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Digital Video Recorder

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Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual ...

Page 2: ...erence received including interference that may cause undesired operation EU Conformity Statement This product and if applicable the supplied accessories too are marked with CE and comply therefore with the applicable harmonized European standards listed under the Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC the RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU 2012 19 EU WEEE directive Products marked ...

Page 3: ...t is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the DVR in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device Improper use or replacement of the battery m...

Page 4: ...finition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC The products contained in this manual are authorized by HDMI Licensing LLC with the use right of the HDMI technology VGA is the trademark of IBM UPnPTM is a certification mark of the UPnPTM Implementers Corporation Other names of companies and product contained in this manual may be trademarks or registered...

Page 5: ...ures in this manual are for reference only This manual is applicable toTurbo HD DVR Some function is only for certain models check the specification for whether it supports the function This product has default user name and password credentials for first time access You must change these default credentials to protect against unauthorized access to the product ...

Page 6: ...lected live view channel can be shielded Motion detection video tampering detection video exception alarm video loss alarm and VCA alarm functions Privacy mask Several PTZ protocols supported PTZ preset patrol and pattern Zooming in out by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse HDD Management For4 8 16ch 720P real time series up to 2 SATA hard disks can be connected For24 32ch 720P r...

Page 7: ...put Alarm for video loss motion detection video tampering abnormal signal video input recording resolution mismatch illegal login network disconnected IP confliction record exception HDD error and HDD full etc Alarm triggers full screen monitoring audio alarm notifying surveillance center sending email and alarm output VCA detection alarm line crossing detection and intrusion detection is supporte...

Page 8: ...e parameters setup remote import export of device parameters Remote viewing of the device status system logs and alarm status Remote keyboard operation Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading Remote system restart and shutdown Support upgrading via remote FTP server RS 232 RS 485 transparent channel transmission Alarm and exception inform...

Page 9: ... 38 3 2 1 Front Panel Operation 38 3 2 2 Using the Mouse in Live View 39 3 2 3 Main Aux Output Switching 40 3 2 4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode 40 3 3 Channel zero Encoding 42 3 4 Adjusting Live View Settings 43 3 5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics 45 3 6 User Logout 46 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls 47 4 1 Configuring PTZ Settings 48 4 2 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns 50 4 2 1 Customizing...

Page 10: ...ital Zoom 93 6 2 3 Reverse Playback of Multi channel 93 Chapter 7 Backup 95 7 1 Backing up Record Files 96 7 1 1 Backing up by Normal Video Search 96 7 1 2 Backing up by Event Search 99 7 1 3 Backing up Video Clips 102 7 2 Managing Backup Devices 105 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 107 8 1 Setting Motion Detection 108 8 2 Setting Sensor Alarms 110 8 3 Detecting Video Loss 113 8 4 Detecting Video Tamperin...

Page 11: ...ation 159 10 8 Detecting Bad Sector 160 10 9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms 161 Chapter 11 Camera Settings 162 11 1 Configuring OSD Settings 163 11 2 Configuring Privacy Mask 164 11 3 Configuring Video Parameters 165 Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance 166 12 1 Viewing System Information 167 12 2 Searching and Exporting Log Files 167 12 3 Importing Exporting IP Camera Info 170 12 4 Importing E...

Page 12: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12 Glossary 184 Troubleshooting 185 ...

Page 13: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 14: ...ous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera ENTER The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes It can also be used to tick checkbox fields In Playback mode it can be used to play or pause the video In single frame Playback mode pressing the button will advance the ...

Page 15: ...e recorded video of next previous day in Playback by Normal Video Search the Left Right button can be used to select the next previous recorded file In Live View mode the directional buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera ENTER Confirm selection in any of the menu modes It can also be used to tick checkbox fields In Playback ...

Page 16: ... mouse or USB flash memory devices 4 DVD R W Slot for DVD R W 5 ALARM Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected READY Ready indicator is normally blue indicating that the DVR is functioning properly STATUS Indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and orange when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time Indi...

Page 17: ... zoom out the PTZ camera PREV FOCUS Switch between single screen and multi screen mode In PTZ Control mode it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A FOCUS button PTZ IRIS Enter the PTZ Control mode In PTZ Control mode it is used to close the iris of the PTZ camera 9 DIRECTION The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In Playback mode the ...

Page 18: ... be installed before operation Figure 1 4 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel Refer to Table 1 3 they include Table 1 3 Description of the IR Remote Control Buttons No Name Description 1 POWER Power on off the device 2 DEV Enables Disables Remote Control 3 Alphanumeric Buttons Same as Alphanumeric buttons on front panel ...

Page 19: ...X button on front panel Troubleshooting Remote Control Make sure you have install batteries properly in the remote control And you have to aim the remote control at the IR receiver in the front panel If there is no response after you press any button on the remote follow the procedure below to troubleshoot Steps 1 Go into Menu Settings General More Settings by operating the front control panel or ...

Page 20: ...st from your provider The operation of the mouse Table 1 4 Description of the Mouse Control Name Action Description Left Click Single Click Live view Select channel and show the quick set menu Menu Select and enter Double Click Live view Switch between single screen and multi screen Click and Drag PTZ control Wheeling Privacy mask and motion detection Select target area Digital zoom in Drag and se...

Page 21: ...d Description Figure 1 5 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard Table 1 5 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase Uppercase Backspace Space Enter Exit ...

Page 22: ...ctor 4 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 5 HDMI HDMI video output connector 6 USB Port Universal Serial Bus USB port for additional devices 7 Network Interface Connector for network 8 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices 9 Power Supply DC 12V power supply 10 Power Switch Switch for turning on off the device 11 GND Ground Figure 1 7 Rear Panel of 24ch 32...

Page 23: ...t and menu 7 AUDIO OUT RCA connector 8 Network Interface Connector for network 9 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T and T pins connect to R and R pins of PTZ receiver respectively D D pin connects to Ta Tb pin of controller For cascading devices the first DVR s D D pin should be connected with the D D pin of the next DVR Connector for alarm input Connector for alarm output 10 Power Su...

