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Hikvision EURO, Inc. DS-72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual

Checking the Status of Your DVR

The current status of your DVR can be checked at anytime by going to the Status menu. The status menu, shown

in Figure 12 can be accessed by going to Main Menu > Status.

Figure 12. Status Menu

The items that are found on the Status menu include:

• Device Information:

The model number of the DVR, serial No., the current firmware version installed on

DVR, etc.

•

Chan Status:

Cameras working status in DVR such as motion, tampering, video loss and video exception.

•

Record Status:

Recording status of the cameras, including: stream type, frame rate, bit rate, resolution, record

type, etc.

• Alarm Status:

The status of external alarm in/out on DVR

•

Network Status:

Network status such as IP address, gateway, DNS server, client port, etc.

• HD Status:

Hard disk status on DVR.

Summary of Contents for DS-7204HFI-ST

Page 1: ...DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...in whole or in part or otherwise reproduced without prior written consent from Hikvision except where specifically permitted under Europe and international copyright law The information in this document is subject to change without notice Hikvision assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book This manual is written for DVR firmware version 1 1 ...

Page 3: ...er 33 CHAPTER4 Record Settings 34 Configuring Settings for Recording 35 Configuring Recording Settings 35 Configuring a Quick Recording Schedule 36 Configuring an Advanced Recording Schedule 37 CHAPTER5 Playback 39 Playing Back a Recording 40 Understanding the Playback Interface 40 Searching for Recorded Files 40 Playing Back Recorded Files 41 CHAPTER6 Backup 43 Backing Up Video Clips 44 Selecting...

Page 4: ...ng OSD Settings 62 CHAPTER9 Disk Management 63 Managing Disks 64 Checking Disk Status 64 Formatting Disk 64 Enabling Disk Overwrite 65 Managing Files 66 Searching for Recorded Files 66 Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files 66 CHAPTER10 DVR Management 68 Managing System 69 Upgrading the System Firmware 69 Restoring Default Settings 69 Exporting Importing Configuration 70 Viewing System Logs 72 Locki...

Page 5: ...Hikvision EURO Inc DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 5 CHAPTER1 Introduction ...

Page 6: ...guest user s access right Users can log off and switch Supports mouse front panel IR control Local Functions HDD Management Supports up to 2 SATA HDD each HDD can support max 2TB capacity Supports S M A R T technology Supports HDD hibernation function Supports Windows compatible file system format and technology of pre allocating hard disk space to avoid HDD fragments Recording and Playback Suppor...

Page 7: ...R User Manual 7 Supports voice talk and broadcast Includes built in WEB Server Development SDK for Windows and Linux environment is available Demo software source codes are available Development support and training of application system are available ...

Page 8: ...Hikvision EURO Inc DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 8 Connecting Your DVR You may follow the diagram below Figure 2 in connecting your DVR to its peripherals Fig 2 DVR Connection Diagram ...

Page 9: ...ur DVR You may use the Front Panel Controls the included IR Infra Red Remote a Mouse and the Soft Keyboard Using the Front Panel Controls Figure 3 1 DS 7204 series Figure 3 2 DS7204HVI ST L Figure 3 3 DS 7208 series Figure 3 4 DS 7216 series and DS 7208HFI ST Notes for DS 7204HVI ST M DS 7204HVI ST E there is not button in front panel ...

Page 10: ...d 8TQV PTZ 1 Enter numeral 8 2 Enter letters TQV 3 Access PTZ control interface 4 Iris in PTZ control mode 9WXYZ PREV 1 Enter numeral 9 2 Enter letters WXYZ 3 Multi camera display in preview 4 Focus in PTZ control mode 0 A 1 Enter numeral 0 2 switch between input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input 3 Focus in PTZ control mode SHIFT The SHIFT button is used for switch but...

Page 11: ...V Button Enables Disables Remote Control 3 Alphanumeric Buttons Same as Alphanumeric buttons on front panel 4 EDIT Button Same as EDIT button on front panel 5 A Button Same as A button on front panel 6 REC Button Same as REC button on front panel 7 PLAY Button Same as PLAY button on front panel 8 INFO Button Reversed 9 VOIP Button Reversed 10 MENU Button Same as MENU button on front panel 11 PREV ...

