background image

 

 

 
 
 

 

DS-9100 & 9000 HFI-ST/RT/XT   

DS-8100 & 8000HFI-ST 

DS-9100 & 9000 & 8100HWI-ST 

Series DVR

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

User Manual 

UD.7L0202D1021A02 

Summary of Contents for DS-8000 HFI-ST Series

Page 1: ...DS 9100 9000 HFI ST RT XT DS 8100 8000HFI ST DS 9100 9000 8100HWI ST Series DVR User Manual UD 7L0202D1021A02...

Page 2: ...his device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation EU Conformity Statement This product and if applicable the supplied accessories too are marke...

Page 3: ...tions 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 device in co...

Page 4: ...AC this feature is supported by analog cameras only Watermark technology Local Monitoring Simultaneous HDMI VGA and CVBS outputs HDMI output and VGA output at up to 1920 1080P resolution 1 4 6 8 9 16...

Page 5: ...l number recording type start time end time etc Smart search for the selected area in the video this feature is supported by analog cameras only Zooming in when playback Reverse playback for multi cha...

Page 6: ...loading files broken transfer resume Remote parameters setup remote import export of device parameters Remote viewing of the device status system logs and alarm status Remote keyboard operation Remote...

Page 7: ...Front Panel Operation 40 3 2 3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor 40 3 2 4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode 41 3 3 Adjusting Live View Settings 44 3 4 Channel zero Encoding 46 3 5 User Logout 47 Chapt...

Page 8: ...108 7 1 1 Backing up by Normal Video Search 108 7 1 2 Backing up by Event Search 113 7 1 3 Backing up Video Clips 116 7 2 Backing up Pictures 119 7 3 Managing Backup Devices 122 Chapter 8 Alarm Settin...

Page 9: ...uilding Array 172 10 3 Repairing Virtual Disk 174 10 4 Deleting Array Virtual Disk 175 10 4 1 Deleting the Virtual Disk 175 10 4 2 Deleting the Array 175 10 5 Migrating and Expanding 177 10 6 Upgradin...

Page 10: ...y Local Backup Device 216 13 4 2 Upgrading by FTP 216 13 5 Restoring Default Settings 218 Chapter 14 Others 219 14 1 Configuring RS 232 Serial Port 220 14 2 Configuring General Settings 221 14 3 Confi...

Page 11: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 10 Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 12: ...ls of the devices are shown in Figure 1 1 DS 9100 9000HFI ST DS 9100 9000HFI RT 9100 9000HWI ST DS 9100 9000HFI XT DS 8100 8000HFI ST 8100HWI ST Figure 1 1 Front Panel Table 1 1 Description of Control...

Page 13: ...the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Input numbers and characters in Edit mode Switch channels in All day Playback mode The light of the button is blue when the corresponding ch...

Page 14: ...xt and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera ENTER The ENTER button is used to c...

Page 15: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 14 move on to the next field...

Page 16: ...ont panel See Table 1 2 Table 1 2 Description of the IR Remote Control Buttons No Name Description 1 POWER Power on off the device 2 DEV Enables Disables Remote Control 3 Alphanumeric Buttons Same as...

Page 17: ...no response after you press any button on the remote follow the procedure below to troubleshoot Steps 1 Go to Menu Settings General More Settings by operating the front control panel or the mouse 2 Ch...

Page 18: ...from your provider The operation of the mouse Table 1 3 Description of the Mouse Control Name Action Description Left Click Single Click Live view Select channel and show the quick set menu Menu Sele...

Page 19: ...Series DVR 18 1 4 Input Method Description Figure 1 3 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard Table 1 4 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Descriptio...

Page 20: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 19 1 5 Rear Panel DS 9100 9000HFI ST DS 9100 9000HWI ST DS 9100 9000HFI RT DS 9100 9000HFI XT DS 8100 8000HFI ST...

Page 21: ...audio 7 AUDIO IN RCA for DS 9100 9000HFI ST RT XT 9100 9000HWI ST BNC for DS 8100 8000HFI ST 8100HWI ST connector for audio input 8 AUDIO IN for DS 9100 9000HFI ST RT XT 9100 9000HWI ST series DB26 co...

Page 22: ...1 ALARM OUT Connector for alarm output 16 GROUND Ground needs to be connected when DVR starts up 17 AC 100V 240V AC 100V 240V power supply 18 POWER Switch for turning on off the device 19 USB Universa...

Page 23: ...WER button on the front panel The Power indicator LED should turn blue indicating that the device begins to start up 3 After startup the Power indicator LED is solid blue A splash screen with the stat...

Page 24: ...ou disable the ID Authentication in General Settings interface Chapter 14 2 the dialog box for authentication does not pop up Rebooting the device In the Shutdown menu Figure 1 5 you can also reboot t...

Page 25: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 24 Chapter 2 Getting Started...

Page 26: ...lect the system language from the drop down menu The default language is English Click to save the resolution settings Figure 2 1 Select Language Interface 2 Click Next to continue the setup wizard If...

