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AI Digital Video Recorder 

User’s Manual

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ZHEJIANG DAHUA VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 

Summary of Contents for DH-XVR5104HS-4KL-I3

Page 1: ...AI Digital Video Recorder User s Manual V1 2 0 ZHEJIANG DAHUA VISION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...TION Indicates a potential risk which if not avoided could result in property damage data loss lower performance or unpredictable result TIPS Provides methods to help you solve a problem or save you time NOTE Provides additional information as the emphasis and supplement to the text Revision History Version Revision Content Release Time V1 2 0 Added some models October 2021 V1 1 0 Added DH XVR4232...

Page 3: ...mpliance with the manual The manual will be updated according to the latest laws and regulations of related jurisdictions For detailed information see the paper user s manual use our CD ROM scan the QR code or visit our official website The manual is for reference only Slight differences might be found between the electronic version and the paper version All designs and software are subject to cha...

Page 4: ...e within the rated range of power input and output Do not dissemble the Device Transport use and store the Device under the allowed humidity and temperature conditions Electrical Safety Use the battery of specified manufacturer otherwise there might result in explosion When replacing battery make sure the same type is used Improper battery use might result in fire explosion or inflammation Follow ...

Page 5: ... I2 DH XVR51xxHS I3 DH XVR51xxH I3 DH XVR51xxHE I3 DH XVR51xxHS 4KL I3 DH XVR51xxH 4KL I3 DH XVR51xxHE 4KL I3 DH XVR71xxHE 4KL I DH XVR71xxH 4K I2 DH XVR71xxHE 4K I2 11 2 2 5 DH XVR5104C I3 DH XVR5108C I3 DH XVR5104C 4KL I3 13 3 The Grand Tour 16 Front Panel 16 3 1 1 DH XVR5104H I DH XVR5108H I DH XVR5116H I 16 3 1 2 DH XVR7104HE 4KL I DH XVR7108HE 4KL I DH XVR7116HE 4KL I DH XVR71xxH 4K I2 DH XVR...

Page 6: ...A 4K I DH XVR8208A 4KL I 26 3 2 5 DH XVR8816S 4KL I DH XVR58xxS I2 DH XVR58xxS 4KL I2 DH XVR78xxS 4K I2 27 3 2 6 DH XVR5816S 4KL I2 LP DH XVR7816S 4KL X LP V2 29 3 2 7 DH XVR5408L I2 DH XVR5416L I2 DH XVR5432L I2 DH XVR5416L 4KL I2 DH XVR5432L 4KL I2 DH XVR7408L 4K I2 DH XVR7416L 4K I2 31 3 2 8 DH XVR1B16 I DH XVR1B08 I DH XVR1B08H I DH XVR1B04 I DH XVR1B04H I DH XVR1B16H I 33 3 2 9 DH XVR5104C I3...

Page 7: ... 110 5 5 6 Configuring Covered Area Settings 111 5 5 7 Configuring Channel Type 112 5 5 8 Upgrading Coaxial Camera 113 Configuring Remote Devices 114 5 6 1 Adding Remote Devices 114 5 6 2 Managing Remote Devices 126 Configuring Record Settings 128 5 7 1 Enabling Record Control 129 5 7 2 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule 130 Configuring Snapshot Settings 130 5 8 1 Configuring Snapshot Tri...

Page 8: ...nfiguring Network Testing Settings 282 Configuring Account Settings 285 5 16 1 Configuring User Account 286 5 16 2 Configuring Group Account 291 5 16 3 Configuring ONVIF Users 295 Audio Management 296 5 17 1 Configuring Audio Files 296 5 17 2 Configuring Playing Schedule for Audio Files 297 Storage Management 298 5 18 1 Configuring Basic Settings 298 5 18 2 Configuring the Recording and Snapshot S...

Page 9: ... Operations 346 Connecting to Network 346 Logging in to the Web 346 Introducing Web Main Menu 347 7 FAQ 349 Glossary 355 HDD Capacity Calculation 357 Compatible Backup Devices 359 Appendix 3 1 Compatible USB List 359 Appendix 3 2 Compatible SD Card List 360 Appendix 3 3 Compatible Portable HDD List 360 Appendix 3 4 Compatible USB DVD List 360 Appendix 3 5 Compatible SATA DVD List 361 Appendix 3 6 ...

Page 10: ...functions might be different depending on the software and hardware versions of the model you purchased AI Function Support face detection that analyzes the attributes such as age gender glasses beard mask and then make structured of these data to store for quick search Support face recognition that compares the captured face snapshot with the face database and link the configured alarms face dete...

Page 11: ...you can view event accurate occurred time Support zooming in the selected area in the live view Network Operation Support network remote real time monitor remote record search and remote PTZ control Alarm Activation Several relay alarm outputs to realize alarm activation and on site light control The alarm input port and output port have the protection circuit to guarantee the Device safety Commun...

Page 12: ...or distorted positions that could be caused by hit 2 Labels Labels on the device Not torn up Do not tear up or throw away the labels otherwise the warranty services are not ensured You need to provide the serial number of the product when you call the after sales service 3 Device Appearance No obvious damage Data cables power cables fan cables mainboard No connection loose Installing HDD Check whe...

Page 13: ...2xxA I3 DH XVR52xxAN 4KL I3 DH XVR52xxA 4KL I3 DH XVR7208A 4KL I DH XVR7216A 4KL I DH XVR72xxA 4K I2 DH XVR7216AN 4K I2 DH XVR8216A 4KL I DH XVR8208A 4K I DH XVR8208A 4KL I Remove the screws to take off the cover Remove screws Put two screws on the HDD and twist one turn Put screws Align the two screws with the holes on the device ...

Page 14: ...rn the device and put in the other two screws and then fasten all screws to fix the HDD to the device Fasten screws Use power cable and data cable to connect the device and HDD Connect cables Put back the cover and fasten the screws ...

Page 15: ...H XVR5832S I2 DH XVR5816S 4KL I2 DH XVR5832S 4KL I2 DH XVR7808S 4K I2 DH XVR7816S 4K I2 DH XVR5816S 4KL I2 LP DH XVR7816S 4KL X LP V2 Remove the screws from the chassis Remove screws Take off the cover of the chassis Take off cover Remove the screws from the drive bracket to take it off ...

Page 16: ... disk to those on the drive bracket and fix the disk on the bracket Fix disk Fix other disks on the bracket as needed Fix other disks Fix the two drive brackets This is only needed on models with 8 bays Fix drive brackets Put the drive brackets back and fix them in the DVR ...

Page 17: ... following figure shows the connection of 4 bay model for example Connect cables Put the cover back and fasten the screws Put back cover 2 2 3 DH XVR5408L I2 DH XVR5416L I2 DH XVR5432L I2 DH XVR5416L 4KL I2 DH XVR5432L 4KL I2 DH XVR7408L 4K I2 DH XVR7416L 4K I2 Remove the fixing screws from the rear panel ...

Page 18: ...r Remove the screws on the sides of HDD bracket to take out the bracket For the way to remove the bracket see the following figure Remove bracket Match the four screw holes on the HDD with the four holes on the bracket and then fasten the screws The HDD is fixed to the bracket Fix HDD Install the other HDDs ...

Page 19: ...o the device and then fasten the screws on the sides of the bracket Fasten screws Connect the HDD data cable and power cable to the device Connect cables Put back the cover and fasten the screws on the rear panel to complete the installation Put back cover ...

Page 20: ...XVR51xxHS I2 DH XVR51xxH I2 DH XVR51xxHE I2 DH XVR51xxHS 4KL I2 DH XVR51xxH 4KL I2 DH XVR51xxHE 4KL I2 DH XVR51xxHS I3 DH XVR51xxH I3 DH XVR51xxHE I3 DH XVR51xxHS 4KL I3 DH XVR51xxH 4KL I3 DH XVR51xxHE 4KL I3 DH XVR71xxHE 4KL I DH XVR71xxH 4K I2 DH XVR71xxHE 4K I2 Remove the screws on the cover Remove screws Remove the cover Remove cover Align the screws of the HDD with the holes on the back of th...

Page 21: ...User s Manual 12 Fasten screws Connect the HDD cable and the power cable to the mainboard Connect cables Put back the cover Put back cover ...

Page 22: ... 13 Fasten the screws Fasten screws 2 2 5 DH XVR5104C I3 DH XVR5108C I3 DH XVR5104C 4KL I3 Remove the screws Remove screws Take off the cover Take off cover Align the screws with the holes on the DVR and fasten them ...

Page 23: ...User s Manual 14 Install HDD Use the HDD cable and power cable to connect HDD and mainboard Connect cables Put back the cover Put back cover Fasten the screws ...

Page 24: ...User s Manual 15 Fasten screws ...

Page 25: ...hen HDD status is abnormal 2 NET Glows blue when network status is abnormal 3 POWER Glows blue when the power is connected properly 4 USB port Connects to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse 3 1 2 DH XVR7104HE 4KL I DH XVR7108HE 4KL I DH XVR7116HE 4KL I DH XVR71xxH 4K I2 DH XVR71xxHE 4K I2 Front panel Table 3 2 Front panel description No Port Name Function 1 USB port C...

Page 26: ...rom remote control 2 USB port Connects to the external devices such as keyboard mouse and USB storage device 3 1 4 DH XVR8216A 4KL I DH XVR8208A 4K I DH XVR8208A 4KL I Front panel Table 3 4 Front panel description No Indicator Port Function 1 USB port Connects to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse 2 IR receiver Receives infrared signal from remote control ...

Page 27: ...51xxH 4KL I3 DH XVR51xxHE 4KL I3 DH XVR52xxAN I2 DH XVR52xxA I2 DH XVR52xxAN 4KL I2 DH XVR52xxA 4KL I2 DH XVR52xxAN I3 DH XVR52xxA I3 DH XVR52xxAN 4KL I3 DH XVR52xxA 4KL I3 Front panel Table 3 5 Front panel description No Port Name Function 1 HDD Glows when HDD status is abnormal 2 NET Glows when network status is abnormal 3 POWER Glows when the power is connected properly 4 USB port Connects to p...

Page 28: ...ceives infrared signal from remote control 2 USB port Connects to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse 3 1 7 DH XVR7408L 4K I2 DH XVR7416L 4K I2 Front panel Table 3 7 Front panel description No Port Name Function 1 IR receiver Receives infrared signal from remote control 2 USB port Connects to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse ...

Page 29: ...e Function 1 USB port Connects to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse 3 1 9 DH XVR5808S I2 DH XVR5816S I2 DH XVR5832S I2 DH XVR5816S 4KL I2 DH XVR5832S 4KL I2 DH XVR5816S 4KL I2 LP Front panel Table 3 9 Front panel description No Port Name Function 1 USB ports Connect to peripheral devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse ...

Page 30: ...unction HDD status indicator The indicator is off when the HDD is running normally The indicator glows blue when the HDD is in malfunction Power status indicator The indicator is off when the power is connected abnormally The indicator glows blue when the power is connected normally Network status indicator The indicator is off when the network connection is correct The indicator glows blue when t...

Page 31: ...6 These ports receive the signal from the external alarm source There are two types NO Normally Open and NC Normally Closed When your alarm input device is using external power make sure the alarm input device and the Device have the same ground Alarm output port 1 3 NO1 NO3 C1 C3 Three groups of alarm output ports Group 1 port NO1 C1 Group 2 port NO2 C2 Group 3 port NO3 C3 These ports output alar...

Page 32: ... to Ethernet port 9 RS 485 communication port Connects to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ RS 485_A port is connected by the cable A and RS 485_B is connected to the cable B 10 Power input port Inputs 12 VDC power 11 VGA port Outputs analog video data to the connected display with VGA port 12 Power button Turns on off the DVR 13 Power cable fastener Use a cable tie to secure the power ca...

Page 33: ... RS 485_B is connected to the cable B 7 VGA port Outputs analog video data to the connected display with VGA port 8 USB port Connects to external devices such as USB storage device keyboard and mouse 9 Power input port Inputs 12 VDC power 10 Power cable fastener Use clamp to secure the power cable on the DVR in case there is any loss 11 Ground terminal 3 2 3 DH XVR42xxAN I DH XVR52xxAN I2 DH XVR52...

Page 34: ... input port Connects to analog camera to input video signal 4 Audio input port Receives audio signal output from the devices such as microphone 5 Audio output port Outputs audio signal to the devices such as the sound box 6 HDMI port High definition audio and video signal output port The port outputs the uncompressed high definition video and multi channel audio data to the connected display with ...

Page 35: ... port 1 16 4 groups of alarm input ports Group 1 port 1 to port 4 Group 2 port 5 to port 8 Group 3 port 9 to port 12 Group 4 port 13 to port 16 These ports receive the signal from the external alarm source There are two types NO normal open and NC normal close When your alarm input device is using external power make sure the input device and the DVR connect to the same ground Ground terminal 7 VG...

Page 36: ...DH XVR58xxS 4KL I2 DH XVR78xxS 4K I2 Rear panel Table 3 15 Rear panel description No Port Name Function 1 GND Ground 2 Power input port Inputs power 3 Power button Turns on off the Device 4 Audio input port Receives the analog audio signal output from the devices such as microphone 5 Audio input port MIC IN Tow way talk input port which receives the analog audio signal output from the devices such...

Page 37: ...ed to the cable B Four wire full duplex RS 485 port T T R R Four wire full duplex 485 port T and T is the output wire R and R is the input wire Control power output CTRL 12V Controls 12 VDC power output It is to control the on off alarm relay output 12V power output port Provides power to external devices such as camera and alarm device Note the supplying power shall be below 1A Ground 10 Video in...

Page 38: ...ut ports Group 1 port 1 to port 4 Group 2 port 5 to port 8 Group 3 port 9 to port 12 Group 4 port 13 to port 16 These ports receive the signal from the external alarm source There are two types NO Normally Open and NC Normally Closed When your alarm input device is using external power make sure that the device and the NVR have the same ground Alarm output port 1 5 NO1 NO5 C1 C5 NC5 Five groups of...

Page 39: ...tputs analog video signal It can connect to the monitor to view analog video 9 Power button Turns on off the Device 10 Power input port Inputs power 11 Loop out Outputs the video signal of the corresponding video input port 12 Video input port Connect to analog camera to input video signal 13 Network port Connects to Ethernet port 14 USB port Connects to the external devices such as keyboard mouse...

Page 40: ...al output from the devices such as microphone 6 Video input port Connect to analog camera to input video signal 7 Alarm input port 1 16 Four groups of alarm output ports Group 1 port 1 to port 4 Group 2 port 5 to port 8 Group 3 port 9 to port 12 Group 4 port 13 to port 16 These ports receive the signal from the external alarm source There are two types NO Normally Open and NC Normally Closed When ...