Page 24: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 24 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...

Page 25: ...e rear panel and the Power indicator LED should turn on indicating that the unit begins to start up 3 After startup the Power indicator LED remains on Shutting down the DVR Steps There are two proper ways to shut down the DVR To shut down the DVR OPTION 1 Standard shutdown 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 2 1 Shutdown Menu 2 Select the Shutdown button 3 Click the Yes button 4 Turn of...

Page 26: ...er shutting down and the POWER indicator turns red you can turn on the device by pressing the POWER button on the remote control Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu Figure 2 1 you can also reboot the DVR Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu Shutdown 2 Click the Logout button to log out or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR ...

Page 27: ... demand Figure 2 3 Language Selection 2 The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the DVR If you do not want to use the Setup Wizard at this time click the Cancel button You can also choose to use the Setup Wizard next time by leaving the Start wizard when device starts checkbox in checked status Figure 2 4 Start Wizard Interface 3 Click Next button on the Wizard window to e...

Page 28: ...avoid safety problem 5 To change the admin password check the New Admin Password checkbox Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields 6 Click the Next button to enter the date and time settings window as shown in Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 Date and Time Settings 7 After the time settings click Next button which will take you back to the General Network Setup Wizard window as sho...

Page 29: ...ork fault tolerance and 1 self adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interface for other models 8 Click Next button after you having configured the network parameters which will take you to the Advanced Network Setup Wizard window as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 Advanced Network Configuration 9 Set the parameters of port No Cloud P2P Auto UPnP or DDNS if required 10 Click Next button after configuring...

Page 30: ...k the Init button Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD 12 Click Next button to enter the Record Settings window as shown in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 Record Settings 13 Click Copy to copy the recording setting to other cameras 14 Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard ...

Page 31: ... is valid and correct For detailed checking and configuring of the network please see Chapter 9 1 9 3and 9 4 Please refer to the Specifications of Quick Start Guide for number of connectable network cameras to different models OPTION 1 Steps 1 Right click the mouse when you in the live view mode to show the right click menu 4 8 16ch 720P Series 24 32ch 720P Series and 1080P Series Figure 2 11 Righ...

Page 32: ...n Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera The camera is connected The camera is disconnected you can click the icon to get the exception information of camera Delete the IP camera Advanced settings of the camera Update the IP camera 4 To add other IP cameras 1 Click the Custom Adding button to pop up the Add IP Camera Custom interface Figure 2 13 Custom Addi...

Page 33: ...n Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera The camera is connected you can click the icon to get the live view of the camera The camera is disconnected you can click the icon to get the exception information of camera Delete the IP camera Advanced settings of the camera Update the IP camera 3 For the encoders with multiple channels only check the ...

Page 34: ...e IP cameras Steps 1 Click the icon to edit the parameters you can edit the IP address protocol and other parameters Figure 2 17 Edit the Parameters Channel Port If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels you can choose the channel to connect by selecting the channel port No in the dropdown list 2 Click OK to save the settings and exit the editing interface To edit advanc...

Page 35: ...35 Figure 2 18 Network Configuration of the Camera 2 You can edit the network information and the password of the camera Figure 2 19 Password Configuration of the Camera 3 Click Apply to save the settings and click OK to exit the interface ...

Page 36: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 36 Chapter 3 Live View ...

Page 37: ...n the live view mode there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel so that you can know whether the channel is recorded or whether there are alarms occur as soon as possible Table 3 1 Description of Live View Icons Icons Description Alarm video loss tampering motion detection or sensor alarm Record manual record schedule r...

Page 38: ... output cannot do any operation and you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux output 720P models do not support Aux Main output switch The priority level for the main and aux output for other models is as follows The priority level for the main and aux output is HDMI VGA CVBS See the table below Table 3 2 Priorities of Interfaces S N VGA HDMI CVBS Main output Auxiliary outp...

Page 39: ...nnels Normal Record and Motion Detection Recording are selectable from the dropdown list Add IP Camera A shortcut to enter the IP camera management interface For HDVR series only Quick Set Output Mode is configurable with Standard Bright Gentle and Vivid options Playback Enter the playback interface and start playing back the video of the selected channel immediately PTZ Control A shortcut to ente...

Page 40: ...ssage box click Yes to restart the device to enable the CVBS output or HDMI2 as the main output You can select the Menu Output Mode under Menu Configuration More Settings to Auto or HDMI 1 VGA and then restart the device to switch the main output back to HDMI 1 VGA output 3 2 4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode On the screen of each channel there is a quick setting toolbar which shows when y...

Page 41: ...ndard for general lighting conditions default Indoor the image is relatively smoother Dim Light the image is smoother than the other two modes Outdoor the image is relatively clearer and sharper The degree of contrast and saturation is high Figure 3 5 Image Settings You can adjust the image parameters including brightness contrast saturation hue sharpness and denoising You can also click Default t...

Page 42: ...ecting the image quality channel zero encoding is supported as an option for you Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings interface Menu Configuration Live View 2 Select the Channel Zero Encoding tab Figure 3 6 Live View Channel Zero Encoding 3 Check the checkbox after Enable Channel Zero Encoding 4 Configure the Frame Rate Max Bitrate Mode and Max Bitrate 5 Click the Apply button to activate the sett...

Page 43: ...to configure the settings for Outputs include HDMI VGA and CVBS depends on the model Live View Mode Designates the display mode to be used for Live View Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when enabling auto switch in Live View Enable Audio Output Enables disables audio output for the selected camera in the live view mode Event Output Designates the output to show...

Page 44: ...a camera name in the camera list you would like to display Setting an X means the window will not display any camera 3 You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all channels Click or to go to the previous or next page 4 Click the Apply button ...

Page 45: ...Manual Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Figure 3 9 Video Quality Diagnostics 2 Check the checkboxes to select the channels for diagnostics 3 Click the button Diagnose and the results will be displayed on a list You can view the video status and diagnostics time of the selected channels Figure 3 10 Diagnostics Result Connect the camera to the device for the video quality diagnostics Three exception...