Page 27: ...12345 5 To change the admin password check the New Admin Password checkbox Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields 6 Click to enter the date and time settings window as sh...

Page 28: ...Figure 2 5 Network Configuration 8 Click after you configured the network parameters which takes you to the Array Management window supported by DS 9100 9000HFI RT series only Figure 2 6 Array Managem...

Page 29: ...to enter the IP Camera Management window Not supported by DS 9100 8100HFI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT or DS 9100 8100HWI ST series DVR as shown in Figure 2 7 Figure 2 8 IP Camera Management 12 Click to search...

Page 30: ...29 Figure 2 9 Record Settings 14 Click to copy the settings to other channels as shown in Figure 2 9 and Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 Copy Record Settings for DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT Fig...

Page 31: ...anual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 30 Note IP Camera is supported by DS 9000 8000HFI ST DS 9000HFI RT XT HWI ST series only 15 Click to complete the startup Setup W...

Page 32: ...al Settings Chapter 9 3 Checking Network Traffic and Chapter 9 4 Network Detection Steps 1 Enter the Camera Management interface Menu Camera Camera Figure 2 12 Main Menu Note In Analog Camera Manageme...

Page 33: ...rch the online cameras Figure 2 14 IP Camera Management 2 Check the checkbox of certain cameras to be added 3 Click to add the camera 3 To add other IP cameras 1 On the left side of the interface you...

Page 34: ...an configure the basic setting of the IP cameras Steps 1 Click to edit the parameters you can edit the IP address protocol and other parameters Figure 2 15 Edit IP Camera 2 Click to save the settings...

Page 35: ...the live view of the camera Configuring the customized protocols Purpose To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols you can configure the customized protocols...

Page 36: ...stream or the sub stream is not needed leave the checkbox empty Type The network camera adopting custom protocol must support getting stream through standard RTSP Transfer Protocol Select the transfe...

Page 37: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 36 Figure 2 20 Adding Successfully...

Page 38: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 37 Chapter 3 Live View...

Page 39: ...g on which menu you re on brings you to the Live View mode Live View Icons In the live view mode there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel showing the status of the record and al...

Page 40: ...l Record Start all day normal recording for all channels Motion Detection Record Start motion detection recording for all channels All day Playback Play back the record video Aux Monitor Switch to the...

Page 41: ...View Mode in Aux Monitor Note You can click on the menu bar to fix the menu Icon Name Description Single Screen Switch to the single full screen live view mode Multi screen Switch to multi screen liv...

Page 42: ...ption Enable Disable Record Instant Playback Audio on Mute Capture PTZ Control Digital Zoom Image Settings Live View Strategy Close Instant Playback only shows the record in last five minutes If no re...

Page 43: ...n adjust the image parameters including brightness contrast saturation hue sharpness and denoising You can also click to restore the default settings and click to copy the image settings to other anal...

Page 44: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 43 Figure 3 7 Live View Strategy...

Page 45: ...Live View Figure 3 8 Live View General The settings available in this menu include Video Output Interface Designates the output to configure the settings for Outputs include HDMI depends on the model...

Page 46: ...screen in the right region and double click to select a channel in the left region Thus the selected channel will be displayed in the corresponding screen Note means the channel will not be displayed...

Page 47: ...without affecting the image quality channel zero encoding is supported as an option for you Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings interface Menu Configuration Live View 2 Select the Channel Zero Encod...

Page 48: ...to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation you need to enter user name and password to log in again Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 3 11 Shutdown 2 Click Logout No...

Page 49: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 48 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

Page 50: ...485 interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Settings interface Menu Camera PTZ Figure 4 1 PTZ General 2 Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera dropdown list 3 Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera...

Page 51: ...izing Presets Purpose Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Setti...

Page 52: ...kes place Call preset in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Check Figure 4 4 PTZ Call Preset 3 Choose the preset number Call preset in li...

Page 53: ...ngs 2 Select patrol number 3 Click under Patrol option box to add key points for the patrol Figure 4 6 PTZ Add Key Point 4 Configure key point parameters such as the preset No duration of staying for...

Page 54: ...ra PTZ More Settings 2 Select the patrol number and then click to call the patrol 3 Click to stop it Figure 4 9 Calling Patrol Calling patrol in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ...

Page 55: ...ovement according to the predefined path Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Choose pattern number in the option box Figure 4 11 PTZ Pattern 3 Click and use your mo...

Page 56: ...tern number 3 Click then the PTZ moves according to the pattern Click to stop it Figure 4 12 PTZ Calling Pattern Call pattern in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ control on the f...

Page 57: ...on to enter the PTZ panel Figure 4 14 PTZ Panel Table 4 1 Description of the PTZ panel icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and the auto cycle button Zoom Focus Ir...

Page 58: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 57 Chapter 5 Record and Capture Settings...

