Digital Video Recorder
User Manual
Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual...
Page 2: ...TY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE USE OF THE PRODUCT BY YOU IS AT YOUR OWN RISK IN NO EVENT WILL HIKVISION BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES INCLUD...
Page 3: ...TION THE DEVELOPMENT OR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ANY ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT RELATED TO ANY NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE OR UNSAFE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE OR IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN...
Page 4: ...y one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differen...
Page 5: ...ntation for specific battery information The battery is marked with this symbol which may include lettering to indicate cadmium Cd lead Pb or mercury Hg For proper recycling return the battery to your...
Page 6: ...ng models Series Model DVR E00G B DVR E04G B DVR E08G B DVR E00Q B DVR E04Q B DVR 200Q K1 DVR 216Q K1 DVR 200Q K2 DVR 216Q K2 DVR 200Q M1 DVR 204Q M1 DVR 208Q M1 DVR 216Q M1 DVR 200Q M2 DVR 216Q M2 DV...
Page 7: ...cates a hazardous situation which if not avoided will or could result in death or serious injury Caution Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in equipment dama...
Page 8: ...power at once and unplug the power cable and then please contact the service center Use the device in conjunction with an UPS and use factory recommended HDD if possible This product contains a coin b...
Page 9: ...or connection to an AC mains supply For certain models the equipment has been designed when required modified for connection to an IT power distribution system identifies the battery holder itself and...
Page 10: ...1 Configure PTZ Parameter 6 2 2 2 Customize Preset 8 2 2 3 Customize Patrol 8 2 2 4 Customize Pattern 9 Chapter 3 Playback 10 3 1 GUI Introduction 10 3 2 Normal Playback 11 3 3 Event Playback 12 3 4 B...
Page 11: ...ce 28 5 4 2 Configure Recording Schedule 30 5 4 3 Configure Recording Parameter 32 Chapter 6 Configuration Expert Mode 34 6 1 System Configuration 34 6 1 1 General 34 6 1 2 Live View 36 6 1 3 User 38...
Page 12: ...rameter 67 6 5 3 View Estimated Recording Period 67 6 5 4 Storage Device 68 6 5 5 Configure Storage Mode 69 6 5 6 Advanced Settings 71 6 6 RS 232 Settings 72 Chapter 7 Maintenance 73 7 1 Restore Defau...
Page 13: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual xii Chapter 10 Appendix 81 10 1 Glossary 81...
Page 14: ...end you create a strong password of your own choosing Using a minimum of 8 characters including at least three of the following categories upper case letters lower case letters numbers and special cha...
Page 15: ...Refer to General for details For storage device configuration Refer to Storage Device for details For adding network cameras Refer to Network Camera for details For platform configuration Refer HiLook...
Page 16: ...menu operation Note If you have forgotten your pattern you click Forgot My Pattern or Switch User to log in via password If you have drawn the wrong pattern for more than 5 times the system will switc...
Page 17: ...1 4 Login Interface 2 Input password 3 Click Login Note When you forget the password of the admin you can click Forgot Password to reset the password If you enter the wrong password 7 times the curren...
Page 18: ...in single screen mode Double click again to exit single screen mode Change a camera live view screen by dragging it from its screen to the desired screen Scroll up down to turn to previous next scree...
Page 19: ...ight click your mouse to display the shortcut menu Figure 2 2 Right Click Shortcut Menu 2 2 PTZ Control 2 2 1 Configure PTZ Parameter You shall configure PTZ parameters before controlling a PTZ camera...
Page 20: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 7 Figure 2 3 PTZ Settings 2 Click 3 Set the PTZ camera parameters Note All parameters should be the same as the PTZ camera 4 Click OK...
Page 21: ...in live view and click on shortcut menu 2 Select a desired preset in preset list 3 Use direction buttons to wheel the camera to required locations Adjust zoom and focus as your desire 4 Click What to...
Page 22: ...7 Click Save What to do next Select a patrol and click to call it The PTZ camera will move according the predefined patrol path 2 2 4 Customize Pattern A pattern records the movement path and dwell t...
Page 23: ...utton Operation Button Operation 30 s reverse 30 s forward Full screen Start playback Speed down Speed up Speed Figure 3 2 Timeline Position the cursor on the timeline drag the timeline to position to...
