NetDVR Manual Version 1.0 NetDVR User’s Guide * This manual is for NetDVR firmware version 2.0.3 and CamViewer II version 1.0.2. * If your i- Rec Cam has the later version of firmware, please download the last updated user’s guide from WebGate’s homepage (www.webgateinc.
Important Notice 1. NetDVR is for indoor use. If your application demands prolonged exposure to sunlight, you should consider to equip with a sun visor. 2. NetDVR is not weatherproof. Therefore you should be well aware of environmental specifications that are included in the manual. In case of outdoor use, where it needs additional weather criteria , you should equip weatherproof case to protect NetDVR from water, moisture, or temperature (higher or lower than specification).
I. Introduction What is NetDVR? 4-channel box style Network DVR NetDVR is a 4-channel box style DVR. It is an all-in-one system with a Web server of embedded Linux, a networking device, and a HDD (Removable). NetDVR only needs designated power supply and network connection in order to operate. DVR with HDD using rack NetDVR records images into HDD at the maximum speed of 30 frames per second, protecting them in the safest way.
II. Product Description 1. Contents * Unpack and check all the items as below. Item NetDVR AC Adapter & Power cable Description Remarks Network DVR DC 12V, 3.
2. NetDVR views and descriptions 1) Front view Operation LED Sensor LED Video Ch.
III. NetDVR Installation Summary, Connection & Placing 1. Installation Summary l l l l l l Connect Power and Ethernet to NetDVR on local network for configuration Connect external cameras Install i-Rec CamViewer II into a PC on local network Setup Administrator’s condition Configure recording & searching condition Place NetDVR for your purpose, and re-connect power and Ethernet 2. Connecting l l l Connect Ethernet line to the Ethernet port in the rear.
IV. Installing CamViewer II Setup Program 1. System Requirements Check minimum s y s t e m requirements in your PC before installing program. Es n Minimum requirements CPU : Pentium II 400MHz and above RAM : 64MB and above Monitor : Resolution of 1024 × 768 and above / VGA 8MB HDD : 4GB n Recommended requirements CPU : Pentium III 800MHz and above RAM : 128MB and above Monitor : Resolution of 1024 × 768 and above / VGA 32MB, AGP HDD : 20GB and above n Software Window 98SE, ME, NT4.
2. Install Shield Wizard Installation Copy the ‘CamViewer II 1.0.2 Setup.exe’ file onto your PC. Click the file and the CamViewer II install shield wizard will be installed automatically. Click the ‘I Agree’ button to accept the license agreement. Select a component to install and press the ‘Next’ button.
Browse and choose a directory if the default directory is not preferred. Click the ‘Install’ button, after selecting a directory to install. Click the ‘Browse’ button to change the default directory, and confirm a directory to change. CamViewer II program will be automatically installed. Click the ‘Close’ button after CamViewer II Setup Program is installed successfully.
3. Uninstall If you have some problem running the CamViewer II program or you want to upgrade with newer version, remove the current CamViewer II with ‘Uninstall’ program of ‘Digital Image World’ directory at first. And then reinstall CamViewer II. After the removing process is completed, you should install CamViewer II again referring back t o t h e installation p r o c e s s . If insatlled previous version than CamViewer II 1.0.2 program, you must remove the current CamViewer II with ‘Uninstall’ program.
V. Configuring CamViewer II and Monitoring image CamViewer II is composed entirely of these three programs: • • • Configuration: To configure Administrator’s condition Monitor: To monitor the real-time image Playback: To search the recorded image and backup files 1. Configuration This is to configure Administrator’s condition in order to manage NetDVR, which is connected the to local network or the Internet, using the Cam explorer. Cam explorer is composed of three main menus.
1) Cam explorer 1-1) My Cameras If you register a Cam in the ‘Local Area Cameras’ directory into ‘My Cameras’ directory, you may also register a Cam of remote Network onto this directory. You may operate the Cam in a remote Network. Cam explorer refreshes all of Cams’ information automatically every thirty seconds. Therefore, click ‘Refresh’ button to refresh and connect Cam. If you register Cams that you like, the information of selected Cam will be recorded into your PC.
Cam registration There are two methods in registering Cam onto ‘My Cam World’ or the sub-folders. Registration in remote Network: First, move the mouse cursor over ‘My Cameras’ and click the right button of the mouse. Then if select ‘Add Cam’, the dialogue to register a new Cam will appear. If you enter an IP address of a Cam and press the ‘Start Probe’ button, the Cam will be registered automatically. To delete a registered Cam, select ‘Delete Cam’ at pop-up menu.
1-2) Local Area Cameras This folder indicates Cam automatically that is connected on the local network. If you regis ter a Cam onto ‘My Cameras’, the registered Cam will disappear from the ‘Local Area Cameras’ directory. 1-3) CRS You may register the information of a Cam with dynamic IP onto CRS. This enables you to manage several Cams by groups. If you register several Cams by a group, you can manage them with one IP address from the server.
