Robotics Technologies EZ720p Operation & User’s Manual

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview.......................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 Quick setup....................................................................................... 3 2.6 Vehicle Information setup....................................................................................................... 5 2.7 Disk Management................................................................................................................. 6 2.8 WiFi Setup........................................................................................................................... 6 2.9 Server Setup........................................................................................................................ 6 2.10 Net State........................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 3 System Menu.................................................................................... 7 3.2 Video playback.................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Video backup........................................................................................................................ 8 3.5 Date Time Setup................................................................................................................. 9 3.6 Vehicle information.......................................................................................................... 10 3.7 Preview setup................................................................................................................. 10 3.8 On/Off Setting................................................................................................................. 11 3.9 System information.......................................................................................................... 11 3.11 Server Setup................................................................................................................. 12 3.12 WiFi Setup.................................................................................................................... 12 3.13 Network State................................................................................................................. 14 3.15 Mode setup.................................................................................................................... 15 3.16 Main Stream................................................................................................................. 15 3.17 Sub Stream.................................................................................................................... 16 3.18 Recording OSD.............................................................................................................. 17 3.19 Image setup................................................................................................................. 17 3.20 Storage setup................................................................................................................. 17 3.22 User Management.......................................................................................................... 18 3.23 Restore........................................................................................................................... 19 3.24 Logout........................................................................................................................... 19 3.25 UART setting................................................................................................................. 20 3.26 UART-TTS........................................................................................................................ 20 3.26 UART-Serial Net.............................................................................................................. 20 3.27 Rear Camera Setup....................................................................................................... 21 3.29 Log inquiry.................................................................................................................... 22 3.30 Disk Management.......................................................................................................... 22 3.31 Import/Export................................................................................................................. 23 3.32 System Upgrading.......................................................................................................... 23 3.34 Input Alarm.................................................................................................................... 25 3.35 Video Loss.................................................................................................................... 26 3.36 Fatigue Driving Alarm.................................................................................................... 26 3.37 Over Speed Alarm.......................................................................................................... 27 3.38 Disk Error........................................................................................................................ 27 Chapter 4 Installation Best Practices............................................................ 28 2

Chapter 1 Overview EZ720p is a DVR designed for Analog HD vehicle monitoring. With a built-in high performance image processor and advanced H.264 video compression technology, it provides AHD video recording, storage and playback. It is WiFi capable (optional) for remote monitoring, analysis and management. It features a smart power management system, which can recognize the power level automatically. When the battery’s voltage is lower than the safe operating value, the EZ720p will shutdown automatically and maintain an ultra-low standby power consumption. Chapter 2 Quick setup 2.1 EZ720p Installation Please refer to “AHD MOBILE DVR Hardware User Manual (EZ720p)” for the SD card installation and cable connections. 2.2 User Login Use the remote control, or right-click the mouse to display the login screen. Please enter your User Name, and Password, then click “OK” to enter the menu. (The default User Name is admin, without a Password): 3

Select Menu to start setup: The System Menu is the starting point for setup and control: 2.3 Set up the System time Time SYNC: Date and Time can be synchronized with GPS/BD 2.4 Set up cameras Please set up your cameras’ Signal Type, Valid/Invalid. The DVR works with both AHD and general cameras. If you use AHD cameras, please select the first Type; if you use general cameras, please select the third Type, if you use both of general and AHD cameras, please select the second Type. 4

PS: If your cameras don’t display an image on the monitor, please check this setup. 2.5 Wizard This Wizard will help you to quickly set up a EZ720p connected with the server. If your DVR is without the WiFi option, you can ignore the step 1/4 and begin with step 2/4. 2.6 Vehicle Information setup The EZ720p uses “EZ720p ID” to connect with a server, so please input the correct EZ720p ID which was registered on the server for your EZ720p. The user can modify the Vehicle Name and Plate Number according to their requirement. The Plate Number is the vehicle’s plate number, and it will be displayed in the video. 5

