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          DVR Management

Figure 63.  System Log Search Results

5.  

Select an entry to view more detail information about the entry.

6.  

If applicable, you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry 

by clicking the Play button.

7.  

Log files can also be exported onto a USB storage device.  To export a log file, 
connect a USB storage device to the DVR, select the log files to export and click 
the Export button.

8.  

Click the Done button to exit out of menu.

Summary of Contents for RA4 Series

Page 1: ...RH5xx RA5xx Series DVR USER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...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 noti...

Page 3: ......

Page 4: ...ontrol 10 Using a USB Mouse 12 Using the Soft Keyboard 13 CHAPTER 2Getting Started 15 Starting and Shutting Down Your DVR 16 Rebooting and Locking Your DVR 17 Setting Date Time 18 Checking the Status...

Page 5: ...hing for Recorded Files 41 Playing Back Recorded Files 42 Playing Back Multiple Channels 43 CHAPTER 6Backup 45 Backing Up Video Clips 46 Selecting Video Clips 46 Backing Up Video Clips 48 Backing Up R...

Page 6: ...nd Removing Analog Cameras 71 Setting up Privacy Zones 73 Configuring Video Tampering Detection 74 Configuring Video Loss Detection 76 Configuring OSD Settings 78 CHAPTER 9Disk Management 79 Managing...

Page 7: ...Restoring Default Settings 87 Exporting Importing Configuration 87 Viewing System Logs 89 Locking and Unlocking System Menus 91 Index 93...

Page 8: ...1 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction...

Page 9: ...ormance The RH5xx supports both analog and IP based cameras and can be used as a standalone DVR hybrid DVR or as an NVR The RA5xx will only support analog based cameras Figure 1 RH5xx RA5xx Series DVR...

Page 10: ...A display max support of 1280 1024 resolution Supports 1 4 9 16 screen live view channel sequence is adjustable Support live view group switch manual switch and automatic cycle the interval of automat...

Page 11: ...ulticast support TCP UDP and RTP for unicast Supports remote search playback and download video files support breakpoint resume Supports remote configuration and import and export of DVR settings Supp...

Page 12: ...Connecting Your DVR 5 Connecting Your DVR You may follow the diagram below Figure 2 in connecting your DVR to its peripherals Figure 2 DVR Connection Diagram...

Page 13: ...Red Remote a Mouse and the Soft Keyboard Using the Front Panel Controls Your DVR comes with built in front panel controls as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 DVR Front Panel Controls The controls on the fro...

Page 14: ...ttons Alphanumeric buttons used in various menus of the DVR Some uses include Switching to the corresponding channel in Preview or PTZ Control mode Inputting numbers and characters in Edit mode Switch...

Page 15: ...M Button The MAIN 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 be...

Page 16: ...used to cycle through different channels Note If GUARD indicator is blue default all alarm event and exception settings are valid Otherwise alarm event and exception settings will be invalid but norm...

Page 17: ...R 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 Figure 4 IR Remote Control 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 15...

Page 18: ...NTER Buttons Same as DIRECTION ENTER buttons on front panel See page 8 13 PTZ Button Same as PTZ IRIS button on front panel See page 8 14 ESC Button Same as ESC button on front panel See page 7 15 RES...

Page 19: ...tton Single Click Select a component of a menu such as a button or an input field This is similar to pressing the ENTER button on the remote front panel controls Double Click Switch between single scr...

Page 20: ...oard shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Soft Keyboard The buttons on the soft keyboard represents Figure 6 Soft Keyboard Buttons Switch to Lowercase Switch to lowercase input Switch to Uppercase Switch to upp...

Page 21: ...14 Introduction...

Page 22: ...15 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started...

Page 23: ...onnected 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...

Page 24: ...tication 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...

Page 25: ...o accurately timestamp recordings and events To setup date and time 1 Enter the System Configuration menu by going to Main Menu System Config uration as shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 System Configuration...

Page 26: ...ble 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 defau...

Page 27: ...the DVR Free Disk Space Total free disk space of the DVR Uptime The amount of time the DVR has been up and running Messages Displays the overall system status IP Address IP address that is set for the...

Page 28: ...21 C H A P T E R 3 Live Feed...

Page 29: ...r alarm Record Icon Indicates the current channel is recording The recording may have been started manually from a schedule and or triggered from motion or alarm Picture Settings Icon Adjust picture s...

