Pelco DX9000 - Manuals

C662M-E (5/03) 7 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS AND WARNINGS Prior to installation and use of this product, the following WARNINGS should be observed. 1. Installation and servicing should be done only by qualified service personnel and conform to all local codes. 2. Unless the unit is marked specifically as a...

8 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 1. DX9000 System Overview DESCRIPTION The DX9000 system consists of at least one digital video recorder (DVR), one viewstation, and one storage unit. The DX9000 digital video recorder can record images simultaneously from as many as 40 cameras at 15 images per second(ips) or ...

C662M-E (5/03) 9 MODELS DX9000VS-C Viewstation DX9008F-C 8-channel recorder, 30 ips per camera, Revision C software, compatible with DX9000HDDS DX9016F-C 16-channel recorder, 30 ips per camera, Revision C software, compatible with DX9000HDDS DX9024F-C 24-channel recorder, 30 ips per camera, Revision...

10 C662M-E (5/03) INSTALLATION Make sure all parts are present for each unit. Recorder 1 Recorder 2 Power cords (1 USA standard and 1 European standard) 2 Brackets6 Screws, 8-32 x .250-inch, pan head 2 Rack ears4 Screws, 10-32 x .250-inch, flat head 4 Screws, 10-32 x .750-inch, Phillips, pan head wi...

C662M-E (5/03) 11 INSTALLATION GUIDELINES You must adhere to the following guidelines for optimum system performance. • The DX9000 recorders and storage units require connection to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to ensure nocorruption of data during a power loss. • The DX9000 system must be i...

12 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 2. Recorder/Viewstation Rack-Mount Installation RACK RECORDER/VIEWSTATION (6) SCREWS, 8-32 X .250-INCHPAN HEAD (3 EACH SIDE) (4) SCREWS,10-32 X .375-INCHFLAT HEAD (8) SCREWS,10-32 X .375-INCH, FLAT HEAD BRACKET(SIDE VIEW) SLOTTED HOLESTOWARDS FRONTOF UNIT TAPERED ENDSTOWARDS...

C662M-E (5/03) 13 CONNECTIONS The steps and Figures 3 and 4 show how to connect the units to each other and to a network. A dedicated LAN of four or moreviewstations requires a minimum network of 100BaseT (100 Mbit/sec). Integration within an existing LAN/WAN requires anetwork of 100BaseT (100 Mbit/...

16 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 5. Recorder Network Identification Page PROGRAMMING You must use pcAnywhere to access a DX9000 recorder and configure it. You can find a shortcut to the pcAnywhere applicationon your viewstation desktop. RECORDER NETWORK CONFIGURATION After you make all connections, you have...

18 C662M-E (5/03) CHANGING THE RECORDER’S IP ADDRESS To change the recorder’s IP address: 1. Close all windows on the recorder desktop. 2. Right-click My Network Places and go to Properties. Figure 7. Recorder Network Connections Window

20 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 10. Recorder Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties Dialog Box 7. Enter the IP address (For example, 100.0.0.101). The last three digits must be different for each recorder (For example,101, 102, 103, etc.). 8. Enter the Subnet mask. NOTE: You may also have to enter your defa...

C662M-E (5/03) 21 VIEWSTATION NETWORK CONFIGURATION After you make all connections, you also have to configure the network on the viewstation. To configure the viewstation, youneed the following information. You can obtain this information from your network administrator. • Unique viewstation name: ...

C662M-E (5/03) 23 CHANGING THE VIEWSTATION’S IP ADDRESS To change the viewstation’s IP address: 1. Close all windows on the viewstation desktop. 2. Right-click My Network Places and go to Properties. Figure 13. Viewstation Network Connections Window 3. Double-click Local Area Connection.

26 C662M-E (5/03) CLIENT CONFIGURATION UTILITY You can use this utility to build a list of local servers and to synchronize the time between recorders and viewstations. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Viewstation > Client Configuration Utility. Figure 17. Client Configuration Login Dialo...

28 C662M-E (5/03) TIME SYNCHRONIZATION All equipment in your system must have the same time. Pelco recommends you select all recorders as time synchronizationrecorders. Creating this chain ensures that the system will maintain the correct time in case one or more recorder fails. Allrecorders and vie...

C662M-E (5/03) 31 SERVER CONFIGURATION UTILITY Windows should boot up to the desktop without user intervention. Make sure all applications on the recorder are closed. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Server > DX9000 Server Configuration Utility. Figure 29. Server Configuration Utility Dia...

32 C662M-E (5/03) Table A. Initialization Options Option Description Initialize New Channels The number of channels for the recorder is displayed. Half or Full frame rate is selected. TheQuarter frame rate setting is reserved for future development. Recording Format The recording format is set for y...

34 C662M-E (5/03) MYLEX ALERT MANAGER NOTE: The Mylex Alert Manager is not available on the IDE-compatible recorders. The Mylex Alert Manager sends an alert to DX9000 viewstations whenever there is a problem. The Workstation ArrayManager application should be running in the background all the time. ...

C662M-E (5/03) 35 Figure 35. New Text Document Window 8. Double-click the file. Notepad opens.