Page 46: ...r Logout Purpose After logging out the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation you need to enter user name and password to log in again Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 3 11 Shutdown 2 Click Logout ...

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Page 48: ... before you control the PTZ camera Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Settings interface Menu Camera PTZ Figure 4 1 PTZ Settings 2 Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera dropdown list 3 Click the RS 485 Settings button to set the RS 485 parameters Figure 4 2 PTZ General 4 Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters ...

Page 49: ...PTZ protocol to HDCAM C Coaxitron Make sure the protocol selected here is supported by the connected camera dome When the Coaxitron protocol is selected all the other parameters like the baud rate data bit stop bit parity and flow control are not configurable 5 Click Apply button to save the settings ...

Page 50: ...se the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set preset and the zoom and focus operations can be recorded in the preset as well 3 Enter the preset No 1 255 in the preset text field and click the Set button to link the location to the preset Repeat the steps2 3 to save more presets You can click the Clear button to clear the location information of the preset or c...

Page 51: ...eld 5 Click the Call Preset button to call it When the Coaxitron camera dome connected and the PTZ protocol is selected to HDCAM C Coaxitron you can call the preset 95 to enter the menu of the connected Coaxitron camera dome or click the menu button in the PTZ panel Use the directional buttons on the PTZ control panel to operate the menu 4 2 3 Customizing Patrols Purpose Patrols can be set to move...

Page 52: ... The Speed defines the speed at which the PTZ will move from one key point to the next 5 Click the Add button to add the next key point to the patrol or you can click the OK button to save the key point to the patrol You can delete all the key points by clicking the Clear button for the selected patrol or click the Clear All button to delete all the key pints for all patrols 4 2 4 Calling Patrols ...

Page 53: ...5 Customizing Patterns Purpose Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ You can call the pattern to make the PTZ movement according to the predefined path Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ Figure 4 8 PTZ Settings 2 Choose pattern number in the dropdown list 3 Click the Start button and click corresponding buttons in the control panel to move the PTZ camera and...

Page 54: ...ing bar or select the PTZ option in the right click menu to show the PTZ control panel 2 Click the button to show the general settings of the PTZ control Figure 4 9 PTZ Panel General 3 Click the Call Pattern button to call it 4 Click the Stop Pattern button to stop calling it 4 2 7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit Purpose The Linear Scan can be enabled to trigger the scan in the horizantal direction ...

Page 55: ...angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º 4 2 8 Calling Linear Scan Purpose Follow the procedure to call the linear scan in the predefined scan range Steps 1 Click the button PTZ in the lower right corner of the PTZ setting interface Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live...

Page 56: ...the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live view mode 2 Click the button to show the one touch function of the PTZ control Figure 4 12 PTZ Panel One touch 3 There are 3 one touch park types selectable click the corresponding button to activate the park action Park Quick Patrol The dome starts patrol from the predefined preset 1 to preset 32 in order after the park time The undefine...

Page 57: ...ce In PTZ control mode the PTZ panel will be displayed when a mouse is connected with the device If no mouse is connected the icon appears in the lower left corner of the window indicating that this camera is in PTZ control mode Figure 4 13 PTZ Panel Table 4 1 Description of the PTZ panel icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and the auto cycle button Zoom Focus...

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Page 59: ...de of the HDD 1 Whether the HDD mode is Quota please set the maximum record capacity For detailed information see Chapter 10 5 Configuring Quota Mode 2 If the HDD mode is Group you should set the HDD group For detailed information see Chapter 5 9 Configuring HDD Group for Recording Figure 5 2 HDD Advanced Steps 1 Enter the Record settings interface to configure the encoding parameters Menu Record ...

Page 60: ...file to be kept in the HDD if the deadline is reached the file will be deleted You can set the expired time to 0 and then the file will not be deleted The actual keeping time for the file should be determined by the capacity of the HDD Redundant Record The redundant record is to decide whether you want the camera to save the record files in the redundant HDD You must configure the redundant HDD in...

Page 61: ...ers for sub stream 1 Select the Substream tab Figure 5 5 Sub stream Encoding 2 Select a camera in the camera dropdown list 3 Configure the parameters 4 Click Apply to save the settings 5 Optional If the parameters can also be used to other cameras click Copy to copy the settings to other channels ...

Page 62: ...ed recording types Purpose Set the record schedule and then the camera will automatically start stop recording according to the configured schedule Steps 1 Enter the Record Schedule interface Menu Record Schedule 4 8 16ch 720P Series Other Models Figure 5 6 Record Schedule 2 Choose the camera you want to configure in the Camera dropdown list 3 Check the checkbox of Enable Schedule 4 Configure the ...

Page 63: ...End time Figure 5 8 Edit Schedule Set Time Period Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other Repeat the above steps 1 4 to schedule recording for other days in the week If the schedule can also be set to other days click Copy Figure 5 9 Copy Schedule to Other Days The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holid...

Page 64: ... in the figure below Figure 5 11 Descriptions of the Color Icons 2 Click and drag the mouse on the schedule 3 Click on the other area except for the schedule table to finish and exit the drawing You can repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels If the settings can also be used to other channels click Copy and then choose the channel to which you want to copy 5 Click Apply in the Record Sche...

Page 65: ... audio warning notifying the surveillance center sending email and so on Steps 1 Enter the Motion Detection interface Menu Camera Motion Figure 5 12 Motion Detection 2 Configure Motion Detection 1 Choose camera you want to configure 2 Check the checkbox after Enable Motion Detection 3 Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse If you want to set the motion detection for all the area shot...

Page 66: ...you want the motion detection event to trigger recording 6 Click Apply to save the settings 7 Click OK to back to the upper level menu 8 Exit the Motion Detection menu 3 Configure the schedule Please refer to the step 4 of Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Schedule while you may choose Motion as the record type ...