Page 41: ...It is for general COM debug to configure IP address or transfer transparent COM data 10 USB port Connects to the external devices such as keyboard mouse and USB storage device 11 VGA video output Outputs analog video signal It can connect to the monitor to view analog video 10 Video input port Connect to analog camera to input video signal 11 Network port Connects to Ethernet port 12 eSATA port Ex...

Page 42: ...d box 4 GND Ground 5 Power cable fastener Use clamp to secure the power cable on the DVR in case there is any loss 6 VGA video output Outputs analog video signal It can connect to the monitor to view analog video 7 HDMI port High definition audio and video signal output port It outputs the same video source as VGA It supports 4K resolution output and supports mouse operation and control Note when ...

Page 43: ...og video data to the connected display with VGA port 4 HDMI port High definition audio and video signal output port The port outputs the uncompressed high definition video and multi channel audio data to the connected display with HDMI port 5 Network port Connects to Ethernet port 6 Power input port Inputs 12 VDC power 7 Ground terminal Remote Control Operations Note the remote control is not our ...

Page 44: ...ress this button to play back the next video 6 Previous record In playback state press this button to play back the previous video 7 Play Pause In normal playback state press this button to pause playback In pause state press this button to resume to normal playback In live view window page press this button to enter video search menu 8 Reverse pause In the reverse playback state press this button...

Page 45: ... page press this button with direction keys to complete setup In text mode press and hold this button to delete the last character To use the clearing function Long press this button for 1 5 seconds In HDD menu switch HDD recording time and other information as indicated in the pop up message 15 Alphanumeric keys Input password numbers Switch channel Press Shift to switch the input method Mouse Op...

Page 46: ...annel to view in full window Double click current video again to go back to previous multiple window mode Right click Right click in live view window page the shortcut menu is displayed For different series product the shortcut menu may vary Exit current menu without saving the modification Click scroll wheel button In numeral input box Increase or decrease numeral value Switch the items in the co...

Page 47: ...l should comply with your national standards The input video signal shall have high SNR low distortion low interference natural color and suitable lightness Guarantee the stability and reliability of the camera signal The camera shall be installed in a cool dry place away from the conditions such as direct sunlight inflammable and explosive substances The camera and the DVR should have the same gr...

Page 48: ... TV as video output device is not a reliable substitution method You also need to reduce the working hour and control the interference from power supply and other devices The low quality TV may result in device damage 4 2 3 Audio Input This series of products audio input port adopt BNC port Due to high impedance of audio input use active sound pick up Audio transmission is similar to video transmi...

Page 49: ...der Ensure the decoder has the same grounding with DVR otherwise the PTZ might not be controlled Shielded twisted wire is recommended and the shielded layer is used to connect to the grounding Avoid high voltage Ensure proper wiring and some thunder protection measures For too long signal wires 120 Ω should be parallel connected between A B lines on the far end to reduce reflection and guarantee t...

Page 50: ...el connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector Provide external power to the alarm detector Parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector Connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input ALARM Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device Alarm input 4 3 3 Alarm Output Provide external power to external alarm de...

Page 51: ... VAC 60 VDC 125 VAC 60 VDC 125 VAC 60 VDC 2 A 2 A 2 A Insulation 400 VAC 1 minute 500 VAC 1 minute 500 VAC 1 minute 1000 VAC 1 minute 1000 VAC 1 minute 1000 VAC 1 minute Turn on Time 5 ms max 5 ms max Turn off Time 5 ms max 5 ms max Longevity 1 107 times 300 times MIN 5 106 times 300 times MIN 5 106 times 300 times MIN 1 105 times 30 times MIN 2 5 104 times 30 times MIN 2 5 104 times 30 times MIN ...

Page 52: ...vice after the power cable is properly connected To protect the Device connect the Device with the power cable first and then connect to the power source To ensure the stable work of the Device and the external devices connected to the Device and to prolong the HDD life it is recommended to refer to the national related standard to use the power source that provides stable voltage with less interf...

Page 53: ... Turn on the Device Location language and video standard Select your location from the drop down list then language and video standard will match your location automatically You can change the language and video standard manually Click Next License agreement Select the checkbox that I have read and agree to all terms and then click Next ...

Page 54: ... admin Password In the Password box enter the password for admin The new password can be set from 8 characters through 32 characters and contains at least two types from number letter and special characters excluding and Confirm Password Prompt Hint In the Prompt Hint box enter the information that can remind you of the password On the login page click the prompt will display to help you find back...

Page 55: ... default login method If you skip this setting enter the password for login Password protection Configure the protection parameters for password After configuration if you forget the password for admin user you can reset the password through the reserved email address or security questions For details about resetting the password see 5 1 3 Resetting Password If you do not want to configure the set...

Page 56: ...checkbox Click Next The Startup Wizard page is displayed For details about quick settings during startup see 5 1 4 Setting Up with the Startup Wizard 5 1 3 Resetting Password You can reset the password by the following methods when you forget the password for admin account If the password reset function is enabled you can use mobile phone to scan the QR code to reset the password For details see 5...

Page 57: ...setting password on local interface make sure that security questions are preset when the device does not support Reset button 5 1 3 2 Resetting Password on Local Interface Enter the login page If you have configured unlock pattern the unlock pattern login page is displayed Click Forgot Pattern the password login page is displayed If you did not configure unlock pattern the password login page is ...

Page 58: ...have set the reserved email address the Prompt message page is displayed If you did not set the reserved email address the email entering page is displayed See Step 3 Enter the email address and then click Next the Prompt message page is displayed ...

Page 59: ...g OK the system will collect your information for password reset and the information includes but not limited to email address MAC address and device serial number Read the prompt carefully before clicking OK Reset mode Reset the password QR code ...

Page 60: ...ain refresh the page Use the security code received in your email box to reset the password within 24 hours otherwise the security code becomes invalid Security questions 1 On the Reset password page as shown in Step 3 in the Reset Type list and then select Security Questions If you did not configure the security questions before in the Reset Type list there will be no Security Questions 2 In the ...

Page 61: ...Password box Click Save The password resetting is started After resetting is completed a pop up message is displayed Click OK A pop up message is displayed asking if you want to sync the password with the remote devices Click Cancel the resetting is finished Click OK the Sync Info page is displayed Sync password ...

Page 62: ...t button on the mainboard to reset the Device to the factory default Not all models are provided with reset button Disconnect the Device frompower source and then remove the cover panel For details about removing the cover panel see 2 2 Installing HDD Find the reset button on the mainboard and then press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds to 10 seconds Reset button Reboot the Device ...

Page 63: ...updates are available After the auto check function is enabled to notify you to update timely the system will collect the information such as IP address device name firmware version and device serial number The collected information is only used to verify the legality of the Device and push upgrade notices If you clear the Auto check for updates checkbox the system will not perform automatic check...

Page 64: ...t models SMD face detection face recognition and IVS cannot be enabled simultaneously on those models Language In the Language list select a language for the Device system Video Standard In the Video Standard list select PAL or NTSC according to your actual situation Instant Playback In the Instant Playback box enter the time length for playing back the recoded video The value ranges from 5 to 60 ...

Page 65: ... the daylight saving time and enable the NTP server You can also configure date and time settings by selecting Main Menu SYSTEM General Date Time After you have configured the general settings on the General page click Next Date Time Configure the settings for date and time parameters Parameter Description System Time In the System Time box enter time for the system Click the time zone list you ca...

Page 66: ...ddress box enter the IP address or domain name of the corresponding NTP server Click Manual Update the Device starts syncing with the server immediately Port The system supports TCP protocol only and the default setting is 123 Interval In the Interval box enter the amount of time that you want the Device to sync time with the NTP server The value ranges from 0 to 65535 5 1 4 4 Configuring Network ...

Page 67: ...CP Enable the DHCP function to get the DNS address from router Preferred DNS In the Preferred DNS box enter the IP address of DNS Alternate DNS In the Alternate DNS box enter the IP address of alternate DNS MTU In the MTU box enter a value for network card The value ranges from 1280 byte through 1500 byte The default is 1500 The suggested MTU values are as below 1500 The biggest value of Ethernet ...

Page 68: ... by scanning the QR code Go to the P2P management platform and add the Device SN into the platform Then you can access and manage the device in the WAN For details refer to the P2P operation manual You can also enter the QR code of Cell Phone Client and Device SN by clicking on the top right of the pages after you have entered the Main Menu If selection of this function is canceled the Note page i...

Page 69: ...alization is displayed A pop up message reminding you to make sure the Device is initialized is displayed 3 Tap OK If the Device has not been initialized Tap Device Initialization to perform initializing by following the onscreen instructions If the Device has been initialized you can start adding it directly 4 Tap Add Device You can add wireless device or wired device The Manual takes adding wire...

Page 70: ...nual 61 Add 5 Tap P2P P2P 6 Enter a name for the DVR the username and password scan the QR code under Device SN 7 Tap Start Live Preview The Device is added and displayed on the live view page of the cell phone ...

Page 71: ...e settings of main stream and sub stream for the Device You can also configure encode settings by selecting Main Menu CAMERA Encode Audio Video After you have configured the P2P settings on the Audio Video page click Next Encode Configure the settings for the main sub streams parameters ...

Page 72: ... format you can select the value from 1 through 25 in NTSC format you can select the value from 1 through 30 However the actual range of frame rate that you can select depends on the capability of the Device Bit Rate Type In the Bit Rate Type list select CBR Constant Bit Rate or VBR Variable Bit Rate If you select CBR the image quality cannot be configured if you select VBR the image quality can b...

Page 73: ...snapshots you want to take each time Channel In the Channel list select the channel that you want to configure the settings for Type In the Mode list you can select Human Face Event or General as the event type for which you want to take a snapshot Scheduled The snapshot is taken during the scheduled period Event The snapshot is taken when there is an alarm event occurs such as motion detection ev...

Page 74: ... discs Select Stop to stop recording Select Overwrite to overwrite the recorded video files always from the earliest time The locked recorded video files will not be overwritten Create Video Files Configure the time length and file length for each recorded video Delete Expired Files Configure whether to delete the old files and if yes in the Delete Expired Files list select Custom to configure the...

Page 75: ...function takes effect next time you record no matter you select the checkbox or not If the selected channel is recording the current recorded files will be packed and then start recording according to the new schedule Not all models support this function The redundant HDD only back up the recorded videos but not snapshots Event type Select the checkbox of the event type which includes General Moti...

Page 76: ...eriod for the selected days simultaneously 3 On the timeline drag to define a period The Device starts recoding the selected event type in the defined period Timeline The color bar indicates the event type that is effective in a defined period Recording priority in case of event types are overlapped M A Alarm Intelligent Motion General Select the checkbox of event type and then click to clear the ...

Page 77: ...you need to perform the following operations to start recording according to the defined schedule Enable the alarm event and cofigure the settings for the recording channel For details see 5 10 Alarm Events Settings You need to enable the recording function see 5 9 1 Enabling Record Control 5 1 4 10 Configuring Snapshot Storage Schedule You can configure the storage schedule for the snapshot such ...

Page 78: ...etting is active For details about defining a period see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule Copy Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels Click OK Click OK The live view screen is displayed The setting up with startup wizard is completed You can start using the Device Optional After the setting with startup wizard is completed if the connected HDMI display resolution is i...

Page 79: ...nnel window This settingcan beconfigured by selectingMain Menu CAMERA Overlay Overlay The figure in the bottom right corner represents channel number If the channel position is changed or the channel name is modified you can recognize the channel number by this figure and then perform the operations such as record query and playback Table 5 8 Live view description Icon Function Indicates recording...

Page 80: ...rovides you access to perform the operations such as playback zoom real time backup manual snapshot voice talk adding remote devices and streams switch When you move the pointer to the top middle position of a channel window the live view control bar is displayed If there is not operation for six seconds after the control bar is displayed the control bar hides automatically Analog channel ...

Page 81: ...eo By clicking the instant playback page is displayed The instant playback has the following features Move the slider to choose the time you want to start playing Play pause and close playback The information such as channel name and recording status icon are shielded during instant playback and will not display until exited During playback screen split layout switch is not allowed To change the p...

Page 82: ...e area For some models when the image is enlarged in the first way described previously the selected area is zoomed proportionally according to the window When the image is in the enlarged status you can drag the image toward any direction to view the other enlarged areas Right click on the enlarged image to return the original status 5 2 2 3 Instant Record You can record the video of any channel ...

Page 83: ... the camera to turn on the white light function 5 2 2 7 Siren Supported on Camera with Siren Function Click to manually control the camera to generate alarm sound 5 2 2 8 Two way Talk Digital channel Only You can perform the voice interaction between the Device and the remote device to improve efficiency of emergency This function is supported only when the remotely connected IPC device supports b...

Page 84: ... and then click Apply Navigation bar Table 5 9 Navigation bar description Icon Function Open Main Menu Expand or condense the navigation bar Select view layout Go to the previous screen Go to the next screen Enable tour function The icon switches to Open the PTZ control panel For details see 5 4 Controlling PTZ Cameras Open the Image page This function is supported only in single channel layout Op...

Page 85: ...les 5 21 2 Viewing Log Information 5 20 4 Exporting and Importing System Settings 5 20 6 Updating the Device 5 2 4 Shortcut Menu You can quickly access some function pages such as main menu record search PTZ setting color setting and select the view split mode Right click on the live view screen the shortcut menu is displayed After you access any page through shortcut menu you can return to the pr...

Page 86: ...rding You can also enable or disable snapshot function Select Alarm Mode you can configure alarm output settings Live Mode Select General the layout of live view screen is as default Select Face the detected face snapshots are displayed in the bottom of the live view screen Auto Focus Point to the channel window and right click on it to open the shortcut menu and then click Auto Focus Not all came...

Page 87: ...detected non motor vehicles 0 A M to midnight Click this icon and then select the face attributes that you want to display on the AI preview mode Maximum four attributes are supported to display Click this icon to export counting report in csv format The report information includes date starting time ending time and the number of human vehicle and face The title of report is named as device name_ ...

Page 88: ...l sequence after restoring factory defaults Right click on the live view page and select Sequence The system displays the maximum number of window splits supported by the DVR after selecting Sequence The Sequence page displays only the channel name and channel number of added remote devices represents the remote device is online and represents the remote device is offline ...

Page 89: ...just channel sequence Drag a channel to the target window split Drag a window split to another to change the sequence You can view the channel sequence according to the channel number on the lower right corner of the window split ...

