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User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 

 

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10.4

 

Managing HDD Group 

10.4.1

 

Setting HDD Groups 

Purpose: 

Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD 

group through HDD settings. 

Steps: 

1.

 

Enter the Storage Mode interface. 

Menu > HDD > Advanced 

2.

 

Set the 

Mode

 to Group, as shown below. 

Note:

 The device must be rebooted to activate the changes. 

 

Figure 10. 13

 

Storage Mode Interface 

 

3.

 

Click 

  and the following Attention box will pop up. 

 

Figure 10. 14

 

Attention for Reboot

 

 

4.

 

Click 

  to reboot the device to activate the changes. 

5.

 

After reboot of device, enter the HDD Information interface. 

Menu > HDD > General   

6.

 

Select a HDD from the list and click 

  to enter the Local HDD Settings interface. 

Summary of Contents for HR301-16

Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual ...

Page 2: ...8 16 Hybrid DVR HR301 HR301 4 8 16 Hybrid DVR This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing errors and the content is subject to change without notice The updates will be added into the new version of this manual We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual The figures shown in this manual are for reference only The appearance and ...

Page 3: ...erence received including interference that may cause undesired operation EU Conformity Statement This product and if applicable the supplied accessories too are marked with CE and comply therefore with the applicable harmonized European standards listed under the Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC the RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU 2012 19 EU WEEE directive Products marked ...

Page 4: ...is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the device in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device Improper use or replacement of the battery ...

Page 5: ...DMI VGA and CVBS outputs HDMI output and VGA output at up to 1920 1080P resolution 1 4 6 8 9 16 division live view is supported and the display sequence of screens is adjustable Live view screen can be switched in group and manual switch and auto switch review is also provided the interval of auto switch can be adjusted Quick setting menu is provided for live view The selected live view channel ca...

Page 6: ...eSATA device eSATA function is only supported by HRA03 Export video clips when playback Management and maintenance of backup devices Support NTFS and FAT32 formatted backup devices Alarm and Exception Configurable arming time of alarm input output Alarm for video loss motion detection tampering abnormal signal video input output standard mismatch illegal login network disconnected IP confliction a...

Page 7: ... broken transfer resume Remote parameters setup remote import export of device parameters Remote viewing of the device status system logs and alarm status Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading Remote system restart RS 232 RS 485 transparent channel transmission Note RS 232 is only supported by HRA03 series Alarm and exception informatio...

Page 8: ...2 3 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode 40 3 3 Adjusting Live View Settings 43 3 4 Channel zero Encoding 45 3 5 User Logout 46 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls 47 4 1 Configuring PTZ Settings 48 4 2 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns 49 4 2 1 Customizing Presets 49 4 2 2 Calling Presets 50 4 2 3 Customizing Patrols 51 4 2 4 Calling Patrols 52 4 2 5 Customizing Patterns 53 4 2 6 Calling Patterns 54 4 3...

Page 9: ... 1 4 Backing up Video Clips 109 7 2 Backing up Pictures 111 7 3 Managing Backup Devices 113 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 116 8 1 Setting Motion Detection 117 8 2 Setting Sensor Alarms 120 8 3 Detecting Video Loss 123 8 4 Detecting Video Tampering 125 8 5 Handling Exceptions 127 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions 128 8 7 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually 130 Chapter 9 Network Settings 131 9 ...

Page 10: ...g HDD Error Alarms 169 Chapter 11 Camera Settings 170 11 1 Configuring OSD Settings 171 11 2 Configuring Privacy Mask 173 11 3 Configuring Video Parameters 174 Chapter 12 Device Management and Maintenance 176 12 1 Viewing System Information 177 12 1 1 Viewing Device Information 177 12 1 2 Viewing Camera Information 177 12 1 3 Viewing Record Information 178 12 1 4 Viewing Alarm Information 178 12 1...

Page 11: ...dding a User 192 13 5 2 Deleting a User 194 13 5 3 Editing a User 195 13 5 4 Changing Password of Admin 196 13 6 Logging out Shutting down Rebooting Device 198 Chapter 14 Appendix 199 Glossary 200 Troubleshooting 201 List of IP Cameras Compatible 205 ...

Page 12: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 13: ...d when data is being read from or written to HDD MODEM Reserved for future usage TX RX Flashes blue when network connection is functioning properly GUARD Guard LED turns blue when the device is in armed status at this time an alarm is enabled when an event is detected The LED turns off when the device is unarmed The arm disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for mor...

Page 14: ...utton It is also used to turn audio on off in the Playback mode PLAY AUTO The button is used to enter the Playback mode It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu ZOOM Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Control setting A FOCUS Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu It is also used to switch between input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input EDIT IRIS Edit text fiel...

Page 15: ...ust the iris of the PTZ camera 9 Alphanumeric Buttons Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Input numbers and characters in Edit mode Switch between different channels in Playback mode The light of the button is blue when the corresponding channel is recording it is red when the channel is in network transmission status it is pink when the channel is recording and tr...

Page 16: ... The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera ENTER The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes It can also be used to tick checkbox fields In Playback mode it can be used to play or pause the video In single ...

Page 17: ...3 Alphanumeric Buttons Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Input numbers and characters in Edit mode Switch channels in Playback mode 4 EDIT Button Edit text fields When editing text fields it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front of the cursor On checkbox fields pressing the button will tick the checkbox In PTZ Control mode the ...

Page 18: ...he next and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes It can also be used to tick checkbox fields In Playback mode it can be used to play or pause the video In single frame Playback mode pressing the button will a...

Page 19: ...ator on the front panel turns blue the remote control is operating properly If the Status indicator does not turn blue and there is still no response from the remote please check the following Note When the device ID is 255 the Status indicator is off when device is controlled by an IR remote control 1 Batteries are installed correctly and the polarities of the batteries are not reversed 2 Batteri...

Page 20: ... The operation of the mouse Table 1 4 Description of the Mouse Control Name Action Description Left Click Single Click Live view Select channel and show the quick set menu Menu Select and enter Double Click Live view Switch single screen and multi screen Click and Drag PTZ control pan tilt and zoom Tamper proof privacy mask and motion detection Select target area Digital zoom in Drag and select ta...

Page 21: ...d Description Figure 1 4 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard Table 1 5 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase Uppercase Backspace Space Enter Exit ...

Page 22: ...DMI HDMI video output connector 12 eSATA Connects external SATA HDD DVD R W 13 LAN Interface Network interface 14 Termination Switch RS 485 termination switch Up position is not terminated Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance 15 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T and T pin connects to R and R pin of PTZ receiver respectively Controller Port D D pin connects to Ta Tb pin of...

Page 23: ...Connects USB mouse or USB flash memory devices 5 HDMI HDMI video output 6 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 7 AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 8 LAN Interface Network interface 9 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices Connect the D and D terminals to R and R of PTZ receiver respectively 10 12V 12 VDC power supply 11 POWER Switch for turning on off...