Page 24: ...able means no video 4 Optional Position the cursor on playback window to show control bar Figure 3 3 Control Bar Table 3 2 Button Description Button Description Button Description Window division grou...
Page 25: ...era has enabled Dual VCA You can enable it via the camera web browser interface in Configuration Video Audio Display Info on Stream Ensure your video recorder has enabled Save VCA Data You can enable...
Page 26: ...igure the play strategy Do not Play Normal Videos If it is enabled videos without smart information will not be played Normal Video Set normal video playback speed The option is only valid when Do not...
Page 27: ...to your video recorder Steps 1 Start playback Refer to Normal Playback for details 2 Click 3 Set the start and end time You can also adjust cursors on the time bar to set the time period 4 Click Save...
Page 28: ...itions 4 Click Search Click to play the video Click to lock the file Locked file will not be overwritten Select file s and click Export to export file s to backup device 4 2 Quick Backup Before You St...
Page 29: ...Mode 5 1 System Configuration 5 1 1 General You can configure the output resolution system time etc Steps 1 Go to Configuration System General Figure 5 1 General Settings 2 Configure the parameters as...
Page 30: ...h NTP server NTP Server IP address of the NTP server 3 Click Apply 5 1 2 User Add User There is a default account Administrator The administrator user name is admin Administrator has the permission to...
Page 31: ...il for password resetting Steps 1 Go to Configuration System User 2 Click Password Resetting Email 3 Enter admin password for authorization 4 Enter an email address 5 Click OK Reset Password You can r...
Page 32: ...Trigger Alarm Output type for exception linkage actions Figure 5 3 Exceptions 5 Click Apply 5 2 Network Configuration 5 2 1 General You shall properly configure the network settings before operating t...
Page 33: ...HiLookVision HiLookVision provides mobile phone application and platform service to access and manage your connected devices which enables you to get a convenient remote access to the video security s...
Page 34: ...Manual for details Figure 5 5 Download HiLookVision 2 Use HiLookVision to scan the device QR and bind the device Note If the device is already bound with an account you can click Unbind to unbind with...
Page 35: ...e The user account of email sender for SMTP server authentication Password The password of email sender for SMTP server authentication SSL TLS Optional Enable SSL TLS if it is required by the SMTP ser...
Page 36: ...ly 5 3 Camera Management 5 3 1 Configure Signal Input For certain digital video recorder models you can configure the analog and IP signal input types Steps 1 Go to Configuration Camera Analog Analog...
Page 37: ...ure 5 8 IP Camera Management Interface 2 Select a desired network camera 3 Click to add the camera Note If the camera is inactive the device will activate it automatically with the password you have s...
Page 38: ...d network cameras Steps 1 Go to Configuration Camera IP Camera 2 Click to edit the selected camera Channel Port If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels you can select the...
Page 39: ...uration Camera Motion Detection 2 Select a camera 3 Check Enable 4 Set the motion detection area Click Draw Area or Clear to draw or clear areas The first area is set as full screen by default Click F...
Page 40: ...Note This function is only available for certain models 8 Set the arming schedule Refer to for Configure Arming Scheduledetails 9 Set the linkage actions Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for d...
Page 41: ...o the remote client software when an alarm is triggered Send Email It will send an email with alarm information when an alarm is triggered PTZ Linkage It will trigger PTZ actions e g call preset patro...
Page 42: ...epair an HDD that with error in database Please operate it with the help of professional technical support Secure Erase Secure erase will delete videos in the selected disk s Add Network Disk You can...
Page 43: ...Steps 1 Go to Configuration Record Parameter 2 Set the continuous main stream sub stream recording parameters for the camera Refer to Configure Recording Parameter for details 3 Go to Configuration R...
Page 44: ...t Schedule for details Edit Schedule Steps 1 Go to Configuration Record Schedule Figure 5 13 Recording Schedule Continuous Continuous recording Event Recording is triggered by events 2 Select a camera...
Page 45: ...with higher resolution and frame rate Sub Stream Sub stream is a second codec that runs alongside the mainstream It allows you to reduce the outgoing internet bandwidth without sacrificing your direc...