Page 30: ...desired display with the mouse The selected display will be surrounded with a green border as shown in Figure 14 Figure 14 Live Feed Mode The settings you may adjust with each display includes Picture...

Page 31: ...and out using the Zoom In Out buttons and recall presets patrols and patterns by clicking the number next to the corresponding icons 4 Click the Close icon to return to Live Feed mode Note PTZ parame...

Page 32: ...ndow Full Screen Mode Enable full screen mode for selected display To enable full screen mode 1 Select display to enable full screen on 2 Click the Full Screen icon 3 Click the Exit Full Screen icon t...

Page 33: ...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 start stop auto switch Auto switch will cycle through selecte...

Page 34: ...ty 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 o...

Page 35: ...r Spot CVBS 3 The settings available to configure for each video output includes Screen Configuration Screen configuration of each video output You may select between a 1x1 2x2 or 4x4 configuration Se...

Page 36: ...he Screen Configuration you would like to use in Live Feed The pre view of the screen configuration on the right will change depending on the option selected 4 Each display in the preview of the scree...

Page 37: ...o adjust the camera order for other video outputs 8 Click the Exit button to exit out of the menu Note You must click the Save button after adjusting the order of one video output before you are able...

Page 38: ...31 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings...

Page 39: ...g your DVR up for recording 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 fi...

Page 40: ...A preview of the selected picture quality will be shown on the right preview screen Increasing the picture quality will also increase the bit rate of the video feed The resolu tion and frame rate of...

Page 41: ...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...

Page 42: ...ttings 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 On Event recordings are recordings that are...

Page 43: ...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 24HR andentertheS...

Page 44: ...ue 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 tim...

Page 45: ...38 Record Settings...

Page 46: ...39 C H A P T E R 5 Playback...

Page 47: ...igure 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 rec...

Page 48: ...tes with recordings 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...

Page 49: ...cted 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 fu...

Page 50: ...The zoomed in region may be changed by moving the red rectangle in the regular recorded feed window 8 Click the Exit button to return to the previous menu Playing Back Multiple Channels You may also p...

Page 51: ...44 Playback 4 You may stop playback on any of the channels by unchecking the checkbox next to the channel Note Up to 4 channels can be played back at the same time...

Page 52: ...45 C H A P T E R 6 Backup...

Page 53: ...up Controls The controls found in the Mark Clip For Backup panel includes Start Clip Button Mark the starting point for the video clip Stop Clip Button Mark the ending point for the video clip Play Cl...

Page 54: ...of the video clip 6 Click the stop Clip button 7 The selected video clip time range will be shown at the bottom of the Playback Interface as seen in Figure 33 Figure 33 Video Clip Time Range 8 You ma...

Page 55: ...d 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 wr...

Page 56: ...Clips Backup menu If the USB storage device has not been properly ini tialized and formatted you may click on the Format button to do so It is important to note that formatting will delete ALL data f...

Page 57: ...es 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 conte...

Page 58: ...51 C H A P T E R 7 System Configuration...

Page 59: ...network settings from that server check the DHCP checkbox 4 If you would like to configure your own settings enter the settings for IP Address IP address you would like to use for your DVR Subnet Mask...

Page 60: ...be use with the client software while the HTTP port refers to the one to be use with the built in Web Server 8 After all settings have been configured you may test the connection by click ing the Test...

Page 61: ...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 h...

Page 62: ...s remotely Camera Management Enable and disable analog channels Add and delete IP cameras All Full permission to use all functions 5 Click the Save button to save user settings and click Done to retur...

Page 63: ...ure 38 by going to Main Menu System Configuration Remote User Settings 2 Select a user to edit in the Remote Users List panel 3 Edit user information in the Users and Remote Permissions panel Remote p...

Page 64: ...nfiguration 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...

Page 65: ...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 is connected and c...

Page 66: ...p 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 Select the On Camera Settings tab 3 Select a Pat...

Page 67: ...uded all the presets you would like to have on the patrol 7 Click the Up and Down button at the bottom of the list to change the order of the presets in the patrol 8 To test out your new preset click...

Page 68: ...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 3 Check the Enable Motion Detection checkbox to enable...

Page 69: ...DVR will sound an audio warning if motion is detected in the designated regions of the camera Pop up Image on Monitor DVR will show an image of what caused the motion on the monitor Notify Surveillanc...

Page 70: ...with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 4 Check the Enable Trigger Events checkbox to enable trigger events for the selected camera Uncheck the checkbox to disable trigger events 5 Sel...