Page 24: ...Shutting down the device Steps There are two proper ways to shut down the device Task 1 Standard shutdown 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 1 7 Shutdown Menu 2 Click the Shutdown button 3 Click the Yes button 4 Press the POWER button on the rear panel when the hint Please power off pops up to shut down the device properly Take 2 By operating the front panel not available for HR301 ser...

Page 25: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 24 Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu Shutdown 2 Click the Logout button to logout the device or the Reboot button to reboot the device ...

Page 26: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 25 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...

Page 27: ...use the Start Wizard at that moment click You can also choose to use the Start Wizard next time by leaving the Start wizard when device starts checkbox checked 2 Click on the Wizard window to enter the Login window as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 Login Window 3 Enter the admin password By default the password is 12345 4 To change the admin password check the New Admin Password checkbox Enter the...

Page 28: ...and Time Settings 6 After the time settings click which takes you to the Network Start Wizard window as shown in Figure 2 4 Note HR301 4 only supports 10M 100Mbps NIC type HRA03 HR301 Figure 2 4 Network Configuration 7 Click to enter the HDD Management window ...

Page 29: ... Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD 9 Click to enter the IP Camera Management window as shown in Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 IP Camera Management 10 Click to search IP Camera Click to add IP Camera 11 After finishing IP Camera settings click to enter the Record Settings window Figure 2 7 Record Settings ...

Page 30: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 29 12 Click to copy the settings to other channels as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 Copy Record Settings 13 Click to complete the start wizard settings ...

Page 31: ...onnection is valid and correct For detailed network configuration and checking please see Chapter Configuring General Settings Chapter Checking Network Traffic and Chapter Network Detection Option 1 Steps 1 Right click the mouse in the live view mode to show the right click menu 2 Select Add IP Camera and choose Auto or Manual on your demand Figure 2 9 Right click Menu of Adding IP Camera Auto The...

Page 32: ... Manual Adding IP Camera Interface 2 Click the button to add the camera Table 2 1 Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera Delete the IP camera The camera is disconnected you can click the icon to get the exception information of camera The camera is connected Advanced settings of the camera 2 To add other IP cameras ...

Page 33: ...camera can be realized by clearing the checkbox before the analog camera No One more network camera can be added by disabling one analog camera 16 8 4 network cameras can be added to HRA03 16 HR301 16 HRA03 8 HR301 8 HRA03 4 HR301 4 series at most when all the analog cameras are enabled 32 16 8 network cameras can be added to HRA03 16 HR301 16 HRA03 8 HR301 8 HRA03 4 HR301 4 series at most when al...

Page 34: ...ox in the pop up window to select the channels and click to finish adding Figure 2 16 Selecting Multiple Channels 2 2 2 Configuring the Connected IP Cameras Editing the connected IP cameras Purpose After the adding of the IP cameras the basic information of the camera lists in the page and you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras Steps 1 Click to edit the parameters you can edit the I...

Page 35: ...e editing interface To edit more parameters 1 Drag the horizontal scroll bar to the right side and click the icon Figure 2 18 Advance Set Network 2 You can edit the network information and the password of the camera Figure 2 19 Advance Set Password 3 Click to save the settings and click to exit the interface ...

Page 36: ... the network camera to consult about the URL uniform resource locator for getting main stream and sub stream The format of the URL is Type IP Address of the network camera Port Path Example rtsp 192 168 1 55 554 ch1 main av_stream Protocol Name Edit the name for the custom protocol Enable Substream If the network camera does not support sub stream or the sub stream is not needed leave the checkbox...

Page 37: ...ser Manual of Digital Video Recorder 36 Figure 2 21 Configure Custom Protocol 5 Select the custom protocol and enter the IP address user name and password of the camera 6 Click to add the network camera ...

Page 38: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 37 Chapter 3 Live View ...

Page 39: ...n brings you to the Live View mode Live View Icons In the live view mode there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel so that you can know whether the channel is recorded or whether there are alarms occur as soon as possible Table 3 1 Description of Live View Icons Icons Description Alarm video loss tampering motion detec...

Page 40: ...ts HDMI VGA CVBS Main output Auxiliary output 1 HDMI VGA CVBS 2 HDMI VGA 3 CVBS means the interface is in use means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid And the HDMI VGA and CVBS can be used at the same time When the aux output is enabled you can do some basic operation in the live view mode for the Aux output while no operation is allowed for the main output 3 2 1 Using the Mo...

Page 41: ...e selected camera Camera can be selected from a dropdown list Multi screen Switch different display layout options Layout options can be selected from a dropdown list Next Screen When displaying less than the maximum number of cameras in Live View clicking this feature will switch to the next set of displays Playback Enter into Playback mode Output Mode Set the video output mode to Standard Bright...

Page 42: ...ive minutes Digital Zoom can zoom in the selected area to the full screen You can left click and draw to select the area for zooming in as shown in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Digital Zoom Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu For Analog Cameras There are four preset modes for selection according to the real situation Below is the explanation for each mode Standard for gen...

Page 43: ...lick to copy the image settings to other analog channels For Network Cameras You can customize the brightness contrast saturation and hue of the network camera Figure 3 5 Image Settings Customize for Network Camera Live View Strategy icon can be selected to enter the Live View Strategy menu You can set the live view performance to real time balanced or fluency Note This feature is only available f...

Page 44: ... interface Menu Configuration Live View Figure 3 7 Live View General The settings available in this menu include Video Output Interface Designates the output to configure the settings for Outputs include HDMI VGA and Main CVBS Live View Mode Designates the window division mode to be used for Live View Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when enabling auto switch i...

Page 45: ...o select a screen in the right region and double click to select a channel in the left region Thus the selected channel will be displayed in the corresponding screen Note means the channel will not be displayed You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all channels Click or to go to the previous or next page 4 Click to save the setting ...

Page 46: ...h requirement without affecting the image quality channel zero encoding is supported as an option for you Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings interface Menu Configuration Live View 2 Select the Channel Zero Encoding tab Figure 3 9 Channel Zero Encoding 3 Check checkbox to enable channel zero encoding 4 Configure the Frame Rate Max Bitrate Mode and Max Bitrate After you set the channel zero encodi...

Page 47: ...e and if you want to do some operation you need to enter user name and password to log in again Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 3 10 Shutdown 2 Click Logout Note After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to log into the system ...

Page 48: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 47 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls ...

Page 49: ...eps 1 Enter the PTZ Settings interface Menu Camera PTZ Figure 4 1 PTZ General 2 Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera dropdown list 3 Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera Note All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters Only PTZ Protocol and address can be configured for network cameras Example If the PTZ camera has a Baud rate as 115200 you should input ...

Page 50: ...u want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings Figure 4 2 PTZ More Settings 2 Use the directional button to move the camera to the location where you want to set preset 3 Check 4 Click the preset number to save the preset Repeat the steps2 4 to save more presets If the number of the presets you want to save is more ...