Page 46: ...3 of bits time unit and not distance time unit Note Higher resolution frame rate and bitrate provide you better video quality but it also requires more internet bandwidth and uses more storage space o...
Page 47: ...assword etc Go to Configuration System General Basic Settings configure the parameters as your desire and click Apply Language The default language is English VGA HDMI Resolution Select the output res...
Page 48: ...DST Settings configure the parameters as your desire and click Apply Configure More Settings You can configure your device name lock screen time output mode etc Go to Configuration System General Mor...
Page 49: ...4K output resolution and make perimeter protection human or vehicle detection of motion detection facial detection and face picture comparison functions unavailable in analog channel 6 1 2 Live View...
Page 50: ...nfiguration System Live View View 2 Set Output Interface 3 Select a window and double click a camera the list you would like to display means no camera is displayed on the window 4 Optional Click or t...
Page 51: ...Configuration Network General TCP IP 2 Configure network parameters Working Mode Multi address Mode The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently You can select LAN1 or LAN2 in t...
Page 52: ...automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server MTU The maximum transmission unit MTU is the size of the largest network layer protocol data unit that can be communicat...
Page 53: ...tus 6 2 3 NAT Two ways are provided for port mapping to realize the remote access via the cross segment network UPnP and manual mapping Before You Start Enable the UPnP function of your router if UPnP...
Page 54: ...configured for the UPnP settings under the same router the value of the port No for each device should be unique 4 Set the virtual server of your router including internal source port external source...
Page 55: ...mized Wireless Network 1 Click Custom Adding 2 Set wireless network parameters 3 Click OK Connect to a Wireless Network with WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup 1 Click WPS Settings 2 Check Enable WPS 3 Set wir...
Page 56: ...d Time Interval Server IP Address and Port 4 Optional Click Test to test if parameters are valid 5 Click Apply One Way Authentication You can install a CA certificate from the server to your device to...
Page 57: ...certificate from the server to your device to authorize the server and create a certificate from your device to authorize your device by the server This would improve the log communication security Tw...
Page 58: ...r will return the certificate key 6 Open the certificate as a text file and modify it by the certificate key as the server returned 7 Install the modified certificate in Client Certificate 8 Optional...
Page 59: ...TP Port For remote web browser access The default value is 80 Multicast IP Multicast can be configured to enable live view for cameras that exceed the maximum number allowed through network A multicas...
Page 60: ...ls 6 3 Camera Management 6 3 1 Configure Signal Input For certain digital video recorder models you can configure the analog and IP signal input types Steps 1 Go to Configuration Analog Analog or clic...
Page 61: ...ure your network camera is on the same network segment with your video recorder Ensure the network connection is valid and correct Ensure the network camera password is the same as your video recorder...
Page 62: ...eo recorder Before You Start Ensure your network camera is on the same network segment with that of your video recorder Ensure the network connection is valid and correct Ensure the network camera is...
Page 63: ...ing the IP address port password of admin etc And the exported file can be edited on your computer like adding or deleting the content and copy the setting to other devices by importing the excel file...
Page 64: ...as For network cameras that are already connected you can choose to change their passwords to this one in the following pup up window Batch Configuration The device can automatically synchronize time...
Page 65: ...s you should set the WDR value Image Enhancement For optimized image contrast enhancement Figure 6 13 OSD 4 Drag the text frames on the preview window to adjust the OSD position 5 Click Apply 6 3 4 Pr...
Page 66: ...s of the areas will be marked with different colors Note Up to 4 privacy mask areas can be configured The size of each area can be adjusted 5 Click Apply 6 4 Event Configuration 6 4 1 Normal Event Mot...
Page 67: ...rs the alarm A higher value results in the more readily to triggers motion detection 6 Set analysis mode as AI or PIR AI The motion detection event will be analyzed by your device PIR The motion detec...
Page 68: ...ure Arming Schedule for details 6 Set the linkage actions Refer to Configure Alarm Linkage Action for details 7 Click Apply Video Loss Detect video loss of a camera and take alarm response actions Ste...
Page 69: ...a desired alarm input Figure 6 17 Edit Alarm Input 3 Customize Alarm Name 4 Set alarm type as N O normally open or N C normally closed 5 Set Settings as Input to enable the function Note If you set S...
