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Page 1: ...1 DS 8100HDI S Series DVR USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...se reproduced without prior written consent from Hikvision except where specifically permitted under US 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 0 2 ...

Page 3: ...etting Date Time 18 Checking the Status of Your DVR 19 C H A P T E R 3 Live Feed 21 Watching a Live Feed 22 Understanding Live Feed Icons 22 Operating the Live Feed 23 Using the Display Menu 25 Configuring Live Feed Displays 27 Setting Camera Order 28 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings 29 Configuring Settings for Recording 30 Configuring Recording Settings 30 Configuring a Quick Recording Schedule 31...

Page 4: ... PTZ Cameras 47 Configuring Basic PTZ Settings 47 Customizing PTZ Presets Patterns and Patrols 49 Configuring Alarms and Exceptions 50 Setting Up Motion Detection 50 Configuring Alarm Inputs 51 Configuring Exceptions 52 Configuring E mail Settings 53 C H A P T E R 8 Camera Management 55 Configuring Cameras 56 Adding and Removing Analog Cameras 56 To setup privacy zones 57 Configuring Video Tamperi...

Page 5: ...ded Files 63 Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files 65 C H A P T E R 1 0 DVR Management 66 Managing System 67 Upgrading the System Firmware 67 Restoring Default Settings 67 Exporting Importing Configuration 68 Viewing System Logs 69 Locking and Unlocking System Menus 70 ...

Page 6: ...6 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction ...

Page 7: ...environmental conditions meet factory specifications Ensure unit 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 DVR in conjunction with an Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals DVR Specifications Co...

Page 8: ...pports backup device maintenance and management Alarm Exception Unified management of DVR and IP camera model dependent alarm input output Supports motion detection network disconnect detection video output standard mismatch detection Supports auto recovery from exceptions Network Supports 10 100 1000M adaptive network interface Supports TCP IP protocols DHCP DNS DDNS NTP and SADP etc Supports uni...

Page 9: ...9 Connecting Your DVR You may follow the diagram below Figure 2 in connecting your DVR to its peripherals Figure 2 DVR Connection Diagram ...

Page 10: ...icator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time HDD HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD Modem Reserved TX RX TX RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly Guard Guard indicator turns blue when the device is armed...

Page 11: ...SPOT ZOOM button is used to switch between main and spot output In PTZ Control mode it can be used to zoom the camera out PREV FOCUS Button The PREV FOCUS button is used to switch between single screen and multi screen mode In PTZ Control mode it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A FOCUS button It can also be used to select entire masked areas such as in Motion Detection and Priv...

Page 12: ...12 Using the IR Remote Control Your DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control shown in Figure 4 Batteries 2x AAA must be installed before operating ...

Page 13: ...EV button on the remote 4 Enter the DVR ID from step 2 5 Press the ENTER button on the remote If the Status indicator 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 1 Batteries are installed correctly and the polarities of the batteries are not reversed 2 Bat...

Page 14: ...n in Figure 5 Figure 5 Soft Keyboard The buttons on the soft keyboard represents 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 Figure 6 Soft Keyboard Buttons ...

Page 15: ...15 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started ...

Page 16: ...nly see the DVR menu system when it s connected to a VGA monitor 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 with the status of the DSP and HDD will be shown Figure 7 The first row of icons at the bottom of the screen shows the DSP status If an X is sho...

Page 17: ...d in the dialog box for authentication 3 Click the Yes button Note Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down Rebooting and Locking Your DVR While in the Shutdown menu Figure 8 you may also reboot or lock your DVR Locking your DVR will return you to the Live Feed mode which will require the correct administrator password to exit out of it The Reboot button will reboot you...

Page 18: ...u Figure 10 Figure 10 Time Date Menu 3 The current system time and date as well as the time zone will be displayed Using the directional buttons on the front panel remote or the mouse select the correct date time and time zone 4 To enable Daylight 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 N...

Page 19: ... can be accessed by going to Main Menu Status Figure 12 Status Menu The items that are found on the Status menu include Model The model number of the DVR Firmware Version The current firmware version installed on the DVR Encoder Version The current encoder version installed on the DVR System Time The current system time Total Disk Space Total disk space of the DVR Free Disk Space Total free disk s...

Page 20: ...d on the DVR DVR Domain Name The DVR domain name that is set for the DVR Client HTTP Port The current ports being used for client and web access Multicast Address The multicast address that s being used on the DVR Camera Status The recording status of the attached cameras A blue circle denotes that the camera is recording while a gray circle shows that it is not ...

Page 21: ...21 C H A P T E R 3 Live Feed ...

