Administrator’s Guide and Operating Instructions
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1. Product Overview
The PowerPlex EDR1600 is a state-of-the-art digital video recorder
that brings unparalleled price/performance video surveillance,
recording and playback to the CCTV systems. With parallel
processing architecture, high performance video engine, and
intelligent recording algorithms, triplex operation can be easily
achieved without sacrificing the increasing demands of performance,
reliability, and availability in the CCTV industry.

1.1 Features

Connect up to 16 color or B/W cameras
Real triplex operation: recording, live & playback simultaneously
Built-in MPEG-1 and JPEG compression/decompression with
configurable quality
Intelligent motion detection with programmable area and sensitivity
for each camera
Powerful alarm processor with configurable triggering conditions and
reactions
Event recording, time-lapse recording or both
Pre alarm / post alarm recording for alarm, motion, and video loss
with adjustable frame rate for different time modes and cameras
Storage on (Max. 2) internal Hard Disks
Connect up to 2 external Hard Disk Arrays (Max. 8 Hard Disks per
set) to enhance the storage capacity
Hot swappable Hard Disks for highest surveillance availability
Non-editable video data with data loss at 1-second level (only caused
by bad sectors in Hard Disks after recording)
Anti-faked digital watermark
Retrieve Video (in .MPG or .MOV format) to floppy disks, ZIP
drives, etc.
Versatile display formats: full-screen, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13, and 16 video
windows
Alarm history log for video loss, motion, & alarm input
Multi-level password to ensure high degree of security
Recording rate: up to 60 fps for NTSC, 50 fps for PAL
Playback rate: up to 30 fps for NTSC, 25 fps for PAL
Independent record & playback.
Built-in flash memory, power off data protection, power on and run
Built-in 16x8 video matrix
Built-in Watch Dog Timer
Graphics user interface with built-in real-time kernel, NO windows
OS required
Networking supported