Page 90: ...he parameters are different according to the connected camera type Take analog channel as an example Parameters displayed on the page vary from different cameras In the live view screen right click on the analog channel to see the shortcut menu and then select Image the Image page is displayed For details see 5 5 1 Configuring Image Settings ...

Page 91: ...bvious the image edge and the noise is also greater The value ranges from 1 to 15 The default value is 1 Hue Adjust the hue of image The value ranges from 0 to 100 The default value is 50 Brightness Adjust the image brightness The value ranges from 0 to 100 The default value is 50 The bigger the value is the brighter the image will become You can adjust this value when the image as a whole looks d...

Page 92: ...lect Standard Soft Bright Vivid Bank Customized 1 Customized 2 Customized 3 and Customized 4 The sharpness hue brightness contrast and saturation will adjust automatically according to the selected color mode EQ Enhance the image effect Adjust the effect value Click image is adjusted to the optimized effect automatically Click the current effect setting will be locked Only HD analog channel suppor...

Page 93: ...ters Parameter Description Main Screen Output Port Indicates the main screen port Time Title Select the Time Title checkbox the current system time displays in each channel window in live view screen To hide the time clear the checkbox Channel Title Select the Channel Title checkbox the channel name channel number and recording status display in each channel window in live view screen To hide the ...

Page 94: ...napshots Not all models support this function Sub Screen Enable Enable extra screen function After this function is enabled you can select which port as extra screen port and the other port automatically becomes the main screen port Output Port Select the VGA port or HDMI port as the port connected by a secondary monitor For example if you select HDMI port as the extra screen port the VGA port aut...

Page 95: ...and between 1 and 30 for NTSC standard The actual arrange is decided and selected dependent on the Device capability Bit Rate Kb S The default value is 1024Kb S The actual arrange is decided and selected dependent on the Device capability and frame rate Click Apply to save the settings In the live page on the web click to select one of the multi channel modes and then you can view the local video ...

Page 96: ...ing Tour Settings You can configure a tour of selected channels to repeat playing videos The videos display in turn according to the channel group configured in tour settings The system displays one channel group for a certain period and then automatically changes to the next channel group Select Main Menu DISPLAY Tour Setting Main screen ...

Page 97: ... the Live Layout list select View 1 View 4 View 8 or other modes that are supported by the Device Channel Group Display all channel groups under the current Window Split setting Add a channel group Click Add in the pop up Add Group channel select the channels to form a group and then click Save Delete a channel group Select the checkbox of any channel group and then click Delete Edit a channel gro...

Page 98: ... to enable the tour and click to disable it Adding a Channel Group Click Add Add group Select the channels that you want to group for tour If you want to select more than one channel in the Live Layout list do not select View 1 Add view Click OK to complete the settings Modifying a Channel Group Double click on a channel group the Channel Group Modified page is displayed You can modify channel gro...

Page 99: ...ess to the function modules on function tiles and setting menu through shortcut icons on quick operation bar This topic uses ALARM and CAMERA an examples to show you how to quickly access to other modules Shortcut Icons on Function Titles Click ALARM to enter the ALARM page Alarm ...

Page 100: ...lick to jump to ALARM page Click to jump to AI page Click to jump to POS page Click to jump to NETWORK page Click to jump to MAINTAIN page Click to jump to BACKUP page Click to jump to DISPLAY page Click to jump to AUDIO page Shortcut Icons on Setting Menu Click CAMERA to enter the CAMERA page ...

Page 101: ...MERA page Click to jump to NETWORK page Click to jump to STORAGE page Click to jump to SYSTEM page Click to jump to SECURITY page Click to jump to ACCOUNT page Entering Main Menu Right click on the live view screen the shortcut menu is displayed Click Main Menu and then log in to the system ...

Page 102: ...User s Manual 93 Main menu ...

Page 103: ...ction AUDIO Manage audio files and configure the playing schedule The audio file can be played in response to an alarm event if the voice prompts function is enabled 2 Switch icon indicates the current page of main menu Click to switch to the next page or click or to turn page 3 Setting menu Includes six configurations through which you can configure camera settings network settings storage settin...

Page 104: ...4 1 Configuring PTZ Connection Settings You need to configure the PTZ connection settings before use Local connection RS 485 Port for connecting speed dome or coaxial cable for connecting coaxial camera Remote connection local area network Select Main Menu CAMERA PTZ PTZ Configure the settings for the PTZ connection parameters Table 5 17 PTZ connection parameters Parameter Description Channel In t...

Page 105: ...ess configured on the PTZ camera otherwise the PTZ camera cannot be controlled from the Device Baud Rate In the Baud Rate list select the baud rate for the PTZ camera The default is 9600 Data Bits The default value is 8 Stop Bits The default value is 1 Parity The default value is NONE Click Apply to save the settings Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels 5 4 2 Working with PTZ Control ...

Page 106: ... move it to the middle of the screen Zooming On the fast positioning screen drag to draw a square on the view The square supports zooming Dragging upward is to zoom out and dragging downward is to zoom in The smaller the square the larger the zoom effect Not all models support this function and can only be controlled through mouse operations Click you can control the four directions left right up ...

Page 107: ...c control panel Expanded PTZ control panel description Icon Function Icon Function Preset Pan Tour Flip Pattern Reset Scan Click the Auxiliary Config icon to open the PTZ functions settings page Auxiliary Click the Enter Menu icon to open the MENU OPERATION page 5 4 3 Configuring PTZ Functions 5 4 3 1 Configuring Presets On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel click ...

Page 108: ...uring Tours On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel click Click the Tour tab Tour In the Tour No box enter the value for the tour route In the Preset box enter the preset value Click Add Preset A preset will be added for this tour You can repeat adding more presets Click Delete Preset to delete the preset for this tour This operation can be repeated to delete more presets Some protocols do not support d...

Page 109: ... Click Start to perform the directions operations You can also go to the PTZ Control Panel to perform the operations of adjusting zoom focus iris and directions On the PTZ page click End to complete the settings 5 4 3 4 Configuring Scan On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel click Click the Scan tab Scan Click the direction arrows to position the left and right limits ...

Page 110: ...nt to call Click to call the preset Click again to stop calling the preset 5 4 4 2 Calling Tours On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel in the No box enter the value of the tour that you want to call Click to call the tour Click again to stop calling the tour 5 4 4 3 Calling Patterns On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel in the No box enter the value of the pattern that you want to call Call to call the pa...

Page 111: ...anel click to start moving in horizontal direction Click again to stop moving 5 4 4 6 Using AUX Button On the Expanded PTZ Control Panel click the AUX setting page is displayed In the Shortcut Aux list select the option that corresponds to the applied protocol In the Aux No box enter the number that corresponds to the AUX switch on the decoder Auxiliary 5 4 5 Calling OSD Menu For the coaxial camer...

Page 112: ... button to select the onscreen parameters Click Enter to complete the settings Configuring Camera Settings 5 5 1 Configuring Image Settings You can configure the image settings such as saturation contrast brightness sharpness for each connected camera Select Main Menu CAMERA Image ...

Page 113: ...User s Manual 104 Analog channel Digital channel Configure the settings for the image parameters ...

Page 114: ...ea will become You can adjust this value when the contrast is not obvious However if the value is too big the dark area is likely to become darker and the light area over exposed If the value is too small the image is likely to become dim The value ranges from 0 to 100 The default value is 50 The recommended range is between 40 and 60 Brightness Adjusts the image brightness The bigger the value is...

Page 115: ...t the setting is No Flip Light In the Light list select Close or Enable to use the backlight compensation or not Scene Mode Configure the white balance to adjust the general hue of the image The default setting is Auto Auto Automatically apply white balance to different colors to make the image color display normally Sunny Apply the threshold value to sunny environment Night Apply the threshold va...

Page 116: ...unction can reduce the video bit stream for non important recorded video to maximize the storage space Type Main Stream In the Type list select General Motion or Alarm Sub Stream This setting is not configurable Compression In the Compression list select the encode mode H 265 Main profile encoding This setting is recommended H 264H High profile encoding Low bit stream with high definition H 264 Ge...

Page 117: ...t Rate list select a value or enter a customized value to change the image quality The bigger the value is the better the image will become Video Enable the function for sub stream Audio Click More the More page is displayed Audio This function is enabled by default for main stream You need to manually enable it for sub stream 1 Once this function is enabled the recorded video file is composite au...

Page 118: ...e scheduled period Event The snapshot is taken when there is an alarm event occurs such as motion detection event video loss and local alarms Face Snapshot The snapshot is taken when the face is detected The face detection function is support only with the Channel 1 Size In the Size list select a value for the image The bigger the value is the better the image will become Quality Configures the im...

Page 119: ... 5 2 8 1 Configuring Display Settings and AI functions see 5 11 AI Function Select Main Menu CAMERA Encode Encode Enhancement Encode enhancement Click the switch to enable it When connecting to the new generation 4K cameras you can enable 4K N to switch 4K non live view to 4K N live view and encoding 5 5 5 Configuring Overlay Settings You can configure to display system time and channel name on ea...

Page 120: ... the system time on each channel window in the live view screen In the Time Title list select time display style Channel Title Select the Channel Title checkbox to display the channel name on each channel window in the live view screen In the Channel Title box enter the name for the selected channel Click Apply to complete the settings Click Copy to to copy the settings to other channels 5 5 6 Con...

Page 121: ...the configured covered block to the selected channel window during recording To configure covering block do the following 1 Select the Live checkbox or the Record checkbox or select the both The 1 2 3 4 buttons are activated 2 Click the buttons to select blocks 3 A triangle solid black block is displayed 4 Drag the block to the area that you want to cover and adjust the size of the block You can c...

Page 122: ... 64 channels in 0 The 17 64 channels are only for IP camera and the range changes dependent on the model you purchased The channel selection for analog camera or IP camera are in sequence for example if you want to select channels for IP camera you need to select from the last channel number Channel 16 first which means you cannot jump to select the channel 15 directly until you have selected the ...

Page 123: ...the upgrading is successful the system pops up a message indicating the upgrading is completed Configuring Remote Devices 5 6 1 Adding Remote Devices This function is available after you have configured the channel type as IP channel as described in previous section see 5 5 7 Configuring Channel Type You can add remote devices by adding the IP address Select Main Menu CAMERA Camera List Add Camera...

Page 124: ...ne Display all types of devices IPC Display the front end devices DVR Display all storage devices such as NVR DVR and HCVR OTHER Display the devices that do not belong to IPC or DVR type Searched Device List Displays the searched devices You can view the device information such as status IP address Search Click Search the searched devices display in the searched device list To adjust the display s...

Page 125: ...d device and then click Delete to delete the added device Import Select the searched devices and then click Import to import the devices in batches Export Select the added devices and then click Export The exported devices information is saved into the USB storage device 5 6 1 1 Initializing Remote Devices You can reset the password and IP address of the remote devices through initializing Click S...

Page 126: ...ure the password and email information If you select the Using current device password and email info checkbox the remote device automatically uses the current password and email information so you do not need to set the password and email address again and can go to Step 6 1 Clear the Using current device password and email info checkbox ...

Page 127: ...rough 32 characters and contains at least two types from number letter and special characters excluding and Enter a strong password according to the password strength bar indication Confirm Password 3 Click Next Password protection 4 Select the Email Address box and enter the email address that you want to reserve for password reset in the future If you do not want to set the reserved email addres...

Page 128: ... the IP address subnet mast default gateway and incremental value The system will allocate the IP address to the remote devices by progressively increasing the last part of the IP address when initializing devices in batches When configuring IP address for multiple remote devices which were not in the same network segment these remote devices will belong to the same network segment after configura...

Page 129: ...Manual 120 Initialization finished Click Finished to complete the settings 5 6 1 2 Adding Remote Devices Automatically On the Registration page click Device Search The devices found are displayed Search device ...

Page 130: ...Device to connect the remote device Manufacturer In the Manufacturer list select the manufacturer of the remote device IP Address In the IP Address box enter the IP address of remote device The default is 192 168 0 0 which the system cannot connect to RTSP Port The default value setting is 554 You can enter the value according to your actual situation HTTP Port The default value setting is 80 You ...

Page 131: ...supports Auto TCP UDP or MULTICAST If the remote device is added through other manufacturers the system supports TCP and UDP Encryption If the remote device is added through ONVIF protocol enabling the Encryption checkbox will provide encryption protection to the data being transmitted To use this function the HTTPS function should be enabled for the remote IP camera Click OK to save the settings ...

Page 132: ...te one device Select the checkbox of the devices that you want to delete and then click Delete 5 6 1 5 Modifying IP Address You can modify a single IP address or multiple IP addresses of remote devices at one time You can only modify the IP address of initialized cameras To modify a single IP address do the following In the Searched Device list area click for the device that you want to modify IP ...

Page 133: ...d Click OK to save the settings To modify IP address in batches do the following In the Searched Device list area select the devices that you want to modify IP address in batches Click Modify IP Set incremental value The system will add the incremental value to the fourth segment of IP addresses of selected devices ...

Page 134: ...ice to the USB port of the Device Click Export Browse Configure the save path Click OK to save the settings A pop up message indicating Successfully exported is displayed Click OK When exporting IP address the Backup Encryption checkbox is selected by default The file information includes IP address port channel number manufacturer user name and password If you select the Backup Encryption checkbo...

Page 135: ... OK to replace the existing one Click Cancel to add it as a separate device in the Added Device area You can edit the exported csv file and be cautious not to change the file format otherwise the file cannot be imported as it will be judged as invalid The language of csv file must match the Device language The import and export through customized protocol is not supported 5 6 2 Managing Remote Dev...

Page 136: ... Information You can view the device firmware information such as channel number IP address manufacturer system version video input audio input and alarm in Select Main Menu CAMERA Camera List Firmware Firmware 5 6 2 3 Upgrading Remote Devices Select Main Menu CAMERA Camera List Update ...

Page 137: ...box the device that you want to upgrade and click Manual Check The system starts detecting if there is a new version on the online server 2 Select the checkbox of all the devices that have new version 3 Click Online Update The system will pop up a message to indicate if the upgrading is successful You can use the Type list to filter the devices so that you can find the devices quickly Configuring ...

Page 138: ...cord Control Record mode Configure the settings for the record control parameters Table 5 24 Record control parameters Parameter Description Channel Displays all the analog channels and the connected digital channels You can select a single channel or select All Main Stream Sub Stream Auto Automatically record according to the record type and recording time as configured in the recording schedule ...

Page 139: ...ection triggered snapshot When the both are enabled the event triggered snapshot has the priority If there is no alarm event the system performs scheduled snapshot If there is any alarm event the system performs event triggered snapshot 5 8 1 1 Configuring Scheduled Snapshot Right click on the live view screen the shortcut menu is displayed On the shortcut menu select Manual Control Record Control...