Page 70: ...igure 6 19 Edit Alarm Output 5 Set Settings as Input to enable the function 6 Set the arming schedule Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details 7 Click Apply Exception Exception events can be con...
Page 71: ...Click Apply 6 4 2 Perimeter Protection Perimeter protection includes line crossing detection intrusion detection region entrance detection and region exiting detection Note Perimeter protection is onl...
Page 72: ...onal Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human or vehicle Note This function is only available for certain models 7 Set the arming schedule Refer to C...
Page 73: ...ions can be taken when the alarm is triggered Steps 1 Go to Configuration Event Smart Event Region Entrance 2 Set Camera 3 Turn on Enable 4 Optional Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured picture...
Page 74: ...the detection alarm can be triggered 3 Optional Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle Note This function is only available for cer...
Page 75: ...tput and dwell time Alarm Pop up Output Select the output to show event video Alarm Pop up Delay Set the time in seconds to show alarm event image If alarms are triggered simultaneously in several cha...
Page 76: ...ect Notify Surveillance Center Configure Email Linkage The video recorder can send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected Steps 1 Go to Configuration Network Emai...
Page 77: ...Recording Schedule Video recorder will automatically start stop recording according to the configured schedule Configure Continuous Recording Steps 1 Go to Configuration Record Parameter 2 Set the co...
Page 78: ...ecording triggered by all event triggered alarms 2 Select a camera in Camera No 3 Turn on Enable 4 Configure the recording schedule 1 Click Edit 2 Select a day to configure in Weekday 3 To set an all...
Page 79: ...ter the event or the scheduled time For example when an alarm triggered recording ends at 11 00 and if you set the post record time as 5 seconds it records till 11 00 05 Stream Type Main stream and su...
Page 80: ...many frames are captured each second A higher frame rate is advantageous when there is movement in the video stream as it maintains image quality throughout Resolution Image resolution is a measure of...
Page 81: ...DD 3 Click Init Repair Database Repair an HDD that with error in database Please operate it with the help of professional technical support Secure Erase Secure erase will delete videos in the selected...
Page 82: ...each network disk Result The added network disks will be displayed in the storage device list 6 5 5 Configure Storage Mode Configure HDD Groups Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups Video from specif...
Page 83: ...lick of desired HDD to set the group 9 Select a group number for the current HDD 10 Click OK Note Regroup the cameras for HDD if the HDD group number is changed Configure HDD Quota Each camera can be...
Page 84: ...r will stop writing Enable When hard drive is full video record will continue to write new files by deleting the oldest files Enable HDD Sleeping HDDs which are free of working for a long time will tu...
Page 85: ...Console Connect a computer to the video recorder through the computer serial port Video recorder parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal The serial port parameters must be...
Page 86: ...all parameters to the factory default settings Restore to Inactive Restore the device to the inactive status and leave all settings unchanged except restoring user accounts 3 Click Yes The device will...
Page 87: ...nect the video recorder HTTP The admin user account can disable the HTTP service from the GUI or the web browser After the HTTP is disabled all the related services including ISAPI and ONVIF will term...
Page 88: ...re You Start Ensure HiLookVision is enabled and properly configured Refer to HiLookVision for details Steps 1 Click at the upper right corner 2 Click 3 Click Online Upgrade 4 Download the latest firmw...
Page 89: ...corner 2 Set Exception Basic Event or Smart Event as your desire Figure 8 1 Alarm Center 3 Click and select events to hint 4 Click OK When the selected events occur the alarm information will be displ...
Page 90: ...windows WebComponents standard WebCompo nents exe 9 2 Login You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks For avoidance of any network at...
Page 91: ...8 Note You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug in 9 3 Live View After login live view interface shows Figure 9 2 Live View 9 4 Playback Click Playback to enter pla...
Page 92: ...order User Manual 79 9 5 Configuration Click Configuration to enter configuration interface Figure 9 4 Configuration 9 6 Log Steps 1 Go to Maintenance System Maintenance Log 2 Set the search condition...
Page 93: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 80 Figure 9 5 Log...
Page 94: ...ices 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 informatio...
Page 95: ...corder 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 s...
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