Page 51: ...et in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Check Figure 4 4 PTZ Call Preset 3 Choose the preset number Call preset in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live view mode Figure 4 5 PTZ Toolbar ...

Page 52: ... Presets Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Select patrol number 3 Click under Patrol option box to add key points for the patrol Figure 4 6 PTZ Add Key Point 4 Configure key point parameters such as the preset No duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol The key point is corresponding to the preset The Preset determines the order at which the P...

Page 53: ...in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 In the PTZ setting interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Select the patrol number and then click to call the patrol 3 Click to stop it Figure 4 9 Calling Patrol Calling patrol in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar to show the PTZ control pa...

Page 54: ...to the predefined path Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Choose pattern number in the option box Figure 4 11 PTZ Pattern 3 Click and use your mouse to drag the image or click the eight directional buttons in the control box under the image to move the PTZ camera The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern 4 Click to save the pattern Repeat the above ste...

Page 55: ... then the PTZ moves according to the pattern Click to stop it Figure 4 12 PTZ Calling Pattern Call pattern in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote control or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar 2 Choose Camera in the list on the menu 3 And then choose Pattern on the control bar 4 Double click the pattern number you want ...

Page 56: ...connected the icon displays in the bottom left corner of the live video to indicate that this camera is in PTZ control mode Figure 4 14 PTZ Panel Table 4 1 Description of the PTZ panel icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and the auto cycle button Zoom Focus Iris Zoom Focus Iris The speed of the PTZ movement Light on off Wiper on off 3D Zoom Image Centralizatio...

Page 57: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 56 Chapter 5 Record and Capture Settings ...

Page 58: ...se install a HDD and click to initialize it Menu HDD General Figure 5 1 HDD General 2 Check the storage mode of the HDD 1 Click Advanced to check the storage mode of the HDD 2 If the HDD mode is Quota please set the maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity For detailed information see Chapter Configuring Quota Mode 3 If the HDD mode is Group you should set the HDD group For detailed in...

Page 59: ...t Record Enabling redundant record means you save the record files in the redundant HDD or network disk See Chapter Configuring Redundant Recording Record Audio Enable this feature to record the sound and disable it to record the image without sound Enable CABAC Enable CABAC to get high quality images with lower bitrate This feature is only supported by analog cameras Enable 960 Mode Enable 960 mo...

Page 60: ...ers for Capture Note this feature is only supported by HRA03 series 1 Select the Capture tab Figure 5 7 Capture Encoding 2 You can configure the continuous and event parameters separately 3 Click to save the settings 4 If the parameters can also be used to other analog channels click to copy the settings to other channels Note The interval is the time period between two capturing actions and the i...

Page 61: ...anual of Digital Video Recorder 60 overwrite mode and then the record files will be overwritten when the HDD becomes full Otherwise the recording will stop when the HDD becomes full Figure 5 8 Overwrite Mode ...

Page 62: ...gure Record Schedule 1 Select Record Capture Schedule Figure 5 9 Record Schedule 2 Choose the camera you want to configure 3 Check checkbox to enable record schedule There are two ways to configure the record schedule Task 1 Edit the Schedule Steps 1 Click 2 In the message box you can choose the day which you want to set schedule 3 To schedule an all day recording check checkbox to enable all day ...

Page 63: ...me periods can t be overlapped each other Repeat the above steps2 5 to schedule recording for other days in the week If the schedule can also be set to other days click Figure 5 11 Copy Schedule to Other Days Note The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings Refer to Chapter Configuring Holiday Recording Figure 5 12 Holiday Settings 6 Click to save setting a...

Page 64: ...ngs or alarm input settings as well For detailed information refer to Chapter Setting Motion Detection and Chapter Setting Sensor Alarms Figure 5 13 Draw the Schedule 1 2 Use the mouse to drag and draw time periods Note Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day Figure 5 14 Draw the Schedule 2 You can repeat the above steps to set schedule for other channels If the settings can also be used to...

Page 65: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 64 Schedule interface to save the settings Figure 5 15 Copy Schedule to Other Channels ...

Page 66: ...and so on In this chapter you can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detected motion Steps 1 Enter the Motion Detection interface Menu Camera Motion Figure 5 16 Motion Detection 2 Configure Motion Detection 1 Choose camera you want to configure 2 Check checkbox to enable motion detection 3 Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse If you want to set the motion ...

Page 67: ... Exit the Motion Detection interface 3 Enter Record Capture Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Capture For detailed information about record schedule settings refer to step 2 in Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Capture Schedule Note You need to select the Type as Motion in record schedule settings Figure 5 18 Record Schedule ...

Page 68: ...RA03 series Steps 1 Enter the Alarm setting interface Menu Configuration Alarm Figure 5 19 Alarm Settings 2 Click Alarm Input tab Figure 5 20 Alarm Settings Alarm Input 1 Select Alarm Input No and configure alarm parameters 2 Edit the alarm name as desired and choose N O normally open or N C normally closed for alarm type 3 Check checkbox to enable the alarm input 4 Click to configure the alarm se...

Page 69: ...teps to configure other alarm input parameters If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs click and choose the alarm input number Figure 5 22 Copy Alarm Input 3 Enter Record Capture Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Capture For detailed information about record schedule settings refer to step 2 in Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Capture Schedule Note You need to ...

Page 70: ...to the scheduled recording and capture Steps 1 Enter the Manual settings interface Menu Manual Figure 5 24 Manual Record 2 Enable manual record 1 Select Record tab on the left bar 2 Click the status button before camera No to change to 3 Disable manual record Click the status button to change to Note After rebooting all the manual records enabled will be canceled 4 Start all day normal recording o...

Page 71: ...the continuous capture Note Capture is supported by HRA03 series 1 Select Continuous Capture tab on the left bar Figure 5 27 Continuous Capture 2 Click the status button before camera number to change to to enable continuous capture 3 Or click the status button to change to to disable continuous capture Note After rebooting all the continuous capture will be canceled ...

Page 72: ...ure the record or capture schedule on holiday for that year Note The priority of holiday schedule is higher than any other schedule Capture function is only suppurted by HRA03 Steps 1 Enter the Record setting interface Menu Record 2 Choose Holiday on the left bar Figure 5 28 Holiday Settings 3 Enable editing holiday schedule 1 Click to enter the Edit interface Figure 5 29 Edit Holiday Settings ...

Page 73: ...4 Set the start and end date 5 Click to save settings 6 Click to exit the Edit interface 4 Enter Record Capture Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Capture For detailed information about record schedule settings refer to step 2 in Chapter Configuring Record Schedule Note You need to select schedule type as Holiday or draw the schedule for the Holiday Figure 5 30 Edit Schedule H...