Page 67: ...s 1 Enter the Alarm setting interface Menu Configuration Alarm Figure 5 15 Alarm Settings 2 Click the Alarm Input tab Figure 5 16 Alarm Settings Alarm Input 1 Select Alarm Input number and configure alarm parameters 2 Choose N O normally open or N C normally closed for alarm type 3 Check the checkbox of Setting 4 Click the button Figure 5 17 Alarm Handling 5 Choose the alarm triggered recording ch...

Page 68: ...evel menu Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs click Copy and choose the alarm input number Figure 5 18 Copy Alarm Input 3 Configure the schedule Please refer to the step 4 of Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Schedule while you may choose Alarm as the record type ...

Page 69: ...80P models Steps 1 Enter the VCA settings interface and select a camera for the VCA settings Menu Camera VCA Figure 5 19 VCA Settings 2 Configure the detection rules for VCA events For details see the step 2 in Chapter 8 5 Detecting VCA Alarm 3 Click the icon to configure the alarm linkage actions for the VCA events Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to rec...

Page 70: ...Linking function is only available for the VCA settings of IP cameras 4 Enter Record Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Schedule and then set VCA as the record type For details see step 2 in Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Schedule ...

Page 71: ...e Manual settings interface Menu Manual Figure 5 21 Manual Record 2 Enable manual record Click the status icon before camera number to change it to Or click the status icon of Analog to enable manual record of all channels 3 Disable manual record Click the status icon to change it to Or click the status icon of Analog to disable manual record of all channels After rebooting all the manual records ...

Page 72: ...u Record 2 Choose Holiday on the left bar Figure 5 22 Holiday Settings 3 Enable Edit Holiday schedule 1 Click to enter the Edit interface Figure 5 23 Edit Holiday Settings 2 Check the checkbox of Enable 3 Select Mode from the dropdown list There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule By Month By Week and By Month are selectable 4 Set the start and end date 5 Cl...

Page 73: ...eline of Holiday Figure 5 24 Edit Schedule Holiday Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day And the time periods cannot be overlapped each other In the time table of the channel both holiday schedule and normal day schedule are displayed Repeat the above step 4 to set Holiday schedule for other channel If the holiday schedule can also be used to other channels click Copy and choose the chann...

Page 74: ...re you set the HDD property to Redundant For detailed information please refer to Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group There should be at least another HDD which is in Read Write status Steps 1 Enter HDD Information interface Menu HDD Figure 5 25 HDD General 2 Select the HDD and click to enter the Local HDD Settings interface 1 Set the HDD property to Redundant Figure 5 26 HDD General Editing 2 Click A...

Page 75: ...ncoding Parameters 2 Select Camera you want to configure 3 Check the checkbox of Redundant Record 4 Click Apply to save settings If the encoding parameters can also be used to other channels click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings ...

Page 76: ...ter editing interface 4 Configuring HDD group 1 Choose a group number for the HDD group 2 Click Apply to save your settings 3 Click OK to back to the upper level menu Repeat the above steps to configure more HDD groups 5 Choose the Channels which you want to save the record files in the HDD group 1 Select Advanced on the left bar Figure 5 28 HDD Advanced 2 Choose Group number in the dropdown list ...

Page 77: ... investigate by checking the checkbox to 3 Configure the record type file type start time and end time 4 Click Search to show the results Figure 5 30 Export Search Result 5 Protect the record files 1 Find the record files you want to protect and then click the icon which will turn to indicating that the file is locked The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked ...

Page 78: ...al Editing 3 Set the HDD to Read only 4 Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu You cannot save any files in a Read only HDD If you want to save files in the HDD change the property to R W If there is only one HDD and is set to Read only the DVR cannot record any files Only live view mode is available If you set the HDD to Read only when the DVR is saving files in it then the fi...

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Page 80: ...h is supported OPTION 1 Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar Only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back Figure 6 1 Instant Playback Interface OPTION 2 Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Mouse right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu as shown in Figure ...

Page 81: ... files of the channel under single screen live view mode Under multi screen live view mode the recorded files of the top left channel will be played back For the models with front panel pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding camera during playback process 2 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress...

Page 82: ...tton Operation Button Operation Mute Audio on Start Stop clipping Save clip s Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom Pause Play Reverse Stop 30s backward 30s forward Previous day Slow forward Fast forward Next day Scaling up down time bar Process bar Full Screen Exit Video type bar Normal playback The indicates the start time and end time of the record files represents norm...

Page 83: ... The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Please refer to Chapter 6 1 1 Playing Back by Channel for the playback interface and toolbar description 6 1 3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose Play back record files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type motion detection alarm input or VCA Channel switch is supported Playba...

Page 84: ...he search interface If there is only one channel triggered clicking button takes you to Full screen Playback interface of this channel If several channels are triggered clicking button takes you to the synch playback interface Check checkbox to select one channel for playback or select multiple channels for synchronous playback The max number of channels for synchronous playback supported varies t...

Page 85: ...s back from 9 59 55 Post play The time you set to play back after the event For example when an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11 00 if you set the post play time as 5 seconds the video plays back till 11 00 05 Figure 6 9 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback by event Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute Audio on Start Stop clip...

Page 86: ...on of a certain time point during playback You are also allowed to use video tag s to search for record files and position time point Before playing back by tag 1 Enter Playback interface Menu Playback 2 Search and play back the record file s Refer to Chapter 6 1 1 Playing Back by Channel for the detailed information about searching and playback of the record files Figure 6 10 Interface of Playbac...

Page 87: ...ace 2 Choose channels edit start time and end time and then click Search to enter Search Result interface You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command Figure 6 12 Video Search by Tag 3 Click button to play back the file You can click the Back button to back to the search interface Pre play and post play can be configured ...

Page 88: ...Save clip s Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Digital Zoom 30s backward Pause Play Reverse Stop 30s forward Previous tag Slow forward Fast forward Process bar Next tag Scaling up down time bar Full Screen Exit Video type bar Tag playback represents normal recording manual or schedule represents event recording motion alarm motion alarm motion alarm Playback progress bar use the mou...