2) Log–in Screen Enter ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’. ‘User Name’ is fixed as ‘admin’. If the ‘Save Password’ is checked, you don’t need to enter the Password whenever you log in. ‘Save Password’ function may only be utilized if the Cam is registered on the ‘My Cameras’ directory. To change IP address, enter the new IP address and press ‘Change IP’ button. If the connected Cam doesn’t have the same local network IP address, administrator cannot access it.
3) Setting Cam information This is to indicate information of the selected Cam. If you double-click each item in the list, you can move to the relevant tab. Model Name, HW Version, SW Version, Serial Number, and Mac Address are set up automatically, when the Cam is produced. By editing under the Content, the ‘Description’ of the Cam may be changed within 30 English characters or numbers.
4) Setting System information Initialize FlashInfo: You can reset almost all the settings back to factory default figures but the time and network configurations will not be reconfigured. The related information with recording and management settings is mainly initialized. Time : When you access CamViewer II, the time indicated from this may be different with PC. This shows the time of the Cam when you access the ‘System information’ tab. ‘Current time’ menu is to synchronize the time of the Cam and the PC.
5) Setting Network information 5-1) Connecting Cam on dedicated line Dedicated line may assign Cam with an official IP address. Input on panel of [Ethernet] properly. [Ethernet] Administrator may configure IP address, Network Mask and Gateway address of Cam. When the addresses are not assigned properly, any user cannot access Cam from local or remote network. Even on the local network, a user is not able to access if administrator does not assign a proper IP address to Cam.
5-2) Connecting Cam on Cable Modem It is possible to manage Cam with cable modem instead of dedicated line. To use Cam with cable modem, input on panel of [Ethernet] and [CRS] properly [Ethernet] Click the ‘DHCP Enable’. DHCP server will automatically assign with IP Address, Network Mask and Gateway Address if the LAN is connected with cable modem.
5-3) Connecting Cam on ADSL Modem It is possible to manage Cam with ADSL modem instead of dedicated line. To use Cam with ADSL modem, input on panel of [Ethernet], [xDSL] and [CRS] properly [Ethernet] If IP Address, Network Mask, and Gateway Address are same with PC’s ones, you should enter different values at [Ethernet] panel in order to connect Cam to ADSL normally. If not, you don’t need to configure [Ethernet] panel. (For more detailed information, please refer to “Help about CRS” part.
Port Assignment: This is to configure Playback port and Monitoring port manually. - Normal: Generally, port 80 or port 8080 is open for ordinary data communication, and port 8839 is for image transmission. But when a firewall is set, these ports may not be used. In order to solve this problem, CamViewer II uses port 8105 as playback port and port 8001 as monitoring port for surveillance.
6) Setting User account There is one administrator’s account and 4 users ’ accounts. Administrator’s User ID is fixed as ‘admin’. But Admin’s password, User ID, and User password can be changed within 14 English characters or numbers. If administrator clicks ‘Use’ item, the relevant items for configuration are activated. Administrator can also authorize each user to each Cam channel, PTZ, and HDD control. - Channel 1/2/3/4: This menu enables to use channels in real-time monitoring program.
7) Setting Channel information This is to configure channels and PTZ / external device according to each channel. Channel Use: This is to select channels to see live images and to record them on Cam’s self-contained HDD. For example, when you connect an external CCD camera to Ch1 port in the rear of Cam, select ‘External’ for Channel 1. However when you don’t want to utilize channel 1, select ‘ None’ for Channel 1. You can also select one or more channels as a video source.
PTZ: You may control pan/tilt/zoom mechanism that is connected on Cam if t h e pan/tilt and zoom lens are installed. However the drivers for the pan tilt and zoom must be installed in to t h e communication protocol in the Cam to control pan/tilt/zoom mechanism. If PTZ mechanism is connected to Cam, press ‘Setup’ button and configure the followings: Model: For now, Cam is equipped with some protocols for specific models of pan/tilt mechanisms.
8) Setting Security information If you check ‘IP Filtering’, you can configure the range of IP addresses that can access the Cam. Principle: The principle in IP filtering is to be applied to the whole configured range. Range: If you configure ‘192.168.1.99 ~ 192.168.1.101’ and ‘192.168.1.150 ~ 192.168.1.160’ as ‘Deny’, the relevant IP users cannot access to the Cam. You can configure the range of IP addresses with 10 parts. And when you configure just one IP address, enter IP address such as ‘192.168.1.
9) Setting HDD information Auto Delete: You may delete data by 1000, 2000, 5000, or 10000 frames automatically when the HDD is full. It is only possible to delete images from the earliest frame recorded. With activating this function, Cams will keep on recording images by deleting already recorded images. Otherwise the Cam can’t record images any more when the HDD is full.
10) Setting Screen Adjustment You may adjust brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, horizontal offset, and video gain in the Screen Adjustment tab. Adjustment in this menu affects the live image screen and the recorded image screen. When the Cam is connected to external video camera, the adjustments may be affected because input signal of the external device may be different in each camera. So you can adjust them manually, through Video Gain. Video Gain is to appoint the amplification rate of input signal.