Page 74: ...set the HDD property to Redundant For detailed information please refer to Chapter Managing HDD Group There should be at least another HDD or network disk which is in R W mode Capture function is only supported by HRA03 series Steps 1 Enter HDD Information interface Menu HDD Figure 5 32 HDD General 2 Select the HDD and click to enter the Local HDD Settings interface 1 Set the HDD property to Redun...

Page 75: ...ters 2 Select Camera you want to configure 3 Check checkbox to enable redundant recording 4 Click to save settings Repeat the above steps2 4 for configuring other channels If the setting can also be applied to other analog channels click and then choose the channel s ...

Page 76: ... interface 4 Configuring HDD group 1 Choose a group number for the HDD group 2 Click and then in the pop up message box click to save your settings 3 Click to back to the upper level menu Repeat the above steps3 4 to configure more HDD groups 5 Choose the Channels which you want to save the record files in the HDD group 1 Select Advanced on the left bar Figure 5 36 HDD Advanced 2 Choose Group numb...

Page 77: ...t setting interface Menu Export Figure 5 37 Export Interface 2 Check the checkbox to for selecting the channels 3 Configure the record mode record type file type and start end time 4 Click to show the results Figure 5 38 Export Search Result 5 Protect the record files 1 Find the record files you want to protect and then click icon which will turn to indicating that the file is locked 2 Click to ch...

Page 78: ... want to protect Figure 5 41 HDD General Editing 3 Set the HDD to Read only 4 Click to save settings and back to the upper level menu Notes 1 You can t save any files in a Read only HDD If you want to save files in the HDD change the property to R W 2 If there is only one HDD and is set to Read only the device can t record any files Only live view mode is available 3 If you set the HDD to Read onl...

Page 79: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 78 Chapter 6 Playback ...

Page 80: ...tant playback by channel Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar Note Only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back Figure 6 1 Instant Playback Interface Playback by channel Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Mouse Right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu as...

Page 81: ...e toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Playback Interface Click the channel s if you want to execute synchronous playback of multiple channels Figure 6 4 Toolbar of Playback Note The indicates the start end time of the record ...

Page 82: ...creen Exit Video type Note Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate specific frames 6 1 2 Playing Back by Time Purpose Play back video files recorded in specified time duration Multi channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported Steps 1 Enter Playback interface Menu Playback 2 Check checkbox of channel s in the c...

Page 83: ...e record Table 6 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback by time Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom Smart Search Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Slow forward Fast forward Previ...

Page 84: ...several channels searched out by restricting event type e g alarm input and motion detection Steps 1 Enter the playback interface Menu Playback 2 Click and select to enter the Event Playback interface 3 Select Alarm Input as the event type and edit the Start time and End time Figure 6 8 Event Playback Interface Alarm Input 4 Click to get the search result information listed in the right side panel...

Page 85: ... time as 5 seconds the video plays back from 9 59 55 Post play The time you set to play back after the event For example when an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11 00 if you set the post play time as 5 seconds the video plays back till 11 00 05 If there is only one channel is triggered by an alarm input clicking button takes you to Full screen Playback interface of this channel If several ch...

Page 86: ...ute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom Smart Search Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Slow forward Fast forward Previous day Next day Scaling up down time bar Process bar Full Screen Exit Video type Notes 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of ...

Page 87: ...es and position time point Before playing back by tag 1 Enter Playback Menu Playback interface 2 Search and play back the record file s Refer to Chapter 6 1 2 for the detailed information about searching and playback of the record files Figure 6 13 Interface of Playback by Time Click to add default tag Click to add customized tag and edit tag name Note Max 64 tags can be added to a single video fi...

Page 88: ...e Start and End time and click to enter Search Result interface Note You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command Figure 6 15 Video Search by Tag 4 Click button to play back the file You can click the button to back to the search interface Pre play and post play time can be set according to actual needs Note Pre play time and post play time is added to the time point of t...

Page 89: ...e Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom Smart Search Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Slow forward Fast forward Previous day Next day Scaling up down time bar Process bar Full Screen Exit Video type Note Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the p...

Page 90: ...g Information Log Search Figure 6 18 Log Search Interface 2 Set search time and type and click 3 Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface Note If there is no record file at the time point of the log the message box No result found will pop up Figure 6 19 Result of System Log Search 4 Playback interface The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be us...

Page 91: ...h drives USB HDDs Before you start Please insert the external device s with record files into the device Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Menu Playback 2 Click and select to enter the External File Playback interface The files stored in the extrenal device are listed in the right side list You can click the button to refresh the file list 3 Select a record file and click to play back it Figure...

Page 92: ...ion event easily and accurately in the playback progress bar you are allowed to analyze a certain area scene dynamically and to get all of the related motion detection events that occurred in this area Note For network cameras the smart search function should be supported by the cameras Before you start for network cameras only 1 Log into the network camera via the web browser Enter the motion det...

Page 93: ...can click button to set the full screen as target searching area After drawing area s click button to execute smart search in this area Note Multi area and full screen searching modes are supported Figure 6 24 Draw Area of Smart Search The results of smart search will be marked as in the progress bar The hidden list of record files display when moving the mouse to the right of the playback interfa...

Page 94: ...tion Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom Smart Search Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Slow forward Fast forward Previous day Next day Scaling up down time bar Process bar Full Screen Exit Video type Smart search result Note Playback progress bar use ...

Page 95: ...se to draw a red rectangle and the image within it will be enlarged up to 16 times 4 You can right click to exit the Digital Zoom mode Figure 6 27 Draw Area for Digital Zoom 6 2 4 Reverse Playback of Multi channel Purpose You can play back record files of multi channel reversely Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Menu Playback 2 Check checkbox to select the channel s and double click to select a...

Page 96: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 95 Figure 6 28 4 ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3 Click to play back the record files reversely ...

Page 97: ...Click and select to enter the Picture Playback interface Note Frame extracting mode is supported by DVR series only Figure 6 29 Picture Playback Interface 3 Check checkbox to select the channel s and set the Start and End time 4 Click to enter Search Result interface Note Up to 4000 pictures can be displayed each time 5 Choose a picture you want to view and click button You can click to return to ...

Page 98: ...bar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Figure 6 31 Picture Playback Toolbar Table 6 6 Detailed Explanation of Picture playback Toolbar Button Function Button Function Button Function Button Function Play reverse Play Previous picture Next picture ...

Page 99: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 98 Chapter 7 Backup ...

Page 100: ... the channel s you want to back up and click Note The time duration of record files on a specified channel cannot exceed one day Otherwise the message box Max 24 hours are allowed for quick export will pop up Figure 7 1 Quick Export Interface 2 Export Go to Export interface choose backup device and click to start exporting Note Here we use USB Flash Drive and please refer to Chapter 7 1 2 Backing ...

Page 101: ...1 1 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported Figure 7 3 Export Finished 3 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export ...