Page 89: ...lendar and click the button to play 3 Click the on the toolbar to enter Smart Search mode The smart search toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen Figure 6 15 Draw Area for Smart Search 4 Click and drag the mouse to draw area s for smart search of VCA event or motion event Line Crossing Detection Click the button and click on the video display screen to specify the start point and end point of...

Page 90: ...pe bar represents normal recording manual or schedule represents event recording represents smart search recording Table 6 4 Detailed Explanation of Smart Playback Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Smart search Stop Pause play Play Process bar Scaling up down the time line Video type picture 6 1 6 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose Play back record file s associated with channels...

Page 91: ...type and click Search button Figure 6 18 Result of System Log Search 3 Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface If there is no record file at the time point of the log the message box No result found will pop up 4 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process ...

Page 92: ...ook up and play back files in the external devices Steps 1 Enter Tag Search interface Menu Playback 2 Select the External File in the drop down list on the top left side The files are listed in the right side list You can click the button to refresh the file list 3 Select and click the button to play back it Figure 6 20 Interface of External File Playback ...

Page 93: ...ne frame It is also feasible to use button in toolbar Using the front panel if supported Press the button to set the speed to Single frame One click on the playback screen or press button on the front panel represents playback or adverse playback of one frame 6 2 2 Digital Zoom Steps 1 Click the button on the playback control bar to enter Digital Zoom interface 2 Use the mouse to draw a red rectan...

Page 94: ...ith 1920 1080 resolution simultaneous reverse playback is supported Steps 1 Enter Playback interface Menu Playback 2 Check more than one checkboxes to select multiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar Figure 6 22 4 ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3 Click to play back the record files reversely ...

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Page 96: ...h drives USB HDDs and USB writer Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Normal Figure 7 1 Normal Export Interface 2 Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface Figure 7 2 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Select record files you want to back up Click button to play the record file if you want to check it Check the checkbox before the record files ...

Page 97: ...licking the Format button Figure 7 3 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Flash Drive Figure 7 4 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Writer Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message box Export finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it The Player player exe will be exported automaticall...

Page 98: ... interface Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface 3 Select record files you want to back up Click button to play the record file if you want to check it Tick record files you want to back up The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower left corner of the window Figure 7 5 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4 ...

Page 99: ... and click button to check it The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 7 Checkup of Export Result Using eSATA HDD 7 1 2 Backing up by Event Search Purpose Back up event related recording files using USB devices such as USB flash drives USB HDDs and USB writer Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Event 2 Search for events 1 Select Motion Alarm In...

Page 100: ... Search for Backup 3 Select record files to export 1 Select an alarm input in the list and click Quick Export button to enter Export interface 2 Clicking Details button will take you to the interface with detailed information of all channels triggered by the event Figure 7 9 Result of Event Search 3 Click Details button to view detailed information of the record file e g start time end time file s...

Page 101: ...e Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device Figure 7 11 Export by Event Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished 5 Check backup result The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export ...

Page 102: ...ideo clips to export directly during Playback using USB devices such as USB flash drives USB HDDs and USB writers Steps 1 Enter Playback interface Please refer to Chapter 6 Playback Figure 7 13 Interface of Playback 2 During playback use buttons and in the playback toolbar to start and stop clipping record file s 3 Click the icon to enter the Clips Export interface ...

Page 103: ...s not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB devices by clicking the Format button Figure 7 15 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished 5 Or a prompt will pop up when you quit the Playback interface if there are clips not ...

Page 104: ...ve video clips and enter Export interface or click No to quit without saving video clips 7 Check backup result The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 17 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 105: ...on to enter Search Result interface At least one channel shall be selected Figure 7 18 Normal Video Search for Backup 2 Select record files you want to back up Click Export button to enter Export interface At least one recording file shall be selected Figure 7 19 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Backup device management Management of USB flash drives USB HDDs and eSATA HDDs ...

Page 106: ...utton to play it Click Format button to format the backup device If the inserted USB device is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor Management of USB writers Figure 7 21 USB Writer Management Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re writable CD DVD There must be a re writable CD DVD when you make this operation If the inser...

Page 107: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 107 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings ...

Page 108: ...e sensitivity bar to set sensitivity Click to set alarm response actions Figure 8 2 Set Detection Area and Sensitivity 3 Click Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full screen monitoring when motion alarm is triggered Figure 8 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4 Set arming schedule of the channel Select Arming Schedule tab to set the chann...

Page 109: ...ns of motion alarm please refer to Chapter 8 8 Setting Alarm Response Actions Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week Click the OK button to complete the motion detection settings of the channel 6 If you want to set motion detection for another channel repeat the above steps or just copy the above settings to it You are not allowed to copy the Trigger Channel actio...

Page 110: ...Status Interface of System Configuration 2 Set the handling method of the selected alarm input Check the Setting checkbox and click button to set its alarm response actions Figure 8 6 Alarm Input Settings Interface 3 Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full screen monitoring when an external alarm input is triggered 4 Select Arming Schedu...

Page 111: ... schedule to other days 6 If necessary select PTZ Linking tab and set PTZ linkage of the alarm input Set PTZ linking parameters and click the OK button to complete the settings of the alarm input Please check whether the PTZ or speed dome supports PTZ linkage One alarm input can trigger presets patrol or pattern of more than one channel But presets patrols and patterns are exclusive Figure 8 8 Set...

Page 112: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 112 Figure 8 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input ...

Page 113: ...Video Loss Alarm Click button to set up handling method of video loss 3 Set arming schedule of the channel Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel s arming schedule Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day Or you can click the Copy button to copy the time period settings to other day s Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Figure 8 11 Set Ar...

Page 114: ...larm response action of video loss please refer to Chapter 8 8 Setting Alarm Response Actions 5 Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them ...

Page 115: ...kbox of Enable Video Tampering 3 Drag the sensitivity bar and choose a proper sensitivity level 4 Click to set handling method of video tampering Set arming schedule and alarm response actions of the channel 1 Click Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule of response action 2 Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day Time periods shall not be repeated ...

Page 116: ...r days of a week You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days 4 Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them 5 Click the Apply button to save and activate the settings ...