Page 59: ...ick to initialize it Menu HDD General Figure 5 1 HDD General 2 Check the storage mode of the HDD 1 Click Advanced to check the storage mode of the HDD 2 If the HDD mode is Quota please set the maximum...

Page 60: ...dundant Record Capture Enabling redundant record or capture means you save the record and captured picture in the redundant HDD See Chapter 5 7 Configuring Redundant Recording Capture Record Audio Ena...

Page 61: ...used for other channels 4 Encoding Parameters for Capture 1 Select the Capture tab Figure 5 7 Capture Encoding 2 You can configure the normal and event parameters separately 3 Click to save the setti...

Page 62: ...ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 61 overwrite mode and then the record files will be overwritten when the HDD becomes full Otherwise the recording will stop when the HDD becomes full...

Page 63: ...r the Record Schedule interface Menu Record Schedule 2 Configure Record Schedule 1 Select Record Capture Schedule Figure 5 9 Record Schedule 2 Choose the camera you want to configure 3 Check checkbox...

Page 64: ...eriods can t be overlapped each other Repeat the above steps2 5 to schedule recording capture for other days in the week If the schedule can also be set to other days click Figure 5 11 Copy Schedule t...

Page 65: ...d recording and capture you must configure the motion detection settings or alarm input settings as well For detailed information refer to Chapter 8 1 and Chapter 8 2 Figure 5 13 Draw the Schedule 1 2...

Page 66: ...py Click in the Record Capture Schedule interface to save the settings Figure 5 15 Copy Schedule to Other Channels for DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT Figure 5 16 Copy Schedule to Other Cha...

Page 67: ...recording capture or trigger full screen monitoring audible warning notify the surveillance center and so on In this chapter you can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detect...

Page 68: ...XT HWI ST 8000HFI ST series only 5 Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording or capture 6 Click to save the settings 7 Click to back to the upper level menu 8...

Page 69: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 68 Figure 5 21 Record Schedule...

Page 70: ...ggered recording or capture Steps 1 Enter the Alarm setting interface Menu Configuration Alarm Figure 5 22 Alarm Settings 2 Click Alarm Input tab Figure 5 23 Alarm Settings Alarm Input 1 Select Alarm...

Page 71: ...7 Click to save settings 8 Click to back to the upper level menu 9 Click in the Alarm Input interface to save the settings Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters If the sett...

Page 72: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 71 Figure 5 27 Record Schedule...

Page 73: ...al Or press the REC SHOT button on the front panel Figure 5 28 Manual Record for DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT Figure 5 29 Manual Record for DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST Note...

Page 74: ...pture on the left bar Figure 5 32 Continuous Capture for DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT Figure 5 33 Continuous Capture for DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST Note IP Camera is suppor...

Page 75: ...at year Note The priority of holiday schedule is higher than any other schedule Steps 1 Enter the Record setting interface Menu Record 2 Choose Holiday on the left bar Figure 5 34 Holiday Settings 3 E...

Page 76: ...rface 4 Enter Record Capture Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Capture Schedule For detailed information about record schedule settings refer to step 2 in Chapter 5 2 Configuring...

Page 77: ...torage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant For detailed information please refer to Chapter 11 4 Managing HDD Group There should be at least another...

Page 78: ...0 Encoding Record 2 Select Camera you want to configure 3 Check checkbox to enable redundant recording and capture 4 Click to save settings Repeat the above steps2 4 for configuring other channels If...

Page 79: ...ation please refer to Chapter 11 4 Managing HDD Group 3 Select General in the left bar Click to enter editing interface 4 Configuring HDD group 1 Choose a group number for the HDD group 2 Click and th...

Page 80: ...XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST series only 2 Choose Group number in the dropdown list of Record on HDD Group 3 Check the channels you want to save in this group 4 Click to save settings Note After having con...

Page 81: ...ettings Task 1 Protect file by locking the record files Steps 1 Enter Export setting interface Menu Export Figure 5 44 Export Interface 2 Check the checkbox to to select the channels 3 Configure the r...

Page 82: ...igure 5 47 HDD General 2 Click to edit the HDD you want to protect Figure 5 48 HDD General Editing 3 Set the HDD to Read only 4 Click to save settings and back to the upper level menu Notes 1 You can...

Page 83: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 82 HDD If there is only one HDD the recording will be stopped...

Page 84: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 83 Chapter 6 Playback...

Page 85: ...S 9100HFI RT XT series 6 1 1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode Channel switch is supported Instant playback by channel Choo...

Page 86: ...part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Playback Interface Click the channel s if you want to execute synchronous playback of multiple chan...

Page 87: ...ries only 6 1 2 Playing Back by Time Purpose Play back video files recorded in specified time duration Multi channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported Note We use the interface of...

Page 88: ...I ST series Table 6 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback by time Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add custo...

Page 89: ...orted by DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only 6 1 3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose Play back record files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type e g...

Page 90: ...time and click to search the related record file s Figure 6 10 Video Search by Motion 5 Click button to play back the record files You can click to return to the search interface Note Pre play and pos...

