DvrCms manual
- 1. homesecurity361 CMS Operation Manual 1. Overview This software can be directly connected to the DVR through the Internet without the support of intermediate server. It is user-friendly and can be connected rapidly. Main fumctions: 1) Support connection to 100 DVRs at most and 64 channels video simultaneously; 2) Support visit of any video channel of different DVRs and screen dragging and random combination; 3) Support remote recording playback and backup; 4) Support off-line playing and smooth playing of backup video; 5) Support remote parameters configuration; 6) Support remote control of PTZ; 7) Support local capture and recording; 8) Support screen lock. 2. Software Installation Installation requirements: 1) At least Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3000+ processor; 2) Multimedia: above DirectX 9.0; 3) Recommended internal memory: above 1 GB. Installation Procedures: 1) Double click and run the file “DVRCMS.msi” from the CD, as shown in the following picture: 1 / 15
- 2. homesecurity361 Note: If this software has already been installed, please uninstall the earlier version before installation. 2) Select “Next >”， 2) Select the installation position and press “Next >”, and then start to install, and finallly click “close” to finish the installation. 2 / 15
- 3. homesecurity361 3. Operation 1) Start the software Double click the desktop icon , or start from the start menu directly. 2) Creat account 【USER NAME】create the initial user name 【PASSWORD】create initial password; 【RE- ENTER 】confirm the initial password. Note: “USER NAME” and “PASSWORD” can support 15 digits. The password entered twice shall be consistent, and then the account can be created successfully. If the earlier version of this software has already been installed, please delete the “user.cfg” under the installation menu manually, the software is default installed in :Program FilesDVRCMS. 3 / 15
- 4. homesecurity361 3) Recognize the interface System configuration Lock Add DVR Del DVR DVR Playback configuration DVR list PTZ control Recording Screen split Capture Stop video Volume 4 / 15
- 5. homesecurity361 4) Add device Click the button , and add a DVR, as shown in the following picture: 【DEVICE】for 4-8 CH select 01, for 16 CH select 02. 【DEVICE NAME】set up an alias for DVR to make a distinction, no repetition; 【IP ADDRESS】the IP address or domain name pointed to DVR; 【MEDIA PORT】the media port number in the network setup of DVR; 【UDER NAME】log into the user name of DVR through network； 【PASSWORD】enter the password of DVR through network; 【NETWORK 】choose network environment, LAN or Internet； Note: 1. The device added must be the DVR which has already possessed the function of conncting to the network, and the network parameters are successfully allocated. 2. The default user name “admin” password shall be empty. If the device can’t be added or the parameter can’t be allocated successfully, please enter Main menu—Basic Setup—User, and select “ Clear IE password” on the DVR. 3. 【IP ADDRESS】Intranet address(LAN), Public network address or the domain name pointed to DVR; 4. After adding the device successfully, the device will display in the device list. 5 / 15
- 6. homesecurity361 5) Live Note: 1. Right click the lable of the device, and you can choose to open all channels or double click a channel and open a single channel. 2. Click the picture of one channle, it will show a red border. It means the window is actived and the status bar will display the device information, the capture, recording, volume control and PTZ control area button will be activated. 3. Double click one channel picture, the picture will be amplified; double click again, it will be restored. 4. Picture of each channel on the picture display area is movable and can be dragged and arranged randomly. 6 / 15
- 7. homesecurity361 6) Recording playback Click the video playback button “ ”, enter into the playback mode, as shown in the following picture: Click the drop-down list of【Date】, select the date needed to be played back, and then click 【Search】 ，the recording of that day is in the list; double click the list file and play, and the 【play control】is activated, Fast forward, Frame movement and Stop functions are available. Note: 1. When playback, the network traffic will be very large and the video will not be smooth sometimes. Please close the Live or pause for a while and play it again. 2. Click 【Offline】 tab and the locally saved video files can be played back. When playback or backup, the default save path of the downloaded file is “C:DVR”. Select the playback file according to the address of DVR. 7 / 15