Page 140: ...onfigured the snapshot schedule see 5 1 4 10 Configuring Snapshot Storage Schedule 5 8 1 2 Configuring Event Triggered Snapshot Select Main Menu CAMERA Encode Snapshot In the Type list select Event and then configure other parameters Event Select Main Menu ALARM Video Detection and select the event type to configure for example select the Motion Detection tab ...

Page 141: ... corresponding channel Click Apply 5 8 2 Configuring Snapshot Storage Schedule You need to configure the storage schedule for the snapshot so that the snapshot can be saved For details see 5 1 4 10 Configuring Snapshot Storage Schedule 5 8 3 Backing up Snapshots to FTP Select Main Menu STORAGE FTP ...

Page 142: ...ying Back Video 5 9 1 Enabling Record Control Manual recording operation requires the user have the permission to access STORAGE settings Check to ensure the HDD installed in the Device has been formatted properly To enter the record control page do the following Right click on the live view screen the shortcut menu is displayed On the shortcut menu select Manual Control Record Mode ...

Page 143: ... time as configured in the recording schedule Manual Keep general recording for 24 hours for the selected channel Stop Do not record Snapshot Enable or disable the scheduled snapshot for the corresponding channels 5 9 2 Instant Playback You can use the instant playback function to play back the previous five minutes to sixty minutes of the recorded video in any channel For details about instant pl...

Page 144: ...le channel 4 channel 9 channel and 16 channel When playing back in a single channel click and hold to select the area that you want to enlarge The area is enlarged after the left mouse button is released To exit the enlarged status right click on the image 2 Playback Controls Bar Playback control buttons For details about the control buttons see 5 9 3 1 Introducing Playback Controls ...

Page 145: ...orded video located Click and hold the time bar and the mouse pointer shall change to a hand icon and then you can drag to view the playback of the target time You can drag the vertical orange line on the time bar to rapidly view the playback in iframe format When playing back video in one channel mode you can move mouse pointer to time bar to display thumbnail pictures for the video of target tim...

Page 146: ...List and File List Click the Tag List button the marked recorded video list is displayed Double click the file to start playing Click the File List button the searched recorded video list is displayed You can lock the files For details see 5 9 9 Using the File List 12 Full Screen Click to display in full screen In the full screen mode point to the bottom of the screen the time bar is displayed Rig...

Page 147: ...me recorded video click to start playing forward Slow Playback During playing back click to set the speed of slow playback as SlowX1 2 SlowX1 4 SlowX1 8 or SlowX1 16 During fast playback click to slow down the speed of fast playback Fast Playback During playing back click to set the speed of fast playback as FastX2 FastX4 FastX8 or FastX16 During slow playback click to speed up slow playback Previ...

Page 148: ...le during Playback Show playback video in full screen 5 9 3 2 Selecting Search Type You can search the recorded videos splice or snapshots from HDD or external storage device From R W Disk Recorded videos or snapshots playback from HDD of the Device From R W disk From I O Device Recorded videos playback from external storage device Click Browse select the save path of recorded video file that you ...

Page 149: ...e channels Maximum 1024 files can be backed up at one time The files that are selected in the File List cannot be clipped 5 9 3 4 Backing up Recorded Video You can back up the recorded video file or splice video file into the USB storage device Select the recorded video file that you want to back up You can select the following two types of files Recorded video file Click the File List area is dis...

Page 150: ...ion detection for the channel by selecting Main Menu ALARM Video Detection Motion Detection To use the Smart Search function do the following Select Main Menu SEARCH the video search page is displayed In the Camera Name list select the channel s that you want to play Click or double click anywhere in the time bar colored area to start playback Click The grid is displayed on the screen Only single ...

Page 151: ... motion alarm which includes both human and vehicle during selected time and searching area Click The screen starts playing back the motional splices of recorded video for the selected searching area Click to exit the smart searching while playback 5 9 5 Showing AI Rule during Playback To use the AI rule showing function do the following Select Main Menu SEARCH In the Camera Name list select the c...

Page 152: ...rule 5 9 6 Marking and Playing Back Video You can mark the recording for somewhere important Then you can easily find the marked recording by searching time and mark name Marking a Video Select Main Menu SEARCH In the playback mode click Add tag ...

Page 153: ...ark list Double click the file that you want to play back To search the marked video by time in the SEARCH box on the top of the page enter the time and then click Playing Back Time before the Tag You can configure to play N seconds of the tagged video before the tagged time In the Tag Name box enter the name of a tagged video In the Interval Before Tag box enter N seconds Click The playback start...

Page 154: ... and End Time box and then click Search All the tagged videos display in time order To modify the name of tagged video double click a tagged video To delete the marked video select the tagged video and then click Delete After opening the Tag Management page the playback will pause until exiting this page If the marked video that was in playing back is deleted the playback will start from the first...

Page 155: ...e channel supports this function Start playing back splices Click the playback starts from the beginning Double click anywhere on the time bar the playback starts from where you click Time bar Every recorded video file must be at least five minutes If a recorded video file is less than 20 minutes but still choose to split into four windows the system will automatically adjust the windows quantity ...

Page 156: ...age you can enter the specific time to search the file that you want to view In the File List area there are 128 files can be displayed File type R indicates general recorded video A indicates recorded video with external alarms M indicates recorded video with motion detection events I indicates recorded video with intelligent vents Click to return to the page with calendar and CAM NAME list ...

Page 157: ...ked video will not be covered To view the locked information click The recorded video that is under writing or overwriting cannot be locked To unlock the recorded video in the File Lock page select the video and then click Unlock File lock Alarm Events Settings 5 10 1 Alarm Information You can search view and back up the alarm information Select Main Menu ALARM Alarm Info ...

Page 158: ...Alarm Input Settings Connect the alarm input and output ports by referring to 4 3 Connecting to Alarm Input and Output You can configure the alarm settings for each channel individually or apply the settings to all channels and then save the settings 5 10 2 1 Configuring Local Alarms You can connect the alarm device to the alarm input port of the Device When the alarm is activated on the alarm dev...

Page 159: ...otion Detection Period section in 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings Anti Dither Configure the time period from end of event detection to the stop of alarm Alarm out Port Click Setting to display setting page Local Alarm Enable alarm activation through the alarm devices connected to the selected output port Extension Alarm Enable alarm activation through the connected alarm box Wireles...

Page 160: ...rm event occurs Post Record Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off recording after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Tour Select the Tour checkbox to enable a tour of the selected channels Picture Storage Select the Snapshot checkbox to take a snapshot of the selected channel To use this function select Main...

Page 161: ...evice outputs the alarms in the way that you configure in this section Select Main Menu ALARM Alarm in Port Alarm Box Alarm box In the Alarm Box list select the alarm box number corresponding to the address number configured by the DIP switch on the Alarm Box In the Alarm in Port list select the alarm input port on the Alarm Box Configure the settings for other parameters of the Alarm Box Click Ap...

Page 162: ...t to restore the default setting Click Copy to to copy the settings to other channels Click Refresh to refresh configured settings 5 10 2 4 Configuring Alarms for IP Camera Offline You can configure the alarm settings for the situation when the IP camera is offline Select Main Menu ALARM Alarm in Port CAM Offline CAM offline ...

Page 163: ...t setting Click Copy to to copy the settings to other channels 5 10 2 5 Configuring Alarms from HDCVI Devices Select Main Menu ALARM Alarm in Port HDCVI Alarm HDCVI alarm In the Channel list select a channel or All Click Configure the settings for other parameters of the Alarm Box Click OK to save the settings Click Apply to complete the settings ...

Page 164: ...ms Stop The alarm output function is not enabled Select Main Menu ALARM Alarm out Port Alarm Mode Alarm mode Configure the settings for the alarm output Table 5 28 Alarm output settings Parameter Description Local Alarm Alarm Type Select alarm type for each alarm output port Status Indicates the status of each alarm output port Extension Alarm Alarm Box Select the alarm box number corresponding to...

Page 165: ... parameters Table 5 29 White light parameters Parameter Description Channel In the Channel list select a channel that is connected to a white light camera Delay Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off alarm after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 5 seconds to 30 seconds and the default value is 5 seconds Mode Set the alarm mode of white light to be Always on or Flicker ...

Page 166: ... that supports audio function Play Click Play to manually trigger the IP camera to play audio file Delay Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off alarm after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 5 seconds to 30 seconds and the default value is 5 seconds Audio Clip Select the audio clip for the siren sound The default setting is Clip 1 Volume Select the volume for the audio ...

Page 167: ...audio file of the camera 5 10 4 Video Detection Video detection adopts computer vision and image processing technology The technology analyzes the video images to detect the obvious changes such as moving objects and blurriness The system activates alarms when such changes are detected 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings When the moving object appears and moves fast enough to reach the ...

Page 168: ... leaves flies The detection range by PIR is smaller than the field angle PIR function is enabled by default if it is supported by the cameras Enabling PIR function will get the motion detect to be enabled automatically to generate motion detection alarms if the PIR function is not enabled the motion detect just has the general effect Only when the channel type is CVI the PIR function can be enable...

Page 169: ... system to send an email notification when an alarm event occurs To use this function make sure the email function is enabled in Main Menu NETWORK Email Record Channel Select the channel s that you want to record The selected channel s starts recording after an alarm event occurs The recording for motion detection and auto recording function must be enabled For details see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Reco...

Page 170: ...t to enable audio broadcast alarm tones in response to a motion detection event White Light Select the checkbox to enable white light alarm of the camera Siren Select the checkbox to enable sound alarm of the camera Click Apply to save the settings Click Default to restore the default setting Click Copy to in the Copy to dialog box select the additional channel s that you want to copy the motion d...

Page 171: ...tect alarm Right click on the screen to exit the region setting page On the Motion Detection page click Apply to complete the settings Setting Motion Detection Period The system only activates the alarm in the defined period Next to Schedule click Setting Setting Define the motion detection period By default it is active all the time Define the period by drawing Define for a specified day of a wee...

Page 172: ...the period and then select the checkbox to enable the settings There are six periods for you to set for each day Under Copy to select All to apply the settings to all the days of a week or select specific day s that you want to apply the settings to 3 Click OK to save the settings On the Motion Detection page click Apply to complete the settings 5 10 4 2 Configuring Video Loss Settings When the vi...

Page 173: ...t to restore the default setting Click Copy to in the Copy to dialog box select the additional channel s that you want to copy the motion detection settings to and then click Apply 5 10 4 3 Configuring Tampering Settings When the camera lens is covered or the video is displayed in a single color because of the causes such as sunlight status the monitoring cannot be continued normally To avoid such...

Page 174: ...gs Click Default to restore the default setting Click Copy to in the Copy to dialog box select the additional channel s that you want to copy the motion detection settings to and then click Apply 5 10 5 System Events You can configure the alarm output for three types of system event HDD Network and User When there is an abnormal system event occurs the system activates alarms in the way that you c...

Page 175: ...y USB gateway or camera gateway Post Alarm Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off alarm after the external alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Show Message Select the Show Message checkbox to enable a pop up message in your local host PC Report Alarm Select the Report Alarm checkbox to enable the system to upload ...

Page 176: ...nt Type list select Offlice IP Conflict or MAC Conflict as the event type Enable Enable or disable the Network event detection function Alarm out Port Click Setting to display setting page General Alarm Enable alarm activation through the alarm devices connected to the selected output port External Alarm Enable alarm activation through the connected alarm box Wireless Siren Enable alarm activation...

Page 177: ... at the Device Log Select the checkbox to enable the Device to record a local alarm log Post Record Continue to record for some time after the alarm is ended The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds Alarm Tone Select to enable audio broadcast alarm tones in response to a network alarm event Click Apply to complete the settings 5 10 6 Configuring Disarming You can disarm all alarm linkage ac...

Page 178: ... alarms The IVS function can avoid wrong alarms by filtering the factors such as rains light and animals Video structuring The device can detect and extract key features from the human bodies and non motor vehicles in the video and then build a structured database You can search any target you need with these features For example you can search any people who wears yellow short sleeve shirt See mo...

Page 179: ...gure two filtering targets maximum size and minimum size When the target is smaller than the minimum size or larger than the maximum size no alarms will be activated The maximum size should be larger than the minimum size Schedule Define a period during which the detection is active For details see Setting Motion Detection Period section in 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings Alarm out ...

Page 180: ...ou want to record The selected channel s starts recording after an alarm event occurs The recording for intelligence event and auto recording function must be enabled For details see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule and 5 9 1 Enabling Record Control PTZ Linkage Click Setting to display the PTZ page Enable PTZ linkage actions such as selecting the preset that you want to be calle...

Page 181: ...le the Device to record a local alarm log Alarm Tone Select to enable audio broadcast in response to a face detection event White Light Select the checkbox to enable the white light alarm of the camera Siren Select the checkbox to enable the sound alarm of the camera Click Apply to complete the settings 5 11 1 1 2 Searching for and Playing Detected Faces You can search the detected faces and play ...

Page 182: ...User s Manual 173 Search results Select the face that you want to play back Registered information ...

Page 183: ...to the file select the files and then click Add Tag 5 11 1 2 Face Recognition Face recognition applies to AI preview mode and smart search AI preview mode Supports comparing the detected faces with the face database and display the comparison results Smart search Supports faces searching by faces attributes or portraits If you select AI by device then among face detection and recognition IVS funct...

Page 184: ...ion At Type you can select Local or Remote Local Viewing the existing face databases or adding new one on the DVR Remote If you have face recognition camera you can select this to view the existing face databases or adding new one on the camera Click Add Add face database Enter the face database name and then click OK ...

Page 185: ...atabase and then click Delete to delete the database Configure database Adding Face Pictures You can add face pictures to the existing databases one by one or by batch or add from the detected faces To add face pictures one by one or by batch you need to get the pictures from the USB storage device The picture size should be smaller than 256K with resolution between 200 200 6000 5000 Adding One Fa...

Page 186: ...User s Manual 177 Details Click Register ID Register ID Click to add a face picture ...

Page 187: ...ystem prompts the registration is successful On the Details page click Search The system prompts modeling is successful If the system prompts the message indicating modeling is in process wait a while and then click Search again If modeling is failed the registered face picture cannot be used for face recognition ...

Page 188: ...nder Enter 1 or 2 1 represents male and 2 represents female Birthday Enter numbers in the format of yyyy mm dd Country Enter the abbreviation of country For example CN for China ID Type 1 represents ID card 2 represents passport 3 represents military officer password ID No Enter the ID number Address Enter the address On the Details page click Batch register ...