Page 22: ...g The recording 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 Icon Recall PTZ tour Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom in out with PTZ Full Screen Exit Full Screen Icon Enter int...

Page 23: ...lay includes Picture Settings Settings for the brightness contrast saturation and hue of selected display 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 i...

Page 24: ... and patterns can be recalled in the PTZ Configuration menu Audio Enable disable audio for selected display 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 Displ...

Page 25: ...des and to start stop auto switching of the display modes 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 ou...

Page 26: ...play Note In order to use auto switching of channels the 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 chan...

Page 27: ...each video output includes Screen Configuration Screen configuration of each video output You may select between a 1x1 2x2 or 4x4 configuration 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 disables audio output for the selected video ...

Page 28: ...creen configuration will have a selection box containing a list of the different cameras that are available on the DVR 1 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 screen configuration For example ...

Page 29: ...29 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings ...

Page 30: ... certain settings should be configured first These settings can be found in the Recording Configuration menu shown in Figure 21 Figure 21 Recording Configuration Menu The first set 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 Qua...

Page 31: ...days that files will be deleted after its initial recording Setting the time to 0 will allow the DVR to only delete and overwrite files when the HDD is full 10 Repeat steps 3 9 for other Encoding Parameters mode 11 Select the Save button to save the recording quality settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu wi...

Page 32: ...s per day for recording as oppose to a single time period of a quick recording schedule Setting up an advanced recording schedule will allow you to further conserve disk space by recording only during the time periods you would like to record at To setup an advanced recording schedule 1 Enter the Advanced Schedule Configuration menu shown in Figure 24 by going to Main Menu Recording Configuration ...

Page 33: ...dule parameters shown on the right Continuous recordings are shown in blue on the schedule while event recordings are shown in yellow An example of this can be seen in Figure 26 Figure 26 Advanced Schedule Configuration 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...

Page 34: ...34 C H A P T E R 5 Playback ...

Page 35: ...hown in Figure 27 go to Main Menu Playback Figure 27 Playback Interface Menu Some of the main features of the Playback Interface includes Channel Selector Select the channel to search for recordings on Calendar Select the date to search for recordings on Timeline Select the time to search for recordings on Preview Shows a preview of the selected recording Playback Controls Controls for playback of...

Page 36: ...cordings in the selected month and channel are displayed in light blue while dates without recordings are dark gray The active selected date is displayed in light gray as shown in Figure 28 Figure 28 Playback Menu Example 4 Click on the desired date that is highlighted in light blue to search for recordings If recordings exist the timeline will be filled with blue bars to designate recorded files ...

Page 37: ...Controls include Figure 29 Playback Control Buttons To playback recorded files 1 Search and select recording to playback in the Playback Interface 2 Click the Play button to begin playback of selected recording and the Pause button to pause playback 3 You may slow down or speed up the playback speed by clicking the Decrease Speed Increase Speed button 4 Click the Full Screen button to enter full s...

Page 38: ...e regular recorded feed window 8 Click the Exit button to return to the previous menu Playing Back Multiple Channels You may also playback recordings from multiple channels simultaneously To playback recordings from multiple channels 1 Search and select recording to playback in the Playback Interface 2 Enter into Full Screen mode shown in Figure 30 by clicking the Full Screen button 3 In Full Scre...

Page 39: ...39 C H A P T E R 6 Backup ...

Page 40: ...e 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 video clips from See Searching for Recorded Files on page 41 Video clips can only b...

Page 41: ... not available when there is still a video clip that has not been saved or cleared Backing Up Video Clips After video clips have been selected in the Playback Interface See Selecting Video Clips on page 46 you may back them up to an external USB storage device or DVD writer by going to the Backup menu To backup video clips 1 Enter the Clips Backup menu shown in Figure 34 by first going to Main Men...

Page 42: ... formatting Backing Up Recorded Files Not only can video clips be backed up full recorded files can also be backed up to a storage medium To back up recorded files 1 Search for recorded files using the File Management menu See Searching for Recorded Files on page 83 2 Select the files you would like to backup by checking the box next to the file You may also check the All File box to backup all fi...

Page 43: ...43 C H A P T E R 7 System Configuration ...

Page 44: ...me System DNS Server to be used with your DVR 5 To enable Dynamic DNS DDNS check the DDNS checkbox Dynamic DNS allows 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 Configuring Network Settings 53 3 Enter settin...

Page 45: ...d up to 31 new remote users to your DVR To add new remote users 1 Enter the Remote User Settings menu shown in Figure 38 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Remote User Settings Figure 38 Remote User Settings Menu 2 Under Remote Users List click on Select this entry to add new user 3 Once a new entry has been selected the fields under Users will become editable Enter the information for Nam...