Page 117: ...unction Figure 8 14 VCA Alarm Setting Interface 2 Select the analog camera to configure the VCA 3 Select the detection type to Line Crossing Detection or Intrusion Detection Line Crossing Detection This function can be used for detecting people vehicles and objects cross a set virtual line The line crossing direction can be set as bidirectional from left to right or from right to left And you can ...

Page 118: ...ch day Click Apply to save the settings Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days 3 Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input please refer to Chapter 8 7 Setting Alarm Response Actions 4 Click the OK button to comp...

Page 119: ...he settings Task2 Configure the Intrusion Detection 1 Select the intrusion region from the drop down list Up to 4 regions are selectable 2 Select the sensitivity of the intrusion detection to 1 100 3 Set the percentage to 1 100 Percentage defines the ratio of the in region part of the object which can trigger the alarm For example when you set the percentage as 50 half of the object entering the r...

Page 120: ...e triggered 5 Click and draw a quadrilateral or click to draw the full screen in the preview window for the selected intrusion region You can use the to clear the existing region and re draw it 6 Repeat the above steps to set other intrusion regions 7 Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 121: ...he threshold you set the harder the exception will be detected 4 Click to set handling method of video tampering Set arming schedule and alarm response actions of the channel 1 Click Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule of response action 2 Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Figure 8 20 Set Arm...

Page 122: ...n the recording resolution Record Exception No space for saving recorded files Steps 1 Enter Exceptions interface and handle various exceptions Menu Configuration Exceptions 4 8 16ch 720P Series Other Models Figure 8 21 Exception Settings Interface 2 Check the checkbox of Enable Event Hint to display the Event Exception icon when an exceptional event occurs And click the icon to select the detaile...

Page 123: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 123 Figure 8 22 Detailed Event 3 Set the alarm linkage actions For details see Chapter 8 8 Setting Alarm Response Actions 4 Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 124: ...ace Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected Notify Surveillance Center Sends an exception or alarm signal to remote alarm host when an event occurs The alarm host refers to the PC installed with Remote Client The alarm signal will be transmitted automatically at detection mode when remote alarm host is configured Please refer to Chapter 9 2 6 for details of alarm host con...

Page 125: ...n be set within each day Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Figure 8 24 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output 3 Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days Click the OK button to complete the arming schedule setting of alarm output 4 Click the Apply button to save the settings ...

Page 126: ...ll time of an alarm output the alarm can be cleared only by clicking Clear button in the following interface Steps Select the alarm output you want to trigger or clear and make related operations Menu Manual Alarm Click Trigger Clear button if you want to trigger or clear an alarm output Click Trigger All button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs Click Clear All button if you want to clear a...

Page 127: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 127 Chapter 9 Network Settings ...

Page 128: ...lf adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interfaces for 2U 1080Pseries and three working modes are configurable multi address load balance network fault tolerance and 1 self adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interface for other models 2 Select the General tab 3 In the General Settings interface you can configure the following settings Working mode applicable for 2U 1080P seriesonly NIC Type IPv4 Address I...

Page 129: ... select LAN1 or LAN2 in the NIC type field for parameter settings You can select one NIC card as default route And then the system is connecting with the extranet the data will be forwarded through the default route Net fault Tolerance Mode The two NIC cards use the same IP address and you can select the Main NIC to LAN1 or LAN2 By this way in case of one NIC card failure the device will automatic...

Page 130: ...d P2P checkbox to activate this feature 4 If required check the Enable Stream Encryption checkbox to encrypt the video stream 5 Enter the verification code of the device The verification code consists of 6 capital letters and is located at the bottom of the DVR Figure 9 2 Cloud P2P Settings Interface 6 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface After configuration you can access and man...

Page 131: ...PLEDDNS IPServer Enter Server Address for IPServer Figure 9 4 IPServer Settings Interface DynDNS 1 Enter Server Address for DynDNS i e members dyndns org 2 In the DVR Domain Name text field enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website Figure 9 5 DynDNS Settings Interface PeanutHull Enter the User Name and Password obtained fr...

Page 132: ...u registered in the SIMPLEDDNS server or define a new device domain name If a new alias of the device domain name is defined in the DVR it will replace the old one registered on the server You can register the alias of the device domain name in the SIMPLEDDNS server first and then enter the alias to the Device Domain Name in the DVR you can also enter the domain name directly on the DVR to create ...

Page 133: ...ter and cannot end with or space The length range is 6 64 Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully registered the device on the SIMPLEDDNS server you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name Device Name OPTION 1 Access the Device via Web Browser Open a web browser and enter http www simpleddns com alias in the addre...

Page 134: ...rver Address www simpleddns com Device Domain Name It refers to the Device Domain Name on the device or the Device Name on the SIMPLEDDNS server you created User Name Enter the user name of the device By default it is admin Password Enter the password of the device By default it is 12345 Figure 9 11 Access Device via CMS 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 2 Configuring PPP...

Page 135: ...NTP Settings interface Figure 9 13 NTP Settings Interface 3 Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature 4 Configure the following NTP settings Interval Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server The unit is minute NTP Server IP address of NTP server NTP Port Port of NTP server 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface The time synchronization interva...

Page 136: ...tion message to the surveillance center 9 2 5 Configuring NAT Purpose Universal Plug and Play UPnP can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing communications etc You can use the UPnP function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping Before yo...

Page 137: ... you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking to activate the External Port Settings dialog box Steps 1 Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box Configure the external port No for server port http port and RTSP port respectively You can use the default port No or change it according to actual requirements External Port indicates the port No for port mapping in the route...

Page 138: ...vent or exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered The remote alarm host must have the CMS Client Management System software installed The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS Client Management System software e g CMS is installed and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software default port is 7200 M...

Page 139: ...Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 7 Configuring HTTPS Port Purpose HTTPS provides authentication of the web site and associated web server that one is communicating with which protects against Man in the middle attacks Perform the following steps to set the port number of https Example If you set the port number as 443 and the IP address is 192 0 0 64 you may access the dev...