Page 71: ...larm input is triggered Only one PTZ action can be selected per alarm input 6 Select the Actions to run when the alarm input is triggered Multiple actions can be selected per alarm input The actions a...

Page 72: ...t 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 Fail...

Page 73: ...l 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 where th...

Page 74: ...entication Enable if email server requires authentication Enabling Server Authenticating will enable the User Name and Password fields User Name User name to use for server authentication Password Pas...

Page 75: ...tton or remove an e mail address off the Recipients List by selecting the recipient and clicking Remove 5 SelecttheSavebuttontosavethee mailsettingsandselectExittoreturntothe previous menu Selecting t...

Page 76: ...69 C H A P T E R 8 Camera Management...

Page 77: ...n Figure 47 by going to Main Menu Cameras Setup Add Remove Cameras Figure 47 Add Remove Cameras 2 Select the IPC tab 3 Click the Discover button to automatically detect connected IP cameras on the net...

Page 78: ...icon 8 Click the Done button to save settings and return to the previous menu Adding and Removing Analog Cameras Analog cameras can also be enabled and disabled in the Add Remove Cameras menu To manag...

Page 79: ...a 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...

Page 80: ...e configured with the same 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 gre...

Page 81: ...per left of the menu If all cameras are to be configured with the same settings select All Cameras from the list 3 Click Enable Video Tampering Detection 4 Adjust the Sensitivity for video tampering d...

Page 82: ...ampering is detected Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when tampering is detected Selecting this option will enable the Alarm Output list where the output to trigger can be selected 7...

Page 83: ...the camera to setup video loss detection in using 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 3...

Page 84: ...o loss is detected Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when video loss is detected Selecting this option will enable the Alarm Output list where the output to trigger can be selected 5...

Page 85: ...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...

Page 86: ...79 C H A P T E R 9 Disk Management...

Page 87: ...to Main Menu System Configuration Disk Management Figure 54 Disk Management Menu 2 There are three different panels found in the Disk Management menu They include Disk Utilization Displays the maximum...

Page 88: ...s its status If the disk is one that is newly installed the status of the drive will show up as Non Active and the Reformat button will change to the Add button 3 Click the Reformat Add button 4 A con...

Page 89: ...rite 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 Ove...

Page 90: ...e listed on the first row preceded with the letter A Digital cameras are listed on the second row preceded with the letter D If you would like include all cameras in the search check the All box 3 Sel...

Page 91: ...nu Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files To lock and unlock recorded files 1 Search for recorded files using the File Management menu See Searching for Recorded Files on page 83 2 Select the file you w...

Page 92: ...85 C H A P T E R 1 0 DVR Management...

Page 93: ...ance Firmware Upgrade Figure 59 Firmware Upgrade Menu 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 s...

Page 94: ...OK button to restore factory defaults or select the Cancel button to return to the previous menu Note Network information such as IP address subnet mask and gateway will not be restored Exporting Imp...

Page 95: ...the USB storage device 6 Click Export to export a configuration file to USB storage device The configu ration file will be named devCfg bin 7 Click the Exit button to exit out of the Export Import Con...

Page 96: ...u 2 Selectthedate fromthe Calendartosearchfor system logsin The currentsys tem date is displayed in the upper left corner of the menu 3 Select the log type using the Search Type drop down list Four lo...

Page 97: ...pplicable you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking the Play button 7 Log files can also be exported onto a USB storage device To export a log file connect a USB sto...

Page 98: ...password and click the Set but ton 3 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 a...

Page 99: ...92 DVR Management...

Page 100: ...torage 80 82 Managing User Accounts 54 56 Alarm Inputs 63 64 B Backup 46 50 C Cameras IP Cameras 70 71 D Date 18 19 Digital Zoom 25 Display Configuring Displays 28 29 OSD Settings 78 E Exceptions 65 6...

Page 101: ...cking DVR 17 M Motion Detection 61 62 Mouse 12 N Network 52 53 NTP Server 19 P Playback 40 44 Playback Interface 40 Privacy Zones 73 R Rebooting DVR 17 Recording Record Settings 32 34 Scheduling a Rec...

Page 102: ...own DVR 16 17 Soft Keyboard 13 Starting DVR 16 System Logs 89 90 T Time 18 19 U Users Adding a New User 54 55 Deleting a User 55 Editing a User 56 V Video Loss Detection 76 77 Video Tampering Detectio...

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