Page 189: ...each time or Select a folder to import face pictures Click OK to complete batch registration Adding the Detected Faces Right click on the live view screen and then select Live Mode AI Mode AI mode live view Double click the detected face snapshot that you want to add ...

Page 190: ...User s Manual 181 Playback Click Add to Human Face Database Register ID Select the face database and enter the ID information Click OK to complete registration ...

Page 191: ...will be displayed on the AI mode live view screen and smart search page and link the alarms Select Main Menu AI Parameters Face Recognition Face recognition In the Channel list select a channel that you want to configure face recognition function and then enable it Set the Schedule For details see 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings Set the Target Face Database 1 Click Setting Face data...

Page 192: ...le the Stranger Mode 1 Enable the Stranger mode When the detected faces do not belong to the face database the system remarks the face as Stranger 2 Click Setting to set the alarm linkage 3 After setting is completed click OK Click Apply to complete the settings After the face recognition function is enabled right click on the live view screen and then select Live Mode AI Mode If the detected face...

Page 193: ...mpare the detected faces with the face database and play back Search by attributes Search the face database by the face attributes Search by picture Search the face database by uploading face pictures Searching by Attributes Select Main Menu AI AI Search Face Recognition Search by Attributes ...

Page 194: ...Manual 185 Search by attributes Select the channel and set the parameters such as start time end time gender age glasses beard mask and similarity according to your requirement Click Smart Search Smart search ...

Page 195: ...ween full screen playing and thumbnail playing You can also do the following operations to the recorded files To export the database file csv to the external storage device select files click Export and then select the save path To back up the recorded files to the external storage device select files click Backup select the save path and file type and then click Start ...

Page 196: ...rk to the file select the files and then click Add Tag Search by Picture Select Main Menu AI AI Search Face Recognition Search by Picture Search by picture Upload face pictures from Face Database or Local Upload Maximum 30 pictures can be uploaded at one time and the system support searching 8 pictures at one time Face Database ...

Page 197: ...y selecting the face database and gender and entering name and ID No according to your actual requirement 3 Click Search to display the results that satisfy the requirement Click Reset to clear the searching parameters 4 Select the picture and then click OK Uploaded picture Local Upload ...

Page 198: ...ure from the USB storage device and then click OK The selected face pictures are uploaded After the face pictures are uploaded continue to configure other parameters channel start time end time and similarity Click Smart Search The searching results are displayed Search results Select the face picture that you want to play back ...

Page 199: ...ou can also do the following operations to the recorded files To add a mark to the file select the files and then click Add Tag To lock the files to make it unable to be overwritten select the files and then click Lock To back up the recorded files to the external storage device select files click Backup select the save path and file type and then click Start ...

Page 200: ...detected behaviors match with the rules the system activates alarms If you select AI by device then among face detection and recognition IVS function and video structuring you can use one of them at the same time for the same channel 5 11 1 3 1 Configuring IVS Parameters The alarms are generated according to the configured parameters Select Main Menu AI Parameters IVS ...

Page 201: ...ce AI by Camera This option requires certain AI cameras The camera will do all the AI analysis and then give the results to the DVR AI by Device The camera only transmits normal video stream to the DVR and then the DVR will do all the AI analysis Click Add Added rule Configure the parameters for the rule that you selected Select the checkbox of the rule to enable it ...

Page 202: ...can be configured as a straight line or broken line Supports detecting one way or two way tripwire crossing Supports multiple tripwires in the same scenario to meet the complexity Supports size filtering for target On the rule line that you added in the Type list select Tripwire Tripwire Draw a tripwire 1 In the Channel list select the channel that you want to configure the rules for 2 Click ...

Page 203: ...ou can configure two filtering targets maximum size and minimum size When the target that is crossing the tripwire is smaller than the minimum size or larger than the maximum size no alarms will be activated The maximum size should be larger than the minimum size Effective Target Enable the AI Recognition function By default Human and Motor Vehicle are selected for alarm object 4 Drag to draw a tr...

Page 204: ... 5 12 IoT Function When an alarm event occurs the system links the peripheral alarm devices connected to the selected output port Post Alarm Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off alarm after the external alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 0 seconds to 300 seconds If you enter 0 there will be no delay Show Message Select the Show Message checkbox to enable a pop up alarm me...

Page 205: ...ds to 300 seconds Tour Select the Tour checkbox to enable a tour of the selected channels To use this function the tour setting must be configured After the tour is ended the live view screen returns to the view layout before tour started Picture Storage Select the Picture Storage checkbox to take a snapshot of the selected channel To use this function make sure the snapshot function is enabled fo...

Page 206: ...ion areas Supports detecting the behaviors that enter and leave the intrusion areas Supports detecting the behaviors that are moving in the intrusion areas The quantity of areas and lasting time can be configured Supports size filtering for target On the rule line that you added in the Type list select Intrusion Intrusion Draw an area 1 In the Channel list select the channel that you want to confi...

Page 207: ...xit Enter and Exit Target Filter Click to draw areas to filter the target You can configure two filtering targets maximum size and minimum size When the target that is crossing the tripwire is smaller than the minimum size or larger than the maximum size no alarms will be activated The maximum size should be larger than the minimum size Effective Target Enable the AI Recognition function By defaul...

Page 208: ... 1 3 2 Smart Search for IVS Function You can search for the intelligent events and play back Select Main Menu AI SMART SEARCH IVS IVS In the Channel list select the channel that you want to search for the events and then set other parameters such as start time end time event type and alarm object Click Smart Search The results that satisfy the searching conditions are displayed ...

Page 209: ...User s Manual 200 Search results Click the picture that you want to play back Playback ...

Page 210: ...path and file type and then click Start Backup To lock the files to make it unable to be overwritten select the files and then click Lock To add a mark to the file select the files and then click Add Tag 5 11 1 4 Video Structuring The device can detect and extract key features from the human bodies and non motor vehicles in the video and then build a structured database You can search any target y...

Page 211: ...t Search for Video Structuring Face Detect You need to select Human Detection first and then you can select this option If you select this option and there is any human face appears in the video then there will be an extra face image and some extra face features in the human body detection results including Glasses Expression Mask and Beard You can search the target you need with these features Se...

Page 212: ...or multiple features from Top Top Color Bottom Bottom Color Hat Bag Gender Age or Umbrella Click Smart Search If you only selected Human Body Detection and did not select Face Detection in 5 11 1 4 1 Configuring Video Structuring there will be only human body features displayed in the results ...

Page 213: ...n body detection If you selected Human Body Detection and Face Detection in 5 11 1 4 1 Configuring Video Structuring and there is any human face appears in the video there will be extra face features displayed in the results ...

Page 214: ...hen you can Click Export to export them to the USB device Click Backup to make backup in the DVR Click Lock so that they don t get overwritten or deleted Click Add Tag to name them as needed Non motor Vehicle Detection Select Main Menu AI AI Search Non motor Vehicle Detection ...

Page 215: ...Select the channel and the time and then select one or multiple features from Type Vehicle Color People Number or Helmet Click Smart Search Search results Select one or multiple results and then you can Click Export to export them to the USB device ...

Page 216: ...he preset rules When the detected behaviors match with the rules the system activates alarms The IVS function can avoid wrong alarms by filtering the factors such as rains light and animals Face detection The Device can analyze the faces captured by the camera and link the configured alarms This function is available for XVR5X I and XVR 7X I series only Face recognition The Device can compare the ...

Page 217: ...gure the time period from end of event detection to the stop of alarm Alarm out Port Click Setting to display setting page General Alarm Enable alarm activation through the alarm devices connected to the selected output port External Alarm Enable alarm activation through the connected alarm box Wireless Siren Enable alarm activation through devices connected by USB gateway or camera gateway Post A...

Page 218: ...ice to delay turning off recording after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Tour Select the Tour checkbox to enable a tour of the selected channels Picture Storage Select the Snapshot checkbox to take a snapshot of the selected channel To use this function select Main Menu CAMERA Encode Snapshot in the Type list select Event S...

Page 219: ...ct the channel enter the start time and end time and select the object type you need Click Search The results are displayed 5 11 2 2 Configuring IVS Function The IVS function processes and analyzes the images to extract the key information to match with the preset rules When the detected behaviors match with the rules the system activates alarms 5 11 2 2 1 Configuring IVS Parameters The alarms are...

Page 220: ...at you selected Select the checkbox of the rule to enable it Click Apply to complete the settings Configuring Tripwire Rules When the target object crosses the tripwire in the defined direction the system activates alarms The tripwire can be configured as a straight line or broken line Supports detecting one way or two way tripwire crossing Supports multiple tripwires in the same scenario to meet ...

Page 221: ...Tripwire Draw a tripwire 1 In the Channel list select the channel that you want to configure the rules for 2 Click Tripwire rule 3 Configure the settings for the parameters of drawing rules Table 5 37 Tripwire parameters ...

Page 222: ...o alarms will be activated The maximum size should be larger than the minimum size Effective Target Enable the AI Recognition function By default Human and Motor Vehicle are selected for alarm object 4 Drag to draw a tripwire The tripwire can be a straight line broken line or polygon 5 Click OK to save the settings Click to set the actions to be triggered Trigger Configure the triggering parameter...

Page 223: ... Not all models support this function The corresponding parameters in the alarm center should be configured For details see 5 15 1 12 Configuring Alarm Center Settings Send Email Select the Send Email checkbox to enable the system to send an email notification when an alarm event occurs To use this function make sure the email function is enabled in Main Menu NETWORK Email Record Channel Select th...

Page 224: ... the checkbox to activate a buzzer noise at the Device Log Select the checkbox to enable the Device to record a local alarm log Alarm Tone Select to enable audio broadcast in response to a face detection event Click OK to save the settings Select the Enable checkbox and then click Apply The tripwire detecting function is active When the target object crosses the tripwire in the defined direction t...

Page 225: ...Intrusion Draw an area 1 In the Channel list select the channel that you want to configure the rules for 2 Click Intrusion rule 3 Configure the settings for the parameters of drawing rules Table 5 39 Intrusion parameters ...

Page 226: ... maximum size should be larger than the minimum size Effective Target Enable the AI Recognition function By default Human and Motor Vehicle are selected for alarm object 4 Drag to draw an area 5 Click OK to save the settings Click to set the actions to be triggered Select the Enable checkbox and then click Apply The intrusion detecting function is active When the target enters and leaves the area ...

Page 227: ...User s Manual 218 The results that satisfy the searching conditions are displayed Search results Click the picture that you want to play back Playback ...

Page 228: ...nd then click Lock To add a mark to the file select the files and then click Add Tag 5 11 2 3 Face Detection For XVR5X I and XVR7X I series only Some series of devices can analyze the pictures captured by the camera to detect whether the faces are on the pictures You can search and filter the recorded videos the faces and play back If you select AI by device then among face detection and recogniti...

Page 229: ... Setting Motion Detection Period section in 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings Alarm out Port Click Setting to display setting page General Alarm Enable general alarm and select the alarm output port Ext Alarm Connect the alarm box to the Device and then enable it Wireless Siren Connect the wireless gateway to the Device and then enable it For details see 5 12 IoT Function When an alar...

Page 230: ...k Setting to display the PTZ page Enable PTZ linkage actions such as selecting the preset that you want to be called when an alarm event occurs To use this function the PTZ operations must be configured For details see 5 4 Controlling PTZ Cameras Post Record Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off recording after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 secon...

Page 231: ...Select the checkbox to enable the white light alarm of the camera Siren Select the checkbox to enable the sound alarm of the camera Click Apply to complete the settings 5 11 2 3 2 Searching for and Playing Detected Faces You can search the detected faces and play back Select Main Menu AI AI Search Face Detection Face detection Select the channel enter the start time and end time and set for the ge...

Page 232: ...User s Manual 223 Search results Select the face that you want to play back Registered information ...

Page 233: ...ark to the file select the files and then click Add Tag 5 11 2 4 Face Recognition For XVR7X I series only Face recognition applies to AI preview mode and smart search AI preview mode Supports comparing the detected faces with the face database and display the comparison results Smart search Supports faces searching by faces attributes or portraits If you select AI by device then among face detecti...

Page 234: ...on At Type you can select Local or Remote Local Viewing the existing face databases or adding new one on the DVR Remote If you have face recognition camera you can select this to view the existing face databases or adding new one on the camera Click Add Add face database Enter the face database name and then click Save ...

Page 235: ...abase and then click Delete to delete the database Configure face database Adding Face Pictures You can add face pictures to the existing databases one by one or by batch or add from the detected faces To add face pictures one by one or by batch you need to get the pictures from the USB storage device The picture size should be smaller than 256K with resolution between 200 200 6000 5000 Adding One...

Page 236: ...User s Manual 227 Details Click Register ID Register ID Click to add a face picture ...

Page 237: ...ystem prompts the registration is successful On the Details page click Search The system prompts modeling is successful If the system prompts the message indicating modeling is in process wait a while and then click Search again If modeling is failed the registered face picture cannot be used for face recognition ...

Page 238: ... Enter 1 or 2 1 represents male and 2 represents female Birthday Enter numbers in the format of yyyy mm dd Country Enter the abbreviation of country For example CN for China ID Type 1 represents ID card 2 represents passport 3 represents military officer password ID No Enter the ID number Address Enter the address On the Details page click Batch register ...

Page 239: ...each time or Select a folder to import face pictures Click OK to complete batch registration Adding the Detected Faces Right click on the live view screen and then select Live Mode AI Mode AI mode live view Double click the detected face snapshot that you want to add ...

Page 240: ...User s Manual 231 Playback Click Add to Human Face Database Register ID Select the face database and enter the ID information Click OK to complete registration ...

Page 241: ... will be displayed on the AI mode live view screen and smart search page and link the alarms Select Main Menu AI Parameters Face Recognition Face recognition In the Channel list select a channel that you want to configure face recognition function and then enable it Set the Period For details see 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motion Detection Settings Set the Target Face Database 1 Click Setting Face datab...

Page 242: ...le the Stranger mode When the detected faces do not belong to the face database the system remarks the face as Stranger 2 Click Setting to set the alarm linkage 3 After setting is completed click OK Click Apply to complete the settings After the face recognition function is enabled right click on the live view screen and then select Preview Mode AI Mode The AI mode live view screen is displayed If...

Page 243: ...mpare the detected faces with the face database and play back Search by attributes Search the face database by the face attributes Search by picture Search the face database by uploading face pictures Searching by Attributes Select Main Menu AI AI Search Face Recognition Search by Attributes ...

Page 244: ...anual 235 Search by attributes Select the channel and set the parameters such as start time end time gender age glasses beard mask and similarity according to your requirement Click Smart Search Search results ...