2.7 Disk Management SD cards need to be formatted in the EZ720p when using them for the first time. If the SD card was not detected by the EZ720p, please check the SD card latch to make sure it is locked. 2.8 WiFi Setup The EZ720p can store a maximum 6 WiFi ESSID (Access Points). It will search, match, connect, and switch automatically. Click the corresponding blank to start WiFi setup. Next, click “Search” to see the available WiFi Access Points in your area. Select one, enter its password, then save. 2.9 Server Setup IP (or Domain) is your server’s IP (or Domain), the Port should match your server setup. 6

2.10 Net State Net State: You can check the state of the network connection of your EZ720p here. Server: Online, it means that the EZ720p connected to the server. Chapter 3 System Menu 3.1 Video Playback The EZ720p supports one channel video playback, Select “Playback” in the System menu, then you will get the video searching interface, please search the video according to your requirement. 7

Note: The system will only show the latest 4,000 video file clips. 3.2 Video playback Double click the video file in the video Search result Interface to playback the video. 3.3 Video backup Select the video files in the video search results interface and use your U disk or SD card to backup the videos. (The EZ720p supports USB time-delay detecting, you can insert the USB disk after you have set up and clicked the “Backup” button.) 3.4 Basic Setup The basic setup includes the very basic setup items such as Date/Time, Vehicle Information, and Preview Etc.: 8

3.5 Date Time Setup Time synchronization: The system's date and time can be synchronized with GPS/BD. 9

3.6 Vehicle information EZ720p ID: This is the ID used to connect your EZ720p with the server. It should be the same ID which you registered your EZ720p on the server. 3.7 Preview setup Here you can setup the information which you want to overlay on the Preview image (please note this is not overlaid on the recording image) 10

3.8 On/Off Setting PS: The EZ720p’s power cable should be connected as per the Hardware User Manual, otherwise, the On/Off setting will not work. 3.9 System information System information includes: EZ720p Model, Serial Number, Hardware & Firmware version etc. 3.10 Network setup Network setup: This interface is used to set up the parameters which are required to connect the EZ720p to a server. 11

3.11 Server Setup IP/Domain is the IP or domain of your EZ720p’s server. 3.12 WiFi Setup The EZ720p can save maximum 6 WiFi ESSID (Access Points). It will search, match, connect, and switch automatically. Click the corresponding blank to start WiFi setup. Next, click “Search” to see the available WiFi access points in your area. Select one, enter the password, then save it. 12

You can enter the ESSID of the WiFi AP manually, but you can also click “Search” to search the available WiFi ESSIDs in your area. 13

3.13 Network State You can check the state of the network connection of your EZ720p here. 14

3.14 Recording Setup Recording setup includes Mode, Main Stream, Sub Stream, Recording OSD, Image, Storage. 3.15 CameraMode setup Please set up your cameras’ Signal Type, Valid/Invalid. The DVR works with both AHD and general cameras. If you use AHD cameras, please select the first Type, if you use general cameras, please select the third Type, if you use both of general and AHD cameras, please 15

select the second Type. 3.16 Main Stream Main Stream is stored in local disk. This interface shows the current Main Stream setting and the corresponding storage size, you can click any line to set up the corresponding parameters. PS: If Bit Rate is greater, the corresponding channel’s storage size will be greater. 3.17 Sub Stream Sub Stream is used for network transmission and backup on the local disk. 16

3.18 Recording OSD Recording OSD is used to overlay the following information to video recording. 3.19 Image setup Image setup is used to adjust to camera’s image effect, please set up it carefully. 17

3.20 Storage setup The EZ720p supports dual storage. Both of the Main Stream and Sub Stream can be stored on the local disk, but each disk can only store one type of stream. 18

3.21 Advanced setup 3.22 User Management You can add, modify, delete users, and modify the login user name and privileges 3.23 Restore Restore the default system setup parameters. System will reboot when restore finished. See the following: 19