Page 102: ...ter and DVD R W Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Normal 2 Set search condition and click to enter the search result interface Notes 1 Six different Record types are selectable Continuous Motion Alarm Motion Alarm Motion Alarm Command Triggered and Manual The command triggered record is configured by the platform when the device accessed via the platform 2 Two different File types are sel...

Page 103: ...s is displayed in the lower left corner of the window Figure 7 6 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4 Export Click and start backup Note If the inserted device is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drives or USB HDDs via the device USB writer and DVD R W cannot be formatted Figure 7 7 Export by Normal Video Search using USB...

Page 104: ...il all record files are exported with pop up message box Export finished Figure 7 9 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 10 Checkup of Export Result using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 105: ...e usage of eSATA is changed Continue pops up Note The usages of eSATA contain Record Capture and Export And changes in usage will take effective after rebooting the device 2 Enter Export interface Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click to enter the search result interface Figure 7 12 Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Select record files you want to back up Click button to play the record...

Page 106: ...SATA first when using it for the first time If the inserted eSATA HDD is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format eSATA HDD via the device Figure 7 14 Export by Normal Video Search Using eSATA HDD Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished ...

Page 107: ...ckup of Export Result Using eSATA HDD 7 1 3 Backing up by Event Search Purpose Back up event related record files using USB devices USB flash drives USB HDDs USB writer or DVD R W Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Event 1 Select Alarm Input Motion from the dropdown list of Event Type Note Here we take Alarm Input as an example 2 Select the alar...

Page 108: ... triggered by the selected alarm input You can view detailed information of the record file e g start time end time and file size Note The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower left corner of the window Figure 7 18 Event Details Interface 3 Export Click and start backup Note If the inserted USB device is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from ve...

Page 109: ... in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 20 Export Finished 4 Check backup result Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 21 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 110: ...iles 2 During playback use buttons and in the playback toolbar to start or stop clipping record file s 3 Quit Playback interface after finishing clipping and you will then be prompted to save the clips Note A maximum of 30 clips can be selected for each channel Figure 7 22 Interface of Playback by Time 4 Click to save video clips and enter Export interface or click No to quit and do not save video...

Page 111: ...24 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 25 Export Finished 6 Check backup result Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 26 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 112: ...Export Picture Select channel s picture type start time and end time and click to enter the Search Result interface Figure 7 27 Picture Search for Backup in HDVR Series 2 Select pictures you want to back up Check the checkbox before the pictures you want to back up and click Note Here we take USB flash drive as an example For more backup devices please refer to Chapter 7 1 2 Backing up by Normal V...

Page 113: ...p Figure 7 29 Export Pictures Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 30 Export Finished 4 Check backup result Figure 7 31 Checkup of Picture Export Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 114: ...for Backup 2 Select record files you want to back up Click to enter Export interface Note At least one record file shall be selected Figure 7 33 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Backup device management Click if you want to create a new folder in the backup device Select a record file or folder in the backup device and click if you want to delete it Select a record file in the backup dev...

Page 115: ...gement Management of USB writers and DVD R W 1 Enter Search Result interface of record files Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click to enter Search Result interface Note At least one channel shall be selected Figure 7 35 Normal Video Search for Backup 2 Select record files you want to back up Click to enter Export interface Note At least one record file shall be selected ...

Page 116: ... device management Click if you want to erase the files from a re writable CD DVD Note There must be a re writable CD DVD when you make this operation Note If the inserted USB writer or DVD R W is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor Figure 7 37 USB Writer Management ...

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Page 118: ...sitivity Check checkbox to enable motion detection use the mouse to draw detection area s and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity Figure 8 2 Set Detection Area and Sensitivity 3 Click to configure the motion detection settings Click Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full screen monitoring when motion alarm is triggered Click to save th...

Page 119: ...repeated or overlapped Figure 8 4 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5 Click Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of motion detection please refer to Chapter 8 6 Figure 8 5 Set Alarm Response Actions of Motion Detection Click to save the settings Click to complete the motion detection settings of the channel 6 If you want to set motion detection for another channel repeat the abov...

Page 120: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 119 Figure 8 6 Copy Settings of Motion Detection ...

Page 121: ... edit the name for the alarm input and set the handling method of the selected alarm input Check checkbox to enable the alarm input and click to configure the alarm settings Figure 8 8 Alarm Input Settings Interface 3 Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full screen monitoring when an external alarm is input Click to save the settings 4 Se...

Page 122: ... input Set PTZ linking parameters and click to save the settings Click to complete the settings of the alarm input Note Please check whether the PTZ or speed dome supports PTZ linkage One alarm input can trigger presets patrol or pattern of more than one channel But presets patrols and patterns are exclusive Figure 8 10 Set PTZ Linking of Alarm Input 7 If you want to set alarm settings of another ...

Page 123: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 122 Figure 8 11 Copy Settings of Alarm Input ...

Page 124: ...d click to set handling method of video loss 3 Set arming schedule of the channel Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel s arming schedule Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day Set up arming schedule of other days of a week You can also use to copy an arming schedule to other days Click to save the settings Note Time periods shall not be repeated o...

Page 125: ...ideo loss settings of the channel 5 If you want to set video loss handling method for another channel repeat the above steps or just click in Video Loss interface to copy the above settings to it Note Copying video loss settings to IP camera is not supported Figure 8 14 Copy Settings of Video Loss ...

Page 126: ...deo tampering Drag the sensitivity bar and choose a proper sensitivity level Use the mouse to draw an area you want to detect video tampering 3 Click to configure the video tampering settings Set arming schedule and alarm response actions of the channel 1 Click Arming Schedule tab to set the channel s arming schedule 2 Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each da...

Page 127: ...ave the settings and click to complete the video tampering settings of the channel 5 If you want to set up video loss handling method for another channel repeat step two and three or just click in Video Tamper interface to copy the above settings to it Note Copying video tampering settings to IP camera is not supported Figure 8 17 Copy Settings of Video Tampering ...

Page 128: ...llegal Login Incorrect user ID or password Video Signal Exception Unstable video signal Input Output Video Standard Mismatch I O video standards do not match Record Exception No space for saving recorded files Note Input Output Video Standard Mismatch and Video Signal Exception are not supported by IP camera Steps Enter Exceptions interface and handle various exceptions Menu Configuration Exceptio...

Page 129: ...er Channel settings the channel s you want to make full screen monitoring Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected Notify Surveillance Center Sends an exception or alarm signal to remote alarm host when an event occurs The alarm host refers to the PC installed with Remote Client Note The alarm signal will be transmitted automatically at detection mode when remote alarm hos...

Page 130: ...t be repeated or overlapped Figure 8 20 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output 3 Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week You can also click to copy an arming schedule to other days Click to complete the settings of the alarm output 4 You can also click in Alarm Output interface to copy the above settings to another channel Figure 8 21 Copy Settings of Alarm Output ...

Page 131: ...of an alarm output the alarm can be cleared only by clicking button in the following interface Steps Select the alarm output you want to trigger or clear and make related operations Menu Manual Alarm Click button if you want to trigger or clear an alarm output Click button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs Click button if you want to clear all alarm output Figure 8 22 Clear or Trigger Alarm...