Page 12: ... be used with this DVR To use a USB mouse 1 Plug USB mouse into one of the USB ports on the front panel of the DVR 2 The mouse should automatically be detected If in a rare case that the mouse is not detected please refer to the recommended device list from your provider The buttons on the mouse corresponds to 1 Left Button Single Click Select a component of a menu such as a button or an input fie...

Page 13: ...VR User Manual 13 Switch to Lowercase Switch to lowercase input Switch to Uppercase Switch to uppercase input Symbols Switch to symbols input Backspace Delete the character in front of the cursor Enter Confirm selection ESC Exit out of Soft Keyboard ...

Page 14: ... for analog audio input 4 LINE IN RCA connector for audio input 5 AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 6 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 7 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 8 USB Connector for USB devices 9 RS 232 Interface DB9 connector for RS232 devices 10 ALARM IN Connector for alarm input ALARM OUT Connector for alarm output RS 485 Interface Con...

Page 15: ...und needs to be connected when DVR starts up Notes DS 7204HVI ST M and DS 7204HVI ST E have almost the same rear panel of DS 7204HVI ST except that 1 DS 7204HVI ST M doesn t have RS 232 port 2 DS 7204HVI ST E doesn t have RS 232 port alarm input or output ports and RS 485 ports ...

Page 16: ...EO IN BNC connectors for analog video input 4 AUDIO IN OUT RCA connectors for analog audio input output 5 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 6 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 7 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T T pin connects to PTZ 8 12V 12VDC power supply 9 POWER Switch for turn on off the device 10 GND Ground needs to be connected when D...

Page 17: ... IN RCA connector for audio input 5 AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 6 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 7 RS 232 Interface DB9 connector for RS 232 devices 8 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 9 USB Connector for USB devices 10 POWER Switch for turn on off the device 11 ALARM IN Connector for alarm input ALARM OUT Connector for alarm output RS 485...

Page 18: ...or analog video input 4 AUDIO IN RCA connectors for analog audio input AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 5 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 6 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 7 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T T pin connects to PTZ 8 POWER Switch for turn on off the device 9 12V 12VDC power supply 10 GND Ground needs to be connecte...

Page 19: ...IN RCA connector for audio input 5 AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 6 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 7 RS 232 Interface DB9 connector for RS 232 devices 8 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 9 USB Connector for USB devices 10 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T T pin connects to PTZ 11 ALARM IN Connector for alarm input ALARM OUT Conn...

Page 20: ...C connectors for analog video input 4 AUDIO IN RCA connectors for analog audio input AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 5 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 6 LAN Connector for LAN Local Area Network 7 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T T pin connects to PTZ 8 POWER Switch for turn on off the device 9 12V 12VDC power supply 10 GND Ground needs ...

Page 21: ...Hikvision EURO Inc DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 21 CHAPTER2 Getting Started ...

Page 22: ...urn red indicating the unit is receiving power 2 Connect the DVR to a VGA or BNC monitor When both connected only the VGA monitor display the menu 3 Press the POWER switch on the back rear panel The Power indicator LED should turn blue The unit will begin to start 4 After startup the Power indicator LED will remain blue A splash screen will be shown Figure 7 Figure 7 Startup Splash Screen There ar...

Page 23: ... to the Live Feed mode which will require the correct administrator password to exit out of it The Reboot button will reboot your DVR To reboot or lock your DVR 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by going to Main Menu Maintenance Shutdown 2 Select the Lock button to lock the DVR or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR Setting Date Time It is extremely important to setup the system date and time to accuratel...

Page 24: ...Savings Time click and check the Enable DST checkbox 5 To acquire the time and date over an NTP Network Time Protocol Server check the Synchronize via NTP server checkbox You may enter your own NTP server or select from one of the default locations from the list of servers as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Time Date Menu 6 Click the Save button to save settings and click the Exit button to exit out ...

Page 25: ...he Status menu include Device Information The model number of the DVR serial No the current firmware version installed on DVR etc Chan Status Cameras working status in DVR such as motion tampering video loss and video exception Record Status Recording status of the cameras including stream type frame rate bit rate resolution record type etc Alarm Status The status of external alarm in out on DVR N...

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Page 27: ... tampering motion detection and or sensor alarm Record Icon Indicates the current channel is recording There cording may have been started manually from a schedule and or triggered from motion or alarm Picture Settings Icon Adjust picture settings for selected display PTZ Control Icon Enter PTZ control mode for the selected display Preset Icon Recall PTZ preset Patrol Icon Recall PTZ patrol Tour I...