Page 91: ...ce as shown in Figure 6 11 Check checkbox to select one channel for playback or select multiple channels for synchronous playback Note For DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series DVR 4 ch 8...

Page 92: ...de Video type picture Notes 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 2 Smart search is supported by the analog cam...

Page 93: ...e 6 14 Interface of Playback by Time Click to add default tag Click to add customized tag and edit tag name Note Max 64 tags can be added to a single video file 3 Tag management Click to check edit an...

Page 94: ...nd time and click to enter Search Result interface Note You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command Figure 6 16 Video Search by Tag 4 Click button to play back the file You...

Page 95: ...nation of Playback by tag Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom...

Page 96: ...y 3 Frame extracting mode is supported by DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only 6 1 5 Playing Back by Searching System Log Purpose Play back record file s associated with channels aft...

Page 97: ...ss Figure 6 21 Interface of Playback by Log 6 1 6 Playing Back External Files Purpose Perform the following steps to search and play back record files stored in the external storage devices e g USB fl...

Page 98: ...ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only Figure 6 22 Interface of External File Playback 6 1 7 Playing Back Frame Extracting Record Purpose If there are frame extracting record files existed in the HDD you can...

Page 99: ...rop down list on the top left side and search the corresponding files For detailed information about searching record files of each record type please refer to Chapter 6 1 2 Chapter 6 1 3 or Chapter 6...

Page 100: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 99 Figure 6 24 Frame Extracting Record Playback...

Page 101: ...sible to use button in toolbar Using the Front Panel Rotate and hold the outer ring on Jog Shuttle counterclockwise for DS 8100 8000HFI ST series only or click the button to set the speed to Single fr...

Page 102: ...to draw area s You can click button to set the full screen as target searching area After drawing area s click button to execute smart search in this area Note Multi area and full screen searching mod...

Page 103: ...able 6 5 Detailed Explanation of Smart search playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping Add default tag Add customized tag...

Page 104: ...0HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only 6 2 3 Digital Zoom Note We use the interface of DS 9100HFI ST series unless stated as example to describe the following settings Steps 1 Enter the Playback...

Page 105: ...simultaneous reverse playback is supported up to 4 ch with 1920 1080P resolution simultaneous reverse playback is supported and up to 1 ch with 2560 1920 resolution reverse playback is supported Steps...

Page 106: ...er the Picture Playback interface Note Frame extracting mode is supported by DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only Figure 6 31 Picture Playback Interface 3 Check checkbox to select th...

Page 107: ...Playback 6 The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Figure 6 33 Picture Playback Toolbar Table 6 6 Detailed Explanation of Picture playback Toolbar B...

Page 108: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 107 Chapter 7 Backup...

Page 109: ...al 2 Set search condition and click to enter the search result interface Notes 1 Frame Extracting record mode is supported by the DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only 2 Six different...

Page 110: ...h for Backup 4 Export Click and start backup Note If the inserted device is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drives or USB HDDs v...

Page 111: ...rting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message box Export finished Figure 7 5 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button...

Page 112: ...of eSATA is changed Continue pops up Note The usages of eSATA contain Record Capture and Export And changes in usage will take effective after rebooting the device 2 Enter Export interface Menu Expor...

Page 113: ...lease format the eSATA first when using it for the first time If the inserted eSATA HDD is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format eSATA HDD via t...

Page 114: ...igure 7 12 Checkup of Export Result Using eSATA HDD 7 1 2 Backing up by Event Search Purpose Back up event related record files using USB devices USB flash drives USB HDDs USB writer DVD R W or eSATA...

Page 115: ...t and click to enter Export interface Figure 7 14 Result of Event Search 2 Clicking will take you to the interface with detailed information of all channels triggered by the selected alarm input You c...

Page 116: ...tart backup Note If the inserted USB device is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device Figure 7 16 Expo...

Page 117: ...elect video clips to export directly during Playback using USB devices USB flash drives USB HDDs USB writer DVD R W or eSATA HDD Steps 1 Enter Playback interface and play back the record file you want...

Page 118: ...ve video clips and enter Export interface or click No to quit and do not save video clips Figure 7 20 Attention to Video Clip Saving 5 Export Click and start backup Note If the inserted USB device is...

Page 119: ...e 7 21 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 22 Export Finished 6 Check backup resul...

Page 120: ...ect channel s image type start time and end time and click to enter the Search Result interface Figure 7 24 Picture Search for Backup in DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST Note Picture search fo...

Page 121: ...Series DVR 120 Figure 7 25 Result of Picture Search 3 Export Click and start backup Figure 7 26 Export Pictures Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exporte...

Page 122: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 121 4 Check backup result Figure 7 28 Checkup of Picture Export Using USB Flash Drive...

Page 123: ...Enter Search Result interface of record files Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click to enter Search Result interface Note At least one channel shall be selected Figure 7 29 Normal Video S...

