Q-see QT528 User Manual

H.264 Dual Stream Network DVR 8 Channel CIF@240fps & D1@240fps Digital Video Recorder USER MANUAL Model #: QT528 www.q-see.com R

9 2.4 Rear Panel Layout Fig 2.5 Rear Panel Item Name Description 1 PTZ Connect to speed dome. Y means “+”, Z means “-” 2 K/B Connect to PTZ k

10 Fig 2.6 Remote Control Item Name Function 1 Power Button Stops firmware so that you can power down DVR 2 INFO Button Get information about th

11 2.6.2 Use Mouse In Live: Double-click left button on one camera to be full screen display. Double-click again to return to the previous screen

12 3. BASIC FUNCTION 3.1 Power On/Off Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connections are good. 3.1.1 Power On Step 1: Conne

13 3.2 Login User can login and logout of the DVR system. User cannot do any other operations except changing the multi-screen display once logout.

14 3.3.1 Live Playback Click the Playbutton to playback the record. Refer to Figure3-3. User can operate by clicking the buttons on the screen. F

15 4. MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the bottom of the screen,

16 4.1 Basic Configuration Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system, date& time and DST. 4.1.1 Setup Step1: Enter into Setup conf

17 4.1.2 Time & Date Step 1: Enter into system configurationbasic configurationtime & date; refer to Fig 4-4: Fig 4-4 Basic Configuratio

18 4.2 Live Configuration Live configuration includes four submenus: live, host monitor, SPOT and mask. 4.2.1 Live In this interface, user can

1 CAUTION  Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely  The contents of this manual are sub

19 4.2.2 Host Monitor Step 1: Enter into system configurationlive configurationhost monitor; refer to Fig 4-8: Fig 4-8 Live Configuration-Host

20 4.2.4 Mask User can setup private mask area on the live image picture, maximum of three areas. Fig 4-10 Live Configuration-Mask Setup Mask

21 4.3 Record Configuration Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp. 4.3.1 Enable

22 4.3.2 Record stream Step 1: Enter into system configurationrecord configurationrecord bit rate; refer to Fig 4-12: Fig 4-12 Record Configura

23 4.3.3 Time Step 1: Enter into system configurationrecord configuration time; refer to Fig 4-13: Fig 4-13 Record Configuration-Time Pre-al

24 4.3.5 Stamp Stamp：User can display the channel name and time stamp on video. Step 1: Enter into system configuration record configuration sta

25 Schedule configuration includes three sub menus: schedule, motion and alarm. 4.4.1 Schedule Step 1: Enter into system configurationschedule co

26 Fig 4-17 Schedule Configuration-Motion Step 2: The setup steps of motion are similar to schedule; user can refer to 4.4.1 Schedule for details

27 4.5.1 Sensor (to setup optional external motion sensors) Sensor includes three sub menus: basic, alarm handling and schedule. ① Basic Step 1:

28 Fig 4-21 Alarm Handling-Trigger Step 3: Checkmark Buzzer, there will be triggered buzzer alarm out; Full screen alarm: when triggered alarm,

2 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...

29 ① Motion Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm configurationmotion; refer to Fig 4-23: Fig 4-23 Alarm Configuration-Motion Step 2:

30 user can adjust its value according to the practical conditions; click icon, set the whole area as detection area; click icon, the set detec

31 Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm configurationvideo loss; refer to Fig 4-27: Fig 4-27 Alarm Configuration-Video Loss Step 2: The

32 Alarm out includes three sub menus: alarm out, schedule and buzzer ① Alarm out Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm out; refer to F

33 4.6.1 Network Step 1: Enter into system configurationnetwork configurationnetwork; refer to Fig 4-29: Fig 4-29 Network Configuration-Netwo

34 User name User name of broad band account Password Password of broad band account DDNS server DDNS server Website provided by dynamic domain na

35 Fig 4-30 network configuration-email SMTP Server/Port: the name and port number of SMTP server. Tick off “This server requires a secure connecti

36 DDNS server DDNS server Website provided by dynamic domain name supplier. The options: myq-see.com and www.dyndns.com User name User name for l

37 ② Authority: Step 1: Enter into Add userauthority; refer to Fig 4-36: Fig 4-36 Add User-Authority Step 2: In the authority interface, assig

38 Fig 4-37 P.T.Z Configuration-Serial Port Step 2: Checkmark Enable, setup the value of address, baud rate and protocol according to the settings

3 4.9 Advanced ...

