USER GUIDE FOR NETmc MARINE HD
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1. ShortCut Key Function H Record S Stop Spacebar Still image Set up page End of Document Note Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate no liability can be accepted for errors and omissions NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 23 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 20132. 19 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 4 How to contact NETmc Marine Support Should any problems occur with your HD DVR Inspector that are not addressed by this manual please contact our Support Team Email support netmcmarine co uk Tel 44 1771 644001 Should your call be outside office hours please leave a message on the answering machine which will be forwarded to one of the support engineers Although we cannot guarantee 24 7 availability we endeavour to respond as quickly as possible to any query regardless of when the support call is made In order to help our engineers solve the problem as quickly as possible please have ready the following information Type of equipment please state HD DVR Inspector Serial number from the bar code sticker attached to the unit or IP Address Adescription of the fault including any information on events that happened prior to the fault that might have affected the equipment e g power surge on vessel change to wiring on vessel change to software configuration including change to username password Note Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate no liability can be accepted for errors and omissions NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 20 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Appendix i Technical Specifications 5 95 RH non condensing rear 2 Sh O76 pea ve frequency 5 20 Hz 0 195 inches double amplitude
3. The USB 3 socket enables faster transfer of data so it would be advantageous to use this socket e g for backup onto USB storage devices NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 4 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 2 2 HD DVH Inspector License dongles for Optional Features Latest versions of the HD DVHRi use a USB license dongle to enable disable features This allows customers to have a stock of basic units which can be upgraded by inserting the dongle prior to opening the DVR application The software checks for the dongle every few seconds so it must remain inserted for the options to continue working Example options are Blackbox Dual format encode Integrity management software remote control Composite video recording Attached screen grabs illustrate the difference when Integrity Management option is enabled and not BI JL DBHO 2 080 ET Et Sept 2013 OLA AMALOG PAL Soa FEN an 2 ES FUE OT D IM Option not enabled IM Option IHLA THAG 3 OM Erabiteg E enabled rus NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 5 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 2 3 Installation 1 Install the HD DVR Inspector in a 19 rack giving consideration to the height at which the unit is mounted to facilitate ease of operation Note1 It is essential that sufficient space be allowed behind the recorder to allow the power supply cooling fan to function correctly Note2 If networking the HD DVRi all network connections
4. a picture if video signal input is connected NETmc Marine DVRIHD 1 2 6 1 8 11 25 Oct 2011 OSD TLAN ANALOG None SDI None 0 01 ENCODE AYCMP2 10801 0K NETvc a MARINE CONTROLS cn ee ELE Live Enc OSD This symbol will be red when the unit first powers up and will turn green as in the image above when the HD DVR Inspector is ready to record If it remains red there is an error check all connections OSD signifies that overlay is onboard and is ready for action NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 8 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Status Bar The blue status bar at the top of the screen contains useful information which may be required by our support engineers not only the software version but also what video signals formats have been detected NETmc Marine DVRiHD 1 2 3 1 8 8 26 Sept 2011 OSD 70x30 ANALOG None SDI 1080i30 ENCODE AVCMP 2 10801 OK In the above example no analogue SD has been input to the recorder HD is 1080130 3 2 Setting the Time The HD DVRi units use UTC GMT 0 or GPS time in auto file naming and overlay manager In windows time settings the time zone should always be set to GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London with daylight saving disabled Date and Time Properties EE xl Date amp Time Time Zone Internet Time Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes ma e Then simply adjust the date c