Page 124: ...NTFS Note If the inserted USB device is not recognized Click Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor Figure 7 31 USB Flash Drive Management Management of USB writers and DVD R W 1 Enter S...

Page 125: ...Backup 3 Backup device management Click Erase if you want to erase the files from a re writable CD DVD Note There must be a re writable CD DVD when you make this operation Note If the inserted USB wr...

Page 126: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 125 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings...

Page 127: ...ection Menu Camera Motion Figure 8 1 Motion Detection Settings Interface 2 Set detection area and sensitivity Check checkbox to enable motion detection use the mouse to draw detection area s and drag...

Page 128: ...8000HFI ST series only 4 Set arming schedule of the channel Select Arming Schedule tab and set arming schedule of the channel Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within e...

Page 129: ...DS 9100HFI RT XT series Click to save the settings Click to complete the motion detection settings of the channel 6 If you want to set motion detection for another channel repeat the above steps or ju...

Page 130: ...to set up its alarm response actions Figure 8 9 Alarm Input Settings Interface 3 Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record capture or become full screen mo...

Page 131: ...ngs Click to complete the settings of the alarm input Note Please check whether the PTZ or speed dome supports PTZ linkage One alarm input can trigger presets patrol or pattern of more than one channe...

Page 132: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 131 Figure 8 12 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

Page 133: ...ling method of video loss Check checkbox to enable video loss alarm and click to set handling method of video loss 3 Set arming schedule of the channel Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel s...

Page 134: ...Chapter 8 6 Click to save the settings and click to complete the video loss settings of the channel 5 If you want to set video loss handling method for another channel repeat the above steps or just c...

Page 135: ...ox to enable detecting video tampering Drag the sensitivity bar and choose a proper sensitivity level Use the mouse to draw an area you want to detect video tampering Figure 8 17 Set Detection Area an...

Page 136: ...ions of video tampering alarm please refer to Chapter 8 6 Click to save the settings and click to complete the video tampering settings of the channel 5 If you want to set up video loss handling metho...

Page 137: ...gnal Input Output Video Standard Mismatch I O video standards do not match Record Capture Exception No space for saving recorded files or captured images Array Exception Abnormal virtual disks under a...

Page 138: ...you want to make full screen monitoring Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected Notify Surveillance Center Sends an exception or alarm signal to remote alarm host when an ev...

Page 139: ...periods can be set within each day Note Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Figure 8 22 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output 3 Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other day...

Page 140: ...ist of dwell time of an alarm output the alarm can be cleared only by clicking button in the following interface Steps Select the alarm output you want to trigger or clear and make related operations...

Page 141: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 140 Chapter 9 Network Settings...

Page 142: ...ork settings from that server Note The valid value range of MTU is 500 9676 4 After having configured the general settings click to save the settings Working Mode There are two 10M 100M 1000M NIC card...

Page 143: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 142 Figure 9 2 Net Fault tolerance Working Mode...

Page 144: ...d for PPPoE access Note The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP Figure 9 4 PPPoE Settings Interface 5 Click to save and exit the interface 6 After successful settings the system asks...

Page 145: ...Enter Server Address for IPServer and other fields are read only Note The Server Address should be the IP address of the PC that runs IPServer Figure 9 6 IPServer Settings Interface DynDNS 1 Enter Ser...

Page 146: ...read only 1 Edit the Server Address of the hkDDNS server By default www hik online com will be automatically available in the Server Address field when hkDDNS is selected 2 Enter the Device Domain Nam...

Page 147: ...tter numeric and and it must start with the lower case English letter and cannot end with 5 Click to save and exit the interface 9 2 3 Configuring NTP Server Settings Purpose A Network Time Protocol N...

Page 148: ...g FTP Server Settings Note FTP configuration is supported by DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT series only Purpose The FTP File Transfer Protocol can be configured on your device to realize d...

Page 149: ...e the Device Name Device No or Device IP for the name of the directory or you can customize the directory name and the when the Secondary Directory is selected you can use the Camera Name or Camera No...

Page 150: ...he UPnP function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping Before you start If you want to enable the UPnP function of the device you must enable the UPn...

Page 151: ...re the external port No for server port http port RTSP port and https port respectively Notes You can use the default port No or change it according to actual requirements External Port indicates the...

Page 152: ...m software installed Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configuration Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface Figure 9 22 More Settings Interface 3 E...

Page 153: ...hown in Figure 9 24 When adding a device to the CMS Client Management System software the multicast address must be the same as the device s multicast IP Figure 9 24 Configure Multicast 4 Click to sav...

Page 154: ...exit the interface Note The Server Port should be set to the range of 2000 65535 and it is used for remote client software access The HTTP port is used for remote IE access 9 2 11Configuring HTTPS Set...

Page 155: ...f record files through IE browser or CMS software Note If you enable the high speed download function the local menu operation will be affected It is recommended to disable this function after finishi...