36 C662M-E (5/03) 9. Enter the name of the DX9000 viewstation you want to alert and then enter the event message text. Follow the examplebelow. Figure 36. Example Event Message Text Window NOTE: Duplicate the line if you want to alert more than one viewstation. Remember to specify the viewstation na...

38 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 39. Server Alert Batch File Window

C662M-E (5/03) 41 Table B. Security Levels Priority Event Definition Example 0 Critical Controller is dead. System is disconnecting from this controller.Controller is gone. System is disconnecting from this controller.Bad blocks found.Controller is using default non-unique world-wide name.Mirror rac...

C662M-E (5/03) 45 SETTING UP THE SYSTEM System administrators and operators with a Level 1 authorization can set camera recording properties. However, only systemadministrators can define user names and passwords for the DX9000 viewstation. To open the DX9000 viewstation application, double-click th...

46 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 50. Select Channel Dialog Box 3. Select a channel.

C662M-E (5/03) 47 Figure 51. Continuous Recording Schedule Page 4. Select the “Preview” checkbox to verify that you have the correct camera.

48 C662M-E (5/03) Continuous Recording Schedule 1. Select the “Continuous recording” radio button. (This is the default setting and should be selected already when youselect a channel.) 2. Click Apply. Recording is done at all times and no schedule is defined. The entire daily and weekly recording s...

C662M-E (5/03) 49 Figure 53. Daily Event Recording Page Figure 52. Continuous Daily Recording Schedule Page The example below shows daily event recording from 7:05 A.M. to 12:05 P.M. The box in the time bar is yellow with a redborder. You can make the box smaller or larger by dragging it using your ...

50 C662M-E (5/03) If you select event recording, the DX9000 actually records continuously. The difference between continuous and eventrecording is the way the video is saved to the database. When the hard drives are full, the DX9000 starts overwriting theoldest video. With continuous recording, the ...

C662M-E (5/03) 51 Weekly Recording Schedule 1. Select the “Weekly recording schedule” radio button. 2. Click in the time bars the desired starting time for recording for each day of the week or enter the exact start/end times inthe “Fine tune” fields. The example below shows continuous weekly record...

52 C662M-E (5/03) Motion Detection 1. Click the DVMD tab. Figure 56. Motion Detection Page 2. Select the “Detector on” radio button. 3. Select the “Preview” checkbox. The video has blue squares over the entire area meaning the entire video has beenselected for motion detection. 4. Click “Clear all” ...

C662M-E (5/03) 53 Channel Setup This section describes how to set camera properties to get the best picture. 1. Click the Video tab. Figure 57. Camera Video Setup Page 2. Select the “Preview” checkbox to see the video quality with the default settings. 3. Adjust the video quality. 4. Click Apply. NO...

54 C662M-E (5/03) Table C. Channel Setup Parameter Description/Action Channel Name Enter a new name for this channel. You can enter up to 20 characters. Brightness Drag the triangle to change the brightness value. The higher the value, the higher the bit rate. Theprevious value is displayed to the r...

C662M-E (5/03) 55 DEFINING USERS This option is for system administrators only. Other users trying to access this option will get the following message: Figure 58. User Access Dialog Box This option allows an administrator to add, delete, and change the properties of users in the DX9000 system. Ther...

56 C662M-E (5/03) Table D. User Access Rights Video Locked Export Unlock Video/ Define Live Video/ Playback/ Video Lock Image/ Change Camera Users/Audit User Live Events Query/Sherlock Playback Video Video Settings Viewer Administrator ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Operator Level 1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Operator Level 2 ✓ ✓ ...

C662M-E (5/03) 57 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING I/O INTEGRATION The DX9000 system can interface to the CM9760 matrix. It can integrate with the CM9760-DT, CM9760-ALM, and CM9760-REL.You can configure the I/O (input/output) integration feature to send and receive events to the external devices. The CM9760-DT ...

58 C662M-E (5/03) HARDWARE CONNECTIONS The I/O configuration allows creating several different connections between the recorder and the external devices. See the example figures below. Figure 60. Hardware Connection 1 In this example, all of the recorders send and receive events from one main record...

C662M-E (5/03) 59 Connecting an Alarm Unit To connect a CM9760-ALM to a DX9000 recorder using RS-232 communication: 1. Connect a null modem cable from the alarm unit’s RS-232 port to the COM 1 or COM 2 port on the recorder. 2. Set the DIP Switches on the alarm unit for RS-232 communication. Refer to...

60 C662M-E (5/03) Connecting a Relay Unit To connect a CM9760-REL to a DX9000 recorder: 1. Connect a cable from the relay unit’s RJ-45 COM IN port to the COM 1 or COM 2 port on the recorder via an RS-232 toRS-422 converter. 2. Set the DIP Switches on the relay unit for RS-422 communication. Refer to...

C662M-E (5/03) 61 Connecting a Data Translator To connect a CM9760-DT to a DX9000 recorder: 1. Connect a null modem cable from the CM9760-DT’s COM A port to the COM 1 or COM 2 port on the recorder. 2. Connect a null modem cable from the CM9760-DT’s COM B port to COM 1 or COM 2 port on the CM9760-CC1...