There are 3 restore modes: Normal Info: Restore all info except Vehicle info. Vehicle Info: Restore vehicle info only. All: Restore all info. 3.24 Logout Logout will exit the menu automatically if there has been no activity in the set time range, and return to operation. 3.25 UART setting The EZ720p has 1 RS232 Interface. 3.26 UART-TTS Select UART 0 to enter the UART setting interface. 20

Select “TTS” in the “Function” drop-down box to configure the parameters as per the image above. 3.26 UART-Serial Net Select UART 0 to enter the UART setting interface. Select “Serial Net” (Pass Through) in the drop-down box of “Function”. Configure the parameters as shown in the image above. 3.27 Rear Camera Setup Any channel can be used as rear camera--click “Zone” to set up the assistance lines. 21

Figure 1. Rear Camera setup The assistance lines are adjustable (dragging the blue points) 3.28 EZ720p Maintenance EZ720p maintenance includes the operation of basic maintenance, such as Log inquiry, Disk management, Import/Export, Setup & Configuration, System Upgrading. 3.29 Log inquiry Inquire the system’s running log according to the desired Log Type and Time Range. 22

3.30 Disk Management SD cards need to be formatted in the EZ720p before using them for the first time. 3.31 Import/Export Import/Export is used to import or export the setup and configuration information for setup in batch. 23

Figure 2. Import/Export After setting up one EZ720p, export the setup parameters with your USB drive, then insert that drive into another EZ720p’s USB port and re-power the EZ720p. The destination DVR will retrieve the setup parameters automatically. (If you don’t want to re-power the EZ720p, you can import the setup parameters in the menu, seen above) 3.32 System Upgrading Format your U disk as FAT32 type and copy the upgrading file to the root directory of the U disk. Then re-power the EZ720p, to upgrade automatically. If you don’t want to re-power the EZ720p, you can upgrade it within the menu “Import/Export”. Select the upgrading type, click OK, then insert the U disk. The system will detect the U disk data and upgrade automatically. Note: You can insert the U disk with the upgrade file, then re-power the EZ720p, to 24

upgrade automatically. You can also upgrade the EZ720p remotely from PC CMS software if your EZ720p has the WiFi option and is connected with the server via WiFi. 3.33 Alarm Setup Alarm setup interface includes the setting related to all alarm types, such as I/O alarm, Video Loss, Fatigue Driving, Over Speed and Disk Error. 3.34 Input Alarm The EZ720p has 4 alarm inputs: 2 are Positive Trigger, 2 are Negative Trigger. 25

There are three input modes: high level, low level and open. For positive trigger, the normal trigger level is high, but if the reversed logic is enabled, the trigger level is changed to low level and open. It is same for negative trigger. Alarm Input Trigger status list 3.35 Video Loss Video Loss alarm will be triggered if there is no camera, or the wrong type camera is connected to a valid channel. 26 Alarm Trigger Positive trigger Negative trigger Reverse Logic No High level Low level Reverse Logic Yes Low level/Open High level/Open

3.36 Fatigue Driving Alarm The Fatigue Driving time is calculated from the EZ720p start time. 27

3.37 Over Speed Alarm 3.38 Disk Error 28

Chapter 4 Installation Best Practices For safe operation and long service life, please observe these warnings when installing and using the EZ720p: 1. When you receive the product, please open the box and check the EZ720p and its accessories. If anything is damaged or missing, please contact your seller. 2. When installing and operating the EZ720p, please observe standard electronic and wiring practices. 3. Please ensure that the power source is within the range of 10-36V DC, to prevent damage to equipment. 4. The EZ720p must be operated within the permitted temperature and humidity ranges. 5. Ensure that the DVR is installed securely, with adequate space for ventilation. Never install or operate in wet or damp areas, or areas of excess heat. 6. The installation and operation should be compliant with all prevailing practices and codes. 29