Page 156: ...The device must be connected to a local area network LAN that maintains an SMTP mail server The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e...

Page 157: ...The SMTP Server IP address or host name e g smtp 263xmail com SMTP Port The SMTP port The default TCP IP port used for SMTP is 25 Enable SSL optional Check the checkbox to enable SSL if required by th...

Page 158: ...80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 157 6 Click to save the Email settings 7 You can click to test whether your Email settings work The corresponding Attention message box will pop up Refer to Figure...

Page 159: ...rk traffic to obtain real time information of device such as linking status MTU sending receiving rate etc Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect Figure 9 34 Network T...

Page 160: ...Network Detection Interface 3 Select a NIC to test network delay and packet loss 4 Enter the destination address in the text field of Destination Address 5 Click to start testing network delay and pac...

Page 161: ...e You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect Figure 9 37 Export Network Packet 4 Click to start exporting 5 After the exporting is complete click to finish the packet export as shown...

Page 162: ...ork Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Figure 9 40 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one you can click t...

Page 163: ...tenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics interface Figure 9 42 Network Stat Interface 3 View the bandwidth of IP Camera bandwidth of Remote Live View bandwidth o...

Page 164: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 163 Chapter 10 RAID Configuration...

Page 165: ...ending on what level of redundancy and performance is required The DS 9000 9100HFI RT is capable of realizing RAID settings supporting RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 10 Before you start Please install...

Page 166: ...ay type is RAID 5 at least 3 HDDs must be installed in you device Figure 10 3 One touch Array Configuration 3 Edit the array name in the Array Name text filed and click start configuring array Note If...

Page 167: ...ch configuration is greater than 16TB two arrays and two virtual disks will be created Figure 10 5 Virtual Disk Settings Interface 7 After the foreground initialization of the virtual disk is complete...

Page 168: ...1 RAID 5 or RAID 10 select the Physical Disk that you want to configure array Notes 1 If you choose RAID 0 at least 2 HDDs must be installed 2 If you choose RAID 1 2 HDDs need to be configured for RA...

Page 169: ...Create Virtual Disk Interface 7 Edit the name of the virtual disk set the capacity for the virtual disk and select the initialization type for the virtual disk Notes 1 You can also click the Informat...

Page 170: ...return to Array Settings interface 9 Click Virtual Disk tab to enter the Virtual Disk interface The successfully created virtual disk will be listed on the interface Figure 10 11 Virtual Disk Interfa...

Page 171: ...e of the selected HDD to Global Hot Spare or the specified hot spare for the existing array Global Hot Spare It can be used as the hot spare for any array created in the system Array Hot Spare e g RAI...

Page 172: ...tomatically Rebuilding Array Purpose When the virtual disk is in Degraded status the device can start rebuilding the array automatically with the hot spare disk to ensure the high security and reliabi...

Page 173: ...ing Array Purpose If you do not enable the Auto rebuild in Firmware Settings interface Menu HDD RAID Firmware or the hot spare disk has not been configured then you can rebuild the array manually to r...

Page 174: ...rray Interface 4 Select the available physical disk and click to confirm to rebuild the array 5 The Do not unplug the physical disk when it is under rebuilding message box pops up Click to start rebui...

Page 175: ...Note If the virtual disk is under foreground initialization the repairing cannot be done Steps 1 Enter the Virtual Disk interface Menu HDD RAID Virtual Disk Figure 10 22 Virtual Disk Interface 2 Clic...

Page 176: ...erface Menu HDD RAID Virtual Disk Figure 10 25 Virtual Disk Interface 2 Select a virtual disk and click to delete the virtual disk Figure 10 26 Confirm Virtual Disk Deletion 3 In the pop up message bo...

Page 177: ...ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 176 2 Select an array and click to delete the array Figure 10 28 Confirm Array Deletion 3 In the pop up message box click to confirm the array deletion Note Deleting array...

Page 178: ...Settings interface At least one available physical disk should exist for the array migration Menu HDD RAID Physical Disk Figure 10 29 Physical Disk Settings Interface 2 Click Array tab to enter the A...

Page 179: ...y Settings interface Menu HDD RAID Array and Virtual Disk interface Menu HDD RAID Virtual Disk to check the process of the migration Figure 10 32 Array Setting Interface Figure 10 33 Virtual Disk Inte...

Page 180: ...he expanded capacity for each virtual disk can be calculated by the following formula Expanded VD capacity Original VD Capacity Original Array Capacity Newly Added Capacity of Hard Disk Example The ca...

Page 181: ...nformation of the firmware including the version maximum physical disk quantity maximum array quantity auto rebuild status etc Figure 10 37 Firmware Interface 2 You can click to upgrade the firmware L...

Page 182: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 181 Figure 10 38 Upgrade the Firmware...

Page 183: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 182 Chapter 11 HDD Management...

Page 184: ...nstalled hard disk drive HDD must be initialized before it can be used with your device Note If there is uninitialized HDD existed in the device the following message box pops up when the device start...