Page 28: ...y To adjust the picture settings of a display 1 Select display 2 Click the Picture Settings icon This will bring up the Picture Settings menu as shown in Figure 15 Figure 15 Picture Settings Menu 3 Increase decrease amount for brightness contrast saturation and hue The affect will be displayed immediately on the screen 4 Click the Close icon to save the settings and return to the Live Feed mode PT...

Page 29: ...lay To enable or disable audio 1 Select display to enable disable audio 2 Enable audio by clicking the Enable Audio icon and disable audio by clicking the Disable Audio icon An error message similar to the one shown in Figure 17 will pop up if the Enable Audio option is not selected in the Display Configuration menu for the specified channel Figure 17 Enable Audio Error Window Digital Zoom Mode En...

Page 30: ...des Figure 18 Live Feed Display Menu 2x2 Mode Click to switch to four channel display mode 3x3 Mode Click to switch to nine channel display mode 4x4 Mode Click to switch to sixteen channel display mode Main Menu Click to go to DVR Main Menu If Lock Main Menu is selected in the Lock Menus menu you must enter the current Admin Password to exit out of the Live Feed Start Stop Auto Switch Click to sta...

Page 31: ...he dwell time must be configured in the Display Configuration menu Note After 20 seconds of inactivity the DVR will automatically exit out of the Display menu and go back into the Live Feed mode Note The Lock Main Menu setting is selected by default meaning the Admin password must be enter to exit out of the Live Feed into the Main Menu To change this option and remove the lock to the Main Menu vi...

Page 32: ...ut includes Screen Configuration Screen configuration of each video output You may select between a 1x1 2x2 3x3 or 4x4 configuration only 1x1 option is available if select Auxiliary Sequencing Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when Start Sequence is selected in Live Feed Selecting Disable Switching will disable switching in Live Feed Enable Audio Enables disable...

Page 33: ...h display in the preview of the screen configuration will have a selection box containing a list of the different cameras that are available on the DVR Pressing the up and down button of each selection box select the camera you would like to show in the particular display Selecting X will disable the display 5 Click the Previous and Next button to go to the next set of displays for the selected sc...

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Page 35: ...of settings to configure in this menu is the recording quality settings To configure the recording quality settings 1 Enter the Recording Quality Settings menu by going to Main Menu Recording Configuration Recording Quality Settings The Recording Quality Settings menu is shown in Figure 22 Figure 22 Recording Quality Settings Menu 2 Select the camera to configure in the camera drop down menu on th...

Page 36: ...quick recording schedule 1 Enter the Quick Schedule Configuration menu shown in Figure 23 by going to Main Menu Recording Configuration Quick Schedule Configuration Figure 23 Quick Schedule Configuration Menu 2 Select the camera to configure from the camera drop down menu If all the cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Check the Enable checkbox to ...

Page 37: ...box to enable the recording schedule If the checkbox is unchecked the recording schedule will be disabled 4 Select a day between Monday to Sunday to configure schedule for 5 Setup time periods for schedule If the 24HR checkbox is checked recording will occur over the entire day To setup multiple time periods uncheck 24HRand enter the Start and Stop Time for the selected day The start and stop time...

Page 38: ...figuration Example 10 Repeat steps 4 10 to setup additional time periods for the selected day 11 Select the Save button to save the schedule settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without saving settings Note Creating a schedule in the Quick Schedule Configuration menu will also create a schedule in Advanced...

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Page 40: ...review of the selected recording Playback Controls Controls for playback of the selected recording Clip Backup Tools Tools to backup clips from a recording Clip playback controls control for playback of marked clip Searching for Recorded Files The Playback Interface allows for easy searching of recorded files To search for recorded files using the Playback Interface 1 Enter the Playback menu shown...

Page 41: ...ack you may use the Playback Controls to navigate through the recording The controls found under Playback Controls include Play Button Button to playback recording Pause Button Button to pause recording Decrease Speed Button Button to decrease play speed Increase Speed Button Button to increase play speed Hide Toolbar Button to hide toolbar in playback mode Enter Exit Full Screen Mode Buttons to e...