62 C662M-E (5/03) I/O HANDLER CONFIGURATION ALARM UNIT INTEGRATION The following steps show how to configure an alarm unit. This programming is required only on the recorder that is physically connected to the CM9760-ALM. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Server > I/O Handler Configuration...

C662M-E (5/03) 63 Figure 69. CM9760 Alarm Configuration Table E. Alarm Configuration Term Definition Baud Rate Set according to the external alarm device settings. COM Port The COM port on the recorder that the alarm unit is connected to. Event Type Not used. Set with default value 4. Event Category...

64 C662M-E (5/03) RELAY UNIT INTEGRATION The following steps show how to configure a relay unit. This programming is required only on the recorder that is physicallyconnected to the CM9760-REL. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Server > I/O Handler Configuration. Figure 70. Relay I/O Handl...

66 C662M-E (5/03) DATA TRANSLATOR INTEGRATION The following steps show how to configure a data translator unit. This programming is required only on the recorder that isphysically connected to the CM9760-DT. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Server > I/O Handler Configuration. Figure 74. D...

68 C662M-E (5/03) I/O MANAGER CONFIGURATION ALARM UNIT CONFIGURATION The following steps show how to configure an alarm unit that is installed in the I/O Handler. 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Server > I/O Manager Configuration. Figure 78. I/O Manager Configuration – Overview 2. Click ...

C662M-E (5/03) 69 Table H. External 1 Source Term Definition Server The server name that the alarm unit is connected to. Port The port number on the alarm unit that relates to a specific channel. If several channels are selected, thisnumber specifies the related port of the first channel. For exampl...

72 C662M-E (5/03) RELAY UNIT CONFIGURATION The Step 3 and Step 4 screens in the I/O Manager Configuration are used to configure a relay unit. Step 3 configures therecorder channels with the selected relay ports. Step 4 translates the event type from one type to another, if necessary. Figure 85. Rela...

74 C662M-E (5/03) DATA TRANSLATOR CONFIGURATION The Step 3 and Step 4 screens in the I/O Manager Configuration are used to configure the data translator. Step 3 configuresthe recorder channels with the selected data translator. Step 4 translates the event type from one type to another, if necessary....

C662M-E (5/03) 75 1. Select the channel(s) you want to configure with the data translator. 2. Enter the server name that the data translator is connected to. 3. Select the device number as configured in the I/O Handler. 4. In the port field, enter the alarm number you want to activate in the matrix....

76 C662M-E (5/03) DVR MANAGEMENT The Server Alert Configuration Utility can be used to send events to the CM9760-DT data translator or the CM9760-REL relayunit. The server state sends a string to the data translator. The string is different for each recorder so the matrix recognizes whichrecorder ha...

C662M-E (5/03) 77 CONFIGURING THE DATA TRANSLATOR 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Viewstation > Server Alert Configuration Utility. Figure 90. Data Translator Configuration 2. Enter the offset number in the Server Alert Settings box. NOTE: The offset number must match the logical and phy...

C662M-E (5/03) 79 USE EITHERCOM 1 OR COM 2 RS-232 TO RS-422CONVERTER CM9760-REL DX9000-VS RELAY UNIT CONNECTIONS You can connect 1 to 4 relay units to each viewstation. The CM9760-REL should be used with third party matrix switcher forhard-wired alarm integration. 1. Connect a cable from the relay u...

80 C662M-E (5/03) Figure 97. Relay Unit Driver Settings 6. Click Configure. CONFIGURING THE RELAY UNIT 1. Go to Start > Programs > DX9000 Viewstation > Server Alert Configuration Utility. Figure 95. Relay Unit Configuration 2. Enter the logical relay number in the Server Alert Settings box....

82 C662M-E (5/03) FOREIGN LANGUAGE You can select only the following locations for use with the DX9000 system: • English (United States) • French (France) • German (Germany) • Portuguese (Brazil) • Spanish (Spain) In the example below, the location is changed from English (United States) to Spanish ...

86 C662M-E (5/03) TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter a minor problem with your computer, monitor, or software, refer to the following list of general suggestionsbefore taking further action: • If you cannot log in to the system, check your user name and password. • Make sure the computer and monitor a...

C662M-E (5/03) 87 SPECIFICATIONS RECORDER Electrical/Video Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, autoranging Power Consumption: 195 W maximum Signal System: NTSC/PAL Operating System: Windows 2000 and SP2 Service Pack Recording Resolution NTSC: 352 x 240 pixels PAL: 352 x 288 pixels Compression: MPE...

88 C662M-E (5/03) REGULATORY NOTICES This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCCrules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operatedin a commerc...

C662M-E (5/03) 89 REVISION HISTORY Manual # Date Comments C662M 6/02 Original version. C662M-A 9/02 Updated parts list on page 5. Revised Figure 2. C662M-B 2/03 Revised Network Configuration and Time Synchronization sections. C662M-C 4/03 Incorporated DX9000 Digital Video Recorder Installation/Opera...