Page 46: ...o the previous menu Note If you forget the password to your DVR contact your supplier with the serial number of your DVR to obtain a secure code to reset your DVR Note The password of the Admin user can be modified in the Lock Menus menu See Locking and Unlocking System Menus on page 91 Deleting a User To delete a user from the DVR 1 Enter the Remote User Settings menu shown in Figure 38 by going ...

Page 47: ...in Menu System Configuration PTZ Configuration Figure 39 PTZ Configuration Menu 2 Select the Serial Settings tab 3 Select the camera to configure in 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 A...

Page 48: ...t in the camera drop down menu 4 Using the Directional buttons and other PTZ control buttons Zoom In Out Focus In Out Iris In Out test the functionality of the PTZ camera If PTZ camera and protocol supports it you may also click the Auto Scan button to test its function PTZ controls buttons are shown in Figure 41 Figure 41 PTZ Controls Button 5 If PTZ camera is not working properly make sure PTZ i...

Page 49: ... to Main Menu System Configuration PTZ Configuration 2 Select the On Camera Settings tab 3 Select a Pattern Number to set from the drop down list 4 Click the Record button to begin recording the movement of the PTZ 5 Move the PTZ to the desired locations using the PTZ control buttons 6 Click the Save button to save pattern 7 To test out your new pattern click the Play button The PTZ should move as...

Page 50: ... 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 re not satisfied with the select...

Page 51: ... Enable Trigger Events checkbox to enable trigger events for the selected camera Uncheck 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 sav...

Page 52: ...gered Pop up Image on Monitor DVR will show the corresponding channel that is associated with the trigger input Notify Surveillance Center DVR will notify surveillance center when alarm is triggered Send Email DVR will send an email out to the designated recipients when alarm is triggered Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when input is triggered Selecting this option will enable t...

Page 53: ... includes Sound Audio Warning DVR will sound an audio warning if exception is detected Notify Surveillance Center DVR will notify surveillance center if exception is detected Send Email DVR will send an email out to the designated recipients if exception is detected Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output if exception is detected Selecting this option will enable the Alarm Output list w...

Page 54: ...l 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 mail address will be added to the Recipients List 4 You may now test the e mail settings by clicking the Test button or remove a...

Page 55: ...55 C H A P T E R 8 Camera Management ...

Page 56: ...own in Figure 47 Figure 47 Add Remove Cameras Analog Menu 3 To enable a camera check the box below the camera number To disable a camera uncheck the box You may also check and uncheck All to enable and disable all cameras 4 Select the Save button to save the camera settings and select Exit to return to the previous menu Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu with...

Page 57: ...ck 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 zones 6 Select the Save button to save the privacy...

Page 58: ... to enable video tampering detection on Press the Clear button to clear region 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 S...

Page 59: ...n 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 an email out to the designated r...

Page 60: ...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 Display style for OSD 4 Using the mouse cli...

Page 61: ...61 C H A P T E R 9 Disk Management ...

Page 62: ...isk space of all disks combined 3 Click the Done button 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 54 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Disk Management 2 Select a disk to fo...

Page 63: ... 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 Managing Files Searching for Recorded Files Previously recorded files can be searched by criteria in the File Man...

Page 64: ...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 the Search All Locked Files button 8 A list of results with your search criteria will be shown at the bottom of the menu Figure 58 Figure 58 File Search Results 9 Yo...

Page 65: ...es using the File Management menu See Searching for Recorded Files on page 83 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 ...

Page 66: ...66 C H A P T E R 1 0 DVR Management ...

Page 67: ... 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 mav 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 Default Settings To restore factory default settin...

Page 68: ...f the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 Click the New Folder button to create a new folder or the Delete button to delete a file folder 5 Select the location where you would like the configuration to be stored on the USB storage device 6 Click Export to export a configuration file to USB storage device The configuration file will be named devCfg bin 7 Click the Exit button to exit o...

Page 69: ...eft corner of the menu 3 Select the log type using the Search Type drop down list Four log types are available Alarm Exception Operation Information 4 Click the Search button The search results will be displayed in a list on the right side of the menu Figure 63 If there are more than 2000 entries click the Prev Page or Next Page button to display more entries Figure 63 System Log Search Results 5 ...

Page 70: ... password to prevent access using the default Admin password 3 Input the Current New Verify Admin password and click the Set button 4 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 recording settings by clicking on the corresponding buttons Unlock All Settings Lock...

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