Page 42: ...ull Screen button will return you to the original playback mode 6 Click the Enable Disable Audio button to turn on and off audio during playback 7 Click the Digital Zoom button to enable digital zoom Once enabled the regular recorded feed will be shown in the lower right corner while the zoomed in view will be shown on the full screen The zoomed in region may be changed by moving the red rectangle...

Page 43: ...Hikvision EURO Inc DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 43 CHAPTER6 Backup ...

Page 44: ...ding point for the video clip Play Clip Button Play the selected video clip Save Clip Button Save the selected video clip to the HDD Clear Clip Button Clear the selected video clip To select video clips in the Playback Interface 1 Enter the Playback Interface shown in Figure 32 by going to Main Menu Playback Figure 32 Playback Menu 2 Search for the recorded files that you would like to select vide...

Page 45: ...s Backup Menu 2 If video clips were successfully saved to the HDD using the Playback Interface they will be listed under the Backup Clips heading on the left hand side of the menu The camera number as well as the time range would be listed 3 Select the video clips you would like to backup by checking the checkbox next to the desired clips You may also click the Play icon to play and review the cli...

Page 46: ...ackup button this will take you to the Files Backup menu as shown in Figure 35 Figure 35 Files Backup Menu 4 In the Files Backup menu connect a USB storage device and click the Refresh button If the device is detected a list of its file contents as well as the available free space will be shown 5 You may delete files on the USB storage device to free up additional storage space by clicking the Del...

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Page 48: ...llows you to create a hostname and associate it to your IP address making access to your DVR over the internet easier To configure DDNS 1 Enable DDNS by checking the DDNS checkbox 2 Select a DDNS provider from the DDNS Provider selection box 3 Enter settings for Server Address DVR Domain Name User Name and Password 6 If a central monitoring station that is compatible with your DVR is available you...

Page 49: ...o remotely You may also check the All checkbox to give full control to the selected remote user These functions include Log Search View logs that are saved on the DVR Serial Port Control Configure settings for RS232 and RS485 ports Two Way Audio Ability to use two way radio between the remote client and the DVR Advanced Control Manage hard disk drives initializing and setting properties for HDDs A...

Page 50: ...lick the Remove button to delete user 4 Click the OK button to confirm deletion of user 5 Click the Done button to exit menu Note The admin and guest in the users list cannot be deleted Editing a User To edit a user 1 Enter the User Settings menu shown in Figure 38 by going to Main Menu System Configuration User Settings 2 Select a user to edit in the Users List panel 3 Edit user information in th...

Page 51: ...the camera drop down menu on the upper left of the menu If all cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 4 Configure PTZ settings including those of Baud Rate Data Bit Stop Bit Parity Flow Ctrl Protocol and Address according to the parameters of the PTZ camera s 5 Click the Save button to save current settings To test and verify PTZ settings 1 Enter the P...

Page 52: ...eset number 6 Click the Done button to exit out of the PTZ Configuration menu Note Only the first 23 presets are shown in the table To save or recall more presets click on the button Clicking the button will bring up a selection list for presets up to 200 To customize PTZ patterns 1 Enter the PTZ Configuration menu shown in Figure 42 by going to Main Menu System Configuration PTZ Configuration 2 S...

Page 53: ... DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 53 8 To test out your new preset click the Play button The PTZ should move through the list of added presets 9 Click the Done button to exit out of the PTZ Configuration menu ...

Page 54: ...nating that the selected area is part of the motion detection region Dragging or left clicking on areas that overlap the current selected motion detection area will include them into the region You may also click the Full Screen button to include the whole area into the motion detection region Left clicking on any part of the grid will remove that section from the motion detection region 6 If you ...

Page 55: ...eck the checkbox to disable trigger events 5 Select the trigger inputs that you would like to associate with the selected camera 6 Select the Save button to save the trigger settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without saving settings Certain actions can also be performed if an alarm input is triggered To ...

Page 56: ...n Configuration menu shown in Figure 45 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Exception Configuration Figure 45 Exception Configuration Menu 2 Select the Exception Type to configure The exception type includes HDD Full If selected trigger action when HDD is full HDD Error If selected trigger action when errors on the HDD are detected Network Failure If selected trigger action when a network f...

Page 57: ...ation SMTP Server Address for SMTP server SMTP Port Port for SMTP server From Email Address The From address to use when an e mail is sent out from the DVR Attach JPEG Enabling will attach a small JPEG segment duration can be set next to the Attach JPEG checkbox to the out going e mail SSL Enable Secure Sockets Layer SSL for out going e mail 3 Enter To E mail Address and click the Add button The e...