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Page 133: ...HR301 Figure 9 1 Network Settings Interface Note HR301 4 only supports 10M 100Mbps NIC type 2 Select tab 3 In the General Settings interface you can configure the following settings NIC Type IPv4 Address IPv4 Subnet Mask IPv4 Gateway MTU and DNS Server If the DHCP server is available you can check the checkbox of DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that serve...

Page 134: ...select one NIC card as default route And when the system is connecting with the extranet the data will be forwarded through the default route Figure 9 2 Multi address Working Mode Load Balance Mode By using the same IP address and two NIC cards share the load of the total bandwidth which enables the system to provide two Gigabit network capacity Figure 9 3 Load Balance Working Mode Net Fault toler...

Page 135: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 134 Figure 9 4 Net Fault tolerance Working Mode ...

Page 136: ...e 5 Click to save and exit the interface 6 After successful settings the system asks you to reboot the device to activate the new settings and the PPPoE dial up is automatically connected after reboot You can go to Menu Maintenance System Info Network interface to view the status of PPPoE connection Please refer to Chapter 12 1 5Viewing Network Information for PPPoE status 9 2 2 Configuring DDNS S...

Page 137: ...only Note The Server Address should be the IP address of the PC that runs IPServer Figure 9 8 IPServer Settings Interface DynDNS 1 Enter Server Address for DynDNS e g members dyndns org 2 In the Device Domain Name text field enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website Figure 9 9 DynDNS Settings Interface PeanutHull Enter Use...

Page 138: ...r fields are read only 1 Edit the Server Address of the SIMPLEDDNS server By default www simpleddns com will be automatically available in the Server Address field when SIMPLEDDNS is selected 2 Enter the Device Domain Name You can register the device domain name in the SIMPLEDDNS server first and then enter the name to the Device Domain Name in the device you can also enter the domain name directl...

Page 139: ...evice name can only contain the lower case English letter numeric and and it must start with the lower case English letter and cannot end with 5 Click to save and exit the interface 9 2 3 Configuring NTP Server Settings Purpose A Network Time Protocol NTP Server can be configured on your device to ensure the accuracy of system date time Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configurati...

Page 140: ...e is connected to a public network you should use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function such as the server at the National Time Center IP Address 210 72 145 44 If the device is setup in a more customized network NTP software can be used to establish a NTP server used for time synchronization 9 2 4 Configuring SNMP Settings Purpose You can use SNMP protocol to get device status and ...

Page 141: ...e UPnP function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping Before you start If you want to enable the UPnP function of the device you must enable the UPnP function of the router to which your device is connected When the network working mode of the device is set as multi address the Default Route of the device should be in the same network segment as t...

Page 142: ...e the external port No for server port http port RTSP port and https port respectively Notes You can use the default port No or change it according to actual requirements External Port indicates the port No for port mapping in the router The value of the port No should be between 1 and 65535 and the value must be different from each other If multiple devices are configured for the UPnP settings un...

Page 143: ...gement System software installed Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configuration Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface Figure 9 22 More Settings Interface 3 Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port in the text fields The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS Client Management System software is installed and th...

Page 144: ... 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface 3 Set Multicast IP as shown in figure below When adding a device to the CMS Client Management System software the multicast address must be the same as the device s multicast IP Figure 9 24 Configure Multicast 4 Click to save and exit the interface 9 2 8 Configuring RTSP Settings Purpose The RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol is a...

Page 145: ...ort is 80 Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configuration Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface 3 Enter new Server Port and HTTP Port Figure 9 26 HTTP Server Port Settings Interface 4 Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80 and you can change them according to different requ...

Page 146: ...tab to enter the More Settings interface 3 Check checkbox to enable the HTTPS Figure 9 27 HTTPS Settings 4 Enter the HTTPS Port in the text fields The default HTTPS Port is 443 and you can change it according to different requirements 5 Click to save and exit the interface Note The HTTPS Port should be set to the range of 1 65535 9 2 11Configuring High speed Download Settings Purpose You can enabl...

Page 147: ...settings 9 2 12Configuring Email Settings Purpose The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected a motion detection event is detected etc Before you start The device must be connected to a local area network LAN that maintains an SMTP mail server The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on t...

Page 148: ...SMTP server authentication Password The password of sender s Email for SMTP server authentication SMTP Server The SMTP Server IP address or host name e g smtp 263xmail com SMTP Port The SMTP port The default TCP IP port used for SMTP is 25 Enable SSL optional Check the checkbox to enable SSL if required by the SMTP server Sender The name of sender Sender s Address The Email address of sender Selec...

Page 149: ... the time between two actions of sending attached pictures Figure 9 32 Configure Email Settings 6 Click to save the Email settings 7 You can click to test whether your Email settings work The corresponding Attention message box will pop up Figure 9 33 Email Testing Attention ...

Page 150: ...n real time information of device such as linking status MTU sending receiving rate etc Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect Figure 9 34 Network Traffic Interface 2 You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second ...

Page 151: ...ork delay and packet loss 4 Enter the destination address in the text field of Destination Address 5 Click to start testing network delay and packet loss The testing result pops up on the window If the testing is failed the error message box will pop up as well Figure 9 36 Testing Result of Network Delay and Packet Loss 9 4 2 Exporting Network Packet Purpose By connecting the device to network the...

Page 152: ...t fails to detect the backup device please check whether it is compatible with the device You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect Figure 9 37 Export Network Packet 4 Click to start exporting 5 After the exporting is complete click to finish the packet export as shown in Figure 9 41 Figure 9 38 Packet Export Attention Note Up to 1M data can be exported each time ...

Page 153: ...nu Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection interface 3 Click to get the network status Figure 9 39 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Figure 9 40 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one you can click to show the quick setting interface of th...

Page 154: ...he Network Statistics interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics interface Figure 9 42 Network Stat Interface 3 View the bandwidth of IP Camera bandwidth of Remote Live View bandwidth of Remote Playback bandwidth of Net Receive Idle and bandwidth of Net Send Idle Note And the value of the bandwidth is subject to the actual model 4 Click to ge...

Page 155: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 154 Chapter 10 HDD Management ...

Page 156: ... is uninitialized HDD existed in the device the following message box pops up when the device starts up Figure 10 1 Message Box of Uninitialized HDD Click to initialize it immediately or you can perform the following steps to initialize the HDD s Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General Figure 10 2 HDD Information Interface 2 Select HDD to be initialized 3 Click ...

Page 157: ...alization 4 Select to start initialization Figure 10 4 Start Initialization 5 After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal Figure 10 5 HDD Status Changes to Normal Note Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it ...

Page 158: ...d use it as network HDD Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General Figure 10 6 HDD Information Interface 2 Click to enter the Add NetHDD interface as shown in Figure 10 7 Figure 10 7 Adding NetHDD Interface 3 Add the allocated NetHDD 4 Select the type to NAS or IP SAN 5 Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings Add NAS disk ...