Page 245: ... playing page to switch between full screen playing and thumbnail playing You can also do the following operations to the recorded files To export the database file csv to the external storage device select files click Export and then select the save path To back up the recorded files to the external storage device select files click Backup select the save path and file type and then click Start ...

Page 246: ...k to the file select the files and then click Add Mark Search by Picture Select Main Menu AI AI Search Face Recognition Search by Picture Search by picture Upload face pictures from Face Database or Local Upload Maximum 30 pictures can be uploaded at one time and the system support searching 8 pictures at one time Face Database ...

Page 247: ... selecting the face database and gender and entering name and ID No according to your actual requirement 3 Click Search to display the results that satisfy the requirement Click Reset to clear the searching parameters 4 Select the picture and then click Save Search by picture Local Upload ...

Page 248: ...en select the picture from the USB storage device and then click OK The selected face pictures are uploaded After the face pictures are uploaded continue to configure other parameters channel start time end time and similarity Click Smart Search Search results Select the face picture that you want to play back ...

Page 249: ...u can also do the following operations to the recorded files To add a mark to the file select the files and then click Add Mark To lock the files to make it unable to be overwritten select the files and then click Lock To back up the recorded files to the external storage device select files click Backup select the save path and file type and then click Start ...

Page 250: ... wirelessly through the Device with USB gateway or through connecting to a camera gateway After connection you can activate alarm events through external sensors 5 12 1 1 Connecting Sensor through Device Only the Device with USB gateway supports this function Select Main Menu IoT Management Sensor Pairing ...

Page 251: ...User s Manual 242 Sensor pairing In the Access Type list select USB Gateway Click Add Add USB gateway Click Pair ...

Page 252: ...User s Manual 243 Pair Click Back to exit the pairing page The added sensor information is displayed Click to modify the sensor name click to delete sensor information Sensor pairing ...

Page 253: ...y Only the camera with gateway supports this function Select Main Menu IoT Management Sensor Pairing Sensor pairing In the Access Type list select Camera Gateway In the Channel list select the channel that is connected to the camera Click Add Add camera gateway Click Pair ...

Page 254: ...l 245 Pair Click Back to exit the pairing page Click to modify the sensor name click to delete sensor information Sensor pairing 5 12 1 3 Configuring Alarm Linkage Select Main Menu IoT Management Wireless Detector ...

Page 255: ...y Camera Gateway or All When Access Type is Camera Gateway you can select Channel to filter the status of present wireless detector Click Setting Configure the settings for alarm linkage Table 5 41 Alarm linkage settings Parameter Description Name Enter the customized alarm name ...

Page 256: ...he external alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 0 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Post Record Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off recording after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Anti Dither Configure the time period from end of event detection to the stop of alarm Record ...

Page 257: ...al alarm log Extra screen Select the checkbox to enable the function When an alarm event occurs the extra screen outputs the settings configured in Main Menu DISPLAY Tour Sub Screen Not all models support this function To use this function extra screen shall be enabled Click OK to save the settings On the Wireless Detector page click Apply to complete the settings 5 12 2 Configuring Temperature an...

Page 258: ...e camera and display on the Realtime Display page Optional Set temperature displaying mode When Show F Fahrenheit Degree is selected the temperature will be displayed by Fahrenheit degree in Realtime Display tab 5 12 2 2 Viewing Temperature and Humidity Data You can view the temperature and humidity data on the Realtime Display page after the IoT function is enabled ...

Page 259: ... in graphical way by selecting the Display Chart checkbox Chart Click Remove to delete the data 5 12 2 3 Exporting Temperature and Humidity Data You can export the temperature and humidity data in BMP format This section uses exporting humidity data as an example Prepare a USB device and plug it into the Device On the Realtime Display page click the Humidity tab ...

Page 260: ...tarts exporting the data Click OK You can find the exported data on your USB device 5 12 2 4 Configuring Alarm Linkage You can configure alarm linkage settings for temperature and humidity data 5 12 2 4 1 Configuring Alarm Linkage for Temperature Data On the home page select IoT Management Temperature Humidity ...

Page 261: ...ter Description Access Point Indicates the channel that the camera is connected to Type Temperature by default Detect Position Name Set the detect position name Preview Channel Select the channel that you want to preview to help monitor the channel of access point This channel could be the channel of access point or any other channels according to your actual situation ...

Page 262: ...elay turning off alarm after the external alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 0 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds If you enter 0 there will be no delay Post Record Set a length of time for the Device to delay turning off recording after the alarm is cancelled The value ranges from 10 seconds to 300 seconds and the default value is 10 seconds Anti Dither Configure the ...

Page 263: ...when an alarm event occurs To use this function make sure the email function is enabled in Main Menu NETWORK Email Log Select the checkbox to enable the Device to record a local alarm log Extra screen Select the checkbox to enable the function When an alarm event occurs the extra screen outputs the settings configured in Main Menu DISPLAY Tour Sub Screen Not all models support this function To use...

Page 264: ...ype as High Humidity or Low Humidity and set the upper and low humidity limit respectively For example select event type as High Humidity and set upper limit as 60 the alarm occurs when the humidity reaches 60 RH Upper Limit Enable Enable the alarm function Schedule Define a period during which the alarm setting is active For more information about setting the period see 5 10 4 1 Configuring Motio...

Page 265: ...ecord The selected channel s starts recording after an alarm occurs The recording for IoT alarms and auto recording function must be enabled For details see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule and 5 9 1 Enabling Record Control Tour Select the checkbox to enable a tour of the selected channels To use this function make sure the tour is enabled and configured in Main Menu DISPLAY Tou...

Page 266: ...mera is connected to Display Type In the Display Type list select List or Diagram Type Select the information type that you want to search You can select Humidity or Temperature Status Select the information state that you want to search This option is available when you select List in the Display Type list Start Time Enter the start time and end time for the information that you want to search En...

Page 267: ...User s Manual 258 List Diagram Click Export The system starts exporting the data Click OK You can find the exported data on your USB device ...

Page 268: ... for wireless siren is enabled for specific events For example if you want to enable the alarm output through wireless siren for motion detection see Alarm Output parameter in 0 Manual Activate alarm immediately Off Do not activate alarm Alarm Release Click OK to clear all alarm output status of wireless siren Click Apply to save the settings Configuring POS Settings You can connect the Device to ...

Page 269: ...Searching the Transaction Records The system supports fuzzy search Select Main Menu POS POS Search POS search In the POS Search box enter the information such as transaction number on your receipt amount or product name In the Start Time box and End Time box enter the time period that you want to search the POS transaction information Click Search The searched transaction results display in the ta...

Page 270: ...cted channel s starts recording after an alarm occurs The recording for POS alarms and auto recording function must be enabled For details see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule and 5 9 1 Enabling Record Control Privacy Enter the privacy content Protocol Select POS by default Different machine corresponds to different protocol Connection Mode In the Connect Type list select the co...

Page 271: ...ge as the text size of POS information Font Color In the color bar click to select the color for the text size of POS information POS Info Enable the POS Info function the POS information displays in the live view screen Line Break It does not need to configure The system goes to a new line 1s after no data is received If you enter a line delimiter the system goes to a new line when overlay inform...

Page 272: ...7 Backup parameters Parameter Description Device Name In the Device Name list select the device that you want to back up the files to Format Click Format the Format page is displayed If the capacity of external storage device is less than 2 TB you can select FAT32 or NTFS to format it If the capacity of external storage device is equal to or more than 2 TB you can only select NTFS to format it ...

Page 273: ...rmat list select the file format as DAV or MP4 that you want to search Click Search to search the files that meet the configured settings The searched results will display in the table Select the files that you want to back up Click Backup to back up the selected files to the configured path Click Remove to remove all the searched results The system will display a backup progress bar A dialog box ...

Page 274: ...n Select Main Menu NETWORK TCP IP the TCP IP page is displayed For details about parameter settings see 5 1 4 4 Configuring Network Settings TCP IP 5 15 1 2 Configuring Port Settings You can configure the maximum connection accessing the Device from Client such as WEB Platform and Mobile Phone and configure each port settings Select Main Menu NETWORK Port ...

Page 275: ...ding to your actual situation UDP Port The default value setting is 37778 You can enter the value according to your actual situation HTTP Port The default value setting is 80 You can enter the value according to your actual situation If you enter other value for example 70 and then you should enter 70 after the IP address when logging in the Device by browser RTSP Port The default value setting is...

Page 276: ...5 15 1 3 Configuring Wi Fi Connection Settings You can make wireless connection between the Device and the other devices in the same network through Wi Fi settings facilitating the devices connection and mobility Only the Device with Wi Fi module supports this function Select Main Menu NETWORK Wi Fi Wi Fi Configure the settings for the Wi Fi connection parameters Table 5 49 Wi Fi connection parame...

Page 277: ...nnect To connect to other hotspot disconnect from the current connected hotspot first and then connect to the other hotspot Disconnect To disconnect from a hotspot click Disconnect Click Apply to complete the settings After the Device is connected to a Wi Fi hotspot in the Wi Fi Info area the current hotspot IP address subnet mask and default gateway are displayed 5 15 1 4 Configuring 3G 4G Settin...

Page 278: ...ays the recognized information for the parameters in Area 2 Table 5 50 Recognized information Parameter Description NIC Name Displays the name of Ethernet card Network Type Displays the network type Different type represents different supplier APN Displays the default APN number Dial up No Displays the default dial No Authentication Type Authentication mode You can select PAP CHAP or NO_AUTH Usern...

Page 279: ...icom or China Mobile 3G network which are defined as private network therefore you cannot log in to the Device through PC that is connected to public internet The Ethernet card names that are displayed on the 3G 4G page are not constant and they could be ppp5 ppp6 ppp7 or ppp8 and are different depending on the USB2 0 port on the Device that is connected to the 3G module If you dial to connect to ...

Page 280: ...nd Password box enter the user name and password accordingly provided by the Internet Service Provider Click Apply to complete the settings The system pops up a message to indicate the successfully saved The IP address appears on the PPPoE page You can use this IP address to access the Device When the PPPoE function is enabled the IP address on the TCP IP page cannot be modified 5 15 1 6 Configuri...

Page 281: ...ation of all the connected devices under this user name Procedure Select Main Menu NETWORK DDNS DDNS Configure the settings for the DDNS parameters Table 5 51 DDNS parameters Parameter Description Enable Enable the DDNS function After enabling DDNS function the third party might collect your Device information Type Type and address of DDNS service provider Type Dyndns DDNS address members dyndns o...

Page 282: ...f time that you want to update the DDNS Click Apply to complete the settings Enter the domain name in the browser on your PC and then press Enter If the web page of the Device is displayed the configuration is successful If not the configuration is failed 5 15 1 7 Configuring EMAIL Settings You can configure the email settings to enable the system to send the email as a notification when there is ...

Page 283: ...hen there is an alarm event the system can attach snapshots as an attachment to the email Encryption Type Select the encryption type NONE SSL or TLS For SMTP server the default encryption type is TLS Sending Interval sec This is the interval that the system sends an email for the same type of alarm event which means the system does not send an email upon any alarm event This setting helps to avoid...

Page 284: ...ure the IP address into the router IP address range or enable the DHCP function to obtain an IP address automatically Procedure Select Main Menu NETWORK UPnP UPnP Configure the settings for the UPnP parameters Table 5 53 UPnP parameters Parameter Description Port Mapping Enable the UPnP function After it is enabled the intranet services and ports shall be mapped to extranet proceed with caution St...

Page 285: ...rom 1 through 255 and system ports from 256 through 1023 When there are several devices in the LAN reasonably arrange the ports mapping to avoid mapping to the same external port When establishing a mapping relationship ensure the mapping ports are not occupied or limited The internal and external ports of TCP and UDP must be the same and cannot be modified Click to modify the external port Click ...

Page 286: ...onitoring port on the agent program Read Community Indicates the read write strings supported by the agent program Write Community Trap Address Indicates the destination address for the agent program to send the Trap information Trap Port Indicates the destination port for the agent program to send the Trap information Read Only Username Enter the user name that is allowed to access the Device and...

Page 287: ...he module from compilation On the MG SOFT MIB Browser enter the Device IP that you want to manage and then select the version number to query On the MG SOFT MIB Browser unfold the tree structured directory to obtain the configurations of the Device such as the channels quantity and software version 5 15 1 10 Configuring Multicast Settings When you access the Device from the network to view the vid...

Page 288: ...y to complete the settings You can use the multicast IP address to log in to the web On the web login dialog box in the Type list select MULTICAST The web will automatically obtain the multicast IP address and join Then you can view the video through multicast function Login 5 15 1 11 Configuring Register Settings You can register the Device into the specified proxy server which acts as the transi...

Page 289: ...ou want to register to Port Enter the port of the server Sub Service ID This ID is allocated by the server and used for the Device Click Apply to complete the settings 5 15 1 12 Configuring Alarm Center Settings You can configure the alarm center server to receive the uploaded alarm information To use this function the Report Alarm checkbox must be selected For details about alarm event settings s...

Page 290: ...e default is ALARM CENTER Server Address The IP address and communication port of the PC installed with alarm client Port Auto Report Plan In the Auto Report Plan list select time cycle and specific time for uploading alarm Click Apply to complete the settings 5 15 1 13 Configuring P2P Settings You can manage the devices by using P2P technology to download the application and register the devices ...

Page 291: ...e network connection status between the Device and other devices Select Main Menu MAINTAIN Network Test Network test In the Destination IP box enter the IP address Click Test After testing is completed the test result is displayed You can check the evaluation for average delay packet loss and network status ...

Page 292: ...uring resending and editing data that are sent and received during network transmission When there is network abnormality you can perform packet capturing and back up into the USB storage device This date can be provided to the technical support for analyzing the network condition Select Main Menu MAINTAIN Network Test ...

Page 293: ...ice to the Device Click Refresh The Device starts detecting the USB storage device and displays its name in the Device Name box Select the route of the data that you want to capture and back up 1 In the Packet Sniffer Backup area click Browse Browse ...

Page 294: ...cket capturing and backing up Only the data packet of one LAN can be captured at one time After capturing starts you can exit the Test page to perform other operations such as web login and monitoring Click to stop capturing The backup data is saved in the selected route under the naming style LAN name time pcap You can open it by using Wireshark software Backup data Configuring Account Settings Y...

Page 295: ...d define the relevant permissions However the admin account cannot be set randomly You can manage the account by user and group and the name cannot be repeated Every user must belong to a group and one user only belongs to one group 5 16 1 Configuring User Account 5 16 1 1 Adding a User Account Select Main Menu ACCOUNT User User Click Add ...