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Page 59: ...e settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Click Enable Privacy Zones 4 Up to four privacy zones can be used per camera and are shown using four different colors yellow green blue and pink Using the mouse click and drag out rectangular boxes defining the desired zones 5 You may clear a privacy zone at any time by clicking on the corresponding Clear Zone button or Clear All button to clear all z...

Page 60: ...etection 5 The tampering detection is the full screen in default 6 Select Actions to take if video tampering is detected More than one action can be selected per channel These actions include Sound Audio Warning DVR will sound an audio warning if tampering is detected Pop up Image on Monitor DVR will show the corresponding channel that is associated with the tampered channel Notify Surveillance Ce...

Page 61: ... video loss is detected More than one action can be selected per channel These actions include Sound Audio Warning DVR will sound an audio warning if video loss is detected Pop up Image on Monitor DVR will show the corresponding channel that is associated with the video loss channel Notify Surveillance Center DVR will notify surveillance center when video loss is detected Send Email DVR will send ...

Page 62: ...upper left of the menu If all cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Configure OSD settings including Camera Name Name of selected camera Display Camera Name Enable to display camera name in OSD Display Date Enable to display date in OSD Display Week Enable to display week in OSD Date Format Format of date Time Format Format of time OSD Display Displ...

Page 63: ...Hikvision EURO Inc DS 72xx Series Embedded Net DVR User Manual 63 CHAPTER9 Disk Management ...

Page 64: ...ton to exit out of Disk Management Formatting Disk A newly installed hard disk drive HDD must be first formatted before it can be used with your DVR Formatting the disk will erase all data on it To format a new disk 1 Enter the Disk Management menu shown in Figure 51 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Disk Management 2 Select a disk to format A disk that has not been formatted will show Er...

Page 65: ...ng Disk Overwrite Enabling disk overwrite will allow the DVR to overwrite the installed disks once the disks are full To enable disk overwrite 1 Enter the Disk Management menu shown in Figure 54 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Disk Management 2 Check the Overwrite checkbox 3 Click the Save button 4 Click the Done button to exit out of Disk Management ...

Page 66: ...he first row preceded with the letter A 3 Select the Start Time 4 Select the End Time 5 Select the Video Type Video type includes Continuous and On Event recordings 6 Select the File Type File type includes Locked and Unlocked files 7 Click the Search button or if you would like to search for only locked files Search All Locked Files button 8 A list of results with your search criteria will be sho...

Page 67: ...der files 1 Search for recorded files using the File Management menu 2 Select the file you would like to lock unlock 3 Click the Lock icon for the selected file 4 Click the Done button to exit out of the File Management menu Note Locked files will never be overwritten until they are unlocked ...

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Page 69: ...the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 Select the firmware file The firmware file is named digicap dav 5 Click the Upgrade button to upgrade the DVR The DVR will automatically reboot after the upgrade is completed If you do not wish to upgrade at this point click the Cancel button Restoring Def...

Page 70: ...er DVR This will allow you to efficiently setup the same configuration on numerous DVRs To export DVR configuration 1 Enter the Export Import Configuration menu shown in Figure 58 by going to Main Menu Maintenance Export Import Configuration Figure 58 Import Export Configuration Menu 2 Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storag...

Page 71: ...VR configuration 1 Enter the Export Import Configuration menu shown in Figure 61 by going to Main Menu Maintenance Export Import Configuration 2 Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 Select the configuration file The configuration file is named devCfg bin 5 Click the Import button 6 Cl...

Page 72: ...h Type drop down list Four log types are available Alarm Exception Operation and Information 4 Click the Search button The search results will be disabled in a list on the right side of the menu Figure 60 If there are more than 2000 entries click the Prev Page or Next Page button to display more entries Figure 60 System Log Search Results 5 Select an entry to view more detail information about the...

Page 73: ...ide it 3 Once a system menu is locked access to that menu will only be granted after the correct Admin password is entered Figure 61 Lock Menus Menu 4 Select the guest using the User drop down list shown in Figure 62 5 Select the menus you would like to lock unlock by selecting the Lock icon beside the menu s name in the list on the right You may also choose to lock and unlock all settings or just...

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