39 Fig 4-38 P.T.Z Configuration-Advance Step 2: In the Advance interface, click preset “Setting” button, a dialog box will pop-up shown as Fig 4-3

40 Fig 4-40 Preset Set-Setting b. User can control the dome rotating up, up left, down, right down, left , left down, right and up right and stop

41 Fig 4-42 Cruise Set-Modify Cruise Line a. Click Add icon to set the speed and time of preset point; select a preset point, click Delete ico

42 4.91 Reset Note: Before you do the reset, we recommend you do an Import/Export first to save all of your settings (see instructions below). Af

43 5. RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK AND BACKUP Search configuration includes three submenus: time search, event search and file manager. 5.1 Time Searc

44 5.2 Event Search Step 1: Enter into Search configurationevent search; refer to Fig 5-2: Fig 5-2 Search Configuration-Event Search Step 2: Cl

45 (unless you format the hard drive). ② Unlock: check a locked file, click Lock button to unlock this file ③ Delete: check an unlocked file, clic

46 6. DVR MANAGEMENT 6.1 Checking System Information Check system information includes five submenus: system, event, log, network and online use

47 6.1.1 Log Information In this interface, user can check relevant log information according to selected date; refer to Fig 6-3: Fig 6-3 Log In

48 6.1.2 Manual Alarm In this interface, user can check the relevant parameters of manual alarm; refer to Fig 6-6: Fig 6-6 Manual Alarm 6.1.3 D

4 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 DVR Introduction This DVR uses high performance video processing chips and an embedded Linux system. It utilizes many advan

49 7. REMOTE SURVEILLANCE 7.1 Network Access Accessing the DVR from a computer attached to the same router: If you are only going to access the

50 Fig 7-3 DHCP Static IP: You will need to setup the network settings on the DVR to match the

51 Fig 7-5 Static IP For the DVRs IP address you would enter the same first 3 sets of numbers as the gateway and select a fourth set of numbers th

52 Fig 7-6 PPPoE DDNS: You can access the DVR through a static or dynamic IP address; however a dynamic address can change from time to time. How

53 Fig 7-7 DDNS Setting up MYQ-SEE DDNS: NOTE: Before you setup DDNS you must first set up Port Forwarding as directed in Section 7.3 PORT FO

54 Fig 7-8 Registration a. The next screen will ask you to create a domain name. Domain names must start with an (a-z) or (0-9) and cannot con

55 a. Once you have completed steps a-d, go to the Main Menu and select the Setup icon (Red box in Fig 7-10), then select the Network icon (Red b

56 d. After you enter the information click on the Test button (Green box in Fig 7-13) and wait until you see the OK message in the bottom left han

57 b. Choose your DVR or Series (QT, QSDT, QR, QS etc) from the list provided c. Select the make and model of your router from the list

58 e. Follow the instruction on the website (The top set of instructions are done on the DVR. The bottom set of instructions are done on the rout

5 ALARM 1 channel alarm output and 8 channel alarm input available Supports scheduling for motion detection and sensor alarm Supports pre-reco

59 c. Verify that the port(s) is open. i. If the port is open, you will see the following message:”Success. I can see your service…” ii. Go

60 i. After your ISP unblocks those ports for you, repeat steps i and ii. When you access the DVR from a remote computer you also need to use a

61 Pic 9 Pic 10 Click on Security Tab. Click on Trusted Sites. Click on Sites button. Pic 11 Unc

62 5 If you get a error message that says the program cannot load because the publisher is unknown or the program is unsigned, go to internet exp

63 connect to same Router as your DVR). Notice: If you cannot use HTTP port 80 or 6036 because the port is being used by another program, or it is b

64 7.5 Using the Remote Access Software Once you have setup Internet Explorer you can access the DVR through a browser window. If you are accessing

65 Note: click button to record manually and the recorded file will be saved on your PC hard drive. Screen display mode: Click the icon beside

66 Color Adjustment: Drag the slide bar to adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. Click Default to reset them to original value. BUTT

67 Right click the mouse on the live interface to generate a pull-down menu as shown below: Fig 7-25 Right Key Sub Menu Stream: this DVR suppor

68 Fig 7-27 Time Search Interface Step 2: Click “Search” button. The record data will be displayed in the data information list box. The highligh

