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Table of Contents
PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1
ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................ 1
TECHNICIAN NOTES ............................................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 3
FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 5
SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 6
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND LEDS ................................................................................................................. 6
DVR/HVR ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
EVR/HVR .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ................................................................................................................................. 8
DVR/HVR ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
EVR/HVR .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
PCI Card Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 10
x120 x60 PCI Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 10
x120R PCI Configuration ............................................................................................................................... 10
x240 8 and 16 Channel PCI Configuration ..................................................................................................... 10
x240 32 Channel PCI Configuration .............................................................................................................. 11
X480 16 Channel PCI Configuration .............................................................................................................. 11
x480 32 Channel PCI Configuration .............................................................................................................. 11
GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................................... 13
IDENTIFYING INCLUDED COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................ 14
OPTIONAL COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................................... 15
KEYBOARD SETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 16
MOUSE SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
MONITOR SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 17
POWER SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
CONNECTING A VIDEO SOURCE TO THE DVR .................................................................................................. 18
CONNECTING SENSORS TO THE DVR ............................................................................................................... 19
CONNECTING CONTROL OUTPUTS TO THE DVR ............................................................................................. 19
LOOPING OUTPUTS .............................................................................................................................................. 20
LOOPING OUTPUT TERMINATION ....................................................................................................................... 20
CONNECTING A 16 CHANNEL AUDIO INPUT CABLE ......................................................................................... 20
CONNECTING A PTZ CAMERA ............................................................................................................................. 21
Attaching the RS-422 Adapter (x120 and x60 models) ....................................................................................... 21
Attaching the RS-485 Adapter (x120R, x240 and x480 models) ........................................................................ 21
HARD DRIVE ARRAY ............................................................................................................................................. 22
Swapping a Hard Drive ....................................................................................................................................... 22
DVR BASICS ............................................................................................................................................................... 23
TURNING ON THE DVR ......................................................................................................................................... 24
TURNING OFF THE DVR ....................................................................................................................................... 24
USING THE DVR UTILITY ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Exporting DVR Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 25