5. changes to HEC instead of IDLE the REC button will become depressed and the minute counter will start to increment NETmc Marine DVRIHD 1 2 3 1 8 8 26 Sept 2011 OSD 70x30 ANALOG None SDI 1080i30 ENCODE AVCMP2 10801 0K aika NETvc MARINE 3 pee REC button n is depressed Status indicator Counter is incrementing The image on the screen shows the video signal that is being input to the DVR NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 14 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Once the desired footage has been recorded simply click on the STOP button to end recording To resume logging simply click the RECORD button again The system will automatically create a new file automatically named as per the configuration in the SETUP page Still Images At any point during the recording or preview the image on the screen can be saved as a bmp file by clicking the STILL button Video Clips To take short video clips click on the CLIP button MARINE CONTROLS To stop recording the clip simply click on the same button again NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 15 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 5 _ Replaying the data 3 5 1 Using Windows Media Player Replaying on the HD DVR Inspector fe Edt vew Fovortes Tools Heb Back 2 Search yrolders iHistory C OF X wy Ed e Goto the Desktop fe moux een e Click on My computer L1 E e Click on the drive
6. igh frequency 10 300Hz 5 0G 0 to peak 482 W x 88 5 H x 455 D 2U case Storage and shipping After overnight road freight the units should be left at room temperature for 24 hours before powering on After air freighting the units should be left at room temperature for 48 hours before powering on NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 21 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Appendix ii Definitions amp Abbreviations Definitions DVRi DVR Inspector Single Channel Digital Video Recorder Abbreviations ASCII American Standard Code International Interchange DB Database DLT Digital Linear Tape DRS Digital Review Suite DVR Digital Video Recorder HTML Hyper Text Mark up Language MPG Moving Pictures Expert Group File extension for a video file MPEG Industrial recording format controlled by the Moving pictures expert group Playable on all Windows operating systems win95 gt PKT Packet File Extension PAL Phase Alternation by Line the European video format NTSC National Television Standards Committee American Asian video format JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group Mbps Mega bits per seconds rate of video encoding QC Quality Control USB Universal Serial Bus Store path Local on hard disk where the video will be placed SVHS Super Video Home System TIFF Tagged Image File Format NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 22 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Appendix iii Keyboard short cuts
7. must be made and the network be live before switching on the HD DVRi otherwise no streaming video will be available 2 Make all the necessary connections at the rear of the recorder including power cable keyboard and mouse the required connections will vary depending on the video signal being input display devices being used etc 3 Insert a hard drive in to the receptacle at the front of the machine Do this GENTLY Although the drives are Hot Swappable we advise that drives are only inserted or removed when unit is powered OFF 4 Press the power on button on the front panel Note this is NOT a power off switch 5 For use with an HD input we recommend using a wide screen VGA monitor to keep the same aspect ratio NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 6 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 2 3 To Power down the HD DVR Inspector Close all desktop applications Click START from the Windows Tool Bar Select SHUTDOWN With Shutdown selected click OK This will close Windows and switch off the PSU DO NOT REMOVE MAINS CONNECTION BEFORE SHUTDOWN NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 7 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 Operating Instructions 3 1 Start up The HD DVH Inspector software runs on a Windows 2000 or XP professional installation To launch the application double click the NETmc HD DVR Inspector icon on the desktop DOYR HO w126 Once launched the following screen will appear with
8. option allows a separate continuous recording of the The whole operation for example for health and safety purposes independent of whether the video is currently recording This button will only be enabled if you have purchased the Black Box option The following images indicate whether the Black Box is enabled or not BLACK BOX RECORDING BLACK BOX RECORDING ENABLED DISABLED If the Black Box option is enabled clicking on this button will start recording The button will now look like this BLACK BOX RECORDING File 001 Black Box files are automatically saved under the time and date recorded and can be accessed through Windows File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Qe Qf send onmes 3 X9 FE dE _ 20060731 1303 20060731 1303 dt nu NE i ra 20060731 1304 a lRovIODU 15 378 KB PKT Fil S172006 13 03 NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 17 of 23 3 Black Box Manager Unless otherwise arranged the Black Box will record to a separate hard drive partition called the D Drive Depending on the quality settings chosen the Black Box allows continuous recording for approximately 7 1 7 days medium quality settings After which time a process called Black Box Manager will delete the oldest file in that location to make room for new video to be created otatus and configuration of this process is done via the task bar Right click bla