Page 159: ...e configured NAS disk Note Up to 8 NAS disks can be added Figure 10 8 Add NAS Disk Add IP SAN 1 Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field 2 Click to search the available IP SAN disks 3 Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below 4 Click to add the selected IP SAN disk Note Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added Figure 10 9 Add IP SAN Disk 6 After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk...

Page 160: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 159 Note If the added NetHDD is uninitialized please select it and click for initialization Figure 10 10 Initialize Added NetHDD ...

Page 161: ...Usage as Record Capture or Export Export Use the eSATA for backup Refer to Backup using eSATA HDDs in Chapter Backing up by Normal Video Search for operating instructions Record Capture Use the eSATA for record capture Refer to the following steps for operating instructions Figure 10 11 Set eSATA Usage 4 When the eSATA usage is selected to Record Capture enter the HDD Information interface Menu HD...

Page 162: ...ode interface Menu HDD Advanced 2 Set the Mode to Group as shown below Note The device must be rebooted to activate the changes Figure 10 13 Storage Mode Interface 3 Click and the following Attention box will pop up Figure 10 14 Attention for Reboot 4 Click to reboot the device to activate the changes 5 After reboot of device enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General 6 Select a HDD from...

Page 163: ...efore setting the HDD property please set the storage mode to Group refer to step1 4 of Chapter Setting HDD Groups A HDD can be set to read only to prevent important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full in overwrite recording mode When the HDD property is set to redundancy the video can be recorded both onto the redundancy HDD and the R W HDD simultaneously so as to ensu...

Page 164: ...Read only or Redundancy 4 Click to save the settings and exit the interface 5 In the HDD Information menu the HDD property will be displayed in the list Note At least 2 disks must be installed on your device when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy and there is one HDD or network disk with R W property ...

Page 165: ...shown in Figure 10 18 Note The device must be rebooted to activate the changes Figure 10 18 Storage Mode Settings Interface 3 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota 4 Enter the storage capacity in the text fields of Max Record Capacity GB as shown in Figure 10 19 Figure 10 19 Configure Record Quota 5 You can copy the quota settings of the current camera to other cameras if required ...

Page 166: ...figured with the same quota settings You can also click the checkbox of Analog or IP Camera to select all cameras 7 Click to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface 8 Click to save the settings Note If the quota capacity is set to 0 then all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for record ...

Page 167: ...atus of each HDD which is displayed on the list Figure 10 21 View HDD Status 1 Note If the status of HDD is Normal or Sleeping it works normally If the status is Uninitialized or Abnormal please initialize the HDD before use And if the HDD initialization is failed please replace it with a new one Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu M...

Page 168: ... R T Settings interface Menu Maintenance HDD Detect S M A R T Settings 2 Select a HDD to view its S M A R T information list Note If you want to use the HDD even when the S M A R T checking is failed you can check the checkbox before the Continue to use this disk when self evaluation is failed item 3 Three self tests of S M A R T are provided including Short Test Expanded Test and Conveyance Test ...

Page 169: ...erface Menu Maintenance HDD Detect Bad Sector Detection Figure 10 24 Bad Sector Detection 2 Select a HDD and choose Full Detection or Key Area Detection as the detection type 3 Click to start detecting Figure 10 25 Bad Sector Detecting 4 You can click to pause the detection and click to resume the detection 5 If there is error information about the HDD you can click to view the information ...

Page 170: ...pe to HDD Error from the dropdown list 3 Click the checkbox s below to select the HDD error alarm type s Note The alarm type can be selected to Audible Warning Notify Surveillance Center Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output Please refer to Chapter 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Figure 10 26 Configure HDD Error Alarm 4 When the Trigger Alarm Output is selected you can also select the alarm outpu...

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Page 172: ...and Display Week by checking the checkbox 5 Select the Date Format Time Format and Display Mode Figure 11 1 OSD Configuration Interface 6 You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame on the preview window to adjust the OSD position 7 Copy Camera Settings 1 If you want to copy the OSD settings of the current camera to other cameras click to enter the Copy Camera interface Figure 11 2 Copy...

Page 173: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 172 checkbox to select all cameras 3 Click to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interface 8 Click to apply the settings ...

Page 174: ...ouse to draw a zone on the window The zones will be marked with different frame colors Note Up to 4 privacy mask zones can be configured and the size of each area can be adjusted 5 The configured privacy mask zones on the window can be cleared by clicking the corresponding Clear Zone1 4 icons on the right side of the window or click to clear all zones Figure 11 4 Set Privacy Mask Area 6 You can cl...

Page 175: ...gital Video Recorder 174 11 3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps 1 Enter the Image Settings interface Menu Camera Image Figure 11 5 Image Settings Interface for Analog Camera Figure 11 6 Image Settings Interface for IPC ...

Page 176: ...cording to actual needs The parameters are including Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Sharpness and Denoising You can also click to restore the default settings Note Sharpness Denoising and restoring default settings are not supported by network cameras 5 You can click to copy the image settings of the current camera to other analog cameras Please refer to step 7 of Chapter 11 1 Configuring OSD ...

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Page 178: ...b to enter the Device Information interface to view the device name model serial No firmware version and encoding version Figure 12 1 Device Information Interface 12 1 2Viewing Camera Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the Camera tab to enter the Camera Information interface to view the status of each camera Figure 12 2 Camera Informatio...

Page 179: ... status and encoding parameters of each camera Figure 12 3 Record Information Interface 12 1 4Viewing Alarm Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Information interface to view the alarm information Figure 12 4 Alarm Information Interface 12 1 5Viewing Network Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information ...

Page 180: ...iew the network information Figure 12 5 Network Information Interface 12 1 6Viewing HDD Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status free space property etc Figure 12 6 HDD Information Interface ...

Page 181: ...nd exported at any time Steps 1 Enter the Log Search interface Menu Maintenance Log Information Log Search Figure 12 7 Log Search Interface 2 Set the log search conditions to refine your search including the Start Time End Time Major Type and Minor Type 3 Click to start searching log files 4 The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below Note Up to 2000 log files can be displayed ...

Page 182: ...iew the related video files if available Figure 12 9 Log Details 6 If you want to export the log files select the log and click to enter the Export interface 7 You can also export all the log files stored in the HDD Enter the Log Export interface Menu Maintenance Log Information Log Export Figure 12 10 Log Export Interface Check checkbox to select the HDD and click to enter the export interface ...

Page 183: ...to export the log files to the selected backup device You can click to create new folder in the backup device or click to format the backup device before log export Note 1 Please connect the backup device to device before operating log export 2 The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time e g 20120514124841logBack txt ...