6 2. GETTING STARTED Check the unit and the accessories immediately after opening your system. Please disconnect the power before connecting to

69 By Event Search: Step 1: Enter into Searchevent search; refer to Fig 7-29: Fig 7-29 Event Search Interface Step 2: Click the highlight date

70 7.6.2 Remote Backup Click Backup button to enter into backup interface, refer to Fig 7-31: Fig 7-31 Remote Backup Interface Step 1: Select ch

71 Fig 7-32 Remote Menu Setup The sub menu lists and the options in every item are similar to those on the DVR. Please refer to Chapter 3 Main Men

72 8. MOBILE SURVEILLANCE This DVR supports mobile surveillance by Iphone, or smart phones with Windows Mobile Pro and symbian OS on 3G networks. W

73 Step 5：Input the DVR’s address, ID and password respectively in the columns of “Server”, “User” and “Password”, and click “Go” to log on the DVR.

74 8.2 Phones with Symbian Please use the smart phones with Symbian versions supported by this unit. Step 1：First enable the network access on the

75 Step 7：Click System setting--->Login Setting to enter login interface. Step 8：Input the DVR’s address, ID and password respectively. Then sa

76 8.3 For iPhone Mobile Clients 1. Installing through iphone. Step 1. Open App Store function of iphone Step 2. Enable “search” function to s

77 Step 1: Install iTunes store in PC and then login Step 2: Connect iPhone and PC Step 3: Enable “search” function to search “Super

78 2. Main Interface 【Playback】 playback record file 【Image】 image view 【Log】 log record 【Server List】 device list 【Live】 live view 【Settings】 sof

7 2.2 Installing Hard Drive Notice: 1. This DVR supports two SATA hard drivers or one SATA hard drive plus one DVD-RW Writer. 2. Ple

79 Switch to the single image Switch to four images Upward rotates the PTZ Downward rotates the PTZ Leftward rotates the PTZ Rightward rotates

80 Main parameters for mobile phone video config Record file clip size: Single video size. When the video size is greater than setup value, change

81 8.4 For Android Mobile Clients Software Installation Step 1: run Google Market program Step 2: search”SuperCam”

82 Main menu 【Playback】 playback record file 【Image】 image view 【Live】 live view 【Log】 log record 【Server List】 device list 【Settings】 software se

83 Image view Record playback （Fig 3） （Fig 4） Click the record file (Fig 3) to playback (Fig

84 Config interface Alarm setting Tick off Sound Alarm ，when Video Loss/Sensor/Motion happen，trigger sound alarm; Tick off Vibrate Alarm, when Vi

85 8.5 For Blackberry Mobile Clients Requires Blackberry OS 5 Installation instruction for BlackBerry Mobile phone Client 1. Open the browser on B

86 2) Enter into Menu->Option->Cache Operations, clear up browser cache. Note：When you use the SuperCam software in mobile phones with tou

87 3. Live view Mark 1 Current viewing channel Mark 2 Channel status Switch channels PTZ, click to switch to Fig 2 interface Snap

88 Software configuration Information view

8 2.3 Front Panel Descriptions Fig 2.5 Front Panel Item Name Description 1 Power Status Power indicator, when connection , the light is blue

89 9. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ITEM DEVICE PARAMETER SPECIFICATION COMPRESSION COMPRESSION FORMAT Standard H.264 Baseline VIDEO VIDEO IN COMP

90 Appendix A FAQ Q1. The DVR does not start after connecting the power, what is wrong? a. The power adapter may have been damaged, or is not pr

91 Q10: How do I input password and digital numbers? To input password and digital numbers click the box behind password or items where you need t

92 Q16:.What are the PC configurations for 8-ch real time access with fully open mainstream channel? PC MODULE PARAMATERS CPU Intel Core(TM)2 Du

93 Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity (D1) Users can calculate the size of hard disk according to the saving time and DVR recording settings.

94 APPENDIX B: CALCULATE RECORDING CAPACITY (CIF) Users can calculate the hard drive size needed according to the time saving specification and DVR

95 Appendix C Compatible Devices 1. Compatible USB drive after test. Brand Capacity SSK 512MB, 1G, 2GB Netac 4GB Kingston 2GB Aigo 2GB Smatter vid

96 (4) Equipment damage caused by the maintenance of personnel not authorized by Q-See. (5) Product sold over 12 months ago. In order to fulfill th

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