9. SDI 1080P input Encoder Format MPEG4 AVC in MP2 TS MPEG4 content inside MPEG transport wrapper MPEG4 AVC in MP4 MPEG4 e Recommended format more compliant with older tools and players NOTE The selection of the format does not just depend on the desired quality of the video consideration should also be given to how you will view the data at a later date For instance should you wish to view the data over the Internet then you may wish to use the lowest compression rate available Profile This section allows the selection of bit rate as specified in procedure or by experiment The higher the number the more data is used to describe dynamic and colour content of the video but the files created will become corresponding larger Therefore if you are using a fixed camera in a clear fairly static environment a low bitrate can be selected which gives easy to store and copy small files If you are using a moving camera in a highly complex and fluctuating environment a high bit rate will give better results Maximum Segment Size Single File Recording This mode enables recording of one continuous file from the moment Record is pressed to the moment Stop is pressed The advantage of this type of recording is its simplicity only one file is created for each recording session The disadvantage is that if the job is a lengthy one the file will become very large This may create problems later for example files will take a
10. USER GUIDE FOR NE Imc MARINE HD DVR Inspector NE Tic MARINE Rev 1 3 Firmware 1 2 16 June 2015 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Table of Contents te nrigeje ledio i NE EE T T TETTE 3 2 oystein DescrplOLD s so diei dni en etes sense Ier Mte ta td 3 2 1 HD DVH Inspector Hardware Description and Connections 3 2 2 HD DVH Inspector License dongles for Optional Features D Ze IS ANA ee E en nn 6 2 3 To Power down the HD DVR Inspector 7 Sr MOOSE CIS UCI ONS ea EDS 8 EN ule ER AA E APA AEA E SAE EA 8 92 GUI Ine TM Ouan t e Io a nn M NEUE 9 20 MAIN CONTO M 10 34 SCUD oT ne et ee ee eee reer 11 SO IVER GAR CGO RCIA wet ane ee te 14 39 Replaying INC GAL en rach ade iba tes bebe eaae EAEI AEA EE EEEa 16 3 5 4 Using Windows Media Player Missions 16 3 6 Black BOX Becofdiligu iieri ner or Rn Lave EXE E HER PERLE KO eoe EHE TRU 17 S iBIack BOX MANAGE nn ends aber a d cid 18 4 How to contact NETmc Marine Support 20 Appendixi Technical SpeolticallOFiS coco sto doe er do eese mec oe Seo sie dor e sans tee 21 Appendix ii Definitions amp ADDFOeVIGIIOFIS La sean nes ede eto eiu ro eei eto eno ESE EEN EE oi eH deep eius 22 ADpendbcl Keyboard SION EUIS eat RE ne lam ee E o eR Bon nia 23 NETmc Marine Ltd New Deer Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 6TL U K TEL 44 1771 644001 FAX 44 1771 644005 Email support ne
11. any external equipment not described below 2 x general purpose USB sockets Power button LCD Display Microphone Headphone socket VU Meter Up to 4 x 500GB hard drives RERO set up as RAID5 NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Analogue composite low definition video in pass Rear of the unit Network through 4x USB sockets connection Serial socke input RCA audio USB 3 Inputs Mains input VGA out N sockel socket Cooling f Standard definition MIC Not 2n i 2u downscaled video IN Overlay currently naive DH Audio out oe used HD SDI input stereo port pass through Video input Analogue composite low definition video is input to passed through the HD DVR Inspector via the BNC sockets on the top row Hi definition SDI video is input to passed through the HD DVR Inspector via the BNC sockets at the right of the bottom row A downscaled version of the HD video can be obtained through the BNC socket at the left of the bottom row This may be useful for display on an older style monitor e g for QC checking or for passing on to a standard definition video recorder like the NETmc Marine 73fiftyBlackbox for example Audio input Audio input to the HD DVH Inspector is via the line in RCA sockets or via a microphone There are microphone sockets on the front and back of the unit USB sockets The USB keyboard and mouse can be plugged into any of the 5 USB sockets