Page 185: ...ized 3 Click Figure 11 3 Confirm Initialization 4 Select to start initialization Figure 11 4 Start Initialization 5 After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Uninitiali...

Page 186: ...1 2 Managing Network HDD Purpose You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to device and use it as network HDD Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General Figure 11 6 HDD Inform...

Page 187: ...sk 1 Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field 2 Click to search the available NAS disks 3 Select the NAS disk from the list shown below Or you can just manually enter the directory in the text fi...

Page 188: ...selected IP SAN disk Note Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added Figure 11 9 Add IP SAN Disk 6 After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk return to the HDD Information menu The added NetHDD will...

Page 189: ...he eSATA for backup Refer to Backup using eSATA HDDs in Chapter 7 1 2 Backing up by Normal Video Search for operating instructions Record Capture Use the eSATA for record capture Refer to the followin...

Page 190: ...booted to activate the changes Figure 11 13 Storage Mode Interface for DS 9100 8100HFI ST HWI ST DS 9100HFI RT XT Figure 11 14 Storage Mode Interface for DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST Note...

Page 191: ...r read write R W Before setting the HDD property please set the storage mode to Group refer to step1 4 of Chapter 11 4 1 Setting HDD Groups A HDD can be set to read only to prevent important recorded...

Page 192: ...the HDD property to R W Read only or Redundancy 4 Click to save the settings and exit the interface 5 In the HDD Information menu the HDD property will be displayed in the list Note At least 2 hard di...

Page 193: ...ges Figure 11 19 Storage Mode Settings Interface 3 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota In DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI ST series device you can select IP Camera 4 Enter the...

Page 194: ...ST RT XT HWI ST 8000HFI ST series only 6 Select the camera s to be configured with the same quota settings You can also click the checkbox of Analog or IP Camera to select all cameras 7 Click to finis...

Page 195: ...ge Figure 11 23 Storage Mode Settings Interface 3 Drag to adjust the storage percentages of normal record frame extracting record and picture according to actual requirements 4 You can edit the bitrat...

Page 196: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 195 you have to configure the frame extracting mode again...

Page 197: ...eral 2 Check the status of each HDD which is displayed on the list Figure 11 24 View HDD Status 1 Note If the status of HDD is Normal or Sleeping it works normally If the status is Uninitialized or Ab...

Page 198: ...9000HFI ST XT 8100 8000HFI ST series Steps 1 Enter the S M A R T Settings interface Menu Maintenance HDD Detect S M A R T Settings 2 Select a HDD to view its S M A R T information list Note If you wa...

Page 199: ...y available for DS 9100 9000HFI ST XT 8100 8000HFI ST series Steps 1 Enter the Bad Sector Detection interface Menu Maintenance HDD Detect Bad Sector Detection Figure 11 27 Bad Sector Detection 2 Selec...

Page 200: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 199 5 If there is error information about the HDD you can click to view the information...

Page 201: ...ct the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list 3 Click the checkbox s below to select the HDD error alarm type s Note The alarm type can be selected to Audible Warning Notify Surveillance C...

Page 202: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 201 Chapter 12 Camera Settings...

Page 203: ...ace Menu Camera OSD 2 Select the camera to configure OSD settings 3 Edit the Camera Name in the text field 4 Configure the Display Name Display Date and Display Week by checking the checkbox 5 Select...

Page 204: ...Copying the OSD settings to network cameras is not available 2 Select the camera s to be configured with the same OSD settings You can also check checkbox to select all cameras 3 Click to finish the C...

Page 205: ...ask 3 Check checkbox to enable privacy mask Figure 12 3 Privacy Mask Settings Interface 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window The zones will be marked with different frame colors Note Up to 4 p...

Page 206: ...the DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST DS 8000HFI S series 2 Select the camera to set image parameters 3 Select the mode from the dropdown list of Mode For analog cameras four modes are selectable Standard I...

Page 207: ...91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 206 refer to step 7 of Chapter 12 1 Configuring OSD Settings Note Copying the image settings to network cameras is not available 6 Click to...

Page 208: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 207 Chapter 13 Device Management and Maintenance...

Page 209: ...to view the device name model serial No firmware version and encoding version Figure 13 1 Device Information Interface 13 1 2Viewing Camera Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface...

Page 210: ...interface to view the recording status and encoding parameters of each camera Note IP Camera is supported by DS 9000HFI ST RT XT HWI ST 8000HFI ST series Figure 13 3 Record Information Interface for...

Page 211: ...ork Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the Network tab to enter the Network Information interface to view the network information Figure 13...

Page 212: ...l of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 211 2 Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status free space property etc Figure 13 6 HDD Information...

Page 213: ...ich can be viewed and exported at any time Steps 1 Enter the Log Search interface Menu Maintenance Log Information Log Search Figure 13 7 Log Search Interface 2 Set the log search conditions to refine...

Page 214: ...to view its detailed information And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available Figure 13 9 Log Details 6 If you want to export the log files select the log and click...