Page 296: ...e within the group permission Period Click Setting to display Setting page Define a period during which the new account can log in to the device The new account cannot log in to the device during the time beyond the set period Permission In the Permission area select the checkboxes in the System tab Playback tab and Monitor tab To manage the user account easily when defining the user account autho...

Page 297: ...on switches to On the timeline of any selected day click the half hour blocks to select the active periods all the days with will take the same settings Define for all days of a week Click All all the switches to On the timeline of any day click the half hour blocks to select the active periods all the days will take the same settings Define the period by editing Take Sunday as an example 1 Click ...

Page 298: ... select All to apply the settings to all thedays of a week or select specific day s that you want to apply the settings to 3 Click OK to save the settings Click OK 5 16 1 2 Modify a User Account Select Main Menu ACCOUNT User User Click for the user account that you want to modify ...

Page 299: ...umber letter and special characters excluding and For the admin account you enable disable the unlock pattern and modify password hint To use the unlock pattern enable Unlock Pattern click draw a pattern in the Unlock Pattern page and then click Save to save the setting Enter password hint text in Password Hint box Click OK to complete the settings 5 16 1 3 Deleting a User Account Select Main Menu...

Page 300: ...User s Manual 291 User Click for the user account that you want to delete Click OK to delete a user account 5 16 2 Configuring Group Account 5 16 2 1 Adding a Group Select Main Menu ACCOUNT Group ...

Page 301: ...ck Add Add group Configure the settings for the parameters of adding a group Table 5 59 Parameters of adding a group Parameter Description Group Name Enter a name for the group Remarks Optional Enter a description of the account ...

Page 302: ...ssion In the Permission area select the checkboxes in the System tab Playback tab and Monitor tab Click OK to complete the settings 5 16 2 2 Modifying a Group Select Main Menu ACCOUNT Group Group Click for the group account that you want to modify ...

Page 303: ...User s Manual 294 Modify Change the settings for group name memo and authority Click OK to complete the settings 5 16 2 3 Deleting a Group Select Main Menu ACCOUNT Group Group ...

Page 304: ...Configuring ONVIF Users The device manufactured by other company can connect to the Device through ONVIF protocol by an authorized ONVIF account The admin account is created for ONVIF users right after the Device has been initialized Select Main Menu ACCOUNT ONVIF User ONVIF user Click Add Add ONVIF user ...

Page 305: ...te the account Audio Management Audio management function manages audio files and configures the playing schedule When there is an alarm event the audio file can be activated 5 17 1 Configuring Audio Files You can add audio files listen to audio files rename and delete audio files and configure the audio volume Select Main Menu AUDIO File Management File management Click Add ...

Page 306: ... are automatically saved into the HDD so you do not need to connect to the USB storage device to get the file next time Click to play the audio file Click to rename the audio file Click to delete the audio file To decrease or increase the playing volume move the slider to the left or to the right 5 17 2 Configuring Playing Schedule for Audio Files You can configure the settings to play the audio f...

Page 307: ...ou want to repeat the playing in the defined period Output Port Includes two options MIC and Audio It is MIC by default The MIC function shares the same port with talkback function and the latter has the priority The finish time for audio playing is decided by audio file size and the configured interval Playing priority Alarm event Talkback Trial listening Audio file Click Apply to complete the se...

Page 308: ...nd file length for each recorded video Delete Expired Files Configure whether to delete the old files and if yes configure the days Click Apply to complete the settings 5 18 2 Configuring the Recording and Snapshot Schedule The system starts recording and taking snapshot according to the configured schedule For details see 5 1 4 9 Configuring Recorded Video Storage Schedule and 5 1 4 10 Configurin...

Page 309: ... setting In the Properties list select Read Write Read Only and then click Apply to save the settings HDD format Select the HDD that you want to format click Format and enable Clear HDD database in the pop up message click OK and enter the password of admin user in the prompted dialog box click OK and then following the on screen instructions to complete formatting Formatting HDD will erase all da...

Page 310: ...ent HDD Mode is Quota Group click Change to HDD Group Mode and then configure HDD group You can enable either HDD Group Mode or Quota Group The system prompts to reboot the device each time when you switch the mode Select Main Menu STORAGE Disk Group Disk Group Disk group Select group for each HDD and then click Apply to complete the settings After configuring HDD group click Main Stream Sub Strea...

Page 311: ...User s Manual 302 Main stream Sub stream ...

Page 312: ... to each channel and distribute the storage space of each channel reasonably If the page displays that Current HDD Mode is HDD Group click Change to Quota Mode and then configure quota You can enable either HDD Group Mode or Quota Group The system prompts to reboot the device each time when you switch the mode Select Main Menu STORAGE Disk Quota ...

Page 313: ...figure and select quota from the drop down list of corresponding HDD Click Apply to complete the settings Click Quota Statistics to view the quota of each channel in HDD Quota statistics 5 18 7 Configuring HDD Detecting Settings Not all models support this function ...

Page 314: ... no files in HDD the system cannot detect the bad track Global detect Detect the whole HDD through Windows which takes time and might affect the HDD that is recording the video Select Main Menu STORAGE Disk Check Manual Check Manual check In the Type list select Key Area Detect or Global Check and in the Disk list select the HDD that you want to detect Click Start Check The system starts detecting...

Page 315: ... After the detecting is completed you can view the detecting reports to find out the problem and replace the defective HDD to avoid data loss Select Main Menu STORAGE Disk Check Check Report Check report Click You can view detecting results and S M A R T reports ...

Page 316: ...18 8 Configuring Record Estimate Record estimate function can calculate how long you can record video according to the HDD capacity and calculate the required HDD capacity according to the record period Select Main Menu STORAGE Rec Estimate ...

Page 317: ... the settings Then the system will calculate the time period that can be used for storage according to the channels settings and HDD capacity Click Copy to to copy the settings to other channels Calculating Recording Time On the Rec Estimate page click the By Space tab By space Click Select Select the checkbox of the HDD that you want to calculate ...

Page 318: ...ecord Total space 5 18 9 Configuring FTP Storage Settings You can store and view the recorded videos and snapshots on the FTP server Preparation Purchase or download a FTP server and install it on your PC For the created FTP user you need to set the write permission otherwise the upload of recorded videos and snapshots might be failed Procedure Select Main Menu STORAGE FTP ...

Page 319: ... Enter the user name and password to log in to the FTP server Enable the anonymity function and then you can login anonymously without entering the user name and password Username Password Storage Path Create folder on FTP server If you do not enter the name of remote directory system automatically creates the folders according to the IP and time If you enter the name of remote directory the syste...

Page 320: ...ot Channel Select the channel that you want to apply the FTP settings Day Select the week day and set the time period that you want to upload the recorded files You can set two periods for each week day Period 1 Period 2 Record type Select the record type Alarm Intel MD and General that you want to upload The selected record type will be uploaded during the configured time period Click Test The sy...

Page 321: ...urity Modules This area shows the running status of security modules For details about the security modules move mouse pointer on the icon to see the on screen instructions Scanning Security Status You can click Rescan to scan security status 5 19 2 System Service You can set DVR basic information such as basic services 802 1x and HTTPS 5 19 2 1 Basic Services Select Main Menu SECURITY System Serv...

Page 322: ...tifications After enabling this function the alarm triggered by the NVR can be pushed to a mobile phone This function is enabled by default There might be safety risk if this service is enabled Disable this function when it is not in use CGI If this function is enabled the remote devices can be added through the CGI protocol This function is enabled by default There might be safety risk if this se...

Page 323: ...e SSH service This function is disabled by default There might be safety risk if this service is enabled Disable this function when it is not in use Enable Device Discovery After enabling this function the device can be searched by other devices Private Protocol Authentication Mode Security Mode Recommended Uses Digest access authentication when connecting to DVR Compatible Mode Select this mode w...

Page 324: ...a integrity between two communications application programs CA Certificate Enable it and click Browse to import CA certificate from flash drive For details about importing and creating a certificate see 5 19 4 Username The username shall be authorized at server Password Password of the corresponding username Step 4 Click Apply to complete the settings 5 19 2 3 HTTPS We recommend that you enable HT...

Page 325: ...SB drive For details about importing or creating a CA certificate see 5 19 4 Step 4 Select a HTTPS certificate Step 5 Click Apply to complete the settings 5 19 3 Attack Defense 5 19 3 1 Firewall Step 1 Select Main Menu SECURITY Attack Defense Firewall Step 2 Select Enable to enable firewall Step 3 Configure the parameters Table 5 64 Firewall parameters ...

Page 326: ...segment and MAC address IP Address Enter IP Address Start Port and End Port that is allowed or forbidden When Type is IP Address they can be configured Start Port and End Port can be configured only in Network Access Type Start Port End Port Start Address End Address Enter Start Address and End Address of IP Segment When Type is IP Segment they can be configured MAC Address Enter MAC Address that ...

Page 327: ...e account will be locked after your entries exceed the maximum number Value range 5 30 Default value 5 Lock Time Set how long the account is locked for Value range 5 120 minutes Default value 5 minutes Step 3 Click Apply to complete the settings 5 19 3 3 Anti Dos Attack You can enable SYN Flood Attack Defense and ICMP Flood Attack Defense to defend the device against Dos attack ...

Page 328: ...Sync Time Allowlist function Step 3 Configure the parameters Table 5 66 Time allowlist parameters Parameter Description Add You can add trusted hosts for time synchronization Type Select IP address or IP segment for hosts to be added IP Address Input the IP address of a trusted host When Type is IP Address it can be configured Start Address Input the start IP address of trusted hosts When Type is ...

Page 329: ...4 CA Certificate You can create or import device certificate and install trusted CA Certificate 5 19 4 1 Device Certificate Create Certificate Select Main Menu SECURITY CA Certificate Device Certificate Click to download the certificate to local storage Click to delete the certificate The deleted certificate cannot be restored proceed with caution Device certificate Configure parameters ...

Page 330: ...ization This parameter is user defined Organization Unit This parameter is user defined Domain Name Input the IP address of the certificate Click Create CA Application and Import Follow the on screen instructions to finish CA application and import Insert a USB flash drive before operating CA application and import Import Third Party Certificate Insert the USB flash drive with third party certific...

Page 331: ... the USB drive Private Key Click Browse to find the third party certificate private key on the USB drive Private Key Password Input the password of encrypted private key When the private key is not encrypted you don t need to this parameter Click Create 5 19 4 2 Trusted CA Certificate Step 1 Select Main Menu SECURITY CA Certificate Trusted CA Certificate Step 2 Click Install Trusted Certificate ...

Page 332: ...Browse to select the certificate that you want to install Step 4 Click Import 5 19 5 Audio Video Encryption The device supports audio and video encryption during data transmission Step 1 Select Main Menu SECURITY A V Encryption Audio Video Transmission ...

Page 333: ...rability if this service is disabled Encryption Type Use the default setting Update Period of Secret Key Secret key update period Value range 0 720 hours 0 means never update the secret key Default value 12 RTSP over TLS Enable Enables RTSP stream encryption by using TLS There might be data breach if this service is disabled We recommend that you enable this function Select a device certificate Se...

Page 334: ... 5 19 6 1 Security Exception Step 1 Select Main Menu SECURITY Security Warning Security Exception Security exception Step 2 Select Enable and configure parameters Table 5 70 Security exception parameters Parameter Description Alarm out Port The alarm device such as lights sirens etc is connected to the alarm output port When an alarm occurs the NVR device transmits the alarm information to the ala...

Page 335: ...le first Log Select the checkbox the NVR device records the alarm information in the log when an alarm occurs Send Email Select the checkbox When an alarm occurs the NVR device sends an email to the set mailbox to notify the user To use this function make sure the email function is enabled in Main Menu NETWORK Email Security Event monitoring explanation It indicates the type of attacks that can tr...

Page 336: ...e alarm device Post Alarm When the alarm ends the alarm extended for a period of time The time range is from 0 seconds through 300 seconds Buzzer Select the checkbox to activate the buzzer when an alarm occurs Alarm Tone Check the box and then select the corresponding audio file from the dropdown list System plays the audio file when the alarm occurs See 5 17 Audio Management to add audio file fir...

Page 337: ...he user To use this function make sure the email function is enabled in Main Menu NETWORK Email Configuring System Settings 5 20 1 Configuring General System Settings You can configure the device basic settings time settings and holiday settings To configure the holiday settings do the following Select Main Menu SYSTEM General Holiday Holiday Click Add ...

Page 338: ...cording to your actual situation Click Add Enable the Add More function so you can continue adding holiday information Added holiday 5 20 2 Configuring RS 232 Settings You can configure serial port function Baud rate and other parameters Only some series products support this RS 232 ...

Page 339: ...ocol COM in order to overlay card number PTZ Matrix Connect matrix control It is Console by default Baud Rate Select Baud rate which is 115200 by default Data Bits It ranges from 5 to 8 which is 8 by default Stop Bits It includes 1 and 2 Parity It includes none odd even mark and null It is none by default 5 20 3 Configuring System Maintenance Settings When the Device has been running for a long ti...

Page 340: ... as the Device temperature Not all models support this function and it is only supported on the local configuration page Click Apply to complete the settings 5 20 4 Exporting and Importing System Settings You can export or import the Device system settings if there are several Devices that require the same setup The IMP EXP page cannot be opened if the backup operation is ongoing on the other page...

Page 341: ...r s Manual 332 Exporting System Settings Select Main Menu MAINTAIN Manager Import Export Import Export Insert a USB storage device into one of the USB ports on the Device Click Refresh to refresh the page ...

Page 342: ...e into one of the USB ports on the Device Select Main Menu SYSTEM Import Export Click Refresh to refresh the page Click on the configuration folder under the name style of Config_ YYYYMMDDhhmmss that you want to import Click Import The Device will reboot after the imported is succeeded 5 20 5 Restoring Default Settings Only Admin account supports this function You can select the settings that you ...

Page 343: ...anagement Click Factory Default select OK and then enter the password of admin user in the prompted dialog box to completely recover device parameters to factory default 5 20 6 Updating the Device 5 20 6 1 Updating File Insert a USB storage device containing the upgrade files into the USB port of the Device Select Main Menu MAINTAIN Manager Update ...

Page 344: ...User s Manual 335 Update Click Update Browse Click the file that you want to upgrade Click OK ...

Page 345: ...hether there is any new version available Ensure the correct power supply and network connection during upgrading otherwise the upgrading might be failed Select Main Menu MAINTAIN Manager Update Update Check whether there is any new version available Auto check Enable Auto check for updates Manual check Click Manual Check The system starts checking the new versions After checking is completed the ...