12. ck box icon located at the bottom right of the taskbar which will open the options list Click on configure and this will open the black box storage manager When the Black Box Manager stops running the Black Box Manager icon will flash red with a white cross as below NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 18 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 Picture below displays the Black Box Manager GUI set up as default The Black Box Manager has file monitoring based on either percentage of free disk space or bytes of free storage Once the free space becomes less than the monitored amount the Black Box Manager will automatically delete the oldest monitored files We recommend running with 3096 free storage BlackBox Storage Manager Configure Py Monitored Folder E Free Storage Haw To Monitor x 3t Percent Bytes Free Storage A What To Monitor PKT uM NEL TS MP4 If the monitored folder has files in it that can t be automatically deleted for example any non video files then the error message below will appear on screen when the manager can no longer achieve its 96 free target The user should manually attempt to free up more space in the monitored folder BlackBox Storage Manager PURGE has been unable to delete enough files to reach the target Free Space ou may be using a shared drive Please check URGENTLY NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015
13. ideo files will be stored The default location is D Adds a chosen name or auto variable to the video file Select for a list of auto name options Adds an incrementing file number to each file created Adds the current date to the file name Adds the current time to the file name Select the location where video clips will be stored The default location is D Add a chosen name name to video clips Select the location where still image grabs will be stored The default location is D Add a chosen name name to still image grabs Options at bottom of Set up Page Apply applies the changes Reset Undoes any changes you have made during the current visit to the set up screen Close Closes the SETUP window Once the system has been configured click on the CLOSE button to return to the main control screen where you can begin recording NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 13 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 5 X Making a Recording Once the system is running the software will default to ready mode NETmc Marine DVRIHD 1 2 6 1 8 11 25 Oct 2011 OSD TLAN ANALOG None SDI None 0 01 ENCODE AVCMP2 10801 OK a fx E E NETuvc gt F MARINE CONTROLS C VA 4 L goo r a ye 4 Le Y i n ely ux 127 n 2 SE FES a Woes 4 x2 amp a To start the recording simply click on the RECORD button When recording has started the status indicator
14. lock to reflect the local time Date and Time Properties E x Date amp Time Time Zone Internet Time Date EN 2000 Time d ja y g 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 53 25 26 27 28 29 30 10 27 09 Ex Current time zone GMT Standard Time cot ssn NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 9 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 3 Main Controls Once the program has started the operation controls are displayed From here the user can start and stop recording take still images snapshots and enter the set up Screen NETmc Marine DVRIHD 1 2 6 1 8 11 25 Oct 2011 OSD TLAN ANALOG None SDI None 0 01 ENCODE AVCMP2 10801 OK Start Recording Stop Recording Take Snapshot Still image grab Take video clip Enter Setup screen zw Recording status Drive capacity Time encoded olegia free space this session Video Window If displayed a VU meter here gives an indication of audio levels Drive Capacity Note that this display changes colour according to how much disk space is free The display is e Green if more than 25 of the disk is free RANE LLL Mm e Orange if between 10 and 25 of the disk is free e Red if less than 10 of the disk is free SEETLLLLLLM NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 10 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 4 Set up Page After clicking the SETUP button you will see the following screen Here you can configure the recorde
15. long time to upload they might be too big to save on a CD or forward by email It would also mean that the whole file has to be searched to find a particular incident Multi File Record duration This mode means that for each recording session starting when Record is pressed and ending when Stop is pressed several individual files of a certain length are created The standard file length is 5 minutes 300 secs Each segment is named according to the date time at the start of this segment This is intended to make searching for a particular incident easier and makes storage and transfer of files more simple These files can later be stored or transferred separately or if required can be joined together as the customer requires Note that the HD DVR Inspector does not stop and restart recording at the end of each 5 minute period Instead it records continuously over a longer time period then cuts the file into the relevant NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 12 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 length segment The aim of this is to prevent any gap in recording and to reduce any jump during playback or if the files are later joined together We strongly recommend recording in multi file mode wherever possible Video File Location Share and Templates Hecord Path Videofile Prefix Add FILENO Date Time Similarly Clip Path Clip File Prefix Still Path Still File Prefix This is the location that your v
