Security Tronix ST-DVR8716BG User Manual

v2.0 11/8/11 1 USER MANUAL ST-DVR8716BG 16-Channel Digital Video Recorder

v2.0 11/8/11 10 Type: JRC-27F Interface Material Silver Switch Capacity 30VDC @2A, 125VAC @1A Maximum Switch Power 125VAC, 160W Maximum Switch Volta

v2.0 11/8/11 11 CONTROLS 1. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Item Panel Key/Indicator Description 1 POW Power indicator light 2 REC Record indicator light 3

v2.0 11/8/11 12 2. INFRARED REMOTE Keypad Key Description POWER Power DVR On/Off  Record button; Display the Record Mode windo

v2.0 11/8/11 13 3. MOUSE CONTROL Plug the optical mouse into a USB port on the DVR’s real panel. The DVR’s optical mouse operates in the

v2.0 11/8/11 14 OPERATION 1. POWERING ON and SHUTTING DOWN Powering On a. Plug the included power supply into the DVR’s power port and

v2.0 11/8/11 15 If the DVR is recording (normal recording, time recording or alarm recording) at the time the unit is turned off the DVR will autom

v2.0 11/8/11 16 4. PREVIEW MODE Once logged into the system the DVR enters the Preview Mode. The Preview Mode displays current monitorin

v2.0 11/8/11 17 When moving the mouse cursor to any of the above GUI’s icons, a brief description of that menu function is displayed. Each menu opt

v2.0 11/8/11 18 PTZ Config Configure PTZ cameras per channel Tour Set sequential screen display by single or multiple windows HDD Management Hard

v2.0 11/8/11 19  Manual – Under manual recording the DVR records regardless of any condition. Recording begins once a channel is selected under Ma

v2.0 11/8/11 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PACKAGE'CONTENTS...

v2.0 11/8/11 20 d. PRERECORD – If desired, the DVR can record from 1 to 30 seconds before an event happens. The time length is determined by the co

v2.0 11/8/11 21 e. REGION – The viewable area where the camera is to detect motion and the DVR is to record. By setting a region it is possib

v2.0 11/8/11 22 g. INTERVAL – Set an interval period in seconds. If there are several motion detection signals occurring within the interval period

v2.0 11/8/11 23 Auto Recording – Video Blind When the video image is lost, such as the camera being covered, the Video Blind function can be turned

v2.0 11/8/11 24 j. PTZ ACTIVATION – In the event of a video blind or other alarm a PTZ camera can be activated and set to automatically pan

v2.0 11/8/11 25 d. PERIOD – To set the day and time period for the video loss to take place click SET and a Set Screen appears. Select the desir

v2.0 11/8/11 26 Auto Recording – Alarm Recording The first step to setting up alarm recording is to configure the DVR’s Alarm Output. a. From Ma

v2.0 11/8/11 27 d. ALARM IN – Select the alarm input from the drop-down menu. e. ENABLE – Highlight the checkbox if the Alarm Input is to be enable

v2.0 11/8/11 28 7. PLAYBACK OPERATION a. Playback is accessed in one of three ways: (i) by clicking the right mouse button to display the Shor

v2.0 11/8/11 29  FILE TYPE – Six file types are available selectable from the drop-down menu. Then using the adjacent drop-down menu select

v2.0 11/8/11 3 Auto Pan, Flip and Reset ...

v2.0 11/8/11 30 8. BACKING UP RECORDING FILES Recording files can be backed up using USB storage devices (e.g., USB flash drive, USB

v2.0 11/8/11 31 g. Click the START button. Backup will begin and the screen will display backup progress. When the backup is completed click the d

v2.0 11/8/11 32 backup drive. STOP aborts the backup process. BURN CD formats the a CD / DVD in the optional CD / DVD-RW drive. c. Click the BACKUP

v2.0 11/8/11 33 b. Connect the PTZ camera’s video cable to the DVR’s video input port. c. Power the PTZ camera after all connections are made. P

v2.0 11/8/11 34 PTZ Camera Control To access the PTZ control functions click the right mouse button to display the pop-up Short-cut Menu and s

v2.0 11/8/11 35 b. Click the SET button on the PTZ Control interface. A screen similar to the one below will appear. c. Highlight PRESET and en

v2.0 11/8/11 36 Tour Between Points Multiple preset points can be connected to create “tour lines”. The PTZ camera can be programmed to crui

v2.0 11/8/11 37 i. Using the left mouse button and soft keyboard enter the desired tour number to be called. j. Click the TOUR button and the cam

v2.0 11/8/11 38 f. To call a pattern, from the PTZ Control interface screen click the PAGE SWITCH button once to display a page for calling presets,

v2.0 11/8/11 39 c. Click the LEFT button. Doing so will return to the PTZ Control interface screen where the direction buttons will be used to pos

v2.0 11/8/11 4 PACKAGE CONTENTS This package contains: One ST-DVR8716BG 16-channel digital video recorder One infrared remote control with 2 AAA bat

v2.0 11/8/11 40 Auto Pan, Flip and Reset a. From the PTZ Control interface screen click the PAGE SWITCH button. A screen similar to the one below w

v2.0 11/8/11 41 a. DIRECT AUX OPER – From the drop-down menu select the auxiliary equipment (e.g., a light) and click on ON or CLOSE to cont

v2.0 11/8/11 42 Highlight the ENABLE checkbox and complete the DST START and END settings. Click OK when finished. c. DATE FORMAT – From the

v2.0 11/8/11 43 Encode Settings From the Main Menu click the System icon then the Encode icon. An Encode settings screen similar to the one be

v2.0 11/8/11 44 From Main Menu click the System icon then the Network icon. A Network settings screen similar to the one below will be displayed.

v2.0 11/8/11 45 Network Service Settings From the Main Menu click the System icon followed by the NetService icon. A NetService settings screen simi

v2.0 11/8/11 46  SERVER IP – Use the mouse cursor, left mouse button and soft keypad to input the IP address for the installed NTP server.  POR

v2.0 11/8/11 47  NEED SSL – Highlight the checkbox if the Secure Socket Layer protocol is required.  USER NAME – Enter the email server user name

v2.0 11/8/11 48  DOMAIN NAME – Input the domain name registered by DDNS.  USER NAME – Input the account registered by DDNS.  PASSWORD – Input

v2.0 11/8/11 49 h. MOBILE – The DVR can be configured to support smartphone access and management. . Note a compatible remote client must be insta

v2.0 11/8/11 5 SPECIFICATIONS ST-DVR8716BG Specifications (Typical) 1. Compression H.264 2. Video Signal NTSC 3. Video Input 16 BNC Female 4.

v2.0 11/8/11 50 GUI Display Settings The DVR’s GUI can be set to a number of configurations for displaying channel name, channel title, time, alarm

v2.0 11/8/11 51 Tour (Screen Sequencing) Settings Each channel window can be displayed as a single window, one of four windows, one of ni

v2.0 11/8/11 52 11. ADVANCED FEATURES HDD Management From Main Menu click the Advanced icon followed by the Hard Disk Management icon. The HDD Man

v2.0 11/8/11 53 User Account Management Users can be added to and deleted from the system. Further, user privileges, permissions and passwords

v2.0 11/8/11 54 e. ADD GROUP – Clicking this button displays the Add Group screen where the group name is created and group permissions are set.

v2.0 11/8/11 55 Online User Information on those users accessing the DVR through the network is displayed. Individual users can be disconnected

v2.0 11/8/11 56 Auto Maintain Using the drop-down menus the DVR can be configured to automatically reboot and/or automatically delete

v2.0 11/8/11 57 To select the desired settings for restoring to the factory defaults highlight the appropriate checkbox. Upgrade Fr

v2.0 11/8/11 58 Device Information From Main Menu click the Advanced icon followed by the Device info icon. A Device Info screen will be displayed

v2.0 11/8/11 59 Code Stream Statistics To view the code stream by channel from Main Menu click the System Information icon followed by the Code Str

v2.0 11/8/11 6 INSTALLATION CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, only remove the cover after disconnecting all power t

v2.0 11/8/11 60 a. TYPE – Use the drop-down menu to select the specific message type or select ALL for all message types. b. START TIME and END T

v2.0 11/8/11 61 13. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS and SETTINGS Disk Event The DVR may be configured to emit an audible speaker beep an

v2.0 11/8/11 62 a. PERIOD – If settings for the desired channel display window are to be set for specific time periods highlight the checkbox and

v2.0 11/8/11 63 REMOTE MANAGEMENT USING CLIENT SOFTWARE Using the included DVR client software it is possible to remotely configure and control the

v2.0 11/8/11 64  Video Converter Tool – Video file converter. Use this application to convert .lvf files to a more standard .avi format for playbac

v2.0 11/8/11 65 i. Upon doing so a Login box will appear as displayed below. Note at this time there is no password to login. Simply click OK. C

v2.0 11/8/11 66 c. Click the DEVICE icon (appears as a computer accessory board) found in the center top portion of the screen d. An Edit entr

v2.0 11/8/11 67 e. Once the information is entered and the OK button is clicked, the Device Manager screen will

v2.0 11/8/11 68 g. To view any given channel simply double click on the desired camera under the device list on the left side of the screen. Se

v2.0 11/8/11 69 i. To adjust the image color, contrast, or brightness in any given channel window click the Color bar in the lower right portion o

v2.0 11/8/11 7 4. WIRING CONNECTIONS and HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION Item Keypad Key Description 1 CAM1 – CAM16 Video In BNC ports for cameras 1 thro

v2.0 11/8/11 70 Recorded files are saved on the local PC (i.e., the PC running CMS). For example, C:\Program Files\CMS\Record. The user may

v2.0 11/8/11 71 will appear. If the number of files exceeds a page then use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons to navigate through the lis

v2.0 11/8/11 72  The Alarm Setting tab provides for Alarm I/O Trigger, Video Motion Detection, Video Blind and V

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v2.0 11/8/11 74  Remote Config – Allows the CMS remote configuration of the DVR’s settings for o Recording; o Alarms; Vi

v2.0 11/8/11 75  Account – Users can be added and deleted. User passwords can be modified. User groups can also be added and deleted. Sample Ac

v2.0 11/8/11 76  Local Log – CMS allows for the search and display of log messages. Log message types include Operation and Alarm messages. o O

v2.0 11/8/11 77 2. SNS SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To install the software on a Microsoft Windows PC: a. Place the included CD in the PC’s CD or DVD dr

v2.0 11/8/11 78 c. Click the SNS_ChnEng_file. A Super NetSurveillance setup screen and dialog box appear. Read the information in the di

v2.0 11/8/11 79 i. Upon doing so a Login box will appear as displayed below. The default password is 666666 to login. Click OK.

v2.0 11/8/11 8 mount using the four included screws. Connect the drive to the unit using one of the SATA hard drive cables. Then connect the hard dri

v2.0 11/8/11 80 c. An Edit entry box will appear. Enter the device name, IP address, port number, user name, user password and channel number.

v2.0 11/8/11 81 d. The SNS screen will now have the new device name under the Device List on the right side of the screen. e. By double cli

v2.0 11/8/11 82 f. Double clicking on cameras on the list will display the camera channel.

v2.0 11/8/11 83 g. To adjust the number of windows displayed at one time simply click the SPLIT button in the bottom left corner and select the desi

v2.0 11/8/11 84 i. To adjust the image color, contrast, or brightness in any given channel window click the Color button in the upper right

v2.0 11/8/11 85 j. To Record position the cursor into the camera window to be recorded. Click the right mouse button and a pop-up menu

v2.0 11/8/11 86 l. To Playback a remote file (i.e., a recording residing on the DVR) click the Playback button and a Playback screen will appe

v2.0 11/8/11 87 m. To Playback a recording saved as a local file on the PC click the Play button on the Playback toolbar. A dialog window will a

v2.0 11/8/11 88  Alarm settings and alarm linkages can be created using the Alarm Setting screens.

v2.0 11/8/11 89  User passwords can be modified via the User Manager screen.  The System Settings screen is limited to the option of a

v2.0 11/8/11 9 HDD Storage Calculator Selecting the appropriate size hard disk drive is dependent upon a number of variables including:  Recordin

v2.0 11/8/11 90  The About screen displays SNS version information.

v2.0 11/8/11 91 o. SNS log information is limited to Alarm Log messages and Operational Log messages. Click the Log button and a Log screen wit

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