11) Setting Schedule information This is to configure recording status of Cam in advance. Graph: The graph indicates configuration value. As recording rate is higher, the depth of color is denser. 2 bars of each channel indicates configuration of normal condition and of event condition. A blue bar indicates current time of Cam. Post Alarm: This can be configured by the second. If this function is configured, the image will be recording for the configured time after the event is over.
Setup: After you press the ‘Setup’ button of each channel, you may configure relevant channel schedule. Time Interval : You can divide a day into 5 sections and configure each section between 0:00 and 24:00 for each channel. (The below 0:00 means 24:00.) If you configure another section except first configured section, the next section is activated.
Quality Box: The current condition of configuration is indicated in quadrangle button of Quality Box. If you press the button, the dialogue for Quality box configuration is appeared. However be cautious that the configured condition is applied in recording, not in monitoring real-time image. A quality box can be configured by selecting a quadrilatera l area and could be resized. If you click the mouse button out of selected area, the configuration value is cleared.
2. Monitor 1) Opening CamViewer II Click the icon ‘CamViewer II Monitor’, and then a real-time monitoring screen appears. Nickname of Cam selected or accessed last is indicated. Information Monitoring on Window Connection button Channel conversion button Cam Selection button Quick recording button Digital Output Resizing corner * To view the image of specific channel, click relevant channel conversion button or double-click the image in monitoring screen.
2) Connection Select Cam: To connect the Cam, select a Cam first by using the ‘Cam Selection’ button. If there are no selected Cam and you click the ‘Connection’ button, the Cam Selection dia logue will appear. Setting method is same with ‘Configuration’ page. Select a Cam by double-clicking or pressing the ‘ OK’ button. After the Cam is selected the Cam will be indicated at ‘Nick Name’ item. When pressing ‘Connection’ button, you may access the Login menu. Login: Enter ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’.
3) Quick recording When monitoring real-time image, you may record specific images into your PC. If you click ‘Ctrl+s’ button or ‘quick recording’ button, a dialogue box appears. The dialogue indicates information of recording image. Quick recording process operates for 5 minutes. Unless user stops this function, it closes automatically after 5 minutes. After recording process is finished completely, you must configure a file name and directory to save in your PC.
Executing Playback Quick Recording files can be loaded in the ‘Playback’. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click ‘Cam Selection’ button at right bottom of ‘Playback’, and then ‘Cam explorer’ appears. Click ‘Open Backup File…’ button at the foot of ‘Cam explorer’. Select a Quick recording file in ‘Open’ dialogue box. File name appears at the top of ‘Playback’. Click ‘Connect’ button at right bottom of ‘Playback’, recorded images are played.
4) PTZ function The authorized user may control the following function. When authorized user places mouse cursor on the image, dotted cross line appears on the center and two control bars appear on each sides. - . - Zoom & Focus: If you move the mouse to right and left, the slide-bar appears in the screen. By moving these bar, you may control zoom (Z, left slide-bar) and focus (F, right slide-bar) Pan & Tilt: You may control pan/tilt function by clicking the right button of mouse on the image.
3. Playback This is to monitor the recorded image of Cam. The login process is same with the ‘Monitor’ page. 1) Panel Control (1) Image Ctrl Panel The image of selected channel is indicated in small screen. You may configure the expansion, brightness, and contrast of image. You may also save the image into your PC as ‘bitmap’ file or print it. Nickname of selected Cam is indicated in the item above small screen.
(2) HDD Ctrl Panel This indicates the current HDD status. (free size / recorded status) If you stop replaying image, the HDD information is updated at about every 10 seconds. However if image is replayed continuously, the only size of recorded data is updated. - Data Delete ( ):To delete a portion or the whole recorded data. However be cautious that the deleted day range is from the earlier date so that the item does not automatically delete the information.
(3) Play Option Panel Channel selection: Activated ch annels are shown in red, and inactivated channels are seen in green. ‘ All’ means that all the 4 channels are selected. Event selection: This is to decide to event type to search. CamViewer II search and display images that are recorded under designated ev e n t s . - All: Selects all recorded images to replay. - MD: Selects the images that are recorded with ‘motion detection’ function.
2) Recorded image monitoring (3) (5) (4) (2) (1) (1) Total recorded data indication - This indicates the date, time, and the starting point to the finishing point of recorded data. - The frame information is indicated as time. (2) Scroll bar for section movement - A scroll bar may be moved within range of the whole designated data. - You can monitor the frame of specific hours easily if you move to the specific section among every section with scroll bar.
(Appendix) Detailed Specifications of NetDVR 1. General Hardware Storage Device Video Channel Image Resolution Image Compression Performance Security Alarms and I/O MISC. function Power Supply 32bit RISC Embedded processor Flash memory: 8Mbyte RAM: 16Mbyte OS: Embedded Linux HDD (3.5inch) NTSC or PAL video format are supported 4Ch.