Page 140: ...thorized certificate 1 Click the Create button to create the certificate request 2 Download the certificate request and submit it to the trusted certificate authority for signature 3 After receiving the signed valid certificate import the certificate to the device 5 There will be the certificate information after you successfully create and install the certificate Figure 9 24 Installed Certificate...

Page 141: ... following Email settings Enable Server Authentication optional Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature User Name The user account of sender s Email for SMTP server authentication Password The password of sender s Email for SMTP server authentication SMTP Server The SMTP Server IP address or host name e g smtp 263xmail com SMTP Port No The SMTP port The default TCP IP port u...

Page 142: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 142 5 You can click the Test button to test whether your Email settings work The corresponding Attention message box pops up Figure 9 26 Email Testing Attention ...

Page 143: ...ain real time information of DVR such as linking status MTU sending receiving rate etc Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect Figure 9 27 Network Traffic Interface 2 You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second ...

Page 144: ...e text field of Destination Address 5 Click the Test button to start testing network delay and packet loss 9 4 2 Exporting Network Packet Purpose By connecting the DVR to network the captured network data packet can be exported to USB flash disk SATA and other local backup devices Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the...

Page 145: ...Digital Video Recorder 145 Figure 9 29 Export Network Packet 4 Click the Export button to start exporting 5 After the exporting is complete click OK to finish the packet export Up to 1M data can be exported each time ...

Page 146: ...k Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Figure 9 31 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one you can click Network button to show the quick setting interface of the network parameters Figure 9 32 Network Parameters Configuration 9 4 4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose You can check the network statistics to...

Page 147: ... Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics menu Figure 9 33 Network Stat Interface 3 View the bandwidth of Remote Live View bandwidth of Remote Playback and bandwidth of Net Total Idle 4 Click Refresh button to get the latest bandwidth statistics ...

Page 148: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 148 Chapter 10 HDD Management ...

Page 149: ...ace 2 Select HDD to be initialized 3 Click the Init button Figure 10 2 Confirm Initialization 4 Select the OK button to start initialization Figure 10 3 Start Initialization 5 After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal Figure 10 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it The HDDs which are free of working for...

Page 150: ...e of the HDDs Click Menu HDD Advanced Figure 10 5 Enable HDD Sleeping Check the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping by default and the HDDs which are free of working for a long time will be set to sleep Uncheck the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping and the HDDs will be set to work for all time ...

Page 151: ...d NetHDD interface as shown in Figure 10 7 Figure 10 7 HDD Information Interface 3 Add the allocated NetHDD 4 Select the type to NAS or IP SAN 5 Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings Add NAS disk 1 Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field 2 Click Search to search the available NAS disks 3 Select the NAS disk from the list shown below Or you can just manually enter the directory in the text fie...

Page 152: ...m the list shown below 4 Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added Figure 10 9 Add IP SAN Disk 5 After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk return to the HDD Information menu The added NetHDD will be displayed in the list If the added NetHDD is uninitialized please select it and click the Init button for initialization Figure 10 10 Initialize ...

Page 153: ...efer to Backup using eSATA HDDs in Chapter 7 1 1 Backing up by Normal Video Search for operating instructions Record use the eSATA for record Refer to the following steps for operating instructions Figure 10 11 Set eSATA Mode 3 When the eSATA type is selected to Record enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General 4 Edit the property of the selected eSATA or initialize it is required Two st...

Page 154: ...rface Menu HDD Advanced 2 Set the Mode to Group as shown in Figure 10 13 Figure 10 13 Storage Mode Interface 3 Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up Figure 10 14 Attention for Reboot 4 Click the Yes button to reboot the device to activate the changes 5 After reboot of device enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General 6 Select HDD from the list and click the i...

Page 155: ...R W Before setting the HDD property please set the storage mode to Group refer to step1 4 of Chapter 10 4 1 Setting HDD Groups A HDD can be set to read only to prevent important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full in overwrite recording mode When the HDD property is set to redundancy the video can be recorded both onto the redundancy HDD and the R W HDD simultaneously s...

Page 156: ... R W Read only or Redundancy 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface 5 In the HDD Information menu the HDD property will be displayed in the list At least 2 hard disks must be added on your DVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy and there is one HDD with R W property ...

Page 157: ... the storage capacity in the text field of Max Record Capacity GB 5 You can copy the quota settings of the current camera to other cameras if required Click the Copy button to enter the Copy Camera interface as shown in Figure 10 19 Figure 10 19 Copy Settings to Other Camera s 6 Select the camera s to be configured with the same quota settings You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select al...

Page 158: ... displayed on the list as shown in Figure 10 20 Figure 10 20 View HDD Status 1 If the status of HDD is Normal or Sleeping it works normally If the status is Uninitialized or Abnormal please initialize the HDD before use And if the HDD initialization is failed please replace it with a new one Checking HDD Status in System Information Interface Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Mai...

Page 159: ...the hopes of anticipating failures Steps 1 Enter the HDD Detect interface Menu HDD HDD Detect 2 Click the S M A R T Settings tab to enter the interface 3 Select the HDD to view its S M A R T information list as shown in Figure 10 22 If you want to use the HDD even when the S M A R T checking is failed you can check the checkbox before the Continue to use this disk when self evaluation is failed it...

Page 160: ...ct Figure 10 23 Bad Sector Detection 2 Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface 3 Select a HDD and click the Detect button to start detecting Figure 10 24 Bad Sector Detecting 4 You can click the Pause button to pause the detection and click the Resume button to resume the detection 5 If there is error information about the HDD you can click the Error Info button to view the infor...

Page 161: ...low to select the linkage action s for HDD error as shown in Figure 10 25 The linkage actions can be selected to Audible Warning Notify Surveillance Center Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output Trigger alarm output is applicable to the 24 32ch 720P series and 1080P series Please refer to Chapter 8 8 Setting Alarm Response Actions Figure 10 25 Configure HDD Error Alarm 4 When the Trigger Alarm Output...

Page 162: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 162 Chapter 11 Camera Settings ...

