftp s erver software. Please refer to the client softw are user manual for detail inform ation. 2. Use “FTP” function of “ Upgrade” sub menu in “Utilities” m enu.
Page 90 Appendix A DVR Connect Cable Definition 1 UTP network connect cable made method Material and tool One twist cable (8 pin, the length can b e defined as to t he actual dem and, but must be w ithin 100m), 2 standard RJ4 5 head, one tool for RJ45.
Page 91 The corresponding relationship of cr oss cable 2 RS-232 connect cable made method DVR-802x has standard DB9 RS-232 int erface, like PC COM port.
Page 92 Appendix B Specifications Model name DVR- 470 DVR-1670 V ideo compression H.264 Preview resolution PA L ： 7 04*576 (4CIF), NTSC ： 704*480 (4CIF) Playback resolution CIF/QCIF V ideo inp ut 4 16 V ideo inp ut interface BNC (Electrical Level ： 1.
Page 93 Power supply 100~240V AC, 6.3A, 50~60 HZ Power consumption 20--42W (without HDD) Wo r k i n g temperature -10 ℃--＋55℃ Wo r k i n g humidity 10 ％ --90 ％ Size 14.
Page 94 Appendix C List of Recommended DVR Peripherals USB DVD-R/W ： 1. LG GSA-E10L 2. BENQ EW164B USB CD-R/W ： 1. BENQ external 5232WI-ok2 2. ASUS CR W -4824A + USB Convertor case 3. SONY CD-R/R W CRX230AD + Convertor cable 4. SONY CD-R/R W CRX225E + Convertor cable 5.
Page 95 W est Digital ： 1. WD Caviar WD400BB 2. WD Caviar WD800BB 3. WD Caviar WD1200BB 4. WD Caviar WD2000BB 5. WD Caviar WD2500BB 6. WD Caviar SE WD1600BB 7.
Page 96 Appendix D Quick Sear ch Function T able T ype Name Description Index User managem ent Create and delete users. Sy stem has one default administrator . The administrator c an create 15 users and define the i r rights. 5.2 Safety function Password Management Modify password.
Page 97 Remote record Remote record real time stream . * Remote playback Remote playback the recorded files in DVR * Download Download recorded files in DVR. * Remote upgrade Remote upgrade firmware. * T ransparent channel Remote control serial devi ce connected with serial port of DVR.
Page 98 Appendix E T r oubleshooting Failur e Possible reas ons After plugging in power , turning on the power swi tch, “POWER” light in fro nt Panel does not turn on, and fan does not work.
Page 99 3) Old player SDK (playm4.dll) Notes ： 1) Place the DVR in well ve ntilated space so that i t operates within the allowed r ange of temperature and humidity as in specification. 2) If the circuit board is wet, dust on circuit b oard can cause a short circui t.
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