Page 184: ...red with the same parameters Steps 1 Enter the Import Export Configuration File interface Menu Maintenance Import Export Figure 12 12 Import Export Config File 2 Click to export configuration files to the selected local backup device 3 To import a configuration file select the file from the selected backup device and click After the import process is completed you must reboot the device Note After...

Page 185: ...t the update file from the backup device 5 Click to start upgrading 6 After the upgrading is complete reboot the device to activate the new firmware 12 4 2Upgrading by FTP Before you start Ensure the network connection of the PC running FTP server and the device is valid and correct Run the FTP server on the PC and copy the firmware into the corresponding directory of your PC Note Refer to the use...

Page 186: ... Figure 12 14 FTP Upgrade Interface 3 Enter the FTP Server Address the IP address of the PC that runs the FTP server in the text field 4 Click to start upgrading 5 After the upgrading is complete reboot the device to activate the new firmware ...

Page 187: ... Menu Maintenance Default Figure 12 15 Restore Default Settings 2 Click to restore the default settings Note Except the network parameters including IP address subnet mask gateway MTU NIC working mode default route and server port all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings ...

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Page 189: ... must be the same as the device s when connecting with the PC serial port Transparent Channel Connect a serial device directly to the device The serial device will be controlled remotely by the PC through the network Note RS 232 serial port is not available for HR301 series Steps 1 Enter the RS 232 Settings interface Menu Configuration RS 232 Figure 13 1 RS 232 Settings Interface 2 Configure RS 23...

Page 190: ...put Standard Select the CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the same with the video input standard Resolution Select the resolution for the VGA HDMI output which must be the same with the resolution of the monitor screen Time Zone Select the time zone Date Format Select the date format System Date Select the system date System Time Select the system time Mouse Pointer Speed Set the s...

Page 191: ... Enter the General Settings interface Menu Configuration General 2 Choose DST Settings tab Figure 13 3 DST Settings Interface You can check checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox and then you choose the date of the DST period ...

Page 192: ...ice The Device No can be set in the range of 1 255 and the default No is 255 CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness Auto Logout Set timeout time for menu inactivity E g when the time is set to 5 Minutes then the system will exit from the current operation menu to live view screen after 5 minutes of menu inactivity Menu Output Mode Set the menu output mode as Auto HDMI VGA or Mai...

Page 193: ...dd and delete user and configure user parameters 13 5 1Adding a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User Figure 13 5 User Management Interface 2 Click to enter the Add User interface Figure 13 6 Add User Menu 3 Enter the information for new user including User Name Password Level and User s MAC Address Level Set the user level to Operator or Guest Different user lev...

Page 194: ...d it only allows the remote user with this MAC address to access the device 4 Click to save the settings and go back to the User Management interface The added new user will be displayed on the list Figure 13 7 Added User Listed in User Management Interface 5 Select the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Permission Settings interface Figure 13 8 User Permission Settings Inte...

Page 195: ...m output Remote Advanced Operation Remotely operating HDD management initializing HDD setting HDD property upgrading system firmware clearing I O alarm output Remote Shutdown Reboot Remotely shutting down or rebooting the device Camera Configuration Remote Live View Remotely viewing live video of the selected camera s Local Manual Operation Locally starting stopping manual recording picture captur...

Page 196: ... 9 Delete a User 3 Click to delete the selected user 13 5 3Editing a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User 2 Select the user to be edited from the list Figure 13 10 Edit a User 3 Click to enter the Edit User interface ...

Page 197: ...MAC address Note If you want to change the password of the user check checkbox to enable changing the password 5 Click to save the settings and exit the menu 13 5 4Changing Password of Admin Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User Figure 13 12 Change Password 2 Select the admin user and click to change the password ...

Page 198: ... Manual of Digital Video Recorder 197 Figure 13 13 Change Password 3 Enter the old password check checkbox enter new password and confirm password on the menu 4 Click to save the settings and exit the menu ...

Page 199: ... Enter the Shutdown interface Menu Shutdown Figure 13 14 Shutdown Menu 2 Click to log out or Click to shut down the device or Click to reboot the device Note After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to log in to the system ...

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Page 201: ...transceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks DDNS Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite to notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addresses or other information sto...

Page 202: ...ved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process There is an audible warning sound Di Di Di Didi after a new bought device starts up Possible Reasons a No HDD is installed in the device b The installed HDD has not been initialized c The installed HDD is not compatible with the device or is broken down Steps 1 Verify at least one HDD is installed ...

Page 203: ...her process The IPC frequently goes online and offline and the status of it displays as Disconnected Possible Reasons a The IPC and the HDVR versions are not compatible b Unstable power supply of IPC c Unstable network between IPC and HDVR d Limited flow by the switch connected with IPC and HDVR Steps 1 Verify the IPC and the HDVR versions are compatible 1 Enter the IPC Management interface Menu C...

Page 204: ... Poor network between device and IPC and there exists packet loss during the transmission b The frame rate has not reached the real time frame rate Steps 1 Check the parameters of Main Stream Continuous and Main Stream Event Select Menu Record Parameters Record and set the resolution of Main Stream Event the same as the one of Main Stream Continuous 2 Verify the frame rate is real time frame rate ...

Page 205: ... resolution and bitrate to a lower level 3 Reduce the number of local playback channel Select Menu Playback and uncheck the checkbox of unnecessary channels 4 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps If it is solved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process No record file found in the device local HDD and the prompt No record file found...

Page 206: ...227 A1D 220 V3 13 16 AC 1280 1024 ARECONT AV8185DN 65172 1600 1200 AV1305M 65175 1280 1024 AV2155 65143 1600 1200 AV2815 65220 1920 1080 AV3105M 65175 1920 1080 AV5105 65175 1920 1080 AXIS M1114 5 09 1 1024 640 M3011 ONVIF compatibility 5 21 704 576 Only AXIS is supported M3014 ONVIF compatibility 5 21 1 1280 800 P3301 ONVIF compatibility 5 11 2 768 576 Only AXIS is supported P3304 ONVIF compatibi...

Page 207: ...32 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 66 Image data 1 03 640 360 WV SP102 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 66 Image data 1 03 640 480 WV SP509 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 30 Image data 2 21 1280 960 WV SW559 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 30 Image data 2 21 1920 1080 WV SW558 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 30 Image data 2 21 1920 1080 WV SW355 ONVIF compatibility Application 1 66 Image...

Page 208: ...110208 00 1920 1080 VCC HD4600P 2 03 02 110315 00 1920 1080 SONY SNC CH220 1 50 00 1920 1080 SNC RH124 ONVIF compatibility 1 73 00 1280 720 SNC EP580 ONVIF compatibility 1 53 00 1920 1080 SNC DH220T Only ONVIF is supported 1 50 00 2048 1536 Vivotek IP7133 0203a 640 480 FD8134 ONVIF compatibility 0107a 1280 800 IP8161 ONVIF compatibility 0104a 1600 1200 IP8331 ONVIF compatibility 0102a 640 480 IP83...

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