- 8. homesecurity361 7) System setup Click the system setup button “ ”, enter the system setup window: 【FILE PATH】Set the location where the video or capture file is saved; 【CHANGE PASSWORD】Change the log in or the log out password of CMS. 【DEVICE】Double click cells to modify the parameters of device; 8 / 15
- 9. homesecurity361 【User Name】Delete or disable the selected user. 【New Account】New User, maximum 10 users . 9 / 15
- 10. homesecurity361 4. Advanced Setup Clicking can set up parameters of the remote DVR. Record 【Channel】Select the channel which you need to modify 【Quality】Set up the video quality 【Video Record】Video Recording switch 【Resolution】Set up the resolution 【Mode】Set up recording mode 【Frame Rate】Set up the frame rate per second(fps) 【Audio Record】Audio recording switch 【File length】Set up file length for each recording file Note: 1. The 【Resolution】, 【Frame rate】 & 【Recording】 parameters may be different for various DVRs; 2. If selecting “Power on” mode to record, the recording time is gray which means it cannot be set up; switch to “timed record” status, the record schedule works. And the “alarm”, “normal” and “no” are all changed to optional. If you want to change the record mode, choose “alarm”, “normal” or “no” first, and then drag the mouse with frame select method in the schedule. 10 / 15
- 11. homesecurity361 Alarm 【I/O Alarm】Set up alarm detector output mode 【Motion detect】When the motion detection switch is “on”，the motion detection area works. When there are any motions in the selected channel, the alarm function will work immediately, and Record simultaneously. 【Sensitivity】 Adjust the sensitivity of the trigger alarm to prevent wrong alarms 【Alarm Output】Output time delay of the outer-connected alarm apparatus 【Buzzer】Time delay of the inner Buzzer in the DVR 【Post Rec】When alarms is over, continue recording time. Email Set up the email to receive the alarm emails (this function is not applied by default); You should search the relative email parameters through internet, this function supports sending and receiving the captured alarm pictures 11 / 15
- 12. homesecurity361 PTZ 【Channel】Select the channel PTZ located 【Protocol】Select the PTZ Protocol: PELCO-D or PELCO-P 【Address】Set up the PTZ address 【Baud Rate】Set up the Baud rate PTZ supported NOTE: 1. When one DVR is connected with several PTZs, it must have dip switch to set up different address positions. And put the terminal resistance in the farthest PTZ to ensure stable control, which won’t cause cross influence when working. 12 / 15
- 13. homesecurity361 Network 【Mode】Set up DVR Network Modes:”Static”,”DHCP” & ”PPOE” optional; 【bandwidth】DVR in the Max bandwidth in the network, such parameters affect the network smooth and picture quality 【Media Port】 【Network Port】DHCP PORT &Connected IE port separately 【Mobile Phone Port】Connect the Mobile phone software with the DVR port Note: Revising networking parameters maybe lose the remote connection, please pay high attention to such operation. It is suggested not to set up the network parameters in remote. 13 / 15
- 14. homesecurity361 Manage Set up DVR host password and remote log in password Note: The password should be with 6 numbers. General user can only check information but cannot revise any parameters, the administrator can revise anything. Info Check the DVR information 14 / 15
- 15. homesecurity361 5. PTZ Control DIRECTION CONTROL LENS CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL Basic control Direction control: Turn Up, Down, Left, Right Lens Control: Adjust Zoom, Focus, Iris Cruise setup Setup steps: 1. Adjust the direction key to “Cruise start point”, click “Setup” to start the first step; 2. Adjust the direction key to “Cruise Over point”, click “Setup” to set the end point 3. Click “Save” to save the above two steps 4. Click “Start” PTZ starts automatically and cruise scan within the setup area Note: 1.When PTZ works, selecting a channel connecting with PTZ is a must. 2. Repeating Step 2 can set up several spots, and PTZ cruises among several points automatically. 15 / 15