Honeywell HRDE4X4 manual DVR Firmware Upgrade, Copy Firmware Upgrade to USB Stick

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DVR Firmware Upgrade

This appendix covers upgrading the firmware on your DVR unit. Check the Honeywell Video Systems website for firmware upgrades at http://www.honeywellvideo.com.

1. Copy Firmware Upgrade to USB Stick

In order to carry out the upgrade, the upgrade firmware must first be downloaded and copied onto the USB stick. Create a new folder in the USB stick and copy the upgrade firmware app.bin into the folder. The folder name must be upgrade.

After the upgrade firmware is copied into the USB stick, follow 2. Start Engineering Mode, 3. Upgrading Using USB Stick and 4. Verifying Software Installation to complete the upgrade.

2. Start Engineering Mode

The DVR firmware can only be upgraded from the front panel of the unit using a USB memory stick. Firmware upgrades can be done in engineering mode (see Figure A-1). To start engineering mode:

1.Press SETUP and enter the Setup menu.

2.Go to the SYSTEM menu and select the ADMIN PASSWORD menu item.

3.Enter the password as 12341234, and press SEL.

Note The space provided to enter the Admin password is only designed for four characters. Entering the last four characters will not appear on the screen, but they do serve to open the Engineering mode.

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Contents Digital Video Recorder User Guide HRDE4X4Revisions Issue Date RevisionsFCC Compliance Statement Weee Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Contents RAS Configuration Appendix a DVR Firmware UpgradeAppendix D Specifications Figures Figure A-1 Engineering Mode Features IntroductionTechnical Overview Important Safeguards Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions Page DVR Unit Installation Before You BeginUnpack Everything Setting Unit for Ntsc or PAL Typical DVR InstallationRear Panel Connections Connector Description Connecting Peripheral EquipmentVideo AlarmSwitches OUTConnecting the Power Cord Rev Document 03/06 Front Panel LEDs and Controls DVR ConfigurationUSB Port Menu Structure Initial SetupLive Mode Recording Mode Motion Zones Recording Schedules Motion Zone Setup ScreenSetting System Parameters SET Date & Time AdminPassword Date FormatDVR ID Setup Screen Controlling a PTZ Camera Setting Network ParametersSaving Remote AccessPort BandwidthMail Address Network Setup Fields Cont’dDdns Server Name Send E-MAILDhcp Storage SetupStorage Setup Fields Description OverwriteFormat 14 Save Setup Screen Saving SetupLive Viewing Window Front Panel OperationSearch Window Button Functions in Live Viewing WindowButton Description Event Search Screen Event SearchEvent Search List Screen Time-Line SearchTime-line Search Screen Go To SearchGo First Search Go Last SearchLog List Search 10 Archive Search Screen Archive SearchPlay Mode Network Mode Highlighted channelPress to launch the archiving function Archiving Video Archiving Images or Video onto the Hard DriveTransferring Still Images or Video onto USB 15 Archive Menu Screen Rev Document 03/06 RAS Installation Installing the RAS ProgramMinimum PC Requirements Choose Destination Location RAS Operation Live ViewingLive Viewing Interface Live Viewing Interface Controls Live Viewing Interface Controls Cont’d Search and Playback Viewing Search and Playback InterfaceInterface Control Description Search and Playback Interface Controls Search and Playback Interface Controls Cont’d Main User Interface with Back Up Times Marked Back Up a Video Clip in AVI FormatAVI Backup Window General Setup RAS ConfigurationEvent Setup Site SetupEvent Search Menu Event Search SetupRecord Menu Record Menu Settings Setting OperationVideo Menu Disk MenuAbout Menu DVR Firmware Upgrade Copy Firmware Upgrade to USB StickStart Engineering Mode Verifying Software Installation Upgrading Using USB StickPlaying AVI Archive Clips Figure B-1 Ffdshow Video Decoder ConfigurationRev Document 03/06 Optional Items Remote Control OperationPress to select the remote unit Configuring Multiple Units for Remote ControlInputs, Outputs SpecificationsTable D-1 Technical Specifications Video ConnectorsTable D-1 Technical Specifications Cont’d StorageGeneral Page Video Systems