
HIKVISION DS-8100-S User‟s Manual
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Glossary
• Dual Stream:
Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting
a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main
stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of
QCIF.
• DVR:
Acronym for Digital Video Recorder. A DVR is device that is able to accept video signals from
analog cameras, compress the signal and store it on its hard drives.
• HDD:
Acronym for Hard Disk Drive. A storage medium which stores digitally encoded data on platters
with magnetic surfaces.
• DHCP:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network application protocol used by devices
(DHCP clients) to obtain configuration information for operation in an Internet Protocol network.
• HTTP:
Acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol to transfer hypertext request and
information between servers and browsers over a network
• DHCP:
PPPoE, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet, is a network protocol for encapsulating
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames. It is used mainly with ADSL services
where individual users connect to the ADSL 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 stored in DNS.
• NTP:
Acronym for Network Time Protocol. A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers
over a network.
• NTSC:
Acronym for National Television System Committee. NTSC is an analog television standard
used in such countries as the United States and Japan. Each frame of an
NTSC signal contains 525 scan lines at 60Hz.
• NVR:
Acronym for Network Video Recorder. An NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for
centralized management and storage for IP cameras, IP Domes and other DVRs.
• PAL:
Acronym for Phase Alternating Line. PAL is also another video standard used in broadcast
televisions systems in large parts of the world. PAL signal contains 625 scan lines at 50Hz.
• PTZ:
Acronym for Pan, Tilt, Zoom. PTZ cameras are motor driven systems that allow the camera to pan
left and right, tilt up and down and zoom in and out.
• USB:
Acronym for Universal Serial Bus. USB is a plug-and-play serial bus standard to interface devices
to a host computer.
Summary of Contents for DS-8100-S Series
Page 1: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 1 DS 8100 S Series DVR USER S MANUAL ...
Page 7: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 7 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction ...
Page 17: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 17 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started ...
Page 24: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 24 C H A P T E R 3 Live Preview ...
Page 29: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 29 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings ...
Page 38: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 38 C H A P T E R 5 Playback ...
Page 43: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 43 Figure 7 Digital Zoom Area Selection ...
Page 44: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 44 C H A P T E R 6 Backup ...
Page 49: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 49 C H A P T E R 7 Alarm Settings ...
Page 59: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 59 C H A P T E R 8 Network Settings ...
Page 67: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 67 C H A P T E R 9 PTZ Controls ...
Page 73: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 73 6 Click OK to save and exit from menu ...
Page 74: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 74 C H A P T E R 1 0 Camera Management ...
Page 78: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 78 C H A P T E R 1 1 HDD Management ...
Page 84: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 84 C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management ...
Page 96: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 96 C H A P T E R 1 3 Appendix ...