Page 163: ...Mode and the OSD font Figure 11 1 OSD Configuration Interface 6 You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame on the preview window to adjust the OSD position 7 Copy Camera Settings 1 If you want to copy the OSD settings of the current camera to other cameras click the Copy button to enter the Copy Camera interface as shown in Figure 11 2 Figure 11 2 Copy Settings to Other Cameras 2 Selec...

Page 164: ...e 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window The zones will be marked with different frame colors Up to 4 privacy mask zones can be configured and the size of each area can be adjusted 5 The configured privacy mask zones on the window can be cleared by clicking the corresponding Clear Zone1 4 icons on the right side of the window or click Clear All to clear all zones Figure 11 4 Set Privacy Mask...

Page 165: ...st The time periods cannot be overlapped with each other 4 Select the mode from the drop down list of Mode there are four modes selectable Standard Indoor Dim Light and Outdoor 5 Adjust the image parameters according to actual needs The parameters include Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Sharpness and Denoising You can also click Restore to set the parameters to the default settings 6 You can cl...

Page 166: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 166 Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance ...

Page 167: ...view the system information of the device Figure 12 1 System Information Interface This alarm information is not available for the 4 8 16ch 720P series 12 2 Searching and Exporting Log Files Purpose The operation alarm exception and information of the DVR can be stored in log files which can be viewed and exported at any time Steps 1 Enter the Log Search interface Menu Maintenance Log Search Figur...

Page 168: ...displayed on the list shown below Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time Figure 12 3 Log Search Results 5 You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information as shown in Figure 12 4 And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available Figure 12 4 Log Details 6 If you want to export the log files click the Export button to ente...

Page 169: ... the log files to the selected backup device You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the backup device or click the Format button to format the backup device before log export Please connect the backup device to DVR before operating log export The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time e g 20110514124841logBack txt ...

Page 170: ...ting the content and copy the setting to other devices by importing the excel file to it Steps 1 Enter the camera management interface Menu Camera IP Camera Import Export 2 Click the IP Camera Import Export tab the content of detected plugged external device appears 3 Click the Export button to export configuration files to the selected local backup device 4 To import a configuration file select t...

Page 171: ...parameters Steps 1 Enter the Import Export Configuration File interface Menu Maintenance Import Export Figure 12 6 Import Export Config File 2 Click the Export button to export configuration files to the selected local backup device 3 To import a configuration file select the file from the selected backup device and click the Import button After the import process is completed you must reboot the ...

Page 172: ... the backup device 5 Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading 6 After the upgrading is complete reboot the DVR to activate the new firmware 12 5 2Upgrading by FTP Before you start Configure PC running FTP server and DVR to the same Local Area Network Run the 3rd party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP Steps 1 Enter the Upgrade interface Menu Maintenan...

Page 173: ...rface Menu Maintenance Default Figure 12 9 Restore Factory Default 2 Click the OK button to restore the default settings Except the network parameters including IP address subnet mask gateway MTU default route and server port all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings ...

Page 174: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 174 Chapter 13 Others ...

Page 175: ...t be the same as the device s when connecting with the PC serial port Transparent Channel Connect a serial device directly to the device The serial device will be controlled remotely by the PC through the network RS 232 serial port is not available for 4 8 16ch 720P series Steps 1 Enter the RS 232 Settings interface Menu Configuration RS 232 Figure 1 1 RS 232 Settings Interface 2 Configure RS 232 ...

Page 176: ...e CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the same with the video input standard for 1080P series Resolution Select the output resolution which must be the same with the resolution of the VGA HDMI display Time Zone Select the time zone Date Format Select the date format System Date Select the system date System Time Select the system time Mouse Pointer Speed Set the speed of mouse pointe...

Page 177: ...nter the General Settings interface Menu Configuration General 2 Choose DST Settings tab Figure 13 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox and then you choose the date of the DST period ...

Page 178: ... Device No Edit the serial number of DVR The Device No can be set in the range of 1 255 and the default No is 255 CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness via the CVBS interface 720P series provide no CVBS output Auto Logout Set timeout time for menu inactivity E g when the timeout time is set to 5 Minutes then the system will exit from the current operation menu to live view scre...

Page 179: ... to Operator or Guest Different user levels have different operating permission Operator The Operator user level has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration Remote Log Search and Two way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration Guest The Guest user has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration Remote Log Search in Remote Configura...

Page 180: ...m output Local Shutdown Reboot Shutting down or rebooting the DVR Remote Configuration Remote Log Search Remotely viewing logs that are saved on the DVR Remote Parameters Settings Remotely configuring parameters restoring factory default parameters and importing exporting configuration files Remote Serial Port Control Configuring settings for RS 232 and RS 485 ports Remote Video Output Control Sen...

Page 181: ...e selected camera s Local Video Export Locally exporting recorded files of the selected camera s 7 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit interface Only the admin user account has the permission of restoring factory default parameters 13 5 2Deleting a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User 2 Select the user to be deleted from the list as shown in Figure...

Page 182: ...vel and MAC address Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password and input the new one in the text field of Password and Confirm Admin You are only allowed to edit password and MAC address Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password and the input the correct old password and the new one in the text field of Password and Confirm 5 Click the O...

Page 183: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 183 Appendix ...

Page 184: ...ransceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks DDNS Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite to notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addresses or other information stor...

Page 185: ... 3 If it is solved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process There is a beep sound after a new bought device starts up Possible Reasons a No HDD is installed in the device b The installed HDD has not been initialized c The installed HDD is not compatible with the device or is broken down Steps 1 Verify at least one HDD is installed in the devi...

Page 186: ...parameters are correct Select Menu Record Parameters Record and set the Stream Type as Audio Video 3 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps If it is solved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process The image gets stuck when DVR is playing back by single or multi channel cameras Possible Reasons a The frame rate is not the real time fr...

Page 187: ...General and verify the Device Time is correct 2 Verify the search condition is correct Select Playback and verify the channel and time are correct 3 Verify the HDD status is normal Select Menu HDD General to view the HDD status and verify the HDD is detected and can be read and written normally 4 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps If it is solved finish the process If not please conta...

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