Page 215: ...Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name 9 Click to export the log files to the selected backup device You can click to create new folder in the backup device or click to format...

Page 216: ...y are to be configured with the same parameters Steps 1 Enter the Import Export Configuration File interface Menu Maintenance Import Export Figure 13 12 Import Export Config File 2 Click to export con...

Page 217: ...he Local Upgrade tab to enter the local upgrade menu Figure 13 13 Local Upgrade Interface 4 Select the update file from the backup device 5 Click to start upgrading 6 After the upgrading is complete r...

Page 218: ...DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 217 Figure 13 14 FTP Upgrade Interface 3 Enter the FTP Server Address in the text field 4 Click to start upgrading 5 After the upgrading is complete reboot the...

Page 219: ...e Default interface Menu Maintenance Default Figure 13 15 Restore Default Settings 2 Click to restore the default settings Note Except the network parameters including IP address subnet mask gateway M...

Page 220: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 219 Chapter 14 Others...

Page 221: ...uch as HyperTerminal The serial port parameters must be the same as the device s when connecting with the PC serial port Transparent Channel Connect a serial device directly to the device The serial d...

Page 222: ...t Standard Select the CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the same with the video input standard VGA Resolution for HFI series Select the VGA output resolution which must be the same wit...

Page 223: ...ect the system date System Time Select the system time Mouse Pointer Speed Set the speed of mouse pointer 4 levels are configurable Enable Wizard Enable disable the Wizard when the device starts up En...

Page 224: ...T Settings Steps 1 Enter the General Settings interface Menu Configuration General 2 Choose DST Settings tab Figure 14 4 DST Settings Interface You can check checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment it...

Page 225: ...he range of 1 255 and the default No is 255 CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness Operation Timeout Set timeout time for menu inactivity E g when the timeout time is set to 5 Minut...

Page 226: ...in and the password is 12345 The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters 14 5 1Adding a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuratio...

Page 227: ...emote Log Search in Remote Configuration and only has the local remote playback in the Camera Configuration User s MAC Address The MAC address of the remote PC which logs onto the device If it is conf...

Page 228: ...ration Remote Log Search Remotely viewing logs that are saved on the device Remote Parameters Settings Remotely configuring parameters restoring factory default parameters and importing exporting conf...

Page 229: ...era s Remote PTZ Control Remotely controlling PTZ movement of the selected camera s Local Video Export Locally exporting recorded files of the selected camera s 7 Click to save the settings and exit i...

Page 230: ...14 13 Edit User Interface 4 Edit the user information including user name password level and MAC address Note If you want to change the password of the user check checkbox to enable changing the pass...

Page 231: ...eries DVR 230 Figure 14 14 Change Password 2 Select the admin user and click to change the password Figure 14 15 Change Password 3 Enter the old password check checkbox enter new password and confirm...

Page 232: ...Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown interface Menu Shutdown Figure 14 16 Shutdown Menu 2 Click Logout to log out or Click Shutdown to shut down the device or Click Reboot to reboot the device Note After you ha...

Page 233: ...User Manual of DS 91 90HFI ST RT XT DS 81 80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 232 Chapter 15 Appendix...

Page 234: ...nnect 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...

Page 235: ...ype is correct c The dome decoder speed configuration is correct d The dome decoder address bit configuration is correct e That the main board RS 485 interface is not broken Why is there no video reco...

Page 236: ...NAS directories after configuring the IP address of the NAS disk Chapter 11 2 Updated 1 The interval between two capturing actions can be set as 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 10min 30min 1h 12h and 24h Chapter 5 1 2...

Page 237: ...D X 00023 A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC 1280 960 Arecont AV1305M 65175 1280 1024 AV2155 65143 1600 1200 AV2815 65220 1920 1080 AV3105M 65175 1920 1080 AV5105 65175 1920 1080 Axis M1114 5 09 1 1024 640 M3011 ONV...

Page 238: ...120508 1280 960 DS 2CD863PF NF E V4 0 1 build 120508 1280 960 DS 2CD864FWD E V4 0 1 build 120508 1280 720 DS 2CD763PF NF E V4 0 1 build 120508 1280 960 DS 2CD763NF EI V4 0 1 build 120508 1280 960 DS 2...

Page 239: ...120215 704 576 DS 6601HFI DS 6602HFI DS 6604HFI V1 2 0 build 120215 704 576 Panasonic WV SF336H Application 1 06 Image data 1 06 1280 960 WV SP306H Application 1 34 Image data 1 06 1280 960 PELCO D51...

Page 240: ...80HFI ST 91 90 81HWI ST Series DVR 239 IP8332 0105b 1280 800 VS8102 0200S 704 576 ZAVIO D5110 MG 1 6 03P8 1280 1024 F3106 M2 1 6 03P8 1280 1024 F3110 M2 1 6 01 1280 720 F3206 MG 1 6 02c045 1920 1080...

Reviews: