PC-BASED DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

INSTALLATION MANUAL

Copyright 2004-2010 by SecuInfo Co., Ltd.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Introduction 1.1 System Specification Recommendation 1.2 Important Notes Hardware 2.1 DVR Line-up 2.2 Sentry 1104 2.3 Sentry 1516 2.4 Sentry 2004 2.5 Sentry 2016 2.6 Sentry 3016 2.7 Sentry 3032 2.8 Sentry 5016 2.9 Sentry 5216 2.10 Sentry 5416 2.11 Sentry 6432 2.12 Audio Board (1ch) 2.13 Audio Board (2ch) 2.14 Audio Board (4ch) 2.15 Audio Board (8ch) 2.16 I/O Card 2.17 Pan/Tilt Connection to DVR 2.18 4-Ch BNC Guide Connection to DVR Board 2.19 AV-Connection With Multi Boards Software 3.1 Device Driver Installation 3.2 DVR Software Installation 3.3 Folders Created After DVR Program Install 3.4 DVR Program Image Files 3.5 Language Alternation

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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 System Specification Recommendation

The below is the recommended computer specification to work with DVR board.

Model CPU Motherboar d OS Memory VGA Power DirectX

Sentry 1004 2016 Cel 1.8GHz grade or above Intel Chipset Win 2000/XP/Vista/7 128 Mbyte or above Intel onboard VGA / ATI 110/220V 300W Version 9.0

Sentry 3016 - 3032 P4 2.0GHz grade or above

Sentry 5016 - 6432 P4 2.8GHz grade or above

256 Mbyte or above

512 Mbyte or above Intel onboard VGA / ATI Radeon 4XXX Series

1.2 Important Notes

1) Hard Drive Partition - Set C: drive for Operating System only with size appx. 10Gbyte - Set another drives (D:,E:.) for recording data with size 200 300Gbyte

2) Display Setup - Set resolution at 1024x768 and High Color 16bit. - Set System Standby, Turn off monitor and Turn off hard disk at Never in Display Properties\Power Management Properties\Power Schemes.

3) Rebooting Setup We highly recommend you to set automatic daily rebooting in idle time for most stable system operation.

4) Operating System Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7

CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE

2.1 DVR Line-up

Model Sentry 1104 Sentry 1516 Sentry 2004 Sentry 2016 Sentry 3016 Sentry 3032 Sentry 5016 Sentry 5216 Sentry 5416 Sentry 6432

Video Input 4Ch 16Ch 4Ch 16Ch 16Ch 32Ch 16Ch 16Ch 16Ch 32Ch

Display / Recording NTSC : 30fps / 30fps , PAL : 25fps / 25fps NTSC : 60fps / 60fps , PAL : 50fps / 50fps NTSC : 120fps / 120fps , PAL : 100fps / 100fps NTSC : 120fps / 120fps , PAL : 100fps / 100fps NTSC : 240fps / 240fps , PAL : 200fps / 200fps NTSC : 240fps / 240fps , PAL : 200fps / 200fps NTSC : 480fps / 120fps , PAL : 400fps / 100fps NTSC : 480fps / 240fps , PAL : 400fps / 200fps NTSC : 480fps / 480fps , PAL : 400fps / 400fps NTSC : 960fps / 480fps , PAL : 800fps / 400fps

Audio Input 1Ch 2 Ch 4Ch (Option) 4Ch (Option) 8Ch (Option) 8Ch (Option) 16Ch 16Ch 16Ch 16Ch

2.2 Sentry 1104

Parts Included : one 1104LP board + one 4-Ch BNC Cable

Audio Input (RCA)

Video In 1-4 (BNC)

TV-Out Ch1-16 (RCA)

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* 80mm slot guide is supplied together for low-rise PC case.

Picture with low-rise guide

2.3 Sentry 1516

Parts Included : one 1516 board + one 16-Ch BNC Cable

TV Out Impedence Jumper Arrangment Impedence : match the impedence value of video signal to the analog TV monitor property. (Default) NC : no impedence matching from capture card.

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Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Input Terminal

< 1516 Board >

16-Ch BNC Cable TV Out

To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch Watchdog Cable Connection

2.4 Sentry 2004

Parts Included : one 2016 board + one 4-Ch BNC Guide

Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4

Pin No.1 Ground Pin No.1 Signal Pin No.2 Ground Pin No.2 Signal Pin No.3 Ground Pin No.3 Signal Pin No.4 Ground Pin No.4 Signal

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4-Ch BNC Guide #1

To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch Watchdog Cable Connection

Box Open Side

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Card Connect Terminal TV Out

< 2016 Board>

TV Out Impedence Jumper Arrangment Impedence : match the impedence value of video signal to the analog TV monitor property. (Default) NC : no impedence matching from capture card.

2.5 Sentry 2016

Parts Included : one 2016 board + one 16-Ch BNC Cable

To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch

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Watchdog Cable Connection

Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Card Connect Terminal

< 2016 Board >

16-Ch BNC Cable TV Out Impedence Jumper Arrangment TV Out Impedence : match the impedence value of video signal to the analog TV monitor property. (Default) NC : no impedence matching from capture card.

2.6 Sentry 3016

Parts Included : one 3016 board + one 16-Ch BNC Cable

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To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch Watchdog Cable Connection

Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Card Connect Terminal

< 3016 Board>

16-Ch BNC Cable

TV Out TV Out Impedence Jumper Arrangment Impedence : match the impedence value of video signal to the analog TV monitor property. (Default) NC : no impedence matching from capture card.

2.7 Sentry 3032

Parts Included : two 2016 board + two 16-Ch BNC Cable

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To AV In of 2016 #2

To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch Watchdog Cable Connection

AV Out AV In TV Out Jump Cabling

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Card Connect Terminal

< 2016 Board #1> (Nearest to CPU)

16-Ch BNC Cable Ch 1-4,9-12,17-20,25-28 TV Out

DI/DO Terminal

Audio Card Connect Terminal

< 2016 Board #2> TV Out Impedence Jumper Arrangment 16-Ch BNC Cable Ch 5-8,13-16,21-24,29-32 Impedence : match the impedence value of video signal to the analog TV monitor property. (Default) NC : no impedence matching from capture card.

2.8 Sentry 5016

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Parts Included : one 5016 board + one BNC Cable for Video + one RCA Cable for Audio

Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Interminal

Video In 1-16 (BNC)

TV-Out (RCA)

Audio In 1-16 (RCA)

< 5016 Board >

Watchdog Cable Connection To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch

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2.9 Sentry 5216

Parts Included : one 5216 board + one BNC Cable for Video + one RCA Cable for Audio

Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Interminal

Video In 1-16 (BNC)

TV-Out (RCA)

Audio In 1-16 (RCA)

< 5216 Board >

Watchdog Cable Connection To Motherboard Reset Terminal

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2.10 Sentry 5416

Parts Included : one 5416 board + one BNC Cable for Video + one RCA Cable for Audio

Camera Input Terminal For Back Panel Connetion

DI/DO Interminal

Video In 1-16 (BNC)

TV-Out (RCA)

Audio In 1-16 (RCA)

< 5416 Board >

Watchdog Cable Connection To Motherboard Reset Terminal To PC Reset Switch

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2.11 Sentry 6432

Parts Included : one 6432 board + two BNC Cable for Video + one RCA Cable for Audio + one video connection sub-board + two flat cable

Video In 1-16 (BNC)

TV-Out #1 (RCA) Ch1~32 (or Ch1~16)

Video In 17-32 (BNC)

TV-Out #2 (RCA) Ch17~32

Audio In 1-16 (RCA)

* TV-Out Option ; 1 TV Monitor : Video Ch1~32 through TV-Out Port#1 2 TV Monitor : Video Ch1~16 through TV-Out Port#1 , Video Ch17~32 through TV-Out Port#2 Single channel or four channel in quad mode selectable.

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2.12 Audio Board (1-Ch)

MIC In

Audio In 1 Not Used

< Audio Extension Board >

PCI Slot

< 1104 Board >

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2.13 Audio Board (2ch)

< 1516 Board > Audio In 1-2 Not Used < Audio Extension Board >

PCI Slot

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2.14 Audio Board (4ch)

< 120fps Board >

60 Pin Connection

Audio In 1-4

< 4ch Audio Board >

PCI Slot

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< Assembly Diagram >

2.15 Audio Board (8ch)

< Sentry 3016 Board > 60 Pin Connection

8-Ch Audio Board

Audio In 1-8 (RCA)

3016 Board

< 8ch Audio Board >

PCI Slot

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< Assembly Diagram >

2.16 I/O Card

To I/O Terminal To Serial Port on PC RS232 RS485

TX- (Red) TX+ (Orange)

PTZ Signal Cable

Sensor Input RXRX+

Alarm Output

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[ Sensor Input ] 1. Connection Connect one signal line to COM port and connect another signal line to the desired sensor number. 2. Operation - Normal : 1-4 Terminal & COM Port Open - Sensor Detection : 1-4 Terminal & COM Port Close 3. At normal close mode, it works reversely. 1. Connection Connect both power lines to DO terminal 2. Operation - Normal : DO Terminal Open - Control Output : DO Terminal Close 3 D/O Voltage .DC 30V, 1A or below .DC 110V, 0.3A or below .AC 125V, 500mA or below [ Alarm Output ]

Notes ; - N/O : Normal Open - N/C : Normal Close - DI Operation Mode (N/O or N/C) can be selected from Setup Mode of DVR Program - D/O Delay Time can be adjusted from Setup Mode of DVR Program

2.17 Pan/Tilt Connection to DVR

In order to control PTZ function from DVR, connect the convertor which can convert RS232C to RS422/485 singal to COM port of DVR. Then connect signal line from receiver to convertor. Select the correct protocol type from Sentry DVR program and match the address number of each PTZ camera to each one in PTZ setup in Sentry DVR Program.

COM Port (RS232C)

RS422/485 Converter

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2.18 4-Ch BNC Guide Connection to DVR Board

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Black 4-Ch BNC Guide Brown

Red Orange

Yellow Green

Blue Violet

Detail of A

Pin No.

1 0

1 1

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

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Signal Ground

Camera Input Terminal on DVR Board

Line Color Matching to Each Pin on Terminal Pin No. Signal GND Pin No. Signal GND Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Black Brown Pin 9 Red Orange Pin 10 Yellow Green Pin 11 Blue Violet Pin 12 Black Brown Pin 13 Red Orange Pin 14 Yellow Green Pin 15 Blue Violet Pin 16 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 6 Pin 7 Pin 8

In case of using over two pcs of 4-Ch BNC Guides, you can connect to Pin 5 ~ Pin 16.

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2.19 AV-Connection with Multi Boards

When you connect TV line to 2 to 4pcs of 1004/1104 boards, 2pcs of 1516 board or 2 pcs of 2016 board, the jump cable connection between boards are as below.

Sentry 1104 board

Sentry 1516 Board

Sentry 2016 Board

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CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE

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3.1 Device Driver Installation

1. Run DVRDriverSetup.exe from Driver-2010-XX-XX folder in the software CD provided. 2. Select Install DVR Device Driver and press OK.

3. After driver installation completes, reboot the system. 4. When device driver is installed successfully, device driver is diaplayed in Device Manager as below. - 1104 : 1 DVR Video Device + 1 DVR Audio Device Under DVR System - 1516 : 2 DVR Video Device + 2 DVR Audio Device Under DVR System - 2004/2016 : 4 DVR Video Device + 2 DVR Audio Device Under DVR System - 3016/3032 : 8 DVR Video Device + 8 DVR Audio Device Under DVR System - 5016/5216/5416/64432 : 1 DVR Video Device Under DVR System

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3.2 DVR Software Installation

1. Run Setup.exe from HDServer-2010-XX-XX folder in the software CD provided. 2. Destination folder selection will be displayed. Press Next.

3. Choose the setup option. Then press Next.

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4. Then program installation will be performed.

5. After installation completes, press Finish. Then the system will reboot.

6. After the system reboots, HD DVR software will start automatically (if HDDVSS4 is added in Startup

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Menu successfully).

7. Then Recording Drive Setup menu will run.

8. Select the drive and Recording Type (Record : for recording data or Backup : for recorded data back-up) other than C: drive. Press Apply. You can repeat the procedure to set multiple recording drives. Then press OK.

9. Then DVR s/w will run as shown below.

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3.3 Folders Created After DVR Program Installation

The below folders are created after DVR Program installation.

Folder Name Language LogFile PanTilt Skin Sound Tools Update WebPages

Description Language files exist System Log files exist PTZ Driver files exist GUI skin file exists Sound files (*.wav) used in DVR program exist Utilities exist (Backup, Backup Player & CaptureClear) Temp folder for download when real-time update Web files for web service exists

3.4 DVR Program Image Files

There are a few image files used in DVR Program. The files can be replaced with the ones that the users desire to have. File Name Logo.bmp MiniLogo.bmp Splash.bmp DVSS4WallPaper.b mp Playbacklogo.bmp Disconnect.bmp Note Shown on blank channel where no camera input exists from playback GUI Shown when no video signal 320 X 240 BMP 320 X 240 BMP Description Shown on blank channel where no camera input exists from main GUI Shown on main GUI to display 98 X 50 500 X 200 1024 X 768 BMP BMP BMP suppliers logo Shown when loading DVR Program Wallpaper when used on DVR mode Size 320 X 240 Forma t BMP C:/DVSS4/Imag e C:/DVSS4/Imag e C:/DVSS4/Imag e C:/DVSS4/Imag e C:/DVSS4/Imag e C:/DVSS4/Imag e - You can make image files and copy them to image folder. - In order to apply customized images from install stage, you can make image folder in installation folder (ex ; Server-2003XXXX) and copy the image files to the folder. Path

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3.5 Language Alternation

You can customize the language used in Sentry DVR Program Setup by editing language file in CDVSS4\Language folder. Normally the initial language is English after the installation.

Procedure 1. Go to CDVSS4\Language. 2. Open Lang.ENU.ini. 3. Its content is ; [SYSTEM] MainColor = 166 184 206 (Basic Color) TextColor = 0 0 0 (Font Color) EditColor = 0 0 0 EditTextColor = 0 255 0 FontName = Verdana (Font Name) FontSize=14 (Font Size) FontStyle = 700 (Font Type Bold:700, Normal:400) [MESSAGE] Language change starts below this line. Input the term with your language on the right to = mark cancel = cancel yes = yes Ex ) yes = si (when changing from English to Italian) [MENU] [RECORD] 4. Close the language file after changes done. Rename it to the one suitable (Lang_XXX.ini) for your system language. Language Script Code

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Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Latin 1 Latin 1 Arabic AFK SQI ARA (Saudi Arabia) ARB (Lebanon) ARI (Iraq) ARE (Egypt) ARG (Algeria) ARJ (Jordan) ARK (U.A.E.) ARL (Libya) ARM (Monaco) ARO (Oman) ARQ (Qatar) ARS (Syria) ART (Tunisia) ARU (Bahrain) ARY (Yemen) Armenian Azeri (Cyrillic) Azeri (Latin) Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (PRC) Chinese (Taiwan) Chinese SAR, PRC) Chinese (Singapore) Chinese (Macao SAR) Han (ideographic) Han (ideographic) ZHI ZHM (Hong Armenian Cyrillic Ext. Latin (code page 1254) Latin 1 Cyrillic Cyrillic Latin 1 Han (ideographic) Han (ideographic) Kong Han (ideographic) HYE AZE AZE EUQ BEL BGR CAT CHS CHT ZHH

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Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 1 Latin 1 HRV CSY DAN NLB (Belgium) NLD (Netherlands) English Latin 1 ENA (Australia) ENB (Belize) ENC (Canada) ENG (U.K.) ENI (Ireland) ENJ (Jamaica) ENL (Belize) ENP (Philippines) ENS (South Africa) ENT (Trinidad) ENU (U.S.) ENW (Zimbabwe) ENZ (New Zealand) Estonian Faeroese Farsi Finnish French Ext. Latin (code page 1257) Latin 1 Extended Arabic Latin 1 Latin 1 ETI FOS FAR FIN FRA (France) FRB (Belgium) FRC (Canada) FRL (Luxembourg) FRM (Monaco) FRS (Switzerland) Galician Georgian German Latin 1 Georgian Latin 1 GLC KAT DEA (Austria)

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DEU (Germany) Greek Gujarati Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Greek Gujarati Hebrew Devanagari Latin 2 Latin 1 Latin 1 Latin 1 ELL GUJ HEB HIN HUN ISL IND ITA (Italy) ITS (Switzerland) Japanese Kannada Kazakh Konkani Korean Kyrgyz Latvian Lithuanian FYRO Macedonian Malay Hirigana, Katakana, Kanji (ideographic) Kannada Cyrillic Devanagari Hangul and Hanja Cyrillic Ext. Latin (code page 1257) Ext. Latin (code page 1257) Cyrillic Latin 1 JPN KAN KKZ KNK KOR KYR LVI LTH MKI MSB (Brunei Darussalam) MSL (Malaysia) Marathi Mongolian Norwegian Devanagari Cyrillic Latin 1 MAR MON NON (Nynorsk) NOR (Bokmal) Polish Portuguese Latin 2 Latin 1 PLK PTB (Brazil)

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PTG (Portugal) Punjabi Romanian Russian Sanskrit Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian (Latin) Slovak Slovenian Spanish Gurmukhi Latin 2 Cyrillic Devanagari Cyrillic Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 2 Latin 1 PAN ROM RUS SAN SRB SRL SKY SLV ESA (Panama) ESB (Bolivia) ESC (Costa Rica) ESD (Dom. Rep.) ESE (El Salvador) ESF (Ecuador) ESG (Guatemala) ESH (Honduras) ESI (Nicaragua) ESL (Chile) ESM (Mexico) ESN (Spain, intl. sort) ESO (Colombia) ESP (Spain, trad. sort) ESR (Peru) ESS (Argentina) ESU (Puerto Rico) ESV (Venezuela) ESY (Uruguay) ESZ (Paraguay) Swahili Swedish Latin 1 Latin 1 SWK SVE (Sweden) SVF (Finland)

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Syriac Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek (Cyrillic) Uzbek (Latin) Vietnamese Syriac Tamil Cyrillic Telugu Thai Ext. Latin (code page 1254) Cyrillic Extended Arabic Cyrillic Ext. Latin (code page 1254) Ext. Latin (code page 1258) SYR TAM TTT TEL THA TRK UKR URD UZB UZB VIT

Note ; In order to apply customized language from install stage, you can make language folder in installation folder (ex ; Server-2003XXXX) and copy the corresponding language file to the folder.