16. r setting the video format and compression rate the length or size of the video files PKTS and allocating the storage path and file names INSPECTOR SETUP mnetMASTER mI PROFILE AVCMP Zimnet108i xml a APPLICATION DEVICE CONFIGURE OVERLAY FONTS MPEG HDi Frane Only ADVANCED Shale Dua Rate Encoder E 6125 ie APES SUI UT Lowy lbs lr Er AV inmmz T3 P STO ls MPEG muc inm mp e EL Ply si HIGH folie SF 6125 SUPER anne Eu Mim es ES OS LI The set up settings of the HD DVRi can be changed however the unit will have been shipped from the factory configured with the optimal settings for your application it is recommended that these be left as shown above or at least a note is made of them to enable the unit to be configured as it was when it left the factory NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 11 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 A description of each parameter in the set up screen is given below Application Enable keyboard Shortcuts This enables or disables the use of keyboard shortcuts See appendix iii for a list of short cuts Always on top Keeps the video recorder display on top of any other windows that may be open Source A PAL For use if input video is in the European format PAL A NTSC For use if input video is in the American Asian format HD SDI 720P For use with HD SDI 720P input HD SDI 1080i For use with HD SDI 1080i input HD SDI 1080p For use with HD
17. tmcmarine co uk NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 2 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 1 Introduction NETmc Marine has been designing and manufacturing digital video recorders DVR since the late 1990s The DVR Inspector range which includes the portable DVRi Peli is its top of the range single channel recorder specifically designed for the offshore survey ROV and commercial diving markets The HD DVH Inspector or HD DVHi is a single channel rack mountable recorder running on a Windows platform for recording high definition SDI input video 720 and 1080 format as well as standard definition PAL or NTSC composite inputs It is possible from the high definition input to record that image in both native hi definition and downscaled standard definition for example to record fantastic quality anomaly clips in HD and an archive of regular footage in standard definition Digital video recording is fast becoming the industry standard for video acquisition and the DVR Inspector range of products is now the DVR of choice for many oil companies and inspection companies for the production of integrated video and data in the structural integrity monitoring market 2 System Description 2 1 HD DVH Inspector Hardware Description and Connections NOTE The HD DVR Inspector is designed to function with the connections settings described in this manual Please contact NETmc Marine Support team see Section 5 before attempting to connect
18. to which you are storing the video basis Sea Eee us e Open the video folder there Maersk 10 1225_10 00 e Double click on the video file you wish to check this EN Modified 18 08 2003 17 14 File View Play Favorites Go Help will automatically open up in Windows Media Player Size 46 9 MB Attributes normal However we recommend preserving the HD DVR Inspector for recording only and replaying data through another channel Type PKT Fle Seas 4898 Replaying via a network NAS device or SATA drive USB to Sata adapter Go to the Desktop Click on My computer Click on the drive to which you are storing the video Open the video folder there Double click on the video file you wish to check this will automatically open up in Windows Media Player 03 35 05 00 P4 NOTE Using Windows Media Player it will only be possible to play one video segment at a time NOTE2 A codec may be required to play video correctly This is available to download from our website See www netmcmarine co uk file downloads htm If the video was recorded to a removable drive you will need to insert the drive in to the USB caddie and connect this to your PC Once the storage unit is connected to the USB port of your PC a new drive will appear on your desktop Follow the same options as above NETmc Marine HD DVRi Manual rev 1 3 Jun 2015 16 of 23 NETmc Marine Ltd 2013 3 6 Black Box Recording Black box recording is an optional extra This
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