Page 346: ...s whether there is a USB storage device connected and if there is any upgrade file and if yes and the check result of the upgrade file is correct the system will upgrade automatically The Uboot upgrade can avoid the situation that you have to upgrade through TFTP when the Device is halted Viewing Information You can view the information such as log information HDD information and version details 5...

Page 347: ... of logs are saved into the HDD If there is no HDD installed the other types of logs are also saved in the memory of the Device When formatting the HDD the logs will not be lost However if you take out the HDD from the Device the logs might be lost Select Main Menu INFO LOG Log In the Type list select the log type that you want to view System Config Storage Record Account Clear Playback and Connec...

Page 348: ...ion page is displayed Click Next or Previous to view more log information Click Backup to back up the logs into the USB storage device Click Clear to remove all logs 5 21 3 Viewing Event Information You can view the event information of the Device and channel Select Main Menu INFO EVENT the EVENT page is displayed ...

Page 349: ...data transmission details and test network For details about testing network see 5 15 2 1 Testing the Network 5 21 4 1 Viewing Online Users You can view the online user information and block any user for a period of time Select Main Menu INFO NETWORK Online users the Online users page is displayed ...

Page 350: ...5535 The system detects every 5 seconds to check whether there is any user added or deleted and update the user list timely 5 21 4 2 Viewing the Network Load Network load means the data flow which measures the transmission capability You can view the information such as data receiving speed and sending speed Select Main Menu INFO NETWORK Network Load ...

Page 351: ...e information of data sending speed and receiving speed The default display is LAN1 load Only one LAN load can be displayed at one time 5 21 5 Viewing HDD Information You can view the HDD quantity HDD type total space free space status and S M A R T information Select Main Menu INFO HDD the HDD page is displayed ...

Page 352: ...lation position of HDD Type Indicates HDD type Total Space Indicates the total capacity of HDD Free Space Indicates the usable capacity of HDD Status Indicates the status of the HDD to show if it is working normally S M A R T View the S M A R T reports from HDD detecting 5 21 6 Viewing Channel Information You can view the camera information connected to each channel Select Main Menu INFO CHANNEL I...

Page 353: ...ser s Manual 344 Channel information 5 21 7 Viewing Data Stream Information You can view the real time data stream rate and resolution of each channel Select Main Menu INFO BPS the BPS page is displayed ...

Page 354: ... the Device On the top right of the Main Menu page or on any page after you have entered the Main Menu click Select Logout you will log out the device Select Reboot the Device will be rebooted Select Shutdown the Device will be turned off ...

Page 355: ...necting to Network The factory default IP of the Device is 192 168 1 108 The Device supports monitoring on different browsers such as Safari fire fox Google on Apple PC to perform the functions such as multi channel monitoring PTZ control and device parameters configurations Check to make sure the Device has connected to the network Configure the IP address subnet mask and gateway for the PC and t...

Page 356: ...cing Web Main Menu After you have logged in the Web the main menu is displayed Main menu Table 6 1 Main menu description No Icon Description 1 Includes configuration menu through which you can configure camera settings network settings storage settings system settings account settings and view information 2 None Displays system date and time 3 When you point to the current user account is displaye...

Page 357: ...he configuration page of the tile LIVE You can perform the operations such as viewing real time video configuring channel layout setting PTZ controls and using smart talk and instant record functions if needed VIDEO Search for and play back the recorded video saved on the Device ALARM Search for alarm information and configure alarm event actions AI Configure face detection face recognition and IV...

Page 358: ...dust Hardware malfunction 3 Hard disk cannot be detected There are following possibilities HDD is broken HDD jumper is damaged HDD cable connection is loose Main board SATA port is broken 4 There is no video output whether it is one channel multiple channel or all channel output There are following possibilities Program is not compatible Upgrade to the latest version Brightness is 0 Restore factor...

Page 359: ...nable audio function Corresponding channel has no video input Playback is not continuous when the screen is blue 10 System time is not correct There are following possibilities Setup is not correct Battery contact is not correct or voltage is too low Crystal oscillator is broken 11 Cannot control PTZ on DVR There are following possibilities Front panel PTZ error PTZ decoder setup connection or ins...

Page 360: ...do not recommend this mode There is privacy mask or channel protection setup Current user has no right to monitor DVR local video output quality is not good 15 Network connection is not stable There are following possibilities Network is not stable IP address conflict MAC address conflict PC or DVR network card is not good 16 Burn error USB back error There are following possibilities Burner and D...

Page 361: ...ontrol when you play the file transformed to AVI via media player No DivX503Bundle exe or ffdshow 2004 1012 exe in Windows XP OS 23 Forgot local menu operation password or network password Contact your local service engineer or our sales person for help We can guide you to solve this problem 24 When I login via HTTPS a dialogue says the certificate for this website is for other address Create serv...

Page 362: ...mera is H 264 or not Check the device supports camera main stream resolution or not such as 960H D1 and HD1 Check camera network transmission has reached the threshold or not Check the online user of the camera 32 After I connected to the IP channel there is no video output in the one window or the multiple window mode But I can see there is bit stream There are following possibilities Check the m...

Page 363: ...o the IP channel to connect to the IP camera From Main Menu CAMERA CHANNEL TYPE select the last channel to switch to the IP channel Some series product products support IP channel extension it supports N N mode Check the IPC and the DVR is connected or not Go to the Main Menu CAMERA REGISTRATION to search to view the IP camera is onlineor not Or you can go to the Main Menu INFO NETWORK Network Tes...

Page 364: ...t Video System LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MTU Maximum Transmission Unit NTP Network Time Protocol NTSC National Television Standards Committee ONVIF Open Network Video Interface Forum PAL Phase Alteration Line PAT Port Address Translation POS Point of Sale PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PSS Professional Surveillance Software PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom RCA Radio Corporation...

Page 365: ...User s Manual 356 Abbreviations Full term VBR Variable Bit Rate VGA Video Graphics Array WAN Wide Area Network ...

Page 366: ...ch the video shall be kept According to Formula 3 to calculate total capacity accumulation T q that is needed for all channels in the DVR during scheduled video recording Formula 3 c i i T m q 1 In the formula c means total number of channels in one DVR According to Formula 4 to calculate total capacity accumulation that is needed for all channels in DVR during alarm video recording including moti...

Page 367: ...x File Size Bit Stream Size max File Size 320 Kbps 140 MB 384 Kbps 168 MB 448 Kbps 196 MB 512 Kbps 225 MB 640 Kbps 281 MB 768 Kbps 337 MB 896 Kbps 393 MB 1024 Kbps 450 MB 1280 Kbps 562 MB 1536 Kbps 675 MB 1792 Kbps 787 MB 2048 Kbps 900 MB ...

Page 368: ... Kingston DataTraveler 1 GB Kingston DataTraveler 2 GB Maxell USB Flash Stick 128 MB Maxell USB Flash Stick 256 MB Maxell USB Flash Stick 512 MB Maxell USB Flash Stick 1 GB Maxell USB Flash Stick 2 GB Kingax Super Stick 128 MB Kingax Super Stick 256 MB Kingax Super Stick 512 MB Kingax Super Stick 1 GB Kingax Super Stick 2 GB Netac U210 128 MB Netac U210 256 MB Netac U210 512 MB Netac U210 1 GB Net...

Page 369: ...Card type Transcend SDHC6 16 GB Big Kingston SDHC4 4 GB Big Kingston SD 2 GB Big Kingston SD 1 GB Big Sandisk SDHC2 8 GB Small Sandisk SD 1 GB Small Appendix 3 3 Compatible Portable HDD List Appendix Table 3 3 Compatible portable HDD Manufacturer Model Capacity YDStar YDstar HDD box 40 GB Netac Netac 80 GB Iomega Iomega RPHD CG RNAJ50U287 250 GB WD Elements WCAVY1205901 1 5 TB Newsmy Liangjian 320...

Page 370: ...00 GB to 4 TB capacity Appendix Table 3 5 Compatible SATA HDD Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Port Mode Seagate Video 3 5 ST1000VM002 1 TB SATA Seagate Video 3 5 ST2000VM003 2 TB SATA Seagate Video 3 5 ST3000VM002 3 TB SATA Seagate Video 3 5 ST4000VM000 4 TB SATA Seagate SV35 ST1000VX000 1 TB SATA Seagate SV35 ST2000VX000 2 TB SATA Seagate SV35 ST3000VX000 3 TB SATA Seagate SV35 Support HDD dat...

Page 371: ...SkyHawk HDD Support HDD data recovery offered by Seagate ST1000VX003 1 TB SATA Seagate SkyHawk HDD Support HDD data recovery offered by Seagate ST2000VX005 2 TB SATA Seagate SkyHawk HDD Support HDD data recovery offered by Seagate ST3000VX005 3 TB SATA Seagate SkyHawk HDD Support HDD data recovery offered by Seagate ST4000VX002 4 TB SATA Seagate SkyHawk HDD Support HDD data recovery offered by Sea...

Page 372: ...4 TB SATA TOSHIBA Sonance MD04ABA400V 4 TB SATA TOSHIBA Sonance MD04ABA500V 5 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SATA interface ST1000NM0033 1 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SATA interface ST2000NM0033 2 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SATA interface ST3000NM0033 3 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SATA interface ST4000NM0033 4 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SA...

Page 373: ...45 2 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SAS interface ST3000NM0025 3 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SAS interface ST4000NM0025 4 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SAS interface ST6000NM0095 6 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SAS interface ST6000NM0034 6 TB SATA Seagate Constellation ES series SAS interface ST8000NM0075 8 TB SATA WD WD RE series SATA interface WD1003FBYZ ...

Page 374: ... HUH728080ALE600 8 TB SATA HITACHI Ultrastar series SAS interface HUS726020AL5210 2 TB SATA HITACHI Ultrastar series SAS interface HUS726040AL5210 4 TB SATA HITACHI Ultrastar series SAS interface HUS726060AL5210 6 TB SATA Seagate Pipeline HD Mini ST320VT000 320 GB SATA Seagate Pipeline HD Mini ST500VT000 500 GB SATA Seagate Pipeline HD Mini ST2000LM003 EOL 2 TB SATA TOSHIBA 2 5 inch PC series MQ01...

Page 375: ...nd you can use the USB cable with the model recommended to set USB burner Appendix Table 4 1 Compatible CD DVD burner Manufacturer Model Port Type Type Sony DRX S50U USB DVD RW Sony DRX S70U USB DVD RW Sony AW G170S SATA DVD RW Samsung TS H653A SATA DVD RW Panasonic SW 9588 C SATA DVD RW Sony DRX S50U USB DVD RW BenQ 5232WI USB DVD RW ...

Page 376: ...HFNOVO CRT LXB FD17069HB 17 inch HFNOVO CRT LXB HF769A 17 inch HFNOVO CRT LX GJ556D 17 inch Samsung LCD 2494HS 24 inch Samsung LCD P2350 23 inch Samsung LCD P2250 22 inch Samsung LCD P2370G 23 inch Samsung LCD 2043 20 inch Samsung LCD 2243EW 22 inch Samsung LCD SMT 1922P 19 inch Samsung LCD T190 19 inch Samsung LCD T240 24 inch LG LCD W1942SP 19 inch LG LCD W2243S 22 inch LG LCD W2343T 23 inch BEN...

Page 377: ...etwork working mode D LinK DES 1016D 10 100M self adaptive D LinK DES 1008D 10 100M self adaptive Ruijie RG S1926S Five network modes AUTO HALF 10M FULL 10M HALF 100M FULL 100M H3C H3C S1024 10 100M self adaptive TP LINK TL SF1016 10 100M self adaptive TP LINK TL SF1008 10 100M self adaptive ...

Page 378: ...nd the measures shall be scientific reliable practical and economic Considering the high voltage during the inductive thundering the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC standard on the energy absorbing step by step theory and magnitude classification in the protection zone you need to prepare multiple precaution levels You can use the lightning rod lightning strap or the lightningnet to ...

Page 379: ...he following figure you can see there is a one point ground This connection provides common point to allow signal to be transmitted in many circuits If there is no common point the error signal transmission occurred In the one point ground mode each circuit is just grounded only and they are connected at the same point Since there is only one common point there is no circuit and so there is no int...

Page 380: ... of existed interference then there is possibility of interference when the current goes through the chassis and cable In this situation the interference circuit path usually lies in the system ground circuit When considering the earthing you need to think about two aspects One is the system compatibility and the other is the external interference coupling into the earth circuit which results in s...

Page 381: ... Check the Electric System by Digital Multimeter For 220 VAC socket from the top to the bottom E ground cable N neutral cable L live cable Refer to the following figure Appendix Figure 7 4 Socket There is a shortcut way to check whether these three cables connection are standard or not not the accurate check In the following operations the multimeter range shall be at 750 V For E earth cable Turn ...

Page 382: ...ble connection is not proper or it is not the live cable at all Appendix Figure 7 6 Check live cable connection For N Neutral cable Turn the digital multimeter to 750 VAC use your one hand to hold the metal end and then the other hand inserts the pen to the N port of the socket See the following figure If the multimeter shows 0 then you can see current N cable connection is standard If the value i...

Page 383: ...User s Manual 374 Appendix Figure 7 7 Check neutral cable connection ...

Page 384: ...efinition Refer to the following figure for RJ 45 cable definition Appendix Figure 8 1 RJ 45 Refer to the following figure for RS 232 pin definition Appendix Figure 8 2 RS 232 Cross Connection Refer to the following figure for connection information ...

Page 385: ...escription 4 Blue 2 RXD 5 White and blue 3 TXD 3 White and green 5 GND Straight Connection Refer to the following figure for straight cable connection information Appendix Figure 8 4 Straight cable connection Refer to the following table for straight connection information Appendix Table 8 2 Straight connection RJ45 T568B RJ45 Network cable RS 232 Signal Description 4 Blue 3 RXD 5 White and blue 2...

Page 386: ...pdates function to obtain timely information of firmware updates released by the manufacturer We suggest that you download and use the latest version of client software Nice to have recommendations to improve your device network security 1 Physical Protection We suggest that you perform physical protection to device especially storage devices For example place the device in a special computer room...

Page 387: ...your audio and video data contents are very important or sensitive we recommend that you use encrypted transmission function to reduce the risk of audio and video data being stolen during transmission Reminder encrypted transmission will cause some loss in transmission efficiency 11 Secure Auditing Check online users we suggest that you check online users regularly to see if the device is logged i...

Page 388: ... 379 Establish the 802 1x access authentication system to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to private networks Enable IP MAC address filtering function to limit the range of hosts allowed to access the device ...

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